Kevin Lewis Trainor : Utility player

BY ROB KEYS

SELF PORTRAIT Date and place of birth: Dec. 24, 1971; Kansas City, Mo. Family: wife Ruth and daughters Emma and Ellie My greatest weakness is Mexican food. Favorite junk food: ice cream If I’ve learned one thing in life, it’s that every day is unpredictable. I wish I knew more about automobiles. People who knew me in high school thought I was focused. Favorite television show: How I Met Your Mother All-time favorite movie: Hoosiers Ideal vacation spot: St. John My best asset is my sense of humor. My biggest weakness is Diet Coke. My favorite part of game day is the overall environment and excitement, the passion people have for the Razorbacks. My favorite Arkansas tradition: It’s hard to beat calling the Hogs. One word to sum me up: even-keeled FAYETTEVILLE — Kevin Trainor started his career in sports information in the fall of 1990 with little more than a pair of scissors. - Sunday, October 5, 2008

SPOTLIGHT MIKE THUROW : Gents to exhibit model behavior

BY MICHELLE PARKS

SPRINGDALE — Mike Thurow’s late wife, Jan, battled a “nasty, aggressive” form of breast cancer that nothing could defeat. - Sunday, October 5, 2008

THE OTHER EIGHT : ’Scuse me, while I kiss the sky

BY BOBBY AMPEZZAN

Editor’s note: The Other Eight is a look at how people spend the remainder of their day, when they’re not sleeping or working. - Sunday, October 5, 2008

NORTHERN LIGHTS : Businesswomen’s event draws 1,100 in 10th year

— Bobby Ampezzan

ROGERS — Today’s businesswomen want it all, and more and more they’re getting it. - Sunday, October 5, 2008

Hospital conference treats women to dose of health

— Ashley Batchelor

SILOAM SPRINGS — About 150 women from the business world learned ways to better their health and overall well-being at Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital’s second annual Women Caring for Women conference. David and Sasha Jackson opened their home and welcomed guests onto their lawn for the Sept. 26 event. - Sunday, October 5, 2008

Getting it straight

The Democrat-Gazette wants its news reports to be fair and accurate. - Sunday, October 5, 2008

NOTABLE NEIGHBOR : Free-floating photographer

BY CYD KING

ROGERS — Sensory overload is a virtual certainty for professional photographer Tom Ewart as he shoots the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta this week in New Mexico. - Sunday, October 5, 2008

Teakwood horse helps to rein in $53,000 to benefit Brothers, Sisters

— Cyd King

FAYETTEVILLE — Bob Nickle stood surveying the party from one end of Mary Beth and Tim Brooks’ well-lit cement pond. To one side, a young couple studied a life-size teakwood horse that was up for auction. - Sunday, October 5, 2008

Challenge serves up fun, nets $150,000 for charity

— Ashley Batchelor

ROGERS — Love means nothing in tennis, but the 17th annual Charity Challenge of Champions, held Sept. 25-27 at Pinnacle Country Club, was all about showing love to the celebrity tennis players, tournament participants and event sponsors. - Sunday, October 5, 2008

MALE CALL : Updating a good tuxedo is easy as changing shirts

LOIS FENTON

Q. I have owned a well-cut tuxedo since college. My wife wants me to do something new and different to spark up my tux. I think it’s great that I already own my own (and that it still fits). You always write about how formalwear does not go out of style. I agree. Do you have a suggestion for something that might be a compromise? - Sunday, October 5, 2008

NORTHWEST REAL ESTATE : Top six

Pictured below are the six most expensive houses sold Sept. 15-19 in Benton and Washington counties. “Sold” refers to the date on which the real estate deed was recorded by the Benton or Washington county circuit clerk, irrespective of the actual sale date. - Sunday, October 5, 2008

Marshals museum backers toast successful campaign

— Bobby Ampezzan

FORT SMITH — It is often said that tight contests come down to “who wants it more.” When it came to winning the federal U.S. Marshals Museum, no one wanted it more than the residents of Fort Smith. - Sunday, October 5, 2008

Dickson Street jeweler makes peace with bikers

— Cyd King

FAYETTEVILLE — The beef between Dickson Street jeweler Bill Underwood and Bikes, Blues & BBQ officials is no more, as evidenced at a recent mixer hosted by Underwood during the now-famous motorcycle rally. - Sunday, October 5, 2008

Colorful shoe guru is a Hollywood star

BY EMILI VESILIND LOS ANGELES TIMES

LOS ANGELES — Manolo Blahnik became a household name when Sex and the City made his sexy stilettos practically a member of the cast. But before Carrie Bradshaw started giving him shout-outs, the shoe guru already was a star to the well-heeled women who wear and collect his designs — a list that includes Madonna, Bianca Jagger and Diane von Furstenberg. - Sunday, October 5, 2008

LIFELONG HEALTH : CT scan vs. colonoscopy: Each has disadvantages

DAVID LIPSCHITZ

Last week I saw a film starring Ricky Gervais portraying a dentist who elected to have a general anesthetic for a colonoscopy because he wanted to be quite sure that he was fully asleep while they “messed down there.” Clearly, he is talking about a subject that all adults can relate to. - Sunday, October 5, 2008

Eat, drink, take quiz, tomorrow will be nerdy

— Cyd King

FAYETTEVILLE — E. & J. Gallo Winery’s Joe Farnan could have used some help with crowd control during a Sept. 25 wine tasting for a group of ordinarily subdued technology buffs at Soul Restaurant & Lounge. The rowdy Sept. 24 affair was held, as it is every year, the night before the annual meeting of the board of advisers for the Sam M. Walton College of Business’ Information Technology Research Institute at the University of Arkansas. - Sunday, October 5, 2008