(Ad - Sponsored) Redbud Plantings available at FM2 2013-04-19 - 1535 Bull Run Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Barbara Armitage. News Flash Just in! Adair County Garden Club to sell Red Bud Trees at the Farmer's Market on the Square. Members of the ACGC will be selling 5 foot Red Buds at the Farmer's Market on the Square, 424 Public Square, Columiba, KY, on Saturday April 20, 2013 8am - 12 noonCT. These beautiful 5 foot Red Buds are only $10.00. Red Bud trees are easy to grow in a variety of soils. The are drought resistant and are the perfect touch of color every spring. Come by the Farmer's Market and help support the efforts of the Adair County Garden Club. We are committed to making Adair County a more beautiful, safer and healthier place to live. Adair County Garden Club members take pride in our community and invite you join us and make a difference. - Barbara Armitage Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Beautiful tree at Good Shepherd Catholic Church 2013-04-19 - 1217 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. A Spring Scene at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 1217 Greensburg Street, brightens the road of travelers and students at the Adair County School District Campus across the road, as they pass each day on their way to and from school Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Chairman Floyd Burton: Praise for Race to Top work 2013-04-19 - 1204 Greensburg Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Floyd Burton, (No, he isn't that close to the microphone, just the camera angle. He was safe all the time). Chairman of the Adair County School Board, commended JAIS Principal Jane Branham for the work she's doing with Race to the Top and for the job she did with academics at John Adair Intermediate School. "It's always good when people are wanting to come to our schools and see what we're doing right," he said, "and they are now calling the office and asking to come see how John Adair does what it does." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Ricky Bault reports progress in maintenance 2013-04-19 - 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo By Ed Waggener. Ricky Bault covers a lot of territory with brief, concise reports on the state of maintenance, reporting: 1) The stair treads at Adair County High School have been bolstered, are safe - as they always were. 2) The top of the marquee on the "Big A" is now in place at Adair County High School, where, he said, "The sign ought to have been in the first place. (PHOTO) 3) The big numbers, "623" are now in place for the Football Complex. (PHOTO) 4) A recent trip by the head custodians at the individual schools, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Bault was a great time to share ideas. "They have great maintenance. We picked up a lot from them; I think they got just as much from the areas where we excel." 5) Planning is already in place for the logistics involved in moving Colonel Casey and John Adair Intermediate School to new quarters for the 2013-2014 School Year. Superintendent Reed said, after the meeting, that he is as excited about the progress in maintenance as he is in the enthusiasm for success in core curriculum which pervades the system now. "Mr. Bault and his staff are certainly a key component of the 'Tradition of Excellence,' the best of Adair County's education system has." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dance Time, by Gerry James 2013-04-19 - Frazier History Museum, Louisville, KY - Photo By Gerry James (C). A Dance Scene by photographer "Gerry James," a mass communications major at Campbellsville University. The photo was taken in Louisville, KY at the Frazier Museum, while Gerry James was working on an assignment for CU's spring formal. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Branscum reports ACPC construction only week behind schedule 2013-04-19 - 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Sandra Honaker, Project Manager for Branscum Construction Co., told the Adair County School Board gathering Thursday, April 19, 2013, that the Adair County Primary Center may be as much as one week behind schedule but that the project will be ready for move in prior to the 2013-14 start of school. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Backyard Oil Strategizing: Jon Bulette, Travis Coomer 2013-04-19 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Tycoon Travis Coomer, owner of the Union Chapel/Glens Fork/Greater Fairplay Oil Bonanza, left and Jon Bulette of the Discovery Channel, strategized before the filming of promotional scenes at the Adair Annex, for Backyard Oil which premiers on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at 9amCT/10amET. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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