Giant praying hands at Campbellsville University 2014-08-25 - Stapp Lawn, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Larry Smith, The Big Dawg. Otto Tennant, left and Rob Roberts stand beside the giant, 10-ft tall praying hands sculpted by a wood carver from the base of a tree which had to be removed earlier this year on Stapp Lawn on the campus of Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY. If ever a photo was worth a thousand words, this is. it's hard to believe the detail in the hands; it's impossible not to be moved with awe when you see it. Tennant is Vice President or Finance at Campbellsville University; Roberts is head of Grounds Keeping and is he man responsible for he highly acclaimed landscaping which has visitors coming from far and wide just to see his work. The photo was taken today at around 4pmET. - Larry Smith, Operations Manager, Shoreline Communications, FM 92.7 The WAVE, and FM 99.9, the Big Dawg. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Joe Cunningham, Adair Co., KY (1926-2014) 2014-08-25 - 210 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo from Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home. Joe Cunningham, Adair Co., KY (1926-2014) Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Floyd Burton, Ranger winner, takes keys at Rex's Cycle 2014-08-25 - Campbellsville Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Shamarie Claiborne. Winner of ADAIR Band Raffle for Ranger from Rex's Cycle - The ADAIR Band Booster President, Mark Harris, was proud to hand over the keys to Floyd Burton this morning to his brand new 2014 Ranger. Mr. Burton picked up his Ranger from Rex's Cycle Shop after his name was drawn Saturday night as the winner of the ADAIR Band giveaway. Shown here from left are: David Taylor, who sold Mr. Burton the winning ticket, Floyd Burton, the proud winner, Mark Harris, President ADAIR Band Boosters, and Tammy Kassam, Owner of Rex’s Cycle Shop. Shamarie Claiborne, ADAIR Band Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Miss Donna Rieder and some kids 2014-08-25 - East Adair Co., KY - Photo by Bob Jeffries. Miss Donna Rieder with two of the cutest Kikos anyone ever seen, above in this photo taken by Bob Jeffries almost three years ago and posted September 11, 2011. The Adair County Garden will be gathering at Tractor Supply, 817 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY, at 12pm noon, CT, Thursday, August 28, 2014, to carpool to Clifty Creek Kikos Farm to learn more about goats and chickens. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

We are all cousins: An important call from one 2014-08-25 - Photo by Mema, Linda Waggener. We got an important call last night from Hailey with the dancing eyes and now, dancing feet. She was excited, her mother told us, about an outing to the lake with her brothers 'Mem and Evan - 'Mem is still Haileyspeak for Graham. She was so excited that she told her mother, "I've got to call Mema and Granddad - my cousins," and we can only surmise that she's been listening to all the talk of universal kinship - "Everyone is everyone else's umpteenth cousin" - on NPR so much lately. Not bad for a lass of her age. When I was growing up, everyone out to third, fourth, and moreth cousinship were referred to as Cousin followed by their full name, as in "Cuddin Ralph Willis, etc., etc. Beyond that kinship, the bestowal of "Cousin," or "Cuz," or "Cuddin" added warmth and affection to any relationship. The reflection in the doorway is of another of Hailey's special "Cousin" - Great Mema Geniece Marcum, the big hand that of her Dad. - Granddad, Ed Waggener. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Brunch, with Main Dish okra 2014-08-25 - E Fortune Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. I'm always disappointed after going to the Farmers Market on the Square - disappointed that I didn't buy four times as much. That was the case when I didn't buy more tomatoes, more farm fresh eggs, and more purple okra from Donna Jones. I did get enough to table test the okra three times, and everyone - Linda, and Great Mema, Geniece and the cook - agreed that our variation of fresh okra sauteed in olive oil with a little sea salt has to be a family staple from now on. Our variation is to add dried onion bits while frying, then more at serving time and splash more olive oil over it all to finish. Some of the onion bits soften a bit, but the crunch of those which don't is a nice added texture. The mild flavor and tenderness of Donna's purple okra is great, even eaten raw in a garden salad. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of KY: Flock of over 71 Canada Geese - 56 here - by Bypass 2014-08-25 - Adair Veterans Memorial Bypass, Columbia, KY - Photo CM Staff Photo. A flock of some 71 geese - 56 of them in this photo - were seen along the Adair Veterans Memorial Bypass by the Pelham Branch Road Crossing yesterday afternoon, Sunday, August 24, 2014. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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