Today is now officially Vietnam Veterans Day 2012-03-29 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. As Vietnam Veterans Joe Hare, Gary Melton, and Larry Rooks stand behind them, Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton and City of Columbia Mayor Mark D. Harris officially declared today "Vietnam Veterans Day" in Columbia and Adair County, KY. The ceremony took place shortly past 9amCT, Thursday, March 29, 2012. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Let me tell you about my grandkids: Pretty, precious Abigail 2012-03-29 - Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Larry Smith. There may be only one person in the world who can steal the scene from Larry Smith: Granddaughter Abigail Gracie Smith. He writes, "My precious grandaughter, Abigail Gracie Smith...now 5 months old." Larry Smith is Operations Manager for The Big Dawg, 99.9 FM, Campbellsville, KY and the morning voice of The WAVE, 92.7 FM. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Some great old families 2012-03-29 - 315 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. A lot of great old Adair County families here Kelsay and Moore in the foreground, Pages, a large number of Cheathams, and Hancocks. Eubanks, Smiths and more - great families whose generations have been a big part of the bedrock of life here. So many stones carry memories, just one to share in this cutline. No one ever loved doing what they did more than the late James Lewis Moore when he was Columbia Water Superintendent. He loved to take a glass of cold water, straight from the tap, draw a big swallow, and say, "RC! - Good old Russell Creek." At that time, all the water distributed in Columbia was from Russell Creek, but in later years even Columbia city water was augmented with water from Green River Lake. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Butterflies: They flying on Greenbriar Ridge 2012-03-29 - Greenbriar Ridge RD, South Adair Co., KY - Photo by Kay Haupt. Kay Haupt captured this butterfly at her lilac two days ago. Several species have been spotted early on her stretch of Greenbriar Ridge, located in Adair County, just north of Cumberland and lying between the Village of Breeding, KY, and the ghost store community of Chance, KY. (Species ID would be appreciated. Just use the Comments button with this photo.) Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Ceremony at 9amCT will proclaim Vietnam Veterans Day 2012-03-29 - 415 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Joe Hare, Commander, Columbia Post 9057, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton and Columbia Mayor Mark D. Harris will proclaim today as Vietnam Veterans Day in Columbia/Adair County, KY, in a ceremony open to veterans, the public, and the media, at 9amCT, in the basement of the Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY. The photo above is at the Veterans Memorial at the Adair County Fairground, taken by VFW Commander Joe Hare shortly after the POW/MIA flag was added. The proclamation to be signed is at right. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Bridge acting as dam a simple fix, Paul Abrell says 2012-03-29 - Adair Co. District 1, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Citizen Paul Abrell says that this old County Bridge over Sulphur Creek - built in the olden days before CJE Ann Melton and before the current Fiscal Court First District Representative Harold Burton's tenure - acts as a dam and floods his part of the valley. He says the bridge is turned the wrong way and that the teensy culverts in the poured concrete structure get clogged and, in heavy rains, water even gets into a neighbor's house. A similar situation on Sulphur Creek occurs at the dry bridge on Hancock Road/Jr. Burton Road, which floods Murrell Burton's little bottom. Today's county bridges are built problem in mind, Judge Melton says, and notes that all of the most recent bridges have guard rails instead of low concrete curbs with weep holes, to eliminate pooling on bridge floors. The county continues to monitor the P. Abrell Road situation, she says, but says that a bridge replacement at this time does not seem feasible. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Jeff Hatcher says soccer field sign at Milltown is gonna happen 2012-03-29 - 104 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Jeff Hatcher, the one man Milltown Board of Trade and Parks & Recreation Department, says that there will be a sign at the Kentucky State Sunday Mexican League Soccer Field there sometime this year. The exact name isn't official, but he thinks they settled on "Dakota Meyer Soccer Field." He was in town to sample the board of fare at a local restaurant. Coincidentally, Milltown Mayor and Historian Frances Glasgow was dining at the same place and endorsed the idea. "Whatever my good neighbor Jeff Hatcher does is fine with me," she says. Her house in Downtown Milltown has its own Sheffield Avenue style free rooftop and front porch view of the action. During the summer, Hatcher says, attendance at the matches can be in the hundreds. Further details will be added later. Hatcher was busy eating a large plate of whole fried jalapenos and closed the interview. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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