Handling the gate at LWC soccer game 2011-10-16 - Walter S. Reuling Stadium, 151 Holloway Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Two members of Lindsey Wilson's Baseball Team, Manuel "Big Poppy" Ozoria of Santiago, Dominican Republic, and Tyler Bernard, of San Diego, CA, were in charge of the gate for the first soccer match of the day, today, Sunday, October 16, 2011, as the No. 1 NAIA Women's Soccer Team in the nation, the Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders, hosts West Virginia University Tech. A fair sized crowd was beginning to fill the stands as the game got underway. Bernard said that only those who came through the gates are counted in attendance, though quite often, the unofficial crowd on the the hillside lawn off Bryant Street is often as large, or larger than the official attendance inside the stadium. Both admitted that the Raider Baseball team, which plays home games at Egnew Park, will be downright outstanding. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Jayden: Ronald McDonald House was there for him 2011-10-16 - Photo by Jamie Isabelle. Jayden, today. Mom Jamie Isabelle remembers that, even though she and Jayden and her husband didn't have to use the Ronald McDonald House, it was a tremendous comfort, just knowing it was there. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Candy Corn at OKCC 2011-10-16 - 2339 Campbellsville Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Betty O is the official herald of Halloween, we think. The great season is really officially here for when she puts the treats on the counter at OK Country Cooking, just as the jelly beans, in the spring there, means to watch for the Easter Bunny. It's a bit like it used to be, when Nathan Hale or Jesse Loy put out the new toy display at Ben Franklin for our kids, or for my generation, when Ed Vance and Ed Williams of Ed's Kentucky Auto first put their toy display in the window at 134 Public Square back in the 50s. For kids of the 40s, candy corn will always elicit memories of one of Columbia's greatest stores: Nell's Variety Store, in the Southwest Corner of the Square. That emporium had everything: Sewing materials, notions (whatever that is), Comet airplane kits, Red Ryder BB guns, and up front, the most wonderful 'town moms' ever to smile from behind a candy counter, filled with loose caramels, chocolate covered peanuts, circus peanuts, coconut haystacks, orange flavored jelly slices, gum drops, licorice, gum drops, and delectables I can't even begin to remember. My favorite was licorice, and then as now, I didn't mean to be trouble, but the clerks wouldn't pick out just licorice from the assorted gum drops, even when I was at my cutest. My second favorite was candy corn. I don't remember all their names - there was Mrs. Downs and the owner, Irene Nell - two of the great Town Square surrogate mothers, who raised us and gave our moms well-deserved after school respites. I guess if I had a magic wand to bring back such one place on the Square of the Fifties, it would be Nell's Variety Store. Betty Ollestad's fall ritual at OKCC is, in a way, providing a vicarious revisit of that time. -ED WAGGENER Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Keeping Up: Mary Lee Taylor's granddaughter, Maylee Rickard 2011-10-16 - Talbott, TN - Photo by Nicole Rickard. Maylee Gabrielle Rickard turned 3 years old on October 2, 2011. She recently celebrated her birthday party at home with many friends and family. Her theme was Dora the Explorer. She is the daughter of Jason and Nicole Rickard (Taylor) of Talbott, TN. She is the granddaughter of Billy and Terri Rickard of Morristown, TN, Walter Ray Taylor of Hudson Falls, New York, and the late Mary Lee Taylor of Columbia, Kentucky. -NICOLE RICKARD Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kolt and Cooper King 2011-10-16 - Photo by Dana King. Dana King writes: "Our twin boys, Kolt and Cooper. . . are now three years old and doing great." But, she adds, it was a rocky launch, one which required a stay at Kosair and a time in the King family's life when the Ronald McDonald House was there for them. She's thankful, and says, "Please join us in supporting the Ronald McDonald House Drive." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Charles J.R. Wethington II, Green Co., KY (2011-2011) 2011-10-15 - 206 S. Main ST, Greensburg, KY - Photo from Cowherd & Parrott Funeral Home. Charles J.R. Wethington II, Green Co., KY (2011-2011) Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Great Lab Sadie is missing 2011-10-15 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Andrea Waggener. Update October 19, 2011. With the help of the Gate Station crew and Green River Animal Shelter, Sadie is back in control of human associates Andrea Waggener and Allen NissleyBLACK LAB MISSING. The great black lab, Sadie, has been missing since Friday night, October 14, 2011. Medium sized black lab, four years old wearing a faded John Deere collar. Please call 250-1830 if you see her. ANDREA WAGGENER Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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