KY Economic Development officials in Columbia, KY 2014-10-28 - Chamber Building, 201 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo (c) ColumbiaMagazine.com. Those who attended the Columbia/Adair County Economic Development meeting, Wed 21 Oct 2014, remember that Megan Roe and Mitch Ruscitti of the Kentucky Department of Economic Development gave the group an update on an innovation to attact new employers: Instead of building costly spec buildings which may not meet the requirements of the next prospect, the state of Kentucky is encouraging communities to have "building ready sites," available for new employers to acquire and shorten the time it takes to be in business. The accompanying story announces that Henderson, KY, is the first community in Kentucky to have a building ready site. The idea was met with enthusiasm by Board Chair Dan Antle and others present including EDA members Randy Burns, Mark Dykes, Ann Martin, and Tony Corbin. - CM (c) Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Laura Gupton portraying Charlotte Temple Combest Russell 2014-10-28 - Columbia Cemetery, 315 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Laura Gupton gave a performance worthy of a KET presentation as her grandmother, Charlotte Temple Combest Russell (1950-1929), calling on a range of emotions from good humor and warmth to troubling sadness at he 2014 Silent City program, Monday, 27 Oct 2014. Laura Gupton is a third generation genealogist from Greensburg, KY. Her mother is genealogist Carolyn Gupton. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scene seen from Silent Ciy 2014 - Almost red, with white & blue 2014-10-28 - Columbia Cemetery, 315 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo (c) ColumbiaMagazine.com. It would be hard to imagine Columbia Cemetery without any of the three, especially in the annual Silent City performances the last Monday in October: The almost red of the red maple, the white of the Columbia Christian Church, and the iconic Blue Barn, all just outside the bounds of the cemetery. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mike Watson portrays Capt. W.W. Bradshaw (1837-1912) 2014-10-28 - Columbia Cemetery, 315 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Always a favorite Silent City enactor Adair County Historian Mike Watson was at his most animated this year, delivering an unforgettable portrayal of Capt W.W. Bradshaw. A Civil War Soldier. Stepping out of character, Mr. Watson enumerated were figures from Capt. Bradshaw's post war life as a missionary for the American Sunday School Union, a career which centered on Kentucky, but included work in western Virginia, and Tennessee. He had established over 1040 Sunday Schools in 56 counties of Kentucky. One hundred two Sunday School students in those Sunday Schools became ministers of the Gospel. And over 900 were converted to the faith as a result of his work. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mr. Richard Phelps as J.O. Russell (1856-1928) 2014-10-28 - Columbia Cemetery, 315 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Mr. Richard Phelps who has made many eloquent presentations at previous Silent City programs, portrayed one of the most important individuals in Adair County History, John Orion Russell. Stepping out of character, Mr. Phelps noted that "A life is not over until it is forgotten." A number of Mr. Russell's contributions to Adair County, including the Russell Building on the Square in Columbia and the First National Bank, now First and Farmers National Bank, which thrives to this day. - CM Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Jennifer Smith, Silent City 2014 2014-10-28 - Columbia Cemetery, 315 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Jennifer Smith, still in period clothes after giving a wonderful performance as as Rachel Turner Nell (b. 1841-1904) at the 2014 Silent City program Monday evening, 27 Oct 2014. In the background, the audience, estimated at around 100 or more, had was listening to Mr. Richard Phelps as J.O. Russell (Russell & Co.) - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sunrise on Birch Road, Adair County, KY 28 Oct 2014 2014-10-28 - Birch Road, Adair Co., KY - Photo by Tommy Bailey. Tommy Bailey writes Tuesday 28 Oct 2014: "Beautiful sunrise as seen from Birch Road." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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