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16th Annual Fall Heritage Festival is Sept 7

The 16th Annual Fall Heritage Festival at Homeplace on Green River will be held from 8amCT to 3pmCT on Saturday, September 7, 2024, at Homeplace on Green River, 5807 Columbia Road, Campbellsville KY. Admission to the festival is just $5.00 per person, or vehicles with four or more, just $20. Admission is free to HGR Household Level Members.

Lyn Stanton, Program Director at Homeplace on Green River, says, "Bring the whole family to Homeplace on Green River to enjoy tons of great activities at the Fall Heritage Festival. We'll have dozens of craft vendors, live music all day, great food, a petting farm, pony rides, a 4H kids activity center, birds of prey exhibit, bounce houses, historical demonstrations, a 50-50 cash raffle, hay rides, kiddie barrel train rides and more! Don't miss it!"

Homeplace on Green River is currently accepting vendor registrations for the 2024 Fall Heritage Festival, with a special emphasis on handmade craft items or homegrown goodies. Visit homeplacefarmky.org for more information.


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Sun setting over Hudson Street



2024-07-13 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.
The early evening sky over Hudson Street in Columbia where it goes under the Veterans Memorial Bypass.

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Carol Perkins: A Humbled Heart

Previous Column: I took my phone for a ride

By Carol Perkins

If you read my article about the little girl in Somalia who received a shoebox, you will remember her seventeen-year-old sister, Marie. She affectionately calls me "Grandma" after I said I am old enough to be hers. The last two messages were happy and sad ones.

The happy message was a video showing her end-of-year school program. "I'm the one without a covering on my head," she said. When I asked about that, she replied, "I'm the only Christian. The other girls are Muslims." I wondered if her being a Christian had anything to do with the mission work of Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child.

She said she would not be able to reach me soon because she was returning to her tiny village where there was no internet.

The following email came on Wednesday.


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2024-07-13 10:48:44 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Carol Perkins

Sunday proclaimed Shipyard Safety Day in Adair

Several residents of Adair County work at Evansville Marine Service prompting County Judge/Executive Larry Russell Bryant to proclaim Sunday, July 14, 2024 as Shipyard Safety Day in Adair County. His proclamation follows.

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2024-07-13 09:39:54 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local Government

Wilford Thomas Davenport, 66, Green County, KY

Wilford Thomas Davenport of Green County was born in Taylor County KY. on September 18, 1957, to the late Ollen T. and Roxie Bloyd Davenport. He departed this life on Monday July 8, 2024, at his home in Green County having attained the age of sixty-six years, nine months and twenty days of age.

He had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of Oak Grove Separate Baptist Church of the Nolynn Association, but currently attended Shady Grove Baptist Church. He was a graduate of Green County High School. He was a farmer and formerly employed at Greensburg Manufacturing for 15 years. Later, he obtained an associate’s degree in behavioral science and a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Western Kentucky University where he was a member of the Golden Key Honor Society and listed among the Who’s Who as a Non-Traditional Student. He was a Master Mason of the Greensburg Masonic Lodge Chapter 54 F & AM.


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2024-07-13 09:33:27 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries


Birthdays and Anniversaries for July 13
Happy Anniversary, Billy and Betty Dial | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Robert and Melissa Horton (2006) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday! Abella Phelps (2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Angie Barker | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Arlinda Kessler | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Betty Sue Hancock | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Brittany DeSeive | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dalani Harris | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Donna Jones | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Emmett Davenport (2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Fran Taylor | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Glenn Rowe | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Gracie Kelsay (2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Harper LaShay Stearns (2012) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jaxon Ray Cox | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jenna Claywell (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jenna Lee Claywell (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kenny Smith (1963) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Leo Abner | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Matthew Janes (2007) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mike Akin | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Nenia Dykes (1955) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Randy Crawhorn | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ricky Neat | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Shannon Kay Pendleton Sexton (1979) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Shannon Pendleton Sexton | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Shirley Reliford | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Steve "Doc" Watson | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tyler James Renfro | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cathy Jo Turner, Columbia, KY (1958-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Glenn Rowe, Columbia, KY (1948-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Randall Glenn Rooks, Columbia, KY native (1945-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Herman Melton, Adair County, KY (1921) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rhoda Lynn Kimbler, 56, Adair County, KY (1957-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lowell B. Hadley, 76, Columbia, KY (1937-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Esther Meyer, 82, Adair County, KY (1932-2014 | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Steve Wilson, 53, Taylor County, KY, (1962-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Bonnie Mae (McDaniel) Williams Perkins, Taylor Co., KY (1922-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Stamp, 80, Taylor Co., KY (1935-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Matthew Albert Wyatt, Russell Springs, KY, native of Cumberland Co., KY (1936-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Maddie Brockman, 21, Boyle Co., KY (1994-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Tara Nicole Simpson Lamer, 35, Taylor Co., KY/Green Co. native (1981-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Eulene Taylor, 85, Adair Co., KY (1931-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Elizabeth London Worley, 84, Center, KY (1932-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Audra Rogers Royse, Adair County, KY (1931-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Barbara Gayle Hagan Newman, 67, Green County, KY (1950-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alfred W. Flowers, 87, Columbia, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Barbara Mann Fields, 83, formerly of Jamestown, KY (1935-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bennie J.D. Tallent, 74, Burkesville, KY (1941-2015) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Danny Roy Robertson, 75, Russell Springs, KY (1947-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Delbert Thompson, Taylor Co., KY (1934-2012) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Geneva Rae Bright, 71, Taylor Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Irene M. Stanbery, 88, Greensburg, KY (1934-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Calvin Stumph, 80, Greensburg, KY (1936-2016) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Mack Willis, 74, Columbia, KY (1948-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Leonard C. Smith, 76, Russell Co., KY (1939-2016) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Maddox Tye Durbin, Adair Co., KY (2014-2014) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mattie Kathleen Helm Clements White, Taylor Co., KY (1936-2014) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nona Gene Atchley, 76, Russell Springs, KY (1943-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Norma Ellen Stalcup Long, Cumberland Co., KY (1917-2013) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Novella M. Phillips, Casey Co., KY (1940-2011) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Orene Mae Sapp Richenburg, 93, Campbellsville, KY (1927-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Phyllis Janet Richards, 75, Columbia, KY (1947-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Preston Stapp, 78, Russell Co., KY (1935-2014) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rodger Abel Monson, Taylor County, KY (1938-2013) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shirley Winfrey, 78, Burkesville, KY (1936-2015) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Tom Kidd, 69, Campbellsville, KY (1952-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Vernella Davis Beasley, Windsor, KY (1925-2012) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Saturday, July 13, 2024
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
7:00amCTSpurlington Methodist Church country breakfasts | (ID:67127, Comment)
9:00amCTFood/Clothing Giveaway at Columbia Church of Christ | (ID:67198, Comment)
10:00amCTFree Lunch from Through the Fire Worship Center
On the Public Square, while supplies last | (ID:67199, Comment)
Services for Maxwell Barkley Hancock, 85, Greensburg, KY (1938-2024) | (ID:67211, Comment)
1:00pmCTServices for Martha Akin Cundiff, 86, Adair Co., KY (1938-2024) | (ID:67220, Comment)

 

































 
 
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