Here's my favorites from May 2009. There will be an upcoming series of photos posted showing the Jefferson County (Indiana) Courthouse before, during and after the fire.
A bored Cassandra Allen, 5, yawns and stands by while waiting for her mom, Sarah Beavers, to finish filling out forms at the kindergarten registration day at Southwestern Elementary School on Wednesday. The forms included medical information, basic information about the student and a sheet for the parent's choice of full or morning-only kindergarten.
Additionally, the students were given a speech evaluation and a "Pre-Kids" evaluation, which determines their current grasp of numbers, letters, shapes, colors and more.
Finally the parents work with the school to find out whether or not they are eligible for free or reduced lunch.
On the first day of the SWES school year, parents are allowed to stay with their children through the morning to help get the students acclimated to their classroom environment. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Izabelle Lewis raises her hand to answer a question in class on Friday. Using paper flowers, drawings, and stickers, Lewis and her classmates in Crystie Schultz's second grade class at Pope John Elementary used older copies of the Madison Courier to make fancy hats in celebration of Saturday's 135th Kentucky Derby. Once completed, the youths read the lifestyles section of the courier as part of their Newspapers in Education program. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Four goslings swim with a goose in the lead on the Ohio River on Monday. The baby geese recently hatched from a nest on a pier near the Madison riverfront. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
David Bear cuts a section out of a piece of wood on a lathe for what will be a bowl. Bear, who also teaches industrial arts at Madison consolidated High School has been creating wood crafts, from bowls to boats, chairs to cabinets in his shop for more than 30 years. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
David Bear uses a lathe to make a wooden beer cozy. Bear creates some items for gifts, some for sale and some just for himself. A recent project was to recreate the folding chairs that were used by generals in the Civil War. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Robert Stewart is encouraging the men of Madison to begin growing out their facial hair and join the "Brothers of the Brush" for the Madison Bicentennial. Buttons can be purchased by men who would like to participate, the proceeds from the donations and sales all go to the Fresh Start Home, a therapeutic youth home in Madison. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
A group of local 16 to 22 year olds walked downtown Madison singing Christian praise and worship songs on Thursday afternoon. Event organizer Stephan DeLorenzo said one of the reasons for the praise walk was to show that teenagers can make a positive impact on a community. "We're not a lost generation," DeLorenzo said. "We are people of faith and we feel called to share that with others."
Before the walk, DeLorenzo told the participants that they are not limited to sing praises to Jesus only when they are in a church building. He also encouraged them to do everything as worship to the Lord not only singing. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Gunnar Deatherage, a 2008 Southwestern High School graduate, is hoping to reap success from what he sews and designs. One of the dresses that Deatherage designed was recently purchased for a high profile derby party. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Fred Harrell is the oldest surviving person from the Madison school board. Harrell served on the board for 30 years. During a recent interview, Harrell discussed his memories in education and his theories as to the challenges in education today. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
An iris soaks in the sun in the garden of the Iron Gate Inn on Saturday. The storm clouds that rolled through the Courierarea on Friday thinned out on Saturday and Sunday for a sunny, opening weekend of the Madison in Bloom garden tour. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Joe Craig, of Craig Buick and Toyota, said his lot was buzzing with activity on Monday, but not with the kind of crowd he would like to see.
Early in the afternoon a large swarm of honeybees began to hover near the service department before finally coming together around the queen near the hinge of a door on an old storage shed.
After several calls, to local bee keepers, Craig contacted Ted Chatham of Hanover to take care of the intruders.
"This is the time of year for it," Chatham said as he began disturbing the bees with sugar water spray and a small hand broom.
Chatham said he had just given his number to the Madison Police Department in case anyone was having problems with the local bees.
"I've had three calls so far this year."
After spraying the bees with the sugar water, which Chatham said is a good way to calm them, he simply brushed them off of the outbuilding and into a hive box on the ground below.
Chatham, who did all of the work without a mask, gloves or long sleeves, finally found the queen bee inside the building and placed her in the box.
"I'll leave the box here," said Chatham, "and they'll all be off the building by tonight." (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
See Above Caption. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
See Above Caption. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
John Trout works on a painting in his studio in Hanover. Sometimes painting to a classical music piece, sometimes to jazz and even to bluegrass, Trout picks one song and paints to the same song played repeatedly while working on a new painting. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Every wall, every door and even areas of Trout's ceiling are used as display areas for the hundreds of paintings that he has created. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Autumn Frisque, 5, smiles at the cheering crowd while racing in the annual Head Start 500 at the O.V.O. Child Development Center on Wednesday. The race car boxes were created by the children and their parents, and the youngsters ran in heats of three to four children. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Kentucky Chautauqua speaker Jim Sayer portrays Abraham Lincoln during the Wednesdays at One presentation at the Carroll County Public Library. The program, which is part of the Kentucky Humanities Council, recounts everything from Lincoln's birth to his assassination. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
James Hall measures out ammonia for a series of tests to wastewater samples at Environmental Laboratories on Friday, May 8. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Brigid Kaelin, of Louisville, uses everything from the guitar and accordion to a saw to accompany her singing in what she describes as "Alt-Country Cabaret" on the second day of the 2009 Ohio River Valley Folk Festival at Bicentennial Park on Saturday. Fans dealt with discouraging deluges of rain in between pockets of sunshine Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Sarah Day, 12, and other members of Girl Scout troop 1667, place flags into the ground next to grave stones at the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Monday. The flags are planted each year in the week leading to Memorial Day. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Jeri Johnson, 11, left, Jerica Kenworthy, 11, and other members of Girl Scout troop 1667, place flags into the ground next to grave stones at the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Monday. The flags are planted each year in the week leading to Memorial Day. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Ruby Rowlett discusses her experiences from more than a half century of working with local lawyers. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Ruby Rowlett reminisces with attorney Rob Barlow about the changes that have come to the office since she began as a legal secretary when she was 18. Rowlett says she thought of her office as being technologically advanced when she started working because they had electric typewriters. Later she said she wasn't quick to adopt newer computer systems. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Workers spread cement around the Broadway Fountain on Friday. The area around the fountain is being repaired due to large broken areas of the old concrete. The bricks that used to inlay the area will be put back into place. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
In character as James Madison, John Douglas Hall mingles with John Muessel, left, and Bob Canida, right during the 2009 Historic Madison, Inc. Members' Annual Dinner on Friday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Graduates wait for the processional to end before taking their seats at the 176th Hanover College Commencement ceremony on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Chris Perry waits with the other graduates for the beginning of the 176th Hanover College Commencement ceremony on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Graduates Justin Maltsberger and Autumn McClatchey share a laugh while waiting under the shade of a tree before the start of the 176th Hanover College Commencement ceremony on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Josh Jordan captures a picture of himself in the reflection of the sunglasses worn by his friend, Hanover College Graduate Brooks Ahlfenger, prior to the 176th Hanover College Commencement ceremony on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Graduates Daniel Steele, left, and Bobby Smart wait on a bench near their friends before the beginning of the 176th Hanover College Commencement ceremony on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Riley Carroll, 3, of Louisville, leans on her mom, Nikki and waves flags during the Memorial Day Service at Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Monday. Riley Carroll's grandfather is buried at the Madison cemetery and her dad, Shawn, is following in his father's footsteps by joining the U.S. Marine Corps this week. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Workers from the Louisville, Ky., based D&M Masonry have begun work on repairing damage to the Trinity United Methodist Church building. Church trustee Tony Waltz said the damage occurred during in the wind storm last September. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
A bored Cassandra Allen, 5, yawns and stands by while waiting for her mom, Sarah Beavers, to finish filling out forms at the kindergarten registration day at Southwestern Elementary School on Wednesday. The forms included medical information, basic information about the student and a sheet for the parent's choice of full or morning-only kindergarten.Additionally, the students were given a speech evaluation and a "Pre-Kids" evaluation, which determines their current grasp of numbers, letters, shapes, colors and more.
Finally the parents work with the school to find out whether or not they are eligible for free or reduced lunch.
On the first day of the SWES school year, parents are allowed to stay with their children through the morning to help get the students acclimated to their classroom environment. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Izabelle Lewis raises her hand to answer a question in class on Friday. Using paper flowers, drawings, and stickers, Lewis and her classmates in Crystie Schultz's second grade class at Pope John Elementary used older copies of the Madison Courier to make fancy hats in celebration of Saturday's 135th Kentucky Derby. Once completed, the youths read the lifestyles section of the courier as part of their Newspapers in Education program. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Four goslings swim with a goose in the lead on the Ohio River on Monday. The baby geese recently hatched from a nest on a pier near the Madison riverfront. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
David Bear cuts a section out of a piece of wood on a lathe for what will be a bowl. Bear, who also teaches industrial arts at Madison consolidated High School has been creating wood crafts, from bowls to boats, chairs to cabinets in his shop for more than 30 years. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
David Bear uses a lathe to make a wooden beer cozy. Bear creates some items for gifts, some for sale and some just for himself. A recent project was to recreate the folding chairs that were used by generals in the Civil War. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Robert Stewart is encouraging the men of Madison to begin growing out their facial hair and join the "Brothers of the Brush" for the Madison Bicentennial. Buttons can be purchased by men who would like to participate, the proceeds from the donations and sales all go to the Fresh Start Home, a therapeutic youth home in Madison. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
A group of local 16 to 22 year olds walked downtown Madison singing Christian praise and worship songs on Thursday afternoon. Event organizer Stephan DeLorenzo said one of the reasons for the praise walk was to show that teenagers can make a positive impact on a community. "We're not a lost generation," DeLorenzo said. "We are people of faith and we feel called to share that with others."Before the walk, DeLorenzo told the participants that they are not limited to sing praises to Jesus only when they are in a church building. He also encouraged them to do everything as worship to the Lord not only singing. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Gunnar Deatherage, a 2008 Southwestern High School graduate, is hoping to reap success from what he sews and designs. One of the dresses that Deatherage designed was recently purchased for a high profile derby party. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Fred Harrell is the oldest surviving person from the Madison school board. Harrell served on the board for 30 years. During a recent interview, Harrell discussed his memories in education and his theories as to the challenges in education today. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
An iris soaks in the sun in the garden of the Iron Gate Inn on Saturday. The storm clouds that rolled through the Courierarea on Friday thinned out on Saturday and Sunday for a sunny, opening weekend of the Madison in Bloom garden tour. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Joe Craig, of Craig Buick and Toyota, said his lot was buzzing with activity on Monday, but not with the kind of crowd he would like to see.Early in the afternoon a large swarm of honeybees began to hover near the service department before finally coming together around the queen near the hinge of a door on an old storage shed.
After several calls, to local bee keepers, Craig contacted Ted Chatham of Hanover to take care of the intruders.
"This is the time of year for it," Chatham said as he began disturbing the bees with sugar water spray and a small hand broom.
Chatham said he had just given his number to the Madison Police Department in case anyone was having problems with the local bees.
"I've had three calls so far this year."
After spraying the bees with the sugar water, which Chatham said is a good way to calm them, he simply brushed them off of the outbuilding and into a hive box on the ground below.
Chatham, who did all of the work without a mask, gloves or long sleeves, finally found the queen bee inside the building and placed her in the box.
"I'll leave the box here," said Chatham, "and they'll all be off the building by tonight." (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
See Above Caption. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
See Above Caption. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
John Trout works on a painting in his studio in Hanover. Sometimes painting to a classical music piece, sometimes to jazz and even to bluegrass, Trout picks one song and paints to the same song played repeatedly while working on a new painting. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Every wall, every door and even areas of Trout's ceiling are used as display areas for the hundreds of paintings that he has created. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Autumn Frisque, 5, smiles at the cheering crowd while racing in the annual Head Start 500 at the O.V.O. Child Development Center on Wednesday. The race car boxes were created by the children and their parents, and the youngsters ran in heats of three to four children. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Kentucky Chautauqua speaker Jim Sayer portrays Abraham Lincoln during the Wednesdays at One presentation at the Carroll County Public Library. The program, which is part of the Kentucky Humanities Council, recounts everything from Lincoln's birth to his assassination. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
James Hall measures out ammonia for a series of tests to wastewater samples at Environmental Laboratories on Friday, May 8. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Brigid Kaelin, of Louisville, uses everything from the guitar and accordion to a saw to accompany her singing in what she describes as "Alt-Country Cabaret" on the second day of the 2009 Ohio River Valley Folk Festival at Bicentennial Park on Saturday. Fans dealt with discouraging deluges of rain in between pockets of sunshine Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Sarah Day, 12, and other members of Girl Scout troop 1667, place flags into the ground next to grave stones at the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Monday. The flags are planted each year in the week leading to Memorial Day. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Jeri Johnson, 11, left, Jerica Kenworthy, 11, and other members of Girl Scout troop 1667, place flags into the ground next to grave stones at the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Monday. The flags are planted each year in the week leading to Memorial Day. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Ruby Rowlett discusses her experiences from more than a half century of working with local lawyers. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Ruby Rowlett reminisces with attorney Rob Barlow about the changes that have come to the office since she began as a legal secretary when she was 18. Rowlett says she thought of her office as being technologically advanced when she started working because they had electric typewriters. Later she said she wasn't quick to adopt newer computer systems. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Workers spread cement around the Broadway Fountain on Friday. The area around the fountain is being repaired due to large broken areas of the old concrete. The bricks that used to inlay the area will be put back into place. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
In character as James Madison, John Douglas Hall mingles with John Muessel, left, and Bob Canida, right during the 2009 Historic Madison, Inc. Members' Annual Dinner on Friday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Graduates wait for the processional to end before taking their seats at the 176th Hanover College Commencement ceremony on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Chris Perry waits with the other graduates for the beginning of the 176th Hanover College Commencement ceremony on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Graduates Justin Maltsberger and Autumn McClatchey share a laugh while waiting under the shade of a tree before the start of the 176th Hanover College Commencement ceremony on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Josh Jordan captures a picture of himself in the reflection of the sunglasses worn by his friend, Hanover College Graduate Brooks Ahlfenger, prior to the 176th Hanover College Commencement ceremony on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Graduates Daniel Steele, left, and Bobby Smart wait on a bench near their friends before the beginning of the 176th Hanover College Commencement ceremony on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Riley Carroll, 3, of Louisville, leans on her mom, Nikki and waves flags during the Memorial Day Service at Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Monday. Riley Carroll's grandfather is buried at the Madison cemetery and her dad, Shawn, is following in his father's footsteps by joining the U.S. Marine Corps this week. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Workers from the Louisville, Ky., based D&M Masonry have begun work on repairing damage to the Trinity United Methodist Church building. Church trustee Tony Waltz said the damage occurred during in the wind storm last September. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
