SUNDAY with CM, August 5, 2012

Haiku by Robert Stone for August 5, 2012:

Shadows in brightness:
people, virtues, useful deeds,
claim less thus gain more.

--Robert Stone, Sunday, 5 August 2012.
-1000 haiku countdown to Chambers Stevens' 50th birthday, Day 327, in progress

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Countdowns:

• It's 3 Days until Adair County District Schools for the first day of School for students, Wednesday, August 8, 2012. 2012-2013 Adair Co. School Calendar
• It's 29 Days until Adair County's Premier Sports Event, the 6th Annual Wacky, Quacky Duck Race.
• It's 29 Days until the Hospital Tax Recall Petition Deadline

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Hazardous Weather Outlook issued area at 2:46amCT, Sunday, August 5, 2012. Includes scattered to numerous thunderstorms. To see in detail, , click to Hazardous Weather

The National Weather Service in Louisville, KY, has issued the following forecast for Columbia, KY. this forecast from update at 5:15amCT August 5, 2012

Today - Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Tonight - Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

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: Books - Tom Chaney: No. R774: Revenge and Apple Fritters
• Chuck Hinman: Reminiscences - Chuck Hinman: IJMA 158, Putting up Hay in Olden Days
• Carol Perkins: Humor - Carol Perkins: Wrinkles no more
• Timothy Spruill: Guest column - The Barber Shop: It was like a day in Mayberry

This story was posted on 2012-08-05 05:20:46