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Daily News for Monday, June 6, 2016
Letter: thanks to all who helped Mitzi writes: Sure makes Adair County schools look good doesn't it! Thanks to all who helped make Jacob a successful young Columbian.Comments re photo 66975 Congratulations Jacob Cowan WKY grad Magna Cum Laude 2016-06-06 15:32:34 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback
Clevious (Clebo) Curry, 71, Columbia, KY (1945-2016) He was the son of the late Clarence "Happy" Curry and Annalene Todd Curry. He grew up in the Bomar Heights neighborhood of Adair County. He was a popular well-known personality in the community. He was a resident of Columbia at the time of his death. He leaves 30 direct living descendants. His final resting place will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Fairplay-Gadberry community of Adair County. Click on headline for complete obituary Clevious "Clebo" Curry, 71, of Columbia, Kentucky, died Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 1:48amCT, at T.J. Samson Hospital in Glasgow, KY. Funeral service will be Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 11amCT, at Grissom-Martin Funeral Home, 200 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY. Burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery, 4125 Johnson School Road, Columbia, KY. Visitation will be 6pm-8pmCT, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at the funeral home. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2016-06-06 11:30:22 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
VBS at Columbia Christian Church is 17-21 Jul 2016 The Columbia Christian Church, 206 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY, will hold Vacation Bible School, themed "Deep Sea Discovery," Sun-Thu, July 17-21, 2016, 6pm-8:30pmCT each evening. It will be for ages 2 through the 6th Grade. Transportation is available. Please call Adam Shepard at 270-384-2612. Please join us. - Adam Shepard 2016-06-06 10:40:29 | Comments | Printable version
Driver injured when 1998 Mercury strikes utility pole 18-year-old treated on the scene by Adair EMS, then tranferred to TJ Health/Columbia, KY. Accident occurs Sunday morning on Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY. CPD Ofc. Jamie Cole continues investigation of single vehicle crash By Ofc Josh Brockman Columbia Police Department, Chief Jason Cross Columbia Police Department Investigated a single vehicle accident that resulted in an Adair County man being injured on Sunday morning, June 5, 2016, at around 8amCT. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2016-06-06 10:31:31 | Comments | Printable version
Adair County has one of highest life expectancies in Kentucky Three major factors cited are 1) promotion of Farmers Markets 2) Walking and Walkability 3) Protecting youth from tobacco exposure Click on headline for complete story By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Adair County has one of highest life expectancies in Kentucky: 77 years. A life spent in Adair County is expected to be longer than most in Kentucky, and even longer than in all the counties that border Adair. Health researchers say that's due to a complex web of factors that influence health -- opportunities for education and jobs, safe and affordable housing, availability of nutritious food and places for physical activity, and access to health care, child care and social services. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2016-06-06 09:52:24 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Healthy Lifestlyes by Kelli Bonifer
Thanks to JIM for story on PFC Marion Nordine Lee Ann Sullivan writes: Thank you for this commentary concerning Marion Nordine. I have forwarded this to the children of my Aunt Frances. I am sure, Phillip Nordine, will be greatly appreciative to see this in print. - Lee Ann SullivanComments re article 83658 DDay plus 72 years A realization of the tragedies 2016-06-06 09:37:59 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History
Carlisto Oyugi, Columbia, KY resident receives LPN at SCC Originally from Kenya, Oyugi, plans to return to native country to assist with medical shortage Click on headline for story with photo(s) By Allison Horseman, Somerset Community College SOMERSET, KY. (6 Jun 2016) - It was always a dream of Carlisto Oyugi's to study medicine in the United States and earlier this year, that dream became a reality as he successfully completed his degree at Somerset Community College. Oyugi is now a Licensed Practical Nurse. Oyugi, originally from Kenya, attended college in his home country, but knew that learning more in the US would help him as he worked toward his goal of returning to Kenya to provide medical care. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2016-06-06 09:00:30 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education
CV Baptist Church VBS is 13-17 Jun 2016 Cane Valley Baptist Church, 3145 Cane Valley Road, Cane Valley, KY, will have Vacation Bible School, 5:30pm-7:30pmCT, Mon-Fri, June 13-17, 2016, The theme is "Fishin' On A Mission Part II." Please come spend a week with us at Camp W.I.A. on a mission to learn about being a disciple for Jesus! Friday night will be family night with a cookout and commencement. - Mrs. Connie Young 2016-06-06 08:40:02 | Comments | Printable version
Poetry by BJF: Painful as it is, we must not forget D-Day We must not forget By Billy Joe Fudge We must not forget.Comments re article 83658 DDay plus 72 years A realization of the tragedies 2016-06-06 07:44:12 | Comments | Printable version
Officiating minister at Peasley-Taft wedding is Tv personality Carol Peasley writes: The officiating Pastor John Bradshaw is director-speaker of the TV program called 'It Is Written.' What a privilege it was to have him come! What a lovely day it was! --Carol PeasleyComments re photo 66967 Peasley-Taft wedding Carol Peasley offers prayer 2016-06-06 07:40:08 | Comments | Printable version
Mike Watson: Yes, Molly Watson was Rockhouse Bottom Reeder Mike Watson writes: Yes, Chris Reeder, our grandmother was a Rockhouse Bottom Reeder, first cousin to Mr. Ed Reeder. Her father was Hezekiah "H.C." Reeder who lived and reared his family there. I well remember Mr. Ed. --mike watsonComments re article 83652 Chris Reeder Is Molly Reeder Watson related to Ed Reeder 2016-06-06 06:59:39 | Comments | Printable version
KY and the world have lost a giant with passing of Muhammad Ali Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes released the following statement after the passing of Muhammad Ali: Kentucky - and the world - has lost a giant in Muhammad Ali. We knew him not only for his tremendous skill in the ring, but for his courage and compassion. He taught us about what it means to stand up for what you believe in and to persevere in times of great adversity. His legend and lessons will long outlive his short life here on Earth. We will never forget The Greatest. Andrew and I are praying for his beloved family, and especially his beautiful wife, Lonnie." 2016-06-06 06:57:33 | Comments | Printable version
Monarch Butterfly Way Station to be dedicated at AC Library  Photo at left by Joyce Coomer: Wildflowers in Your Landscape: Milkweed is a win-win-win'The butterflies are thrilled, especially the Monarch Butterflies.' - DONNA JONES The Adair County Garden Club and the Adair County Public library, 307 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY, will have a dedication ceremony for the Butterfly Way Station on June 15, 2016 at 2pmCT. Everyone is invited. These gardens are something anyone in the community can enjoy, young and old. Please come join us. By Donna Jones, President, Adair County Garden Club If you build it, they will come... So we built it, and the butterflies came... Have you been to the Adair County Public Library lately? Part of the grounds have been transformed into gardens, but not just everyday gardens - Butterfly Gardens. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2016-06-06 06:47:30 | Comments | Printable version
Mrs. Margena Carol Bishop, Grab, Green Co., KY (1940-2016) 
She was beloved and remembered as a childcare giver for so many. She was a member of the Old Salem Baptist Church and of one of Green County's most respected families. She was a native of Green County, KY, and was a resident of the county at the time of her death. She was the daughter of thelate Weldon and Mary Shuffett Bishop and the widow of Paul William Price. She leaves 12 direct living descendants.Click on headline for complete obituary Mrs. Margena Carol Bishop Price, 75 departed this life Saturday, June 4, 2016 at her home in the Grab Community of Green County, KY. The funeral service for Mrs. Margena Carol Bishop will be at Foster-Toler-Curry Funeral Home, 209 W Court Street, Greensburg, KY, at 10amCT, Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Visitation will be 5pm-8pmCT, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, and after 7amCT, Wednesday at Foster-Toler-Curry Funeral Home. Ministers will be Bro. Darrell Landis and Bro. Howard Moran. Interment will be in Green County Memory Garden, Summersville, KY. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2016-06-06 06:24:25 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
D-Day plus 72 years: A realization of the tragedies 'We can never forget the sacrifice Marion Paul Nordine and so many of his comrades in arms made on that blood-soaked day seventy-two years ago. - JIM RELATED: D-Day at the Library presentation, with Mike Watson, at the Adair County Public Library, 307 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY. Refreshments. Displays. Free and open to the public. - Ernestine Bennett, Genealogical Librarian By JIM Seventy-two years ago today-June 6, 1944-Operation Overlord, better remembered as D-Day, began, and Adair Countian Marion Paul Nordine lost his life in the invasion. Pfc. Marion Paul Nordine, a native of Iowa, had moved to Kentucky in 1941 to work on the Wolf Creek Dam. When that project closed down in 1942 for the duration, he removed to Columbia, where he gained employment at the Cardinal Inn. Toward the end of August that year, he and Miss Frances Maupin quietly slipped to Lebanon one Saturday evening and were married. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2016-06-06 05:57:14 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Jim: History
WWNI super salesperson Handy started The Saddle Horn Stephanie Caldwell writes: Interestingly enough some years later my mom Rhonda also started a publication The Saddle Horn. --STEPHANIE CALDWELLComments re photo 66957 Favorite Old Photo A part of WWNI sales team 2016-06-06 05:50:13 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History
Linda Burris: Remembers visits to Mollie & Milton Watson home Linda Burris writes: I remember my Mom, Edith (Burchett) Burris, taking me to Aunt Mollie and Uncle Milton's house when I was a little girl! She was such a sweet woman! --Linda BurrisComments re photo 66962 Mary Lee Molly Reeder Watson born 5 Jun 2016 2016-06-06 03:41:29 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History
Baker family tradition of song leaders continues Click on headline for item with photo of new song leaders New song leaders at Mt.Olive Baptist Church are Addie Baker and Raylee Robertson. Addie's great grandpa Sam Baker led singing at Antioch United Methodist Church for years, He would be proud. - Tim Baker 2016-06-06 03:25:57 | Comments | Printable version
Regular 1st Monday siren text delayed until Tuesday. Time TBA Monday's regular scheduled 10amCT siren test will be conducted Tuesday due to scheduled maintenance. The time will be announced later. - Mike Keltner. Adair County Emergency Disaster Manager 2016-06-06 03:22:56 | Comments | Printable version
Heather May Peasley & Jonathan Taft united in holy matrimony By Diane Wallace On Friday, June 3, 2016, Heather May Peasley and Jonathan Taft were joined in holy matrimony in London, KY. On June 3, 1973, exactly 43 years earlier to the date, Ken Peasley and Carol Youngs were united in marriage in rural Dryden, NY. Ken would have been proud to be a part of this life changing moment for his beautiful daughter. In memory of her daddy, Heather chose to ask Ken's best friend to carry Ken's portrait with them down the aisle. The portrait was then placed in a prominent place near the wedding party. Congratulations, Heather & Jonathan! - Diane 2016-06-06 03:10:24 | Comments | Printable version
Chris Reeder: Is Molly Reeder Watson related to Ed Reeder? Chris Reeder writes: Could you tell me if Mrs. Watson originally came from the Creelsboro area of Russell County? My great-grandfather, Ed Reeder was born and raised in Creelsboro and eventually moved to Columbia. Just wondering if there's any relation between the two. Thanks for sharing the picture. - Chris ReederComments re photo 66962 Mary Lee Molly Reeder Watson born 5 Jun 2016 2016-06-06 03:04:19 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History
Today, MONDAY with CM, 06 Jun 2016 Haiku by Robert Stone for June 6, 2016: Brave of heart still smile--Robert Stone, Monday, 6 June 2016. -1000 haiku countdown finished, now for some more days, Day 1728 Kody Pelly Remembered Kody Pelly's life and legacy continues to grow. This year, in his honor, a check for $5,007 was presented by the "Kody's 5K" group to WHAS Crusade for Children, his favorite charity. The You Tube video below was publishedon Mar 5, 2014: Kody Pelly, 23, Columbia, KY (1990-2013) 2016-06-06 02:57:48 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today Birthdays and Anniversaries for June 6 Happy Anniversary, Jim and Annette Richards (1959) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Charles and Shirley Robertson England (1958) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Jeralyn and Pam Spires (1975) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Paul and Kathy Parker (1981) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Trent and Martina Hadley (2009) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversay, Tony and Judy Grant | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Alex Myers (1994) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Chris Ferguson | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Dallas Ray Neat | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Frances Salyers | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Heather Franklin (1993) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Jeremy Cox (1976 | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Lucas Rowe | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Myla Kate Curry (2008) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Patricia Goodin | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Rita Jones | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Sue Cravens Stivers | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Sue N. Neathery, 85, Burkesville, KY (1933-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Melvin Bailey, Columbia, KY (1921-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Billy H. (Bull) Scott, Burkesville, KY (1940-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James Grider, 86, Burkesville, KY (1933-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Phillip Gilpin, Taylor Co., KY (1941) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mary Alice Beck, Taylor Co., KY (1937) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dale Wayne Lane, Casey Co., KY (1970) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Norma Jane Derringer, Casey Co., KY (1942) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James Earl Humble, Russell County, KY (1935) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Freddy Wayne Estes, Green Co., KY, (1934) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ronald L. (Ronnie) Shuffett, Green Co., KY (1948) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ada Parson, Adair County, KY (1922) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Bernice Whitehouse May, Taylor Co., KY (1923-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Pauline Blythe, Cumberland Co., KY (1924-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Leonard Davis, Jr., Casey County, KY (1937-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mr. Maryland Bates, Casey County, KY (1937-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Miss Emma Grace Shive , stillborn, Edmonton, KY (d. June 6, 2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Geraldine Davenport Hamilton, Green Co., KY (1921-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Elmer Ray Dittus, Casey County, KY (1918-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jennett Elizabeth Brown, Breeding, KY native (1949-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bonnie Sayers Barber, Casey County, KY (1936-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lewis Daffron, 72, Jamestown, KY (1942-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, David Lee Clift, 72, Columbia, KY native (1943-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Juanita White Absher, Adair Co., KY (1936-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Margaret Polston, Metcalfe County, KY (1941-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, John Ervin Abell, 70, Taylor County, KY (1945-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mr. Theodore Archie Akin, 81, Green County, KY (1935-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Marilyn Roberts, 62, Russell Co., KY (1954-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mr. Raymond Howard Vibbert, Cumberland Co., KY (1927-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Phyllis Kay Wethington, Columbia, KY/Clementsville, KY native (1947-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ann Weaver Shirk, infant, Casey Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Carl Junior Kelsay, 71, Adair County, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Carolee Davis, 65, Liberty, KY (1955-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dorothy Coomer, 95, Jamestown, KY (1926-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Joel Allen Gaddis, 32, Campbellsville, KY (1988-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lana Jo Russell Kessler, Green County, KY (1952-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lettie Jane Burton, 86, Columbia, KY (1935-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mary Louise Luttrell, 91, Casey County, KY (1928-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Patsy G. Norris, 63, Jamestown, KY (1959-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Wiliam D. Caswell, 53, Greensburg, KY (1968-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) Events scheduled for Monday, June 6, 2016 All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
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