Birds of Kentucky: A titmouse in the backyard 2012-01-08 - Beautiful Joppa, Adair Co., KY - Photo by Maury E. Lewis. Bird Feeders are Out I finally got around to hanging my bird feeders. Notice the bird waiting in the tree for me to leave. There is a Titmouse on the suet ball stuck in the tree to the right. It won't be long till the Great Backyard Bird Count begins. Can we count on you and your family this year. The Adair County Garden Club is making the gourmet suet balls on the 12th of January so they will be good and fresh. I have already gone through several this year. If you would like to purchase some for your birds please contact a garden club member. $3.00 for a one pound ball. If you want to make an order you can call Maury Lewis at 270-634-2092 and leave a message. -MAURY E. LEWIS Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Cumberland Co., KY: A beacon in the night 2012-01-08 - Amandaville, Cumberland Co., KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. It's only a concept picture - I'll leave the museum quality work to more professional, more patient photographers, but Linda and I couldn't help but notice the light belfry at the Amandaville Christian Church Saturday night, January 7, 2012, exploring again beautiful Kentucky Scenic Highway 704. It's a familiar route for most of us, but it's not hard to conjure imaginings of things that go bump in the night along the way: There are stretches where only the occasional farmstead light assures one that the fiercesome creatures: the bears and the wild and big cats - cohabit the land with humans. It was especially reassuring to see the belfry light. Don't know whether it's a tradition or an innovation, but surely the cents per night cost of the kilowatts is worth it. In the adaptive lyrics of the hymn: Let the upper lights keep burning, send a beam across the land is symbol for this and other resilient communities which never give up. -ED WAGGENER Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

New Life and New Look to Downtown Area 2012-01-07 - CIMA, 203 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. CIMA, the Columbia Institute of Music and Art, will be on a whole new campus when it opens, tentatively on Monday, January 9, 2012, at 10amCT, in new quarters in the Madison Square, 203 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY. Move in of instruments and furniture was taking place Saturday, utilizing both the services of Galen Campbell for general moving work and the specialty piano moving skills of Elby Burton. CIMA's Madison Square suite will offer voice, instrument and Mandarin Chinese and Korean language instruction. Musical instruments be be sold at the location, and the private offices of TMCC, (True Men Coming to Columbia), a company with Nashville, Hong Kong, and mainland Chinese business ties, will be located within the large Madison Square complex. Closer to town, beyond the Chamber building, the white building in the of the photo, Thomas Construction of Russell Springs, KY, began a facelift to the Walker Building. All the area is within Walking Distance of Lindsey Wilson College. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

(Ad) Grider Properties has the rental you need 2012-01-07 - 116 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY - Photo GRIDER PROPERTIES. Like this one: 2 BR/1 BA APARTMENT for RENT in beautiful area on the Adair Veterans Memorial Bypass. Close to town and Walmart. Utilities included in rent. Kitchen appliances are furnished including W/D. HUD accepted. Security deposit required. Other properties may be available. Contact Grider Properties @ 384-2496 or stop by our office @ 116 Jamestown St., Columbia, KY. -GRIDER PROPERTIES Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

John R. Keltner and George A. Keltner, Keltnertown founder 2012-01-06 - Keltner, Adair Co. District 5, KY - Photo from Phil Coffey collection. John Richard Keltner is the man standing with a cane on the left photo. He died about 1916.He appears to be the man sitting in the first row 4th from the left in the photo submitted to Columbia Magazine of the Civil War Veterans' Reunion. The other attached photo, right is George A.Keltner. He built the first Keltner General Store at Keltner, Ky.John and George were brothers. They fought for the Union in the U.S. Civil War with the 13th Ky. regiment. - PHIL COFFEY. Clicking ReadMore accesses judge Scott Lawless' query on the Civil War Soldiers reunion at Weed, KY, 1916. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Well behaved, smart Bloodhound is at GRAS 2012-01-06 - GRAS, 455 Jim Blair Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Susan Rarey. Susan Rarey writes: Sandy Ford asked me to send you this picture of a beautiful Bloodhound that came into the shelter in the past couple days. This dog obviously belongs to someone because he is well-trained and in good shape. Sandy would love to reunite this dog with his owner. -SUSAN RAREY. Contact: -Sandy Ford, Director. Green River Animal Shelter , 455 Jim Blair Road, Columbia, KY 42728. Call 270-385-9655. Email: gras@windstream.net Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dog with tattoo in its ear at GRAS 2012-01-06 - GRAS, 455 Jim Blair Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Susan Rarey. Dog at Green River Animal Shelter with brand in left ear: We have a dog down here that the dog warden brought in he is very sweet but has a brand on his left ear could you please run a add for me asking if any one has lost him. -SANDY FORD, Director. Green River Animal Shelter , 455 Jim Blair Road, Columbia, KY 42728. Call 270-385-9655. Email: gras@windstream.net Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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