Playground gets new mulch at Columbia UMC 2021-08-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Maggie Coleman. The playground at Columbia United Methodist Church, 202 Burkesville Street, received a "re-carpeting" with first-class mulch last week. Workers included, from left, Evan Burton (Columbia police officer who lives across the street from the church and stopped by to help), Ty Coleman, Larry Walker, Pastor Rob Hoffman and Bryan Cook. The church's Sunday School classes are presently at 9amCT, and traditional services at 10am, but beginning September 12 the church will return to the pre-COVID schedule; traditional service at 9:00, Sunday School at 10:00 and contemporary service at 11am. For further information check the church's Facebook page at Columbia Kentucky United Methodist Church or call the church at 270-384-2276. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Kentucky: Late summer colors 2021-08-24 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen. A monarch butterfly feasting on abundant yellow flowers in a local park. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Color: UFO? 2021-08-24 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. Billy Joe writes, "Took this pic recently and a couple days later noticed it. I took another pic about 20 or so seconds before and it wasn't there. Any ideas?" Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co.: Nest with a view 2021-08-23 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Sparrows enjoying a cosmopolitan view on the Square in Columbia. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Shirley's flower needs a name 2021-08-23 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. This pretty blooming vine in Shirley Dudley Reliford's yard grows like Honeysuckle and may be a tamed relative of it. Hoping a CM reader can help us with its official name. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Where's East 80? 2021-08-23 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Where's East Eighty? Racer Michael Benton stopped on the Public Square to ask the locals sitting by the fountain for help so he could quickly reconnect with his fellow riders. Jackie Montgomery was able to help him get off the round square and onto Jamestown Street which turns into Russell Road which is Hwy 80 East, or "East 80" as we know it, from Columbia to Russell Springs. The cyclist from Champagne, IL, is part of Rat Racers who met in Chicago and divided into five groups of ten, then broke off in pairs. He said "with all the turns" he got separated from his partner. They don't use interstates, nor phones. He was headed for the Cumberland Gap Tunnel. The winner is the first one at their destination, Harrogate, TN, at the home of the member closest to the destination. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Color: Creeping Lilyturf 2021-08-23 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. Creeping Lilyturf on the right and a Big Blue near the Coreopis at the fountain. Paired photo: Kentucky Color: Mid-Summer Marker Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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