Senator Gregory at Big Ditch on Campbellsville Street 2014-05-08 - 400 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KYI - Photo by Ed Waggener. Kentucky State Senator Sara Beth was in Columbia this week reassessing the Town Creek Project, which will result relocate Town Creek's crossing under Campbellsville Street to protect the roadway and neighboring businesses from flooding, provide better safety on Campbellsville Street, and improve the appearance of the area. Senator Gregory has been working on the project since being apprised of the situation by lifelong family friend Junior Stotts while in Columbia for the Christmas Parade. She had learned, this week that the final hurdles for the project, which will be done largely in-house by the highway department had been overcome. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Hailey's Garden 2014-05-08 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen. A modest selection of tomato and pepper plants, ready for planting. Two-year-old Hailey was more than a little nonplussed to learn that none of the promised tomatoes or peppers were ready for harvest yet, even after the long car ride home from the nursery. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Terraced slope at CAUD Wastewater Plant 2014-05-08 - CAUD Wastewater Plant, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Dakota Meyer Enterprises had the retaining wall project at this terraced stage, awaiting better weather to pour the concrete for prevent further erosion of the steep hillside behind the Columbia/Adair County Wastewater Treatment Plant on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. The barn in the top of the frame is on Wall Street. more than a mile away by road. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Overview of Town Creek Project 2014-05-08 - From Columbia Cemetery, 315 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. This photo shows markers for the path of the Town Creek Project.. Campbellsville Street traverses the photo, with Fairground Street/KY 206 perpendicular to it. After construction the creek will flow straight from the blue sign on the right hand side of the intersection, in front of the white car with hood raised. past the area of the two trees in the yard of the Parson House (weathered roof left of frame). The straightening will eliminate one 90 degree turn and another acute turn by property of Adair Automotive, and assure that businesses and Campbellsville Street will not flood after downpours. Adair County Judge Ann Melton, who worked with Senator Gregory on the project, had a bittersweet moment remembering the anxiety her parents faced each time the skies blackened, with the worry that the creek might flood their business, Columbia Tire & Recapping, the gray building seen just beyond the Parson House trees. The turns being eliminated created eddies which were accelerated erosion when heavy rains occurred. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Time to go, City says: The Parson House 2014-05-08 - Parson House, 401 Campbellsville ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. It's been a Columbia landmark a KY 206 marking place, for over three quarters of a century. The charming small residence with a gingerbread woodwork, still has its romantic, pleasant side from the cemetery side, but the Columbia City Cemetery Board, with the blessing of City Council, is planning legal action, using provisions of a 2006 KY statute, to acquire the property and raze the house. Possible uses are a chapel or additional grave lots. If the house can be removed prior to construction of the Town Creek project, it will make that work easier to do. The project, when the final go-ahead is given, will likely be done in large part by the local Kentucky Highway Department crew in Columbia, with only an already State contracted trackhoe service being needed, which will streamline the project, according to State Senator Sara Beth Gregory. (R-KY 15). Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The hole which won't be, soon 2014-05-08 - 400 block, Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KYI - Photo by Ed Waggener. This potentially dangerous pit, an open area of Town Creek, big enough to swallow a semi or a couple of busses, is due to be covered over soon, according to State Senator Sara Beth Gregory (R-KY 16), who said that the Town Creek Project she's been working on since December appears to be ready to begin. The project is aimed also at alleviating periodic flooding of Campbellsville Street and business parking areas in the 400 block of Campbellsville Street, including Adair Automotive and Columbia Tire and Recapping. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

City Budget Realist: Councillor Parson and available funds 2014-05-08 - City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener . Columbia City Councillor June Parson presented an analysis of the City of Columbia's available funds position at the Monday, May 5, 2014 City Council meeting, which showed a very tight situation. (CHART) Parson is the only announced candidate for Mayor in the coming election. Clicking ReadMore accesses full City Council Report posted Tuesday, May 6, 2014 including Councillor Parson's analysis. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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