Redear Sunfish: Epicurean of freshwater version of escargot 2012-02-17 - Salato Wildlife Center, Frankfort, KY - Photo by Pen. The fish with a kindly Winston Churchill face like that of a favorite bulldog, unless you are a snail or mussel, or other aquatic being with an exoskeleton when this fish has the countenance of your end time - it has likely come to eat you. Redear Sunfish are like bluegills except they are a little better and have rouge or red ear shaped gill lining, They are found throughout Kentucky and epicurean delights, themselves, as panfish - fileted, lightly coated in cornmeal, fried, and served with cornbread or hushpuppies, slaw, greens, corn on the cob, rice and beans or french fries, hot black coffee or fresh brewed iced tea, and blackberry cobbler. This one, above, at the Salato WIldlife Center, is off limits, living the fish equivalent of Secretariat "retired" at stud. Salato WIldlife Center is named for a beloved Columbia, Adair County, KY physician, Dr. James C. Salato, for whom the Adair County Health Department building at 801 Westlake Drive, Columbia, KY, is also named. - Ed Waggener Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Bald Eagle 2012-02-17 - Salato Wildlife Center, Frankfort, KY - Photo by Pen. The Salato Wildlife Education Center is open for another season as of February 14. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Water with Lemon 2012-02-17 - Photo by Pen. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: The Great Backyard Bird Count underway 2012-02-17 - Holmes Bend. - Photo by Kathy Powell. Last year, on the first Day of the Great Backyard Bird Count on Friday, February 18, 2011, Kathy Powell sent this photo of her busy bird feeders with Northern Cardinals, an American Goldfinch, and a hard to see Red-Bellied Woodpecker, On that first day, Adair County, Kentucky kicked off the Count, highly successful for Adair County, with the community No. 1 in the Nation at 8:25pmCT, Friday, February 18, 2011. Please send your GBBC Birds of Kentucky Submissions using any Contact/Submit button. Seen in the ColumbiaMagazine group on Flickr. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Heather Spoon describes Adair Schools Vendor Miser program 2012-02-17 - Adair County School District, 1204 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Heather Spoon, Director of Lindsey Wilson College's Energy Career Technology Academy, explained one of the programs which involves students throughout the system in just one of the energy saving programs underway at the school, the installation of the Vending Miser devices on vending machines in the school. The device automatically senses when no one is in the area and shuts down the machines compressors, saving electrical usage after school, on weekends, during vacations. Already, the District is realizing some $20,000 per year in energy cost savings, but the program is educating a new generation starting with pre-schoolers. Director Spoon also spoke on the ECTA's partnership with Newcomb Oil Company to give waste cooking oil to the ECTA's biodiesel production, and about new skills being learned by ECTA High School, who can now build solar panels right here in Adair County. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Architect shows flip chart with elevations, new elementary school 2012-02-17 - Adair County School District, 1204 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Sherman, Barnhart, & Carter Architect Mike Smith, the lead architect for the new school to replace Colonel Wm. Casey Elementary, above was showing the Adair County School Board the four main elevations of the building. The Main Entrance is the third from top one. The top is the South Elevation, the second from top shows one of the ends of the long classroom area, and the bottom elevation shows the bus loop. Construction of the building is targeted for 2012, with the building in use at the start of the 2013-2014 school year. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Adair County School Board at momentous meeting 2012-02-17 - Adair County School District, 1204 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The Adair County School Board was responding to a moment with one of the biggest crowds in the audience in recent times last night, Thursday, February 16, 2012. Superintendent Darrell Treece, center announced that he would not be superintendent after June 30, 2012, and the Board, from left, Mike Harris (Division 5), Marsha Walker (2), (Treece), Chair Floyd Burton (4), and Joseph Payne (3) and Rebecca Turner (1), immediately initiated the search process for a new superintendent. The poster, "College/Career Readiness: Kentucky's Real 2012 Olympics," emphasized Columbia/Adair County's aggressive plan to achieve Work Ready Community standing, already a reality in only three Kentucky counties, Warren, Woodford, and Daviess, with a fourth, Russell County, already near Work Ready designation as the only other county designated Work Ready Community in progress status. Alan W. Reed the chair of the Columbia/Adair Work Ready Community Committee outlined the new emphasis on getting Adair County citizens ready for better paying jobs. While there will be an emphasis on high school and college completion, Reed said that "grade 13" no longer means only traditional college, but includes vocational training, opportunities in the military, OJT - on the job training - and industry certifications, such as is offered by Nissan, Microsoft, Samsung, and others. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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