Whitehurst Diaries: King Willis still loves head pats 2011-08-28 - Old Gradyville RD, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. He's clawed his way up the bureaucracy to the pinnacle of power at Whitehurst Manor, but there's still a bit of kitten in Willis the Cat, he still loves a good head rub. He's the embodiment of William Blake's suggestion that God made the Cat so that man could embrace the Tiger. Some dude, this cat about town. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Whitehurst Diaries: Willis the Cat surveys wondrous realm 2011-08-28 - Old Gradyville RD, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. Undisputed Alpha Cat of the Big Creek Valley Willis may look laid back and relaxed, but his alert ears betray his alert battle readiness. One can appreciate his kinship with his Serengeti brothers; his royalty in miniature. No Lion King looks over his Pride with more macho self-assuredness than Willis. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Whitehurst Diaries: Willis, bemused by a subject 2011-08-28 - Old Gradyville RD, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. Willis the Cat has made a rapid ascent up the corporate ladder since contracting with the Whitehursts. From his command post on top of the Whitehurst Fridge, he occasionally deigns eye contact with one of his favorite loyal subjects, Gina Gould. "Gina and her husband, Matt, and son Devin moved here from Wyoming in April of this year. They purchased what I understand is called the old Baker place, from Brian and Lisa Kemp, on Old Gradyville RD. Gina immediately fell under the thrall of Willis the Cat," - Sharon Whitehurst Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Melson Ridge School, 1937-1938, with identifications 2011-08-28 - Cundiff, KY - Photo from Tara Hadley/Hansen-Edward Hadley collection. Melson Ridge School Group, 1937-1938: [Married names of females in ( ).] Mike Watson writes: This is one of at least three photos of this school group. Two photos are almost alike, taken the same day, except in one the teachers are sitting in front of the students. In the second, the teachers are standing at each end, and in this one, the plaque with school and year are almost totally covering the face of Ruby Cape (Coffey). The students and teachers were identified by my mother, Ruby Cape Watson and her sisters, Ella Cape Bunch and Gladys Cape Bunch on several occasions in the 1980s and 1990s. Front row, sitting on ground: Ernest Jones, Teacher; Roscoe Antle, Teacher Second row: Ben Huddleston, Delpha Cape (Grant), Will Ed Cape, Ilene Blakey (Reeder), Buell Hadley, Ruby Cape (Coffey), Kathleen Huddleston (Powell), Maxine Huddleston (Dykes), Fay Hadley (Willan), Walter Burchett Third row: Coba Helm (behind Will Ed Cape), Marvin Cape (behind Ilene Blake, Norman Green, Ernest Cape, Woodrow Morrison (behind and left of Woodrow Morrison), Pauline Huddleston (Wright), Pauline Cape (Grant). Fourth row: Ruby Cape (Watson), Junior Willie Bunch, Lois Cape (Hadley Polston), Mary Edna Hadley (Hadley), Dorothy Melson, William Huddleston Fifth row: Herschel Helm (in front of post), Dorothy Thomas, Thomas), Dorothy Green (Logston), Gladys Cape (Bunch), Noreen Cape (Byrd), Coolidge Grant (in front of post) Back row: Rollin Burchett, Woodrow Hadley, Edward Hadley, Anna Helm (Howell) Martha Shearer, Christine Huddleston (Andrew) -submitted by Mike Watson, Adair County Historian Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Anthony LaDon Keith receives Associates Degree 2011-08-28 - Bowling Green, KY - Photo Submitted by Melissa Keith, by college photographer. Anthony LaDon Keith was awarded the Associates Degree in Respiratory Care by Bowling Green Technical College, right by Dr. Nathan Hodges, President and CEO, Bowling Green Technical College, . He has since successfully taken the National Boards and is now employed at Westlake Regional Hospital, 901 Westlake DR, Columbia, KY. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Moving in, Fall Semester 2011, CU: Trace Smith greets Columbians 2011-08-28 - Chick-fil-A, CU, Campbellsville University - Photo by Linda Waggener. CU photo. CU junior Christian Missions major Trace Smith, left, facing camera, is a team leader at the new Chick-fil-a in the Davenport Student Commons at Campbellsville University. Smith, from Elizabethtown, KY welcomes customers from Columbia, clockwise from Smith, Barbara Armitage, Maury Lewis (aka M.E. Lewis and Melewi) and Ed Waggener. Armitage and Lewis are members of the Adair County Garden Club who toured the special landscape additions at CU and are also fans of the fried chicken. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Moving in, Fall Semester 2011, CU: Daizah Kimberland 2011-08-28 - Campbellsville University - Photo by Linda Waggener. Campbellsville University was busy with students moving in, and getting help from relatives, Campbellsville area churches, and university staff on Saturday, August 27, 2011, and continuing August 28, 2011. Above, Lady Tigers Basketball player Daizah Kimberland, right, helped by her Aunt Yohanda Allen, was getting ready for the Fall semester in Village 4. Yes, she's a first cousin of rival Lindsey Wilson College Men's Basketball player and former Adair County High School star Kalen Kimberland. Daizah joins the Tigers as a freshman this year, after a high school career at Bardstown High School. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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