Winners drawn in Shop Local campaign 2023-12-06 - Columbia, KY . Theresa Auber, at right, manager at Black Stallion Steakhouse in New Columbia, drew the winning name in the 2023 Shop Local event. Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ellen Zornes, at left, visited each of the local businesses for drawings Saturday. Winners are listed in the accompanying story. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Knifley Christmas event will be held Dec 9th 2023-12-06 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Saturday's Great Oaks Church parade entry had a special event poster on the side announcing, "Christmas in Knifley -- Live Nativity - Music - Food, December 9th, 6-9pmET." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Justin Burris volunteering at OCC Atlanta 2023-12-05 - Atlanta, GA - Photo from Mark Fudge. Justin Burris stayed busy packing OCC shoebox gifts into cartons. Justin was part of a 15 member team that traveled to the Atlanta processing center last week. As of Monday over 1 million boxes have been processed and are now ready to travel to one of more than 100 countries. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Local volunteers helping at OCC Atlanta Processing Center 2023-12-05 - Atlanta, GA - Photo from Mark Fudge. Ralph Jackson, Randy Johnson, Leigh Johnson, and Carol Klingberg were part of the 15 member team that traveled to Atlanta and volunteered at the OCC processing center. As of Monday over 1 million boxes have been processed and are now ready to travel to one of more than 100 countries. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Local volunteers at OCC Atlanta 2023-12-05 - Atlanta, GA - Photo from Mark Fudge. Evan LaBarge and Aaron LaBarge scanned the labels on the boxes, so that individuals could follow their boxes online to see which country they might be delivered to. After scanning the boxes, they put them in cardboard cartons for shipping. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Checking and taping for Operation Christmas Child 2023-12-05 - Atlanta, GA - Photo from Mark Fudge. Grace Morrison and Pam Burris did a final check of the boxes while Dorinda Morrison taped them before sending them down the assembly line. They were part of the Adair County group who traveled to Atlanta and volunteered at the Operation Christmas Child processing center. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Volunteers in Atlanta for Operation Christmas Child 2023-12-05 - Atlanta, GA - Photo from Mark Fudge. Pictured are Mark Fudge, Denise Fudge, Grace Morrison, Dorinda, Morrison, Justin, Burris, Pam, Burris, Kerry Radford, Terrie Radford, Ralph Jackson, Linda Jackson, Aaron LaBarge, Carol Klingberg, Leigh Johnson, Randy Johnson and Evan LaBarge. The processing center in Atlanta has completed one million of the projected two million boxes that they will prepare for shipment to other countries. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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