Today, SUN., Mar. 11, 2007: It is now Daylight Savings time

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How times change! Some math from a mind perpetually locked at nine years old: $49 Billion dollars, give or take a few million, would buy this whole county, if a sale yesterday is the average. Bare ground in Russell Heights brought the equivalent of $190,217.90 at an auction on Saturday. There are, as everybody knows, approximately 260,377.6 heavenly acres in Adair County. If every one of them were merely worth what this lot brought, a stranger could ride in with $50 billion dollars in his or her pocket could and buy this sacred shire, after adding on for accessory infrastructure, churches and school houses, and what PVA Junior Feese has on his books. And you remember when $100 an acre land with fire wood if not marketable timber, was plentiful, back when you could have bought the whole downtown, less the banks, for a piddling $1.2 million as appraised by the late Coy Downey.

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Events in brief for 70th day of 2007 (295 days remaining)

Other days remaining to: The Kentucky primary election is just 72 days from now. Spring break at LWC is here. It's 22 days until Spring Break in the Adair County School District, which starts April 2 and runs through April 6, 2007. More importantly, it is 43 days until testing time in Adair Schools.

Remember to check Events for complete details, and check with organizations for changes, cancellations

• March 2007: All month. MS Month. Giles Society Membership Drive, Caveland Art Competition at Begley Chapel and it's also Severe Weather Preparedness Month
• Worship schedules in Adair County churches are listed in Directory of Churches in Quick Links
• Entertainment: Matinees only today: Two PG-13 movies at the Columbian Theatre: Norbit; and Epic Movie

At the Columbian Theater:

Norbit PG-13. Stars Eddie Murphy. Nightly at 6:00pm CT and on Sunday at 2:00pm CT only.

Epic Movie PG-13. Nightly at 8:00pm CT and on Sunday at 4:00pm CT only.

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

Daylight Savings TimeIf you want to: Daylight Savings Time began this morning Sunday, March 11, 2007, at 2:00am, three weeks earlier than it usually does. It will end one week later than normal, on November 4, 2007 this year. Folks in Adair County running on Dual Standard Time, at Knifley, Edith, Ellis Town, Coburg, and Clay Ridge will have two clocks to run up.

Sports Briefs
Adair County Boys Basketball Adair County next meets Bardstown in the semi-finals on March 12, 2007, at 8:00pm CT, same venue. Click Here to access tournament brackets at the Lexington Herald.com. To see the latest stats at the Lexington Herald website, Click Here.

Lindsey Athletics:
Both the Men's and Women's Tennis teams opened with wins at the Lindsey Wilson Quad on Friday. Click here for the complete story posted from Glasgow, where the LWC teams are in action this afternoon as the LW Quad continues at Gorin Park.

Seven Lindsey Wilson College track and field members are competing at the NAIA Indoor Nationals Seven Lindsey Wilson College track & field individuals are competing this weekend at the NAIA Indoor Nationals in Johnson City, TN. They are Meagan Crouse, Cassie Niersel, Grace Korir, Stellah Sang, Amanda Johnson, and Pascal Milien, and Jamaine Gordon.Click Here for complete Lindsey Wilson Athletics at Lindsey.edu.

Lindsey Wilson Cycling: Huge event coming up is the Green River Road Race, with events over a 25 mile course starting and ending at Purdy SBIC on KY 206 and going through Christine, Absher, Knifley, across Dunbar Hill, Neatsville, Eunice, and Ella. The event on Saturday, March 17, 2007, is expected to draw hundreds from several states.

Did you know? Lindsey Wilson College has won more national major sport championships (7 in soccer) than any other Mid-South Conference school. And that only Lindsey and Georgetown of MSC schools have won NAIA national championships? That may change this year with CU still in the play for the NAIA men's basketball title.

Campbellsville University Athletics: Click Here. for the latest in CU athletics

Mid-South Conference website Follow CU Tiger Men's Basketball in the NAIA Natonal Tournament. Complete polls show Chris Wells' LWC Women's Golf team No. 3 in the Nation. The LWC Men's Tennis Team is No. 8 Nationally. LWC Women's Tennis is No. 7 in the Nation. CU received votes in baseball and softball. For this and much more, Click Here for the Mid-South Conference Website Homepage

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

Area news links
A story at the CKNJ.com by Calen McKinney says the Taylor County Regional Hospital is appealing a $2 million wrongful death lawsuit award to the family of the late James Moran. Click Here to read the entire story.


Site to vist: DreamSmall
Dream houses aren't two and one-half acres under roof for everybody. DreamSmall.com is a site which offers links to the big world of small houses. Dreamsmall.com lets the surfer go to everything from The Small House Society to established small house building concerns. Tips on Adair County small houses are welcome, of course.

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

Adair County School District Menus:
Monday, March 12, 2007: BREAKFAST, Warmed Pop Tart. Juice/Fruit. Choice of Low Fat Milk. Cereal choices and toast offered daily at breakfast. Some items contain peanuts. LUNCH: Ham or Sausage. Gravy. Biscuit. Hashbrowns. Baked Apples. 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. See center column for School District News and highlighted Upcoming Events, Spring Break and Testing Dates.

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

Court:
A busy day is coming up Monday, March 12, 2007. Adair District Court has 99 cases on the docket. There are no cases in Adair Circuit Court Monday. Click Here to check Adair Court schedule at the Kentucky Court of Justice Website

Wolf Creek Dam
A New Wolf Creek Dam? A story by James Bruggers in Courier-Journal says a new concrete dam to replace the earthen enbankment at Wolf Creek Dam is still considered. Find the story on the front page of the print copy, or to access it online: Click Here.

To see schedule of public meetings, Click here. The next one is Thursday, March 15, 2007, at Cumberland County High School in Burkesville, KY. Maps at 3:00pm, meeting from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.

The one map showing Adair County flooding in the event of a Wolf Creek Dam failure is now available for inspection, with restrictions, at the Adair County Public Library.

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

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Website is online this morning. To access it, Click Here.

On this date, March 11:
With facts mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

• EVENTS: Major man-made disaster. In 1864, the Great Sheffield Flood devastated parts of Sheffield, England, on March 11, 1864, when the just built Dale Dyke Dam broke, killing 270 people. But a natural phenomenon in 1888 killed 400 in the Great Blizzard of 1888. In 1942, General MacArthur abandoned Corregidor. In 1993, in halycon times, Janet Reno was confirmed as the first female Attorney General of the United States, the national equivalent of Jennifer Hutchinson-Corbin's status in Adair County.
• BIRTHS: In 1880, in Adair County, Eugenicist Harry Hamilton Laughlin was born in Kirksville, Adair County, MO. In 1898, Dorothy Gish, a protege of Kentucky born director D.W. Griffith. In 1926, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader. In 1831, Murdoch. Bah.
• DEATHS: In 1881, Sr. Alexander Fleming, who isolated penicillium. In 1960, the man believed to be the prototype for Indiana Jones, Roy Chapman Andrews. In 1971, Kentuckian Whitney Young. who was born at a house on the campus of Lincoln Institute of Kentucky, near Simpsonville in Shelby County.
• CELEBRATE: Johnny Appleseed 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 Sunday, March 11, 2007:

Today: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. East wind between 6 and 8 mph.

Tonight: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. East wind around 6 mph becoming southwest.

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: from the NOAA:No HWO today, March 11, 2007 at 5:30am. Click Here to read the complete report at the NOAA website.

Work on the subpaving of new KY 61 has made remarkable progress in the past week.

Adair County Road Department Work
1) Construction is ongoing Mondays through Fridays on the Grassy Springs Bridge over Sulphur Creek in District 1 at McGaha if weather permits. 2) Check this space for other work spots. To contact Adair County Road Department: Administrative Assistant Lisa Lee in Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton's office: (270) 384-4703.

Lane closures continue on the Louie B. Nunn:
Watch for lane closures at changing points on the Louie B. Nunn in Adair County.

State Highway Maintenance:
Monday, March 12, 2007: 1) Clean ditch on KY 682. 2) Construct a private entrance on KY 80 @ 1.0 MP. Click Here for next week's schedule.

High detail Adair Co. Map: Click Here

What's next?:Kentucky's Six-Year Plan Project information map shows more orange, the color codes for construction projects awarded. Newest ones which are now orange are the paving contract for the Louie B. Nunn, awarded to Gaddie-Shamrock and bridge replacements on KY 80 over Russell Creek and on KY 92 over Cedar Creek, near Joppa. One may detect the yellow on the Western Bypass flickering toward orange, but that highly anticipated award is still highly anticipated but should change in a month to six weeks. 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.

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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



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