Fayette Mall

FRIDAY The Jessamine County American Cancer Society 2008 Relay For Life is scheduled for June 20-21, at West Jessamine Middle School. Get your co-workers, church group and organization or family members together to form a team and join the fun to raise money for cancer research. For team, sponsors and/or to volunteer to work on the planning committee, call Rose Peel at 858-3283. Friday, June 20, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the City/County park Blue Building the West Jessamine High School band will be hosting a fundraiser event in the form of a dinner and silent auction.

Her 11-year-old son, Caleb Adams, had not been himself since he broke his leg in a recent dirt bike accident that meant he would have to miss his spring baseball season. His mother, Missy Adams, wasn't sure what it might take to help cheer him up - and never would she have imagined it would be Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie that brought a big smile back to her son's face. Yet that's what a little bit of luck, some courage on Missy Adams' part and a compassionate side of Gillispie managed to do. The Adamses were in Lexington for a doctor's appointment Caleb Adams had when she decided to stop at Dawhares at Fayette Mall . As they were pulling into a parking spot, Caleb, a fifth-grade student at Highland Elementary School in Lincoln County, told his mother he saw Gillispie going into the store.

Her 11-year-old son, Caleb Adams, had not been himself since he broke his leg in a recent dirt bike accident that meant he would have to miss his spring baseball season. His mother, Missy Adams, wasn't sure what it might take to help cheer him up - and never would she have imagined it would be Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie that brought a big smile back to her son's face. Yet that's what a little bit of luck, some courage on Missy Adams' part and a compassionate side of Gillispie managed to do. The Adamses were in Lexington for a doctor's appointment Caleb Adams had when she decided to stop at Dawhares at Fayette Mall . As they were pulling into a parking spot, Caleb, a fifth-grade student at Highland Elementary School in Lincoln County, told his mother he saw Gillispie going into the store.

For her 16th birthday, Kari Taylor wanted to go shopping. Big surprise. "I have a closet full of clothes," Taylor said. Apparently, she needed more. She also wanted to get batteries. "For my camera," she said. "It keeps going down. " How does she drain the power so quickly? "People always take pictures of me," she said. Pretty typical behavior for a 16-year-old girl. But Kari is not a typical 16-year-old. In 2000, she was in a devastating car accident that confined her to a wheelchair and left her with limited mobility in her arms and hands.

J.D. Miller, a winner of Dove and Grammy awards for his writing and publishing of Christian music, and a well-known pianist and keyboardist, will join the staff at Mount Zion Christian Church, 3631 Combs Ferry Road, on Sunday, Sept. 2. His first worship service will be at the 2007 Pioneer Festival from 8:30 to 9:15 on that Sunday morning in College Park. The event is called Praise in the Park, and the theme is "We Can Worship Anywhere. " "J.D. is coming to Mount Zion as the minister of outreach and missions," the church's senior pastor, Kenny Speakes, said.

The engagement of Monica Bentley and Chris Shearer is announced by her parents, Stan and Terri Bentley of Winchester. Shearer is the son of Vernon and Karen Shearer, also of Winchester. The bride-elect is a 1999 graduate of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School and was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta at Western Kentucky University. She is a 2005 graduate of Lexington Beauty College and works at Regis Salon at Fayette Mall. Shearer is a 1999 graduate of George Rogers Clark High School and a 2004 graduate of Campbellsville University, where he played football.

The heat, smog and monotony of rush hour traffic on U.S. 27 between Nicholasville and downtown Lexington are enough to make motorists fantasize about scrapping it all and hiring a chauffeur. Lexington residents can pay $1 for a bus ride through LexTran, the city's public transportation authority. But for the thousands of Jessamine County residents who commute to Lexington every day to work, shop and go to school, there is no such option. "With gas at the price that it is, with Nicholasville Road and the traffic the way that it is, and the pollution," said Betty Ramey, administrative assistant for the vice president of Central Baptist Hospital.

The 4BS Senior Adults Group from First Baptist Church, 32 East Lexington Ave., met at the church Thursday and traveled by bus to Lexington. The group had lunch at the Chop House, Richmond Road, followed by visiting Fayette Mall for two hours of shopping and strolling. Those attending were Virginia Blanton, Oma Brown, Jim Davis, Mary Elizabeth Johnson, Hallie McCloud, Louise Pittman, Elizabeth Prather and Ava Tyler. Prior to leaving, the members brought canned fruit and laundry detergent for the Clark County Community Service Center Davis was the bus driver.

"Two-handed Mikey" has been doing caricature sketches of people for years. Mike Shields' moniker is well earned and it's not because he can draw with either hand. He can, but what makes him unusual is that he draws with both hands at once. Diners at J.D. Legends paused with forks poised as they noticed the rather curious sight of Mikey in a corner, bent over his easel, busily drawing with both hands. Francis Samaan, one of the restaurant's owners, said his brother, Wasfi, found Mikey and wanted to have him come in and do sketches of customers.

LEADER LESSON Leader lesson training will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Clark County Extension Office, 1400 Fortune Drive. The training will be on herbs. In the past, using herbs to flavor food was of interest only to a select group of people. Now people use them for health reasons or to give their average meal a special taste. For more information, call the extension office at 744-4862. OPERATION COOKIE DROP You can help American military members when you buy Girl Scout cookies this year.