The Year in Pictures - 2010

Neal E. Boyd sings "Somewhere" from West Side Story with the Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra Friday night, Feb. 25, 2010 at Bedell Performance Hall. Boyd was the guest artist at the sold-out symphonic pops concert. (Fred Lynch)

The Blue Angels fly in formation over the crowd Sunday, June 20, 2010 during the final day of the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. (Laura Simon)

Harry Rediger takes the oath of office as mayor of Cape Girardeau on April 9, 2010 at city hall. Rediger succeeds Jay Knudtson who reached his term limit. (Fred Lynch)

Snow blankets Southeast Missouri State's River Campus Friday, January 29, 2010. (Laura Simon)

Marine Corp Sr. Vice Commandant Bob Francis plays "Taps" Monday, May 31, 2010 during the Memorial Day Program at the Osage Community Centre. (Laura Simon)

Elizabeth Harris sings The Lord's Prayer accompanied by Altha Robinson during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 at the Osage Community Centre. (Fred Lynch)

Bald Knob Cross glows behind attendants of the 74th annual Easter Sunday sunrise service April 4, 2010. (Laura Simon)

The media center is part of the last phase of construction at Jackson High School on July 27, 2010. (Fred Lynch)

Cowboys participating in the SuperBull Series at the Show Me Center Saturday, January, 16, 2010 line up for the opening ceremony. (Laura Simon)

Balloons drop and caps fly Sunday, May 16, 2010 as Cape Central High School graduates it's 2010 senior class at the Show Me Center. (Laura Simon)

Purchased strawberries wait to be picked up during the 2010 Strawberry Festival at Teen Challenge International of Mid-America in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Saturday, May 29, 2010. (Kristin Eberts)

A West County player knocks one down Saturday, August 14, 2010 during the Special Olympics Missouri 2010 State Outdoor Championships in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

This automobile crashed through the wall into the living room of a house at Themis and Pindwood streets Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010 in Cape Girardeau. The car struck another vehicle which caused it to spin around so the rear of the car went into the house. (Fred Lynch)

Cousins Ty Martin, 4, and Jada Martin, 8, fly down the slide during the 102nd annual Homecomers Celebration in Jackson on Saturday, July 31, 2010. Saturday was the final day of the celebration which began Tuesday. (Kristin Eberts)

Senior Courtney Reinagel plays right field for the Notre Dame Lady Bulldogs softball team despite a disability. (Kristin Eberts)

New citizens of the United States take an oath during a Law Day celebration that included the dedication of the Judicial Education and History Center and a Naturalization Ceremony for 14 new United States citizens at the Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr. United States Courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Friday, April 30, 2010. (Kristin Eberts)

Meg Fridley works to finish her masterpiece as mother Stephanie Fridley watches during ArtsCape at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Saturday, May 22, 2010. Fridley won first place in the teen category of the competition. (Kristin Eberts)

Three-year-old Michael McCoy and his father Jon unload their groceries in the check-out line at the Schnuck's replica Sunday, June 6, 2010 during the grand opening of Discovery Playhouse in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Corey Mann of Scott City juggles devil sticks on a warm Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at the Cape Girardeau riverfront. He has been sticking for about three months since seeing performers juggling sticks in St. Louis, "and I knew I had to do that," he said. Two handsticks are used to control the baton. For now, it's a hobby for Mann, but he said he might like to become a performer some day. (Fred Lynch)