Today, Tues., Mar. 27, 2007: CoC Ribbon Cutting at 10am

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Events in brief for 86th day of 2007 (279 days remaining)

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

• Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting today at 10am at "Above and Beyond" Pet Salon, 104 Campbellsville ST.
• Cheerleading clinic at ACHS
• Adair County Justice Center PDB meets 5:30pm CT.
• Jaycees meet at 7:30 in the Chamber of Commerce building
• Regular meeting night for Westlake Regional Hospital. 6:30pm CT
• Movies: "Wild Hogs" at Columbian Theatre
• Eating: Huddle House, Campbellsville offers 24 hr dining. Also, 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.

Weather:
The National Weather Service outlook for Tuesday, March 27, 2007:

Today: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly cloudy, with a high near 81. Southwest wind between 3 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. South wind between 3 and 6 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.


Court:
Next, Tuesday, March 27, 2007: There are 72 cases scheduled in Adair Circuit Court. No cases scheduled in Adair District Court. A hearing is scheduled in Adair Circuit Court at 9:00am CT on May 22, 2007, in the Commonwealth vs. Wellie Paul Grant murder and fleeing/evading police cases.Click Here to check Adair Court schedule at the Kentucky Court of Justice Website

Adair County School District Menus, News:
Tuesday, March 27, 2007.
BREAKFAST: Sausage and biscuit. Juice/Fruit. Plus, Regular menu always includes: Choice of Low Fat Milk. Cereal choices and toast offered daily at breakfast. Some items contain peanuts.

LUNCH: Burrito or Spaghetti. Tossed salad. Corn. Garlic Breadstick. Sherbet. Plus, Regular menu always includes 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, must read tributes to Adair County High School Champion basketball team; great stories on Academic Team triumphs this year, and highlighted Upcoming Events, Spring Break, April 2-6, 2007; and Testing Dates, April 23 through May 4, 2007.

At the Columbian Theater:
Wild Hogs PG-13, Plays nightly at 6pm and on Sundays at 2pm 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.

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

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

Sports Briefs
Adair County High SchoolNext ACHS boys home baseball game is at 5:00pm CT March 28, 2007 at ACHS. Click here for story with schedule of 2007 Home Games.

Lindsey Athletics:

Baseball. Lindsey is away at Union College, Barbourville, KY, in a noon game there. Click here for 2007 Baseball Schedule.

Golf: No. 3 ranked LWC Women's Golf set program records at the Spring Invitational Tournament, yesterday at Corbin. Krista Burton had an individual program record, with a 3-under par 69. Click Here for the complete story, links to other women's golf information.

Softball: Softball in the barbecue capital of Western KY. LWC softball is at Brescia College, Owensboro, KY, for a game at 4:00pm. Click Here for softball home page.

Track & Field: LWC men finished 8th, women 12th, at the Emory (GA) Invitational . Click Here for the story, posted last night at lindsey.edu.

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.

Complete LWC schedules at Click Here and click on athletics

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

On this date, March 27:
With facts mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

• EVENTS: Historically, this has been a hazardous season. In 1890, a tornado struck Louisville, KY, kililing 76 and injuring 200. In 1994, one of the biggest tornado outbreaks in recent memory struck the southeastern U.S..
• BIRTHS:It was the birthday, in 1813, of Nathaniel Currier, American lithographer, who headed Currier & Ives with James Ives..
• DEATHS: In 1555, William Hunter was burnt to death in Brentwood, England because of his religious beliefs.

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, if any For hazardous weather outlook is for portions of South Central Indiana and Central Kentucky, somewhat north of us, today. Click Here to read the hazardous weather postings at the NOAA website.

Adair County Road Department Work
Tuesday, March 27, 2007. Cold patching in various districts. Right-of-way mowing in District Two.The main crew is finishing Grassy Springs Bridge. "We hope to be able to open by Wednesday," Lisa Lee, administratative assistant to Judge Ann Melton, said Monday morning. 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.

If you haven't been out this week, it's worth a trip over Grider Hill Pass on the new stretch of KY 61. The traffic barrels are being moved to form an ever widening center lane; work on guard rails is almost complete. If you are an activist looking for a cause: The intersections need lighting, better signage, clearer road markings. Extra caution is needed in wet weather, especially at night, because visibility on the new pavement is terrible, and in any weather, the turn-off to KY 80 is confusing to many drivers.

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
Weekly update was issued on Tuesday, March 20, 2007; new one is due today: Click here to read. The report showed Lake Cumberland Elevation at 682.14 feet. One page report. One photo.

To see schedule of public meetings, Click here. The next one is Tuesday, March 27, 2007, at Gainesboro, TN.

Maps are online now! Click Here for links. 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

To access the Army Corps of Engineers Wolf Creek Dam website online, Click Here

On March 20, 2007, the Corps last 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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