March 2009

A crew from Construction Technology Laboratories Group and Bridge Inspection Systems hang from a platform between the deck of the Madison-Milton Bridge and the Ohio River on Monday as inspection of the piers continues. The piers are being inspected and tested to determine the feasibility of reusing them for a new bridge to connect Jefferson County, Indiana and Trimble County Kentucky. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Rick Campbell, Libby DeVore and other workers from Madison Precision Products pick up trash from the roadside along 421, Michigan Road and Dawson Smith Road on Friday. DeVore said they were doing the work as a way of being "good neighbors" in the community. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Donnie Malcomb wears a face of dejection as the outcome of Madison's game against Scottsburg and the end of the Cubs season becomes evident in the end of the third quarter on Friday night at Madison Consolidated High School. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Luke Jones, of Madison moves between Scottsburg's Tyler Patton, left, and Dj Myers, right, in the third quarter of their game on Friday night at Madison Consolidated High School. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Donnie Malcomb, of Madison, looks for a way around Scottsburg's Ben Everett in the first quarter of their game on Friday night at Madison Consolidated High School. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Prayer leaders read from Romans 12: 14-21 during the World Day of Prayer service at Madison Presbyterian Church on Friday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

The boys from the Carroll County High School Leadership Institute wait in a holding cell in the Carrollton County Regional Detention Center during their tour of the justice system in the shoes of a criminal on thursday. The girls were put into a separate holding cell. No actual offenders were in the cells with the students. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

E.O. Muncie first grader Antonio Martinez sits behind his company of small plastic army men, jeeps and tanks in the school gymnasium for Hobby Show on Friday.
Martinez and all his classmates from the four first grade classes presented their hobbies, collections and points of interest at the school's Hobby Show.
Each display required the students to write a short story, bring in related books and set up a sort of show and tell booth. With all of the students in place at their respective stations, the other students, teachers and parents made their way around the room and the youngsters told all about their hobbies. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Indiana poet laureate Norbert Krapf recites a portion of his work during his book signing and reading visit at the Village Lights Bookstore on Saturday. Krapf's friends, Madison singer-songwriters Greg Ziesemer and Kriss Luckett-Ziesemer, also entertained the packed room with original music in between the readings. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Byron Gorrell comes to life as Ben Franklin during the annual wax museum program at E.O. Muncie elementary school on Friday. The presentation includes each third grader taking on the role of a historic figure of their choice, dressing like their character, creating a display board of information and reciting (with the help of cue cards) a short biography of the person they are portraying. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Austen McElrath portrays a pint sized Martin Luther King, Jr., during the annual wax museum program at E.O. Muncie Elementary School on Friday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

George Washington, a.k.a. Gage Brewer, waits for his audience at the beginning of the annual wax museum program at E.O. Muncie Elementary School on Friday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Tony Bushong and Trajan Mack portray Davy Crockett and Jesse Owens respectively, to a roving group of spectators at the annual wax museum program at E.O. Muncie Elementary School on Friday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

David Pennybaker, of Milton, Ky., waits for a ride near where he made an emergency landing with his Cessna 150 airplane on Sunday. The pilot said he had been flying his plane for about an hour when his engine began to sputter and he had to find a place to put it down.
"You can't do anything about an engine failure," Pennybaker said. "I had plenty of fuel."
The airplane was brought down in the field used for the driving range at Clifty Golf Range at the east junction of state roads 56 and 62 near Hanover.
Pennybaker, who was the only one in the airplane, said the front landing gear bent back in the mud, causing the nose of the plane to tip down.
no one was injured in the landing. (Staff Photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

The official beginning of Spring was on Friday. A drive through the Courierarea provides perusers with a plethora of pastel picture opportunities. These buds and blossoms in a Tulip tree behind the Madison City Municipal Building actually began to bloom a couple of days before the seasons changed. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)



Hanover College sophomore Alyssa Zaid, originally of Hammond, Ind., soaks in the sun like the daffodils surrounding her at The Point on the college campus on Friday, the first day of Spring. The the daffodil bulbs were planted last October in the area looking over the Ohio River as a memorial to friends, faculty, staff, family members and others connected to Hanover College who have passed away. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Green foliage overtakes a dead tree stump, bringing some of the first hints of color to Clifty Falls State Park on Friday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Jesse Stickle, right, interviews Bob Scudder and others during a session of interviews at Manpower in Madison on Friday. Stickle is looking to fill supervisor positions for his Columbus, Ind., based business Quality Manufactors Inspection, which does medical and automotive production sorting. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

{for Wedding Tab} In a time of financial uncertainty, brides and grooms to be can still find quality and beauty on a budget, like this $299 wedding dress from Weddings & Proms in downtown Madison. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

{for Wedding Tab} Finding the right engagement ring like one of these at Gold 'N' Treasures, or from another local jeweler may be one of the more important decisions to be made on your ways to nuptials. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Madeline Frasure, from left, her sisters, Jordan and Elly, her father Mike and mother Louise, all from Lebanon, Ind., take in the view of the Ohio River Valley from the observation tower in clifty falls State Park on Monday. The Frasure sisters are on Spring break from their schools and the family visited Madison as part of their vacation. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Mackenzie Scales, 3, collects small plastic Easter eggs during the annual egg hunt at the Hickory Creek nursing home on Saturday. Scales mother said that last year the youngster got scared when she saw the Easter bunny and didn't end up getting any eggs. this year she filled her basket.
Hickory Creek held their egg hunt early this year in order to keep from conflicting with the Big Brothers big sisters Bowl for Kids Sake on Saturday, April 4.
This year there were 2,200 plastic eggs, filled with candy and distributed into areas for different age groups to search out. There were also games, refreshments and pictures with the Easter bunny inside and an inflatable bounce castle near the parking lot. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Preston Abbott, 5, smiles at the Easter Bunny during a visit before the kickoff of the annual egg hunt at the Hickory Creek nursing home on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Aleigh Wilson, 2, and other children search high and low for Easter eggs during the annual egg hunt at the Hickory Creek nursing home on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)