JOY Ministries Mission Week: together in service 2017-07-30 - Columbia United Methodist Church - Photo From JOY Ministries camper photos. From left are: Hayley Soto, Columbia; Haley Coomer, Columbia; Emily Kelsey, Columbia; Hannah Absher, Columbia; Faith Anderson, Columbia Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Wildflower ID needed 2017-07-30 - Russell Co., KY - Photo by Pen. Spotted along Hatchery Creek below Wolf Creek Dam. Does anyone know the species of wildflower? Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

No telephoto needed 2017-07-30 - Russell Co., KY - Photo by Pen. The park below Wolf Creek Dam is teeming with deer and wild turkey. This young deer was just 5 feet or so off the hiking trail to Hatchery Creek. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Hatchery Creek 2017-07-30 - Russell Co., KY - Photo by Pen. What was once damaging runoff from the trout hatchery at Wolf Creek Dam has been sculpted into what Outdoor Life called "A Man-Made Trout Paradise." More information at fw.ky.gov/Fish/Pages/Hatchery-Creek Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A story in silhouette 2017-07-30 - Russell Co., KY - Photo by Pen. Pre-dawn fishing preparations. Ray Mann Road ends in gravel flats that are a popular spot for shore and boat fishermen alike. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Fishing the Cumberland 2017-07-30 - Russell Co., KY - Photo by Pen. Evan Waggener gets ready to pursue the wily rainbow trout on the banks of the Cumberland River just below Wolf Creek Dam. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Drug Forum No. 5 - Despite rain, community joins in effort 2017-07-30 - Bearwallow United Methodist Church, Christine, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). Drug Forum 5 participants didn't let a downpour dampen their enthusiasm for Adair County's concerted concern to eradicate the scourge of illegal drug use, at the Thursday, July 27, 2017, community rally. Most people in the area, in both Magisterial District 7, Terry Hadley's District, and adjacent District 1, Harold Burton's District, will recognize the familiar blue and grey pickup in the foreground belonging to Magistrate Burton, who is present at so many events on Burton Ridge. It was the second drug forum he's attended. Magistrate Hadley could not be present for this one, but sent word of his support and has shown his support in one of the earlier four forums. Columbia Police Chief Jason Cross, moderator of the forums, called on Fiscal Court to increase support for the Sheriff Harrison Moss' office, primarily by provide an ACSO Detective slot, a drug/bomb sniffing dog, and to help the ACSO to lower overall costs with more competitive pay scales. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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