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Basset Hound free to good home

Tony Streeval writes:
Free Basset Hound to Good Home: We have a male basset hound to give away to a good home. He is red and white and will make someone a good pet. For more information, call (270) 384-1662. -TONY STREEVAL
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2011-12-25 20:40:22 | Comments | Printable version

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Merry Christmas from the Waggeners & Great Mema



2011-12-25 - Shelby Co., KY - Photo by Pen.
Merry Christmas from Pen, Amy, Graham, Evan and H.E.; from Tom, Teresa, and a lady named Tillie; from Linda and Ed; and from Great Mema, Geniece Marcum on Christmas Day, 2011. A good time was had by all, with the iCade, the Roast Pork with Cranberry Sauce, Mashed Potatoes, Home Canned Green Beans, Roast Parsnips, Grits Casserole, plenty of formula, Christmas Cake, Kindles, numerous other things, and a gift hit of the day, the rope for climbing, skipping, and tying up things. -GRANDDAD
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Basset Hounds Found

Mark Willis writes:
Our two Basset Hounds returned to our home today, Thanks so much to Columbia Magazine and everyone who helped. Merry Christmas! - MARK WILLIS
(They've come home) Basset Hounds: Fletcher and cohort at large

2011-12-25 18:53:54 | Comments | Printable version

Poetry by Robert Stone: Future back from past

Future back from past
-a sonnet with some thoughts from Jason Driskill, Ray McCoy, and Ed Waggener
In the beginning there was everything
but everyone knew only present need
which overwhelmed all betters futures sing
and left but little space beyond the bleed.

Our now is only what our stories fix
in memories which long or short will last
until the moment when they sore transfix
believers bringing future back from past.

My friend believes his recipe will make
him conqueror of cookie loving slaves
whose steps he easily will overtake
and misdirect to soul confining caves.

Eternal words still silent wait their turns
when new experience tradition spurns.

- Robert Stone, 25 December 2011
The next earlier Robert Stone poem: Poetry by Robert Stone: All hope at stake, a sonnet

2011-12-25 15:24:02 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Poetry by Robert Stone

Edith Warren, Taylor Co., KY native (1927-2011)

She was a member of a large, respected family. She leaves 20 direct living descendants. She had professed faith in Christ and was of the Baptist faith. She was active in the American Legion Auxiliary years for many years

Edith Warren of Cecelia, died Saturday, December 24, 2011 in Cecelia, KY

The funeral service will be at 11amET/10amCT, Wednesday, December 28, 2011, at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon Avenue, Campbellsville, KY, by Rev. Bernard Bishop. Burial will be in the Campbellsville Memorial Gardens, 3878 Greensburg Road, Campbellsville, KY. Visitation is 5pm-9pmET/4pm-8pmCT, Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home.

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2011-12-25 13:55:03 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Kentucky Color - Merry Christmas

Christmas is a good time to join an organization which will help you, your family, and your future: Homeplace on Green River or Kentucky Chestnut Foundation
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By Billy Joe Fudge, Retired District Forester
Kentucky Division of Forestry

American Chestnut logs with the bark completely intact is something probably less than one in tens of millions of folks living today has ever seen. The logs in the attached photo formed the log superstructure of a barn in Marion County and were donated to the Homeplace on Green River.

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2011-12-25 13:26:45 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Kentucky Color by Billy Joe Fudge

Carol Perkins: Christmas is time to reflect

Knowledge learned from trip to Holy Land makes Christmas more meaningful

by Carol Perkins

Although a time to be jolly and joyful, Christmas is also a time to reflect and to ponder and to make plans for the coming year. This particular Christmas I seem to be less interested in decorating and buying and doing all those traditional and expected tasks than in the past. I know the reason why and it has nothing to do with time or money or being a scrooge. It has to do with my trip to the Holy Land last January and seeing the places I had only read about or sung about during Christmas in the past. I will reflect on those ten days, ponder the miracle, and as I make plans for the future, I will be more in tune with what is important and what is not-I hope.

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2011-12-25 11:19:06 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Carol Perkins

Christmas Reflections, Adair County News, 1909

By "Jim"

The following essay appeared in the November 10, 1909 Adair County News. It spoke with eloquence, clarity, and grace to your humble contributor, who finds himself a bit grayer of muzzle, longer of tooth, slower of gait, and shorter of memory this Christmastide.
The Road to Christmas

All year long we have been traveling toward Christmas--I and my old wife, our children and our grand children--not all by the same road, not all with the same expectations, but all looking out alike for the first glimpse of its smoke rising above the wintery landscape of the year. Now we can almost fancy that we hear the chiming of the famous bells--all Christmas towns are famous for their bells--and we know that shall soon be at our inn.

If life be a journey, and each year a stage upon the road, I do not know where else a sensible man would stop for the recruiting of his health that the fine old Christmas towns. There, if anywhere, men are found living together merrily; the inns are warm, the cheer is good, the amusements are the heartiest, and the society is the best. I have been through many a Christmas town --for I have traveled far-- and have rested thoroughly in each. I never found two of them alike.

Of late they have been much grayer and quieter than they used formerly to be; but I do not think that I have been less happy of the quiet towns at which I of late years have resided. Let me confess so much. As for those about me who declare them to be not quiet by any means, but perfectly uproarious with jollity, I do not interfere with their opinion. Children so easilydeceive themselves; it is enough for me that I am old enough to see things as they are.
Thanks to "Jim" for another delightful reminiscence. If you have stories to share for Christmas 2009, please send using any "Contact/Submit" button on the site. Comments are welcome, using the Comments button with this story. -CM

2011-12-25 11:04:50 | Comments | Printable version

NEWS: THE Christmas Classic. THE Christmas Story

From Bethlehem: A Savior has been born in Bethehem, also called the City of David. New Baby is hailed as Christ the Lord. MAP

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone around about them: And they were sore afraid . . .

And the angel said unto them, Fear not, for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Luke 2: 8-14

2011-12-25 05:41:00 | Comments | Printable version

Thanks for reader-editing of Christmas with CM

Christmas Day Contacts: Contact/Submit or call 270-250-2730.

For the most part, CM will be reader-edited today. We hope you'll share Christmas photos, Christmas memories, Christmas stories today, and maybe even delve back into CM's archives to nominate a story for the Anthology of Christmas stories.

A reminder: We know this is a Day to Be with Family. But when you have time, we hope you'll visit CM. We'll still be posting the news which has to be posted. We'll brake for lost pets, emergencies, and to post the happy stories of this day, and the sad, if, God forbid, any should happen. We'll post as much as possible as we can while we spend time with our family.

We'll continue to roll through the Christmas and New Year's Greetings already sent in, hoping to add many more throughout today and the coming week. We'll continue to accept Christmas and New Year's Greetings from businesses, organizations, churches, schools, (whether you are a current advertiser or not makes no difference), families and individuals and will post them as staff time allows.

A lot of people share birthdays with The Savior: There is a large list of Birthdays, Anniversaries, and In Memory Birthdays - Special Events for Christmas Day, 2011 - if we've missed any, let us know. We'll post as time is available today, and if not, soon thereafter.

Events: Do send your Special Events today, especially Christmas Church service related ones. One of us will be posting within two hours of receipt, if at all possible.

If you find a Christmas Card or a photo you'd like used to illustrate your card, in our archives and want it updated, let us know, using the Response Device with that card, tell us how to update it or ask us to do it for you: We'll do our best to do so.

It's a Free Service at ColumbiaMagazine. All of the Christmas Cards selected from your submissions are printed at no charge, even when we choose to give them front page exposure as news. We also post it at times you choose, but that's at the regular $100/photo message, or $15 per four line text message, for 6 hour time frame.)

May this be the happiest, safest, most memorable Holiday Season.

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Happy to be a part of the wonderful life in Columbia/Adair County and our part of South Central Kentucky. Merry Christmas.

2011-12-25 05:37:50 | Comments | Printable version

Santa's helper, Marsha Walker, writes

Marsha Walker writes:
That photo of Mema was worth every bit of effort Santa put into singing for her. What a sweet smile! Santa was happy to put forth his best voice.

Also, Tara, the puppy I advertised a couple of days ago, has found a new home with three children to play with. Thanks very much! --Marsha Walker
Thanks, Marsha Walker for arranging the "Santa Claus" Happy Birthday for Mrs. Marcum. The tradition of Judge Walker's unpredictable appearances in popular Columbia gathering places is every bit as cherished by Adair Countians as Harry Caray's 7th Inning Stretch "Take Me out to the Ballgame," or Happy Chandler singing "My Old Kentucky Home," at UK games. AND, thanks for the note on Tara. We'll update the entries to note another Marsha Walker Happy Ending Found Pet Story. St. Francis of Assisi is smiling down on you. Thanks for all you do. -EW

2011-12-25 05:13:37 | Comments | Printable version

Tom Chaney: No R742: Christmas Violence

Of writers and their books. Tom Chaney confronts the primal urge to hunt. Robert Stone selected this Tom Chaney Christmas Classic, with the note, "It's neat to have a column that begins I woke up this Christmas morning" to post on Christmas morning. The column first appeared in the Hart County News-Herald, Sunday, 31 December 2006
The next earlier Tom Chaney column, Tom Chaney: A Carol for Christmas

By Tom Chaney

Christmas Violence

I woke up this Christmas morning with plenty of time to make a couple of pots of coffee to take to our traditional family Christmas breakfast of country ham, biscuits, scrambled eggs, and the memory of Christmas past.

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2011-12-25 04:57:14 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Tom Chaney: Of Writers and Their Books

We're Still Learning What Charles Dickens Taught

CHRISTMAS CLASSIC: ANOTHER ANGLE, the Occasional Musings of a Kentucky pastor: This article was first printed 18 December 2005. It is a timeless commentary, very appropriate for the 2009 season.

By the Rev. Joey N. Welsh
E-Mail: joey_n_welsh@hotmail.com

December 17 marks 166 years since the 1843 publication of the short book A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. Written to make quick money so Dickens could pay off some debts, the story of Ebenezer Scrooge has taken its place as a long-established icon of the Christmas season.

In some ways the story is a traditional personal morality tale about the miserly and bitter Scrooge and his renewal into a generous and jolly soul. The narrative also contains a lot of direct commentary on the priorities of Victorian society and the wide social acceptance of poverty and injustice. (Original illustrations were by John Leech, an artist who earlier had drawn cartoons criticizing artists who ignored the social needs in the world around them.)

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2011-12-25 04:13:33 | Comments | Printable version

Merry Christmas from Martha Berry, outlander

Martha Berry writes:
Ed and Staff,

Thank you for the good newspaper you put out each and every day so we outlanders can keep up with what goes on in our hometown. It is a wonderful Christmas gift all 365 (or 366) days in the year.

Have a wonderful holiday and the best of everything for the coming year.

Merry Christmas to you, Linda, your family and all your contributors. - MARTHA
A Merry Christmas to you! Thanks, Martha Berry, for such a special note on Christmas Day! Of course you've made our day! What an admirable, Joan of Arc example you are, Christian soldiering on among the outlanders (the best type of outlanders one could find, by the way), all the while remembering the nearest thing to Jordan's shores is just south of the banks of Russell Creek, at 210 Lindsey Wilson Street and Downtown Columbia. Merry Christmas, to you, way off there in Campbellsville, KY. - EW

2011-12-25 04:03:57 | Comments | Printable version

Today, CHRISTMAS DAY with CM, December 25, 2011


2011 Christmas & New Years Greetings album & wishes.

The CHRISTMAS STORY ANTHOLOGY
Some new, some old, the way we remember Christmas, through stories of the past. If you have one of your own a new one or a remembered one from CM, let us know. Christmas is a time of remembering:

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2011-12-25 03:49:05 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today

Chuck Hinman: IJMA 134, Oyster Stew tradition

Robert Stone, has unearthed an It's Just Me Again, No 134, which exactly fits the season. He writes, "Believe it or not, I don't think this has ever been up on ColumbiaMagazine," Robert Stone. Mr. Stone has received word from Paul Hinman, the late Chuck Hinman's son, that messages about the column may be directed to him at: Paul Hinman,1023 East 41st Street #6. Tulsa, OK 74105 or email Paul Hinman: jhinman4@cox.net
Chuck Hinman died December 15, 2011. The next earlier Chuck Hinman column, was published posthumously last week, Chuck Hinman: IJMA : 188 : My Legacy (1922-2011)

By Chuck Hinman

Oyster Stew: A Hinman Family Tradition

You may think I have lost my marbles in suggesting that the weird looking and weird tasting oyster could be a part of the traditions of the Hinman family.

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2011-12-25 03:40:17 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Chuck Hinman - Reminiscences

Lost Boston Terrier at Jackson place, Longhunters

Trish Jackson writes
We have a new dog at our house which does not belong to us. He misses his home and family, so we would like to find out who he belongs to; he is a Boston Terrier. We are in Longhunter's subdivision. If anyone is missing their friend, please give me a call at 270-805-1467. -TRISH JACKSON
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2011-12-25 03:22:38 | Comments | Printable version


Birthdays and Anniversaries for December 25
Happy Birthday, Jesus Christ of Nazareth | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Eddie and Betty Jo Compton | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, James F. and Donna M. Harper (1958) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Adam Scott Morris (1977) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Alisa Parnell | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Christopher Rowe | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Glen Wilham (1961) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Harmon Parnell | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jackson Brooks Riddle (2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Roger Firkins | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tristan Wesley Darnell (2007) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday Delmer Eads, Jr., 79, Russell Co., KY | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dorothy Mae Loy, Columbia, KY (1940-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Thelma Virginia (Jenny) England, Adair Co., KY (1929) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Coleman Wayne Underwood, 72, Green Co., KY | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William Howard Spratt, SR., Taylor Co., KY (1926) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marian Brackett Keneipp, Adair Co., KY (1924) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Edrol C. Bryant, Adair Co. KY native (1927) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Flossie Haggard, Casey Co., KY (1912) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Randall Bottom, Taylor Co., KY (1960) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Flossie Melton Williams, Cumberland Co., KY (1925) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Anna Faye Helm, Russell County, KY (1954-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Magdalene (Maggie) Rexroat, Russell Co., KY (1932-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Susie Pearl White Barnett, Green Co., KY (1950-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ronald Lynn Brown, Adair Co., KY, (1973-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Victor (Vic) Clark, 91, Jamestown, KY (1923-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lula (Lou) White, 72, Russell Co., KY (1944-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Milton Tucker, 34, Casey County, KY (1982-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Opal Marsalin Richard, 88, Adair Co., KY (1928-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marlene Jeanette Beane Smith, Russell Springs, KY (1931-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Michael Wesley Karnes, Green County, KY (1949-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Teresa Gay Lewis Glass, 55, Glasgow, KY (1962-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Frances Lynn Grabill, 75, Jamestown, KY (1947-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Geraldine H. McKinney, 91, Jamestown, KY (1929-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jeanene Marie Vomocil, 80, Columbia, KY (1943-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Larry C. Rodgers, 72, Columbia, KY (1947-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marian R. Newton, 85, Campbellsville, KY (1937-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Beth Huckaby, 53, Campbellsville, KY (1966-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Odean Loy, 84, Columbia, KY (1936-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Orvis Ray Wheat, 86, Jamestown, KY (1934-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Patricia Sue Rodgers, 76, Campbellsville, KY (1944-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ruby Christine Scholl, Jamestown, KY (1928-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wallace (Wally) Johnson (1959) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William Micheal (Billy) Bernard, 68, Columbia, KY (1953-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Sunday, December 25, 2011
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
6:00amCTTime to check Directory of Churches for Sunday morning & evening worship service schedules. | (ID:15179, Comment)
8:00amCTAdair Extension Holiday Schedule: Closed Dec. 25-January 2 | (ID:15366, Comment)
9:00amCTChristmas Day Special Service at Great Oaks Ministries, Roley
The Great Oaks family, will be celebrating the birth of Christ at 9:30amCT, Sunday, December 25, 2011, at the church at 165 Dry Creek RD, Roley (Casey Creek), KY. All are welcome to come and celebrate with us. - PASTOR TROY LONG. Phone 270-250-2846 | (ID:15388, Comment)
10:30amCTVictory Community Church will hold only 1 service, at 10amCT, today, Christmas
Victory Community Church, 107 N. Reed Street, Columbia, Ky 42728 will not be having Sunday School or Night Service on Christmas Day. December 25th 2011.But we will have Morning Worship Service at 10:30amCT.. And would like to invite all that may not be having service that morning to join us for a celebration of Jesus Birthday. Wishing all a very Merry Christmas and Joyous New Year! For more information please call, Bro. Bill Henson, 634-0336 - TRUDY CRABB | (ID:15356, Comment)
NoonCTPause for Chimes at noon, Downtown Columbia, KY. Two Selections | (ID:15115, Comment)
5:00pmCT Chimes for the evening, Downtown Columbia, KY. Two Selections | (ID:15148, Comment)

  

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