Today, Wed., April 25, 2007: Children's Story Hour

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Spotlighting, in full, today's events for 115th day of 2007 (250 days remaining) Check Events Calendar for complete community calendar with future events as far out as we've received them.

Election countdown: It is 27 days until the 2007 Kentucky Primary Election.

10:00am CT: Children's Story Hour
Children's Story Hour at the Adair County Public Library at 10:00am CT. Children's Story Hour is each Wednesday at 10:00am. -ALEINA MILLIGAN, ACPL Children's Librarian.

4:30pm CT: ACMS Site Based Council will meet
The Adair County Middle School Site Based Council meeting that was scheduled for Wednesday, April 18, has be rescheduled for Wednesday, April 25, 2007, at 4:30pm CT, at the school. -CATHY LUTTRELL.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007: See Directory of Churches

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 Wednesday, April 25, 2007:

Overnight: Showers and thunderstorms likely toward morning. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Wednesday: Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 15 mph.

Wednesday Night: Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 60. South winds 5 to 15 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.


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Court:
Wednesday, April 25, 2007: There are 137 cases are scheduled for today in Adair District Court. No cases scheduled today in Adair Circuit 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:
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

BREAKFAST: Scrambled Eggs. Bacon. toast and Jelly. 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 Taco Salad. Salsa and Trimmings. Refried Beans w/Cheese. Potato Wedges. Banana. 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. Note on CATS testing now in progress. CATS Testing Dates, April 23 through May 4, 2007.

Adair County School District Student Enrollment Procedure (Beginning with the 2007-2008 School Year) is now online. Click Here to access Enrollment Procedure.

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 25
With facts and writing mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

• EVENTS: In 1719, Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe is published. In 1901, New York became the first state to require automobile license plates.
• BIRTHS: In 1908, Edward R. Murrow, American journalist. In 1914, Ross Lockridge, American author. In 1917, Ella Fitzgerald, American singer. In 1940, Al Pacino, American actor.
• DEATHS: In 1878, Anna Sewell, British author who wrote the classic novel Black Beauty
• CELEBRATE: DNA day. Celebrates the completion of he Human Genome Project and the discovery of the Double Helix. Red Hat Society Day. The society is a dis-organization for women over 50. Members wear red hats and purple.

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:

Golf Both the Lindsey men's and women's golf teams won their respective regional titles and advance to national NAIA play. Click Here for the LWC Men's Golf Page. Click Here for LWC Women's Golf Page.

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: Yesterday's Blue Raider Men at Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN, was cancelled. 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
Wednesday, April 25, 2007: The Road Department will be working on Abrell Road in District 1 working today, and cold patching in District 1.. - 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.: Newest report is Tuesday April 24, 2007.Click here to read. The report showed Lake Cumberland Elevation at 682.3 feet. 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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