Scenic Adair County in Hay Time 2018-08-28 - Liberty Road at Ed Hadley Road, Garlin, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Fat round bales of hay speak to the bounty of this years harvest on perfect lazy late summer day. Photo 28 Aug 2018. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Citizen Editorial by Mitzi Bault - Get your dog licenses now 2018-08-28 - Adair County Fiscal Court, Ste 1, Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Mitzi Bault. A reminder to all Adair Countians: If you have a dog you are to get your Dog License... $10.00 per dog or 3 or more dogs $25.00. I let it slip by me did not get mine until 8/7/18. They run from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018. To get yours, go to the Office of Adair County Clerk Lisa Greer, Ste 3, Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY. - Mitzi Bault (CM will post locations for license purchases when obtained.) Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Wildflowers of KY: Favorites that will soon leave for season 2018-08-28 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. One of my favorite roadside wildflower bouquets, Queen Anne's Lace mixed in with the beautiful soft blue of Cornflowers, will soon fade away for the summer. I'll wait to rediscover it in the spring of 2019. - LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Greasy Creek - gem of Russell County to be shared by all - I 2018-08-28 - Russell County, KY - Photo by Robert Elllis, Robert Ellis Woodworking. "I was extremely delighted to hear Robert Cumming report of this place being visited by Kentucky Tourism Cabinet Secretary Don Parkinson. This area is truly a gem of Russell County and should be shared by all. This image was from the same day as the initial image I submitted to Columbia Magazine back in January of the serene, partly frozen Waterfalls at Greasy Creek. It was also taken the same day as the Raccoon picture just posted." - Robert Ellis Paired photo. See - Greasy Creek - bandits searching for food in winter - II Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Greasy Creek - bandits searching for food in winter - II 2018-08-28 - Russell County, KY - Photo by Robert Elllis, Robert Ellis Woodworking. Photographer Robert Ellis contributes scenes on Greasy Creek, proud to hear there is progress toward protecting this area. He writes: "Back in January, while I was wading the semi-frozen Greasy Creek and looking around for photo opportunities, there were a couple of these bandits scratching around for food." - Robert Ellis Paired photo. See - Greasy Creek - gem of Russell County to be shared by all - I Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Old Boiler still in place in Adair County Middle School 2018-08-28 - Adair County Middle School, 322 Gen John Adair Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by David Jones, Director of Maintenance . Museum Piece. Remember these old Fitzgibbon coal burning boilers? This one, not is use, is still in place in the Adair County Middle School, originally built as Adair County High School. Mr. Jones did not say when the old boiler was replaced. Maybe a reader will know more about it, and may have information of it's value as a collectible or scrap material. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Adair County School Board will have public hearing on tax rate 2018-08-28 - Adair County Board of Education Conference Room, 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The Adair County School Board, from left upper corner, Chair Lisa Burton (Div 3), Daniel Adams (2), Michael George Payne (5), Jonathan Gaskins (2), and Vice Chair Terry Harvey (1) voted unanimously last night, Monday, August 27, 2018, to hold a public hearing prior to the Board's regular September session to allow public input on the tax rate for this year. The hearing will consider a proposal to keep the tax rate the same as last year and add taxation of private aircraft, or use a compensating rate for this year's tax bills. The vote to hold the hearing was made by Member Daniel Adams, with a second by Member Jonathan Gaskins. The hearing is set for 5:30pmCT, Thursday, September 20, 2018. The regular session will follow at 6pmCT, at which time the board is expected to adopt the tax rate for the 2018 tax bills. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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