Progress in Downtown Columbia, seen from T-R Housse 2016-02-24 - From The Trabue-Russell House, 201 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, CM photo. Downtowners are predicting that presence of Lindsey Wilson College on the Public Square, starting with the Jeffries Building, will mark a permanent tipping point for Downtown's future. Work on the Jeffries Building is starting with a new roof, with new materials already in place on the roof, left of center. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Daffodils, the flag and memories of two wonderful people 2016-02-24 - East Frazier Avenue - Photo by Linda Waggener. It's still in the family, this beautiful home on West Frazier Avenue in Columbia, KY. This morning, Wednesday, February 24, 2016, it was the site of the first fully bloomed daffodils, which drew memories of the late Oreta Morris, for decades a symbol of Walking Columbia. And the flag evokes the memory her husband, the late W.J. "Billy Joe" Morris, who was as passionately patriotic as any Adair County soldier of the 20th Century. She died in 2011, he in 1990. But their memories endure. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Heron fishing in high waters, Bull Run Creek 2016-02-24 - Bull Run Creek, along Bull Run Lane, Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, CM photo. A heron was taking advantage of the fishing opportunities along the swift waters of Bull Run Creek this morning, Wed 24 Feb 2016. - LMW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Long ago love lingers along the lake 2016-02-24 - Holmes Bend Marina, 5380 Holmes Bend Road. - Photo by Linda Waggener, CM photo. A momento has weathered for sometime, piquing interests of strollers-by. Maybe it's better not to know what happened to the two whose initials are carved here - unless - unless it was the start of a beautiful romance which lives on today. - CM. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Charles Marshburn announces arrival of new family member 2016-02-24 - Greater Gadberry, Adair County, KY - Photo by Proud Hunter. "I have a new hunting dog!" Charles Marshburn of Greater Fairplay proudly announces. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

CJE Stephens at EDA meeting: Regionalization is name of game 2016-02-24 - Chamber Building, 201 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Adair County CJE Michael Lee Stephens, an ex officio member of the Columbia/Adair County Economic Development Board, pushed regionalization as a way improving Adair County's own economic well being. The CJE said he has been in close contact with Sen. Max Wise and Rep. Bam Carney who are pushing a new South Central Caucus in Frankfort, which will tie in with counties along the Heartland Parkway and south and some adjoining counties. He said that Gov. Bevin has told him that economic development aid from Frankfort will still be available despite budget cutting, and that the Governor said, "Get eight to 10 counties together on a project," and bring it, and you'll get our help. Bring one, and it won't." He noted regionalization will include ties with Somerset, KY and the community college and the Lake Cumberland Area Development District - and though he didn't say it - some are reporting that this Governor is having no county shot callers, and that Columbia's voice in Frankfort will be channeled through an administration contact man in Somerset - and he spoke of the new ties to Glasgow, especially with the new presence of TJ Health in Columbia. He cited a comparison of the closeness of TJ Hospital in Glasgow. "You can come from the closed interchange in Glasgow to the Walmart exit in Columbia at 80 MPH, and you're here in 19 minutes. That's closer than the hospital in Campbellsville," he said, adding that he was not advocating speeding. Mayor Curtis Hardwick, the other ex officio member of the board, added that one of his last earlier administration, Tennessee officials had cited the need for a new super road down there to come up through Cumberland County to Columbia, adding that regional impact to development efforts. - CM Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Crosses on the Square: From W Guardian Street 2016-02-24 - 100 Block of West Guardian Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, CM photo. The Crosses on the Square from yet another perspective. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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