Almost Dusk by Terri Powell Haight, oil on linen 2023-10-30 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Robert Stone. Artist Terri Powell Haight wrote of this 9” x 12” oil on linen work, "An older painting I found tucked away in a drawer the other day." The post moved Robert Stone to write the sonnet above, Views will change. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Harvesting the soybean crop 2023-10-29 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Farmers worked in the great weather last week getting the soybean crops harvested. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Partin represents Hunters for Hungry at school meeting 2023-10-29 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Adair Hunters for the Hungry representative Terry Partin said, "when I first contacted Superintendent Faulkner about this, it was as if he had been waiting for my call. He already had in his mind the road map for how we could administer this program in Adair County." The program is in its infancy and Adair County Schools will only be one of only two schools in the state to launch the program which will provide venison based meat products for students who currently benefit from programs such as the "Backpack program." Kentucky Hunters for the Hungry (KHFH) is a charitable organization that is composed of responsible hunters and conservationists who volunteer their time to encourage hunters to harvest and donate deer each season. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

1858 Ad from the US Post Office Department 2023-10-29 - Columbia, KY - Photo by JIM. An 1858 ad soliciting bids for four-year contracts to deliver mail. The tiny snippet shown here covers the three mail routes for which Columbia served as the hub. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Site of planned Cumberland River bridge 2023-10-29 - Russell Co., KY - Photo by Jacky Pyles. Jacky writes, "This picture, taken on October 22, 2023, is looking southwest across the river and Swan Pond Bottom into the river hills below the Wolf Creek Dam. This is where the new river bridge will be. It shows where the roadway will cross Swan Pond Bottom and enter the hills below the Wolf Creek Dam." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Color: Mid Autumn 2023-10-29 - Great Wooded South - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. Billy Joe writes, "Just shy of mid-Autumn, near midnight on October 26, 2023, the iridescent glow created by moonlight in the Eastern sky seemed to be resting on the tops of my Loblolly pine. A quiet and serene evening that lent itself to meaningful contemplation. And for just a breathless moment while gazing at Saturn just to the left of the Loblollies, I felt as if I could see its glorious, equatorial rings!" Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Hunters partner with schools to get food to those in need 2023-10-29 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Superintendent Jason Faulkner along with administrators, FRYSC representatives, Title I coordinators and many other members of the Adair County school system gathered in the conference room at the Adair County Board of Education to witness an outstanding partnership take place -- Kentucky Hunters for the Hungry is launching a program in Adair County Schools to help feed children in need. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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