Is poison hemlock the new thistle? 2015-06-10 - Campbellsville Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Nick Roy. This photo is on Campbellsville Road, north of Hobdy, Dye & Reed, across from Rex's Cycle Shop. Nick writes, "Poison Hemlock is ubiquitous along East HWY 80 and North HWY 55. Many farmers have commented that poison hemlock is the new thistle, comparing plants for sharing the ability to spread rapidly through the countryside." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Poison Hemlock spreading in Adair Co. 2015-06-10 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Nick Roy. According to Dr. J.D. Green, UK Weed Scientist, poison hemlock can be toxic if ingested by livestock. Cattle, goats and horses are considered to be the most susceptible animals but other animals can consume it. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Tomatoes with flavor are in - KY grown 2015-06-10 - Columbia, KY - Photo CM photo. When it's grown in Kentucky, it's obvious We had our first taste of Kentucky grown tomatoes this week. The first comment heard was, "Where did you get those tomatoes?" On tasting, we heard, "They taste like homegrown." There is a difference, and though these were grown in Kentucky, and thus local, and thus very different from cardboard tasting Florida and California tomatoes, even much better than those from Georgia, they're actually from a secret county just west of the CM 7-County area. But we got them from trusted purveyors, old friends Orby & Lucy Yarberry. The salad is simple. Just bite size cuts of red ripe Kentucky tomatoes, drizzled with apple vinegar, EVOO, a bit of kosher salt and a bit of pepper. The store bought crackers were pretty good, softened in the likker. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Check brought smile which might need surgery to remove 2015-06-10 - Adair Annex Basement, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo By Ed Waggener. And there were similar smiles on the faces of the six - of seven - Adair County Magistrates present at last night's, Tuesday, June 9, 2015, regular meeting of the Adair County Fiscal Court. Above, CJE Mike Stephens beamed as he spoke with Clerk Lisa Greer, back to camera, after she delivers a $15,942.61 check for excess fees received during the temporary tenure of Adair County Clerk Joyce Rodgers. It was the second check for Clerk Rodgers less-than-one-year term when she came out of retirement to assume the clerk's duties again, and brought the total she returned in excess fees to $228,388.15! Judge Stephens said that the Adair County Clerk's office returns more to Fiscal Court's general fund than is the case in most or all of the neighboring counties. - Ed Waggener Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mitzi and her little red Pontiac Solstice convertible 2015-06-10 - Fortune Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. It's a far cry from a doctor's buggy or coupe, but it's what our "doctor" Mitzi Bault arrived in Tuesday to check on her uncle Ed, left. Mitzi came bearing some of the first red raspberries of the season as well as an offer to help with CM know-your-county-better photography trips. Cool transport! The car, show room perfect, is a like new 2003 Pontiac Solstice. This one is well on its way to becoming a classic, we're sure. - LINDA WAGGENER. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Signs of our times: The Detour 2015-06-10 - Intersection of KY 55 S & Columbia Bypass - Photo CM photo. Two weeks down, four to go. The Detour appears to be well marked at this location and many, if not most locations around town, two weeks after the intersection across town at Fairground Street & Campbellsville Street was closed, at 8amCT, Wed 27 May 2015 for a projected six week period - if exactly six weeks are needed the intersection will reopen on Wed 8 Jul 2015 - and that will be before Adair County schools reopen on Wed 6 Aug 2015 and well before the fall semster begins at Lindsey Wilson College on Wed 20 Aug 2015. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Favorite old photo: Know this vehicle? It's from the Way Past 2015-06-10 - Columbia, KY - Photo ????. When this photo was discovered, it brought to mind early days in Columbia, way back in the 60s (???) and how a great work of art was inspired by it, by one of Columbia's great artists. The artist's wife, on the left, nee an Adair County nee Helen Rosson. The dude on the right, the driver, was then an agent for a local utility outfit, and is now in business for himself.The rest of the story: Painting derived from photo Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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