2011 Adair Co. Band: Triumph again Eagle Classic 2011-09-18 - Eastern High School, Louisville, KY - Photo Doyle Lloyd, AdairBand .com. Adair Band Director Tom Case talks with members after a superb preliminary performance, just a hint of the sensational presentation of this year's program, "Caged," - just good enough to give ACHS the Grand Championship, the top award! That's all!!! -SHARMARIE CLAIBORNE Seen in the ColumbiaMagazine group on Flickr. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Miss Tillie, with definite Knifley, KY attributes 2011-09-18 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen. Matilda Ann Waggener is satisfied being securely held by her Mema, Linda Waggener of Columbia, KY. It looks like she's going to keep her Chelf eyes, and we remember, a favorite aunt in the Chelf family, the late Stella Chelf Cooley Neagle, a Knifley, KY, native, favored the pen name, Tillie, for many of her writings. Maybe Tillie will be a writer, too. She's a super communicator, already, and she hasn't even graduated high school! -GRANDAD, Ed Waggener. To read one of CM's all time favorite reprints, by Stella Chelf Neagle - though not using the Tillie pen name - click ReadMore with this photo. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

One of the Grevans, incognito at Slugger Field 2011-09-18 - Louisville, KY - Photo by Pen. A great disguise. Grandparents back in Columbia are pretty sure it is one of the Grevans - Graham or Evan - but can't be sure. Graham and Evan, soon to be big brothers, are the grandchildren of Linda and Ed Waggener of Columbia, KY and Kay and Ken Smith of Russell, KY. The photo was taken at Slugger Field in Louisville, KY, with Louisville skyline in the background. -GRANDAD Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lynwood Montell at Kentuckians Reading Kentuckians 2011-09-18 - 203 Spout Springs Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by George Kolbenschlag. Well-known folklorist and emeritus professor of folk studies at WKU, Dr. Lynwood Montell, read from some of the nineteen books he has authored on local Kentucky life and culture at Saturday's "Kentuckians Reading Kentuckians" book readings at the Giles House, 203 Spout Springs Road, Columbia, KY near the Village of Knifley Above Green River Territory of Adair County. The reading is an annual event sponsored by the Giles Society. About 25 people gathered for the readings by 18 Kentucky authors. George Kolbenschlag, Saturday, September 17, 2011. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

We need a good home 2011-09-18 - Bliss, KY - Photo by owner. Two pretty precious pups available to good homes. We received this photo, with only the caption "We need a good home," on late Saturday, September 2011, night, at 7:16pmCT, hours past bedtime. We're posting this morning before a lot of folks get up. We expect additional information from Marsha Walker on how to claim one. For First Dibs, you might find her at the Columbia United Methodist Church, 202 Burkesville ST, Downtown Columbia, KY, this Sunday morning. It'll do you a world of good, whether you get a pup or not. If you missed that opportunity, contact Vicki Miller at 270-378-1086. -EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Berdina Carpenter reads from her book at Spout Springs 2011-09-18 - 203 Spout Springs Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by George Kolbenschlag. Retired Kentucky Baptist minister Berdina Carpenter read from her book about rural Kentucky preachers at the Saturday, September 17, 2011, "Kentuckians Reading Kentuckians" book readings at the historic Giles House, 203 Spout Springs Road, Columbia, KY. Reverend Carpenter brought lots of laughter from the 25 listeners at her morning reading. The program included 18 Kentucky authors and was an all-day event. The annual event is sponsored by the Giles Society Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Goldenrod at peak 2011-09-18 - Taylor Ford and Will Booher RD, Adair Co., KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Goldenrod is at its peak in Adair County. This scene is from Taylor Ford Road in Northeast Adair County. That's the Radio Purdy - the WKYU repeater they call Somerset) tower in the background. Goldenrod and ironweed dominate the fall flower scene in Kentucky this weekend. Kentucky was the first state, according to Wikipedia (Wikipedia: Goldenrod), to make the plant its official state flower, on March 16, 1926. It is also the state flower of Nebraska and South Carolina. The entry also says some herbal medicine practitioners use the plant in a traditional kidney tonic. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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