Photos of the Month - April 2016

April 30, 2016

Southeast Missourian photographers choose their favorite images from the month of April.

Laura Simon, Fred Lynch and Glenn Landberg

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Neighborhood children pose for a photo in front of The House of Hope on Thursday evening, April 14, 2016, after participating in a prayer vigil on Locust Street in Cape Girardeau.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Southeast gymnasts McKinzie Jones, left, Lauren Israel, center, and Alexis Brawner pose for a photo, Wednesday, March 30, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Shelby Allee trims Parker Estes' hair as his mother Amanda, sister Penelope, 1, and brother Theodore, 3, sit and visit on Friday, April 1, 2016, at PLUSH Salon on Broadway in Cape Girardeau.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com A smile spreads across Barbara Crane's face as she participates in a laughter yoga class on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at Riverside Regional Library in Jackson.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Abigail Davenport, left, and Aliyah Combs head to the top of the tower on the playground at Cape County Park South on Monday, April 4, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Aliyah Combs, 4, peeks out from the tower of the playground at Cape County Park South on Monday, April 4, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com A referee takes in some fresh air with a yawn in the second half of Jackson's game against Perryville, Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Jackson. Jackson won 4-0.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Jackson girls soccer team hosts Perryville, Wednesday, April 6, 2016. Jackson won 4-0.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Mississippi River and sky are reflected in a vintage Lincoln that was parked on the River Walk in downtown Cape Girardeau Thursday afternoon, April 7, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Eighteen-month-old Chance Popp snuggles with his mother, Amber, and sister, Layla, 9, on the couch in their apartment at the Ronald McDonald House in St. Louis Tuesday morning, April 4, 2016. Chance was born with Noonan syndrome, and diagnosed with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia. His sister, Layla, was a perfect match to be Chance's bone-marrow donor for a transplant. The transplant helped baby Chance beat leukemia.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Renita Lamkin smiles over neighborhood children as they join together in a prayer Thursday evening, April 14, 2016, during a prayer vigil on Locust Street in Cape Girardeau. Felice Roberson organized the vigil for Airious Darling who was shot and killed on Locust Street on March 31. Roberson's son Quinton Combs was shot and killed in November 2015 on Frederick Street.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Natalie Popp, 11, plays with her eighteen-month-old Chance inside their apartment at the Ronald McDonald House in St. Louis Tuesday morning, April 4, 2016. Chance was born with Noonan syndrome, and diagnosed with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia. His sister Layla was a perfect match to be Chance's bone-marrow donor for a transplant. The transplant helped baby Chance beat leukemia.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The backside of the H-H Building is seen through the windows of the Marquette Center on Friday, April 8, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Kamija Hamilton, 7, looks up at the wooden cross she is holding as, from left to right, Felice Roberson, Latoshia Reed, Shelly Moore, Renita Lamkin and Javion Hamilton, 8, sing a hymn Thursday evening, April 14, 2016, during a prayer vigil on Locust Street in Cape Girardeau. Roberson organized the vigil for Airious Darling who was shot and killed on Locust Street on March 31. Roberson's son Quinton Combs was shot and killed in November 2015 on Frederick Street.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Javion Hamilton, 8, holds a wooden cross Thursday evening, April 14, 2016, during a prayer vigil on Locust Street in Cape Girardeau. Felice Roberson organized the vigil for Airious Darling who was shot and killed on Locust Street on March 31. Roberson's son Quinton Combs was shot and killed in November 2015 on Frederick Street.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Kamijah Hamilton, 7, looks up after asking for a photo to be taken of her Thursday evening, April 14, 2016, after a prayer vigil on Locust Street in Cape Girardeau. The vigil was for Airious Darling who was shot and killed on Locust Street on March 31.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Chris Wubbena, left, helps Ben Pierce align his sculpture "Hesitant" at the corner of Broadway and Fountain Street Thursday afternoon, April 14, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. Pierce's sculpture is one of seven new sculptures that will be on display along Broadway as part of the Public Art Committee of the City of Cape Girardeau's third public art outdoor exhibition. An opening reception will be held today at 6 P.M. at the Vasterling Suites Courtyard at the corner of Broadway and Fountain Street.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Runners race to the finish line in the 100-meter dash during the Johnny Merrick Invitational at Kelly High School on Thursday, April 14, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Runners wait to take the track for the 1600-meter run during the Johnny Merrick Invitational at Kelly High School on Thursday, April 14, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Robbie Spurlock, president and creative director of KR Film + Media, poses for a photo inside his new office and studio space on Broadway in Cape Girardeau on Friday, April 1, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Richard Hill of Jonesboro, Illinois shops around the stands at the Cape Girardeau Farmers Market on Thursday afternoon, April 21, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Bryan Grace walks along one of the many azalea-lined paths at Pinecrest Azalea Gardens in Oak Ridge on Monday, April 18, 2016. The gardens, which are free to the public, are open through May 15, 2016, and will reopen next March. Visitors can call ahead to the gardens to check the progress of the azalea blooms.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The azaleas at Pinecrest Azalea Gardens in Oak Ridge are in peak bloom as seen on Monday, April 18, 2016. The gardens, which are free to the public, are open through May 15, 2016, and will reopen next March. Visitors can call ahead to the gardens to check the progress of the azalea blooms.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Dolores Oberle, left, and her sister, Marilyn Wehner of St. Genevieve, Missouri, take in the colorful azaleas at Pinecrest Azalea Gardens in Oak Ridge on Monday, April 18, 2016. The gardens, which are free to the public, are open through May 15, 2016, and will reopen next March. Visitors can call ahead to the gardens to check the progress of the azalea blooms.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Marilyn Wehner of St. Genevieve, Missouri, sniffs one of many colorful azaleas at Pinecrest Azalea Gardens in Oak Ridge on Monday, April 18, 2016. The gardens, which are free to the public, are open through May 15, 2016, and will reopen next March. Visitors can call ahead to the gardens to check the progress of the azalea blooms.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Glennon "Chris" Cabral of St. Genevieve, Missouri, walks along one of the color lined paths at Pinecrest Azalea Gardens in Oak Ridge on Monday, April 18, 2016. The gardens, which are free to the public, are open through May 15, 2016, and will reopen next March. Visitors can call ahead to the gardens to check the progress of the azalea blooms.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Members of Shugyo, Jason Heeter, J.J. Seabaugh and Matt Gates pose for a photo on Thursday, April 20, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com A bystander runs past crime scene tape as members of the Cape Girardeau Police Department investigate the scene of a shooting at 612 Locust Street on Thursday night, March 31, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Members of Shugyo, Jason Heeter, J.J. Seabaugh and Matt Gates pose for a photo with Karen Peetz at The Hangout on Wednesday, April 19, 2016, in Cape Girardeau.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Jedidiah Gihring looks over a honey-filled bear at the Cape Girardeau Farmers Market on Thursday afternoon, April 21, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The Cape Girardeau Farmers Market opened for the season on Thursday afternoon, April 21, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Josephine Vollink helps her grandmother at the Cape Girardeau Farmers Market on Thursday afternoon, April 21, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Rev. Edward W. Rice of St. Louis prays with priests from across the diocese at St. MaryŐs Cathedral in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. Rice became bishop-designate of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese on Tuesday. Rice will be installed as the new bishop on June 1.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Karmen Cooper, who will be 2 in July, waves while holding a freshly picked peony during her post-nap walk down Lorimier Street in Cape Girardeau Wednesday afternoon, April 28, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Dru Booth, owner of Oddfellows Barbershop in downtown Sikeston, works on a client on Tuesday, March 15, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Dru Booth, owner of Oddfellows Barbershop in downtown Sikeston, trims up Matt Stevens, Tuesday, March 15, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com A neighbor stands in his front yard as members of the Cape Girardeau Police Department investigates the scene of a fatal shooting at 612 Locust Street on Thursday night, March 31, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Dustin Bannister, owner of Blue Creek Production in Bollinger County, works with steel guitarist Jeff Wamble on recording for tracks on an upcoming album.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Michelle the cat photo bombs Brock Murphy and his quarter horse, Ed, at his family's Jackson, Missouri farm, Thursday, March 17, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Carlos Vargas-Aburto, president of Southeast Missouri State University, smiles after climbing a rock wall inside the Student Recreation Center - North on Saturday, March 12, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Carlos Vargas-Aburto, president of Southeast Missouri State University, speaks with Mikel Clark, right, and Tre Fisher on the basketball court at the Student Recreation Center - North on Saturday, March 12, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Carlos Vargas-Aburto, president of Southeast Missouri State University, smiles after a game of racquetball with Southeast student Naveen Palthyan at the Student Recreation Center North on Saturday, March 12, 2016.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Mark Kasten enters the milking barn at Kasten Sheep Dairy in Perry County.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Dogs play at Kasten Sheep Dairy in Perry County.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Southeast Missouri State's Trevor Ezell celebrates with teammates after his solo home run against SIUE during the fourth inning Sunday, April 3, 2016 at Capaha Field.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Lifeguard class instructor Stephen Smith portrays an injured swimmer during a training session with Cole Knight, left, and clockwise, Don Henson, Gracie Kern, Dalton Hobgood and Andrew West, on Sunday, April 3, 2016 at Central Municipal Pool. The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department requires its summer lifeguards to complete the weekend course. The next course begins April 15.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Jackson left fielder Triston Thele dives to catch a Notre Dame fly ball during the first inning Monday, April 4, 2016 in Jackson.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Mark Kasten loads hay to feed his sheep at Kasten Sheep Dairy in Perry County.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com The umpire rules Notre Dame's Noah Arnzen is safe at home before Jackson catcher Braeden Dobbs tagged him, as relief pitcher Colton Weber looks on, during the ninth inning Monday, April 4, 2016 in Jackson. It was the third run for Notre Dame which held for their 3-2 win over Jackson.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Notre Dame's Ross Essner steals second base as Cape Central shortstop takes a high throw during the second inning Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at Cape Central High School.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Cape Central's Alexus Walker, left, takes the baton from Brittnee Blackmon in a heat of the girls 400-meter relay at the Jackson Invitational track meet Saturday, April 9, 2016 in Jackson.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Jackson's Shawn Bareiter competes in the boys pole vault event at the Jackson Invitational track meet Saturday, April 9, 2016 in Jackson.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Debris from a house that exploded off Bollinger County Road 852 covers the road and is caught in trees Saturday night, April 9, 2016 west of Scopus.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Hannah Seyer carves out the seat for a rocking chair in woodworking class Monday, April 11, 2016 at Chaffee High School in Chaffee, Missouri.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Kamron Underwood as Prince Charming and Sophie Gentle as Cinderella share a dance at the ball in "Cinderella" Monday, April 11, 2016 at Cape Girardeau Central High School.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Sophie Gentle as Cinderella and Kamron Underwood as Prince Charming share a kiss at the ball in "Cinderella" Monday, April 11, 2016 at Cape Girardeau Central High School.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Notre Dame catcher Trevor Haas looks for the call after tagging Poplar Bluff's Joe Darlin, who the umpire called out on the play, during the third inning Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at Notre Dame Regional High School.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Notre Dame players in the dugout watch a high foul ball hit against Poplar Bluff during the seventh inning Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at Notre Dame Regional High School.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Airplanes dot the floor as Katrina Amos-Atkins, business supervisor at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, walks towards a 1950's era Beech 18 in the 52,000 square foot hanger that formally housed Commander premiere Airport Corporation, Thursday, March 31, 2016.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Chris Wubbena speaks at the opening reception for the Cape Girardeau Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit on Friday, April 15, 2016 at the Vasterling Suites Courtyard in Cape Girardeau. "Hesitant," a sculpture by Ben Pierce, is situated there.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Matthew Norman, left, as Hipster Link poses with Ben Jurczyk as a spartan of Halo Reach at Cape Comic Con on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at the Osage Centre.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Jacob Cook of Marquand, Missouri portrays an Old Republic Sith warrior from Star Wars at Cape Comic Con on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at the Osage Centre

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com The Walk MS event Sunday, April 17, 2016 at the Student Recreation Center in Cape Girardeau.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Scott City shortstop Valerie Bahr tags out Kennett's Anna Wheeler at second base during the first inning in the championship game of the Scott City Softball Fest Saturday, April 23, 2016 in Scott City.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Southeast Missouri State quarterback Dante Vandeven throws a pass during a spring practice Monday, April 18, 2016 at the Rosengarten Athletic Complex.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Scott Fornkohl flings a driver disc as Tim Heinsman waits his turn Saturday, April 23, 2016 on the new disc-golf course at Litz Park in Jackson.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Becki Nation and her myTEAM TRIUMPH "angels," Joyce McIntosh, Tim Simmers and Tim Gutwein, follow the Steamboat Classic Triathlon course along the floodwall Sunday, April 24, 2016 in downtown Cape Girardeau.

GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Southeast Missouri State's Tre Curry touches down after a jump in the long jump during the Joey Haines Invitational Saturday, April 2, 2016 at the Abe Stuber Track and Field Complex.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Notre Dame's Sam Dohogne hits the ball past Metro East Lutheran blocker Owen Gusewelle in the third set on Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Notre Dame Regional High School. Notre Dame won 14-25, 25-22, 25-22.

GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Southeast Missouri State's Haile Wilson takes off at the start of the 4x100-meter relay during the Joey Haines Invitational Saturday, April 2, 2016 at the Abe Stuber Track and Field Complex.

GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce president John Mehner, center, and mayor Harry Rediger, right, join a group to watch as election results are tallied and projected on a screen Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce.

GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Members of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department respond to a fire at the Lorimont House apartment complex Friday, April 8, 2016.

GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Sindupa De Silva, a Southeast Missouri State University student, looks over the rocks to find trash during a riverfront clean-up event hosted by the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center Saturday, March 9, 2016. About 25 volunteers showed up to help pick up trash along the Mississippi riverfront, Cape Rock, and at the Red Star Access.

GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Fans take in the game between Scott City and Woodland Wednesday, April 13, 2016 in Scott City, Missouri.

GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Paul King explains different symptoms he is experiencing from his illnesses Thursday, April 14, 2016 at Peaceful Pines Residential Care Facility in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.

GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Southeast Missouri State University student dancers perform "Ange DĂ©chu" during act one of the annual Spring into Dance show Friday, April 15, 2016 at the Bedell Performance Hall on the River Campus.

GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Chaffee's Landon Tenkhoff pitches to an Oran batter during the fifth inning Friday, April 15, 2016 in Chaffee Missouri.

GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Clement Iradukunda, an intern at Codefi, takes a moment to FaceTime with his sister who lives in Belgium from the shared work space at Codefi Friday, April 15, 2016.

GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Nadine Davis, a member of the Ramblewood Garden Club carries one of 17 rose bushes to be planted at Capaha Park Rose Garden, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. The Great Cape Clean Up and Friends of the Parks Day will be held this saturday at various Cape Girardeau parks. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at Capaha Park Shelter 2.

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Fans take in the action as Notre Dame hosts Metro East Lutheran on Thursday, March 31, 2016. Notre Dame won 14-25, 25-22, 25-22.

GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Poplar Bluff's Michael Anagnostopoulos slides into score at home plate past Jackson's Colten Weber in the first inning Thursday, April 21, 2016 at Whitey Herzog Stadium in Jackson.

GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com A member of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department walks past the charred remains of a truck involved in an accident on Highway E near Oak Ridge, Missouri Friday, April 22, 2016. An automobile traveling east, crossed the center line and collided with a tanker truck headed south, just after 11:00 a.m. Both drivers were transported to Saint Francis Medical Center.

GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Fahlyn Lesch uses chalk to make a drawing on Main Street in Uptown Jackson Saturday, April 30, 2016 during Jackson in Bloom. The Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization sponsored the event.

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