Studying the Dakota Meyer issue of The Weekly Reader 2011-11-14 - JAIS, 202 Gen. John Adair School, Columbia, KY - Photo by Alan Reed, Adair County School District photo. Kaityln Lacy, left, Billie Joe Lawless, center,, and Reece Giles study the Dakota Meyer issue of the Weekly Reader in Jason Curry's social studies class at John Adair Intermediate School. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Christmas underway early in 2011 in Downtown Columbia, KY 2011-11-14 - 328 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Christmas Decorations are already going up around the town Frosty greets shoppers at the Flower Garden, 328 Public Square, and the windows have a Christmas theme. CM has a verified report from the Grevans in Shelbyville, KY, that their Christmas holidays started Saturday, November 12, 2011, with "Light Up Shelbyville." Here in Columbia, the local Walmart Store will start Black Friday sales at 10pmCT, Thursday, as the giant retailer is doing across the Country. As soon as CM receives a proclamation from Mayor Harris that the City's Christmas decorations are going up, we'll dispatch a photographer to record the event. -CM Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Pablo's Mexican Grill is Bicycle Friendly business 2011-11-14 - 104 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Antonio Aquino affixed a "Bicycle Friendly" decal on the front of his restaurant in Downtown Columbia, KY on Sunday, November 13, 2011. The decals indicate a place where bikers can stop for water, to make a phone call, and get directions. They are the idea of Jerry Holt, President of the Columbia Rotary Club, and an avid biker, who gave the idea to Coach Dave Grigsby of Lindsey Wilson Cycling. With the help of Duane Bonifer and the communications department at Lindsey Wilson, Grigsby hopes to gain international acceptance of the stickers. The stickers are available from Lindsey Wilson Cycling Coach Dave Grigsby, phone 606-524-8808, and at Cafe on the Square, 212 Public Square, Columbia, KY (also a Bicycle Friendly venue) and other locations including an increasing number of bike shops. Antonio Aquino is hoping to get a bike rack installed near or in the Fountain Plaza area soon. A similar one on the SW corner of the Square has been getting ever increasing use. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Thanksgiving Hill, Johnson School Road 2011-11-13 - Gadberry, KY - Photo by Charles Marshburn. Thanksgiving? was the caption Charles Marshburn gave to this photo of some two dozen wild turkeys on his place. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Purpose of the Post in the middle of the Well Walk 2011-11-13 - 312 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Everybody must have known what the purpose of the steel post is. There was at least one other photograph of it online and nobody asked. It could be used as a standard for a directory of the businesses there. But it's real purpose has more to do with security. It's placed there, City Consulting Engineer Greg Eastham said, to keep motor vehicles from traveling down the sidewalk, damaging it, or pulling a Badrack the Deer episode and landing in Adams Alley. At first, that seems as absurd as the fear that anybody in Adair County would use a motor vehicle to assault an iconic public building or that anyone in Russell County might run over any doughboys around. But the fact is, Eastham says, that vehicles which did use the sidewalk are responsible for weakening the old one. The barricade at the far end is where Bad Rack made his death defying leap. For that account, see and the Story of Old Bad Rack click to: Varmintology Report: Lovelorn deer attacks Adair CO, KY courthouse and photo, OLD BADRACK: Cleared brick wall, dropped 15 feet to Adams Alley Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sidewalk Reconstruction: Historic Well Walk 2011-11-13 - Adams Alley, Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The stairwell is excavated now and shows the stone-face block which used to be above ground when the Well Walk was much lower, according to Engineer Greg Eastham. Eastham said that during demolition of the old walk, there was evidence that the steps to the lower level were near the old Coomer Cafe building, and that the business houses along the walkway were once on the Adams Alley level, not on the same level as the Square. The evidence of the old walk will again be history in the next few days, when the Grand Stairway to the Square, a full sidewalk width affair with banisters, will be poured. The total run of the stairs will be somewhat longer than the old one, with the upper landing deeper and the lower one protruding one step out into Adams Alley. Mayor Mark D. Harris, now back from a band mission in Indianapolis, IN has said that this part of the project could be done in 2 to 4 more days. After that, he will be absorbing ideas on ways to make Adams Alley a showplace for the community. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dr. Pepper books downtown at M & P Variety 2011-11-13 - 206 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Lilburn Roy's Book Dr. Pepper, Columbia, KY, is on sale at 206 Public Square, the location of the old G.A. Nell Bottling Plant. A book is part of the window display at M & P Variety, 206 Public Square, Columbia, KY, along with some historic bottles from Columbia's bottling plant days. Book Review: Mike Watson reviews Lilburn Roy Dr. Pepper book Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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