Spring flowers: Ajuga planted 36 years ago 2016-04-17 - Fortune Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo. Ajuga - Bugle weed - comes back on its own every year, standing in military order adding cheer to the landscape and great joy for the bumblebees. These were planted 36 years ago, and have spread far beyond their original beds. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Stage of Construction: Adair Transportation Complex 17 Apr 2016 2016-04-17 - Adair Transportation Complex, Col. Casey Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The Adair Transportation Complex (ATC) as it looked on Sunday morning, April 17, 2016, with parking lot paving and landscaping in place. ATC replaces the J.T. Coomer Bus Garage, which is scheduled to be razed during the summer break, possibly as early as June, 2016. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Singing Rich Family: The late O.L. Rich 2016-04-17 - Barnetts Creek, Adair County, KY - Photo from the collection of Freddy Rowe. "I save the best photo for last," Freddy Rowe writes, "O.L. teaching a shape notes." Four generations of O.L. Rich's descendants are scheduled to perform at Trinity United Methodist Church, 2418 Campbellsville Road, (KY 55N) in Columbia, KY, when the Trinity United Methodist Church congregation will host a special service with members of the Rich family performing Tonight, Sunday evening, April 17, 2016, at 6pmCT. Clicking Read More accesses a story by Freddy Rowe accompanied by seven photographs. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sammy & Nadene Baker at Chamber 2016 Awards Banquet 2016-04-17 - Roberta Cranmer Dining Center, 430 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo. Longtime Agriculture Advocate, former ACHS Vocational Agriculture Teacher for 28 years, active dairy farmer who also serves as Magistrate for the Third Magisterial District on the Adair Fiscal Court, Sammy Baker, above with his wife and farming partner, Nadene Baker. The Bakers have two sons who are both carrying on the family tradition. Both are successful dairy farmers. They have five grandchildren." - LW. Photo Fri 15 Apr 2016. Clicking Read More accesses complete story with photos of all Outstanding Adair Countians in eight different categories, as well as additional out-takes from the event attended by some 200 people. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Singing Rich Family: Stanley & Audie - now 2016-04-17 - Barnetts Creek, Adair County, KY - Photo from the collection of Freddy Rowe. Stanley and Audie Rich, in a recent Singing Rich Family archives photos. This one was taken at Barnetts Creek United Methodist Church. The legacy of the late O.L. Rich and his descendants has had a profound impact on gospel music in South Central Kentucky - and it lives on, tonight, as four generations of O.L. Rich's descendants, including Stanley Rich, are scheduled to perform at Trinity United Methodist Church, 2418 Campbellsville Road, (KY 55N) in Columbia, KY, when the Trinity congregation will host a special service with members of the Rich family performing on Sunday evening, April 17, 2016, at 6pmCT. Clicking on Read More accesses a brief history of the family and the present day performing members, as well as six other photos from the the past, including Stanley and Audie back then - with more to be added. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Singing Rich Family: Stanley & Audie - back then 2016-04-17 - Barnetts Creek, Adair County, KY - Photo from the collection of Freddy Rowe. Stanley and Audie Rich, in a photo from earlier Singing Rich Family archives. The legacy of the late O.L. Rich and his descendants has had a profound impact on gospel music in South Central Kentucky - and it lives on, tonight, as four generations of O.L. Rich's descendants are scheduled to perform at Trinity United Methodist Church, 2418 Campbellsville Road, (KY 55N) in Columbia, KY, when the Trinity congregation will host a special service with members of the Rich family performing on Sunday evening, April 17, 2016, at 6pmCT. Clicking on Read More accesses a brief history of the family and the present day performing members, as well as five-other photos from the the past - with more to be added. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dinner may be just outside your door 2016-04-17 - Along an Adair County Roadway - Photo by Linda Waggener. On a flower check know-your-county-better tour, we noticed this just-past-prime poke plant. Eating poke sallet, or a variation, fried poke, used to be a ritual of spring. Now it comes with a precaution: With the advent of poisoning by the road departments of the City of Columbia, Adair County, and the Commonwealth - as well as on boring, chemically treated lawns - knowing whether properly prepared dishes of the spring delicacy are safe to eat is a real and present health concern. Time was, when most meals were harvested just before eating, the plant was at least a small part of the diet in this area. Poke doesn't fit every pallet, but served as a pork seasoned mixed green, corn meal battered and fried, or skillet fried in a thickened gravy - in the manner the late Elaine Harvey Bennett perfected - and always served with cornbread, one of life's great simple pleasures. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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