Whitney Rodgers is 2012 Miss Edmonson Co. Fair 2012-09-11 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Monica Shuffett. Whitney Paige Rodgers is crowned the 2012 Miss Edmonson County Fair. She will represent Edmonson County in January at the State Fair Pageant. Whitney is the daughter of Larry and Tandy Rodgers of Columbia, KY. She also holds the title of 2012 Miss Adair County. - Monica Shuffett Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Color: Dug Hill, KY 704, now tamed 2012-09-11 - Above Inroad, District 3, Columbia, KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. Months long project -After several months of drilling, moving, removing, blasting and reshaping, the taming of Dug Hill is complete. - Billy Joe Fudge Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Adair County awarded Work Ready in Progress status 2012-09-11 - Frankfort, KY - Photo from Columbia/Adair Chamber of Commerce. Sue C. Stivers, Executive Director, Columbia-Adair County Economic Development Authority and Chamber of Commerce, center, foreground, and Crystal Gibson, Chairman Work Ready Communities Review Panel, gray suit, to Ms. Stivers' left hold the prestigious "Work Ready Community in Progress Certificate" awarded to Columbia/Adair County by Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear on Thursday, September 6, 2012 in Frankfort, KY. At Ms. Stivers right, foreground, is Ron Heath, past President of C/AC Chamber of Commerce and the man who was instrumental in writing an all important "Soft Skills" section of the application. Others are, back row, from left Darel McGaha, Associate Director Workforce Development; Doug McCammish, Chairman of Columbia Adair County Economic Development Authority; Columbia Mayor Mark D. Harris; Principal Troy Young of Adair County High School; Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton; Robert Curry, Kentucky Economic Development Cabinet. Joseph U. Meyer, Secretary, Kentucky Education & Workforce Investment Board; Ed Holmes, Chairman, Kentucky Workforce Investment Board; and Tom West, Executive Director, Kentucky Workforce Investment Board. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Coach Finley to be inducted into CU Hall of Fame posthumously 2012-09-11 - Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. CU Photo. Campbellsville University President Michael V. Carter, left, welcomed retired head football coach Ron Finley to one of the last CU football games he was able to attend before his death. Campbellsville University will induct members of the 1987 and 1888 football teams and former head coach Ron Finley into the CU Athletics Hall of Fame at halftime of the Tigers' game against Bethel University Saturday, at 7pmET/6pmCT, September 15, 2012, at Finley Stadium, 204 Tiger Way, Campbellsville, KY. Finley, who coached the Tigers as interim head coach in their start-up junior varsity in 1987, went on to serve as the program's head coach from 1988 to 2002. - Linda Waggener Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Art students create mural for ACHS hallway 2012-09-11 - ACHS, 526 Indian Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Debra Wimmer. Students in Mrs. Wimmer's ACHS Art II class produced the mural above, which now hangs in the hallway of the school lobby. The students, listed in alphabetical order are: Shauna Akin, Isaiah Bryant, Chris Burks, Cassie Burton, Chad Davis, Alan Godsey, Jayce Grant, Sammy Jo Kemp, Sam Kern, Destiny Mardis, Blake Maupin, Elizabeth McGaha, Sarah McQuaide, Lucas Myers, Marina Otine, Anna Parson, Collin Pendleton, John Perry Farrah Phillips, Kelsey Pyles, Kelsie Redmon, Jessie Sanchez, Kirsten Scott, Cynthia Smith, Aaran Taylor, Maria Valadez, Tim Watson, Kayla Wood, Destiny Wright, Miranda Wright. - Debra Wimmer Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sample copy of new KY licenses coming to Russell Co., KY 2012-09-11 - 410 Monument Circle, Jamestown, KY - Photo from Amber Hale. A sample of the new Kentucky Drivers License which will be issued from the office Russell County Court Clerk Lisha Popplewell after installation of new camera and software equipment on Monday, September 17, 2012. Driver's licenses sales will be suspended that day. Later in the fall, the licenses, in appropriate cases, may carry the words "Veteran" and/or "Organ Donor." The licenses will still be $20. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Chad Davis creates anti-smoking poster at ACHS 2012-09-11 - ACHS, 526 Indian Drive, Columbia KY - Photo from Debra Wimmer. 11th grade Adair County High School student, Chad Davis, created this anti-smoking poster. It hangs in the downstairs hall of the high school. It's part of the observance of Art Education Week in Kentucky. - Debra Wimmer Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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