Postcards from LWC: Riyanuddin Syed 2022-10-04 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College. By Landon Simmons Meet Riyanuddin Syed! Riyanuddin comes from India, and found that the most difficult part of moving to the U.S. was leaving his family behind. In spite of this, Riyanuddin found that getting his Master of Science and Technology Management at Lindsey Wilson was worth the change. "LWC provides student centric courses," Riyanuddin says, also noting that the degree offers "a wide range of subjects that I can gain knowledge in-depth" which will help boost his career. A favorite tradition from his home is Eid-ul-Fitr (Ramadan Mubarak), at which Riyanuddin loves to interact with others and "eat a variety of cuisines." A fun fact about Riyanuddin is that he doesn't take pictures on his phone, opting to live in the moment and to "keep every memory in [his] heart." We're so glad to have Riyanuddin as a part of our Blue Raider family! Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Have you seen Butters? 2022-10-04 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Shannon Sexton. Shannon writes, "Butters the cat decided to join us for church on Sunday and hitched a ride in the engine of my daughter's car. She made her getaway in the parking lot of 3Trees Church in the Pinewood Shopping Center. We've made multiple trips to look for her and have alerted the local businesses in the shopping center. If anyone happens upon Butters in Pinewood or the nearby residential areas, please call Bruce at Adair Co. Kwik Lube (270-380-1300) so we can wrangle her up and get her back home. She is slightly larger than in the photo." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

RIDES: Comparing electric and regular Ford 150 trucks 2022-10-04 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Electrifying American vehicles is still in its infancy but it's growing by leaps and bounds. Dan Franklin, at left, and his son Nathaniel, talked about electric vehicles - including the two F150 fully electric trucks on the lot in Columbia - with Tom Waggener who shares his EV experiences over the past five years in the article linked to this picture. For the record, Moms Barbara Franklin and I are still hanging with our gas powered vehicles, and just beginning to consider hybrids, maybe, but we're a long way from the idea of a fully electric vehicle. We do trust our family, however, as Dan, Nathaniel and Tom agree that a sea change is happening in the auto industry and our world might as well get used to EVs for our future driving. - LW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron 2022-10-04 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen. A closeup view of a Great Blue Heron. According to audubon.org, the Great Blue's diet is "Highly variable and adaptable. Eats mostly fish, but also frogs, salamanders, turtles, snakes, insects, rodents, birds. Has been seen stalking voles and gophers in fields, capturing rails at edge of marsh, eating many species of small waterbirds." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

RIDES: Ford's new electric truck in Columbia 2022-10-04 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Lightning is the "badge" of the new F150 all electric pickup truck and it's available for a test drive on the lot at Franklin Ford in Columbia. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Top Tier Boba 2022-10-04 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. In this food review, granddaughter Tillie pronounced Columbia's donut house, located beside the old Circle R, as serving "top tier Boba." She and her sister cousin Hailey are tasting their way across the USA to find the best. Taro tea is how Boba is listed on the Best Donuts menu board, with a main ingredient of that root vegetable. Taro is a widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that originated in Taiwan in the early 1980s. Boba, or Bubble tea, most commonly consists of tea accompanied by chewy tapioca balls, but it can be made with other toppings as well, such as grass jelly, aloe vera, or red bean according to Wikipedia. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Whitehurst Diaries: Greedy Raccoon 2022-10-03 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. Sharon notes that one of the young raccoons is notably greedy, and something of a bully. She says, "By standing obstinately in the food tray he can keep his siblings from sharing the food." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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