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Today, Wed., July 9, 2008: Kids Day at the Fair

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 283 Days today, July 9, 2008
July 1, 2008. Blacktopping begun. Word from Local Contact Man is that the bridge will be complete no later than July 21, 2008.

School Vacation Countdown: Adair County Schools start in just 29 days, on Thursday, August 7, 2008, when students enroll. Student Enrollment Procedures

November 4, 2008 General Election Countdown 129 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 191 of 2008 (Leap Year - 175 days remaining).
  • Today: Wednesday at the Adair County Fair:
    • 9:00amCT: Kids Day
    • 10:00amCT: Floral Hall entries
    • Noon-4:00pmCT: Myers Amusement Carnival Matinee
    • 6:00pmCT: Carnival opens
    • 6:30pmCT: Goat show
    • 6:30pmCT: Tiny Tot 2-3 year olds
    • 6:30pmCT: Floral Hall opens
    • 7:00pmCT: Cage fight
    • 7:15pmCT: Miss Adair County Fair Pageant
    • 8:00pmCT: Miss Teen Pageant

  • Today: See Directory of Churches for Wednesday evening worship service schedules.
  • Today: ACHS Senior 2009 portraits sessions at ACHS
  • Today: July 9, 2008, the library will be at the Adair County Fair for Kids Day
  • Today: ACPL Bookmobile is in Pellyton area
  • 8:00amCT: Regular meeting, Columbia-Adair County Industrial Development Authority. Chamber office. Open to public.
  • 9:00am-12noonpmCT: Kids Day at Pinewood Country Club
  • 10:00amCT: Children's Story Hour at ACPL
  • 1:00pmCT: Homeschool Story Hour at ACPL
  • 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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  • Bob's Country Kitchen and General Store, Vester, KY. Breakfast anytime. Lunches packed. Pies a specialty. On the Hotbar Wednesday, July 9, 2008:Hotbar Special: Wednesday means Meatloaf at Bob's. Sides TBA. Coleslaw, and Bob's Patent 206 Crusty, Crunchy, Ovenbaked Cornbread Squares. Pies. Have we got pies! The Vester Pie Factory has Chocolate Pie, Lemon Pie, and Cocanut baked and ready to serve, with more on the way. We've also got Turtle Cheese Cake and Banana Split Cake today.
  • Donut Express. 605 Fairgrounds ST, Columbia, KY. Nick Wortham, proprietor. Make Today special with Fresh Hot Donuts from Donut Express. Take a $5.00 dozen box to work, on sales calls, or home to make the family happy. They're good! They hot and they're ready, today. Made right here in Columbia! And they're making Columbia famous! FAIR WEEK WARNING: Get your DONUT EXPRESS donuts early today before the Fair crowd buys them out!
  • The Dairy Dip, Jamestown ST, Columbia, KY. Phone (270) 384-4644.Special Wednesday, July 9, 2008, Another really great Dairy Dip meal for just $2.50! Our great Tuna Salad or Chicken Salad on Croissant sandwich. Remember, the weather's just right for the ice cream you remember from childhood. Have a picnic anytime today. Always look for the Red, White and Blue specials in the windows.
  • Buffalo Hills Ranch 906 Greensburg ST in the Curves Building, Columbia, KY. Phone (270) 385-9092. Smoothies, Christian Gifts, Tanning Beds. Buffalo Meat--America's Original Health Food. Open 10am-7pm Mon-Tue & Thurs.-Fri. 10am-6pm Wednesdays. Closed Saturdays and Sundays. Jim and Carol Leib, Owners. We accept Visa, MC, and Discover Credit Cards. Cooling Dr. Smoothie smoothies to beat the heat, enjoy a refreshing, healthy drink. In the Curves Building on Greensburg St. Remember, stock up on the original American health food, American buffalo (bison) grill parties.
  • Re-Run's Holmes Bend General Store. 3399 Holmes Bend Road, Columbia, KY.
    Phone (270) 384-7253: For carryouts and expedited orders. Let us prepare your Green River Lake picnic! Hours: Mon-Sat: 4:00am to 9:00pmCT. Monday, July 7, 2008
    Breakfast: Any time of day. Cooked to order. Eggs, bacon, ham, tenderloin, and the best sausage you ever ate. Country biscuits. Redeye or sawmill gravy. Generous portions. Kinfolks prices. We treat everybody like favorite cousins! Get Famous Nick's Made-in-Columbia Donuts right here.
    DAILY SPECIAL: Wednesday, July 9, 2008:
    Baked Chicken Dressing. Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Cornbread. You won't leave hungry after this one. If you can't eat it all here at Rerun's we'll box what's left to go! Meat & two sides Just $6.00!
    Coming soonMiniature golf!
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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.

Starting Friday, July 11, 2008, at the Columbian Theatre, we have The Incredible Hulk rated PG-13. It will play nightly at 7:00pm and Sunday at 2:00pmCT only. -NATHAN COMPTON, Mgr.More later



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:
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 No (0) cases in Adair Circuit Court (Judge James Weddle). One hundred two (102) 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 July 8, 2008Click 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.

Starting Friday, July 11, 2008, at the Columbian Theatre, we have The Incredible Hulk rated PG-13. It will play nightly at 7:00pm and Sunday at 2:00pmCT only. -NATHAN COMPTON, Mgr.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, July 9, 2008: Judge Melton reports that Second 4 foot course of 300 foot long wall will be poured today, Wednesday, July 9, 2008. 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 283 Days today, July 9, 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

Media Update: Click here go to Media Coverage, which includes a June 30, 2008, Bill Mardis story which says that inaccurate reading of inclinometer caused temporary halt in grouting work.

Weekly Update: Latest, Dated July 3, 2008 with photo of drilling on US 127. Water level, down, at 680.61 feet Click here for July 03, 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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Isabella



2008-07-08 - Tabor Community, Adair Co., KY - Photo By Tony Harvey.
"This is my grand-daughter Isabella Harvey. Isabella is the daughter of Bryan & Laura Harvey of Adair County. Taken July 5, 2008, at our 4th of July celebration. Tabor Community," -TONY HARVEY. Flickr Clicking Read More accesses the Today, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 feature with the July 9, 2008 Today's Picture Album.

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Deacon wants owner to come get him



2008-07-08 - Green River Animal Shelter - Photo By Heather Evans.
Brown tabby may be lost pet. Please claim July 10, 2008
This kitty was brought in by a citizen, they said it showed up on their porch. He is a brown tabby, very friendly, neutered and front paw declawed. Since declawed cats shouldnt be outside for lengthy periods, we believe he accidentally got out. We believe he has to belong to someone and as nice as he is, must be missed. Please claim him before the 10th, as after that date he is eligible for adoption, Thanks," -HEATHER. A Puppy, Dog, Kitten or Cat Just for You Is Waiting at Green River Animal Shelter, 455 Jim Blair Road (take Appleby Drive off KY 55 at Columbia Church of Nazarene; Jim Blair Road goes around Adair Youth Development Center, Columbia, KY. Phone (270) 385-9655. ANIMALSClicking Read More accesses the Today, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 feature with the July 9, 2008 Today's Picture Album.

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2008 Adair County Fair: Swings, ferris wheel



2008-07-09 - Midway, Adair County Fair, Columbia, KY - Photo By Shamarie Claiborne.
SHAMARIE CLAIBORNE took this fantastic light show of the swirling swings and and and the Ferris wheel at the Adair County fair, Tuesday, July 8, 2008. Clicking Read More accesses the Today, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 feature with the July 9, 2008 Today's Picture Album.

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Scenic Adair Co., KY: Cornflower striking a pose



2008-07-09 - Up KY 206, Adair Co. District 1, KY - Photo By Betty Sue Jasper.
Unlike her hidden stash of blackberries photographer Betty Sue Jasper readily admits that this cornflower is growing right in her backyard. "The prettiest color in the crayon box," She says, "My next favorite is midnight blue." Flickr Clicking Read More accesses the Today, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 feature with the July 9, 2008 Today's Picture Album.

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Scenic Kentucky: Face to face with deer



2008-07-09 .
"Sometimes it pays to tread lightly," photographer Pen Waggener writes as an instructive caption for wildlife photographers. Patience and slow movements are important disciplines in the field, he says. Clicking Read More accesses the Today, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 feature with the July 9, 2008 Today's Picture Album.

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