Close up of ball and joint line, Russell Creek crossing 2009-11-20 - Henson Farms bottoms, Columbia, KY - Photo Adair County Water District. Garrison Construction, Inc. employees Michael Mitchum, left, and Jeremy Keltner are preparing to join to lengths of waterline for the Russell Creek Crossing. The photo shows in more detail how the ball and socket joint goes together, with the length on the left sliding into the right, after which the loose collar on the left is locked into place to finish the tie. The crossing is now complete. General Manger Lenny Stone of the Adair County Water District says that he can see no reason why the bypass side of the Adair County School District Campus, including Adair County Elementary School, the Ag Building, Adair County High School, and the athletic fields on that side of the campus can't have cleaner, fresher county water, with adequate water pressure for fire protection, by Christmas Day, 2009. Read More... | Permalink | Comments?

Water for the schools, and more: Crossing Russell Creek 2009-11-20 - Russell Creek, Columbia, KY - Photo Adair County Water District photos. Eugene Harness of Garrison Construction Co., Inc, is operating the excavator as the 12" Columbia Western Bypass waterline is strung across Russell Creek. The crossing is complete at this time, ACWD General Manager said. The creek crossing is done with pipe constructed of ductile iron with sealed concrete lining. The lengths of pipe are joined with ball and socket joints, which give the pipe movement similar to that of the elbow. The slight flexibility mitigates possibilty of damage from rocks and logs in the creek. An additional safety measure comes as, over time,the pipe buries itself in the bottom of the creek. It's not indestructible, but is virtually so, Mr. Stone said. The pipe will transport water from the Adair County Water Treatment Plant to the Adair County School Campus and to a new one million gallon water tank at Holladay Place, which, in turn, will supply water to the fast-growing South Adair County market. Read More... | Permalink | Comments?

Judge Ann Melton signs home health proclamation 2009-11-20 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Judge Ann Melton signed a proclamation making the month of November 2009 National Home Health Week in Adair County as Amedisys Home Health Care/Family Home Heath Care personnel, from left, Heather Taylor, RN, Clinical Manager; Brenda Luttrell, RN, Director of Operations; and Trisha Harper, RN Account Manager, witness. The signing took place Friday, November 20, 2009, at 9:30amCT. Permalink | Comments?

GM Lenny Stone delivers good news for AC schools 2009-11-20 - 1204 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. In a highly upbeat Adair County School Board meeting, Thursday, November 19, 2009, the board heard more good news on the prospects for cleaner, fresher water for the big school campus. Adair County Water District General Manager Lenny Stone assured the board that the ACWD is ready assume service for the Columbia Western Bypass side of the campus during the Christmas 2009 break, and that the rest of the school campus transfer can take place during the summer vacation, in 2010. Importantly, he said, the county will be able to provide the water pressure needed for fire protection. Fully story later this morning. Read More... | Permalink | Comments?

Joseph Flowers working on WWII papers 2009-11-20 - Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Joseph Flowers is carefully cataloguing the letters his late father, Alfred Flowers, wrote home from World War II. The letters comprise one of the most impressive stories of heroism of the War. Alfred Flowers was a belly gunner on 32 B-27 bombing runs, when the very assignment, one of the highest risk positions of the war, was considered almost a death warrant. Joseph Flowers said his dad is actually credited with 50 missions, based on a point system which considered the danger level of the missions. On the first few missions, the younger Flowerssaid, his Dad told him he looked German flak straight on, "But later he wrote that he shut his eyes so he wouldn't see it." He tried not to remember those times after the war, Joseph said. "But he told us before he died that he had nightmares about that time, which made him realize just how scared he was then." That's only a tiny part of the story, but Mr. Flowers hopes to organize all the photos and letters into a family book, or, perhaps into research material for his late mother's beloved Adair County Public Library. Then, maybe, when he gets the time, he might publish a book of this remarkable Adair Countian's life. Permalink | Comments?

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