Brittany Nicole Mills, Liberty, KY, awarded Elliott Scholarship

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By Dave Cazalet, Jr., SCC Director of Public Relations

Brittany Nicole Mills of Liberty in Casey County was awarded a 2009 Elliott Family Trust Scholarship to attend Somerset Community College.

The Casey County Elliott family left an estate in trust to provide Somerset Community College scholarships to Casey County residents. Each year several students will be provided with full tuition scholarships through the Elliott family's generosity.

Mills graduated from Casey County High School in 2009 with a 3.71 grade point average and ranked twenty-fourth in her graduating class of 135.

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2009-07-05 16:04:16 | Comments | Printable version

Tips for Fireworks Photography

About: re photo 31166 Fireworks July 4th 2009 Fairgrounds show

Kay Haupt writes:

Pen that is a great picture. I would like to know what setting you have your camera set on to get a clear shot like you have , i have tried bit mine comes out streaks of lights and blurred

Thanks for any help,
Kay

Click read more for some fireworks photography tips...

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2009-07-05 15:02:55 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Comment: Casey Kids were totally in Shakespeare Mode

Principal commends Camp Casey Directors, LWC Bonner leaders, and Kentucky Shakespeare Society's Bradley Druiguid for extraordinary Shakespeare program

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Comment re: Summer with Shakespeare at Camp Casey, photo by Duane Bonifer

By Patty Jones, Principal, Col. Wm. Casey Elementary School

Great Picture....Thanks so much to Dana Harmon, Paula Garrison, and Angie Smith for their efforts in coordinating and bringing this awesome program to Col. Wm. Casey. The work and time of Bradley and the Bonner Leaders from LWC were the finishing touch to making the entire month a success.

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2009-07-05 14:25:32 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Commentary

Reader asks: Does Columbia have a plan to bring jobs here?

About: Reader agrees that jobs are priority

To ColumbiaMagazine.com:

Is there a plan written to bring jobs to Columbia? Are the citizens of Columbia allowed to know what is included in the plan? What priority does this plan have?

s/Charles Marshburn

2009-07-05 12:09:53 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Wants her little town to be picture perfect

About: Scenic AdairCo., KY: The Courthouse at night

To Pen at ColumbiaMagazine.com

Pen, I love your photos -- all of them! I can usually tell which ones areyours immediately; they just have a certain look.

Regarding the Square: I wish the "community events" signs that are oftenposted in front of the Courthouse would disappear. You know, the "Revivalat (. . .) " ones, etc. Also, I'd like to see go away the marquee thatblocks the neon "Columbian" sign.

I want my little town to be picture perfect.

Best Regards,
s/Ann
(Name and contact information on file)

Thanks, Ann! I'm glad you like the photos, and feel the same way about the marquee. It's nearly as iconic as the courthouse for downtown Columbia, and I'd love to be able to photograph it without the sign. I think a sandwich board on the sidewalk might be just as effective for advertising what's playing when the theater is running. Plus, when I lived on Marshall Street, I usually went to the Columbian regardless of what was playing because it was so nice to be able to walk to the movies.

I'm not so sure I agree about the other advertisements, though. Sometimes details like that are the very things that make photos interesting 10 or 20 years down the road, and I think it's great that the center of town is still a place that you know everyone will see such a sign and know about important local events. -PW

2009-07-05 11:07:41 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

The COF recognizes future-headedness

About: Comments re photo 31159 Scenic Adair Co KY Long shot of the SquareCOF writes:

Great surreal almost futuristic pic. I didn't realize how far in the future until I looked at the date - July 30, 2009????

Dear COF, We do strive to be forward thinking in Columbia, even with our typos. Plus, things are just 10 times better in downtown Columbia. Even the days of the month.

2009-07-05 10:46:48 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Reader agrees that jobs are priority

About: Comments re article 30531 Writer thinks creation of jobs should be highest priorityAllen Owens writes:

I agree with creating jobs should be the most important priority because if no one has a job, then it will be useless to have shops, because if people are broke they cannot afford to buy anything or support these shops!

It is a great story to tell the people how wonderful the future of the square is going to be, but without the financial backing it is just a pipe dream!

What are YOU willing to do for YOUR future? To create something wonderful you have to be willing to work hard and also be willing to support the businesses that are going to inhabit these buildings.

2009-07-05 10:32:52 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Continuing the conversation about coffee downtown

About: Reader wants best coffee recommendations...

Tami Wilson writes:

Thanks for letting me know- I have some of my favorite coffee packed and ready to brew... Any local cafes to grab a quick cup - or sit and relax with friends when you're out and about in or near Columbia? I miss the cafes that have been on the Square now and then, and wish a good one would become permanent.

2009-07-05 10:30:18 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Carol Perkins: Grandparents' Camp

"Watching the cousins discover each other was worth a winning lottery ticket," Carol Perkins writes of the house full of fun when four grandchildren visited the Perkins home at one time

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By Carol Perkins

"Grandparents' Camp"

I was gone one hour. Sixty minutes. That's all. In that time I had my hair fixed and went to the grocery to buy food for supper. When I got home, you would have thought I had been gone all day.

"Don't you ever leave me alone with them again. I can't handle it. I admit it. They were all over the place," Guy said pitifully as he met me at the door shaking his head.

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2009-07-05 09:14:36 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Carol Perkins

Home Sweet Home is reminder of own family's stories

About: Chuck Hinman #034: Home sweet home circa 1929

To ColumbiaMagazine.com:
What a wonderful article! Reminds me of the stories told to me by my Mom and grandparents when I was growing up. Thanks for this series!

s/Mary Keltner

2009-07-05 09:00:06 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Adair schoolchilden get to experience Summer with Shakespeare

Students performed 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' Bonner Students Mary Beth Jewell, of Canmer, KY, Patsy Richards of Hustonville, KY, and Carissa Smith of Louisville, KY. Dana Harmon is the director of Camp Casey. Patsy Richards of Hustonville, KY, and Carissa Smith of Louisville, KY. assist Director of Play, Bradley Diuguid. Dana Harmon is the director of Camp Casey.
Student cast listed below and with accompanying picture.

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By Duane Bonifer, LWC Director of Public Affairs

COLUMBIA, Ky. - More than two dozen area schoolchildren have spent the last four weeks at summer camp at Colonel William Casey Elementary School. But rather than learning how to improve their jump shot or hit a ball, the 30 students from kindergarten through grade five have studied William Shakespeare at "Summer with Shakespeare" camp.

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2009-07-05 07:26:45 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local Arts Scene

Haiku written May and June 2009 by Robert Stone

Dear Reader,

It's been two months since I posted my haiku. Here are the recent ones. All of them were written as comments on comments or on status notes or on photographs or on blog posts or in responses to emails. If you are really curious as to what caused me to write one of these, send me a note and I'll let you know.

All is part of life
and forbiddens may become
deadly game tokens.
-- Sunday, 3 May 2009

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2009-07-05 06:50:10 | Comments | Printable version

Tom Chaney No. 212, July 5, 2009: Shelby Foote

Of Writers And Their Books, Sunday, 05 July 2009: Tom Chaney #212, The Mansion Next previous Tom Chaney book review The Mansion by William Faulkner

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By Tom Chaney
bookstore@scrtc.com

Not as seen by God looking down

Were it not for the Civil War neither the South nor the nation at large would have so rich a literature. According to William Faulkner the pivotal point in southern history was July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg just before Pickett's fatal charge with hope not yet dashed -- all yet possible.

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2009-07-05 05:54:42 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Tom Chaney: Of Writers and Their Books

Rev. Joey N. Welsh. July 5, 2009. Consider lowly wolf peach

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ANOTHER ANGLE: the occasional musings of a Kentucky pastor

Is an opinion right just because it is popular?
Consider the lowly wolf peach

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

(Reprinted from The Hart County News-Herald, July 31, 2005; reposted from ColumbiaMagazine.com, July 9, 2006)

Every time I hear people say that a dissenting outlook on an issue should be stamped out because it's not a particularly popular opinion at the moment, I remember the strange history of the wolf peach. A relative of the poisonous nightshade plant, the wolf peach was native to Central and South America.


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2009-07-05 05:43:19 | Comments | Printable version

Chuck Hinman #034 : Home, sweet home, circa 1929

II's Just Me #034:II's Just Me #305: Mom's Birthmark

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The next earlier Chuck Hinman story is Mom's Birthmark Reader comments to CM are appreciated, as are emails directly to Mr. Hinman at: charles.hinman@sbcglobal.net

by Chuck Hinman

I grew up on a farm in southeast Nebraska, Gage County to be exact. Our house was a large two-story bungalow-style structure with a front porch that wrapped around the front and east side of the house. The house was replete with porches and entry-ways.

You could come in the back door through the combination entrance, the stairway of which led to the basement or to the vestibule adjacent to the kitchen. There was a kitchen porch, a dining room porch, and the huge front porch as well.

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2009-07-05 04:26:49 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Chuck Hinman - Reminiscences

Today, Sun. July 5, 2009: Independence Day service, Bryan, KY

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

• 07:00amCT: Time to check Directory of Churches for Sunday morning & evening worship service schedules.
• 11:00amCT: Grider Chapel UMC, Independence Day celebration3127 Hwy 1058, in the Bryan Community of Russell County, KY
• For events in detail, future events in 2009, Click here

Today's Printable Community Events Calendar in detail

Court:
Monday, July 6, 2009 Four (4) Cases in Adair Circuit Court (Judge James Weddle). Thirty-seven (37) 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, July 5, 2009 .
• Saturday, July 4, 2009
• Friday, July 03, 2009
• Thursday, July 2, 2009
• Wednesday, July 1, 2009
• Tuesday, June 30 2009
• Monday, June 29, 2009

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, July 5, 2009
  On Independence Day, we remember enduring institutions. We hope that you have a great day in Adair County today, visiting Memorable Old Columbia, walking the Square, visiting the Old Courthouse, taking pictures - the flags on Jamestown Street are beautiful - and, of course, coming by The Dairy Dip, Columbia's Most Established Eatery. Where you enjoy the same treats, and more, that Adair Countians have loved for over a half-century.
  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, July 5, 2009
  Lunch: A new special every day for Just $5.99
  Mexican 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
  Sunday, July 5, 2009
  We're cooking everything from our extensive grill menu 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



• Rerun's Holmes Bend General Store
  3399 Holmes Bend Road, Columbia, KY
  ADDRESS MARKER
  Phone (270) 384-7253
  BREAKFAST: Cooked to order. Served anytime.
  Sunday, July 5, 2009!
  BREAKFAST BUFFET:Saturday, June 27, 2009or: Rerun's Huge Breakfast Buffet again SUNDAY, all you can eat including bottomless fresh made Hot Coffee:
  • 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.
  It's Ready now: Served until around noon today! All you can eat breakfast buffet Just $6.99, Coffee Included

PIG ROAST This weekend!
DESSERTS: We've got PIES! Jericho can now lay claim to being the PIE CAPITOL of KENTUCKY. We have Blackberry Cobbler. We have Mrs. Farmers' Chocolate Pies. We have her Butterscotch PIe. We have Mrs. Farmers' real Butterscotch Pie. Houseboat Special: Whole Pie, $12.00. By the Piece, $1.50. Remember, Rerun's is the Chocolate Capitol of Green River Lake. Enjoy Rerun's HUGE Chewy, Chocolaty BROWNIES, only 50 cents each. Fried Apple Pies, a Chef Rerun & Lindy Barr Special. Great take-home treats.
We are open with a Breakfast Buffet on Saturday, July 4, and Sunday, July 5, 2009!!! Every day starting at 4:00amCT!

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Lindsey Wilson Bell was gift of builder in 1904

About: "Remembering the Bell at the LWC Administration Bldg" a comment on a photo hanging in Joe L. Barbee's Gallery of History at his barbecue restaurant at 824 Campellsville RD, Columbia, KY.

By Jim

The Lindsey Wilson bell was a gift, presented to the school the first week classes were held on the hill the week of January 4th, 1904.

"Mr. George Fletcher, who was the contractor in building the college and dormitory, left for his home in Leitchfield last Thursday morning... Mr. Fletcher's deportment in this place during his stay for a half a year or more has been that of a gentleman and his work has given entire satisfaction. He has made many friends in this place and in Adair county, and he leaves Columbia with many regrets. Before leaving he presented the college with a bell, and hopes that business will again call him to this place that he may hear it ring."

The brief story above appeared in an article found n the Wednesday, January 13, 1904 Adair County News (as transcribed in "From Hope to Hilltop: The Establishment of the Lindsey Wilson Training School."

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We hope additional comments are received on this fascinating history note from Martha Henry Berry, the daughter of a revered President of Lindsey Wilson College, the late Rev. V.P. Henry.

2009-07-05 03:54:52 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Lindsey Wilson College

July 4th 2008: A wonderful day of fireworks and more

Accompanying album contains photos from Columbia, from home fireworks displays, and Campbellsville

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Click on headline for full story, July 4th fireworks album

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Special ColumbiaMagazine.com story

A large crowd gathered near the fairgrounds as well as inside the gates for a 20 minute Fourth of July fireworks display at 9:00pmCT, despite a steady rain.

None were disappointed with the much longer show, as they stood, some under umbrellas, some making canopies of hatchback doors, and most just standing in the light drizzle which continued throughout the show.

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2009-07-05 03:27:23 | Comments | Printable version

Overcorrection a factor in Marion Crash

By Tpr. Wm. Gregory, Public Affairs Officer,
Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY

MARION COUNTY, KY - A collision occurred at 9:42pmET, Saturday, July 4, 2009, on KY 289, 3 miles south of Lebanon, KY. Mary D French, 23, of Campbellsville, KY was operating a 2004 Buick Rendezvous, when she dropped off the right side of the roadway, overcorrected, struck an earth embankment and overturned. French was wearing a seat belt and refused all medical treatment. The collision is being investigated by Trooper Fred Cornett of Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY.

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Story courtesy Trooper William Gregory, Public Affairs Officer, Kentucky State Police Post 15, 1118 Jamestown ST, (at Exit 49, Louie B. Nunn Parkway), Columbia, KY. Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY, covers the 11 counties of Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Marion, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell, Taylor and Washington. Thanks also to Dispatcher Heather Finley.

2009-07-05 03:18:21 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports