Adair County Kwik Lube voted Small Business of 2025
2025-08-05 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Stacey Biggs
From this group of nominees, Adair County Kwik Lube was voted the 2025 Small Business of the Year. In 2017, four local business leaders came together with a shared goal - to create jobs and offer Adair County a new option for oil changes, new tires, and a wide range of auto services. From that vision, Adair County Kwik Lube was born.
Located at 232 Will Walker Road in the Pinewood Shopping Center, the business is managed by Bruce and Shannon Sexton, with strong support from business partners and family, Mendel and LaGene Sexton. Together, this team has transformed their venture into a cornerstone of New Columbia's automotive service industry. -- From introductions by Ellen Zornes, Executive Director, Chamber of Commerce Comments | Permalink
2025-08-05 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Stacey Biggs
From this group of nominees, Adair County Kwik Lube was voted the 2025 Small Business of the Year. In 2017, four local business leaders came together with a shared goal - to create jobs and offer Adair County a new option for oil changes, new tires, and a wide range of auto services. From that vision, Adair County Kwik Lube was born.
Located at 232 Will Walker Road in the Pinewood Shopping Center, the business is managed by Bruce and Shannon Sexton, with strong support from business partners and family, Mendel and LaGene Sexton. Together, this team has transformed their venture into a cornerstone of New Columbia's automotive service industry. -- From introductions by Ellen Zornes, Executive Director, Chamber of Commerce Comments | Permalink
Birds of Kentucky: Northern Cardinal
2025-08-05 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen
A very intense stare from a male Northern Cardinal. Comments | Permalink
2025-08-05 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen
A very intense stare from a male Northern Cardinal. Comments | Permalink
Fire Department voted the 2025 Volunteer of the Year
2025-08-05 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Stacey Biggs
These are the nominees for the Volunteer of the Year. The Columbia-Adair County Fire Department got the top vote for the 2025 Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year award. The Columbia Fire Department and the Adair County Fire Department are two separate entities but share equipment and the building on Merchant Street in Columbia. They also share fire fighters when the need arises, as it often does.
When they're not out fighting fires in our community and sometimes even surrounding ones, they are training to be able to provide us with top notch fire protection. Or they are holding fundraisers, like their annual Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction or participating in road blocks, all to raise money for the WHAS Crusade for Children which seems to set a new record each year in money raised... and of course all of that money comes back to Adair County for our special needs children. -- From introductions by Ellen Zornes, Executive Director, Chamber of Commerce Comments | Permalink
2025-08-05 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Stacey Biggs
These are the nominees for the Volunteer of the Year. The Columbia-Adair County Fire Department got the top vote for the 2025 Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year award. The Columbia Fire Department and the Adair County Fire Department are two separate entities but share equipment and the building on Merchant Street in Columbia. They also share fire fighters when the need arises, as it often does.
When they're not out fighting fires in our community and sometimes even surrounding ones, they are training to be able to provide us with top notch fire protection. Or they are holding fundraisers, like their annual Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction or participating in road blocks, all to raise money for the WHAS Crusade for Children which seems to set a new record each year in money raised... and of course all of that money comes back to Adair County for our special needs children. -- From introductions by Ellen Zornes, Executive Director, Chamber of Commerce Comments | Permalink
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