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Adair Co. Extension Agent Report: Tobacco buyout tax planning

By David Herbst
Adair County Extension Agent for Agriculture
Columbia, KY. August 2, 2005. Most farmers across the state should start seeing the first of 10 annual checks roll in from the sale of their tobacco allotment. Farmers were given the opportunity to sell (or otherwise lose) their tobacco allotment earlier this year.


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2005-08-02 18:37:41 | Comments | Printable version

Happy Kentuckians in Australia



2005-08-02 - Columbia, KY - Photo Centre College. Kentuckians in Oz: Suzanne Wells '81, Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) and Duff Watkins '77 at a meeting in Australia sponsored by the American Chamber of Commerce.
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State Police Reports: KSP investigates Casey shooting, Burkesville death

Two reports today:
  • Burkesville infant dies in tragic accident at his home
  • Arrests pending in Casey County shooting incident
Six-week-old Devin Hunt pronounced dead at Cumberland Hospital

Trooper Kevin Hunt and the Cumberland County Coroner, assisted by a social worker from Protection and Permancy, are investigating the death of a six-week-old infant, Devin Lee Polston, Tuesday, August 2, 2005, on Cary Lane in Burkesville, KY.


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2005-08-02 17:48:23 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports

NEWS? Alltel Phones out AGAIN in Bliss, Gradyville area

STORY UPDATE: Phone service back on at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 2, 2005 check.
FORM, FILL IN THE BLANK NEWS STORY:

Area has had off-and-on service thus far in (Name of Month) August;

Alltel has not yet offered to send reduced bills without red tape

Can't someone at least write a county song about this?
By Ed Waggener

Our phones are out again in the Bliss and Gradyville area.

A large section of Alltel's service area from just west of the J.M. Shelley place on the Edmonton Road has been without land-line telephone service this afternoon.


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2005-08-02 16:25:31 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Adair County

COMMUNITY NEWS: Mark and Melissa Parrish buying Flatwoods Grocery and Grill

Flatwoods, KY. August 2, 2005. Mark and Melissa Parrish are buying the Flatwoods Gocery and Grill, 3550 Burkesville RD (South KY 61), Columbia, KY., from Clifton and Phyllis Curry.

The Parrishes will take over on Monday, September 5, 2005.


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2005-08-02 11:40:12 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Adair County

Look Whos Happy Now

By permission from the Endpiece column, Summer 2005 Centrepiece magazine, Centre College, Danville, KY.
A photo accompanying this article includes Suzanne Wells, Kentucky/Aussie daughter of David and Ruth Wells of College Park, Columbia, KY. Ms. Wells is a 1977 Adair County High School Graduate and a 1981 graduate of Centre College.
Dr. Duff Watkins
Rep. Ben Chandler doesnt know it, but he is sitting between two former candidates for Prime Minister of Australia. I know this because, after graduating from Centre, I moved to Sydney years ago. Now I find myself lunching with Ben and three other Congressmen who are happily off the 14 hour flight from America.


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Birthdays and Anniversaries for August 2
Happy Anniversary to Gene & LaVerne Jessee (1963) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Bridgette Long (1967) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Bridgette Smith | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Christopher Ray | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Cody Bailey | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Danny | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, J.T. Stearnes | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jada Coomer | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jaireka Annita Shiley Barnett (1991) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Juanita McQueary (1940) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Junior Thompson | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Maylee Sky Stone (2012) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Michael Morgan (1972) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mindy Wilkerson (1981) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Missy Renfro | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sammy Kassem (1963) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Teresa Corbin | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bro. John Dean, Dunnville, KY (1936-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jerry Lynn Holley, 59, Knob Lick, KY (1957-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marvin Lester Spoon, 70, Columbia, KY (1948-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alene Whittle Bennett, Russell Co. native (1923-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mildred Lile Kessler, Green Co., KY (1932) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Levi Jared Bennett, Metcalfe Co., KY (2010) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Clara Matthews Conover, Adair Co., KY (1923) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Richard Durham, Taylor Co., KY (1957) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Garnett Lee Pittman, Casey Co., KY (1945) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robert Allen (Robbie) Long, Green Co., KY (1963) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Andrew Thomas Lowe, Green Co., KY (1967-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nancy Gosser Melson, Russell Springs, KY (1952-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kelly Murphy, Casey County, KY, (1931-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Terry Dicken, 59, Glasgow, KY (1954-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Michael Beal , Hustonville, KY (1987-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Benita Noel. age 59, Casey County, KY (1955-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In memory birthday, Kenneth Wayne Blythe, Metcalfe Co. (1962-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Blanche Helen Judd Kidd Curry, Green Co., KY (1926-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Patricia Ann Farris Groves, Green County, KY (1957-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dr. James E. Monin, 87, Jamestown, KY (1928-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Truman Olie Roach, 70, Edmonton, KY (1945-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Terry Marshall Powell, 62, Russell Co., KY (1953-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Orpha Hudson, Russell Springs, KY (1921-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Freddy L. Floyd, Casey Co., KY (1947-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sharon Whittom, 59, Metcalfe Co., KY (1957-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
in Memory Birthday, Margaret A. Spoon Lawless, Russell Co., KY/Adair Co. native (1928-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Brenda Kay Alexander, 76, Adair County, KY (1942-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Arletta Irene Butler, 87, Russell Springs, KY (1936-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Barbara Ann Davis, 69, Campbellsville, KY (1954-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Geneva Davis Higgason, 101, Green Co., KY (1920-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James O. Shawen, 86, Campbellsville, KY (1935-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jill Rae McNear, 44, Liberty, KY (1977-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Leonard Gaskins, 72, Russell Springs, KY (1949-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Loreta Ballou Adams, 80, Columbia, KY (1940-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Rader Emerson, 86, Windsor, KY (1933-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Pamela Faye (Pam) Grant, 70, Adair Co., KY (1953-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Phillip (Phil) C. Hudson II, Columbia, KY (August 2, 1966-October 23, 1990) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Radford Neal Pennington, 67, Scottsville, KY (1952-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Randall Shaun Fisher, 61, Campbellsville, KY (1959-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Raymond Hutchison | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rena P. Carnes, 93, Jamestown, KY native (1928-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rodney D. Reynolds, 48, Columbia, KY (1975-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sarah Akin | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sheila Coffey, 67, Russell Springs, KY (1954-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Stanley Lawson, 67, Adair County, KY (1952-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Stanley Rosenbaum (1909) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Tommy Lee Smothers, 80, Taylor Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Verlin Dee Monday, 79, Casey Co., KY native (1940-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

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