Kittens wrestling in the afternoon sun 2018-05-25 - Cumberland County, KY - Photo by Jane Todd. Kittens wrestled in afternoon sun beams coming through the windows, jumping and rolling around until they were irresistible and a picture had to be made! Oh, to have their energy. - LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lifetime hunt for world's unique 5-strand barbwire fencepost completed in Adair Co. KY. 2018-05-24 - Christine, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. This one has to go in the World Record Book of Guinnesses. Linda's little Honda almost auto-braked when this fencepost was spotted, not far from Blooming Chapel Brethren in Christ Church. It is so awe-inspiring we won't try to explain how it came to be - will just say that even though it is a bucket list achievement, it is not a life shortening one - rather it is encouragement for anyone in their withering, out-of-warranty years, that parts may fail but the whole endures. It is, too, confirmation that youthful beauty is an accident of nature, but beautiful old is a work of art. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Metcalfe County teachers honored at CU Excellence in Teaching 2018-05-24 - Campbellsville University - Photo by Drew Tucker. Teachers honored in the Metcalfe County School System were, second from left: Marissa Everett, Laura Reed and Cameron Spires. Presenting the awards were Dr. Donna Hedgepath, far left, provost and vice president for academic affairs, and Dr. Beverly Ennis, far right, dean of the School of Education. Also, fifth from left, are: Michael Gill, Metcalfe County Elementary School principal; Jamie Howard, office administrator; and Allen Trotter, Metcalfe County Middle School principal. Dr. Benny Lile is the Superintendent. Marissa Everett is a fourth grade social studies teacher at Metcalfe County Elementary School, where she has been working since 2012. She graduated in 2006 from Fannin County High School in Blue Ridge, Ga. In 2010, Everett obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Western Kentucky University. In 2018, she received a Master’s of Literature Specialist from the University of the Cumberlands. Her parents are Hazel and Bill Cross from Glasgow, Ky. She is married to Kyle Everett. Laura Reed is a language arts teacher at Metcalfe County Middle School, where she has been working since 2012. She has extensive experience working in different schools, such as Cumberland County High School and Metcalfe County High School, as well as an instructional coach for Metcalfe County School District. Reed graduated in 1987 from Metcalfe County High School. She attended Western Kentucky University, where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts in English in 1991 and her Master of Arts in Education in 1996. She is married to Ronnie Reed, and they have three children, Nathaniel, Jerrica and Annika Reed. Cameron Spires teaches English-language arts at Metcalfe County High School, where he has worked since 2015. He graduated from Adair County High School in 2008. Spires attended Lindsey Wilson College, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with Secondary Education Emphasis in 2012. His parents are Pam and Jeralyn Spires from Columbia, Ky. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Churches of Adair County: Twin Spires of Bloomington Chapel 2018-05-24 - Bloomington Chapel Brethren in Christ Church, 5 Bloomington Church Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Bloomington Chapel Brethren in Christ Church, 55 Bloomington Church Road, Columbia, KY, as seen from Snake Creek Road, Christine. At this time of the year, just far enough away the steeples of the original brick church and the new sanctuary and fellowship hall have a perfect eye catching woodline background to show off the unique charm of the church campus. The pastor of the thriving rural congregation is Bro. Ralph Foster. The church has a full schedule of services, with Sunday School, 10amCT. Sunday Morning Worship 11amCT. Children's Church, 11amCT. Sunday Evening 6:30pmCT. Wednesday Meeting 6:30pmCT. EW/LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of KY/Killdeer, a Mom in Waiting: Angry Bird 2018-05-24 - Bull Run Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Joe Lynn Barbee inadvertently upset a soon-to-be Momma Killdeer, and got what a granny killdeer would call "one of those looks." This is a first of this killdeer diversionary tactics ever a part of Birds of Kentucky. Mr. Barbee says that the killdeer has a clutch of four eggs she's protecting. Despite the confrontation, he's on her side, awaiting the the arrival of the babies. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: The 2018 models are in 2018-05-24 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen. A healthy crop of fresh Canada geese, spotted at Lake Shelby. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

(Ad) Josh Brockman and family say Thank You to Voters 2018-05-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo from the family. Thank You, Voters of Adair County! On behalf of my family and I, we would like to Thank You. We are blessed to have received your confidence, your support, prayers, and vote in the Adair County Sheriffs Primary Election. Looking forward to this fall and to continue our message across our beautiful county. - Josh, Amy, Leighton, Gavin, and Cam Cam Over the next week or so I will be taking signs down till the fall. You have been so kind to let me put them up. With hay mowing season starting and yard mowing in full swing, I cannot ask you to mow around them all year. s/Josh Brockman Paid for by Josh Brockman, Candidate for Adair County Sheriff in the 2018 General Election Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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