Performers view from stage at Cafe on Square 2011-03-04 - 212 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. A performer's eye view from the newly installed stage at Cafe on the Square: Ned Reagin, a co-proprietor, right, starts the long stroll to the food service area. The interior of Cafe on the Square has fresh paint, new slightly altered layout, a new indoor stage for live performances, and new standup or/tall stool seating front window counter. Tonight, Friday, March 4, 2011, at 7pmCT, the Cafe will feature singers Josh Tatum and Alex Schaeffer. It's free, and if past performances are a predictor, the cafe will be a lively venue this evening. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Vonnie Kolbenschlag: Having a great week 2011-03-04 - City Hall, 116 Campbellsville ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. It's been a week of major wins for Vonnie Kolbenschlag, left above all smiles thanking Columbia Mayor Mark D. Harris following the unanimous approval of her request for permission to apply for a grant to to have a Streetscape Plan produced for Downtown Columbia, KY. If the grant is secured, the city has voted to pay half its cost. Thursday, Ms. Kolbenschlag brought Rachel Kennedy, Director of Preservation Kentucky, to town to tour the Historic Adair County Courthouse at 500 Public Square and to give ideas to the Adair Heritage Association, the lead organization working with Adair Fiscal Court restore and preserve the building. Ms. Kennedy was accompanied by Scot Walters, Site Development Program Manager for the Kentucky Heritage Council (KHC), and Jen Spangler Williamson, AIA, staff architect for the KHC. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mike Watson: Silent presence spoke volumes 2011-03-04 - 307 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Adair County Historian Mike Watson didn't speak at the meeting of the Adair Heritage Association yesterday, choosing to sit and listen under a water color by Mildred Colvin. But the presence of one of the most admired Adair Countians of all time lent an air of confidence to the gathering, which convened to hear Rachel Kennedy, Director of Preservation Kentucky, pledge support to the project to preserve an American architectural treasure, the Historic Adair County Courthouse. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Rachel Kennedy: Historic AC Courthouse knocks your socks off 2011-03-04 - 307 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Rachel Kennedy, director of Preservation Kentucky, spoke to a large gathering of Adair Heritage Association members and leaders at the Adair County Library yesterday afternoon, Thursday, March 3, 2011, following a tour of Adair County's Historic Courthouse. Kennedy shared a first impression of the building: It knocks your socks off when you first see it. That's what we said when we first saw it when we drove into Columbia. It's a wonderful building. Ellen Zornes, President of the Adair Heritage Association, presided at the meeting. Ms. Kennedy, made time in her busy schedule at the behest of Vonnie Kolbenschlag, who is spearheading the drive to get a grant for a Streetscape Plan for all of the Downtown. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Amy Thompson-Wells 2011-03-04 - 222 Gen. John Adair DR., Columbia, KY - Photo by Pamela Phipps. Lindsey Wilson's Amy Thompson Wells reads to rapt group of youngsters at Col. Wm. Casey School during "Read Across America" day, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mayoring at its finest. In tradition of Mayor Pat, Mayor Fiorello 2011-03-04 - 222 Gen. John Adair DR., Columbia, KY - Photo by Pamela Phipps. From all appearances New Mayor Mark D. Harris has gotten the hang of it - reading to kids in the tradition of America's other two great Mayors, Pat Bell and Fiorello La Guardia. Mayor Harris was one of several community celebs and Lindsey Wilson College leaders to make "Read Across America 2011" at Col. Wm. Casey another Columbia/Adair County success. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dr. Janella Brown reads Dr. Seuss 2011-03-04 - 222 Gen. John Adair DR, Columbia, KY - Photo by Pamela Phipps. Columbia Dentist Dr. Janella Brown took time off from a busy practice to read from Dr. Seuss to this delighted group of Col. Wm. Casey students at "Read Across America Day," observed on the birthday of Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel, March 2, 2011. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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