The family that makes Holmes Bend run 2017-05-21 - Holmes Bend Marina, Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com. Running Holmes Bend Boad Dock and its services keeps the whole family busy. When you call or visit this summer, you'll find Kelly and Joey Caldwell, center, and their children Tanner and Kyndal Caldwell at right. With them from left are Linda Blankenship, David Lewis Butler and Lynn B. McLean. David is still active in the business but not every day according to daughter Kelly. -- Linda Waggener Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

High water, good fishing, Cumberland River, Burkesville, KY 2017-05-21 - Bank Street, Burkesville, Cumberland County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo(c). Anglers were busy fishing the rain swollen Cumberland River on Friday, May 19, 2017. The convenient boat ramp and favorite fishing spot is in easy walking distance - three blocks? - of the Burkesville Public Square. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

KY 704 project completed by Stotts/Bowles team in record time II 2017-05-21 - KY 768 at KY 704, Adair County, KY. - Photo by Ed Waggener. Promontory Point, so to speak. The Hwy 704 water project is tied in but not turned on at the KY 704/KY 768 end of the line, and there were just a few pieces of equipment left along the line. Before water starts to flow as intended, the line needs only to be chlorinated, pressure tested and have samples tested before the system is utilized. A spokesperson for Stotts Construction Company, Inc, said Sunday that the company hopes to complete those tests Monday, May 22, 2017. The water will be tested at Fouser's Environmental Services lab at Coburg, KY. Dependent on those results the system could be online by as early as Wednesday, May 24, 2017. At that time, adequate pressure should be available for the growing area for a decade or more, if there are no significant existing leaks in the KY 704 portion of the line. Those would likely manifest themselves in an obvious manner in a very short period of time when the water flow and pressure along KY 704 is dramatically increased by the newly constructed Antioch-to-Piner's Place main. - EW. Paired photo Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

KY 704 project completed by Stotts/Bowles team in record time -I 2017-05-21 - Sparksville Road, Antioch Community, Adair County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, Columbiamagazine.com(c) . The painstaking long wait and the finish up in record time of the new, high capacity, sufficient water pressure line is complete at both ends, thanks to the Stotts family of Columbia's Stotts Construction, Inc, and David Bowles and Monarch Engineering, Lawrenceburg, KY. The completion occurred this past weekend almost simultaneously on both ends of the six mile project. Above, the newly constructed, the master meter vault, located in the Antioch Community on Sparksville Road, is now complete and will track water losses in water between this point and KY 704. The work is a celebration of the value of extreme competence, high standards of corporate character, and equally important, decades of knowledge and experience in the area. The work is standard for Kentucky's dream team in public utilities design and construction, and wins accolades and reciprocated appreciation in other areas; it is too often taken for granted at home. We'd hope everyone in Adair County will give them a thank you. - EW Paired Photo. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Family Fun in the Sun enjoyed before storms came through 2017-05-21 - Jim Blair Park and Recreation Center, 901 Hudson Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Jelaine Harlow, Adair County Health Department Educator. Family Fun in the Sun was a success early Saturday afternoon, May 20, 2017, before the storm clouds rolled in. The Martin family was one of first to enjoy the Story Walk, and receive one of the free books upon completion of the 25 stops around the half mile walk. The event was held to introduce new playground equipment and the newest Monarch Way Station in Adair County. The inflatables for kids, hot dogs and drinks were sponsored by the Columbia-Adair Parks and Recreation Board, Adair County WATCH Coalition, and the Adair County Public Library. -- JH Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Tiny house living, in a way - mini-camper BR for two 2017-05-21 - Down by the river Schickel Park, Burkesville, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo(c). For all of those who have OD'ed on Tv's Tiny House show, awed by 400 sq. foot homes costing five times that of a Columbia mansion, sitting on rental lots leasing for more than a three bedroom home in South Central Kentucky - but still can't get the idea out of their system - one of these may be the answer. It's a mini-camper which sets up as a double bed which comfortably' accommodates two adults. And the cost? Quick online search finds them available at around $3,000 which even in this area would be amortized in 30 days when the benchmark is a night's stay in a hotel. Photo 19 May 2017, during the European Bike Rally. It sets up in two minutes and can be towed behind a motorcycle. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Wildflowers of KY: Barbed wire fence makes fine trellis 2017-05-21 - KY 768, west of Fair Village of Fairplay, Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo(c). Perhaps nothing brightens the roadsides more than luxuriantly blooming honeysuckle, whether found in small dabs in a natural spray, or above, in one of the 25 yard expanses along the roadway. In travels around South Central Kentucky more and more people are training - and controlling - the otherwise wild plant to be a welcome part of the landscape, much as so many have trained - and controlled - Eastern Red Cedars to behave so beautifully as windbreaks and natural fence rows. Honeysuckle provides nectar for the bees and butterflies, and a romantic aroma to summer evenings, too. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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