Alumni Award recipients at LWC Homecoming 86 2017-10-24 - Lindsey Wilson College, 210 Lindsey Wilson Street, Columbia, KY - Photo LWC Office of Public Relations. Lindsey Wilson College honored three alumni and three former athletes Saturday morning at the Alumni Awards & Athletic Hall of Fame Celebration in Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center, 430 Helen Flatt Drive. From left: Scott Cook, a 2006 LWC alumnus, was inducted for achievements as an LWC basketball player; LWC Head Wrestling Coach Corey Ruff accepted the the award for former wrestler Charlie Pingleton '12 (posthumously); Cetric Anderson, a 2006 LWC alumnus, was inducted for achievements in basketball; Carrie Luker '67 Farris received the Distinguished Service Award; Lori Riddle '02 Eberenz received the Outstanding Young Alumna Award; Robert W. Flowers '70 received the Distinguished Alumnus Award. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mystery picture: Is that a gourd in front? 2017-10-24 - On the road - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Just had to take a photo of this special fall display and ask about the garden item in the foreground -- is it a gourd? I'm clear on the pumpkin in back, and the cute girl scarecrow on the hay stack, but the item in front has me asking questions and I'll appreciate being educated. -- LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Take a second look! Six sets of twins in ACHS Band 2017 2017-10-24 - Adair County High School, Columbia, KY - Photo by Carolyn Hale. Take a second look! There are six sets of twins in this season's ACHS band! Good luck to our special sets of twins, and to every single member of the Adair County Marching Band as they prepare this week to compete at the KMEA State Marching Band Championships at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, KY on Saturday, October 28, 2017. Tickets for reserved seating are still available by contacting Susan Pollard at 270-250-3356. Twins pictured, starting from the top: Dylan and Travis Hale - children of Anthony and Carolyn Hale; Matthew and Michael Hancock - children of Steve and Cindy Hancock; Kobe and Savon Stapp - children of Sabrina Stapp; Kaylee and Jaden Butler - children of Deb Petersen; Kennedy and Colin Stephens - children of Wes and Jodie Stephens; Jonathan and Michael Gold - children of Neal and Harriet Gold. --Jennifer Hardwick Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Fall Foliage, Adair County byway, 24 Oct 2017 2017-10-24 - South of Columbia, KY off KY 55 South Road - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Within three miles of Columbia, KY, a white plank fence lined country lane enters a beautiful tree tunnel. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

John B. Begley Chapel 20 years later, still living up to its mission 2017-10-24 - Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia KY - Photo By Travis Smith, LWC Office of Public Relations. Twenty years ago, the John B. Begley Chapel opened. Called a "strong and vibrant symbol of the Lindsey Wilson mission," the Chapel has since been the venue for countless worship services, weddings, prayer meetings and lectures. Twenty years later, the LWC community gathered again to commemorate the dedication of the John B. Begley Chapel. A symbol of the mission and values of the methodist-affiliated college, the Begley Chapel is the inspiration behind the official Lindsey Wilson College logo. The Chapel is open to the public on weekdays for quiet time, reflection and prayer. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dr. John B. Begley, LWC's sixth president and Chancellor, speaks 2017-10-24 - Lindsey Wilson College, 210 Lindsey Wilson Street, Columbia, KY - Photo By Travis Smith, LWC Office of Public Relations. The sixth president of Lindsey Wilson College and Chancellor, Dr. John B. Begley speaks to the LWC community at the 20th Anniversary Chapel Service on Oct. 18, 2017. The chapel was designed by the late world-renowned architect E. Fay Jones, a disciple of the legendary American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who was widely regarded to be one of the world's leading chapel architects. The chapel is named in honor of Dr. Begley. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Columbian elected KY Governor; might have been President 2017-10-24 - Adair County Public Library, 307 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo CM photo of exhibit by Mike Watson, Adair County Historian. This National Archival Month Exhibit item is on display all of October in the Genealogy Section of the the Adair County Public Library. It is the certification of the Adair County vote in the gubernatorial election of 1863, which was signed by Adair County Sheriff, Young Elisha Hurt, Sr., and County Court Clerk, John W. Butler. Note the vote count: Bramlette, 986; Wickliffe, 18. As Mike Watson points out in the accompanying piece, not only was Thomas Bramlette a resident of Columbia, he turned down an opportunity which would have surely meant he would have been Vice President of the United States, and because of subsequent events, he would have been President Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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