Still time to buy Duck Race entries 2013-09-02 - 102 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo By Ed Waggener. Charles Grimsley and his finance' Holly Edwards were having a busy morning selling ducks for the 7th Annual Wacky Quacky Duck Race, which will be held at 2pmCT, today, Labor Day, Monday, September 1, 2013, at a to-be-revealed location on Russell Creek or a major tributary such as Butler Branch. The location will be announced as soon as the official WQ Duck Race revelator, Greg Thomas, makes the somber announcement as to where the biggest sports event of the year will be. There are big prizes to be had: 1) An iPad. 2) A Gas Grill, and 3) A $100 Gas Card. Duck Entries will be sold until minutes before the race. Proceeds go to the Columbia/Adair County Parks and Recreation Board equipment, supplies, improvements and other needs. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

(Ad) House for Sale, Page Street, Columbia, KY ($44,900) 2013-09-02 - Page Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by owner. House for sale 3 bedroom, 1 bath, central heat and air, storage building, new flooring, new windows, new paint, new roof, and new appliances. Close to schools and town. $44,900 (270)-250-2323 Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Terry Farris, President of Green River Kruzers, arrives 2013-09-02 - Adair Co. Fairgrounds, 413 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. As President of the Green River Kruzers Car Club, Terry Farris is the impresario - the buck stops here man running the show. He showed up a little after daybreak to see that things run right. He was optimistic about today's event. He's expecting what may be a record-breaking number of vehicles on display, and thought the weather at his home in Vester means that, overall, it will be a great day for a car show. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Remember when this was Thomas Price's hog hauler? 2013-09-02 - 413 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. That's how it began life, 44,000 actual miles ago, when it was seen parked in Thomas & Mavis Price's drive at their familiar Bedford Stone ranch house at the corner of Milltown Church and Corbin-Richards Roads. David Harden, the owner of the 1973 C-10 half-ton Chevy Pickup, was the first exhibitor on the ground in the Green River Kruzers 2013 Labor Day RUN-devous car, tractor, and bike show. The vehicle has a 357 cubic inch V-8 engine, downright dangerous by today's standards. It's not for sale, he said, though he's turned down $20,000, about 4 times its 1973 MSRP new price from Cotton Phelps, and he's got more than that in it. It's already spoken for; it will skip the Josh Harden generation and go to his now 11 year old son, Blane Harden, when the time is right. The car show gets underway officially at 8amCT. Harden said that advance word is that there will be a huge turnout of exhibitors. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

BBQ King Jay Cox at BSST Day 2013 2013-09-02 - In front of Bank of Columbia, 144 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo BY Ed Waggener. Jay Cox who has earned BBQ & Country Ham fame at private gigs around the county before gaining world wide fame at the Saturday Farmers' Markets on the Square, dons his apron preparing his food stand this morning. He'll have breakfast ready - by now - and those specialty items he's become known for: which include Hamburgers, Shoulder, and, today, Tenderloin. Several other food stands are mixed in among the Buy, Sell, Swap, and Trade Day. Along with the food and the merchandise, Swapping - Swapping Tales with Friends at one of Adair County's great traditions. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The GR Kruzers RUN-devous has food on the way 2013-09-02 - 413 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The Breakfast Shift at the Adair County Jaycees Food booth had breakfast well under way this morning before 7amCT, Labor Day, the day of the huge Green River Kruzers RUN-devous Car, Tractor, and Bike Show. Official start time for the free event is 8amCT. Above Fay Davidson, Jamie Hadley, and Harriet Hadley had biscuit baking before 7amCT to be ready for the big crowd expected today. At right, one of Fay Davidson's three Nu-Wave ovens has 15 biscuits baking and browning the way South Central Kentuckians like them. At around 11amCT, the ovens will see duty as BBQ grills. Steak will bake for some Cuban Salad - but may or may not be sold to the hungry, famished public - it's now owing to what mood they're in - but they may cave to public pressure, regardless. For sure there's breakfast in the morning, hamburgers and hot dogs in the evening, and hot and cold drinks all day. - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Terry Moore is here. Buy, Sell, Swap & Trade is underway 2013-09-02 - 100 Quadrant, Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Terry Moore, was one of the first exhibitors to set up shop for Buy, Sell, Swap, & Trade this morning on the Public Square, Downtown Columbia. His familar Edgewood green topped booths wil have crafts and other merchandise from Edgewood for sale, and will be have popular Mark Twain Shriner's Club Kosair handouts in an adjoining booth. The photo was taken while lots of folks were sleeping in, before 7amCT, this Labor Day Monday morning, September 2, 2013, as the booths were sprouting up around the Square. BSST day is open 8amCT-3pmCT. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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