Missing from Finch Lane/Holmes Bend area, Adair Co., KY 2012-04-14 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Connie Rowe. Sad update received April 26, 2012: Sad News on missing Joe Duddley Missing family pet: Black cocker spaniel. His name is "Joeduddley Birddog." Missing from Finch Lane/Holmes Bend Area. Please call 270-385-9553 if any one sees him. - Connie and Monny Rowe Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Snowball Viburnum: Utility pole cover 2012-04-14 - Gaston Avenue, Columbia, KY - Photo by E. Smith Waggener. This Snowball Viburnum bush on Gaston Avenue hides a utility pole almost completely. It's located just a few yards from the Gaston Avenue Parking lots for Lindsey Wilson Sports Park. Though beautiful, CM has not tracked its winterology reliability as we have the ones on the Reed Street Side of City Hall. Those have never failed, in years of tracking, to precisely mark the end of winter weather. That's when all their blooms have gone away. Which they do, thawing away so to speak, even though its blooms are often called the snowballs which never melt. And its name, Viburnum, makes a dandy substitute for a real cuss word. -Ed Waggener Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Boardwalk, Downtown Columbia, KY 2012-04-14 - 200 Quadrant, Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The start of a boardwalk, is in place in front of 200 Public Square. The possibilities are intriguing, especially if the stop blocks could be moved back far enough to allow cooling landscaping for more pedestrian protection and would also decrease the amount of parking lot pollution going into streams and help prevent heavy runoff and flooding. And a wonder: Were there ever boardwalks of any significance in Columbia or any of the other communities of Adair County? Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Natural windsock ready for flying car era 2012-04-14 - 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. It looks a little disconcerting at first glance, but the scraggly long branch with leaves may have been purposely left to act as a natural windstock for the coming era of Flying Cars. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mike Watson: picture of early Bank of Columbia 50 cent note 2012-04-14 - Columbia, KY - Photo from the archives of Mike Watson. There was another Bank of Columbia, which survived for a brief time in the early 1800s. It issued 50 cent notes like the one above. The institution was short lived, going out of business before 1828, according to existing banking records in Frankfort. Few bills have survived to modern time. Mike Watson Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Clay Hill Memorial Forest: 2012-04-14 - 7426 Old Lebanon Road, Campbellsville, KY - Photo CM photo. Over 30,000 Kentucky School Children have visited a fascinating South Central Kentucky asset, Campbellsville University's Clay Hill Memorial Forest, 7426 Old Lebanon Road, Campbellsville, KY, and it's fame is growing. Still it may remain one of Kentucky's best kept secrets. It's a easy trip from Columbia, KY, approximately 27 miles - 45 minutes - from the Public Square. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Flowering tree: Fringe tree 2012-04-14 - Clay Hill Memorial Forest, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. CU photo. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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