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Mary Margaret Colliver winced as her husband helped her down to her knees. "Oh god, it's killing me," Colliver, 61, said as she rolled onto her back and strapped into a therapeutic machine used to stretch the muscles in the back. "OK, give me the pump. I can do this.
The "contract is lit" on a $6 million overhaul to the Hilary J. Boone Faculty Center that will reopen early next year, UK President Lee Todd said. The renovations, originally introduced and then postponed by the Board of Trustees in September 2004, will bring a conference center to campus and increase fundraising opportunities for the university, Todd said.
In an effort to convince Kentuckians of America's damnation, members of an extreme religious organization plan to picket UK's graduation commencement ceremony on Sunday. The protesters from Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan. will be holding signs displaying messages such as "America is doomed," "God hates fags" and "Thank God for the shooter," in reference to the Virginia Tech attacks, said Shirley Phelps-Roper, a church representative.