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Daily News for Sunday, January 8, 2017
Adair Garden Club planning meeting 26 Jan 2017 By Donna Jones, President Adair County Garden Club Although spring is still several weeks away now is the time for us to be planning ahead for 2017. The Adair County Garden Club will met on Jan. 26, 2017 at 1pmCT for their annual planning meeting, the meeting will be at the Adair County Extension Office, 409 Fairground Street. Columbia, KY 42728. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2017-01-08 16:15:46 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Farm and Garden
How prophetic the words of Rev. A.R. Kasey 110 years ago Robert Cumming writes: How prophetic and ironic the words of Columbia Methodist Church's Rev. A.R. Kasey were a hundred years ago as they come full circle. Now internet online shopping sales are eclipsing former mail order icon Sears Roebuck Company resulting in the closing of hundreds of stores and the business seeking a $200 million dollar line of credit and putting it's Craftsman Tool line up for sale . - Robert CummingComments re article 87971 Mr McLean Rev Kasey ring in 1907 with sunshine shadows by JIM. 2017-01-08 16:08:30 | Comments | Printable version
Anyone around the region applying for this trash grant? By Linda Waggener When winter sets in, our roadside trash becomes vividly evident and I always wish for a solution. I wonder if anyone in the region is applying for this grant or perhaps others? Click here for the story about this grant opportunity from the Energy and Environment Cabinet's Division of Waste Management (DWM). If you have information, or ideas on improving our recycling options and our environment, please click "contact" below and then select "Linda" in the drop-down option. 2017-01-08 13:48:19 | Comments | Printable version
Mr. McLean & Rev. Kasey ring in 1907 with sunshine & shadows 110 years ago, Columbia was growing and prospering. The tax base was rising. Business was booming owning in large part to the excellent schools here - Columbia M & F and the Lindsey Wilson as well as, the fact, Mr. McLean wrote in a piece for a Louisville newspaper: " . . . there are no saloons or places of vice...and the watchword is morality." But Rev. Kasey cast a shadow on the economic outlook, that can be read by clicking on the headline for this complete, fascinating story from the past . . . By JIM In 1906, amid national economic uncertainties that began in September, Columbia prospered. At year's end, Fred McLean, man-about-town and astute observer of the human condition, wrote a piece for the (Louisville) Evening Post; the Adair County News republished it in the January 9, 1907 edition. He wrote glowingly of Columbia's burgeoning population (an increase of several hundred since 1900) and the resulting increase in the tax base, which stood at nearly half-million dollars as 1906 drew to a close. And too, noted the author, "there are no saloons or places of vice...and the watchword is morality." Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2017-01-08 12:39:31 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Jim: History
History, the movies & genealogy: Pierre & Bobby Jr kin? About: - Kentucky Color - Lucy Clark Demumbrunn Chapter V Charles Marshburn poses puzzler: The Water Boy: - Do you think the Boucher Billy Joe mentions is any kin to Bobby, Jr? - Charles MarshburnInteresting question best left up to genealogists, Mike Watson, JIM & the Adair County Public Library. But without paying a high dollar figure to Henry Louis Gates, it's good enough for me that Billy Joe Fudge is a dead ringer for Adam Sandler. - EW 2017-01-08 09:34:59 | Comments | Printable version
KY State Reformatory staff and inmates build museum exhibit Museum exhibit commemorates prison's history Click on headline for complete story with photo(s) By Lisa Lamb News from the Kentucky Department of Corrections FRANKFORT, KY (6 Jan 2017) - Visitors to the Oldham County Historical Society's Peyton Samuel Head Family Museum will get a look behind the walls of the state prison many view as the most noted landmark in the area, the Kentucky State Reformatory (KSR). The museum's executive director contacted prison officials and asked them if they wanted an exhibit at the museum. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2017-01-08 05:45:15 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Kentucky
Kentucky Color - Lucy Clark Demumbrunn Chapter V Whether Lucy Clark Demumbrunn knew much of her illustrious 4th great grandfather, Pierre Boucher, or not is conjecture. Boucher's role in settling New France and dealing with the native Indians has a lasting place in history - of Metcalfe County, of Canada, of the United States, and of Toria, Adair County, KY. Click on headline for complete Chapter V NEXT EARLIER CHAPTER: Kentucky Color - Lucy Clark Demumbrunn Chapter IV By Billy Joe Fudge From the previous chapter we learned about the birth of Pierre Boucher (boo- shay) in the Perche of France in 1622. Pierre was Lucy Clark Demumbrunn's 4th Great Grandfather and was my 8th Great Grandfather. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2017-01-08 05:08:49 | Comments | Printable version
Ernest E. Dunbar, Russell County, KY (1931-2017) He worked as a parts delivery man and was in the U.S. Army and will be accorded military honors by the Russell County Honor Guard at committal rites. He was a native of Russell County, KY, a resident of the county at the time of his death, and his final resting place will be in the county of his birth. He was the son of the late Lola Fay Simpson & Oris E. Dunbar and the widower of Gladys Russell Dunbar. He leaves 15 direct living descendants. Click on headline for complete obituary Ernest E. Dunbar, 85, of Jamestown, KY passed away on Friday, January 6, 2017, at his home in Jamestown. Funeral Services for Ernest E. Dunbar will be at 11amCT, Tuesday, January 10, 2017, at H.E. Pruitt Memory Chapel, 202 N Main Street, Jamestown, KY, with Bro. Kenny Spaw officiating. Friends may visit on Monday, January 9, 2017, after 5pmCT, at the funeral home. Burial in the Ridgecrest Cemetery in Jamestown, KY with Military Honors by the Russell County Honor Guard. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2017-01-08 03:23:34 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Today, SUNDAY with CM - 8 Jan 2017 Haiku by Robert Stone for January 8, 2017: Even young child knows--Robert Stone, Sunday, 8 January 2017. -1000 haiku countdown finished, now for some more days, Day 1944 2017-01-08 02:25:24 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today Birthdays and Anniversaries for January 8 Happy Anniversary, Willie Mat Feese, (1915-2013) and Grace Feese (1922) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Andy Willis (2003) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Beverly Hollingsworth | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Brady Hixson (1999) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Brandon Harvey | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Dylan Mann (2002) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Gale Burris Cowan (1972) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Gary Mann | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Jo Greene (1972) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Maddie Harmon (2001) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Margaret Bault Varble | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Marilyn McGowan | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Marsha Napier | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Mike Burris of Russell Springs (1952) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Ronnie Cowan | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Shelby Robertson (1992) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Tasha Padgett | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Tim Blackistone | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Zack Giles | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Danny 'Coon' Calhoun, Adair County, KY (1953-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Patty Jean Fergerson, Campbellsville, KY (1933-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Glenda Sue Terry Smith, Russell Springs, KY (1939-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bonnie Faye Piskorski, Burkesville, KY (1938-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Donna Ann Corbin, Campbellsville, KY (1960-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Pina Lee Pyles, Columbia, KY (1919-2009) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Kenneth Grider, Casey Co., KY (1923) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Stephen Ray "Steve" Cassada (1950) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Naomi Ruth Cerezo, Taylor Co., KY (1948) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Freda Ann Pettit Kingery, Taylor Co., KY native (1958) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lou Keltner, Adair Co., KY (1937) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Wanda Faye Robertson, Casey County, KY (1946-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ovella Mae Wilson, Green Co., KY (1935) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James G. Wyland, Adair Co., KY, Kansas native (1944-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, William Allen Robertson, Center, KY (1940-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Creal Cundiff, 72, Adair County, KY (1942-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bobby Glen Eastridge, Elk Horn, KY (1935-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Kermit J. Brockman, Casey County, KY (1939-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Nathan D. Hale, Adair Co., KY, Russell Co., KY native (1934-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Shirley Lou Hendricks, 71, Green Co., KY (1944-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Clark Lee Prall Hopkins, 63, Taylor County, KY (1952-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Kim Brown Angel, Casey Co., KY (1961-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Christina Gribbins, 39, Taylor Co., KY (1976-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jason Timothy Gosser, 33, Casey Co., KY (1983-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Earl Lloyd Guthrie, Cumberland Co., KY (1941-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Charles Lucas, 90, Middleburg, KY (1926-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Michael Jones, 42, Burkesville, KY (1974-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Fern Spears, 82, Burkesville, KY (1935-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James Ernest Snyder, Casey Co., KY (1968-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Rebecca Jean Hogue Lay, Casey Co., KY (1940-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Clarence Wayne Price, 47, Green County, KY (1970-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mr. Roy Lewis McCubbin, Green County, KY (1932-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Malcolm Willis, 84, Marrowbone, KY (1934-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Joe Knopp, 89, Taylor County, KY (1929-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Geneva Cash, Burkesville, KY (1935-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Johnnie Bea Greninger, Taylor Co., KY (1938-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Elizabeth Edwards Rodgers | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Evelyn Fisher, 97, Greensburg, KY (1924-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James Weldon Wright, 86, Burkesville, KY (1934-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jimmie Douglas Moran, 78, Russell Springs, KY (1943-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lanny Smith, 78, Hustonville, KY (1945-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lucille Mary Davis, 88, Russell County, KY (1930-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mary Helen Montgomery, 96, Adair County, KY (1922-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mayrene Combs Bell, 76, Edmonton, KY (1945-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Montra Keen, 89, Columbia, KY (1933-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Norma Jean Taylor, 86, Columbia, KY (1935-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Norris Shawn McCawley, 50, Columbia, KY (1971-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Samuel Clark Vaught, 56, Liberty, KY (1965-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) Events scheduled for Sunday, January 8, 2017 All events are listed in Central Time. 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