Snowflake 2020-01-20 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen. There isn't much snow in the forecast, but at least we're finally seeing some January-appropriate precipitation. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. followed his dream 2020-01-20 . Let Freedom Ring! To look into the life of the man we honor on this holiday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we revisit an Adair County High School student's search for the source of his greatness. The 2012 student found surprising answers to why this man, "a nobody just like the rest of us, a man born with the same amount of courage we all have, but, she says, followed his dream," the advice of Dr. King. "When your cause appears, do not wait for someone with 'more courage,' to change the tide. Find your voice. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California all the way to Stone Mountain in Georgia." Let freedom ring resounds in this remarkable essay by Heather Jackson. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Muscovy Duck 2020-01-19 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen. One of the residents of the local park. Read more about muscovy ducks at Wikipedia. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Color: Big Leaf 2020-01-19 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. This 24 inch leaf is from the Umbrella Magnolia and is one of the largest leaves found around these parts. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Kentucky: Rural Cumberland Co. 2020-01-19 - Cumberland Co., KY - Photo by Pen. A barn in rural Cumberland Co., spotted on a drive a few years back. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

She'd win the contest again if it were held today 2020-01-19 - Photo from family collection. All the fun of the 1978 inauguration preparation included a contest for "Miss Print" from the staff at the newspaper plant. Ed Waggener wrote, "The winner of the title of Miss Print was pretty Joyce Ann Wisdom, head of the Waggener-Walker Circulation Department. In all $116 was raised by the Miss Print contest to add to the Inaugural Fund being raised by Don Moss. Mike Murrell, the famous Daily Statesman sports editor, was elected to escort Miss Wisdom. Votes for the escort didn't bring in any money, and Ralph Waggener was the actual winner, but he was disqualified when it was discovered that the telephone repairman had stuffed the ballot box for him." I think were the contest held today, pretty Joyce Wisdom Pyles would win again! -- LW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Blue Heron was successful on the hunt 2020-01-19 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. At the last spotting, I could see only the Blue Heron's catch that was clutched in his beak. I couldn't tell what he caught but I could see a silver glint when he raised his beak and swallowed. It's sure that one fewer little resident lives in the Town Creek now. The last I saw of the Blue Heron was his beak. - LW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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