Rickey Rodgers, with his mother, Joyce Rodgers Lee 2014-02-28 - Hodge Center, 402 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo Staff photo. Rickey Rodgers, Columbia, KY, with his mother, Joyce Downey Rodgers Lee, of Nancy KY. When Rodgers received his diploma, the speaker noted that he had done so by simply walking in and taking the test - without taking a single class. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

April Russell: A most memorable commencement addresss 2014-02-28 - Hodge Center - Photo CM Staff photo. April Russell, Somerset, KY Program Director for Adair County, Casey County, and McCreary County, KY, told a personal story about how the GED program has helped members of her own family - her husband, she said, was one. Ms. Russell commended the work of the graduates, and was lavish in her praise of he work LeAnna Bennett, Assistant Program Director of the Adair County Adult Education Center, has done. She said that wherever she goes and people ask her how to make a GED program work, she tells them, "Look at Adair County first." Bennett, she said, only knows one way: "She's full force all the time." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dr. Dean Adams: Unforgettable Commencement Address 2014-02-28 - Hodge Center, 402 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo CM staff photo. There's an old belief that no one ever remembers anything from a commencement address, but that wasn't the case with Dr. Dean Adam's brief message to the Adair Adult Education Center graduates in the class last night at Lindsey Wilson College. The Adair County native, Vice President of Lindsey Wilson College, interspersed humor and lessons from life to express what education had done for him, opening doors to opportunities which would not have existed for otherwise. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

LeAnna Bennett, Director addresses graduates 2014-02-28 - Hodge Center, 402 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo CM Staff Photo. LeAnna Bennett Director of the Adair Adult Education Center since it came under the umbrella of the KCTC and Somerset Community College, told the audience gathered to celebrate the accomplishments of 40 GED High School graduates, that credit for the event belonged to the students - many of whom made tremendous sacrifices to complete requirements, and to the wonderful staff she's been able to assemble. But that humility didn't stop others from heaping credit on the dyanamo behind the program, now among the top in the state of Kentucky. In addition to the 40 HS diplomas, the center also awarded 17 National Career Readiness Certificates. - Ed Waggener Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Adult Education Center 2014 GED Graduation - Group Photo 2014-02-28 - Hodge Center, 402 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo By CM staff. The Adair County Adult Education Center award GED High School Diplomas to 40 graduates last night at Lindsey Wilson College. Among those in attendance (Graduates unless otherwise noted) were From left: Dwayne Hadley (staff), Everett Luttrell, Pamela Miller (with Dalton Crawford), Kim Curry, Felicia Leischner(staff), Rickey Rodgers, Sarah Curry(staff), Andrew Wiley(staff) Amber Foster, Jerry McAllister, Krissa Powell, Gail Passmore, Lindsey Edwards, LeAnna Bennett (staff), Mackenzie Minton (staff). The 40 graduates completed requirements between July 1 and December 31, 2013. The pace is almost double the previous year, when, in a 12 month period, 41 graduated. -Felicia Leischner Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lost dog found in Longhunters 2014-02-28 - Longhunters Subdivision, Columbia, KY - Photo by Sherry Spoon. Lost and Scared - I came home and found this pretty dog in my driveway. He's cold and scared. If he's yours please call 270-378-0613. - Sherry Spoon Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

KY Afield Outdoor: Big Walleye below Green River Dam 2014-02-27 - Taylor Co., KY - Photo by Lee McClellan, KY Afield Outdoors. David Baker, stream fisheries biologist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, holds a big walleye collecting during population sampling in the Green River directly below Green River Lake. The Green River Tailwater Recreation Area is one of the best spots in Kentucky to bank fish for walleye and sauger in late winter through spring. Lee McClellan, Kentucky Fish & Wildlife Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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