Today, WEDS., Mar. 14, 2007: ACHS is back in the State!

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Events in brief for 73th day of 2007 (292 days remaining)

Other days remaining to: It's 7 days to Rupp Arena. Fifth Region Champions Adair County High School will play Lincoln County in the opening game of the Kentucky State High School Basketball Tournament in Lexington on Wednesday, March 21, 2007. Game time is noon, Eastern Time. The Kentucky primary election is just 69 days from now. Spring break at Lindsey Wilson College and at Campbellsville University. It's 19 days until Spring Break in the Adair County School District, which starts April 2 and runs through April 6, 2007. More importantly, it is 40 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
• Children's Story Hour, 10am, Adair County Public Library
• Scott Ezell is the speaker at Lenten services at noon today, Columbia United Methodist Church. $3 luncheon, with proceeds to charities.
• The Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for Circle R, now under management of new owners David and Ingrid Hawkins
• Prayer meetings and Bible study sessions are held in most Adair County Churches tonight. See Directory of Churches for meeting times.
• 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 Basketball Team, just in case no Adair Countian on the planet hasn't yet heard, beat John Hardin last night, 54-42, for the 5th Region Championship and earned their rightful place in KHSAA State Basketball Tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington.

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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 Sweet Sixteen. Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, March 21-24. 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.

Better AT&T service along Cumberland Parkway
A story at Sys-Con.media, March 13, 2007, announces five new cell towers in SE Kentucky. Click Here for story.

A story in the Quincy, IL, Whig home of Culver-Stockton College, where he was president from 1989-1992, gives the obituary of former Lindsey Wilson College President Walter S. Reuling. Click Here to access.

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

Adair County School District Menus:
Wednesday, March 14, 2007: BREAKFAST, Cinnamon Toast. Apple Sauce Juice/Fruit. Choice of Low Fat Milk. Cereal choices and toast offered daily at breakfast. Some items contain peanuts. LUNCH: Steak nuggets or baked chicken. Creamed potatoes. green beans. Homemade rolls. Pineapple tidbits. 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 Wednesday, March 14, 2007. There is one case in Adair Circuit Court . In Adair District Court, 46 cases are scheduled. 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 14:
With facts mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

• EVENTS: In 1951, for the second time, UN forces captured Seoul, Korea. In 1989, President George H.W. Bush furthered gun control by banning importation of certain types of assault weapons into the U.S.
• BIRTHS: John Luther "Casey" Jones, who grew up in Cayce, KY, which gave him his nickname. He died a hero in a train crash.
• DEATHS: In 1883, Karl Marx, German political theorist.
• CELEBRATE: Sweet Sixteen.

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: Scattered showers, mainly before 9am, then showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Southwest wind between 10 and 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. South wind between 7 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. 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 14, 2007 Click Here to read the complete report at the NOAA website.

Work on the subpaving of new KY 61appears complete, with one lane of finish paving complete on the east side of the road, second strip started. Watch for new driving lanes.

Adair County Road Department Work
From Lisa Lee March 13, 2007: 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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