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Always present, always contributing - The ACGC 2011-06-25 - 901 Hudson ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. One group the Columbia/Adair County can always count on: The A.C.G.C. The Adair County Garden Club was represented at the Community Work Day by Club President Barbara Armitage, right, and Maury Lewis (aka M.E. Lewis and melewi, her email name). The two planted a Sun Valley Maple on the lawn of the Columbia/Adair Community & Recreation Center. The tree is a living memorial to June Kemper, the late naturalist who pioneered an ecology movement in Adair County through her newspaper column, "Joy Out My Window," written from her Inroad, KY, home on the banks of Harrods Fork Creek. The Sun Valley Maple should reach maturity in about eight years. "The first year the tree sleeps; the second it creeps," Ms. Armstrong said, "and the third year it leaps. That's how growth takes place." But even this fall, she said, the green foliage should be followed by bright sunset colors which will give a hint of its adult glory. Maury Lewis, who lives in beautiful Joppa, was impressed by the natural beauty of the park. And, she said, "It gets a lot of use. We've seen maybe 8 or 10 - maybe a dozen - walkers this morning." Permalink | Comments?

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