II - Stream Project: Imagine post construction beautification 2015-07-12 - Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Town Creek comes out here after crossing Campbellsville Street. The project is almost finished now, and, in itself will dramatically improve the impression of travellers to and from Columbia, and, on a greater scale, appearance of Columbia as a college town. Along with the enhancements in the project itself, there's grand possibilities for realizing the Park City lying in full view with inexpensive attention to the Walking Campus easily at hand. Paired photo: See also - I - The Stream Straightening project: Not the Tennessee-Tombigbee, but Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A million dollar view x3, from top floor of the Jeffries Building 2015-07-12 - Jeffries Building, 228 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. One of many fantastic moments, views, from the Top Floor of the Jeffries Building, 228 Public Square, Columbia, KY. It was once the Columbia Masonic Lodge meeting room, once a private art gallery, studio; always a great place to form visions for Adair County's economic development. - LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

I - The Stream Straightening project: Not the Tennessee-Tombigbee 2015-07-12 - Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. It's evocative of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, but the biggest transport it can handle, now, is probably a child's model sailboat. But as construction work continues on the Town Creek stream project, it's easy to think about what the community will do to do after construction is complete. The north side retaining wall was in yesterday, and the forms were partially removed. The drainpipe empties groundwater from the NE side of the intersection. There's a relative spacious gravelled area. Depending on ownership, it looks like a delightful place for more landscaping and perhaps a rest area beside near the sidewalk. Perhaps a stream biologist can enlighten on the quality of the stream for aquatic life. Surely crawdads will be back. Maybe some minnows. Possibly some bullfrogs and creepers and some water dogs. One wonders too, if there will finally be a northside walk or steps to the Wolford monument, perhaps some benches, and if the walkway/steps might continue to the driveways through the cemetery, if maybe, finally, the city will take advantage of the cemetery as a peaceful urban park, as many other cities have done, including Edmonton, Burkesville, and Jamestown. - EW Photo taken Saturday, 11 Jul 2015. Paired photo: See also - I - Stream Project: Imagine post construction beautification Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A Christmas in July memory 2015-07-12 - Edmonton, KY - Photo Marcum family memento. Occasionally we go through all the priceless treasures in Mom's collections and come across unforgettable but laid aside gems, such as this poem, from her youngest child, Jane, who shares Mom's gift for words and story-telling. We hope you enjoy it. - LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Speedway 2015-07-12 - Sparta, KY - Photo by Amy Waggener. A pre-race shot of Kentucky Speedway before Sunday night's Quaker State 400, which was won by Kyle Busch with a late-race pass. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Bounty from Matilda's Garden 2015-07-12 - Shelby County, KY - Photo photo by Mema, Linda Waggener. Matilda shared a perfectly ripe tomato for an in-the-garden (doesn't get any fresher than that) basil wrapped tomato salad. It was part of a 45-minute salad-and-a-show theatre she hosted while we saw, in all-too short a time, the remarkable transitions she's going through following a recent fourth birthday. We learned that she's already "Matilda," but she graciously allows us to call her "Tillie." As the garden docent, she showed us where the sedum was blooming, where the marigolds where, the day- and tall tiger- lillies and hostas grew, and where the zinnia stood guard. As any gardener worries, she knew the tall stalks of corn might have to be shared with her squirrels, and how, over time, more of the lush carpet of bluegrass might be giving way to more raised bed gardens and a ground cover of moss, just as soft as grass, but more tickly, would take possession of a bit of running space in her princess' lawn and garden. - Granddad & Mema, Linda & Ed Waggener Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Adorable, adoptable, Fiona: Endless entertainment, friendship 2015-07-12 - Green River Animal Shelter, 455 Appleby Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Heather Evans. Fiona is a 6 week old, short hair, black, female kitten. I just love how she is perched on the scratching post. What a pose!!! She is available for adoption at the Green River Animal Shelter, 455 Appleby Drive, Columbia, KY. Phone 270-385-9655 Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 10am-5pmCT and Saturdays 10am-2pmCT. Phone 270-572-9943 after hours. Puppies and kittens are cute, but the inability to find them a home is not, please spay or neuter your pet! - HEATHER EVANS CM Animals Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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