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11/26/2018

RIP Krystofer Batsell

We were saddened to learn of the passing of our friend, Krystofer Batsell.

Krystofer was a huge KISS fan & celebrated turning 21at the INDY KISS Fan Expo last May. He did it in style, with party balloons, hats, & infectious enthusiasm that everyone enjoyed. He will be missed!

11/21/2018

40 years after accident keeps him from KISS concert, school custodian is given tickets

BY VALARIE HONEYCUTT SPEARS
 
Custodian David Farris dressing in full KISS attire and performing the band's music on his guitar is the students' favorite part of the annual Lafayette High School's Beta Club battle of the bands, Principal Bryne Jacobs said.
 
When the Lexington school staff recently collected money to buy Farris and his family tickets to the KISS farewell tour in Louisville in March, Farris shared with the faculty why he is more than just an average fan.
 
"His story is awesome," Jacobs said.
 
It began one day in 1979 when Farris was 9 years old and he heard that his favorite band KISS was coming to Lexington.
 
"I have always been the biggest KISS fan, and I got a call from my buddy down the road who had been to a previous KISS concert two years earlier. He was going to share his experience of the previous concert, and in my excitement, I hopped on my three-speed bike,"  Farris wrote in an email to his co-workers.
 
At the end of his driveway, Farris said he collided with another neighbor's car. I hit the windshield and bounced off the hood.
 
The accident put him in St. Joseph Hospital where he was treated for multiple injuries including a brain stem bruise, broken ribs, and he was in a coma for two months.
 
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