TODAY, Thurs., Feb. 1, 2007: Columbia officially bigger

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Events in brief for 32th day of 2007 (333 days remaining)

• Black History Month is officially underway
• The Adair County Arts Council meets this evening at 6:00pm at the Trabue-Russell House
• 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 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.

Nearby Barren County No. One Rural CountyThe Progressive Farmer Magazine has named nearby Barren County, KY, the best place to live in rural America. To read the story online at The Progressive Farmer.com, Click Here

Historic City of Columbia moment
At just past midnight this morning, February 1, 2007, Columbia, KY grew by 185.19 acres with the Kentucky 61 South annexation. Click Here for plat.

Word of the daybloviate means to blather, be verbose. Used in a story about Senator Joe Biden apologizing for gaffe about Senator Obama. To read story, Click Here

The Wolf Creek Dam Crisis
A story yesterday in the Lexington Herald told the cost of a Wolf Creek Dam failure. Entitled, "A breach would cost billions," it's by Bill Estep and is written from Somerset. Click Here to read the story.

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
The list is complete now for the May 22, 2007 primary election. Click Here to read 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. To check the Election Calendar at Secretary of State Trey Grayson's site, Click Here

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

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

Court:
Thursday, February 1, 2007. No cases are scheduled in Adair District Court. Six cases, all involving one defendant, are set in Adair Circuit 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, February 1:
With facts mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

• EVENTS: In 1790, in New York City, U.S. Supreme Court met for the first time. In 1861, Texas seceed. In 1862, "Battle Hymn of the Republic published for first time. In 1893, former Louisville, KY resident Thomas A. Edison completed his motion picture studio in New Jersey. In 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated on re-entry into Earth's atmosphere, with the death of all seven astronauts aboard.
• BIRTHS: In 1902, James Mercer Langston Hughes born in Joplin, MO. In 1922, Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano. In 1937, Isaac Donald Everly was born in Brownie, Muhlenberg County, KY. In 2003, the crew of Columbia: Michael P. Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, Rick D. Husband, Willie McCool, and Ilan Ramon.
• DEATHS: In 1851, Frankenstein creator May Wollstonecraft Shelley. In 1963, Fleetwood Lindley, the last living person to see Kentuckian Abraham Lincoln's face.
• CELEBRATE: Imbolc, the first day of Spring in Ireland

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 Thursday, February 1, 2007:Today: A chance of snow, mixing with rain after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 36. South wind around 6 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Tonight: Snow likely, mainly between 7pm and 4am. Cloudy, with a low around 28. Calm wind becoming west between 7 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of around 1 inch.

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: Hazardous driving conditions may be developing. To read more on hazardous driving conditions, Click Here

State Highway Maintenance: , Thursday, February 01: 1) Mailbox rock on KY 551 2) Slope mowing on KY 76 3) Build shoulder on KY 439 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.

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 2007-02-01 05:44:26