The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery.
Terry and Debbie Lauzon are photographed at their home near Wheatley on Wednesday, August 14, 2013. The couple have both been waiting to see a neurosurgeon to deal with on going back problems. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
What remains of tomato plants is seen in a field near Leamington on Wednesday, August 14, 2013. This years tomato crop has seen several set backs due to late frost and too much rain. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
A ripe tomato on a failing plant is seen in a field near Leamington on Wednesday, August 14, 2013. This years tomato crop has seen several setbacks due to late frost and too much rain. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
What remains of tomato plants is seen in a field near Leamington on Wednesday, August 14, 2013. This years tomato crop has seen several set backs due to late frost and too much rain. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
A ripe tomato on a failing plant is seen in a field near Leamington on Wednesday, August 14, 2013. This years tomato crop has seen several setbacks due to late frost and too much rain. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
The Heinz plant in Leamington is seen on Wednesday, August 14, 2013. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
The Heinz plant in Leamington is seen on Wednesday, August 14, 2013. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
The Heinz plant in Leamington is seen on Wednesday, August 14, 2013. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Windsor fire crews responded to a house fire at 1305 Hansen Cres. on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (Twitpic: Dan Janisse/The Windsor Star)
Windsor firefighters work on the rear of a home, Wed. Aug. 14, 2013, in the 1300 block of Hanson Cres. in Windsor, Ont. The fire department said careless smoking started the fire, which caused about $90,000 worth of damage. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
Windsor firefighters work on the rear of a home, Wed. Aug. 14, 2013, in the 1300 block of Hanson Cres. in Windsor, Ont. The fire department said careless smoking started the fire, which caused about $90,000 worth of damage. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
A Windsor police officer talks to a resident of a home damaged by fire, Wed. Aug. 14, 2013, in the 1300 block of Hanson Cres. in Windsor, Ont. The fire department said careless smoking started the fire, which caused about $90,000 worth of damage. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
A Windsor firefighter talks to a woman at the scene of a house fire, Wed. Aug. 14, 2013, in the 1300 block of Hanson Cres. in Windsor, Ont. The fire department said careless smoking started the fire, which caused about $90,000 worth of damage. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
Bob and Mary Porter have opened A1 Fingerprinting in Windsor, Ont. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
Bob and Mary Porter have opened A1 Fingerprinting in Windsor, Ont. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
Stephen Hargreaves, co-owner of the City Cyclery in Windsor, Ont. poses with a prototype of a Detroit Bikes A-Type commuter bicycle, Wed. Aug. 14, 2013. The store will soon carry the line of bikes. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
The Detroit Bikes badge on the front of the prototype A-Type bicycle. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
The Detroit Bikes badge on the back of the prototype A-Type bicycle. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
Stephen Hargreaves, co-owner of the City Cyclery in Windsor, Ont. poses with a prototype of a Detroit Bikes A-Type commuter bicycle, Wed. Aug. 14, 2013. The store will soon carry the line of bikes. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
Members of ICG team from Graz, Austria arrive at Windsor Airport where they were greeted by cheerleaders and food and drinks from Subway August 13, 2013. Austria team member Lauris Ochaya, left, poses with North Star Cheer cheerleaders Neely Ducre and Cassandra Coates along with Austrian teammates Tobias Haboch and Manual Albinger, right, at Windsor Airport. Behind Subway mascot, James Summerfield was popular with the the athletes and coaches. (NICK BRANCACCIO-The Windsor Star)
Darmstadt, Germany mayor Rafael F. Reisser arrives at Windsor Airport where athletes, coaches and guests were greeted by cheerleaders and food and drinks from Subway August 13, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO-The Windsor Star)
Graz Austria team member Rebecca Maurer arrives at Windsor Airport where they were greeted by cheerleaders and food and drinks from Subway August 13, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO-The Windsor Star)
Khalid Abdel-Gabar, left, of the Windsor Lancers dribbles in front of Southern University’s Tre’lun Banks during the OUA/NCAA Tip-Off Classic at the St. Denis Centre August 14, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO-The Windsor Star)
Bradford Parker, left, of the WIndsor Lancers makes a play against Southern University’s Javan Mitchell during the OUA/NCAA Tip-Off Classic at the St. Denis Centre August 14, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO-The Windsor Star)
Lancers forward Evan Matthews, left, makes a play over Southern University’s Christopher Hyder during the OUA/NCAA Tip-Off Classic at the St. Denis Centre August 14, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO-The Windsor Star)
Evan Matthews, right, of the Windsor Lancers blocks Damian Goodwin of the Southern University Jaguars during the OUA/NCAA Tip-Off Classic at the St. Denis Centre August 14, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO-The Windsor Star)
Lancers forward Lien Phillip, left, drives on Southern University Jaguars Frank Snow during first half of OUA/NCAA Tip-Off Classic at St. Denis Centre August 14, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO-The Windsor Star)
Khalid Abdel-Gabar of the Windsor Lancers dribbles the ball against Southern University Jaguars in OUA/NCAA Tip-Off Classic at St. Denis Centre August 14, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO-The Windsor Star)
Kenny Whittie, 9, and his mother’s friend, who asked not to be identified, paint graffiti on the roof of the abandoned Packard Plant ,Wednesday, August 14, 2013. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Carol Sousie is pictured in front of her home in the West Detroit neighbourhood of Brightmoor, Wednesday, August 14 , 2013. The neighbourhood has been hit especially hard with blight in recent years. Community groups in recent weeks have tried to improve the neighbourhood by clearing abandoned homes and overgrown grass. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
The long abandoned Packard Plant in east Detroit is pictured, Wednesday, August 14, 2013. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
The front porch of an abandoned home is caved in on W. Robinhood St., Wednesday, August 14, 2013. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
The long abandoned Packard Plant in east Detroit is pictured, Wednesday, August 14, 2013. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
A row of blighted homes are overtaken with nature on W. Robinhood St., Wednesday, August 14, 2013. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Josh Holmes, 22, is pictured in his bedroom of a house he inhabits on W. Goldengate, Wednesday, August 14, 2013. A small group of people have moved into a small cluster of abandoned homes in north Detroit, east of Woodward Ave. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Carol Sousie is pictured in front of her home in the West Detroit neighbourhood of Brightmoor, Wednesday, August 14 , 2013. The neighbourhood has been hit especially hard with blight in recent years. Community groups in recent weeks have tried to improve the neighbourhood by clearing abandoned homes and overgrown grass. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Jimmie Maul, from Britt Heinz Tree Service, uses an excavator to remove mulch from what used to be neighbourhood trees in the Brightmoor neighbourhood in West Detroit, Wednesday, August 14 , 2013. Blighted houses and their surrounding trees were torn down in an effort to help the neighbour that has been hit especially hard with blight. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
A blighted home in the West Detroit neighbourhood of Brightmoor, Wednesday, August 14 , 2013. The neighbourhood has been hit especially hard with blight in recent years. Community groups in recent weeks have tried to improve the neighbourhood by clearing abandoned homes and overgrown grass. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Jimmie Maul, from Britt Heinz Tree Service, uses an excavator to remove mulch from what used to be neighbourhood trees in the Brightmoor neighbourhood in West Detroit, Wednesday, August 14 , 2013. Blighted houses and their surrounding trees were torn down in an effort to help the neighbour that has been hit especially hard with blight. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
A recently cleared field where houses once stood in the West Detroit neighbourhood of Brightmoor, Wednesday, August 14 , 2013. The neighbourhood has been hit especially hard with blight in recent years. Community groups in recent weeks have tried to improve the neighbourhood by clearing abandoned homes and overgrown grass. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
An abandoned ice cream shop in the West Detroit neighbourhood of Brightmoor, Wednesday, August 14 , 2013. The neighbourhood has been hit especially hard with blight in recent years. Community groups in recent weeks have tried to improve the neighbourhood by clearing abandoned homes and overgrown grass. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Mary Wilbur is pictured in front of a house she lives in on W. Goldengate, Wednesday, August 14, 2013. A small group of people have moved into a small cluster of abandoned homes in north Detroit, east of Woodward Ave. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Dennis Maitland, an urban explorer from Romeo, visits the the long abandoned Packard Plant in east Detroit, Wednesday, August 14, 2013. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
A blighted home in the West Detroit neighbourhood of Brightmoor, Wednesday, August 14 , 2013. The neighbourhood has been hit especially hard with blight in recent years. Community groups in recent weeks have tried to improve the neighbourhood by clearing abandoned homes and overgrown grass. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Jimmie Maul, from Britt Heinz Tree Service, uses an excavator to remove mulch from what used to be neighbourhood trees in the Brightmoor neighbourhood in West Detroit, Wednesday, August 14 , 2013. Blighted houses and their surrounding trees were torn down in an effort to help the neighbour that has been hit especially hard with blight. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
A young kid records what he sees on his smartphone as he pedals through the abandoned Packard Plant, Wednesday, August 14, 2013. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
