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It's Saturday: 2012 Adair Genealogy & History Book Fair

Food: The Adair Heritage Association is supporting local restaurants diromg the Book Fair. Menus furnished by local restaurants will be passed out at the event. - LEE ANN JESSIE.

By Mike Watson and Lee Ann Jessee

It's just two days from now. The Historic Adair County Courthouse, 500 Public Square, in Columbia, KY, will be the location of the first annual History & Genealogy Book Fair & Sale, Saturday, June 2, 2012 10am-3pm (CT). Admission and parking are free, and the event is open to the public.

The number of vendors, businesses, and organizations coming is impressive. The list includes:
Organizations: Adair County Genealogical Society, Green County Genealogical Society, Green County Library, Adair County Library, Taylor County Historical Society, Adair Heritage Association.
Businesses: South Central Printing, Joyce Coomer and Printing Creations.
Individuals/Authors/Artists: Darlene Campbell , Barbara Wright, Stephen Wright, Nancy Grigsby, Mike Watson, and Ernestine Bennett.
Darlene Campbell will be doing, for a fee, sketches of individuals in period costumes.



In addition to sales of the many and varied publications available only from the participating historical and genealogical societies and individuals of the region, books and other genealogical and historical supplies will be available.

Planners expect to have various free events during the day, including, but not limited to: Author readings, Scanning booth to scan photos, documents, Bible records, etc., Lineage Societies, Door Prizes, Silent Auction of donated items, plus tours of the Historic Adair County Courthouse.

Contacts are: Mike Watson, 502-545-0525, watson.kentucky@gmail.com; or Lee Ann Jessee, Adair Public Library, eanj2@yahoo.com, 270-384-2472.


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Adair Heritage Book Fair in progress



2012-06-02 - 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ellen Zornes.
Everyone is invited to the Historic Adair County Courthouse where the first annual Book Fair is in full swing until 3pmCT today, Saturday, June 2, 2012, at 500 Public Square, Columbia. The crowd today has varied from packed to steady. The hallways and downstairs office rooms are packed with book sellers, historians, and genealogists, and those just interested in touring the building. Above, Linda Waggener holds one of today's most popular items, an Adair Heritage Association Historical Courthouse T-shirt. - Ellen Zornes.

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Scenic Adair Co., KY: Looking down from Courthouse low roof



2012-06-02 - 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Larry Smith, directed by Ralph Waggener.
Upstairs, looking down. With Larry Smith, The WAVE 92.7 news anchor, behind the lens, under the artistic direction of Ralph Waggener, editor of It's Just for a Smile News, this somewhat Mediterranean look was taken from the low roof of the Campbellsville Street add-on to the Historic Adair County Courthouse. The two were discovering and rediscovering the magic of the the old building during the Adair Heritage Association's Book Fair, Saturday, June 2, 2012 - Ralph Waggener's birthday. The blue banner, on the other side, proclaims, "This Place Matters." Attendance at the event well exceeded the organizer's hopes. - Ed Waggener

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Scenic Adair Co., KY: Flags, flowers and spires



2012-06-03 - from 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener.
Every photographer who comes to town sees the spires of the Columbia United Methodist Church, mid foreground, and the more distant Columbia Union Presbyterian Churches and searches for a way to take photos without the intrusion of the power lines. Maybe it is only possible from the vantage of the courtroom - the future grand reunion, theatre, and banquet hall, maybe - on the second floor of the historic Adair County Courthouse. It may also be the only place to view Burkesville Street as the Avenue of Flags it is in the summertime. - Ed Waggener

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