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Twenty students are competing to become Western Kentucky University’s 2011 Homecoming queen.

Among the contenders is Stephanie Burba, a biology/science and math education major from Magnolia. She is the daughter of Glen and Robin Burba and is sponsored by Phi Sigma Pi.

Burba is also a recipient of a Science and Math Alliance for Recruitment and Retention of Teachers Scholarship. It provides $10,000 for the last two years of the teacher’s education program at WKU.

The staff of the LaRue County Health Department remind women who are over 40 or have a family history of breast cancer to schedule a mammogram. Front from left, Lisa Cox R.N. (Clinical Director) and Frances Kilgore; back, Community Health Educator Diana Leathers, Julie Percefull R.N., Donna Grammer and Tina Gawarecki A.P.R.N.

Campbellsville University professor of Old Testament and Hebrew, Dr. Dwayne Howell is scheduled to lecture in Badgett Academic Support Center's Banquet Hall, Monday Oct. 17, 5-6 p.m., at 110 University Drive, Campbellsville.

Howell's lecture will focus on his archeological dig in Jordan. This lecture is titled "What I did on my summer vacation."

Howell's lecture will be a part of the 2011 Biblical and Theological Lectures presented by Campbellsville University's School of Theology.

Paula Durham of The Sweet Shoppe in Hodgenville, right, talks to Kim Sweazy of Frankfort about her products at the Kentucky Proud Incredible Food Show Oct. 8 in Lexington. About 100 exhibitors greeted thousands of visitors to the third annual Incredible Food Show, which featured brother chefs Michael and Bryan Voltaggio.