Wild Harvest of Kentucky - Elderberries ripening 12 Aug 2018
2018-08-12 - County Road near Breeding, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com
Time was, roadside gleaners would have seen the heavy, glistening elderberries of mid August as an exciting, free edible for jams, jellies and winemaking. Time was when gatherers drove the roadsides when the huge elderberry blossoms made spotting the plants easiest, marking locations in anticipation of the mid-August to mid-September harvest. Today, thanks to wholesale spraying of rights-of-ways, gathering the berries is an inadvisable option here in paradise poisoned. - EW Comments | Permalink
2018-08-12 - County Road near Breeding, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com
Time was, roadside gleaners would have seen the heavy, glistening elderberries of mid August as an exciting, free edible for jams, jellies and winemaking. Time was when gatherers drove the roadsides when the huge elderberry blossoms made spotting the plants easiest, marking locations in anticipation of the mid-August to mid-September harvest. Today, thanks to wholesale spraying of rights-of-ways, gathering the berries is an inadvisable option here in paradise poisoned. - EW Comments | Permalink
When Lonzo & Oscar played the Columbian Theatre
2018-08-12 - The Columbian, Theatre Walk off the Square, Quadrant 1, Downtown Coumbia, KY - Photo from the collection of JIM
Friday the 13th promised good luck for those seeking live music and comedy with the appearance of The Sullivan boys of Metcalfe County, better known and still well remembered as Grand Ole Opry stars Lonzo & Oscar. - JIM Comments | Permalink
2018-08-12 - The Columbian, Theatre Walk off the Square, Quadrant 1, Downtown Coumbia, KY - Photo from the collection of JIM
Friday the 13th promised good luck for those seeking live music and comedy with the appearance of The Sullivan boys of Metcalfe County, better known and still well remembered as Grand Ole Opry stars Lonzo & Oscar. - JIM Comments | Permalink
Paz-Holley Project thanks Burton Investment Group
2018-08-12 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Stacey Hatcher Wilson
Burton Investment Group of Columbia -- Greg, Elliot and Jacob Burton -- took up the Paz-Holley Project business challenge Stacey Wilson made in July. When the Burtons gave their donation to P-H her, Greg said, "You had us when we heard we'd get a banana pudding." Since March 12, 2018, the Paz-Holley committee, working with J.O.Y. Ministries, has been accepting gifts from churches, individuals and organizations, to help buy a home for the children who lost their's at the death of their mother. - LW
To help with the Paz-Holley Project contact any one of the committee members that follow: Paz-Holley Project Chairman Rick Wilson 270-378-1490, Treasurer Maggie Coleman 704-281-3055, Robin Lewis 270-250-5299, Troy Grider 270-250-3523, Dennis Loy 270-634-1429, Jane Reed 270-805-9183, Sarah Dean 270-634-2204, Marian Grant 270-378-1782, Danny Fudge 270-634-0727 and Stacey Wilson 270-250-4798. Comments | Permalink
2018-08-12 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Stacey Hatcher Wilson
Burton Investment Group of Columbia -- Greg, Elliot and Jacob Burton -- took up the Paz-Holley Project business challenge Stacey Wilson made in July. When the Burtons gave their donation to P-H her, Greg said, "You had us when we heard we'd get a banana pudding." Since March 12, 2018, the Paz-Holley committee, working with J.O.Y. Ministries, has been accepting gifts from churches, individuals and organizations, to help buy a home for the children who lost their's at the death of their mother. - LW
To help with the Paz-Holley Project contact any one of the committee members that follow: Paz-Holley Project Chairman Rick Wilson 270-378-1490, Treasurer Maggie Coleman 704-281-3055, Robin Lewis 270-250-5299, Troy Grider 270-250-3523, Dennis Loy 270-634-1429, Jane Reed 270-805-9183, Sarah Dean 270-634-2204, Marian Grant 270-378-1782, Danny Fudge 270-634-0727 and Stacey Wilson 270-250-4798. Comments | Permalink
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