Today, TUES., Mar. 13, 2007: ACHS Boys in Regional final

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Events in brief for 72th day of 2007 (293 days remaining)

Other days remaining to: The Kentucky primary election is just 70 days from now. Spring break at Lindsey Wilson College and at Campbellsville University. It's 20 days until Spring Break in the Adair County School District, which starts April 2 and runs through April 6, 2007. More importantly, it is 41 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
• Adair Boys play John Hardin for the 5th Region Championship and a trip to the State Basketball Tournament this evening at Central Hardin.
• Adair County Ambulance Board meets at 6:30
• Jaycees meet at 7:30pm.
• Eating: Check ColumbiaMagazine.com menus. Chilaquiles offers fax in and call in service. Call in at Catfish Plus and Circle R. Access menus from side ads in ColumbiaMagazine.com.
• Entertainment: Two PG-13 movies at the Columbian Theatre: Norbit; and Epic Movie

Adair Boys play John Hardin for the 5th Region Championship and a trip to the State Basketball Tournament this evening at Central Hardin.

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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.

WHVE FM 92.7 Columbia radio online worldwide
Adair Countians around the planet can listen to hometown radio live from 92.7 FM, WHVE, The Wave, with streaming audio. Click Here to access from links on The Wave's ShowMe page at ColumbiaMagazine.com. Or, Click Here then click on the bouncing meter to access The Wave.

Sports Briefs
Adair County Boys Basketball Last night: ACHS 53, Bardstown 43. ACHS Boys now play John Hardin for the 5th Region Championship and a trip to the State Basketball Tournament this evening at Central Hardin. 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.

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.

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

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

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Adair County School District Menus:
Tuesday, March 13, 2007: BREAKFAST, Sausage and biscuit. Juice/Fruit. Choice of Low Fat Milk. Cereal choices and toast offered daily at breakfast. Some items contain peanuts. LUNCH: Tuna sandwich or bolgona and cheese sandwich. Baked potato chips. Carrot sticks w/dip. Banana. 100 Calore Oreo cookie. 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 Tuesday, March 13, 2007. There are 49 cases in Adair Circuit Court . No cases are scheduled in Adair Circuit Court Click Here to check Adair Court schedule at the Kentucky Court of Justice Website

Wolf Creek Dam
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 13:
With facts mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

• EVENTS: In 1993, the Great Blizzard of 1993 struck the Eastern U.S. bringing snowfall from Cuba to Quebec.
• BIRTHS: In 1950, William H. Macy, Jerry Lundergan in Fargo
• DEATHS: In 1901, in Indianapolis, IN, Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States. Harrison County, KY, was named for another Benjamin Harrison. In 1906, Susan B. Anthony. In 1938, Clarence Darrow, legendary American attorney.
• CELEBRATE: Historic Day in Adair County Basketball.

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 Tuesday, March 13, 2007:

Today: Partly cloudy, with a high near 78. Southwest wind between 8 and 11 mph.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. South wind between 7 and 11 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

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:Hazardous Weather for portions of South Central Kentucky today and tonight, March 13, 2007 at 5:30am. Click Here to read the complete report at the NOAA website.

Work on the subpaving of new KY 61appears complete, with finish paving started on the east side of the road.

Adair County Road Department Work
The Adair County Road Department will be working in District 1 on the Grassy Springs Bridge, Cold Patching in various districts, and hauling gravel in various districts.. 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:
Tuesday, March 13, 2007: 1) Construct a private entrance on KY 80 @ 0.5 MP. 2) Clean ditch on KY 682. 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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