An easy downtown beautification opportunity in need of volunteers 2014-06-30 - Theatre Walk, Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The person complaining about the possible poison ivy also is rightfully worried about litter and danger to kids who might play on the retaining wall or otherwise get hurt along this space between the Theatre Walk and the sidewalk along Greensburg Street - that's the Adair Annex at the center, top of frame. Maybe an individual, business, church, organization or unit of government could adopt - with the landowner's permission - the area and beautify is it. See related Theatre Walk photo: Poison Ivy along the Theatre Walk? or something benign? Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Poison Ivy along the Theatre Walk? or something benign? 2014-06-30 - Theatre Walk, Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo CM Staff. Responding to a something-has-to-be-done summons I was shown this vine at a stairs across from Moore's Pool Room on the Theatre Walk, which the complainant saying it's poison ivy. It has five leaves and looks like Virginia Creeper whose berries contain oxalic acid and shouldn't be eaten; and the most common poison ivy is three-leafed. We're wondering if someone can positively identify this plant and say whether it is can cause skin irritations in any way similar to poison ivy. If so, something might need to be done. - EW. See related Theatre Walk photo: An easy beautification opportunity in need of volunteers Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Flowers: So called Rose of Sharon in bloom now 2014-06-30 - E Fortune Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Not wishing to steer up anything, but to furnish a point of debate, and to maintain a diary of important things, the so-called Rose of Sharon, is in bloom on E Fortune Street. But that's heresy to Billy Joe Fudge. See his side-by-side comparison of this Flower and the Real Rose of Sharon on July 9, 2012 : Kentucky Color: Rose of Sharon, indeed! and a follow up, let's-put-an end-to-this-nonsense piece 11 days later, with three more magnificent pictures, at Kentucky Color: Standing up for the Real Rose of Sharon Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Rain doesn't dampen spirit of pioneering Trail Town kayakers 2014-06-30 - Greensburg-on-Green River, Green County, KY - Photo by Anita Rees. Kayakers taking part in the Greensburg Trail Town USA Paddle Trail event Saturday, June 28, 2014, as part of the City's application to receive the designation occasionally had to seek shelter from the rain under trees, but still had a lot of fun. Greensburg's Trail Town USA application could make the community the third Kentucky City so designated, following Livingston in Rockcastle and the Governor's hometown of Dawson Springs in Hopkins County, and Columbia and Campbellsville are not far behind. - Photo by Anita Rees, Chance, KY, adverturer See paired photo: Scenic Green County, KY: Waiting out the rain, kayaking on GR Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

We Fly the Flag: At the Adair Annex 2014-06-30 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo CM Staff Photo. It flies year round at the Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY, and this week will be joined by the City of Columbia flags, scheduled to be raised on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, according to Columbia City Clerk Rhonda Loy. The loy flag, above, is the POW-MIA flag. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Slide prevention wall taking shape at waste water plant 2014-06-30 - CAUD Wastewater Plant, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The long concrete wall at the base of the hill behind the Columbia/Adair County Utilities District Wastewater Plant is well underway. The footer has been completely poured, and forms were being put in place by Professional Concrete Services (PCS) workers on Friday, June 27, 2014 when this photo was taken. The tallest part of the wall will be backfilled with soil. The work is being done by subcontractor PCS, a Danny & Sandy Pyles company, for Dakota Meyer Construction Co, the prime contractor. The top of the hill is on Wall Street, near the Wall Street entrance to the Columbia City Cemetery. The hillside is owned by the utility company. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mark Joseph Stanziano, Somerset, KY (1957-2014) 2014-06-29 - Somerset, KY - Photo Courtesy Southern Oaks Funeral Home. Mark Joseph Stanziano, Somerset, KY (1957-2014) Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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