David Edd Parrigin, 67, Adair Co., KY/Russell Co., KY native (1950-2018) 2018-02-23 - 210 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home. David Edd Parrigin, 67, Adair Co., KY/Russell Co., KY native (1950-2018) Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Grandparent essay winners recognized at ACES 2018-02-23 - Adair County Elementary School (ACES), 870 Indian Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ellen Zornes, President, AC Retired Teachers Association. Emma Helm, far right, was recognized at Adair County Elementary School Friday morning, February 23, 2018, as the winner of the "My Grandparent should be the AARP Kentucky Grandparent of the Year," 2018 Essay Contest. Also receiving recognition for writing impressive essays were Autumn Price, Jazlyn Kemp, and Piper Kemp, who shown, not necessarily in order, above with their certificates. - ELLEN ZORNES. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Adair Drug Bug slot volunteered for Canadian Tour Bus parking 2018-02-23 - Adair Drug, 510 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Adair Drug Pharmacist Janet Loy Parrish, shows the area in front of the business where one Canadian Tour Bus could be parked if the tourist attraction being studied by Junior Stotts were to develop at the newly re-found Coffey Cave entrance across the street from the pharmacy. It would mean moving the pharmacy's famous Adair Drug Bug, but for the good of the economic development, that could be done. The development of Coffey Cave was put on temporary hold yesterday afternoon and the entrance to the cave is being barricaded, in the interest of safety, for now. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

At least temporarily, Coffey Cave is closed 2018-02-23 - 500 Block Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The Stotts Family - Connie, Barry, Melissa, Lu and Junior - is, at least temporarily, posting the property - no trespassing - and is temporarily, at least, barricading the entrance to Coffey Cave, recently rediscovered by Junior Stotts, while they review the situation. Junior said the measure is taken for safety reasons. The family uses the site for a staging area for equipment, such as the Kobelco track hoe, above, used in the Burkesville Phase of the Columbia-Adair County Utility District's Downtown Project. However, the family wants to thank everyone for their entrance to the cave and they welcome continued input on the history of the cave. In time, it may yet be re-opened, but for now it and the Sayles Coffey lot are No Trespassing areas. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Beech tree leaves hanging on through winter 2018-02-23 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com. Where do these dry Beech tree leaves go? I always wonder that so many Beech leaves stay tightly on their limbs all through winter, then suddenly when green ones appear, these will be gone but they're not noticeable on the ground. - LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Everything's good today in Hardscratch 2018-02-22 - Glens Fork, Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Checking in with this fellow to see how things are going in downtown Glens Fork, Hardscratch, resulted in a no comment. Judging by his comfort and confidence, however, it would seem all is well on his corner of the world today. - LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sundog said weather was changing before clouds rolled in 2018-02-22 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Granddad always pointed to Sundogs when they appeared in the sky, saying they were signs of weather coming in. It may not be very visible but there's one pictured in the lower left of the sunset pictured earlier this week from the old hospital hill on Bomar Heights. The touch of pink is just above the dark gray cloud bank rolling in from the southwest. Sundogs are little rainbow-like blasts of color created when sunlight filters through moisture. That big solid gray cloud overtaking the sun brought us the wet, chilly weather we're enjoying today. - LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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