Experience Counts. Knowledge Counts: Dispatcher Joe Collins 2014-03-12 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Adair County Dispatcher Joe Collins was cited at the Adair County Fiscal Court, Tuesday night, March 11, 2014, as the man who is 911. Adair County Fire Chief Mike Glasgow, speaking passionately about improving 911 Services, told the court that Collins knows the county, knows how to guide first responders to their destination, and scolded the court for not adequately paying mature dispatchers enough. CJE Ann Melton and the court agreed to revisit the pay scale for 911 dispatchers. Collins was recently rehired at $9/per hour, far less than the $10.80 he was making in 2005 and far below comparable dispatcher pay in Taylor County. Judge Melton noted that the 911 budget has been hit hard by the reduction in land lines and the failure of the Kentucky legislature to, as yet, enact a bill which would add 911 fees to cell phones, and by the failure of the Adair County EMS, a taxing district to support the service, and most of all of the total absence of financial help from the City of Columbia. "The City contributed $50,000 per year back when the 911 center was in the Adair County Jail," she said, "and now," she said, "they contribute nothing." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Two Heroes: Larry Burton and C.R. Drake 2014-03-12 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Vietnam War Veteran Larry Burton, Left delivered an emotional appeal to the Adair Fiscal Court to fly the MIA/POW Flag at the Adair County Courthouses. He was introduced by Commander Joe Hare, VFW Post 6097. As he spoke of his service, the Vietnam soldiers who never returned, and of the treatment of the these veterans on their return, there were more than a few teary eyes. The request was unanimously approved, 7-0. The flags will cost only $49-50 each, and Commander Hare said that for the two downtown standards, only four year would be needed. With Mr. Burton, right, is Knifley Fire Chief and former Marine C.R. Drake, an iconic hero of the Knifley Pipeline Explosion whose extraordinary professionalism taking charge of a terrible situation is now an indelible part of Adair County history. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Early Childhood Reading List: Hannah Fowler 2014-03-12 - Shelby County, KY - Photo by Tom Waggener. Tillie's interest in great literature leans toward great Adair County books. She was fascinated turning the pages of Janice Holt Giles' Hannah Fowler on a recent car trip. Tillie is the granddaughter of Linda & Ed Waggener of Columbia, and the daughter of Teresa & Tom Waggener. - Granddad, Ed Waggener Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

2 Christian Churches group take goodies veterans at Wilmore 2014-03-11 - Thompson-Hood Veterans Center, Wilmore, KY - Photo from Joe Hare. Visiting Veterans Center, Wilmore, KY - Ron Burton-Bethesda Community Fellowship Church, Joe Hare-Shiloh Christian Church, Michelle Ewing-Activities Director Thompson-Hood Veterans Center and Norbert Hall-Shiloh Christian Church, are pictured above with some of the "goodies" delivered to the Center. - Joe Hare Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Snake in his house: Watching the passing parade 2014-03-11 - E. Fortune Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Snake lives in a earth covered arch-style residence., Above kind of cute watching the passing parade out his large front window, in his best Lowly Worm impersonation. - EW. Paired Photo. See also: Wuss Warning: Snake in this photo (only) Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Wuss Warning: Snake in this photo (and following one) 2014-03-11 - Town Creek, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. With the warm weather come bad bugs - and their predators like this relatively harmless garter snake. We just give them ground. Let them earn a living eating things we don't like. Learned today that at one time, some folks co-existed with residential snakes. They called them "house snakes," which would stay in cupboards, closets and other crawly spaces. Not all of them were garter snakes. Green snakes were also house dwellers. We don't plan to try it, but there are recipes for garter snake soup online. Can't get used to that idea, but wouldn't fault another trying it. - EW. Paired Photo. See also: Snake in his house: Very cute. Should not put frighteners on anyone . Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Gradyviile, KY: The Bald and the Beautiful 2014-03-11 - D & F Grocery & Deli, 4731 Edmonton Road, Gradyville, KY - Photo Frances Salyers. The Bald and the Beautiful. The handsome, bald and beautiful lad on the left is Dale Hayes. The handsome, bald and beautiful lad on the right is Perry Reeder, showing off their macho do's at D & F Store in Gradyville, KY. - Frances Salyers Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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