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TODAY, FRI., Feb. 9, 2007: ACH Cheerleaders Soup Supper 5-7pm


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 40thth day of 2007 (325 days remaining)
Remember to check Events for details, check with organizations for changes, cancellations
  • The Columbia Adair County Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon cutting at 11:00am at the new United Citizens Bank branch on Campbellsville Road.
  • The Adair County High School cheerleaders will hold a soup, sandwiches, and sweets supper at ACHS from 5:00-7:00pm
  • New movies start tonight at the Columbian Theater
  • 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:
Dreamgirls. PG-13. Nightly at 6:00pm CT; Sunday at 2:00pm CT only.

The Holiday. PG-13. Nightly at 8:15pm CT; Sunday at 4:15pm CT only.

Call 270-384-5555 to confirm, or for more information at the Columbian Theater.

The Wolf Creek Dam Crisis
As it affects Adair County: Adair County Water District and Water Treatment plant boards will get update on effect of Wolf Creek Dam crisis on local water supply.

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.

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:
Friday, February 9, 2007. No cases scheduled for Adair District or Circuit Courts today. 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 9:
With facts mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  • EVENTS:In 1861, Kentucky-born Jefferson Davis elected provisional president of Confederate States of America. In 1870, U.S. Weather Bureau was established. In 1895, William G. Morgan, not from Egypt, KY, invented volleyball. In 1942, Daylight Savings time went into effect in United States. In 1971, Satchel Paige became first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • BIRTHS: In 1773, William Henry Harrison (who became president but Harrison County, KY, is named for Colonel Benjamin Harrison). In 1914, Gypsy Rose Lee. In 1954, Chris Gardner, the homeless man who became a millionaire and whose life is protrayed in the 2006 film, The Pursuit of Happiness
  • DEATHS: In 1969, a favorite of Rialto and Columbian Theater goers, Westerns actor Gabby Hayes.
  • OBSERVANCES: Of course. Saint Apollonia day, patron saint of dentists and dental technicians.x
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 Friday, February 9, 2007:

Today: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Wind chill values between 8 and 18. North wind between 6 and 8 mph.
Tonight:Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 14. North wind between 3 and 7 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: Click Here NO ACTIVE HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS FOUND FOR OUR AREA TODAY.

State Highway Maintenance: Friday, February 9, 2007: 1) Slope Mowing on KY 1742. 2) Shoulder work on KY 900 @ 2 MP Click Here for upcoming maintenance schedule.

High detail Adair Co. Map: Click Here

Deer danger: Count 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.


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

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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Deep in Thought: But new water plant progress is good



2007-02-09 - Adair County Water District Offices - Photo By Ed Waggener.
Deep in thought Chairman Rudy Higginbotham, and members June Parson and Junior Brown of the Adair County Water Treatment Plant Board study figures at the regular Thursday, February 8, 2007, meeting, but progress on the plant, expected to be on line in August 2007, is good. The board will be advertising for certified operators shortly, with first priority being given to operators from the Columbia Utilities Water plant, which will cease operations when the new plant begins operation.

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'at's a Chelf, no matter what they say in Pennsylvania



2007-02-09 - Indiana - Photo Grandfather Bob Chelf.

Anybody in Knifley, KY could take one look at her eyes and tell you that this beautiful lady is a Chelf, no matter the argument from her Devenney paternal line in Pennsylvania that she's all Devenney. Either way, Lucy Katherine Devenney is the queen bee of Carmel, IN. She's the granddaughter of Bob and Andi Chelf and the great granddaughter of the late Paul Chelf, Knifley, KY. Still not quite two years, the photo was taken at Halloween in her scariest bee costume.

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