Rev. Greg Burton 2012-01-12 - Photo from Burton family archives. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Adair County Entrepreneurs: Jimmy Nguyen and Peter Cheng 2012-01-12 - Jamestown Hill, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Jimmy Nguyen left, Columbia, KY and originally from Vietnam, has opened a second Love Nails. His first store is located at Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY, and he now has a second store located in Peter Cheng's shopping center in Tompkinsville, KY. Cheng, is a resident of Bliss, KY, and emigrated to Columbia, KY 17 years ago from Connecticut. The photo was taken atthe location originally slated to house CIMA, the Columbia Institute of Music and Art. Since then, Director, David Isaacs, and Cheng, head of TMCC (True Men Coming to Columbia) found a more favorable location at 203 Burkesville Street, Columbia, where the school opened this week. -EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Whitehurst Diaries: Daffodils in bloom January 11, 2012 2012-01-12 - Old Gradyville Road, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. Sharon Whitehurst writes: "Not full-blown glory, but these 'March lilies' were struggling to hold up their heads after the early morning deluge of rain." For some reason, perhaps not related to the legends of Confederate gold buried in the area, Gradyville does seem to have a Dixieland climate, with earlier blooming daffodils than any other part of Adair County. Perhaps it is about the Zippety-Do-Dah, Song of the South feeling in the happy little Big Creek Valley. For whatever reason, this is a documentation of the earliest daffodil blooms seen on CM. -EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

(Ad) 4-Seasons Consignment HUGE 1/2 OFF sale 2012-01-11 - 324 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by CM Advertising. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Historical proof of Spring in January, Columbia, KY 2012-01-11 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Mike Watson. Historian Mike Watson recorded this out of season phenomenon on the Adair Annex lawn, today, Wednesday, January 11, 2012. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dr. Joe Owens to appear on Dialogue on Public Issues (DPI) 2012-01-11 - WLCU Broadcast Studios, (BR) 203 West Broadway, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Christina Kern. CU photo. Campbellsville University's John Chowning, vice president for church and external relations and executive assistant to the president of CU, right, interviews Dr. Joe Owens, senior pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church and who was chapel speaker for Dialogue on Race series, on WLCU TV for the "Dialogue on Public Issues" show. Owens is also vice chair of the CU Board of Trustees. The show will air Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 8amET; Monday, January 16 at 1:30pmET; Wednesday, January 18 at 6:30pmET. The show is aired on Campbellsville's cable channel 10 and is also aired on WLCU FM 88.7 at 8amET on Sunday, January 15. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of KY: Pileated - Woodhen - 1 of 6 woodpeckers in Adair Co. 2012-01-11 - South Adair County, KY - Photo by David Upchurch. The large Woody Woodpecker bird is a Pileated Woodpecker, sometimes called a Woodhen. This one was captured by David Upchurch and posted on CM almost one year ago. It's the bird, ornithologist Wendy Butler Burt says, which Fay W. McKinley remembers as a woodhen. The caption with the posting last year:David Upchurch wasn't present when this photo was taken, which may have made it possible. "They are very shy birds," he notes, "they fly at the slightest sound." The result of his set up work is a marvelous shot taken by his Leaf River Trail Cam which has also captured an image of another beautiful bird. The magnificent Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) dominates the scene. It measures perhaps 16" in length, and may appear even larger because of the camera angle. A big bonus in the photo is lower down in the photograph. A Red Bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) is sharing the insect banquet on the same tree trunk. It eats beetle larvae and, carpenter ants. Pileated Woodpeckers are approximately the same size as the nearly extinct ivory-billed woodpecker, and is very similar in many characteristics. According to the entry on Pileated Woodpeckers in Wikipedia, the Pileated Woodpecker is the model for the "Woody Woodpecker," cartoon character. Its call is a wild laugh, the article says. Another noise it is famous for making is a drumming noise. More than a few people have been startled by the drumming sound when the birds peck rapidly on chimneys, roofs, and other parts of the house. It is sometimes called an "Indian Rooster" or "Rain crow," and, in the Adair County area, it is sometimes referred to as a "Wood Hen." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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