Wisconsin

The Centre College men's cross country team took third and the women eighth out of 18 teams Saturday at the Wisconsin-Parkside Invitational at Kenosha, Wis. Eric Hack was sixth out of 199 runners, John Thompson took ninth and Nate Blank was 18th for Centre. Lauren Arnold finished eighth out of 224 runners for the women and Eileen Schilling was 15th. DePaul won the men's meet and Northern Michigan took the women's title. Men's Soccer At Danville, Centre trailed 2-0 at the half, rallied, but fell short in a 3-2 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference loss to Sewanee.

A handful of kids and parents milled about to the electronic gurgle of games inside Go Go Gorillas Fun Center around lunchtime Thursday, but the business has recently had to take steps to stave off creditors planning to repossess much of its entertainment and restaurant equipment. On Oct. 3, Boyle Circuit Judge Darren Peckler signed off on a writ of possession ordering the sheriff's office to seize dozens of tables and chairs and other restaurant items, along with the mini bowling alleys that are part of the center's entertainment package.

Dec. 29, 1984 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) ? Two football teams that overcame midseason slumps, Wisconsin and Kentucky, will meet in tonight's eighth annual Hall of Fame Bowl game before about 60,000 fans. With Kentucky representing the Southeastern Conference, most of the fans will be pulling for the Wildcats against Wisconsin of the Big Ten. The Pacers kept their undefeated season perfect Saturday with a 36-34 win over the Royals in Civitan Youth Basketball League play. The Pacers have now opened up a two-game lead in Division B over both the Rockets and the Celtics, who posted wins last week to make their records 3-2. The Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a free throw shooting contest Jan. 12 at 9 a.m. at St. Joseph Hall on South Main Street.

This bracket wasn't easy. However, based on this writer's crystal ball, which can get cloudy at times, Memphis, UCLA, Tennessee and Wisconsin will be in the Final Four in three weeks. The Volunteers will knockout overall top seed North Carolina in the East Region finals, while Wisconsin eliminates top-seeded Kansas in the Midwest Region championship. Memphis will have to get past Texas to win the South Region, while Xavier's run will end against the Bruins in the West finals.

Gatlinburg, Schmatlingburg. Destin can be your destination but not mine. I get a huge headache every time I travel those winding roads in the Great Smokies. One of my favorite vacation spots is not one of those well-publicized wonderlands most of you will be going to this summer. Mine is Wisconsin. Wisconsin? Beer, brats and big people? Well, Wisconsin has much more to offer. Lush forests. Beautiful lakes. Wonderful water parks. And relatively cool temperatures compared to the hazy, hot and humid summer days we usually experience in Kentucky.

Sunday, Sept. 10 College Field Hockey Washington & Lee at Centre, Noon College Men's Soccer Principia at Centre, Noon Aurora vs. Wisconsin-Whitewater at Centre, 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11 High School Girls Golf Lincoln County at Casey County (Hickory Hills C.C.) Boyle County at Nelson County (Woodlawn Springs G.C.) High School Boys Soccer Boyle County at Garrard County, 7:30 p.m. Mercer County at Taylor County, 7:30 p.m. High School Girls Soccer East Jessamine at Lincoln County, 5:30 p.m. Mercer County at Franklin County, 7 p.m. Rebel Showdown at Boyle County High School Volleyball KSD at Brown, 5:30 p.m. Garrard County at Madison Southern, 6 p.m. Woodford County at Boyle County, 7 p.m. Danville at Casey County, 7 p.m.

Sharon Elizabeth King Lokken, 69, husband of John Paul Lokken, died Sunday, April 29.  She was born Aug. 12, 1942, in La Crosse, Wisc., to the late Lester Frances and Alberta Ott King. Sharon was a member of The Women of the Moose, Lodge No. 2686, and loved to sing, garden, cook and boat. Additional survivors are a daughter, Alisa K. Lokken of Nicholasville; a granddaughter, Joshua Klaman of Illinois; a great-granddaughter, Zayne Klaman of Illinois; three sisters, Roberta and husband Don Swingle of Minnesota, Darlene and husband Frank Dikeman and Mary Blackburn of Wisconsin; and other family members.

Two Boyle County women recently were inducted into the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Hall of Fame. Helen Culton Price and the late Lucy Taylor Hammond were inducted into the School of Human Environmental Sciences Hall of Fame for their work in nutrition education and in home economics. Price, who was born in Boyle County, earned her degree in home economics in 1942 at UK. During her career, she taught at University of Colorado and in Wisconsin at the Madison Area Vocational and Technical College.

I started commemorating April 20 as Good Friday/Bittersweet Friday back in 1984 when it was really Good Friday on the church calendar. It's what occurred on that day 23 years ago today that led me to call it Bittersweet Friday and observe it on April 20 every year since. This commemoration is all about one of my two older brothers, Tom. He had come down from his home in Wisconsin to Lexington to spend part of his spring break from his teaching job with my father, other brother and me. He had made this spring pilgrimage for several years, but this year it was particularly significant since our mother had died seven months earlier.

Iva Mae Miller, 90, of Wesley Village in Wilmore, Ky., formerly of Girard and Chatham, Ill., died on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009. She married Howard E. Miller on Oct. 29, 1938. She was preceded in death by her husband, an infant son, two brothers and a sister. Mrs. Miller worked at Redfield's Drugstore, as a cook at the West Grade School, Deck's Drug Store, Herndon's Department Store (where she was high Sales Associate and awarded three trips to New York City), and retired from Famous Barr.

As we had planned, my friends and I pulled out of my driveway at 8 a.m. on July 22 - my 64th birthday - to help me mark off two new states on my bucket list. I had jokingly remarked to the two of them that they had better put on a pair of Depends because we were getting to Minnesota as soon as possible. They took me at my word and knocked on my door each wearing a pair of Depends over their clothes. Of course, they had an extra pair that I was to put on for a picture before we left.

Sharon Elizabeth King Lokken, 69, husband of John Paul Lokken, died Sunday, April 29.  She was born Aug. 12, 1942, in La Crosse, Wisc., to the late Lester Frances and Alberta Ott King. Sharon was a member of The Women of the Moose, Lodge No. 2686, and loved to sing, garden, cook and boat. Additional survivors are a daughter, Alisa K. Lokken of Nicholasville; a granddaughter, Joshua Klaman of Illinois; a great-granddaughter, Zayne Klaman of Illinois; three sisters, Roberta and husband Don Swingle of Minnesota, Darlene and husband Frank Dikeman and Mary Blackburn of Wisconsin; and other family members.

A handful of kids and parents milled about to the electronic gurgle of games inside Go Go Gorillas Fun Center around lunchtime Thursday, but the business has recently had to take steps to stave off creditors planning to repossess much of its entertainment and restaurant equipment. On Oct. 3, Boyle Circuit Judge Darren Peckler signed off on a writ of possession ordering the sheriff's office to seize dozens of tables and chairs and other restaurant items, along with the mini bowling alleys that are part of the center's entertainment package.

A rainy Monday morning didn’t slow down a group of Wisconsinites who are using their spring break to renovate an outdoor pavilion for a Christian group in Wilmore. The structure was known as the old children’s tabernacle during the 120 years the property was owned by Wilmore Camp Meeting. Confrontation Point Ministries purchased the 9-acre tract on East Main Street in October, and executive director Andy Bathje said the pavilion was the first major renovation the organization wanted to take on. “The former children’s tabernacle here — or outdoor pavilion, as we’ve been calling it — was just in really bad shape; it was just an eyesore in general, and we thought it would be something that we could kind of flip and improve,” he said.

Dec. 29, 1984 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) ? Two football teams that overcame midseason slumps, Wisconsin and Kentucky, will meet in tonight's eighth annual Hall of Fame Bowl game before about 60,000 fans. With Kentucky representing the Southeastern Conference, most of the fans will be pulling for the Wildcats against Wisconsin of the Big Ten. The Pacers kept their undefeated season perfect Saturday with a 36-34 win over the Royals in Civitan Youth Basketball League play. The Pacers have now opened up a two-game lead in Division B over both the Rockets and the Celtics, who posted wins last week to make their records 3-2. The Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a free throw shooting contest Jan. 12 at 9 a.m. at St. Joseph Hall on South Main Street.

Iva Mae Miller, 90, of Wesley Village in Wilmore, Ky., formerly of Girard and Chatham, Ill., died on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009. She married Howard E. Miller on Oct. 29, 1938. She was preceded in death by her husband, an infant son, two brothers and a sister. Mrs. Miller worked at Redfield's Drugstore, as a cook at the West Grade School, Deck's Drug Store, Herndon's Department Store (where she was high Sales Associate and awarded three trips to New York City), and retired from Famous Barr.

Botulism is believed to have caused the deaths of eight ducks and geese at Lake Mingo Park last weekend, Parks Director Duane McCuddy said. "They're pretty sure it's botulism," he said. "The lab up at UK (University of Kentucky) said there were no signs of intentional poison or anything like that. The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources will be sending a sample to a lab in Wisconsin to confirm botulism, but we feel pretty certain that's what it is. " In a letter, Nicholasville veterinarian Dan Bowling, of the Nicholasville Animal Hospital, told Parks Board Chairman George Dean he also felt botulism was the likely culprit.

Two Boyle County women recently were inducted into the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Hall of Fame. Helen Culton Price and the late Lucy Taylor Hammond were inducted into the School of Human Environmental Sciences Hall of Fame for their work in nutrition education and in home economics. Price, who was born in Boyle County, earned her degree in home economics in 1942 at UK. During her career, she taught at University of Colorado and in Wisconsin at the Madison Area Vocational and Technical College.

This bracket wasn't easy. However, based on this writer's crystal ball, which can get cloudy at times, Memphis, UCLA, Tennessee and Wisconsin will be in the Final Four in three weeks. The Volunteers will knockout overall top seed North Carolina in the East Region finals, while Wisconsin eliminates top-seeded Kansas in the Midwest Region championship. Memphis will have to get past Texas to win the South Region, while Xavier's run will end against the Bruins in the West finals.

WASHINGTON - In the last 24 elections, since 1912, winners of the presidency won a plurality of the states along the Mississippi. Today the Republican presidential candidate with perhaps the most impressive resume says: Republicans should assume that in 2008 they will lose Ohio (20 electoral votes), where the state party's corruption and incompetence cost it the governorship, a U.S. Senate seat and a House seat in 2006. So the GOP candidate must carry Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota (27 electoral votes)