Lucy May Alcott, giving report on Louisa 2013-03-29 - Back Home in Indiana - Photo from Grandma Chelf. Lucy May Alcott. Lucy Devenney is all dressed up to give her book report on Louisa May Alcott. Her creative grandmother, Andi Chelf, named her Lucy May Alcott. Lucy has dozens of Chelf clan cousins back home in Adair County, KY where her grandfather Bob Chelf grew up. She is the daughter of Sean and Jenny Chelf Devenney. - Linda Waggener Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

More Federal cuts mean severe local belt tightening 2013-03-29 - Columbia, KY - Photo CM staff photo. Adair County School Board Chairman Floyd Burton commented on the Kentucky Department and Kentucky School Board Association recommendations to keep budgets on the conservative side seriously. "It looks like sequestration is going to happen," he said, "When it doesn't seem like we could do it, it looks like we'll be tightening our belts yet again. Where all the money will come from to give a quality education to every student in our system - that's the million dollar question. With the cuts we're seeing, a local answer is tough. Even doubling the property tax wouldn't make up for what has been lost." Mr. Burton represents Adair County School District Division 4. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Banners at Berea honor Adair Countian Dr. Harold Rosenbaum 2013-03-29 - Berea College, Berea, KY - Photo by David Rosenbaum. David Rosenbaum writes: I'm attaching a photo of a sign on the Berea College Campus honoring my uncle Harold D. Rosenbaum as a Distinguished Alumnus. There will still be folks in Adair that remember Uncle Harold. He was a proud graduate of Yellow Hammer and Glensfork High School. He was always proud of his Adair County roots and had many interesting stories of his boyhood at Fairplay. - David Rosenbaum Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

New mowing tractor almost ready for Adair Co., KY roadways 2013-03-29 - 1122 Campbellsville Rd, Columbia, KY 42728 - Photo by Ed Waggener. Terry Goodin worked with Adair County Magistrate Joe Rogers (6) and representatives of the Adair County Road Department to match this in-stock New Holland T-50-50 to mowing needs. The tractor comes with better specs for mowing, than most other tractors, was priced several thousand dollars below expected cost, is in stock, and, because it is on State Contract, the purchase did not need to be bid. It will be accessorized with safety features and should be ready for mowing duty in days. Goodin is sales manager at Hobdy, Dye and Read, the New Holland and Kubota farm equpment dealer, at 1122 Campbellsville Road, Columbia, KY. A vote to buy the tractor was taken March 28, 2013, in an 8:30amCT Special Adair County Fiscal Court Meeting, with all Magistrates present. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Joseph Willis will be commissioned U.S. Navy officer today 2013-03-29 - Photo from Sheila Willis. Columbia, KY native Joseph Willis will graduate from the Navy's Officer Candidate School, today, Friday, March 29, 2013. Shown with Joseph, center are parents from left Bruce and Sheila Willis, Joseph Willis, and friends Hillary Foster and Steve Bird. - Sheila Willis Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: American Goldfinch hiding in plain sight 2013-03-29 - E Fortune Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. An American Goldfinch is hidden in plain sight in a tree on W Fortune Street, Columbia, KY. More about the bird in All About Birds: American Goldfinch Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Master Herb Gardeners Jeanne Marshburn and Kathy Hunt 2013-03-29 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Barbara Armitage. Master Gardeners Jeanne Marshburn left and Kathy Hunt, right introduce Adair County gardeners to herb gardening. - Barbara Armitage Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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