Epicurean Kentuckian: Blackberries 2011-04-30 - Photo by Pen. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mayor Hardwick: Cleanup tradition started in his tenure 2011-04-30 - 116 Campbellville ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Former Columbia Mayor Curtis Hardwick has volunteered for PRIDE Spring Cleanup for almost every one - except for a time when he was an official in Frankfort in the Fletcher administration - and is helping this morning. The Spring cleanup tradition started in his tenure as Mayor; he remembers only that it was during his second administration. Hardwick won the mayoral position three times. He resigned in his third term to take a high ranking position with the Kentucky Department of Highways. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Burtons help with PRIDE cleanup every year 2011-04-30 - 116 Campbellsville ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Junior Burton and his six-year old son Grady, a student at Colonel Wm. Casey School, were among the first to show up for the Columbia 2011 PRIDE Clean up. Mayor Harris noted that they are two of most dedicated volunteers. "They're here every year," he said. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Beautiful Spring, 2011: Sandy Janes' clematis 2011-04-30 - E. Fortune ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Neighbood brightener: Just a bit over one block from the historic Adair County Courthouse is one of the community's prettiest sights: Sandy Janes' clematis, climbing up an old dinner bell in her backyard. Husband Kenneth Janes said that the plant is pretty every year, but never so much as this year. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Columbia 2011 PRIDE Spring Clean Up: Instructions 2011-04-30 - 116 Campbellsville ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Columbia Street Department employee Tim Smith, right gives a pointer or two to Chief of Columbia Police Chief Jason Cross, left as Mayor Mark Harris observes. Among the Saturday, April 30, 2011 volunteers are a large number of city officials and employees. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Columbia 2011 PRIDE Spring Cleanup: New Life 2011-04-30 - Photo by Ed Waggener. Anna Noyola and her son Gabriel, worked their sign up station a large group from Campbellsville, KY's New Life Church of God of Holiness Youth Group. Ms. Noyola is the youth director. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Columbia 2011 Spring PRIDE cleanup off to great start 2011-04-30 - 116 Campbellsville ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Part of the crowd in the parking lot behind City Hall this morning, at around 9amCT. The turnout has been really big, buoyed by Columbians, a heavy turnout from Lindsey Wilson College, and even one group from the Campbellsville, KY, the New Life Church of God and Holiness youth group. They're getting ready now, fortified with an energy pickup of doughnuts and orange juice. Then they will fan out across the community, clean up the town, and return for a cookout in the parking lot at 11amCT. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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