June 15, 2020

Capaha Park Splash Pad opening ceremony

Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation officials, City Council members, city board members and members of the public composed an audience of more than 50 people at a ceremony to mark the opening of the Capaha Park Splash Pad on Monday, June 15, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. Construction on the project began in late 2018 as part of the second phase of the city’s master plan for Capaha Park, and the project is funded by a city stormwater tax passed by voters in 2008 and renewed in 2018.

After a pair of ceremonial scissors were too dull to cut through the ribbon, Cape Girardeau city manager Scott Meyer, far left, drops his side of the tape and lets out a cheer to mark the opening of the Capaha Park Splash Pad on Monday, June 15, 2020, in Cape Girardeau.

From left, David Cantrell, city manager Scott Meyer, Gunnar Knutson, parks division manager Brock Davis, recreation division manager Penny Williams and Pete Poe watch children play in the Capaha Park Splash Pad on its opening day Monday, June 15, 2020, in Cape Girardeau.

Water pours from a bucket and engulfs Jaxson Prino, 7, center, and Aria Hammonds, 8, right, at the Capaha Park Splash Pad on its opening day Monday, June 15, 2020, in Cape Girardeau.

Aria Hammonds, 8, right, spins a water sprinkler while playing on the Capaha Park Splash Pad on its opening day Monday, June 15, 2020, in Cape Girardeau.

Children run through water streams after the Capaha Park Splash Pad is officially opened to the public Monday, June 15, 2020, in Cape Girardeau.

Eleanor Penrod, 5, of Cape Girardeau runs through an arch of water streams at the Capaha Park Splash Pad on its opening day Monday, June 15, 2020, in Cape Girardeau.

Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation director Julia Jones speaks to the crowd during a ceremony to mark the opening of the Capaha Park Splash Pad on Monday, June 15, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. Jones thanked the various city boards, Cape Girardeau City Council members, Mayor Bob Fox, city manager Scott Meyer and a variety of Parks and Recreation officials for all of their contributions to the project.

Cape Girardeau Mayor Bob Fox thanks the citizens of Cape Girardeau and points out various taxpayer-funded improvements made to Capaha Park while speaking at a ceremony Monday, June 15, 2020, to mark the opening of the Capaha Park Splash Pad. "It started back in 2008 with the first Parks and Recreation stormwater tax. In 2018, we renewed it for 15 more years," Fox said. "That's what does this, and that's what brings people to our city."

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Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation officials, City Council members, city board members and members of the public composed an audience of more than 50 people at a ceremony to mark the opening of the Capaha Park Splash Pad on Monday, June 15, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. Construction on the project began in late 2018 as part of the second phase of the city’s master plan for Capaha Park, and the project is funded by a city stormwater tax passed by voters in 2008 and renewed in 2018.

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