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By Megan Donohue  ¦   Ginny Finuf of Utica, left, and her daughter Marj Finuf of LudLow prepare to participate in the women's standing long jump at the Missouri State Senior Games on Saturday at Walton Stadium.

By Quint Smith  ¦   Nicholas Werts, 7, runs to the starting line of the cycling portion of the Hy-Vee IronKids Triathlon on Saturday at Albert-Oakland Park.

By Megan Donohue  ¦   Donald Ohmes of O'Fallon leads a heat in the 200-meter sprint during the Missouri State Senior Games on Saturday at Walton Stadium. Ohmes began running for the Senior Games 16 years ago and recently decided to participate in body building competitions as well.

By Megan Donohue  ¦   Carroll Walker of Green City and Butch Herold of Palmyra share a target at the Missouri State Senior Games on Saturday at Stephens Lake Park.

By Megan Donohue  ¦   Ginny Finuf of Utica participates in the women's standing long jump at the Missouri State Senior Games on Saturday at Walton Stadium. Finuf's jump measured in at 2.95 inches.

By Megan Donohue  ¦   Carroll Walker of Green City participates in competitive archery at the Missouri State Senior Games on Saturday at Stephens Lake Park. Walker lost his arm in 1978 after he was injured while trying to move a grain auger with his father, and began learning archery the next year. To compensate for the missing arm, he pulls back on the drawstring with his teeth and lets go when he's ready to fire.

By Megan Donohue  ¦   Men and women aged 50 and older participate in archery in the Missouri State Senior Games on Saturday at Stephens Lake Park. There were 41 archers participating in this year's games, ranging in age from 50 to 91.

By Megan Donohue  ¦   Robert Eade of Washington participates in the hammer throw event of the Missouri State Senior Games on Saturday at Walton Stadium. He has been participating in track and field events since he was in high school, continuing through college and his career in the Navy.

By Quint Smith  ¦   Children compete in the Hy-Vee IronKids Triathlon on Saturday at Albert-Oakland Park. Competitors ranging from ages 6 to 15 swam, biked, and ran their way through a custom course.

By Quint Smith  ¦   Tyson Roe, 7, leaps into the pool to start the first leg of the Hy-Vee IronKids Triathlon on Saturday at Albert-Oakland Park.

By Quint Smith  ¦   Jackson Fisher, 7, looks at the medals on display before helping to hand them out during the awards ceremony of the Hy-Vee IronKids Triathlon on Saturday at Albert-Oakland Park.

By Quint Smith  ¦   Xavier Sada, 8, celebrates as he crosses the finish line during the Hy-Vee IronKids Triathlon on Saturday at Albert-Oakland Park.

By Quint Smith  ¦   Children of the 12-15 age division compete in the swimming portion of the Hy-Vee IronKids Triathlon on Saturday at Albert-Oakland Park. Competitors ranging from ages 6-15 swam, biked, and ran their way through a custom course.

By Quint Smith  ¦   Jake Rodgers, 7, runs through a group of parents, family, friends and volunteers giving high-fives near the finish line of the Hy-Vee IronKids Triathlon on Saturday at Albert-Oakland Park.

By Quint Smith  ¦   Joshua Hulen, left, and Danielle Eernisse solve a clue during the scavenger hunt portion of the Community Garden Coalition's Garden Cruise on Saturday at the health department.

By Quint Smith  ¦   A sculpture called "Jazzy Bird," used as part of the Community Garden Coalition's garden tour scavenger hunt, sits near the back of the health department community garden on Saturday. Objects were hidden in each garden on the tour as clues that guests would combine for a chance at winning prizes in a raffle.

By Quint Smith  ¦   Jean Newcomb, 83, sits by her raised garden bed during the Community Garden Coalition's Garden Cruise on Saturday at the health department. Newcomb recently switched to a raised bed when the ground-level bed she has tended since the garden opened became too difficult for her to reach.

By Sini Stephan  ¦   Logan Huckstep, 11, tastes some slow-cooked squirrel meat Saturday near Mark Twain National Forest. Although none of the groups were able to hunt down a squirrel, they were able to try cooked squirrel meat.

By Sini Stephan  ¦   Children spent Saturday morning squirrel hunting in the Mark Twain National Forest. Although none of the groups were able to shoot a squirrel, they were able to try slow-cooked squirrel meat harvested from a previous hunt.

By Sini Stephan  ¦   Luke Anderson, 10, points at a pot of cooked squirrel meat after a morning of squirrel hunting Saturday near Mark Twain National Forest. The hunting group did not capture any game during the morning but they were able to taste cooked squirrel meat from a hunt during the past week.