Morgan Harvey draws names for Teacher Appreciation prizes 2015-05-08 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Shamarie Claiborne, Adair County School District. Morgan drew Lana Glasgow from Adair County Elementary School for the grand prize and Luci Irvin from Adair County Primary Center won the $100 dollars. Congratulations to both these great teachers! - SHAMARIE CLAIBORNE Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lana Glasgow wins Teacher Appreciation grand prize 2015-05-08 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Shamarie Claiborne, Adair Co. School District . Lana Glasgow from ACES won the grand prize donated by Holmes Bend Boat Dock and Marina in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week - a nights stay in their wonderful cabins and a day out on a pontoon. Shown with Mrs. Glasgow is Principal Steve Burton and Superintendent Alan Reed. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

CU Softball pitcher Victoria Decker 2015-05-08 - Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Richard RoBards, Campbellsville University . Campbellsville Softball is led by the Mid-South Conference Pitcher of the Year Victoria Decker and is making their first NAIA Opening Round appearance since the format starter in 2013 when Campbellsville U meets Rio Grande in the opening game of the NAIA Tournament at 2pmCT/3pmET, Monday, May 11, 2015m, at the Richard Gray Sports Complex, University of South Carolina/Beaufort, 205 Main Street, Hardeville, SC. - - from Campbellsville University Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

KY Color: Flower whose ID eludes naturalist 2015-05-08 - Green Hills, Columbia, KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge, Vice President, Homeplace on Green River. Another view of the flower Billy Joe Fudge needs help identifying. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Davion Caston, CU wrestler, is NAIA national champion 2015-05-08 - Photo by Chris Megginson, CU. Campbellsville University's Davion Caston won the 2015 NAIA National Championship in the 133-pound weight class. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Smokey Blue, aka Hat Trick, not as worthless as appears 2015-05-08 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Has it also puzzled you how people are willing to poke fun at one's hair, clothes coordination, even one's walk-away wheels, your tired old car? It's cruel, but endurable. It's part of life up with which we put - but we draw the line at criticism of our cat. Sometimes, the glimpse one gets of a cat is not the whole picture, as in the case of Smokey Blue, above, looking a bit unnecessary. What can't be fully appreciated is the performance Smokey put on while we were at table, watching his seven o'clock crazy antics. He had just defeated more than a dozen falling leaves. He had laid in wait for a chance to pounce a much larger butterscotch cat, and he stalked some groundhogs, but thought the better of a showdown with them. He is the most athletic creature in town. He can play soccer by himself for dozens of minutes at a time. And, if there were a soccer cat stadium here - perhaps the most needed new infrastructure facing the community at this time - he'd be the star. Hat Trick Smokey, they'd call him. Anybody else have a similar issue? Something needs to be done about it, now. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Wildflowers of KY: Vinca Major - Periwinkles down by Old Waterworks 2015-05-08 - Waterworks Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. They're quite eyecatching, these relatively large blossoms - periwinkle or myrtle or vinca - growing along an urban country lane, Waterworks Street in Columbia, KY. This bloom was spotted across the road from the old Columbia Waterworks plant, soon to be razed by new owners Columbia Adair County Utilities to make way for a Trail Towns, USA, Paddle Trail park. Some work is already underway by Pyles Excavating Company. - CM Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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