Senator Sara Beth Gregory meets with constituents at LWC 2014-04-21 - Cranmer Dining Ctr., 430 Helen Flatt DR, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo. Kentucky State Sen. Sara Beth Gregory talks to Lindsey Wilson College Vice President of Administration Mark Coleman Monday in the Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center Board Room. Gregory, whose seven-county 16th District includes Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, McCreary, Russell, Taylor, and her home Wayne County, spoke to about a dozen constituents about the 2014 session of the General Assembly, which concluded last week. Among other topics, Gregory discussed highlights of Kentucky’s $20.3 million 2014-16 biennial budget. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Chicken Soup 2014-04-21 - Photo by Pen. Homemade chicken soup with peas, carrots, and red peppers. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Jesus Walk: Through Grider Hill Pass, KY 61 S/KY 80 W 2014-04-21 - Burkesville Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Laura Turner. The Sparksville Baptist Church organized Jesus Walk - was a big success in its inaugural year. As many as 50-60 people walked at various times along the trail from the Judicial Center in Columbia, up Jamestown Hill, across Bomar Heights, and on to Sparksville Baptist Church, via Burkesville Street/Burkesville Road. The cross was borne by several Jesus enactors, including, above, Ricky Stotts, carrying the cross through Grider Hill Pass. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Reed & Smith Aerial View: Field of Dreams; Bus Garage 2014-04-21 - ACHS Baseball Field, 326 Gen. John Adair Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Larry Smith, The WAVE 92.7. A close up of the Field of Dreams and its neighbors As one incompatibility is being solved with the ADAIR Band finally scheduled to get it's own practice fields - there's still a crying need for a Performing Arts Center - another Incompatibility Issue is evident in this photo, the juxtaposition of the bus parking area near the baseball field, which too often results in foul ball damage to the bus fleet. Somewhere in the mental vision there's a plan to build a new bus garage with it's own bus pool parking. Estimated cost: $1-1.2 million, but the transportation direct says costs will be quickly amortized in reduced damage to the busses and savings in time, not to mention improved safety. (And, may time to recognize another Adair County superlative - the transportation department is arguably the best in the Commonwealth; indeed it is most frequently cited as a role model). Midway in the photo is the large white roofed expanse of Haskin Coomer & Son, one of the original businesses (How long? Well over half a century) at the northeast corner of Walker & Hudson Streets. And, too its right, the massive original campus of the Don Franklin Ford dealership, headquarters of one of the Commonwealths largest automotive groups and, seemingly, the fastest growing. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dogwoods were beautiful on Easter Day, 2014 2014-04-21 - 501 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Melissa Stone. The dogwoods were beautiful, Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014, in Columbia. This particular one is atop Jamestown Hill next to the Columbia Church of Christ building. - Melissa Stone Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Smith & Reed Aerial view: AC School District campus view 2014-04-21 - Greensburg ST & Indian Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Larry Smith. Larry Smith, FM 92.7 the WAVE, photographer, flying with pilot Alan Reed documented a transitional time the oldest section of the Adair County School District Campus. Using bright fan shaped dirt line in the ACHS baseball "Field of Dreams" as a pivot, at 9 o'clock there is the oval track around Booster Field, now the middle school football field. At 10:30 the biggest visual change will occur, when the large John Adair Intermediate School and Col. Wm Casey are razed and the ADAIR band gets is first very own practice fields. (See Adair County School Board Report, April 17, 2014, regular meeting report with diagram of proposed ADAIR Band practice fields). Also at 10:30, more distant, is the Page Street Water tower. At 1 o'clock, there's the oldest building on campus, the original Adair County High School Building (1954), now the Adair County Middle School. At 5 o'clock, entering at the bottom of the frame, is the meridional Indian Drive which intersects Greensburg Street in the lower left of the photo. The large road in the right of the frame is Hudson Street, dominated by the Franklin Family's founding dealership, Don Franklin Ford. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Just as much fun as an egg hunt - blowing bubbles 2014-04-21 - Shelby County, KY - Photo by Granddad. After the hunt, enjoying the Easter Bunnies' gifts - As much fun as hunting Easter eggs was, Tillie enjoying her the industrial size bubble kit the Easter Bunny brought. While her Dad opened the kit, she monitored from a window at her summer home under the tree beside her neighbor's violet patch. - Granddad. Tillie's Columbia grandparents are Linda & Ed Waggener. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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