Epicurean Kentuckian: Cucumber Salad 2012-02-05 - Photo by Pen. Cucumbers, tomatoes, and feta, topped with extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice and zest, and tons of Italian parsley. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Color: Black Shale Retaining wall on Crocus Creek 2012-02-05 - Inroad, South Adair Co, KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge, Retired District Forester, KY State Division of Forestry. Great Wooded South and Kentucky Color Columnnist Billy Joe Fudge just refound this 400 ft. long black shale, dry stacked retaining wall built along the eastern bank of Crocus Creek in the Republican School area at Inroad, KY. He remembered seeing it on fishing trips as a boy, but it was a delightful surprise to find it intact several decades later, with a whole career in forestry in between the sightings. He wonders if it is the only one of its kind, anywhere. The rock shelf along the creek bank is black shale, too. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sweetness' Autographed, Game Worn Jersey: $5,000 2012-02-05 - Super Bowl Village, Indianapolis, IN - Photo by Big Al, the Big Rig Trucker. Big Al writes, "This is a game worn autographed jersey on sale in Indy at the Super Bowl Village for the low price of $5000! Walter played his entire 13 year career for da Chicago Bears. Big Al is close friends with the Payton family and Sweetness' mom told me yesterday that she never believed the amazing feats that her son accomplished on the gridiron made him a hero. She has always told me that Walter was not a hero, that he was just blessed with an extraordinary talent." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Owens Bros. - Big Al & Son Wichita - Report team at Lucas Oil 2012-02-05 - Lucas Oil Stadium, 500 S. Capitol, Indianapolis, IN - Photo By Big Al & Wichita. The hottest writing team in Indianapolis today Big Al, the Big Rig Trucker, left, and Wichita Owens, his son, right outside of Lucas Oil Stadium, the site of today's Super Bowl action. They arrived in Indy yesterday, and found the town quite to their liking. The big report, on fantastic food at Bryan Shapiro's delicatessen on South Meridian, is due to arrive at CM world Headquarters within 24 hours. Big Al says Wichita was named after Dakota Meyer, before Dakota Meyer was famous. "We knew Dakota," he said, "when he was just a neat kid growing up in Columbia. We thought his name was really cool, and started to give Wichita the name 'Dakota,' but then we settled on 'Wichita.' It's a good name for a writer, don't you think?" Wichita is a sophomore at Campbellsville High School this year. The Owens took each other photo for this side-by-side. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

(Ad) Valentine Day gift at OKCC 2012-02-05 - OKCC, 2339 Campbellsville Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Rich Ollestad. Betty's OK Country Cooking, 2339 Campbellsville Road, Columbia, KY, will be giving away this basket to a lucky child on Valentine's Day, 2012. Children 12 and under are eligible to win. Customers can register their child or grandchild on each visit. -Rich Ollestad Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Owens Bros: Big Al & Son Wichita, on top of Super Bowl coverage 2012-02-05 - Super Bowl Village, Indianapolis, IN - Photo from Big Al Owens, the Big Rig Trucker. News from Indianapolis, Indiana is just now arriving at CM, from Big Al Owens, the big Rig Trucker, and his son Wichita. Big Al says they had the best day of the lives yesterday. Above, they had their picture taken at the Super Bowl Village, were they saw and talked with Jim Brown. Yesterday evening, they met another Indianapolis Celebrity, Bryan Shapiro, at his deli on South Meridian. Big Al says that Wichita will be posting a critique on the restaurant no later than tomorrow. Wichita is a sophomore at Campbellsville High School; he transferred from Adair County High this past fall. Stay tuned. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Whitey Shackelford and Jimmy Wentworth back at Lindsey Wilson 2012-02-05 - Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo. Lindsey Wilson College basketball alumni Edward "Whitey" Shackelford of Somerset, KY, left, and Jimmy Wentworth, also of Somerset, enjoyed the Saturday afternoon, February 4, 2012, Lindsey Wilson College vs. University of the Cumberlands of Williamsburg, KY men's basketball game at Biggers Sports Center. Both 1958 LWC alumni were teammates at the college then went separate ways to finish their college careers, but they played one another a couple times the following season - Shackelford for Union College in Barbourville, KY and Wentworth for Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, NC. LWC, ranked No. 8 in the NAIA, lost 77-76 to fall to 15-7 overall and 7-4 in the Mid-South Conference. LWC's next home game is against West Virginia Institute of Technology at 8pmCT on Thursday, February 9, 2012, at Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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