Southeast Missourian reporter Scott Moyers interviews Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh about the one year anniversary of the intentional breach of the Birds Point Levee in Mississippi County.

The 5th annual Cape Girardeau Storytelling Festival April 13, 2012 in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Union Pacific's Shiloh Limited stops at Scott City, Mo. on its way to Marion, Ark. with Civil War historians March 28, 2012.

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks at the annual Lincoln Day event March 10, 2012 in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Dortha Strack talks about her years at Hanover Lutheran School in the '30s and '40s on March 4, 2012 in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Built in 1924, the one-room schoolhouse had students in grades 1-8 until it closed in 1957.

The public was invited to a forum to voice their opinions in front of the city-appointed Deer Management Committee about the possibility of thinning of the deer herd in Cape Girardeau. The forum took place at the Osage Centre Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012.

An excerpt from a meeting of the Cape Girardeau, Mo. school board which made changes to a uniform dress code proposal Monday, Feb. 27, 2012.

Linda Nash with the Red House Interpretive Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. discusses the life of Louis Lorimier, beginning a yearlong celebration of the city's founder on Feb. 26, 2012. Lorimier died 200 years ago.

An audio slideshow of the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks basketball game with the Murray State Racers Feb. 15, 2012 at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Bigfoot Bad Boy driven by Larry Swim thrills the crowd in the wheelie contest at the Monster Truck Winter Nationals Feb. 11, 2012 at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Area high school students compete in Cape Girardeau, Mo. on Jan. 28, 2012 with robots they built to pick up balls and to move a bowling ball. Their ultimate goal is to make it to the world championship to be held in St. Louis.

The Cape Girardeau School District dress code committee presents a revised uniform policy proposal to the school board Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.

The second of two public forums discussing the proposed uniform policy in the Cape Girardeau Public School system was held on Jan. 17, 2012, at the Cape Girardeau Junior High School.

Here is a selection of five holiday music favorites synchronized with lights by brothers Brandon and Brooks Clark at their mother's house near Kelso, Mo. on Dec. 23, 2011.

LaCroix UMC rallies volunteers to help pack MannaPack Rice meals Friday, Dec. 9, 2011 during the Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event at Shawnee Park Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Demolition of the buildings at 501 Broadway in Cape Girardeau began Thursday morning, Dec. 8, 2011.

The Salvation Army Tree of Lights kicks off with a selection of holiday tunes performed by a brass choir of the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band at West Park Mall in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Nov. 28, 2011.

The Southeast Missourian's Lucas Presson interviews Bekki Cook.

An electric car drag race and autocross competition was held on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, during the Electric Vehicle Conversion Convention at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport.

Opera singer Neal E. Boyd is interviewed by Lucas Presson on Sept. 12, 2011 for The Southeast Missourian in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Boyd, a native of Sikeston, Mo., talks about his life since winning "America's Got Talent" in 2008.

Ride along with Jess Short as he drives a 1986 Lincoln Town Car in the Dual Demolition Derby at the SEMO District Fair on Sept. 13, 2011 in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

A memorial tribute on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States was held Sept. 11, 2011 at the SEMO District Fair in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Each month the Southeast Missourian puts out a special publication called TBY(the best years). So, we seniors around the community if they really thought these are the best years.

The Cape Central Tigers played their first game in their new stadium Friday, September 2, 2011 in Cape Girardeau, Mo. The Tigers defeated Festus 21-20.

Mountain biking enthusiasts compete in the Cyclewerx Crankfest 2011 Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011 in Klaus Park at Cape Girardeau, Mo.