Squarecrow #30: Dollhouse Daycare 2017-10-09 - Jamestown Street entrance lawn, Historic Adair County Courthouse, 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Squarecrows representing future heroes and their teach with county hero pass marker and Medal of Honor recipient of today. - EW/LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Molasses making: the apparatus needed for grinding cane 2017-10-08 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Robert Ellis. The complex machine needed for grinding the cane stalks will wait for next year's harvest. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Making Molasses: cooking the liquid for several hours 2017-10-08 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Robert Ellis. The liquid collected from grinding the stalks is put into a container and strained, then put into a large boiling pot. The cane juice boils for six hours or so, stirred often to prevent the sugar from sticking. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Powering the grinding operation and skimming the solids 2017-10-08 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Robert Ellis. MOLASSES MAKING at the HADLEY'S - In the old days a mule or two might be used to make the mill work to grind the stalks but this operation was powered by a trusty Ford tractor. In the photo at right, the skimming process is taking place to get rid of solids. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Spotting a Molasses making operation 2017-10-08 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Robert Ellis. Traveling Highway 704 yesterday looking for photo opportunities, I was delighted to see Molasses making going on at the homestead of Max and Kathy Hadley in southern Adair County, KY. Above, the Hadley's friends, John and Amanda process cane through the molasses mill. John is feeding the stalks into the mill, Amanda is off-loading the stalks after the juice has been extracted. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

ACHS Marching Band in Oldham County, KY performance 2017-10-08 - Crestwood, KY - Photo by Doyle Lloyd, proud Dad of Anna. Anna Lloyd, third from left, marches and plays in the Adair County High School Band performance Saturday, October 7, 2017 alongside Nick Taylor, Dylan Hale and Macy Parten. They won their class as the only entry in the AA Class and there were no finals because of weather. The ACHS Band Champions keep going no matter what the weather, nor how hard the work. -- LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Beautiful Horse, Crocus Creek Area, Kentucky 2017-10-08 - Photo by Robert Ellis, Robert Ellis Woodworking.com. "Drove past this scene a few times and never could get close enough to take a good pic. Last pass by I caught the farmer feeding his livestock and was able to obtain permission to get a closeup image." - Robert Ellis. Robert Eliis (c) photo. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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