Images: Some of the best photos that you may have missed this weekend
Every weekend Daily Herald photographers venture out to some of the area's local events. See some of the best pictures by Daily Herald photographers from this past weekend that you may have missed.
Minnie the dog takes in the sights after participating in a dog costume contest before the St. Patrick's Day parade in East Dundee Saturday. Minnie is owned by Janine and Hannah McAlpin of Elgin.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Candy Khan hugs her daughter Maya Khan, 6, both of Naperville at the Naperville's St. Patrick's Day parade Saturday. The parade featured 90 units, including floats, bands and dancers.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
The Naperville's St. Patrick's Day parade heads South down Mill Street Saturday. The parade featured 90 units, including floats, bands and dancers.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Dogs of all breeds weighing more than a hundred pounds to a few pounds got their paws dirty as they used their noses to smell out dog treats in Easter eggs at the Al Hattendorf Center in Elk Grove Village on Saturday. This marked the fifth year for the event which teaches dog to be social with other dogs as well as people.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Dogs of all breeds weighing more than a hundred pounds to a few pounds got their paws dirty as they used their noses to smell out dog treats in Easter eggs at the Al Hattendorf Center in Elk Grove Village on Saturday. This marked the fifth year for the event which teaches dog to be social with other dogs as well as people.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
The Schaumburg Park District 31st annual Sugar Bush Fair featured various sap making and sap collecting methods to educate both young and old with featured Native Americans explaining that fur was gather not for trade or to wear as a coat but to make beaver top hats.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
The Schaumburg Park District 31st annual Sugar Bush Fair featured various sap making and sap collecting methods to educate both young and old first then moved on to sample the syrup with a stack of pancakes.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Katie Albeck holds her son, Drake, age four months, as the await the start of the Lake Villa St. Patrick's Day parade Saturday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
One-year-old Riley Luebke of Pingree Grove stares up at a giant Bulls mascot as she takes pictures with her father, Jeff, during Fan Fest of the Chicago Bulls' new NBA D-League franchise Sunday at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates. The event will featured photos with the Bulls' six NBA Championship trophies, a meet-and-greet with Bulls ambassadors and entertainers, face painting, a mechanical bull ride and a variety of basketball games.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Former Chicago Bulls player Bob Love shakes hands with Luka Rachowsky of Roselle during Fan Fest of the Chicago Bulls' new NBA D-League franchise Sunday at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates. The event will featured photos with the Bulls' six NBA Championship trophies, a meet-and-greet with Bulls ambassadors and entertainers, face painting, a mechanical bull ride and a variety of basketball games.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Eric Steffensen of Libertyville compares sap and maple syrup with his daughters, Sophia, 5, and Julia, 7, as they learn about making syrup from sugar maples Sunday at Ryerson Conservation Area in Lincolnshire. The woods are one of the few places where climate conditions are good for the production of maple syrup production.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Volunteer naturalist Carrie Van Eyck talks to a group about maple trees and about making syrup from sugar maples Sunday at Ryerson Conservation Area in Lincolnshire. The woods are one of the few places where climate conditions are good for the production of maple syrup production.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Reagan Kloss, 8 of Girl Scout Troop 706 in Streamwood tries her had at drilling tap holes in a practice log while visiting the Naper Settlement Sunday during a the annual Maple Sugaring Days event.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Volunteer Rod Campbell holds a manual drill used for tapping maple trees as he talks to young visitors Sunday at a maple syrup festival at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Even though the sap was not running because of the cold weather, people come out in the rain to see how maple trees are tapped for sap Sunday at a maple syrup festival at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Marion Atten, of Dewitt, IL is reflected in a glass case as she sits outside her booth for Antiques at Hillwood Sunday at the 59th annual Chicago Suburban Antique Dealers Association Show at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles, to benefit Garfield Farm Museum.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
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