Time to catch up with column subjects from the past six months.

Starting with Sunday's column on Kenny Caldwell. There's really no catching up to do, but a photo of Kenny and his brother, Leon, got lost in the shuffle and didn't run with the story, so we're publishing it today.

The column asked: Who is Kenny? Now you can see the spirit his brother described so well.

Moving on:

* The trial of Davy Land ended in a hung jury. The One Book—One Lincoln program attracted 130 "jurors." The panel of "Peace Like a River" readers gathered at Gere Library on Nov. 7 to hear John Stevens Berry and Gary Lacey argue the case but couldn't agree on a verdict — despite the attorneys' impassioned pleas. Move over Alan Shore. It was a treat to see the lawyers in action.

* Halloween was a bust on Southwest Ninth Street. Linda Throckmorton was "really disappointed" that only 300 trick-or-treaters showed up for lollipops.

The owner of The Lollipop Place had nearly double that number at her door last year and expected oodles extra after a column appeared Halloween morning. Apparently the story had the opposite effect. Everyone in a two-block radius turned their porch lights off — perhaps fearing hordes of stampeding goblins. The extra lollis were gladly received by the Salvation Army

* Trevor Hain did it. The stout-hearted young Lincoln man took his last step on the Appalachian Trail on Wednesday. He walked 2,174 miles in 158 days and raised $2,516 for Alzheimer's research. After five months in the wild, he will be back home Saturday. His mom, Connie, thanks everyone who donated to the cause and reports the sad news that Trevor's Uncle Larry died while his nephew was on the trail. Larry, like Trevor's Grandma Alyce Hain, who died several years ago, had Alzheimer's.

* Tim Teeman swore to his boss he was finished writing about Nebraska. Teeman is The (London) Times literary writer who talked up all things Nebraska for three Saturdays running in the paper's Weekend Review.

He didn't keep his word. He took umbrage with the state's portrayal in Anne Patchett's novel, "The Magician's Assistant." Wrote Teeman: "Nebraska (in the novel) is painted as something of an uncouth and brutal kind of place. We beg to differ." I haven't read the book, but I beg to differ as well.

* Tommy Lee has left town. A column I wrote to my fellow nontraditional student left readers divided between "Right on, sister," and "Get over it, you bitter loser, you." My favorite, though, was this: "Are you surprised that Tommy Lee is getting more attention than the U.S. Poet Laureate? Sigh."

* Jasmine, the slipper-fetching golden Lab, has gone off to Kansas. Her puppy trainer, Carolyn Nash, dropped her off, and she soon will find out if Jasmine passes her physical to become a service dog. Nash said Jasmine was so excited to see the other dogs she barely watched her go, but she slipped her those slippers to remember her by, just in case.

* The bugbonic plague seems to be over. I suffered a second round of bites a few weeks ago. Theories abounded about the source of the bites. I like this one from reader Warren Johnson: "Do you think there is a relationship with the bug bites and the Huskers loss on Saturday? Everyone I know that has them watched the game."

Which game would that be, Warren?

* John Stokebrand, who played the part of the bull dog in the Lincoln Community Playhouse production of "Go Dog Go," is on hiatus. His work supervisor at Community Alternatives says the former special education student is on a trip to Jamaica with The ARC.

"I think he was just kind of worn out," said Betty West. The actor is reportedly waiting for the right part to come along before he hits the stage again.

* An October showing of "A Hysterical Mind," written and directed by Mike Kula, was a big success, said Stephen Griffith. Griffith offered Saint Paul United Methodist Church as host for the first screening of Kula's short feature on schizophrenia. More than 175 people showed up for the

33-minute film.

* A.J. Romberg's first and only art show was a great success as well, reports Cindy Swanson, a Lincoln teacher who organized the affair. All of her cousins traveled to the Methodist church in Monroe, and 75 paintings by the artist farmer were displayed. Cindy's son, Patrick, who inspired the show, has returned to Fort Riley after eight months in Iraq and a 30-day leave at home.

* I've got Patrick's picture on my office wall, a young man smiling in the Iraqi desert. And I've taped a copy of his great-grandfather's painting of the ark beside it. A photo of Kenny Caldwell, who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, is right there, too.

I'm praying for peace.

Reach Cindy Lange-Kubick at 473-7218 or clangekubick@journalstar.com.