Scenic park

More snow falls Wednesday, adding to the wintry landscape at Centennial Park.

Downtown Parking

 Almost every parking space is taken Thursday morning on the south side of the Pettis County Courthouse. 

Bark in the Park

 Beaumont, a long-haired dachshund, owned by Jacque Kesterson, of Sedalia, left, gives the audience an encore performance at the Bark in the Park event at Liberty Park after winning first place Saturday in the best howler contest. The dog also placed third in the tail wagging contest and won first place in the talent contest by rolling on his back when commanded to play dead. 

Bark in the Park

 Madison Crouch, 5, dressed as a lady bug, poses with her boxer Little Moe, after the pair won first place in the owner/dog look-alike contest. The girl's grandmother, Kathy Hopper holds the boxer, who sports a pair of wings on his back. 

Bark in the Park

 Raffle, a collie owned by Becky Henson, owner of Dog Daze PlayCare, of Columbia, shows an audience of people and dogs his skill at herding a group of ducks. 

Bark in the Park

 Diana Sokolowki's recently adopted beagle, Pippa, won first place in the costume contest wearing a squirrel costume at the Bark in the Park event. The young beagle seems to be expressing "nuts to this" to the whole notion of dogs wearing costumes. 

Art in the Park

SYDNEY BRINK/DEMOCRAT John Northington, a Kansas City, Mo., sculptor, right, installs his sculpture, Concrete Round, in Liberty Park Wednesday morning with the help of Kansas City Art Institute senior Ben McCullough, left, and a crane from W&M Welding. The installation is part of the Art in the Park program , now in its third year, in which sculptures are loaned to Sedalia for a year by artists. Ten sculptures were installed at Liberty Park, the Municipal Building, the Liberty Center and Bothwell Regional Health Center. Three of them belonged to Northington. pic slug: 8-30-07 park sculpture install

Here's the scoop: Hubbard Park gets more parking

Jeff Pearl, of Poort Excavating, uses a track hoe to remove a tree Monday at Hubbard Park in Sedalia. The work is part of a project to expand parking availability.

Here's the scoop: Hubbard Park gets more parking

Jared Rosine, of Poort Excavating, knocks down a tree with his loader Monday at Hubbard Park in Sedalia.

Here's the scoop: Hubbard Park gets more parking

Jeff Pearl, of Poort Excavating, uses a track hoe to remove trees Monday at Hubbard Park in Sedalia.

Parks and Recreation plans

 If approved by the Park Board, Vermont Park is slated for a major upgrade that adds a walking trail, two shelters, a parking lot and drainage ditch renovation.

Parks and Recreation plans

 Another big ticket project proposed for the Sedalia Parks and Recreation's fiscal year 2013-14 is the eastward expansion of the Centennial Pool parking lot, resulting in the razing of Shelter No. 1, center. A new shelter will be built south of the parking lot, adjacent to the pool.

Community Snapshot: Blooming in the park

Maxine Flores, of Sedalia, recently took this photo of crab apple trees blooming in Liberty Park.

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This fundraiser was a walk to the park

Principal John Nail leads St. Paul's Lutheran School students on the 1.5-mile walk to Katy Park on Tuesday morning as part of a fundraiser for the Sedalia Senior Center.