Roses from the flower shop will do for now 2022-04-07 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Until roses can have time to blossom this spring, these from friends will do quite nicely, thank you! Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

BJ Wilkerson and Aaron Poynter share help details 2022-04-07 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. At the Kentucky Area Resources (KARES) introductory meeting for Adair County, BJ Wilkerson, Job Entry and Retention Support Specialists, at left, spoke about her Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program and what it can do to help people. Details can be found online at www.ekcep.org. KARES Director of Re-Entry Programming, Aaron Poynter, at right, spoke about how Adair County can now fully utilize the resources. He can be reached online at www.southcentralworkforce.com or be reached through email at aaron@/cadd.org. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Information to help in crisis 2022-04-07 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. ACSU (Adult Crisis Stabilization Unit) handouts were among the information sources shared at the recent KARES meeting. Resource sharing is going to be done much more efficiently now between agencies, according to the new program presentation. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month 2022-04-06 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Mayor Pam Hoots. Every citizen, community agency, faith group, medical facility, and business is asked to increase participation in efforts to support families, thereby preventing child abuse and strengthening our community. Signing the official proclamation are Adair County Judge Executive Gale Cowan, left, and Mayor Pamela Hoots, at right. Standing with them are: Barbara Bryant, Jessica Bryant, Becky Taylor, and Renee Stinson. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: a taco salad day 2022-04-06 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Sometimes you just have to go out for a taco salad. This one from Columbia's Fiesta Mexico has fajita chicken underneath the salad ingredients, including a big dollop of guacamole, in a crunchy shell. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Thomas E. Paull home 2022-04-06 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mike Watson. The Thomas E. Paull home, the place where genealogist and historian Ruth Paull Burdette grew up, now the site of the main Adair County Public Library. There will be an official "Ribbon Cutting" event on the one year anniversary of the opening of the Adair Genealogy and History Research Center at 10amCT on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, shine or rain. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mapping Coordinator says thank you 2022-04-06 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Derrick Murphy​, Mapping & Addressing Coordinator​​​ for Adair County, gave a note of thanks to the Columbia Mayor and City Council for voting to donate a used vehicle to the 911 Center at Monday night's meeting. He said the vehicle that it replaces was Officer Gary Roy's older CPD Cruiser and this will really help. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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