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Obituary: Glen Colvin, 59, Taylor Co., KY

He was a member and deacon of Fairview Baptist Church. Mr. Colvin was a former employee of Curtis Maruyasu in Lebanon, KY, and Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville, KY

Glen Colvin, 56, Campbellsville, KY, died at 2:04pm, Monday, November 9, 2009, in Campbellsville.

Funeral services are at 11amET/10amCT, Thursday, November 12, 2009 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Don Gowin. Burial will be in the Tallow Creek Cemetery. Pallbearers are Bo Carlisle, Larry Ray Clark, Gilbert Clark, Danny Colvin, Ronnie Colvin, and Terry Colvin.


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2009-11-11 21:42:59 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

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Scenic Taylor Co., KY: Back to class after chapel



2009-11-11 - Photo by Linda Waggener. CU photo.
Campbellsville University students head back to class from Wednesday morning chapel service. The weekly service starts each Wednesday morning at 10amET/9amCT and is open to public as well as students, faculty and staff. The buildings are from left, Ransdell Chapel, Carter Hall, Student Activities Center, and the Administration Building.

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Obituary: Wm Thomas Parrott, 52, Taylor Co., KY

He was a former security guard and was of the Pentecostal faith

William Thomas Parrott, son of the late Albert Thomas Parrott and Dorothy M. Lowe Parrott, was born November 20, 1956, in Indianapolis, Indiana. He died at 10:00 A.M., Monday, November 9, 2009 in Campbellsville, KY, at the age of 52 years, 11 months, and 20 days.

Graveside services were held at 4pmCT, Wednesday, November 11, 2009, at the Mt. Gilboa Baptist Church Cemetery in Finley, KY, by Bro. Raymond Clark. Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home was in charge of funeral arrangements.


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2009-11-11 21:26:09 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

ACHS Boys Golf team holds banquet at The Pines at Lindsey Wilson

By Steve Burton, Coach, Adair Co. High School Boys Golf Team

The ACHS Boy's Golf Team held their 2009 Banquet at Mulligan's at the Pines at Lindsey Wilson.

The Boy's team celebrated their very successful season.

All individual players were honored with an award to celebrate their season.

Van Giles was also received an award to honor his accomplishment of making the 2009 Boy's Golf State Tournament and winning the 2009 Boy's Heartland Conference Golf Tournament.

Members of the team include Charles Breeding, Michael Waggener, Madison Brashear, Colby Robertson, Van Giles, Jerrod Grider, Trey Garmon, Alex Durham, Easton Ellis, Daniel Rarey, Tanner Garmon, Riley Grant, and Blake Maupin.


2009-11-11 20:32:02 | Comments | Printable version

Obituary: Jewell Dean Ford, 76 Taylor Co., KY

Mrs. Ford was former owner of Little Piddlin Barn and was a bookkeeper for the Skyline Drive-in in Summersville and the Franklin Theatre in Greensburg, KYMrs. Jewell Dean Ford, 76, Campbellsville, KY, died Monday, November 9, at her home.

The funeral services for Mrs. Jewell Dean Ford-Sexton will be conducted at 10:00 amCT, Thursday, November 12, 2009 at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home, 206 S. Main ST, Greensburg, KY, with burial to follow in the Green County Memory Gardens. Bro. James Loy, Bro. Ted Beam and Bro. Gene Weddle will be officiating.


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2009-11-11 20:06:57 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Obituary: Minnie M. Sutton, 49, Metcalfe Co., KY

Minnie M. Sutton, age 49, of Edmonton, died Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at her home.Funeral services will be held 1pmCT, Saturday, November 14, at Butler Funeral Home, 201 East ST, Edmonton, KY with burial in the Bethleham Cemetery in Monroe County. Visitation will be from 9mCT until service time Saturday, November 14, 2009, at the funeral home.

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2009-11-11 19:38:22 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

LINK, Liberty in N. Korea, representative to speak at CU

By Hillary C. Wright
Story from Campbellsville University

CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY - Representatives from Liberty in North Korea, (LINK), will be speaking at Campbellsville University Monday, November 16, 2009 at 7pmCT/6pmET in Ransdell Chapel at 401 N. Hoskins AV, Campbellsville, KY.

LINK is an organization that raises awareness about the human rights and humanitarian crisis in North Korea through the use of media and grassroots support. It also helps those who have fled their country because of this crisis.


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2009-11-11 19:18:32 | Comments | Printable version

Reader wants to get in touch with singers, The Cassidy's

About: Bearwallow UMC homecoming is August 5 2007

To ColumbiaMagazine.com:

I was wondering how to get in touch w/the Cassidy's.

s/Gina Graves
Note: Maybe someone will know and write in; they are from Edmonton, KY


2009-11-11 18:37:01 | Comments | Printable version

CU to host Senator Mitch McConnell for book signing

By Christina Miller, student news writer

CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY -U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will sign Republican Leader: A Political Biography on Senator Mitch McConnell by Kentucky author John David Dyche at Campbellsville University November 13. The book signing begins at 11amET/10amCT in Campbellsville University's Barnes & Noble College Bookstore, in the Davenport Student Commons, 410 N. Hoskins AV, Campbellsville, KY.


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2009-11-11 18:32:43 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Books

Highland Academy Gymnix and Acrobatic team at CLC

Highland Academy Gymnix and Acrobatic antidrug team will be performing at the Christian Life Center, 901 Hudson ST, Columbia, KY, this Saturday, November 14, 2009, at 7pmCT. Highland Academy is a Christian high school in Portland,TN. They perform all around Ky and TN. The team performs their routine of gymnastics and include skits related to whose aim is to help youth to make the right decision to say no to drugs. The performance is free and open to the public. Carole Thomas

2009-11-11 15:49:37 | Comments | Printable version

Denise Pyles Grant finalist for KY Science Teacher of Year

Adair County Middle School Teacher honored withy Presidential Award for Excellence in Science at conference in Lexington, KY, on November 6, 2009

By Phyllis Curry, Instructional Supervisor
Adair Co. Board of Education, 1204 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY

Ms. Denise Pyles Grant, a seventh grade science teacher at Adair County Middle School, has been awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and is one of three finalists for the 2009 Kentucky Science Teacher of the Year Award which will be presented next fall at the Kentucky Science Teachers Association annual conference.


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Fall of Berlin Wall opened LWC to students for Eastern Europe

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By Duane Bonifer, LWC Director of Public Relations

If you want to understand one of the consequences of the fall of the Berlin Wall, take a look at Lindsey Wilson College's undergraduate student body.

This school year, LWC has almost a dozen students from European nations that were entirely different 20 years ago. Some of the nations -- such as Latvia, Serbia and Slovakia -- didn't exist in 1989. The other countries were closed to the West because they were trapped within the orbit of the former Soviet Union.


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CWC Family Math Night and Book Swap is Nov. 12, 2009

By Dana Taylor Harvey

Col. Wm. Casey, 220 General John Adair Drive, Columbia, KY, will be hosting a Family Math Night and Book Swap on November 12, 2009, from 6:00-7:30pm. All CWC students, parents/guardians, siblings, and other family members are welcome to attend. Every student attending will receive a math prize. Light refreshments will be served. For the book swap, you may bring a gently used book to trade with other students.


2009-11-11 10:05:36 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education

Veterans List Updated

We've added seven more names to our Adair County Veterans List. We appreciate everyone's help keeping this list up to date, and hope you'll use our contact form if you spot any omissions or corrections.

Today's additions:
  • Burris, Carl
  • Caldwell, Charles M.
  • Caywood, James B., Jr.
  • McGaha, Hiley C.
  • Morris, Willie Joe (Bill)
  • Taylor, Osborne
  • Taylor, Wendell


2009-11-11 08:57:47 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Veterans and Veterans Day

Citizenship is earned, veterans told at LWC Luncheon

Over 130 attend 7th Annual Event honoring veterans
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By Duane Bonifer, LWC Director of Public Relations

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Americans must work every day to earn their citizenship.

That was the message more than 130 area veterans, their guests and veterans' survivors received Tuesday at Lindsey Wilson College's seventh-annual Veterans Luncheon.

"We are born American, but every day we must work to earn our citizenship," Marine veteran Lukas Dwelly said in the keynote talk.


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2009-11-11 06:39:32 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Veterans and Veterans Day

Mayor Bell gets fan mail from Florida

And a call to all to remember Veterans this day
New City of Columbia sign on Burkesville RD

To ColumbiaMagazine:

Thanks for the news I am able to read daily on my computer here in Florida. Pat Bell has been great for Columbia and our area of Kentucky. His leadership has made it a much better place to live, raise our children, and enjoy life in a great state and country.

Today is Veterans Day, and I would like to thank all the veterans who have sacrificed so much so we can live in a country freely.

I have served and a lot of others have and the veterans are the ones who have made this freedom possible.

s/Howard J. Harmon


2009-11-11 06:31:54 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Greyson the Reader Cat McKinney gets fan mail

About: Greyson the reader

To ColumbiaMagazine.com

That is a beautiful cat. I had one that looked just like it that passed away a few years ago and I miss her greatly. The photo was like her saying hi to me.

Thanks for sharing it.s/Stephanie Antle


2009-11-11 06:22:01 | Comments | Printable version

Adair Fiscal Court meeting report, Nov. 10, 2009

In last night's meeting:
  • Court approves purchase of Rescue Squad Property
  • County treasury strong going into tax collection season
  • Taxes coming in at over $100,000 a day
  • Jail bills $85,128.06 for October
  • Court approves raise for secretary
  • Gaddie Shamrock wins bids for blacktopping
  • First reading of GRAS ordinance approved
  • Litter abatement
  • County EMD reports on Flood Insurance progress
  • Sheriff's Deparment gets grant; court approves 5 new vehicles
  • Lindsey Wilson's 64 Adair Co. locations will have street numbers posted!
    Campus will be first in region with this major public safety advance
  • Plant Operations Manager has ordered numbers
  • 911 Coordinator praises ACHS Future Farmers Address Marker campaign
  • Coordinator reports on address changes
  • Several roads have name, other changes


By Ed Waggener

The Adair County Search and Rescue Team (SAR) will soon be housed in the building formerly owned by the Adair County Rescue Squad following yesterday's agreed order signed by Judge James G. Weddle and last night's unanimous vote by Adair Fiscal Court to buy the 13 acre campus on which the building is located.



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Walmart Veterans breakfast this morning, Wed. Nov. 11, 2009

Dr. Ted Taylor, pastor of Columbia Baptist Church, will be the principal speaker.Circuit Court Clerk Dennis Loy will give welcome. Breakfast starts at 8amCT. Veterans reminded to bring wear a jacket to enjoy the outdoor dining area set up this year
By Robin Smith, Columbia Walmart

Columbia Walmart's 11th Annual Veteran's Day Breakfast and Program is this morning, Wednesday, November 11, 2009, at Columbia Walmart, located at 2988 Burkesville RD, Columbia in the Holladay Place Shopping Center.

Dr. Ted Taylor, pastor of Columbia Baptist Church and Professor of Theology at Campbellsville University, will be the principal speaker.



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2009-11-11 03:22:08 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today


Birthdays and Anniversaries for November 11
Happy Birthday, Anabelle Burkett | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ashley Wilson | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Chloe Peyton Byrd (2007) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Crystal Cross Cobb | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Crystal Renea Stotts McNear (1972) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dallie Coffey | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Janet Caldwell (1927) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Keisha Baker (1976) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lane Kelsay (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lawrence Brown (1992) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sheila McQueary | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Zoey Jane Byrd (2007) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Billy Grant, 81, Columbia, KY (1937-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Artie Elmer Bragg, Adair County, KY (1920-2006) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gilbert Corbin Adair Co., KY native(1923) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ruth Willis, Adair County, KY (1928-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charlotte Kay Shearer, Adair County, KY (1948-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Florence Mae Grider, 80, Adair County KY (1934-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alta Crawley, 92, Taylor County, KY (1926-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Brian (Opie) Nelson, 40, Campbellsville, KY (1980-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Don R. Grider, Russell Springs. KY (1938) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Donald Holt Hadley, 81, Russell Co., KY (1934-2016) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Edwin Bradshaw, 90, Cumberland Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Elizabeth Rooks, 86, Adair Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Emma Jean Hays Wade, 88, Summer Shade, KY (1930-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Eula Mae Nunn, Taylor County, KY (1929-2013) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Fayette (F.H.) Smith, Green Co., KY (1924-2011) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Georgie Mae Cain, Casey Co., KY (1923-2015) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Glen Allen Parnell, 68, Columbia, KY native (1953-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Hallie Wilson, 81, Russell County, KY (1933-2015) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Harvey George Baker, 70, Liberty, KY (1950-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Helen Brummett England, Green County, KY (1932-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, J.Q. Rodgers, 85, Casey Co., KY native Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Robert Mitchell, Taylor Co., KY (1935-2013) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jerry Orvin Polston, 69, Russell Springs, KY (1950-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jewell Overstreet Luttrell, Casey Co., KY (1924-2013) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jordan Bradley Watson, 17, Liberty, KY (2003-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kay Delphine Hobbs, Hart County, KY (1935-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Larry (John B.) Harrison, 66, Danville, KY (1951-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Linda Kathleen Rodgers, 71, Liberty, KY (1949-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Linda Lou Nunn, 71, Taylor County, KY (1947-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Linda Upchurch, Taylor County, KY (1955-2015) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Margaret Skaggs Durham, 92, Campbellsville, KY (1928-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Michael Allen Milby, 50, Taylor County, KY (1967-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nadine Loy, 87, Russell Co., KY (1928-2015) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Randy (Bubby) Luttrell, 57, Russell Springs, KY (1959-2017) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rodney Keith Bailey, 56, Tullahoma, TN (1963-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Roger Dean Coffey, 73, Russell County, KY (1941-2015) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shirley Sue Marcum, Green Co., KY (1948-2012) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Talvis Bolin, 69, Russell Springs, KY (1946-2016) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Veston (Bocky) Bottom, 81, Russell Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wesley Carl Ennis, 64, Metcalfe County, KY (1952-2017) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Willie Foster, 84, Columbia, KY (1924-2008) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Wednesday, November 11, 2009
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
7:00amCTState parks offer free admission to veterans | (ID:6261, Comment)
8:00amCTColumbia-Adair Co. Economic Development Authority (CACEDA) meets)
The Columbia-Adair Co. Economic Development Authority (CACEDA) meets every 2nd Wednesday in the Board Room Burkesville ST entrance, at the Chamber Building, 201 Burkesville ST, Columbia, KY. The meetings are open to the public. Doug McCammish, chairman. Members Kay Bowman, Monica Shuffett, Tony Corbin, Jim Hadley, Barry Corbin, and Roger Drake. ex officio: Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton, Columbia Mayor Pat Bell. Sue Stivers, Executive Director, CACEDA. | (ID:5850, Comment)
Walmart Veterans Day Breakfast and Program Nov. 11, 2009
Walmart's 11th Annual Veteran's Day Breakfast and Program will be held on Wednesday, November 11, 2009, at Columbia Walmart, located at 2988 Burkesville RD, Columbia in the Holladay Place Shopping Center. Breakfast will be served beginning at 8amCT with the program to follow at 9amCT. All veterans and their families are cordially invited to attend. We look forward to seeing you there. For more information please contact Robin Smith, Event Coordinator, at (270) 384-4745. -Robin Smith | (ID:6015, Comment)
David Goguen photography exhibit at Begey Gallery
"Sacred Time: Journeys from Dusk to Dawn" by David Goguen is on display through November 19 in the Lindsey Wilson College Lurcretia C. Begley Gallery, located in the W.W. Slider Humanities Center, 155 Blue Raider DR, Columbia, KY. Gallery hours are 8am-4pmCT Monday through Friday. For more information, contact Goguen at goguend@lindsey.edu or (270) 384-8241.-Duane Bonifer | (ID:6117, Comment)
Adair Countians can switch party registration today 8am-4pmCT.
Adair Co. Clerk's Office, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY

| (ID:6250, Comment)
10:00amCT Children's Story Hour
At the Adair County Public Library, 307 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY, at 10:00amCT. Children's Story Hour is each Wednesday at 10:00amCT. -ALEINA MILLIGAN, ACPL Children's Librarian. | (ID:5823, Comment)
11:00amCTFuneral service at Bearwallow UMC
Fannie L. Curry, 99, Columbia, KY
| (ID:6263, Comment)
1:00pmCTHomeschool Story Hour
Homeschool Story Hour with Miss Aleina is every Wednesday at 1:00pmCT at the Adair County Public Library, 307 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY. Phone (270) 384-2472. Everyone is welcome, whether homeschool or not. | (ID:5827, Comment)
4:00pmCTTime to check Directory of Churches for Wednesday evening worship service schedules. | (ID:5831, Comment)

 


































 
 
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