The Honey Lady in Action 2017-07-02 - Columbia, KY - Photo by David Jones. This is Donna Jones, aka "The Honey Lady," from the Farmers Market on the Square in action. She is preparing honey supers for extraction of spring honey for the market. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Stage of Construction: Barnetts Creek Road bridge, 1 Jul 2017 2017-07-02 - Barnetts Creek Road at Scott Hill Road, Pellyton, District 1, Adair County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo(c). Nearing completion: The new Barnett's Creek Bridge over the creek of the same name on Barnett's Creek Road, is nearing completion as this photo was taken Saturday, July 1, 2017. - EW. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Adair County Fairgrounds: More than a fair - an exposition center 2017-07-02 - Adair County Fairground, 413 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Mike Watson, Adair County Historian. The Adair County Fairgrounds has held a huge place in the lives of Adair Countians, if it were just for the fair events themselves. But it was more. Circuses, rodeos, tent revivals, local semi-pro baseball games, demolition derbies, were also held here, as Mike Watson, Adair County Historian, notes with this old Adair County News clip, from seventy years ago today. On that date, he writes, "There was much in the news, including the news at left, that the Circle M Rodeo would be at the Adair County Fairgrounds, Adair County News, 2 July 1947. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Pellyton, KY: Shrine to memories of three precious lives 2017-07-02 - Liberty Road/KY 206, Pellyton, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo(c). A roadside shrine on KY 206/Liberty road is a reminder of lives of three Adair County School District students who died as a result of an October 28, 2016 tragedy. The three crosses memorialize 15-Year-olds Macie Drake and Abby Gail Curry, and 14-year-old Raquel Ieasha Anyega. Photo 1 Jul 2017. - EW/LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A.L. Sinclair made the environment hottest topic in Adair County 2017-07-02 - Basement, Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). Today July 2, 2017, is A.L. Sinclair's birthday. When he was Adair County Solid Waste Coordinator, Adair County's clean roadsides were the talk of Kentucky. He led by educating, not by punishing - even perpetrators he nailed with his investigations. They were pilloried or thrown in jail or harshly fined. He believed redemption was the better path. And he led by being everywhere, in the county meetings, at fairs, and in the schools. He honored good environmental practices - finding someone doing the right thing - and telling the world about it. Above, July 8, 2008, almost nine years ago, He recognized Sheila Shirrell, manager of Columbia Dollar General Store, with the "Adair County Recycler of the Month Plaque," for her store, along with a PRIDE tee. Others who had won the prestigious award were Adair Food Pantry, Adair Progress, Inc., Lewis Transport, Lindsey Wilson College, and South Central Printing (predecessor of Trifecta Print). His powerful leadership kept Adair County at the fore in Recycling, Road Side Cleanup, and hugely important, protection from the desecration of God's Creation with poisons. When insecticide hustlers would appear before a court thinking they could save money, often a brief word from A.L. Sinclair, even a frown, would keep the matter from getting an undeserved vote. Related story today: Daughter Debbie Sinclair's birthday tribute to Great Adair Countian: A.L. Sinclair Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Casey Co., KY - A stretch of right-of-way beauty 2017-07-02 - KY 206, Greater Creston/Rheber, Casey County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. VERDANT VERGE: There's an island of beauty amid a manmade barren verge on KY 206 in Casey County, KY, such a beautiful place it's a favorite destination. A Stop mow-spray sign and with a Start mow spray sign has been respected by state highway crews, and the result is an intriguing show of beauty. And for now, it is an island of sanity in an otherwise perfect example why governments departmentally defeat each other, and the phenomenon Commonwealth wide. The uglification process along highways is prevalent throughout Kentucky and it transcends party lines and current and past powers that be. It's a case of tourism - Agri-tourism in particular, vs Highway and Department of Agriculture Departments trying to cowtow to seeming opposing position. Aesthetics and health should not be seen as natural enemies, in our opinion. Quite the opposite. What if they worked together? What if all the money spent mangling roadside vegetation poisoning the environment were used to planting a low maintenance rotation of flowers and cover plants which would, in a few short years, need virtually no care. If Kentucky were to do that, a wall around Kentucky might be needed to keep out the tourists bearing dollars for our restaurants, farmers markets, roadside stands. Just a thought, and just a big thanks to those who recognize the difference. Someday, environmental issues won't be seen as a we versus them situation at all, perhaps, but a recognition that the vast majority benefit from working together, from the same side of the table.- ED WAGGENER. PS: Googled 'Verdant Verge' hoping to have invented a new term, and found as usual with such aspirations, that it's a well known phrase among the practicals of the world. Among the articles we liked was this one, Verdant verges cultivate herbs and community spirit Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Russell County, KY: Biggest daisies of all 2017-07-02 - Charlene S. Harris Center, 848 W Steve Wariner Dr, Russell Springs, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo(c). The tasteful landscaping around the Charlene S. Harris Center in Russell Springs, KY, did have one show-off flower - big bright daisies - the favorite flower of many a girlhood, mixed with patriotic knockout roses. - LW. Paired Photo Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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