About town: Bryan Caldwell and Johnny Vaughn 2012-01-05 - 275 Country Club Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Columbia Banker Bryan Caldwell, facing, and Adair County Real Estate Appraiser Johnny Vaughn were part of a large crowd enjoying lunch at Mulligan's at the Pines of Lindsey Wilson, Columbia, KY, today. Warmer weather is bringing more people out, Manager Mike Hamlett said. By coincidence, Tommy and Marsha Grider let us know that today is Bryan Caldwell's birthday. He's 43 today. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Charlene Walker will speak at MLK day, Somerset 2012-01-05 - Photo from Somerset Community College, Somerset, KY. Charlene Walker, Vice President for Multiculturalism and Inclusion at Bluegrass Community and Technical College, will be the guest speaker at the Somerset Community College Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration on Sunday, January 15, 2pmET/1pmCT, at First Baptist Church, 128 North Main Street, Somerset, KY Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Coalition wants to turn around diminishing support for schools 2012-01-05 - Photo Kentucky Education Action Team. A historic coalition of progressive Kentuckians has been formed to maintain public support for badly needed additional funding for the state's schools. ColumbiaMagazine.com has been reminded of developing efforts in Adair County by Adair School Board Chair Marsha Walker, Adair County Instructional Coordinator Phyllis Curry, and by Adair County Federal Programs Coordinator/ Media Relations Alan W. Reed. The charts above illustrate dramatic state funding cuts in major areas over this year and the past four school years. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Elizabeth Lodge project changing daily 2012-01-05 - Greenhills Road, Adair Co., KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. It's worth a lunch hour drive across GreenHills Road to see the activity underway at the construction site of the $4 million Elizabeth Lodge project, a Wabuck Development Project. Wabuck Development Company, Leitchfield, KY, a for-profit, mission-driven corporation, founded by Garry D. Watkins. The project is being built on acreage bought from Wendell Rainwater. Columbia real estate agent Tommy Grider handled the transaction. The target date for occupancy of the 32 unit residential complex is October, 2012. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Churches: Coffey's Chapel, Eli, Russell Co., KY 2012-01-05 - Eli, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Coffey's Chapel United Methodist Church, downtown Eli, KY. The pastor is Laura Harris. - Linda Waggener Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Old Adair newspaper page with Rowe's X Roads news 2012-01-05 - Adair County, KY. - Photo from the Collection of Judge Scott Lawless. Judge Scott Lawless sent this photo of an inside page of an old Adair County News paper. In the third column, headed Rowe X Roads, is the account of the Weed Old Soldiers Reunion. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Happy Anniversary: Alan and Beth VanArsdale 2012-01-05 - Columbia, KY - Photo from VanArsdale family album. Happy 19th Anniversary to my Husband Alan VanArsdale! - Love you lots, Beth Sponsored Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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