Today, Tues., April 24, 2007: Westlake Board meeting at 6:00pm

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Spotlighting, in full, today's events for 114th day of 2007 (251 days remaining) Check Events Calendar for complete community calendar with future events as far out as we've received them.

10:00am CT: Ribbon cutting at Best Buy Clothes The Columbia-Adair County Chamber of Commerce will have a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday, April 24, 2007, beginning at 10:00am CT at Best Buy Clothes & More, a division of Dixieland Production, located at 310 Public Square in Columbia. Sue Rowe is the owner. Phone 270 378-1865. Chamber Members and the public are invited to attend.

9:00amCT/10amET: Writers Day, Induction of Poet LaureateJane Gentry Vance induction as Poet Laureate is April 24, 2007. The Kentucky Arts Council will celebrate Kentucky Writers Day, highlighted by an induction ceremony for Jane Gentry Vance as the 23rd Kentucky Poet Laureate for 2007 and 2008. This years Kentucky Writers Day and Poet Laureate Induction Ceremony will be at 10:00amET/9:00amCT, Tuesday, April 24, at the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort.

4:00pmScrapbooking Club at library
The Scrapbooking Club will be meeting from 4:00p.m. until 6:00p.m. in the library basement. You can come and go as you wish.

4:30pm: Project Graduation organizational meeting
Project Graduation will hold its first organizational meeting at the Adair County High School library at 6:00pm CT. Anyone interested in assisting with this event is asked to attend this meeting or contact Brenda Mann 384-5545 after 4:30 p.m. or Ellen Zornes anytime at 384-3400 or 250-3400. As always, we appreciate all our community does for our kids! - ELLEN ZORNES

CANCELLED 5:30pm CT: Adair PDB meetingThe meeting for tonight has been cancelled and re-scheduled forTuesday, May 8, 2007: The Project Development Board will have a special-called meeting on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 5:30pm CT in the basement of the Adair County Annex Building. The meeting will be open to the public. -GALE COWAN, Finance Officer, Adair County Judge Executive's Office. The Adair County Project Development Board (PDB) holds its regular monthly meetings each 4th Tuesday in the basement of the Adair County Annex Building. The meeting is open to the public, especially all those interested in the new Adair County Justice Center. Board members at Judge Executive Ann Melton (chair), Circuit Court Clerk Dennis Loy, Columbia Attorney Marshall Loy, Circuit Court Judge James Weddle, First District Magistrate Roger Stephens, and Administrative Office of the Courts representative Doug Teague.

6:30pm: WRH Board of Directors. News tip: Pay Equity. Major topic will be pay increases for lowest paid - under $25,000 annually - employeesThis group supervises the largest budget among Adair County taxing districts and oversees the majority player in the largest component of the Adair County economy. The Westlake Cumberland Hospital Board of Directors meets tonight, Tuesday, February 27, 2007, at 6:30pm at the Board of Directors Conference Room at the hospital. The board's regular monthly meetings are each 4th Tuesday in the conference room of Westlake Regional Hospital. The board currently includes the following members (term expiration dates in parenthesis): Chairman, Mitchell Harris (March 11, 2009), and members Brenda Harvey (August 26, 2007), Gerald McLean (October 28, 2007), James Evans (November 30, 2008), and Katie Campbell (April 27, 2009)

7:00pm CT: Jaycees meetingRegular 4th Tuesday meeting, at 7:00pm CT, of the Columbia-Adair County Jaycees, in the Chamber of Commerce Building on the Corner of Burkesville and Fortune Streets. The C-AC Jaycees meet each 2nd and 4th Tuesdays here at 7:00pm CT

April 23- May 11, 2007: LWC Spring Cultural Affairs event
Art Majors Seminar. Ashley Green, artist. Lucretia C. Begley Gallery

• 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: Movies "Meet the Robinsons" and "300" continue at the Columbian Theater.
• 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 Tuesday, April 24, 2007:

Today: Cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Tonight: Cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 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:
Tuesday, April 24, 2007: There are 90 cases scheduled in Adair Circuit Court. No cases are scheduled for today 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, April 24, 2007

BREAKFAST: Sausage 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: Fish Fries or Chicken Strips. Creamed Potatoes. Green Beans. Homemade roll. Applesauce. 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 24
With facts and writing mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

• EVENTS: In 1800, The United States Library of Congress was established when President John Adams signed legislation to appropriate $5,000 to puchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress." In 1979, "Georgia on my mind" was adopted as the official state song of Georgia after Ray Charles performed it before a joint session of the Georgia General Assembly.
• BIRTHS: In 1905, great American poet, novelist, born at Guthrie, Kentucky. In 1940, Sue Grafton, great American mystery writer born in Louisville, KY, the daughter of novelist CW Grafton and Vivian Harnsberger, both of whom were Presbyterian ministers.
• DEATHS: In 1947, author Willa Cather. In 1974, Bud Abbott, the straight man for Lou Costello. The comedy team of Abbott and Costello always packed the house at the Rialto Theater in Columbia.

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 Tuesday, May 1, 2007, with Marion County. 4:30pm 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 LWC softball team will compete in the Mid-South Conference Tournament in Jeffersontown, KY, on April 27-28, 2007. Details to be announced. 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: Blue Raider Men at Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN, at noon today, April 24, 2007. Click Here for LWC Men's Tennis home page at Lindsey.edu. Click Here for the LWC Women's home page at Lindsey.edu.

Campbellsville University Athletics:Today, April 24, 2007, See photos of CU upgrade of outdoor athletic facilities and the Campbellsville Lady Tiger regular season MSC champions plus much more. Click Here. for the latest in CU athletics

Traffic and Roads

Adair County Road Department Work
Tuesday, April 24, 2007. Lonnie Page, is working in on the Blue Branch cutting a ditch so the road would drain. Terry Williams, Tom Brock, and Donnie Melton has gone on the Dunnville Road cutting a tree that has fallen, reported by the school bus driver. Gary Samuells will cold patching on Cooper Ridge and Winfrey Hill in District 1. Terry Williams will be cutting out the Abrell Road in Distrct 1, and Donnie Melson will be hauling gravel for the Abrell Road. - LISA LEE, Administrative Assistant, Judge-Executive's Office. 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: New report is due today, Tuesday April 24, 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



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