Kentucky Color: Is there dark secret in Hemlock Cove? 2012-02-01 - South Adair Co., near Inroad, KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. Beautiful, deep dark mysterious: "One can't help but believe that a land, dark, deep, and mysterious lies behind the sun drenched Hemlock draped over Burn's Creek," Billy Joe Fudge says of this seldom seen natural treasure in Adair County in Greater Inroad, South Adair County in District 3, off Fairplay Road/Kentucky 704, Columbia, KY. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

New reading materials at Col. William Casey Elementary School 2012-01-31 - Col. Wm. Casey School, 220 Gen. John Adair DR, Columbia, KY - Photo by Pamela Phipps. Enjoying New Magazines at CWC Media CenterJavier Duncan, Landry Noble, and Berto Soto enjoy the new winter magazines which First & Farmers National Bank sponsors for Colonel William Casey Elementary Students. New subscriptions include Dirt Rider, Dirt Wheels, and Zoo books. Pamela Phipps, Librarian, Colonel William Casey Elementary School Media Center. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mayor Harris, Judge Melton sign Ag Stewardship proclamation 2012-01-31 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. CJE Ann Melton and Mayor Mark Harris seated signed proclamation declaring February 2012 as Ag Stewardship Month in Columbia/Adair County, KY. At the signing were local agriculture leaders, from left, Adair County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources Nick Roy, David Hutchison, Chairman of the Extension Board; Kirby Hancock, Chairman of the Extension Council; Jason Miller, District Conservationist, NRCS and Adair County Conservation District; and Danny Wilkerson, representing the Adair County Farm Bureau Board. The signing took place Tuesday morning, January 31, 2012. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Metcalfe Countians in Oroville, CA, ca 1936 2012-01-31 - Oroville, California - Photo from collection of Patti Reed. Metcalfe County enclave in Golden State; This favorite old photo is of mostly Metcalfe Countians who were inCalifornia in about 1936. From left Russell Leftwich, Welby Sandidge, an Anderson couple from Cave Ridge, little Donald Sandidge, Dasye Leftwich Wangelin,and her husband Henry Wangelin. Mr. Wangelin was the only one in the photo not from the Cave Ridge area; he was born in Germany. All were residents except Russell Leftwich, who was visiting his sister. Donald Sandidge, the little boy, now lives in Summer Shade, KY, following a career as an engineer in Huntsville, Alabama. . Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Life size statue of Jesus 2012-01-31 - Burchett Cemetery, 67 Burchett Cemetery Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. A life size statue of Jesus is a dominant figure in the Burchett Cemetery. It's part of the commemoration for Donnie Lee and Gail Lynn Melson. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

CJE Melton, Mayor Harris proclaim Wear Red Day 2012-01-31 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Adair County County Judge Executive Ann Melton and Columbia Mayor Mark Harris signed a proclamation declaring Friday, February 3, 2012, as National Wear Red Day to raise awareness that Heart Disease is the Number 1 killer of women. The proclamation is a Intrepid Home Health "Paint the Town Red" event. With the CJE and Mayor for the signing were Shannon Bryant, R.N., clinical supervisor for Intrepid Home Health, and Anabelle Burkett, BSW, Account Executive for Intrepid. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Favorite Old Postcard: L & N Depot, Campbellsville, KY 2012-01-31 - S. Central & MLK Aves., Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Larry Smith. Larry Smith said, "The L & N Deport in Campbellsville is from the railroad era, when regular train service to Campbellsville and Greensburg set them apart from railroad wannabes Columbia, Edmonton, Burkesville, Tompkinsville, and Russell Springs. This deport is located at the corner of Martin Luther King Avenue and Central Avenue." The postcard is from several decades ago. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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