Remembering Earl Reid Marcum, U.S. Army Veteran, WWII 2011-02-13 - Photo from the Marcum family collection. Sulphur Well, KY Earl Reid Marcum, United States Army Veteran, WWII, lived through the experience of the war but was never able to speak much about it in the years afterward as he raised his family and worked to earn a living on his farm in northern Metcalfe County. He married Geniece Leftwich and they had three children, Linda Reid, Joseph Keith and Jane Todd. He is pictured here in the living room of the little house he and his father-in-law, Walter Scott Leftwich, built in the early 1950s. One of his favorite pastimes in addition to fishing was performing in David Froggett's local country music band that played regularly for a time at the Metcalfe Lake and Park. His smooth tenor voice still plays in the memory of his daughter, Linda, who sang along to songs like "There's a Goldmine in the Sky" and "Happy Days are Here Again" from the back seat during rides in his purple Studebaker. The latter was a very popular riding-down-the-road song when the family was out campaigning for Happy Chandler during a brief state job experience. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Crocus Watch is On, as region awaits signs of Spring 2011-02-13 - Bridgeport, Metcalfe Co., KY - Photo by Johnnietta Jessie. Spring is late this year., as noted by sunbird M.E. Lewis. I can remember way back in 2008, when springs came a lot earlier. Crocus were in bloom at Edgar Troutman's residence on Dillon Street and photographed for CM on Saturday, February 9, 2008. No one has reported a crocus bloom yet, this year, but the Crocus Watch is officially on. That picture was a news photo, and not very good, but the one above was taken at Georgetta Knight's place at Bridgeport-upon-East Fork, in Metcalfe Co near the Adair County line, in March 18 2008, by Johnnietta Jessie. Seen in the ColumbiaMagazine group on Flickr. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Remembering a Great Kentuckian: Robert L. Miller (1927-2011) 2011-02-13 - 418 Lebanon AV, Columbia, KY - Photo from Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home. Robert L. Miller (1927-2011) Mayor of Campbellsville, KY for 33 years Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Tulips from the store with white pine from the yard 2011-02-13 - Photo by Linda Waggener. Tulips from the super market needed some extra greenery to fit the vase but where in February do you get greenery if you forgot to also buy that at the store? Snow and ice have left little from which to choose so the white pine became the selection of choice and added a wispy flair to this bouquet. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Ralph Willis, Councillor Dean discuss honor for Dr. King 2011-02-13 - City Hall, 116 Campbellsville ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Columbia citizen Ralph Willis with Senior Columbia City Councillor Craig Dean right: Ralph Willis and Councillor Dean had a followup talk after Willis stood before the Columbia City Council to ask that the name of Martin Luther King be honored with street name change. Willis is the son of Earl Willis, the leader of the Civil Rights movement in Adair County, the man who spearheaded the drive to make Adair County one of the first Kentucky Counties to comply with Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark May 17, 1954 Supreme Court Decision which ruled school segregation unconstitutional. The elder Willis was a truck driver for Skaggs Transfer at the time. He would be met on his return from trips to Louisville, KY, by other activists for guidance. Earl Willis' stubborn unyielding resolution led to a court victory and an early compliance with Federal law. Willis Street in Columbia is named for Earl Willis. At the Monday, February 7, 2011 City Council meeting, Mayor Mark D. Harris assured Mr. Willis that his request for a "Martin Luther King Street" designation for KY 61/Burkesville ST from Burkesville and Hudson to the light at Burkesville ST and the Columbia Bypass (Adair Veterans Memorial Bypass after February 14, 2011) and for KY 61 South to the Louie B. Nunn to be renamed "Martin Luther King Boulevard," would be considered, pending Kentucky Department of Highways consent. Clicking ReadMore accesses the full City Council Report for Monday, February 7, 2011 Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

(Ad) DeKor and More LLC: Open Monday, Valentine's Day 2011-02-13 - 904 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY - Photo Wooten MediaWorks. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

New Office Design, Columbia/Adair Utilities District 2011-02-12 - 109 Grant Lane, Columbia, Ky - Photo of South Central Design Drawing. Columbia will be getting another major building in 2012, when the Columbia/Adair Utilities District's new headquarters is constructed near its largest water storage tank in Holladay Place. The photo, taken in the utilities' current Grant Lane Headquarters, is of the plans drawn by Benton Fudge, South Central Designs, Columbia, KY. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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