2011 Walmart Veterans Appreciation Breakfast 2011-11-12 - 411 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Frost was on Windshields in Adair County Friday morning, but that didn't stop Veteran Jim Smallwood from riding his motorcycle 10 miles into town for the Walmart Veterans Appreciation Breakfast on Friday, November 11, 2011. Though he's lived here and known about the breakfast for 10 years, this is the first one he's ever attended. Smallwood is a member of the Kentucky Patriot Guard Riders and was riding out Saturday with Joe Hare for a PGR tribute in Elizabethtown. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

2011 Fall Deer Hunt: John Luke's first antlered Buck 2011-11-12 - Bliss, KY - Photo by Terry Partin. John Luke Partin took his first ever Antlered Buck deer early Saturday morning, November 12, 2011, on his home farm at Bliss, KY. The Monster three pointer had damaged numerous trees this fall. John Luke is the 10 year old son of John Ray and Karen Partin. -TERRY PARTIN Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Austin, IN: A sign which meant Adair Co., KY pay checks 2011-11-12 - Austin, IN - Photo from collection of Marshall Chelf. Many in Adair County, KY can remember when this sign and this plant meant paychecks for Adair Countians who found work there in the 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s. The photo above is the face of a postcard discovered in the collection of the late Knifley, KY general store operator Marshall Chelf by his nephew, Bob Chelf. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Big Payoff this week for Jason Curry's Weekly Reader program 2011-11-12 - JAIS, 202 Gen. John Adair School, Columbia, KY - Photo by Alan W. Reed. Adair Schools photo. Mr. Jason Curry, Social Studies Teacher at JAIS, had a real payoff this week, more than justifying his long use of Weekly Reader lessons as a study tool. On Friday, November 11, 2011, the Veteran's Day featured Adair County native Dakota Myer, an accomplishment almost the equal of watching the President presenting the Congressional Medal of Honor to Dakota Meyer. For those who remember it from childhood and love Weekly Reader as I do, this is the equivalent of seeing Dakota Meyer selected as Time Magazine Man of the Year. (Which he deserves.) - ALAN REED Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

2011 Walmart Veterans Day Lunch: The pledge of allegiance 2011-11-11 - VFW Hall, 413 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Walmart Manager Carla Thomas, with members of the VFW Color Guard, Galen Campbell, Stanley Johnson, Ron Holt, Johnnie Biggs, and Ron Holt at attention, in front, saluting and veterans and visitors crossing their hearts or saluting during the pledge. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

BoA Preliminaries, Indianapolis, Nov. 10, 2011 2011-11-11 - Indianapolis, IN - Photo by Doyle Lloyd, adairband.com. Bands of America Preliminaries: Adair Band color guard member Rachel Phipps performs at Bands of America preliminary competition at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN, on November 10, 2011. Seen in the ColumbiaMagazine group on Flickr. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Cayce Bunch wins Edmonton Christmas parade name contest 2011-11-11 - Edmonton, KY - Photo by Gaye Shaw. Cayce Bunch, 6, above won the "Name the Metcalfe County Christmas Parade Theme" Contest. She is the daughter of Wayne and Teresa Bunch. The Christmas parade will be Saturday, December 10, 2011. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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