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Brad and Kimberly Hoffman toBarbara Howard, Lot 235, Grey-stone subdivision, $128,500.

Janet Huff to Julia Dunning,land in minor plat book 17, page44, $35,500.

Moss Meadows LLC to AleciaMiller, Lot 63, Moss Meadowssubdivision, $129,000.

Lennis Oliver and Darrell andTracy Oliver to Derek Mitts, Lot13, Olivers Landing, $114,500.

Trammel Creek Farm LLC toKathy Vance, land near TrammelCreek, $465,000.

Rizo Smajic and Sabina Advicto Douglas and Cynthia Johnson,Lot 24, The Summit, $320,000.

Kenella Properties LLC toJason McGinnis, land near Ky.263, $123,000.

Andrew and Katie Moore toBrandon and Staci Greer, Lot 56,

Fountain Trace subdivision,$500,000.

Rebecca and David Sturgeon toCathy Brendle, land near HaynerRoad, no tax.

Farmers National Bank toDereck and Diana Keeling, Lot 61,Paddock section 3 Ivan DownsPlanned Unit Development, no tax.

Dereck and Diana Keeling toFarmers National Bank, Lot 71,Ivan Downs Planned Unit Devel-opment, no tax.

Bobby and Linda Hendrick toBobby and Linda Hendrick, Lot 1,Raymond and Dorothy EastonEstate, no tax.

New Millennium Real EstateLLC to Winner Circle LLC, Lot42-25, The Paddock, $214,500.

Justin and Michelle Manship toJohn Hunt, Lot 185, Greystonesubdivision, $111,500.

The things we do for our kids.I was picking my son up from

school early to go to an eye examrecently. I left work late, so Iarrived to his schoollate. He came runningup to me and, as I waspacking up his things,he took his show-and-tell item to the play-ground to show theother kids.

He had taken a blackrubbery lizard for showand tell. It’s the kindthat is filled with somekind of beads so it’ssquishy. When I walkedout to the playground toretrieve my son and hislizard, I saw him throwit high in the sky.

And it did not comedown.

My son had thrown his lizardon the roof.

I asked the teacher if they had aladder, but they were unsure. Ilooked at my watch. We had fiveminutes to drive 10 minutes forhis eye appointment. I told himsorry, but the lizard would have towait to be rescued. We could gethim on Monday.

My son did not cry or whine,but I could tell he was bummedabout having to leave his lizardbehind.

I buckled him into the car andslipped into the driver’s seat.

“Mom?”“Yes?”“I’m sorry I threw my lizard up

on the roof.”I told him he had to think about

his actions beforehand. We were afew minutes late to the eye exam.

He was a champ throughthe tests and earned aprize from the treasurebox.

I took him to get icecream, and he askedabout his lizard. I calledthe school, and they saidsomeone would try toget it down over theweekend. As we ran ourerrands, I kept thinkingabout his rubbery lizard.Stuck on the roof. I keptthinking about how younever leave a buddybehind.

My son loves ani-mals. And he loves “Go,Diego, Go!” which is a

children’s television show aboutDiego, a little boy who rescuesanimals around the world.

I know Diego is a cartoon boy.And I know this lizard is a rubbertoy. But I found myself wondering,what would Diego do? Would heleave a buddy behind? No! Diegowould pack up Baby Jaguar, hispartner in the animal rescue game,and answer the call of duty.

My son is just as cute and cud-dly as Baby Jaguar. He couldtotally fill the part.

I called the head of the schooland asked permission to try to res-cue the lizard. I assured them thatI would, in no way, attempt anytype of rescue mission that would

involve breaking my neck.Which was partly true.My son and I went home and

retrieved a short stepladder andone of those grabby things you seeon TV with the long handle thatcan grab things off of shelves. Asa short person, I appreciate thosetypes of inventions.

We drove to the school, and myson was supposed to act as my

eyes since my stepladder was tooshort to see where I was reachingon the roof. Note to self, 4-year-olds are not great helpers in thistype of task. Our definitions ofright, left, close and far weremuch different.

I saw a plastic kids’ picnic tableon the playground. I placed mystepladder on top of it and tried tosee the lizard. It was a little wob-

bly, but my son knows how to call911, so I felt somewhat comfort-able with my choice. We were notgoing home without this lizard.

Except that we did. I drove back home and dropped

off the stepladder. I packed up thebig ladder and drove back. I spentmore in gasoline than the toy cost,I am quite sure.

This time, the ladder placed me

up high enough where I could seewhat I was trying to reach. Mygrabby thing picked up the lizardand tossed it to my son.

Victory!He, of course, threw it up in the

air a few minutes later. Luckily,this time it came back down.

— Jennifer Brinkley is an adop-tive parent and stepmother inBowling Green.

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