Maggie, a Doberman pinscher outfitted with a cart that allows her to be mobile, runs out her leach while trekking the Heritage Trail in Madison with her care giver Gretchen Lindquist. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Propelled by what Gretchen Lindquist describes as Maggie's "Hercules shoulders and front legs", the dog pulls her cart with a quickness. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Maggie criss-crosses the path in as she slows down to accommodate her care giver Gretchen Lindquist's pace. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Jonathan Garlinghouse jumps and climbs across the new pillars at Bicentennial Park while practicing parkour, or freerunning along the Madison Riverfront this weekend. Garlinghouse recently moved back to the area from Dallas, Texas where he was training in the sport. While he was away from the Courierarea, Garlinghouse was also able to compete in the fourth season of "American Ninja Warrior" television game show on NBC. He said that his episode is scheduled to run late this summer. Garlinghouse is in the process of looking for sponsors as well as opportunities to teach the sport locally. Parkour and the related sport of freerunning is defined on www.parkour.com as the "Efficient movement from A to B’ (i.e. anything you would do if you were running for your life)." (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
A woman walks by a table of merchandise during the Midwest Open Air Museums Coordinating Council spring conference at the West Street Art Center on Saturday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Jack Maxwell, 4, carries his big wheel up an incline that he had earlier ridden down while traveling along the brick walkway on the grounds of the Lanier Mansion on Monday. Maxwell's parents Jason and Miranda walked nearby, and like many local residents took advantage of the pleasant weather that settled into the Courierarea on Monday afternoon. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Third graders Rebecca Sutherland, Jessy Martin and Caleb Dye recite the pledge at the beginning of the "Let Freedom Ring" spring concert on Friday at the Christian Academy of Carrollton. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Erin VanZee, a load rating engineer from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, looks around a rusted portion of the Milton-Madison Bridge on Wednesday. The bridge was reduced to one lane again today for bridge inspections. Engineers from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and officials from the Indiana Department of Transportation are monitoring items that were checked from recent inspections. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Josh Rogers, Project Manager for Ohio River Bridge Inspections with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, climbs out from underneath a portion of the Milton-Madison Bridge as a Walsh Construction boat moves toward the Milton boat ramp on Wednesday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Josh Rogers, Project Manager for Ohio River Bridge Inspections with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, climbs a diagonal section of the Milton-Madison Bridge on Wednesday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Dora Alexander, an engineer in training with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, climbs over a rail near the Milton side of the Milton-Madison Bridge during the monthly inspection on Wednesday. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Madison Mayor Damon Welch cheers on the students, staff and faculty of Lydia Middleton Elementary School for their efforts toward getting their Four Star School award from the state. Welch read a proclamation for Lydia Middleton School Day of Friday. The day's celebration also included an address from Principal Karla Gauger, a play performed by the Mayor's Eagles, free play time in the playground, story time in the library and a craft time in the auditorium. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Spring colors like these are beginning to take over the brown and grey colors of the once dormant trees throughout Clifty Falls State Park during this first week of the new season. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
David Marsh was in first place on Friday afternoon in the ESPN Tournament Challenge. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Smoke and rubble fly off a span after explosives were detonated on Wednesday. The approach ramps on either side of the Milton-Madison Bridge are being demolished and temporary ramps connected to the existing bridge as the project continues. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
Kari Smith, from left, Margo Rossignol and Tisha Scholl break up the ground in the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department's community garden at the Madison State Hospital grounds this week. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
William Malone talks about his time working at the Broadway School during the Broadway school reunion at the Elks Lodge on Saturday. Malone worked at the school from 1950 through 1957, save for to years of military service. Malone went on to teach and work as a principal in the Indianapolis Public Schools after Broadway was closed. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie/The Madison Courier)
