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Memories of Harry Beard, accomplished skier

2022-02-12 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Doug Beard
Doug writes, "As we are in the Winter Olympics, my father was a high caliber skier!"

The text by the photo reads:
Harry Beard is pictured wearing the ski jacket he purchased in Europe in the late 1940s. The jacket features patches showing the various placed he skied, including Lillehammer, Norway, the site of the 1994 Winter Olympics. At the top left is a copy of the award Beard received for placing 2nd in a downhill race in Lillehammer in 1951.
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Circle-R original sign, ca 1961 or 1962

2022-02-12 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mike Watson
Mike writes, "Reproduced photo of the original sign at the entrance to the Circle-R. The original photo dates from about 1961 or 1962.

There were many comments on social media and via email about the photo of the Drive-Inn. Those will be compiled and added to the historical Columbia and Adair County files here at the Genealogy and History Research Center."
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CAUD awarded $705K for water improvement project

2022-02-11 - Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Larry J. Smith, General Manager, The Big Dawg, FM 99.9 radio
The Columbia Adair Utilities District received a check in the amount of $705,214 to improve water volume and pressure in the Knifley area, during a presentation in Campbellsville on Friday, February 11, 2022.
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