photo by: Mike Yoder

Workers with Wright Tree Service deal with rain and traffic as they trim trees near the intersection of 23rd Street and Massachusetts St. Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Westar has contracted with Wright to trim back trees near power lines in the city.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Preschoolers at LAC, in teams of two, play "horse and buggy" during a SmART Moves activity Monday, Dec. 19, 2011.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Lawrence Arts Center dance specialist Ashley Boyack, top left, leads preschoolers in a movement activity where they pretended to be icicles freezing into crazy shapes.

photo by: Mike Yoder

With rain drops dripping from her Santa hat, Salvation Army bell-ringer Jennifer Ray, takes partial shelter from the rain under an overhang outside the U.S. Bank building Monday, Dec. 19, 2011.