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Today, Friday, June 1, 2007: Graduation tonight


Spotlighting, in full, today's events for Day 152 of 2007 (213 days remaining).

Friday, June 1, 2007: UCB Annual Appreciation Day is Friday
United Citizens Bank will be holding an annual customer appreciation day on Friday, June 1, 2007, at its Jamestown & Heskamp Streets location..

Friday, June 1, 2007: Crusade roadblocks
Columbia and Adair County Fire Department volunteers will be manning roadblocks for the Crusade for Children. All the money donated--all of it--comes back to Adair County in the form of grants. The committee for the Columbia-Adair County Fire Department Crusade for Children is headed by Brandon Lewis, Chairman, and Dennis Loy and Joshua Brockman Co-Chairman. - DONALD HARE

7:00pm: Adair County High School Graduation
7:00pm, Adair County High School, Columbia, KY. ColumbiaMagazine.com will post the names of the Valedictorian and Salutorian for this year during the celebration.

(ADV.)BARBEQUE: Ol' Joe Barbee's barbeque is open this weekend, June 1 & 2, 2007, Friday, and Saturday. Open at 10:30am; closing time each evening varies with supply of barbecue. It's located on the East side of the road, just north of the Russell Creek Bridge on KY 55 (Campbellsville Road) inn Columbia. Book your orders for Ribs, Kentucky Wings and Chicken Quarters and more for your parties. (Ask about sides when you call.) Joe will also take orders, at reasonable times, at this phone number: 250-634-0602. as well as the store phone, 270-384-2360. Click here for complete menu. Please note that the Cajun Turkeys in the photo are seasonal, not available this weekend. (ADV.)

Weather:
The National Weather Service outlook for Friday, June 1, 2007:

Today...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds up to 5 mph.

Tonight...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds up to 5 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:
Friday, June 1, 2007: There are no cases scheduled in Adair Circuit Court. There are no cases scheduled in Adair District Court. Click Here to check Adair Court schedule at the Kentucky Court of Justice Website

Adair County School District Menus, News:
Thursday, June 1, 2007.

BREAKFAST: MANAGER'S CHOICE. 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. 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. In a community with some of the world's best websites, this one is a standout.

AT THE COLUMBIAN THEATER:

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, June 1
With facts and writing mostly from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

  • EVENTS: in 1792, Kentucky was admitted as the 15th state of the United States. Much, much later, in 1796, the young state of Tennessee was admitted as the 16th state. In 1855, a Nashville, TN, Walker, William, conquered Nicaragua. In 1869, Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric voting machine.
  • BIRTHS:In 1831, John Bell Hood, was born in Owingsville, Bath County, KY. He was a Confederate general. He was injured in the Battle of Gettysburg. In 1926, Andy Samuel Griffith, in Mt. Airy, NC.
  • DEATHS: In 1968, Helen Keller.
  • National Accordion Awareness Month begins today in the United States.
Click Here to access other facts from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia including lists of events, births, deaths, holidays, and other facts about this day.

Adair County Road Department: We will be ditching on Old Portland Road and the kemp Road in District 5. We will be mowing roadsides in District 1, in the Millerfields area. The sidemower will be on the Butler branch Road in District 6 and along the Rocky Hills Road in District 5. Have a good weekend. Please drive carefully in these areas. -LISA LEE, from the office of Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton.

KY 92 is closed 1.6 miles east of KY 55 for construction of a new bridge over Cedar Creek. But it is expected to be open around June 10-12, Amy Mitchum, a spokesperson for Garrison Construction Co, said .

High detail Adair Co. Map: Click Here

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

Weekly update.: Newest report , May 23, 2007. Click here to read. The report showed Lake Cumberland Elevation at 680.53 feet on May 21, 2007. One page report. One photo

2007 Kentucky General Candidates
Click Here

Click here to access all the May 22, 2007 Adair County primary election charts, precinct-by-precinct, with totals for the county and links to printable versions.



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Those old fashion climbing roses are full in glory now



2007-06-01 - Edmonton, KY - Photo By Ed Waggener.
The world's top fan of old fashioned climbing roses Linda Waggener, right, has discovered another great grower, Naomi Burriss, Edmonton, who generously presented a bouquet to her appreciative guest.

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