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Daily News for Friday, August 24, 2012
Why studying a foreign language is necessary We do not live in a bubble here in Columbia, although it seems like it sometimes. We live in the world, not just the town. - SHAWNA WOLFORD By Shawna Wolford Personal commentary I have been hearing on a daily basis how taking a foreign language in high school is unnecessary. Many people who support the hiring of yet another agriculture teacher have been saying that learning a second language is silly. In their words, "we are Americans, why should we have to learn other languages? Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-08-24 17:17:15 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Commentary
Ronnie Cash, Burkesville, KY (1961-2012) He was a native of Muncie, IN and a member of a respected Cumberland County, KY family. He leaves three direct living descendants. He was a retired police officer and a veteran Ronnie Cash age 51 of Burkesville, KY passed away on Friday, August 24, 2012 at the Cumberland County Hospital Emergency Room, Burkesville, KY. Funeral services will be at 2pmCT, Monday, August 27, 2012 , at Ballou & Stotts Funeral Home, 304 N. Main Street, Burkesville, KY with Bro. Lanny Smith officiating. Burial will be in the Dodson Cemetery. The family requests visitation 5pm-9pmCT, Sunday, August 26, 2012at Ballou & Stotts Funeral Home. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-08-24 17:02:47 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Moorhead Pushes No. 20 LWC Volleyball Past Xavier 3-0 Sports news from Lindsey Wilson College CLEVELAND, TN - Kailey Moorhead made quite an impression in her first match with the Lindsey Wilson College volleyball team, posting 12 kills to lead the 20th ranked Blue Raiders past Xavier (Louisiana) 3-0 (25-16, 25-23, 25-7) on Friday at the Lee Invitational, today, Friday, August 24, 2012. Courtney Doyle and Taylor Hayne added eight kills each for Lindsey Wilson, while Emily Meeks posted six kills on just nine swings and Sarah Anderson added five kills and an assist. Kristi Hager paced the defensive effort with 27 digs and Andrea Taylor finished with a match-high 33 assists. - Lindsey Wilson College 2012-08-24 16:02:05 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports
Adair Hospital Board Special called meeting: Aug. 25, 2012 Adair County Hospital District Board Of Trustees Special Called Meeting 901 Westlake Drive, Columbia, KY 3pmCT, Saturday, August 25, 2012 Meeting Agenda
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Two car injury collision in Edmonton, KY Fri., Aug. 24, 2012 By Trooper Clint Walker, Assistant Public Affairs Officer News for Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY EDMONTON, KY - Trooper Brian Gibson is working a collision that occurred Friday, August 24, 2012, at 10:30amCT, in the limits of Edmonton on US68. A 2002 Buick, operated by Callie Millraney, age 78, of Edmonton was traveling Eastbound on US68. A 2007 Cadillac operated by Billy Sparks, age 81, also of Edmonton attempted a left turn onto Janes Street. Millraney failed to stop and struck Sparks in the rear. Both subjects were belted at the time of the collision. Millraney was not injured in the collision. Sparks was transported to T J Samson Hospital for treatment of his injuries. Story courtesy TFC Billy Gregory, Public Affairs Officer, Kentucky State Police Post 15, 1118 Jamestown ST, (at Exit 49, Louie B. Nunn Parkway), Columbia, KY. Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY, covers the 11 counties of Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Marion, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell, Taylor and Washington. Thanks also to Dispatcher Tammy Wheeler 2012-08-24 14:23:08 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports
Lindsey Wilson men's golf hosts Campbellsville Saturday-Sunday By Charles Balcom Sports from Lindsey Wilson College COLUMBIA, KY - The Lindsey Wilson College men's golf team begins the 2012 season against Campbellsville (KY) University, tee time 1:30pmCT, Saturday, August 25, and tee time 8amCT, Sunday, August 26, 2012, at The Pines at Lindsey Wilson, 275 Country Club Road, Columbia, KY. 42728. Lindsey Wilson is unbeaten in three President Cup matches with Campbellsville. -Charles Balcom 2012-08-24 13:03:14 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports
Searching for Hancock relatives of late Jimmy Foy A box of Hancock family archives found in Mr. Foy's home By Lorri Kavich I work in a residential building in Anderson, Indiana. Recently, one of our residents, Jimmy Foy, (brother-in-law of Georgia H. Hancock Foy) passed away and a friend cleaned out the contents of his apartment because he had no family to contact. We found a box of family archives with his name on it in one of our many storage rooms today, including 2 paintings of young girls dating back to 1914. One of the paintings had the names Nell Hancock, daughter of Junius and Molly Hancock, and another with the names Betsy Damron Hancock, Sallie Bett Damron, and George W. Hancock on the back. 2012-08-24 12:41:15 | Comments | Printable version
LWC Women's Soccer hosts Spring Arbor University Saturday By Charles Balcom Sports News from Lindsey Wilson College COLUMBIA, KY - The Lindsey Wilson College women's soccer team begins the 2012 season against Spring Arbor (Michigan) University, with kickoff time at 7pmCT on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at Walter S. Reuling Stadium, 151 Holloway Drive, Columbia, KY. Saturday's clash features a battle of top-10 teams -Lindsey Wilson is ranked No. 3 in the national poll while Spring Arbor is No. 10. Both teams are coming off seasons where they reached the NAIA National Tournament. - Charles Balcom 2012-08-24 12:20:12 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports
Bro. Mark Bradshaw at Flatwoods SBC, Sun. Aug. 26, 2012 Bro Mark Bradshaw will be preaching at Flatwoods Separate Baptist Church, 5680 Burkesville Road. Columbia,KY 42728. Sunday school starts at 10amCT with the worship service to follow at 11amCT, Sunday, August 26, 2012. Everyone is invited to come and hear what God has to say to them through the preaching of His word. - Todd Corbin. 2012-08-24 07:55:31 | Comments | Printable version
Of Bar Codes and Countries Re: Wants list of bar codes for the different countries There have been a number of emails circulating that purport to give a list of "country codes" in bar codes to make it easier to "buy American." Unfortunately, the list is not what it appears. (Article continues...) Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-08-24 06:28:46 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback
Two injured in Humvee crash in Washington Co., KY By Trooper Clint Walker, Assistant Public Affairs Officer News from Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY SPRINGFIELD, KY - Trooper Morris Farris is investigating a collision that occurred at at 2:03 hours, Thursday, August 23, 2012 , 7 miles south of Springfield on KY1183. The collision occurred when a KY National Guard Humvee, operated by Anthony L. Harrison, age 29, of Radcliff, was Southbound on KY1183 when he rounded a curve, dropped off the shoulder of the roadway, struck an embankment and overturned numerous times. Harrison and a passenger, Phillip Powell, age 35, of Richmond, were belted at the time of the collision. Harrison was transported by Washington County EMS to the Spring View Hospital in Lebanon for his injuries. Story courtesy TFC Billy Gregory, Public Affairs Officer, Kentucky State Police Post 15, 1118 Jamestown ST, (at Exit 49, Louie B. Nunn Parkway), Columbia, KY. Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY, covers the 11 counties of Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Marion, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell, Taylor and Washington. Thanks also to Dispatcher Mark Coker 2012-08-24 06:08:37 | Comments | Printable version
Today, FRIDAY with CM, August 25, 2012 Haiku by Robert Stone for August 24, 2012: Allow free flowing.--Robert Stone, Friday, 24 August 2012. -1000 haiku countdown to Chambers Stevens' 50th birthday, Day 346, in progress Countdowns
Weather Today: Hazardous Weather, if any The National Weather Service in Louisville, KY, has issued the following forecast for Columbia, KY. this forecast from update at 6:35amCT August 24, 2012Click to National Weather Service for Columbia, KY The Kentucky Mesonet is The Commonwealth's Official Source for Weather and Climate Data.Today - Sunny, with a high near 89. Light south wind. Mesonet stations are live in: Adair - Casey - Cumberland - Metcalfe - Taylor Quick links to Sunday with CM Columns - plus some - your comments welcome on editorial choices - added since Sunday, but appropriate to Sunday with CM, items: direct links to articles, columns, poems and/or photos possibly with other important links, are posted next:
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ACHS Girls Golfers 3rd in quad match at Lakewood CC Click on headline for full story with photo(s) By Kim Goodin, Girls Golf Coach News from Adair County High School Adair County Girls competed in a quad match with Russell County, Lincoln County and Pulaski County at Lakewood Country Club in Russell Springs, KY, on Thursday, August 23, 2012, in Russell Springs, KY. The low score was Russell Co. with 173. They were led by Brianna Coe (40) and Kenna Richardson (43). Pulaski Co. finished second with a 193. Pulaski was led by Elsa Moberly with a 35 and Kelli Blount 51. Adair Co. came in third with a 204 and was led by their two seniors Ashley Goodin(40), Abby Royse (52), followed by Madison Bell (53), Hailey Taylor (59), and Lauren McQuaide (74). Lincoln Co finished with a 215 and was led by Maggie Taylor (50). The Adair County Girls Golfers participate in the Kentucky Invitational Tournament (KIT) at Lakewood Country Club 4214 Highway 379, Russell Springs, KY 42642-6460 in a shotgun start at 8amCT, Saturday, August 25, 2012. 2012-08-24 05:38:24 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports
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Life Skills students learn about dangers of impaired driving Click on headline for item with photo(s) By Vanessa Burton News from Adair County High School One look through the D.W.Eyes Goggles and you're under the influence of an eye-opening experience. The specially designed eyewear re-creates the visual distortion, loss of perception and lack of control that impairs drunk drivers. Family and Consumer Science students in Mrs. Vanessa Burton's Lifeskills - Part A course at Adair County High School were able to experience the goggles during an activity to demonstrate the dangers of impaired driving. 2012-08-24 04:31:22 | Comments | Printable version
Gov. Beshear rebranding of Statewide Innovation Network For Entrepreneurs: Kentucky Innovation Network offers free services to entrepreneurs, small businesses across Commonwealth By Mandy Lambert and Terry Sebastian News from Governor Steve Beshear's office BOWLING GREEN, KY. (2012-08-23) - Kentucky's entrepreneurial community received a boost today with the unveiling of an expanded and rebranded program designed to provide free business services to innovative start-up companies. Enhanced with a new name, logo, focus and expanded locations, the Kentucky Innovation Network was unveiled by Governor Steve Beshear today at the Western Kentucky Innovation and Commercialization Center. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-08-24 04:20:30 | Comments | Printable version
Operation Christmas Child meeting will be at Columbia Baptist By Christina L. Kern News from Campbellsville University CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY - An Operation Christmas Child kickoff and informational meeting for Adair and Taylor Counties will be held Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 7pmET/6pmCT, at Columbia Baptist Church, 201 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY. Campbellsville University will serve as Taylor County's Operation Christmas Child drop-off location this year. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-08-24 04:05:56 | Comments | Printable version
ACHS Boy's Golf defeats Cumberland, Clinton Counties Remain undefeated in match play at 10-0 Click on headline for full story, photo(s) By Coach Steve Burton On Thursday afternoon, the ACHS Boy's Golf Team traveled to Dale Hollow State Park and defeated Cumberland County and Clinton County in a tri-match. Adair shot a team score of (161) to defeat Clinton's (180) and Cumberland's (223). Alex Durham and Daniel Rarey's pair of 37's led the way for the Indians. Austin Cundiff's (43), Riley Grant, Blake Maupin, and Korey Hundley carded (44's) and Trey Garmon's (48) rounded out the scorecard for the Indians. The Indians match play record now stands at 10 wins and 0 losses for the season. Coach's Comments - It is always nice to pick up a couple of wins, stated Coach Burton. Daniel and Alex both played very well. They really carried us today. Daniel is starting to show signs of coming into his own as a great player and Alex has been our best golfer all season long. I am proud of both of those kids. The Adair County Indians Golf Varsity, JVs teams will play Marion County, Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at The Pines at Lindsey Wilson, 275 Country Club Road, Columbia, KY. 2012-08-24 03:28:07 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports
Hospital and Ag issues: Amazed at how upset some got I just think Columbia has bigger issues for people to be upset with other than a kid taking an ag class every single year of high school. By Jamie Isabelle I am just amazed how people have become so upset over the Ag issue. I am not saying Agriculture is not important, however, I am certain that my parents and their parents never took an Ag class and were still able to manage to grow things. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-08-24 03:15:35 | Comments | Printable version Birthdays and Anniversaries for August 24 Happy Birthday, Beth Roach | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Charles Robinson | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Hayley McQueary (1995) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Jada Johnson Kelsay | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Jaylen Ray Wesley Holmes (2001) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Jeremy Phillips | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Marshall Judd | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Patsy Fudge | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Robert Absher (1998) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Steve Harmon | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Tammy Knifley Rich | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Clifton R. Conner, Jamestown, KY (1938-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Gaylon Delano Yarberry, Columbia, KY (1944-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mary Louise Griffin, native of Adair County, KY (1931-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Nell Page Noble, native of Adair County, KY | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Imogene Evans Holt, Casey Co., KY (1938-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Virginia Harden Siler, Columbia, KY (1937-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Homer Goodin (Aug. 24, 1939 - Nov. 9, 2003) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ruth Jessee Collins Young Wade, 74, Adair Co., KY (1935) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jeremy Wayne Perkins Taylor Co., KY (1977) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Sister Dorothy McMannon, formerly of Columbia, KY (1921) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ray Bryant, Knifley, KY (1913) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lonnie Duerson Holman, formerly of Burkesville, KY (1929) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, L.C. Kessler, Adair County, KY (1922-2012) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, William Lucas, Casey Co., KY (1924-2012) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, David Thomas, Dunnville, KY (1957) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James Whitney Barnes, Adair Co., KY (1928 | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Alice Courter, Russell Co., KY (1923-2012) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Sarah Akin Morrison, 29, Adair County, KY (1984-2013)> | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Louise Mosby Cook, 58, Metcalfe County, KY (1956-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Gene Brown, 79, Casey County, KY (1935-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Russell Pierce, Russell Co., KY (1918-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Sandra Kaye Pedigo Cilyok, 71, Barren Co., KY (1944-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ruth Ann Sims, Russell Co., KY native (1942-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Fausteen Chumbley, Casey County, KY (1932-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jeffery Wayne (Jed) York, 53, Albany, KY/formerly Adair Co., KY (1963-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lillian Lewis, Edmonton, KY (1927-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dallas Graybeal, Taylor County, KY (1936-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Charles W. Spurling, Taylor County, KY (1925) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, John Michael Lassourreille, Nashville, TN/formerly of Edmonton (1948-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lida Jones Smith, 75, Cumberland Co., KY (1943-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Charlie Robinson, 77, Adair Co., KY native (1945-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Clarence Allen (Bud) Liming, 83, Liberty, KY (1938-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Darla Faye Davis Asbury, 63, Green Co., KY (1958-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Delta Bland Hamm, 98, Casey County, KY (1921-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Donald Frank Robb, Adair Co., KY (1933-2011) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Helen Sharpe, 92, Campbellsville, KY (1930-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Homer Ray Goodin (1939) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James Turner, 74, Columbia, KY native (1948-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Leland Grant (1926) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Leon Leroy Nicholes Jr., 57, Brodhead, KY (1964-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Pearl Hadley (1917) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ray Bryant (1913) | (Updates/Corrections) Events scheduled for Friday, August 24, 2012 All events are listed in Central Time. 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