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Daily News for Friday, March 13, 2015
Bro. Richard Lee Owens, 73, Windsor, KY (1941-2015) Bro. Richard Lee Owens of Windsor, Ky died Friday, March 13, 2015 at his residence in Windsor. He was 73 years of age. The funeral service for Bro. Richard Owens will be 1pmCT Sunday, March 15, 2015, at the Bernard Funeral Home Chapel, 367 North Main Street, Russell Springs, KY. Bro. Josh Owens and Bro. Reggie Tipton will officiate. Visitation after 3pmCT Saturday, March 14, 2015.. Burial in the Cedar Springs Cemetery. Special music by the Chimney Rock Boys. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2015-03-13 18:15:32 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
George Ella Lyon named Kentucky Poet Laureate By: Tom Musgrave FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed Lexington poet, author, lyricist and teacher George Ella Lyon as Kentucky poet laureate for 2015-16, the Kentucky Arts Council announced today. Lyon, a native of Harlan, will be formally inducted during a ceremony on Kentucky Writers' Day, April 24, at the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort. Lyon is a graduate of Centre College, and holds a Master of Arts in English from the University of Arkansas and doctorate in English from Indiana University. She has taught creative writing at Centre College, where she was twice a writer-in-residence; Transylvania University and the University of Kentucky; and has been a visiting writer in Master of Fine Arts programs at Vermont College, Spalding University, Murray State University and Appalachian State University. She works in 30 to 40 schools a year as a visiting author and is a frequent workshop leader for National Writing Project affiliates. "From her immense collection of poetry to her work as a teacher, George Ella Lyon's work is a portrait of Kentucky heritage and tradition," said Gov. Beshear. "The Commonwealth is fortunate to have a writer like George Ella Lyon living and teaching within our borders, and I am proud to name her the Commonwealth's next poet laureate." Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2015-03-13 17:01:00 | Comments | Printable version
Evan Bernard receives high honors from VSA By Shamarie Claiborne, District Migrant Recruiter/Media Promotions/Technology Adair County Board of Education Sometimes something great happens to the most deserving individuals. That would be the case, this past week, when Evan Bernard, a fourth grader in Mrs. Garmon's class at Adair County Elementary School received the news that his Art work had been accepted for the VSA Traveling Art Exhibit but that was not all, his piece was chosen for a holiday ornament that was given to all VSA board members --which is the highest honor. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2015-03-13 16:56:51 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education
Adair County Grand Jury returns indictments 10 Mar 2015 Indictments brought against 8 individuals. The Adair County, KY Circuit Court grand jury, Columbia, , KY, returned indictments against the following individuals on Tuesday, 10 Mar 2015: Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2015-03-13 16:22:51 | Comments | Printable version
ACHS Site Council meets Mon 16 Mar 2015 Adair County High School's regularly scheduled SBDM meeting will be Monday, March 16, 2015, at 4pmCT in the library at the high school, 526 Indian Drive, Columbia, KYI - Troy Young 2015-03-13 15:13:23 | Comments | Printable version
ACSO asks help to recover stolen trailer Click on headline for item with photo BJ Bray, with the Adair County Sheriff's Office, is investigating a trailer theft that occurred on or around March 12, 2015. If anyone has any information in reference to this trailer, please contact the Adair County Sheriff's Office @ 270 384-2776 or the Adair County 911 Center @ 270 384-6466. Thank You! - BJ BRAY, Chief Deputy, Adair County Sheriff's Office. 2015-03-13 11:43:31 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports
AC School Board approves amended 2014-15 calendar Spring break remains intact; Memorial Day still a holiday, but school will be in session on Election Day, May 19, 2015 By Robbie Harmon At 8amCT, this morning the Adair County Board of Education met for a special called meeting and one of the agenda items was the 2014-15 School Calendar. The Board was presented the results of the calendar survey as well as all the feedback that we received...Senate Bill 119 was also presented to the Board members...SB 119 allows districts to add Election Day back in and go under the 170 instructional days if we stay above the minimum 1062 instructional hours. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2015-03-13 10:30:25 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education
Lindsey Wilson Softball announces schedule changes Blue Raiders will now travel to Michigan for the weekend. Home opener at Egnew Park will be Mon. 16 March By Matthew Stokes COLUMBIA, KY - The fourth-ranked Lindsey Wilson softball team has adjusted its schedule for this weekend in anticipation of inclement weather conditions. The Blue Raiders (12-3) are set to play a pair of doubleheaders in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On Friday, March 13, 2015, Lindsey Wilson faces No. 23 Davenport (MI) with the first pitch of game one scheduled for 12:00pmCT at Farmers Insurance Athletic Complex, 6125 68th Street, Caledonia, MI 49316. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2015-03-13 08:15:13 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports
CACEDA moves ahead on Build Ready site plans Group has begun study to determine where the site will be in Green River Commerce Park, best size for project, which will cost approximately $1 per square foot, far less than the cost of a spec building for the industrial park. Plan endorsed by Judge Stephens and Mayor Hardwick. Click on headline for complete story. By Ed Waggener Mr. Will McDowell, Industrial Development Manager of the Kentucky Economic Development Authority, met with the The Columbia/Adair County Economic Development Authority at its regular monthly meeting, Thursday, March 12, 2015, to discuss the CACEDA'S efforts make Adair County an early innovator in a Kentucky idea, the Build Ready Site, to enhance for prospects for prospective employers. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2015-03-13 05:56:47 | Comments | Printable version
KY Afield Outdoors: White Bass runs around the corner Spring Fishing Fever II This is the second installment of the "Spring Fishing Fever" series of fishing articles. Produced by the Kentucky Afield Outdoors staff, the series details productive fishing opportunities across Kentucky. It will continue weekly until early summer. Click on headline for complete column with photo(s) By Lee McClellan, Associate Editor KY Afield Outdoors, KY Fish & Wildlife FRANKFORT, KY - Small creeks across Kentucky that normally run placid currently rage with brown froth. Reservoirs now cover marina parking lots and lakeside campgrounds. Most Kentuckians are punch drunk from the blows of the latest salient of the Polar Vortex followed by dreary, cold rain. Soon, anglers can alleviate this gloom by hitting the headwaters of Nolin River Lake, Taylorsville Lake and Herrington Lake to catch marauding white bass as they make their annual spring spawning runs. They don't have to own a boat to enjoy fishing as good as any in Kentucky. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2015-03-13 04:19:42 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Ky Afield Outdoors
Sally Margaret Barnett, 97, Taylor Co., KY (1917-2013) She had professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She was a native of Taylor County, KY, and a resident of the county at the time of her death. She was the daughter of the late Harrison & Virginia Perkins, and the widow of Alvin Lewis Barnett. She leaves 23 direct living descendants spanning four generations Click on headline for complete obituary Sally Margaret Barnett, age 97, of Campbellsville, KY, died Wednesday, March 11, 2015 in Campbellsville, KY. Funeral services will be conducted at 1pmCT/2pmET, Saturday, March 14, 2015 at Lyon-DeWitt-Berry Funeral Home, 503 E Main Street, Campbellsville, KY, with Dr. James Jones officiating. Burial will follow at Brookside Cemetery, 200 block, W Main Street, Campbellsville, KY. Serving as pallbearers will be Kenneth Barnett, Jr. Steve Barnett, Tim Tungate, Kerry Tungate, Bobby Minor and Adam Knott. The family request visitation 4pm-7pmCT/5pm-8pmET, Friday, March 13th at Lyon-DeWitt-Berry Funeral Home. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2015-03-13 03:57:11 | Comments | Printable version
Satie Bohanon, 71, Taylor Co., KY (1943-2015) She professed faith in Christ and was a member of Eastside Baptist Church. She was a retired employee of Fruit of The Loom in Campbellsville. She was the daughter of the late Raymond Pittman & Axie Elmore Pittman. She leaves two direct living descendants. Click on headline for complete obituary Satie Bohanon, 71, of Campbellsville, KY, died at 11:40amCT, Sunday, March 8, 2015 in Nashville, TN. The funeral service for Satie Bohanon was at 12pm noon CT/1pmET, Thursday, March 12, 2015, at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon Avenue, Campbellsville, KY, by Bro. Ivan Jones. Burial is in Campbellsville Memorial Gardens, 700 Old US 68, Campbellsville, KY. Visitation was after 10amET, Thursday, March 12, 2015 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2015-03-13 03:35:10 | Comments | Printable version
Willie Frances Pettit, 60, Green Co., KY (1955-2015) She had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of the New Salem Baptist Church, and was a self-employed house keeper. She was the daughter of the late John Pettit and Ella Wooldridge Pettit. She leaves one direct living descendant. Click on headline for complete obituary with photo(s) Willie Frances Pettit of Greensburg, Kentucky, 60, departed this life on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at her home in Greensburg. The funeral services for Willie Frances Pettit will be conducted at 10amCT, Friday, March 13, 2015 at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home, 206 S Main Street, Greensburg Street, Greensburg, KY, with burial to follow in the New Salem Cemetery. Bro. Landon Hadley and Bro. Tracy Moon will be officiating. Visitation is requested from 4pm until 8pmCT, Thursday at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home and after 7amCT, Friday until time of the funeral service. Pallbearers: Billie Judd, John R. Whitlow, Mike Holland, Jerry Arnett, Sammy Bonta, and Ronald "Bub" Bonta. Honorary: Doc Pettit, Marion Pettit, and Billy Holland. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2015-03-13 02:40:34 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Today, FRIDAY with CM, 13 Mar 2015 Haiku by Robert Stone for March 13, 2015: To take special pains--Robert Stone, Friday, 13 March 2015. -1000 haiku countdown finished, now for some more days, Day 1277 2015-03-13 02:15:46 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today Birthdays and Anniversaries for March 13 Happy Birthday, Anita Daniel (1966) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Billy Burton (1954) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Deena Murphy | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Grant Adamson | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Hayley Noel (1991) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Knox Tweedy (2023) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, LaVerne Reliford | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Monica Brooke Butler (1997) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Neal Sneed | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Susan Gaskins | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Zani Brooke Branham | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Johnny Lee (John) Wells, 66, Cumberland Co., KY (1949-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Shirley Sue Brown, 82 Russell Springs, KY (1936-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Cymbelline Rose Meadows, Greensburg, KY (1925-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Annie Ruth Norris, Burkesville, KY (1930-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Junior Graim Bagby, Greensburg, KY (1939-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Pauline Coffey, Jamestown, KY (1920-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bobbie McLean Ellis Burton, Adair Co., KY (1928-2009) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bobbie Glenn Foster, Casey Co., KY (1938) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dorothy Barrett, 81, Russell Co., KY (1929-2010) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, J.D. Melson, Russell Co., KY (1939) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Rayburn Dudley, Greensburg, KY, (1955 | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Sarah Perdue, Russell Co., KY (1934) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Hershel Hicks, Casey Co., KY (1944) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Bonnie Milby Smith Strader, Green Co., KY (1935) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Inas Winifred Barger, Dunnville, KY (1920) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Joyce C. Sells, Cumberland Co., KY (1951-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Wesley Wayne Perkins, Adair Co., KY (1922 - 2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Betty Nelson, Campbellsville, KY (1944-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Regina E. Cash Riddle, Clinton Co., KY (1927-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Monica E. Whited, 53, Casey County, KY (1961-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mildred Maurine Hood, Green Co., KY (1928-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Elizabeth Jean Gentry, 86, Green Co., KY (1929-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Gertie McKinney Hamilton, Breeding, KY native (1931-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Alton David Crockett, Green Co., KY native (1967-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Rex Brown, Campbellsville, KY, (1928 - 2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, William Allen Pickett, 93, Green Co., KY (1922-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Cleston McCubbin, 81, Taylor Co., KY (1934-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mark Robert Coyle, 55, Adair County, KY (1961-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ann Peterson, 89, Russell County, KY (1927-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bethel Tarter, 77, Russell County, KY (1939-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Daryl Branham, 64, Adair County, KY/Cumberland Co., KY native (1952-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Edward Grubb, 82, Burkesville, KY (1935-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Al Lackey, Taylor Co., KY/Cumberland Co., KY native (1939-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mr. James C. Daniel, 80, Russell Co., KY/Casey Co. KY native (1937-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Cindy Monday, 71, Casey County, KY (1946-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Curtis Reeder, 52, Jamestown, KY (1965-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Charles Allen, Casey County, KY (1935) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ruben (Hoover) Gaskins, 91, Taylor/Adair Co., KY (1926-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Doris Loy Turner, 83, Adair County, KY/Russell Co., KY native (1935-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ruth Agnes Carter Mason, Casey County, KY (1931-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bobby Claywell, Burkesville, KY (1944) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Allen R. Stephens, 50, Russell Springs, KY (1971-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bessie Lois (Finley) Smith, 85, Burkesville, KY (1936-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bobby Burton (1954) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Carolyn English Hall, 82, Adair Co., KY native (1939-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Deborah Murley Keen, 73, Burkesville, KY (1950-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Gary Bowers, 69, Burkesville, KY (1952-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Letha (Allen) Davidson, 63, Campbellsville, KY (1959-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mary Ann Brown, 86, Campbellsville, KY (1935-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mattie Lee Chrisman, 78, Columbia, KY (1943-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) Events scheduled for Friday, March 13, 2015 All events are listed in Central Time. 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