Historic Adair Courthouse: To tickle a cloud and make it laugh 2014-07-04 - Historic Courthouse, 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by CM staff. Everyone has the urge to tickle the belly of a pillow cloud, and make it laugh. I know I do. It's like the urge to run your hand over a cornfield as you travel Kass County, Indiana in June or the impulses to pull mammoth icicles from deep highway cuts in February. The clouds seem close enough from the belfry windows under the clocktower in the Adair County Courthouse for a tickle or two. This picture, with an eye on the Columbia/Adair County Utilities District water tower in Green River Commerce Park, was taken on a day of the most pillow clouds, on a perfect July 3, 2014. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Friendly male dog found in Elk Horn, Taylor Co., KY area 2014-07-04 - Elk Horn, Taylor Co., KY - Photo by Angie Johnson. Angie Johnson writes: We have found a young male medium sized dog, black with some light shading. He is wearing a light blue nylon collar. He was found in the Elk Horn area, Taylor County on Thursday June 26, 2014, in the afternoon. If we can not find the owners we would love to find him a good home. He is very friendly. We do not expect or want any kind of payment or reward. Thank You. Please call 270-465-6080 Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Happy Birthday, Columbia, KY! 2014-07-04 - Historic Courthouse, 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Doyle Lloyd. This Doyle Lloyd classic Independence Day photo was first posted on ColumbiaMagazine.com one year ago on the Fourth of July, 2013. Seen in the ColumbiaMagazine group on Flickr. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Larry Smith: Hot Air Balloons at Taylor Co. HS 2014-07-03 - Taylor County High School - Photo by Larry Smith, The Big Dawg, 99.9 FM radio. The Hot Air Balloons - This year, unlike July 3, a year ago, we've got perfect weather for the balloon glow to kick off Campbellsville's fabulous Fouth of July - the biggest Independence day celebration in Kentucky. Thousands of people will be here tomorrow. The photo was taken at Taylor County High School tonight, July 3, 2014. - Larry Smith, Operations Manager, Shoreline Communications. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

KY Outdoors Afield: Green River above GRL great Fishing Area 2014-07-03 - Green River above GRL, Adair County, KY KY - Photo by Lee McClellan, KY Afield Outdoors. The Green River at Green River Wildlife Management Area Access in Adair County is the last access point before Green River Lake. Floats on the Green River above the lake combine a unique landscape with excellent fishing for channel catfish and black bass. Lee McClellan, Associate Editor, KY Afield Outdoors Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Historic Adair County Courthouse Clock 2014-07-03 - Clocktower, Historic Adair County Courthouse, Columbia, KY - Photo by Letisha Paris. Tisha Paris and son Gary Crawford climbed to the topmost room, in the Historic Adair County Courthouse, 500 Public Square, to discover this huge clock mechanism and some great views out the windows in the clockfaces. The openings were designed to allow keepers of the clock to manually adjust the hands. It was the lack of an opening which prevented, some 65 years ago, the installation of glass faces, which could have been illuminated. In recent memory, Carl Hutchison was keeper of the clock for several decades. He was paid the princely sum of $50 for the service. His unpaid assistant, Joe Moore, helped for many years, and, to this day, has a huge store of knowledge about the courthouse, the clocks, and the tower. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Selfie: Photographic proof of scaling Columbia's 'Everest' 2014-07-03 - 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Letisha Paris. This selfie is photographic proof that 'Little Gary' Crawford and his mother, Tisha Paris, where among the elite number who can claim to have visited the belfry atop the Adair County Courthouse, just under the Historic Clocktower. The bell can be seen in the background. The intrepid climbers went all the way to the top, and into the belltower itself, this afternoon, July 3, 2014. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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