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Obituary: Inis E. Smith, 82, retired Fairplay merchant

She was the matriarch of a large, respected family, and a retired merchant who operated Smith's Grocery at Fairplay, KY. She was a member of Hadley's Community Church and a homemaker

Inis E. Smith, 82, Fairplay Community, 130 Gilbert Smith Road, Columbia, KY, passed away Friday, November 30, 2007, at 5:42pmCT, at the Commonwealth Regional Specialty Hospital in Bowling Green, KY, after several months illness.

The funeral service will be Monday, December 3, 2007, at 1:00pmCT at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home with Bro. Elbert Hadley and Bro. Clifton Bennett officiating. Interment will be in Haven Hill Cemetery.


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Columbians enjoy annual Christmas dinner at CU



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MARY FRANCES MAY, EMILY SARGENT, SARAH JEAN COOP and WANDA HILL stopped in front of the Christmas tree to visit with friends before the annual Christmas dinner at Campbellsville University's Winters Dining Hall Friday evening. Mrs. May serves as a member of the board of trustees of the hundred-year-old Baptist school. Mrs. Sargent represents Walker Real Estate, Mrs. Coop is a retired Adair County school teacher and Mrs. Hill is chair of the Bank of Columbia. They were welcomed by John Chowning, vice president for church and external relations. (CU photo by Linda Waggener)
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Rotary Club 2007 Christmas in Columbia Breakfast a success

A roster of those involved in the traditional Christmas in Columbia below
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Diners arrived early for the annual event, an all you care to eat breakfast of sausage and scrambled eggs, hot coffee and orange juices, and those hot biscuits with sawmill gravy or butter, jelly, syrup, or sorghum molasses, all for $5.00.

The hall for the breakfast feast was in the Columbia Baptist Church Annex. For as long as there has been a Christmas in Columbia, the Rotary Club Breakfast has been the first choice of festival goers as a staging area and strategizing the day's forays.

Reports in Downtown Columbia were that the Rotary Club, for one of the first times in the history of the breakfast, had no left-over food.

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KSP makes arrests in 2005 Bethelridge robbery case

Arrests come two years after crimes committed
Detective Kevin Atwood of Kentucky State Police 15, Columbia, KY, arrested two men in connection with the 2005 robbery of Omra Wesley in the Bethelridge area of Casey County.

The arrests came last night, Friday, November 30, 2007, at 7:17pm. The two men, Travis Goodin and Ariel Goodin, were arrested after a lengthy investigation by Detective Atwood, Casey County Sheriff Jerry Coffman, and Kentuckky State Police Drug Force Officers Dennis Allen and Danny Burton.

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Today, Sat., Dec. 1, 2007: Christmas in Columbia!

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Spotlighting, in brief, today's EVENTS for Day 335 of 2007 (30 days remaining).
  • Today is the day: Christmas in Columbia!
    Chamber of Commerce Event. The chairman, for the second year in a row is Dave Johnston. Activities on the Square, Downtown Columbia, all day. At 6:00pmCT, Christmas Parade Under the Lights will begin. This is one of Kentucky's greatest Christmas celebration events. To see story with complete schedule, Click Here
  • Today: Salvation Army Christmas Kettle at Columbia Wal-Mart
  • Today: Artists' Open House at Highland Raku Studio and The Heart's Image
  • 11:00am:Band Alumni Christmas Parade Reunion
  • 2:00-4:00pmCT: Toy give away at Columbia church of Christ
  • 4:00pmCT: Drawing for beautiful oil painting of Adair Courthouse by Trina Corbin
  • 4:00pmCT: Dream Depot has special Christmas show
  • 7:00pmCT: "Virgil's Christmas" to be performed at Star Theater
There are just 24 days until Christmas

For Events in detail, including dates into next year, Click Here

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  • Big Christmas Sale at Best Buy Clothes, 310 Public Square, is holding a big Christmas in Columbia sale. Everything in store is on sale. Santa from Noon to 4pm. More!
  • 10:00am-3:00pmCT: Accent Furniture & Picture Gallery is open today. Ad in Classified for sale
  • Mitzi's 50% Off, Pre-Christmas, Storewide Sale going on Today, and continues this week on Friday and Saturday.
  • Movies: 6:00 and 8:00pmCT: Columbian Theatre, Disney's "Enchanted," rated PG plays nightly at 6:00pmCT and 8:00pmCT and Sunday at 2:00pmCT and 4:00pmCT only.
Much more, inside (or below), including "Driver's Seat" quick links to sites of local interest, including Adair County Public Library, local, state and national news sources.

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Christmas in Columbia starts today with Rotary Breakfast

Rotary Breakfast starts at 6:30am today, at Columbia Baptist Church.
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It's here today! The Christmas Season officially starts today and tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday, December 1 and 2, 2007, in Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky.

The theme of the 17th Annual Christmas in Columbia Celebrations this year will be "A Golden Christmas," celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Columbia-Adair County Chamber of Commerce. Christmas in Columbia will cover two days, Saturday, December 1, 2007, and Sunday, December 2, 2007.

The highlight of the celebration will be the Parade Under the Lights, which is scheduled for 6:00pm Saturday evening, December 1, 2007. The rain date is is December 8, 2007. Prize money for the parade entries totals $1,825, with the top float prize being $400.

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Operation Migration cranes still in Washington County

Watch the skies again today. And follow the Operation Migration website for the cranes' progress

There was a brief attempt yesterday, to lead the whooping cranes in Operation Migration from Washington County, KY, to Wolf Creek Dam in Russell County, but Joe Duff's account, "The Ineffective Council," on the official Operation Migration website relates an aborted mission on Friday, November 30, 2007. To read this account, go to the November 30, 2007 Entry No. 3. Click Here



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Kelli Bonifer: Preparing switch from Analog to Digital Tv

On February 17, 2009, a big change is coming in the way television signals are delivered. Some will have to alter equipment in order to view

By Kelli Bonifer AdairCounty Extension Agent for Family & Consumer Sciences
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Thinking of buying a television for the holidays? Then think digital, especially if you get your service via an antenna. On February 17, 2009, the nation will end an era of analog television and switch to all-digital broadcasts.

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Remembering Sylvia Wilson: Never without a smile

Sympathy to Linda and the entire family of Sylvia Wilson

To ColumbiaMagazine.com

So sorry about the passing of your loved one. I never saw Sylvia without a smile on her face and flowers on her shoulder. She was such a sweet and kind lady that deeply loved all of her family. She will be greatly missed by a lot of people.Sharon Moss Burton

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Birthdays and Anniversaries for December 1
Happy Birthday, Bryan Burress (1969) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Darrell Curry (1962) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jadelyn Taryn Waggener (2006) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jonathan Dwain Feese (2004) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kathy Hadley | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kathy Jones | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Louise Judd Merrell (1943) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, MacKenzie Grace Piercy (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Phillip Edwin Grider | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sammy Hitch | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sharalene Garrrett | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sierra Dalyn Rooks (1994) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sherry Lynn Cox, 58, Campbellsville, KY (1960-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Doris Jean Hadley, Taylor County, KY (1935-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Michael Stephen Dunlap, Campbellsville, KY (1955-2020) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William B. Montgomery, Stanford, KY (1947) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robert (Bob) Sallee, Taylor Co., KY (1917) | (Updates/Corrections)
in Memory Birthday, Dorothy Morris, Liberty, KY (1931) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gaines "Jim" Hodges, Cumberland Co., KY (1927) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, John (Billy) Whitlock, Adair Co. native (1933) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Ruby Arlene Gardner Wright, Green Co., KY (1929) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ricky Burton, Columbia, KY (1960) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Elizabeth "Beth" Russell, Taylor Co., KY (1919) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dr. Sarah Brooke Hart, Jamestown, KY (1980) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Doris Noel, Adair County, KY, native (1933) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Ruth Humphrey, 83, Burkesville, KY (1929) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ralph J. Cole, 90, Cumberland County, KY (1923-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Vernice A. Wisdom, 86, Russell Co., KY (1928-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Zannie Mae Burton Estes, Green Co., KY, Adair Co. KY native (1923-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wanda Elavee Sells Wright, Cumberland Co., KY (1942-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Randall Jason Morgan, Sr., 69, Green Co., KY (1946-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ruby Carol Leigh, 70, Danville, KY (1946-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Paul Arthur Litteral, 54, Adair Co., KY (1962-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ronald Wilson, 75, Russell County, KY (1941-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jonny Davis, 84, Russell County, KY/Perry County, KY native (1932-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alice Fay Catlett, 68, Adair Co. KY native Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Anna Regina Fudge, 90, Columbia, KY (1930-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Barbara Jackson, 84, Russell Springs, KY (1938-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Daisy Dimple Cheatham Powell (1915-1992) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Geneva England, 75, Edmonton, KY (1945-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Janice G. Wilson, 82, Russell Springs, KY (1940-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jessie Douglas Clark, 81, Campbellsville, KY (1939-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joe Russell Grant, 78, Columbia, KY (1943-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Judith (Judy) Sexton, 71, Adair Co., KY (1944-2016) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lewis Jessee, 54, Adair Co., KY (1960-2015) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Patricia Anne Montgomery, Taylor County, KY (1985-2013) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Thomas Peyton (Tom) Chaney, 85, Horse Cave, KY (1937-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Verna Eudora Neagle, 93, Green Co., KY (1929-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Saturday, December 1, 2007
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NoonCTChristmas in Columbia
Chamber of Commerce Event. The chairman, for the second year in a row is Dave Johnston. Activities on the Square, Downtown Columbia, all day. At 6:00pmCT, Christmas Parade Under the Lights will begin. This is one of Kentucky's greatest Christmas celebration events. For further information, call Dave Johnston at (270) 384-2265 or call the Chamber of Commerce at (270) 384-6020. To see story with complete schedule, Click Here

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Salvation Army Christmas Kettle at Columbia Wal-Mart
The Adair Unit of the Salvation Army Christmas Kettles, red and blue, will be located outside IGA on Wednesday, November 21, 2007, and outside Wal-Mart each Friday and Saturday beginning November 23, and ending December 22, 2007. Or, you can send your donation to:The Salvation Army, P.O. Box 1085, Columbia, KY 42728. Just be sure to designate whether it's red or blue. -KELLI BONIFER and ELLEN ZORNES. | (ID:605, Comment)
Artists' Open House
Adair County Artists Open House events are scheduled for next Saturday and Sunday, December 1 & 2, 2007. Highland Raku Studio, and The Heart's Image Studio/Gallery will be open on Saturday, December 1, 2007, from 10:0am to 5:00pmCT and on Sunday, December 2, 2007, from 1:00pm to 5:00pmCT. Highland Raku Studio, is located at 7917 Burkesville Road (KY 61). At The Heart's Image Studio/Gallery, is located on 980 G Taylor Road off old Highway 80 at the five-mile marker. Questions, call (270) 250-8518 or (270) 378-6421. -HENRIETTA SCOTT. | (ID:628, Comment)
BAND ALUMNI CHRISTMAS PARADE REUNION
Come join us for the annual Adair County Christmas Parade this Saturday, December 1, 2007. Its great fun for everyone! (and you probably need the exercise!) Well meet Saturday morning at 11:00am at the band room to have a short rehearsal. (Im sure your chops are in great shape and you still remember the music and the flag work to Christmas on Parade)The parade starts at 6:00pm. Well meet in the parking lot next to Holts Chevron across from Speedway at 5:30pmCT. Dress warmly and wear a Santa cap if youve got one. (Its okay if you dont) If you need an instrument, please let Tim Allen know by Thursday, so he can get you a horn. Tell any other band alumni that you might not get this information to come also. Hope to see you Saturday! -TIM ALLEN, Director, Adair County High School Band. Band room contact: (270) 384-5149 or tim.allen@adair.kyschools.us | (ID:653, Comment)
Toy give away at Columbia church of Christ
There will be a free toy give away at the Columbia church of Christ, on Saturday, December 1, 2007, from 2:00-4:00pmCT. The facility is located at 501 Jamestown street. All toys are hand crafted. All children must be accompanied by a parent. For more information call (270) 384-6467. | (ID:656, Comment)
"Virgil's Christmas" to be performed at Star Theater
"Virgil's Christmas" is coming to the Star Theater, Main Street, Russell Springs, KY. It will be performed Saturday, December 1; Sunday, December 2; Satuday, December 8 and Sunday December 9, 2007, with Saturday shows beginning at 7:00pmCT and Sunday matinee at 2:00pmCT. Tickets are $7 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under and can be purchased at the door. The fourth play in the popular "Virgil" series is directed by Mary McGowan. -KYLE HADLEY. | (ID:657, Comment)
Dream Depot has special Christmas show Saturday
The Dream Depot will be presenting a Christmas Show December 1, 2007 at 4:00pmCT. We would like to invite everyone to come out to the show and then after the show you can stay inside where its warm and wait for the parade. Come join the Farkle Family this year as they prepare for Christmas in Crystal Ridge! It'll be fun for the whole family! Admission $6 adults $4 children 12 and under. For Reservations call: (270) 634-2894 or (270) 250-4064. Look forward to seeing you there!! -ELAINE BENNETT | (ID:694, Comment)

  

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