Today, Tues., Mar. 20, 2007: Celebrate Academic Team State wins!

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Events in brief for 79th day of 2007 (286 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
• All Day: The ACHS County Academic Team's two individual First Place victories and Five State Awards in Governor's Cup Competition should be a source of pride many times over.
• John Chowning to speak at the Chamber of Commerce which convenes at 11:45 at Cranmer. Chowning's topic will be the Heartland Parkway.
• LWC Dodgeball competition is today
• The Columbia Adair County Airport Board meets this evening
• The Rotary Auction continues tonight at 6:00pm CT on local radio stations WAIN and WHVE.
• Eating: Huddle House, Campbellsville offers 24 hr dining. Check ColumbiaMagazine.com menus. Chilaquiles offers fax in and call in service. Catfish Plus is open for lunch today. Circle R (new phone number 384-1793). Access menus from side ads in ColumbiaMagazine.com.
• Entertainment: Two movies tonight: One PG-13, Music in Lyrics; The Number 13, rated R, at the Columbian Theatre Call 384-5555 for details

Weather:
The National Weather Service outlook for Tuesday, March 20, 2007:

Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a chance of showers between 7am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Cloudy, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming east between 6 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1am and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Southeast wind around 8 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

Court:
Tuesday, March 20, 2007: There are 37 cases scheduled for Adair Circuit Court. No cases are scheduled this day for Adair District Court Click Here to check Adair Court schedule at the Kentucky Court of Justice Website

Adair County School District Menus:
Tuesday, March 20, 2007. Menus now updated at AC Schools Website. BREAKFAST: French toast w/Syrup. Plus regular menu always includes: Choice of Low Fat Milk. Cereal choices and toast offered daily at breakfast. Some items contain peanuts. LUNCH: Steak Nuggets or Chicken Strips. Creamed potatoes. Green Beans. Homemade Roll. Applesauce. Plus 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.

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.


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

Great Idea of the DayRandall Pyles, President of Pyles Concrete: We need metro government in Adair County. We need to combine the city and county.

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:

Track & Field Lindsey Men placed second; Women, third, at Berea. Complete report at lindsey.edu.

Complete LWC schedules at Click Here and click on athletics

Lindsey Wilson Cycling: The next cycling event is The Green River Cross-Country Race, April 7, 2007, at Green River State Park. On April 8, a Short Track/Dual Slalom event is scheduled at LWC.

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

On this date, March 20:
With facts mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

• EVENTS: In 1916, Albert Einstein published his general theory of relativity. In 1942, General Douglas MacArthur made his famous speech regaring the fall of the Philippines, "I came out of Bataan and I shall return. In 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono got married in Gibraltar.
• BIRTHS:In 1903, Edgar Buchanan, "Uncle Joe Carson" on Green Acres. In 1928, Frederick McFeely Rogers, of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. In 1957, David "Big Dave Foster," world champion woodchopper. In 1958, Australian Phil Anderson, who was the first non-European to wear the yellow jersey of the Tour de France. .
• DEATHS: In 1964, Brendan Behan, Irish poet, author, and playwright. In 1974, Chet Huntley, television newscaster. In 1994, Lewis Grizzard, southern humorist.
• OBSERVE
: The vernal equinox, or spring equal night, when the sun shines an equal length of time above and below the equator.
• CELEBRATE: Individual Governor's Cup victories by Adair Countians Bethany Coffey, Luke Maupin, Scarlett Willis, and Ryan Montgomery.

Click Here to access other facts from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia including lists of events, births, deaths, holidays, and other facts about this day.

Traffic and Driving:

Hazardous Weather Outlook from the NOAA: There is a notice of a hazardous weather outlook for today, Tuesday, March 20, 2007. Click Here to read the hazardous weather postings at the NOAA website.

Dangerous driving: At night, especially on rainy ones, the new visibility on the new KY 61 is particularly difficult. A number of people of noted the difficulty seeing the intersection with KY 80, the Edmonton Road, when it is raining. It's easy to pass it up. For some reason, it's also difficult to follow the lanes in the this area. It's a place to take even greater care.

Adair County Road Department Work
Tuesday, March 20, 2007: Today since it is rainy the road department will making signs, putting up road signs in various districts in the county. Working on the equipment. 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:
(Not updated for today at ColumbiaMagazine.com)

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.

Wolf Creek Dam
To see schedule of public meetings, Click here. The next one is Thursday, March 22, 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.

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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