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Wednesday, June 8, 2005
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Columbia City Council June 6, 2005: New budget introduced

  • Budget will include four new leased police cruisers
  • Council Member Taylor proposes dental insurance for Council, but withdraws motion for lack of support
  • Mayor empowered to write letter supporting present plan for Columbia Bypass
  • City employees get improvements in paid days off schedule
  • Dinner planned for retiring Justin Claywell
  • Grantsmanship nets $15,000 grant for City Swimming Pool
  • Grant for $20,879 from Homeland Security
  • City turned down on $2 million community block grant for water, but Mayor hopeful
  • Judge Walker apponted to Board of Assessment and Appeals Board.
  • Audit service renewed
  • City empowered to enter into local agreement with county for water treatment plant
  • Routine matters get 6-0 votes
  • Joe Moore maintains tradition


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2005-06-08 21:38:23 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Columbia


John Townsend, 47, US Army Veteran

Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 9, 2005 at 10 a.m. at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home for John Townsend. A resident of the Millerfield community, he died suddenly at the UK Medical Center in Lexington on Monday. He was employed by Grayhawk Construction Company of Lexington.

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2005-06-08 16:28:16 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Jim Richards' big basketball stunners retold in Lexington Herald story


BIG LINK
A story in Lexington Herald reminds fans of Adair Countian's State Basketball Championship, his family's ride home in Governor Nunn's limo, and Richard's advice which helped WKU trounce the Kentucky Wildcats. Click here for the full story.


2005-06-08 07:36:33 | Comments | Printable version

The Columbia City Council certainly earned its pay in 1949 meeting

With remarkable hindsight acuity, Central Ohio Bureau Chief Cyrus posts this timely story from the Adair County News of June 8, 1949
CYRUS DISPATCH
Three Gildersleeves appointed

The first order of business (but not the most important; see last entryunder this Council report) was to elect a three man Water Commission"whose duty it will be to supervise operation of the local watersystem." Those elected were Owen Miller (three year term), EdwinHutchinson (two years), and Henry Morgan (one year.) J.D. Harper wasalso selected to serve on the new Commission as the City Councilrepresentative.


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2005-06-08 06:56:23 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History


Birthdays and Anniversaries for June 8
Happy Anniversary, Cody and Natalie Dobbs | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Jeff and Kristie Johnson (2005) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Charles Barnes and Barbara Barnes | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, David August Lepiarczyk | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, George Kolbenschlag | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Judy Vance | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Julita Spoon | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Karen Keltner | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lana Burris | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Norma Yarberry | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ridge David Long (1992) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Robin Hancock | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William Glen Canada, Campbellsville, KY (1937-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Larry Wayne Jones, Edmonton, KY (1948-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rhonda Lynn McClister, Russell Co., KY (1978) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Thomas Shofner, Campbellsville, KY (1926) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bonnie Garrett Gregory, Columbia, KY(1957) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Regina Bennett Wray, Taylor Co., KY (1947) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James B. (J.B.) Day, Taylor Co., KY (1948) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wanda Thomas, Cumberland Co., KY (1931) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ollin Reed Scott, Green Co., KY (1941) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jimmie Kendall, Campbellsville, KY (1944) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Lou Lester, Caseu Co., KY (1916) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Larry Ballard, Cumberland Co., KY (1960-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rodney L. Johnson, Russell Co., KY (1933-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ervin Junior Blythe, 53, Beaumont, KY (1961-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Phillip William Sears, Liberty, KY (1951-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Naomi Oldeda Curry, 86, Taylor Co., KY (1928-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jo Ann Coffey, 78, Russell Co., KY (1937-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Roberta Atwood, 88, Casey County, KY (1927-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Fredia Roy, 56, Adair County, KY (1960-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Darrell Ray Compton, 48, Green Co., KY/Adair native (1968-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bobby Jessie, 60, Edmonton, KY (1956-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ada Jones Antle, 95, Campbellsville, KY (1920-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Theresa Smith, 66, Adair County, KY (1951-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Walter Leach, 55, Jamestown, KY (1962-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Leonard D. McIntyre, 83, Cumberland County, KY (1934) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alice Coomer, 89, Columbia, KY (1921-2010) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Anna Joy Chaffin, 88, Columbia, KY (1931-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Christopher Wayne Cowan, 45, Columbia, KY (1975-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Clara Flowers, 87, Columbia, KY (1935-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Delphus (Jummy) Bardin, 79, Adair Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Donna Nolena Bryant, 74, Adair Co., KY native (1946-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gary Alan Brown, Jr., 21, Prospect, KY (2001-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, J. R. Haggard, 90, Casey County, KY (1929-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jeff Wilson, 59, Russell Springs, KY (1963-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Johnny Ray (Pops) Walden, 70, Columbia, KY (1954-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, McIvor Newcomb, 89, Campbellsville, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Norman Lee Coomer, 69, Metcalfe County, KY (1950-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Peggy R. Bryant, 70, Taylor County, KY (1948-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sue Cravens Stivers, 86, Columbia, KY (1936-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Thomas Murray, 98, Green County, KY (1921-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

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