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Sunday links to check: Our Sam Clemens was Rebel, briefly

Lt. Samuel Clemens was Confederate soldier, briefly
Adair County, KY gets prominent mention in a book review entitiled "Lt. Clemens reflects/Civil War embittered Twain"by Marshall Myers. Click Here to read. The book is about Lt. Clemens' two weeks of service in the Confederate army and tells of his family's slaveholding in Adair County.

Adair County now in a minority as one of the dry counties
Since Kentucky revised wet/dry laws, many counties have opted for some form of alcoholic beverage sales. At one time, only 20 of Kentucky's 120 counties have alcoholic beverage sales. Now 67 do. Adair, one of the 53 completely "dry" counties, is now in the minority on the issue. With some talk in Columbia about making the Holladay Place Shopping Complex in South Columbia #2 precinct, or North Columbia, or another Adair County Precinct moist for beer and alcohol sales, you might want to check out how the state looks now.


Click Here for Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Commission map showing Kentucky Counties Wet/Dry Status. The map lists 30 wet counties, 53 Dry, 17 moist, 23 iimited, 16 golf, 18 winery; and one qualified historic site. At present, Adair County does not have a qualified historic district. For a list of Wet & Dry Counties in Kentucky, Click Here Comments and news tips on nearby county local option elections welcome.

No body listened to local tout
There's a great photo of Big Brown crossing the finish line in the Preakness in today's New York Times online. A number of Adair County racing fans were told, even before the Kentucky Derby, that Big Brown would win. The advice came pretty straight, from the father of a Lexington daughter who is married to a friend of the horse's jockey. What the Adair County source told race goers was, "Big Brown can't stand to see the backend of another horse." As usual, the John Kennedy Toole rule prevailed, and Columbia racegoers who could have won big money on Big Brown in the Derby, didn't heed the advice. To see that photo of Big Brown crossing the finish line in the Preakness, Click Here

Gas prices dampening Lake Cumberland tourism prospects
A story in today's Lexington Herald Leader online, by Bill Estep of the paper's Somerset, KY bureau, tells about the impact of high gas prices on Lake Cumberland tourism. Click Here to read "Lower lake + higher gas prices = ?/ Lake Cumberland Businesses were hoping for 2008 rebound."

Coverage of Hillary's visit to Marion County
The Lebanon Enterprise online has an account of Hillary Clinton's visit to Maker's Mark Distillery yesterday. To read it, Click Here



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