Large Business of the Year: Bank of Columbia 2024-07-23 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The 2024 Chamber of Commerce Large Business of the Year is the Bank of Columbia. Pictured with Columbia Adair County Chamber President Landon Edwards, State Senator Max Wise, State Representative Amy Neighbors and Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ellen Zornes - representing Bank of Columbia (front row, left to right) Tanner Goodman, Employee of the Year nominee Sherry Parnell, Kim Irvin, President/CEO Mark Dykes, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Suzanne Farmer, Piper Kemp, Employee of the Year nominee Andrea Feese; (back row, left to right) Ashley Roy, Josh Withers, Michelle Powell, Wyatt Houk, Bryan Caldwell and Chase Coomer. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Business/Professional Woman 2024: Pam Hoots 2024-07-23 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Jackie Montgomery. The 2024 Chamber of Commerce Business/Professional Woman of the Year is Pam Hoots. She is pictured here holding her little niece Noraly Bruns, 2, as she accepts the award from Chamber Executive Director Ellen Zornes. Mayor Pam works tirelessly from early in the morning til on into late in the evening - driving around Columbia, with Jakky by her side - just checking that everything is alright in the town she loves. Although Columbia is Pam's hometown, she did leave for a while for work but found her way back home, and when she did, as an experienced former mayor, many asked her to consider running for office again. She did - and the rest is history. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Travel: Butch Cassidy Childhood Home 2024-07-23 - Circleville, UT - Photo by Robert Ellis, Robert Ellis Woodworking. On a recent trip out West, photographer Robert Ellis happened upon a small state park on the west side of Utah Highway 89, just south of Circleville, Utah, that commemorates the childhood home of the notorious outlaw Robert LeRoy Parker, better known as Butch Cassidy. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Hot Brown 2024-07-23 - Lexington, KY - Photo by Amy. A classic Kentucky Hot Brown, from Winchell's Cafe on Southland Drive in Lexington. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Remembering the old Adair County Fairground... 2024-07-23 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, courtesy Mike Watson. As the Adair County Fair kicks off for the 2024 season, Mike sends this memory of the old Adair County Fairground, from a 2017 photo on CM. Link to the original post: Adair County Fairgrounds: 1884 Building almost ghost now Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Red Lick Church family and friends 2024-07-23 - Metcalfe Co., KY - Photo by Amanda Pedigo, courtesy Chris Lagermann. Chris Lagermann writes, "The Red Lick Church recently held its annual Homecoming Celebration. Here is a photo of the Red Lick Church family and friends. Brother Larry Lemmon pastors both Red Lick and Breeding Churches. The group is decked out in shirts supplied by Thrivent Financial who helped sponsor the event." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Travel: Pinkerton 2 of 2 2024-07-23 - Circleville, UT - Photo by Robert Ellis, Robert Ellis Woodworking. Part of the display at the Butch Cassidy Childhood Home park in Utah is this circular from Pinkerton's National Detective Agency with photos of George Parker and Harry Longbaugh, famously known as Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. The circular advised a $1,000 reward for each of the infamous bank robbers. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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