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Today, Tues. Jan. 15, 2008: CJE, Mayor, speak at noon at LWC

Spotlighting, in brief, today's EVENTS for Day 15 of 2008 (Leap Year - 351 days remaining).
  • Today:Adair County Public Library Bookmobile: Knifley today
  • Today: Entries accepted in Adair County Schools Logo contest
  • 11:45amCT: Chamber hosts Adair County CJE Ann Melton, Columbia Mayor Pat Bell for annual State of the County, State of the City addresses at Lindsey Wilson College's Cranmer Dining Center
  • 1:00pmCT: Columbia-Adair County Water Commission, Special Called Meeting
  • 3:00pmCT: ACES SBDM meets today
  • 4:30pmCT/5:30pmET: TCHS Boys Soccer Boosters chili supper
  • 6:00pmCT: Kick-Off 2008 Adair County Relay for Life
Click Here for Events in Detail, Calendar as Posted for Events throughout 2008.

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  • Certa-CARE Pharmacy offers guaranteed lowest prescription prices in Adair County. Guaranteed.
  • Movies at Columbian Theatre I Am Legend, rated PG 13, which will play nightly at 6:00pmCT and Sunday at 2:00pmCT only, and Alien vs Predator Requiem, Rated R, which plays at 8:15 nightly and Sunday at 4:15pm only.
  • Click Here to do your 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.
  • Celebrate Columbia and Adair Co., KY with CM cards PHOTO
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  • Doodleland Christian Academy is now offering daycare ages birth-10 years
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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.More of this feature in a few minutes



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Court:
Tuesday, January 15, 2008. Sixty-five (65) 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
See Adair County School website for school schedule.

School website was updated January 11, 2008, with several Adair County School District News items. 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: December 31, 2007 through January 25, 2008

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

Click here for Adair County Band Audio Tapes. Great gifts!

AT THE COLUMBIAN THEATER:

Now Showing
I Am Legend, rated PG 13, which will play nightly at 6:00pmCT and Sunday at 2:00pmCT only, and Alien vs Predator Requiem, Rated R, which plays at 8:15 nightly and Sunday at 4:15pm only.

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, Closed today. Reports added as received from the busy ACRD. Please drive carefully.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

Kentucky Highway Department, Adair County
Road Eighty closed for 107 Days today, January 12, 2008 Click HereClosed since Monday, October 1, 2007 , KY 80 Columbia-Russell Springs east of Columbia.

Kentucky Highway Department Adair County Maintenance:
Updated as received

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 January 9, 2008 with interesting photo. Water level, at 681.52 feet Click here for January 9, 2008 (latest) Wolf Creek Dam update.

2008 Kentucky General Election Calendar & Candidates
Click Here for 2008 Election Calendars at the Secretary of State's website.

For filings at Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson's office for President, US Senator US Representative, State Representative, Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Court of Appeals, and District Judgeships, Click Here.

Please remember tosubmit events, celebrations now for January 2008 and all of 2008 ColumbiaMagazine.com calendar of Events and Celebrations and to send new and updated entries for the Directory of Churches

Driver's Seat Links:

(ADV)Celebrate Adair County pride every time you give,
every time you send Scenic Adair County, KY note cards!

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If you'd like to give gifts that say "home" then you may want to order a pack of cards and envelopes containing eight different full color scenes of Adair County. Each card has the location and description on the back, and is blank on the inside so you can personalize the message for any occasion. Winter, spring, summer and fall seasons are represented in the photos from the archives of ColumbiaMagazine.com. Eight cards include 1) Gold Cat in fall leaves, 2) A winter farm scene in Gradyville, 3) Adair County leaves blowing in the wind 4) The Russell Creek Valley at Milltown in redbud time, 5) Trumpet vine by Adair County byway, 6) Famous Adair County Courthouse Clocktower pictures, side by side, over flag and behind fountain spray, 7) Giles House and reflection in lily-covered pond, and 8) The wrought iron fence at the Trabue-Russell House highlighted by stunning yellow leaves. Celebrate the richness of Adair County each time you correspond with friends and family with these cards. Each 8-pack of cards is $15.95 plus tax. They can be picked up at South Central Printing in Columbia, or you can call 270-250-2854 or e-mail linda@columbiamagazine.com to arrange to add shipping & handling and have them mailed directly to you or someone you wish to give a gift to. (ADV)




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Postcards from the past: Adair Courthouse at its finest



2008-01-15 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo By Betty Sue Jasper; photo from postcard collection.
The ADAIR COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Shown above in its red brick era in on this old postcard photographed by Betty Sue Jasper is a favorite memory of many older Adair Countians. The photo is from a collection of postcards she owns. She says she doesn't know the age of it.The view is from what is now the fountain area.

Notice that this was before the additions ("excretions," the late Adair County author Janice Holt Giles called them) were added to the Burkesville ST and Campbellsville ST sides of the courthouse.

Many in Columbia, including Second District Magistrate Wid Harris, that today's courthouse can be restored one day to this look after the new Adair Justice Center is open, and after new offices are built for the Adair County Attorney and Adair County Sheriff's offices. And maybe, after operation of the building is arranged with a third party. Attendees at the State of the County, State of the City addresses at Lindsey today at noon will be listening closely for hints of the building's future.

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On the right is a glimpse of the side of Russell Building's on Jamestown ST side. The awning which can be seen is over a section of the Russell Building which housed many notable Adair County businesses.

Some can remember Willis Dry Cleaners, operated by Ralph and Ruth & daughter Hilda Joyce Willis. Ralph Willis was Columbia's Mayor when the the natural gas system, the most profitable element of the Columbia Utilities Commission today, was established. Ruth Willis was a great Adair County teacher, and a pillar of the Columbia United Methodist Church with a radiant personality. Hilda Willis was a popular Columbia High School cheerleader who now lives at Bristow in Warren County, Kentucky.

The little corner was also the home of Hudson Willis' radio and Tv store. It may be the birthplace of City Tv, the local cable company which Willis founded and which has evolved and changed ownership to become today's Duo-County Columbia cable system. Hudson Willis was a beloved WAIN Radio performer and later wrote a biography, "The Best and the Worst of Beanpole."

As well, it was at one time the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce.

On the left can be seen a tiny bit of the Collins Building: at the corner of Campbellsville Street and the Square. It now houses "The Flower Garden," but through the years was mostly "Corner Drugs," or "Collins' Corner Drugs." It is famous in history a a place where many Columbians believe Theodore O'Hara penned part of "Bivouac of the Dead," but that has never been confirmed. It is confirmed that it is where Thomas Bramlett, later Governor of Kentucky, stayed with his dying daughter and risked arrest by the Confederates, rather than fleeing when he got word of the Confederates intent.

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Columbia-Adair County Chamber leaders in Lexington, KY



2008-01-15 - Photo couresy Arlinda Kessler.
COLUMBIA-ADAIR COUNTY was well represented at the Kentucky Chamber Day in Lexington, KY by members of the Board of Directors and local leaders. Above, from left, Darrell Treece, Pat Bell, Darrell Overstreet, Ann Melton, Sue Stivers, Dona Stotts, Joseph Payne, Marsha Walker, Richard Lee Walker, and Arlinda Kessler. "It was the first time Columbia ever had a full table for itself at the annual dinner," Sue Stivers, the Executive Director of the local chamber, said, adding, "We made a lot a great contacts, and arranged several visits to Columbia by state leaders.

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