ABOVE: The Queen of the Mississippi prepares to dock at the riverfront Thursday morning in downtown Cape Girardeau. This was the first docking of a riverboat since the floodgates opened earlier this week. BELOW: Linda Hill and Betty Voss volunteer at the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau's booth to sell souvenirs to the guests of the Queen of the Mississippi riverboat.
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