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Alexis Mentzel, 420, a 12-year-old from Mitchell, gets support as she approaches the finish line during Saturday morning'sMount Marty College Riverboat Days 5K. Although rain fell early Saturday morning, it didn’t stop the runners from compet-ing in the annal race. (Doom)

There were a number of superheroes whoshowed up during Saturday’s Riverboat Daysparade, including Spider-Man. Other super-heroes includes the Avengers (Hulk, Thor,Captain America and Iron Man). (Hertz)

Riverboat Days was also a time for a lot of competition, with several contests available for all ages. LEFT: JoshRoth, right, bites down hard as he tops Mark Saltzman Saturday in the finals of the ages 5-6 division of theSouth Dakota State Arm Wrestling Championships. (Hertz) CENTER: A new event this year was the Mini RodTractor Pulls, held east of Riverside Park. (Hertz) RIGHT: The “Fire Retardants” put the finishing touches ontheir victory of the amateur division at the Yankton Fire Department Water Fights. (Hertz)

ABOVE: The Riverboat Days theme of “Weekend atthe Movies” played out on this float, which featuredCat Woman and Marilyn Monroe, during Saturday’sparade. (Hertz) RIGHT: While several entrants inSaturday’s parade got into costume, some peoplewere just happy to be marching in the parade be-fore the thousands of people who lined the paraderoute. (Hertz)

The skies were filled with activity throughout Riverboat Days weekend. LEFT: The Vanguard Squadron Airshow performedover the Missouri River on both Saturday and Sunday, with three planes offering precision stunts, complete with smoketrails. (Hertz) RIGHT: One of the more popular activities of the weekend were the helicopter rides. The copter took off fromthe baseball field Friday and Saturday, then on a flat pad at the west edge of Riverside Park Sunday — and it always seemedto be in the air as it made constant trips out to Gavins Point Dam and back. (Hertz)

LEFT/TOP: After a long,hot summer, cool temper-atures greeted the arrivalof Yankton’s RiverboatDays, which officials be-lieved played a hand inthe huge crowds thatturned out throughout theweekend. Some rain earlySaturday was not a prob-lem (and was actuallyquite welcome); Satur-day’s chilly temperaturesproved uncomfortable forsome people but were en-durable and quite wel-come after weeks ofheatwaves. (Hertz)LEFT/BOTTOM: The musi-cal duo of Mike and Jayperformed near the beershelter in Riverside ParkSunday afternoon, cap-ping off a busy weekendof music. (Hertz)

Singer/musicians hit emotional chordsat the Riverside Park amphitheatre dur-ing the weekend, including Yankton’sHunter Baugh (above) with his groupHunter and Company on Saturday; andsinger/songwriter Jami Lynn on Sunday.(Hertz)

ABOVE: The Tri-State Old Iron Tractor displayedsome of its historic vehicles at the Riverside Parksoftball diamond, as well as put on numerousdemonstrations and played “Tractor Games” onSunday. (Hertz) RIGHT: Everybody was all smiles Fri-day night at the Riverside Park amphitheatre asdancers from Judi’s Dance Studio of Yankton per-formed before a large crowd. Dancers from Judi’shave performed during all 29 years of RiverboatDays. (Hertz)

ABOVE: This patron checks out some of the wheels on displayat the annual Classic Cruiser Car Show, held at the RiversidePark baseball field. (Hertz) RIGHT: The Crazy Racers MowerRaces, held east of Riverside Park, have grown into one of themost popular single events tied to the Riverboat Days festival.More than 800 people crammed around the makeshift track towatch sooped-up lawn mowers race around an oval, sometimesgoing close to 40 miles per hour. In this photo, Chuch ChernotikJr. (21) of Mitchell tries to get around Bob Holm (55) of Pukwanain a heat of the Outlaw class. (Hertz)