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Daily News for Monday, April 25, 2011
LWC wins Mid-South Women's Tennis tournament Raiders take title over No. 1 seed Campbellsville and get automatic bid to National Tournament in Mobile, Alabama Click on headline for story plus photo(s) By Dan White CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY - For the second time this season a womens tennis match between Lindsey Wilson College and Campbellsville (KY) University came down to a single match with the score tied 4-4. The only difference was this time the Mid-South Conference Tournament Championship was on the line and the Blue Raiders ended up with the title after avenging its loss to the Tigers earlier this season with a 5-4 win of their own on Monday, April 25, 2011, at the Coca-Cola Tennis Courts in Campbellsville, KY. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-04-25 20:03:27 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports
Adair Co. Garden Club will raffle 5 thornless blackberry vines At Expo Click on headline for story plus photo The Adair County Garden Club will hold a raffle for 5 of these vines during Saturday's Farm, Home and Garden Expo that will take place from 10am-2 pmCT, Saturday, April 30, 2011, at the Adair County Elementary School, 820 Indian DR, Columbia, kY. Come to Expo and buy a $5 raffle ticket at the Adair County Garden Club booth. If you win, you will enjoy a lifetime of huge blackberries from these thornless vines. -Wendy Burt 2011-04-25 19:28:40 | Comments | Printable version
Betty Pyles, Taylor CO., KY (1942-2011) She was a member of a highly regarded Taylor County family, and of Saloma Baptist Church. She was active with Acteens and Women's Missionary Union. She was a Sunday School teacher, a choir member and a member of the Fellowship. She was a registered nurse for Dr. Roy G. Wilson for 22 years and was employed by Metzmeier Nursing Home and Grandview Nursing & Rehab Betty Pyles, 69, of Campbellsville, KY, daughter of Lera Morrison Williams and the late C. M. Williams, was born in Taylor County, Kentucky, April 22, 1942. She died at 11:28 P.M., Saturday, April 23, 2011 in Campbellsville, KY. Funeral services will be at 2pmCT, Tuesday, April 25, 2011, at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon AV, Campbellsville, KY, by Rev. John Chowning and Rev. Earl Pike. Burial will be in the Campbellsville Memorial Gardens, 3878 Greensburg, RD. Campbellsville, KY. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-04-25 18:11:20 | Comments | Printable version
The Rotary Auction is on the air 6pm-9pmCT (Ad) Rotary of Columbia-Adair County Radio Auction (Complete List of Auction Items) April 25 & 26, 2011 - Monday and Tuesday, 6pm - 9pmCT. Broadcast Simultaneously on WAIN (93.5) and WHVE (92.7) Hundreds of Items - New Items Every Night 2011-04-25 18:05:28 | Comments | Printable version
Lindsey Wilson Concert and Jazz Band in concert May 3, 2011 The band is under the direction of Mr. Tim Allen. Click on headline for complete story, photo(s) News from Lindsey Wilson College The Lindsey Wilson Concert and Jazz Bands will present their second annual Spring Concert on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 7:30pmCT at the Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard DR, Columbia KY, on the campus of Lindsey Wilson College. Admission is free, and the public is invited. Among the works to be performed by the concert band are "Dreams and Proclamations,", by Roland Barrett, "An American Elegy," by Frank Tichelli, and others. The jazz band will be performing "Straight No Chaser," by Thelonious Monk, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," by Hughie Prince, and others. Tim Allen, retired Adair County director, is in his second year of service at LWC. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-04-25 16:14:39 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local Arts Scene
Harvey Leroy Redford, Casey Co., KY (1924-2011) He was a member of a respected Casey Co., KY family, a farmer, and a member of the Oak Grove Church of Christ Harvey Leroy Redford, 87, of Liberty, KY, passed away Monday April 25, 2011 at the Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center, Danville, KY. Graveside services and burial will be 1pmET/12pm noon CT, Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at Oak Grove Contown Cemetery by Bro. Clifford DeHart.Pall bearers are his grandsons. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-04-25 15:05:08 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
What Can We Do Now? Summer extravaganza involves entire community By Alan Reed As school draws to a close, it's time for parents and students to go shopping---for wholesome summer activities, that is. Once again this year, Col. Wm. Casey Elementary, Adair County Elementary, and John Adair Intermediate schools will be teaming up to present the "What Can We Do Now" extravaganza on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at Colonel William Casey Elementary. The event will be held from 5pm-6pmCT, and is for students enrolled in pre-school through sixth-grade. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-04-25 14:30:19 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education
Adair County Schools prepare for State Tests It's a high-stakes test where results really matter. School district sends tips for helping students score high Click on headline for complete story w/testing dates By Alan Reed News from the Adair County School District School employees in Adair County are feeling the pressure as they prepare to administer the Kentucky Core Content Test. Most students also say they are feeling the pressure to do well. Phyllis Curry, Supervisor of Instruction and the school district's Assessment Coordinator says the district is embarking on something serious. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-04-25 13:40:27 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education
(Ad) Rotary Auction Phone Number = (270) 384-8101 George Koblenschlag writes April 25 & 26, 2011 - Monday and Tuesday, 6pm - 9pmCT. Broadcast Simultaneously on WAIN (93.5) and WHVE (92.7) Columbia, Kentucky 2011-04-25 13:18:57 | Comments | Printable version
(Ad) The Adair County Band working Fiesta Mexican today Today, Monday April 25, 2011, the Adair County Band Boosters will be working at Fiesta Mexican to help raise money for this years Marching Season. Please come out and eat at Fiesta Mexican today and help support the Adair County Band! -Shamarie Claiborne Sponsored 2011-04-25 12:57:43 | Comments | Printable version
Mike Watson: Columbia PO has always been near the Square Comments re article 43924 Reader raises question about Post Office location By Mike Watson The Columbia Post Office has always been on or near to the Public Square. The first postal records are no longer available, but there are complete official records from circa 1815 to the present at the National Archives. However, post office locations were not usually noted in the official record until the past half century, since most offices were provided by the postmaster who owned or rented the space in his or her own name. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-04-25 12:51:41 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Mike Watson - History
Robert Flowers documents locations of Adair Sales Co. Robert Flowers writes: Ed, Morris Epperson and Louis Merkley finished the 203 Burkesville St facility for the Ford dealership, Adair Sales Co. in the late fall of 1953. My grandparents' house burned in October of that year. It stood where Save a Lot is today. Their Furniture and belongings were stored in the showroom for a couple of weeks pending the purchase of the Reed house on Merchant Street, facing Greensburg St. The 1952 and 1953 Ford models were sold at the old location on Campbellsville Street, where the city parking lot is today. -Robert FlowersComments above re photo 40085 1952 Ford head on 2011-04-25 11:43:08 | Comments | Printable version
Westlake Hospital Auxiliary report for April 18, 2011 meeting Auxiliary plans to re-wallpaper Hospital Cafe By Sue Stivers, Public Relations Chairman News from Westlake Regional Hospital Auxiliary The Westlake Regional Hospital Auxiliary met Monday, April 18, 2011 at 6:30pmCT at the Hospital Board Room, 901 Westlake DR, Columbia, KY for their monthly meeting. President Margaret Sparks called the meeting to order by welcoming the members and guests. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-04-25 11:36:42 | Comments | Printable version
Crappie USA Tournament cancelled, re-set for June 25, 2011 The Crappie USA Tournament scheduled for 6am-3pmCT, Saturday, April 30, 2011, at Holmes Bend Marina, 5380 Holmes Bend Road, Columbia, KY on Green River Lake has been cancelled due to all ramps being under water and the high waters of the lake. The tournament has been rescheduled for Saturday, June 25, 2011. For additional information contact the Columbia-Adair County Tourism Commission at (270) 384-6020. Sue Stivers, Executive Director. 2011-04-25 11:08:23 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports
District Advisory Council will evaluate Parent Involvement Policy There will be a meeting of the District Advisory Council at 1:30pmCT, Friday, April 29, 2011 at the Adair County Board of Education, 1204 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY 42728, for the purpose of informing parents and concerned citizens of Title I services and all other Federal Programs including Exceptional Education, and to evaluate the District Parent Involvement Policy. All parents are invited to attend. -Mike Akin 2011-04-25 09:42:24 | Comments | Printable version
Honor: CM called 'Cliff Notes of All Thangs Adarian' COF writes: Not quite so sure of those 2nd tier insteetutions but the KU Roundtable of Erudition and Assimilation already has quite a number of Ph.D (piled higher & deeper) aspirants who view CM as maybe not required (yet) but definately the Cliff Notes of all thangs Adarian.Comments re article 43929 Says Knifley made proud by definition of pinhooker 2011-04-25 08:32:49 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback
School board meeting April 19, 2011, report
By Ed Waggener Budget woes, with a slide in revenues received from state and federal sources of $633,736 and an increase of $1,368,333 in expenses, at negative turnaround over a four year, 2007-2011 period of over $2 million dollars is causing some Draconian cuts in Adair County School District services, and more cuts may be considered. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-04-25 07:45:35 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education
Foodie writes, hungrily, after seeing Dava's Mongolian lunch Comments re photo 40082 Epicurean Kentuckian Mongolian Steamed DumplingsTami Wilson writes: YUM!! This is too good to look at when I come home from work, and am this hungry, plus, I keep looking for a "LIKE" button (as on Facebook). Do you think you could add those to Columbiamagazine pics and stories, Ed??Hungrily, - Tami WilsonThanks! Tami Wilson. Maybe someone can convince Davaajargal Dorjsuren to establish a Mongolian/Tibetan Restaurant in this area - at least get a food truck or food yurt to make special events. As for the "Like" button, your suggestions and those of all CM readers are always seriously considered. This one has been passed up to the webmaster for possible development. CM undergoes around the clock updates 7/24/365, with the format evolving at a gradual pace. -EW 2011-04-25 05:40:08 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Food
Weather experts, KY EM issue urgent safety messages Flash flood warnings for wide area including Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Russell and Taylor Counties.Hazardous Weather Warning issued by the National Weather Service in Louisville, KY, at 3:57amET/2:57amCT, Monday, April 25, 2011 By Buddy Rogers News from Kentucky Division of Emergency Management FRANKFORT, KY (April 24, 2011) - The National Weather Service (NWS) PaducahOffice held an early Sunday evening conference call with emergency managementofficials and media urging everyone to use extreme caution overnight and intothe coming week, as heavy rains and severe weather continue across theCommonwealth. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-04-25 05:25:36 | Comments | Printable version
Cathy Pike, Taylor Co., KY (1971-2011) She was born on Christmas Eve, 1971, a member of a respected Taylor County family. She professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Acton Baptist Church Cathy Pike, 39, Campbellsville, KY, died at 9:30amET/8:30amCT, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 in Campbellsville, KY. Funeral services were held Friday, April 22, 2011 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon AV,Campbellsville, KY, by Rev. John Batcher. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-04-25 04:56:58 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Jim calculates Wm Dudgeon ginseng crop in today's dollars With this revelation, maybe the CM phone won't be ringing off the hook this morning, as we had fretted about so. "According to the inflation calculator I use now and anon Wm. Dulworth, "the largest ginseng cultivator in Adair County," had the previous week hauled to Louisville 148 pounds of the rare root he had grown and returned home $888 richer. About the same time, Clem Banks of Cane Valley sold to R.T. Dudgeon three ginseng roots, weighing in at eight ounces, for the princely sum of three dollars and twenty-two and a half cents, "the largest amount ever paid in Adair for three roots..."As great an item as this is, there is at least one which eclipses it by miles. It's the notice from Jake Smith posting his pond as off limits to baptizings. -EW 2011-04-25 04:44:18 | Comments | Printable version
Columbia/Adair Parks & Rec Board meets at 5pmCT on budget Finished budget is due in CJE's office on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 Click on headline for full story plus photo(s) By Ed Waggener The Columbia/Adair County Parks & Recreation Board will meet in a Special Called Meeting this evening, Monday, April 25, 2011, at 5pmCT to finalize an operating budget for the coming fiscal year. The meeting was set at the board's budget meeting on Thursday, April 21, 2011. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-04-25 04:14:01 | Comments | Printable version
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A half scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be at The Center for Rural Develpment, 2292 S. Highway 27, 2011, Somerset, KY, from May 9-14, 2011 Adair and Russell County Lists are posted. We'll be adding lists of Casey, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, and Taylor Countians who gave their all in the Vietnam War and whose names are on the wall, as received (or researched by ColumbiaMagazine). We hope to have a handy, printable list of Veterans from the Seven-County CM area, with Panel and Line Number for location on the Wall, before the arrival of the display May 9, 2011.
Click to use Beta Google Search to search CM Try it and let us know how you like it. Search all the archives of ColumbiaMagazine.com using Google's advanced search tools:Search ColumbiaMagazine.com with Google Search If the links from the results look strange, that's not us, it's a cached page: Re-enter the URL for: ColumbiaMagazine.com to return to the Columbia Magazine.com in the familiar, easy to read format. 2011-04-25 03:45:37 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today
Says Knifley made proud by definition of pinhooker Comments re response in article 43921 Reader asks: What is a pinhooker? question from Maury LewisCOF writes: Congrads. Now thar' an answer thet woulda made enny Kniflian proud. I know the early Chelfs et al ar abeamin' - COFThank you, COF, for your very astute observation. Your own remark, I think, makes history. A comment on a comment on a comment. It's almost like mankind's greatest intellectual endeavor: Shakespearean criticism. I had to give it up when I discovered that there was Criticism of the criticism of the criticism of the criticism of the criticism of the criticism of an original work of the William Shakespeare. If the writings at CM can get comments to the tenth power, reckon there will be doctorates on CM at local colleges? Something to aim for. - EW 2011-04-25 02:12:48 | Comments | Printable version Birthdays and Anniversaries for April 25 Happy Anniversary, Barry and Pam Kermeen (1981) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday Ron Richardson | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Brooklynn Paige Mitchell (2003) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Cassie Mitchum | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Emily Green | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Gerald Chafin (1961) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Hunter Cundiff (2000) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Jessica "Little Bit" Murphy (1990) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, John Carter | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Justin Branham | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Kenny Buck Downey | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Kim Karnes | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Leslie Bryant Rogers | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Reagan Helm | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Rhonda Redmon | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Rodney Parnell | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Roni Virginia Kemp (2017) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, W. Richard Mayse | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jimmie Dean Johnson, Columbia, KY (1955-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Janice Simpson, Russell Springs, KY (1953-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Goldie Oneal Smith, Taylor County, KY (1936-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Vicki Carol Self Collette, Campbellsville, KY (1949-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Rev. James Douglas "Doug" Wilcoxson (1946-2009) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Phyliss R. Collins Snow Malone, Jamestown, KY (1947) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ralph Gilbert Curry, Columbia, KY | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Stephanie Lynn Witt Howard, Burkesville, KY (1971) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, David S. Davenport, Russell Springs, KY (1940) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Wayne Goodin, Russell County, KY (1942) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Allene Chelf Cundiff, Adair Co. native (1923) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jewell D. Wilkerson, Casey County, KY (1933) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Gertha Williams, Knifley, KY (1922) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Carl Meece, Casey County, KY (1941-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bobby Lee Burton, Adair County, KY(1935-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Barbara Ann Benefield Stokes, Cumberland Co., KY (1935-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James Dicken, Taylor Co., KY (1936-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Anna Jewell Russell Hedgespeth, Green Co., KY (1931-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Huston Leslie (Sonny) Mardis, Taylor County, KY (1953-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, George Thomas (Uncle Mose) Mattingly, Taylor County, KY (1945-2015 | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Thomas Payton Altman, Green County, KY (2000-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, T.J. Branham, Burkesville, KY (1997-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lillian V. Burchett, Russell Co., KY (1927-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mary Aline Vannice, Taylor Co., KY (1937-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Elizabeth Withers Garner, Russell County, KY (1921-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James (Andrew) Parnell Cowan, Edmonton, KY (1994-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Whitney D. Copley, Dunnville, KY (1991-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Kenneth Ray Gosser, Russell Co., KY (1943-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Paul Ellett Stafford, Casey Co., KY (1943-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Tony Gregory, Windsor, KY (1964-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Carl Reed Pennington, 89, Center, KY (1932-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Delpha Marie Grant, 91, Glens Fork, KY (1930-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Edward Lee Robertson, 70, Russell Springs, KY (1952-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Frederick Carl Kuchenbecker, 79, Greensburg, KY (1942-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Genevieve H. McKinley, 94, Leitchfield, KY (1928-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Hazel Eckhart, 84, Burkesville, KY (1937-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jeffrey Dale Stargle, 40, Russell Springs, KY (1981-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mary Laverne Wethington, 97, Campbellsville, KY (1926-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Paul Blevins, 80, Liberty, KY (1942-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday,Ms. Annie Lucille Daniel, Taylor Co., KY (1933) | (Updates/Corrections) Events scheduled for Monday, April 25, 2011 All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
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