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Daily News for Thursday, June 30, 2011
Kitten Found At The Pines at Lindsey Wilson Ashley Dickson writes: I found a beautiful black and white kitten around 15 weeks old yesterday roaming around. I am hoping to find the owner. I hope posting here will help find its owner. I know if I lost my kitten that is as sweet as this one I would want it back! Ashley DicksonFind animals quick In CM Animals 2011-06-30 17:53:43 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback
Pharmaceutical company to create 35 new jobs in Monroe Co., KY Gov. Beshear announces that nvestment in Fountain Run by Apace Packaging will be more than $5.15 million; Fountain Run is 60 miles from Columbia, KY. (MAP) By Kerry Richardson From Gov. Beshear's Communications Office FOUNTAIN RUN, Ky. - Governor Steve Beshear today joined community leaders and officials from Apace Packing in Fountain Run, Ky., to announce the company will expand its Monroe County operations. The family-owned, pharmaceutical package and distributor will create 35 new, full-time jobs and invest $5.15 million as a result of the project. "The expansion of Apace, a family-owned and operated company, is a great success story for Monroe County," said Gov. Beshear. "The creation of almost three dozen new jobs and a capital investment of more than $5 million will have a positive impact on the local community. I am delighted that the Commonwealth could help make this project possible." Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-06-30 17:40:06 | Comments | Printable version
Finnis Ray Burton, Sulphur Well, KY (d. June 28, 2011) He was a member of a large, respected North Metcalfe Co., KY, family. He was a self-employed mechanic Finnis Ray Burton, age 67, of Sulphur Well, KY died Wednesday, June 28, 2011, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2pmCT,Sunday, July 3, 2011, at Butler Funeral Home, 201 East ST, Edmonton, KY with burial in the Walker Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10amCT, Sunday until service time at the funeral home. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-06-30 17:07:58 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Roland Lee Pedigo, Metcalfe Co., KY (d. June 29, 2011) He was a member of a large, respected Metcalfe Co., KY family. He was retired from Telescripps Cable Co. after 30 years of service. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of the Pleasant Hill Church of Christ in Randolph, KY Roland Lee Pedigo age 78 of Summer Shade died Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at University Of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, KY. Funeral services will be held 1pmCT, Saturday, July 2, 2011, at Butler Funeral Home, 201 East ST, Edmonton, KY, with burial in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be 3pm-8pmCT, Friday, July 1, 2011, and after 9amCT, Saturday at the funeral home. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-06-30 16:52:05 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Tara Bennett Hickey, Russell Co., KY (1973-2011) She was a member of a large, respected family with strong ties in Russell and Adair Counties, KY. She was a teachers aid and a member of the Liberty Baptist Church Tara Bennett Hickey, 38, Jamestown ST, Russell Springs, KY, died Wednesday, June 29, 211, at the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, Somerset, KY. The funeral service will be Friday, July 1, 2011, at 1pmCT, at Bernard Funeral Home Chapel, 367 Main ST, Russell Springs, KY, with Bro. James Small and Bro. Charles Edwards the officiating clergy. Special music will be by Higher Call. Visitation will be after 5pmCT, Thursday, June 30, 2011, at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Bethlehem Cemetery. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-06-30 16:27:32 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Westlake announces reduction in labor force: 30 lose jobs Rick Brown, interim CEO at Westlake, said the reduction in force is necessary to protect the jobs of the remaining 300 people. Interim CEO says new family and specialty physicans are being recruited, and the success of that effort may mean that some of the affected employees can be called back. A whole new emergency room staff is expected to be in place by August 1, 2011, he said. Westlake Regional Hospital, Columbia, KY, is reducing its labor force by 30 people effective today, June 30, 2011, the Rick Brown, interim CEO, announced in a hospital press release today. Update 2011-06-30/3:05pmCT: The reduction in force will save the hospital approximately $700,000 per year, Mr. Brown's secretary said in a followup phone call."It is a very sad time when you have to tell someone their job hasbeen eliminated, especially in this economic climate," Rick Brown, interim CEO of the hospital said. "Unfortunately , given the hospital's census and changes in some of its clinics when compared to industry standards we just had too many people on staff to handle the current volume of business." Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-06-30 14:08:11 | Comments | Printable version
Visiting lab/husky mix may be someone's pet Laura Murrell writes: A beautiful - possible lab/husky mix - dog has been visiting at our home (3175 Russell Springs RD) for the last few days. It is a very sweet dog and seems to be used to TLC. No collar or tags, but we're thinking she's someone's pet. Call (270) 384-6208 - Laura MurrellFind pets quick In CM Classifieds ANIMALS 2011-06-30 11:57:30 | Comments | Printable version
Remembers gasoline powered washing machines Mary Cooley writes: I remember when they ran on a gasoline motor. - Mary CooleyComments re article 45248 Washing machine was once state of the art 2011-06-30 11:29:35 | Comments | Printable version
Judy Grant sends more on the Old Washing Machine Comments re article 45244 Would hate to see old washing machine go to junk yard By Judy Grant If Rick Caldwell or any other reader can share information about the Old Washing Machine we found, I would appreciate hearing it. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-06-30 10:45:43 | Comments | Printable version
Joyce M. Coomer: Parks board should take Alicia Bosela advice Joyce M. Coomer writes to Alicia Bosela: I hope the parks board takes your advice and consults with you frequently (daily, would be nice) to keep the park unique. - Joyce M CoomerComments re article 45246: Why this is a special place It is relatively unspoiled 2011-06-30 10:30:43 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback
Missing Casey County Woman found deceased KSP Post 15, Columbia, KY, searching for missing Gravel Switch woman By TFC Wm. R. Gregory, Public Affairs Officer Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY CASEY COUNTY, KY) - 78-year-old Patricia Ann Modrelle was found deceased Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at approximately 5pmCT. Ms. Modrelle was scheduled to be at a Doctor's appointment in Danville at 9:30amET on Tuesday morning June 28, 2011. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-06-30 09:37:15 | Comments | Printable version
Guesses are pouring in for location of Queen Anne's Lace plant Where is it? Mystery picture of Queen Anne's Lace Several people have sent answers to the mystery of the location of the Queen Anne's Lace photo sent in by as as yet to be announced mystery photographer:The earliest is listed last; we hope the photographer will let us know when the right guess is in.
2011-06-30 09:25:41 | Comments | Printable version
PRIDE kicks off recycling campaign 'The economic and environmental benefits of recycling were outlined by Tom Heil, environmental scientist with the state's Recycling Assistance Section. Recycling creates jobs and provides a domestic supply of inputs for manufacturing, for example. Making products with recycled materials requires less energy than using raw materials, and it conserves natural resources.' Click on headline for complete story plus photo(s) By Cindy Lackey CORBIN, KY - More than 150 people, many of them local government officials, gathered Tuesday in Corbin to discuss expanding recycling to the advantage of southern and eastern Kentucky. Attending from Adair County were Judge Ann Melton, Mayor Mark D. Harris, County Pride Coordinators A.L. Sinclair and Lisa Lee, and City Pride Coordinator Rhonda Loy. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-06-30 08:33:57 | Comments | Printable version
National Window Preservation Summit July 26-28, 2011 Window replacement has become such an issue in older homes that the statewide advocacy organization Preservation Kentucky Inc. is planning a press conference at 2pmET/1pmCT, Monday, July 25, 2011, at Pine Mountain Settlement School, 36 Highway 510, Bledsoe, KY 40810-8289 (MAP)(606) 558-3571 to name historic wood windows to its 2011 "most endangered" list. Speakers will include Yapp, Patrick Kennedy, Karen Nickless of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and Rachel Kennedy, Preservation Kentucky executive director. By Diane Comer News from Kentucky Heritage Council FRANKFORT, KY - According to the national nonprofit membership organization Preservation Trades Network (PTN), the replacement window industry is actively destroying hundreds of thousands of original and perfectly functional historic windows every month. Based on the $8 billion spent every year on replacement windows, as many as 32 million classic, old growth, wood window sashes end up in landfills each year. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-06-30 07:05:35 | Comments | Printable version
Sycamore Springs: An underappreciated flower finally gets notice It's hiding in plain sight. Passed and too often overlooked by thousands of cars, daily Click on headline for full column and photo(s) By Cynthia Meyer From Sycamore Springs, KY Here is another flower (see accompanying photo) that many people pass by, some twice a day or more. Yet the poor thing goes unnoticed, and unappreciated. Until tonight at least, every night it stands out. Yet I am in too much of a hurry to take a picture or some other lame excuse. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-06-30 06:19:07 | Comments | Printable version
THURSDAY with CM: June 30, 2011 Here are links to special features, in case you missed them, for SUNDAY with CM for June 26, 2011. Quick Links to selected favorite columns, stories with perhaps some links to albums, and to news from the past week and beyond. SUNDAY with CM - JUNE 26, 2011 for June 26, 2011 and your favorite writers + important news stories:
2011-06-30 05:59:45 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today
Washing machine was once state of the art Comments re photo 40987: Strange Things - Old Washing Machine Cynthia Meyer writes: That old washing machine may now be obsolete. Once upon a time it was top of the line, and state of the art! -Cynthia MeyerAnd remember that it wasn't too many decades ago when that same machine, ensconced on the front porch of a Kentucky cabin, imbued the estate with paramount status. The family with one of those had arrived. The dwellers within were somebody. -EW 2011-06-30 04:21:44 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback
George Kolbenschlag: Preserve streamside vegetation Agrees with writer Alicia Bosela on trimming of natural areas at Columbia/Adair County Community & Recreation Center By George Kolbenschlag I agree wholeheartedly with Alicia. It will be most worthwhile to preserve some of the areas along the stream in their natural state. Too often we think it improves a park to remove vegetation God put there for a reason. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2011-06-30 03:48:43 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Commentary Birthdays and Anniversaries for June 30 Happy Anniversary, Eric and Candace Schorman (2007) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Joe B. and Lynda McKinley (1990) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Michele and Tony "Clutch" Coomer (1990) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Mike and Alice Curry | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Robin and Jeffery Willis (2000) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Amy Waldrif (1973) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Andrew Reliford | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Buddy Powell | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Charlotte Coffey | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Dr. Kelly Cooper Henson | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Jacob Isaac "Jake" Hill (2004) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Martha R. Foster | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Molly Keen | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Steven Wayne Harvey (1973) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dana Cox Welch, Campbellsville, KY (1974-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Howard 'Elmer' Redmon, Russell County, KY (1924-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Rollin Nelson Branham, 95, Adair County, KY (1924-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Don A. Brockman, 76, Adair Co., KY (1933) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Beulah Elizabeth Sweeney, Green Co., KY (1937) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Glen (Big Boy) Napier, Kings Mountain, KY (1929) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ancil Lee Farmer, Jr., 55, Taylor Co., KY (1957) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bro. Omer Farmer, Taylor Co., KY (1934-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jean Jaynes, Taylor County, KY (1934-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jewell Dean Hash Chastain, Taylor Co., KY (1938-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, George Woodson Reed, Casey County, KY (1932-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Betty Carter, 85, Cumberland Co., KY (1929-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Rev. Ron Ferree, Taylor Co., KY (1946-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jane Johnson, 81, Russell Co., KY (1934-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Billy Wayne Pennington, Edmonton, KY (1962-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dwight Lee Meyer, (1930-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Dorothy M. Solomon, 97, Marrowbone, KY (1918-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Hugh E. Appleby, Russell County, KY (1958-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Thelma Louann Webb Walker, Summer Shade, KY (1956-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Frances Herron Graybeal, 75, Taylor County, KY (1940-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Robert Edward Forrest, 70, Savoyard, KY (1945-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, David Leon Coffey, 70, Adair County, KY (1946-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Afton Clark Little Addington, Glensfork, KY (1913-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Peggy Lou Holmes Luttrell, 56, Columbia, KY (1960-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ronan Lee Curtis Epperson, Knifley, KY (2017-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Gary Wayne Stapleton, Taylor Co./Adair native (1945-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Maggie Juanita Calhoun, 69, Campbellsville, KY (1948-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jim Milby, Taylor County, KY (1947-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Brenda Shofner, 72, Campbellsville, KY (1950-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Brenda Sue Keltner, 77, Columbia, KY (1944-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Charles Curtis (CC) Rooks, 82, Columbia, KY native (1939-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Cordie Hayes, 85, Liberty, KY (1936-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Eric Daniel Spires, Green Co., KY (1978-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jimmy Dee Thurman, 79, Burkesville, KY (1941-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Linda Young, 79, Burkesville, KY (1941-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lucille Brockman, 101, Campbellsville, KY (1919-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Maxine Chapman Kinnett (1932-1983) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Paula Coy Baker | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Virginia Frances Maddox, 67, Russell Co. KY; Henry Co., KY native (1948-2016) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Virginia Rose Sinclair Burton-Bush, Adair Co. Native (1920) | (Updates/Corrections) Events scheduled for Thursday, June 30, 2011 All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
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