Adair County's First Tennis Tournament - 1976 2011-10-22 - Columbia, KY - Photo -from Daily Statesman newspaper. Adair County's First Tennis Tournament: "In June of 1976 some local "bush league" tennis aficionados organized and played in Adair County's First Tennis tournament. "Those were the days my friend; we thought they'd never end" according to Mary Hopkins and me," writes Billy Joe Fudge, with this scrapbook clipping from a Columbia, KY, Daily Statesman of 35 years ago. The newspaper was published at 108 N. Reed Street, with printing plant on Jamestown Street, where some 15 other newspapers, shoppers, and county seat newspapers in Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee were published at the time. (At the time, the company, which employed some 100 people, printed a four day a week Daily Statesman, a weekly Adair County News, and a weekly shopper, The Early Bird, just for Adair County, KY.) Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Thanksgiving Dinner assured for Bliss, KY hunter's family 2011-10-22 - Bliss, Adair Co., KY - Photo by Terry Partin. Fall Turkey season opened Saturday morning, October 22, and young hunter John Luke Partin was out in search of a bird for Thanksgiving dinner - and got it! . John Luke is the son of John Ray and Karen Partin of the Bliss community. -TERRY PARTIN Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Jason Rector, Gabriel Smith install wireless router 2011-10-22 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Alan W. Reed. Adair Schools photo. Computer technicians Jason Rector (on ladder) and Gabriel Smith install a wireless router in the FFA shop at ACHS. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Historic Adair Co. Courthouse: Suggestion sign promoting tourism 2011-10-22 - 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo ColumbiaMagazine.com photo sign enhanced by by Wayfaring Stranger. The Wayfaring Stranger sent this suggestion for the local Tourism Commission, Fiscal Court, and local Boards off Trade. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Governor Beshear with former Adair CJE Richard Walker 2011-10-22 - 415 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Governor Steve Beshear, with former Adair County Judge Executive Richard Walker, who introduced Governor Beshear at the noon time political event organized by the Adair County Democratic Women's Club on October 20, 2011. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Ben Loy kickoff speaker at rally for Gov. Beshear 2011-10-22 - 415 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Adair County Democratic Party Chair Ben Loy welcomed Governor Steve Beshear and recognized visiting dignitaries to the rally for Governor Beshear at the Fairgrounds on Thursday. At left is Curt Yarberry, one of many standing around the edges of the packed and overflowing Adair County Jaycees Pavilion. Loy also has the distinction of being the first person to vote on the absentee voting machine in the Adair Annex, which, for a moment, put Democrat Steve Beshear at least briefly ahead in the voting in heavily Republican Adair County, with the tally at that moment: Governor Beshear 1; Independent Gatewood Galbraith 0; and Republican David Williams 0. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Allen Abrell and Steven Smith study with microscopes 2011-10-21 - ACES, 870 Indian DR, Columbia, Ky - Photo by Alan W. Reed. Adair Schools photo. ACES Science Project Lab partners Allen Abrell, left, and Steven Smith, discover the amazing world of microscopic life. Campbellsville University biology professor Alicia Bocela was in Ms. Rachel Bardin's sixth grade science class to explain how to use different types of microscopes and how to make their own slides. Students observed microscopic plant cells and other objects. -ALAN W. REED Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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