Students, parents learn about college application process 2011-03-28 - Adair Co. Middle School, 322 Gen. John Adair DR., Columbia, KY - Photo by Debbie Bradshaw. Steve Parson, parent of Anna Parson, an eighth-grade student at Adair County Middle School, listens intently as Peggy Workman explains how students can achieve success at top colleges through advance preparation. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Grandfather Diaries: In 1959, before PCs commonplace 2011-03-27 - Old Gradyville RD, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. Being a diarist is in her DNA. Sharon Whitehurst uses the automatic records in her photos and on her PC. Her grandfather, in the simple days a half-century ago, did the same job with penned entries in a pocket ledger. His name was McKenzie Lewis, born in 1886 in the Adirondack hamlet of West Hague, NY. Sharon Whitehurst got her love of the seasons and country lore from him, she believes. She writes, "His handwriting and spelling were elementary, his jottings brief and practical." But they are cherished family histories how. It's a simple task to connect the dots, to fill in the blanks. "I can look at them today and whole episodes of my childhood are conjured from his simple journals." The journals told life's little triumphs, "Cow getting better," as well as its minor tribulations, "Broke chain on spreader." The little books are treasured keepsakes; but she's kind to today's ways. The grasp of 21st century technology is creating a modern archive of life as it is today in Adair County for those yet to come. That's important, she thinks. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Peonies past (2010) - Peonies present (2011) 2011-03-27 - Old Gradyville RD, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. The proof of the early spring is also in the peonies, if one remains unconvinced. On the left are spindly sprouts of peonies on April 1, 2010. On the right are the full leafed peonies of March 21, 2011. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Pussy Willows, more mature, in March 2011 2011-03-27 - Old Gradyville RD, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. Sharon Whitehurst writes, "The pussywillow tree [goat willow, salix caprea] photo from March 22, 2011 "The pussywillows in the other accompanying photo were in the silky grey kitten stage on March 22, 2010. But this year on March 22, 2011, they had reached the fluffy yellow catkin stage." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Spring in Gradyville, KY: Pussy Willows in kitten stage 2011-03-27 - Old Gradyville RD, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. Sharon Whitehurst took this picture of a pussy willow in Gradyville on Tuesday, March 22, 2010. For the past 10p days, she and husband Jim Whitehurst have been mentioning that this spring season seems to be ahead of 2010. She says her photo archives are providing the record she needs to see changes in the weather, just as her grandfather's old hand written diaries did. In 2010, on March 22, the pussy willows were only in their silky grey kitten stage. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Columbia in Red White and Blue - before the rain 2011-03-27 - From 100 Block, N. Reed ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Whites and blue-black skies are punctuated by spire and cross on the Columbia Christian church, with the national flag - as everywhere in Columbia - flying proudly over the rooftop. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scales of Justice Fountain, Spring 2011 2011-03-27 - 201 Campbellsville ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The fountain spouts on again, forsythia is blooming in the Columbia Cemetery, and redbud in the background is coming into full glory at the plaza in front of the Adair Justice Center's Scales of Justice Sculpture by Tim Smith. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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