Showing her purple ribbons, Adley Hess made a creatively decorated cake. It looks as if an ice cream cone is melting down the sides, creating the icing.

Light up the Sky event held at Kiwanis Park in Baxter Springs was a sea of red, white a blue as residents and visitors gathered to celebrate the nation’s Semiquincentennial. Cohen Moates, in the arms of his mother Josefina Moates, shows off his festive digs.