TODAY, Sun., Jan. 28, 2007: Hot tip - watch KET1 at 3pm

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Events in brief for 28th day of 2007 (337 days remaining)

• Click on Directory of Churches for Services today
• Shannon Bunch is in concert at Hadley's Community Church.
• Ongoing: Margaret van Hook display at the Lucretia C. Begley Gallery

Today & Events are brought to you by HUDDLE HOUSE, near Big Lots, Campbellsville, KY. Your headquarters for Superbowl Parties Huddle 2Go Platters. (ADVERTISEMENT)


At the Columbian Theater: At 2:00pm CT, Arthur and the Invisibles(Arthur et les minimoys) (PG)

At 4:00pm CT, (PG). We are Marshall (PG) About the Marshall University plane crash. At 4:00pm CT, (PG) Call 270-384-5555 to confirm, or for more information.

The Wolf Creek Dam Crisis
A story in today's, Sunday, January 28, 2007, Courier-Journal, details the anxiety in Burkesville, KY, over the risk of a Wolf Creek Dam failure. To read the story, "Lake Cumberland Dam Problems: Burkesville grapples with anxiety over dam, "Click Here. Another story in this morning's Courier-Journal says experts disagree on safe level of water in Lake Cumberland to prevent dam failure. To read the story, Click Here. To keep up with the official Nashville Army Corps of Engineers news on Lake Cumberland, Click Here. A story in the C-J sports section, "Hatcher jeopardy," tells the effects the drawdown is likely to have on the Wolf Creek Dam National Fish Hatchery. To read this story, Click Here.

2007 Kentucky Primary Candidates
There are now more candidates officially registered for the 2007 primary election. With the deadline for filing January 30, 2007, there are three Republicans and six Democrats in the governor's race; one from each party running for secretary of state; one Democrat and two Republicans for attorney general; six candidates, three in each party, for state treasurer; and two are running for commissioner of agriculture. Click Here to keep up with all registrations for statewide and multicounty races, including: Governor/Lt. Governor, Attorney General, Auditor of Public Accounts, State Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture, Judge of the Court of Appeals, Circuit Judges, and District Judges.

LINKS: State, regional, national news: Lexington Herald-News; Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY; and Google News for latest national and international news.

Site of the Day Kentucky Educational Television. On KET 1 at 3:00pm CT,today, our picks today: Kentucky Afield. Tim Farmer has great segment on Cadiz game call manufacturers Knight & Hale. Kentucky Life follows at 3:30pm CT. It's hosted by Greensburg neighbor Dave Shuffett, has segment on Carl Cook, Metcalfe County damselfly and dragonfly expert; and on a teenager from Taylor County who's gaining fame in country music.

Behind on reading the Today summaries? Click Here for Today yesterday

Court:
Monday, January 29, 2007, will be a very busy day in court. There are 128 cases scheduled in Judge Loy's District Court; one in Judge Weddle's Circuity Court. Click Here to check Adair Court schedule at the Kentucky Court of Justice Website

Adair County School District Menus:
Monday, January 29, 2006: BREAKFAST. (Main items to be posted later) Juice/Fruit. Choice of Low Fat Milk. Cereal choices and toast offered daily at breakfast. Some items contain peanuts. LUNCH: (Main menu items to be posted later) Choice of Low Fat Milk. Fruit and juice offered daily with lunch. Salads are available daily.Click here for the comprehensive Adair County Schools website. Link for school meals (as well as the school calendar and other nifty stuff) is in site menu.

Adv: Visit HUDDLE HOUSE, across KY 210 from Wal-Mart, near Big Lots, Campbellsville, KY. For office parties, tailgating, game day parties, call Huddle House at 270-789-002 and let us prepare your party platter. Great food. Breakfasts are served 24/7/365, along with the mouth-watering lunch and dinner entrees. Eat with home folks. You never know who you'll run into from Adair County at the HUDDLE HOUSE. Gaylon & Phyllis Yarberry, owners

On this date, January 28:
With facts mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

• EVENTS: In 1813, Pride and Prejudice published. In 1887, world's larges snowflakes, 8"x15", reported in Montana. In 1915, Congress created the U.S. Coast Guard. In 1916, Kentuckian Louis Brandeis, for whom the University of Louisville law school is named, became the first Jewish American to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
• BIRTHS: In 1887 great pianist and composer Arthur Rubinstein born. In 1890, Robert Stroud, the birdman of Alcatraz.
• DEATHS:In 1596, Sir Francis Drake. In 1939, William Butler Yeats. In 1986, seven crew members of the Space Shuttle Challenger, Greg Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Francis R. Scobee, and Michael J. Smith. In 2002, Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author.
• OBSERVANCES: World Leprosy Day

Click Here to access other facts from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia including lists of events, births, deaths, holidays, and other facts about this day.

Weather:
The National Weather Service outlook for Sunday, January 28, 2007: Today: Scattered flurries before 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27. Wind chill values between 8 and 14. West wind between 15 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 13. Wind chill values between 3 and 8. West wind 15 to 18 mph decreasing to between 6 and 9 mph.

Click Here for National Weather Service page for Columbia, KY, with lots of interesting interactive features, including pinpointing weather in Gradyville, Knifley, Cane Valley, Milltown, Glens Fork, Fairplay, and Breeding (many others)

Traffic and Driving:

Hazardous Driving Conditions: Winds may make driving a high profile vehicle more difficult. To read more on hazardous driving conditions, Click Here

State Highway Maintenance: Monday, January 29: 1) Build shoulder on KY 439 2) Slope mowing on KY 2970 3) Mailbox rock on KY 2971 4) Cut brush on KY 55. Click Here for upcoming maintenance schedule.

High detail Adair Co. Map: Click Here Today's exercise: Locate the Matney community.

Deer danger: Click Here to visit Kentucky Fish & Wildlife reports by Region. Adair is in the Green River Region.

What's next?: To learn more about major Kentucky Transportation Cabinet projects, Click Here for KTC Six-Year Plan map and links to details.

Snow and Ice Routes: Click here for Kentucky State Department of Highways map of priority snow routes on State maintained roads in Adair County 2006-2007.

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This story was posted on 2007-01-28 06:32:31