Sedalia progress

SYDNEY BRINK/DEMOCRAT New decking is installed on the south side of the Washington Avenue Bridge.

Sedalia progress

 Jason Osburn, an electrician with C & C Electric, of Sedalia, reconnects and rewires lines in the library's basement that were torn out during reconstruction phase.

Sedalia progress

The north end of the Washington Avenue bridge sports new decking and I- beams.

Sedalia progress

 Ralph Smith, bottom, and Greg Bland, top, with Imhoff Construction, of Jamestown, replaster the walls in the Sedalia Public Library.

Sedalia progress

 Numerous concrete filled steel columns reaching down more that 30 feet to the bedrock under the library are in place. Another important phase in the restoration project is the rebuilding of the southwest corner, the area most affected by the library's structural faults.

Sedalia progress

 Employees with Treuner Masonry work on a block wall that separates the equipment and vehicle bays from the administrative offices and firefighters' living and work areas at the new city fire station and fire department headquarters being built on West 16th Street.

Cleanup for Sedalia

 Property owner Jim Aldrich, right, and city employee George Stevens clear a pile of construction material off South New York Avenue.

Cleanup for Sedalia

 City employee Bill Garrigus, left, operates a grapple loader, one of the city's newest pieces of heavy equipment, to make short work of removing a pile of junk on East Fourth Street. On the right is Raymond "Heavy" McNish, with the city's Streets and Alleys Department.

Cleanup for Sedalia

 Airman 1st Class Stephanie Vargas, center, carries junk to the curb for pickup by city crews as she and other volunteers from Whiteman Air Force Bases's 509th Security Forces Squadron help Saturday morning with the first neighborhood Citizens for a Clean Sedalia cleanup event. Also pictured, from left, are airmen Francis Carroll, Thomas Walsh and Stephanie Burjoss. City Administrator Gary Edwards said that the turnout on Saturday was so great that city crews will continue with the cleanup on Monday.

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Parachuting into Sedalia

Staff Sgt. Jerad Gough takes readings Thursday morning with an anemometer to measure wind speed as a twin-engine Grumman C-2 Greyhound Navy cargo plane circles overhead at about 12,000 feet with three skydivers from the 101st Airborne Division's Parachute Demonstration Team. The gusting winds, up to 21 mph, made jumping into a field next to Smith-Cotton Junior High School a dicey proposition but the go-ahead was given and students were treated to a free-fall event with trailing smoke. The unpredictable winds however forced the three jumpers to land in a field near Crown Hill Cemetery.

Parachuting into Sedalia

Falling at a speed of about 122 mph, the skydivers link-up to form a three-man star formation before deploying their chutes at about 3000 feet.

Parachuting into Sedalia

After the jump, Command Sgt. Maj. Randall Woods, a JROTC instructor at Smith Cotton High School, right, introduces the three Screaming Eagle skydivers to freshman students in the JROTC program. From left, are Staff Sgt. Derek Slade, Sgt. Matthew Thode an

Saturated Sedalia

Jane Cooley, of Sedalia, tries to stay dry as she makes her way to her vehicle in the parking lot at Woods Supermarket during Tuesday afternoon’s downpour.

Saturated Sedalia

Jeff Mazzella, assistant park superintendent for the Sedalia Parks and Recreation Department, works Tuesday afternoon to unclog a storm drain so that pooling rain water can drain from a section of Liberty Park.

Sedalia scenes

A soldier beetle, covered in pollen, feeds on nectar on a sunflower.

Sedalia scenes

SYDNEY BRINK/DEMOCRAT A soldier beetle, covered in pollen, feeds on nectar on a sunflower. pic slug: 9-9-08 bug on sunflower