Windsor Star photographers were busy yesterday taking pictures in Windsor and Essex and beyond. Check out this gallery:
Canadian Aaron Norg places second in heat two of the Boys 50m backstroke at the International Children’s Games being held at the Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre, Friday, August 16, 2013. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Team Bejing members Rongqi Sun, left, Xiaochen Li and Yushan Huu, right, enjoy some Chinese food from Red Sail Restaurant, one of the food vendors at International Children’s Games Passport to the World event Friday August 16, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Aaron Norg receives his silver medal from MPP Teresa Piruzza at International Children’s Games Friday August 16, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Team Windsor-Essex members Kendra Polewski, left, Zoe Mercier, Madeleine McDonald and Rachel Rode at nternational Children’s Games where they won silver in the pool, 4 x 100 relay, Friday August 16, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Hou Yushan, left, from Beijing, China, receives the 400m freestyle swimming gold medal from mayor Eddie Francis at the International Children’s Games being held at the Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre, Friday, August 16, 2013. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
MPP Teresa Piruzza delivers silver medels to Team Windsor-Essex members Kendra Polewski, left, Zoe Mercier, Madeleine McDonald and Rachel Rode at nternational Children’s Games Friday August 16, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
International Children’s Games swimming coach Kevin Ross of Halifax expresses his admiration of the host Windsor-Essex team calling the Windsor-Essex Games the best of eight he has attended, Friday August 16, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Canadian Jessica McConnell warms up before afternoon swimming competitions at the International Children’s Games being held at the Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre, Friday, August 16, 2013. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Tariq Sidhu, a coach from Pakistan gets a photo taken with the official mascot of the International Children’s Games Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, at the McHugh Park soccer games in Windsor, Ont. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
International Children’s Games silver medal winners, Zoe Mercier, left, Rachel Rode, Madeleine McDonald and Kendra Polewski at the pool Friday August 16, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
International Children’s Games swimming coach Kevin Ross of Halifax expresses his admiration of the host Windsor-Essex team calling the Windsor-Essex Games the best of eight he has attended, Friday August 16, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Marcus Cooper, 15, from Windsor, Essex, competes in the boys high jump at the International Children’s Games at the St. Denis Centre, Friday, August 16, 2013. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Katherina Spreizer, left, Rebecca Maurer and Caroline Pilhatsch of Graz, Austria enjoyed some pizza at International Children’s Games Passport to the World Friday August 16, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
The swimming team from Darmstadt, Germany relax on the lawn in front of the Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre, before competing in the International Children’s Games, Friday, August 16, 2013. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Windsor-Essex’s Pablo Ortiz (L) and Korea’s Taehyeong Hwang battle for the ball during their game Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, at the International Children’s Games in Windsor, Ont. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
International Children’s Games gold medal winner Rachel Rode who finished first in the 100 metre freestyle, second in the 100 metre backstroke, and second in the 4 x 100 relay with her Windsor-Essex teammates Friday August 16, 2013. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
A man takes in the painting Louis-Philippe, Duc d’Orleans, Saluting his Army on the Battlefield by Alexandre Roslin at the Detroit Institute of the Arts in Detroit on Friday, August 16, 2013. The collection of art at the DIA has become the subject of heated debates after the emergency financial manager Kevin Orr revealed it is being appraised as part of the city of Detroit’s bankruptcy. Some fear the city owned collection could be sold off as part of the bankruptcy. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Windsor-Essex swimmer Aaron Norg celebrates after finishing second in the boys 50m backstroke at the International Children’s Games at the Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre, Friday, August 16, 2013. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Ireland’s Elizabeth Mohan, left, is pressured by Windsor-Essex’s Kyla Sovran, centre and Julia Albeartie during their game Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, at the International Children’s Games in Windsor, Ont. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
LaSalle’s Rachel Rode, 15, gets a hug from mom Dina Ozols after 100M backstroke silver win. Rode also took home the first gold medal for Windsor of the games. (TwitPic: Doug Schmidt/The Windsor Star)
The skylight shadows are cast across Diego Rivera’s famous Detroit Industry Fresco Paintings at the Detroit Institute of the Arts in Detroit on Friday, August 16, 2013. The collection of art at the DIA has become the subject of heated debates after the emergency financial manager Kevin Orr revealed it is being appraised as part of the city of Detroit’s bankruptcy. Some fear the city owned collection could be sold off as part of the bankruptcy. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Former Windsor Lancer Melissa Bishop competes in the women’s 800-metre heats during the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championships at Luzhniki Stadium on August 15, 2013 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images)
The recently opened Kresge Court is seen at the Detroit Institute of the Arts in Detroit on Friday, August 16, 2013. The collection of art at the DIA has become the subject of heated debates after the emergency financial manager Kevin Orr revealed it is being appraised as part of the city of Detroit’s bankruptcy. Some fear the city owned collection could be sold off as part of the bankruptcy. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Britain’s Laura Muir, left, and former Lancer Melissa Bishop, second from left, Ethiopia’s Fantu Magiso, second from right, and Russia’s Elena Kotulskaya compete in a women’s 800-metre heat at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
The self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh stares out from the wall at the Detroit Institute of the Arts in Detroit on Friday, August 16, 2013. The collection of art at the DIA has become the subject of heated debates after the emergency financial manager Kevin Orr revealed it is being appraised as part of the city of Detroit’s bankruptcy. Some fear the city owned collection could be sold off as part of the bankruptcy. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Diego Rivera’s famous Detroit Industry Fresco painting is seen at the Detroit Institute of the Arts in Detroit on Friday, August 16, 2013. The collection of art at the DIA has become the subject of heated debates after the emergency financial manager Kevin Orr revealed it is being appraised as part of the city of Detroit’s bankruptcy. Some fear the city owned collection could be sold off as part of the bankruptcy. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Former Windsor Lancer Melissa Bishop, far right, competes in the women’s 800-metre heats at the IAAF World Athletics Championships at Luzhniki Stadium on August 15, 2013 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
A man takes in the painting Syria by the Sea by Frederic Edwin Church at the Detroit Institute of the Arts in Detroit on Friday, August 16, 2013. The collection of art at the DIA has become the subject of heated debates after the emergency financial manager Kevin Orr revealed it is being appraised as part of the city of Detroit’s bankruptcy. Some fear the city owned collection could be sold off as part of the bankruptcy. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Museum attendees use ipads for a self guided tour at the Detroit Institute of the Arts in Detroit on Friday, August 16, 2013. The collection of art at the DIA has become the subject of heated debates after the emergency financial manager Kevin Orr revealed it is being appraised as part of the city of Detroit’s bankruptcy. Some fear the city owned collection could be sold off as part of the bankruptcy. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Former Windsor Lancer Melissa Bishop, top, and Britain’s Laura Muir, react after competing in a women’s 800-metre heat at the World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
A film crew works in front of Diego Rivera’s famous Detroit Industry Fresco Paintings at the Detroit Institute of the Arts in Detroit on Friday, August 16, 2013. The collection of art at the DIA has become the subject of heated debates after the emergency financial manager Kevin Orr revealed it is being appraised as part of the city of Detroit’s bankruptcy. Some fear the city owned collection could be sold off as part of the bankruptcy. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Former Windsor Lancer Melissa Bishop, far right, competes in the women’s 800-metre heats at the IAAF World Athletics Championships at Luzhniki Stadium on August 15, 2013 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images)
Museum attendees use ipads for a self guided tour at the Detroit Institute of the Arts in Detroit on Friday, August 16, 2013. The collection of art at the DIA has become the subject of heated debates after the emergency financial manager Kevin Orr revealed it is being appraised as part of the city of Detroit’s bankruptcy. Some fear the city owned collection could be sold off as part of the bankruptcy. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
