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Today, Tues., Dec. 18, 2007: ACBdEd Discipline hearing

Scroll to end of feature for several, Today, December 18, 2007 standout, stand alone, no story photo(s)

Spotlighting, in brief, today's EVENTS for Day 352 of 2007 (13 days remaining).
  • Today: Adair County Food Pantry open, Office Park Drive
  • Today: Adair County Public Library Bookmobile in Knifley area
  • 8:00amCT: Special called Adair Co. Board of Education Meeting, student discipline
  • 6:00pmCT: Columbia-Adair County Airport Board
  • 7:00pmCT: 3rd Tuesday regular Jaycee meeting
  • This evening: Tour Columbia/Adair Co. for spectacular Christmas light displays. Details bottom this feature
Have you been a good little boy or girl?
There are just 7 days until Christmas. Kids are writing to Santa Claus. There's still time to post letters to the Big Guy, as a number of kids already have. For an index to the letters, Click Here

Click here for detailed Calendar of Events. To add your event, use the Contact/Submit button at the end of Events Calendar.

Advertising
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  • Click Here to do your Christmas Shopping in the comfort of your home, with Wal-Mart Site-to-Store (SM). Order online 24/7/365, pick up at Columbia Wal-Mart or other Wal-Mart store.
  • Doodleland Academy is now registering kids from birth to 10 years old.
  • Click Here to do your Christmas Shopping in the comfort of your home, with Wal-Mart Site-to-Store (SM). Order online, pick up at Columbia Wal-Mart or other Wal-Mart store.
  • Movies: At Columbian Theatre Fred Klaus At 6:00pmCT and 8:00pmCT and Sunday at 2:00pmCT and 4:00pmCT only.
To advertise here, call (270) 250-2730 or use contact/submit button

Much more, inside (or below), including "Driver's Seat" quick links to sites of local interest, including Adair County Public Library, local, state and national news sources.





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Please remember to submit events, celebrations now for November & December 2007 ColumbiaMagazine.com calendar of Events and Celebrations and to send new and updated entries for the Directory of Churches

Court:
Tuesday, December 18, 2007. No (0) cases in Adair Circuit Court (Judge James Weddle). No (0) cases scheduled in Adair District Court (Judge Michael Loy). Click Here to check Adair Court schedule at the Kentucky Court of Justice Website. To visit Adair Circuit Clerk site, Click Here

Adair County Schools
New, posted December 13, 2007: Click Here to see new Adair County School District New Student Intent Of Enrollment Data Form on PDF Click Here Daily for the comprehensive Adair County Schools website. In a community with some of the world's best websites, this frequently updated one is a standout. Find your child's school for important contacts, athletics, clubs/organizations, faculty & staff listings, SBDM Council meetings, events, and links.

Adair County Schools Menu: November 26 through December 21, 2007

ACHS BAND
2007 Adair County Band website. Doyle Lloyd, webmaster. With 2007 KMEA AAA State Champions posts. A must see site; includes video, audio, old photos and pictures

AT THE COLUMBIAN THEATER:

Now Showing
Fred Klaus. It is rated PG-13 and will play nightly at 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm and Sunday at 2:00 and 4:00 pm only..

Starting Friday, December 21, 2007
National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets will be opening at the Columbian Theatre.

Click here to read more about the historic Columbian Theatre.

This date in history, Wikipedia link:

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

Roads, Travel

Adair County Road Department maintenance report,Maintenance Schedule, December 14, 2007 (Latest): The Adair County Road Department will be doing shoulder work on the Cooper Ridge Road in District 1, also be prepared to have to wait for a short period while traveling this road. In District 3, the ACRD will be removing three dead trees on the Bloyd Road off the White Oak Road in District 3 today. Please use caution when traveling on this road. Have a Good Weekend.Click Here to see activity report, November 2007. Thanks. 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

Simon Finn Bridge on Kemp Road Closing:Any day now the bridge will be reopened, well ahead of schedule. Everything is a well ahead of Schedule. Work by Adair County's own Garrison Construction Co., Inc., began only a few weeks ago, on October 1, 2007 with a projected finish in six months. In the meantime, The Simon-Finn Bridge has been closed until further notice. For additional information please contact Adair County Judge Meltons Office, (270) 384-4703.

Kentucky Highway Department, Adair County
Road Eighty closed Click Here to see Tony Harvey photo of the construction site on Wednesday, December 12, 2007, If possible, use the LBN, even if it takes a little longer to reach an interchange. Closed since Monday, October 1, 2007 , KY 80 Columbia-Russell Springs east of Columbia.

Kentucky Highway Department Adair County Maintenance:
Updated as received

Kentucky Highway Department, 1-65:
Travel advisory, 1-65, yesterday, today
KYTC crews will be pothole patching on I-65 in both directions today and tomorrow, Monday and Tuesdy, December 16 and 17, 2007, in Barren County between mile markers 46 (Edmonson/Barren Co line) and 49 (north of Park City). Lane closures will be used while this work is performed from 7:30amCT to 2:30pmCT. Motorists are advised to use caution while traveling through this work zone and can expect slight delays.

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

Weekly Update: Latest, Dated December 12, 2007 with interesting photo of the foundation grouting work platform. Good news on water level, at 681.68 feet with increased rainfall producing some runoff, allowing increased discharge. Click here for December 12, 2007 (latest) Wolf Creek Dam update.

2007 Kentucky General Election Calendar & Candidates
December 31, 2007, is the last day to change political party registration to vote in a political party's 2008 primary. Click Here for 2007, 2008 Election Calendars at the Secretary of State's website.


Driver's Seat Links:
Adair County Christmas Lights night trips
This afternoon and evening, or any evening between now and Christmas day, know Adair County in Christmas time better trips will be rewarding. Winning Christmas in Columbia 2007 Christmas decoration awards were announced yesterday by Sheila Hare of the Columbia-Adair County Chamber of Commerce.

To see the list, and for a framework to plan your route, here a loose suggestion on an itinerary to see highlights from Chamber parade. Just a suggestion, you'll see hundreds of other great Christmas sights along the way and in other parts of the Adair County, where Christmas is taken seriously, Click Here
1) See Dr. Rogers' place on Jamestown Hill
2) Go to Tabor and see the Peggy Lawson House
3) See the Spires home in the Jones-Wright addition
4) See the Gary & Brenda Mann Home on Green Hills Road
5) See the Brown home off KY 80 in Churchill Estates
6) See the Terry Patton Home on New Concord Road
7) See the Brandon Keltner Home on Allen Schoolhouse Road
8) Make plenty of time for Knifley and Garnettia Knifley's elaborate display of lights, nativity scenes, and Christmas whimsy, all handcrafted, at 275 J. Knifley Road, (Columbia mail address) but the Knifley Community. Highly recommended by all who've seen it. The display is programmed to be lighted until 9:30pmCT.
Back in Columbia, there are great holiday visuals all over town. Mark you map to see the window display at Harris & Harris on the Downtown Square, and the picture postcard winning business decoration at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home.

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ACES Drama Club cast: for A Letter to Santa



2007-12-17 - Adair Elementary School, Columbia, KY - Photo By Debbie Cowan.
The CAST: These students have worked for several weeks on learning their lines, practicing their parts, and making props. They performed "A Letter to Santa" on Thursday night, December 13, 2007 for family, friends, and community members. They also performed twice for all the students at ACES on Monday, December 17."We are very proud of these students and their hard work to get everything to come together. We would also like to thank Alesha Compton, Brittany Brockman, and Katie Royse for their dedication in directing this production. A special thank you goes to Mrs. Debbie Cowan and Mr. Tony Rose for their help as well," Robbie Harmon, Principal, Adair County Elementary School, said.
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Cute Black & White Dog appears to be lost pet



2007-12-18 - Photo By Vickie Miller.
I am sending a picture of a dog that has been at my house for several days. He doesn't have a collar but looks like he has been taken care of. I would like to reunite him with his owners but if no one claims him he needs a good home. Call (270) 384-3126 if you know him or want to make him part of a loving family. Thanks, Vicki Miller

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