Downtown Days 2011: Degary Bailey, personification of Circle R 2011-10-08 - Photo by Ed Waggener. As much as any other person, Degary Bailey, above at the Food Court at Downtown Days Saturday night, October 8, 2011. personified the old Circle R Restaurant. He was often called the most popular man in Columbia, and his old friend, then Senator Doug Moseley, said that there wasn't a person alive who could beat him if he chose to run for political office in Columbia. He's now an employee of Pizza Hut in Columbia and says that's where he intends to stay. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Bank Robbery Re-Enactment 2011: An icon, Mr. Edgar Holmes 2011-10-08 - Russell Building, Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Mr. Edgar Holmes, an Adair County icon of the World War II, an icon of the community, a quiet theatrical presence whose role and image evoke so many of Columbia's triumphs and a tragedy which still Green River Cowboys never forget, whittles unemotionally through serene opening scenes and the mayhem of the robbery. Mr. Holmes was given the role following the tragic death of his son, Junior Holmes, in a traffic accident. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Bank Robbery Re-Enactment 2011: Kenneth Bennett, tragedian 2011-10-08 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Bank of Columbia teller R.A.C. Martin portrayed by Columbia actor Kenneth Bennett fought fiercely until mortal wounds forced him to slump to the street, still clutching his rifle in his blood stained hands. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Bank Robbery Re-Enactment 2011: A new touch 2011-10-08 - 300 Quadrant, Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Barry Jones, veteran Green River Cowboy and re-enactor, said that this was one of the neatest additions to the Re-enactment of the 1872 robbery of the Bank of Columbia: Jerry Parnell as a preaching doctor and Gizmo Loy as the driver of a road wagon carrying a coffin with one of the doctor's patients to the funeral parlor. Delightful anachronisms abound, with the rubber tires on the wagons and the ever present bringing of cell phones to draw spectators out of a 19th century fantasy into these mod'n times. The re-enactment is now more about good theatre than slavish adherence to history. Good theater, not necessarily what was, but what plays best. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Downtown Days 2011: Garden Club has mobile canteen 2011-10-08 - Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by George Kolbenschlag. "Best Coffee West of Seattle", writes George Kolbenschlag. "The Columbia Garden Club's mobile canteen, staffed by Angela Brown, left and Angie Loy, cruised the crowd at the Saturday, October 8, 2011, Downtown Days offering the best coffee south of Seattle. The mobile coffee service was one of several fund-raising efforts the Garden Club operated from its three booths at the fair." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Here to see what's happening in his Happening Town 2011-10-08 - Libby and Billy Joe Fudge Store - Photo by Ed Waggener. Former Mayor Pat Bell was in town and looking good today. He stopped to chat with Libby and Billy Joe Fudge at their booth on the Campbellsville Street corner. Mayor Bell was pleased with the show, which fit really well with the Mayor Bell's pronouncement that "Columbia is a Happening Town." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Downtown Days 2011: Biggest Crowd Ever? 2011-10-08 - 300 Quadrant, Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Even with rides, booths, and the food court busy to packed, one of the biggest crowds ever to witness the Re-enactment of the Robbery of the Bank of Columbia line every available vantage point, in some places as many as 5-6 people deep. A capacity crowd was still listening to the completion of the popular Lindsey Family family gospel concert on Main Stage at the Rusty Nail. Columbia Police Chief Jason Cross didn't give an offical estimate, except to say he thought final figures would be the biggest crowd ever. An even bigger crowd is expected for the grand finale, the Joe Diffie concert tonight. For sure, there has never been a more perfect day for the festival. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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