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Sidney Grant, 79, one of Adair County's most respected citizens

Mr Grant was a veteran of World War II, a member and elder of Tabernacle Christian Church, a member of Hood Masonic Lodge, a building contractor, a former member of the Columbia-Adair County Airport Board, and was a six-term Magistrate on the Adair County Fiscal Court. His wife, Susie Pelz Grant, survives.
Names of pallbearers added 9:54 a.m., February 20, 2006
Sidney Grant, 79, 1813 Little Cake Road, Columbia, KY, passed away Friday, February 17, 2006, at 7:02 a.m., at his home, after an illness.

The funeral service will be Monday, February 20, 2006, at 11:00 a.m., at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home with Bro. Bill Minor, Bro. Hugh Withers, Bro. Eldon Rucker, and Bro. David Coffey officiating.


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Mrs. Effie Heskamp and little Eliza Spinks enjoy Valentine's Dinner at UMC



2006-02-17 - Columbia, KY - Photo Marsha Walker. MRS. EFFIE HESKAMP SHARES HER VALENTINES BALLOONS WITH LITTLE ELIZA SPINKS at the recent dinner at the Columbia United Methodist Church. The two represent the most senior and one of the most junior members of the congregation in attendance at the Valentine's Day dinner which honored members over age 75. The two (pictured in the center under the balloons) are surrounded by members of the Columbia UMC. Click 'read more' for the full story.
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TOM CHANEY: Of Writers and Their Books

Carl Hiaasen strikes again: A review of Skinny Dip
By Tom Chaney
bookstore@scrtc.com
At eleven o'clock on a cool April night Chaz Perrone tosses his wife Joey off an upper deck of the cruise ship Sun Duchess. Joey, an excellent swimmer, turns the fall into a dive and swims toward the Florida coast. Just at the moment of total exhaustion Joey is nudged by what she believes to be a shark. At that point she passes out.


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Columbia United Methodist Church Valentine dinner honors senior members

By Marsha Walker

On February 15, Columbia United Methodist Church held a Valentine's dinner inhonor of members who have reached 75 years of age. The dinner washeld to show them how much we love them and appreciate what they have meantto our church.

Four members present have reached the age of 90+. They are: Haskel Rogers,age 90; Asa Shelton, age 93; Cuva Scott, age 94 and Effie Heskamp, age 95.


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Little League softball, baseball sign-ups next 2 Saturdays; also Tuesday

By Troy Denton, President
Adair County Little League
troy.denton@gky.com
Adair County Little League baseball and softball will be having sign-ups the next two Saturdays and the next Tuesday evening.


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Donations only, free chili supper, Queen/King, Princess/Prince tonight

Knifley Grade Center's 8th grade
will be sponsoring
a
Chili Supper
Friday, February 17th at 6:00 central time


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Adair County School Board Meeting Report: Feb. 2006. Board closes loophole

Town parents won't be able to move children to county schools to get preferential admission to new ACES. Vice-Chairman Greg Willis presides with only three board members present. Change order results in $12,500 savings. ACTIV board wiring approved. Special meeting February 28 will consider staff changes
By Ed Waggener
ed@epwbooks.com
Copyright 2006 ColumbiaMagazine.com
In the Adair County Board of Education meeting Thursday, February 16, 2006, the board voted unanimously to close a loophole in the schools' policy on pupil moves.

Parents of Colonel William Casey, John Adair, and Adair County Middle Schools can no longer enroll their children at Sparksville, Shepherd, or Knifley schools without a valid reason.


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Head-on collision on KY 70 results in injuries to two drivers

An injury accident occurred two miles west of Liberty on KY 70 at 5:00 p.m., Thursday, February 16, 2006.

The drivers of both vehicles were taken to Casey County Hospital for treatment.


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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! to those having birthdays in February


February 17, 2006
To Jordan L. Young, 6, and in Kindergarten.
Love from Pa and Mammie J., and all of the family
Click ReadMore to Post/Read Birthday Wishes for today
and to Read Upcoming Birthday Wishes


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Birthdays and Anniversaries for February 17
Happy Birthday, Addison Phillips | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Brianna Bertram | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Briar McVay (1998) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Brooke Harmon (1993) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Caitlyn Grace Kelsay | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Casey Bennett (1985) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Chris Watts | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Connie Phelps | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dakota L Stotts (1998) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dale Smith | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Debbie Dunn | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Deborah Curry | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Delores J. Fletcher | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Fran Neat | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Gene Robinson | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jessica Stotts (1992) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jordan Lee Young | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kenny Buck of Browning-Pike (2002) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lester Tallon | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Misty Curry (1987) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ronnie Slaven | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Stephen Westmoreland | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Willis Benningfield, Elkhorn, KY (1933-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Evelyn Grant McCloud (1920) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Randy Simpson, Green Co., KY (1948) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Barbara J. Stephens, Russell Co., KY (1943-2010) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Audrey Pearl McGowan, Russell Co., KY (1923-2011) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jenny Lynn Coffey, Russell Co., KY (1953) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ruth Overstreet, Taylor Co., KY (1929) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Casey Adam Bennett, Adair Co., KY (1985) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charles Leon Hines, Casey County, KY (1942) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Grethan Wethington, 89, Columbia, KY (1923) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Reebie Humphrey, Marrowbone, KY (1919-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Colleen Meece Foley, Russell County, KY (1936-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ricky Humphress, Adair County, KY (1962-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bonnie Gale Ashbrook, Adair County, KY (1948-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Alva Mae Morrison, 96, Green Co., KY (1919-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Michael Wethington, Taylor Co., KY (1976-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Geraldine (Lawson) Brewer, 72, Taylor Co., KY (1943-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Michael Cheatham, 59, Adair Co., KY (1956-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Phillip Lee Stapp, 70, Russell County, KY (1945-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bettie Marie Black, Russell County, KY (1957-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Genia Fay Sherrill, Taylor Co., KY (1961-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Paul Daniel Peavley, 74, Hustonville, KY (1942-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Norene Klein, 90, Knifley, KY (1926-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Connie Ann Humphrey, Adair Co., KY (1961-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Raymond Melvin Broussard, Jr., Taylor Co., KY/Calcasieu Parish, LA native (1950-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Woody Gosser , 74, Russell County, KY (1943-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Edwin Murphy, Casey County, KY (1923-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Elizabeth Anna Bell Denson Emerson, Casey Co. KY (1921-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William T. (Buddy) Cooper, Putnam Co. IN/Adair Co., KY native (1940-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, David Louis (Buck) Veatch, Taylor County, KY (1945-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cleo Underwood, 91, Campbellsville, KY (1930-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dwight Douglas Miller, Jamestown, KY (1954-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Earle P. Clark, 59, Greensburg, KY (1962-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Frances Harmon Pendleton | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Glen Atwell, Green County, KY (1922) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Johnny Thomas Greer, 63, Greensburg, KY (1958-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nelma (Sue) Stargel Loy, 79, Adair Co., KY native (1942-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

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