Scenic Casey County, KY: Rather new sign on South Fork Road 2017-07-30 - West of Phil, Casey County, KY at South Fork Road & KY 910 - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). An attractive new signboard at the intersection of KY 910 and South Fork Road is indicative of the latest upsurge in commercial activity in the area. There have been mostly ups for the growth of the tourist destination a bit off the beaten paths of KY 80 and US 127, but currently, the growth is explosive. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kaye Agathen: How Henry Brown mailed himself to freedom 2017-07-30 - Campbellsville Middle School, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Calen McKinney, Public Information Officer, Campbellsville Independennt Schools (CIS) . CMS social studies teacher Kaye Agathen explains how Henry Brown mailed himself inside a box so he could be free. - CALEN McKINNEY Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: A bouquet of Fresh Basil, Tableside 2017-07-30 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Pen (c). The Farmers Market on the Square yielded a bouquet of Fresh Basil, some great tomatoes, and some of the neatest $1 each gifts to be found anywhere on the planet, in the array of pot holders designed and sold by Donna Jones at Big Black Dog's station, which made their way back to Indianapolis yesterday. We wondered if any birthday, graduation, or obituary ever requested, "The family requests bouquets of fresh basil and/or heirloom slicing tomatoes in lieu of . . . " It would seem appropriate this summer. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Cheers to Boat House Winery 2017-07-30 - 808 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Eli Jackson (c). The 2013 graduate of Adair County High School, and 2013 graduate of Vanderbilt University, is back from travels to six countries and has discovered some more than subtle changes in Columbia, KY - a big one on the food and wine scene. She writes: "After spending a week in France, I have been calling myself a wine connoisseur. I sniff and swirl my wine, and I always comment on the tannins. If you don't know what tannins are, that's okay. I don't either. I just always comment on them. So when I noticed the large illuminated sign for "Boat House Winery" filling the void of where the old Prescription Shoppe used to be, I was more than ready to show off my wine knowledge and stop in. Oh, and my mom works there. That was my other reason for stopping in." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Happy Birthday Mr. Farmers Market on the Square 2017-07-29 - Corner Merchant & Campbellsville Streets, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). Happy Birthday to Wayne Armitage, aka "Barbara's Husband" as it reads on his cake that he was sharing with friends and customers at FM2 Saturday, July 29, 2017. Many know him as Mr. Farmers Market on the Square, the biggest supporter of all for his wife, FM2 coordinator, Barbara Armitage. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian - A Perfect Day at the Food Fair - FM2 2017-07-29 - Farmers Market on the Square, 103 Merchant Street, Campbellsville & Merchant Streets, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). An amazing shopping mall comes to life at 103 Merchant Street each Saturday, at 8amCT and each Wednesday, at 1pmCT. Very shortly after 5 hour sessions are over, there's scarcely a trace of what's just transpired. The growth of FM2 continues a steady upward vector, Market Coordinator Barbara Armitage said. This year the market is often around 2.5 times the traffic in the old location, where a big crowd was 300. Now, the Wednesday market draws that many. And on Saturdays, the number in attendance can exceed 800. This photo - 29 Jul 2017, when the weather was cooperating perfectly, and the products were better than ever - and this doesn't show all the booths. The location was the brainchild of Columbia Mayor Curtis D. Hardwick and Barbara Armitage, with the unanimous blessing of the Columbia City Council. - EW/LW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Hay-bale- bombed sidewalk, one month after. Guess who paid??? 2017-07-29 - Burkesville Street at Pinckney Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, columbiamagazine.com. - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). The site at what could have been a tragedy has been cleaned up and a new sign has been erected. Guess who paid? The citizens of Columbia, KY and it wasn't cheap. The new sign and pole cost around $100. And the City of Columbia Street Department cleaned up the mess. No one knows who the driver of the vehicle which lost the huge bales was. But that person would have to have known he/she had lost three round bales of hay. Had pedestrians been walking there, lives could have been lost. Paired What do you think ought to be done to prevent future mishaps such as this one? - EW Commentary Charles Marshburn - Enforcement is answer George Kolbenschlag - Agrees with Charles Marshburn on Hay-bales on sidewalk solution Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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