Today, Mon., April 23, 2007: Last day to register for May primary

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Spotlighting, in full, today's events for 113th day of 2007 (252 days remaining) Check Events Calendar for complete community calendar with future events as far out as we've received them.

8am-5:30pm CT. A Family Affair Art Exhibit. Lucretia Begley Art Gallery, Lindsey Wilson College, featuring the art of Sara Roush, Jeffrey Grant Scott, Henrietta Roush Scott, and Sara Scott Browning.

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8:00am CT. Last day to register to vote in 2007 primary election: Voters have from 8am-4:30pm to register to vote in the primary election, Tuesday, May 22, 2007. Register in the office of Adair County Court Clerk Sheila Blair in the Adair Annex on the Square in Columbia, KY.

6:00pm Dodgeball tournament The Adair County Junior Miss Scholarship Program will host a co-ed Dodgeball (Double Elimination) Tournament on Monday, April 23, 2007 at 6:00pm CT at the ACHS Gym. What you need: At least 6 players, of which at least 2 must be female. All players must be 16 or older. A completed tournament application, with the $30 entry fee. Creative name & dress. Energy! We ask participants to be at the ACHS Gymnasium on Monday, April 23rd by 5:30pm (if possible). Prizes will be awarded for 1st place and to the "most creative attire." If you have any questions regarding the Dodgeball Tournament, please contact Jenny Myers at 384-1150 or 634-1933. - GINA CAMPBELL

8pmET/7pmCT. Spring Concert at CU The Campbellsville University Concert Band will present its annual Spring Concert Monday, April 23 at 8 p.m. at Campbellsville Baptist Church. Conductors for the program will be Dr. David McCullough, director of bands, Ms. Jennifer Tinnell, assistant director of bands, and Curtis Bennett, graduate assistant. - ASHLEY SIDEBOTTOM, CU staff writer

• Art: Exhibit at the Lucretia Begley Gallery at Lindsey Wilson College continues with A Family Affair Art Exhibit featuring the art of Sara Roush, Henrietta Roush Scott, Jeffrey Scott, and Sara Scott Browning. Hours are 8:00am to 5:30pm. M-F.
• Entertainment: New movies started last night and continue at the Columbian Theater. "Meet the Robinsons" and "300."
• Eating: Huddle House, Campbellsville offers 24 hr dining. Catfish Plus has new longer hours every day but Sunday. Check out Circle R's new buffet. Bring your laptops and read ColumbiaMagazine.com: The Circle R is also an Internet Buffet, with Wi-Fi. (new phone number 384-1793). Access menus from side ads in ColumbiaMagazine.com.

Weather:
The National Weather Service outlook for Monday, April 23, 2007:

Today: Partly sunny and warm with a 20 percent chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts near 30 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms...Then chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.

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.


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Court:
Monday, April 23, 2007: There are four cases scheduled in Adair Circuit Court. There are 84 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:
Monday, April 23, 2007

BREAKFAST: Gravy and Biscuit. Plus regular menu always includes: Choice of Low Fat Milk. Cereal choices and toast offered daily at breakfast. Some items contain peanuts.

LUNCH: Chicken & Cheese Quesadilla. Hot Ham and Cheese on Bun. French Fries. Baked Beans. Carrots w/Dip. Orange. Plus regular menu always includes Choice of Low Fat Milk. Fruit and juice offered daily with lunch. Salads are available daily.

Click Here Daily for the comprehensive Adair County Schools website. CATS Testing Dates, April 23 through May 4, 2007.

At the Columbian Theater:

Meet the Robinsons. Rated G and will play nightly at 6:00 pm and Sunday at 2:00 pm only.

300. It is rated R and will play nightly at 8:00 pm and Sunday at 4:00 pm only.

Click here for more on the historic Columbian Theater.

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.

On this date, April 23
With facts and writing mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

• EVENTS: It wasn't an advance as significant as velcro, mankind's greatest achievement, but in 1867 William Lincoln patented the zoetrope, a machine which shows animated pictures by mounting a strip of drawings on a wheel.
• BIRTHS: In 1564 William Shakespeare.
• DEATHS: In 1985, Sam Ervin, U.S. Senator from North Carolina, who ranked low on civil rights, low on real protection of religious freedoms, but high on civil liberties. Opposed iniquitous "no knock" search laws, intrusive data-banks, lie-detector tests as invasions of privacy. He was most famous for his role in the Senate Watergate hearings.

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

Sports Briefs
Adair County High School Baseball Next home game Monday April 23, 2007, with Clinton County. 5:00pm CT. Click here for story with schedule of 2007 Home Games.

Lindsey Athletics:

Baseball. The next games are April 27-29 for the Mid-South Conference Tournament. Location to be announced. Click here for schedule.

Softball: The team is back in Columbia with a game with Treveca Nazarene University of Nashville, TN. at 3pm CT at Joe Johnson Park, LWC's home softball field. Click Here for softball home page.

Lindsey Wilson Cycling: Next event, April 28, 29, 2007, Road Regionals at Butler University, Indianapolis, IN.

Complete LWC schedules at Click Here and click on athletics

Lindsey Wilson Tennis: Both the Men's and Women's Tennis teams won the MSC Championship matches in Louisville. For more on that, Click Here

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

Traffic and Roads

Driving, catching turns, and safety got a huge boost with Saturday work striping lanes, marking turns, and unveiling new signage on Saturday, April 21, 2007 on the new section of the new section of KY 61 South, the junction with KY 80 and the interchange with the LBN. As time, weather, and traffic lighten the black top, driving at night is easier, and a flashing beacon being re-installed will make the junction of KY 61 and 80 East safer still.

The contract for the Western Bypass will go to Gaddie-Shamrock. State Highway Commissioner Marc Williams, in a telephone call with Judge Ann Melton, that he will officially award the contract next week. Local leaders have worked to get a bypass for over 60 years.

Adair County Road Department Work
To contact Adair County Road Department: Administrative Assistant Lisa Lee in Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton's office: (270) 384-4703.

Kentucky Department of Highways Road Work:

High detail Adair Co. Map: Click Here

What's next?:Kentucky's Six-Year Plan Project information map shows more orange, the color codes for construction projects awarded. Click Here to learn more about major Kentucky Transportation Cabinet projects, Click Here for KTC Six-Year Plan map and links to details.

Wolf Creek Dam
Weekly update. April 17, 2007: Click here to read. The report showed Lake Cumberland Elevation at 683.6 feet, up because of rainfall in area varying from one inch to five inches. One page report. One photo

Inundation maps online 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." Be prepared for very slow download. Click Here

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

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

TODAY, APRIL 23, 2007, is the last day to register for the Tuesday, May 22, 2007, primary election.

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