Hodge Podge

Brandon Ayers, 14, from left, Alex Gomez, 9, and Garrett Morton, 7, play a game of tag during the Help Hope fund raising event at Ryker's Ridge Baptist Church on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Decorated cupcakes are set on a cupcake tree and on plates, ready to be tasted at the parent teacher conferences at Madison Consolidated High School on Monday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Workers from Louisville based Faulkner Construction install sheet pilings near the cell at Lamplighter Park along the Madison Riverfront on Thursday. The sheet pilings which are interlocked pieces of steel that are driven deep into the ground are being used as part of a bank stabilization and erosion control project.
The pilings are lifted into place with a crane, lined up, one to another, by a man in a lift cart and driven into the ground using a vibratory hammer.
The piling will line 120 feet of the riverfront on the east side of the cell and 100 feet on the west side of the cell to help prevent erosion in the area. Once the pilings are in, the dirt will be filled back in behind them and the park will be re-landscaped. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

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Alexis Baker, 9, center, Chelsea Garlinghouse, 7, left, and Angel Higbie, 8, partner with the rest of the Junior Madison Red Cheerleaders as they shout for their team at Rucker Sports Complex on Saturday. This is the first season that they have had a cheer leading squad for the little league football teams. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

The steady breeze on Monday allowed Hannah Spry to make bubbles with little effort. The National Weather Service has forecast much more substantial winds today, with some gusts topping 40 mph. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Grant Smith, 7, right, tries to get the soccer ball around his brother Isaac, 9, for a goal while practicing in their front yard in Madison on Monday. The forecasted rain for Monday afternoon never fell in the Madison area, giving the Smith's plenty of time to practice. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Third grader Emily Skirvin, of E.O. Muncie Elementary School, climbs a ladder to get to the cab of a John Deere sprayer after Zach Ford, of the MCHS FFA, right, told the third graders about the machine at Ag Day at the Jefferson County 4-H Fairgrounds on Wednesday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Jami Karst and other workers from the Madison Correction Facility paint the bee houses and shotgun house at Pearl Park on Thursday as part of a renovation project between the Madison Parks Department and the Jefferson County Preservation Council. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Angel runs away with her tennis ball instead of retuning it to Ansley Crutchfield, 9, while training at the city dog park on Tuesday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Erin Ware, a graduate student from Ball State University, takes apart a stain glass window for restoration as part of a workshop at St. Michael the Archangel Church building. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Erin Ware, right, a graduate student from Ball State University, and Ivy Tech historic trades instructor Rhonda Deeg take apart a stain glass window for restoration as part of a workshop at St. Michael the Archangel Church. The workshop was sponsored by Historic Madison Inc. through Ivy Tech Community College. Students were able to earn three college credit hours for the course as they received hands on experience with stain glass restoration, stonework and historic plastering in the HMI owned church buildings and grounds. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Hanover College alumni groups went on sightseeing trips from Madison on the Belle of Louisville on Friday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)

Engineer Dale Poorman, of Columbus, Ohio, climbs on the undergirding of the Madison-Milton Bridge as he and a team of other engineers from Burgess & Niple, Inc., of Louisville began their week-long fracture-critical inspection, which is done once every two years.
Results from the December 2008 fracture-critical inspection led to the 15-ton weight limit being imposed for bridge traffic.
If weather permits, another inspection by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will be done Friday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. That inspection will cause closures on one lane of traffic throughout the day. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)