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Wednesday, February 22, 2023
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All Adair Countians welcome at next commodities event

From Bridget Compton, Adair County Fiscal Court Clerk

The Adair County Judge Executive along with the Lake Cumberland Community Action Agency are pleased to announce we will be receiving and distributing another load of commodities on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 and Wednesday, March 1, 2023.

They will be available from 9amCT to 1pmCT at the Jim Blair Recreational Center located at 901 Hudson Street, Columbia. All Adair County citizens are welcome.


2023-02-22 14:07:32 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local Government

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Paige Nickel begins work in Adair County Tourism



2023-02-22 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.

The job of director of the Adair County Tourist and Convention Commission has been entrusted to Paige Nickel.

She is a native of Adair County who owns her own business and we will look forward to hearing her plans for Tourism as she gets to work. She is pictured in the Tourism office in the Training and Development Center, 201 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY.

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Tax note: Kentucky Sales Tax on Utilities

By Nick Roy, Agent for Agriculture & Natural Resources Adair County Cooperative Extension Service

A legislative change was made to the qualifications for residential use exemption from sales tax on utilities. Effective January 1, 2023, the resident at a specific service address is responsible for declaring it as their place of domicile and the utility services exempt for residential use.


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2023-02-22 08:47:08 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local Government

CU theatre to present Machinal Feb 23-26

By Elinor Keck, student news writer, Office of University Communications

Campbellsville University's Department of Theatre and Dance, Town Hall Productions and Heritage Children Services will present "Machinal" Feb. 23-26, 2023 in the Russ Mobley Theatre, 114 University Drive, Campbellsville.

Machinal is a 1928 expressionist drama by American playwright and journalist Sophie Treadwell. Show times are 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 23, Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday Feb. 25; and 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 26.


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2023-02-22 08:27:48 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education

Softball: Wednesday doubleheader for LWC at Asbury

Fresh off its first pair of victories of the young season, the Lindsey Wilson softball team is back in action on Wednesday for the first true road series of the year. The Blue Raiders will travel north to Wilmore, Kentucky, to meet Asbury University in a non-conference doubleheader beginning at 2pmCT.

The locals snatched two wins this past weekend against Madonna University (MI), both by a single run. Desiree Chang and Brylee Pickerell led an offense that finished with a 0.224 batting average, contributing four hits and four runs batted in, and three hits and three runs batted in, respectively. Teammates Cheyenne Sandoval and Madyson Jones combined for six hits, including two doubles each, and Alexis Garayzar smacked one of the Blue Raiders' two home runs of the series.


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2023-02-22 07:58:02 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports

Letter: First Class

Billy Joe Fudge writes:
It is a pity that Sailor Phart wasn't in the Army where he could have been a Private First Class Phart!
Comments re: A Sailor Named Phart

Author's response: "In the Army, you would have the choice to put on a gas mask before pulling Phart’s finger."


2023-02-22 07:55:28 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Rev. Clifford Buel Hayes, 87, Campbellsville, KY (1935-2023)

Reverend Clifford Buel Hayes of Campbellsville went home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 20, 2023 at Grandview Nursing and Rehab. He was 87 years old.

The funeral service will be held at 2pmET on Sunday, February 26, 2023 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon Ave., Campbellsville, KY, officiated by Rev. Drew Hayes and Dr. Dwayne Norman. Burial will follow in Cold Springs Cemetery, Casey County, Kentucky.

Visitation is requested from 6pmET until 8pmET on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home.


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2023-02-22 07:52:31 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Haiku by Robert Stone for February 22, 2023

Some voices can make
anything sound beautiful,
make words come alive.
--Robert Stone, Wednesday, 22 February 2023.
-1000 haiku fourth time, more days coming up, Day 4180


2023-02-22 07:47:46 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today

7-County Area Courts for Wed 22 Feb 2023

Local schedules for Circuit Courts, District Courts, for Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at a glance:
  • Adair County: 2 events Circuit Court. 58 events District Court.
  • Casey County: No events Circuit Court. No events District Court.
  • Cumberland County: No events Circuit Court. 77 events District Court.
  • Green County: No events Circuit Court. No events District Court.
  • Metcalfe County: No events Circuit Court. 66 events District Court.
  • Russell County: 1 event Circuit Court. No events District Court.
  • Taylor County: No events Circuit Court. 126 events District Court.
Note: NOT Official. Always Click to Docket for all Kentucky Counties


2023-02-22 07:47:14 | Comments | Printable version


Birthdays and Anniversaries for February 22
George Washington's Birthday (1732-1799) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, David and Betty Burris (1969) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Alex Tooley (1994) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Amelia Iris Pelston (2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ashley Burton | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Deborah Jean Hensley | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Deretha Powell (1954) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Donna Polston (Russell County) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ethan Cundiff | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Evelyn Curry Pollard | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jason Burton (1975) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Junior Martin | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Raelyn Sanders (2007) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Richard D. Piercy (1962) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sgt. Robbie Hancock | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Trevor Spencer (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, William Martin, Jr. (1964) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, William R. Martin | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bertha Roark, formerly of Columbia, KY (1929-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Brenda Knight, Dunnville, KY (1962-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Connie Lynn Coppage, Dunnville, KY (1960-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wanda F. Hill, Columbia, KY (1928-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cathy Ann Conover, Columbia, KY (1944-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Pamela York | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Clyde "Joe" Streeval, Casey Co., KY (1926) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, George Washington Cox, Merrimac, Taylor Co., KY (1917) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Ellen Page, Adair Co., KY (1916) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Donnie Hayse Spears, Cumberland Co., KY (1943) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lillian Pierce, Russell Co., KY (1946) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Henry P. Marr, Green Co., KY (1927) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Claude Willis Shaw, Edmonton, KY (1928) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Roger Roy, Russell Co., KY (1939-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bonita Faye Janes, Adair County, KY (1948-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gladys Evelyn Pollard, Adair County, KY (1926-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Reva Adise Bell, 80, Russell County, KY (1933-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Virginia Gaye Goodin, Russell County, KY (1944-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, David Gillis Upchurch, Adair County, KY (1942-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robert Grider, 84, Russell County, KY (1930-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William (Billy) Glover, Russell Co., KY (1957-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nelda Virginia Cash, 81, Burkesville, KY (1933-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Bertie Abbott Stump, 64, Cumberland Co., KY (1950-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Wanda Marie Montgomery Brewer, 72, Green County, KY (1943-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Helen Jane Hurt, 68, Metcalfe County, KY (1944-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nellie R. Ballenger, Jamestown, KY (1937-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Wyka, 73, Casey County, KY (1943-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ljubica (Knezevic) Gonzalez, Taylor Co., KY/Cook Co., IL native (1957-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sherry Grant McGrath, 55, Adair Co., KY native (1962-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charles Hagy, 83, Adair County, KY (1934-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Evelyn Martin Kerr Finley, Burkesville, KY (1941-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Virginia (Margaret) Perkins, Knifley, KY (1928-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, L.B. Conover, Russell Co., KY/Adair Co., KY native (1924-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Anna Chapman, 62, Jamestown, KY (1959-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Barbara Sandusky Daugherty, 76, Taylor County, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Buel M. Bottoms, 86, Knifley, KY (1935-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, C G Scott, 77, Adair Co., KY (1944-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Carrie Lee McClintock, 41, Adair County, KY (1977-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cindy Lou Hughes, 65, Bowling Green, KY (1958-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Daulton Glen Turpin, 23, Taylor Co., KY (1994-2017) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Diane Ray Wright, 59, Greensburg, KY (1961-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Effie Burton Grider (1896-1987) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Josephine Buis, 81, Argyle, KY (1939-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Keith Victor Coomer, 65, Columbia, KY (1956-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Larry Earl Curry, 65, Columbia, KY (1957-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lyman Claywell | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marie Mosby Fields, 92, Edmonton, KY (1929-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mark Lawless, 62, Russell Springs, KY (1958-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sheila Ellen Carter, 61, Columbia, KY native (1960-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sherrie Lynn Luttrell, 54, Windsor, KY (1968-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shirley Jeffries, 74, Campbellsville, KY (1946-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Teri Sandusky | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Wednesday, February 22, 2023
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
9:00amCTBrandon Blair, pastor and former Marine, speaking at CU chapel | (ID:64601, Comment)
6:00pmCTAsh Wednesday Service at Columbia United Methodist Church | (ID:64590, Comment)
7:00pmCT20th District Basketball Tournament: #2 Adair Co. Boys vs #3 Campbellsville | (ID:64592, Comment)

 

































 
 
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