Shelby Stringer crowned CU Valentine’s Day Pageant Queen 2017-02-23 - Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Tomomi Sato. Shelby Stringer is crowned the 2017 Campbellsville University Valentine’s Day Pageant Queen. The Valentine Queen will go on to compete in a regional pageant, The Mountain Laurel Festival, with many other young women from other universities around Kentucky. The Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival will have "The Queen Coronation" on May 27, 2017. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

David J. Peterson, conlanger for Game of Thrones 2017-02-23 - Downing Student Union Auditorium, 1906 College Heights Boulevard, Bowling Green, KY - Photo from Western Kentucky University. David J. Peterson, left the full-time conlanger (language creator) for HBO's Game of Thrones, will visit Western Kentucky University on April 13, 2017, as the 2016-2017 Paul G. and Ernestine G. Hatcher Lecturer. Peterson's lecture, "Living Language: Conlang and the Power of Language," will begin at 5:30pmCT, at Downing Student Union Auditorium, 1906 College Heights Boulevard, Bowling Green, KY 42101. Admission is free and open to the public. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Robert Ellis: The Ladies of Mt. Tussell Road 2017-02-23 - Mt. Tussell Road, Knifley, Adair County, KY - Photo by Robert Ellis (c) . These ladies posed just long enough for me to snap this photograph. Picture taken last Saturday. Using a little imagination the picture seems to imply they should enter the back of the house and exit down the front steps... - ROBERT ELLIS Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Jakob Beckley on duty as Bonner Scholar at Chamber office 2017-02-23 - Chamber Building, 201 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, Columbiamagazine.com(c) . Jakob Beckley, a Lindsey Wilson College Bonner Scholar from Henry County, KY, satisfies his Bonner community service commitment as a volunteer at the Columbia/Adair County Chamber of Commerce, C/AC Economic Development Office, and C/AC Tourism Commission with 16 hours per week assistance in the day-to-day operations of the combined office. He took part in the EDA's meeting, Tue 21 Feb 2017. - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

New look at Grissom-Martin Funeral Home 22 Feb 2017 2017-02-23 - 200 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo(c). The refacing of Grissom-Martin Funeral Home appeared to nearly complete when this photo was taken Wednesday afternoon, February 22, 2017. New, classical columns, or pilasters, have capitals a lot like those on at least one other building in Columbia - the Columbia Baptist Church. - EW. For comparison to style replaced, see Grissom Martin Funeral Home at Christmas time Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Fourth grade teachers at CMS student-led conferences 2017-02-23 - Campbllsville Middle School, 315 Roberts Road, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Calen McKinney, Public Information Officer, Campbellsville Independent Schools (CIS). About 100 attend CMS student-led conferences Campbellsville Middle School hosted student-led conferences on Monday, February 13, 2017 with about 100 students and parents attending.Above CMS fourth-grade teachers, from left, Samantha Coomer, Maranda Wright, Kaye Agathen and Garnetta Murrell talk to a student about her grades. During the conferences, students discuss their grades with their parents and teachers. Students have folders in each classroom to keep assignments and projects throughout each nine-week grading period to share with parents at the conferences. CMS students also complete reflection sheets on their grades and set goals for the remainder of the grading period. Behavior reports are also printed and students share them with their parents during the conferences. Teachers are facilitators at the conferences, and are there to answer questions. CMS Principal Elisha Rhodes said it's an amazing experience to see students take ownership of their grades and behavior and share that information with their parents. - Calen McKinney Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sunset from Hilltop Lane taken on an even walk 2017-02-23 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Fran Neat. Fran Neat writes: "Picture taken February 16, 2017, while I was taking an evening walk about 5:30 pm on Hilltop Lane." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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