Marilyn Loy Turner shares Texas Pen Pal's sweet potato crop 2018-02-05 - Texas - Photo submitted by Marilyn Loy Turner; photo from Bobbie C. Langland. Marilyn Loy Turner's pen pal, Bobbie C. Langland, holds a few of the giant sweet potatoes which appeared in her flower garden this winter. Some weighed over six pounds.Paired Photo Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Oak Street needs attention of Mayor & Councilors - RRW 2018-02-04 - Oak Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The little bridge over a wet weather water way on Oak Street is narrow, the surface of Oak Street needs attention as well, retired Columbia businessman Ralph Waggener says. It's part of a neighborhood, including Sandusky and Wain Streets, which is rapidly growing and becoming more commercial, he says. He notices the problems more because of his long association with the family printing business at Wain & Oak, now owned by his daughter, son-in-law, and son, Lee & William Grider and Doug Waggener: Trifecta Print and Design. They, employees and customers use the road almost every day. - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Marshall Strong movement supported at ACPC 2018-02-04 - Adair County Primary Center, 158 Col. Casey Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo from ACPC Principal Patty Rush Smith. Many in the Adair County Primary Center family dressed in blue and orange on February 2, 2018 for MarshallStrong, showing support in the school colors - orange and blue - of Marshall High School. The movement is part of the wave of attention and prayers the January 23, 2018 tragedy at Marshall HS has generated in the aftermath of the shooting that left two students dead and many injured. Pictured are: Sarah O'Neal, Sheila Smith, Julie McQueary, Patty Smith, Tobie Harmon, Chad Myer, Teresa Richard, Laramie Pelston, Tina Hadley, Laura Marcum, Angie Hixson, Tanya Richard and Tonya Feese. - Patty Rush Smith, Principal, ACPC. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Changing Face of Fairground Street and the Old Fairground 2018-02-04 - From Young Street across Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The entrance to the former Adair County Fairground, 413 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY, was removed this past week, along with most of the concrete above ground level. Diagonally across from the Young Street stop sign, what you don't see are the limestone wing walls of the entrance, the above ground pedestal for the Veteran's Memorial Monument, and other concrete features which stood at the entrance. To the right of the sign, across the street is Pyles Excavating equipment used to prepare the site for it's next use. The photo was taken Friday, February 2, 2018. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Recycling Trailer at Hardee's of Columbia 2018-02-04 - 90 Dohoney Trace, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. In addition to the drive through receptacle, there's also an Adair County Recycling Trailer on the Hardee's of Columbia parking lot. It's one of several - maybe six now - recycling trailers placed at strategic places around the county. - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Victory tax deduction chart February 1943 - 75 years ago 2018-02-04 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Adair County News. The Adair County News printed this PSA from the U.S. Treasury Department giving tax credit available to wage earners "currently or after the war." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Favorite old card: Hob's Store, Gradyville, KY 2018-02-04 - Old Gradyville Road, Gradyville, KY - Photo D-Zine note card. W. Hobson "Hob" Walker's Store & the Gradyville Post Office were operated in this building across from the town well in Gradyville (Adair County) Kentucky from the early 1900's into the 1960's. - CM Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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