Adair Jazz Band Concert 2012-02-18 - 870 Indian Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Debbie Cowan. The Adair County High School Jazz Band played to a large crowd Friday night at Adair Elementary School and received rave reviews. Pictured are trumpet players Sarah Ferguson, left, and Jamika Payne. - Debbie Cowan Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

CWC students learn about Korean culture and food 2012-02-18 - Col. Wm. Casey School, 220 Gen. John Adair DR, Columbia, KY - Photo by Angie Hixson. Alice Hyojung Kim, a Lindsey Wilson College foreign exchange student from Inchon, South Korea came to Colonel William Casey Elementary School to Angie Hixsons class to talk to her class and Kelly Robertson's 2nd grade classrooms on Friday, February 17, 2012, Miss Rebecca Routt is a student teacher in Mrs. Angie's class and she is doing a unit on diversity and Alice came to talk with the students about her culture. In the picture is Alice showing a favorite food of Koreans to Hannah, Anita, Dameon, and Hailey. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Downtown Columbia, KY, from 90 ft up, from Ladder 1 2012-02-18 - From 90 ft over Merchant Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by David Taylor. While onboard during initial flag flying exercises on Ladder One, Friday, February 18, 2012, David Taylor shot this new new look at Downtown Columbia,, Jamestown and Guthrie Streets, top left of Clocktower; and Fortune Street, Guardian Street and Graded Hill, top, right of the clocktower. In the lower right corner can be seen the sunroom of or county lodgings at 201 Greensburg Street. Just above that, the large red brick building is the Adair Annex (1992), and clockwise around the Public Square, the Downey-Wilson Building and the balance of the 400 Quadrant of the Public Square. the red building with the Early American windows is the Collins Building, famed for the local legend that a stanza of "Bivouac of the Dead" was written there, then in the 300 Quadrant around to the three story gray - fronting on the Public Square, four story on Reed Street - Columbiana/Russell Building; then the 200 Quadrant, from the Jeffries Building and showing on the Burkesville Street side the Arnold or Firestone Building; in the 100 Quadrant can be seen the Bank of Columbia, then the Dan Antle/Reed Bros/Hunter Durham and James Zornes law office; and, on the corner, the Bowman/Young's Rexall/Motor & Electric/ and Photo Video building. The white gable/red brick front in the lower left is Joyce and Greg Coomer's Printing Creations building, and the large white building midway up the left of the photo is the Adair Sales Company (Morris Epperson and Louis Merkley Ford dealership) building. The black sloping roof of the top-and-one end building is the Jiffy Castle/Angels Cafe building, constructed originally by a Mr. Wooten, the brother of the late Columbia business and civic leader Ruel Wooten. -Ed Waggener Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Wildlife of Kentucky: Bobcat caught Friday at Bliss, KY 2012-02-18 - Bliss, Adair Co., KY - Photo by Terry Partin. John Luke Partin, age ten, is pictured with his first Bobcat caught on February 17, 2012 on the family farm at Bliss, KY. He was able to make the catch in only eleven days due in part to expert advice from skilled trapper Chad Price. John Luke's parents are John Ray and Karen Partin. His guide and Outfitter, Terry Partin, who happens to be John Luke's grandfather, states that he gets paid with a hug everyday. BJF Telemetrics for this catch would be appreciated -CM Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Counted as 3 Turkey Vultures 2012-02-18 - Pelham Branch Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. These three guys got counted for the Great Backyard Bird Count as Turkey Vultures: Enlarged, their featherless heads show the red of a Turkey Vulture rather than the grayish-black of Black Vultures. Black Vultures tend to be more dominant in the South. Indeed lately, spotters in Adair County say they are seeing more and more black vultures. Both birds are majestic in flight, though the black vulture has a more hawk like appearance, and flaps more frequently than the graceful soarer turkey vulture cousins do. The birds were strategically perched above the intersection of Pelham Branch Road and the Adair County Veterans Memorial Bypass. They've been counted in the Great Backyard Bird Count, now underway, February 17-20, 2012. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lindsey Wilson from 90 feet above Merchant Street 2012-02-18 - Merchant Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by David Taylor. Resident Student Safety at Lindsey Wilson College's High Rise Residence Halls, was a primary reason for the purchase of the Columbia/Adair County Fire Department's Ladder One, when then Mayor Patrick R. Bell and the Columbia City Council accepted the bid of Sutphen Corporation for the area's first aerial ladder truck at a Special Called City Council Meeting, which began at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 23, 2004, in City Hall (Story: 'A Great Day for Columbia,' Mayor Bell says as aerial ladder truck ok'ed). Use of the truck at Lindsey Wilson, top of photo, has never been necessary, so far, but if it ever were, and it saved just one life, the $747,605 cost would be more than worth it, untold multiple times over. The photo shows another structure, nationally famous Begley Chapel, top left, where the truck would greatly help were a fire to occur. David Taylor took advantage of a flag flying exercise to take this aerial view of Columbia from the trucks position on Merchant Street. In the center can be seen the Columbia Christian Church and to its right, Grissom-Martin Funeral Home.Lower left is the Columbia/Adair County Fire Department headquarters; just above it, the Adair County Judicial Center. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Ladder One flies huge new American Flag 2012-02-18 - Merchant Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by David Taylor. A huge special occasions United States Flag was displayed in exercises on Merchant Street on Friday, February 17, 2012. The 15x25 ft. flag was the brainchild of Adair County Fireman Terry Moore. Above, it hangs some 90 feet over Merchant Street. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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