Carrie Redford wins FM2 basket 2019-08-17 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Brandy Held. Farmers Market on the Square would like to congratulate one of our regulars, Ms. Carrie Redford. Her name was drawn for this beautiful basket filled with produce, baked goods, soaps and other items from the vendors Saturday, August 17, 2019. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Newell takes 1st in State Fair 4-H Country Ham Speech 2019-08-17 - Louisville, KY - Photo by Lisa Newell-Hare. On Thursday, August 15, 2019, approximately 700 4-H youth from around the state of Kentucky gathered at the Kentucky State Fair to put their country hams on display and give a speech. Noah Newell, a sophomore at Adair County High School, was one of those youth, where he competed in the 2003 age division. Noah was the 59th participant out of 61 in his age category to give his required 3-5 minute speech on "How to build a ham curing facility for your county extension office". Noah took top honors of 1st place on his speech. Noah is the son of Jimmy & Lisa Newell-Hare and the late Robert Woodrow Newell. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Ryan Montgomery in UK Pharmacy White Coat Ceremony 2019-08-17 - Lexington, KY - Photo from the family. Jackie Montgomery proudly stands by her son Ryan who received his white coat in the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy ceremony August 16, 2019. The event was held in the Singletary Center for the Arts in Lexington. He has worked in David Bowman's Liberty pharmacy for the past few years and begins work as a 2023 PharmD student this semester. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Adair FFA Smoker and Trailer 2019-08-17 - Louisville, KY - Photo by Pen. This large BBQ smoker and custom-built trailer submitted by the Adair County FFA were also ribbon winners at the fair. The display of items will be in the South Wing of the Kentucky Fair and Expo Center throughout the fair, which runs through August 25, 2019. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lots of ribbons for tractor project 2019-08-17 - Louisville, KY - Photo by Pen. The 1958 Farmall Cub that the Adair County FFA Chapter restored for Don and Betty Knifley is now adorned with ribbons at the Kentucky State Fair. The project has pride-of-place in the giant FFA section in the South Wing, and was attracting a steady stream of admirers on Friday. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

City donates funds to Family Resource Center 2019-08-17 - Adair County, KY - Photo from the City of Columbia. A check was presented Friday to the Adair County Public School Family Resource Center for $2,270.50. This was raised through sponsors and donations to the Back To School event by the City of Columbia staff and Columbia Police Department. The monies will be used for the backpack program to send food home with children on weekends. Pictured are: CPD Chief Jason Cross, Kara Iqbal, Jaime White, Debbie Cowan, Mayor Pam Hoots, Paula Garrison, Tiffany Collins, Jada Atwood and Ann Marie Austin. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Fair food 2019-08-16 - Louisville, KY - Photo by Pen. A pork chop sandwich from the Kentucky Pork Producers Association booth in the cookout tent at the Kentucky State Fair. It turns out, there's a near identical selection of Kentucky-grown pork, beef, and fish for sale inside the air conditioned South Wing. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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