May 25, 2019

Cardboard Boat Contest

Contestants took part in a cardboard boat contest during a free pool party to start off the 2019 season Saturday, May 25, 2019, at the Scott City Community Pool.

Abigail Geiser of Scott City, 7, makes her way across the Scott City Community Pool in a cardboard boat contest during a free pool party to start off the 2019 season Saturday, May 25, 2019, at the pool in Scott City. Geiser's mother, Ashley Geiser, said this was her daughter's first year riding in the boat when last year she was too afraid to get in the watercraft in the contest. "She's ready this year," Ashley said. Abigail ended up winning the contest.

Georgia Riggs, formerly of Scott City and now Oak Ridge, 5, sits inside a cardboard boat next to her brother Weston Riggs, 9, as they prepare the boat for a contest during a free pool party to start off the 2019 season Saturday, May 25, 2019, at the Scott City Community Pool.

Ashley Geiser of Scott City, second from right, and her daughter Abigail Geiser, 7, work to construct a cardboard boat next to Ashley's sons Emmet Zurbriggen, 2, and Dylan Gibson, 12, before a cardboard boat contest during a free pool party to start off the 2019 season Saturday, May 25, 2019, at the Scott City Community Pool.

Weston Riggs, formerly of Scott City and now Oak Ridge, 9, and his sister Georgia Riggs, 5, work to construct a cardboard boat for a contest during a free pool party to start off the 2019 season Saturday, May 25, 2019, at the Scott City Community Pool.

Hunter Riggs, formerly of Scott City and now Oak Ridge, 11, plays with a ball as Gavin Deimund of Scott City, 10, left, and Weston Riggs, formerly of Scott City and now Oak Ridge, 9, middle, construct a cardboard boat for a contest during a free pool party to start off the 2019 season Saturday, May 25, 2019, at the Scott City Community Pool.

Abigail Geiser of Scott City, 7, approaches the edge of the Scott City Community Pool in a cardboard boat contest during a free pool party to start off the 2019 season Saturday, May 25, 2019, at the pool in Scott City. 

Amara Ford of Cape Girardeau, 5, traverses the Scott City Community Pool in a cardboard boat contest during a free pool party to start off the 2019 season Saturday, May 25, 2019, at the pool in Scott City.

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Contestants took part in a cardboard boat contest during a free pool party to start off the 2019 season Saturday, May 25, 2019, at the Scott City Community Pool.

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