Adair Co. glimpse through vines of dwelling of great beauty 2017-08-06 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). So many places of incredible beauty and mostly masked by equally beautiful verdant roadways, as here, were home of yesteryear continues its service. - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Winner of Gator at 2017 Expo: Michael Shirley, with family 2017-08-06 - Adair County High School, 526 Indian Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo By Terry Partin (c) South Central KY Outdoor Expo. Michael Shirley, the winner of the 2017 John Deere Gator given away Saturday, August 5, 2017, at the South Central Kentucky Outdoor Expo, with his family. Front, from left, Anthony Shirley, Michael Shirley pictured with son, daughter, and three grandchildren, Back row, from left, Christy Marr, Jagger Shirley, Lennon Shirley, and Kingston Shirley. This was the eighth Expo and, by far, the largest yet, bringing people from all over the eastern United States. - Terry Partin. Paired photo Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Robert Ellis: Why is most famous Hedge Apple tree not bearing? 2017-08-06 - Old Fort Harrod, Harrodsburg, KY - Photo by Robert Ellis (c), Robert Ellis Woodworking.com. Osage Orange (Hedge Apple), Harrodsburg, KY - "The famous, at least among Kentuckians, Hedge Apple Tree of Harrodsburg Kentucky. One thing I noticed immediately was the tree had not a single apple on it while others I spotted on the the trip there were loaded with apples," - Robert Ellis Comments: Billy Joe Fudge BJF: Osage Orange tree at Harrodsburg apparently a big ol' boy - a male tree Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Family elder, Ralph Roy Waggener, relaxes at Christmas in July . . . 2017-08-06 - McKinley Lane, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). Ralph Roy Waggener, who continues to edit the popular It's Just for a Smile News enjoyed the vista from Ricky & Mitzi Bault's swimming pool deck area, gazing over to the Sulphur Hole on Russell Creek, remembering with family elder Jim Richards what a role the old swimming pool had played through the years, long before the idea of a City Pool at the old fairgrounds was hatched. The photo was taken at Christmas in July, this year in August, an annual homecoming for children of the late E.P. & Audrey Waggener, as well as other close kin. - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Outdoor Expo keynoter Hank Parker with Expo's Don Neat 2017-08-06 - Photo By Terry Partin (c) South Central KY Outdoor Expo. Annual Outdoor Expo Volunteer Don Neat is pictured here with Keynote speaker Hank Parker right, at the South Central Ky Outdoor Expo at the Adair County High School yesterday, Saturday, August 5, 2017. - Terry Partin Paired photo Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Robert Ellis: Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg, KY 2017-08-06 - Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill, 3501 Lexington Road, Harrodsburg, KY - Photo Robert Ellis (c), Robert Ellis Woodworking, Cane Valley, KY. Today, Sunday, August 6, 2017, is the last day of the annual arts and craft fair of the festival. I attended the show yesterday and snapped this photo. A wonderful place to take the family for a visit and take in the surroundings and the festivities. - - Robert Ellis Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Bro. Bill Davenport - As long as he was there, move went well 2017-08-06 - 400 Block of Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. VFW member Bro. Bill Davenport watch from the LWC Apartments across Fairground Street, as the delicate, methodical work to move the monument to its new location at 500 Green Hills Road was underway. His presence must have provided a measure of safety, as all went well while he was there. - EW. Clicking Read More accesses the Album of the Monument Moving Day and related photo(s). Sun, 6 Aug 2017, at 7:45amCT, the album had 14 pictures, with more to be added today. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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