Reward to the grower: Fig Jam 2013-09-07 - Adair Farmers Market, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Maury Lewis rewarded Debbie Burris, the fig grower, with a jar of Fig Jam, produced in Beautiful Joppa, and a key ingredient in Maury Lewis' first fig rolls baked in Joppa - maybe the start of Joppa becoming the Fig capital of Kentucky. This week, she left a few baskets of figs for others to sample. (Update: Actually, she did it again. Bought the whole crop out, Debbie Burris just revealed.) Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Massage line up during brief lull at FM2 2013-09-07 - Adair Farmers Market, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Jill England offered massages for $1 a minute at the Farmers Market on the Square, in the Adair Annex Parking Lot, 424 Public Square this morning. Barbara Armitage, Market Coordinator is getting a massage, as other market vendors lined up in a rare lull in traffic at this mornings market. Waiting in line are other vendors - Jeff Scott and Wayne Armitage - and hidden, Maury Lewis, an FM2 customer who never misses a market. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Summersville Fire Department Teddy Bear 2013-09-07 - 109 Caldwell Road, Haskinsville, Green County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. A Teddy Bear in the Summersville Fire Department Freightliner/Luverne unit kept watch during the fire which destroyed one of the largest residential structures in this area. Summersville was one of five fire departments from three counties which battled the blaze for several hours yesterday afternoon. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Fire from Haskinsville Road 2013-09-06 - Haskinsville Road, Haskinsville, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. In the early stages of the fire, Larry Smith reports, the smoke billows could be seen in Green and parts of Adair and Taylor Counties. Here, across the field from and across the creek, there was evidence a a big blaze, and on the right, at the bridge, are waiting units of firefighting apparatus on Caldwell Road. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Breeding was there: Jonathan Beams 2013-09-06 - Caldwell Road, Green County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The Breeding Volunteer Fire Department came the greatest distance to the spectacular structure fire in the Haskinsville community. Jonathan Beams, firefighter, serves with the department and was waiting across the stream from the fire with his department for their rotation at the fire front. Breeding was called about an hour after the fire was at its worst, according to Brandon Harvey, Chief Training officer for the department. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The family: All safe after fire takes home 2013-09-06 - Caldwell Road, Green County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Holding tight to little dogs, China and India, and a single singed but saved page from a cherished yearbook, Dr. Muthrine Walker-Anderson and children Diane and Daymion Walker, won't have Dr. Walker's dream retirement home tonight, but they do have good neighbors who are offering temporary housing for now. She'll rebuild, she vows. The children had to be escorted on foot up the lane this evening; the Green County School bus couldn't make it to the usual debarkation point. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A Dream Home goes up in smoke 2013-09-06 - 109 Caldwell Road, Haskinsville, Green County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Dr. Muthrine Walker-Anderson's dream retirement home in the Haskinsville area of Green County went up in smoke today, with only smouldering ruins by mid afternoon, after firemen from five fire departments battled the blaze for over 4 hours. At one point the blaze created a plume of smoke which could be seen over three counties, Green, Taylor and Adair. Captain Nick Cheatham, who headed the lead responders, the Green County Fire Department, said that the fire was visible from the Nally Stone Company just south of the Greensburg City limits. The red van on the right is Columbia/Adair County Fire Departments No. 122, the Emergency Support Unit. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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