Today, Sat, April 28, 2007: Golf Scramble at Pinewood

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Spotlighting, in full, today's events for 118th day of 2007 (247 days remaining).

Election countdown: It is 24 days until the 2007 Kentucky Primary Election.

Check Events Calendar for complete community calendar with future events as far out as we've received them.

10am CT: First National will host Golf Scramble
The First National Bank of Columbia will be hosting a Golf Scramble on April 28, 2007 at Pinewood Country Club. All proceeds will go to the Relay For Life fund. Registration will begin at 10:00am CT and tee off is at noon. Many prizes will be given away including a $10,000.00 cash prize for a hole in one. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Brock or Stacy Popplewell at (270) 384-2361.

4pm CT: Fish Fry at Higher Praise
Higher Praise Church, 3515 W. KY Hwy 80, Russell Springs, KY will be having a fish fry and auction on Saturday, April 28, 2007. The fish fry will start at 4:00 pm, and will include a fish plate, dessert and drink. Cost will be $6.00. The auction will start at 5:00 pm, with merchandise and certificates being donated by area businesses. Proceeds from this event will benefit Higher Grounds Youth Center building fund. For further information, please contact 866-8811, ext. 11. Everyone is welcome! -CHARLOTTE CHANDLER

4pm CT: Gospel singing, dinner at New Life
New Life for the Nations will be having a fish, chicken, and steakdinner fund raiser with gospel music on Saturday, April 28, 2007 from 4:00to 7:00pm CT. Proceeds will go toward helping the New LIfe Praise Teamgo to AEGA World Conference in Monroe, LA in June. All you can eat fresh catfish and chicken dinners will be available at $7.00,including meat, coleslaw, green geans, baked beans, rolls, desserts, drink.An exta: 25 steak dinners with baked potato will be available on a first come, first servedbasis for $10:00 each. Special: The inflatable obstacle course for the kids.Call 384-3010 or 385-9991 for more information. -PASTOR GERALD RELIFORD

6pm CT: The Baileys at Little Cake Christian Church
The Baily Family will be singing at the Little Cake Christian Church on Saturday, April 26, 2007, starting at 6:00pm. The Bailey family includes Irene Bailey Harmon and Howard, Junior, Bill, and occasionally Danny Bailey. The public is invited to attend.

7pm CT: You Can't Be to Careful at Star
The play concludes this week with showtimes at 7pm Saturday night, April 28; and at 2pm Sunday afternoon, April 29, 2007. All times CT. Tickets are $6 for all seats. Call 270-866-STAR(7827). Star Theater, Main Street, Russell Springs, KY. -KYLE HADLEY

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: "Are We Done Yet" and "The Reaping" 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 Saturday, April 28, 2007:

Today: Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of light rain until midday. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.

Hazardous Weather Short term forecast

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:
Next Monday, April 30, 2007: There are 108 cases scheduled Monday 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:
Monday, April 30, 2007

BREAKFAST: MANAGER'S CHOICE TO BE ANNOUNCED. Plus regular menu always includes: Choice of Low Fat Milk. Cereal choices and toast offered daily at breakfast. Some items contain peanuts.

LUNCH: MANAGER'S CHOICE TO BE ANNOUNCED. 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. See calendar dates. 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:

Are We Done Yet?. Rated G and will play nightly at 6:00 pm and Sunday at 2:00 pm only.

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

Coming May 4, 2007: Spider Man III

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 28
With facts and writing mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

• EVENTS: In 1862, in the Civil War, Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans, LA. In 2002, Apple Computer's iTunes Store opens, selling 1 million songs in its first week.
• BIRTHS: In 1926, Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird. In 1944, Chef Alice Waters, who advocates eating locally produced foods that are in season. More and more people subscribe to the idea, but don't rush to a local restaurant in the next few days expecting to find poke sallet on the menu.
• DEATHS: In 1993, Jim Valvano, NC State basketball coach.
• CELEBRATE

Trees. In Nebraska, it is Arbor Day.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 is April 28. Raiders beat the University of the Cumberlands 10-1 yesterday in Georgetown to earn right to play winner of Georgetown-Pikeville. Game time is 6:00pm tonight at Georgetown, KY; to for the Mid-South Conference Tournament. Location to be announced. Click here for schedule.

Softball: The LWC softball team face Campbellsville University at 9am in the Mid-South Conference Tournament in Jeffersontown, KY, on April 28, 2007. Click Here for softball home page.

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

Lindsey Wilson Tennis: Click Here for LWC Men's Tennis home page at Lindsey.edu. Click Here for the LWC Women's home page at Lindsey.edu.

Complete LWC schedules at Click Here and click on athletics

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

Kentucky Department of Highways Road Work:

High detail Adair Co. Map: Click Here

What's next? What's happening:
Western Bypass: No new word from the SYP website or Judge Ann Melton's office on whether Commissioner Marc Williams has awarded the the Western Bypass of Columbia award, which Commissioner Williams had indicated would come this week.
Rehabilitation of LBN: According the the Six Year Plan information, the Paving Project on the Louie B. Nunn/Cumberland Parkway/Future Route I-66 is now 39% complete.

Reconstruction of KY 61 from Interchange to Sparksville: Active.
Replace Bridge at Cedar Creek: Inactive.
Replace Bridge at Russell Creek, E KY 80: Inactive.
Reconstruction of KY 61 from Columbia to Green County line:Inactive.
Brush Creek Bridge: Active.
Scoping Study for Eastern Bypass: Active.
Reconstruct KY 704 10 miles south of Columbia to eliminate two dangerous curves and install guardrail. Active.
Replace bridge over the tributary of Casey Creek, KY 1742.. Active

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

This week's media accounts To go directly to the latest media accounts, with top stories on the outside engineers' study recommending lowering the level of Lake Cumberland 30 more feet, to 650 ft, Click Here

Wolf Creek Dam Consensus Report Teleconference is now online. The teleconference was held April 24, 2007. Click Here to go directly to it.

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

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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