Comment: Downtown's problems are no mystery

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Presented with the the CM quote of the week:
'It is inhumane not to provide trees in parking lots,' -VONNIE KOLBENSCHLAG

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By Billy Joe Fudge

There is no great mystery as to the problems with no new businesses locating Downtown, few customers calling on existing businesses located Downtown, businesses closing Downtown, and buildings for the most part setting idle and becoming less desirable on a continuing basis.

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2009-06-28 16:59:04 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Commentary

Tim Allen and Adair County: A 28 year bond etched more deeply

Shamarie Claiborne accounts and photographs, as well as those from others in attendance, are being added to this story in progress. Comments, related anecdotes, welcome. Also, see ADAIRBAND.COM for in-depth Adair County High School Marching Band news and photos of this event, and to help fund the band's 2009 trip to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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Click on the headline for complete story in progress + 9 photos, others as posted

Special ColumbiaMagazine.com story

At a little past noon, Sunday, June 28, 2009, reports and photos from what may be The Event of the first decade of the 21st Century started coming in to ColumbiaMagazine.com, as Adair Countians paid tribute to a man they've grown to love and respect for the past 28 years, and learned, once again, that the mutual admiration could be so graciously validated by the man they had hnored, Tim Allen, the just retired Adair County Marching Band Director who is a a legend in Kentucky - and beyond.

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2009-06-28 13:13:01 | Comments | Printable version

Jesse family sends Card of Thanks

From family of Mattie Frances Jessee

The Family of Mattie Frances Jessee would like to thank everyone for the prayers, care, and food during the illness and death of our Mother.

Special Thanks to the Westlake Regoin Hosptial, Metcalfe Health Care Center,Amulance Service, and Butler Funeral Home. We give Thanks to Bro. Randall Gray and to Bro.Steve Firkins for the comforting wordsand to True Hamoryfor their beaufiful singing.

-Jessee Family

2009-06-28 12:05:38 | Comments | Printable version

Students from S. Appalachian Campuses visit Columbia, KY

Columbia, KY hosts 55 students from Hazard (KY), Mountain State (VA), Southeast (KY) and Southwest (VA) campuses in town to see A.P. White Campus, Begley Chapel, as guests of President William T. Luckey. In addition, many students were accompanied by family and friends

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By Duane Bonifer, LWC Director of Public Relations

COLUMBIA, KY - A total of 55 students from Lindsey Wilson College's Southern Appalachian Region community campuses visited the A.P. White Campus on Saturday. The students, many of whom were accompanied by family members and friends, met with faculty and administrators from the School of Professional Counseling, visited with LWC President William T. Luckey Jr. during lunch, and toured the John B. Begley Chapel.

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2009-06-28 11:11:51 | Comments | Printable version

Shamarie did not turn into a pumpkin last night

Stick around, the Claiborne report on the Tim Allen retirement gala is promised

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When we asked Shamarie if there was any last minute boost for retirement dinner for ACHS icon, idol, and legend Tim Allen, being held up at Lindsey Wilson last night, there was no word until mid-morning Sunday. As readers telegraph that "Nobody's there," to CM when Shamarie's delightful comments and contributions fail to show up regularly, we're making public this secret internal document.

Ed
Thanks, but I just got the email - We were there last night until 11:50 Got home at 12:00 - Glad am not a pumpkin - LOL It went great. I will send you some picture in a few. Talk later,
Shamarie

So we do have that going for us, and we will not face the wrath of 10,000 S. Claiborne fans and addicts having withdrawal pains of a Sunday morning. -CM

2009-06-28 10:43:58 | Comments | Printable version

EMT challenges Green Hills to be first 100% All Blue subdivision

To ColumbiaMagazine.com:

I would like to challenge all my neighbors and friends in the Green Hills Subdivision to purchase the Address Markers for their homes and let's be the First Subdivision in the City to go all Blue!!!

If any one needs help putting these Address Markers up just let me know and my family and I will be glad to help you out.

Thanks,

Kim Hadley, EMT
Serving Proudly with Adair County EMS

2009-06-28 09:36:18 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Carol Perkins: At The Funeral Home

Some very valid suggestions on how to, and how to not, act when payiing respectes at the funeral home, written, of course, with Carol Perkins trademark humor.

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To read her next previous story click on The Name is Perkins An incident in a hotel which only Carol Perkins could describe.

By Carol Perkins

"At the funeral home"

"Doesn't he look natural?"

"They sure did a good job."

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2009-06-28 06:05:44 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Carol Perkins

Tom Chaney No. 211, June 28, 2009: Kudzu and Thistles

Of Writers And Their Books, Sunday, 28 June 2009: Tom Chaney #211, The Mansion Next previous Tom Chaney column A Lincoln Friendship

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By Tom Chaney
bookstore@scrtc.com

Kudzu and Thistles

William Faulkner warned us of a plague. The miasma had hit Jefferson and Yoknapatawpha County in his trilogy consisting of The Hamlet, The Town, and The Mansion.

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2009-06-28 05:50:53 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Tom Chaney: Of Writers and Their Books

A Poem on Food, and the story behind it

By Robert Stone

My sonnet Sharing Food seems very appropriate for ColumbiaMagazine which has so many photographs of great looking things to eat.

It is based upon three actual meals:

• Supper with Tom and Keith at Mammoth Cave Hotel Restaurant on Thursday night
• Birthday lunch for Bob in The Bookstore in Horse Cave, KY the next day
• And supper back here in Lebanon, TN, with my friends from Scotland that night

The sonnet follows:

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2009-06-28 05:35:12 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Food

Rev. Joey N. Welsh. Another Angle, Proclaim Liberty

Another Angle: the occasional musings of a Kentucky pastor
Proclaim Liberty Throughout all the Land
Originally posted on ColumbiaMagazine.com on July 2, 2006

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By The Rev. Joey N. Welsh
joey_e_welsh@hotmail.com

People these days are familiar with many passages from the Old Testament books of Genesis and Exodus, but few 21st century Christians hear much about the book that comes next, Leviticus. Though it contains a scant few narrative stories, Leviticus primarily relates the detailed practices to be overseen by the Levites - members of the tribe of Levi - and the priests of the ancient Hebrews. To say that this section of Old Testament law is detailed is a major understatement. The book describes a holiness code, a religious reaction or practice in reply to nearly every conceivable aspect of ancient life.

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2009-06-28 05:20:50 | Comments | Printable version

Chuck Hinman. IJM #305: Mom's Birthmark

II's Just Me #305: Mom's Birthmark

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The next earlier Chuck Hinman story is The Old Church Piano Reader comments to CM are appreciated, as are emails directly to Mr. Hinman at: charles.hinman@sbcglobal.net

by Chuck Hinman

There is a light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek saying ---- "BEAUTY is only skin deep but UGLY goes clear to the bone..." -- that is intended to allay some of the hurt that accompanies the inequities of the distribution of good looks. Gender is not a factor except in how the inequity is handled. It is an accepted fact that aging is cruel. It is also a known that marvelous sun-tans, albeit glamorous on young people become a cruel destroyer of God-given beauty. For many, ravaging skin diseases are the culprit. For others, tragic accidents add their toll. And for still others, devastating birthmarks cause lifetime hurts that are only eased by heeding the familiar axiom -- "Beauty IS as beauty DOES."

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2009-06-28 05:14:34 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Chuck Hinman - Reminiscences

Today, Sun. June 28, 2009: One Man's Lincoln last performance

Spotlighting in brief, today's events
for Day 179 of 2009. There 186 Days remaining in year:

• Today: Amateur Radio League Field Days, Veterans Park, 1429 Old Hodgenville Road, Campbellsville KY
• 07:00amCT: Time to check Directory of Churches for Sunday morning & evening worship service schedules. See also Revivals and Church Announcements for listing of church announcements.
• 9:00amCT: Columbia church of Christ, 501 Jamestown Street, Columbia KY 42728. Phone 270-384-6467. Service times: Sunday Bible Class 9:00am, Worship 10:00am, 6:00pm. Wednesday Bible Class 6:30pm. Dean Roach, minister.
  SPONSORED
• 02:00pmCT:
• One Man's Lincoln
Kentucky Repertory Theatre,101 and 107 E. Main Street in Horse Cave, KYFuneral service for Geneva Milby Penick, 81 at Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home, 206 S. Main ST, Greensburg, KY
• 02:00pmCT: Funeral service for Geneva Milby Penick, 81 at Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home, 206 S. Main ST, Greensburg, KY
• 07:30pmCT:
• One Man's Lincoln
Kentucky Repertory Theatre,101 and 107 E. Main Street in Horse Cave, KY
• For events in detail, future events in 2009, Click here

Today's Printable Community Events Calendar in detail

Court:
Monday, June 29, 2009 One (1) Cases in Adair Circuit Court (Judge James Weddle). Ninety (90) 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

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Read ColumbiaMagazine.com like a Daily Newspaper

• Big Sunday Edition, June 28, 2009 .
• Saturday, June 27, 2009
• Friday, June 26, 2009
• Thursday, June 25, 2009
• Wednesday, June 24, 2009
• Tuesday, June 23, 2009
• Monday, June 22, 2009

Epicurean Kentuckian<: Sky High Meringue at Circle R/b>

Adair Countians from all over are learning the new Circle R Restaurant, owner Mike Stephens' classy success wedding the best of the old Circle R with the latest technology. Menu items including chicken, catfish, and tenderloin are enough like the old Circle R to let one imagine things as they were. Homemade desserts were a staple of the old Circle R, and the new one is the same, but going one better. Manager Linda Johnson has brought Harvey family pie making secrets to the restaurant, creating pastries like the one in the new pie case, above. Hardly a customer comes in who doesn't marvel at the skyscraper toppings. Almost all are impressed, but some, likeDallasite Kenny Beard, at the Circle R. The former Jerichovian, who was raised right, said it was tall meringue, but he had seen taller. "In a restaurant in Tucson," he claimed. But couldn't name the exact place. One can take the report for what it's worth. The EK thinks this meringue is the tallest there is, and is certainly a candidate to go in the World Record Book Guinesses, as the beloved Columbia Mayor Coy Downey used to say, and would have added, of Manager Johnson's pie, "It was the best you ever put down your goozle pipe." That was his 5-Star rating.

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What's Cooking in Adair County, KY
Click restaurant names for hours, directions, and prices.

• The Circle R Restaurant
  712 Russell Road, Columbia, KY. Phone (270) 384-3212. Hours 6:00am to 9:00pm, seven days a week. Mastercard. Visa. Linda Harvey Johnson, Manager.
  Try our Drive Through for Breakfast, too. Call ahead (270) 384-3212, for quicker service on carryout breakfast sandwiches: Great Penn's Country Ham, and, coming soon, Payne Janes Sausage, made right here in Adair County. If you can, come in for a full sit down meal, just like you used to enjoy when Mr. Harper ran the Circle R.
  The Circle R Tenderloin Sandwich. As good as you can get!: Big, thick, and juicy. Grilled to perfection and dressed the way you like it, on a bun. A sandwich almost too pretty to eat. But you'll be glad you did. We feature Uncle Charlie's, the tenderloin Mr. Harper served. Nobody does tenderloin sandwiches better. Continuing a Great Adair County Dining Tradition
  Non-Smoking Facility
  It's everything you remember . . . And More! Great breakfasts. Dinners and lunches with choices of sides. Seafood. Sandwiches.
  Great Desserts The prettiest pies you ever saw. Fresh baked in our ovens topped with Sky High Meringue.
  Bring the whole family by to try the Putt-Putt Miniature Golf Course.


• The Dairy Dip
  Columbia's most established eatery, at 114 Jamestown ST, Columbia, KY. We take most credit cards.
  REMEMBER, WE DELIVER for orders of $15 or more. (270) 384-4644.
  Sunday, June 28, 2009
  To Be Announced
  SUMMER HOURS: We are now open from 10:30am to 9:00pmCT, Seven Days a Week!
  


• El Triunfo #2
  605 Fairgrounds ST. Columbia, KY. (270) 384-9834, in the former location of Donut Express. Open 8:00amCT-10:00pmCT, 7 days a week. Veronica Fernando, manager.
  Breakfast: Enjoy a full Mexican breakfast this morning. With Scrambled Eggs, Mexican Beans. Salsas. Flour Tortillas. Just $4.99
  Sunday, June 28, 2009
  To be Announced. Specials Every DayMexican Bakery: Our home baked bread and cakes case is full. Conchas. Cakes. Doughnut Yo-Yo's.
  Drinks We have both local soft drinks and Mexican Pepsis and Coca-Cola.
  Snacks Try our soft Tacos. Barbacoa. Lengua. Pastor. Tripia. Asada Steaks.
  NEW!: Another table added. Place your order, take a seat, and in about five minutes your cooked to order, real Mexican food will be served.
  

Mulligan's at The Pines at Lindsey Wilson
275 Country Club RD, Columbia, KY. (270) 384-3613. Mike Hamlett, Manager.
ADDRESS MARKER
Open to the Public. Non-Smoking Facility
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Cooking from our open Grill Today
Visit our buffet Monday-Friday, 11:00am to 1:00pmCT: Soup Salad Bar, just $4.25. Full Meal Deal, all you care to eat, Full Buffet + Garden Fresh Salad Bar + Soup of the Day + Dessert Bar, Just $6.25!!!!
Mulligan's has a 70-seat dining room, 7 days a week, sunrise to twilight with an open grill, full lunch buffet served from 11:00am to 1:00pmCT Monday through Friday.
The Pines at Lindsey Wilson Golf Course 2009 Special Events Printable Calendar

Ol' Joe Barbee's B&B QUE
824 Campbellsville Rd, Columbia, KY. (270) 384-2360. MENU Non-Smoking Facility
Open every 1st and 3rd Friday and Saturday..
Open Next, Friday and Saturday, July 3 & 4, Call ahead for special reunions, July 4th Celebrations.
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When you're in Adair County for the July 4, 2009 holiday, stop in and stock up on Ol' Joe's Barbecue Seasonings. Take a case home to hand out as gifts. Old Joe's barbecue sauce are available in Original and Mustard-based, by the bottle or by the case. The Real Thing, with Ol' Joe's image on the front of the bottle.

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Reunion goers: Let us cater your next special occasion. Call today, also, to order Ol' Joe's Sauce (270) 384-2360,

Rerun's Holmes Bend General Store
3399 Holmes Bend Road, Columbia, KY
ADDRESS MARKER
Phone (270) 384-7253
BREAKFAST BUFFET: Sunday, June 27, 2009or: Rerun's Huge Breakfast Buffet SATURDAY & SUNDAY, all you can eat including bottomless fresh made Hot Coffee:4:47amCT check: IT'S IS READY NOW!

• Sausage and Penn's Country Ham and Bacon and Fried Bologna
• Biscuit and Gravy
• Eggs. Scrambled on bar. Cooked to order if you like.
• Fried Potatoes and Fried Apples
• Oatmeal
• Waffles w/ Syrup.
• Sliced tomatoes.
  
It's Ready now: Served until around noon today! All you can eat breakfast buffet Just $6.99, Coffee Included

LUNCH/DINNER
This was such a HUGE hit with the big crowd at Holmes Bend that we're offering it again, today
Marinated Steak Subs with Green Peppers + Onions + Mushrooms + Broccoli/Cheese, all for Just $5.99
DESSERTS: Remember, Rerun's is the Chocolate Capitol of Green River Lake. Enjoy Rerun's HUGE Chewy, Chocolaty BROWNIES, only 50 cents each. Great take-home treats.
The MINIATURE GOLF COURSE IS OPEN!: Still just $2.00 per player, per game!
TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU'VE GOT COOKING WITH LOW COST, PAID ADVERTISING: To advertise your restaurant, or fundraising meal or your special one time event in "What's Cooking in Adair County," use any Contact/Submit button to email us at ColumbiaMagazine.com.

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2009-06-28 03:59:18 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today

Churches leading the way with use of Address Markers

One of first to post an Address Marker is Antioch United Methodist Church, 8157 Burkesville Road, Columbia, KY.

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By Ed Waggener

Possibly no single group has done more to promote the use of Address Markers than the Churches of Adair Couny.

Antioch United Methodist Church is one of the latest to add a marker, which, in this case, serves a dual purpose: It lets those wanting to attend events at the church or find the Antioch Cemetery find it quickly, from anywhere on the face of the earth by entering the address in a Google searchbox or in their smartphone, and it shows respect for the safety of those attending events at the venue, whether it is for a worship service at the church or a burial at the cemetery.

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2009-06-28 03:34:15 | Comments | Printable version

Writer wants Columbia Court House to always be here

To ColumbiaMagazine.com

I was reading about the courthouse in Columbia. I hope that it will always be there it wouldn't be the same in Columbia without it. Please keep it. Thanks.

s/Alice Robinson
Mooresville, IN

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Thanks. Hope you make the public meeting Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at 6:00pmCT, in the Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY. Adair County CJE Ann Melton will be facilitating a public discussion to dream about the opportunities for creative re-use of the landmark site. Hope you and other Adair Countians living out of county can make the meeting. This will be an exciting week to be in Adair County. By the way, if anyone plans to be at the meeting, why not let everybody know. This could be a real Reunion, too. -EW

2009-06-28 02:32:44 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

(ADV) Yard sale inventory bulk sale close out offered

Yard Sales advertised in ColumbiaMagazine.com, almost all of which have street addresses and street numbers, are proving more and more successful. Thanks to everyone who is remembering to add this information. One sale this week, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, was a sell-out on the first day, and the host gave CM credit for the traffic. Thanks for that. And here's a service open to for CM yard sale givers: Bulk transfer of inventory before or after the sale: This was posted Sunday, June 28, 2009:

Yard Sale Items
We have yard sale items left from the weekend that we would like to move ALL quickly. Nice clothes, shoes, jewelry armoir, lamp, toys, movies, and lots more. Take all for $50....great for anyone wanting to add to a planned yard sale. All boxed and bagged. Call (270) 384-8803 or (270) 634-7787.

Get the items for yourself at a bargain price, or pick and choose and put the others in your yard sale.

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2009-06-28 02:18:46 | Comments | Printable version

Columbians at Churchilll Downs as guests of local media

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These pictures were taken by Beth VanArsdale at Churchill Downs on Thursday, June 25, 2009. WAIN invited some of their clients to Churchill Downs to a Suite there to watch the ponys run. It was a wonderful day we got our pictures made with Calvin Borel the jockey that rode and won in this years Ky Derby and Brian J. Hernandez, Jr.Thank you to WAIN for such a fun and exciting day. -Beth VanArsdale

2009-06-28 01:24:46 | Comments | Printable version

Annual Meeting of the American Chestnut Foundation at LWC

By Barbara Armitage

More than 30 members of the American Chestnut Foundation, the Adair County Garden Club and just plain ol tree lovers from all over the state of Kentucky braved the scorching summer sun and oppressivehumidity for a chance to visit the largest surviving American Chestnut Tree in Kentucky, located on a private farmin Adair County.

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2009-06-28 01:17:48 | Comments | Printable version