A tree with a story: The Chestnut tree at the John Field House 2016-06-19 - Corner of W Reed & E Fortune Streets, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com (c). Throughout Adair County at this time of the year, the catkins of the American Chestnut tree give the forest a soft pleasant sparkle amid the greenery. Here in Columbia, our urban forest includes this striking example. And it comes with a story. The late Edith Cundiff Walker, a truly great, Renaissance Rural Kentucky Woman, had the vision to plant the tree several decades ago. It would be so wonderful were she to be alive today to see the fruits of her labors, and to let us tell her in person, Thank you, Dean Walker. The house is one we lived in for a season, a house where the Adair County Inauguration was planned, and the site of a garden party attended by Janice and Henry Giles when Mrs. Giles' chose the headline font for the soon to be launched Columbia Statesman which later became The Daily Statesman. It was, in our memory, too, the house where our oldest son was taken to stay while the working journalist of the family covered a devastating tornado. Oldest son's state was entertaining, to say the least. He was fascinated by the Walker family cat. Edith Walker said that he chased it most of the evening before falling asleep, but the cat was never in danger. "He would run one way, and the cat in another," she said, as cat and boy co-existed for a few hours. - Ed Waggener Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A Happy Time at Adair Co. School Board Meeting, 16 Jun 2016 2016-06-19 - Conference Room, Adair Co. School District, 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com (c). Though school is out for the summer, looking ahead to re-opening in the fall and even more improvements this fall Supt. Alan Reed, Second from left and, from left Board Members, Quin Lasley, Lauren McQauide (student member), (Reed) and Chairman FLoyd Burton shared a moment of happiness at the June 16, 2016 regular meeting of the school board. Mr. Reed had almost all good news at session, including prospects for the Great Education Tranformation to continue to soar in the coming year. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mrs. Frances (Granny) Martin White, Taylor Co., KY (1930-2016) 2016-06-19 - 1765 New Columbia Road, Columbia, KY - Photo from L.R. Petty Funeral Home & Cremation Services. Mrs. Frances (Granny) Martin White, Taylor Co., KY (1930-2016) Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Happy Fathers Day: Ed Waggener 2016-06-19 - Green River Lake - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com. Way out on the point at the visitor's center on Green River Lake is a father I admire, Ed Waggener, the dad of Pen and Tom Waggener who are also fathers I admire! - Linda Waggener Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Baby Robin and its Mama - A story for a father 2016-06-19 - Milltown, KY - Photo by Celia Downey. The outcome of the Baby Robin from the holly tree is proof positive in this picture. I held my breath, zoomed in, and SNAPPED! All is good. - Celia Downey Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

New Columbia, reshaped to Miss Victoria's wishes 2016-06-19 - Hollady Place, New Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Greater Bliss/New Columbia activist and Democratic Party power Miss Victoria Browning Pike is seeing her own punchlist of things which ought to happen take shape. Above, work continues on the Holladay Place lot she wanted cleared of natural growth. In the background, two of the light poles tower above the Kenneth & Earnestine Bennett home. Miss Vicky led the advocacy which made the $1 million lighting project a reality. She is keeping an eye on the Pinewood Shopping Center, invoking Adair County's common law "Do Right" principle, but only when necessary. She's keeping an eye on all the developments in the neighborhood, including the probability of new medical facilities, new employment opportunities in the neighborhood, and for new retail choices which will eliminate costly hauling cost, which, by law until March 5, 2016, had necessitated frequent and costly, high-dollar trips in her Toyota Fit to purchase supplies which, in her father's day, were delivered in a Lincoln Town Car, out of Marion County. She has not yet expressed proper enthusiasm for the likelihood of a Japanese restaurant, an Appleby's or even a Cracker Barrel. She's adamantly opposed to a truck stop in the neighborhood with what she thinks would be consequentially, increased drug sales and even flesh peddling, and she's fighting panhandling. But she watches each improvement. New fine dining opportunities at the latest opening, Hardee's of Columbia. And can't wait for the new Sleep Inn hotel to open, built largely, we suspect, to give fly-in Angus buyers the opportunity to shop till they drop in Angus Central, Greater Biiss/New Columbia Angus capital of the Commonwealth. Now she is lobbying for the City of Columbia to create a Great White Way from the Public Square to the Louie B. Nunn, with Street lights all along the two mile stretch. - Ew Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Father's Day Cinnamon Rolls 2016-06-19 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Tom. A Father's Day breakfast project baked by Tom and Matilda, which Tillie pronounced "almost like Miss Shellie's!" Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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