VFW Monument, after descecration 2014-07-31 - 413 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Joe Hare. Righteous anger ensues after the discovery of the mindless theft of the Fallen Soldier sculpture by punk/punks who took the icon. Commander Joe Hare is asking for information from anyone who can help bring the perpetrator(s) to justice. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Victim of an outrageous act of vandalism 2014-07-31 - 411 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Joe Hare. The Fallen Soldier Memorial, before a senseless act of vandalism and theft by punk/punks. - JOE HARE, Commander, VFW Post 6097, Columbia, KY. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Thanks for the morning: An early morning walker 2014-07-31 - Indian Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo CM Staff Photo. There's no sign inviting walking for health and relaxation. No acronym has be developed at extraordinary cost by a government bureaucrats. There's been no meetings. No special apparel sold. It's just happening: An early morning walker is taking advantage of the inviting natural and safe walking campus, here on Indian Drive, Columbia, KY. At other times one might families, or bikers, or a lone runner silhouetted against a beautiful panoramic background. Another park which is not labeled a park. It's just happening. People are drawn to it and use it. The development is following a Dr. John Begley quote the school superintendent is fond of quoting, "You don't pour a concrete walk until you see where people want to walk." Columbia has so many natural "parks." The college campus. Columbia City Cemetery - ah, to have it wrested from the hostage holders who don't want to share it fully; the Historic Downtown. And the Adair County School District Campus, whose potential for use for the entire community is now being realized and the visualization, then realization of the Burkesville Street Mall - Columbia's version of Boulder's Pearl Street Mall There is renewed optimism now that Columbians will see a series of parks, done at low or no investment, by just taking advantage of what's already here and become what many in the past have visualized, a city of parks, commonsense health, and a beautiful Walkable City it should be. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Thanks for the morning: Columbia Baptist Church 2014-07-31 - 201 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo CM Staff Photo. Early morning walkers, bikers, and motorists are treated to classic beauty when the sun hits the columns of the Columbia Baptist Church just after sun up. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Thanks for the morning, Sportsman's Lake 2014-07-31 - Sportsmans Club Road, Columbia, KY - Photo CM Staff Photo. A mist rises from Sportsman's Lake on Sportsman's Club Road, Columbia, KY, a compelling reminder of Carl Sandburg's phrase, "on little cat feet." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Big, perfect heirloom tomatoes 2014-07-30 - Plunk Rock House - Photo by Ed Waggener. It was celebration time at our house last night after Mrs. Marcum, left, warned of a man and woman in our drive, a rare thing out here on the edge of Downtown Columbia. But she and I were elated that we were on their missionary route, and were to share some of the most beautiful and biggest heirloom tomatoes we seen in a long time. It was Patsy & Bruce Wilson; we were sandwiched in between tomato care package recipients Ralph Roy Waggener and Rollen Coomer - not bad company at all. The top left tomato was our supper. It was the best I've ever tasted, and would have taken a blue ribbon at the fair. That's what my Dad, the late E.P. Waggener, would have said after enjoying such a gift. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Robert P. Coffey, Casey County, KY. , KY (1923-2014) 2014-07-30 - 752 Campbellsville Street, Liberty, KY. - Photo from McKinney-Brown Funeral Home. Robert P. Coffey, Casey County, KY. , KY (1923-2014) Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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