A moment in historic City Council session, 3 Apr 2017 2017-04-04 - City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, Columbiamagazine.com(c) . The Columbia City Council, seated in background, above, made a number of landmark decisions last night, including taking a baby step toward safe sidewalks, voting to buy the Adair County Little League Park for $1, making new agreements with the Columbia Adair County Fire Department, honoring the late Council Member Joe Moore, and renewing the city's support of the Square Meals Program. At the Council bench, are, from left, clockwise, Councillors Ron Rogers, Pam Hoots, and Mark Harris; City Clerk Rhonda Loy; Mayor Curtis Hardwick, City Attorney Marshall Loy, Councillors Craig Dean, Linda Waggener, and Craig Lasley. Barbara Armitage, standing, of Farmers Market on the Square, gave a progress report on the April 1, 2017, opening of the Farmers Market at its new location on the Municipal Parking Lot at Campbellsville & Merchant Street. She requested the Council renew its support of the "Square Meals" program for the 2017 season and was successful. With backs to camera are - Lois Cunningham, chair of Square Meals, front right, and Ann Melton, Assistant Editor of the Adair Progress newspaper, and former Adair County CJE. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Adair Co. News advertised the Fairday washer 100 years ago 2017-04-04 - Columbia, KY - Photo from JIM. This ad for a Fairday Twin Washer appeared in the Wednesday, April 4, 1917 edition of the Adair County News. (Note the name of the local agent shown in the image) This marvelous machine could be run either with electricity or with an engine powered by gasoline or other fuel. - JIM Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Entertaining are Willard Parnell, 90, and Stanley Syra, almost 90 2017-04-03 - Old School Cafe. 701 West Stockton Street. Edmonton, KY 42129 - Photo by Chris Lagermann. I attended a 90th Birthday Party for Willard Parnell this weekend. Here is Willard (in blue playing harmonica) with Stanley Syra on banjo at the Old School Cafe in Edmonton. Willard and Stanley had a fine old time singing and playing music. Stanley is almost 90, also! Photos taken by Chris Lagermann, April 1, 2017 Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Redbuds among the walnut trees? Which came first 2017-04-03 - Sparksville Road, Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo(c). Updated information from B.J. Fudge: Actually, Dad planted the Walnut trees in the early eighties and the Redbuds have since occupied the intermediate space below the pinnate Walnut canopy in an effort to glean the filtered sunlight allowed through by said canopy. - Billy Joe Fudge Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Wildflowers of Kentucky: Fire pinks at The Cut 2017-04-03 - The Cut, Rockland Mills Road, Metcalfe County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo(c). The area around The Cut, located on Rockland Mills Road, between Knob Lick and Beechville, in Metcalfe County, is a wildflower lovers paradise, especially for those who want to see a large variety of species without long hikes. These Fire Pinks. were just a few yards from the lightly traveled roadway. There's more on Fire Pinks at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silene_virginica Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

CAUD map shows early areas of interest in natural gas 2017-04-03 - Columbia, Adair County Utilites District (CAUD), 109 Grant Lane, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, Columbiamagazine.com(c) . Columbia/Adair County Utilities District Manager Lenny Stone, standing, has placed pin drops on a county map to show where customers of the utility have indicated they would like to have the service available. When the map above was displayed at the March monthly session of CAUD's trustees, there were approximately 350 respondents. At last count as of April 3, 2017, the number is over 650, with several survey forms yet to be tabulated. The survey effort is intensifying to reach a goal of 2,000 respondents, and survey forms are now be received at several points around Adair County, listed in the accompanying announcement. Mr. Stone says the utility is in a unique position to cut costs, utilizing several miles in scattered locations of abandoned water mains, which could be utilized for "slip casing" natural gas lines rather than digging new trenches. Construction and maintenance of the distribution system will be financed independently of gas and sewer services, he said, and will not affect the cost of those services. He estimates the initial cost for the system to be under $1 million dollars. Watching intently is Matthew Hadley, who is building a chicken grower mega facility on KY 704, and has been awaiting water for the operation for over a year. - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mayor Curtis Hardwick signs Fair Housing Month proclamation 2017-04-03 - City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, Columbiamagazine.com(c) . Mayor Curtis Hardiwick signs a proclamation today, Monday, April 3, 2017, declaring the month of April 2017, as fair housing month in the City of Columbia, KY. Fair Housing month recognizes recognizes the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which guarantees the rights of equal housing opportunity. Through the declaration, Mayor Hardwick expresses "the hope that this year's observance will promote fair housing practices in the City of Columbia." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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