Rosa Grissom was Columbia's Grandma Moses 2023-10-12 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Rosa Flowers Grissom's daughter Carrie bought her mother five art lessons from Helen Flatt in the mid-1950s. Rosa began painting at age 80 and became known as Columbia's Grandma Moses. She painted over 100 pieces. In 1966 the Columbia Women's Club held an art show in her honor at the Adair County Public Library. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Conn and Spoon named ARROW Students of the Week 2023-10-12 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Adair Co. High School. Adair County High School would like to recognize Mr. Dax Conn (left) and Ms. Callie Spoon (right) for being named "ARROW Academy Students of the Week" for September 29, 2023. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Blooming off schedule? 2023-10-11 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Jackie Montgomery. We passed by this yard on a short cut in town near United Citizens Bank and did a double take Wednesday. There looked to be a carpet of little Crocus blossoms that usually are the first flowers of spring but it's fall. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Gas prices better in Edmonton Wednesday 2023-10-11 - Metcalfe County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Gas prices always seem lower on the Glasgow Road in Edmonton. Wednesday afternoon the price per gallon was $3.06 in Metcalfe County vs $3.19 half an hour later back in Columbia. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Common Checkered Skipper 2023-10-11 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen. A Checkered Skipper feasting on mid-fall fleabane. Butterflies and Moths of North America says the Common Checkered-Skipper feeds on nectar from white-flowered composites including shepherd's needles, fleabane, and asters. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Recognizing Adair Co. Retired Teachers 2023-10-11 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Tiffany Collins. Mary Ann McQuaide, left, joins Columbia Mayor Pamela Hoots as Mayor Hoots signs the proclamation recognizing the week of October 16-22, 2023, as Adair County Retired Teacher's Week in Columbia. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Happy 98th Venie Allene Moss Coffey 2023-10-11 - Green County, KY - Photo from family collection. Happy 98th to birthday girl Venie Allene Moss Coffey! Her son Phillip Coffey writes, "Mom is 98 today. She is a very caring person to all and a splendid role model. ’Don’t worry about the trivial.’ Recently I was at her house, opened a cabinet door, a box of crackers fell to the floor. She laughed and said,"If I break a plate, I just say I won’t have to wash that one anymore.” Venie Allene Moss Coffey was born in Adair County in the Keltner community near Adams Creek. She is the last surviving member of ten children and today resides in Greensburg,Kentucky. She is the daughter of John Marshall and Allie Wood Lee Moss and has four children. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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