Veterans Day Celebrations at Kathryn

Overturned Semi

Remembering Sept. 11 at Fort Knox

Major General James Milano, left, and Firefighter Captain Jacob Geer, right, salute two wreaths presented to honor those fallen on Sept. 11, 2001.

Firefighter Lieutenant Scott Goss performs the bell ceremony, which is used to announce the death of a firefighter.

Kentucky Derby Museum trophies

A couple of weeks ago, I went with Jonathan on his Herald-Leader assignment to Churchill Downs where they were relocating all of the trophies from the main floor exhibit cases in the Kentucky Derby Musem to a vault at Churchill Downs. I took my camera along so that I could get some non-Army shooting in. I took some shots, but I was also trying my best not to get in neither Jonathan’s nor the tv station videographers’ way since I wasn’t shooting it for an assignment. It was a fun day, thanks Palmer!

Trophies were removed from the Derby Museum in order to protect them during cleanup following the recent flood in Louisville.

Derby Museum workers relocated a variety of trophies from the museum to a vault inside Churchill Downs.

Exhibits coordinator Brenda Kiefer removes trophies from their case in the museum so that they can be transferred to a vault in Churchill Downs.

DanceBlue

DanceBlue – Brenda Cross & Corey Strunk

Brenda Cross cares for her three grandchildren, Haley, 9, Corey, 6, and Gracey Strunk, 3 and a half, in addition to working a full-time job at a local daycare. Corey was diagnosed with Burkitt’s lymphoma on Sept. 16, 2008. He is currently in remission, but he continues to take an antibiotic three times a week.

Click here to read Erin Melwing’s story about Brenda and her grandchildren.

Memorial for John Kirksey III

Psychology freshman Devon Cole is comforted by early childhood education freshman Jamisha Harrison on Feb. 22 in Kirwin III during a memorial for John Kirksey III, a UK student who died the day before in a car accident.

Elementary education freshman Kirbye Meaux mourns the loss of her friend Kirksey.

Kim Toomey comforts Meaux at the memorial.

Preparations

Practice Makes Perfect

Ice Storm – Day 2