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Daily News for Thursday, April 26, 2007
Jason Harmon: CM is fast, but it is regularly scooped Sends word to be on lookout for "Little Harmon's" wallet; also sends some well-taken advice By Jason Harmon I would love to be down there for the *auction. It looks like a lot ofinteresting things on the bill. My dad said to be on the lookout for abillfold he lost on that property many years ago. He would like to have itback. The wallet may be inscribed, "Little Harmon", the nickname he used todistinguish himself from his uncle, Besser "Big Harmon" Harmon, from whenthe pair worked for Lawrence Burton, et al. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-26 21:10:16 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History
Several Dream Depot performers in new play at Star You Can't Be Too Careful starts Friday, April 27, 2007 By Kyle Hadley Four sedate suburban matrons are suddenly interrupted during their weekly bridge game by a pair of inept bank robbers who are desperate for a hideout. Columbian Shawn Samuell stars as Charlie the head robber. At first, our frenzied hostages try frantically and hilariously to communicate their plight to two unexpected visitors, played by Columbian Bruce Hardford and Russell Countian Adam Redmond. The hostages are played by played by Columbian Barbara Hardford, Russell Countians Mary Susan Judd as Edna, Samantha Roark as Alice, Sherri Coffey as Madge, Unfortunately, their zany attempts to be saved are to no avail. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-26 19:36:43 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local Arts Scene
Whitney Mink national NAIA Softball Player of the Week By Chris Wells, LWC Sports Information Director Lindsey Wilson College sophomore Whitney Mink has been named NAIA National Softball Player of the Week, according to the NAIA. The award is the first national player of the week for the Somerset, KY, native and the first of the season for a Lindsey Wilson softball player. She was also named NAIA Region XI and Mid-South Conference honors earlier this week. Mink went 18-for-32 at the plate during the week for a .563 batting average. She also hit four doubles, one triple and four home runs with 21 RBIs. She also scored 17 times and stole two bases as the Blue Raiders went 9-1 on the week. The Blue Raiders are 29-16 this season and 15-5 in the Mid-South Conference. Lindsey Wilson returns to action at noon CDT on Friday, April, 27, 2007 against the winner of Georgetown (KY) College and West Virginia Tech in the semifinals of the winner's bracket in the MSC Tournament in Jeffersontown, KY. 2007-04-26 19:18:36 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports
Liberty cyclist taken to UK Medical Center following accident A one vehicle motorcycle accident occurred Thursday, afternoon, at approximately 3pm, five miles north of Liberty on Wilson Ridge Road. Bradley J. Callinan, 19, Liberty, KY, was operating a 1999 Honda motorcycle southbound on Wilson Ridge RD when he lost control, ran off the roadway into a ditch before overturning. Callinan was take to UK Medical Center in Lexington, KY, for treatment. No helmet was in use. The accident was investigated by Trooper Mike Woodrum, Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY. Courtesy Sgt. Robert Winsett. Dwaine Barnett, Kentucky State Police Post 15, 1118 Jamestown ST, (at Exit 49, Louie B. Nunn Parkway), Columbia, KY. For more on Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY, Click Here Thanks also to Dispatcher H. Scholl. 2007-04-26 19:11:06 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports
City of Columbia Planning & Zoning meets May 10, 2007 PUBLIC NOTICE Please be advised the City of Columbia Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on May 10, 2007, at 6:00 P.M. in City Hall to consider the following: Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-26 17:27:06 | Comments | Printable version
Variety Show May 5 at Depot The Dream Depot proudly presents "Variety Show," May 5, at 7pm CT. Now this wil be the first show that everyone has participated in since February and we're all excited, fired up, and ready to go!! We will be having some good singing as well as great comedy! So come on out, bring the whole family and have some fun!! Admission: Adults $6, Children 12 and under $4. People have alrady started making reservations, so call today to reserve your seat! Call 250-4064 or 634-2894. See you there!!! -ELAINE BENNETT Click Here to check other announcements in the ColumbiaMagazine.com Events calendar. 2007-04-26 16:28:08 | Comments | Printable version
Midnight chase ends with car striking CPD cruiser Marion County man, Campbellsville woman jailed after incident On April 26, 2007, at 12:30am, a Marion County man led Columbia Police officers on a pursuit from the limits of Columbia out Hwy North 61 to the Adair and Green County line during which the vehicle left the highway, returned, and intentionally, police say, used to ram a pursuing police cruiser. The pursuit started when police attempted to a stop a 1990 Ford pickup being operated by Troy Curry, 25, Lebanon, KY. Curry refused to stop until leaving the roadway around the county line. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-26 14:26:45 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports
Steve Beshear speaks 8th in CU gubernatorial candidate forums By Joan C. McKinney, director of university communications Campbellsville University will host Democratic candidate Steve Beshear, former lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, as the eighth and last in a series of gubernatorial candidate forums at 4pm, Wednesday, May 2, 2007, at The Gheens Recital Hall in the Gosser Fine Arts Center. The sessions are sponsored by CUs Kentucky Heartland Institute on Public Policy (KHIPP) and Team Taylor County. John Chowning said all of the major candidates have been asked to participate in the forums. Chowning is vice president for church and external relations at CU and executive assistant to the president who is the founder of KHIPP. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-26 13:15:13 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Politics
Former singing partner of CU alum front runner on American Idol By Ashley Sidebottom, Campbellsville University staff writer Each week, more than 30 million Americans watch American Idol, a singing competition for the next big pop star. The show holds auditions in several cities around the country and contestants face several rounds of auditions before facing the three celebrity judges, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell. The auditions have never been held in Kentucky, but one of the standout performers of American Idol Season Six has a connection to Campbellsville University. Nathan Gaddis, son of Dr. Robert Gaddis, dean of CU's School of Music, and his wife, Jeanne, attended Campbellsville University in 1996-97 as a music major, but after much thought and prayer decided he was being called to do other things. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-26 12:43:36 | Comments | Printable version
Ribbon cutting ceremony at Columbia Landscape, May 4, 2007 The Chamber will have a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday, May 4, 2007 beginning at 11:00 AM at Columbia Landscape and Garden Center, located at 922 Russell Road. The owner is Jason Stotts. Phone number is 384-6312. We welcome Jason and his business as a new member of the Chamber of Commerce. Mark this date on your calendar and make a special effort to attend. -SUE STIVERS, Executive Director, Columbia Adair County Chamber of Commerce. PO Box 116, 201 Burkesville ST, Columbia, KY 42728. Phone (270) 384-6020. Click Here to check other announcements in the ColumbiaMagazine.com Events calendar. 2007-04-26 12:07:38 | Comments | Printable version
The Baileys at Little Cake Christian Church, Sat. April 28, 2007 The Baily Family will be singing at the Little Cake Christian Church on Saturday, April 26, 2007, starting at 6:00pm. The Bailey family includes Irene Bailey Harmon and Howard, Junior, Bill, and occasionally Danny Bailey. The public is invited to attend. Click Here to check other announcements in the ColumbiaMagazine.com Events calendar. 2007-04-26 11:29:01 | Comments | Printable version
ADV: Delmer Lee & Arleter Burton Estate Auction May 12, 2007 ABSOLUTE AUCTION Saturday, May 12, 2007, 10:00 A.M. Central Time, 67 more/less acres in 24 Tracts; 13 more/less acres in 5 Tracts, Antiques, Vehicles, Personal Property, Selling for the Heirs of Delmer Lee and Arleter Burton. Location 7707 Liberty Road (Highway 206) Columbia, KY. Auctions signs posted. Order of Sale: Auction will begin with small items at 10:00 a.m. real estate sells at 12:00 noon, followed by vehicles, furniture, then returning to small items. No buyer's premium BURTON REAL ESTATE & AUCTION SERVICE (270) 384-3433 - 408 Public Square, Columbia, KY 42728. Click here for handbill, with numerous photographs of historic grounds and buildings, old cars and trucks including 1919 REO Speedwagon hearse, and many other items too numerous to mention here. 2007-04-26 09:38:26 | Comments | Printable version
Adair unemployment has dramatic turnaround in March Compiled story from information and story by Kim Saylor Brannock, Kentucky Education Cabinet FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 26, 2007) Unemployment rates fell in 104 Kentucky counties between March 2006 and March 2007, rose in 12 counties and remained the same in four counties, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training in the Education Cabinet. Adair County had a dramatic improvement over February, with the unemployment dropping almost a full percentage point, from 7.3% in February 2007 to 6.4% in March 2007. Just as encouraging, Adair County's March 07 unemployment was below a similar year-earlier figure. Lake Cumberland Area Development District Unemployment rates, March, 2007
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Four fatally injured in Springfield semi, van collision Young mother, her three children die as result of accident. Columbia KSP Post 15 Sgt. Knifley, Troopers Young, Adams, Slinker, and Underwood work grim scene. Trooper Toby Young, accident reconstructionist, heads investigation The Kentucky State Police at the Columbia Post are investigating a fatal traffic accident which occurred in Washington County, Wednesday, killing a mother and her three children. Trooper Toby Young, Columbia, a KSP accident reconstructionist is investigating the tragedy, which occurred approximately two miles south of Springfield on KY 55 around 8:00am, April 25, 2007. Melanie A. Wise, age 31, of Bardstown, KY was travelling south on KY 55 when she crossed into the path of James E. Browning, age 62, of Lebanon, KY. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-26 07:02:41 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports
Invisible Children: Walk promotes April 28 Global Night Commute By Duane Bonifer, LWC Public Affairs Director COLUMBIA, KY -- More than five dozen Lindsey Wilson College students, faculty and staff took an evening walk on Wednesday night. But it wasn't to enjoy the spring weather -- it was to raise awareness about Uganda's "Invisible Children." A total of 70 members of the Lindsey Wilson community walked more than five miles south on Kentucky 55 from New Life for the Nations church back to the campus to promote a "Global Night Commute" this weekend on the college's Campus Quadrangle. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2007-04-26 06:29:13 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Lindsey Wilson University
Today, Thurs., April 26, 2007: Dr. Henry at CU, 3pmCT/4pmET 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 116th day of 2007 (249 days remaining) Check Events Calendar for complete community calendar with future events as far out as we've received them. Election countdown: It is 26 days until the 2007 Kentucky Primary Election. 11am-4pm CT: Job Fair Cumberlands Workforce Network will host the upcoming JOB FAIR at the Russell County Harris Career Center, Thursday, April 26th, 11-4:00 CT. Open to the public and everyone is welcome to attend. Any local businesses that would like to participant please contact Lisa Upchurch Gosser @ 270-866-8435 4pmET/3pmCT: Dr. Henry at CU Dr. Steve Henry, Democratic candidate for Governor in the May 22, is the speaker for the seventh in a series of gubernatorial candidate forums sponsored by Campbellsville Universitys Kentucky Heartland Institute on Public Policy and Team Taylor County. The session is on Thursday, April 26, 4:00 p.m. EDT in the Gheens Recital Hall located in the Gosser Fine Arts Center on the CU campus. Admission is free, and the public is encouraged to attend. 4:30pm: Friends of Library Friends of the Adair County Library meet at 4:30pm CT at the Adair County Public LIbrary. Anyone interested in becoming a part of this important group is invited to attend. The group meets each 4th Thursday. Anyone interested in the library, literacy or literature is encouraged to become a part of this group. For more information, please call 270-384-2472 and ask for Lee Ann Jessee. Membership is $10.00 per year. 6pm CT: Local Planning Facilities Plan hearing On behalf of the Adair County School Local Planning Committee, the Adair County Board of Education will convene a State Public Hearing to review the proposed District Facilities Plan. The hearing will be held on April 26, 2007, at the Adair County Board of Education Conference Room at 6:00pm local time. The hearing will be for the purpose of recording testimony concerning the District Facilities Plan. For further information contact: Darrell Treece, Superintendent, Adair County Board of Education, 1204 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY 42728. (270) 384-2476. 6pm: VFW meeting Columbia Post 6097 will hold its regular (Fourth Thursday) monthly meeting at 6:00pm at the VFW Hall, Fairgrounds ST, Columbia, KY. - Commander Jimmy Luttrell. 7- 8pm CT: LWC Great Decisions Discussion 7- 8pm CT in the Thomas D. Clark Reading Room of the Holloway Building. Part II: Global Issues. Meeting Climate Change. For more information on the "Great Decisions Discussion Series," contact Michael Rogers at rogersm@lindsey.edu or (270) 384-8183. For more information about the "Great Discussions Series" online, go to: www.fpa.org. Topics and dates in April and May are subject to change. 8pmET/7pmCT: CU Orchestra in concert at Campbellsville Baptist The Campbellsville University Orchestra will present its spring concert, under the direction of Dr. J. Robert Gaddis, dean of the School of Music, and graduate students Wan Soo Cho and Nilson Galvao Jr. Thursday, April 26 at 8pmET/7pmCT at the Campbellsville Baptist Church sanctuary. -JOAN C. McKINNEY 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 Thursday, April 26, 2007: Today: Showers and chance of thunderstorms until midday...Then chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent. Tonight: Cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms...Then slight chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds up to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 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. 2007-04-26 05:44:53 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today
Schools will hold public hearing on District Facilities Plan State Public Hearing On behalf of the Adair County School Local Planning Committee, the Adair County Board of Education will convene a State Public Hearing to review the proposed District Facilities Plan. The hearing will be held on April 26, 2007, at the Adair County Board of Education Conference Room at 6:00 p.m. local time. The hearing will be for the purpose of recording testimony concerning the District Facilities Plan. For further information contact: Darrell Treece, Superintendent, Adair County Board of Education, 1204 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY 42728. (270) 384-2476.Click Here to check other announcements in the ColumbiaMagazine.com Events calendar. 2007-04-26 05:34:05 | Comments | Printable version Birthdays and Anniversaries for April 26 Happy Birthday, Eldridge (Tangle) Dykes (1942) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Emily Bowling (2000) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Hanne Jones | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Heather McCasland Burton | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Jean Lefaivre | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Jonathan Kevin Kitts (2013) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Kasey Loy | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Laura Bishop | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Michael Holmes. (1967) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Nancy Jane Compton Burton | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Shiloh Raine Collins (1998) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Sonya Robertson Washam | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Sophie Irene Bryant (2019) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Tasha Huff. (1989) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy birthday, Thomas Marcum Waggener (1975) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memoriam, Shirley B. McKinnon, 56, Greensburg, KY (1953-2009) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Robert McKinney, Adair County, KY (1940-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mary F. Keltner, Taylor County, KY (1934-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Edna Lue Kirk, Cumberland Co., KY (1930-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Shirley B. McKinnon, 56, Greensburg, KY (April 26, 1953 - September 11, 2009) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Esther Harvey Sieg, 81 Adair Co., KY (1928) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, David Michael Meyer, 72, Columbia, KY (1938) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Reeda Faye Davis Woolf, Green Co., KY (1949-2011) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Alden A. Earles, Casey Co., KY (1944) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ruth Smith, Dunnville, KY (1936) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Joe David Polston, Russell Co., KY (1939) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Maribeth Davis, Campbellsville, KY (1947) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bill Pendleton, Adair County, KY (1953-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Pauline B (Polly) Schwartzmiller, Taylor Co., KY (1923) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Louise Coe Cary, Cumberland Co., KY (1945-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Edith Helm Rippetoe, Adair Co., KY (1923-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Yvonne Hughes, Russell County, KY (1937-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dorothy Jean Otis, Taylor County, KY (1930-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Charlotte Carol Ellis, Adair Co., KY (1941-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Sheila C. Rigney, Casey County, KY (1936-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, SFC (Ret) Clarence Edward (Scud) Hardwick, Adair Co., KY (1928-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Watson R. McFarland, Casey Co., KY (1933-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Linda Sue Six, 68, Adair County, KY (1947-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Emogene Gwinn, 67, Burkesville, KY (1949-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Robert William (Bobby) Cook, Green County, KY (1930-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lewis Garrison, Adair County, KY (1937-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Frankie Turpin, Windsor, KY (1938-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jennie Lee Tucker Davenport, Green County, KY (1933-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Alice Osborne, 93, Adair County, KY native (1924) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Judy Kell Burton, 71, Taylor Co./Adair Co. native (1946-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bobby Lee Antle, 72, Russell Co., KY (1945-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Emogene Melton, Cumberland Co., KY (1926) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Betty Hawkins, 71, Russell Springs, KY (1949-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Connie Cundiff Schulz, 55, Casey County, KY (1963-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Coy Callahan, Jr. (1948) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Eldridge (Tangel) Dykes, 79, Glensfork, KY (1942-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, George W. Austin, 81, Adair County, KY (1937-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Helen Juanita Cooper, 78, Russell County, KY (1939-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Judy Burkhead Rodgers, 70, Campbellsville, KY (1951-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Larry C. Davis, 71, Jefferson Co., KY native (1951-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Linda Kay Burris, 74, Campbellsville, KY (1948-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Margie Burton Stigall, 91, Adair Co., KY native (1931-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Medie Machen, 90, Columbia, KY (1933-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Nellie Nancy Burton, 80, Columbia, KY (1940-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Pauline (Polly) Kinder, 86, Russell Springs, KY (1934-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Susan Marie Cox, 60, Campbellsville, KY (1963-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Tom E. Waggener (April 26, 1880 - August 16, 1953) | (Updates/Corrections) Events scheduled for Thursday, April 26, 2007 All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form. 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