Ace Magazine - October 2022

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A memorial visit with Chef Tom in the pumpkin patch

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When almost completely cooled, I dipped the donuts into the maple glaze and let the excess swirl back into the bowl before finishing with shards of candied bacon.

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BUSINESS

Is it easy being green?

Green Check is a certification program that provides businesses and organizations with resources they need to become more sustainable.

Organizations have the opportunity to join the Green Check program free of charge by committing to focus on sustainability efforts in the areas of waste reduction, energy efficiency, and / or water quality. Members of the program can achieve higher levels of certification (Bronze, Silver, or Gold) by earning minimum scores on our Green Check sustainability assessment. Organizations that earn certification can see benefits in their branding and marketing strategies, cost savings, higher revenue generation, employee retention and satisfaction, and customer loyalty within their communities. All tiers of the Green Check Certification program, and all resources provided to

organizations as part of the program are completely free within Fayette County.

The Green Check program is open to Fayette County businesses and organizations of all types and sizes. The program applies to a wide range of sectors including, but not limited to: retail, restaurants, groceries/ markets, apartments, manufacturing/ industry, & non-profit organizations. The only requirements are a willingness to assess your current green efforts, identify new strategies, and implement initiatives to increase your sustainability.

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Lexington will host a Paper Shred on Saturday, October 29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1631 Old Frankfort Pike.

• Fayette County residents may bring up to five boxes or bags of material to be shredded at no cost. No wet material will be accepted.

This event allows Lexington residents to safely dispose of their sensitive materials in an environmentally-friendly way. Shred-it, a division of Stericycle, securely destroys documents on-site with their fleet of mobile shredding trucks. The material collected is recycled into low-grade paper products.

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Big Blue Schedule

FOOTBALL

UK has eight home games this year at Kroger Field.

OCT 1 Ole Miss, at Oxford

OCT 8 Univ South Carolina at UK

OCT 15 Mississippi State at UK

OCT 29 UT at Knoxville

NOV 5 University of Missouri at Columbia MO

NOV 12 Vanderbilt at UK

NOV 19 Univ of Georgia at UK

NOV 26 U of L at UK

New Tastes at the football field this year include three new concessions entries: City BBQ, LaDonna’s Candy Kitchen, and The Empanada Queen.

BASKETBALL

Oct. 14: Big Blue Madness

Nov. 15: vs. Michigan State (Champions Classic; Indianapolis)

Nov. 20: at Gonzaga

Nov. 29: Bellar mine

Dec. 4: vs. Michigan (London, England)

Dec. 17: vs. UCLA (CBS Sports Classic; Reportedly at Madison Square Garden in New York)

Dec. 28: at Missouri

Dec. 31: Louisville, noon

Jan. 3: LSU, TBA

Jan. 7 at Alabama

Jan. 10: South Carolina

Jan. 14: at Tennessee

Jan. 17: Georgia

Jan. 21: Texas A&M

Jan. 24: at Vanderbilt

Jan. 28: Kansas (Big 12/SEC Challenge)

Jan. 31: at Ole Miss

Feb. 4: Florida

Feb. 7: Arkansas

Feb. 11: at Georgia

Feb. 15: at Mississippi State

Feb. 18: Tennessee

Feb. 22: at Florida

Feb. 25: Aubur n

March 1: Vanderbilt

March 4: at Arkansas

33 Years Ago in Ace

The Dark Days of the Kentucky Theatre

The Kentucky Theatre celebrates its 100th birthday in October 2022.

Thirty three years ago, the very first Ace rolled off the press, and one of the very first stories ever printed was titled, “Bring Back the Kentucky.” The Kentucky’s iconic calendars had graced all of our fridges throughout the 80s and it was inconceivable that a mere fire had taken it out.

33 YEARS AGO IN ACE

Bring Back the Kentucky Revival or Just Plain Survival?

BY JOANN CIRCOSTA

The Kentucky has languished in suspended animation since October 1987, when a fire in the adjacent Fleur de Lys restaurant forced the closure of both establishments.

The restaurant moved within a matter of months and is doing a thriving business on Upper Street.The Kentucky Theatre, however, continues to sit quietly, waiting to be revived — “Closed Temporarily” being its limp lament.

Its revival has been delayed, not because of a lack of interest on the part of its loyal followers, but rather because of the complex legal aspects of its ownership and operation. A lawsuit filed in March in Fayette Circuit Court should help resolve the entanglements between landowners and building owners and allow the Kentucky to live once again.

Councilwoman Pam Miller, a member of the citizens’ group, “Friends of the Kentucky,” has been involved in an effort to reopen the theatre. Miller remains a firm believer in The Kentucky’s value to Lexington as an historical, as well as cultural asset. She sees it as “virtually the only institution that has survived the urban renewal process.” She, like its many other loyal fans, eagerly awaits its rebirth.

This Year’s Model: Fred Mills

BY KAKIE URCH

In the cartoon, the character sells you the movie house ticket, changes up, takes your ticket, jumps behind the concession stand to dish up your popcorn and fizzy drink to a rollicking musical number, ushers you down in the darkness to your seats to oboe and slidewhistle accompaniment and then runs up to the projection room to hit a big button that says START.

At the Kentucky Theater, Fred Mills is that character – and so much more. The Theater will turn 90 in 2012, and Mills himself will celebrate a milestone birthday on New Year’s Day.

Mills, who was first hired as a movie usher 48 years ago in 1963, is the face, the backbone, and persona of The Kentucky Theater.

for film festivals (like the One World Film Festival). It welcomed the national premiere of Bloodworth, written and produced by two Kentucky natives.

For decades, The Kentucky has been the local heart of Lexington’s downtown revitalization. For some of those years, the Kentucky, famed for its “refrigerator ready” art house was one of the few places to go downtown. We saw the Seventh Seal, Double Indemnity and The Gods Must Be Crazy. We showed up at midnight to see the more adventurous offerings.

After an Oct. 3, 1987 fire nearly destroyed the Kentucky, Mills and Mitchell salvaged what they could physically, and worked incessantly to salvage the idea of the 1920s showplace. The Kentucky figured prominently in a book on historic theaters by then UK Professor Gregory A. Waller, published on the Smithsonian imprint.

In 1989, the theater was purchased by the city and a $1.2 million remodel was approved, “saving” the theater. (In today’s dollars, that is about 2.1 stoplights). Fred Mills kept on selling tickets, taking tickets, selling popcorn, showing you to your seat, and planning entertainment.

TEN YEARS AGO IN ACE

Landmark Theatre Turns 90

The Kentucky’s 90th anniversary planning has been in the works for some time.

Manager Fred Mills spoke excitedly about it this past Sunday after a showing of Killer Joe, in between customer interruptions to dispense Coke, and re-stock the men’s room with paper towels.

With reports in the last week that additional theater groups are looking at East downtown as potential locations for development, he’s optimistic that much of the Kentucky’s niche programming will remain a draw, though he told the Herald-Leader he’d rather not have the competition.

He feels confident in the ability of the Friends of the Kentucky Theatre to spearhead a fundraising campaign that will keep the Theatre current with digital technology and the physical facility in good shape. He says of co-chair Isabel Yates, “she is a hard person to say no to.”

Anchoring the piece was a “Movies We’ve Missed,” sidebar (riddled with typos). The lengthy list included Jean de Florette, Babette’s Feast, Salaam Bombay, Lair of the White Worm, House of Games, and The Thin Blue Line There was no Netflix, no Hulu, no Amazon Prime. An indie movie fix required a drive to Louisville or Cincinnatti.

“The Kentucky has been an irreplaceable loss,” bemoaned one film fan.

He’s This Year’s Model because of every year that led up to this year and the consistency of the Kentucky as a great downtown destination — from the opening of a new George Clooney movie, to the live recording of Woodsongs, to the opening notes and steps of the “Thriller” Halloween parade.

The Kentucky has been the site of the Disney Secretariat premiere, has hosted TEDX Lexington, too many concerts to count, a Summer Classics Series, and is a locale

Filmmaker Eren McGinnis loved the Kentucky so much, she made a documentary about it…Filmmaker Jean Donohue says, “As a young film criticism student at UK I spent many an afternoon watching the wonderfully ‘curated’ films at the Kentucky. That, combined with the extraordinary cadre of film criticism professors gathered at UK English Department Dick Sugg, Walt Foreman, Armando Prat, it was a heady brew.”

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On with the Show

The Kentucky Theatre Celebrates 100 years in October

BY KEVIN NANCE

Picture it: Lexington, October 4, 1922. Crowds flock to Main Street to see the fabulous new Kentucky Theatre’s flashing marquee and its ornate Beaux Arts architecture, including the handsome entrance hall, the concessions lobby fragrant with fresh popcorn, and the main auditorium with its large screen and soaring ceiling dome. They settle in to watch The Eternal Flame, a silent film based on a Balzac novel and starring Norma Talmadge, the sound provided by a live organist on the Wurlitzer. Tickets are 25 to 30 cents for adults, 10 cents for children.

“Frankly, we hope to make The Kentucky the most popular picture house in the South,” the management declared on the front page of a special section in that morning’s Lexington Herald. “But you’re the ones. You Lexingtonians who visit it for the first time are the ones whom we hope to entertain so well that you’ll come again and again and bring your friends.”

And now, one hundred years later — after a century of highs and lows, including triumphs, temporary closures due to a fire in 1987 and,

more recently, the pandemic, not to mention increased competition from Netflix, HBO Max and other online streaming platforms — the Kentucky Theatre is still running. It’s still attracting first-time visitors as well as regulars who appreciate the architecture and the popcorn. And it’s still working hard to keep us all coming again and again with our friends.

“You can watch whatever you want at home in your pajamas at whatever hour of day,” says Lisa Meek, part of the new non-profit

management group (along with director Hayward Wilkirson and longtime manager Fred Mills) that reopened the theater a year ago after a pandemic-related hiatus. “The question now is: What gets you up and dressed and downtown to watch a movie? Fortunately for Lexington, there’s this amazing 100-year old cinema still in existence.”

To celebrate The Kentucky’s first century and kick off a second, the theater is devoting the month of October to special events and

other programming. They include a benefit anniversary gala on October 8 with Jazz Age live music, short films from the period, food, cocktails and a silent auction, followed by a less-expensive shindig (tickets $15) later that same night.

Since Halloween is on the way, the theater will be showing horror classics throughout the month, including Coraline, Hocus Pocus, The Masque of the Red Death with Vincent Price and a special October 15 showing of F.W. Murnau’s German Expressionist vampire classic Nosferatu (which also premiered in 1922) with live organ accompaniment. And on October 19, live music concerts return to the Kentucky with Jeff Tweedy of Wilco.

It’s been an eventful century at the Kentucky, which for half its history has had its day-today operations overseen by Mills, who started as an usher and concessions attendant in 1963 and became manager in 1970. Under his supervision, the theater found and has maintained a steady mix of first-run commercial films, independent and art-house fare (much of it shown in the State Theatre, which opened next door in 1929 and now serves as the Kentucky’s second screen) and older repertory catering to cinema buffs (which the current management has increased and curated, especially during periods when first-run offerings are skimpy).

Over the years, the Kentucky found two sweet spots, the first with period costume dramas such as Merchant-Ivory’s Howards End and A Room With a View and, more recently, the first Downtown Abbey film (2019), all of which drew large audiences. The second sweet spot consists of quirky youth-oriented flicks such as Dazed and Confused (which drew long lines of moviegoers during a heavy snowstorm at its 1993 opening and ran for months afterward) and the Kentucky’s all-time top draw, The Rocky

Horror Picture Show, the cult classic which has had hundreds of midnight screenings since its opening in 1975.

Even now, Rocky Horror is still going strong at the Kentucky, with midnight showings drawing as many as 600 people on multiple occasions over the past year. The movie’s tradition of raucous audience participation now also features a live onstage troupe, The Master’s Affairs, who appear onstage and act out the scenes as they unfold onscreen. “We love them,” Mills says. “They’re keeping it alive.”

But despite being on relatively solid financial footing at the moment — thanks to steadily increasing ticket sales, a new membership program and some significant new donors (including Stephen Taylor, profiled on the Ace cover this time last year, who’s pledged $25,000 over the next year) — the Kentucky’s future, its management recognizes, is far from assured.

Not only does the theater face increased competition from the Internet and its more

traditional rivals, the Cinemark and Regal theater chains, it now has to contend with another downtown theater, LexLive, the cinema and entertainment complex at Broadway and High Street which includes a sports bar and a bowling alley along with several movie screens.

But the Kentucky still has assets that distinguish it from its competition: its architecture (which includes multiple elegant domes, including one hovering over the concession area); cheaper ticket and concession prices; and a loyal regional following that transcends Lexington proper. “People come from Paris, Versailles, and Frankfort, not just Lexingtonians,” Mills notes. “That affection and feeling for the theater is spread throughout Central Kentucky.”

At the same time, the management is also wary of a certain complacency among segments of the Kentucky Theatre faithful. Those folk support the theater in theory, but like fans of other local institutions — such as the beloved Parkette Drive-In, which closed recently — have trouble showing up with any regularity.

“There’s a cautionary tale there, for sure,” Wilkirson says. “We’re a little luckier than the Parkette was, in that we do have a lot of people who come regularly. But as Fred will tell you, there are people who say ‘I love the Kentucky Theatre,’ but you might see them once a year. So you do have to put your money where your mouth is. If you support the Kentucky Theatre, if you just can’t imagine Lexington without it, then we hope to see you here, soon and on a regular basis. We look forward to it.”

“That affection and feeling for the theater is spread throughout Central Kentucky.”

Frank Mills, Kentucky Theatre Manager

KIDS Fire Prevention & Wellness Festival, 2 pm, Masterson Station Park

GOLF Tee It Up for the Kids, 9:30, Lexington Country Club

CONCERT Kentucky Rising Benefit with Chris Stapleton, Tyler Childers, and Dwight Yoakam, 7 pm, Rupp Arena

BALL UK Women’s Volleyball vs. Ole Miss, 8 pm, Memorial Coliseum

HEALTH 5th Annual Senior Health & Resource Fair, 10 am, North Lexington YMCA

UK vs. State, Kroger Field Addams

register!

DRINK Bachtoberfest, 4 pm, West Sixth Brewing

FEST Scarefest wraps up at Central Bank Center (Fri-Sun).

FEST Pumpkinmania at Transylvania University

READ Margo Price

Memoir, 7 pm, JosephBeth

KIDS Sesame Street Live, 5 pm, Rupp Arena

CONCERT (Wilco’s) Jeff Tweedy, Kentucky Theatre

CONCERT Carrie Underwood, 8:30 pm, Rupp Arena COMEDY Seinfeld EKU

CONCERT Marty Stuart, The Grand, Frankfort

STAGE Tootsie, Lexington Opera House

CONCERT Luke Combs, 7 pm, KFC Yum! Center

KIDS Trunk or Treat, 2 pm, Whitaker Family YMCA

FEST Chevy Chase Street Fair, 3 pm, Euclid Ave.

HORSE National Horse Show begins, Kentucky Horse Park

KIDS Halloween Hoedown, 6-8 pm, Downtown Richmond

JAZZ Jeanette Harris, 7 pm, Lyric Theater

FRIGHT Lexington Thriller Parade, 7:30 pm, Downtown

READ Kentucky Book Festival, Joseph Beth CONCERT My Morning Jacket, KFC Yum, Louisville

BALL UK Women’s Volleyball vs. Auburn, 1 pm, Memorial Coliseum

CONCERT The Judds featuring Faith Hill, 7:30 pm, Rupp Arena

Bottoms Up

Lead from Behind U

nbeknownst to me, actor Ryan Reynolds and I went in for colonoscopies on the same day (different facilities). Deadpool had one polyp removed, and although I don’t like to brag, I had two. He scheduled his after losing a bet with Wrexham co-owner Rob McElhenney. I go in every five years thanks to losing the genetic lottery when it comes to colon cancer (it’s killed two grandmothers and a first cousin, so far). Reynolds’s adventure is on film, and mine (as far as I know), is not.

rapidly ossifying liquid chalk, almost no one minds taking a few handfuls of pills these days; in some circles, it’s probably just a Tuesday. This should in no way be confused with medical advice, obviously. Consult your health care professional. They’ll probably say it’s fine. If they don’t, listen to them, not me.

Even with the tablets, you’ll still have to prep, but instead of drinking several gallons of the devil’s own concoction of salty lime effluent, you’ll just swallow a few dozen pills, and a positively unwholesome amount of water.

I am not one to ever engage in (or be amused by) Farrelly Brothers scatological humor, so I’ll do my best to skirt the periphery of this whole process with the delicate decorum my mother raised me to display, while still giving you all the helpful information that your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist might not bother with.

ACT I: Shop

First, you’re going to need to go shopping. You’ll need supplies for the week leading up to the procedure, to include:

• Lemon Sorbet (get Jeni’s, or Graeter’s, or any comparable “luxury” brand; anything that costs over $10 should be acceptable. If it costs less than that, odds are 50/50 it will taste like Lysol, and that’s what you get for not listening; God knows we’re all living on a budget these days, but THIS is not the time to economize).

• Watermelon Jolly Ranchers (green or yellow are acceptable; reds, purples, and oranges are not. I don’t make the rules.)

• Lemonhead candies

Because of my stubborn inability to drink anything that’s not remotely to my liking, this test has always been unnecessarily difficult. (Everyone my age remembers the gallons of sludge poor Katie Couric had to chug down in her kitchen to prep for her on-air colonoscopy on the Today Show in 2000. Her on-camera-colon stunt was for a good cause in memory of her late husband, but her [reported] $60 million dollar contract might’ve also helped her choke down that chalky residue of misery and degradation cut with liquid cherry-flavored Pez.)

This year was my first time at-bat with a relatively new FDA-approved entry called SuTabs. I didn’t have to cross any northern or southern borders to buy it, I just picked it up at the usual drive-thru window. No one asked me for a password (I had just watched the premiere of this season’s Handmaid’s Tale, so I felt ready). Now that the whole ordeal is behind me (so to speak), I hesitate to say, Ask for It By Name (mostly because no one’s paying me to say that), but sure, go ahead, Ask For It By Name. I strongly suspect it will improve people’s willingness to take the test, and maybe save a few lives along the way. (It’s the least I can do.) Because while no one in their right mind wants to hold their nose and choke down gallons of

• I nstant cups of Grits (if you’re in the south) or maybe Cream of Wheat if you live in the... (I’m not sure where you people live? Minnesota?)

• Could you just buy the instant packets? you ask. Yeah. Sure. You could. But why do you want to make your life hard? Who hurt you?

• O utshine Lime Frozen Fruit Bars (no, you may not have the tangerine; well, you can, but later. Right now stick to lemon and lime).

• Assorted Noodles (Ramen etc)

• JellO: Green or Yellow (do NOT get the sugarfree kind; you’ve had sugar-free gummy bears?)

• K ids’ Snack Packs of diced peaches

• Avocados

• Bananas

• Eggs

• Assorted broths (clear only)

• Assorted citrus to flavor your noodles and broth: lemons, limes, ginger to grate, etc.

• Assorted hot teas (no red, purple, or orange)

• Assorted cold drinks (ginger ale, sprite, and if you can stomach them, sports drinks — greens and yellows only, no purples or reds or oranges)

• Powdered lemonades if you like them (I do not).

• Clear juices if you like them, like apple or white grape (I do not).

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A sizable supply of your preferred bottled water (trust me: your Brita is never gonna keep up with this level of volume). I recommend Voss or Evian, both in glass bottles (obviously). If you’re going to drink out of plastic, you might as well just lap it up out of your dog’s dish.

And, in the baby aisle:

• fancy hypoallergenic aloe baby wipes with vitamin E (take them home, and put them straight in the fridge, in a drawer nobody ever uses. Don’t ask questions, just do it.)

Now, under normal circumstances, no medical professional would ever advise you to live on “low-residue” white foods, but for the few days leading up to your test, you’ll do exactly that: chicken, turkey, fish, rice, pasta, potatoes, bananas, light soups. Hopefully you’re not diabetic. If you weren’t before, you might be after. (Don’t ever eat a white-diet without first consulting a doctor, or at least your crossfit guy or yoga instructor.) If you don’t want to cook or don’t like to cook: DoorDash accordingly. (Although I had one rough evening with Dasher Mutraz who forgot my dinner, but DID deliver the sorbet. So you should allow extra time for errors.)

ACT II: Five Days Out

Begin your white-diet relatively early in the process— I managed four or five days. That’s a week without my daily brussels sprouts, my steel-cut oats, my nightly bedtime honeycrisp apple ritual with the Ambien Walrus — all the food routines I hold dear. It’s counter-intuitive, but the goal is to get all that (normally optimum) fiber OUT of your system during this horrible perversion of a cleanse.

I mostly subsisted on sushi, soups, mashed potatoes, bananas, and avocados. I hated chicken before, and I still do.

This phase was hard for me because I eat a LOT of plants on any given day; your mileage may vary.

ACT III: 48 Hours Out

Keep it light and tight. You’ll be so glad you did. Have some noodle soup. Have eggs maybe, but skip your usual whole grain toast. Sub in a nice low-residue English muffin.

Have a banana. Do not have a salad... or a steak... or a porkchop.

When the men in my family go for any prescribed medical procedure, they eat steadily until precisely one minute before the prescribed midnight deadline. At 11 pm, they’re firing up the grill. I accompanied my uncle to his last procedure, and the nurse was trying to determine when he had finished his last meal. He’s hard of hearing and couldn’t quite make out all the questions through the masks. “THEY WANT TO KNOW WHEN YOU STOPPED EATING,” I helpfully shouted into his left ear. He looked at me like he

was embarrassed to be genetically related to someone so simple-minded, and clipped out loudly and slowly as if to accommodate my dimwittedness, “I SAID… WHEN… I … WAS…FULL.”

ACT IV: Prep Day

You’re going to spend the entire day strung out on clear liquids and pills, and no one’s even going to offer you a record deal or a new cautionary Hulu series at the end of it, so it’s not going to be great.

You’ll be happy you shopped though. You can make a lot of courses out of clear liquids if you’re desperate: broth for lunch, jello for the salad course, and sorbet for dessert. See? You can have a PediaLyte popsicle or a Lime Outshine Bar for a snack.

Now is the time to fetch those fancy, impeccably chilled baby wipes from the dark recesses of the fridge and transfer them to the bathroom.

Delicately speaking, sure, you will be making a few extra trips there over the course of the evening. But because you’ve observed the whitefood cleanse, you shouldn’t need to set up camp. It’ll just be you and quite a bit of quality time with those soothing frosty wipes. (Keep some embossed stationery on hand, because this is when you’ll want to write me a thank you note.)

ACT V: The Last 100 yards (literally)

A word of advice: even if you’re not a morning person, always try to be the first procedure of the day. From the first procedure forward, they will be running behind, and just like at the airport, delays will pile up. People will get cranky.

Get in.

Get out.

If you’re early, you’ll go in, you’ll get undressed, toss on a robe, do a history with a nurse who’ll pop in an IV and then somebody will wheel you back to “the Suite.” The GI guy or gal and the anesthesiologist will introduce themselves, and then you’ll go on a little “trip” you won’t remember, to a place you never wanted to go.

Scope results will be provided to the responsible driver you brought with you.

You will be too high to know or care what the medical professionals are saying. You should choose a Driver who’s a Luddite with a flip phone, who’s either unable or disinclined to film you.

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Do not ‘go lightly’ into that good night.

Pumpkin Spice...your donuts?

Pumpkin Spice...your donuts?

BY TOM YATES

BY TOM YATES

Corn mazes. Fodder shocks. Pumpkin patches.

Yep, it’s coming on autumn. The vibrancy of summer has slowly slipped into the calming pace of fall. Crisp cool breezes dance through the trees, gently releas ing their worn leaves to scatter over long shad ows on the tired grass. Like summer, autumn will be very different in our new normal. Still, we’ll navigate the changes as we cling to familiar ity. While gushingly ripe summer tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, and fresh corn might be fading away, we have a new season to celebrate. We’ll cling to pumpkins, winter squash, potatoes, and hardy greens to get us through our autumnal new normal.

tent and easier to work with.

tent and easier to work with.

Time to make the donuts.

Time to make the donuts.

Corn mazes. Fodder shocks. Pumpkin patches.

Glaze. I combined 1 1/3 cups powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 2 tablespoons milk, and 1 teaspoon Oberholtzer sorghum before whisking the glaze until it was just thick and thin enough to drape the donuts.

Yep, it’s coming on autumn. The vibrancy of summer has slowly slipped into the calming pace of fall. Crisp cool breezes dance through the trees, gently releas ing their worn leaves to scatter over long shad ows on the tired grass. Like summer, autumn will be very different in our new normal. Still, we’ll navigate the changes as we cling to familiar ity. While gushingly ripe summer tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, and fresh corn might be fading away, we have a new season to celebrate. We’ll cling to pumpkins, winter squash, potatoes, and hardy greens to get us through our autumnal new normal.

Bacon. After completely coating and covering 6 slices thick cut bacon with light brown sugar, I placed them directly onto a foil lined sheet pan (no wire rack) and slid them into a preheated 350 degree oven. As they started to caramelize and crisp, I turned the bacon and swept it through the sweet sticky bacon fat, returned it to oven, repeated the flip/swipe until the bacon candied in its own fat, and removed it to a wire rack to cool.

Glaze. I combined 1 1/3 cups powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 2 tablespoons milk, and 1 teaspoon Oberholtzer sorghum before whisking the glaze until it was just thick and thin enough to drape the donuts.

And, through it all, there will always be pumpkin spice. And donuts.

As much as the pumpkin spice forces tried to rush us into fall before we were ready, it is finally pumpkin spice’s time.

And, through it all, there will always be pumpkin spice. And donuts.

So, go ahead, put it in anything and everything. Make pies, muffins, pancakes, coffees, and scented whipped creams. Or simply dab it behind your ears. It’s pumpkin spice season. And, now, we’reready.

As much as the pumpkin spice forces tried to rush us into fall before we were ready, it is finally pumpkin spice’s time.

Maple Glazed Pumpkin Donuts With Candied Bacon.

Dough. So, fresh or canned pumpkin? Althoughcompletely interchangeable, I get a kick out of roasting fresh pumpkins. More savory than sweet, fresh pump kin seems to have a cleaner flavor.

Bacon. After completely coating and covering 6 slices thick cut bacon with light brown sugar, I placed them directly onto a foil lined sheet pan (no wire rack) and slid them into a preheated 350 degree oven. As they started to caramelize and crisp, I turned the bacon and swept it through the sweet sticky bacon fat, returned it to oven, repeated the flip/swipe until the bacon candied in its own fat, and removed it to a wire rack to cool.

And, why not? It’s pumpkin season.

After halving and seeding 2 Madi son County fresh sugar pump kins, I roasted them in a 350 degree oven until they collapsed ( about 45 minutes), let them cool to the touch, scraped the warm flesh into a blender, and pureed the pumpkin untilsmooth.

flour, 2 teaspoons pumpkin spice (ground cloves, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, ground ginger, ground nutmeg), 2 teaspoons baking powder, and 1 teaspoon salt into a smaller mixing bowl. After a quick whisk to combine, I added the spiced flour to the pump kin puree, and gently folded the two together until well incorporated (without overworking the batter).

flour, 2 teaspoons pumpkin spice (ground cloves, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, ground ginger, ground nutmeg), 2 teaspoons baking powder, and 1 teaspoon salt into a smaller mixing bowl. After a quick whisk to combine, I added the spiced flour to the pump kin puree, and gently folded the two together until well incorporated (without overworking the batter).

To make life easier, I spooned the donut dough into a pastry bag and piped it into two oil-sprayed silicone donut molds, cleaned the edges, placed the molds onto a sheet pan, and slid them into a preheated 350 degree oven for 15 minutes. When cooked though (clean tooth pick test), I pulled the donuts from the oven and let them rest for five minutes for turning them out onto two wire racks to cool.

When almost completely cooled, I dipped the donuts into the maple glaze and let the excess swirl back into the bowl before finishing with shards of candied bacon.

So, go ahead, put it in anything and everything. Make pies, muffins, pancakes, coffees, and scented whipped creams. Or simply dab it behind your ears. It’s pumpkin spice season. And, now, we’re ready.

Lord knows. I have and will fry anything. If it’ll fit in a fryer, I’ll fry it. Like most folks, I’m a fool for fried donuts dripping with glaze. That said, I went down the baked donut route with these pumpkin-y donuts because they’re consis

After scooping 2 cups pumpkin puree into a large mixing bowl, I added 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1/3 cup vegetable oil, 4 tablespoons melted butter and 3 large organic eggs. Using an old school hand held mixer, I blended the wet mixture until well combined and silky smooth.

I sifted 2 cups Weisenberger Mill all purpose

Dough. So, fresh or canned pumpkin? Although completely interchangeable, I get a kick out of roasting fresh pumpkins. More savory than sweet, fresh pump kin seems to have a cleaner flavor. And, why not? It’s pumpkin season. After halving and seeding 2 Madi son County fresh sugar pump kins, I roasted them in a 350 degree oven until they collapsed ( about 45 minutes), let them cool to the touch, scraped the warm flesh into a blender, and pureed the pumpkin until smooth.

Suspended undertheslightlyhardenedglaze, the baked donuts were soft, tender, and as light as air. While the warming pumpkin spice punched through the rich caramel-like maple glaze, the candied bacon added salty sweet crunch.

To make life easier, I spooned the donut dough into a pastry bag and piped it into two oil-sprayed silicone donut molds, cleaned the edges, placed the molds onto a sheet pan, and slid them into a preheated 350 degree oven for 15 minutes. When cooked though (clean tooth pick test), I pulled the donuts from the oven and let them rest for five minutes for turning them out onto two wire racks to cool.

Donuts in the pumpkin patch? Get your spice

When almost completely cooled, I dipped the donuts into the maple glaze and let the excess swirl back into the bowl before finishing with shards of candied bacon.

Suspended under the slightly hardened glaze, the baked donuts were soft, tender, and as

Maple Glazed Pumpkin Donuts With Candied Bacon.

Lord knows. I have and will fry anything. If it’ll fit in a fryer, I’ll fry it. Like most folks, I’m a fool for fried donuts dripping with glaze. That said, I went down the baked donut route with these pumpkin-y donuts because they’re consis

After scooping 2 cups pumpkin puree into a large mixing bowl, I added 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1/3 cup vegetable oil, 4 tablespoons melted butter and 3 large organic eggs. Using an old school hand held mixer, I blended the wet mixture until well combined and silky smooth.

I sifted 2 cups Weisenberger Mill all purpose

In memory of Chef Tom’s Oct 22 birthday, we are reprinting one of his most popular October columns.

ACE EATS OUT

There’s more to October than pumpkin spice and candy corn. There’s tailgating and hayrides and chili cookoffs and so much more that thrives in the crisp fall air.

It’s also Keeneland and football season, so if you’re eating out, make reservations where necessary.

BIRTHS

Peruvian chicken is taking the Eastland area by storm with the recent opening of familyowned Chic Charc (try the yucca fries).

Olive’s Apron bakeshop and tearoom has opened in a little stone house on Rosemont Garden. (Fairy wands available.)

The folks who brought you Miyako and Miyako Poke Bowl are opening Zundo Izakaya in the former Outback location on Tiverton Way. Loosely translated, Izakaya means “stay-drinkplace,” and offers pub to tapas-style Japanese dining.

CALENDAR

SAT OCT 1

Wildside Winery, Harvest Market noon to 7 pm.

Bourbon on the Banks: Frankfort’s bourbon festival is back. Take a walk along a historic path by the Kentucky river and sample your favorite bourbon —and try some new brews, too.

SAT OCT 22

Brews and Bites Oktoberfest at Greyline Station.

MON OCT 24

Enjoy dinner and a spooky show at OV Bistro.

OBITS

Newk’s on Richmond Road has closed. (The Mall location of the sandwich shop closed in 2017.)

TRANSITION

Inebriated Baker will be serving up tipsy cupcakes in Fayette Mall.

Downtowners are counting the days to the reopening of Sawyer’s in their new location at City Center on Main, just down the street from their original location (at the old Festival Market).

CORRECTION

On August 16, 2022, Fusion Brewing announced “with a weighted heart” that it would be closing, adding, “ It has been an amazing ride! I will indeed miss it. There are so many people I want to thank including everyone who believed in fusion from the start, my investors, my family, my awesome staff, my friends, Kentucky guild of brewers, and so many many more I’m sure I missed. Thank you all again and cheers!”

CORRECTED UPDATE: Fusion Brewing was located at 1170 Manchester St, Suite #150, and closed. The Sep print edition of Ace Eats

Out identified neighboring establishment, Wise Bird Cider, located at 1170 Manchester Street Suite 140, as closing. It has not closed.

Fusion Brewing has closed.

Wise Bird Cider, which opened in 2019, is open at 1170 Manchester Street Suite 140.

Grand Opening at The Speakeasy

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

ART

In 1985, Stephen Rolfe Powell founded the internationally-known glass program at Danville’s Centre College. A memorial installation has been planned since his death in 2019. Powell was a 1974 Centre graduate who returned to his Danville liberal arts alma mater to teach in 1983, and then built a working studio program that helped to establish Kentucky as an international force in the world of glass art. He went on to design a state-of-the-art glass studio which Centre opened as part of the Jones Visual Arts Center in 1998.

A project led by Powell’s former student, Brook Forrest White Jr., the Stephen Rolfe Powell Memorial Sculpture Garden will be dedicated at Centre College’s Homecoming Celebration on October 15, 2022. The Sculpture Garden features a 25-foot-tall steel and glass sculpture that spectators can walk through, as well as a garden, a walking path, three custom-made artistic benches, and a small amphitheater that will serve as an outdoor classroom. The reminder of Powell’s legacy is intended to be a landmark where fans and visitors can gather.

Powell’s life and work is also celebrated with a retrospective exhibit titled The Power of Color, running through October 29 at the Art Center of

the Bluegrass in Danville. The exhibit features 26 pieces from Powell’s personal collection and was curated by Brook White.

READ

Pioneering sportscaster, former Miss America, First Lady of Kentucky, and staunch advocate for the arts, Phyllis George is profiled in Phyllis George: Shattering the Ceiling. Co-authored by Lenny Shulman and Paul Volponi, and published in September by University Press of Kentucky, the biography is the first of George since her death in 2020.

HBO’s White Lotus, featuring adopted Lexington son, Steve Zahn, won big at this year’s Emmys.

ROB BREZSNY’S FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): When you Aries folks are at your best, you are drawn to people who tell you exactly what they think, who aren’t intimidated by your high energy, and who dare to be as vigorous as you. I hope you have an array of allies like that in your sphere right now. In my astrological opinion, you especially need their kind of stimulation. It’s an excellent time to invite influences that will nudge you out of your status quo and help you glide into a new groove. Are you willing to be challengedandchanged?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Author Toni Morrison thought that beauty was “an absolute necessity” and not “a privilege or an indulgence.” She said that “finding, incorporating, and then representing beauty is what humans do.” In her view, we can’t live without beauty any more than we can do without dreams or oxygen. All she said is even truer for Tauruses and Libras than the other signs. And you Bulls have an extra wrinkle: It’s optimal if at least some of the beauty in your life is useful. Your mandate is summed up well by author Anne Michaels: “Find a way to make beauty necessary; find a way to make necessity beautiful.” I hope you’ll do a lot of that in the coming weeks.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):

Philosopher Alfred North Whitehead said, “It requires a very unusual mind to make an analysis of the obvious.” I nominate you to perform that service in the coming days, both for yourself and your allies. No one will be better able than you to discern the complexities of seemingly simple situations. You will also have extraordinary power to help people appreciate and even embrace paradox. So be a crafty master of candor and transparency, Gemini. Demonstrate the benefits of being loyal to the objective evidence rather than to the easy and popular delusions. Tell the interesting truths.

CANCER (June 21-July 22):

Cancerian poet Lucille Clifton sent us all an invitation: “Won’t you celebrate with me what I have shaped into a kind of life? I had no model. I made it up here on this bridge between starshine and clay, my one hand holding tight my other hand.” During October, fellow Cancerian, I propose you draw inspiration from her heroic efforts to create herself. The coming weeks will be a time when you can achieve small miracles as you bolster your roots, nourish your soulful confidence, and ripen youruniqueness.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Dear Rob the Astrologer: This morning I put extra mousse on my hair and blow-dried the hell out of it, so now it is huge and curly and impossibly irresistible. I’m wearing bright orange shoes so everyone will stare at my feet, and a blue silk blouse that is much

too high-fashion to wear to work. It has princess seams and matches my eyes. I look fantastic. How could anyone of any gender resist drinking inmymagnificence?Irealize you’re a spiritual type and may not approve of my showmanship, but I wanted you to know that what I’m doing is a totally valid way to be a Leo. Your Leo teacher Brooke.” Dear Brooke: Thank you for your helpful instruction! It’s true that I periodically need to loosen my tight grip on my high principles. I must be more open to appreciating life’s raw feed. I hope you will perform a similar service for everyone you encounter in the coming weeks.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): How to be the best Virgo you can be during the coming weeks: 1. You must relish, not apologize for, your precise obsessions. 2. Be as nosy as you need to be to discover the core truths hidden beneath the surface. Risk asking almost too many questions in your subtle drive to know everything. 3. Help loved ones and allies shrink and heal their insecurities. 4. Generate beauty and truth through your skill at knowing what needs to be purged and shed. 5. Always have your Bullshit Detector with you. Use it liberally. 6. Keep in close touch with the conversations between your mind and body.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Libran approach to fighting for what’s right shouldnt involve getting into loud arguments or trying to manipulate people into seeing things your way. If you’re doing what you were born to do, you rely on gentler styles of persuasion. Are you doing what you were born to do? Have you become skilled at using clear, elegant language to say what you mean? Do you work on behalf of the best outcome rather than merely serving your ego? Do you try to understand why others feel the way they do, even if you disagree with their conclusions? I hope you call on these superpowers in the coming weeks. We all need you to be at the height of yourpotency.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “One bad apple spoils the rest” is an idiom in the English language. It refers to the idea that if one apple rots as it rests in a pile of apples, the rest will quickly rot, too. It’s based on a scientific fact. As an apple decays, it emanates the gas ethylene, which speeds up decay in nearby apples. A variant of this idiom has recently evolved in relation to police misconduct, however. When law enforcement officials respond to such allegations, they say that a few “bad apples” in the police force aren’t representative of all the other cops. So I’m wondering which side of the metaphor is at work for you right now, Scorpio. Should you immediately expunge the bad apple in your life? Or should

you critique and tolerate it? Should you worry about the possibility of contamination, or can you successfully enforce damage control? Only you know the correct answer.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Of all the signs in the zodiac, you Sagittarians know best how to have fun even when life sucks. Your daily rhythm may temporarily become a tangle of boring or annoying tasks, yet you can still summon a knack for enjoying yourself. But let me ask you this: How are your instincts for drumming up amusement when life doesn’t suck? Are you as talented at whipping up glee and inspiration when the daily rhythm is smooth and groovy? I suspect we will gather evidence to answer those questions in the coming weeks. Here’s my prediction: The good times will spur you to new heights of creating even more good times.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): More than you might realize, people look to you for leadership and regard you as a role model. This will be extra true in the coming weeks. Your statements and actions will have an even bigger impact than usual. Your influence will ripple out far beyond your sphere. In light of these developments, which may sometimes be subtle, I encourage you to upgrade your sense of responsibility. Make sure your integrity is impeccable. Another piece of advice, too: Be an inspiring example to people without making them feel like they owe you anything.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Rapper-songwriter Nicki Minaj says, “You should never feel afraid to become a piece of art. It’s exhilarating.” I will go further, Aquarius. I invite you to summon ingenuity and joy in your efforts to be a work of art. The coming weeks will be an ideal time for you to tease out more of your inner beauty so that more people can benefit from it. I hope you will be dramatic and expressive about showing the world the full array of your interesting qualities. PS: Please call on the entertainment value of surprise and unpredictability.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Author Robertson Davies declared, “One learns one’s mystery at the price of one’s innocence.” It sounds poetic, but it doesn’t apply to most of you Pisceansespecially now. Here’s what I’ve concluded: The more you learn your mystery, the more innocent you become. Please note I’m using the word “innocence” in the sense defined by author Clarissa Pinkola Ests. She wrote: “Ignorance is not knowing anything and being attracted to the good. Innocence is knowing everything and still being attracted to the good.”

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HOME AND GARDEN

One Door Closes

Lexington Habitat for Humanity announced in August that they have “made the decision to permanently close the ReStore location at 817 Winchester Road,” adding, “We will remain grateful for the community support that made it possible, but in order to best meet the community’s needs for affordable housing, all ReStore operations will continue only at 451 Southland Drive.”

VACUUM LEAF COLLECTION 2022

that are now facing this program including labor challenges, equipment challenges, service challenges, schedule challenges and costs.

With only one rear loading garbage truck currently available, more equipment and staff is needed to run this program successfully. Collection could take up to 15 weeks to complete now. Streets & Roads has to utilize nearly the entire division to make up for shortfalls, stopping most other functions, which means overqualified staff doing leaf collection, only 1 pothole crew (out of 3) will be available, and only 1 project manager (out of 4) for the inspection of about 6 million dollars in paving.

Commissioner Albright presented two options to the committee; provide the service with existing LFUCG staffing and contractor area, resulting in closing down most Streets and Roads operations, having incomplete collections, and not completing collection until February 13 of next year, or expand Republic Services contract area, which means contract costs would increase, certain areas not being serviced, and many other unknowns at this time.

At the September 13th Lexington City Council EQPW meeting, Commissioner Albright gave an update on the vacuum leaf collection for the year. Overall, the update was full of challenges

There was a discussion to bring this back on October 11th for a presentation and update from Commissioner Albright/Rob Allen.

Free trash disposal day

The City of Lexington partners with the Bluegrass Regional Transfer Station to offer Fayette County residents a free** trash disposal day for non-hazardous household waste four times a year. Construction and demolition debris, as well as any items larger than what would fit in the curbside cart, will not be accepted free of charge but can be dropped off at the regular gate rate during the event.

The remaining 2022 date is Oct. 8 (6 a.m. – 1 p.m.).

Fayette County residents can dispose of up to one pickup truck load of non-hazardous household waste at this event. Items normally serviced through the city’s curbside collection program will be accepted.

Construction and demolition debris, as well as yard waste and large outdoor items, will be accepted at the regular gate rate during the event; they do not qualify for free disposal.

The guidelines for the free disposal day are:

• Participants must present a valid Fayette County drivers’ license

• All loads must fit in a standard truck bed

• All loads must be covered by a tarp and level with the bed of the truck

• No commercial vehicles allowed

• All loads will be subject to inspection, and acceptance of materials at no cost will be at the discretion of Transfer Station employees

• Items accepted at no cost include: mattresses, box springs, bagged household waste, small indoor household furniture such as tables and chairs, up to four tires off the rim

• Items accepted at a cost include: any material that does not originate from inside a household such as outdoor furniture and grills, as well as appliances, electronics, tire rims or any tires over four per load, yard waste of any kind, construction and

demolition debris, building and remodeling material, outdoor sheds and shelters, water hoses

• Items not accepted at the facility at any time include: hazardous materials, free-flowing liquids such as paint or pool chemicals, medical waste.

Appliances and electronics will not be accepted for free during this event. Appliances may be taken to Environmental Recycling Inc. at 3899 Winchester Road, where they will be accepted at no charge. Electronic devices, such as computers, printers, cell phones, microwave ovens and televisions, can be dropped off at no cost at the city’s Electronics Recycling Center at 1306 Versailles Road. Residents can donate liquid latex paint to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore at 451 Southland Drive.

Hazardous materials such as pesticides, motor oil and paint will not be accepted at this event. Residents can bring such items to a Household Hazardous Waste Collection event. This collection is free for Fayette County residents.

Sold In Lexington

40502

1320 COOPER DR $1,200,000

325 ANDOVER DR $1,200,000

3013 TATES CREEK RD 102 $1,195,000

917 THE CURTILAGE $1,175,000

1644 RICHMOND RD $1,120,000

2137 WOODMONT DR $940,000

2104 WOODMONT DR $900,000

1601 RICHMOND RD

2400 THE WOODS LN

$885,000

$879,900

403 COCHRAN RD $807,000

451 HART RD $720,000

130 LOUISIANA AVE $710,000

436 DUDLEY RD $675,000

221 CHENAULT RD $655,000

798 ROBIN RD $550,000

645 MONTCLAIR DR

3333 LANSDOWNE DR

$538,000

$481,500

614 KASTLE RD $465,000

1221 SCOVILLE RD $465,000

3348 HUNTER RD $360,000

3405 BELLEFONTE DR $315,000

2412 LAKE PARK RD #107 $230,000

117 KENTUCKY AVE #A

$219,000

493 LAMONT DR $309,000

280 ZANDALE DR $307,000 253 ROSEMONT GARDEN $302,500

3504 BRANCHWOOD PL

501 CROMWELL WAY

$241,500

$240,000

1316 GRAY HAWK RD UNIT B

$195,000 543 LAKETOWER DR UNIT 115 $190,000

857 MALABU DR #8103 $175,000

857 MALABU DR UNIT 6001 $153,000

858 MALABU DR UNIT 6100 $152,000

305 PRESTON AVE $150,000

372 SHERMAN AVE $81,541

40503

692 SHASTA CIR $490,000

306 BLUEBERRY RD $475,000

684 LONGWOOD RD $420,000

733 DARDANELLES DR $295,000 515 ROSEMONT GARDEN $295,000 222 FLORAL PARK $290,000 2989 WACO RD $284,900

1863 NICHOLASVILLE RD $276,500 3430 WALLINGFORD CT $240,600

606 PORTLAND DR

377 BOB O LINK DR

332 ZANDALE DR 3

$240,000

$235,000

2473 EASTWAY DR $210,500 667 SPRINGRIDGE DR $200,000 3543 WINTHROP DR $200,000 608 STRATFORD DR $182,500 549 CROMWELL WAY $182,000

40504

$360,000

104 TAHOMA RD $400,000 2515 WINDSOR CT $395,000 2912 JASON CT $373,375 128 SHADY LN

402 WESTERFIELD WAY

$320,000 201 GLENDOVER RD $320,000

733 LYNN RD

$242,500 1095 CLARIDGE CT $226,000 986 CELIA LN $225,750

Property sales info source: Fayette County Property Valuation office (www.fayettepva.com)

Say goodbye to gutter cleaning for good

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1095 CLARIDGE CT $210,000

1758 GETTYSBURG RD $209,000

992 LILY CT $175,000

808 SPRING MEADOWS DR

511 GIBSON AVE

$150,000

$135,500

1081 S BROADWAY UNIT 303 $134,000

2005 DORSET DR $86,000

40505

1800 JOAN DR $389,000

1704 WOODLARK AVE $328,000

860 E LOUDON AVE

2057 CORIANDER LN

$262,000

1034 MEADOW LN $230,000

1817 BLUE RIDGE DR $220,000

623 CHARLBURY RD $205,000

1823 MARLBORO DR $205,000

216 CASTLEWOOD DR $199,900

1897 WICKLAND DR $185,000

691 HARR CIR

162 NORTHWOOD DR

620 WALDO WAY

$179,500

$171,500

418 MEADOW PARK $165,000

1803 SARASOTA CT $165,000

2130 OLD PARIS RD $153,000 659 HI CREST DR $150,000

1425 HUNTSVILLE DR $135,000

206 BROADVIEW DR $107,500 164 DEVONIA AVE......................................................$45,000

40507

541 W SHORT ST UNIT 23 $320,000

350 E SHORT ST UNIT 306 $225,000

40508

333 S UPPER ST #102 $425,000

261 S LIMESTONE UNIT 302

170 MONTMULLIN ST

$265,000

$230,500

650 S MILL ST UNIT 114 $194,000

443 OHIO ST $135,000 130 YORK ST $120,000

323 NELSON AVE $77,500 149 EDDIE ST $60,000 1017 JANE ST $50,000

310 E SEVENTH ST $45,000

234 PERRY ST

40509

2421 PASCOLI PL

$700,000

3757 HORSEMINT TRL $682,500

635 MINT HILL LN $680,000 2267 BAHAMA RD $607,000

3462 FERGUS PARK $579,900

1800 CATTLE PATH $550,000 1843 BATTERY ST $515,000 618 MINT HILL LN

$500,000 1057 ANDOVER FOREST DR

$498,000 3185 CAVERSHAM PARK LN $485,000

213 RICHARDSON PL $450,000

4104 STARRUSH PL

548 HANNON WAY $411,000

1953 COVINGTON DR $410,000 892 SPYGLASS LN $344,000 3937 BARNARD DR

$310,000 2300 LILAC PARK

$300,000 5584 WINCHESTER RD .......................................... $290,000 1811 TIMBER CREEK DR $285,000 3040 DREXEL PASS $279,900

Property sales info source: Fayette County Property Valuation office (www.fayettepva.com)