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Today, Sat, June 28, 2008: Back to Broadway at Dream Depot

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 272 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 40 days, on Thursday, August 7, 2008, when students enroll. Student Enrollment Procedures


November 4, 2008 General Election Countdown 139 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 180 of 2008 (Leap Year - 186 days remaining).

  • 9:00amCT-5:00pmCT: Tabernacle Christian VBS. 13 miles north on KY 206
  • 10am to 1pmCT: VBS at Old Concord UMC, south of Fairplay, on KY 704
  • 12noonCT: Pinewood Country Club Member/Guest event
  • 1:00pmCT to 3:00pmCT: Pottery workshops for kids at The Giles House. Noted pottery artists Jeff & Henrietta Scott, Donnie Perry will instruct
  • 7:00pmCT: Back to Broadway variety show encore performance at Dream Depot
  • 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
  • Donut Express. 605 Fairgrounds ST, Columbia, KY. Nick Wortham, proprietor. Phone (270) 384-8903. Treat yourself and your family to delicious donuts, crullers, twists, chocolate custard and creme filled eclairs, donut holes, and more, at a unique Adair County institution, the Donut Express. Stop in for coffee and breakfast biscuit sandwiches, eat at the cozy tables, or get quick service to go. A $5.00 box with a dozen fresh donuts will make you a hero with clients, co-workers, family and friends!

  • The Dairy Dip, Jamestown ST, Columbia, KY. Phone (270) 384-4644.Today, Saturday, June 28, 2008 only: Have a delightful cheap picnic today: Special our delicious Hot Dog, Just 99 cents today!.
  • Bob's Country Kitchen and General Store, Vester, KY. Breakfast anytime. Lunches packed. Pies a specialty. Saturday, June 29, 2008. Hotbar: Country Fried Steak with milk gravy. Real mashed potatoes w/gravy. Green beans seasoned with country ham. Corn. Cornbread.
  • Ol Joe's Barbee's B&B CUE, North KY 55, Columbia, KY. Home of Ol Joe's Original KY Wings will next be open on July 4 and 5th. But you can place orders now by ccalling (270) 384-2360 or on the catering/bulk order hotline at (270) 634-0602.
Special advertising links today:
Click here For Sale in CM Classifieds for Ja Ci's Boutique Thank You Sale, to read details of Mitzi's 50% off original price sale, for Best Buy Clothes and More's announcement of the new line of Thomasville furniture at incredibly low prices.
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:
Now showing, 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:
Monday, June 30, 2008 One (1) cases in Adair Circuit Court (Judge James Weddle). Seven (7) 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: 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 272 Days today, June 28, 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 24, 2008 with photo of grouting on work platform. Water level, down, at 680.92 feet Click here for June 24, 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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Super Wal-Mart, June 22, 2008



2008-06-28 - Holladay Place, Columbia, KY - Photo By Melissa Taylor.
The progress on the Columbia Super Wal-Mart at Holladay Place has been nothing short of spectacular. Melissa Taylor photographed this scene on June 22, 2008, showing the the huge store and the dense grade outline of the parking lot. She captioned it, "Blue skies ahead . . ." and captured the beautiful pillowy meringue like clouds floating overhead on another zippety-do-dah Adair Countyday. ColumbiaMagazine.com group at Flickr. Clicking Read More accesses the "Today, Sat., June 28, 2008" feature with Today's Picture Album.

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(ADV) 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer



2008-06-28 - Greensburg, KY .
2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer LT
2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer LT. Black exterior/gray leather interior. 61,335 miles. 4WD. BOSE stereo w/ 6 CD changer, power windows/locks, dual temperature control, equipped for OnStar, $10,500. Greensburg, KY(270) 932-4726.
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The Old Swimming Hole



2008-06-28 - Taylor Co. near Green River - Photo By ColumbiaMagazine.com group at Flickr photographer J.E.H..
"An udderly delightful afternoon on a Taylor County farm near Green River," wrote J.E.H. a contributing photographer to the ColumbiaMagazine.com group at Flickr. Clicking Read More accesses the "Today, Saturday, June 23, 2008" feature and the Today's Picture Album.

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