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TODAY, SAT, Feb. 17, 2007: LWC Hall of Fame event

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Events in brief for 48th day of 2007 (317 days remaining)
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  • The induction of David Smith, Columbia, KY, golfer and and basketball players, Jesse Flynn and Jimmy Wentworth into the Lindsey Wilson Athletic Hall of Fame, today, Saturday, February 17, 2007 at Cranmer Dining Center.
    • Today & Events are brought to you by HUDDLE HOUSE, near Big Lots, Campbellsville, KY. Your headquarters for Huddle 2Go Platters. (ADVERTISEMENT)


    At the Columbian Theater:
    Ghostrider PG-13 Nightly at 6:00pm CT and 8:15pm CT and on Sunday at 2:00pmCT and 4:15pmCT only.
    Call 270-384-5555 to confirm, or for more information at the Columbian Theater.

    Sports Briefs
    Lindsey's Baseball team split a doubleheader at Union University yesterday at Jackson, TN. Click Here

    It was a clean sweep at Russell County last night. Adair County High's Boys Basketball team edged Russell County 56-54 in a game televised live on Cable's Channel 8. Complete stats on the the team's season can be found at the Lexington Herald. To access, Click Here. The ACHS girls team won 49-35. To see the girls record at the Lexington Herald, Click Here

    Wolf Creek Dam
    The Corps of Engineers will hold the next meeting on the situation at Wolf Creek Dam at The Center for Rural Development on Saturday, February 22, 2007, starting at 4:30pm CT/5:30ET.

    To see a slide show of conditions, "Wolf Creek Dam, Major Rehabilitation"     Click Here

    Nashville Corps of Engineers dam news. ("Notice: Due to a planned power outage in the Nashville Federal Building, this website will be down as well as e-mail servers and telephones in the District Office beginning at 5:30 pm Friday, Feb. 16, 2007. Normal operations should resume late Monday night or early Tuesday morning, Feb. 20, 2007" -Quoted from the official site) 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 and no longer appears as being in the offing. The Adair County Library is not yet listed among the 23 places--19 in Tennessee and 4 in Kentucky--to see flood inundation maps

    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 Court Session, Monday, February 19, 2007 with 60 cases scheduled in Adair District Court, none in Adair Circuit Court, according to the Kentucky Court of Justice website. Click Here to check Adair Court schedule at the Kentucky Court of Justice Website

    Adair County School District Menus:
    (No school Monday, February 19, 2007. It's President's Day.) Tuesday, February 20, 2007: BREAKFAST, Breakfast Pizza. Juice/Fruit. Choice of Low Fat Milk. Cereal choices and toast offered daily at breakfast. Some items contain peanuts. LUNCH: Chicken Filet on Bun, lettuce, tomato, pickle. French Fries. Macaroni and Cheese, Apple Sticks. 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, with a nifty new look, as well as the school calendar and other nifty stuff, is in site menu. Special note to parents: To access the schools' "Testing Tips" Click Here

    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 17:
    With facts mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
    • EVENTS: In 1801, an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr decided in favor of Jefferson by the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1925, The New Yorker magazine was founded.
    • BIRTHS: In 1844, Aaron Montgomery Ward, founder of Montgomery Ward, the giant mail order firm. In 1874, Thomas J. Watson of IBM fame. In 1924, novelist Margaret Truman. In 1925, Hal Holbrook, who was almost brought to Columbia ca 1980 to perform Mark Twain Tonight, but small details, such as the $10,000 fee, ended negotiations. In 1929, Patricia Routledge, of KET's Keeping Up Appearances British sit-com fame. In 1934, Alan Bates, star of the greatest cruciverbalist adventure ever, Oliver's Travel's
    • DEATHS: In 1909, Indian warrior chief Geronimo. In 1982, Thelonius Monk, great jazz artits.
    • OBSERVANCES: A day that is practiced every day in Adair County is observed nationally today: Random Acts of Kindness 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 Saturday, February 17, 2007:

    Today:Periods of snow, mainly between 8am and 10am, then rain and snow likely between 2pm and 4pm, then snow likely after 4pm. High near 35. Southwest wind between 9 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total daytime snow accumulation of around 2 inches.

    Tonight: A 50 percent chance of snow, mainly before 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 19. Wind chill values as low as 5. West wind between 9 and 16 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. .


    Click Here for National Weather Service page for Columbia, KY, with lots of interesting interactive features, including radar and satellite images of planet earth, America, and Adair County, KY

    Traffic and Driving:
    Hazardous Weather Outlook. Short Term Forecast. Snow Advisory (NOAA): Click Here to see details.

    State Highway Maintenance:
    Monday, February 19, 2007: 1) Pot hole on KY 551. 2) Cut brush on KY 206. 3) Replace private entrance on KY 206. To access list of all work next week, Click Here

    For this year's Adair County rural secondary road improvements Click Here

    High detail Adair Co. Map: Click Here

    What's next?: Governor Fletcher reiterated yesterday in his visit to Columbia: The bids will be advertised on the 5.3 mile Western Bypass in March, 2007, with construction to start this spring. Click Here 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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    More articles from topic Today:

    TODAY, Friday, Feb. 16, 2007: Welcome, Gov. Ernie Fletcher!

    TODAY, WED., Feb. 14, 2007: Valentine's Day

    TODAY, TUES, Feb. 13, 2007: Congratulations, LWC track team

    TODAY, MON, Feb. 12, 2007: Red Hand Day

    TODAY, SUN, Feb. 11, 2007: Movie on Esther at New Life

    Bank at Summersville in Green Co. robbed this afternoon

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

    TODAY, THUR., Feb. 8, 2007: Secret is out on Cranmer

    TODAY, WED., Feb. 7, 2007: Enterprise ribbon cutting at 11am

    TODAY, MON., Feb. 5, 2007: Dangerously cold out this morning

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