Rep. Ed Whitfield with longtime friend Shannon Rowe 2014-09-04 - Hodge Center, 402 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Tiffany Kessler. Rep. Ed Whitfield Standing poses with longtime friend and supporter, Adair County Constable Shannon Rowe, at the Meet and Greet Rowe help coordinate and publicize held at the Hodge Center on Lindsey Wilson College's campus, Wednesday, September 3, 2014. - TIFFANY HADLEY KESSLER Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Steve Warren speaks in opposition to payroll tax 2014-09-04 - City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Steve Warren an Adair Countian who is not a resident of Columbia, and who, as a Physical Therapist, will be heavily taxed by the proposed Payroll Tax the Columbia City Council is expected to enact at it's October 6, 2014, meeting with approval of a second reading of the ordinance. Warren spoke passionately in opposition to the tax. He cautioned that once enacted, taxes grow, and never go away. The public will have two more chances to voice opinions, at a Special Called Meeting, at 6amCT, Monday, September 8, 2014, at City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY. (We'll keep you posted on the format, time limits, and other public meeting issues as received from Mayor Harris.) The public will also have a chance to comment on the proposed new tax at the Council's regular session, October 6, 2014, in the same location, same time, when the second and final reading before enactment, is scheduled to take place. Clicking Read More accesses the report on the Columbia City Council meeting, September 2, 2014. - CM Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Robert Nicholls, at first CU Noon Organ Recital of school year 2014-09-04 - 429 N Central Avenue, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Kasey Ricketts. Local arts scene: First CU Noon Organ Recital 2014-2015 - Robert Nicholls, well-known conductor and organist at First Presbyterian Church in Evansville, IN, will be the guest for Campbellsville University's first Noon Organ Recital of the new academic year at 11:20amCT/12:20pmET. Tuesday, September 16, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 429 N Central Avenue, Campbellsville, next door to Campbellsville University's Gosser Fine Arts Center. Everyone is welcome to attend this event free of charge. The half-hour recital will be a mixture of standard and improvisation literature appropriate to the mechanical action Pomplitz organ and improvisation, according to Dr. Wesley Roberts, professor of music. - KASEY RICKETTS, for Campbellsville University Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dr. Ron Rogers: Dogs Don't Bark at Parked Cars 2014-09-04 - City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Listening to citizen comments - Councillors Dr. Ron Rogers, Charles Grimsley, and Councillor and Mayoral Candidate June Parsons listened to citizen comments on the proposed new Columbia City Payroll Tax. Dr. Rogers, who heartily endorsed the proposed tax, quoted a popular saying, "Dogs don't bark at parked cars," perhaps the most memorable comment on the issue, saying that change is needed, and that the payroll tax is right, whether everyone likes it or not. The public will have two more chances to voice opinions, at a Special Called Meeting, at 6amCT, Monday, September 8, 2014, at City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY. (We'll keep you posted on the format, time limits, and other public meeting issues as received from Mayor Harris.) The public will also have a chance to comment on the proposed new tax at the Council's regular session, October 6, 2014, in the same location, same time, when the second and final reading before enactment, is scheduled to take place. Clicking Read More accesses the report on the Columbia City Council meeting, September 2, 2014. - CM Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Tiffany & Eddie Kessler greet Rep. Whitfield at LWC 2014-09-04 - Hodge Center, 402 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo. U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield, center, is greeted by Tiffany and Eddie Kessler, both of Columbia, Wednesday, September 3, 20-14 in the Lindsey Wilson College Norma and Glen Hodge Center for Discipleship. In the background, over Mr. Whitfield's shoulders, are, left, VP Dean Adams of LWC, and right Columbia Businessman Lewis Garrison. - Duane Bonifer Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Rep. Ed Whitfield with Dr. Luckey, Justice Caperton 2014-09-04 - Hodge Center, 402 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo. U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield, left, is welcomed to Lindsey Wilson College by LWC President William T. Luckey Jr. Wednesday, September 3, 2014, in the Norma and Glen Hodge Center for Discipleship as Kentucky Court of Appeals Justice Mike Caperton, center, looks on. - Duane Bonifer Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Art in the Vineyard will highlight work of SCC employees 2014-09-03 - Somerset, KY - Photo photo from Somerset Community College. Wanda Fries' latest book, "The Vineyard & Other Stories" will be released during the annual Art in the Vineyards event September 6 at Cedar Creek Vineyards in Somerset. Shown with Fries left is Nancy Phelps, whose photograph was used for the cover. Both Fries and Phelps are employees at Somerset Community College. Art in the Vineyards will be held at Cedar Creek Vineyards, 294 Cedar Creek Lane, Somerset, KY, 10am-5pmCT/11am-6pmCT, Saturday, September 6. Admission is $5 per vehicle on-site - proceeds go to fund Watershed Arts Alliance projects - or you can park at the Shopville Library, 144 Shopville Road, Somerset, KY on KY 80 and catch a free shuttle. There are many returning artists, as well as some who have not participated in the past. There will also be several interactive art activities for children to enjoy. Mixed Nuts, a traditional stringband, will be performing from 12pm-2pmCT/1pm-3:30pmEt.. LaMay & Reece, an American folk music duo, will perform at 3pmCT/4pmET. Food will be offered from Expressions Tea, the Village Trough, and Cedar Creek Farm. And of course, fine wines will be available from Cedar Creek Vineyards Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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