Photos of the Month - June 2018

Bobby Pierce, a Marine Corps veteran, casts his fishing line as Fred Seabaugh, an Army veteran, watches while fishing with residents of the Missouri Veterans Home at VFW Lakes Friday, June 22, 2018 in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Community members enjoy their time at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center Monday, June 18, 2018 in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Brad Nurski chips his ball to the green on the 14th hole during the Missouri Amateur Championship golf tournament Sunday, June 24, 2018 at Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Community members race down waterslides at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center Monday, June 18, 2018 in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Skylynn Thomas, 7, runs while he pushes the merry-go-round at Arena Park Monday, June 4, 2018 in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Kylondrea Deberry, left, and Kimberly Dozier, right, react to a butterfly Monday, June 11, 2018 at Lake Boutin at Trail of Tears State Park. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau's Sean Bard swings at a pitch during the final inning of the first game of a double-header against the Waterloo Millers Sunday, June 24, 2018 at Capaha Park. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Layla Chavez, 6, is comforted by her mother Tia Bailey while holding a photo of her youngest sister Loxli Chavez, who the family was walking for, during the third annual community Prayer March hosted by SNAP and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America Saturday, June 2, 2018 in Cape Girardeau. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jaycee Kesh Akinsanya poses in his home for a photo with his book Thursday, June 7, 2018 in Whitewater. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Neil Diamond the Great Dane is photographed in the barn door of his and his owner Jaycee Kesh Akinsanya's home Thursday, June 7, 2018 in Whitewater. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jaycee Kesh Akinsanya sits on the couch in his home with his book Thursday, June 7, 2018 in Whitewater. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Lindyn Devenport rides Ranger, 15, during a summer camp session at Mississippi Valley Therapeutic Horsemanship Friday, June 8, 2018 in Oak Ridge. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Lindyn Devenport, 6, jumps on a trampoline in her playroom at her home Sunday, June 3, 2018 in Sedgewickville. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Lindyn Devenport, 6, hangs on her climbing bar in her garage Sunday, June 3, 2018 in Sedgewickville. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Lindyn Devenport, center, rides Ranger, 15, as (from left) Paula Givens, Madisen Luttrull and Kate Zimmerman walk alongside during a summer camp session at Mississippi Valley Therapeutic Horsemanship Friday, June 8, 2018 in Oak Ridge. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Lindyn Devenport labels parts of a horse as part of an activity during a summer camp session at Mississippi Valley Therapeutic Horsemanship Saturday, June 9, 2018 in Oak Ridge. (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

2018 All-Missourian Girls Track and Field - Claire Morrill - Notre Dame High School (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

2018 All-Missourian Softball - Sicily Johnston - Jackson High School (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

2018 All-Missourian Girls Soccer - Emma Brune - Saxony Lutheran High School (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

2018 All-Missourian Boys Track and Field - Aaron Brown - Jackson High School (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

2018 All-Missourian Girls Track and Field - Yienvi Johnson - Cape Central High School (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

2018 All-Missourian Softball - Madison Landeros - Notre Dame High School (Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau Capahas players hold their hands behind their backs during the playing of the national anthem at the start of a game against the St. Louis Spikes on Saturday, June 2, 2018 at Capaha Field in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau Capahas pitcher Brock Beacham delivers a pitch during the third inning of a game against the St. Louis Spikes on Saturday, June 2, 2018 at Capaha Field in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department investigate the scene of a shooting early Sunday, June 2, 2018 at the intersection of Independence and Main Street in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department investigate the scene of a shooting early Sunday, June 2, 2018 at the intersection of Independence and Main Street in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau Post 63 pitcher Austin Dill delivers a pitch during a game Sunday, June 2, 2018 at Hillhouse Park in Charleston, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Atticus Harper, 10, center, and Michael Cox, 9, above right, help Shawn, 1, use his water gun Monday, June 4, 2018, at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

After an impromptu dunk contest, Henderson neighborhood kids admire the contest winner as he poses with a hoop ripped from the backboard June 5, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Fire crews work to extinguish a camper and shed Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at 4101 State Highway 77 near Kelly High School in Benton, Missouri. The school was evacuated during the fire but suffered no damage, and no one was injured in the fire. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Ashley Toombs, left, scoots the ball as Kyle Long, right, trails behind during a pick-up game Thursday, June 7, 2018, at the Arena Park tennis courts in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

A flag hangs in the Bowen Fast Pitch dugout during the Kelso Klassic on Sunday, June 10, 2018, in Kelso, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

A pitcher for Bowen Fast Pitch throws the ball during the championship game in the Kelso Klassic on Sunday, June 10, 2018, in Kelso, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Andre Borrelli poses for a portrait inside the lobby of the former H&H building Wednesday, June 13, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

A lightning bolt flashes through the sky behind a set of utility poles June 14, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Capahas pitcher Brock Beachum talks with teammates in the dugout Sunday, June 17, 2018, during a doubleheader against the Fairview Heights Redbirds at Capaha Field in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

JJ Weeks Band performs Sunday, June 17, 2018, at the A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Crowder performs Sunday, June 17, 2018, at the A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Residents from the Missouri Veterans Home sit in the shade awaiting the arrival of B-25J Mitchell Bomber "Maid in the Shade" on Monday, June 18, 2018, at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

World War II veterans Robert Duckworth, left, and Lester Harris, right, man the machine guns aboard B-25J Mitchell Bomber "Maid in the Shade" on Monday, June 18, 2018 at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

World War II veteran Robert Duckworth returns to the shade after flying on-board B-25J Mitchell Bomber "Maid in the Shade" on Monday, June 18, 2018, at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

During his final night as owner of Stooges Restaurant, Ron Cook, above right, hugs Terry Crass on June 21, 2018, in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jordan Fabian, center, and Joesph Lyons Jr., right, watch as Joseph Lyons, of Springfield, Missouri, jumps into the water Friday, June 22, 2018, at Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park in Reynolds County, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Derek Wheeler lays out a box of fireworks while setting up the Patriots Fireworks tent on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Geese walk past as Carol Largent hits from the fairway of Hole No. 14 on June 27, 2018, during the first day of play in the Lassies Classic at the Cape Girardeau Country Club. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau Public Works employees Patrick Swift, center, and Joe Rose repair a chainsaw while clearing storm debris as Anthony Peairs, far left, steps out of his truck with a replacement Thursday, June 28, 2018, at the intersection of Cousin Street and West End Boulevard in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cody Griggs walks his bicycle with Layton Lipke, both of Jackson, across High Street after cinematographer PJ Gaynard rolls past them with the camera car shooting a scene for the movie "All Nite Skate" on Friday, June 8, 2018 in uptown Jackson. (Fred Lynch)

Kelso Fastpitch third baseman David Headley throws the ball to catcher Justin Landewee who tagged out The Clubhouse's Doug Bryan at the plate during the second inning Friday, June 8, 2018 at the Kelso Klassic in Kelso, Missouri. (Fred Lynch)

Traffic moves Friday night, June 8, 2018 on Broadway in Cape Girardeau. New LED lighting will be installed beginning Monday. (Fred Lynch)

Bullet waits for a customer at the American Cancer Society's Bark for Life event Saturday, June 9, 2018 at Capaha Park. (Fred Lynch)

Cape Girardeau Post 63 Senior Legion left fielder Layne Robinson tries to catch a line drive by Pemiscot County during the third inning Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at Capaha Field. (Fred Lynch)

Cape Girardeau Post 63 Senior Legion assistant coach Bill Bohnert talks to Brendan Wilkens in the dugout during the game with Pemiscot County on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at Capaha Field. (Fred Lynch)

Pete Johnson with Cotner Electric installs a new light-emitting diode (LED) light fixture Wednesday, June 13, 2018 above Broadway near Sprigg Street in Cape Girardeau. The new lights will improve illumination of the street directionally 180 degrees and use about one-third the electricity as the former metal halide lights. The city is replacing 58 lights between Pacific and Spanish streets at an estimated cost of $100,000 paid for by the transportation trust fund sales tax money. (Fred Lynch)

Gov. Mike Parson speaks to members of the Missouri Farm Bureau on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at the David M. Barton Agriculture Research Center near Gordonville, Missouri. (Fred Lynch)

The Avenue of Flags is displayed on Flag Day, Thursday, June 14, 2018 at Cape Girardeau County Park North. The collection of about 670 flags stretches from the Veterans Plaza at the park with recent additions along the entrance road by the small lake. (Fred Lynch)

Sydney Mizicko performs aerial arts Saturday, June 16, 2018 in the Summer Arts Festival at the River Campus. (Fred Lynch)

Cape Girardeau Post 63's Trevor Haas heads for home on a double by Trent Unterreiner against Sikeston during the first inning of the first game Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at Capaha Field. (Fred Lynch)

Cape Girardeau Post 63 catcher Derrick Kirn waits to tag out Sikeston's Clark Steward during the second inning of the first game Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at Capaha Field. (Fred Lynch)

The Broadway streetscape is illuminated with new LED lights in this drone view Friday, June 22, 2018 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Pilots fly radio-controlled aircraft in this drone view Saturday, June 23, 2018 during the Southeast Missouri Modelers Association's Cape Fly Hi event at Galaxy Park. (Fred Lynch)

2018 All-Missourian Track and Field - Trevor Lukefahr - St. Vincent High School (Fred Lynch)

Ron Nall directs the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band as it plays the national anthem Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at Capaha Park. (Fred Lynch)

Ron Nall joins the horn section with his French horn after stepping down as director of Cape Girardeau Municipal Band on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at Capaha Park. (Fred Lynch)

Marcus Schaefer of Benton, Missouri delights in winning a $5 bingo prize Saturday, June 30, 2018 presented by Steven Pinkston at the Biehle Picnic, hosted by St. Maurus Catholic Church in Biehle, Missouri. (Fred Lynch)