A.L. Sinclair talks with kindergarten children 2012-05-07 - Col. Wm. Casey School, 220 Gen. John Adair DR, Columbia, KY - Photo by Alan W. Reed. Adair Schools photo. The Sinclair Doctrine in practice An icon of the PRIDE program's successs in Southeast Kentucky, A.L. Sinclair, Adair County Solid Waste Coordinator regularly puts in to practice what he considers the biggest major factor in ecology: Education. Above, he's talking with one of six classes he and Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton visited this morning to talk with kindergarteners about the Adair County Recycling Center. Patience and teaching, he says, pays off more than hair trigger punishment. When kids learn about the environment at an early age, they never forget it, he stresses. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Favorite Old Postcard: Tree lined Burkesville ST, Columbia, KY 2012-05-07 - 200 block of Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo from collection of Dr. James Callison. The Courthouse Clocktower can be faintly made out in this scene looking north on Burkesville Street, in the days when pedestrians were shaded and protected by a line of trees, and by the self limiting speed of the automobiles. The street was wide enough to carry all the traffic of today, and there was on street parking for motorist convenience and even more protection for pedestrians. The postcard was submitted by Jim Richards, after Dr. Callison - who graduated from Columbia High School and grew up just one block from the scene on East Guardian Street - sent it to Richards with a note that Western Kentucky University, Dr. Callison's alma mater, had played the University of Kentucky to its closest margin en route to the UK NCAA title in 2012. Clicking on ReadMore accesses a lament for the passing of a tree, to emphasize that desert-like expanses like the Burkesville Street Speedway come about losing one tree at a time. -EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

(Ad) South Central Printing: May 2012 Full Color Business Cards 2012-05-07 - Photo from South Central Printing. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Ann visits with CWC kindergarteners 2012-05-07 - Col. Wm. Casey School, 220 Gen. John Adair DR, Columbia, KY - Photo by Alan W. Reed. Adair Schools photo. In a role she likes best, being with children, Adair County Judge Ann Melton talked with Mrs. Shay Knifley's kindergarten class about the Adair County Recycling Center. She and A. L. Sinclair, the Adair County Solid Waste Coordinator, visited all six kindergarten classes at the school this morning, May 7, 2012. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Ole Homeplace Derby Hats Contest winners 2012-05-07 - 300 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Sherry Turner. The Derby Hats contest winners at the Ole Homeplace in Columbia, KY, aresitting, from left, Kathy, Cathy, and Tammy. Standing are Carol J., Carol B., Martha, and Carolyn. The contest was held the day before the Derby, on Friday, May 4, 2012. - Sherry Turner, Ole Homeplace photographer Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Chattanooga Highway, Sparksville Bypass Segment 2012-05-07 - Sparksville, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Paving has been underway at a fast pace: the remaining segment of new KY 61 South. Above, at the soon crossing of old and new KY 61's, just north of Sparksville. To the left, the rising road bypasses Historic Downtown Sparksville, KY. speeding travelers to Breeding, Burkesville, Celina, Cookeville, Chattanooga and points south. The road to the right, the present KY 61 concurrent with KY 68. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Taylor Co., KY: CU graduation, evening Ransdell Chapel 2012-05-07 - Ransdell Chapel, 401 N. Hoskins Avenue, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Ransdell Chapel on the campus of Campbellsville University held a capacity crowd for the Friday evening, May 4, 2012 commencement exercises. The university had a record 597 graduates during the 2011-2012 school year. Clicking ReadMore accesses complete, detailed list of 2012 Spring Graduates Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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