Obituary: Katherine Garrett, 73

She was a member of a respected NE Adair County family

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Katherine Garrett, 73, Morgantown, KY, died Friday, December 5, 2008, at 3:32amCT at Morgantown Care & Rehab.

The funeral service will be Monday, December 8, 2008, at 2:00pmCT, at Grissom-Martin Funeral Home with burial in Bearwallow Cemetery. Visitation will be after 1:00pmCT, Monday, December 8, 2008, at Grissom-Martin Funeral Home, 200 Campbellsville ST, Columbia, KY.

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Obituary: Leonard Ray Taylor, 82

Mr. Taylor was a native of Adair County, a farmer and businessman, and a US Army Veteran who will be accorded military honors by VFW Post 6097

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Leonard Ray Taylor, 82, died Friday, December 5, 2008, at 12:56pm, at the VA Medical Center in Lexington, KY.

The funeral service will be Monday, December 8, 2008, at 10:00amCT, at Grissom-Martin Funeral Home, 200 Campbellsville ST, Columbia, KY. Burial will be in Haven Hill with military honors presented by VFW Post 6097. Visitation will be after 12:00 noon, Sunday, December 7, 2008.

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Awards announced for best 2008 Christmas Decorations

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By Ed Waggener

Sheila Hare, chair of the Columbia-Adair County Chamber of Commerce Christmas Decorations Contest, announced the following winners this afternoon at the Adair Annex Building. They are:

• Best Decorated Interior: Don and Fran Neat, Campbellsville Road, Columbia, KY


• Best Decorated Exterior: Mark and Cindy Harris, Lindsey Wilson Street, Columbia, KY


• Best use of Lights and Yard Scene: Rita Keltner, Allen Schoolhouse Road, Columbia, KY


• Best Decorated Business: Thomas Photography, Greg Thomas, owner, Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY.

The best interior, best exterior, and best use of lights and yard scene all received $100 prizes and plaques. The best decorated business will display plaque for one year. There are places on the plaque for engraving winners for 10 years.

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Letter: Congratulations, Cooper-Clayton graduates

About: Cooper Clayton graduates

To ColumbiaMagazine.com:

Congratulations , I don't know any of you personally, but I know how hard it can be to quit smoking or any bad habit. So once again. I say, "Congratulations and God Bless your efforts."

s/Maury Lewis

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Betty's OK Country Cooking lists prize winners

The complete list of winners at Betty's OK Country Cooking 20th Anniversary celebration drawing, held yesterday, December 5, 2008, are as follows:

• TV - Stu/Henrietta Lyons
• Bicycles - Tracie Lee and Ron Carter
• Pool Set - Sue Karnes
• Digital Camera - Ray Morrison
• $50.00 Gift Certificates - Paige Grider and Randy Huckaby
• $50.00 Gas Cards - John Pike, Julia Darnell, Denver Miller, Mason Coffey
• Christmas Flower Arrangement - Terry Davis
• U of L Chairs - Chris Collins
• UK Gazebo - Nathan Hale
• Luggage - Montra Wethington
• U of L Chairs - Phyllis Wright
• UK Chairs - Pam Smith
• Christmas Globe - Michael Lemmonn
• Angel Figurine - Hazel Wise

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Adair Fiscal Court has full agenda for December 9, 2008

The Adair County Fiscal Court will hold its regular December 9, 2008, meeting with a full agenda. The magistrates will consider the appointment of a Road Supervisor, and appointments to the Adair County Extension Board. Bids will be opened for preparation of the county payroll and for the sale of a surplus county road department truck, among other important topics in the 29 item agenda.

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The public is invited and encouraged to attend.

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Adair County Fiscal Court December 9, 2008 Agenda



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Today, Sat. Dec. 6, 2008: Christmas in Columbia underway!

Columbia City Council December 1, 2008 Report posted December 2, 2008: full Council Report includes announcement of plans on City Hall expansion

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EVENTS:

Spotlighting, in brief, today's events for Day 341 of 2008 (Leap Year -25 days remaining)

• All Day Today: Christmas in Columbia. Events. Booths. Shopping. Parade
  Poster with Christmas in Columbia Schedule of Events
• Today: Adair Recycling Center Trailer at Annex Building Parking Lot for Christmas in Columbia. Printable calendar Recycling Trailer Schedule, Dec. 5, 2008 to Jan. 4, 2009
• Today: Demonstrations at Highland Raku at HRS Gallery & Studio, KY 61 South Sparksville.SPONSORED See progress on new KY 61 construction on the way
• Today: AC Democratic Women bake sale
SPONSORED
• 6:30am to 10:30amCT: Rotary Club breakfast at Columbia Baptist Church
• 9:00am until 11:30amCT: Metcalfe Co. Center for Arts open. Edmonton
• 10am until noon: Rex's Cycle Shop will be having a Christmas Open House on Saturday December 6, 2008. Santa will be here from and pictures will be taken at no charge. We will be having hot dogs, chili, popcorn and drinks. Everyone is welcome. -TAMMY COFFEY.
  SPONSORED
• 3:00pm: Winners of the C-AC Chamber decorating contests will be announced on the Square
• 4:00pmCT: Dream Depot presents "A Christmas Miracle"
• 5:00pmCT: AC SAR hot chocolate before parade
• 6:00pmCT: The 2008 Christmas in Columbia parade
• Reminder: Send mail from home to Adair Countians who are deployed to war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. How to mail to servicemen and list of addresses

For events in detail and to scan future events into 2009, Click here

Court:
Monday, December 8, 2008. One (1) Cases in Adair Circuit Court (Judge Janes Weddle). Twenty-five (25) cases in District Court (Judge Michael Loy). Click Here to check Adair Court schedule at the Kentucky Court of Justice Website. To visit Adair Circuit Clerk site, Click Here

This date in history: Click Here to access facts from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia about this day in history.

(ADV): What's Cooking in Adair County, KY, today:
Click restaurant names for hours, directions, and prices.

• Betty's OK Country Cooking
  Betty's OK Country Kitchen
  BUFFET MENU: Saturday, December 6, 2008 MEATS: CATFISH. TURKEY with Dressing & Giblet Gravy. PORK TENDERLOIN Vegetables: Mashed Potatoes. Green Beans. Candied Yams. Corn. Peas. Breaded Squash. California Medley. Rolls/Cornbread. On the buffet cold bar: Potato Salad. Coleslaw. Peaches. Pears. Cottage Cheese. Pepper Relish. Sweet Onion.
  TODAY'S SPECIAL DESSERTS: Banana Pudding. Sugar Free Butterscotch Pie. Plus our really big regular list of favorite cakes and desserts.
  BREAKFAST: Served anytime. We have Grits
  Betty's will be closed on Christmas Day, December 25, 2008.


• Bob's Country Kitchen & General Store
  ON THE HOTBAR, Saturday, December 6, 2008.
  COUNTRY FRIED STEAK with gravy, better than anything in Austin, TX--or anywhere else. Mashed Potatoes. Green Beans.Country Style Corn. Macaroni/Cheese Pinto Beans. Coleslaw. Sliced Tomatoes. Sweet White Onion. Cornbread. Meat plus one of each or all of sides, Just $5.99
  SOUP du JOUR: Bob's CHILI. $1.99 a bowl, with crackers or hoecakes.BREAKFAST Cooked to order. Served any time.
  
DESSERTS: Butterscotch. Cocanut. Chocolate Meringue Pie. By Kay Burton. Peanut Butter Pie. Cherry Delight. Turtle Cheesecake. Plain Cheesecake.
SOMETHING SPECIAL for SUNDAY DINNER: Owing to so many being turkeyed out, so many complaining of surviving on Turkey leftovers, Bob's will have something different this Sunday, December 7, 2008: Oven baked, glazed SLICED HAM. Scalloped Potatoes. Fordhook Lima beans. Cream Style Corn. Macaroni salad. Sliced tomatoes. Sweet White Onion. Dinner Rolls/Biscuits. Ham + 1 of each or all sides, Just $6.99


• Buffalo Hills
  Located at 906 Greensburg ST in the Curves Building, Columbia, KY.
  New lunch hours 10:30-1:30 Mon -Fri Serving nutritious and delicious 1/3 pound Buffalo burgers, buffalo hot dogs and an outrageous 3 bean buffalo chili. Call to find out about our "Special of the Day" on Wednesdays and Fridays. We now serve BUFFALO BRATS all week long. Call ahead for takeout orders (270) 385-9092. Buffalo steaks, roasts, burger and brats available for your grilling at home! (270> 385-9092ALSO: Smoothies, Christian Gifts, Tanning Beds. Buffalo Meat--America's Original Health Food. Open10am-7pm Mon-Tue & Thurs.-Fri. 10am-6pm Wednesdays. Closed Saturdays and Sundays. Jim and Carol Leib, Owners. We accept Visa, MC, and Discover Credit Cards. Cooling Dr. Smoothie smoothies to beat the heat, enjoy a refreshing, healthy drink. In the Curves Building on Greensburg St.



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Dairy Dip soups are great warmer-uppers for Christmas in Columbia! Try a bowl of Dairy Dip Chili today. Just enough "kick" to be great. Also available: Pinto beans with Cornbread. Rafferty's style potato soup.


• The Dairy Dip
  Come in today for one of our delicious warming soups! Chili, pinto beans, or potatoe soup. They're delicious. Call ahead for large orders. -PATRICIA WILLIS
  Our winter hours are: Monday through Friday, 10:30am to 5:00pmCT, Saturdays, 11:to 5:00pm. Closed Sundays.
  


• Donut ExpressDelicious, Fresh Baked Donuts every day right here in Columbia. Always fresh. Always a big variety. Glazed, cake, jelly-filled, plain, fancy and more! Try our Chocolate Eclairs: Custard or Creme Filled. People drive from miles around to get them.


• Flatwoods Deli
  6770 Burkesville Road/KY 61 S., Columbia, KY. Phone (270) 378-6610.
  HOURS: M-F, 5:00am to 6:00pmCT. Saturday, 7:00am to 4:00pm. Closed Sun.
  BREAKFAST: Full breakfasts, lunches, dinners served anytime. We make great country store sandwiches.
  GROCERY now being restocked.STOCK UP on 20 oz Coke or Pepsi Products. Our's are just $1.49
  BOOK YOU CHRISTMAS or NEW YEARS EVENT NOW: Large meeting room with tables for up to 25 people, just $25.00 for two hours. Bring in food, order from our menu, or arrange for us to cater event.



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OL JOE'S ORIGINAL BARBECUE SAUCE in the bottle with his likeness, makes wonderful Christmas gifts which send the best from Adair County. It is on sale, in 16 oz. bottles ($4.00 per bottle; $37.95 per case of 12) at Ol' Joe's B&B QUE, Campbellsville Road, Columbia, KY. The restaurant is open the First and Third Fridays and Saturdays of each month.. It is Not too sweet. Not too hot. Not too mild. Just Right, Joe Barbee, who likeness is on each and ever bottle, says. NEW Ol' Joes mustard based sauce now available. Bottles with Christmas bows available. The sauce is cholesterol free, and carries the famed "Kentucky Proud." Those wishing to order by email can do so at oljoesseasonnings@gmail.com.

• Ol' Joe Barbee's B QUE
  OPEN TODAY, Saturday, December 6, 2008.Ol' Joe's Sauces and Rubs are now available. Order at: oljoesseasonings@gmail.com or buy at the store; coming soon to grocery shelves near you. Give an Ol' Joe's Gift Certificates--Great for all occasions, especially Christmas. (270) 384-2360.


• QUICK STOPNext to Downey's Gun & Pawn and Downey's ATV's and Motorcycles. 702 Campbellsville Road, Columbia, KY. Phone (270) 384-9833. Hours: Mon-Friday, 4:00am to 2:00pmCT. Sat. 4:00am to 12noonCT.BREAKFAST cooked to order. Served any time.
  CALL AHEAD FOR CARRYOUTS, (270) 384-9833
  SPECIAL for DECEMBER 6, 2008: Everything is cooked from our extensive menu for today. Sandwiches, Plates, & Platters. Breakfast anytime. We are your Go To - To Go specialists.



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Red Barn Shortribs


• Red Barn Bar-B-Q. 309 Hudson Street, Columbia, KY. A smoke free restaurant.
  OPEN TODAY! on Saturday, December 6, 2008 from 10amCT until 8:30pmCT The first smoke free restaurant in Columbia. So dine in or carry out from our delicious MENU featuring some of the best Open Pit Barbecue around! With all the great choices: Shoulder, Shredded Pork, Ribs, Tenderloin, and Chicken cooked fresh daily. Or zest up your mouth with our Stuffed Tator Skins, Shredded Nachos or the Red Barn Wrap. See our MENU then call ahead (270-384-1645) for quicker service or for large orders. HOURS: Thursdays (10-8), Fridays (10-8:30), Saturdays (10-8:30) and Sundays (10-7) with Genuine Monroe County Style Barbecue. We'll make your taste buds tingle. Catering available. Our Gift certificates make great Christmas presents! Owners Gary & Marketta Dubree. Credit cards: Visa. MC. Discover.



• Rerun's Holmes Bend General Store
  BREAKFAST: Cooked to order. Served anytime.
  TODAY, Saturday, December 6, 2008: Everything cooked to order from Rerun's big menu. Simply the Best Food on Green River Lake. Take a drive down Holmes Bend Road for the wonderful winter scenery, Christmas Lights, and drop in Re-Runs for a Food, Hot Coffee, and good winter time company. Y'all will get a warm welcome here. A secret: Rerun's also has the best HOT CHOCOLATE on Green River Lake!Desserts: Enjoy Rerun's. HUGE Chewy, Chocolatey BROWNIES, only 50 cents each. Great holiday treats! Maybe, the Apple Turnover Pie Production will be underway again today! It's American ingenuity, know-how, and industry at it's finest. Truly a marvel. Rerun mixes great batches of Apple filling; Lindy Barr rolls out the dough. Together they bake countless oodlings of the Adair County specialty. And still, they're so good, they always sell out quickly and some pie starved customers have to wait for the next pie making frenzy. What a bargain! $1 apiece. And, at Rerun's there's Mayfield's Ice Cream to accessorize these gourmet treats.
  


• Adair County School District Menu
  Menu: November 24 through December 19, 2008
  MONDAY, December 8, 2008. BREAKFAST: Gravy and Biscuit. Juice/Fruit. Choice of Low Fat Milk. Cereal choices and toast offered daily at breakfast. LUNCH: CHEESEURGER on BUN or CHCKEN FILET on BUN. Lettuce/Tomato. French Fries. Chipotle Munchers w/Ranch Dressing. Sherbet. Choice of Low Fat Milk. Salads available daily. Fruit and/or juice offered daily with lunch.

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Crossroad Flowers & Gifts has handcrafted aluminum bells.
The prices are $19.00 for the large set and $16.00 for the small set.

See them at
CROSSROAD FLOWERS & GIFTS

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See them at
CROSSROAD FLOWERS & GIFTS

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LOCATION: 215 Westwood Drive, Columbia, KY, 42728
DIRECTIONS: We're just off Burkesville ST, at Westwood Drive, the last street south of Columbia before the Columbia Western Bypass. We're adding signs which can be seen from Burkesville Street and from the CWB.
PHONE: (270) 384-5048 anytime. If no answer, leave message
HOURS: Open 10:00am to 5:00pm Mon. SatStarting November 17, 2008: Open 10:00am to 5:00pm, Mon., Tues., Fri. & Sat.

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During the Christmas in Columbia on December 6th the Adair County Marching Band will be providing professional pictures with Santa. There will be two packages available.Package A will have an 8 x 10, 5 x 7, and 4 x 6 while Package B will provide six 4 x 6's. Each of these package will cost $15.00. You may personalize your package(s) with your childs name on the pictures for an additional $5.00. All proceeds will benefit the 2009 trip to New York to perform in the Macy's Day Parade.

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Letter: Mayor Bell 1 of 4 HPF founders, charter members

About: Heartland Pkwy Foundation holds inaugural meeting

To ColumbiaMagazine.com

Thanks for running the story on the Heartland Parkway Foundation (HPF) inaugural meeting. It's a great group with some excellent representatives from the four counties.

Other Adair Countians present were Sue Stivers, representing the economic development authority, and Joe Rogers, magistrate, one of the two at large members. Kevin Thompson is representing Lindsey Wilson College - he's the appointee of LWC president Dr. Bill Luckey.

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