CIMA: Champion of the Arts, Junior Stotts 2012-01-08 - 203 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Columbia Businessman, construction magnate, counsel to governors, bankers, and oil tycoons Junior Stotts, left can now be called a champion of the arts - and Downtown Columbia - when he facilitated the relocation of the Columbia Institute of Music and Arts to his Madison Square complex on Burkesville Street. Above, he was chatting with CIMA founder David Isaacs about his planned acquisition of a piano. CIMA was originally scheduled to open on top of Jamestown Hill, but Providence stepped in, and impediments seen as time consuming obstacles resulted in the school opening in what might be the one only better place in town: Downtown, still within Walking Distance of Lindsey Wilson College. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Fat bird gave us laughs 1 year ago 2012-01-08 - Snake Creed Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Hunter Crowe. Peggy Spoon sent this photo by her grandson, Hunter Crowe, last year, during one of the snows which hit us then. It was posted February 10, 2012, with this question, "Can a bird eat too much?" and this critique, "Pretty good for his first bird photo." It was, and it's posted today to remind everyone that birdwatching is fun, and that great bird photographs can be taken by those just getting started. And it's a reminder not to overthink the activity and spoil it. For CM, appreciating the birds is another way to enjoy South Central Kentucky, whether your skills are limited to knowing a bird from a burrito, or you've got a PhD in ornithology: It's to be enjoyed. -CM. Seen in the ColumbiaMagazine group on Flickr. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

CIMA: Nobody laughed when he would begin to play 2012-01-08 - CIMA, 203 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. But this wasn't his instrument. Galen Campbell is widely known throughout Adair County now for his leadership in veterans affairs, and, now, as the main construction and logistics man for TMCC. But unless you are from the Chicago area, you may not remember that the retired Windy City policeman was a fine musician. But the white Grand Piano, in the ensembles class room at the new location for CIMA - Columbia Institute of Music and Art - is not his instrument. He's merely steadying it before he and Elby Burton position on the floor. He is a guitarist, and once had his own Chicagoland Band, Galen Campbell and the Carrot-Tops. CIMA is set to open at 10amCT, Monday, January 9, 2012, according to David Isaacs. A note: "They laughed" for younger folks, is from one of the most famous newspaper ads of all times, John Caples series of highly successful long-copy newspaper print ads which all started, "They Laughed when I sat down at the piano, but when I began to play . . . " for the U.S. School of Music of New York City. To see an example, click to Example at Powerwriting.com Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: A titmouse in the backyard 2012-01-08 - Beautiful Joppa, Adair Co., KY - Photo by Maury E. Lewis. Bird Feeders are Out I finally got around to hanging my bird feeders. Notice the bird waiting in the tree for me to leave. There is a Titmouse on the suet ball stuck in the tree to the right. It won't be long till the Great Backyard Bird Count begins. Can we count on you and your family this year. The Adair County Garden Club is making the gourmet suet balls on the 12th of January so they will be good and fresh. I have already gone through several this year. If you would like to purchase some for your birds please contact a garden club member. $3.00 for a one pound ball. If you want to make an order you can call Maury Lewis at 270-634-2092 and leave a message. -MAURY E. LEWIS Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Cumberland Co., KY: A beacon in the night 2012-01-08 - Amandaville, Cumberland Co., KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. It's only a concept picture - I'll leave the museum quality work to more professional, more patient photographers, but Linda and I couldn't help but notice the light belfry at the Amandaville Christian Church Saturday night, January 7, 2012, exploring again beautiful Kentucky Scenic Highway 704. It's a familiar route for most of us, but it's not hard to conjure imaginings of things that go bump in the night along the way: There are stretches where only the occasional farmstead light assures one that the fiercesome creatures: the bears and the wild and big cats - cohabit the land with humans. It was especially reassuring to see the belfry light. Don't know whether it's a tradition or an innovation, but surely the cents per night cost of the kilowatts is worth it. In the adaptive lyrics of the hymn: Let the upper lights keep burning, send a beam across the land is symbol for this and other resilient communities which never give up. -ED WAGGENER Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

New Life and New Look to Downtown Area 2012-01-07 - CIMA, 203 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. CIMA, the Columbia Institute of Music and Art, will be on a whole new campus when it opens, tentatively on Monday, January 9, 2012, at 10amCT, in new quarters in the Madison Square, 203 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY. Move in of instruments and furniture was taking place Saturday, utilizing both the services of Galen Campbell for general moving work and the specialty piano moving skills of Elby Burton. CIMA's Madison Square suite will offer voice, instrument and Mandarin Chinese and Korean language instruction. Musical instruments be be sold at the location, and the private offices of TMCC, (True Men Coming to Columbia), a company with Nashville, Hong Kong, and mainland Chinese business ties, will be located within the large Madison Square complex. Closer to town, beyond the Chamber building, the white building in the of the photo, Thomas Construction of Russell Springs, KY, began a facelift to the Walker Building. All the area is within Walking Distance of Lindsey Wilson College. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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