Today, Wed., Mar. 28, 2007: It's Danny Propes day

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Events in brief for 87th day of 2007 (278 days remaining)

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

• Retirement reception for Danny Propes at 10:00am CT
• P&Z hearing, meeting, at 6:00pm
• Columbia Utilities Commission meets at noon
• Chili supper and Indians baseball opener begins at 4:00pm
• Sometime today, official opening of Grassy Springs Bridge expected
• The Lindsey Wilson Singers will perform at Jamestown, KY Baptist Church in Jamestown at 6:45 p.m. CDT Today, Wednesday, March 28, the event officially kicks off their "Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs" spring tour.
• See Directory of Churches for prayer meetings, Bible Study tonight
• 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 Wednesday, March 28, 2007:

Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. South wind between 3 and 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers. Areas of fog after 1am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 56. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

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, Wednesday, March 28, 2007: There 1 cases scheduled in Adair Circuit Court. There are 107 cases scheduled in Adair District Court today. 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:
Wednesday, March 28, 2007.
BREAKFAST: Oatmeal 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: Cheeseburger on Bun or Chicken Filet on Bun. Lettuce/Tomato. Potato Wedges. Macaroni and Cheese. Rice Krispie Treat. Plus, Regular menu always includes Choice of Low Fat Milk. Fruit and juice offered daily with lunch. Salads are available daily.

Visit the site for more information on The Adair String Program today

The group will hold it's first Solo and Ensemble event today. Performing musicians, the item says are Aaron Bradshaw, Chere Evans, Jonathan Evans, Kent Jessie, and Luke Maupin.

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.

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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.

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

Lindsey Athletics:

Baseball. Lindsey plays at Raider Field in Columbia today. 1pm CT. Martin Methodist is opponent. Click here for 2007 Baseball Schedule.

Golf: Congratulations to Krista Burton, the Mid-South Conference's Player of the Week. Next matches April 5-6, Mid South Conference Spring Tournament at Prestonsburg, KY. Lindsey is the No. #3 ranked NAIA team in the nation.

Softball: Softball in the barbecue capital of Western KY. LWC softball is at Brescia College, Owensboro, KY, for a game at 4:00pm today, Wednesday, March 28. Click Here for softball home page.

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 28:
With facts mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

• EVENTS: In 1920, Palm Sunday tornado outbreak affected Great Lakes and Deep South.
• BIRTHS: in 1914, Edmund Muskie, a great American whose political career was ended by attack ads..
• DEATHS: In 1958, W.C. Handy, one of the most influential musicians in American history. Founded Black Swan Records. Wrote St. Louis Blues. In 1969, Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th American President, and father of the Interstate Highway System.

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 hazardous weather outlook today, Wednesday, March 28, 2007, for portions of South Central Kentucky Click Here to read the hazardous weather postings at the NOAA website.

Adair County Road Department Work
Tuesday, March 28, 2007. Lisa Lee, Administrative Assistant to Judge Ann Melton, expects the Grassy Springs Bridge to be open for traffic today. 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
Weekly update was issued on Tuesday, March 27, 2007; new one is due today: Click here to read. The report showed Lake Cumberland Elevation at 681.00 feet. One page report. One photo.

To see schedule of public meetings, Click here. The next one is April 2, 2007, at Carthage, 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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