• It's 14 days to $40,000 for Mary's House goal target. As of July 16, 2012, cash in hand totals $10,371.00. See: Mary's House group will hold open house at Cane Valley Christian for information on helping.
• It's 23 Days Until Adair County District Schools for the first day of School for students, Wednesday, August 8, 2012. 2012-2013 Adair Co. School Calendar

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WEATHER: Columbia, KY/NWS Weather Forecast: TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2012

Hazardous Weather Outlook. Issued at 3:59pmET, Monday, July 16 for Tuesday, July 17, 2012 "MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAYTHROUGH WEDNESDAY AS WE GET INTO MORE OF A SUMMERTIME PATTERN.LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THEPRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS...
Special Weather Statement Issued at 3:55pmET, Monday for Monday, July 16, 2012 "...HOT HEAT INDICES EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS..." - NWS.

For information on Hazardous Weather, if any, click to Hazardous Weather

The National Weather Service in Louisville, KY, has issued the following forecast for Columbia, KY. this forecast from update at 3:15amCT July 17, 2012

Overnight - Mostly clear, with a low around 71. Calm wind.

Tuesday - Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday Night - Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.Wednesday A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9am. Partly sunny and hot, with a high near 94. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the morning.

Click to National Weather Service for Columbia, KY

The Kentucky Mesonet is The Commonwealth's Official Source for Weather and Climate Data.
Mesonet stations are live in: Adair - Casey - Cumberland - Metcalfe - Taylor

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Quick links to Sunday with CM Columns - plus some - your comments welcome on editorial choices - added since Sunday, but appropriate to Sunday with CM, items:
direct links to articles, columns, poems and/or photos possibly with other important links, are posted next:

• Tom Chaney: Of Writers and Their Books - Tom Chaney: An Island at the Center of the World
• Billy Joe Fudge: Local History - Kentucky Color - Antioch School around 1940
• Chuck Hinman: Reminiscence - Chuck Hinman: Saturday Night Live From Wymore, Nebraska. Memories of anticipation and participation in a tradition a lot of us knew a few decades ago: The weekly trip to town
• Carol Perkins: Humor/Advice - Carol Perkins: OOPs.

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