TODAY, Mon. Jan. 29, 2007: Heavy court day

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Events in brief for 29th day of 2007 (336 days remaining)

• FFA Alumni meet at Grant-Baker Ag facility
• Ongoing: Margaret van Hook display at the Lucretia C. Begley Gallery

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At the Columbian Theater:

At 6:00pm CT, Arthur and the Invisibles (PG) Call 270-384-5555 to confirm, or for more information.

At 8:00pm CT, (PG). We are Marshall (PG) About the Marshall University plane crash.

The Wolf Creek Dam Crisis
A story in Sunday's Lexington Herald tells how fishing will change at Lake Cumberland after drawdown. To read it, Click Here

Nashville Corps of Engineers dam news. To keep up with the official Nashville Army Corps of Engineers news on Lake Cumberland, 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 Many, particularly those from the Knifley area, remember their parents telling of school days at Russell Creek Academy. To read a chronology of what happened to the school, Click Here

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 29:
With facts mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

• EVENTS: In 1850, Kentuckian Henry Clay (for whom Clay County, KY, named) introduced the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1929, the Seeing Eye Dog organization formed. In 1936, first inductees into the Hall of Famed announced. In 1964, Dr. Strangelove released. In 2004, a whale exploded in Taiwan.
• BIRTHS: In 1737, Thomas Paine. In 1843, William McKinley, 25th President. In 1874, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. In 1954, Oprah Winfrey.
• DEATHS:In 1956, H.L. Mencken. In 1964, Alan Ladd. In 1969, Allen Dulles. In 1980, Jimmy Durante In 2004, M.M. Kaye, author.

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 Monday, January 29, 2007:Today: Partly cloudy, with a high near 34. Wind chill values between 5 and 15. Southwest wind between 6 and 15 mph. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Southwest wind around 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 from NOAA: No hazardous weather conditions found at 5:39am. 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 you might want to locate the Gradyville community, site of the Dr. L.C. Nell home.

Deer danger: Looks like the count is done for 2006. Still stands at 1001. Click Here to visit Kentucky Fish & Wildlife reports by Region. Adair is in the Green River Region. Deer note Linda Waggener spotted a young deer on Town Creek or Branch yesterday. She startled it and it ran onto the John Arnold place (off Hurt ST). "An incredibly sight," she said. "We made eye contact, and I startled it. It was a beautiful sight bounding away."

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 2007-01-29 05:47:52