Ray Nolting/Sun photo Jason Walton of CBS, a subcontractor for Garney Construction, helps make adjustments to a hammer held on the end of a crane’s boom. The hammer was driving in sheet pilings on the dam at Lake Parsons Thursday. The city of Parsons signed a $513,980 contract with Garney Construction for the valve repair project at the lake. Both companies are in Kansas City, Mo.

Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Art Lamely and Sue Hemming spend time with Lamely’s horse Big John during a respite at the Parsons State Hospital and Training Center stables. The two live in a two man-tent and travel from town to town on horseback, with two pack horses in tow, stopping in towns to pick up work when needed to buy more supplies. Art had become ill and they needed a few extra days for him to recover before heading south. People at PSHTC helped get Art to a veterinarian and assisted the two in many other ways the last several days. See story in Local News.

Colleen Surridge/Sun photo Tony Munoz, who has managed the Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People for more than 15 years, plays around on the set of his last production, “I Remember Mama.” See story in Local News.

Jamie Willey/Sun photo Javon “Magic” Reliford, 12, of Parsons prepares to shoot a long three-pointer before Cameron Blansett, 16, of Parsons can defend him in a pickup basketball game Friday during spring break for area students at the Arvon Phillips Community Center. With cold weather outside, the gym was full of students in the afternoon.

Jamie Willey/Sun photo Chad Saporito hands a sign to Matt Crain to hang at the new location of Performance Enhancement Center, 2112 Belmont, on Tuesday morning. The two work for Vital Signs Sign Co., Columbus.

Jamie Willey/Sun photo A Westar Energy crew replaces a power pole near the Parsons Historical Museum on Monday afternoon.