January 2010

Tricia McDowell, from left, parts with her pink locks; Southwestern Elementary School student Caleb Denton, 10, gets his head shaved; and Gregor James goes bald to support his daughter at the ChickieFuzz Challenge at the Rusted Roots salon on Thursday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Isa James reaches out for her mom, Phoebe, from her dad, Gregor's arms, while Anita Bunch laughs and rubs her newly shaved head during the ChickieFuzz Challenge at the Rusted Roots salon on Thursday. Anita was the first person to have her head shaved down to the scalp in a fundraiser and community showing of solidarity for Isa, 3, who lost her hair to chemotherapy in an ongoing battle against acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Bunch said she had no worries about her hair. "It grows back," she said. Several people submitted to Kim Kidwell Lytle's electric clippers Thursday. including Isa's parents, and family friends, all to raise funds for the little girl's treatments. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Darrell Auxier participated in the the ChickieFuzz Challenge, and while he did not shave his head, he did part with the mustache that had adorned his face for the last 35 consecutive years. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Dupont Elementary School third-grade teacher Joe Elliot announces the players on purple and blue teams as they take the floor at the Dupont Elementary intramural basketball event on Friday, Jan. 22. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Ryan Whicker gives his orange team comprised of kindergarten through second graders a pep talk before they head back out to play in the Dupont Elementary intramural basketball event on Friday, Jan. 22. The basketball games are a way of bringing the rural community together and a chance for the children to play in a not-so-competitive, encouraging sport. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Dupont Elementary School second-grader Martin Hardy shoots the ball over his classmate, second-grader Cole Kanable's head during the Dupont Elementary intramural basketball event on Friday, Jan. 22. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Jim and Alice Nichols (front row) react as their grandson, first-grader Lane Gayle and other players take a spill on the court at the Dupont Elementary intramural basketball event on Friday, Jan. 22. the children turned out to be fine and the grandparents and other fans of the game went back to their jovial applause and cheers. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Tammy Cox fills bags of popcorn for sale at the Dupont Elementary intramural basketball concession stand on Friday, Jan. 22. Cox's children participate in the event. Her daughter, fifth-grader Courtney, plays basketball and is on the cheerleading squad when she does not play. And Cox's son, first-grader Dustin plays basketball. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Carrollton County Middle School science teacher Brenda Cole peeks from behind one of her classroom's new terrariums for a portrait. She purchased the terrariums with funds from a $500 “MAC Grant” from McDonald’s Restaurants. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Alex Nemeth talks up his collection of thousands of old beer cans, each one different from the next. None of Nemeth's displayed cans are alluminum. All are steel. He says he used to follow strangers on the street, waiting for them to throw their empty cans in a trash can or on the ground, so he could take the cans for his collection. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Thousands of colorful cans fill shelves from the floor to the ceiling in one of Alex Nemeth's rooms. The first beers in cans were sold 75 years ago in Richmond, Va. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Thousands of colorful cans fill shelves from the floor to the ceiling in one of Alex Nemeth's rooms. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

A lumberjack swings an ax on a commemorative can of beer from the 1979 Sawdust City Days in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. the can is one of more than 150,000 owned by collector Alex Nemeth. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Webelo Cub Scout Fisher DeWitt, 10, celebrates after receiving trophies for most original racer and fastest Webelo with his hot dog car. Scouts from Pack 718 competed in the Pinewood Derby at the Brown Gym on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Hanover College sophomore Tara Francis, left, and junior Christina Howard carry a banner as they lead about 30 marchers in the fourth annual Marade. A Marade, is a march and parade that celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The marchers began at the Lynn gymnasium, marched to the west entrance of the college, then to the lawn in front of Donner Hall, on to the campus flagpole, to the Point and back to the Lynn gym.
At each stop there were recitations of speeches. Nana Thompson read from a speech from Martin Luther King Jr. Stacy Buschhaus read from a speech from Ida-Wells Barnett. Rusty Blaker read from a speech from W.E.B. DuBois. Morgan Rumple read the poem "Each One, Pull One" by Alice Walker. Cary Menifee read from a speech from Coretta King, and Xavier Jackson read from a speech from President Barack Obama.
There was also group singing of "Lift Every voice and Sing", also known as the "Black National Anthem". There was a solo rendition of "His Eye is on the Sparrow" by Monica Green and praise dancing by Yawa Tay, Christina Howard, Cary Menifee and Tiffany Casillas.
The Marade was organized by Kaleidoscope, a student group that educates students about minority issues, promotes cultural diversity, and supports those who are seeking to know more about the cultures that are on campus. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

A truss is lifted into position on the Jefferson County Courthouse on Tuesday. The Courthouse was damaged by fire May 20, 2009. As reported in The Madison Courier on Monday, the estimate for completion of the dry-in portion of the roof is Jan. 27. The installation of the cupola and dome structure is expected by mid- to late summer. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Rogers Corner employee Goma Olin, tapes a sign to the Main Street entrance to the restaurant on Saturday that reads, "Today is Rogers last day! Come in and eat!"
According to Rogers manager Kerry Thompson, the business will be completely remodeled. "A remodel and remaking of this place could revitalize this corner," Thompson said. Thompson could not comment on the record as to what the new restaurant would be or when it would be done.
Thompson said that the location has had the name Rogers since 1908 and he believes that there was a lunch counter at Main and West streets since at least the 1880's. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Gaylean Morris, proprietor of the Indian Trails Restaurant, said she thinks Canaan will become a ghost town if the town's elementary school were to close. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Dennis Lyon, left, and Donald Copeland talk about growing up and going through school in Canaan and discuss the possibility of Canaan Elementary School's closure during lunch at the Indian Trails Restaurant in Canaan on Friday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Third graders Mackenzie Gray, left, and Carol Lou Johnson, right, catch Carol's sister, kindergartner Patty johnson after she loses her footing on a pair of roller skates in the gymnasium at Deputy Elementary School on Monday. The kindergartners donned helmets, elbow pads and knee pads and received assistance from the older students as they learned how to control their movement on skates. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Kindergartner Trenten Eggers begins to move smoothly across the gymnasium floor a few minutes after getting started on roller skates on Monday at Deputy Elementary School. The school's parent teacher association pulled their resources together to rent a case of skates from Skatetime School Programs, a company that provides roller skates with wheels that are designed for use on gym floors.
The school uses the skates to promote fitness and exercise. Also, the school will have family nights when the students can bring their parents and skate. The family skating nights will be on January 21 for fourth and fifth graders, January 28 for second and third graders, and February 4 for kindergarten and first grades. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Isaac Bevis, 8, walks past a tunnel opening of a snow structure that he built with his brother Owen on Saturday. Isaac and Owen's father, Ken Bevis said that since the twins are home-schooled, they were unaffected by the snow cancellations at Courierarea schools.
Bevis said they only ended up studying for half-day schedules on Thursday and Friday, but the children's friends in the neighborhood had the whole days off. So, when Saturday came, they took other shovels and snow-brick makers began an ambitious building project that included a domed fort with three tunnels and a wall surrounding the structure. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Bob Vonch checks his lines while ice fishing at Hereford Lake on Friday. He has to skim the top of the water to keep it from freezing over while waiting for a bite. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)


Bob Vonch of Madison shows a bluegill that he had just fished out of the icy waters of Hereford Lake on Friday. Vonch said the fish weren't terribly active, but with some patience and several poles working at once, he began to get some bites on the line. "I'll fish sometimes in the spring and summer," Vonch said. "But fish from the ice, Oh! It tastes good." (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

A bluegill comes to rest after flipping around in the snow. The fish had just been caught by Bob Vonch, of Madison. He said that the fish keep flipping once in a while, sometimes for more than an hour, and that once or twice they have flopped back into the water. "I've lost a few of them that way." (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

A bright purple Schwinn bicycle stands in stark contrast to the white blanket of snow near the Lynn Center for Fine Arts at Hanover College. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Water flows under snow covered chunks of ice on Harbert's Creek along side County Road 500-N near Wirt. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

The 12-degree temperature did not serve as an excuse for Randy Moore, left, and Ron Marshall, who persevered through the cold for their regular walk in Clifty Falls State Park on Tuesday morning.
"We're out here all times of the year," Moore said. "Whether it's hot or cold."
However, Marshall did add that they don't walk through downpours of rain or in heavy snow. The rest of the week holds the promise of snow showers, with possible accumulation up to three inches in some areas on Thursday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Chris Wykoff uses a hand cart to move tires to a service bay at Big O Tires on Thursday. This week's snow storm may have canceled schools in the Courierarea, but there were still plenty of people out braving the elements to get necessary work done. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Madison Post Office Mail Carrier Michaela Bear delivers letters, magazines and other parcels on Broadway on Thursday. Bear said that after more than five years with the post office, she is used to delivering mail in any weather condition. She said there was a blizzard on the first day that she worked as a carrier. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

A tractor clears the parking lot for patients, doctors and visitors at the King's Daughters' Hospital medical office building on Thursday. Today crews will be out again dealing with snow, both newly fallen snow and blowing snow that drifts back over the roadways. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Shila Ledger, 6, of Madison, lines up her shot while playing pool with her uncle Robert Roeseler at the ABATE of Jefferson County bowl-a-thon at Ten Pin Alley on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Megan Mullen and Dennis Perlstein walk down the aisle as the characters Emily Webb and George Gibbs in a rehearsal for the play Thornton Wilder's "Our Town". The play is a joint venture between Spectrum Productions and the Madison Consolidated High School Theatre Department. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Glenn Pavy, manager of Ten Pin Alley, checks on one in a line of Brunswick A2 machines that was not reloading pins properly. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Sheilia Underwood, sponsor of the Carroll County Middle School chess club, gives sixth-grader Clay Keeton some pointers before he takes on a club member. Underwood sponsoring the chess club at Cartmell Elementary School when her oldest son wanted to play about seven or eight years ago. When Her younger son moved up to the middle school, she passed her elementary school duties to another sponsor and began working with the older students. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Fourth-grader Bailey Black and her schoolmates leap and spins in a dance in the gymnasium during Anderson Elementary School's celebration on Friday for their 4-Star Award. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

First-graders Dakota Brown, from left, Jordyn Bilz, and Vy Huyhn, shout in a victory chant with their classmates during Anderson Elementary School's celebration on Friday for their 4-Star Award. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Cory O'Neal, of Southwestern, bottom, grimaces as he gets wrapped up by Milan's Tyler Money in the 103 lbs. weight class in the finals at the 2010 Southern Indiana Wrestling Conference on Saturday at Southwestern High School. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Dakota Tatem, of Southwestern, looks for a way out from under Milan's Ben Jackson in the 285 lbs. weight class in the finals at the 2010 Southern Indiana Wrestling Conference on Saturday at Southwestern High School. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Forrest Park's Justin Olinger, left, pushes Luke Schroeder, of Southwestern, toward the outside of the ring in the 119 weight class at the finals at the 2010 Southern Indiana Wrestling Conference on Saturday at Southwestern High School. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Michael Brawner, of Southwestern, left, works for an advantage over Milan's Nick Huff in the 130 lbs. weight class in the finals at the 2010 Southern Indiana Wrestling Conference on Saturday at Southwestern High School. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Justin Webb (30), of Trimble County High School, is fouled on his way to the basket by Eminence players Jordan Fairchild (11), left, and Dre Banta (21) in the second quarter of their game on Friday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)