| ||||||||||
 
Dr. Ronald P. Rogers CHIROPRACTOR Support for your body's natural healing capabilities 270-384-5554 Click here for details 
  
Columbia Gas Dept. GAS LEAK or GAS SMELL Contact Numbers 24 hrs/ 365 days 270-384-2006 or 9-1-1 Call before you dig 
Visit ColumbiaMagazine's Directory of Churches Addresses, times, phone numbers and more for churches in Adair County Find Great Stuff in ColumbiaMagazine's Classified Ads Antiques, Help Wanted, Autos, Real Estate, Legal Notices, More... 
|
Lost on a Day Trip in the heart of TAG - Taylor-Adair-Green 
Area west of the "capitol" of T-A-G, Coburg, KY, is a great place to get lost and just wander a Day Trip, at lunch time. A hour or less takes one from scenery right so much like the heart of the Midwest, to sweeping vistas from hilltops; and, even if you're lost and don't resort to your cellphone to pinpoint your location, most of the time you can follow your instincts and come out at a surprise familiar intersection. Just have a half of tank of gas and maybe a picnic sandwich for a delightful know-your-South Central Kentucky better Day Trip.Click on headline for complete or photo for Big Picture. As always, edification and enlightenment is welcome. By Ed Waggener There are gorgeous summer scenes on KY 1913 along KY 1913 west of Coburg, KY. I'm not sure which county one is in for the photo with this story; clicking on the thumbnail will access the Big Picture. The road flips back among Taylor, Adair, and Green Counties, and I was too enthralled by it all, especially this wonderful barn and the house in the summer shade, I didn't take good notes. However, in defense, locals around the capital of T-A-G, Coburg, KY, mostly just call the road "1913." That seems to be easier. Locals give points of reference as "the wheat fields," or "Greg's" (Corbin's) place. In Coburg, KY, where a few young people of vision are foreseeing dreams of a vastly more important commercial center - with ideas like a centrally located fairgounds, an industrial park, a re-birth of a resort like Griffin Springs or a hotel; some, such a Norvel Farris, even dare to think of a Stop Light, just to calm traffic and make tourists stop and see the beauty of the area. "Truthfully," to paraphrase the words of the late Dean of Adair County Journalists, Paul Hayes, I was looking for the Coburg Cougar, on a Day Trip Friday afternoon. That animal, Norvel Farris says, has been sighted on occasion, in an area south of of Ky 1913. Truthfully I was a bit lost some of the way. The trip was made from a 45 minute layover in Coburg, KY, anxiously awaiting a romantic rendezvous with my first wife, Linda, who was finishing up another day at work in Campbellsville. The road led to Green County. In Ebenezer, a somewhat best kept secret close to home, I took Pikeview Road, just to see where it came out. Eventually it led to KY 61 near the bridge near the old Hugh Squires Store. Along the way I marveled at what grand changes take place in less than 10 miles in South Central Kentucky, from the Midwestern look of KY 1913, to the high country on Pikeview Road, which offers many sweeping vistas I can't recall seeing during any of my nearly 75 years of search for such places. KY 1913, for miles at this point in the picture, looks like the best of the Midwest as the Fourth of July approaches - and one might not know, if blindfolded and set down here, whether they were in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois or Iowa. (Just one disquieting note.) There was too short a time to photograph all the flowers and butterflies. But the orange blossoms of milkweed was seen, and that makes butterfly photography an enticing activity for fanciers of the pretty pollinators, appearing now. The rest of this short story: Drove ahead to OKCC, met my date in a very, very busy Betty's OKCC. Had, as always a wonderful meal. Got caught up on the news of the week including details of affairs, most significant, a verbal account of the Best Good News of the Week, that CJE Mike Stephens and Deputy Holly Grimsley attended the Thursday, June 11, 2015 meeting of the Adair Heritage Association where the officials confirmed, once again, Judge Stephens plan to give the Historic Adair County Courthouse new life in the simplest, most obvious way: Move CJE office to the building, move 911 there too. In the process, Linda said, Judge Stephens wants to give more space to the very, very busy Adair County Clerk's office. Oh yes, couldn't help but overhear the central topic of conversations around the crowded restaurant: Betty Ollestads fabulous flowers. This may be the best year ever for those lovely lilies she and her staff coax from the beds. It was an upbeat summer evening. The rest of the weekend portends more of the same. - EW This story was posted on 2015-06-13 04:58:18
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know.
More articles from topic News:
Greater Bliss newsletter: New tractor, bat wing rake arrive Faith General Independent Church VBS is 15-19 Jun 2015 Gov. & Mrs. Beshear going to England to promote KY Tourism Bloomington Church men's prayer breakfast 13 Jun 2015 Trinity UMC Graduate Sunday at combined service 14 Jun 2015 Former U of Kentucky professor sentenced for wire fraud Writer wants to get on No Spray list; wants signs Heather Evans: Warning - spraying is headed your way Comments on aerial photo of Campbellsville at night Liberty, KY, man arrested for possession of child porn View even more articles in topic News |
 
115 Jamestown St. Columbia, KY. 270-384-2496 
  
   
 Provided by the Adair Co Fiscal Court and the Adair Co. Emergency Mgt. Agency 
|
||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
|
Quick Links to Popular Features
Looking for a story or picture? Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com. | ||||||||||
|
Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728. Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.
| ||||||||||
