Adair County Fiscal Court regular meeting, 9 Aug 2016 2016-08-10 - Adair Annex Basement, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com (c). The view from near the back of the hall last night. Adair County CJE Mike Stephens, standing, was in a discussion with Second District Magistrate Daryl Flatt (District 2), third from left facing camera, when this photo was taken. Others at the head table are, from left, Magistrates Perry Reeder (4), Sammy Baker (3), Mr. Flatt, and Harold Burton (1); Rachel Phipps, assistant in the office of CJE Mike Stephens, CJE Stephens, Gayle Cowan, Meeting Recorder; County Attorney Jennifer Hutchison Corbin, and Magistrates Billy Dean Coffey (5); Greg Caldwell (6), and Terry Hadley (7). At right are Jailer Joey White, County Treasurer Malinda Quinn, and Adair County Sheriff Harrison Moss. Former Adair County CJE Ann Melton, blocked from camera, covered the meeting for the Adair Progress, and in attendance from Cumberland County was special guest and current CJE John Phelps. Other media present, out of frame, were Adam Capps of the Community Voice, Jim Leib of the WAVE 92.7 FM, and John Thompson for Cable Channel 2, Duo-County Telecom, and Ed Waggener for ColumbiaMagazine.com - CM Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Historic Adair County Courthouse 2016-08-10 - Historic Adair County Courthouse, 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com (c). With ominous, a bit foreboding -but eerily pretty storm clouds for a backdrop,the Historic Adair County Courthouse with its see-through clocktower stands like a lighthouse on an ocean shore. Almost perfect, it's still tempting to think of of the upper floors lit up. That scene would leave not just a memorable, but an indelible memory in the minds of any who would see it. There would be a cost - but measured against any other tourism promotion cost, it would have enormous benefits. - CM Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: A favor of tomato flavor from Bruce Wilson 2016-08-10 - Fortune Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com (c). Tomatoes you just want to kiss. Bruce Wilson brought a tray of heirloom tomatoes by two days ago. This may be as good as it gets in Adair County. Wouldn't trade a three-eighths inch center slice from that big one would for any prime rib dinner Hasenour's ever put on a table. That center slice would be a meal by itself, and a very good nominee for one's last meal on earth or first in heaven. The big deal is taste & texture. The flavor, in a word, is intense. The texture is firm, but yields to fork and knife for clean cuts. These have it - taste and texture - and they are grown organically. That being said, homegrown tomatoes in these area are the very best in the world. The availability at local farmers markets and roadside stands has been outstanding this year, and there may still be a few more days before the peels get tough, the flavor changes, and the days of tomato euphoria will be over. The bananas and pear are just for show and to illustrate a big difference in the real thing. Mr. Dole put a sticker on his fruit. Too much packaging for me, and for those who don't like shrink wrapped plums or ink-jet flyers with every potato. Basic is best. They weren't grown in Adair County. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Storm clouds from Bomar Heights 2016-08-09 - Bomar Heights, looking south over Grider Hill Pass, Holladay Place - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com (c). Storm clouds create interesting gray patterns in the evening sky from Bomar Heights, Columbia, KY, on Tuesday, August 9, 2016. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Porter Wagoner show contract shows VIP signatories - Bottom 2016-08-09 - Columbia/Adair County Airport, 735 Country Club Road, Columbia, KY - Photo from James Brock. James Brock, President of the Columbia Jaycees, and Porter Wagoner, 110-21st Avenue, South, Nashville, Tennessee 37212. The names of Robert Bell, for the Columbia Jaycees and Andrea Smith for Top Billing, Inc. are typed in, but not signed or initialed. Paired photos. See - The Brocks send copy of Porter Wagoner contract - 1971 - Top Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Brocks send copy of Porter Wagoner contract - 1971 - Top 2016-08-09 - Columbia, KY - Photo from James & Kay Turner Brock. The contract spells out all the pre-show details about the Porter Wagoner show with Dolly Parton. Former Adair County Judge James Brock and his wife Kay Turner Brock, has this copy of the Top Billing Contract. The show was scheduled to be at the Adair County Fairgrounds, Columbia, KY, for 7:30pm to 10:30pm central time, Wednesday, September 22, 1971. Porter Wagoner Show was to "receive top billing or 100% Top Billing in all advertisements.The total cost was $2,500 (Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars), to be paid in U.S. Dollars to Porter Wagoner or his representative, in cash, upon demand, day of show. Paired photos. See - Porter Wagoner show contract shows VIP signatories - Bottom Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Phillip Reeves (Phil) Aaron, M.D. 70, Adair County, KY (1945-2016) 2016-08-09 - 210 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo from Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home. Phillip Reeves (Phil) Aaron, M.D. 70, Adair County, KY (1945-2016) Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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