Today, Thurs., Mar. 29 2007: Jody campaign here tonight!

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Events in brief for 88th day of 2007 (277 days remaining)

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

• Jody Richards and John Y. Brown III will bring their gubernatorial campaign to Columbia today with an old fashioned political speaking, entertainment, and food at the VFW Hall on Fairground Street. 6:00pm
• There will be a Chamber Ribbon Cutting at the law office of Judy Vance. 11:00pm
• The 4-H Dog Club meets today
• The KHIPP gubernatorial candidate forum will host Bruce Lunsford today at 2:00pmCT/3:00pmET, this week in The Little Auditorium.
• Weatherman Dan Wilson will be at John Adair at 5:30
• The cheerleading clinic will continue at ACHS
• The ACHS class of '97 will be holding a planning session.
• Michael Card will be in concert at Campbellsville Baptist Church at 7pmET/6pmCT.
• At Lindsey: A Great Decisions Discussion at the Thomas Clark Reading Room at 7:00pm 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 Thursday, March 29, 2007:

Today:Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Calm wind becoming east around 6 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. East wind between 5 and 7 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:
Thursday, March 29, 2007: Dockets could not be accessed this morning 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:
Thursday, March 29, 2007.
BREAKFAST: Gravy 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: Corn Dog or Pizza. Tossed Salad. Corn. baked Chips. Orange. 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 SchoolTODAY: ACHS vs. Hart County is next boys home baseball game at 5:00pm CT March 30, 2007 at ACHS. Click here for story with schedule of 2007 Home Games.

Lindsey Athletics:

Baseball. Yesterday's game with Martin (TN) Methodist rained out. Makeup date is not yet announced. LWC will play at Georgetown on Friday, March 30, 2007.Click here for 2007 Baseball Schedule.

Golf: Lindsey Wilson's next women's golf event is April 2-3, at Stonecresst Golf Club, Prestonsburg, KY for the Mid-South Conference Spring Tournament. LWC is ranked No. 3 in the nation in the NAIA.

Softball: Next games: Two doubleheaders at Georgetown College, March 31, and April 1, 2007. LWC softball game at Brescia College, Owensboro, KY, for a game Wednesday, March 28, was rained out. 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:Tiger baseball is ranked No. 20 in nation in NAIA. Click Here. for the latest in CU athletics

On this date, March 29:
With facts mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

• EVENTS: In 1806, Congress authorized the first Federal highway, the Great National Pike, which was to connect the Cumberland, MD with Vandalia, MO. It is now part of US 40. In 2004, the Republic of Ireland became the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places.
• BIRTHS: In 1907, Man of War was born in Lexington, KY. Considered by many to be geatest US racehorse of all times. He is buried at Kentucky Horse Park. He was not entered in the Kentucky Derby because owner did not like racing in Kentucky. In 1918, Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, a retailing company with a store in Columbia and a some others elsewhere. In 1943, Eric Idle, a Python..
• DEATHS: In 1957, Joyce Cary, British author, whose works include Herself Surprised with wonderful characters Sara Monday and her lover, Gulley Jimson.

CELEBRATE:

Festival of Ishtar, either the Babylonian goddess of fertility or perhaps the worst movie ever produced.

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:

Patchy Fog in Adair County this morning limits visibility.

Hazardous Weather Outlook from the NOAA, There is a hazardous weather outlook today, Thursday, March 29, 2007, for portions of Central Kentucky Click Here to read the hazardous weather postings at the NOAA website.

Adair County Road Department Work
The Grassy Springs Bridge is open. 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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