Pedestrian crossings a good start toward greater safety 2011-12-31 - Lindsey Wilson Street at Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Pedestrian Crossings: Crosswalks have been painted at several points on Lindsey Wilson Street. The ones above are on either side of Helen Flatt Drive, KY, a welcome start to improving pedestrian safety for students at Lindsey Wilson College. A sidewalk which now parallels Helen Flatt Drive in the right of the photo was poured just a few weeks ago, and makes foot traffic much less dangerous. Community and civic leaders are now hoping for additional safety measures, starting with crossings on Young Street, a state highway with a speed limit of 25 miles per hour but on which vehicles often travel at much higher speeds. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sports: Man seen in Notre Dame cap in Columbia, KY 2011-12-31 - Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Jeff Giles. Jeff Giles: captured this photo, this morning at McDonald's of Columbia, KY, with Dale Thomas, left, showing up in a Notre Dame cap, at right, appropriately attired, is K.I. Riddle. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Newest National Board Certified Teacher actually 14th 2011-12-31 - 1204 Greensburg Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Even better news than originally posted: When the photo on the left of Tobie Harmon, left in photo was posted, CM originally posted that she was the 13th teacher in the Adair County School Distict to achieve this high distinction. But when Brenda Mann sent a list of all the Board Certified Teachers, it was found that the number is even more impressive: Mrs. Harmon is the 14th National Board Certified Teacher in the system. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Color: Longhorns, old and new 2011-12-31 - Inroad, Fairplay Road, District 3, Adair County, KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. - Travis Coomer's little Longhorn herd at the bottom of "Dug Hill" on the Grace and Dewey Turner place is growing by leaps and bounds, whatever that means. Every few days there seems to be a new addition. The two white calves, right down to their blackish red ears, are carbon copies of their daddy who is standing in the background over by the old house. He seems to be admiring his family from afar. -Billy Joe Fudge, Retired District Forester, Kentucky Division of Forestry. If you go: If you'd like to drive by the farm, it's only 12 miles from the Historic Adair County Courthouse, 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY to Inroad via Jamestown Street and Fairplay Road/KY 704. Picnic snacks, bear and big cat reports, are available at the store Travis Coomer recently reopened in downtown Fairplay, KY. -CM Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lindsey Water Tower looks smaller, nearer 2011-12-30 - Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Jimmy Harper notices it each time he drives north on Jamestown Street. The Lindsey Wilson Water Tower appears larger, top photo at the Jamestown Street and Hurt Street Intersection light than it does one-tenth of a mile closer at the light at Jamestown Street and Russell Road. Something here for the kiddies to learn about optical science, just to learn about why the moon appears huge some days, and some days tiny, the same distance away. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Good watch dog available to good home 2011-12-30 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Bryan Caldwell. Free to a good home: Miixed breed female dog, 1 year old, has been spayed. Good watch dog, does not like cats. Call Bryan, 270-384-3347. - Bryan Caldwell Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Tawana Eastridge receives SCC scholarship 2011-12-30 - Photo from Somerset Community College. Tawana Laurane Eastridge of Campbellsville, KY, was awarded a Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary Scholarship to attend Somerset Community College. She plans to pursue a career as a physical therapist assistant. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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