Levelization for CVS: Still a high hill, April 22, 2012 2012-04-22 - from 712 Russell Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The Levelization of Jamestown Hill to make way for the new CVS Pharmacy Building continues apace, but from the Community Trust Bank/Taylor Co. S&L/Dairy Chick/Raymond Watson/Jesse Keith location on Russell Road, the Darrell Young Homeplace Hill is still stands tall, just in case anyone thought they might be able to see clean across the Five Star to Grade Hill from here by now. According to historian Ol' Joe Barbee, Levelization of Columbia, a movement making it more and more like Waco and less and less like Pikeville, began in earnest with the Caterpillar Bulldozer owned by the late Walker McKinley, and Joe Russell Barbee's Backhoe. "Back then," Ol' Joe said, "Walker McKinley had the only bulldozer, and Russell's backhoe was the only one in the county. Now everybody's got a bulldozer, and there must be 100 backhoes around." The photo was taken Sunday morning, April 22, 2012, just for the record; and just for the record, the little Harris Barber Shop building became a pile of rubble this past week. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The KTC Russell Creek Bridge Project, April 21, 2012 2012-04-22 - Liberty Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Traffic was moved over to the new bridge floor in the Russell Creek Bridge project on Kentucky 206 this past week. Sidewalk superintendency reports are that project is going smoothly. The bridge is on a stretch of creek between the Mighty Russell's confluence with Sulphur Creek, above the bridge to the left, in photo, and very short but rambunctuous at times Bull Run Creek, below the bridge or to the right in the photo.KY Highway 3491, foreground, is Green Hills Road. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Juvenile Robin 2012-04-22 - Photo by Pen. A 2012 Spring Youngster, a Juvenile Robin, is making itself known on a porch rail in Shelby County, KY. For more on the birds habits, see All About Birds: American Robin Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Coffee and a Book 2012-04-22 - Photo by Pen. A classic cappucino, plus The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict, the latest book in Trenton Lee Stewart's Mysterious Benedict Society series for young readers. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

(Ad) 2012 Art in the Alley: Saturday, May 19, 2012 9am-4pmCT 2012-04-22 - Greensburg, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, CM. 8th Annual Art in the Alley will be Saturday, May 19, 2012 The 8th annual Art in the Alley Festival will be held 9am-4pmCT/10am-5pmET, Saturday, May 19, 2012, from just off the downtown square in Historic Greensburg, KY, in the Alley which runs between Snappy Tomato Pizza, 106 W Court Street and ends at the Police Station, 105 W. Hodgenville Avenue. The event features local artisans exhibiting and selling their work. For more information call Mimi Moore at 270-299-6760 or email L.fields@greensburgonline.com. -Diane Hall Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Hung at Ol' Joe's BBQ: A Circle R menu 2012-04-22 - 824 Campbellsville Road, Columbia, KY - Photo from the collection of Charles & Yvonne Marshall. When Kingburgers at CR were 45 cents: There's no date on the framed menu, but the prices were right reasonable at the Circle R then. The framed menu in the gallery of historic photos, a regular picture museum at Ol' Joe's BBQ, featured the Circle R's famous doubledecker Kingburgers for 45 cents. Those fabulous Steakburger plate lunches were 80 cents, and cold drinks and bottomless cups of coffee, 10 cents. The original recipe Kingburgers are still sold at the Circle R. Ol' Joe's just completed another busy two day run, with the crew resting up in the aftermath, briefly, before getting ready for their next Friday-Saturday opening, Derby Weekend, Friday-Saturday, May 4-5, 2012. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Casey Co., KY - House on US 127 2012-04-22 - US 127 S., Liberty KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. This beautiful house, the home of Liberty insurance agency owner Mike Beard, is a striking trip marker for travelers on US 127. On an early spring 2012 day, with storm clouds as a background, it made an even grander statement. It's located 5.4 miles south of Liberty, KY, a little north of Dunnville, KY. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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