Tadpoles in slough off Sulphur Creek 2015-04-04 - L. Hancock Road/Jr. Burton Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. With no prior year photo to compare, it's hard to know whether the tadpole population is more or less healthy than prior years, in the slough by Sulphur Creek, but this will be a page in the diary for next year. Spring peepers, chorus frogs, sound healthy this year. Wildflowers are out in abundance, and daffodils line the right of ways in delightful ways. The biggest disappointment along this road and too many Adair County byways was the litter. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A real ham, Layla is endlessly entertaining; available for adoption 2015-04-04 - Green River Animal Shelter, 455 Appleby Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. UPDATE 08 Apr 2015 : Layla has been adopted - in just 4 When we spotted Layla, she was on her back in her cage, and wondered if she were ailing. "No," Kim Sallee said, "She's just acting. She wants attention," and added, "she's a real ham." Layla- that's her name - was a reluctant surrender. The woman who gave her up was almost in tears, Kim said, when they parted. Layla performed in her cage, and became even more animated with a simple toy. She's personality plus, and is beautifully marked. As we left the Cat Room, she was trying to pick the lock and go with us. Ed & Linda Waggener Shelter note: Layla's available for adoption now, at GRAS' Judge Stephens' approved special adoption fee of only $30. If you're interested in meeting him her, she is at the Green River Animal Shelter. Please call (270) 375-9655 if you have any questions. Green River Animal Shelter at 270-385-9655 Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 10am-5pmCT and Saturdays 10am-2pmCT. Phone 270-572-9943 after hours. - KIM SALLEE, Director. (Ad) Related: CM Animals for everything pets. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sasha finds a new home at Knifley, and a new name, Pixie 2015-04-04 - Green River Animal Shelter, 455 Appleby Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo ColumbiaMagazine.com photo. Miranda Boston, Knifley, KY, holds the Sasha, re-christened "Pixie," by Miranda. Miranda completed the adoption Saturday afternoon, 4 Apr 2015, at Green River Animal Shelter. (Ad) Related: CM Animals for everything pets. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Hey, folks, they've got me at the pound! 4 Apr 2015 - Corgi 2015-04-04 - Green River Animal Shelter, 455 Appleby Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Kim Sallee, Director. This corgi mix was found on Callahan Loop. If this is your dog please contact Green River Animal Shelter at 270-385-9655 or 270-572-9943 after hours. KIM SALLEE - Director. (Ad) Related: CM Animals for everything pets. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Green headed duck out for a waddle 2015-04-04 - Holmes Bend on Green River Lake, Adair Co., KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. It's a Green Headed Duck to me, but it does appear what most would call a Mallard, supposedly the most easily identifiable member of Duckdom. He was captured in the parade of Saturday Strollers, but this guy waddles. Wouldn't call the gait a stroll. There was a pair Saturday afternoon patrolling the shore. There's a quick course in Mallards at All About Birds/Mallard. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Arthur Lee Waggener in the M&W Auto Parts 2015-04-04 - Theatre Walk off the Square, Columbia, KY - Photo family photo. A reader wrote to ask, me, after seeing a Waggener listing in Adair County, Kentucky, Veterans List, if Arthur were related. He was the first born in our family, and the only one of six children of the late E.P & Audrey Chelf Waggener no longer living. Found this photo of Arthur Lee taken in the late 1950s at M&W Auto Parts, located on the Theatre Walk off the Square in Columbia, in a building which had been, originally a bakery, later a bowling alley Arthur Lee, ran, later or earlier the Columbia Utilities office and warehouse, and later a pool room/lunch counter under a succession of owners, and lately, Moore's Pool & Lunchroom. M&W was owned by L.G. "Peanut" McKinley and my father, E.P. Waggener. At the time, the building also housed the late Joe Johnson's radio shop and my Schwinn dealership. Arthur Lee left Columbia for work in Indianapolis and later joined the United States Air Force, a career he loved. M&W Auto Parts was a great preceptorship for an ambitious kid, especially when Joe Johnson was about. He taught me much of what I know today. I still rely daily on this principle for cooking, "A bushel of wheat makes a might big hoecake." The photo reminds me of an amazing feat which might sold the problem of the debris under the Russell Creek Bridge: The post behind Arthur Lee had to be removed to make room for House of Billiards pool tables. My little brother, Ralph Roy engineered with the help of Henny Sandusky and may advice from Joe Lynn Barbee, a plan to use I-Beams to support the ceiling and take out the posts. The plan worked. A surprise to all pedants, nary a one of them had a degree from MIT. But the installation came off without a hitch. If I remember correctly, the I-beams slowly leveled the ceiling and the floor. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Ring-billed gull out for a stroll 2015-04-04 - Holmes Bend on Green River Lake, Adair Co., KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. This ring-nosed gull was out for a stroll and a bit of a hunt for parking lot snacks. We watched this one and a couple of its buddies for a good 20 + minutes of free entertainment. The birds are a popular part of the natural theatre in our area. The three or four we saw were worth the entire one hour afternoon know-your-county-better-tour, taken at season change time. Wish we would take the time to know more about these wonderful creatures. Our we read up, we would have made a sandwich stop at Green River Bait Shop, saved some of the bread, and taken it as a fair exchange for their work, and to have tossed in the air for them to catch. From our own limited perspective about ring-nosed gulls, we'd write "They are native to the shopping centers of South Central Kentucky, a natural habitat where flocks of hundreds of ring billed gulls can be seen on occasion." But there's much more to learn about the fascinating migratory birds at All About Birds: Ring Billed Gull. A heads-up for Homophobes: Some ring nosed gull families are headed by same sex partners, according to All About Birds. This photo was taken in the parking lot at Holmes Bend with a bit of the lake in the top background. - ED & LINDA WAGGENER Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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