CSA farmer Jerry Eaton takes a break from the field to take a sip of coffee. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
The green glow of ultraviolet lights illuminates the water on its way through the Madison sewage treatment plant on Tuesday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Victor Bradley, of H & D Professional Brass Polishing in Louisville uses sanders and buffers with special compounds to restore the sine of the bell that used to ring in the Jefferson County Courthouse. The bell was removed after the fire in May 2009 and was replaced with a modern chime system. Once fully restored, the bell will be displayed in a public viewing area on the courthouse grounds. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
A wide range of hood ornaments catch they eye among the row of classic cars. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Irvin McMahan, 10, of the Smyrna Star Searchers 4-H Club shovels bedding material that he will use for his sheep into a wheelbarrow on Friday at the 2011 Jefferson County 4-H Fair. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Pam Middleton fills plastic bags with trash at the 2011 River Sweep in Madison on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Spc. Rafael Calzonzi, of the A 2-151 company of the Indiana Army National Guard looks for instructions on how to proceed while dealing with a sniper in the building to the left on Tuesday at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center.The Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville is hosting a specialized training for NATO forces this week. The training is to teach service members to use equipment that helps identify friendly and enemy fighters in combat situations. The exercise is called Bold Quest 2011 and also includes training at Camp Atterbury.
According to a release from Staff Sgt. David Bruce, Atterbury - Muscatatuck Public Affairs, Bold Quest is a NATO exercise to test the inter-operability of target identification systems of member nations to reduce friendly fire incidents.
The target identification systems include a device worn on the soldiers in combat as well as devices mounted on their weapons.
If a weapon is aimed at a target with the identification device then an indicator will alert the soldier taking aim that the target is "friendly" so that the soldier can desist.
Military aircraft from NATO will also be equipped with the devices so as not to accidently drop ordnance on the wrong targets.
The chief aim is not only to give soldiers the ability to use the equipment, but also to ensure that the digital devices from multiple different countries communicate with each other correctly.
Training includes fighters from Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Midway worker Red Marks shouts "Winner! Winner! You could be next," while holding up a prize won by William Bruns, 11, at the Break a Bottle game on the midway at the Jefferson County 4-H Fair on Wednesday. Several workers remarked an encouragingly larger crowd on Wednesday than they had seen on the days before. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Saundra Altman sews by the light of a window in the home at the Musee de Venoge farmstead. Altman, who used a sewing brick to assist her in her work, was one of the demonstrators at an open house for the newly restored historic Switzerland County site on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
A bee buzzes around a sunflower on the side of the road on State Road 256 on Thursday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Hunter Rosenbaum, 7, looks through his pirate scope monocular at the Pirate Adventure Party: Ahoy! on Monday at Kathryn Winn Primary School. School Library Media Specialist Leah Spencer said the party included crafts, pictures, snacks, games and a book giveaway. The goal of the party, Spencer said, was to keep the students in the habit of reading through the summer, to give them a chance to see friends that they may not have seen since the end of the school year and to have fun.The party was coordinated with a partnership between the school and the Carroll County Public Library.
Last week Spencer said there was a party themed for girls called "Pinkelicious" which had about 80 people in attendance. This week's pirate party was originally designed for boys, but the girls were interested in the theme as well. Overall more than 100 people, including many parents attended the event on Monday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Trombonist Ben Link, of Davina and The Vagabonds belts out a solo during the Madison Ribberfest on Friday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Re-enactor Dickie O'Dell, of the the 6th Kentucky Infantry, finds shelter from the rain under a large tree, while waiting for a mock Civil War battle to start at Lanier Days on Sunday at the Lanier Mansion State Historic Site. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Matalin Staser holds a small collection of the nearly 6,000 flags she has collected for a July 4th weekend display that she will set up on State Road 62 near the Chelsea General Store. The flags are going to be displayed in a "Field for the Fallen" in memory of the more than 6,000 troops that have been killed in the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
David Carlow, of the Western Fire Company, from left, Indiana Fire Marshal Jim Greeson and Madison Fire Chief Steve Horton talk before the beginning of the Jefferson County Courthouse Rededication Ceremony on Friday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Audience members listen to speeches from the county commissioners while the sunlight filters through the trees on the Jefferson Street side of the building during the Jefferson County Courthouse Rededication Ceremony on Friday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Project Phoenix volunteer Patty Powers scrapes paint from a door jam in the Project Phoenix house during a workday on Saturday. When finished, the house will be used to provide a transitional residence for people who have lost their home by fire or other disasters. Project leader Tim Harmon said that those looking for more information about the project or those looking to help with the house by volunteering time and work hours, financial donations or donations of materials can contact him or other project members through the Project Phoenix website at www.projectpnx.org. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Colin Southers, 11, gets ready to set off a detonator to blow up a coffee can while Trooper Kyle Stovall, of the Indiana State Police bomb squad yells, "Fire in the hole!" Southers, of New Albany, is a participant in this year's ISP Respect for Law camp at Hanover College. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Trooper Zach Ruble gives a faux field sobriety test to Laken Flickner, 11, who had just driven a golf cart through several cones while wearing goggles that simulate the vision impairment associated with drunkenness. Flickner had trouble standing on the white line in front of her, let alone walking along the line. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Emergency Response Team Trooper Mark True rappels off the back of the Hanover College football stadium press box area at the ISP Respect for Law camp at Hanover College. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Students and youth leaders hold hands and share their faith around the Madison Consolidated High School flag poles during the event that began before sunrise and finished up just before the first bell on Wednesday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Catherine Fisher, of Madison looks through glass pendants on display at Heidi Barron's Barron Glass Design booth at the 2011 Madison Chautauqua Festival of Art on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
The lights of rides and a ticket booth glow at dusk on Thursday at the 2011 Swiss Wine Festival at the Paul Ogle Riverfront Park in Vevay. This year is the 40th anniversary of the festival. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Magnolia Clayton, 10, of East Enterprise makes her way across a rope bridge high in the air above the midway area of the 2011 Swiss Wine Festival at the Paul Ogle Riverfront Park in Vevay. The rope bridge was part of the Fear Factory attraction, in which participants are harnessed to a steel frame while they cross several precarious obstacles. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
