Today, SAT., Mar. 17, 2007: Welcome, Green River Road Race!

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Events in brief for 76th day of 2007 (289 days remaining)

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
• US Cycling national event, the Green River Road Race, starts a 12:00amCT from Shepherd School at Purdy. Co-sponsored by Lindsey Wilson College. 1,500 up usually attend similar events.
• Cornhole tournament: From 6:00-9:00pm CT at Trinity Life Center, Campbellsville RD. Ages 14 & up.
• Eating: Huddle House, Campbellsville offers 24 hr dining. See Damashke's for great pizza. Check ColumbiaMagazine.com menus. Old Joe Barbee is open this weekend. Chilaquiles offers fax in and call in service. Call in at Catfish Plus and Circle R (new phone number 384-1793). Access menus from side ads in ColumbiaMagazine.com.
• Entertainment: Movies tonight: One PG-13, Music in Lyrics; The Number 13, rated R, at the Columbian Theatre Call 384-5555 for details

At the Columbian Theater:
Music and Lyrics PG-13, Plays nightly at 6pm and on Sundays at 2pm only.

The Number 23 Rated R. Plays nightly at 8pm and on Sundays at 4pm 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 ACHS Boys next play Lincoln County High in the first game of the Sweet Sixteen. Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY, March 21-24. Click Here to access State tournament brackets at the Lexington Herald.com. To see the latest stats at the Lexington Herald website, Click Here.

Lindsey Athletics:
Lindsey Wilson Cycling:TODAY! Saturday, March 17, 2007: It's a huge event coming up is the Green River Road Race, with events over a 25 mile course starting and ending at Purdy on KY 206 and going through Christine, across Snake Ridge Road to Absher, up KY 551 Knifley, on Elkhorn Road across Dunbar Hill, by Spout Springs and through Edith, Neatsville, and up Little Cake Road to the finish line at Purdy. The event on Saturday, March 17, 2007, is expected to draw a huge crowd from eight different states. Typically, events of this size draw 1,500 and up.

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:
BREAKFAST: Regular menu always includes: Choice of Low Fat Milk. Cereal choices and toast offered daily at breakfast. Some items contain peanuts. LUNCH: Regular menu always includesChoice 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:
Next court day, Monday, March 19, 2007: There are 82 cases scheduled for Adair District Court. No cases are scheduled this day for 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 12, 2007, at Clay County High School in Celina, TN. Maps at 4:30pm, meeting from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. Seating 800 unless chairs on floor

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 March 13, 2007, the Corps updated the weekly progress report. On this date, March 17:
With facts mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

• EVENTS: In 1845, the rubber band was invented.
• BIRTHS: In 1894, playwright Paul Green, who created "Wilderness Road," an outdoor drama with a Kentucky setting.
• DEATHS: In 1993, Helen Hayes, two-time Academy Award Winning "First Lady of the American Theater."
• CELEBRATE: Brainy Adair County kids at Governor's Cup. Adair County's place in the sun in the world of U.S. Cycling.

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, March 17, 2007:

Today: A great day for the Green River Road Race. Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Northwest wind between 9 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 24. North wind between 3 and 9 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

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 hazardous weather report for today.Click Here to read the complete report at the NOAA website.

Adair County Road Department Work
The Adair County Road Department will be working today, Saturday, March 17, 2007 on the Grassy Springs Bridge in District 1. The crew has been working Saturdays,hoping to pour the floor on this day.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:
Friday, March 16, 2007: 1) Clean ditch on KY 2971. 2)Replace a private entrance on KY 55 @ 9.5 MP.High detail Adair Co. Map: Click Here

What's next?: The bid date for the Western Bypass around Columbia is now set for April 20, 2007.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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