The VFW Monument move V - Tablet shimmed, ready for epoxy seal 2017-08-03 - VFW Post 6097, 500 Green Hills Road, Columbia, KY. - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). The straps had been removed. the exact centering was completed, and the final move, putting an epoxy seal around the base was ready to take place. - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The VFW Monument move IV - Crane lowers tablet into place 2017-08-03 - VFW Post 6097, 500 Green Hills Road, Columbia, KY. - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). At 3:21pmCT, the tablet was being guided onto its new home by the ground crew. -EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The VFW Monument move III - Offloading monument at new post 2017-08-03 - VFW Post 6097, 500 Green Hills Road, Columbia, KY. - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). At 3:20pmCT, Thu 3 Aug 2017, the VFW Monument was aloft ready for placement atop the base at its new home. A large crowd had gather to watch the procedure and to photograph history in the making. - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The VFW Monument move II: Center Tablet being loaded 2017-08-03 - 413 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). Above, by 1:42pmCT, the Center Tablet was being loaded on the flatbed truck for its move, along with the two end plates, to the VFW Post 6097 new home at 500 Green Hills Road, Columbia, KY - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The VFW Monument move I: Tablet breaks loose from sealant 2017-08-03 - 413 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). The VFW Monument dictated its manner of transfer more than its movers did. The original plan was to take out the monument in three pieces. That failed in an earlier attempt because the crane brought is was totally unable to budge it. Early this morning, at around 9:30amCT, a really Big Mother crane was on site, and plans changed to the possibility of moving the tablet and the two endpieces in a single unit. At the morning bore, it was evident that that was not to happen. When the first part of the monument was removed, it was back to plan A. At 1:36pmCT, the center tablet began its ascent to be transferred to a waiting flatbed truck, left, onto which all three pieces of the monument will be transported east on Fairground Street, then across the Green Hills Road, to the new VFW Post 6097 home at 500 Green Hills Road, Columbia, KY. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Installing lights on Col. Casey Drive 2017-08-03 - Columbia, KY - Photo by David Jones. The final phase of lighting for the Adair County School Campus is being installed this week. Billy Smith and Jeremy Fryman of Taylor County RECC are working to install street lights on Col. Casey Drive. School for students starts one week from today, Thursday, August 10, 2017. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Betty's at her restaurant and all's well with the world 2017-08-03 - OKCC, 2339 Campbellsville RD, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). Few people will ever know the scope of the silent philanthropy that Betty Ollestad has showered on Columbia, KY, but everyone who's ever been in her restaurant realize she really does understand the legacy she has to one day pass, to be improved. Where's Betty, above, with her son, Dr. David "Mitchell" Sneed, who wrote the classic story assessed by the Read More link with this photo. And Betty, looking so happy now, with much of the future transitions well in hand, will have much more time to sit at her favorite table and greet devoted generations of diners. And Mitchell, above, right, the author of the story, is being encouraged to take the material and write the book about Betty. (Just don't tell her. It will be a surprise best seller; but she's never been one to talk about herself). - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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