Is it or is it not safe to cross? Is it in fact a crosswalk? 2015-08-30 - Crosswalk Campbellsville Street at the Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Downtown Columbia is a natural walking campus and should be part of what makes Columbia one of the most walkable cities in America. The .2 mile around the sidewalks - for one mile with five laps - offers a lot of what many pedestrians and walk-for-health want: There are benches and seats along the way, there are, through the week, places to get a drink of of water, and public restrooms are readily assessible. And food is at hand. There are some tripping hazards. The biggest, easiest to fix improvement is lack of paint, lack of adequately marked crosswalk. At least one of Columbia's neighbors has its own municipal striping machine and skilled operator(s). It's remarkable what a difference that one factor does to improve it's "Walkable Cities" score. Adequately marked crosswalks, and more of them, would do so much to get people out, safely utilizing a very enjoyable, very low cost health maintenance program - just walking five + miles, making 10,000 steps a day, at the expense of only shoe leather. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Small signs should make significant improvement 2015-08-30 - Burkesville Street entrance to Columbia, KY Public Square - Photo by Linda Waggener, CM. The Square is now marked one way on each Yield sign at entrances to the Square, which should make Square Safety champion Charles Grimsley smile. Don't know whose great idea it was, but it appears to be insight of obvious genius - after somebody thought of it. The signs should work. Does anyone know who to thank for them? - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Jamie Comer presents championship trophy to Culinary Cats 2015-08-30 - Kentucky Fair & Expo Center, 937 Phillips Lane, Louisville, KY - Photo KY Dept. of Agriculture. Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, center, presents the 2015 Farm to School Junior Chef championship trophy to members of the Anderson County High School "Culinary Cats:" from left, Ally Hayes, Gracie Inabnitt, Mary Grace Bamburger, Christina Montgomery, and Abby Coyle. - Ted Sloan, Kentucky Department of Agriculture Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Something Big going on: Mark Twain from Columbia Bypass 2015-08-30 - 623 Indian Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, CM photo. It was a perfect evening for music, despite the warnings of rain. Thousands of visitors to Columbia were welcomed to ACHS Football Stadium and the newly transformed Adair County School District Campus for a night of music at the Mark Twain Marching Band Festival. The event is now an even greater visual treat with the fabulous views of Adair County countryside from the top of the campus, in addition to the thrill of seeing and hearing great performances. As it turned out, it would have been hard to ask for better weather. Attendance figures haven't been released yet, but those are always impressive. Photo Saturday, August 29, 2015, at 6:09pmCT from Adair County Veterans Memorial Highway/the Columbia Western Bypass. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Night shift at Rowe Farms 2015-08-29 - Rowe Farms, 909 Keltner Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Fred Rowe. Saturday, August 29, 2015, at 8:30pmCT. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Orean Whittle, 83, Russell County, KY (1932-2015) 2015-08-29 - 367 N Main Street, Russell Springs, KY - Photo from Bernard Funeral Home. Orean Whittle, 83, Russell County, KY (1932-2015) Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Harvest scene near Glens Fork, Adair County, KY 2015-08-29 - Glens Fork, Adair County, KY - Photo by Suzanne Wright (c). We also came across some dairy farmers chopping silage on the Old Glens Fork Road, yesterday. We thought your readers might enjoy it also. I think it is beautiful! - Suzanne Wright Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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