Judge Lambert, Zornes and Holt visit after Rotary meeting 2018-02-28 - Cranmer Dining Center, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com. Court of Appeals District 3 Judge Debra Lambert, left, was among those attending the Rotary Club meeting this week. She talked with Columbia Rotary President Jerry Holt, right, and Attorney J. D. Zornes, center, about the Drug Court experiences shared by guest speaker, Judge Judy Vance Murphy. - LW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Puppy, Kilo, has been missing from Gradyville for 5 days 2018-02-28 - Gradyville, KY - Photo by Heather McSpadden. Our puppy is missing. Her name is Kilo. She's about 6 months old. She went missing off Edmonton Road in Columbia, close to the Grandville sign area. She's been gone since Friday, February 23, 2018. If anyone had seen her, please call 606-306-3554. Thanks. - Heather McSpadden Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Newton Reeves the prodigal Cat is welcomed back 2018-02-28 - Bull Run Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Renee Reeves. It's the best kind of story we get. A panicked Renee Reeves wrote last night at 8:57pmCT, "Big fuzzy black cat missing in the Bull Run area of Columbia. He has no claws and stays inside all the time but he has somehow gotten out without us knowing, most likely since this morning,, Tuesday, February 27th. He answers to Newton or Newt but he is a little timid and doubt he would come to you. Please if anyone in the area of Bull Run or Pelly Lane thinks they might have seen him, please call me (phone numbers). He is a family pet of my grandchildren." At 9:03pmCT, just six minutes later, she wrote, "I just sent you an email about a big black cat missing. He has just now showed up so I wanted to be sure and let you know to disregard my other email. Thank you anyway but we are thankful he is home, safe and sound." Of course we tell ourselves that writing us was the good luck charm which brought Newton home. But that's not the story, though it happens frequently - an almost frantic note comes in, and whether we post or not, the missing pet most often returns of its own accord, as Newt did. And we're happier than we could ever be if the magazine had played a role in the happy reunion. And that's the case with Newt, whose odyssey, needed to be told . . . and who, I believe, wants his picture in the paper. - ED Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Tornado at Grab-Donansburg does some neat stacking 2018-02-28 - Indus & Shirley Pickett farm, KY 88, East of Donansburg, west of Grab, Green County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Kerry Davis, son-in-law of Indus & Shirley Pickett looked over the 'timber' monument to one of two barns destroyed by the tornado which struck the area for one terrifying minute Saturday night, February 24, 2018. The storm dumped most of the wood in a neat, pyramid shaped formation. Otherwise, it was as messy as tornadoes get. - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Pinewood Shopping Center: Love Nails is settled in 2018-02-28 - Love Nails, 220 Will Walker Lane, Pinewood Shopping Center, (New) Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. A long time established Columbia business, Love Nails, is opened and settled in at Pinewood Shopping Center. Above, Jimmy Nguyen, left, and Tiffany Nguyen, at the counter of the elegant nail salon, in front, with Adair County Judge Executive Michael Lee Stephens, a principal partner in Pinewood. Jimmy and Tiffany have been residents of Columbia for nine years. During that time, they have been in a number of other locations and now they are one of the very first businesses to occupy Pinewood. Love Nails is a professional nail care salon, accepts appointments, and walk-ins are welcome. - EW. Clicking read more accesses "Pinewood Shopping Center welcomes two new businesses," and includes an overview of the fast pace of changes underway there. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair County, KY: Picture postcard scenes everywhere 2018-02-28 - Downtown Columbia, KY, seen on a walking tour - Photo by Linda Waggener. Everywhere one looks in Downtown Columbia there are comforting scenes such as this one, visible now but will be mostly obscured with foliage on the property line trees fill out. It's that way for at least a few more days around the area. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Floral brass ensemble in rehearsal for Easter 2018-02-28 - In background, Pleasant Hill Christian Church, 55 Pleasant Hill Road off Old Montpelier Road, Montpelier, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. What faith. Easter, Sunday, April 1, 2018 this year in our world, was another 33 days away and this floral ensemble seemed to trumpeting anthems of the risen Savior. This group may not even be around then. Without apologies to some who think plants do not have personalities, and that this is a fanciful concept, we think that just maybe, a century or so from now, it may be commonplace to embrace that concept. While it is not entirely new, a Sierra Club article, Yes, Animals Have Personalities—And They’re Altering Wildlife Biology, gives license to the notion that animals have personalities, even if many holy men argue they do not have souls. The latter may be in the minority. Few dog and cat lovers can embrace a heaven - or a separate paradise, without them in paradise. Mema couldn't have. If she's not with her favorite horse, Cherokee, in heaven today, somebody is hearing about it. EW. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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