Spectators cheer and wave from the Swinging Bridge as kayakers approach on July 17 during the annual Scuff Gross Memorial Regatta on the Des Plaines River in Riverside. | ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer 
A kayaker crosses under the Swinging Bridge on July 17 during the annual Scuff Gross Memorial Regatta on the Des Plaines River in Riverside | ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer 
Kayakers paddle toward the Swinging Bridge over the Des Plaines River in Riverside on July 17 during the annual Scuff Gross Memorial Regatta, sponsored by the Riverside Township Lions Club. | ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer 
Kayakers paddle toward the Swinging Bridge over the Des Plaines River in Riverside on July 17 during the annual Scuff Gross Memorial Regatta, sponsored by the Riverside Township Lions Club. | ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer 
Kayakers wave to those gathered on the Swinging Bridge over the Des Plaines River in Riverside on July 17 during the annual Scuff Gross Memorial Regatta, sponsored by the Riverside Township Lions Club. | ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer
