Doing a brisk business at BSST Day 2013-09-02 - 102 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Sherman Burton selling "Sherman's Stuff," from a set of tables behind his truck full of inventory, was doing a brisk all day at the Buy, Sell, Swap & Trade Day on the Square in Columbia. Crowds and vendors were a bit smaller than in years past, but, as happens every year, some vendors did really well, some ok, and some could have handled much more traffic. Overall, it was a very pleasant day and an event which seemed to balance really well with the businesses which remained open for the day. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Waiting with the list to match Ducks with winners 2013-09-02 - Butler Branch by KY 551, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Chairman Charles Grimsley waited with the list of 402 ducks to be ready to match the winning duck with the name by the number. Next to him is one of the sports top fans, Caroline Yates Dixon, who returned to Adair County from Bowling Green, along with her husband, Daniel Dixon, originally from Knifley, now an elementary school teacher at Bristow High School in northern Warren County. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Peggy Lynn Hardwick Burton, Adair Co., KY (1958-2013) 2013-09-02 - 210 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo from Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home. Peggy Lynn Hardwick Burton, Adair Co., KY (1958-2013) Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Terry Pyles, formerly of Adair Co., KY (1955-2013) 2013-09-02 - 210 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo from Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home. Terry Pyles, formerly of Adair Co., KY (1955-2013) Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Veteran Duck Race Steward Bub Polston 2013-09-02 - Butler Branch by KY 551, Columbia, KY - Photo CM Sports photo. Cloaking whatever fear he may have in the middle swift waters of Butler Branch, veteran race steward Bub Polston stands ready with duck net to pull in the special racing ducks entered in this year's race. Polston is well known to CM Birds of Kentucky photo fans. A large number of his "Diners at Do Drop In" bird, squirrel, chipmunk and horse photos have delighted readers over the years. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

7th Annual Wacky Quacky Duck Race 2013-09-02 - Butler Branch by KY 551, Columbia, KY - Photo CM Staff. Greg Thomas, official event photographer, is capturing one of the pivotal moments in this afternoons 7th Annual Wacky Quacky. The lead duck, at this point appears to be the eventual winner: Mike Collins No. 386. Back upstream on the left, ducks are aggregating in an eddy and actually appeared to be headed back under the bridge. On the right, a poignant moment as what appears to be Duck No. 1, owned by David Sandusky, and No. 97, owned by Steve Cheatham, caught in debris, stranded and sidelined, unable to finish the race. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Cane Valley art will celebrate a time when men were men 2013-09-02 - 104 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. And, according to Penn's Store co-owner, Jerry Penn Lane,, "when women were men," too. Sonny Vance is holding is a replica of one of the most revered institutions of yesteryear, the outhouse. The buildings, which stood behind every well to do home in these parts just a few decades ago, will be celebrated in the Great Outhouse Blowout, at Penn's Store, Gravel Switch, KY, starting at 9amCT/10amET, Saturday, September 14, 2013. The Vances will be selling the replicas along with other popular items manufactured at Sonny's Crafts. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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