Tommy Bailey: The Fairy Circle of (Poisonous) Mushrooms 2017-09-08 - East 80 Estates, Columbia, KY. - Photo by Tommy Bailey. Fairy Circle or Elf Ring. East 80 Hwy near East 80 Estates. Went by this oddity several times before I decided to stop and take a picture before the lawn mower took them down. The photo was taken Wednesday, September 6, 2017. Someone else will have ID these. I just call them mushrooms. - Tommy Bailey Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Antique quilt over oak table and placed under glass 2017-09-08 - McKinley Lane, Columbia, KY - Photo by Mitzi McKinley Bault. This quilt, in very poor condition, was among some cherished old quilts that my grandmother Waggener gave me years ago that had been made by my great grandmother Etna Edith McCaffree Waggener, "Granny Waggener". I got my nerve up to cut this quilt to fit my Violets table, and on the backside discovered it had feed sack backing with the word 'Columbia' on it. I've had this quilt for nearly 40 years and I always looked at the front of it, so it was a fun surprise. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Stamp on back of antique quilt handed down 2017-09-08 - McKinley Lane, Columbia, KY - Photo by Mitzi McKinley Bault. This discovery was made going through some old quilts that my grandmother Audrey Chelf Waggener gave me years ago. She told me that my great grandmother Etna Edith McCaffree Waggener made it and this quilt backing must have been a handy feed sack repurposed back in that day. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Goodyear Blimp: Misses HGR Fall Festival by two days 2017-09-08 - Center of the Universe - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge, HGR President. The Goodyear Blimp was two days early for the Fall Heritage Festival at Homeplace as it passed over the famed center of the Universe, Lemmons' Bend. Don't know where it was heading but it could not be as special as "The Great Wooded South" or the event will surely pale in comparison to the spectacle of the Fall Heritage Festival at Homeplace on Saturday! The Fall Festival is at Homeplace on Green River, 1765 New Columbia Road, Campbellsville, KY, with events 9amCT/10amET-4pmCT/5pmET Billy Joe Fudge - (DETAILS) Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Pro pilot Doug Campbell identifies UFO as airship 2017-09-08 - ???? - Photo by Doug Campbell, pilot. Doug Campbell sends this photo of the UFO seen over Jaybird Ridge and Rowe Farms in Adair County, with this note: "Airship up from Pompano." CM appreciates this additional information about the aircraft, both from Ufologists Fred Rowe, - in real life a Dairy Farmer by cellphone, and keen observer of what's happening here - and Pam Jones, Adair County Educator who is preserving the historic name for Jones Chapel area, "Jaybird Ridge." (We can't make out the location of the seen above; Pompano sounds like a yippy, nuisance dog breed; a fish eaten by Andrew Zimmern, or maybe a town in Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, or Florida. Hope Doug Campbell or someone else can enlighten us.). Our guess: Wingfoot One, from revelations in Google. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dr. Stephens makes the case for necessity for tax increase 2017-09-08 - Adair County Board of Education Conference Room, 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Superintendent Pam Stephens, speaking with the aid of a detailed power point presentation, points out the large number of expenses the board faces over which they have no-or little control. The charts were prepared by Finance Officer Renae Smith. Perhaps the most persuasive of the charts included the list of budget expenditures which the board has adopted which go back into families pockets, such as free school supplies, free admission to sporting events, free lunches, and the boards adoption of no fees for extracurricular competition (except for the Adair County High School Marching Band, which pays its own way). Dr. Stephens noted that the presentation was not intended so much to sway the board as to let them, and citizens, know the full story. Indeed, the final 3-2 vote was as predicted by most going into the meeting. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Adair Board of Education Tax Hearing: John Pilkington speaks 2017-09-08 - Adair County Board of Education Conference Room, 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The Adair County Board of Education gave rapt attention to the first speaker of the night, John Pilkington, at lectern, who delivered his concise remarks from a prepared text, citing reasons why he opposed the proposed tax increase which was adopted later in the session. Members of the Board, from left, are Vice Chair Terry Harvey (Div 1), Jonathan Gaskins (4), Board Chair Lisa Burton (3), Daniel Adams (2). and out of frame, Mike Harris (5). The measure passed 3-2, on the recommendation of Dr. Pam Stephens, who presented the case for the tax increase, which is projected to bring an additional $134,000 next year. For a family living in an home assessed at $50,000, the owner will pay approximately $10 more this year, or as Mr. Harris put it, "About the cost of one pizza," and adding, "surely eliminating one pizza this year isn't too big a price to pay for our kids." (Note: We hope to obtain and post the full text of Mr. Pilkington's statement) - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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