Beautiful Creek Gravel in Crooked Creek 2015-04-06 - Crooked Creek, Mt. Tussell Road, District 6, Adair County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Some who know the streams like a family member advocated harvesting of the gravel bars occasionally. We're not taking a position that it's a good idea or not until more is learned. But it seems worth exploring until we know. This gravel bar is beautiful, but it is contributing to the overflow at this dry bridge. And if it could save money, produce some pretty byways, driveways, and functional, beautiful, low cost driveways and parking lots, wouldn't that be a plus at least worth studying? Comments welcome. - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Crooked Creek crossing flooded a bit. 2015-04-06 - Crooked Creek, Mt. Tussell Road, District 6, Adair County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. David Abell, accross the stream moving hay with the help of his little grandson, knows within an inch of whether the dry bridge is passable or not. He gave the all clear for our tiny Mazda, but we decided not. The water over the bridge is higher because of gravel buildup on both sides of the structure. He said that removing the gravel would be a good idea. The gravel is highly prized by many, who prefer the look of country homes and lanes with the more rustic look creek gravel affords. - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Broken blacktop edges: A safety hazard; or do drivers adjust? 2015-04-06 - Jr. Burton Road, Adair County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The past winter was extremely damaging to county roads. The break-away edges along the way present a hazard. But questions Billy Joe Fudge raised about perceptions of safety and how drivers adjust may warrant a study. Does anyone have any metrics on whether there are more accidents or maybe fewer because of conditions like this one? We haven't heard of any caused by the condition of extraordinarily high shoulders, but have no statistics. It seems that in the wake of the crumbling roads, drivers have adjusted to the conditions and actually pay more attention. Is that why we rarely hear of a vehicle dropping off the roadway on Hurt Street in Columbia. Drop offs are scary on the busy shortcut, but I've never seen an accident on the street - doesn't mean they haven't happened - but I wonder. Right now, if all the county roads which seem to need paving were resurfaced, the cost would be astronomical. We've heard Magistrates mention that gravel may be the better solution for many of them. The county crews can move in with graders and repair them quickly. Comments welcome. Clicking Read More accesses Billy Joe Fudge's commentary Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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Remember this? Maybe someone can help? 2015-04-06 - 400 Block, Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY. - Photo from Waggener family collection. A big hint, since little is like it was then in the 1950's, is that scarcely anything that one sees in the photo is still there: The scene is across Campbellsville Street from what is now Steve McKinney's Adair Automotive NAPA store. Some will remember the mill. Some will remember the strange vehicle and the man in the suit, and some may recognize the building on the right - I think it was George Cook's shop, but maybe not. - ED WAGGENER Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Searching for Mt. Tussell: This is not it. This is The Josie Bank 2015-04-06 - Crooked Creek, Mt. Tussell Road, District 6, Adair County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Easter Sunday, Linda and I drove Mt. Tussell Road from Knifley to the Creek. David Abell, whose farm is on both sides of the creek, told us that this knob is not Mt. Tussell. If I understood him correctly, it's call "The Josie Bank." He told us again of the Mt. Tussell School, no longer in existence, for which the road, formerly known as "Crooked Creek Road," had been renamed. He suggested that may have been in the time after his father-in-law, Bob Chelf was Magistrate in District 6, up until the tenure of Magistrate Wallace Feese. No one yet has been able to tell us how Mt. Tussell School, for which the road was renamed, got it's name. Eb Arnold suggest that his kinsman, C.R. Arnold, now a townie, might know. - ED WAGGENER Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A very white city, from Fortune Street 2015-04-06 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Towns which present an overall white look have alway drawn my attention. There was an angle one could view the village of Center in Metcalfe County from which the town gleamed with so many buildings painted white. It remains my very favorite structural paint color. This photo taken randomly on Easter Sunday gave the impression of a gleaming city of white. I think that it helps cool as well. Maybe someone else knows better than I. The little building on the left is historic, beginning it's existence as a whiskey dispensary, It's about 85 years old, I believe, built 10 years before my time, I'm told, after prohibition ended years of lawlessness and a golden era of crime in America. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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