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Most recent PHOTOS matching your search for 'Ed Waggener'...- Scenic Adair County - New Columbia in the pink (Photo ID: 101031)
As you top the hill going from downtown Columbia to what Danny Pyles and Ed Waggener named "new" Columbia, this pretty-in-pink view is available... (click photo title to read more)
- Art of the day: a rotunda, in the imagination (Photo ID: 100654)
Reflections in the fountain on the Public Square at dusk gave Ed Waggener inspiration to share pictures and words with readers of Columbia Magazin... (click photo title to read more)
- New calf born in Bud Mullins sinkhole is doing fine (Photo ID: 100051)
Vicky Pike reports that a new calf was born yesterday morning at the site of the old sinkhole where her parents told her (to make her behave) that... (click photo title to read more)
- Neighbor on the Green County side of Adair (Photo ID: 99832)
Calvin Pittman said he is on Columbia Magazine every morning before his coffee perks -- thank you, Calvin! He represents the western side of Adair ... (click photo title to read more)
- Ed Waggener, Rock House Bottom, September 2009 (Photo ID: 99671)
Dad on the shore of the Cumberland River on a trip to Creelsboro and the Rock House in September of 2009 -- as always, with camera ready, looking ... (click photo title to read more)
- Epicurean Kentuckian: an EW approved breakfast (Photo ID: 98900)
Genealogist and Historian Mike Watson writes, "I do believe my good friend and mentor, ... (click photo title to read more)
- Remembering two Moores by the fountain on the Square (Photo ID: 98082)
This photo from the archives of Columbia Magazine was taken by Ed Waggener, good friend to both Moores, in the year 2010. All three men were avid ... (click photo title to read more)
- At Angels Cafe back in the day (Photo ID: 97884)
Ed Waggener headed to the Cafe on Campbellsville Street in the 70s and wrote, "It’s a good morning for being outside washing windows. Trilby Tup... (click photo title to read more)
- Favorite old photo: Ed and Joe Lynn (Photo ID: 97215)
Larry writes, "Just sharing a favorite picture from 2006 when Joe Lynn Barbee, at left, ran his BBQ restaurant, Breast... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Adair Co.: Harold Mouser's barn on Hwy 206 (Photo ID: 96823)
Note: Thanks to Billy Joe, Mike, and Mary for the responses identifying this location. A photo from a drive around Adair County with the la... (click photo title to read more)
- A well-dressed address marker (Photo ID: 95300)
Al writes, "Just a reminder about how important the address markers are for emergency purposes."
These were historically Ed Waggener's ... (click photo title to read more)
- Looking back at election results in 1985 (Photo ID: 95166)
What will the headlines be from Tuesday's May 17, 2022 Primary Election results? This keepsake issue shows highlights of what happened in the Nove... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Kentucky: Daddy's Mountain (Photo ID: 94241)
On a clear winter Sunday afternoon Green River Knob came into clear focus from Patty Ridge Road in Russell County. Wikipedia says "Green River Kn... (click photo title to read more)
- John Walker requests update on Varmintology news (Photo ID: 93857)
Columbia native John Walker, son of Pete and Edith Cundiff Walker, stopped by recently with his lovely wife Marcia to renew acquaintances and make... (click photo title to read more)
- Epicurean Kentuckian: Catfish and Grits (Photo ID: 93732)
Upscale Lowcountry cuisine from The Seafood Lady on Jefferson Street in downtown Louisville.
The late Ed Waggener ... (click photo title to read more)
- Pawpaw fruit, as Ed predicted (Photo ID: 92349)
Larry writes, "I remember speaking with Ed a few years ago about about all things paw paws. During our conversation he said he liked to see thing... (click photo title to read more)
- Farmers Market tomatoes on the side (Photo ID: 91911)
You may have to be a family member to get a dish this generous, we'll be checking back. Mike Watson enjoyed the roast beef manhattan special Wedne... (click photo title to read more)
- Searching for words (Photo ID: 91746)
HD Harmon wanted to find a story written a few years ago by his former classmate Ed Waggener. The story included the words to a song that came to ... (click photo title to read more)
- The Checker Room (Photo ID: 90279)
The Checker Room was in the building which has served variously in Columbia history for everything from a liquor store to a taxi stand. It's loca... (click photo title to read more)
- Waggener signs to fish for CU Tigers (Photo ID: 90195)
Evan Waggener signed to fish for the Campbellsville University Bass Fishing Team on Thursday, January 7, 2021 in a socially-distanced ceremony at ... (click photo title to read more)
- City Council Member June Parson retires (Photo ID: 89899)
Columbia City Council Member June Parson bid farewell to her City family and the community she has served with thanks and good wishes at the Monda... (click photo title to read more)
- Walking across a county in an hour (Photo ID: 88995)
Just south of the Breeding Country Store, you find yourself entering Metcalfe County. Travel approximately 1 mile or so and you will re-enter Adai... (click photo title to read more)
- Peggy Brockman in the Circle R (Photo ID: 88784)
A 2003 photo of the late Peggy Brockman in the original Circle R, posing with a th... (click photo title to read more)
- Roadside Park story research leads to a look back (Photo ID: 88620)
When Richard Phelps was thinking back over leaders who have made a difference in the Roadside Park history, this photo came up in the research. In... (click photo title to read more)
- Bears in the news (Photo ID: 88512)
For two weekends now ColumbiaMagazine.com has looked back at bear news in the archives after being prompted by the recent sighting and documentati... (click photo title to read more)
- Bears Around Adair - Bear Board officially organized (Photo ID: 88441)
Back in the day, in 1996, these were the men who first joined Ed Waggener, CEO, in forming the official Columbia Blue Ribbon Bear Board to answer ... (click photo title to read more)
- Woodpecker pausing between trees in Chance area (Photo ID: 88023)
This woodpecker was perched on a fencepost in the Chance community but not drilling into it, just pausing between trees. Read more about woodpecke... (click photo title to read more)
- Congratulations MLCHS grad Graham Waggener (Photo ID: 87982)
Jonathan Graham Waggener is a senior at Martha Layne Collins High School, Shelbyville, Kentucky in the Project Lead the Way engineering pathway w... (click photo title to read more)
- Current view of Daddy's Mountain (Photo ID: 87955)
"Daddy always wanted to climb that mountain," said Ed Waggener. He always called it that and we never failed to stop and take a photo when it wa... (click photo title to read more)
- Highway 61 in early 2009 (Photo ID: 87426)
Billy Joe's recent Kentucky Color reminded me of a decade-past Saturday drive with Dad, "to take a look at the new road."Pictured are B... (click photo title to read more)
- Tractor auciton continues today, Saturday, 14 Mar 2020 (Photo ID: 87193)
This is day two of the live auction to sell toys, signs and parts, starting at 10:30amCT for the tractors in the collection of the late Lewis Garr... (click photo title to read more)
- She'd win the contest again if it were held today (Photo ID: 86573)
All the fun of the 1978 inauguration preparation included a contest for "Miss Print" from the staff at the newspaper plant. Ed Waggener wrote, ... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Adair County: December afternoon (Photo ID: 86141)
This photo was taken on a meandering survey of southern Adair County with the late Ed Waggener on a December day a few years back. If anyone recog... (click photo title to read more)
- A visit to the castle (Photo ID: 85495)
Hailey Waggener, dressed for a visit to the Kentucky Castle. Hailey is the 7-year-old granddaughter of Linda Waggener and the late Ed Waggener.... (click photo title to read more)
- Vicky Pike requested this look back at generosity in action (Photo ID: 85436)
Seems just like yesterday that volunteer Cynthia Rowe was appealing to Adair County Fiscal Court to help out in the areas of feeding our people fr... (click photo title to read more)
- Epicurean Kentuckian: early days of editor's food comments (Photo ID: 84791)
In all the years of news coverage, food was among those things central to the writings of Ed Waggener. Here, he wrote on the photo, "I like the f... (click photo title to read more)
- Engineering students recognized at MLCHS (Photo ID: 83779)
Graham Waggener, left, and Teddy Lea, right, display the mechanical pencils that they received for completing work in the Engineering Pathway at M... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Green River Lake: Butterfly on Henbit (Photo ID: 83601)
Wayne writes, "My favorite way to read the CM is to scroll slowly through the pictures, stop and try to guess the photographer before the name is... (click photo title to read more)
- In Memory Birthday: Ed Waggener would have been 79 today (Photo ID: 82881)
Today would have been birthday number 79 for Ed Waggener, and even though i... (click photo title to read more)
- RIDES: Bobby Pelston wins election bet over Chirpy Nell (Photo ID: 82852)
VICTORY RIDE is the information on this photo from back when Lerman's was an active store, in back of these dudes on the public square in Columbi... (click photo title to read more)
- Thoughts of Junior and Ed and pickup trucks and a trusty dog (Photo ID: 82658)
Good friends Junior Stotts and Ed Waggener passed away within six months of each other and leave big gaps in both families plus many Stotts Constr... (click photo title to read more)
- Rainy forecast takes us back to flooded Cville Street bridge (Photo ID: 82615)
Ann Curtis shared this keepsake from her mother's collection, taken from the Sandusky yard (probably porch), and says there seem to be several vi... (click photo title to read more)
- A breakfast favorite of Ed's - in the skillet before the flip (Photo ID: 82499)
Ed Waggener was a good cook, an artful cook, and always wanted to have a restaurant like Lainey's, for those who remember the little restaurant t... (click photo title to read more)
- Remembering Mayor Pat Bell (Photo ID: 82439)
Mayor Pat Bell, left, updated the look of City Hall. In the top center is the building as it looked before. The bottom panel is an architect's dr... (click photo title to read more)
- Remembering when Pat Bell was Mayor of Columbia (Photo ID: 82435)
Thinking of the loss to our community - Mayor Pat Bell always worked hard to make this a better place and he especially worked as a communicator w... (click photo title to read more)
- Congratulations Graham Waggener on first solo flight (Photo ID: 82205)
Today is a celebration day in our family. Jonathan Graham Waggener, the grandchild the Smith family calls "Little Ed," made his first solo fligh... (click photo title to read more)
- Inside 99.9 The Big Dawg (Photo ID: 81647)
Larry sends this exclusive glimpse into the control center for FM 99.9 radio, The Big Dawg, in downtown Cambpellsville, KY. It's a wonderful mix ... (click photo title to read more)
- Josh Brockman is new Adair County Sheriff (Photo ID: 81410)
Josh Brockman will begin his new job as Adair County Sheriff on January 1, 2019. Pictured as he signed up to run the race a year ago, in this file... (click photo title to read more)
- Election 2018 - let's get started (Photo ID: 81400)
The office of Adair county Clerk and Board of Elections is ready for the votes to start rolling In. From left: Natalie Inscho, Sheila Blair, Vicky... (click photo title to read more)
- Lighting a candle for Ed (Photo ID: 81368)
R. writes, "I attend church at Columbia United Methodist Church. Today is All Saints Day. We remembered those that we've lost this year. Ed Wagg... (click photo title to read more)
- Thank You ~ from the family of Ed Waggener (Photo ID: 81165)
With All Our Hearts ~ Thank You.
For every prayer, every card, letter, message, hug, picture, flower, gift and scholarship c... (click photo title to read more)
- Squarecrows 2018: this year dedicated to Ed Waggener (Photo ID: 81007)
Ellen Zornes writes:
Ed and I always agreed on the Squarecrows! We would laugh and talk about how cute they were and such... (click photo title to read more)
- Laura and Carolyn Gupton were at the Adair Book Fair from Ireland (Photo ID: 80967)
Laura Gupton and her Mama, Carolyn, were at the Annual Book Fair in Columbia Saturday, October 6, 2018. In the background is their friend Thomas G... (click photo title to read more)
- City Council votes for flags to continue through September 11 (Photo ID: 80935)
The Columbia City Council voted in agreement with Roy Rademacher for flags to continue flying downtown from Labor Day holiday through September 11... (click photo title to read more)
- Columbia City Council, October 2018 meeting (Photo ID: 80921)
"This picture is for my Uncle Ed who normally sat in this spot at the monthly City Council meetings and always took what he called an 'establish... (click photo title to read more)
- Good friends Jody Richards and Sue Stivers together (Photo ID: 80888)
Longtime friends Jody Richards and Sue Stivers took time to appreciate each other and share memories before the start of the funeral service of th... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Kentucky: Sunset for Ed (Photo ID: 80840)
Gary writes, "In memory of Ed Waggener, I submit this photo taken yesterday while fishing at a pond in Boyle county. Ed loved outdoors photos. We... (click photo title to read more)
- Ed Waggener, 78, Adair County, KY (1940-2018) (Photo ID: 80838)
Ed Waggener, 78, Adair County, KY (1940-2018)
He loved h... (click photo title to read more)
- Please continue to pray with us for Ed (Photo ID: 80812)
Continued prayers are requested for my husband, ColumbiaMagazine.com editor Ed Waggener. His doctors tell us they've done everything they can on ... (click photo title to read more)
- Pumpkins season is here (Photo ID: 80807)
A bumper crop of pumpkins, with a teenaged Waggener in the background for scale, at Dennison's Roadside Market, 5824 S Jackson Hwy, Horse Cave, K... (click photo title to read more)
- Continuing prayers requested for Ed (Photo ID: 80766)
Please continue keeping ColumbiaMagazine.com editor Ed Waggener and the entire family in your thoughts and prayers as we navigate the unknown over... (click photo title to read more)
- Graham, flying - Four hours from soloing (Photo ID: 80647)
Our grandson, Graham, is making his Mema and Granddad super proud. He's now a junior at Martha Layne Collins High School, and is earning his pilo... (click photo title to read more)
- Authors receive friends, family, former students at book signing (Photo ID: 80630)
Authors Carol Perkins and Susan Chambers, seated at left, welcomed a multitude of hometown friends, fellow classmates, former students, and admire... (click photo title to read more)
- Epicurean Kentuckian: Tommy Corbin rates Waffle Street the best (Photo ID: 80563)
Tommy Corbin comes to FM2 regularly, especially when the Kellis Booth family is set up with their Waffle Street booth. "Absolutely the best," he... (click photo title to read more)
- Before Adair Fiscal Special Called 10 minute/10amCT session - MONDAY 20 Aug 2018 (Photo ID: 80338)
CJE Michael Stephens talked with, from left, seated, Magistrates Perry Reeder (District 4) Sammy Baker (3) and Daryl Flatt (2), prior to a fast pa... (click photo title to read more)
- For first day of school 2018 - a view from Adair Bus 43 (Photo ID: 80142)
Ironweed is beginning to show, as it should for back-to-school time, and Goldenrod, Kentucky's beautiful state flower is trying to catch up, with... (click photo title to read more)
- Adair Co. Fiscal Court: All members present for Special Session - Fri 27 Jul 2018 (Photo ID: 79953)
All seven magistrates, Perry Reeder (District 4), Sammy Baker (3), Daryl Flatt (2), Harold Burton (1), Billy Dean Coffey (5), Greg Caldwell (6), ... (click photo title to read more)
- Fishing Elkhorn Creek: Compleat Angler Depleating the Stream (Photo ID: 79896)
The quiet scene is a bit deceptive. The stream is so popular with kayakers that it is sometimes tough for a diligent, ambitious young competitive ... (click photo title to read more)
- From ACHS Class of 1958 Junior Senior Banquet program (Photo ID: 79655)
The Class of 1958 Junior Senior Banquet Menu, on the left, included Tomato Juice, Wafers, Peach Salad, Baked Ham with Raisin Sauce, Escalloped Pot... (click photo title to read more)
- Flowers of Kentucky: Soybeans in bloom (Photo ID: 79516)
We snapped this photo across a field of Adair County Soybeans, taking a picture of a teensy-tiny little blossom almost as elusive as the mythical ... (click photo title to read more)
- Remembering a dearly loved family member, Don Cravens (Photo ID: 79479)
Sending love and prayers for blessings and peace to all those closest to Don Cravens who passed from this life early this evening, June 27... (click photo title to read more)
- New and old friends gather around the buffet (Photo ID: 79398)
In an impromptu meeting at the end of the buffet, three gentlemen, J. Brandon Thompson, Ed Waggener and Lynwood Montell, and I met up at Jones' R... (click photo title to read more)
- Signs of our times? 15 mph state highway? (Photo ID: 79237)
Sign scene seen Sunday, June 10, 2018 -- approaching the Square from the South in Edmonton, KY, a sign has been erected reducing the speed limit t... (click photo title to read more)
- Future of public education looks sunny and bright (Photo ID: 78947)
With outstanding new teachers in the pipeline, the future of public education in Kentucky looks bright, at least for now, Hailey is committed to t... (click photo title to read more)
- Changing face of New Columbia - Wayne Supply, Holladay Place (Photo ID: 78945)
The photo above gives a perspective on the location of the Columbia/Adair County EDA's latest development coup. The photo is taken from the CAUD ... (click photo title to read more)
- Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting at Dustin Warren Law Office (Photo ID: 78888)
An outstanding group of community leaders, members and staff of the legal profession, and family and friends gathered for the ribbon cutting at th... (click photo title to read more)
- How to play Child's game of 'Rooster Fighting' (Photo ID: 78551)
Even today, little kids (especially the grandkids) are fascinated with the simple game of "Rooster Fighting," which takes place in three ste... (click photo title to read more)
- Close up of trunk of tree which ensnared farm implement (Photo ID: 78546)
Quite a feat of nature. Interesting designs are left in trees , this phenomenon took place, Wayne Baxter guesses, over a period of over half a ce... (click photo title to read more)
- Birds of KY: Cardinal at GRL State Park, Campbellsville, KY (Photo ID: 78545)
I saw a sudden flash of red about a hundred feet away, on a short hike in Green River Lake State Park. I zoomed in on it and snapped one frame. I ... (click photo title to read more)
- Well hidden, Fighting Tiger wannabe? - Campbellsville University (Photo ID: 78159)
Tucked in or near the campus of Campbellsville University, is a gorgeously gray building out of time. This cat, with a white bib, was looking rath... (click photo title to read more)
- Burkesville Street Phase - Bore Pit at Burkesville & Taylor Streets (Photo ID: 78102)
The Burkesville Street Phase of the Downtown Project with Kentucky's Dream Team of Contractor & Engineers, Stotts Construction, Inc. and ... (click photo title to read more)
- Halcomb's Landing Boat Ramp: Climbable parking lot mountain? (Photo ID: 78085)
A bit of exposed geology at the Halcomb's Landing Boat Ramp parking lot, by Wolf Creek Dam, Jamestown, KY. When student pilot Graham saw the moun... (click photo title to read more)
- A message for Easter Sunday 2018 - Egypt, Adair County, KY (Photo ID: 77967)
Egypt Christian Church has a full schedule of morning Easter Sunday observances starting with a youth service at 7amCT, today, April 1, 201... (click photo title to read more)
- Breeding resident finds key embedded in tree as firewood split (Photo ID: 77825)
Chuck Woodbury, pressman at Trifecta Print Design, was splitting firewood recently and discovered something he'd never seen before, a key emb... (click photo title to read more)
- Adair County School Districts National Board Certified Teachers (Photo ID: 77644)
The Adair County School District has 13 National Board Certified Teachers, 12 of whom are pictured above with Dr. Pam Stephens, far right, in the... (click photo title to read more)
- National weather service map, Tornado/Grab, KY 24 Feb 2018 (Photo ID: 77461)
For full National Weather Service report, including four additional photo(s) see ... (click photo title to read more)
- Steven Fields, Kerry Davis at Grab, Green Co. tornado site (Photo ID: 77393)
Steven Fields, left, and Kerry Davis, provided comprehensive information about the tornado's impact, as Ed Waggener, center, took notes. They dir... (click photo title to read more)
- Lauren McQuaide: 1st ever ACHS recipient of Cherry Scholarship (Photo ID: 77325)
Lauren McQuaide sits by a favorite photo in the school board room. The picture behind her with the flower between her teeth was made in 2014 when ... (click photo title to read more)
- Jason Hawkins' smile warms ACFD candidate forum (Photo ID: 77290)
Lindsey Wilson College employee Jason Hawkins is a one man community ambassador, brightening almost every meaningful community event with his beam... (click photo title to read more)
- Sister and brother Fay McKinley and Ed Waggener visit (Photo ID: 77047)
Sister and brother Fay McKinley and Ed Waggener always enjoy good conversation whenever life and time allow them to get together. Usually the subj... (click photo title to read more)
- Election 2018 - Doors locked at AC Annex at 4pmCT (Photo ID: 76986)
At exactly 4pmCT, Tuesday, January 30, 2018, the doors to the Adair Annex were locked by Jackie Cravens, the Annex Custodian at left, and Adair Co... (click photo title to read more)
- Solo sunflower transforms during winter into Snow-flower (Photo ID: 76811)
Looking skyward, finding beauty in this scene by Mother Nature might have resulted from the happy thoughts that come with a wedding. The photograp... (click photo title to read more)
- JIM Christmas Wish List: Bikes advertised for Christmas gifts in 1955 (Photo ID: 76409)
Gift ideas available from this Columbia business in 1955 showcased Schwinn bikes starting at $39.95 (Fair Trade Price) or one of many rebuilt bike... (click photo title to read more)
- Tillie with her completed sign - II (Photo ID: 76091)
Tillie with her completed, completely serious sign. It was posted on the little girls' coffeeshop clubhouse door. Mema Linda, who had to prove s... (click photo title to read more)
- Family: Linda & our boys, by Ed Waggener (Photo ID: 76057)
Linda Waggener posed with our sons, Pen, left, and Thomas M., at a family Thanksgiving CM strategizing gathering at Sixth & Main Coffee shop. Pen,... (click photo title to read more)
- 1st of recently purchased Ford AWD Explorer interceptors (Photo ID: 75944)
On Friday, November 17, 2017, the first of two Ford AWD Explorer interceptors, was being prepared to go into service. City Council approved the pa... (click photo title to read more)
- It is cold this morning: Frosty & Freezing (Photo ID: 75939)
Longjohns weather is here: It's been toasty warm inside, but thermometer was reading 22/F just before 7amCT, a temperature and the frost and free... (click photo title to read more)
- Favorite old photo: Polaroid print of 705-707 Jamestown Street (Photo ID: 75821)
If you remember these houses on Jamestown Hill, you are likely just, or even well into, your withering years; maybe past the half way point. Lind... (click photo title to read more)
- Mayor Hardwick proclaims National Home Care Month (Photo ID: 75615)
Mayor Curtis Hardwick, seated, above, signed a proclamation today proclaiming November 2017 as "National Home Care Month in Columbia, Adair Count... (click photo title to read more)
- 2017 Treats on the Town - Rumors & Advanced Electrical Services (Photo ID: 75591)
Rumors Hair Salon and Advanced Electrical Services shared a Treats on the Town Booth. On the left are Courtney Martin and Ava Martin. On the right... (click photo title to read more)
| | Most recent STORIES matching your search for 'Ed Waggener'...- Around Adair: Ed's Remembered Glimpses of January 7, 1978 (Story ID: 130467)
We've posted a number of Ed Waggener's Around Adair columns, and occasionally even added hints of context, but som... (click title to read more)
- Preserving quotes from family (Story ID: 130463)
Comments re: Phillip Coffey: some real characters
By Billy Joe Fudge
Phillip, pre... (click title to read more)
- Granny Waggener and Christmases past (Story ID: 129973)
Christmas memories collection by Ed Waggener, 2015
Granny Waggener had little in material things. She had a big peppermint stick she c... (click title to read more)
- Kentucky Color: Sumac (Story ID: 129587)
Sumac: "soo' mak" is its common pronunciation. An accepted pronunciation is "shoo' mak" which explains why the Great Wooded South pronunciation was an... (click title to read more)
- Remembering Ed (Story ID: 128886)
By JIM
Five years ago today -- September 24, 2018 -- my friend Ed Waggener, ever and always young at heart, quietly "slipped the su... (click title to read more)
- Tom Chaney's life to be celebrated July 2, 2023 (Story ID: 127857)
By Robert Stone
There will be a Celebration of Life for Tom Chaney Sunday, July 2, 2023 at the Thomas House in Horse Cave (111 East ... (click title to read more)
- Bear sightings being reported around Adair (Story ID: 127599)
Vicky Pike sent word she believes Ed Waggener would have been all over the story of a black bear being reported by Columbia PD Assistant Chief Charles... (click title to read more)
- Kentucky Color: The Noticer (Story ID: 125687)
By Billy Joe Fudge
Yes Pen, I do carry "The Noticer" label your Dad, Ed Waggener, put on me several years ago with some self grati... (click title to read more)
- Kentucky Color: In a Butterfly Bush??? (Story ID: 125326)
By Billy Joe Fudge
Back in October my neighbors Kookie and Linda Harris summoned me up to their house to see the Hickory nuts growin... (click title to read more)
- Day Trip: discovering the headwaters of the Green River (Story ID: 123094)
A request for a link to a favorite story from the Columbia Magazine archives led us to revisit a story of intrepid explorers Alan Reed, Chris Bennett,... (click title to read more)
- Spring forward - change the clocks to fast time (Story ID: 121632)
Daylight Savings Time is here, the second Sunday in the month, March 13, 2022.
We'll be here until reverses on the first Sunday in November w... (click title to read more)
- Harper White speaks at Jan 6 vigils in Washington, DC (Story ID: 120627)
Harper White, the grandson of Jimmy and Donna Harper of Columbia, KY, and the great grandson of Bruce Montgomery, spoke alongside Members of Congress ... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Sad our neighborhood lost two of its finest (Story ID: 119383)
Vicky Pike writes:
The New Columbia Greater Bliss community lost two of our finest yesterday in Margie Collins and Kenneth S... (click title to read more)
- In the Hood: the hardest day of the year (Story ID: 118874)
By Linda Waggener
Good friends and the sunshine of early fall made today bearable, this anniversary of the start of widowhood. It wa... (click title to read more)
- Great Wooded South Lexicon XIII (Story ID: 117683)
Previous: Great Wooded South Lexicon XII | Next: Great Wooded South Lexicon XIV... (click title to read more)
- HD Harmon seeks to find story about his song (Story ID: 117239)
By Linda Waggener
Hershel David (HD) Harmon stopped by recently, saying he needed to find a story his former classmate Ed Waggener w... (click title to read more)
- When did Kelleyville become Kellyville? (Story ID: 116821)
By Pen
I noticed when posting recent church news that Kelleyville C... (click title to read more)
- A birthday haiku in memory of Ed (Story ID: 115674)
By Robert Stone
We must be thankful
for those who live for the news
and to let us know.
... (click title to read more)
- Oil well hit Saturday on Vicky Pike's property (Story ID: 115315)
By Linda Waggener
Normally the CM feature writer and photographer Vicky Pike writes about farm news, activities of the Fiscal Court,... (click title to read more)
- Happy Birthday, Robert Stone! (Story ID: 115157)
Happy birthday to our adopted Columbian, writer Robert Stone, who helps us start each day in a thoughtful way. His Haiku on this 36th day of 2021 remi... (click title to read more)
- November 22, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 115060)
The article below first appeared in the November 22, 1977, issue of the Adair County news. Topics included Sue Stivers in Louisville, the Loy Build... (click title to read more)
- July 24, 1979 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 114487)
The article below first appeared in the July 24, 1979, issue of the Adair County News. Topics included the unpopularity of Joe Califano in tobacco ... (click title to read more)
- January 23, 1979 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 114387)
The article below first appeared in the January 23, 1979, issue of the Adair County News. Topics included the cost of snow removal, the new Amish c... (click title to read more)
- August 30, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 114287)
The article below first appeared in the August 30, 1977 issue of the Adair County News. Topics included Jessie Aaron's mayoral campaign, construct... (click title to read more)
- December 28, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 114152)
The article below first appeared in the December 28, 1977, issue of the Adair County news. Topics included Fairview Church Road, an update on the I... (click title to read more)
- New memoir by Richard Hovious, Knifley native (Story ID: 114053)
The late Richard Hovious's memoir, Kentucky's Fugitive Rocket Scientist Tells All!, is available for free download through MidnightPST on Dec... (click title to read more)
- January 30, 1979 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 114016)
The article below first appeared in the January 30, 1979, issue of the Adair County News. Topics included the Pickledog Export Economy, what the ne... (click title to read more)
- Beth Ann Cravens, 56, services to be Sunday, 01 Nov 2020 (Story ID: 113478)
Beth Ann Cravens, 56, lived by the motto that life should not be a journey to the grave with intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well pr... (click title to read more)
- June 26, 1979 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 113401)
The article below first appeared in the June 26, 1979 edition of the Adair County News. Topics included the gas crisis in Christine, A.L. Sinclair... (click title to read more)
- December 13, 1977 around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 113169)
The article below first appeared in the December 13, 1977 issue of the Adair County news. Topics included some tall tales from the funeral business... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Those are pokeweed (Story ID: 113093)
Marie Freeman writes:
I believe that's what they call pokeweed. The pokeweed plant (Phytolacca americana) has some of the j... (click title to read more)
- August 7, 1979 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 113045)
The article below first appeared in the August 7, 1979 issue of the Adair County News. Topics included a trip to Fancy Farm, a strategy to avoid th... (click title to read more)
- August 14, 1979 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 112929)
The article below first appeared in the August 14, 1979 issue of the Adair County News. Topics included a building boom in Columbia, a few stories ... (click title to read more)
- September 29, 1981 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 112819)
The article below first appeared in the September 29, 1981 issue of the Adair County News. It included a history of Hill's Jolly Time Popcorn Comp... (click title to read more)
- November 20, 1979 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 112710)
The article below first appeared in the November 20, 1979, issue of the Adair County News. Topics included the origin of the Chance post office nam... (click title to read more)
- August 16, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 112593)
The article below first appeared as "Columbia Developments" in the August 16, 1977 issue of the Adair County News. Topics included local pepper p... (click title to read more)
- November 1, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 112476)
The article below first appeared in the November 1, 1977 issue of the Adair County News. Topics included football, speedtraps, the Marching Indians... (click title to read more)
- October 18, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 112367)
The article below first appeared in the October 18, 1977, issue of the Adair County News. Topics included water tower slogans, sophisticated Sanoit... (click title to read more)
- August 26, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 112249)
The article below first appeared in the August 26, 1977, issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included one of dad's favorite stories about asking ... (click title to read more)
- Wedding announcement: Owens and Burke (Story ID: 112204)
By Big Al Owens, the Big Rig Trucker
Save the date December 19th, 2020, Marsha Lajuan Burke and I are going to be married in Columbi... (click title to read more)
- November 23, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 112127)
The article below first appeared in the November 23, 1977 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included the best Adair County films, the missing ex... (click title to read more)
- March 22, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 112021)
The article below first appeared in the March 22, 1978 issue of the Daily Statesman. This one was nearly all politics, including Judge White's run... (click title to read more)
- April 21, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 111891)
The article below first appeared in the April 21, 1978, issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included local trash pickup, new planters on the court... (click title to read more)
- September 10, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 111772)
The article below first appeared in the September 10, 1977 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included the hospitalization of Mayor W.R. Murphy, ... (click title to read more)
- Bears Around Adair: Are There Any? (Story ID: 111646)
"Those of common minds should, perhaps, not follow the Bear Board inquiry, as there may be ideas considered of such weight and magnitude that they... (click title to read more)
- June 10, 1980 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 111526)
The article below first appeared in the June 10, 1980, issue of the Adair County News. Topics included the high price of gas, Carson Wheeler's and... (click title to read more)
- September 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 111399)
The column below *probably* first appeared in one of the September, 1977 issues of the Daily Statesman. Topics included the tiny community of Keltn... (click title to read more)
- For Father's Day, I want to hear Dad tell that story (Story ID: 111285)
By Tom Waggener
Someone posted a question on Facebook yesterday prompting father's favorite quotes. I immediately thought, "...pra... (click title to read more)
- April 13, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 111282)
The article below first appeared in the April 13, 1978 edition of the Daily Statesman. Topics included continued appreciation of the Miss Lake Cumb... (click title to read more)
- May 31, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 111168)
The article below first appeared in the May 31, 1978, issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included Jean Moseley's journalism class at Adair Count... (click title to read more)
- June 13, 1980 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 111047)
The article below first appeared in the June 13, 1980 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included local politics, a local cleanup project by the ... (click title to read more)
- April 15, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 110942)
The article below first appeared in the April 15, 1978 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included David Wells on the benefits of walking, a wood... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Dad and Ed in the J3 Cub (Story ID: 110859)
Doug Campbell writes:
I so enjoyed Ed's reminiscing about the flight with Dad. The airplane was a J-3 Cub, an iconic airplane t... (click title to read more)
- Letter: The missing flame thrower story (Story ID: 110839)
Billy Joe Fudge writes:
Now, I just gotta hear the "flame thrower" story. Don't think I've heard it before. --BJF... (click title to read more)
- April 14, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 110835)
The article below first appeared in the April 14, 1978, edition of the Daily Statesman. Topics included a trip to Metcalfe County in Michael Campbe... (click title to read more)
- September 29, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 110709)
The article below first appeared in the September 29, 1977 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included the Adair County traffic survey, George Ke... (click title to read more)
- November 2, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 110592)
The article below first appeared in the November 2, 1977 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included Sonny and Lula Bell, Pete Walker's rule on ... (click title to read more)
- May 5, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 110473)
The article below was first published on May 5, 1978. It didn't actually run as an Around Adair then, but we're designating it one for the digita... (click title to read more)
- January 18, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 110358)
This article first appeared in the January 18, 1978, edition of the Daily Statesman. Topics included road clearing from recent snows, the Beautific... (click title to read more)
- February 9, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 110225)
The article below first appeared in the February 9, 1978 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included an update on the Dogwood Project, a new writ... (click title to read more)
- May 1978 Around Adair by Ed Waggener (Story ID: 110087)
The article below first appeared in one of the May 1978 issues of the Daily Statesman. Topics included Founder's Day, Woozles, a Tennessee Sheriff... (click title to read more)
- April 29, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 109961)
The article below first appeared in the April 29, 1978 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included praise for Gerald Reliford and Ralph Waggener,... (click title to read more)
- February 2, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 109836)
The article below first appeared in the February 2, 1978 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included a(nother) rumored return of the Columbian Th... (click title to read more)
- March 14, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 109696)
The article below appeared in the March 14, 1978 issue of the Adair County News. Topics included the 1978 NCAA tournament, a potential Governor Mos... (click title to read more)
- April 18, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 109531)
The article below ran in the April 18, 1978 issue of the Adair County News, and also ran in an issue of the Daily Statesman around that time. Topic... (click title to read more)
- March 7, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 109382)
The article below first appeared in the March 7, 1978, issue of the Adair County News. Topics included Red Nixon's set shot, Sue Stivers' manners... (click title to read more)
- Letter: It’s Ed’s birthday in heaven (Story ID: 109360)
Today is my dear friend Ed Waggener’s Birthday. He will be celebrating it in heaven along with many of our loved ones. I know he watches over us espec... (click title to read more)
- March 2, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 109260)
The article below first appeared in the March 2, 1978 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included that winter's persistent snowfall, Edith Walke... (click title to read more)
- February 8, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 109139)
The article below first appeared in the February 8, 1978 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included a custody dispute over the C.R. Hutchison & ... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Ed's Feb 1978 newspaper commentary (Story ID: 109012)
Robert Cumming writes:
How prophetic Ed's Feb 1978 newspaper commentary words here, but often repeated in small towns across Am... (click title to read more)
- February 21, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 109010)
The article below first appeared on February 21, 1978. Topics included the cost of Kentucky's dependence on coal for electricity, the dogwood proj... (click title to read more)
- February 18, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 108894)
The article below first appeared in the February 18, 1978 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included a Veterans' reunion, matching wits with lo... (click title to read more)
- January 13, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 108776)
The article below first appeared in the January 13, 1978 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included the note-burning at Fairview Baptist, kids t... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Remembers dad playing checkers (Story ID: 108647)
Darrell Overstreet writes:
I can certainly remember my dad playing checkers at the Checker Room. Those guys had a great time. I... (click title to read more)
- Memories of Amos Fox (Story ID: 108646)
Some thoughts stirred up by January 17, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener... (click title to read more)
- January 17, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 108645)
The article below first appeared in the January 17, 1978, issue of the Adair County News. Topics included sledding and how easy kids had it in 1978... (click title to read more)
- January 7, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 108531)
The article below first appeared in the January 7, 1978 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included the building anticipation for the Inauguratio... (click title to read more)
- January 3, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 108407)
The article below first appeared in the January 3, 1978 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included some Adair County trivia, some Columbia trivi... (click title to read more)
- January 24, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 108277)
The article below first appeared in the January 24, 1978 issue of the Adair County News. Topics included great Adair Countians, snow removal and a ... (click title to read more)
- January 14, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 108178)
The article below first appeared in the January 14, 1978 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included snow removal and commuting, Chili-Dog Harris... (click title to read more)
- November 18, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 108081)
The article below first appeared in the November 18, 1977 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included plans for an Inauguruation Day in Adair Cou... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Communal love for our history (Story ID: 107964)
Mike Watson writes:
Few things do my heart more good than to watch spirited participation and debate on what Ed Waggener would ... (click title to read more)
- February 7, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 107963)
The column below first appeared in the February 7, 1978 issue of the Adair County News. Topics included a new TV station, a big farm sale, boom tim... (click title to read more)
- December 3, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 107819)
The article below first appeared in the December 3, 1977, issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included an update on the dogwood project, a far-afi... (click title to read more)
- Pearl Harbor memories (Story ID: 107807)
In honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, below are li... (click title to read more)
- November 25, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 107682)
The article below first appeared in the November 25, 1977 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included Sparksville School, the parade planned for ... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Momentous occasion (Story ID: 107605)
Billy Joe Fudge writes:
Well, it appears that all things being equal, Mr. Stone should hit a Haiku milestone of 3,000 this week... (click title to read more)
- November 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 107566)
This article first appeared in a November issue of the Daily Statesman, probably in 1977. Topics included check cashing, customer service, and some... (click title to read more)
- December 1, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 107433)
The article below first appeared in the December 1, 1977 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included an appreciation of Nolen Roberts, an appreci... (click title to read more)
- November 26, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 107318)
The article below first appeared in the November 26, 1977 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included a Thanksgiving miracle at the Keltner house... (click title to read more)
- November 16, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 107169)
The article below first appeared in the November 16, 1977 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included Homecoming, analysis of local results in th... (click title to read more)
- October 20, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 107045)
The article below first appeared in the October 20, 1977 issue of the Daily Statesman. It was devoted entirely to Ernest Rainwater's giant pumpkin... (click title to read more)
- October 14, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 106891)
This article first appeared in the October 14, 1977 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included the Farmers Home Administration (... (click title to read more)
- October 19, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 106750)
This article first appeared in the October 19, 1977 edition of the Daily Statesman. Topics included an appreciation for Scenic Byways, election new... (click title to read more)
- October 7, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 106605)
This article was first published in the October 7, 1977 edition of the Daily Statesman. Topics inluded Melvin Traylor, mayoral motorcades, a propos... (click title to read more)
- Letter: The Cave Air project (Story ID: 106460)
Brad Byington writes:
Does anyone know if Jack Garrett's cave air worked? --Brad
... (click title to read more)
- September 17, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 106449)
This article first appeared in the September 17, 1977 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included the accomplishments of outgoing mayor W.R. Murp... (click title to read more)
- Septemer 16, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 106304)
This article first appeared in the September 16, 1977 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included hedgeapples, an argument for a traffic light on... (click title to read more)
- September 15, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 106175)
This article first appeared in the September 15, 1977 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included Olin Loy's squirrel soup, memories of grocery ... (click title to read more)
- September 23, 1977 Around Adair with Ed Waggener (Story ID: 106052)
This article first appeared in the September 23, 1977 issue of the Daily Statesman. Topics included a number of significant construction projects, ... (click title to read more)
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