Dale Hayes works to keep downtown location spotless 2025-09-09 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. A walk downtown found one of my favorite flowering, sweet-smelling late summer vines adorning the fence that borders the parking area at the office of realtor Dale Hayes. He says they always keep the parking lot swept clean even though it takes some extra work from where people drop paper and plastic wrappers as they drive past on Guardian Street. (If anyone knows the name of the flowering vine, please click 'comment' below and let me know.) - LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Harold Burton ready for Chamber Picnic 2025-09-09 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Harold Burton joined the Columbia Adair Chamber of Commerce this week, and plans to be at the annual picnic Tuesday evening. He will bring a few tomatoes to share. He will also share with folks that he plans to run for Magistrate in the Hurt District next year. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

McGuffin joins Golden Rule-Wilson 2025-09-09 - Adair Co., KY - Photo courtesy Golden Rule-Wilson Real Estate and Auction. 18-year-old Eli McGuffin of Adair County is the current Champion Kentucky Junior Auctioneer. McGuffin has now officially joined Golden Rule-Wilson Real Estate & Auction. He has been interested in the auction and real estate industry his entire life, and he is looking forward to working with Chris Wilson and the entire Golden Rule-Wilson Family. Eli is from the Keltner Community of Western Adair County, Kentucky. He has lived in Adair County his whole life and his parents have as well. He lives on a farm and raises various livestock including registered Boer goats, sheep, cattle, and poultry. Eli has been active in the show goat industry since he was 10 years old. He enjoys competing in auctioneering competitions and meeting those who share his interests. Eli says his goal is to proudly serve Adair and the surrounding counties well with his auctioneering. He is looking forward to meeting and getting to know as many of its great citizens as possible. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Herman the Worm 2025-09-09 - Laurel Springs, NC - Photo by Trish Fisher. Trish found this caterpillar catching rays in the sun at New River State Park in North Carolina. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Great Blue Heron 2025-09-09 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen. A great blue heron on a super-close fly-by. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

LWU Education Program Director Jennifer Antoniotti-Neal 2025-09-09 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University. Lindsey Wilson Education University Program Director Jennifer Antoniotti-Neal '98. "The fact that we've had a 100% pass rate for the last two years (on the Praxis II and Principles of Learning and Teaching examinations) is a testament to the outstanding education program Lindsey Wilson offers students, and it also explains why our education graduates are sought after by so many school districts." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Pawpaw harvest 2025-09-08 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen. A small harvest of pawpaws, gifted from a friend. These "Kentucky Bananas" seem a little smaller than the ones that I remember growing behind Audrey Waggener's house atop Jamestown Hill in the late 1970s, but it's possible that those trees, like her abundant tomato plants, just understood what was expected of them and produced accordingly. Kentucky State University (KSU) has the only full-time pawpaw research program in the world; it was started in 1990 with the aim of developing pawpaw as a new tree-fruit crop for Kentucky. Pawpaw is the largest edible native fruit in North America and has very few diseases compared to other orchard crops. (Wikipedia). Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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