Columbia city pool being filled in 2016-04-15 - Fairgrounds Street, Columbia KY - Photo By Linda Waggener. The city pool, closed to the public for several years now, is being filled in this week. The Columbia City Gas Department is doing the work with stone provided free by Burton Stone and Ready Mix according to Mayor Curtis Hardwick. In the photo Ronald Cook is driving the mini track hoe at the ten-foot depth and Steven Baker is driving the backhoe after dump truck drivers Tim Smith and Shane Gaskins unload the fill dirt. Work started Wednesday and will continue over the next few days with the deepest part of the pool yet to fill. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

New windows completed, work offers hope for Columbia square 2016-04-15 - view from corner Reed and Jamestown Streets, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. New window installation in the building formerly known as the Jeffries Building, now the Lindsey Wilson College building, on the square in Columbia offers hope that more good things are to come for the historic county seat of Adair. The final window installation is pictured above -- looking so good. Notice, however, on the building corner to the right there's still a major landmark on the opposite corner of Jamestown Street that is in serious disrepair and in need of a plan. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Pat Day: Presence of God felt here 2016-04-15 - CU/Louisville Education Center, 2303 Greene Way, Louisville, KY - Photo by Rachel DeCoursey, CU. Kentucky Derby winning jockey Pat Day, speaking at the CU Derby Rose Gala announcement event in Louisville, said, "As soon as you drive into Campbellsville, you can sense the presence of God." - Rachel DeCoursey Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lauren Stevens, CU freshman from Taylorsville, speaks 2016-04-15 - CU/Louisville Education Center, 2303 Greene Way, Louisville, KY - Photo Campbellsville University Photo by Rachel DeCoursey. Lauren Stevens, a freshman from Taylorsville, KY, spoke about the importance of scholarships at the news conference announcing the Derby Gala Rose Gala event. - Rachel DeCoursey, CU Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Jeffersontown Mayor says CU is family friendly 2016-04-15 - CU/Louisville Education Center, 2303 Greene Way, Louisville, KY - Photo by Rachel DeCoursey, CU. Jeffersontown Mayor Bill Dieruf speaking at the CU Derby Rose Gala announcement event recently, said Campbellsville University is "family friendly." - Rachel DeCoursey Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Jockey Pat Day, J-town Mayor Bill Dieruf unveil post 2016-04-15 - CU/Louisville Education Center, 2303 Greene Way, Louisville, KY - Photo Campbellsville University Photo by Rachel DeCoursey. Kentucky Derby winning jockey Pat Day, right, and Jeffersontown Mayor Bill Dieruf help unveil the poster announcing the Amy Grant concert following the Derby Rose Gala at Campbellsville University April 29. Also pictured from left are Yvette Haskins, Sara Curry and Gwinn Hahn, members of the Campbellsville University Advancement Board which is responsible for the gala. - Joan C. McKinney, CU Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Singing Rich Family: Great female voices 2016-04-15 - Barnetts Creek, Adair County, KY - Photo from collection of Fred Rowe. Freddy Rowe shares this photo of several of the female voices among the descendants of O.L. Rich of Barnett's Creek. Above Radine, Nadine, Evelyn, Hilda, Zella, Jewel, & Pina The tradition lives on and comes exuberantly to life again, 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 Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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