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Friday, December 29, 2017
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Salvation Army serves nearly 400 through Angel Tree program

Thanks to a generous and caring community. Adair Unit is now 20 years old. Volunteers are always welcome.
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By Jaime White, Adair Unit Chair, Salvation Army

The Adair County Unit of the Salvation Army sends thanks to our community for all the donations and support this Christmas season. Because of your kindness, we were able to serve almost 400 children through the Angel Tree program! We appreciate our many volunteers and always welcome more.

The Adair County Service Unit was established in 1997. The Unit is governed by a board of volunteers. Meetings are held the first Monday of each month at 9amCT, at the Adair County 911 Center, 107 N High Street, Columbia, KY. Any interested person is invited to attend and become a part of the Unit.

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2017-12-29 19:06:06 | Comments | Printable version

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Election 2018: Bethany Stanziano-Sparks



2017-12-29 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo from Bethany Stanziano-Sparks.
Bethany Stanziano Sparks, D, filed for the Democratic party nomination on the first day of filing, November 8, 2017. Photo above taken December 29, 2017. - Back to - Election 2018: Latest List of candidates, Adair Co, KY
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Martha (Maupin) Caldwell, Adair County, KY (1929-2017)

She was a member of Columbia Christian Church and retired from the USDA. She was a member of a leading Adair County, KY, family. She was the daughter of the late Mont & Mattie Keltner Maupin and the widow of David Caldwell. She leaves seven direct living descendants.
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Martha Caldwell, 88, of Columbia, KY,, died Thursday, December 28, 2017 at her home.

Funeral service will be Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 2pmCT, at Grissom-Martin Funeral Home, 200 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY, with Bro. Raymond Martin officiating. Burial will be in Columbia Cemetery, 315 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY. Visitation will be after 5pmCT, Saturday, December 30, 2017, at the funeral home.

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2017-12-29 17:43:27 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

KSP investigating Grayson Co., KY fatal shooting Fri 29 Dec 2017

Domestic disturbance/shooting ends tragically, with one man dead. No charges have been file. KSP Detective Scotty Sharp is continuing investigation. Case will be presented upon completio to the Grayson County Commonwealth Attorneys Office for review.
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By Trooper Jeff Gregory, Public Information Officer
Kentucky State Police Post 04, Elizabethtown, KY

(CLARKSON, KY) - (Fri 29 Dec 2017) Kentucky State Police Post 04 Troopers and Detectives are working a Death Investigation after a Clarkson man was shot following an altercation this morning.

On December 29, 2017, at approximately 2amET, KSP Post 4 was requested by the Grayson Co. dispatch to work a domestic disturbance/shooting that occurred at 4334 Grayson Springs Road, in Clarkson.

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Sad word of the death of Ellis Bishop, Cumberland Co., KY

The sad word has reached us of the death of Ellis Bishop, age 91 of Burkesville, KY, who died on Thursday, December 28, 2017 at Cumberland Valley Manor, in Burkesville, KY. A complete obituary will be posted here later when available from Ballou & Stotts Funeral Home, 304 N Main Street, Burkesville, KY.

2017-12-29 12:52:49 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Watch Night service at RS United Methodist Church 31 Dec 2017

Service in Russell Springs starts at 11pmCT, ushers in 2018 when group will enjoy breakfast together

By Sandy Evert

Please join us for a Watch Night Service at Russell Springs United Methodist Church, 226 Jamestown Street, Russell Springs, KY, on Sunday, December 31, 2017, at 11pmCT. We will usher in the New Year with praise and worship to our Lord with scripture reading, worship music, reflection, and prayer. Following the service we will enjoy breakfast together. - Sandy Evert

2017-12-29 12:04:10 | Comments | Printable version

Columbia City Hall New Year's Weekend 2017-18 Schedule

By from Tiffany Collins, Jada Coomer, Ann-Marie Austin

The Columbia City Hall is observing the following New Year's weekend schedule:
- Columbia City Hall offices are open today, Friday, December 29, 2017. 2017 taxes can be paid today.
- The offices will be closed, as usual, on Saturday, December 30, and Sunday, December 31, 2017.
- The office will be closed New Year's Day, Monday, January 1, and the following day, Tuesday, January 2, 2017.
- The January meeting of City Council will be on Wednesday, January 3 2017.
- City Sanitation routes will run through the holidays on a regular schedule.
- The Columbia Police Department will be on duty, though the administrative offices will be closed along with other city offices. Call 911, as always, when needing to alert police.
- The Columbia Gas Department office will be closed, but emergency calls may be placed to 911 or to the office number, 270-384-2006.
City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY.

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Mr. Todd Anderson, Burkesville, KY (1969-2017)

He was a native of Cumberland County, KY, and a resident of the county at the time of his death in Jefferson County, KY. He was the son of the late Kenny Davis & Virginia (Lewis) Riley, who survives, as does his fiancee, Alisha Cope, and many other close relatives in Kentucky and Tennessee, and his man's best friend, Magnum. He was of Christian faith and a self-employed carpenter and masonry worker
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Mr. Todd Anderson, of Burkesville, KY, passed away on Monday, December 25, 2017 at the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, KY, having attained the age of 48 years, 10 months, and 5 days.

The funeral service will be conducted on Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 2pmCT, in the Memory Chapel of Norris-New Funeral Home, 601 N Main Street, Burkesville, KY, with burial in the Lewis Cemetery in Cumberland County, KY. The family will receive friends after 4pmCT, on Saturday, December 30, 2017 until the funeral hour on Sunday.

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Dorothy -Dot- Ann Miers Patton, Green Co., KY (1939-2017)

She had made a profession of faith in Christ and attended the Liletown United Methodist Church. She was an accomplished organist and a retired school bus driver and teacher's aide, with an ever encouraging, heart-warming smile. She was a native of Luzerne County, PA, and a resident of Green County, KY, at the time of her death. She was the daughter of the late James & Vivian Allen Miers. Her husband of 60 years, Carlton Patton, survives. She leaves 13 direct living descendants. Her final resting place is in her adopted Green County, KY.
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Dorothy "Dot" Ann Miers Patton, 76 Greensburg, KY, departed this life Sunday, December 24, 2017 at her home in Green County.

There was a private graveside service at the Liletown Cemetery, Liletown, Green County, KY, with Rev. Lee Warf officiating. There was no public funeral or visitation. Foster-Toler-Curry Funeral Home in Greensburg was in charge of the arrangements.

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Mr. Curtis Hunter Burton, Taylor County, KY (1997-2017)

He had made a profession of faith in Christ and was of the Christian faith. Hunter was a welder by trade, and had earned his certification from the Tulsa Welding School. His guitar was his passion, so while his big heart made people smile and laugh, he also had a unique ability to touch people through music. He was the son of Tony Curtis Burton of Adair County & Mandy Kay Porter of Campbellsville, KY, both of whom survive. He leaves a brother and sister, Christopher Chase Burton and Kaylie Lynn Burton, and deep family ties in Adair and Taylor Counties of South Central Kentucky.
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Mr. Curtis Hunter Burton, 20, of Campbellsville, departed this life on Monday, December 25, 2017.

There will be a funeral service to honor Hunter's life on Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 12pmCT/1pmET in the chapel of the L.R. Petty Funeral Home, 1765 New Columbia Rd, Campbellsville, KY. Bro. Mike Humpress will be officiating. Burial will follow in the Jones Chapel Cemetery, Hwy 1752, Taylor County, KY. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, December 29, 2017, after 4pmCT/1pmET.

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2017-12-29 04:07:57 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Today, FRIDAY with CM - 29 Dec 2017

Haiku by Robert Stone for December 29, 2017:
Though two things seem same,
one may bring feeling of fear,
other enjoyment.
--Robert Stone, Friday, 29 December 2017.
-1000 haiku twice now, now on to more days, Day 2299



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Birthdays and Anniversaries for December 29
Happy Birthday, Alan Godsey (1996) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Angie Hinkle (1978) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Blake Corbin | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Brody Burton | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Catherine Robinson Caldwell (1929) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Chase Burris | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Connie Slattery | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ethel Burton | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jimmy Roberts | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Johnston Hunter Stotts (2009) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Karen Murphy | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lori C. Roy (1975) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Nick Rooks | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sharon Grant | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Stacia Jo Jill (1990) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tim Wheeler | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Zachary Sapp | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rita Popplewell Johnson, Jamestown, KY (1956-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Silas (Buddy) Harris, Campbellsville, KY (1934-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Timothy Robert Walbert, Metcalfe County, KY | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Peggy Ann Darnell Page, Adair Co., KY (1943) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Randall (Randy) Dewayne McFall, Taylor Co., KY (1970 | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Tommy Giles, Adair County, KY (1939) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ruth Garmon, Adair County, KY (1925) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Vencie Stephens, 79, Dunnville, KY (1932) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Orma Smith, Russell County, KY (1928) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Omie Bryant Burress, Adair County, KY (1917-2013)f | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Stella L. Tucker, Adair County, KY, (1941-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Delilah Gabehart Jones, Taylor Co., KY (1916-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sharon Grant, Adair County, KY (1953-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Louis D. Wilson, 89, Russell Co., KY (1924-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bobby L. Smith, 80, Russell County, KY (1937-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William Wilson Skaggs, Adair County, KY (1940-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Arvil G. Fluty, 83, Cumberland County, KY (1936-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Catherine Caldwell, 91, Adair County, KY (1929-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, George L. Barnett, 74, Campbellsville, KY (1948-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Glen Carpenter Blair, 86, Campbellsville, KY (1933-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jackie L. Wethington, 68, Casey County, KY (1952-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Ralph Tyler, 85, Campbellsville, KY (1935-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Helen Holt, 88, Russell Springs, KY (1931-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nancy Ellen Burton, 69, Columbia, KY (1951-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Raymond Rooks (1927) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Timothy F. Norris, 67, Jamestown, KY (1954-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Friday, December 29, 2017
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Sponsored Highlighted Events and Events with No Specific Start Times
Christmas Break CHRISTMAS BREAK: No Classes - Campbellsville University. Lindsey Wilson College. Adair County Public Schools District Campbellsville Independent Schools. Casey County SD. Cumberland County SD. Green County SD, Metcalfe County SD. Russell Co. SD. Taylor County SD.

OPEN TODAY:
Adair County Judge Executive's Office 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY Details, see: Adair CJE Mike Stephens office New Year's Holiday Schedule 2018
City of Columbia Offices, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY. Sanitation Department runs on regular schedule. Police on duty, but office closed. City Gas Department closed, but emergency calls will be answered.
Federal/USPS offices open: The Post Office and United States Federal Government observes New Year's Day on January 1, 2017

CLOSED TODAY
 Commonwealth of Kentucky state government holiday, many state offices are closed today,
Adair County Clerks office, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY.
Adair County Circuit Clerk's Office, Adair Judicial Center, 201 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY.
Send New Year's Schedules/Closings, now - New to CM???: To avoid delays, please call 270-250-2730 before sending. Otherwise, send to CM Contact Submit
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5:59amCT
EVENTS with SPECIFIC START TIMES BELOW
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8:00amCT7 County Area Court: Circuit Courts. District Courts, at at Glance. Not Official. Always Click to Docket for all Kentucky Counties Once at Docket for all Kentucky Counties, Choose 1) Circuit or District, 2) County - from drop down list 3) Verify dates :
Adair County. Adair Co. Judicial Center, 201 Campbellsville ST. Columbia, KY. No (0) Event(s) Circuit Court. No (0) Events in District Court.
Casey County Judicial Center, 231 Courthouse Square, Liberty, KY. No (0) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. No (0) Event(s) District Court.
Cumberland County, Justice Center, 112 Courthouse Square, Burkesville, KY. No (0) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. No (0) Event(s) District Court.
Green County Judicial Center, 200 W. Court Street, Greensburg, KY. No (0) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. No (0) Court Event(s) District Court.
Metcalfe County, Judicial Center, 201 E. Stockton Street, Edmonton, KY. No (0)Court Events in Circuit Court. No (0) Court Event(s) cases District Court.
Russell County. Judicial Center, 410 Monument Square, Jamestown, KY. No (0) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. No (0)Court Event(s) District Court.
Taylor County, Justice Center, 300 E. Main Street, Campbellsville, KY. No (0) Court Event(s) in Circuit Court. No (0) Court Event(s) in District Court.
Not an official docket. For official court information, check with circuit court clerk in your county. | (ID:51293, Comment)
9:00amCTAdair Co. Fiscal Court special called meeting, 29 Dec 2017 - AGENDA | (ID:51271, Comment)
10:00amCTServices, Russell Springs, KY, for Joe Danny Gosser, Russell County, KY (1942-2017) | (ID:51256, Comment)
Service, Burkesville, KY, for SR Carter, Cumberland Co., KY (d. 26 Dec 2017) | (ID:51282, Comment)
Service, Burkesville, KY, for SR Carter, Cumberland Co., KY (d. 26 Dec 2017) | (ID:51283, Comment)
11:00amCTA Home-Going Celebration, Garlin, KY, of the life of Rev. Homer Stephens, Adair County, KY/Russell Co., KY native (1936-2017) | (ID:51215, Comment)
NoonCTService, 12pmNoonCT/1pmET Campbellsville, KY, for Darrison -D.S.- Bowling, 72, Taylor Co., KY (1945-2017) | (ID:51285, Comment)
Chimes at Noon, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:51294, Comment)
1:00pmCTServices, Burkesville, KY, for Bernadine Voight, 89, Cumberland County, KY (1928-2017 | (ID:51272, Comment)
5:00pmCTChimes for the Evening, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:51295, Comment)
ADAIR COUNTY BAND BINGO - at Adair Band Bingo Building - Doors Open 5pmCT - Close 10pmCT Bingo is each Tuesday and Friday. Open 5pm-10pmCT/6pm/11pmET, in the Adair Band Bingo Building, 50 Shady Lane (Bing Map/Direction from Anywhere) Columbia, KY. License # ORG0002285. Five Regular Games, Pull Tabs, and Much More. Concessions available at all sessions. (Sponsored) | (ID:51296, Comment)

  

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