In Bloom Today, 15 May 2015: Multiflora Rose, hosting bug 2015-05-16 - Columbia, KY - Photo By Ed Waggener. A bug or is it a bee doing a bit of pollinating at a multi-flora rose in Columbia, Sat 16 May 2015. Pretty good sign, maybe even though the now multi-maligned multi-flora rose is not so welcome anymore, and herbicides are used to brown them out the way utility companies and the road departments have turned narrow strips of otherwise green as Ireland into mini deserts. Seeing the bee/bug was, on the other hand, a good sign after hearing on the Public Radio that as many as 40% of bees had died off from the harsh winter and/or pesticides. And after hearing a friend give up on keeping bees in his part of Adair County because of the herbicide drift onto his place, and another give up on grapes for the same reason. There's farming and there's farming - and the two just may not be compatible. And why does gummint always over equalize the good and the bad. Spend money on advertising for tourists and on the other hand, spend MORE money on shortcut uglification which turns tourists away? Can't figure it out. - ED Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dr. Ashley M. Smith graduates from Samford U pharmacy school 2015-05-16 - Birmingham, AL - Photo by Elaine Smith. Dr. Ashley Mae Smith the daughter of Dwayne and Pam Smith granddaughter of Ralph, Rilda and Sharon Smith and Charlie & Brenda Alexander, graduated on Thursday, May 14, 2015, from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Now, after all her hard work, she can start her exciting career as a pharmacist. We her family are so very proud of her and her accomplishments. - ELAINE SMITH Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Memories of Jericho School: THE Knot on the Tree 2015-05-16 - Holmes Bend Road, formerly Jericho Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by George Rice. This story is a dandy, surely a ColumbiaMagazine.com classic. It will make your stay indoors on this rainy day one to really enjoy. - EW "Most people would call this just a knot on a tree but this is THE KNOT ON A TREE. This knot contains more memories than a flash drive. As I stood at the base of this old white oak tree located on the prior ground of the Jericho University my thoughts began to reminiscence in living color the many years and the hundreds of school children that played around that old tree," GEORGE RICE writes in this feature length story about childhood at Jericho School, which was located at the intersection of what is today Holmes Bend Road and Corbin's Bend Road. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

'Change Order' Park in the works: Progress photo 15 May 2015 2015-05-16 - Waterworks Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. What will almost assuredly be a crown jewel creekside Water Park and an ideal new launch site for the in progress Trailtown USA Paddle Trail initiative, is already well underway, thanks to a succession of Change Orders by the Columbia/Adair County Utilities District at the site of the old Columbia Water Plant. The scene above is of just a part of the area being cleared by Pyles Excavating. The work is coming about as a succession of three change orders have been approved by the CAUD Board, the latest at the Board's Thursday, May 14, 2015 regular session, using approximately $90,000 left over from the construction of the Adair County Water District (now CAUD) water treatment plant on Griffin Springs Road in Taylor County. The money had to be spent by August, 2015 or be sent back to the lending agencies. At the Thursday meeting, Judge Mike Stephens said that he believes the money can be used by Ellen Zornes' Paddle Trail committee to obtain matching funds. Ironically, when "Change Orders" were not a bad word and then suddenly became anathema to the CAUD trustees, an additional $16,000 would have been available for park work when, five months earlier, the demolition through a Change Order had been $16,000 less and that $16,000 could have been used in additional enhancements. In approximately five months, CAUD's vacillation cost that much in real (Adair County) dollars, not Federal money. The vote for the latest Change Orders was unanimous, with Chairman Tim Baker, and members Barry Stotts, David Jones, Larry Russell Bryant, and Mike Newton (who wasn't on board in the Change Order Vacillation Period occurred) voting for the latest change orders on Thursday, May 14, 2015. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Blanche Helen Judd Kidd Curry, Green Co., KY (1926-2015) 2015-05-16 - 206 S Main Street, Greensburg, KY - Photo from Cowherd & Parrott Funeral Home. Blanche Helen Judd Kidd Curry, Green Co., KY (1926-2015) Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

ACHS Band Banquet 2015 Percussion Section Awards 2015-05-16 - Cranmer Dining Center, 430 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Donald Hare, Band Parent . Adair County High School Percussion Section Award Winner Chad Scholl, right, with Director Tom Cross. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Outstanding Musician Awards: Bailey Harris, Savannah Starks 2015-05-16 - Cranmer Dining Center, 430 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Donald Hare, Band Parent . Director Tom Cross with recipients of the 2015 Adair County Band Outstanding Musician Awards, Bailey Harris and Savannah Starks Shamarie Claiborne, Adair County School District Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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