Wildflowers of KY: ID ??? anyone ??? 2017-06-09 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo(c). (Haven't done the mandatory 15 minute google search before asking readers to help? But it would be a great help if we receive an informed identification of this flower, and any comments about its character - if the why of it's existence serves a purpose for humankind. - EW Comments and answers Libby: - It's common milkweed Jill Petrey: Milkweed, habitat for butterflies JIM: It is one of the good guys Cynthia A. Meyer: White flower is milkweed; without milkwood, no Monarch Butterflies. Diane R. Wallace: Knows milkweed from upstate New York Days Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Traffic Light diagram at FM2/City Hall/GMFH/Judicial Center 2017-06-09 - Campbellsville Street at N Reed/Merchant Street, Columbia, KY . The diagram above is an engineer's drawing of the Traffic Signal Rebuild in Columbia, KY, now underway. As a reference, the large circle in the upper right represents the famed sculpture "Scales of Justice" and fountain at the Adair Judicial Center. Counter clockwise, the corners are FM2, City Hall, and Grissom-Martin Funeral Home. The design will serve a very desirable function of keeping huge trucks with alternate routes out of downtown, Mayor Curtis Hardwick is concerned with the designs effect on the Columbia/Adair County Fire Department's use of the intersection as designed. "Some of the truck's are 54 feet long," he said, "And I don't see how they can make the turn." He said that he see's no alternate route for the firefighters to use which would not mean long response times. Mayor Hardwick is appealing the design. And, at this point, hopes to get it changed. With two of the last major traffic changes in Columbia being so hugely successful, the left-on-yellow signal change at Russell Road on Jamestown Street, and the pure genius construction of the Town Creek Diversion and traffic changes at Campbellsville Street and Fairground Street executed by the Somerset District Office, one would hope that the design above might be in the same category. Two elements which might make the turns possible are the placement of the "Stop Bars" on northbound traffic south of the intersection, and on southbound traffic north of the intersection. Both will be more distant from the traffic lights, which will give more room for turns. In any case, though, time is running short if there should be a critical need for a change, and Mayor Hardwick's due diligence could make all the difference. - ED WAGGENER Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mayor Curtis Hardwick is unhappy with intersection change 2017-06-09 - 200 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). Columbia Mayor Curtis Hardwick is concerned about the encroachment of curbs into the intersection of Campbellsville Street with the Kentucky Highway Department's now-in-progress traffic signal rebuild. Above, he's illustrating how far from the present curb the new one will be. His major concern is whether or not Columbia Fire Department units can negotiate the turns from Merchant Street onto Campbellsville Streets in an emergency. The longest fire truck is 54 feet long. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Columbia/Adair Utilities Board meets at Wastewater Plant 2017-06-09 - Columbia/Adair Utilities District, Sewer Plant, 509 Campbellsville Street,, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). Columbia/Adair County Utilities District Board of Trustees met Thursday, June 9, 2017, at the utility's sewer plant. Above clockwise around table, from left corner General Manager Lenny Stone, trustees Mike Newton and David Jones; Board Chair Wid Harris, Trustees Doug Sapp and Junior Brown. In background behind table Lee Mudd, Monarch Engineering; Steve Breeding and Joe Chapman, the two CAUD employees who operate the plant; and Board Attorney, Marshall Loy. Also present were Adair County Deputy Judge Executive Andrea Waggener and members of the media. General Manager Stone told the trustees that the room had had no extra cleaning to prepare for the meeting. "It's like this all the time he said." The meeting area was cleaner and much better organized than many kitchens. - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

2017 Adair County 'Fairgrounds' I - AC Extension Office 2017-06-09 - Adair County Extension Office, 409 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, Columbiamagazine.com(c) . The Adair County Extension Office, 409 Fairgrounds Street, will be site of the first and several 2017 Adair County Fair Events, starting with the Floral Hall, 4pm-7pmCT, on Wednesday, July 5, 2017.On Thursday, July 6, 2017, the floral hall will be open 8am-12pmNoonCT. Fay Davidson, president of the Adair County Fair, is in charge of the floral hall. For the complete schedule as of June 9, 2017, see 2017 Adair County Fair: Schedule of Events Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Wildflowers of KY: Yellow Trumpet Vine on White Oak Road 2017-06-08 - Easter Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo(c). This yellow trumpet vine was found on White Oak Road near Acree Road in Eastern Adair County, closer to Russell Springs than to Columbia. It's yellow, uncommon in the wild but a color readily available in plant stores. However due to the condition of the plant - not the healthiest for the usually hardy vine, and also because it is in an area of heavy spraying, one would wonder is the color change might have been due to the herbicide. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

KY Afield Outdoors: Encourage young anglers 2017-06-08 - Franklin Co., KY - Photo by Lee McClellan. Bridges Hardin, 14, of Shelby County holds a chunky smallmouth bass caught last week from Elkhorn Creek in Franklin County. Stream fishing for smallmouth bass offers many things, in addition to catching fish, to keep a young angler’s attention. These experiences help hook young anglers into a lifetime of fishing. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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