World Wide Reveal: Jim Whitehurst Better Beetle Buster 2014-07-24 - Old Gradyville Road, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. This is Jim Whitehurst's very simple to make Better Beetle Buster to protect the Whitehurst Blackberry Crop from the June Bug plague. June Bugs fly in to feast on a molasses mixture bait, and apparently drown in a euphoric demise. Count 'em, above, about 250-300 of the critters. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of KY: Owl at Roley, Adair County, KY 2014-07-24 - Roley (Casey Creek), KY - Photo by Frances Salyers. "Came home from Bible school tonight (Wednesday, July 23, 2014); missed getting picture of a mink but caught this owl," Frances Salyers writes. (If there there is someone well versed on owls, please let us know this one's identification. - CM) - Wendy Butler Burt writes with this ID: "Screech owl, gray form, the most common coloration. There also are brown form and red form screech owls." (Also, there's still more at All About Birds: Owl Prowl - CM) Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Through a classroom window, John Adair Intermediate School 2014-07-24 - JAIS, 202 General John Adair Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo CM Staff photo. The front wall of John Adair Intermediate School is only a facade now. Looking through this classroom window (if anyone remembers for the record, what school activity was in the area, please let us know. - CM) on the town side of the building framed one of the giant Brockman Construction traxcavators taking down the inside walls. Workmen on the site expected the front wall demolition to start this morning, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Superintendent Alan Reed said he expected JAIS to be on the ground by Friday, July 25 and the site of both JAIS and Col. Wm. Casey to be cleared by the start of school in three weeks, on August 14, 2014. The area will be used for two practice fields for the Adair County Band. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Missing: Black dog - three white paws, one black paw 2014-07-23 - Russell Co., KY - Photo by CC Maque. I am searching for my 8 month old female Australian Shepherd. She is all black with 3 white paws and white on her chest. She was last seen Saturday, July 19, 2014, on Jericho Road near the intersection of KY 76 & US 127, in Russell County, KY. If you have seen her please contact me at 740-412-3278 Thanks. Ashley Ccmaque. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

An alien visage among us??? 2014-07-23 - Adair County, KY - Photo CM staf photo. To some it may look like a Space Cat, others may see the face of child with bangs. Hundreds see it every year in Adair County. It's not so alien as it seems. Recognize the face in the sky? - CM Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Kentucky: Pea Ridge Trail at Salato Wildlife Center 2014-07-23 - Franklin County, KY - Photo by Pen. Taken on The Pea Ridge Loop Trail, a moderately strenuous 2.7 mile "primitive" trail that starts outside the Salato Wildlife Center just outside of Frankfort, KY. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

New parking lot ramp at ACHS 2014-07-23 - ACHS, 526 Indian Drive, Columbia KY - Photo CM staff photo. A more versatile afternoon entry and exit pattern was created with this short ramp onto the Adair County High Parking lot, which doubles as primary parking for athletics events at ACHS Football Stadium and the Softball Field. The exit will primarily help with quicker exits and entries from the campus' northern most two access points via Indian Drive and Booster Drive onto the Adair County Veterans Memorial Bypass. The work is being done by Brockman Construction Co., on campus now for the demolition of John Adair Intermediate School and Col. Wm. Casey Elementary School. Superintendent Alan W. Reed said he hopes to have the ramp paved in the future, but noted that a soft rain on the gravel had helped to harden the surface, which was smoothed by traffic. - CM Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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