There have been some old pictures of downtown Columbia recently on ColumbiaMagazine.com. I enjoy seeing how downtown Columbia looked way back in the day. I was wondering though, does anyone know of the oldest known video of downtown Columbia? It would be wonderful to watch. - JOE BENNETT

Thank you for publishing the article about "Uncle" Charley Moran. I never knew him. He had died before we moved to Horse Cave, but I remember Miss Sallie, his daughter-in-law. Ann, his Grandaughter, and I were playmates when Dad was pastor of Horse Cave Methodist Church, and I remember the stories about "Uncle Charley" and his defeat of Harvard but never knew the whole story. FYI, Miss Sallie made the best chocolate fudge this side of heaven, (except for my sister's. Mary Goodson's didn't take a back seat to anyone.). -MARTHA BERRY

Actually there was a dog and a giraffe in the works. Unfortuanly we ran out of time to finish them before Downtown Days.A Yardpet family is an excellant idea for those people who can't or shouldn't have animals. I'll present the idea to the members of the Adair County Garden Club and get back with you. -BARBARA ARMITAGE, President, Adair County Garden Club

I remember going to the Twin City Drive-In many-a-night. After my family moved to Hart County on Halloween Night, 1977, I remember the first movies we saw at the Twin City (in 1978): a double-bill of "The Wrath of God" and "Star Wars". In the following years, I'd seen lots of movies at the Twin City, especially old horror movies (in the pre-VHS days, you had to catch them at drive-ins). I was sad to see it go.

I take my grandkids to the Skyline Drive-In in Summersville, KY now. I'm glad there's at least one drive-in movie theater left nearby so they can enjoy the outdoor theater experience. -DREW JOHNSON

How pleasant morning when our sleep is sound
and memories unstirred affirm the calm.
The loving touches, soothing words still bound
in thought when hands and lips are lost, are balm.

How grateful for the day when signs are clear
and challenges recall our old results.
The helpful guide, solution sparking sphere
of common growth defeats alluring cults.

How thankful for the sun that sets on growth
and fast increasing possibilities.
The useful hints, clear demonstrations both
encourage settling versatilities.

Our past awakens us like crowing cock
to comfort, warning, or a building block.

- Robert Stone, 23 October 2011

Check out Dr Robert Robertson's book about Centre College Praying Colonels called "The Wonder Team," it came out in late October 2008.

I helped Rob with research for it, Charlie Moran's granddaughter Ann and her husband Jim both helped a lot.

Not like the brazen New York houses famed
with conquering coffee now in hand,
here on our square, awash with thought does stand
a place where conversation daily flamed
by modern gadgets fancifully named
is lighting up our own beloved land
which glows a world-wide welcome to demand
acceptance of the new computer framed.
"So keep, commercial greed, your clutching key
to profit only. Give us yearning poor,
the disconnected masses seeking free
the entire world though on this inland shore.
Send hungry for both food and thought to me,
I lift my cup in greeting at my door."

• Tom Chaney: Of Writers and Their Books: Tom Chaney R733: On the Other Side of Oddville
• Billy Joe Fudge: Kentucky Color: Deer off KY 704 on a misty morning
• Billy Joe Fudge: Kentucky Color - Sassafras Glory on 704
• Chuck Hinman: Chuck Hinman, IJMA 120: Time Changes Things
• JIM. Local history: JIM: The Pride of the Town A story from history which is an editorial for today.
Poetry by Robert Stone: Our past awakens us, a sonnet
• Robert Stone. Haiku: Haiku written July- August 2011 by Robert Stone
• Linda Waggener: Commentary: Historic Adair Courthouse matters - Just ask Jacob Schilling
• Mike Watson: Local History. Historic Adair County Courthouse: Robert A. Taft argued here
• Rev. Joey N. Welsh. Another Angle: Rev. Joey N. Welsh: An Important National Symbol

Just wanted to say that if I were going to do a postcard of the courthouse, I'd wait until the trees grew out and looked more natural. I don't know anything about pruning trees- I guess I trust the arborists for that, but I'm not a fan of the chopped-off look. I also think the courthouse looks a bit nicer against a deep blue sky.

My personal favorite pic (or one of them) is the one by Pen (I believe) taken at night. The sky was sapphire blue and the courthouse was beautiful against it. Just one more opinion. -TAMI WIlSON

I like this idea of Yard Folk in their Forever Home. I thought, the garden club could also create House Folk for Forever Homes for people who can't have pets for whatever reason: health, finances, restrictions. -ROBERT STONE, Lebanon, TN.