Dr. Holliday visits Adair County Schools 2012-03-30 - ACES, 870 Indian DR, Columbia, Ky - Photo by Ed Waggener. Dr. Terry Holliday Kentucky's fifth and current Commissioner of Education, visited Adair County Schools today, Friday, March 30, 2012. After visiting Col. Wm. Casey Elementary and seeing the urgent need for a new facility there, he toured the showplace Adair County Elementary School. Above, at a well attended reception for media and school and public officials, Dr. Holliday told the gathering that he was very impressed with the overall culture of the Adair County School District, and especially, the district's commitment to the children. Dr. Holliday, a native of Belton, SC, has held Kentucky's highest educational post since 2009. He's the author of Running All the Red Lights: A Journey of System-Wide Educational Reform. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Remembering Peanut: Pa Peanut, L.G. McKinley 2012-03-30 - Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo from Fay McKinley albums. Kids knew he was grand: Kids seem to instinctively know character, or so it seemed with every kid who ever knew L.G. McKinley - Pa Peanut. In a room with 100 people, 50 kids, all the kids would be with Peanut - relatives or not. Above, Pa Peanut and his Great Grandchildren: Zachary Whittaker, Audreana Alley, Jacob Cowan, Kaylee Whittaker, Maddie Alley, Austin Alley, Blake Cowan in yellow shirt. They knew him so well. A friend recently looked at the phenomenon. He said. Probably the reason kids gravitated to Peanut was because he was real What you saw was what you got. There was no hypocrisy in him. "And kids know hypocrisy better than anyone." His was many of the same comments with a common thread, so masterfully put in his eulogy, given by George Rice at his funeral last Friday. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dining Etiquette: a main course for LWC business students 2012-03-30 - 430 Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo. A Matter of Etiquette - Lindsey Wilson College students Ryan Locker of Easton, Ohio, and Sarah Gillis of Chaplin, Ky., talk Thursday night during a business etiquette dinner in the college's Robert D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center. About 50 LWC students and faculty members attended the dinner, which aims to teach students how to perform at a business lunch. The event was sponsored by the college's business and computer information systems division. - Duane Bonifer Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Flowers: Vinca, up close 2012-03-30 - Edmonton, Metcalfe County, KY - Photo by Johnnietta Jessie. Spring Flower I have not taken any pictures since the loss of my best friend because my heart was just not in it. I know she would want me to continue on, so I got the camera out yesterday. This flower grows in a fence line between my house and the house of Mrs. Doris Rush. Johnnietta Jessie Seen in the ColumbiaMagazine group on Flickr. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lindsey Wilson College musicians: They've got talent 2012-03-30 - Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC. Warming up: Lindsey Wilson College student Andrew Wright of Leitchfield, KY, left, and Robert Osborne of Columbia, KY, practice Thursday night, March 29, 2012, in front of the John B. Begley Chapel. The two competed in "Lindsey's Got Talent," which was held later in the evening in V.P. Henry Auditorium. - Duane Bonifer Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Color: Complexity and Beauty 2012-03-30 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. The Dandelion: In addition to its immense beauty the young tender leaves are great in a salad, the more mature leaves can be boiled to make greens and many folks like the blooms breaded and fried. - Billy Joe Fudge Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Color: Dug Hill Rebuild 2012-03-29 - KY 704/Fairplay Road, near Inroad, KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge, Sports Writer, Retired District Forester, KY State Division of Forestry. The straightening of Dug Hill is beginning. Straighten might be the wrong word for I believe it should be less curvy. The photo was taken Thursday, March 29, 2012, just north of Inroad, looking north toward Fairplay, Gadberry, Tabor and Columbia, KY. - Billy Joe Fudge Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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