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Today, Fri, June 27, 2008: Oil tax bill sale, courthouse

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 271 Days today, June 26, 2008
Word from Local Contact Man is that the bridge will be complete no later than July 21, 2008.

School Vacation Countdown: J Adair County Schools start in just 41 days, on Thursday, August 7, 2008, when students enroll. Student Enrollment Procedures


November 4, 2008 General Election Countdown 140 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 179 of 2008 (Leap Year - 187 days remaining).

  • Today: Adair County Public Library Bookmobile: Gradyville
  • 6:00am to 10:00amCT: Adair County Farmers Market
  • 9:00amCT: Sale of Delinquent 2007 Oil Taxes, Adair County Sheriff's Office
  • 8:00pmCT: VBS at Revenna Separate Baptist Church. Metcalfe County
  • 10:00am until 12:00pmCT: VBS at Great Oaks Ministries VBS youth grades 7-12; all others 6:00pmCT. until 8:30pmCT
  • 12noonCT: Pinewood Country Club Member/Guest event
  • 1:00-3:00pmET/12noon-2:00pmCT: Silver class at Taylor Co Extension Office
  • 5:00pm to 7:00pm: Sparksville Baptist Church VBS
  • 5:30pmCT to 6:30pmCT: Swimming lessons at Columbia City Pool
  • 6:00pmCT until 8:00pmCT: Grider's Chapel UMC "Power Lab" Russell Co.
  • 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

Advertising
(ADV): To see What's Cooking in Adair County, KY, today, Click Here
  • The Dairy Dip, Jamestown ST, Columbia, KY. Phone (270) 384-4644.Today, Friday, June 27, 2008: Eat for under $4.50 today: Our filling, taste satisfying Chuckwagon Sandwich, French Fries or Tater Tots (the best), a Reg. Drink, All for $4.50 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 27 Hotbar: CATFISH! Fried just right by Kay Burton. Starting at 10:30amBurton Ridge Time until closing! Potato Wedges. Baked Beans. Coleslaw, and a wonderful new, just for catfish Cornbread. (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:
New movie starts tonight, 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:
Friday, June 27, 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:

Starting tonight, 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 COMPTON.
Click 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 271 Days today, June 27, 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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Scenic Adair Co: Milltown sunset outshone by Katie



2008-06-27 - Greater Milltown, District 5, Adair Co., KY - Photo By Melissa Taylor.
PORTRAITS:
"My beautiful niece with the sunset behind her," -MELISSA.
To see more Melissa Taylor photographs at the ColumbiaMagazine.com group at Flickr, Click Here. Clicking Read More accesses the "Today, June 27, 2008," feature with Today's Picture Album. (Usually added to throughout the day).

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What's Cooking: A Proper Southern Breakfast



2008-06-27 - Gulf Shores, AL - Photo By Pen.
"I got up before sunrise and walked for nearly 3 hours on the beach one morning, before heading to a Gulf Shores institution for a fine and proper southern breakfast feast. On offer were not one but TWO kinds of grits. I opted for the cheese grits, and they were Good."
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ADVERTISEMENT
For the Gradyville OPEC oil barons, it might be worth the $240 in gas and 20 hour round trip to Gulf Shores for breakfast this morning. For most of the rest of us, there's some right dandy breakfasts rotchere in Adair County. No grits on our list. A crime. But the world's best sawmill gravy might near atones for that. Check out What's Cooking in Adair County for great Adair County breakfast options.

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(ADV) 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt. Gas Saver



2008-06-27 - 4100 Knifley RD, Columbia, KY - Photo By CM Adv. Dept.
DISCOUNT AUTO SALES, 4100 Knifley Road, Columbia, KY 42728, Phone (270) 384-6117, keeps an inventory of 15-20 cars available at great prices, including the one owner Billy Rice has above. This beautiful 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt has just 23,000 miles. Good title. Still under factory warranty. 4 dr. Automatic transmission, AC, CD radio. Sticker said 35mpg! $8,900.00. Rentals: At Discount Auto Sales, rental cars start at $25.00 a day, with unlimited mileage. Great selection of rental vehicles. Discount Auto Sales, open Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday.

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Blueberry Season:



2008-06-27 - Columbia, KY - Photo By John Harris.
"This is L.W.Harris, grandson of Mitchel Harris, the owner of Harris Barber Shop," writes John Harris, who notes that L.W. knows the right time to take action, before grown-ups hog the harvest. "He was enjoying some fresh blueberries before we could take them out of the box." In this photo L.W. was needing his PA PA Albert's help. Mom had taken the blueberries in to be washed.Clicking Read More accesses the "Today, Friday, June 27, 2008" feature with Today's Picture Album.

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Tomatoes are coming on



2008-06-27 - Farmers Market, Adair Extension Center Parking Lot, Fairground ST, Columbia, KY - Photo By Ed Waggener.
Ralph Willis sold the last tray of green tomatoes for $1. A good price for a mess for frying. Soon his tomatoes will be ripe, along corn, squash, cucumbers, bell sweet pepper, and more, at his Willis & Willis Vegetable Garden, on Willis Street at Rule, between Hurt & Harvey Streets, right beside the Old Barn. Farm fresh produce will also be sold there, he said. Clicking Read More accesses the "Today, June 27, 2008" feature, with more of Today's Picture Album.

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