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Today, Thurs., June 26, 2008: Culture, enlightenment to E. 80

Click Here Say Happy Birthday to a special County Official today! To see the new look, new location for CELEBRATIONS: Birthdays, Anniversaries. Share your celebrations now. Add a photo to make it special. $19.95.

Scroll to end of this feature for "Today's Picture Album," with stand alone (no story) photos. Additions throughout the day! -CM

Road Eighty Bridge closed for 270 Days today, June 26, 2008
Day 269; Three local experts,
A.L. Sinclair, Ed Waggener, and C.R. Arnold predict July 1, 2008 completion

School Vacation Countdown: J Adair County Schools start in just 42 days, on Thursday, August 7, 2008, when students enroll. Student Enrollment Procedures


November 4, 2008 General Election Countdown 141 days remaining. Register to vote in the office of Adair County Court Clerk Sheila Blair Mon.-Friday, 8:00am-4:00pmCT

EVENTS: Spotlighting, in brief, today's events for Day 178 of 2008 (Leap Year - 188days remaining).

  • Today: Adair County Public Library Bookmobile: East 80 area
  • 10:00am until 12:00pmCT: VBS (grades 7-12) at Great Oaks Ministries. All other children will meet in the evening from 6:00pmCT. until 8:30pmCT
  • 1:00pmCT: Garden Club to hear Nick Roy on "Lawn Care"
  • 5:00pm to 7:00pmCT: Sparksville Baptist Church VBS
  • 5:30pmCT to 6:30pmCT: Swimming lessons at Columbia City Pool
  • 6:00pmCT to 8:00pmCT: VBS at Revenna Separate Baptist Church (Metcalfe Co.
  • 6:00pmCT: Grider's Chapel UMC "Power Lab" Russell Co.
  • 6:00pmCT: Kids Crusade at Higher Praise, KY 80, Russell Springs, KY
  • 6:30pmCT: Sullivan Family will sing at Millerfield Brethren in Christ
  • 7:00pmCT: Adair Order of Eastern Star #435
  • 7:00pmCT: Columbia Parks & Rec Board Special Called Meeting
  • 7:00pmCT: The Columbia VFW Post 6097 and Ladies Auxiliary at VFW Hall
  • Reminder: Send mail from home to Adair Countians who are deployed to war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. How to and list

For events in detail and to scan future events into 2009, Click here

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  • The Dairy Dip, Jamestown ST, Columbia, KY. Phone (270) 384-4644.Today, Thursday, June 26, 2008: Eat for under $4.00 today: Our big Barbecue Sandwich, with Chips and Reg. Drink, All for $3.99 plus tax Dress it up for just 25cents more

  • Bob's Country Kitchen and General Store, Vester, KY. Breakfast anytime. Lunches packed. Pies a specialty. Thursday, June 26 Hotbar: Salisbury Steak with brown gravy. Mashed Potatoes, Blackeyed Peas. Cole Slaw, Corn Bread. Kay Burton will have Pecan Pie ready around 11:00am. Phone (270) 384-6774 to expedite order or to get dibs on the Pecan Pie.
Special advertising links today:
50% off original price sale, Mitzi's
Thank you. Special gift selection now at Julie Campbell's Ja Ci's Boutique
Click Here to do your shop from home, with Wal-Mart Site-to-Store(SM).
ColumbiaMagazine.com REAL ESTATE has links for seven leading real estate agencies. Check for real estate ads. For rent, business opportunities, real estate wanted, photo ads.

Columbian Theatre:
Columbian Theatre is now showing "You Don't Mess With the Zohan rated PG-13. Nightly at 7:00pmCT and Sunday at 2:00pmCT only. Phone (270) 384-5555.

New movie starts Friday, June 27, 2008, The new Disney and Pixar movie 'Wall-E'. Rated G it will play nightly at 7pm only and Sunday at 2pm only. We will also be giving out free Wall-E Watches with each children's ticket purchased while supplies last. -NATHAN COMPTON



Click here to read yesterday's "Today" feature.
A note: You can keep going back, a day at a time, each time an older "Yesterday's" page is accessed.

Court:
Thursday, June 26, 2008 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 "Learning for a Lifetime"

For 2008-2009 School Calendar, Click Here. School website was updated June 19, 2008, with new Adair County School District News items. NEW! Adair County Schools 2008-2009 Professional Development Calendar. 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.

ACHS BAND
Spend today scanning the site. Actually, you can spend days on the Adair County Band website and still find new material. Right now, a neat feature has baby pictures alternating with photos of performers today.
2007 Adair County Band website. Doyle Lloyd, webmaster.

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

AT THE COLUMBIAN THEATER:

Now showing at the Columbian Theatre
"You Don't Mess With the Zohan" rated PG-13. It will play nightly at 7:00pmCT and Sunday at 2:00pmCT only.
Starting Friday, June 27, 2008, we have the new Disney and Pixar movie 'Wall-E'. Rated G it will play nightly at 7pm only and Sunday at 2pm only. We will also be giving out free Wall-E Watches with each children's ticket purchased while supplies last. -NATHAN COMPTONClick here to read more about the historic Columbian Theatre.

This date in history:

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, Continuing work: The Adair County Road Department is now constructing a 300 ft. retaining wall on the bank of Crocus Creek at Inroad to shore up the Melson Ridge Road from Inroad to Cundiff, Melson Ridge, in District 3 of Adair County. The project is expected to take 45 days. Work started Monday, June 16, 2008. The project is being built with a $92,000 emergency grant from then Gov. Ernie Fletcher. It is the largest stream erosion project in all of Adair County Road Department history, and the largest in recent history since the Yuma Road Project in the last year of the Jerry Vaughan administration. Please drive carefully in work areas and be prepared for sudden stops. -LISA LEE, Adair County CJE Administrative Assistant. Announcement March 21, 2008: Watch here for next report from -LISA LEE, 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 Bridge closed for 270 Days today, June 26, 2008 First Story: Closed since Monday, October 1, 2007 , KY 80 Columbia-Russell Springs east of Columbia.

Western Bypass from 24,000 feet, 13 minutes from Lexington, KY, photo by Doug Campbell, Columbia Pilot 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 June 3, 2008 with photo of Drilling on work platform. Water level, at 681.96 feet Click here for June 3, 2008 (latest) Wolf Creek Dam update.

2008 Kentucky Primary & Election Calendar & Candidates
Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 4:00pm, last date for candidates for Columbia City Council, Adair County School Board to file for office. Click Here for 2008 Election Calendars at the Secretary of State's website.
To see the results by precincts or absentee voting, click on links below:
Absentee totals. White Oak.Eunice-Pellyton. Little Cake. East Columbia.Ozark.S. Columbia-Ozark. Glens Fork-Melson Ridge. Gradyville-Nell. Sparksville-Breeding. Milltown. West Columbia. Cane Valley-Holmes. Knifley-Roley. North Columbia. Hurt.

For complete 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.

Voter Registration is open in the office of Adair County Court Clerk Sheila Blair. Office hours 8:00am-4:00pmCT Monday, Friday. Closed Saturday and Sunday. Qualified individuals who are not registered to vote may do so starting Wednesday, May 28, 2008. "Registration books are closed from April 22, through May 27, 2008. (fourth Tuesday preceding through first Monday following primary)(This time period may vary depending on whether the last day to register to vote falls on a state or federal holiday. If the last day to register to vote falls on a state or federal holiday, the period runs until the end of the next day which is not a Saturday or Sunday nor a state or federal holiday.)," according to Secretary of State Trey Grayson's website and word from the office of Adair County Court Clerk Sheila Blair.

Please remember to submit 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

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Blacktopping underway, CWB, KY 61S to KY 61N



2008-06-26 - Columbia, KY - Photo By Ed Waggener.
PAVING OF THE KY 61 S to KY 61 N stretch of the Columbia Western Bypass from Burkesville Road to Greensburg Road got underway this week. Crews were erecting a fence along the stretch of limited access highway near Majestic Yachts on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. The segment of the Columbia Western Bypass from KY 61 S (Burkesville Road) to KY 55 S (Jamestown Road) is virtually complete, lacking only touch up and guardrails. The road is expected to be open sometime in early September, according to C.R. Arnold, who has been keeping a check on progress.Clicking Read More Accesses the "Today, Thurs. June 26, 2008" feature.

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Brick, mortar choices for Adair Justice Center



2008-06-26 - 201 Campbellsville ST, Columbia, KY - Photo By Ed Waggener.
BRICK AND MORTAR samples for the exterior of the Adair Justice Center have been put on display outside the Branscum Construction office trailer at the Campbellsville & Merchant Street Construction site. Before a final decision is made on the brick, mortar, trim and rotunda finish, members of Renaissance Columbia and other citizens will be invited to give opinions. Recent weather related construction delays, a two week delay in steel work, and some rock work have led construction management to move the expected completion date of the 35,000 s.f.structure to August, 2009, two months later than the previous June 2008 date projected by architects DLZ, KY. Clicking Read More Accesses the "Today, Thurs. June 26, 2008" feature.

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Road Eighty Bridge: Any day now



2008-06-26 - East 80, Russell Road, Columbia, KY at Russell Creek - Photo By Ed Waggener.
THIS THROUGH THE WINDOW LIGHT photo of the Road Eighty Bridge on Day 269, Wednesday, June 25, 2008, taken on a tip from A.L. Sinclair and C.R. Arnold, shows the span virtually complete. Both experts predict completion by July 1, 2008, significantly near Independence Day. Concrete work is complete. The western approach is yet to be paved, and there is some touch up. Clicking Read More Accesses the "Today, Thurs. June 26, 2008" feature.

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Mother and son



2008-06-26 - Just south of Green River - Photo By J.E.H..
"Not too far off 55, just south of Green River, is a good place to raise a family," photographer J.E.H. wrote with the photo. To see other ColumbiaMagazine.com group photos at Flickr, Click here. Clicking Read More accesses the "Today, Thursday, June 26, 2008," feature and Today's Picture Album.

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Happy 19th birthday, Brennan Smith



2008-06-26 - Photo 92.7 The WAVE photo.
Happy 19th birthday Brennan Smith. I'm so proud of you. Your Dad, Larry Smith.
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Welcome! Hagen Christopher Wayne McQueary!



2008-06-26 - Photo Family photo.
Hagen Christopher Wayne McQueary was born yesterday, Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at 5:37pm, weighing in at 9 lbs. 12 oz., and measuring 23 inches long. He is the son of Chris and Carrie McQueary and the baby brother to Kenzi and Hayley. Mom and baby are doing great!Clicking Read More accesses the "Today, Thursday, June 26, 2008" feature and Today's (Growing) Picture Album.

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(ADV) Peakedy Pie is part of What's Cooking at Vester, KY



2008-06-26 - Vester, KY - Photo By Linda Waggener.
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Kay Burton has peakedy-pie down pretty good! The big thing is, the meringue tastes as good as it looks. Pies are a specialty at Bob's Country Kitchen, five miles out on KY 206, along with a hot bar every day, sandwiches, and one of Adair County's best menus. Call ahead, (270)-384-6774 to reserve a pie or expedite your order.
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(ADV) South Central Printing, Inc.



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Columbia has always been a "Good Place to Call Home" for us. Whatever your printing promotion, from county maps to calendars, note pads, to 4-color community brochures to history books, you'll find experienced printers who appreciate the chance to talk with you about any job. We're proud to be part of Columbia's $5 million+ printing industry, part of the more than $8 million+ graphic/arts advertising industry. South Central Printing is publisher of "It's Just for a Smile News." SOUTH CENTRAL PRINTING.
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