I do realize small towns have pros and cons, however I wouldn't trade Adair County for any other place. This county supports the people here when things are in need. Be it by prayer, financial, material things, or just a kind word, you can bet they will be there for you. Maybe everyone doesn't see the good in people here, but I think more do than don't. Just ask the majority of the people, you'll see! I'm proud to be an Adair Countian!!!!! --Jean Corbin

Do something we regret? The only regret we have is moving up here in the first place and wasting 10 years of our lives here. There are more dirty politics in this town and backdoor deals here than any other place I've lived. There are some really good people here and I will miss and keep in contact with them. In fact they are very encouraging about us moving somewhere else because they know we are not happy here and some of them would leave if they had the opportunity to do so. But the few good people are outnumbered by the ones who have treated us like dirt since we got here because we are not from here or don't have the correct last name.

I was even turned down for a job that I was more than qualified to do just so they could give it to a family member who had none of the qualifications they were asking for. That's just one of the many examples of nepotism that go on every second of everyday in this town. Also this town seems to be afraid of progress. Everytime someone comes up with an idea to change things to make them better the powers that be say "no no no, we cant do that." This town is going down and my husband, myself and my daughter are getting out before it does. - Kathryn Miller

• Jan's Pants, 7 or 8. Tops, medium. Shoes - 8.5 or 9
• Bert's Pants, 30x32. Tops, Large. Shoes,12

i just have one thing to say: He is good very good - Larry Joe Murray

Please look at the bright side the men are out there doing all they can do. This is mother nature, not their fault. So lets give the guys a break, they don't like it either, just doing their job the best they know how at this point. Give mother nature time and you will see the flowers coming up and the trees will be blooming. --Chris Morrison

I think what people don't realize is this is not Illinois, Michigan, or any other snow filled state. It does not make fiscal sense for the county to buy several plow trucks, have an over abundance of salt, or to hire more employees when snow/ice is a rare occurrence in this county. I have not seen appreciable snow in over 4 years. We had ice once in 2012 or 2013. Another thing to consider. When the snow you see is plowed what do you think is underneath? Road? No, it's ice and when the plow truck drives over it, the ice becomes even more compressed. Four wheel drive is GREAT in snow but as soon as it's plowed and compressed four wheel drive is not as useful. Perhaps it's unfortunate but in a rural area such as AC it pays to be prepared. Now that the snow has ceased I'm sure they are doing their best to clear the roads.

It's not just the "boonies". I've heard Rte. 55 is snow covered as well and it's a major road. I don't think there has been much preferential treatment in this instance. Lol - Heather Evans

I was in another state that has a lot of snow and several people had blades they could attach to their 4 wheel drive trucks and do their own driveway and road clearing when the county couldn't get to them. And they would also help the neighbors. It sounds like a winter business for some of the landscape,lawn mowing people here in Adair county. Then they would have a job during the winter. - Melewi

• Western Kentucky University's Bowling Green campuses, including South Campus and Medical Center Health Sciences Complex, will remain closed Tuesday, March 4, 2014 to give facilities crews more time to clear ice and snow. Please use caution and best judgment when traveling.
• WKU's Glasgow campus will be closed Tuesday, March 4, 2014.
• WKU's Owensboro campus offices will close at noon Tuesday, March 4, 2014; all classes at WKU-O canceled.
• WKU's Elizabethtown/Fort Knox campus will open at 12pm noon ET) Tuesday (March 4); classes will begin at 12:45pmCT

So what you are saying is that you are more important because you live in town. That is the fundamental problem with this community. Local politicians and offices, including the road department, pick and choose who they serve. It seems that some neighborhoods and some families are deemed more important than others. And as for moving closer to town, we will, just not Columbia. We plan on going where the citizen gets the services they pay for regardless of what your last name is. - Jarrett Miller

Ed, I have read with interest the great stories of local history and nostalgia of late. Mrs. Grant\'s history of Neatsville/Neetsville/Neatsburg is a fine piece of detection and writing. She has contributed so much to those of us who enjoy such things. There was a Dr. Portman practicing in the area of Neatsville at one time. Dr. Osborne Portman practiced medicine in Adair in the 1850s and 1860s. He was biornb about 1807 and died before 1870 in Casey County. Dr. Richard H. Perryman, also practiced in this area. He was born 1840 in Russell County, was a Civil War veteran, and died in 1924. As of 1906 he had been in practice for 43 years. Mike Watson --mike watson

Mrs Miller our roads crews are doing all they can do when the tempatures our below a certain point the salt will not work. That is not the road crews' fault. Our roads have a solid layer of ice on them under the snow maybe you all should think about moving closer to town if you want your roads cleaned first.These men stay up all night doing all they can for the county. Try being more grateful!! - Susan Nokes Biggerstaff

I live in the Milltown area and I have also been stuck for two days. Usually the plow trucks go on our road at least three times but only went one time yesterday and you can not even tell they did that. A friend of mine sent pictures to me of 551 and it even looks awful. I read an article about the road crews working all night around the Walmart area....Really....what about the rest of us. I know for a fact that Walmart has people on contract who does their own plowing so why use our road crews to do it when there is a whole county to take care of. I understand there is not much you can do about ice but you can still plow and salt that is better then not at all. Disappointed on what my tax dollars are paying for when it comes to the road crew. --Sarah Burns

Ed, I live on a "chip and seal" county road and it's the last place I want to see a snowplow.

Several years ago a County Plow mistakenly came thru and what once was a smooth paved road became a jumbled mess of rock and dirt.

Our magistrate made sure that the plows wouldn't come this way again. - Jon Halsey, Knifley

What a great story about Gertie! I can just picture Keith being pulled across the yard behind the horse! Couldn't stop laughing! - Sandi Wills

Mary Ann, We were actually on the south side of Line Creek Plateau. Line Creek Plateau is the high lake dotted flat that you drove through crossing The Bear Tooth Pass going from Red Lodge to Cooke City. Coming across the pass you would have been within a couple of miles of where we was, however when we were there hunting, the pass had already been closed for the season.

The pass gets so much snow fall that the state usually closes the road in October, and doesn't open it again until June.

The drive through Bear Tooth Pass is one of the most beautiful stretches of road in the United States. Personally I think it is more beautiful and definitely much more untamed than the famed Going To The Sun Highway in Glacier National Park. --Bill Troutwine

Once again I says, "Try living out Hwy 900." I tried to get out this morning to go to work only to find that I could not find the road. Once again the road crews did not even bother to come to the south end of Hwy 900, past Crocus Creek. So once again we are stranded. Heaven forbid that anyone have a medical emergency. There is no chance of an ambulance making it down this road. - Jarrett Miller

Something there is that makes us first believe
we are not good enough or big enough
or strong enough, our standing to achieve
and all our paths will wind the ways most rough.

Some other thing is also near and asks
without responses sharp or stinging fists
or cruel jabbing back, to join our tasks
and future routes will with success assist.

Not only must we guard against despair
of outside actions that would tear us down
but daily mount defense to not compare
our good within with good of other's crown.

Our bullies want us to believe both lies
of no escape from lows, no rest from highs.

- Robert Stone, 3 March 2014

Whites, Blacks, Grays...
All aglow.
Blue biting winds
Glisten snow.
Wheeler Hill Pass,
Blue and cold;
A Splendor most
Never know.

Either too much food
or too little appetite
will leave left-overs.