Lindsey Wilson from 90 feet above Merchant Street 2012-02-18 - Merchant Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by David Taylor. Resident Student Safety at Lindsey Wilson College's High Rise Residence Halls, was a primary reason for the purchase of the Columbia/Adair County Fire Department's Ladder One, when then Mayor Patrick R. Bell and the Columbia City Council accepted the bid of Sutphen Corporation for the area's first aerial ladder truck at a Special Called City Council Meeting, which began at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 23, 2004, in City Hall (Story: 'A Great Day for Columbia,' Mayor Bell says as aerial ladder truck ok'ed). Use of the truck at Lindsey Wilson, top of photo, has never been necessary, so far, but if it ever were, and it saved just one life, the $747,605 cost would be more than worth it, untold multiple times over. The photo shows another structure, nationally famous Begley Chapel, top left, where the truck would greatly help were a fire to occur. David Taylor took advantage of a flag flying exercise to take this aerial view of Columbia from the trucks position on Merchant Street. In the center can be seen the Columbia Christian Church and to its right, Grissom-Martin Funeral Home.Lower left is the Columbia/Adair County Fire Department headquarters; just above it, the Adair County Judicial Center. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Ladder One flies huge new American Flag 2012-02-18 - Merchant Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by David Taylor. A huge special occasions United States Flag was displayed in exercises on Merchant Street on Friday, February 17, 2012. The 15x25 ft. flag was the brainchild of Adair County Fireman Terry Moore. Above, it hangs some 90 feet over Merchant Street. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Redear Sunfish: Epicurean of freshwater version of escargot 2012-02-17 - Salato Wildlife Center, Frankfort, KY - Photo by Pen. The fish with a kindly Winston Churchill face like that of a favorite bulldog, unless you are a snail or mussel, or other aquatic being with an exoskeleton when this fish has the countenance of your end time - it has likely come to eat you. Redear Sunfish are like bluegills except they are a little better and have rouge or red ear shaped gill lining, They are found throughout Kentucky and epicurean delights, themselves, as panfish - fileted, lightly coated in cornmeal, fried, and served with cornbread or hushpuppies, slaw, greens, corn on the cob, rice and beans or french fries, hot black coffee or fresh brewed iced tea, and blackberry cobbler. This one, above, at the Salato WIldlife Center, is off limits, living the fish equivalent of Secretariat "retired" at stud. Salato WIldlife Center is named for a beloved Columbia, Adair County, KY physician, Dr. James C. Salato, for whom the Adair County Health Department building at 801 Westlake Drive, Columbia, KY, is also named. - Ed Waggener Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Bald Eagle 2012-02-17 - Salato Wildlife Center, Frankfort, KY - Photo by Pen. The Salato Wildlife Education Center is open for another season as of February 14. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Water with Lemon 2012-02-17 - Photo by Pen. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: The Great Backyard Bird Count underway 2012-02-17 - Holmes Bend. - Photo by Kathy Powell. Last year, on the first Day of the Great Backyard Bird Count on Friday, February 18, 2011, Kathy Powell sent this photo of her busy bird feeders with Northern Cardinals, an American Goldfinch, and a hard to see Red-Bellied Woodpecker, On that first day, Adair County, Kentucky kicked off the Count, highly successful for Adair County, with the community No. 1 in the Nation at 8:25pmCT, Friday, February 18, 2011. Please send your GBBC Birds of Kentucky Submissions using any Contact/Submit button. Seen in the ColumbiaMagazine group on Flickr. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Heather Spoon describes Adair Schools Vendor Miser program 2012-02-17 - Adair County School District, 1204 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Heather Spoon, Director of Lindsey Wilson College's Energy Career Technology Academy, explained one of the programs which involves students throughout the system in just one of the energy saving programs underway at the school, the installation of the Vending Miser devices on vending machines in the school. The device automatically senses when no one is in the area and shuts down the machines compressors, saving electrical usage after school, on weekends, during vacations. Already, the District is realizing some $20,000 per year in energy cost savings, but the program is educating a new generation starting with pre-schoolers. Director Spoon also spoke on the ECTA's partnership with Newcomb Oil Company to give waste cooking oil to the ECTA's biodiesel production, and about new skills being learned by ECTA High School, who can now build solar panels right here in Adair County. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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