Dale Whitaker honored with special paver in Alumni Walk 2012-12-12 - 210 Lindsey Wilson Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer, Lindsey Wilson College. Retired Rockcastle County High School guidance counselor Dale Whitaker, center, is presented a paver for the Lindsey Wilson College Alumni & Friends Walkway by LWC admissions counselor Josh Gibson, left, and LWC President William T. Luckey Jr. Whitaker was presented the paver in honor of his 31-year career in education. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Shop with a Shriner held at Columbia Super Walmart Tuesday 2012-12-11 - Supermart, Holladay Place, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. There were lots of kids having a big time for the 15th year of a tradition which started as Shop with a Cop was changed in 2000 to Shop with a Shriner. On the first two rows, not in order, are Chrissy, James, Breanna, Tanner, Zach, Derrick, Ryan, Steven, Mitchell, Cory, Alexander, Amber, Keareah, McKenzie, Kaitlyn, Macy, and back row, in no particular order, Richard, Joe, President Jimmy, Cody, Leonard, Kevin, Dale, Derrick, and the author of the book on local, Robert. Adults along from the Family Resource Center were Alyssa Barnes, Paula Garrison, and Betty Knifley. Other volunteers who played big roles include: Angie Smith and Debbie Cowan with Family Resource Center, Adair County Elementary School and John Adair Intermediate School Teachers Jamie Shelley, Mary Keen, Missy Garmon, Jane Reed, Cheryl Corbin, and Jason Curry, and these Lindsey Wilson College Bonner Scholars: Caitlin Underwood, Kanisha Frye, Lauren Thompson, Bailey Scott, Amber Clark, and Hillary Bumpus. The program, organized by the Mark Twain Shriners Club of Columbia, provided a $150 shopping spree for each kid. Prior to the event, there were crafts and a pizza back on the Adair County School District Campus. All the kids are deserving 5th graders from John Adair Intermediate School and Adair County Elementary School. - CM. This photo paired with: Family resource center personnel at Shop with a Shriner Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Renee Shaw on Dialogue with John Chowning 2012-12-11 - WLCU Broadcast Studios, 203 West Broadway, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Ye Wei (Vicky), CU photo. = Campbellsville University's John Chowning, vice president for church and external relations and executive assistant to the president of CU, right, interviews Renee Shaw, Kentucky Educational Television host of "Connections with Renee Shaw," on his "Dialogue on Public Issues" show on Campbellsville University's WLCU-TV. The show will air Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 8amET; Monday, December 17 at 1:30pmET and 6:30pmET; Tuesday, December 18 at 1:30pmET and 6:30pmET; Wednesday, December 19 at 1:30pmET and 6:30pmET; Thursday, December 20 at 8pmET and Friday, December 21 at 8pmET. The show is aired on Campbellsville's cable channel 10 and WLCU FM 88.7 at 8amET Sunday, December 16 Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Doves on the Move 2012-12-11 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen. I assume they're flying in a flock together, because more than a dozen doves settled into the fence row at the same time. They left just as abruptly, when a hawk stopped on a nearby tree. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Poached Eggs 2012-12-11 - Photo by Pen. Eggs poached in salsa with olives and goat cheese, served over mixed greens. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A face from the fire: former Campbellsville Chief Allen Johnson 2012-12-11 - S. Columbia Avenue, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Larry Smith, The Big Dawg, 99.7 FM. Former Campbellsville Fire Chief Allen Johnson has remained a part of the department since retirement, serving as a volunteer. He emerged from the fire Saturday morning, December 8, 2012, with his face black with soot. His courage and sense of duty has been inspirational to firefighters everywhere. The fire was a sad time in Campbellsville, but things are looking up. Tony and Ronnie Knifley, owners of Taylor Tire Sales, have vowed to rebuilt on the same site. Larry Smith, Operations Manager, 99.9 FM, the Big Dawg Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Science and Art used together by ACES Sixth Graders 2012-12-11 - ACES, 870 Indian DR, Columbia, Ky - Photo by Rachel Bardin. An Art/Science project at ACES financed by an increasingly popular no-nonsense, 100% to cause DonorsChoose.com gift from a DirectTv dealer in Segundo, CA, has proven to be innovative and a lot of fund. Left panel, Irish Abbott and Kalen Lee prepare a made-from-scratch mold, and right, Kelsey Redford shows off a finished product, a plaster cast of a leaf. - Rachel Bardin Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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