Melissa Sayers of Chiefland sits atop her 3-year-old quarter horse Slick Tivito on Saturday, Aug. 7, 1999, as she watches the action of the Flying G Rodeo at Southern Showplace. Sayers, who usually competes, was training colts on Saturday night to become accustomed to the atmosphere of a rodeo.
Joseph Rouse, right, screams while riding the Himalaya ride with his cousin Bobby Freeman Jr., 5, on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, at the Rocky Mount Fair.
Dylan Maready, 5, stands his ground atop first base after Dylan McGrath, 5, right, pushed him off the base during their tee ball game on Monday, May 17, 2004, at Englewood Baptist Church.
Pope Elementary School first-graders Desire Harris, 6, left, and Xavier Lawrence, 6, bounce on a piece of playground equipment on Monday, March 8, 2010, during recess at the school.
Donna Starling covers the ears of Dusty, her two-year-old pomeranian, during a round of cannon fire on Saturday, June 2, 2012, at the Civil War Living History/Reenactment at Stonewall Manor.
Zachary Joyner, 2, crawls through the tunnel section of the playground train on Thursday, April 10, 2014, at Discovery Park at the Down East Partnership for Children.
Mary Liza Sessoms, 12, screams and holds on to a connect-a-scooter as her friend Azlyn Rosas, 10, pulls the scooter train with a rope on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, during Hometown Homecoming in Tarboro.
Nalani Sanders, 10, right, his sister Jah'mira Pippen, 6, left, and Serenity Battle, 8, cheer for their team during a game of tug-of-war on Friday, May 4, 2018, at the Edgecombe County Relay for Life at Tarboro High School.
Liz Dennis hangs on to her son Gavin, 2, as they bounce down an inflatable slide on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011, during the Heroes Day celebration at the Harrison Family YMCA. Dennis said she didn't intend to come down the slide, but slipped while holding Gavin over the top.
A small frog clings to a window in front of a fruit juice vending machine on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, at Rocky Mount Preparatory School.
Swift Creek Elementary School fourth-grader Grace Virette, 9, left, and Englewood Elementary School fifth-grader Tyuana Morgan, 11, watch fuzzy balls bounce while pulling on a parachute with classmates on Thursday, April 23, 2009, during the Hot Feet in Action Celebration for Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools at J.W. Glover Memorial Park in Nashville.
Maggie Reid, 8, paints on the art wall on Saturday, May 17, 2014, during the Happening on the Common at the Tarboro Town Common.
Alexa House, 6, right, reacts while watching the Cole Bros. Circus of the Stars tiger performance with her father Lonnie House on Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at N.C. Wesleyan College.
Lakeside Baptist Preschool student Emily Bennett, 3, squints as a butterfly walks on the bridge of her nose on Thursday, May 15, 2008, at the school.
Robert Johnson, 15, flips his skateboard on Monday, May 16, 2005, while riding with friends at the skate park at Sunset Park.
Isabella Lewis, 4, high-fives Pattie Davis after receiving a balloon animal from her on Friday, June 16, 2017, during the Summer Reading Kick-Off Party at Braswell Memorial Library.
Wayne Hewlin, 4, plays in the water on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at Sunset Park's spray park.
Parker Middle School art teacher Marlen Mori paints flowers on a hallway window on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2008, in preparation for the start of school.
Charlie Creech, 6, left, squeezes the teats on a cow milking simulator as Corbin Clark, 7, center, and Harmoni Dent, 3, watch on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, during the 4-H Cloverbud Ag Science Camp at the Nash County Agriculture Center in Nashville.
Toastmasters of Rocky Mount president Bryant McNeil speaks on Thursday, March 1, 2007, during the weekly meeting at Braswell Memorial Library.
Caroline Nelson, 17, top, and Justin Hartney, 17, ride a rail sled on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, in Candlewood subdivision in Rocky Mount.
Gavin Ward, 7, dressed as a zombie, races to the finish line on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, during the fifth annual Run For Your Life Fun Run in Tarboro. Ward finished first in the 1-mile run.
Anna Bittner, left, 3, receives a push from her brother Calvin Bittner, 13, while swinging on Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, at Sunset Park.
Cyndie Taylor and her daughter Karsyn Taylor, 4, laugh as their 1-year-old English bulldog Buff receives a blast of water from a fountain on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, during the inaugural Splash Bark event at Sunset Park's spray park.
Brandon Griffin, 7, reacts while receiving a haircut from Kevin Evans of Mac's Barber Shop on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, at the Harrison Family YMCA.
Robert Amos prepares to grab his fishing pole on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2001, as the setting sun reflects warm colors on the lake at Sam Peden Community Park in New Albany.
Dajanae Frazier, 9, blows bubbles on Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at the Lucy Ann Boddie Brewer Unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Nash/Edgecombe Counties.
