Paul Laurence Dunbar HS band helps ACHS with check

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By Doyle Lloyd, President of the Adair County Band Boosters

I just wanted everyone to know that Jeff Hood contacted us about helping and as you all know he is a Columbia boy, born and raised.

Those present at the presentation on Saturday, August 1, 2009, at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, 1600 Man O'War BVLD, were Doyle Lloyd, former ACHS Band Director Tim Allen, senior trumpetChris Lloyd, Columbia, KY, native Jeff Hood, director of PLD; Sharon Micheal, booster president for PLD; and Marcie Bosworth, field commander for PLD.

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Lightning Strikes Iowa 14-4

Adair Lightning, representing State of Kentucky, rolls past Iowa, 14-4, in the National Regional, in South Bend, IN. Team faces Ohio at noon, tomorrow. Members are Kayla Walls, Maria White, Taylor Davidson, Coach Mendal Sexton, Brooke Boils, MacKenzie Martin, Channley Otterson, Kaylin Hughes, Meredith Corbin, Michelle Wrey, Haily McBeath, Casey Connor. Coaches are Mendell Sexton, Lagene Sexton, and Pam Walls

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By Gerald Reliford

The first four innings of the Central Regional Softball tournament was a calm before the storm as the ABC Lightning managed only four hits and no runs. Things were quiet as fans wondered where the lightning bats had been hidden.

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Would like to see photo of William Coy Turner, Vietnam hero

Billy Joe Fudge writes concerning Vietnam Veterans Memorial: William C Turner by Pen

I too love the photo and remember the traumatic time of Coy's passing. I remember Coy, but cannot put a face to the man. I would love to see a photo of him if some of his kin would send one in to CM. -Billy Joe

2009-08-02 18:44:19 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Veterans and Veterans Day

Agenda, Columbia City Council, August 3, 2009

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Agenda, Columbia City Council, July 6, 2009



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Great Oaks Ministries adds Sundays at 6:30pmCT service

Bro. Troy Long writes, "We have added a Sunday night worship beginning at 6:30pmCT," and sends this updated Directory of Churches listing:

GREAT OAKS MINISTRIES. 197 Kellyville Road, Columbia, KY in the Kellyville Community of Adair County near Coburg, KY. Pastors Troy and Stephanie Long. Sunday Activities: 9:30amCT. Coffee House opens up with fresh baked goods, coffees, and other beverages. 10:30amCT, Morning Worship Service. Sunday Night Worship at 6:30pmCT. Wednesday Activities: 5:30pmCT, Supper. 6:00pmCT, Worship. 6:30pmCT, Small Group Experiences for all ages (children, youth, and adults). For more information, please call (270) 250-2846.

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2009-08-02 17:48:34 | Comments | Printable version

Ryan Harris challenges others to follow Dr. Huff's example

Thanks Dr. Huff and, Ryan Harris says, "Sports should be for anyone who wants to play, whether they are rich or poor," and challenges other business leaders to sponsor kids who want to play, but family budgets may not be flexible enough to squeeze out the registration fee

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By Ryan Harris, AC Youth Football Secretary

I would like to personally thank Dr. Patrick Huff for volunteering to sponsor a child so that he/she will be able to participate in youth football. So often times we only think about our own children and forget about others' who may not be able to afford to put their children in little league sports.

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Adair Co., KY, Lightning softball wins at South Bend, IN

Sports flash from David Martin:

I'm sure that Gerald Reliford will be sendingyou the full report, but the AC Lightning defeated Iowa 15-4 in the opening round of the regional tournament today in South Bend, IN. They will play tomorrow at 12 Noon CT against Ohio. You can listen/watch by logging on to www.broadcastsport.net, click the big yellow softball and follow directions They are in Pool B. Thanks, -David

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After all these years, remembers funeral for Vietnam hero

JoAnn Bell Steinhilber writes about Vietnam Veterans Memorial William C Turner photo by Pen:

I love this photo! Coy was my second cousin. I had always wanted to see his name on this memorial. I was just 7 when he was killed in the service, but I remember his funeral service even after all these years. -JoAnn

2009-08-02 16:07:12 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Veterans and Veterans Day

Save the Adair Co., KY Courthouse tour: Do we have a ghost?

Save the Courthouse committee toured the building on Friday, July 31, 2009. Old building is full of fascinating structures, beautiful woodwork, legends, with just one shortcoming: It needs a ghost, this group was told: Dan Antle, Barbara Armitage, Ernestine Bennett, Bob Burt, Nancy J. Cozby, Sherri Crawhorn, Billy Joe Fudge, Wid Harris, Lee Ann Jessee, Vonnie Kolbenschlag, Susan Loy, Martha B. Martin, Mary Frances May, Carol Meadows, Emily Sargent, Donna Shirley, Linda Waggener, Ellen Zornes, and J.D. Zornes; they were joined later by Charles Grimsley and Joe Moore

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By Linda Waggener

That was the first question asked by Barbara Armitage, Chairperson of the Ideas/Renters Committee, at the Save the Adair County Courthouse tour meeting on Friday, July 31, 2009. She said that if no ghost came with the building the marketing committee would need to manufacture one as quickly as possible.

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John Howery on Tebb's Bend Bovine Natatorium

John Howery writes concerning Hi ho! the dairy-o! The cow takes a swim! by Shamarie Claiborne

Bessie appears to be having an utterly contented afternoon.

2009-08-02 14:28:51 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Carol Perkins: Put that phone away!

What is wrong with our society, in general, that makes people want to talk on a phone 24/7? Beats me," Carol Perkins says. Somebody had to confront obnoxious cell phone users and she isn't afraid to take them on.

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By Carol Perkins

Get that phone out of your ear!

Do you not see me standing here, trying to pay for this item? I don't care who is on the other end. Unless it is the President of the United States, put that phone back into your pocket and wait on me! So your boyfriend just got a new tattoo. Wonderful. I have places to be and you are holding me up. Put that phone away and take my money.

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Sonnet: Looking Back by Robert H. Stone

By Robert H. Stone

From time to time I meet with friends and we read and write poems. We each are invited to write a theme poem for the month. The poem for May 2008 was to include the words "guilty pleasures."

I'm not sure just what I had in mind when I started writing this sonnet but it turned in a different direction and this is what came out -Robert H. Stone:

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Tom Chaney #216: Book review of The Road

Of Writers and Their Books. Review #216, 2 August 2009, The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Next previous Tom Chaney review The island at Center of the World by Russell Shorto

By Tom Chaney
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"There is no god and we are his prophets"

In The Road by Cormac McCarthy [Vintage, 2006] a son and his father inhabit a world in "which there is no 'later', this is later." The landscape is desolate and corpse-strewn.

There is no sun. There is dust and haze.

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Chuck Hinman, IJMA #149: Half-soles. Remember them?

It's Just Me Again #149:Half-soles. Remember them?The next earlier Chuck Hinman story is Get a Life Reader comments to CM are appreciated, as are emails directly to Mr. Hinman at: charles.hinman@sbcglobal.net

by Chuck Hinman

Half-Soles - Remember Them?

When I was a kid, the "in" shoe for boys to wear was a high-top lace-up shoe with leather soles. It was before long-wearing neoprene soles were developed. KED brand tennis shoes were around but not popular like they are now because wearing them daily you soon developed an atrocious foot odor. And yes, it was a terminal condition among boys in those times. It was not a problem with the shoes. It was because you only got your feet washed with your Saturday night baths. No wonder we left our "tennies" on the back porch when we took them off at night. Even Sport, our dog walked around them! Tennis shoes in those days were never put in the washing machine. Leather seemed to absorb odor.

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Rev. Joey N. Welsh: Stars, dogs, bit of Gershwin

ANOTHER ANGLE: the occasional musings of a Kentucky pastor. Reprinted from August 6, 2006 ColumbiaMagazine.com

By The Rev. Joey N. Welsh
E-mail: joey_n_welsh@hotmail.com

STARS, DOGS AND A BIT OF GERSHWIN

We now are in the dog days of summer. These days from mid-July and into August usually are the hottest and stickiest of the season. These are the days when weather conditions can suck out your energy and leave you soaked with sweat before you even begin a task outdoors.

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(ADV): Omelets made to order; Sunday dinner at Circle R

Michael Overton, assistant manager at the Circle R, just called to say he's making Sunday morning omelets, to order, today, August 2, 2009.

"We also have a special Sunday dinner planned," he said. "Our Tenderloin steak that everybody tells us is Adair County's best. is the centerpiece. We'll have Mashed Potatoes, Fried Okra, a Dinner Roll, and a 20 oz. Fountain drink. Everything," he said, is just $5.99."

"Don't forget to tell everybody that the Circle R now has full sit-down service. And," he said, "if there's no room for dessert after the big Tenderloin Dinner, remind folks that Linda Johnson's wonderful pies with Sky High Meringue, and her special Cakes and Cookies, can be packed for carry-out."

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.
Non-Smoking Facility


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Today, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009: Start the week right, today

School Start Countdown
3 Days, after today, until school begins, on August 5, 2009, Adair County School District, Columbia, KY. Comprehensive story, with open house schedules by Phyllis Curry.

Spotlighting in brief, today's events
for Day 214 of 2009. There 151 Days remaining in year:

• Today: National Friendship Day observance at Columbia United Methodist Church, 202 Burkesville ST, Columbia, KY
• 7:00amCT: Time to check Directory of Churches for Sunday morning & evening worship service schedules.
• 1:00pmCT:.Funeral for Robert Dewayne (Robbie) Rodgers, 37, Elkhorn, KY
  at South Fork Separate Baptist Church, South Fork Ridge Road, Casey Co., KY
• 2:00pmCT: Red, White, and Tuna at Kentucky Repertory Theatre/ KRT is in Horse Cave at the intersection of East Main (KY-218) and Maple (one block east of 31-W) 800-342-2177 $17.00 Discounts for Children, Students, Seniors, and Military
• 5:00pmCT: New Direction Southern Gospel group at First General Baptist Church, 58 W. Bear Track RD Campbellsville, KY (just past the Taylor Regional Hospital)
Today's Printable Community Events Calendar in detail

Court:
Monday, August 3, 2009 No (0) Cases in Adair Circuit Court (Judge James Weddle). Forty-four (44) cases in District Court (Judge Michael Loy). Click Here to check Adair Court schedule at the Kentucky Court of Justice Website. Read ColumbiaMagazine.com like a Daily Newspaper

• Big Sunday Edition, August 2, 2009. Read Regular Sunday features as posted: Carol Perkins,Tom Chaney Book Review, Chuck Hinman, Robert Stone Poetry, Rev. Joey Welsch Another Angle. .
• Saturday, August 1, 2009
• Friday, July 31, 2009
• Thursday, July 30, 2009
• Wednesday, July 29, 2009
• Tuesday, July 28, 2009
• Monday, July 27, 2009

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What's Cooking in Adair County, KY
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• 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.
  Non-Smoking Facility
  Sunday, August 2, 2009. All Day.
  Come in for breakfast the way you remember it at the Circle R. This Sunday morning, call ahead and have your Sunday Morning Breakfast ready to pick up at our convenient Drive Thru Window. Or, come in, sit down, and let Chef Mike Overton fix your special Sunday Morning omelets to order.Sunday Lunch/Dinner Special Just like you remember, but better: Tenderloin and nobody does it as good as we do + Fried Apples + Fried Okra + Mashed Potatoes + Rolls + a 20 oz. drink, ALL for Just $5.99
  Sit down service is here now Now you can order from the counter or just come in, sit down, and one of our friendly, attentive wait staff will take your order, bring refills, and serve you during your meal. It's another way we are Continuing a Adair County's Greatest Dining Tradition: The Circle R
  Great Desserts Pies with Sky High Meringue. Cookies. And Cakes
  Miniature Golf Bring the whole family by to try the Putt-Putt Miniature Golf Course, South Central Kentucky's newest, most exciting miniature golf course. Call ahead for groups, parties.


• 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, August 2, 2009
  It's a beautiful day for picnic in our park, to pick up one to go, or as take out, for home.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, August 2, 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.
  Snacks Try our soft Tacos. Barbacoa. Lengua. Pastor. Tripia. Asada Steaks.
  


• 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, August 2, 2009
  
  • Everything cooked to order from our menu, 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..
  Ol' Joe's is Open Next, Friday and Saturday, August 7 & 8,
  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: Cooked to order. Served anytime.
  BREAKFAST BUFFET: Sunda, August 2, 2009or: Rerun's Huge Breakfast Buffet SATURDAY & SUNDAY, all you can eat including bottomless fresh made Hot Coffee:
  • Tenderloin! Sausage. Penn's Country Ham. Bacon and Fried Bologna
  • Biscuit and Gravy
  • Eggs. Scrambled on bar. Cooked to order if you like.
  • Breakfast scramble
  • Fried Potatoes and Fried Apples
  • Oatmeal-Just order, we'll make it an include it.
  • Sliced, red ripe Kentucky Garden Fresh Tomatoes
  It's Ready now: Served until around noon today! All you can eat breakfast buffet Just $6.99, Coffee Included
Lunch: Try our Big Mouth Catfish Sandwich or order from our open grill, from Rerun's Simply the Best Menu on Green River Lake.
DESSERTS: We've got Chocolate Pie. Also Peach Cobbler, made with fresh peaches. Remember, Rerun's is the Chocolate Capitol of Green River Lake. Enjoy Rerun's HUGE Chewy, Chocolaty BROWNIES, only 50 cents each.
We are open with a Breakfast Buffet on Saturday, August 1, and Sunday, August 2 2009!!! Every day starting at 4:00amCT!
The MINIATURE GOLF COURSE IS OPEN!




• Tray's Garden, Chinese Restaurant
  Located at 906 Jamestown ST, Columbia, KY. Phone (270) 384-2838.
  Hours: Delivery Available Sunday through Thursday 11:00am. to 9:00pmCT. Friday and Saturday, 11:00am to 10:00pmCT.
  It's like Room Service in Your Home or Office! MENU

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Columbia Rotary Club to meet at Mi Jalisco Mexican, Monday

By George Kolbenschlag, President

We have changed the meeting place for our meeting Monday, August 3, 2009, to Mi Jalisco Mexican restaurant, 1764 Campbellsville RD, Columbia, KY, on KY 55 North

This is a special meeting. We will be hosting our District Governor, Chuch Ciccella.

Previously, we had scheduled the meeting as a picnic in the Roadside Park, but decided to change it due to weather concerns.

Our Regular meetings: Columbia Rotary Club meets every Monday night at 6:00pmCT, at Lindsey Wilson College Crammer Dinning Center, 430 Helen Flatt DR, Columbia, KY. Visitors always welcome.-TED CALDWELL, Publicity Chairman. George Kolbenschlag, President

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