Metcalfe Countians in Oroville, CA, ca 1936 2012-01-31 - Oroville, California - Photo from collection of Patti Reed. Metcalfe County enclave in Golden State; This favorite old photo is of mostly Metcalfe Countians who were inCalifornia in about 1936. From left Russell Leftwich, Welby Sandidge, an Anderson couple from Cave Ridge, little Donald Sandidge, Dasye Leftwich Wangelin,and her husband Henry Wangelin. Mr. Wangelin was the only one in the photo not from the Cave Ridge area; he was born in Germany. All were residents except Russell Leftwich, who was visiting his sister. Donald Sandidge, the little boy, now lives in Summer Shade, KY, following a career as an engineer in Huntsville, Alabama. . Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Life size statue of Jesus 2012-01-31 - Burchett Cemetery, 67 Burchett Cemetery Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. A life size statue of Jesus is a dominant figure in the Burchett Cemetery. It's part of the commemoration for Donnie Lee and Gail Lynn Melson. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

CJE Melton, Mayor Harris proclaim Wear Red Day 2012-01-31 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Adair County County Judge Executive Ann Melton and Columbia Mayor Mark Harris signed a proclamation declaring Friday, February 3, 2012, as National Wear Red Day to raise awareness that Heart Disease is the Number 1 killer of women. The proclamation is a Intrepid Home Health "Paint the Town Red" event. With the CJE and Mayor for the signing were Shannon Bryant, R.N., clinical supervisor for Intrepid Home Health, and Anabelle Burkett, BSW, Account Executive for Intrepid. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Favorite Old Postcard: L & N Depot, Campbellsville, KY 2012-01-31 - S. Central & MLK Aves., Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Larry Smith. Larry Smith said, "The L & N Deport in Campbellsville is from the railroad era, when regular train service to Campbellsville and Greensburg set them apart from railroad wannabes Columbia, Edmonton, Burkesville, Tompkinsville, and Russell Springs. This deport is located at the corner of Martin Luther King Avenue and Central Avenue." The postcard is from several decades ago. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Plantanos Maduros 2012-01-31 - Photo by Pen. They look like giant bananas in the produce section, but plantains have a whole different flavor. Cooked when they look like a ripe banana, they have a flavor closer to potatoes than fruit. But if you let them get much, much riper, until the skin is nearly all black, they take on a sweet tropical fruitiness. They are delicious sliced and fried, with a tiny sprinkle of sugar, and served with a cheese like chevre or a more traditional queso blanco. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Spire, Rotunda from Hill of Lindsey Wilson 2012-01-31 - From the Hill of Lindsey Wilson, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The sun in the western sky leaves a warm glow over the new Adair County Judicial Center and pleasantly outlines the cross on the Christian Church Spire. A perfect time for the Columbia Baptist Church chimes to play "Now the day is over," and a time to reflect. A time to remember that feelings the scene evokes will never again be quite as well as Gordon Crump did, when he recalled his thoughts looking out over Columbia in the evening from Lindsey Wilson in his classic story, How I discovered Columbia . . . when Columbus didn't, so overwhelmingly popular with graduates of the school, if not yet equally discovered by hierarchy. And memories of Miss Katie Murrell, the Lindsey librarian who immortalized the phrase which describes Arbor Vitae Hill in a more poetic manner. But a mischievous thought arises, too: An unforgettable bit of theatre in the first Silent City when Richard Phelps, as Circuit/County Court Clerk William Caldwell, compared his tiny office on Greensburg Street to the Adair Judicial Center. From the City Cemetery, he pointed a cane toward the construction site, and told the crowd, "And they tell me that Mr. Dennis Loy is building a 35,000 square foot office for himself, just over that fence. My, My." To be fair, Dennis' Courthouse is shared a bit for other functions than drivers' licenses, penitentionering processes, and signing up those with real Golden Rule principles as organ donors. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Covered Bridge near Pellyton 2012-01-31 - Near Pellyton, District 1, Adair Co., KY - Photo by George Rice. Picturesque View: While driving across Caldwell Ridge Road and turning down the beautiful Barnett's Creek Road I was stricken with awe when I saw this picturesque bridge about a mile north of Hwy 206 in the Pellyton community. The covered bridge spans Barnett Creek and leads to a private residence about half a mile up a ridge, which was another beautiful view.I just might use the picture for my screen saver or even a calendar. -George Rice Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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