First sign of spring in Indianapolis 2019-03-19 - Indianapolis, IN - Photo by Beth Cravens. Beth writes, "It is finally looking like spring here in Indianapolis. Crocus is always the first to bloom in our yard. The sight of these beautiful early blooming spring flowers always lifts my spirits and gives me hope of warmer days to come." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Wal-Mart donates snow shovels to Adair Schools 2019-03-19 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Rita Carter. The Adair County Board of Education would like to thank Cameron Garmon, the Columbia Wal-Mart and its employees for the donation of snow shovels for the 2019/2020 school year. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Looking out over Gradyville on a misty day 2019-03-19 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Winter 2019 officially leaves us at midnight tonight making way for the first day of spring Wednesday, March 20, 2019. This view of fog hovering in the hills over the community of Gradyville was taken a couple of weeks ago during the heavy rains that have marked this season. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Community Investment Committee meets at City Hall 2019-03-19 - City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ann Marie Austin. An enthusiastic group of Columbians responded to the new Mayor's call for a committee of residents that focuses solely on how to make our city a better place to live and work in the future -- a sort of think tank. It's a place to talk about things observed in passing through town and begin to get questions researched and possible answers discovered. Ideas so far in the first three meetings have been discussed around buildings, starting with empty and unsafe places around the public square, and speed limit enforcement to improve safety downtown. In the meeting Monday, March 18, 2019 were, front row, from left: City of Columbia Mayor Pam Hoots, citizen volunteer and sidewalk improvement leader Mary Anne Loy, Adair Middle School volunteer Brody Blair, ColumbiaMagazine.com and city council member Linda Waggener, and Nanwood Market owner Sandy Conover. In back, from left, were: Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ellen Zornes, Rogers Trucking Company co-owner Chuck Rogers, Golden Rule Wilson realtor Elliott Burton, Columbia Attorney Dustin Warren, Nanwood Market co-owner Luci Irvin, citizen volunteer Richard Phelps and Libby's Gift Boutique co-owner Billy Joe Fudge. Questions and ideas are invited. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Richard Phelps portraying Columbia founder Daniel Trabue 2019-03-19 - Columbia - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Richard Phelps as Daniel Trabue who, as a boy in Virginia, heard great things about Kentucky from an older brother and determined to make the journey when he grew up. In his lifetime he did make it to Kentucky, ultimately helping the governor establish the City of Columbia. In his presentation he tells of his travels, triumphs and losses, including the murder of his 12-year-old son by the bloody Harpe brothers. Clicking 'read more' takes you to the story and it contains a link to Mike Watson's chilling three part history of "the bloody Harpes." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Trabue Russell House built by Daniel Trabue 2019-03-19 - Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY - Photo Archive photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The "little house" Daniel Trabue (Richard Phelps) referred to in his presentation to the Columbia Adair Chamber of Commerce is this treasure on Jamestown Street in Columbia, KY. He said he built the house for he and his wife Mary "overlooking the town he helped the governor lay off - Columbia, the county seat of newly formed Adair." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Columbia founder Daniel Trabue speaks to Chamber 2019-03-19 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. There's Daniel Trabue, telling his story to the members of the Columbia Adair Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, March 12, 2019. He is portrayed by Richard Phelps who shared Trabue's life from boyhood in Virginia to Kentucky and finally to becoming one of the founding fathers of the City of Columbia. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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