ColumbiaMagazine.com
Printed from:

Welcome to Columbia Magazine  
 



































 
Daily News for
Friday, October 12, 2018
← 2018-10-11 Previous DayNext Day 2018-10-13 →

To view another day, enter a year, month and day, and press enter:
NOTE: Date must be in the form YYYY-MM-DD, like 2018-10-12.

Dale Selby, 78, Russell Springs, KY (1940-2018)

Dale was a brickmason and a member of Grace Independent Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon and was a Charter Member.

Dale Selby, 78, of Russell Springs, KY, died Friday, October 12, 2018 at the Hospice of Lake Cumberland Jean Waddle Care Center in Somerset.

The funeral service for Dale Selby will be 1pmCT Sunday, October 14, 2018, at the Bernard Funeral Home Chapel, 367 N. Main St., Russell Springs, KY, with Bro. Caleb Shirley officiating. Special Music will be performed by the Severt Family. Interment will follow in the Jack Lawless Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 11amCT until 1pmCT on Sunday.


Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article.
2018-10-12 19:55:12 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

<-Previous PhotoPhoto 1 of 16Next Photo->
Dale Selby, 78, Russell Springs, KY (1940-2018)



2018-10-12 - Russell Springs, KY - Photo courtesy Bernard Funeral Home.
Read More... | Permalink | Comments?

Governor and First Lady to launch foster/adoption book

By Nicole Burton

Frankfort, KY - - Governor Matt Bevin and First Lady Glenna Bevin on Monday will launch a special foster care and adoption book, "Who Is in Your Family?," created in partnership with the Governor's Office of Early Childhood and Lakeshore Learning. The book will be distributed throughout the Commonwealth's nine Department of Community Based Services (DCBS) regions and by Kentucky Family Court judges.

The book launch will take place on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, at 10:00amET at Lakeshore Distribution Center, 547 McKinney Ave., Midway, KY. The event is open to the public.


2018-10-12 19:48:56 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Books

LWC Football travels to Georgetown Saturday

By Benjamin Riegger

The No. 4 Lindsey Wilson football team travels to Mid-South Conference member Georgetown (KY) for a top 20 matchup at 12pmCT on Saturday, October 13, at Toyota Stadium, Crawford Dr., Georgetown, KY. Thanks to a fan vote on the NAIA Facebook page, the Lindsey Wilson and Georgetown football game is the NAIA Game of the Week.


Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article.
2018-10-12 19:41:15 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports

CUMC Fish Fry and Fundraiser on Sat 20 Oct 2018

Columbia United Methodist Church, 202 Burkesville St., Columbia, KY, will be having a Fish Fry and Fundraiser on Saturday, October 20, 2018, at 5:00pmCT. Everyone is invited! --Wanda Wisdom

2018-10-12 15:09:52 | Comments | Printable version

Taylor County Grand Jury returns indictments Tue 9 OCT 2018

Indictments brought against 46 individuals from Campbellsville, Wilmore, Liberty, Russell Springs, Salvisa, Olive Hill, Nicholasville, Harrodsburg, Lexington, and New Hope, KY, plus Detroit, MI, and Chicopee, MA, on charges including assault, trafficking, theft, promoting contraband, forgery, possession, criminal mischief, escape, tampering with physical evidence, and inciting a riot.

NOTE: Indictments are considered formal charges. An indictment is not a finding of guilt. An individual charged by indictment is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at some later criminal proceeding.

The Taylor County, KY Circuit Court grand jury, Campbellsville, KY, returned indictments against the following individuals on Tuesday, 9 October 2018:


Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article.
2018-10-12 15:05:01 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports

KY ADB approves an additional $18k for Adair Co. CAIP

By Marielle Manning

Louisville, KY - The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board approved $1,898,727 in 13 agricultural diversification and rural development projects across the Commonwealth at its monthly board meeting.

Among them was the County Agricultural Investment Program (CAIP), which offers 11 investment areas that give Kentucky agricultural producers the ability to increase net farm income, add value to their products and diversify their operation. CAIP benefits and enhances agriculture across the state by stimulating markets for Kentucky agricultural products.

An additional $18,000 was approved to enhance an existing CAIP in Adair County, and five new CAIPs were approved by the board totaling $968,194 for Bourbon ($300,000), Bracken ($180,000), Jackson ($202,644), Rockcastle ($105,550) and Scott ($180,000) counties.


2018-10-12 13:52:57 | Comments | Printable version

LWC Volleyball hosts Fisk and Xavier Friday Night

By Clayton Barefield

The No. 6-ranked Lindsey Wilson volleyball team hosts Xavier (La.) and Fisk (Tenn.) on Friday at Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY.

First serve for the match against Xavier is set for 5pmCT and the match against Fisk is set for 7pmCT.

The matchup between the Blue Raiders and the Bulldogs is the second meeting between the two teams. This will be the second meeting between Lindsey Wilson and Fisk as the Blue Raiders opened the season with a sweep at Fisk.


Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article.
2018-10-12 10:49:52 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports

College of Medicine opens at Bowling Green's Med Center

By Don Sergent, Bowling Green Daily News

It was hard to tell which looked more pristine, the gleaming new University of Kentucky College of Medicine-Bowling Green campus building or the 30 fresh-faced students who make up the medical school's initial class. For the 300 or so people who turned out Thursday for a ribbon-cutting that opened the $28 million medical school building on Bowling Green's Med Center Health campus, it didn't matter. It was, as Commonwealth Health Corp. CEO Connie Smith and others said, simply "a remarkable day" that was the culmination of a partnership involving Med Center Health, the University of Kentucky and Western Kentucky University. Those three came together nearly two years ago to give birth to the idea of a medical college that would serve Bowling Green and southcentral Kentucky and address a growing need for physicians throughout the state.

Read the full story at bgdailynews.com



2018-10-12 10:34:58 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education

Nelson Sheriff's Office updates public on Crystal Rogers investigation

By Forrest Berkshire, The Kentucky Standard

The lead investigator in the disappearance of Crystal Rogers provided a wide-ranging update to the case Thursday afternoon that quantified, for the first time, in numbers, the efforts of detectives. "It is far from a cold case," said Capt. Jon Snow, the deputy sheriff who has worked as the lead detective since Rogers disappeared in July 2015. "We work on it -- if not every week -- then at least several times a month. We conducted an interview regarding it yesterday, so it is definitely not classified as a cold case." Brooks Houck, Rogers' live-in boyfriend at the time and father to her youngest child, was named early in the investigation as the prime suspect in her disappearance, but no charges have been brought against him in connection with the case.

Read the full story at: kystandard.com


2018-10-12 10:33:03 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports

City offices closing early to work on Columbia's Downtown Days

The offices of Columbia, KY Mayor, City Clerk and City of Columbia Gas Department will be closing today October 12, 2018 at 12noonCT. You may access our night deposit box located in the back of the building for payments (no cash payments please) --Tiffany Collins

2018-10-12 09:51:16 | Comments | Printable version

Letter: Where's the rest of it?

Lee writes:
Where's the rest of it? The large check, the signs, the pumpkins....the pumpkin piggy bank? --Lee
Comments re photo 81031 Squarecrow United Citizens Bank

Lee -- thanks for writing. When picking which photos to run, we chose one with fewer details. But our ace volunteer photog, Tiffany, did take a shot with nearly all the missing details: Squarecrow: UCB again, the Big Picture


2018-10-12 08:40:30 | Comments | Printable version

Voter registrations in Adair move slightly right

By Pen Waggener

According to data from the Kentucky State Board of Elections, Adair County has shifted modestly to the right since the last election, although the overall number of registered voters hasn't changed much. Between January of 2017 and September, 2018, the number of registered Democrats is down 221 voters, and the number of registered Republicans has gained a nearly identical amount.

Independent voter registrations had the highest percentage change, although the overall number of Independent voters in Adair County remains relatively small.

Libertarian and Green parties saw single-digit gains, and there remains a lone registered Adair Countian in the Constitution Party. No Adair County voters were registered in any other minor political parties during the period covered.

Adair Co. VotersJan 2017Sept 2018Change
Dem37973576-221
Rep89939216+223
Other440437-3
Ind316348+32
Libert1921+2
Green34+1
Const110
 
Male65126561+49
Female70577042-15
 
Registered1356913603+34


2018-10-12 06:45:23 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Politics

CES students learn bicycle safety

By Calen McKinney

Campbellsville Elementary School students recently learned how to ride their bicycles safely. Doug Beckhart, a bicycle safety educator with Kosair Children's Hospital, came to CES to show fourth-grade students the proper way to ride a bicycle.

Beckhart told students they should always wear a helmet while riding a bicycle, no matter if they don't want to and how old they are. He also told them the proper way to signal while turning, how to cross railroad tracks and to always be careful and avoid hitting others.

Students rode through an obstacle course to test their skills.


2018-10-12 05:38:25 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education

Today - FRIDAY with CM - 12 Oct 2018

Haiku by Robert Stone for October 12, 2018:
Being too greedy,
one may by overreaching
lose what is in hand.
--Robert Stone, Friday, 12 October 2018.
-1000 haiku twice now, now on to more days, Day 2586


2018-10-12 05:36:25 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today


Birthdays and Anniversaries for October 12
Happy Anniversary, Christopher and Natoshia Harmon (1996) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Darrell and Nadene Pelston (1987) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Mark and Melissa Franklin | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Michele and Mark Hale, 1991 | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Randall and Brenda Clark (1963) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Benjamin Kingrey (2006) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Beth Ann Holmes | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Bob Chelf | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Bobby Bowe | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Carol Lacy | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Josie Rae Blair (2009) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Joyce Cheatham | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Peggy Gilbert Hunt | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Richie Estes | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Rollin McQueary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wilbur L. Garner, 54, Russell County, KY (1960-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jewell Parton, Casey County, KY (1924-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Freddy Harper, Windsor, KY (1939-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Glenda Sue Lane, Casey Co., KY (1973) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Christine Davis Morris, Green Co., KY (1927) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Arvis Ray Holt, Russell Co., KY (1921) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Janice Gaines, Taylor Co., KY (1935) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Richard Fiore (Poli) Marrapodi, Adair County, KY (1988) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Timothy Todd Whitlow, Green Co., KY (1976-2012) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bobby Keltner, Taylor County, KY (1942) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Aaron Walters, Taylor County, KY (1973) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Opal Mings, Taylor Co., KY (1921-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lori Ann Antle, Russell County, KY (1962-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William David Cook, Campbellsville, KY (1940-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Pearlie Mae Popplewell, Russell County, KY (1928-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lillian Frances Ballard Cooksey, 85, Burkesville, KY (1929-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Genevieve Weaver Burke, Casey Co., KY (1924-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Garrett III, Casey County, KY (1937-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joyce Goff, Taylor Co., KY (1939-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Evelyn Hedgespeth, 89, Taylor County, KY (1926-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rodney Wooten, 60, Milltown, KY (1956-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sharon Mason, 62, Casey County, KY (1954-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Bobby Rainwater, 67, Campbellsville, KY (1949-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Joe Rice, Taylor Co., KY (1954-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sylvia Mae Huffman Allen, Summer Shade, KY (1951-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Carl Davis Hines, 76, Metcalfe County, KY (1941-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Carl Gibson, Metcalfe County, KY (1941-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Elizabeth (Giles) Melton, 58, Adair Co., KY (1959-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Benny Read, 82, Campbellsville, KY (1939-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cliff Lamb, 90, Campbellsville, KY (1928-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Edith Richards, 1908-1996) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jane Allen Marshall Coffey, 89, Greensburg, KY (1931-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Judy Bernard Pendleton, 73, Casey Co., KY (1947-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Junius Earl Bryant, 94, Adair Co., KY native (1925-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Peggy Ann Hunt, 54, Taylor Co., KY (1961-2015) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sheldon Ray Barrett, 79, Russell Springs, KY (1942-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Stella Martin Allen, 88, Indianapolis, IN (1931-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Friday, October 12, 2018
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
7:00amCTAdair County Board of Education Central Office closed today for Fall Break | (ID:55766, Comment)
NoonCTCity offices closing at noon to work on Columbia's Downtown Days | (ID:55816, Comment)
1:00pmCTAdair County Annex Building closes at 1pm to support the Downtown Days Festival | (ID:55792, Comment)
4:00pmCTDowntown Days schedule of events | (ID:55745, Comment)
4:30pmCTDowntown Days: Vendor Booths Open | (ID:55796, Comment)
5:00pmCTDowntown Days: Kiddie Train Rides start | (ID:55797, Comment)
6:00pmCTDowntown Days: "To the Nines" night market on the Public Square | (ID:55798, Comment)
Downtown Days: Beauty Pageant, Public Square | (ID:55799, Comment)
Downtown Days: Kentucky Just Us (Bluegrass) on the Main Stage | (ID:55800, Comment)
7:30pmCTDowntown Days: Cumberland Thunder (Gospel) on the Main Stage | (ID:55801, Comment)

 

































 
 
Quick Links to Popular Features


Looking for a story or picture?
Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com.

 

Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728.
Phone: 270.403.0017


Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.