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New Hope SBC Youth singing/chili supper, Sat., Jan. 12, 2008

EVENTSThe youth of New Hope Separate Baptist Church will be having a benefit singing/chilli supper Saturday January 12, 2008, starting at 5:00pmCT. The Crossroads Quartet and Pure Gospel will be singing. Donations will be accepted. All proceeds will go to Brian and Angela Coffey who are doing missionary work in Dushante, Tajikstan. Church is located approximatey 12 miles up 206. Pastor is David Coffey. For more info call (270) 634-0195. May God bless you! - RITA NEAT

2008-01-08 14:50:19 | Comments | Printable version

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At 70th Anniversary reception: Willie Mat and Grace Feese



2008-01-08 - Trinity UMC Church, Columbia, KY - Photo By W.M. Feese, Jr..
Adair County's most honored couple, today: Willie Mat and Grace Feese, celebrating their 70th Anniversary today, Tuesday, January 8, 2008. Above, the couple is pictured at the reception given in their honor at Trinity United Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon, January 6, 2008.

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All after school activities at ACES, Columbia, KY cancelled today

EDUCATION

All after school activities (ESS and after-school detention) at Adair County Elementary School have been cancelled for this afternoon, Tuesday, January 8, 2008. Thank you! -ROBBIE HARMON, Principal, Adair County Elementary School.

EVENTS


2008-01-08 14:01:50 | Comments | Printable version

Obituary: Shirley Esposito, 72, Columbia, KY

COLUMBIAMAGAZINE.COM OBITUARIES

Shirley Esposito, 72, 605 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY, passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2008, at 5:40am, at the Lake Cumberland Hospital in Somerset, KY.

The funeral will be Friday, January 11, 2008, at 1:00pmCT at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home, 210 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY.


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2008-01-08 13:55:46 | Comments | Printable version

Lenny Stone: Venue change on C-AC Water Commission

EVENTS

Lenny Stone, Manager of the Adair County Water District, called today to announce that the Columbia-Adair County Water Commission, operators of the new Adair County Water Treatment Plant, will meet at the 109 Grant Lane, Columbia, KY office on Thursday, January 10, 2008, after all.

The Columbia-Adair County Water Commission had voted at its December 2007 meeting to hold regular meetings at its new office on Griffin Springs Road each second Thursday, at 4:00pmCT.


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2008-01-08 11:08:18 | Comments | Printable version

A prodigal Jack Russell pup is back

RELATED STORY

There's a half-happy ending to the missing Jack Russell/Beagle mixed puppies situation. One of them is back, and we're happy, though CM only deserves credit for moral support. A note on the sad side: The owners are about to give up hope for the other one.

Kim Harris wrote, late last night to say, "Thank you for running the ad for the dogs. We have one of them back and feel like that's the only one we will get. We have looked several times in the same area where the other one was, with no luck.


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2008-01-08 10:17:43 | Comments | Printable version

(ADV) Find Adair County real estate quickly

Find Columbia, Adair Co. KY real estate quickly
Real Estate Agents: Alphabetical Quick Links
Or, click on the individual real estate ads for the latest commercial and residential real estate listings, auction calendarss, and contact information.


2008-01-08 10:05:27 | Comments | Printable version

Gas Prices are unexpected highlight of City Council Meeting

Mayor Pat Bell, in response to Councillor Dean question, says he and Judge Melton have a plan to fight the gas price differential; ironically, the issue arose after the Council hears riveting report on the value of tourism to Adair County--but a report which didn't itself address the negative impact of local gasoline prices on the tourist economy; unanimous Council vote gives Chamber one-time increase of $5,000 for 2008; uses of money by Chamber more sharply defined. John Ford re-appointed to Columbia-Adair County Airport Board. Mayor announces safety grant receipt, delivers invitation to Council to attend Fiscal Court Meeting tonight. And more
Report on this meeting may also be heard on WHVE, The WAVE, 92.7, with Larry Smith

By Ed Waggener

The most exciting news out of the brief Columbia City Council meeting almost didn't happen. The 27-minute meeting was almost over when, in the Councillors' Comments segment, Councillor Craig Dean asked Mayor Bell, "What's going on with the gas prices?"

In response , the Mayor said, "I've gotten another letter back from another oil company, and it's about the same as the first," he said, "It didn't answer our question."


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2008-01-08 09:14:58 | Comments | Printable version

New gusher comes in on Danny and Debbie Burris farm

Excitement over oil found near ground is great; but excitement is growing with the prospect of a one mile deep well in the Jones Chapel area of the Gradyville field

By Ed Waggener

A big well was drilled in by Don Yates of Yates & Yates Drilling Company, Columbia. in on the Danny and Debbie Burris farm yesterday, January 8, 2008.

"It had a four inch stream of pure oil, no water," Joe Moore, Debbie's father said. "They're saying it could be a 300-barrel a day well," The farm is located along the Louie B. Nunn Parkway, four miles from the edge of Columbia on Willie Nell Road, a spur of Jones Chapel Road.


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2008-01-08 06:39:00 | Comments | Printable version

Adair Co. Sheriff's Dept., Activity Report, December 2007

POLICE REPORTS

Adair County Sheriff Ralph Curry has issued the activity report for his office for the month of December, 2007, as follows:


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2008-01-08 01:54:43 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports

Columbia Police Department Activity Report, December 2007

POLICE REPORTS

Columbia Police Department
City Hall, 116 Campbellsville ST., Columbia, Kentucky 42728
Telephone (270) 384-4119 - Fax (270) 384-6211
E-Mail : www.chiefofpolice@cityofcolumbiaky.com


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2008-01-08 01:42:41 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports

The Count, Road Eighty Bridge Closing: 100 days

Today is the 100th Day since the Bridge on KY E80, Russell Road, Columbia, KY, was closed on October 1, 2007.
One sad story: A high school basketball team from Garrard County came through Columbia recently. Their party had travelled Highway 80 from Russell Springs, not knowing the bridge was out.

After negotiating their way through Green Hills, Fairground Street, and Columbia, they stopped for breakfast, but not at their original destination, the Circle R, the coach's favorite Columbia restaurant.

When they had arrived there, the restaurant building remained, but it was a pile of rubble left in the clean-up process by the new owners, after the building had been a fire wrecked hull for nearly six months. (Since then, the lot has been completely leveled and cleaned.)

A Russell Creek Bridge downstream, at Kemp, was started at the same time as the East 80 bridge and took less than 80 calendar days for replacement. That bridge was built by Adair County Contractor Garrison Construction Co. Traffic is flowing across the Adair-Green County line there now.

See LETTERS & FEEDBACK for many comments on the KY E80 Russell Creek Bridge replacement.


2008-01-08 01:07:47 | Comments | Printable version

Kentucky Historical Society offers insight on Kentucky's Lincoln

Gala is February 11, 2008, at Kentucky Center for the Arts; February 12, 2008, official kick-off in Hodgenville for Abraham Lincoln bicentennial

By Alice Rogers, Kentucky Historical Society
Special ColumbiaMagazine.com story

The Kentucky Historical Society is offering Kentucky legislators and the public a look at the key people, places, and events connected to Kentucky's Abraham Lincoln story during the 2008 Kentucky General Assembly in observance of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commemoration.


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2008-01-08 00:56:40 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History

Today, Tues, Jan. 8, 2008: Big Fiscal Court meeting

Click here for New Year's 2008 wishes. Watch for New ones today. New Year's Greetings ad reminders will be posted throughout January 2008. There's still time to send yours.

Scroll down to Photos at end of feature for Today's standout, stand alone, no story photo(s). Added throughout the day.

Spotlighting, in brief, today's EVENTS for Day 8 of 2008 (Leap Year - 358 days remaining).
  • Today: AC Schools Logo Contest Open RULES
  • Today: Adair County Public Library Bookmobile, HWY 206
  • 6:30pm CT: Adair County Ambulance Board
  • 7:00pmCT: Regular meeting, Adair County Fiscal Court AGENDA
  • 7:00pm CT: Jaycees meet
  • Click Here for Events in Detail, Calendar as Posted for Events throughout 2008.

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    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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    2008-01-08 00:41:52 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today


    Birthdays and Anniversaries for January 8
    Happy Anniversary, Willie Mat Feese, (1915-2013) and Grace Feese (1922) | (Updates/Corrections)
    Happy Birthday, Andy Willis (2003) | (Updates/Corrections)
    Happy Birthday, Beverly Hollingsworth | (Updates/Corrections)
    Happy Birthday, Brady Hixson (1999) | (Updates/Corrections)
    Happy Birthday, Brandon Harvey | (Updates/Corrections)
    Happy Birthday, Dylan Mann (2002) | (Updates/Corrections)
    Happy Birthday, Gale Burris Cowan (1972) | (Updates/Corrections)
    Happy Birthday, Gary Mann | (Updates/Corrections)
    Happy Birthday, Jo Greene (1972) | (Updates/Corrections)
    Happy Birthday, Maddie Harmon (2001) | (Updates/Corrections)
    Happy Birthday, Margaret Bault Varble | (Updates/Corrections)
    Happy Birthday, Marilyn McGowan | (Updates/Corrections)
    Happy Birthday, Marsha Napier | (Updates/Corrections)
    Happy Birthday, Mike Burris of Russell Springs (1952) | (Updates/Corrections)
    Happy Birthday, Ronnie Cowan | (Updates/Corrections)
    Happy Birthday, Shelby Robertson (1992) | (Updates/Corrections)
    Happy Birthday, Tasha Padgett | (Updates/Corrections)
    Happy Birthday, Tim Blackistone | (Updates/Corrections)
    Happy Birthday, Zack Giles | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Danny 'Coon' Calhoun, Adair County, KY (1953-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Patty Jean Fergerson, Campbellsville, KY (1933-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Glenda Sue Terry Smith, Russell Springs, KY (1939-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Bonnie Faye Piskorski, Burkesville, KY (1938-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Donna Ann Corbin, Campbellsville, KY (1960-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Pina Lee Pyles, Columbia, KY (1919-2009) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Kenneth Grider, Casey Co., KY (1923) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Stephen Ray "Steve" Cassada (1950) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Naomi Ruth Cerezo, Taylor Co., KY (1948) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Freda Ann Pettit Kingery, Taylor Co., KY native (1958) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Lou Keltner, Adair Co., KY (1937) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Wanda Faye Robertson, Casey County, KY (1946-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Ovella Mae Wilson, Green Co., KY (1935) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, James G. Wyland, Adair Co., KY, Kansas native (1944-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, William Allen Robertson, Center, KY (1940-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Creal Cundiff, 72, Adair County, KY (1942-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Bobby Glen Eastridge, Elk Horn, KY (1935-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Kermit J. Brockman, Casey County, KY (1939-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Nathan D. Hale, Adair Co., KY, Russell Co., KY native (1934-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Shirley Lou Hendricks, 71, Green Co., KY (1944-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Clark Lee Prall Hopkins, 63, Taylor County, KY (1952-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Kim Brown Angel, Casey Co., KY (1961-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Christina Gribbins, 39, Taylor Co., KY (1976-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Jason Timothy Gosser, 33, Casey Co., KY (1983-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Earl Lloyd Guthrie, Cumberland Co., KY (1941-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Charles Lucas, 90, Middleburg, KY (1926-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Michael Jones, 42, Burkesville, KY (1974-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Fern Spears, 82, Burkesville, KY (1935-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, James Ernest Snyder, Casey Co., KY (1968-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Rebecca Jean Hogue Lay, Casey Co., KY (1940-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Clarence Wayne Price, 47, Green County, KY (1970-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Mr. Roy Lewis McCubbin, Green County, KY (1932-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Malcolm Willis, 84, Marrowbone, KY (1934-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Joe Knopp, 89, Taylor County, KY (1929-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Geneva Cash, Burkesville, KY (1935-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Johnnie Bea Greninger, Taylor Co., KY (1938-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Elizabeth Edwards Rodgers | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Evelyn Fisher, 97, Greensburg, KY (1924-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, James Weldon Wright, 86, Burkesville, KY (1934-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Jimmie Douglas Moran, 78, Russell Springs, KY (1943-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Lanny Smith, 78, Hustonville, KY (1945-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Lucille Mary Davis, 88, Russell County, KY (1930-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Mary Helen Montgomery, 96, Adair County, KY (1922-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Mayrene Combs Bell, 76, Edmonton, KY (1945-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Montra Keen, 89, Columbia, KY (1933-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Norma Jean Taylor, 86, Columbia, KY (1935-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Norris Shawn McCawley, 50, Columbia, KY (1971-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
    In Memory Birthday, Samuel Clark Vaught, 56, Liberty, KY (1965-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

    Events scheduled for Tuesday, January 8, 2008
    All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
    NoonCTJaycees meeting
    Regular meeting, at 7:00pm CT, of the Columbia-Adair County Jaycees, at Fiesta Mexico Restaurant, Jamestown Street, The C-AC Jaycees meet each 1st and 3rd Tuesdays here at 7:00pm CT. -GREG THOMAS | (ID:672, Comment)
    Adair County Ambulance Board
    The Adair County Amublance Service Tax District Board meets at 6:30pm CT. The regular meeting of the Adair County Ambulance Board us each second Tuesday at 6:30pm, at the Adair County Emergency Medical Services building on Westlake Drive, Columbia, KY. Almost certain conflict with parent Adair County Fiscal Court Meeting, which starts one-half hour later, same evening. | (ID:685, Comment)
    Regular meeting, Adair County Fiscal Court
    Regular monthly meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm CT, Adair Annex Building, Columbia, KY. Open to the public. Large room accommodates well, with restrooms convenient. | (ID:686, Comment)
    Adair County Public Library Bookmobile: 206 today
    The Adair County Public Library's bookmobile is scheduled to in this area today. If you have questions or are interested in the bookmobile services, call (270) 384-2472. The bookmobile librarian/driver is Anita Ridldle. The Adair County Public Libary catalog is online. To access it and other information, Click Here | (ID:729, Comment)
    Click here for New Year's 2008 greetings, messages including 2007 Christmas greetings. | (ID:815, Comment)
    AC Schools Logo Contest Open
    Participants may enter Adair County Schools Logo Design Contest for $150 prize today. Deadline is Thursday, January 31, 2008. Click Here for details contained in letter to community, "Learning for a Lifetime," logo contest, from Supt. Darrell Treece. | (ID:834, Comment)

     


































     
     
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