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George Kolbenschlag: Agrees on Hay-bales on sidewalk solution

George Kolbenschlag writes:
I agree with Charles M, which is not unusual. --George Kolbenschlag
Comments re photo 73957 Haybale bombed sidewalk one month after Guess who paid


2017-07-29 19:41:58 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Commentary

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Happy Birthday Mr. Farmers Market on the Square



2017-07-29 - Corner Merchant & Campbellsville Streets, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c).
Happy Birthday to Wayne Armitage, aka "Barbara's Husband" as it reads on his cake that he was sharing with friends and customers at FM2 Saturday, July 29, 2017. Many know him as Mr. Farmers Market on the Square, the biggest supporter of all for his wife, FM2 coordinator, Barbara Armitage.

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Rhodena Lee Robertson Hart, Russell Co., KY (1938-2017)

She was a homemaker and was a member of the Salem United Baptist Church. She was a treasured member of the community. She was the daughter of the late Lewis Oliver & Zula D. (Foley) Robertson and the widow of Elder Royce Franklin Hart. She leaves 17 direct living descendants.
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Rhodena Lee (Robertson) Hart, 78, died Friday, July 28, 2017, at the Russell County Hospital, Russell Springs, KY.

Funeral service for Rhodena Hart will be at 10amCT, Monday, July 31, 2017, at the Salem United Baptist Church, with Elder Larold Gosser officiating. Visitation will be 4pm-8pmCT, Sunday, July 30, 2017, at the Bernard Funeral Home Chapel, 367 N Main Street, Russell Springs, KY, and 8am-10amCT, Monday at the Salem United Baptist Church. Interment will be in the Salem Cemetery.


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2017-07-29 17:12:29 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Charles Marshburn: Enforcement is answer

Charles Marshburn writes:
Hay Bales? Traffic enforcement of course! Who ever heard of hauling round bales of hay through town? - Charles Marshburn
About: Hay-bale- bombed sidewalk, one month after. Guess who paid???


2017-07-29 11:46:30 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Commentary

Gertrude Burris, 79, Adair County, KY (1938-2017)

She was the matriarch of a highly regarded Gradyville, KY family. She was the daughter of the late Bill & Florence Scott Wilson and the widow of Kalup Burris. She leaves three direct living descendants.
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Gertrude Burris, 79, of Columbia, Kentucky, died Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 7:15pmCT, at Signature Healthcare at Summit Manor in Columbia, KY.

Funeral service will be Monday, July 31, 2017 at 12pmNoonCT, at Grissom-Martin Funeral Home, 200 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY, with Bro. Rick Shelton officiating. Burial will be in Tarter's Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be after 5pmCT, Sunday, July 30, 2017, at Grissom-Martin Funeral Home.


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2017-07-29 11:36:57 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Saturday, 29 Jul 2017: Farmers Market on the Square

We're open 8am-1pmCT today. (You can still say 'Happy Birthday' to Wayne. The actual birthday was yesterday, Jul 28, but the occasion continues.)

By Barbara Armitage, FM2 coordinator

The Farmers Market is now open. Shop with us on the corner of Campbellsville and Merchant Streets, Columbia, KY. Here's just few of the items we'll have available until sold out:
We have bodacious and incredible corn. Green beans, eggplant, summer squash, zucchini. Peppers hot and sweet. Tomatoes and all sizes and colors. Fresh picked peaches, watermelon, and apples., Handcrafted goat milk soap and more.
Produce at the Farmers Market on the Square is locally grown and picked fresh. The Farmers Market on the Square, 105 Merchant Street, Columbia, KY is open Wednesdays 1 - 6pmCT and Saturdays 8am - 1pmCT. The market, on the corner of Campbellsville and Merchant Streets, is across from the Columbia City Hall and next to the Adair County Judicial Center.


2017-07-29 07:43:21 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Farm and Garden

First-graders have fun with art & reading at Campbellsville U

Hailey Ogle's CES early-childhood students listen to "The Day the Crayons Quit" and did several activities pertaining to the book
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By Calen McKinney, Public Information Officer
Campbellsville Independent Schools (CIS)

Campbellsville Elementary School first-graders recently had fun reading and coloring at Campbellsville University. CU School of Education hosted the special event, with early childhood education students on hand to teach Hailey Ogle's first-grade students.


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2017-07-29 04:25:41 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local Arts Scene

Carol Perkins: Dog sitting Winston. Part I

Carol Perkins experiments to see whether another dog be a permanent member of the family. She's started a series on her experience baby-sitting Winston, their friends bulldog, while Winston's owner was in New York. they'll know, she thinks, whether their sacred vow never to adopt another of Fluffy's kind was the right one.Click on headline for the complete part one and a portrait of Winston
Next earlier column: Carol Perkins: Visit to Polynesian Village highpoint of trip

By Carol Perkins

A few years after the death of my dog Fluffy thoughts of another dog came over me from time to time. "You don't need a dog," my husband said. That is what he thought the first time I declared my intentions. "Remember how much trouble having a house dog is?" He also remembered the heartache from losing him.


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2017-07-29 03:32:31 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Carol Perkins

Today, SATURDAY with CM - 29 Jul 2017

Haiku by Robert Stone for July 29, 2017:
Disobedience
often leads to disasters,
minor ones mostly.
--Robert Stone, Saturday, 29 July 2017.
-1000 haiku twice now, now on to more days, Day 2146



2017-07-29 02:40:45 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today


Birthdays and Anniversaries for July 29
Happy Anniversary, Tony and Chonda Hodges (1990) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dallas Cofer | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Destiny Taylor Kinnett (1998) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jackie Parson Coffey | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jill Wilson | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lee Ann Roy | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mandi Green | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mildred Robinson | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sandy Brockman Crawhorn | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tammy Morrison | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Wayne Armitage | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Reba Redmon, 80, Adair County, KY/Russell County, KY native (1936-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gay Morris, Adair County, KY (1941-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alma Allen, Campbellsville, KY (1926-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Earl Anderson, Cumberland County, KY (1936-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jess Frank Hinkle, Russell Springs, KY (1939-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lisa Vibbert, Burkesville, KY (1965-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William (Bill) Holland, Jr., Russell Springs, KY (1951-2020) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Oval Wheeler, Middelburg, KY (1939-2020) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Geneva Loy Helm, Jamestown, KY (1930-2020) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Grover Thomas Johnson, Russell Co., KY (1945) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Ralph Selby, Russell Co., KY (1962-2010) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lizzie Burton, Adair Co., KY, (1922) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Edna Shreve White, Taylor County, KY (1924) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Wayne Kidd, Green County, KY (1930) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William Forrest (Billy) Sears, Taylor Co., KY (1946) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jennifer Annette Talley, Cumberland County, KY (1961) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lonnie Clyde Scott, Taylor Co., KY (1934-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Allen Edwards, Green Co., KY (1925-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Anita Wilson, Casey Co., KY (1967-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jerry Plato Corbin , 67, Adair Co., KY (1946-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In memory Birthday, Alma Lou Sayers, Casey County, KY (1949-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Al Schubert, Adair County, KY (1939-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Barbara Gearlds Gray, 54, Burkesville, KY (1961-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ella B. McQueen, 91, Kings Mountain, KY (1924-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Col. Harold Glenn McKinney, Metcalfe Co., HS graduate, (1948-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alleen (Anderson) Humphrey, 95, Burkesville, KY (1926-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Allen E. Grant, 83, Adair Co., KY (1941-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Angel Michelle Vanoy Ponder, 43, Casey County, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charlotte S. O'Banion, Campbellsville, KY (1944-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dorothy Jean Stephens, 58, Columbia, KY (1963-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Hazel R. Curry, 92, Columbia, KY (1931-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jean Button, 83, Campbellsville, KY (1937-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jeremy Wayne Holstin, 50, Campbellsville, KY (1972-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Luther Irvin (1917-2004) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Margaret Dowell Pepper, Campbellsville, KY (1927-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marsha Kay Fudge, 54, Adair Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Norma Jean Williams, 59, Columbia, KY (1964-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ruby Hunter (d. 1993) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Terry Hodges | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wynema Breeding Garrison, 92, Campbellsville, KY (1930-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Saturday, July 29, 2017
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
6:00amCTLIST YOUR YARD SALE Now Got an upcoming Yard Sale? There's Just 12 more Days Until School Starts. Send it NOW using any Contact/Submit button. Need Help? Call 270-250-2730. | (ID:48542, Comment)
7:00amCTFM2 Square Meals Cafe Menu - Breakfast | (ID:48525, Comment)
8:00amCTCV Christian Church will hold Clothing & Backpack Give-A-Way 8am-12pmNoonCT | (ID:48472, Comment)
Farmer's Market on the Square 8am-1pmCT
Now at Municipal Parking Lot, corner Campbellsville & Merchant Streets, Columbia, KY

FM2 - Know before you go list for TODAY

(Sponsored) | (ID:48543, Comment)
9:00amCTGradyville Baptist Church one day Vacation Bible School 9am-??? | (ID:48393, Comment)
10:00amCTBack to School Bash, at Glens Fork Church of the Nazarene - Pastor Brian Fudge | (ID:48459, Comment)
Services, 10amCT/11amET, Liberty, KY, for Carlie Mae Barber Roy, Casey County, KY (1926-2017) | (ID:48528, Comment)
Services, Russell Springs, KY, for Mildred Winfrey Hale, Russell County, KY (1925-2017) | (ID:48529, Comment)
10:30amCTFM2 Square Meals Cafe Menu - Lunch | (ID:48526, Comment)
NoonCT Chimes at Noon, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:48544, Comment)
1:00pmCTBible School at Melson Ridge United Baptist Church | (ID:48514, Comment)
Services, Greensburg, KY, for Mrs. Deena Paige Eversole Coffey, 66, Green Co., KY (1950-2017) | (ID:48522, Comment)
5:00pmCT(Ad) 8th Annual Bull Run Charity Musicfest. Gates open 5pmCT. Auction 8pmCT. - Easton Bryant (Sponsored) | (ID:48515, Comment)
Pause for Chimes in the Evening, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:48545, Comment)

 
































 
 
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