Sunday in the suburbs
Parades, festivals and air shows brightened up the suburbs this Sunday.
A sparkling star adorns the hindquarters of Walker, a 26-year-old Shetland Pony at the North Aurora Days Pet Parade on Sunday. Lissy Wedell, 14, walked the pony from nearby Huntoon Stables to the Activity Center to start the parade.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Carl Bachhuber of Mayville, Wis., holds a World War I German fighter plane owned by Chuck Smith, center, of Tillsonburg, Canada, while Dave White, of Belle River, Ontario, starts it up for Smith's flight.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Danielle Scarfe of Crystal Lake helps her 6-year-old daughter Sophia reach the finish of the Mini-Muddy race Sunday Gilberts.
Mary Beth Nolan | Staff Photographer
Fred the goldfish is the only one of his kind Sunday at the North Aurora Days Pet Parade. He was brought by state Rep. Kay Hatcher of Yorkville.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Vance Williams, 1, watches the parade Sunday as part of Coon Creek Days Festival in Hampshire. Despite the leg cast, he was able to scoop up a fair amount of candy thrown from parade floats.
Mary Beth Nolan | Staff Photographer
The mascot for Braconi's Pizza in Naperville hopes to make baseball fans hungry.
Courtesy of Braconi's Pizza
Louisville residents Annette Vitale, left, and Tammra Catron wear evening gowns as they approach the finish line of the Muddy Buddy Race Sunday in Gilberts.
Mary Beth Nolan | Staff Photographer
Ozzie, the Kane County Cougars' mascot, loves to energize a crowd.
Courtesy of Kane County Cougars
Hampshire High School color guard members march Sunday in a parade at Coon Creek Days Festival in Hampshire.
Mary Beth Nolan | Staff Photographer
Young fans whoop it up for the Hampshire High School marching band Sunday as part of Coon Creek Days Festival in Hampshire.
Mary Beth Nolan | Staff Photographer
Dinger, the DuPage Dragons' mascot, celebrates his birthday Saturday with a mascot party during the baseball game.
Courtesy of the DuPage Dragons