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Arts & Crafts festival is Oct. 3, 2007 at Giles House By Linda Waggener The Annual Giles House Arts & Crafts Festival will be from 9am-4pmCT, October 3, 2009, Giles House, 380 Spouts Springs RD, Columbia, KY. Vendors include card makers, potters, quilters, jewelry makers, and wood workers. 2009-09-18 16:59:49 | Comments | Printable version
Kentuckians Reading Kentuckians is September 19, 2009 Janice Holt Giles The annual Kentuckians Reading Kentuckians event takes place starting at 9:00amCT, on Saturday, September 19, 2009. in tribute to established and new Kentucky writers by reading a cutting from a favorite Kentucky author or from his own work. Giles House, 380 Spouts Springs RD, Columbia, KY, is located off Kentucky Highway 76 on Spout Springs Road in Knifley, Adair County, Kentucky. Come and celebrate Kentucky literature with us. For more information visit www.gilessociety.org. -from LINDA WAGGENER 2009-09-06 05:55:12 | Comments | Printable version
Arts events for kids: Pottery Workshop at Giles House By Clara Metzmeier The Giles Society will host the annual pottery workshops for young people ages 7 - 12 years of age on June 20, 2009 at Giles House on Spout Springs Road in Knifley, KY. There will be two classes. One class is 10:00am-12:00pmCT (11-1 ET). The other class is 1:00pm-3:00pmCT (2-4:00pmET) Each student will be charged a $10 fee for art supplies. Students must register before September 13, 2009. 2009-06-07 03:34:28 | Comments | Printable version
Plant swap is May 9, 2009, at Giles House By Clara Metzmeier There will be a plant swap or plant exchange sponsored by the Giles Society, from 11:00amCT to 1pmCT, Saturday, May 9, 2009, at the Giles House, on Spout Springs Road, off Elkhorn Road, Knifley, KY. A plant swap or plant exchange is for all people who love to garden. It is an opportunity for gardeners to get together to swap plants and garden stories. It is a fun time. This time of the year flower gardens are being cleaned up and many plants need to be thinned out. Bring unwanted plants labeled and potted in a peat pot or clay or plastic pot or even a cottage cheese container. You swap your plants for new plants for your garden. For more information call Clara Metzmeier at (270)465-6104 or email claram@kyol.net. -Submitted by Sue Stivers, Executive Director, Columbia-Adair County Tourism Commission. 2009-04-26 04:55:13 | Comments | Printable version
March 2009 is membership month for Giles Society Program schedule for 2009 is below By Clara Metzmeier To honor Janice Holt Giles' and Henry Giles' literary and architectural legacy, The Giles Society was formed in 1996. To carry out the goals of the Society, it established itself as a nonprofit organization and placed the Giles' log home on the National Register of Historic Homes. 2009-03-03 16:38:49 | Comments | Printable version
Another Angle revisited: A column on Janice Holt Giles With so many revisiting the Giles House at Spout Springs, Knifley, KY, this weekend for the 10th Annual Arts & Crafts Festival, we are posting a link to a very memorable essay by Rev. Joey N. Welsh in a great column he wrote in his series, Another Angle, the occasional musings of a Kentucky pastor: Two historic sites, two extraordinary lives, one shared centenary about Guthrie and Knifley, KY, Robert Penn Warren and Janice Holt Giles. It was originally posted April 22, 2007. 2008-10-05 06:02:42 | Comments | Printable version
Giles Society is having great festival day Festival continues through 4:00pmCT today Several photos accompany this article Compiled from Clara Metzmeier narrative and CM files Good fall weather is creating successful 2008 Arts and Crafts Festival at the Giles House today, Saturday, October 4, 2008, one of the major Kentucky cultural events of the Fall Season. A large number of vendors are on hand, the weather is cooperating beautifully, and great food is being offered by the Giles Society, prepared by grill chief cook Chris Watts and co-chef Charles Sparks. 2008-10-04 12:59:11 | Comments | Printable version
Annual Arts and Crafts Festival at Giles House Sat., Oct. 4, 2008 By Clara Metzmeier Crafts people, artists, book sellers, and musicians will gather at Giles House on Spout Springs, Knifley, KY on Saturday, October 4, 2008 to provide buying opportunities and fun for all who attend this annual event. Prints of Pansy Phillips paintings as well as collections of Kentucky books and many art and craft items will be for sale. Pansy Phillips was a good friend of Janice Giles and illustrated Janice Giles' books. 2008-09-18 18:28:43 | Comments | Printable version
Kentuckians Reading Kentuckians is tomorrow at Giles House REUNIONS EVENTS JANICE HOLT GILES Big Adair County event scheduled for 10:00amCT tomorrow morning, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 By Jan Sparkman, Giles Society Public Affairs Director It's time once again to think about Kentuckians Reading Kentuckians, the annual readings by Kentucky writers at Giles House. This year's event is scheduled for tomorrow morning, Saturday, September 13, 2008, beginning at 10:00amCT. We chose to move it to September hoping for cooler weather. But it could be just as hot as usual. That has not stopped us from having a great time in the past. 2008-09-12 06:00:47 | Comments | Printable version
The Giles Society celebrates Kentucky writers Janice Holt Giles The annual Kentuckians Reading Kentuckians event takes place on September 13, 2008 at 10amCT at Giles House. Readers pay tribute to established and new Kentucky writers by reading a cutting from a favorite Kentucky author or from his own work. Giles House is located off Kentucky Highway 76 on Spout Springs Road in Knifley, Adair County, Kentucky. Come and celebrate Kentucky literature with us. For more information visit www.gilessociety.org. -from LINDA WAGGENER 2008-08-31 04:54:01 | Comments | Printable version
Picnic at the Giles House during hummingbird, mimosa season JANICE HOLT & HENRY GILES Enjoy a short daytrip in mimosa/hummingbird season on less than 4 gallons of gas away for more than 70,000 people in this area. The Giles House is open weekends through September 2008. Susan Lewis, resident at the Becky House beside the Janice and Henry Giles home at Spout Springs, sends an invitation to enjoy a picnic at Spout Springs. Along with the invitation, she sent a photo of a tiny hummingbird enjoying its own picnic in a mimosa tree over the pond at Giles farm. The mimosa tree is now in full bloom, at the Knifley attraction, as are so many mimosas in Adair County at this time. 2008-07-05 04:54:38 | Comments | Printable version
Darlene Campbell book signing 1st of 3 at JHGML/ACPL Event for Dragon's Heir on July 12, 2008 will be followed by book signings by Suzie Grant on August 2, 2008, and Roy & Phyllis Barnes on August 23, 2008. Bike in. Thanks to Lindsey Wilson College, Judge Ann Melton and the Adair County Road Department, the library now offers bike rack parking next to Mitzi's for up to 12 bikes. By Lee Ann Jessee, Director, Adair Co. Public Library Local author, Darlene Campbell, will be at the Janice Holt Giles Memorial Library/Adair County Public Library on July 12, 2008 from 10:00am until 12:00noonCT for a book signing. Darlene has written a fantasy book entitled, "Dragon's Heir." Darlene received a great reveiw on amazon.com for her work. 2008-07-02 03:35:50 | Comments | Printable version
Kentuckians Reading Kentuckians scheduled for cooler weather REUNIONS EVENTS JANICE HOLT GILES 2008 KRK getting earlier planning, later schedule. revamped, fairer reading order By Jan Sparkman, Giles Society Public Affairs Director It's time once again to think about Kentuckians Reading Kentuckians, the annual readings by Kentucky writers at Giles House. This year's event is scheduled for Saturday, September 13, 2008, beginning at 10:00amCT. We chose to move it to September hoping for cooler weather. But it could be just as hot as usual. That has not stopped us from having a great time in the past. 2008-06-30 02:55:14 | Comments | Printable version
Pottery workshops for kids at The Giles House There will be pottery workshops at the Giles House, Spout Springs Road off KY 76 (Elkhorn Road), Knifley, KY on Saturday, June 28, 2008 from 10am to 12noonCT and 1:00pmCT to 3:00pmCT. The classes are for young people ages 7 to 12 years of age. The instructors will be Jeff and Henrietta Scott and Donnie Perry. The event is sponsored by The Giles Society and the Campbellsville Wal Mart. Reservations must be made by June 21, 2008. The cost is $10 for materials. To make reservations contact Clara Metzmeier, phone (270) 465-6104 or email: claram@kyol.net. 2008-06-12 10:32:23 | Comments | Printable version
Abraham Lincoln coming to Knifley, KY There are more YARD SALES this morning! Check them at least three times daily ColumbiaMagazine.com Classifieds are Big News. Start with them every time you visit! By Clara Metzmeier Jim Sayre of Lawrenceburg, KY will portray Abraham Lincoln at Giles House on Spout Springs Road , Knifley, KY on June 14, 2008 at 6:00pmCT. Sayre, who has been studying and portraying the great president for several decades, has traveled throughout Kentucky giving presentations to school groups and to the general public. 2008-05-28 06:13:35 | Comments | Printable version
Giles Society President Metzmeier to speak at Chamber meeting The Columbia-Adair County Chamber will meet Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at 11:45amCT, at the Columbia United Methodist Church with Clara Metzmeier, President of the Giles Society, as the guest speaker. You won't want to miss hearing all about the activities that will be going on at the Janice Holt and Henry Giles House this summer. The Giles House is one of our top tourism attractions in this area. Reservations for the catered meal must be made by calling the Chamber Office at (270) 384-6020, not later than noon, Monday, May 19, 2008. Chamber members are urged to attend. For further information contact the Chamber Office, 201 Burkesville ST, Columbia, KY. -SUE STIVERS, Executive Director. 2008-05-14 09:00:56 | Comments | Printable version
Plant Swap Day coming up at Giles House By Clara Metzmeier A plant swap will be held at The Janice Holt and Henry Giles log house on Spout Springs Road in Knifley, KY, on May 3, 2008 from 11:00am to 1:00pmCT. A plant swap or plant exchange is for all people who love to garden. 2008-04-29 07:31:04 | Comments | Printable version
Earthquake 2008-04-18: Like herd of buffalo To read the large number of posts related to the Earthquake of 2008-04-18 Click here To ColumbiaMagazine.com I was awakened at 4:40 this morning with what I thought was a herd of cattle running by the cabin! It reminded me of the movie "Dances With Wolves" when the herd of buffalo ran past his cabin and shook everything off the shelves. I ran to look out each window but didn't see anything and then it came to me that it was an earthquake! Susan J. Lewis Rudely awakened by the temblor at the Becky House at the Janice and Henry Giles House, Spout Springs, KY 2008-04-18 13:01:43 | Comments | Printable version
Giles House loses caretaker, gardener in residence Susan Lewis is moving from area, but will continue on advisory board of Giles Society, the advisory board which oversees the Spout Springs home of writers Janice Holt and Henry Giles With one photo By Linda Waggener The Janice Holt and Henry Giles Foundation President Clara Metzmeier, reluctantly accepted files from Susan Lewis, who will be moving out of the area and will be unable to continue her duties on the working board of the Giles Society. For the past year Susan has lived and worked in Knifley and her work at the Giles House will be missed. 2008-04-14 04:28:52 | Comments | Printable version
Plant swap day planned at Giles House By Clara Metzmeier A plant swap will be held at The Janice Holt and Henry Giles log house on, Spout Springs Road in Knifley, Kentucky on May 3, 2008 from 11:00am to 1:00pmCT. A plant swap or plant exchange is for all people who love to garden. 2008-04-04 16:17:36 | Comments | Printable version Only the most recent articles are shown. To see older articles in this topic, Click Here instead. You can also view a list of All Topics. |
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