Goodwill sponsored November Chamber luncheon 2025-11-16 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Lennea Wooten, Director of Mission Integration, Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, spoke to members of the Columbia Adair Chamber of Commerce at Tuesday's monthly luncheon meeting. She provided details of how the company helps people change and improve their lives. In her talk, she read a testimonial letter from an employee named "Victoria" who wrote about how the business helped her change her life. Victoria, a 3-time convicted felon, found help to turn her life around through Goodwill. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A few leftovers from harvest 2025-11-16 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. A remaining tobacco plant produced some blossoms to decorate fields across the road from the brown soybean crop. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Shoebox dedication at Columbia Baptist Church 2025-11-16 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Mark Fudge. Pastor Randy Johnson of the Columbia Baptist Church and many of the church's youth pray over the more than 1200 shoebox gifts that have been collected this year by Columbia Baptist Church. Many churches in Adair and surrounding counties will be having a special time of prayer over OCC shoebox gifts that have been collected for this year's national collection week. OCC national collection week begins Monday, November 17 and runs through Monday, November 24, 2025. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: White-breasted Nuthatch 2025-11-16 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen. A white breasted nuthatch landing in a classic upside down position. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A bench by the water 2025-11-16 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen. A bench in the trees under crisp blue skies, reflected in calm water on a late fall day. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Northern Lights: Benefits of the Modern Age 2025-11-15 - Fairplay, KY - Photo courtesy Veronica Arnold. Veronica generated this chart of solar cycles and geomagnetic storms and the rise of smart phone ownership, making the correlation is easy to see. She says, "The current cycle of solar storms is active and many have access to phones with night cameras, so we are able to catch and share more easily. In addition, alerting people to this phenomenon using social media creates an awareness of the phenomenon that we didn't have before." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Northern Lights, 2 of 2 2025-11-15 - Fairplay, KY - Photo by Veronica Arnold. Veronica captured this photo of the Northern Lights in Fairplay on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, thanks to help from modern phones and modern awareness of when and where to look. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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