Rosetta Montgomery given surprise 90th birthday party 2013-12-29 - Charity Baptist Church, 4072 Holmes Bend Road, Columbia, KY, - Photo by George Rice. Surprise Birthday Rosetta Montgomery was treated with a surprise 90th birthday dinner after church services Sunday December 29, 2013 at the Charity Baptist Church, 4072 Holmes Bend road Columbia, KY, with 61 friends and relatives attending. In her soft sweet voice her comment was that she had never had a surprise birthday celebration. Pictured with her is her immediate family, from left, Magan Little, Mary Coomer, Rene' Perkins, and Jennifer Coomer. Picture by George Rice 2013/12/29 - George Rice Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A Road Trip of Bucket List Proportions: Lights of Liberty 2013-12-29 - 36 Hustonville Street, Liberty, KY - Photo by Larry Smith, The Big Dawg, 99.9 FM radio. I've made a pilgrimage to Lights of Liberty to visit what is for Prof. A. W. Reed fans a shrine, even though there are no appropriate historical markers here. Every boy should have been so lucky to live a Tom Sawyer life in a wonderful small town like Liberty, Greensburg, or Summersville, and to have been afforded the opportunity to learn a valuable trade, running a movie theatre projector, as Prof. Reed did here when it was the Kentuckian Theatre, and I learned at the old Skyline in Summersville. I was also interested in the retro-Coca-Cola billboard of World War II vintage of the aviatrix and the slogan, "Your Thirst Takes Wings." It was worth the trip across KY 70 to Liberty. Just a hint - they could at least paint a historical marker on the side of the building commemorating this phase of Prof. Reed's early education. - Reed, The Big Dawg, FM 99.9 Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Fried Green Tomatoes along the trip of Bucket List proportions 2013-12-29 - Bluebird Cafe, 202 W Main Street, Stanford, KY - Photo by Alan W. Reed. The Fried Green Tomatoes at Stanford, KY's famed Bluebird Cafe, with coffee and water, were a brunch meal for me. They are good as the gorgeous presentation photographed by A.W. Reed looks. Easily worth a drive to Stanford to sample. Our history guide, Chris Bennett pronounced his turkey club and fries exceptional, and Mr. Reed's, more venturesome, had a Fried Green Tomato BLT a great combination of the the three basic food groups. - EW. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Great art of the world: The Big Dawg sculpture 2013-12-29 - The Big Dawg studio, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Larry Smith, The Big Dawg, 99.9 FM radio. Our station 99.9 The Big Dawg now officially owns this wood carved Blood Hound. Taylor County Fair Board donated the hound to the Big Dawg Toys For Kids program to be auctioned off to provide Christmas to our needy children. During last seasons Taylor County Fair the Woodcarver Dennis Beach was my guest talking about the chainsaw art and I ask him if he would carve a "Big Dawg" and he said no problem and he did and the dog has been on display in our window since June. The Dog was purchased by Brandon Cox of Campbellsville, KY for $500.00, Cox the came to the station and paid the $500.00 and sent me a message that he would sell the radio station the dog, so I called him and we bought it...This dog is a real eye catcher in our showcase studio on Main Street in Campbellsville and for many years to come this wood carved dog will be a conversation piece. Who knows, it may surpass the RCA logo, 'His Master's Voice' as the most famous logo in the world. - LARRY SMITH, The Big Dawg, 99.9 FM, Campbellsville, KY Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Antique roller: A neighbor's new toy 2013-12-29 - Birch Lane, East Adair Co., KY - Photo by Tommy Bailey. Mid summer 2013- A neighbor came riding by on this antique roller. He stopped by to show me his new toy. - TOMMY BAILEY Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Casey Co., KY: The Lights of Liberty 2013-12-29 - 36 Hustonville Street, Liberty, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Prof. A. W. Reed was happy to find that, contrary to Thomas Wolfe, you can go home again and find things a lot like they were, with improvements. The Lights of Liberty picture show is right where the Kentuckian theater, where he learned the projectionist trade from the 30 year Lord of the Projection booth, Clyde Goodin, as a teenage growing up on Taylor Street, just a few blocks north of the theater. Lights of Liberty is, for the moment, the only Downtown theater in the 7-County area still in operation at an original location. The building is slightly different, but due respect has been paid to its heritage. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Breakfast by Chef Ev 2013-12-29 - EK Country Kitchen - Photo by Linda Waggener. Ev and Granddad cooked breakfast early this morning: Curried-curried-curried chicken stir fry. Evan picked the spices and contents, diced most of the vegetables, and directed the sequence of cooking. Most importantly, was the spice chef, adding just the right amounts of curry, red pepper. curry, tandoori spice, black pepper, red pepper and curry. He likes curry. Got a private bottle of masala in his 2012 Christmas stocking. The dish contained grilled chicken cubes, potatoes, onion, celery, and, at the last minute, whole spinach leaves. We thought it very good. At least there wasn't any left. The corn - homage to the famous Leatherwood Creek corn breakfast, by prepared by Libby's - just heated and served; the tomatoes also came from an aisle at the supermarket. We're planning it again sometime, Ev's thinking of ways to improve it. But we, Granddad and I, thought it perfect. The best we'd ever eaten. Dishes which would have taken a premium at the fair, as Ev's great grandfather would have said. - Linda Waggener Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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