Happy New Year 2012, from Big Al and Suzanne in Nashville, TN 2012-01-01 - Nashville, TN - Photo by Innocent Bystander. Happy New Year 2012 from Nashville, Tennessee, from Suzanne Burton & Big Al Owens! Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Color: Happy New Year! 2012-01-01 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. There is so much beauty in winter landscapes and case in point is a Centurion white oak garnished by Canadian Hemlock standing watch over the confluence of Sulphur and Russell Creek and all this while supporting a most impressive Aqua-blue winter sky. BILLY JOE FUDGE, Retired District Forester, KY Division of Forestry Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Ambitious performances may propel Hardscratch performer 2011-12-31 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. He may already be there: Ken Hill, has his sights set on eclipsing a man who is one of Kentucky's best re-enactor's - some locals would say the best - Mr. Richard Phelps, pictured above, right, in one of so many figures from history the actor becomes for audiences. Elder Z.T. Williams, left is but one of a multitude of history's heroes Mr. Richard Phelps portrays. Within the theatre community, high accolades are being reported for the actor from the Village of Hardscratch, but whether, as an actor he can be accorded the title "Mr." - for an American superior to being a "Sir" on the British stage - or not is not a duty taken lightly by the drama editorial staff at CM. We'll keep all posted as we watch Ken Hill's subsequent performances with a very open mind. Of course, we're willing to call him Sir Ken or Sir Kenneth Hill any time now. We're convinced he's that good. -EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Search for missing pig focused across from Jimmy Woody estate 2011-12-31 - South of Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. To put the hunt into geographical perspective Miss Victoria described the area of the search as being "in my front field in down in front of Mr. Jimmy Woody's estate. The view in the photo is of a small area of the estate, as seen from near the top of Miss Victoria's middle field. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Col. William Casey, Nathan Montgomery Jr., in pig hunt 2011-12-31 - Greater Bliss, Adair County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. A somewhat dejected Colonel William Casey, right, after stepping out of time, stepped through the gate ahead of Nathan Montgomery, Jr. after searching the overgrowth around the branch in a thorough but futile search for the pot bellied pig. As will be remembered, the two have twice ridded the county of the infamous Pelham Brothers just since October: First in their Silent City performance in the Columbia City Cemetery, and most lately, when they gave an encore performance at which, Colonel Casey outdid even the great actor Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Search for missing pig thrusts into middle field 2011-12-31 - Pike-Browning Spread, Bliss, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Despite frailties and sinus suffering, Miss Victoria braved a blustery winter day to search for the pig reported at large, driving through on a windshielding survey. She's stopped, above, while her mother opens a passageway. She had been worried the pot bellied pig would be large enough to break down fencing, and was relieved to learn, instead, that the little pot bellied is just a 40 pound pet, wondering somewhere, most likely, between the country club, The Flatwoods, or the Walmart store. Now, everybody's concern is more for the pig, now a frightened little fellow, and its distraught humans, Craig and Stephanie Feese. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Pedestrian crossings a good start toward greater safety 2011-12-31 - Lindsey Wilson Street at Helen Flatt Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Pedestrian Crossings: Crosswalks have been painted at several points on Lindsey Wilson Street. The ones above are on either side of Helen Flatt Drive, KY, a welcome start to improving pedestrian safety for students at Lindsey Wilson College. A sidewalk which now parallels Helen Flatt Drive in the right of the photo was poured just a few weeks ago, and makes foot traffic much less dangerous. Community and civic leaders are now hoping for additional safety measures, starting with crossings on Young Street, a state highway with a speed limit of 25 miles per hour but on which vehicles often travel at much higher speeds. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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