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TODAY, Sat., Feb. 3, 2007: Winter is half over


Click Read More for news and links including today's weather, Adair County Schools, court news, this day in history, traffic and driving, and much more.
Events in brief for 34th day of 2007 (331 days remaining) Click on Events in Quick Links for full details
  • Kids for Cure Yardsale at VFW Building
  • Little League Sign-up at Indoor Practice Facility
  • LWC basketball at Biggers. Women face Georgetown at 2:00pm. Men vs. Georgetown at 4:00pm.
  • Chili supper/auction/Gospel singing benefit at Breeding Fire House
  • "Motown" at Dream Depot
  • Entertainment: 2nd Night of New movies at the Columbian Theatre
  • 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:
Stomp the Yard (PG-13): Nightly at 6:00pm CT, Sundays at 2:00pm CT only
The Hitcher (R):Nightly at 8:15pm CT, Sundays at 4:15pm CT only.
Call 270-384-5555 to confirm, or for more information.

Sports webcast
If you can't make it to Biggers Sports Arena for the excitement of the games against Georgetown College starting at 2:00pm, the games are webcast. For more information on the live webcasts, Click Here

The Wolf Creek Dam Crisis
Nashville Corps of Engineers dam news. To keep up with the official Nashville Army Corps of Engineers news on Lake Cumberland, Click Here. The long promised webcam is not yet functional.

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:
Next, Monday, February 5, 2007, 94 cases in Adair District Court. No cases are scheduled in Adair Circuit Court. Click Here to check Adair Court schedule at the Kentucky Court of Justice Website

Adair County School District Menus:
(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, 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 3:
With facts mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  • EVENTS: In 1377, Papal Troops slaughtered 2,000 people in Cesena, Italy. In 1690, Massachusetts issued first paper money in America. In 1900, Kentucky Governor William Goebel assassinated in Frankfort. Caleb Powers convicted, later found innocent, served in U.S. Senate. Powers biography, My Story tells of his ordeals and later triumphs. Ex-Senator Doug Moseley says he's heard the Goebel assassin was actually from Russell County, but won't say, or doesn't know, who. In 1947, coldest ever temperature recorded in Snag, Yukon, -63 degrees Celsius (81.4 Fahrenheit). Today, 2007, winter is half over in the northern hemisphere
  • BIRTHS: In 1862, Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky: Supreme Court Justice James Clark McReynolds. In 1811, Horace Greeley. In 1874, Gertrude Stein. In 1907, James Micheners, prolific writer.
  • DEATHS: In 1900, Governor William Goebel of Kentucky. In 1959, the Day Music Died because of the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "Big Bopper" Richardson. In 2006, Al Lewis, Grandpa Munster and one time Green Party candidate for governor of New York.
  • CELEBRATE: Saint Blaise for blessing of throats
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 Saturday, February 3, 2007:Today:Increasing clouds, with a high near 32. Wind chill values between -1 and 9. Breezy, with a west wind 11 to 14 mph increasing to between 21 and 24 mph. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph.Tonight:A chance of flurries. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. Wind chill values between 1 and 11. West wind between 8 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 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: Snow advisory. To read more on hazardous driving conditions, Click Here

State Highway Maintenance: Monday, February 5, 2007: 1) Shoulder work on KY 900 @ 2 MP. 2) Slope mowing on KY 76. 3) Replace private entrance on KY 1104 @ 1.1 MP Click Here for upcoming maintenance schedule.

High detail Adair Co. Map: Click Here
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.


Click here or in Quick Links to check Today's Updates for: Anniversaries, Birthdays, Classifieds, Chamber Insights, Court Docket, Directory of Churches, Events, Letters, Lindsey Wilson College News, ShowMe Adair County Businesses. Events, Letters, Lindsey Wilson College News, ShowMe Adair County Businesses. ColumbiaMagazine.com is updated continuously, 24/7.


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Five Texans fly to Nashville, motor to Columbia, for quilting lessons



2007-02-03 - Dunnville Road, Columbia, KY - Photo By George Kolbenschlag.
Pieceful Valley Quilting Camp: Denise Stewart, top left, hosted five ladies from Texas at her Pieceful Valley Quilting Camp on Dunnville Road this weekend. Denise instructed the four daughters and their mom, who was celebrating her birthday Friday, February 2, 2007, in the art of quilting. The five flew to Nashville from various Texas towns Friday, rented a car, and drove to Adair County. Dr. Jay Stewart, Denise's husband and a professor of biology at Lindsey Wilson College, did the cooking.

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