Preparing the planters

Sterling Sullenger said he is good at digging holes then proved it by helping out the members of the Riverbend Botanical Society in New Madrid as they prepared the planters along Main Street for the coming summer. Sterling, 5, dug the holes and his grandmother, Carolyn, added the flowers.

Jill Bock/Standard Democrat

Sterling Sullenger said he is good at digging holes then proved it by helping out the members of the Riverbend Botanical Society in New Madrid as they prepared the planters along Main Street for the coming summer. Sterling, 5, dug the holes and his grandmother, Carolyn, added the flowers.