Windsor in Pictures: June 18, 2014

The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery.

Ontario Summer Games general manager Michael Chantler speaks during a call for volunteers for the upcoming Ontario Summer Games at a press conference at city hall in Windsor on Wednesday, June 18, 2014. (Tyler Brownbridge/The Windsor Star)

Mayor Eddie Francis and Ontario Summer Games general manager Michael Chantler (right) speak during a call for volunteers for the upcoming Ontario Summer Games at a press conference at city hall in Windsor on Wednesday, June 18, 2014. (Tyler Brownbridge/The Windsor Star)

Heavy lifters Derek Mercer, left, John Snider and Marc Bellavance of Bellevance Nursery carry large rolls of sod as Shawn Quinlan, right, of Homescapes swings a pick at the Shirley and Ray Gould’s Community Garden on Cantelon Drive, Wednesday June 18, 2014. The project, spearheaded by Mike Turnbull of the Unemployed Help Centre, will be more than just a garden for food bank clients. A pole barn is planned, which can be used as an offsite campus for students Ford Motor Company donated 2.6 acres of land for the project, enough for 200 garden plots. Ford, Unifor Local 200, Bellavance, ECO Lawn Sprinklers, Melvin Orr Trucking, Highline Mushroom, Amico Infrastructures Inc. and Underground Specialties are sponsors. (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)

A storm front passes over Devonshire Mall in Windsor, Ontario on June 18, 2014. Heavy storms packed with lightning and heavy rain crosses southwestern Ontario Wednesday afternoon. (Jason Kryk/The Windsor Star)

A woman waits at a bus stop on Walker Road in Windsor, Ontario on June 18, 2014. Heavy storms packed with lightning and heavy rain crosses southwestern Ontario Wednesday afternoon. (Jason Kryk/The Windsor Star)

A man tries to keep dry while boarding a Transit Windsor bus on Walker Road in Windsor, Ontario on June 18, 2014. Heavy storms packed with lightning and heavy rain crosses southwestern Ontario Wednesday afternoon. (Jason Kryk/The Windsor Star)

The driver of a Volkswagen Beetle is lucky to have walked away from an accident resulting in the vehicle coming to rest against a home on Pierre Avenue and Richmond Street in Windsor, Ontario. Windsor Fire Rescue along with E.M.S. Paramedics and Windsor Police were called to the scene. No injuries were reported. Windsor Police are investigating. (Jason Kryk/The Windsor Star)

Rock Developments president Rocco Tullio stands at the former Home Depot site near Devonshire Mall. Tullio announced that a Marshall’s, Dollar Tree, Jysk stores and another to be named will be moving in to the location. (Jason Kryk/The Windsor Star)

A menacing sky hangs over the Ambassador Bridge on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, just moments before a heavy downpour. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)

People walk along the Detroit riverfront in Windsor, Ont. on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, during a heavy downpour. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)

Krista Crosby checks the damage to vehicles on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at her home in the 900 block of St. Mary’s Blvd. in Windsor, Ont. After hearing a loud crack she looked outside to see a large branch on top of the cars. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)

A man embraces the heavy downpour and wind along the Detroit river waterfront on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Windsor, Ont. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)

Krista Crosby checks the damage to her vehicle on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at her home in the 900 block of St. Mary’s Blvd. in Windsor, Ont. After hearing a loud crack she looked outside to see a large branch on top of the cars. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)

Graduates from St. Clair College during St. Clair College’s Forty-Seventh Annual Convocation held at the St. Clair Centre for the Arts on June 18, 2014. (Jason Kryk/The Windsor Star)