Today, Wed., August 8, 2007: NOAA issues Heat Advisory

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(ADV.) CertaCARE DISCOUNT PHARMACY, 941 Campbellsville Rd.,Columbia, KY 42728CALL (270) 385-9139 and find out how CertaCARE Pharmacy offers the LOWEST PRESCRIPTION PRICES IN ADAIR COUNTY! GUARANTEED Mention this ad and receive additional discount. (AdV)

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HEAT ADVISORY from National Weather Service Today. SEE BELOW. Be sure to click Read More today!:

EVENTS IN BRIEF
Spotlighting, in brief, today's EVENTS for Day 218 of 2007 (147days remaining).

• 7:30am CT: All Certified AC School District Employees are to meet at Cranmer
• Wednesday, August 8, 2007: OPENING DAY/Records day for Staff of Adair County School District.
• 10am CT: Children's Story Hour at ACPL
• Wednesday, August 8, 2007: See Directory of Churches
  Please send church news, directory updates for your church before next Sunday's service

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(ADV) Back-to-School-Sports Physicals Just $25 in August. Dr. Phil Aaron Medical Center (ADV.)

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For Events in Detail, Future Events

CM Weather I: NOAA National Weather Service:
CM Weather II is continuously on the front page and is from Weather Underground. Below is CM Weather I, from NOAA, The National Weather Service, outlook for Wednesday, August 8 2007:

• Today...Sunny. Highs around 100. West winds up to 10 mph. Heat index readings 104 to 109.
• Tonight...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds up to 5 mph.

National Weather Service with detailed 7-day forecast and hazardous weather warnings, if any.
ColumbiaMagazine.com offers readers choice of two weather sources. Weather Underground updates and link continuously on front page of CM.


Heat Advisory from National Weather Service Follows:

"A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING.

"TEMPERATURES FROM THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM ROUGHLY 105 TO 110 DEGREES FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

"A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY HOT OUTDOOR CONDITIONS.

"DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...WEAR LIGHT COLORED...LIGHT WEIGHT CLOTHING...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON THE VERY YOUNG...ELDERLY AND PETS. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE.

"THOSE WORKING OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD REDUCE THEIR ACTIVITY...TAKE MORE FREQUENT BREAKS...AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. ALSO WEAR A HIGH SPF SUNSCREEN TO AVOID SUNBURN. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE WORK DURING THE COOLEST TIME OF THE DAY."


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Court:
Wednesday, August 8, 2007: No (0) cases scheduled in Adair Circuit Court (Judge James Weddle). Forty-seven (47) cases scheduled in Adair District Court (Judge Michael Loy). Click Here to check Adair Court schedule at the Kentucky Court of Justice Website

Adair County Schools

August 8, 2007, is Opening Day/Records Day for Staff.

August 9, 2007, School opening rescheduled for Monday, August 13, 2007 because of extreme heat. Students enroll. 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.

August AC School menu

Driver's Seat Links:

• Adair County
• City of Columbia, KY
• Columbia, KY. New Wikipedia update
• Celebrations: CM Birthdays, anniversaries
• Chamber of Commerce
  
• Columbia group at Flickr Preview local photographs by the best
  
• Duo-County
• High speed Internet
• Kentucky Flag Status:
  Information, status of flags at state office buildings.
• Kentucky Lottery
• Kentucky State Symbols
  Required study for Johnny Vaughn Adair County assimilation seminars for incomers
• NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD at google news.com
• Poll ratings: Bush
• Poll Ratings: Congress
• Salon.com breaking news, opinion, entertainment. Online magazine with news you'll see up to four weeks before you see it anywhere else.
• Sports: LATEST Lindsey Wilson Blue Raider Sports
• Stock market, financial news Link to Market Watch from DowJones
• TV Listings Link to Tv Guide
• WAIN 93.5 FM and 1270 AM
• The WAVE: 92.7 FM, WHVE

AT THE COLUMBIAN THEATER:

We have The Simpsons Movie (2007). It is rated PG-13 andwill play nightly at 6:00 and 8:00pm and Sunday at 2:00 and 4:00pm only.

Private Room is available for birthday or other parties. (270) 384-5555 for up to date details. -NATHAN COMPTON, manager. Historic Columbian Theater. Call 270-384-5555 to confirm, or for more information at the Columbian Theater.

On this date, August 8
Including facts and writing from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

• EVENTS: In 1786, Mont Blanc on the French-Italian Border was climbed for the first time by Jacques balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard. In 1794, Joseph Whidbey and George Vancouver lead an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska. Whidbey Island in Puget Sound named for Joseph Whidbey. Columbia, KY's Old Coddger captureded Whidbey Island Ferry.
• BIRTHS: In 1866, Matthew Henson, arctic explorer. In 1879, Dr. Bob, (Robert Holbrook Smith) founder of Alcoholics Anonymous with Bill Wilson. In 1896, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of The Yearling about a boy who adops an orphaned fawn. In 1937, two time Academy Award winning actor Dustin Hoffman. Keith Carradine, actor made famous by mention of Kung Fu television series in cult favorite Office Space movie..
• DEATHS: In 1898, Eugene Boudin, a French painter, "the master of the sky," though connection to boudin the sausage, may not be easily found. In 1965, author Shirley Jackson, author of the short story, "The Lottery." In 2005, John Harold Johnson, founder of Ebony and Jet magazines.

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

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(ADV.) MITZI'S, 303 Greensburg Street, has received new shipment of designer handbags and wedge sandals. All summer clothing 50% off original price. Large selection of shoes $12. to $42. Our regular hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm CT Wednesday thru Friday and 9:00am to 1:00pm CT on Saturday. Phone 270-634-0659. Remember, at Mitzi's, we have quality at a lower price. (ADV.)

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Roads Travel
Adair County Road Department maintenance schedule:
Wednesday, August 8, 2001 The Adair County Road Department will be working on the following Today, Wednesday, August 8, 2007: District 1: Blacktopping on the Scott Hill Road in District 1: District 5: Chip and Sealing and hauling gravel. District 6: The Spout Springs Bridge. Please excerise caution when driving in these areas. -LISA LEE , CJE administrative assistant, office of Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton. 270-384-4703. Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton.

High detail Adair Co. Map: Click Here

High detail Adair Co. Map: Click Here

Kentucky Highway Department Maintenance, Adair County
Wednesday, August 08, 2007: 10 Replace a private entrance on KY 551 @ 17.1 MP. 2) Cut brush on KY 900 KHD Adair Maintenance, August 6-10, 2007.

Western Bypass from 24,000 feet, 13 minutes from Lexington, KY, photo by Doug Campbell, Columbia Pilot and owner of Catfish Plus seafood restaurant, posted on CM on June 28, 2007.

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

Click here for July 25, 2007 (latest) Wolf Creek Dam update.

2007 Kentucky General Candidates
Click Here

Election, Magistrate, District 1 (White Oak, Eunice Pellyton, Little Cake). Republican Danny Goodin officially filed for the office on Tuesday, July 17, 2007. Independent Gene Dale Holmes was already filed. No Democrat has yet filed. Party process nominee filings to be made in Adair County Court Clerk Sheila Blair's office by 4:00pm August 14, 2007, for November 6, 2007, General Election ballot. Democrats have not yet chosen a candidate



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