Scenic Adair Co., KY: Ready for the winter in Portlandia 2013-10-29 - Porland, Adair Co., KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. There's appears to be enough farwood laid on the porch of Poor Man's Country Corner, now in the new administration of Becky and Herbert Janes, and the ongoing tenure of "Cat," who came with the store, Becky Kessler said. It's the Central Building in the storied Village if Janeses, Kesslers, Downeys, Rogerses and Keltners, Bakers, Smiths, Beards and more. The Country Corner is now given over to almost all restaurant seating, and is open 6 days a week, Mrs. Kessler said. Mrs. Marcum, whom cats adore, told Cat it was the prettiest cat she'd ever seen, praise which Cat, right pleased with itself, seemed to think well deserved. The friendly porch is inviting for one wanting to enjoy the scenery in comfort, or sit a spell before dining. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Police, fire, and ambulance workers on scene 2013-10-29 - Taylor County, KY - Photo by Lawrence Hamilton. Just north of the Taylor-Adair County line, KY 55 between Columbia and Campbellsville was closed this afternoon around 3:30pmET. Rescue crews struggled to remove a driver from his pickup truck after a wreck that was the tragic end to a high-speed chase starting in Campbellsville. The status of the driver is unknown at this time. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Firemen try to remove driver from wreckage after high speed chase 2013-10-29 - Taylor County, KY - Photo by Lawrence Hamilton. Lawrence writes, "This accident happened at 3:30 on 55 South, one mile north of Adair-Taylor line. Police chased this guy from Campbellsville and it was said that he may have been traveling at 100mph." The driver was airlifted to University of Kentucky Hospital. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Taylor Co., KY: Turner Grocery at Bengal 2013-10-29 - KY 323, at Bengal, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Silent City 2013: Joseph Flowers as Woodruff Flowers, M.D. 2013-10-29 - Columbia Cemetery, 315 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The finale of the 2013 Silent City presentations took place on the north side of the cemetery, overlooking Campbellsville Street. Joseph Flowers as his grandfather - "Granddoc" - Dr. Woodruff Flowers, a most beloved family physican from Adair County's past, with Adair County Genealogical Librarian Ernestine Bennett and Lash Davenport, who appears in the opening scene receiving a shot from Dr. Flowers. Dr. Flowers' black bag is open on his and Berenice Rickman Flowers headstone, and portraits of the grand couple are on the left, lighted by a coal oil lamp of the era. People still living will remember having their tonsils taken out at Dr. Flowers' office, as Joseph Flowers recalled, as casually as getting a haircut today. Little known though, was the memory of that Dr. Flowers actually performed that surgery on house calls. The performance had be anticipated for years; this year it become a reality and the audience, expecting a stellar performance, got more. The performance captured the historical highlights of Dr. Flowers' professional life and that of his equally beloved wife, Berenice Rickman Flowers, but the humanity which endeared the couple to Adair Countians in a way rarely, if ever, equalled. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Silent City 2013 - Wanda Beard as Mary Cartwright Garnett 2013-10-29 - Columbia Cemetery, 315 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Wanda Young Beard: as Mary Cartwright Garnett. Silent City audiences know to expect solid performances from Wanda Beard. This was one of her best presentations, a re-enactment of a woman not far from the memories of so many, of a woman born into a great Clinton County family, the Cartwrights and grew up on Lindsey Hill in Columbia and married into a foundation family, the Garnetts, but, as a relatively young widow, had to rely on her own enterprise after James Garnett died at age 45. Mrs. Beard's scholarship and detailed memories of her own time with Mary Garnett made a great life come to life. The presenter's wonderful incidental touches of humor brought smiles to the faces at this point. Some faces and people above: Gerald Coomer, far left; and from left in the arc, Cathy Cox, the lady in green; Barry Loy whose performance as Martin Luther Loy would be seen a little later in the video at the library, and, at far right, Mr. Richard Phelps, this year giving an unforgettable portrayal of Columbia's founding father Daniel Trabue. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Silent City 2013: The procession - the same; and different 2013-10-29 - Columbia Cemetery, 315 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. There's an Our Town quality about every year's production of The Silent City. The long procession from the Old Cemetery to a newer section is a bit of a time lapse with a few added, a few left, other seeming to change, and everything changing, just as the passing parade in Downtown Columbia changes but little and then over a decade or a century, everything changes. For those of us who see life as theatre, it doesn't matter when one steps into to be part of the audience - life is a continuum, anytime is a great time to join, any time is OK to leave, as some had during the performances. Ahead, the procession moves on to see Wanda Beard as Mary Cartwright Garnett, passing by a Breeding and the Fouser monuments. On the left, in black, is Adiar County historian Mike Watson, who portrayed Revolutionary War soldier William Hurt in Travis Smith's video Looking Back . . . and on the right, in the long black period dress, Lee Ann Jessee, who had given the first presentation of the evening as Nancy Russell East. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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