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Daily News for Tuesday, April 24, 2007
LWC Women's Golf wins regional; in nationals Burton medalist; Elkins MSC Player of the Year By Chris Wells, LWC Sports Information Director GEORGETOWN, KY - The Lindsey Wilson College women's golf team won their third straight NAIA Region XI championship today at Cherry Blossom Golf Club. The No. 3-ranked Blue Raiders earn the automatic bid into next month's NAIA National Championship after shooting a two-day team-total of 638 (324-314). Lindsey Wilson also captured its third straight Mid-South Conference Tournament title as the two tournaments were played concurrently over the 5,813-yard, par 72 Cherry Blossom course. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-24 20:35:55 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports
Lindsey Wilson Men's Golf claims regional championship! Blue Raiders advance to national championship in Plymouth, IN, May 22-25.Lindsey Wilson's Chris Starks was named NAIA Region XI Men's Golf Coach of the Year; CU Jeff Sullivan named medalist and will advance to nationals By Chris Wells, Lindsey Wilson College Sports Information Director MOUNT STERLING, KY - The Lindsey Wilson College men's golf team punched their ticket to the NAIA National Championships with a win today at the NAIA Region XI Championships. The regional tournament was played over two days at Old Silo Golf Club. The No. 19-ranked Blue Raiders shot a three-round total of 927 (320-303-304) to beat second place Campbellsville (KY) University's 944 (324-305-315) by 17 strokes. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-24 20:12:32 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports
CU to present string chamber ensemble matinee concert By Joan C. McKinney, director of university communications The Campbellsville University String Chamber Ensemble will present its spring concert, under the direction of Dr. J. Robert Gaddis, dean of the School of Music, Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 3pmET/2pmCT at The Gheens Recital Hall of the Gosser Fine Arts Center. The program includes the Holberg Suite and Ases Tod by Edvard Grieg, conducted by Nilson Galvao Jr., a graduate conducting student from Recife, Brazil. Alla Rustica by Antonio Vivaldi and Serenade for Strings by Josef Suk will be conducted by Wan-Soo Cho, a graduate conducting student from Busan, Korea. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-24 15:52:25 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local Arts Scene
Two ACES 4th graders honored for literary works Brittany Curry and Brittany Burton are students in Diana Eastham's reading/language arts class, and Amy Walker's writing class By Vonnie Kolbenschlag Brittany Curry, daughter of John and Teresa Abrell and Brittany Burton, daughter of Tim and April Burton, were honored recently at the Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs (KFWC) at the annual conference held in Louisville. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-24 15:23:47 | Comments | Printable version
Softball sweeps Midway on the road to extend winning streak The LWC softball team has won 14 of their last 15 games By Chris Wells, Lindsey Wilson Sports Information director MIDWAY, Ky. -- The Lindsey Wilson College softball team swept Midway (KY) College in a doubleheader on Monday. Lindsey Wilson (28-15) shutout Midway 6-0 in the first game of the doubleheader. The Blue Raiders defeated the Eagles 10-3 in the second game. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-24 15:14:06 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports
Countdown is on: Election is four weeks off The countdown is on until the election. The 2007 Kentucky Primary election is four weeks--just 28 days--away. Registration has closed for May 22 primary. The very latest figures aren't available, but the count on on March 15, 2007 showed the following partisan breakdown: Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-24 14:33:08 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Politics
Chamber Ribbon Cutting for Best Buy Clothes The Columbia-Adair County Chamber of Commerce held a well-attended ribbon cutting at Sue Rowe's "Best Buy . . . Clothes and More," at 10:00am CT, today, Tuesday, April 24, 2007. The store is located at 310 Public Square in the building formerly occupied by Loy's Department Store and, before that, by Mrs. Rowe's Wooten's Department Store, a widely known clothing store operated by Mrs. Rowe's late aunt and uncle Ruel and Runie Wooten. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-24 14:00:37 | Comments | Printable version
Obituary: Ralph Junior Mr. Cundiff was retired from Arvin Industries in Columbus, IN. He will be accorded military honors by Columbia VFW Post 6097 Ralph Junior "Bill" Cundiff, 78, 2258 Carrie Bolin Drive, Columbia, KY, passed away Monday, April 23, 2007 at 10:30am CT at his home after a long illness. The funeral service will be Wednesday, April 25, 2007, at 2:30pm CT, at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funera Home, 210 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY. The officiating clergy will be Bro. Troy Long and Larry Bottoms. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-24 13:12:27 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Chamber Insights April 2007: Complete Issue Welcome to Chamber Insights, the monthly newsletter of the Columbia-Adair County Chamber of Commerce. Editor: Sue Stivers Feature writers: Darrell Overstreet, Vonnie Kolbenschlag and Teresa Shelton. Thought for the month: "A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not marble."
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Adair County Road Department Schedule April 24, 2007 Several Road Projects in District 1 today District 1: Lonnie Page, is working in on the Blue Branch cutting a ditch so the road would drain. Terry Williams, Tom Brock, and Donnie Melton has gone on the Dunnville Road cutting a tree that has fallen, reported by the school bus driver. Gary Samuells will cold patching on Cooper Ridge and Winfrey Hill in District 1. Terry Williams will be cutting out the Abrell Road in Distrct 1, and Donnie Melson will be hauling gravel for the Abrell Road. - LISA LEE, Administrative Assistant, Judge-Executive's Office. 2007-04-24 11:33:21 | Comments | Printable version
Adair Countian Jody Richards in the news at Somerset Adair Countian Jody Richards was the subject of a story in yesterday's Somerset Commonwealth-Journal. Writer Susan Wheeldon interviewed the Garlin native while the Kentucky Speaker of the House was campaigning in Pulaski County for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Kentucky. Click Here to read the entire story. "Hal, No! Bio-Lab" photo in report While at the Commonwealth-Journal site, you might also want to check out the most extensive coverage we've seen on the Department of Homeland Security/USDA visit to Pulaski County evaluating the area for a Bio-Lab. One photo shows a woman holding a sign, "Hal, No! Bio-Lab." 2007-04-24 09:25:47 | Comments | Printable version
Campbellsville University dedicates Ransdell Chapel It began as a prayer eight years ago in the heart of then new president Michael V. Carter By Linda Waggener, assistant director of university communications CAMPBELLSVILLE - Over 900 people gathered for the inaugural worship service and dedication ceremony in the newly completed Ransdell Chapel on the campus of Campbellsville University Wednesday, April 18, 2007. Donors, trustees, alumni, students, faculty and staff filled the sanctuary, joined in a high-church celebration of the completion of the chapel, the pinnacle marking the university's 100 years of service to Christ-centered education. Praise was offered up in music, song and word for the new Ransdell Chapel. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-24 08:41:29 | Comments | Printable version
Adair Justice Center PDB meeting cancelled for this evening Special called meeting set for Tuesday, May 8, 2007 The Project Development Board meeting for this evening has been cancelled. Mr. Bing Ewen with DLZ, architect for the project, contacted the judge's office yesterday and asked that the meeting be post poned until May 8, 2007 at 5:30. He stated his firm did not have any new information to share at this time. The Project Development Board will have a special-called meeting on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 5:30pm CT in the basement of the Adair County Annex Building. The meeting will be open to the public. -GALE COWAN, Finance Officer, Adair County Judge Executive's Office. Click Here to check other announcements in the ColumbiaMagazine.com Events calendar. 2007-04-24 08:25:35 | Comments | Printable version
Three days last week saw incredible Adair auto death toll First was at 10:09pm April 19; latest was Saturday night between 8 & 9:00pm Adair County was been saddened by an almost unbelievable three auto fatalities which occurred at the end of last week over three days. Even more signficant was that it all happend in a total timespan of less than 48 hours. The latest happened in Metcalfe County on Saturday night, April 21, 2007, when Columbia resident Valerie Morris lost her life in a single vehicle accident on Butler Hill, KY 80, as she was returning to Adair County with her grandson, Jaxson Abbott, who sustained slight injuries. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-24 06:50:45 | Comments | Printable version
Link: More than 50 protest BioLab at Somerset A story in today's Lexington Herald by Bill Estep tells of the protests of "more than 50 people" who oppose the location of Bio-Lab in Pulaski County. Click Here to read the story. Both the Columbia City Council and Adair Fiscal Court sent letters last year endorsing the effort to bring the lab to the area. 2007-04-24 06:06:45 | Comments | Printable version
LWC Men's Golf wins MSC Championship at Mt. Sterling Lindsey Wilson College leads Region XI heading to final round at Old Silo Golf Club; Campbellsville University's Jeff Sullivan leads the tournament with a 146 By Chris Wells, LWC Sports Information Director MOUNT STERLING, KY. - The Lindsey Wilson College men's golf team leads the NAIA Region XI Championship following today's 36-hole play at Old Silo Golf Club. The No. 19-ranked Blue Raiders shot a two-round total of 623 (320-303) over the 6,977-yard, par 72, Old Silo course. Lindsey Wilson leads by six strokes over second place Campbellsville (KY) University who shot 629 (324-305) over today's 36 holes. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-24 05:53:51 | Comments | Printable version
Letter: Important event coming up May 6, 2007 To the editor At three minutes and four seconds after 2am on the 6th of May 2007, the time and date will be 02:03:04 05/06/07. Annette Richards Click Here to check other announcements in the ColumbiaMagazine.com Events calendar. 2007-04-24 05:44:40 | Comments | Printable version
Spring Football Game action photos Five photos with this article Cathy Moss photographed action in the Friday, April 20, 2007, intra-squad Spring Football game. No score was kept in the game, but parents, fans, and coaching staff were impressed with the promise the team shows. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-24 05:10:23 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports
Today, Tues., April 24, 2007: Westlake Board meeting at 6:00pm Today & Events are brought to you by HUDDLE HOUSE, near Big Lots, Campbellsville, KY. Your headquarters for Huddle 2Go Platters. (ADVERTISEMENT) Click Read More for news and links including today's weather, Adair County Schools, court news, this day in history, traffic and driving, and much more. Spotlighting, in full, today's events for 114th day of 2007 (251 days remaining) Check Events Calendar for complete community calendar with future events as far out as we've received them. 10:00am CT: Ribbon cutting at Best Buy Clothes The Columbia-Adair County Chamber of Commerce will have a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday, April 24, 2007, beginning at 10:00am CT at Best Buy Clothes & More, a division of Dixieland Production, located at 310 Public Square in Columbia. Sue Rowe is the owner. Phone 270 378-1865. Chamber Members and the public are invited to attend. 9:00amCT/10amET: Writers Day, Induction of Poet LaureateJane Gentry Vance induction as Poet Laureate is April 24, 2007. The Kentucky Arts Council will celebrate Kentucky Writers Day, highlighted by an induction ceremony for Jane Gentry Vance as the 23rd Kentucky Poet Laureate for 2007 and 2008. This years Kentucky Writers Day and Poet Laureate Induction Ceremony will be at 10:00amET/9:00amCT, Tuesday, April 24, at the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort. 4:00pmScrapbooking Club at library The Scrapbooking Club will be meeting from 4:00p.m. until 6:00p.m. in the library basement. You can come and go as you wish. 4:30pm: Project Graduation organizational meeting Project Graduation will hold its first organizational meeting at the Adair County High School library at 6:00pm CT. Anyone interested in assisting with this event is asked to attend this meeting or contact Brenda Mann 384-5545 after 4:30 p.m. or Ellen Zornes anytime at 384-3400 or 250-3400. As always, we appreciate all our community does for our kids! - ELLEN ZORNES CANCELLED 5:30pm CT: Adair PDB meetingThe meeting for tonight has been cancelled and re-scheduled forTuesday, May 8, 2007: The Project Development Board will have a special-called meeting on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 5:30pm CT in the basement of the Adair County Annex Building. The meeting will be open to the public. -GALE COWAN, Finance Officer, Adair County Judge Executive's Office. The Adair County Project Development Board (PDB) holds its regular monthly meetings each 4th Tuesday in the basement of the Adair County Annex Building. The meeting is open to the public, especially all those interested in the new Adair County Justice Center. Board members at Judge Executive Ann Melton (chair), Circuit Court Clerk Dennis Loy, Columbia Attorney Marshall Loy, Circuit Court Judge James Weddle, First District Magistrate Roger Stephens, and Administrative Office of the Courts representative Doug Teague. 6:30pm: WRH Board of Directors. News tip: Pay Equity. Major topic will be pay increases for lowest paid - under $25,000 annually - employeesThis group supervises the largest budget among Adair County taxing districts and oversees the majority player in the largest component of the Adair County economy. The Westlake Cumberland Hospital Board of Directors meets tonight, Tuesday, February 27, 2007, at 6:30pm at the Board of Directors Conference Room at the hospital. The board's regular monthly meetings are each 4th Tuesday in the conference room of Westlake Regional Hospital. The board currently includes the following members (term expiration dates in parenthesis): Chairman, Mitchell Harris (March 11, 2009), and members Brenda Harvey (August 26, 2007), Gerald McLean (October 28, 2007), James Evans (November 30, 2008), and Katie Campbell (April 27, 2009) 7:00pm CT: Jaycees meetingRegular 4th Tuesday meeting, at 7:00pm CT, of the Columbia-Adair County Jaycees, in the Chamber of Commerce Building on the Corner of Burkesville and Fortune Streets. The C-AC Jaycees meet each 2nd and 4th Tuesdays here at 7:00pm CT April 23- May 11, 2007: LWC Spring Cultural Affairs event Art Majors Seminar. Ashley Green, artist. Lucretia C. Begley Gallery
The National Weather Service outlook for Tuesday, April 24, 2007: Today: Cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Tonight: Cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Click Here for National Weather Service page for Columbia, KY, with lots of interesting interactive features, including radar and satellite images of planet earth, America, and Adair County, KY. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-24 03:56:17 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today
Feedback: Letter on clean-up work by Magistrate Coffey To the editor, ColumbiaMagazine.com I just saw a picture of Billy Coffey with a clean- up crew. Goodjob Billy! Jim Rizer, Cowboy Click Here for the story and pictures of the clean-up. 2007-04-24 03:32:15 | Comments | Printable version Birthdays and Anniversaries for April 24 Happy Anniversary, Billy and Patricia Hadley (1999) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Bro. Ralph And Bobbie Sue Hadley (1958) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Owen and Evelyn Pollard (1947) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Stephen and Sheena Kelsay (2006) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Allison Burton (2003) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Deven Stone (1997) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Kelsi Walker (2006) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Kevin L. Bault | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Kevin VanArsdale | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Lee Jessie | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Lillian Collins (2012) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Linda (Bell) Forbis (1984) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Lisa Coomer (1984) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Lisa Jo Hadley | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, McKinlee Danielle Stone (2010) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Richard Paul Baldwin | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Stephen Parnell | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Tommy Kemp | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Russell A. Vassallo, Esq, Casey County, KY (1934-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, David Waggener, Adair County, KY (1944-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Nona Bess Curry Bennett, Adair Co., KY (1938-2009) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Georgia Flatt, 85, Russell Co., KY | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Alvin Spurling, 77, Taylor Co., KY | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Earl Allen Cox, Casey Co., KY (1947) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Larry Nash, Taylor Co., KY (1950) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Sophia Burton, Adair Co., KY (1928) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Alma C. Dalton, Casey Co., KY (1929) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, John C. (J.C.) Bryant, Adair County, KY (1933) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Iva Dean Pittman, Casey County, KY (1928) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Wendell Gleason Pyles, Adair Co., KY (1962) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Gary Gene Anderson, 67, Russell Co., KY (1945) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Virginia Graves Shively, Taylor Co., KY (1916 | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Carrie Helen Lester Garrett, Beaumont, Metcalfe Co. KY (1932-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Muriel Gene Tedder, Knifley, KY (1933-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dean Miller Alexander, 62, Cumberland Co., KY (1952-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Patty D. Boone Russell County, KY, (1930-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Kenton Lyle Pierce, 56, Russell Co., KY, Adair native (1959-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Renee Marie Weddle, 44, Russell County, KY (1971-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Getha West, 88, Russell Springs, KY (1928-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In memory birthday, Paul McCubbin, Taylor Co., (1924-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lawrence E. Bryant, 76, Adair County, KY | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Douglas Mills, 68, Taylor Co., KY (1948-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dorothy Helen (Garmon) Parks, Austin, IN (1925-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, June Etta Cornell, 93, formerly of Breeding, KY (1923-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Velma Sue Stocton, 61, Taylor Co., KY/Russell Co., KY native (1956-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mary Helen Risen Dile, 73, Taylor Co., KY/Green County, KY native (1943-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dale (Peewee) Johnson, 76, Russell Co., KY (1942-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Frank C. Ramsey, Adair County, KY (1941-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Grace Ann Jones , Taylor Co., KY (1963-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ancil Curtis Vanoy, 90, Liberty, KY (1932-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Beverly Ann Powell, 63, Columbia, KY (1961-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bill Newcomb, 80, Cub Run, KY (1940-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Cathy Bell, 62, Jamestown, KY (1958-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Finis Foster, 77, Adair Co. native (1943-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jeary Arnold Withers, 77, Russell Springs, KY (1944-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jessica N. Passmore, 31, Loretto, KY (1991-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Kermit Eugene (Gene) Johnson, 93, Liberty, KY (1927-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Leonard Wayne Burton, 65, Liberty, KY (1957-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Margaret Velma Bond, 79, Campbellsville, KY (1942-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Richard Paul (Pookie) Baldwin, 32, Columbia, KY (1990-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Rose Cravens, 91, Liberty, KY (1929-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, William W. (Pooch) Poynter, 78, Knob Lick, KY (1945-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) Events scheduled for Tuesday, April 24, 2007 All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form. The events database was created in late 2007, and doesn't contain any data for earlier dates. |
 
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