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Lichen in photo is Cladonia Rangiferina: Reindeer Moss

But it is not a moss as it's name indicates. It's a symbiotic organism, part fungus, part alga. How this one arrived on Fortune Street? - "This little new individual almost certainly came to rest on this dead limb when the wind most likely helped it spread its tiny reproductive packets of fungal cells wrapping a few algal cells. The fungus has no roots, stems, or leaves and absorbs water and minerals from its surroundings by use of threads that help anchor it. - ALAN REED
Comments re photo 58301 What is it Deer lichen

By Alan Reed

The species shown is Cladonia rangiferina, commonly known as Reindeer lichen or Reindeer "moss"---though it is not a moss at all. It is not even a plant.

The name comes from the the bluish-green body is that of a fungus. The fungal part (the visible part) has an interesting partnership with a one-celled alga, which it harbours inside its tissues.


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2014-12-28 16:38:07 | Comments | Printable version

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Verneeda Jones, 89, Knifley, KY (1925-2014)



2014-12-28 - 210 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY - Photo from Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home.

Verneeda Jones, 89, Knifley, KY (1925-2014)



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Pina Francis Ballard, Casey County, KY (1940-2014)

She was a retired Dietary Manager for Charleston Healthcare. She was a native of Casey County, KY, and a resident of the county at the time of her death. She was the daughter of the late Smith and Mary Crawley Lynn. Her spouse, Joseph Anthony Ballard, survives. She leaves 22 direct living descendants.
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Pina Francis Ballard, age 72, of Danville, KY passed away on Saturday December 27, 2014 at Ephraim McDowell Regional Hospital, Danville, KY.

Funeral Services will be held 1pmCT/2pmET, Wednesday December 31, 2014 at Bartle Funeral Home Chapel, 142 KY 49, Liberty, KY with Bro. Charles Lynn officiating. Burial will be in the Peyton Cemetery. Visitation will be held after 9amCT/10amET, on Wednesday, December 31 , 2014 at Bartle Funeral Home Chapel.


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2014-12-28 15:52:52 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Verneeda Jones, 89, Knifley, KY (1925-2014)

She was a member of Plum Point Baptist Church and a homemaker. She was a native of Perry County, IL and was a resident of Adair County, KY, at the time of her death. She was the daughter of the late Fred & Bessie Kimmel Hooper. She was the widow of Lyman O. Key and later married Cotton Jones, who also preceded her in death. She leaves 20 direct living descendants.
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Verneeda Jones age 89 years of Knifley, KY, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2014, at 11:40amCT, at Westlake Regional Hospital Emergency Room, Columbia, KY.

Funeral service will be Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 11amCT, at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home, 210 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY, with Rev. Lewis Haynes the officiating clergy. Interment in the Elliott Cemetery in Taylor County. Visitation will be after 4pmCT, Tuesday, December 30, 2014, at the funeral home.


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2014-12-28 15:34:50 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Robert Don Cox, 70, Taylor Co., KY (1944-2014)

He professed faith in Christ and was of the Methodist faith. He was a retired employee of Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville. He was a native of Casey County, KY, and a resident of Taylor County, KY, at the time of his death. He was the son of the late Willard Cox and Hallie Rash Cox Ratcliff. His wife of 49 years, Margaret Ann Cox, survives. He leaves 13 direct living descendants.
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Robert Don Cox, 70, of Campbellsville, KY, died at 1:49pmET, Saturday, December 27, 2014, in Campbellsville, KY.

The funeral service will be at 12pmCT/1pmET, Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon Avenue, Campbellsville, KY., by Rev. Rob Hughes. Burial will be in Campbellsville Memorial Gardens, 700 Old US 68, Campbellsville, KY. Visitation will be 4pm-7pmCT/5pm-8pmET, Monday, December 29, 2014, at the funeral home.


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2014-12-28 15:20:58 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

100 years ago: a report on Russell Creek Academy, Dec. 1914

Today the Russell Creek Academy has grown and evolved into Campbellsville University.
Click on headline for complete story. Then to continue reading more JIM columns, including the next previous ones, scroll beyond the end of this column and links to others will appear. Each time you read another column, that list changes to allow continuous read as far back as you wish. There should be dual credit, college and self education, for studies in JIM.

By JIM

The following letter, penned by Rev. L.C. Kelley and published in the December 30, 1914 edition of the Adair County News, gives a fascinating glimpse of the still-fledgling institution now known as Campbellsville University.

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"Thinking your readers would be interested in the progress of the Russell Creek Baptist Academy, we venture to write a few things about it. The first term ended last week, the second term begins Jan. 4th. We have had the best school so far, in the history of the school. Our attendance, while good, has not been too large to give special attention to the individual student, a fact which has already told in the progress of the pupils.


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2014-12-28 14:48:34 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Jim: History

Springer spaniel visitor shows no interest in leaving Knifley

Came Christmas Eve; liked it so much he's stayed on from three more days.; host hopes he can be reunited with his family.

Update on Christmas Eve guest at Knifley home:
"This playful pup (PHOTO) still hanging out. After further examination it's obvious he is not a yearling but probably 6 months or younger. Still shows no interest in leaving," <->Host of Unexpected Christmas Eve Guest Springer Spaniel Pup who dropped in Christmas Eve and is Still Here in Knifley, KY.
If he's yours, call 270-465-0897 and leave message.


2014-12-28 13:10:47 | Comments | Printable version

Mrs. Carolyn Jewell Milby, Green Co., KY (1945-2014)

She had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of the Aetna Grove Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and farmer. She was a native of Green County, KY, and a resident of the county at the time of her death. She was the daughter of the late William and Lorene Edwards Jewel and the widow of R.C. Milby, Jr. She leaves eight direct living descendants.
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Mrs. Carolyn Jewell Milby departed this life Saturday, December 27, 2014 at her home in the Summersville Community of Green County, KY.

A graveside service will be 2pmCT, Sunday, December 28, 2014, at the Aetna Grove Cemetery with Rev. Leslie Jewell officiating.


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2014-12-28 12:39:35 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Robert E. Hutchison, Frankfort, KY (d. 23 Dec 2014)

Bob lived a wonderful life. He was the father of Ramie Hutchison, Columbia, KY. He loved his family, friends and especially his grandson, Evan. He was a native of Pennsylvania who moved to Kentucky in the 1970s and working first with WLEX-Tv in Lexington, KY. He retired in 2005 after a career with Kentucky Educational Television, where he was a video engineer and was known as the "Golden Voice" of KET. He was was a teacher, a master musician, and a performer in American Radio Theater. He He will be truly missed.
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Robert E. Hutchison, Frankfort, KY, passed away on Tuesday, December 23, 2014.

Funeral services will be 1:30pmCT/2:30pmET, Monday, December 29, 2014, at Harrod Brothers Funeral Home, 312 Washington Street, Frankfort, KY with Dr. Phil Hill and Rev. Tonya Kenner officiating. Burial will follow in Frankfort Cemetery. Family and friends will be received at the funeral home Sunday, December 28, 2014, from 1pm-4pmCT/2pm-5pmET.


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2014-12-28 12:00:31 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Lost Springer Spaniel listed this morning reunited before noon

Posted CM Classifieds Sun 28 Dec 2014. Reunion Confirmation at 11:40amCT Sun 28 Dec 2014.
There are still missing, found, and for adoption pets in
CM Animals

The Springer Spaniel has been reunited with her owner. I always tell people who have lost or found a pet to post it on Columbia Magazine for fast results. Peg Schaeffer. Sugarfoot Farm Rescue, 860 Sparksville Road, Columbia, KY 42728. Telephone: home 270-378-4521 or cell 270-634-4675 email: sugarfootfarmrescue@yahoo.com


2014-12-28 11:23:36 | Comments | Printable version

Happy Tail: No coal in their stockings

In spite of a hectic week, it was one Peg Schaeffer and the dogs at Sugarfoot got a taste of the real meaning of Christmas, thanks to so many people, including Greensburg teachers Alyson Thompson and Kaitlyn Taylor, Vicki Shivel of Russell Springs, Ariana Wooten, Larry Smith of the WAVE, Dr. King's staff, and Community Medical Services. For the dogs, not one got coal in its stocking, not even Darryl, the lovable but mischievous permanent resident at Sugarfoot. With that, here's this week's Happy Tail - short but sweet. "I have had a week like you'd never believe. I have been flat out since Wednesday. Today I took in 6 Chihuahuas, a German Shepherd, a parrot, two love birds, and a parakeet - all from the same person. None of the dogs have been spayed or neutered, the Chihuahuas are in sad shape and the German Shepherd has been tied most of his life. I will be posting them for adoption as soon as they are in better health," Peg wrote with this week's column, one we think everyone will say is one of her best. -CM
Click on headline for complete column. Then to continue reading more Happy Tail columns by Peg Schaeffer, including the next previous ones, scroll beyond the end of this column and links to others will appear. Each time you read another column, that list changes to allow continuous read as far back as you wish. Would be a bad way to spend this Sunday, especially if you love animals the way Peg Schaeffer does!

By Peg Schaeffer

I told the dogs they would be getting coal in their stockings this year but the kind hearted folks in the area made sure that didn’t happen.


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2014-12-28 04:31:37 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Happy Tails by Peg Shaefer

Carol Perkins: Want to hit the slopes?

There is no longer a Ski Butler, but I never go up 1-71 that I don't see the sign and say, "Want to hit the slopes?" Then we retell the story once again, this time after a lapse of five years.
Click on headline for complete column. Then to continue reading more Carol Perkins articles, including the next previous ones, scroll beyond the end of this column and links to others will appear. It's almost never-ending fun!

By Carol Perkins

"We need to try something new each year."

I revealed my plan to my husband Guy. "We're forty-five. If we try a new adventure each year until we're sixty, think of everything we can do. We can go skiing, white water rafting, horseback riding, and maybe take a ride in a hot air balloon.

He didn't see anything wrong with what we were doing now.


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2014-12-28 03:37:43 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Carol Perkins

Tine Reynolds wants more information about Cyrus Wheat house

A letter was received this Sunday morning with a number of questions about the Cyrus Wheat house at Montpelier, with a thanks to Steven Weston for writing the notes on the beautiful old home in SE Adair County near the Russell County line and suggests the possibility of a gift shop there.
Comments re photo 57743 Beautiful home Montpelier KY The Cyrus Wheat Mansion

Questions about Montpelier from Tine Reynolds

Tine Reynolds asks, "Any connection between this Montpelier and the name of James Madison's estate in Orange Co., VA?"

And she wonders how much today's house is like the original one:


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2014-12-28 03:10:09 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History

Tom Chaney: The Ledger of a Country Store

Of Writers And Their Books: The Ledger of a Country Store. Tom reports from family tradition and a ledger how things were in the ‘old’ days. This column first appeared 25 September 2005.
The next earlier Tom Chaney column: Shadows on the Wall of The Cave

By Tom Chaney

The Ledger of a Country Store

Every now and again we are privileged to be given a raw glimpse into the past. A glimpse not marred by the lens of the historian, no matter how competent.

I am in possession of a document that gives me such a view.<


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2014-12-28 02:17:25 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Tom Chaney: Of Writers and Their Books

Chuck Hinman: IJMA: Memories of Santa Unfriendly House

Previously: Memories of Christmases Past Chuck says in spite of having no fireplace, Santa never missed leaving presents for the Hinman kids.
Next earlier Chuck Hinman column - Grandma’s Doll: A Hinman Family Christmas Story

By Chuck Hinman

Memories of Christmases Past

My earliest Christmas remembrance is in the 1920's when we lived in the farm home where I grew up between Liberty and Wymore in southeastern Nebraska. The house was large, almost new and had all the 'bells and whistles' except one. There was no fireplace and/or fireplace chimney for Santa to enter the house! Ye gads, Dad, why did we move here? This house is Santa Claus unfriendly!


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2014-12-28 02:12:02 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Chuck Hinman - Reminiscences

Today, SUNDAY with CM, 28 Dec 2014

Haiku by Robert Stone for December 28, 2014:
While dogs can be liked,
no cat will wait patiently,
so cats must be loved.
--Robert Stone, Sunday, 28 December 2014.
-1000 haiku countdown finished, now for some more days, Day 1202



2014-12-28 02:08:51 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today


Birthdays and Anniversaries for December 28
Happy Anniversary, Gerry and Martha Lacy | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Joyce and Alvin Denton | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Raymond and Viola Benaitis | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Adalee Bell Martin (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Allison Mae Caffee | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Bob Jenkins | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Brian Kemp | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Fayrene Denton | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Janet Burton Pelletier | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Janie Wilson Edwards | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jeanetta Holmes | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jeff Karnes | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jon Lacy | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Karen Burton | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kathy Grant | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kathy Keith (1957) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lila Loy (1939) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Margaret Taylor | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mark Young | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Michael Hinkle (1976) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ronald Garrison | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Susan Brummett Miller | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Teras Childers | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William Larry Calhoun, Columbia, KY (1947-2020) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Estelle Farris Bault, Adair Co., KY (1915-2007) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Floyd (Buddy) Price, Taylor Co., KY, (1959) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Tommy Ray Nunn, Green Co., KY (1942) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Hazel Marie Clements Brooks, Casey Co., KY (1948) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marshal Lee Barlow, Casey Co., KY (1928) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Helen Keith Eskins, Adair native (1941 | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lily June Poff, 33, Russell County, KY (1978) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Richard Singleton, Russell County, KY (1966) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Vertie Brown Goode Picking, Casey Co., KY native (1926-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Herbert A. Wade, Russell County, KY (1915-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Bonnie Ann Key Phelps, Cumberland Co., KY (1933-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Brian Hoosier, 43, Campbellsville, KY (1972-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Stanley C. Oakes, Taylor Co., KY (1926-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Jackie Thomas Bishop, 61, Grab, Green Co., KY (1954-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, JoAnn Wessel, Campbellsville, KY (1930-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Catherine Mahoney Judd, 78, Green Co., KY (1937-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sue Page Lacy, Adair Co, KY/Cumberland Co. native (1925-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Elden Vance Mason, 81, Sulphur Well, KY (1935-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wendell Gale Scott, 63, Burkesville, KY (1953-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cynthia (Trudy) Gertrude Wilburn-Brock, 53, Cumberland County, KY (1963-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marcella Milby Lange, Green County, KY (1930-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sandra L. Cain, 73, Casey County, KY (1944-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Arthur Earl Jackson, 52, Danville, KY (1968-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Donald Keith Hosier, 73, Cumberland Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dorothy J. James, 85, Columbia, KY (1934-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Earl Jessie, Green Co., KY (1928-1997) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Iva Joyce Keltner, 85, Columbia, KY (1934-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mabel S. Miller, 88, Adair County, KY (1931-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Maggie Zimmerman, 29, Columbia, KY (1992-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mildred Matthews White, 94, Campbellsville, KY (1929-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robert Clem (Bobby) Johnson, 72, Columbia, KY (1948-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Sunday, December 28, 2014
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
NoonCTPause for Chimes at Noon, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:31660, Comment)
1:00pmCTServices, Russell Co., KY for Claris Delaine Roy, 84, Russell Co., KY (1930-2014) | (ID:32053, Comment)
Services, Columbia, KY, for Dalton Coffey, Adair County, KY (1926-2014) | (ID:32054, Comment)
Services, Edmonton, KY, for Woodrow Wilson, 88, Metcalfe County, KY (1926-2014) | (ID:32310, Comment)
2:00pmCTVisitation 2pm-8pmCT/3pm-9pmET, at Morris-Hislope Funeral Home, 5900 Highway 27, Science Hill, Kentucky for Mrs. Janice James New, Science Hill, KY (1944-2014) | (ID:32059, Comment)
Services, Aetna Grove Cemetery, Green County, KY for Mrs. Carolyn Jewell Milby, Green Co., KY (1945-2014) | (ID:32060, Comment)
2:30pmCTKET will air new documentary, "Unbridled Vines: Kentucky's Finest" | (ID:32024, Comment)
5:00pmCTChimes at the Evening, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:31692, Comment)
6:00pmCTBro. Joe Milby will be preaching at Kelleyville Community Church, 77 Kellyville Road, Columbia, KY. | (ID:32056, Comment)

 


































 
 
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