Forensics team coach Evelio Silvera, left, watches Jace Lux’s attempt at penny bowling Tuesday evening outside of the Garrett Center. “That’s money in the bank,” Silvera said. Lux became the overall leader of the 14-game season after that bowl.

Every Sunday, Charles Hicks sits at the same spot, four rows from the front. “Been sitting here ever since I came here. Reckon it’s a habit I get,” Hicks said. “I love it, don’t have many members but they are good people.” Hicks has been a member of the Church of God in Mayking for the past four years.

“Judge Hamilton’s office, this is KB,” Khambang Sibounheaung said. Sibounheaung said ‘KB’ stands for Killer Bee, with a laugh. Sibounheaung arrived in Nashville as a political refugee on Dec. 4, 1975. He escaped Laos after communism took over. During the Vietnam War, a secret war was waged between communist forces and American bombers who breached the Laotian neutrality.