In the middle 50's I had the pleasure of working for the Waggener Enterprises in delivering the Courier and the now defunct Louisville Times. The Louisville Times was delivered by Greyhound six days a week to the bus station. Ralph Roy and I had numerous good times waiting for the bus to arrive, generally after we had been shooting pool at Bob's Pool room. -Rodney Thompson

I was also a classmate of Hughes Walker, class of '64 (ACHS). Deepest sympathy to the family. -Linda Feese Smith

And as I recall, Mr. Dallas Pickett drove the Blue Raiders to New York. I've heard about that trip a few times from Steve "Soup" Campbell. -Leslie Campbell

In 1971 I rode the Greyhound from Columbia to St Petersburg, FL' to my brothers wedding. At about Somerset, the air conditioning went out and you couldn't open the windows on the buses.

We were burning up till we got to Atlanta, GA, where they gave us a different bus.

The only thing that saved a riot was a man in the back with a suitcase full of booze that he handed out; but being only 14 I had to sweat it out for - I can't remember how long- but was probably 12 hours. The bus stopped at every small town between Columbia and Atlanta.

My daddy came and got me when it was time to return to Columbia because I said I would stay in Flordia if I had to ride Greyhound back. -Rick Caldwell

Where was the senior trip in '62? My senior trip was also in '62. We went to Washington, D.C. -Charles Marshburn

Iron Man Micah, the only man alive or dead for that matter with a fall-away set shot for the lack of a better way to describe it. Seven-footers and vertical leap champions could flail away all day long to no avail in their attempts to block this monstrosity of a shot.

With all due respect to Adair County pivot men past, present, and future Micah Harvey must be at the top of the list when it came to work ethic, country boy strength and mental toughness. Yet best of all, Micah Harvey was and is one of the finest Adair Countians to ever lace up a sneaker. -Billy Joe Fudge

I remember riding the Greyhound Bus home to Columbia when I was in school in Louisville in the fall of '62 and in 63. If I wanted to come home for the weekend and couldn't find a ride, I would hop on the bus and make the long trip home. There were lots of stops and curves in the road. On one of the trips home, as we pulled upon the Square, the bus driver announced that we were coming into Columbia and it was the end of the line. There were no more buses out until the next morning. A gentleman sitting in the back of the bus got really excited and exclaimed that it couldn't be the end, that he wasn't where he was supposed to be. Turns out, he thought he was getting on a bus to Columbia, S.C. I was also one of the lucky students on the '62 Senior Trip of which Mr. Standafer was a driver. He made our trip much more enjoyable. What a great personality. -Ricky Clutterbuck

The Greyhound driver Hunter (H. Hunter Durham, Esq. -CM) remembers as Stewart was probably my father Stuart Standafer. Greyhound would send a driver from Louisville to drive the routes when the regular drivers had their days off. Our family moved to Columbia 1954 when Mr. Morgan and another driver retired. Many of your readers may remember my father as the driver of their Adair High School senior trips to New York and Washington in the 50's and 60's. Our family moved to Lexington in 1963 when Greyhound made operational changes to the Columbia routes. He enjoyed his work and especially the people he would meet. He retired with 40 years of service in the 80's from Greyhound. He continued driving in retirement for Bluegrass Charters and Tours for several more years. Frank ('Frankie' while a little kid on Heskamp ST, Columbia, KY) Standafer

Our feeders, tables and ground have been swarmed by bees keeping the birds away. I took the feed away yesterday trying to get them to leave, but today the bees are back and no birds. I tried a yellow jacket trap but none were interested; they look like a honeybee and I certainly do not want to kill them. Any suggestions out there? Can I put some food source a few feet away from the feeders that the bees would prefer so the birds will come back?Pam

I am very saddened this morning to see that another one of my High School Classmates has gone. Hughes and I had Latin class together under Mrs. Kerbow. He was one of the most intelligent in our class.

We had been in contact via e-mail and it was just like the old days in High School. He always had a smile and I can never remember him ever and I mean ever talking about one single person, unless it was something nice that he had to say about them.

He was the most positive thinking and nothing negative ever was spoken. He will be greatly missed and I am so sad that I have lost such a great friend. My heart felt sympathy goes to his family. And I know that when other classmates hear of this they, too, will be sad. -Von Price, Louisville, KY

Thank you for another wonderful read. Makes life a lot more interesting. Reading is one of my favorite things. Your magazine and Jim make my life more fun. Almost like buying a new book. All that is missing is the smell. Look forward to my daily dose of ColumbiaMagazine. Keep up the good work. -Judy Morrison

My mother, Emily Sargent, told me that years ago one of the Greyhound bus drivers coming into Columbia in the morning always blew his horn as he passed by his house. That was the signal (forget the cell phone) for his wife to put the biscuits in the oven for his breakfast.

Long live Ralph Kramdem! -Arthur Sargent

Saddened to learn of the death of Hughes Walker. Hughes was a very intelligent and capable individual. I remember many political and ideological debates and discussions with him, and I followed Hughes as a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.

Another interesting note about Pete Walker: Many years back the library books had checkout card in the back that listed everyone who had checked out the books. Almost every book I looked at had been read by Pete Walker. -Barry Loy

Ed, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy reading the Magazine and keeping up with all the news. My sister, Deanna, told me about it a few weeks ago. I remember that Greyhound bus ride. It was a slow moving affair with all the stops and the crooked roads. I used it from the late '50s to around 1960, until I got old enough to hitchhike. -Kenny Davis

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• Billy Joe Fudge. Kentucky Color Dinosaur inspiration for Birding statuary
• Billy Joe Fudge, Limerick: Old Man Winter
• Chuck Hinman: Chuck Hinman. IJMA No. 111 Evening Chores
• "Jim." Local history. 100 years ago: The news was "skase, mighty skase," but mighty interesting, whoat there was
• Robert Stone. Poetry: Poetry by Robert Stone: The Modern Columbia, a sonnet: What a difference: Columbia, KY vs. NY, NY
• Robert Stone: Poetry. How many hows. A sonnet for Valentine's Day
• Ed Waggener. Columbia City Council, February 7, 2011 report You read it here, first, on February 8, 2011. With photos.
• Ed Waggener. Adair Fiscal Court meeting report, February 8, 2011 You read it here, first, on February 9, 2011. With photos.
• Rev. Joey N. Welsh.On the poetry of Emily Dickinson