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The Christmas season officially began Friday night with unseasonably warm weather and unusually large crowds downtown.
11/14/2009
Album ID: 890255
Photos by Ken Ritchie

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Madison�s official Christmas tree, an 18-foot, 800-pound blue spruce, was cut down from the front yard of Doris and Nick Wyne�s home on Montclair Street on Friday. The tree was then taken to the Broadway Fountain and erected near Main Street by workers from the city and Heitz Sign Company. Doris Wyne said she and her husband planted the tree when they moved into their home about 20 years ago. She said they decided to donate the tree to the city because it was too big for their yard. The tree will be decorated in time for the Light Up Madison event at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13.
11/7/2009
Album ID: 884736
Photos by Ken Ritchie

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105 survivors, 50 teams take personal step to fight cancer. One hundred and five people took their latest step in the fight against cancer Friday night and so began the ceremonial survivors� first lap of the 2009 Jefferson County Relay for Life.
6/20/2009
Album ID: 781881
Photos by Ken Ritchie

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The American Legion Post 9 Honor Guard performed the rifle volley near the end of the Memorial Day Service at Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Monday. One of the speakers during the service was Brigadier General Omer Tooley Jr., assistant adjunct general of the Indiana National Guard. Alan Campbell of the Veterans of Vietnam War Post 11, read the names of local fallen members of the Armed Forces from World War I to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. After the 124 names were read, the carillon bell sounded 21 times. (Staff photos by Ken Ritchie)
5/26/2009
Album ID: 762829
Photos by Ken Ritchie

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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 bouts of rain in between pockets of sunshine Saturday. Glen Spencer, and his daughters, Ava, 3, left, and Olivia, 6, wait for the youngsters from Lydia Middleton, Southwestern and Pope John elementary schools � including Ava and Olivia�s siblings Grace and Nathan � to perform original songs written for the city of Madison�s Bicentennial celebration. The songs were written by students and Canadian singer and songwriter Katherine Wheatley last year and include songs about the railroad incline, the Madison Regatta and more. The children were accompanied at their Folk Festival performance by Wheatley on guitar and Brook Reindollar on trombone and trumpet.
5/18/2009
Album ID: 756860
Photos by Ken Ritchie

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Participants made their way down Vaughn Drive after the rain cleared on Saturday at the beginning of the fifth annual Molly Dattilo Run/Walk. Dattilo, a former Madison resident, has been missing since July 6, 2004.
5/18/2009
Album ID: 756845
Photos by Ken Ritchie

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The rain didn�t chase away all of the fans at the fourth annual Ohio River Valley Folk Festival on Friday. Though the early crowd wasn�t large, some remained to enjoy the music that played into the night. Paul Burch & The WPA Ballclub, Richard Shindell, and The Kennedys took the stage Friday playing guitars, accordions and violins as the crowd cheered from their damp fold-up chairs. Also, performing Friday was Tom Cunningham of Louisville. During his �Fiddletales,� a small crowd listened to him play his fiddle and tell a story.
5/16/2009
Album ID: 756749
Photos by By Brandi Baldwin

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INDIANAPOLIS � About 4,500 members of the Indiana Air and Army National Guard marched into Lucas Oil Stadium amid cheers of appreciation for their service overseas.
2/2/2009
Album ID: 683369
Photos by Ken Ritchie

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1/29/2009
Album ID: 680980