Downtown Columbia, KY: Times a-changing. For the better 2018-04-01 - 206 Public Square, Columbia, KKY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. A for-the-record picture of our quickly changing Downtown - for the better. Work is underway to transform and restore another building in the Southwest Corner of the Square. Thanks in no small part to investments by community leaders, the City is living up to what former Mayor Pat Bell used to proclaim, "Columbia is a Happening Place." This work is a major reason for optimism this year.- EW. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY - Flowers for Easter at USPS 42728 2018-03-31 - At the United States Post Office, 42728 - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. It's worth a trip to Columbia's United States Post Office on Easter Sunday just to see these newly opened flowers, whether one has a letter to drop in the mail or not. This photo was taken on Saturday, March 31, 2018 - and there wasn't time to ID it before sharing. They mean so much for the Easter season. By the way, for those of us who make a daily visit to pick up the mail, it's been great to see the increase in activity at the local office, now benefitting from an "Amazon" boom. And, we hope, from an increase in the use of "real mail." (After all, Columbia remains a major printing center.) For many of us, whether there's one handwritten letter in the our box, or it's packed with newspapers, bills, magazines, or there's nothing at all, whatever time we choose to visit it's always great to rekindle friendships, and it's a comforting social activity that keeps our world in place, in order. The flowers today were just a bonus and an Easter reminder. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of KY: Wayne Baxter capture of Great Snowy Owl 2018-03-31 - Cave Road, (KY 744), N of Campbellsville, Taylor Co., KY - Photo by Wayne Baxter. Wayne Baxter captured this fabulous photo of the Great Snowy Owl on Saturday, March 31, 2018. The bird has created a nationwide interest among birders, who are flocking to Taylor County in large numbers. Comments James Roberts - Urges conservation aid to re-locate Snowy Owl Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of KY: Bird on a Log, Great Snowy Owl in Taylor County 2018-03-31 - Cave Road, (KY 744), N of Campbellsville, Taylor Co., KY - Photo by Wayne Baxter. A small flock of photographers were gathered on Cave Road (KY 744). North of Campbellsville Saturday afternoon, March 31, 2018. Their interest was a Snowy Owl, a species not seen here before, as far as I know. - Wayne Baxter Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Business News: on the Columbia Public Square 2018-03-31 - 206 Public Square - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. There's building and business news on the Public Square in Columbia. As the little pink marker sign reads in the window at 206 Public Square, Mary and Pete Davis have relocated their business to the other side of the Square and sold the building beside Harris Attorney's building to the owners of Nanwood Market who will be moving their business from Merchant Street on the other side of town onto the Square. And that's just the beginning of new things happening in the historic buildings on the Public Square in Columbia. - LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Volks-bunny 2018-03-31 - Louisville, KY - Photo by Pen. A Karmann Ghia with bunny ears, one of a number of festively decorated Volkswagens in today's Frankfort Avenue Business Association Easter Parade. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Great Institution of Learning: Egypt School, Adair County, KY 2018-03-31 - Seen from Egypt Christian Church, Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Few classrooms in the world have produced more first rate scholars and successes than Egypt School, still shining bright in the evening sun as if basking in pride in its scholars who attended the eight grades there. As county schools were consolidated in the 1950's kids from here and Egypt's sister school at Jericho stood out, and came to be known as "Green River Kids" - teachers in town expected them to stand out, and they did. Back in the the schools' day, there was no broadband, no Chromebooks or iPads, no cell phones, no cafeteria, and most of the students walked to school, and were expected to take care of custodial duties themselves. There were of course, separate on-campus hygiene centers and installations for drawing clean, potable water. HVAC was provided by renewable energy sources, and people-powered, mortuary-provided cooling systems. Pining for the old days ignores the wondrous stories which would have been archived today had modern spying techniques been in place when the school was alive with students. What a book that would have made! - EW/LW Comments, additional information Ben ArnoldEgypt School outranks even Centre College, Harvard Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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