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Adair Co. Board of Education regular meeting August 18, 2005

Sparksville Grade Center's Tammy Smith acceptstop Adair attendance award for SGC's 95.64% rate
Tammy Smith, Brenda Mann photo accompanies this story
By Ed Waggener
The new champion in attendance, enrollment improvements and the budget problems which may come from the dramatic rise in fuel costs dominated the brief regular August session of the Adair County School.
The night belonged to Principal Tammy Smith, Sparksville Grade Center

Even though this is the last year for Sparksville Grade Center, the night belonged to the school and to its irrepressible Principal, Tammy Smith. Principal Smith did the school marm's equivalent of an end zone touchdown dance in her acceptance, and her infectious exuberance, and the warm response from the audience, left little wonder that kids would fight flu, floods, and blizzards to get to Sparksville, if need be to spend the day with her.


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2005-08-18 23:16:52 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education

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Sculpture enters a new phase of development



2005-08-18 - Columbia, KY - Photo George Kolbenschlag. COLUMBIA'S CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL is in the stage now where the letters on the curved piece of wood are being brushed with a rubber solution that will harden into a mold. Artist Tim Smith, pictured at work above, is in charge of the memorial. The letters say First Kentucky Cavalry. The public is invited to be part of the process. Click 'read more' for the story.
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More new summer reading announced at the Adair Library

The Adair County Regional Janice Holt Giles Memorial Library sends this new list of books that have just arrived for your reading pleasure.

Included here are lists of new adult fiction, adult nonfiction and juvenile fiction categories:


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Adair Co. Fiscal Court Special Called Meeting, August 18, 2005:

  • Fiscal court unanimously approves Mark Hatcher Contructionbid for Green River Animal Shelter
  • County tax rate adoption delayed; special districts rates not allin; split court votes 4-3 for 4% collection increase
  • Total tax collection will increase by only $15,698, Judge Vaughan notes
  • Transfer station agreement approval delayed; land lease contractnot complete

By Ed Waggener
Thanks to one woman's love of a little stray shorthair kitten, agenerous landowner who has asked to remain anonymous, an outstandingGreen River Organization for Animal Welfare (G.R.O.W.L), wonderfulinter-county cooperation, Judge Vaughan and the Adair Fiscal County,the Green River Animal Shelter is now assured of becoming areality.


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Edgar Holmes, Jr. dies of accident injuries in Tennesesee

Edgar Holmes, Jr, 52, of Hemlock Circle, Columbia, KY, died Tuesday, August 16, 2005, in Campbell County, Tennessee from injuries received in a motor vehicle accident on 1-75.

The funeral service will be Saturday, August 20, 2005, at 12 noon at Grissom Funeral Home, 200 Campbellsville ST, Columbia, KY, with Bro. Eric Gilbert, Bro. David Hansel, and Bro. Jon Campbell officiating.


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Birthdays and Anniversaries for August 18
Happy Anniversary, Darrell and Marilyn Treece (1973) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mary Frances McCoy (1940) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Alex Bradshaw | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Breanna West | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Brenda Devore | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Brenda Williams | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Chevy Mason-Thomas King (1998) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Don Cravens | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jason Grider | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Karen Bradshaw | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Katie Jones (2005) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lisa Ann Arnold (1969) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lou Ann Coomer | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Matthew Ryan McCarol (1999) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Monica Logsdon | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ryan Allen Trevino (1983) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sam Avery | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Shirley Harris | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tammy Loy | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Travis Miller | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tyler Murphy | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy birthday, Will Rich | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Ann Mathews, Adair Co., KY native (1948-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Brenda M. Wilkinson, Burkesville, KY (1940-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shirley Scott Harris, Metcalfe County, KY (1941-2020) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Blevins Young, Campbellsville, KY (1938-2020) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Kay Ellen Delaet, 61, Green Co., KY (1948) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marie White, Russell Springs, KY (1922) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joe Willis Bledsoe, Russell Co., KY native (1921) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rethel Shepard, Russell County, KY (1937) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Priscilla H. Jordan, 60, formerly of Adair Co., KY (1952) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Timmy Corbin, Adair County, KY (1965-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jo Marie Rowe, Adair Co., KY (1943-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Morgan Jones, 26, Taylor Co., KY (1988-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Otis Clements, 68, Campbellsville, KY (1946-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joyce Overton Griffin, Taylor County, KY (1941-2015 | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Onva Reid Hayes, Casey Co., KY (1928-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Judy Stearns, 68, Cane Valley, KY (1947-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Colene Gosser Wade, 87, Russell Co., KY (1928-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Ivin Judd, Green Co., KY (1923-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lowell Lee Bryant, 72, Metcalfe Co., KY (1943-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marilyn Ann Owens, 84, Russell Co., KY (1932-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Franzel Lee Kimbler, 69, Russell County, KY | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gertie M. Giles, Columbia, KY (1932-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gerald Compton, , Casey County, KY (1969-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James (Sonny) Loy, 76, Taylor Co., KY/Adair Co. KY native (1940-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, John Coleman Bernard, 73, Russell Co., KY native (1944-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Haste, 72, Casey County, KY (1945-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Paul (Buck) Bell, 86, Danville, KY/Creston, KY native (1931-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rebecca Jean (Roberts) Brock , 61, Adair County, KY | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dorothy Thurman, Edmonton, KY (1921) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Billy Smiley, 39, Columbia, KY (1983-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Carl Blair, 87, Green Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Carol Diana Wilson, 74, Casey Co., KY (1946-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charles Edward (Charlie) Wright, 82, Summersville, KY (1934-2017) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Darrel Wayne Baker, 73, Knifley, KY (1947-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Donald Garner Williams, Casey Co., KY (1931-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Doris Marie Meece, 80, Russell Springs, KY (1940-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Eric Ellis Calhoun, 58, Green County, KY (1959-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, J. C. Froedge, 83, Adair County, KY (1934-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jill Allen Rowe, Adair County, KY native (1969-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joe Kerns, 77, Columbia, KY (1942-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joyce Jeanette Kimbler, 85, Columbia, KY (1935-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lucinda Marie Edwards, 58, Green Co, KY (1963-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Randolph Watson (Randy) Rush, Burkesville, KY (1948-2014) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rachel Reece Riggs, 81, Campbellsville, KY (1939-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rebecca Lyon Colvin, 72, Campbellsville, KY (1949-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Richard (Dick) Youngs, Adair County, KY (1928-2007) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rufus W. Crawhorn (1934) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Tammy Gale Loy, 54, Adair County, KY (1965-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Virginia Mae Arnett Akin, 87, Green County, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William Milburn, Jr., 49, Campbellsville, KY (1973-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

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