Schools provided transportation 2011-02-15 - Adair Veterans Memorial Highway - Photo by Linda Waggener. The Adair County School District provided transportation from the Adair Annex, downtown, to the Adair Veterans Memorial Highway dedication. Above are, Orvis Grider, left the driver for Bus No. 49, and Adair County School Superintendent Darrell Treece. The AVMH bridge over Russell Creek is in the background. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Schoolmates: Robert Flowers and Bobby Bowe 2011-02-15 - Adair Veterans Memorial Highway, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Robert Flowers Columbia, KY, left and Bobby Bowe, of The Flatwoods in Adair Co., KY, were schoolmates at Adair High School back in the 1960s. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Group with new sign for Adair Veterans Memorial Highway 2011-02-15 - Adair Veterans Memorial Highway, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Several groups posed with the new sign honoring the Adair Veterans Memorial Highway: From Left, above, Judge Ann Melton, Secretary of State candidate Hilda Legg, Navy Veteran of WWII George Keltner; Iraq I Veteran Chester Whittington; Veteran Joe Hare, Veteran Joseph Silkowski, (TBI), Veteran Charles Sparks, Tammy Wilson, Kentucky Department of Highways, and Veteran Vernon Curry. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Neighbors helping: Louis McQueary, Sam Avery 2011-02-15 - 200 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Rick Wilson. Neighbors helping>:" Louis McQueary and Sam Avery were being good neighbors to the Adair County Regional Jail on this beautiful day. The two were making a substantial difference in the look of the loading dock area with their pressure washer. We appreciate them very much for their efforts. Thank you," writes Rick Wilson, Adair County Jailer Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

First ever school bus ride for Garnett Baker 2011-02-14 - Four Hundred Quadrant, Public SQ, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. World War II veteran Garnett Baker, a resident of Old Portland in District Five of Adair County, took his first school bus ride Monday morning, he said. He'd written buses before, he said, but the trip on an Adair County School District Bus from Adair Annex to the Adair Veterans Highway Dedication was his first time to ride a school bus. "We walked to school," he said, of his early days attending Maple Grove School. Baker will be 85 years young on June 18,2011. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Ann and Edgar Holmes 2011-02-14 - 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Judge Ann Melton gave a warm hug to World War II veteran Edgar Holmes, as part of his birthday celebration at the Adair County Veterans Appreciation Breakfast. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Rev. Haynes signs birthday card for Edgar Holmes 2011-02-14 - 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Rev. Lewis Haynes, pastor of Plum Point Baptist Church, signed the birthday card for Edgar Holmes, who was recognized for attaining his 90th birthday on February 13, 2011. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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