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Labor Day 2005 highlighted by Buy, Sell, Swap and Trade Day

Special events, closings, open on shortented schedules below
Story last updated 8:06 p.m., 09/03/2008
Special event: Buy, Sell, Swap & Trade Day. Adair County Fairgrounds. Runs from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sponsored by Jaycees & Chamber of Commerce.

Vendor set-up information 270-384-6020, Adair County Chamber of Commerce, or from Charles Grimsley at 270-384-5658.
Other openings, special events, and closings will be added as reported to ColumbiaMagazine.com. Phone 270-384-0612. email: ed@columbiamagazine.com


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2005-09-02 12:37:10 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Columbia

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Helping Hurricane Katrina victims with supplies



2005-09-02 - Columbia, KY - Photo Linda Waggener. GOING SOUTH TO OFFER HELP: This group of givers were at the Bank of Columbia beside Wal-Mart early this morning. They were donating and packing the trailer for a trip to Mississippi where they will deliver water and supplies to a church there for distribution directly to victims of Hurricane Katrina. The plan was to accept donations until the trailer filled up, then bring in another trailer until people stopped coming. Pictured from left are: Lynda Wilkerson, Lewis McQueary, Rev. Sam Burris, Mark Karnes and Gary Spoon.
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Why does Adair County need broadband internet access?

  • EDUCATION -- kids with homework research needs
  • AGRICULTURE information and data submittal
  • LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES ON LINE
  • SAVE GAS $ SHOPPING ON LINE
Connect Kentucky, Governor Fletcher's effort to cover the state with broadband access by 2007, held its third meeting in Adair County recently. The result was to leave us with the task of gathering ideas as to how broadband will be used once it becomes available, and why it will be imortant to our future.


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2005-09-02 11:57:58 | Comments | Printable version

Elizabeth Burton Swengel Christopher, 86, dies in Indiana

Elizabeth Burton Swengel Christopher, 86, of Elizabethtown died at 2:35 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005, at Willow Crossing Health & Rehabilitation Center, Columbus, IN.

Mrs. Christopher worked for many years at C.P. Electronics, was a farm wife and enjoyed gardening and working with flowers.


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2005-09-02 10:05:50 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Adair Board of Education Special Called Meeting September 1, 2005: Tax rates set

  • Board approves tax rate to provide slightly more revenue; vote 3-1
  • Local district to receive $53,600 more for instruction at Youth Development Center
  • New Special Education position created for Knifley Grade Center

Adair Elementary construction on Schedule, Mr. Treece reports after meeting adjourns
09/03/2005: Update to RateAdairSchools link, below
The Adair County Board of Education approved a tax rate which is projected to provide $172,162.00 in additional General Fund revenue for the system, and a Building Fund tax is expected to produce $288,848 more for renovations and new construction.


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2005-09-02 05:07:07 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education

CYRUS: Adair Countians in peace treaty/occupation of Japan, Sept. 1945

In a brief treaty-signing ceremony on September 2, 1945, World War Two formally came to end, just a few months short of four years after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

These terse paragraphs appeared in the September 5, 1945 edition of the Adair County News. under the headline ":"
Peace Restored to War Torn World

"The war in the Pacific formally came to an end on Sunday, September 2, aboard the USS Missouri, in Tokyo Bay when Japan surrendered unconditionally to the Allies in a 20-minute ceremony."


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2005-09-02 01:00:00 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History


Birthdays and Anniversaries for September 2
Happy Anniversary, Burchell and Vera Couch (1964) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Cecil and Libby Beard (1978) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Doyle and Darlene Bunch (2004) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Gary and Lee Ann Roy | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Gerald and Ida Doss | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Kenny and Donna Redmon (1989) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Larry and Betty White (1995) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Tamara and Billy Andrew, Jr. (2000) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Todd and Billie Kaye Wilson (2006) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday Nita Addyson Nobles (2010) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Becky Keith (1950) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Blake Flatt | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Carol Hargrove | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Clinis Hadley | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jacob Doss (1998) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jordan Blake Flatt (1997) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kaneice Frost | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kim Reynolds | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Steve Cave (1969) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Thad Keltner | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Welby Gibson (1925) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jackie Lynn Parnell, Adair Co., KY (1974-2010) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Carlos "C.B" Floyd Casey Co., KY (1937) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Voyce Burris, Adair County, KY (1926) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ova Ellabeth Bledsoe, Russell Co., KY native (1917) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rosemarie Seelye, Russell Springs, KY (1937) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rev. Victor James Stansbury, Lebanon, KY (1945) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Max E. Calhoun, Green County, KY (1956) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Beverly Dee Merritt, Adair County, KY (1950) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Carl Taylor Perkins, 94, Greensburg, KY (1918-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sherri Riley, Cumberland Co., KY (1961-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Doris Richerson Kelly, Green Co., KY (1936-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Frances Simpson, 64, Casey County, KY (1950-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Evert Edsel Wells, 81, Russell Co., KY (1933-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lyndon Dale Thomas, 81, Adair Co., KY (1933-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bonnie Lou Settles Fields, 52, Edmonton, KY (1963-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mildred Anderson, 87, Russell County, KY (1928-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Linda Sue Judd, 66, Green County, KY (1950-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Maxine Huddleston Dykes, 86, Adair County, KY (1930-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Edmond Taylor, 78, Cumberland County, KY (1938-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Florence Curry, 99, Taylor County, KY (1918-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bobby H. Thompson, 71, Taylor County, KY (1946-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alta Lorine Pierce, 85, Russell Springs, KY (1936-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ayleen Williams, 95, Campbellsville, KY (1927-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty C. Thompson, 82, Edmonton, KY (1938-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty 'Boots' Tucker, 80, Russell County, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Calvin Montgomery, 73, Adair Co., KY native (1949-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Carl D. Redmon, 80, Columbia, KY (1943-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charles (Charlie) T. Richardson, 83, Taylor Co., KY (1939-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Col. Frank Lane Wolford, Adair Co., KY (1817) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Danny Clarkson, 57, Windsor, KY (1963-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ethel Rachel Jeffries Adams, 96, Green County, KY (1928-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Eva Mae Tucker, 91, Russell County, KY (1928-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Eva Pauline Mardis Graves, 88, Taylor Co., KY (1934-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Fanola Cox Upton, 87, Greensburg, KY (1935-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In memory birthday, Greg Reeder (1950) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Russell Cahoe, 70, Columbia, KY (1950-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lillie Riddle, 99, Cumberland County, KY (1919-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Kathryn Cassady, 94, Knob Lick, KY (1926-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Milton Lewis, Jr., 78, Columbia, KY (1944-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Monica J. Gartin, 50, Campbellsville, KY (1972-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Oscar Robertson, Russell County, KY (1920-1996) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robert Wayne Grider, Cumberland Co., KY (1959-2011) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sandra Gail Dotson, 58, Columbia, KY (1964-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sherrell Nathaniel Milby, 64, Greensburg, KY (1958-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Terrill (Terry) Wayne Harris, 67, New York, NY (1955-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Terry Brown, 79, Campbellsville, KY (1943-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Timothy Pittman, 54, Yosemite, KY (1966-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Vickie Sue McClister, 61, Columbia, KY (1960-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wanda Hawkins, 81, formerly of Columbia, KY (1938-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Welby Richardson Gibson, 95, Edmonton, KY (1927-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

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