February 7, 2017

Photos of the Month - January 2017

Southeast Missourian photographers chose their favorite photos from the month of January 2017.

Andrew Whitaker, Fred Lynch, Laura Simon

David Stewart sits in the barber chair as he gets a haircut by Chuck Reid at The Shop Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 at 821 Broadway in Cape Girardeau. Stewart has been coming to Reid ever since Reid was in barber school several years back.

Matthew Hendricks, the General Manager for The Bar, sweeps away snow before it sticks to the ground Thursday, Jan. 5, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

Aiden Bailey, 7, and Bennett Rolwing, 7, look in a mirror after getting their face painted during Jurassic Quest Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017 at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau.

2016 All-Missourian Football - Brittan Jones - Scott City

2016 All-Missourian Volleyball - Maddie McClintock - Notre Dame

Carley House gives her teacher, Candice Schnurbusch a hug before Tiger Brew, a student run business run by the special education department at Cape Girardeau Central, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 in Cape Girardeau. Tiger Brew is available Monday through Friday during three different class periods, 1st hour, 2nd hour and advisory and offer a variety of drinks from hot coffees and teas, iced drinks, hot chocolates and even smoothies.

Saxony Lutheran's Masyn McWilliams jumps to block the shot by Oran's Claire Ramsey during the championship game of the Delta New Year's Tournament Thursday, Jan. 5, 2016 at Delta High School. Oran won 64-62.

2016 All-Missourian Soccer - Cole Gerstenberger - Perryville

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com John and Pam Myers begin a new year Monday, Jan. 2, 2016 with a walk along the fog-shrouded Riverfront Park in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Monteal Pearson curls a dumbbell Monday, Jan. 2, 2017 at Anytime Fitness in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Missouri Governor-elect Eric Greitens addresses a crowd during his thank-you tour Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017 at the Marquette Tower in Cape Girardeau.

2016 All-Missourian Football - Braden Cox - Scott City

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com The Harlem Globetrotters enter the arena for the basketball game against the World All-Stars on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017 at the Show Me Center.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Firefly Fisher of the Harlem Globetrotters soaks some nearby fans Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017 at the Show Me Center.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Branches of possum haw are seen ice-covered outside the Conservation Nature Center on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 at Cape Girardeau County Park North. The berries of the holly shrub persist throughout the winter. Birds, deer and small mammals, including opossums, are attracted to the fruit.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Willow Burnes and his mother, Courtney Burnes, get a baseball autographed by St. Louis Cardinals prospect Patrick Wisdom during the Cardinals Caravan on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017 at the Osage Centre.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Will Kluesner and his grandmother, Susan King, take in the Cardinals Caravan on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017 at the Osage Centre.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Jackson fans take in the action during the third quarter of the Poplar Bluff boys basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 in Jackson.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com East Prairie's Deverence Jones prevents a shot by Oran's Max Priggel during the first quarter of a semifinal in the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 at Kelly High School.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Cape Girardeau Police officers Johnny Spencer, left, and Eric Steiner bathe Oliver, a German shepherd owned by Terry Lemons, during the Pay for the Pups dog wash Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 at Mississippi Mutts in Cape Girardeau. Proceeds will help fund new police dogs. More photos are in a gallery at semissourian.com.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Billy Humphries holds Gracie, a cairn terrier, as she has her nails clipped by Michele Cullins of Canine Clipz, during the Pay for the Pups dog wash Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 at Mississippi Mutts in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Carter Rayburn and his grandfather, Richard Rayburn, meet Rowdy Redhawk at the Southeast Missouri State-Eastern Illinois men's basketball game Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 at the Show Me Center.

Tony Kozina and Brandon Espinosa prepare before the Cape Championship Wrestling match Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 at the Arena Building in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Students of On Cue Performing Arts Studio set the mood for the SoutheastHEALTH Journey Gala: "A Night in Disguise...A Venetian Masquerade" on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 at Isle Casino Event Center.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com A Fronabarger Concreters crew installs a section of 18-inch sewer pipe Monday, Jan. 23, 2017 as a downtown sidewalk and lighting project gets underway at Main and Themis streets in Cape Girardeau. The city accepted the Oak Ridge firm's low bid of $1.24 million to replace existing sidewalks and streetlights along a 900-foot section of Main Street from Broadway to Independence Street. The contractor will be allowed to close a half-block of the street at a time. Completion of the project is expected by late May.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com The Gipsons, from left, Megan, Corley, Tara, Sawyer and Brad, perform a bluegrass gospel song, "Redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb," on opening night of the Bootheel Bluegrass Festival on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 at Bavarian Halle in Jackson.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Notre Dame's Carter Dame swats a shot by Cape Girardeau Central's Austin Parker during the third quarter Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 at Central High School.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Notre Dame fans get fired up during the game against Cape Girardeau Central Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 at Central High School.

Jonathan Roe, right, sneaks a photo of Kolten Geske using the Seesaw app on his iPad on Friday, Jan. 6, 2016, in Jennie Pehle's kindergarten class at Orchard Drive Elementary in Jackson.

Koby Hayman listens to his teacher on Friday, Jan. 6, 2016, in Jennie Pehle's kindergarten class at Orchard Drive Elementary in Jackson.

Cole Kasten takes a silly selfie on his iPad on Friday, Jan. 6, 2016, in Jennie Pehle's kindergarten class at Orchard Drive Elementary in Jackson.

Presley Harrison, left, giggles as Addison Broussard, center, and Cole Kasten try out a photo app on an iPad on Friday, Jan. 6, 2016, in Jennie Pehle's kindergarten class at Orchard Drive Elementary in Jackson.

An officer with the Cape Girardeau Police Department stands watch at the corner of S. Benton Street and Jefferson Ave. after a shooting near the intersection on Thursday evening, Jan. 11, 2016.

The Army Corps of Engineers Pathfinder floats down the Mississippi river in the fog of the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 in Cape Girardeau.

Alida Goodpasture and Dale Ratliff take a spin on the dance floor during the "Celebration of Life" winter ball on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2017, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau.

Phillip Barnhart shines as he takes a turn on the dance floor during the "Celebration of Life" winter ball on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2017, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau.

Twylla Roderick spins Maxine Hill on the dance floor during the "Celebration of Life" winter ball on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2017, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau.

Charlotte Dow, right, takes a spin on the dance floor during the "Celebration of Life" winter ball on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2017, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau.

Monti Callow, left, and Connie Gibson dance to The Isley Brothers "Shout!" during the "Celebration of Life" winter ball on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2017, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau.

Virginia Nora Duncan takes a spin on the dance floor during the "Celebration of Life" winter ball on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2017, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau.

Dorothy Haselbauer has some fun in the photo booth during the "Celebration of Life" winter ball on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2017, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau.

Blues musician and singer Sam Mosley sings Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come" during "And Justice For All's" Martin Luther King Jr. Day program on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, at New Life New Beginning World Outreach Center in Sikeston, Missouri.

Jennett McCaster prays during the opening prayer of "And Justice For All's" Martin Luther King Jr. Day program on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, at New Life New Beginning World Outreach Center in Sikeston, Missouri.

Larry McClellon has a laugh while talking to attendees during "And Justice For All's" Martin Luther King Jr. Day program on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, at New Life New Beginning World Outreach Center in Sikeston, Missouri.

2016 All-Missourian Football - Bryndan Reid- Jackson

Margaret Tidwell smiles during "And Justice For All's" Martin Luther King Jr. Day program on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, at New Life New Beginning World Outreach Center in Sikeston, Missouri.

Trey Halter with Southeast Electric, LLC, carries a ladder down the hallway while installing wiring inside a home under construction on Spartan Drive in Jackson on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.

Harlan Smothers stands on the "loading dock of an old general store" he and his wife, Doris, had fashioned inside their Fat Chance General Store in Cape Girardeau County.

Harlan Smothers plays with an old toy dog Fat Chance General Store in Cape Girardeau County.

Old photos are seen inside the Fat Chance General Store in Cape Girardeau County.

Ari Becking, 5, goes "muah" after getting a kiss from her mother, Chantelle on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at the Becking's Cape Girardeau home. Ari and her sister Dolly, 3, were trying to transfer their mother's lipstick on them.

Ari Becking, 5, right, and her little sister Lennyx, 1, play with a balloon on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at the Becking's Cape Girardeau home.

Bianca Becking, 10, hugs her mother, Chantelle, as they watch Ari, 5, left, and Dolly, 3, as they look out the window in the family room on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at the Becking's Cape Girardeau home.

Lennyx Becking, 1, tries on her mother's shoes on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at the Becking's Cape Girardeau home.

Cape Girardeau Fire Department respond to a structure fire at 1207 N. Main Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 in Cape Girardeau.

Solie Becking, 8, heads down the stairs on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at the Becking's Cape Girardeau home.

Pictured from left to right, Chantelle, Lennyx, Solie, Ari, and Bianca Becking hangout in the foyer on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at the Becking's Cape Girardeau home.

A prayer is said by the Saxony Lutheran basketball and cheer teams during a game between Oran and Saxony Lutheran Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 at Saxony Lutheran in Jackson.

Sexy Sarge O'Riley kisses Janice Aaro during the Cape Championship Wrestling match Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 at the Arena Building in Cape Girardeau.

2016 All-Missourian Volleyball - Lexie Barnes - Saxony Lutheran

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