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Friends of Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery meet

From Charmaine Ward Stewart

Bill Carman of Kentucky Wild joined the Friends of Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery for our board meeting this week.

Carman is a licensed fishing guide, author, and supporter of all things outdoors. We are excited to be hosting one of his fly fishing seminars in July.


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2023-02-18 22:28:17 | Comments | Printable version

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2023-02-18 - Russell County, KY - Photo from Friends page.
Friends of Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery president James Clark, at left, is pictured with Bill Carman (holding some of his books which are now on sale in the gift shop at the Fish Hatchery) and Friends vice president Shevawn Foley.

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Carson Ramsey Lawless, 73, Russell County, KY

Carson Ramsey Lawless, of Russell Springs, passed away at his home on Friday, February 17, 2023. He was 73 years of age.

Funeral services are 1pmCT Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at Bernard Funeral Home, with Brother Michael Carnes and Brother Kenny Kimbler officiating. Following the service, The Caretakers Riding Club and the Motorcycle Hearse of Kentucky will lead the procession, and transport him to his interment at Wolford Cemetery. Full military honors will be provided by the Russell County Honor Guard.


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2023-02-18 22:14:51 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Wavel Cleveland Groce, Sr, 66, Cumberland County, KY native

Wavel Cleveland Groce, Sr., age 66, passed away at home on Tuesday, February 14, 2023.

He was a caring man, a mechanic that could fix anything, always had a joke ready to go, and would help anyone in any way he could. There will never be another man like him.


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2023-02-18 22:05:22 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Joan McKinney retires from CU after 42 years

By Kaitlyn Fowler, Central Kentucky News-Journal reporter
Used with permission

After more than four decades, Joan McKinney has retired from Campbellsville University.

Joan met her husband Stan when they worked as reporters at The Sentinel-News in Shelbyville, where they dated a year in 1979 and got married Feb. 10, 1980. The McKinneys then moved to Campbellsville when Stan got a job as news editor at the Central Kentucky News-Journal.


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2023-02-18 12:38:22 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education

Diamonds in the grass

Each blade of grass in the yard seems to be outlined in sparkling little diamonds as I look toward the sun this icy Saturday morning.

Even though the weekend is starting out below freezing, twenty-five degrees right now, we are promised it will get up to fifty today and the sunshine indicates that's a good possibility. Have a great day and send pictures! -- LW


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Barbara Jo Curry, 81, Green County, KY (1941-2023)

Barbara Jo Curry was born August 26, 1941, in Green County, KY to Oliver Franklin and Ortella Bishop. She departed this life on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, having attained the age of eighty-one years, five months and nineteen days.

She had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of Greasy Creek Baptist Church. She was a Licensed Practical Nurse at Jane Todd Crawford Hospital for 20 plus years and also a Lake Cumberland District Development Caseworker. She was a member of the Greensburg Art Club. She was united in marriage July 21, 1962, to Bobby Gene Curry, who preceded her in death: November 5, 2007.


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Norman Reeder, 75, Russell County, KY (1947-2023)

Norman (Donk) Reeder, 75, of Jamestown, passed away Wednesday, February 15th, at his home. He was born in Jamestown, KY on August 7, 1947, a son of the late Josephine (Bledsoe) and Willie Reeder.

He served in the U. S. Army and was a retired city worker for the City of Jamestown.


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2023-02-18 08:43:34 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Tandy Rodgers, 58, Columbia, KY (1964-2023)

Tandy Rodgers of Columbia died on Thursday, February 16, 2023 at her home. She was 58 years old.

The funeral service will be held at 3pmCT on Sunday, February 19, 2023, at Grissom-Martin Funeral Home, 200 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY, with Bro. Bobby Withers officiating. Burial will follow in Haven Hill Cemetery.

Visitation is requested after 1pmCT on Sunday.


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Elroy (Buck) Rowe, 90, Columbia, KY (1933-2023)

Elroy "Buck" Rowe of Columbia died on Thursday, February 16, 2023 at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville. He was 90 years old.

The funeral service will be held at 1pmCT on Monday, February 20, 2023, at Grissom-Martin Funeral Home, 200 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY, with Bro. Paul Kingrey and Bro. Robert Adkins officiating. Burial will follow in Haven Hill Cemetery.

Visitation is requested after 5pmCT on Sunday.


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2023-02-18 06:59:57 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Haiku by Robert Stone for February 18, 2023

Take note of niceness,
different kinds of niceness
are all around you.
--Robert Stone, Saturday, 18 February 2023.
-1000 haiku fourth time, more days coming up, Day 4176


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Birthdays and Anniversaries for February 18
Happy Anniversary, Joseph and Becky Chapman (2006) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Mike and Sheila Sexton | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tessa Starr Primm-Moss | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ashley Curry | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Bradley Pelston (1977) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Cathie Rogers | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Charlotte A. Milby | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Chasity Yarberry | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Cody Wayne Turner (1994) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Daniel Fishback | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Danielle Symmes | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, David Waltz | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dean Jessie | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dwight Sexton | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Everett James Thrower (2021) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Janice VanZant | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jayden Blake Schorman | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Joshua Atwell | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Justin Kyle Bledsoe (1993) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Katie Spoon | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Leslie Grace Streeval (2003) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Margie Williams | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mary Lois Clark (1938) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Olivia Murrell (1991) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Peyton Lee Stephens (2003) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Phillip Carney, (1957) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Quinton VanArsdale (2005) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Reed Norris | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tony Scott | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Hobert Ray Sonny Pyles, Jr., Columbia, KY native (1931-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charles Edwin Campbell, Columbia, KY (1942-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bernice Montgomery Loy, Columbia, KY, (1935-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Forrest Lee Devore, Knob Lick, KY (1939-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sarah Laverne Crawley, Campbellsville, KY (1933-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Allen Ray McCubbins, Hudgins, KY (1952-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kathleen Wilson Russell Co., KY (1938) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, J.T. Sneed, Adair Co., KY (1942) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Helen Berneice Lowery, Taylor Co., KY (1924-2011) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ruby Smith, Cumberland Co., KY (1923) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Timmy Bottoms Taylor Co., KY (1959) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Orvenice Davis Bishop, Greensburg, KY (1931) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sheila Marie Wilson, Russell County, KY (1949) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lucas Scott Denham, infant, Columbia, KY (Feb. 18, 2014 - Feb. 18, 2014 | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Danielle Mae Symmes, Adair County, KY, (1993-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dallas Hatter, Casey County, KY (1940-2014 | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marjorie (Margie) Tucker, 83, Adair Co., KY |1931-2014| | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lois Bowen Mills, age 88, Taylor Co., KY, Adair Co. native (1926-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Roy Michael Thompson, Tompkinsville, KY (1957-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gladys Rexroat, Russell County, KY (1927-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Montie June Hamm, 81, Casey Co., KY (1934-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Frances (Granny) Martin White, Taylor Co., KY (1930-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Wesley Goodin, , 93, Adair County, KY (1923-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Archie K. Chase, 79, Green County, KY/Barren County, KY native (1938-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ethel Rachel Jeffries Adams, 96, Green County, KY (1928-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Donald Wayne Keith, 70, Adair County, KY (1950-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jimmie Dale Grider, 73, Adair Co., KY (1945-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Larry Michael Lemons, 73, Green Co., KY (1949-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rose M. Tarter, 88, Russell Springs, KY (1930-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Roy Michael Thompson, Tompkinsville, KY (1957-2015) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sharon Ann Richards, 80, Russell County, KY (1939-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shirley M. (Laney) Williams, 74, Columbia, KY (1947-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William David (Big Dave) Wesley, 43, Columbia, KY (1978-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Saturday, February 18, 2023
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