Giant flag at UCB Branch stolen; they want it back or replaced 2018-06-18 - United Citizens Branch Bank, 1582 Campbellsville Road Columbia KY - Photo by Valerie Thomas. We have had so many compliments on our flag at the Columbia Branch of United Citizens Bank. Sometime over the weekend our flag was stolen. We would like to have it back or replaced by whoever took it. If anyone has information on who might have taken it, please call us at 270-384-2265. Valerie Thomas, United Citizens Bank Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Elementary students attend JOY Ministries summer camp 2018-06-18 - JOY Ministries Crisis Resource Center, 212 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Krystal Cundiff. JOY Ministries has provided two weeks of camp this summer to allow students to have options on free camps. They have done a lot of team building activities, STEM lessons, home cooked meals, devotions, toured LWC and Green River to hike and picnic. Pictured from left are elementary school students Crystal Mendoza, Peter Mendoza, Emma Burton, Maddie Streeval, JJ Jones, Cassie Cramer, Marli Smith, Javion Momanyi and Isaac Hawkins. We had a couple more students through the week but did not attend this trip. Middle and High School students are next. This was a great week. - Krystal Cundiff Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Business and jobs growth experience to be shared by Ramsey 2018-06-18 - Frankfort, KY - Photo from CEDIK. Luke Ramsay, Economic Development Extension Specialist with the Community & Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky (CEDIK), will be speaking in Columbia on two upcoming occasions in July and August. In his presentations, he will explore entrepreneurism and investing in existing businesses (instead of trying to create or attract new ones), "the biggest return on investment for a community." A former small business incubator manager and entrepreneurial coach, he is able to speak from experience. He is a certified professional coach serving as a liaison between local government and local businesses to help provide insights and strategies so the whole community can flourish. Click 'Read More' for full story and dates and times of his presentations. - LW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Beef & Lamb Gyro 2018-06-18 - Gyros Food, Nashville, Brown County, IN - Photo by Pen. A beef and lamb gyro with feta and olives from Gyros Food in Nashville, IN. Has to be health food. It's a Mediterranean as it gets. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Deer looking back before disappearing into the darkened forest 2018-06-18 - Holmes Bend Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. One needs to be on continuous alert along Holmes Bend Road, especially beyond Jericho Cove, Charity Baptist Church toward the Holmes Bend Resort & Marina. This young deer bounded across the road, then, before disappearing into the woods, took a look back to make eye contact, then bounded away. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Early Angler in Indiana 2018-06-18 - Brown County, Indiana - Photo by Pen. A fishing career is as disciplined as old timey paper routes used to be to make early risers of high school fishing team (Collins). Wherever he goes, including a Father's Day weekend in Brown & Bartholemew Counties in Indiana, Ev tests the streams. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A little cloud therapy is always good 2018-06-17 - Sky - Photo by Jane Todd. Soaring through the clouds on a trip from Nashville TN to the Carolinas, my sister took time to share a photo taken out her window. She knows I love a little cloud therapy now and then. - LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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