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Wednesday, June 14, 2006
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Head-on crash two miles north on KY 55 claims life

Driver attempts to pass tractor-trailer, strikes oncoming car head-on, near Sandusky Steel, Adair Animal Hospital; traffic re-routed for several hours

An Adair County woman Sharlet Gail Handy, 43, Columbia, KY died as the result of injuries sustained in two vehicle accident on KY 55 2.2 miles north of Columbia, KY. She was pronounced dead at the scene by Adair County Coroner Rick Wilson.

The driver of the other vehicle, Danny Bray, 16, Campbellsville, KY, was flown to the University of Louisville Hospital.


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2006-06-14 21:18:38 | Comments | Printable version

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Remembering Rex Coffey: Procession coming off Square



2006-06-14 - Columbia, Adair CO, KY - Photo Linda Waggener. AS THE LONG, LONG FUNERAL PROCESSION CAME OF THE SQUARE, traffic was also stopped going down Jamestown Hill as far as the eye could see. The cortege would make its way past Glens Fork, where Rex Coffey started his phenomenally successful business, to Grider Cemetery, for burial.
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Letter: Mike Mitchum remembers Rex Coffey

'The very best friend a person could have'

There is a song that states Only the good dye young. and in Rex's case this is far to true.In my mind Rex was one of the best, always the same and always uplifting to talk to. THE VERY BEST FRIEND A PERSON COULD HAVE.Rex, I will miss you old friend. - MIKE MITCHUM


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A Snake Creek Road story: The unsolved murder of Lindey Powell

Editor note: Wow! If you don't read anything else today, read this. Jason Harmon can tell a story in a way no one else can.

By Jason Harmon

Here is a story that is popular in our family about the murder of Aunt Lindey Powell.

I have never actually found a newspaper detailing her murder, but it's true as can be, according to my kin.


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2006-06-14 10:19:17 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History

LETTER: Dianne Morgan, remembering Rex Coffey

My prayers are with you now as always'

I will always remember Rex as a funloving cousin.

He always had a smile on his face.


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2006-06-14 08:50:14 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

2006 Adair Relay for Life: Byron Crawford story

For an wonderful Byron Crawford story, Priest's selfless gift of stem cells saved Kentucky woman Click Here. The story relates the first time meeting of Father Ken Reilly and Lee Ann Sandusky, lifesave and stem cell recipient, at the 2006 Relay for Life.

For several new stories and photos about the 2006 Relay for Life, enter 2006 Relay for Life in Search box in Site Menu.


2006-06-14 08:39:03 | Comments | Printable version

ALERT: Later this a.m.: A hair-raising story from Jason Harmon

Sometime this morning, after your nerves are settled, we'll post a spine-tingler from Jason Harmon. It happened on Snake Creek Road. That's all we can tell you ahead of posting.

2006-06-14 07:07:08 | Comments | Printable version

Adair Fiscal Court report, regular June 13, 2006, meeting

Site acquisition for Adair Justice Center approved. Total of $592,500 nearly 1.5 times budgeted costs. $1.5 million initial bonds to be issued. Jeff Thomas is new director of Animal Shelter. Mandy Hagy new assistant 911 coordinator. Garrett Luttrell, Heather Evans, Cecelia Kollody, new part-time shelter workers. Ann Melton tells court of need for two new polling places in First District, for one in Glens Fork. Sheriff succinct. Bids awarded. No action on Children at Play signs. Frances Drive discontinuance process begins with Richie Janes and Terry Partin as viewers.

Story update 6/15/2006: Garrett Luttrell (not Gary) and Cecelia Kollody (not Falodi) are new part-time animal shelter employee; the price being paid for the Adair Florist is actually $165,000, not $175,000, making the total for the Adair Justice Center $592,500, not $602,500, as previously listed. The errors were a result of fluff in the ears of the reporter
By Ed Waggener

In last night's successive meetings of Adair County Fiscal Court, the Adair County Public Properties Corporation, and the Adair County Project Development Board, the big news was the approval of the negotiations for the site for the Adair Justice Center.

The total price tag of $592,500 is almost 1.5 times the original budgeted $419,000 for site acquisition. Owners of First Realty are to receive $290,000; owners of Adair Florist are to receive $165,000, and $137,500 will be paid for the Adair Muffler site.


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Letter: James Murrell remembers ACHS classmate, Rex Coffey

'I have never heard anything but good about you'

Goodbye my Friend.

it has been almost 30 years since we graduated from Adair County High School.


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Letter of Appreciation for successful Relays for Life

A large number of photos related to the 2006 Relay for Life have been posted in recent days. To see photos not on front page, visit Photo Archives, accessed from Site Menu.
Peggy Lawson sends thanks for making her two-year tenure as Chair for the Adair County Relay for Life. Angie Dean will become Chair for Adair Relay this coming year.

As I bring a close to my two year term of Chair for Adair County Relay For Life, I want to say Thank You Adair County from the bottom of my heart.

These two years have been so exciting; we are a county that anyone should be proud of. We are a small county, but when it comes to giving we are a giant community with a giving heart.


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2006-06-14 03:52:32 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback


Birthdays and Anniversaries for June 14
Happy Anniversary, Don and Ashley Parker (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Greg and Diane Eastham | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, PR and Nancy Duff | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Aria Sanders (2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Barbara Grider | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Barry and Gary Hixson (1970) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Bernice Rooks (1950) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Candice Compton Robertson | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Debbie White | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Don Neat | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Donnie Claywell | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Evan Smith Waggener (2003) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Heather Janes | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Heather Kirby (1988) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jessie Bryant | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kyla Kessler | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lisa Calvert | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lola Arleen Jessee (1924) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Macy Lynn Mann (2009) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sara Sierkierke (1991) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sharon Green | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Stephen Green | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, twins Darrell Foster and Carol Foster Atwood | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Vicki Hatcher | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Virginia Kimbler Coffey | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Will Walker (2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nancy Taylor, Liberty, KY (1938-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joyce Burress, Taylor County, KY (1945-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kay Stephens Curry, Greensburg, KY (1940-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bobby Royce Polston, Russell Springs, KY (1942-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, TF Jones, Adair Co., KY (1943) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sidney E. Hagan, Green Co., KY (1955) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Rollin Simmons Wright, Green Co., KY (1927) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Glenna Sue Wethington, Casey Co., KY (1940) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Earl Dean Ellis, Adair Co., KY (1936) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Luttrell, Russell Springs, KY (1945) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mildred Giles, Taylor County, KY (1943) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Regina Murphy, Casey Co., KY (1940) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charlotte Ollestad, Adair Co., KY (1947-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robert J. (Bobby) Wilson, Adair County, KY (1938-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rev. Samuel Carl Holmes, Taylor Co., KY, (1927-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kenneth Ray Pike, Elkhorn, KY (1939-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Leland Perkins, 76, Casey County, KY (1938-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jared Robert Dickerson, Russell County, KY (1984-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Eliza Pace Allen, 85, Burkesville, KY (1929-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Eliza Pace Allen, 85, Cumberland Co., KY (1929-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alma Beatrice Spears Rayburn, Casey Co., KY (1919-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James William Selby, Glensfork, KY native (1940-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ralph Roy Casey County, KY (1950-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Joseph Richard (Rufus) Wade, Taylor Co., KY (1944) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Stella Lewis Price, Green Co., KY (1927-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alvin Hancel Humphress, Taylor Co., KY (1936-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Delmer Doyle Appleby, 78, Cumberland Co., KY (1937-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lola Arleen Jessee, 91, Adair Co. KY (1924-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Barbara R. Grider, 84, Adair County, KY (1932-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joe Allen Moore, 78, Adair County, KY (1938-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mildred Woodruff Hamilton, Taylor Co., KY/Scott Co., KY native (1919-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Deirdre Kay Redman, 70, Adair Co., KY/Phoenix, AZ native (1947-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Phillip L. Brummett, Russell Co., KY (1929-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, L.T. Sneed, 78, Allen Co., KY/Adair native (1939-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Patty Gail Perkins Mills, Green County, KY (1942-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dorothy Jean Neal, 83, Campbellsville, KY (1934-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Almarine Morgan, 93, Columbia, KY (1932-2025) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dixie Laverne (Bagby) Bishop, 74, Green Co., KY (1947-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Elizabeth VanArsdale, 89, Columbia, KY (1935-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Virgil Ray London, Center, KY (1934-2011) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nina Sue Roy Thomas, 86, Liberty, KY (1934-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Norman Ray Warren, 59, Green Co., KY (1961-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Pinkie Burton Lee, 87, Columbia, KY native (1934-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ralph Harmon, 76, Green County, KY/Adair County, KY native (1942-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rollin William (Rattler) Burriss, 72, Green County, KY (1946-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ronnie Louis Sexton, 70, Campbellsville, KY (1952-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Susan Elane Russell (6/14/1958-8/29/1975) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William (Billy Ray) Philpott, 80, Campbellsville, KY (1941-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Willis T. Alexander, 89, Green Co., KY (1933-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

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