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Lois Holt Goodin, 88; member, Millerfield Brethren in Christ Church

She was the widow of Elbert Goodin, the matriarch of a large, distinguished Adair County family, and a retired Millerfield merchant
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Lois Holt Goodin, 88, a resident of Summit Manor Nursing Home, formerly of the Millerfield Community, passed away December 29, 2005, after a long illness.

The funeral service will be Sunday, January 1, 2006, at 2:00 p.m., at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home with Bro. J. Richard Lehman and Bro. Jim Goff officiating. Burial will be in Haven Hill Cemetery.


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2005-12-30 20:10:56 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries


A few hours left to change parties to vote in primary of choice

County Court Clerk Ann Melton's office is open until 4:30 p.m. December 30, 2006
The office of Adair County Court Clerk Ann Melton is the only office open in the Courthouse Annex today, Friday, December 30, 2005.

The Clerk said she was trying to give everyone who wanted a chance to switch parties to be able to do so by the deadline for voting in the primary of their choice next year or to run as an independent.


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2005-12-30 10:16:33 | Comments | Printable version

Ambrose Burton's enormous family touched Adair CO, KY, long after his death

Is a "Gooley" just a Burton who is tight with his money? There are other possibilities for the origin of the term, historian notes.
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By Jason Harmon
bjeharmon@hotmail.com
Admirer and Devoted Servant to Adair County history
Ambrose Seber Burton was a simple man and a general farmer by all accounts. He was a resourceful man and wise with his money. Like any well known man he had enemies, but his family and friends always outnumbered them.

How could he have known that his enormous family would permanently touch Adair County long after his death?


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2005-12-30 06:10:19 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History

Odell Tabor arrested in Thursday afternoon shooting incident

Donnie Wheeler, the victim, taken by private vehicle to hospital
One Adair County man is in jail, and another is in a Lexington Hospital after a shooting on KY Hwy 768, approximately six miles south of Columbia.

Kentucky State Troopers and Adair County Sheriffs Deputies responded to the residence shortly after 4:00 P.M., Thursday, December 29, 2005, after receiving a report of a shooting.


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2005-12-30 04:37:48 | Comments | Printable version

Letter to the editor: Writer wants County Merit System for all employees

"When an employee's job is at stake they will never tell of things that are not right or of any illegal practice."
Dear editor:

Something that should be discussed before the election and change of office holders is a County Merit system for all employees that received a check from the taxpayers for over four years.


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2005-12-30 04:32:37 | Comments | Printable version

CYRUS/Oil's well that ends well

Any takers on when this commentary appeared in the local newspaper?
Our Oil Field

For more than fifty years Adair County has been a known reservoir of crude petroleum in sufficient quantities to pay splendidly under current conditions of prices.


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2005-12-30 04:00:57 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History

Over half of voters in current poll, 56.41%, want county-wide zoning

Another 15.38% favor keeping city-only zoning
Issue has drawn a high number of comments

Voters who have cast votes in the current ColumbiaMagazine.com poll, "What's your opinion on Planning & Zoning (P&Z) in Adair CO?", favor county-wide zoning.

Over half the those casting votes, 56.41%, endorse the idea, while only 14.10 want to do away with what planning and zoning there is in the City of Columbia.


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2005-12-30 03:44:44 | Comments | Printable version


Birthdays and Anniversaries for December 30
Business Anniversary: Sleep Inn & Suites, Columbia, KY. (2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Adam Womack | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Angie Pierce (1973) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Bradley Caldwell (1980) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Brandon Dial (1984) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Bryan Harvey (1976) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Carolyn Hinkle, (1949) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dewayne Curry | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ellie Marian Staten (2011) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ethan Brooks Compton (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Fannie B. Shaw | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jacob Kessinger (2003) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, James Brian Coomer 1972 | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jimmy C. Young (1947) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jordan Christopher Travis Baker (1988) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lacey Smith | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Larry Edward White | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, LouAnn Russell | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mylee Bell (2006) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Rachel Waggener (1980) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sebastian Alexander Bingham Hancock (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tyler Sandusky | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Karen Kinnaird, Liberty, KY (1947-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charlotte Ann Ross, Russell Springs, KY (1944-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Jean Cornett, Walton, KY (1943-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lenwood Graves, Taylor Co., KY (1921) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Carl Rich Thompson, Green Co. KY (1926-2011) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robert C. (Bob) Marshall, Adair Co., KY, native (1946 | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shirley Rose Buis Chadwell, Casey Co., KY (1938) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joe Durham Blakeman, Green Co., KY (1929) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Ann M. Huntsman, Greensburg, KY (1935-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Hazel Hall, Casey County, KY (1926-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marie Grant, Adair County, KY (1928-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Billy Joe Parnell, 66, Adair County, KY (1947-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Jean Jones, Green County, KY (1935-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Hazel Cravens Arnold, Sano, KY native (1929-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Larry D. Huckaby, Russell Co., KY (1934-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charles Jessee, 83, formerly of Columbia, KY (1932-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cora Jane Gibson Rice, 51, Glasgow, KY (1964-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Daryl Clayton Nichols, 69, Russell Co., KY (1947-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Patricia Faye Oakes, 71, Russell Co., KY (1945-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mike Barbee, 57, Taylor Co./Adair Co. native (1959-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Edith Richards, 67, Russell County, KY (1950-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Beatrice Blankenship Light, 92, Taylor Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bobby Beard, 82, Adair Co., KY (1939-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, David Michael (Mike) Kelly, Metcalfe Co., KY (1956-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kathy Graham, 60, Campbellsville, KY (1961-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Larry E. White, 65, Columbia, KY (1958-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wayne Hatcher, 77, Columbia, KY (1943-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

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