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Today, Wed. Aug. 27, 2008: WRH blood draw for E-F-G

EVENTS: Spotlighting, in brief, today's events for Day 240of 2008 (Leap Year - 126 days remaining).
  • Today: ACPL is in in Milltown, Portland areas
  • 6:30-9:00amCT: Blood draw for Westlake Regional Hospital for those with First Letter of LastName E-F-G
  • 9:00amCT/10:00amET: Campbellsville University Chape, Dr. Michael V. Carter
  • 10:00amCT: Children's Story Hour with Miss Aleina at ACPL
  • 1:00pmCT: Homeschool Story Hour at ACPL
  • 4:30pmCT: Teen Book Club at ACPL
  • 5:00pm to 7:00pm: Adair County 911 Test Calls will be conducted
  • This evening: See Directory of Churches for Wednesday evening worship service schedules.
  • Reminder: Send mail from home to Adair Countians who are deployed to war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. How to mail to servicemen and list of addresses

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

This date in history: Click Here to access facts from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia about this day in history.

Countdown to Second Sunday: It's only 46 days to Sunday, October 12, 2008, when Adair Countians make a bold move for a healthier, wealthier, happier community. Tentative location: The new Columbia Western Bypass by Adair Elementary School. A huge turn out is expected. For further information, contact Kelli Bonifer at the UK Extension Service.

Countdown to November 4, 2008 General Election 68 days remaining. Ballot position, local candidates Register to vote in the office of Adair County Court Clerk Sheila Blair Mon.-Friday, 8:00am-4:00pmCT.


The Count: 51 Wacky Quacky Ducks Sold
As of August 25, 2008 at 6:30pm.
Previous report, was 48
  • (PSA) Click here to go directly to Entry/Order Form
    for 2nd Annual Wacky Quacky Duck Race
    Support Columbia Parks & Recreation-Order Yours Now.
    From $5 for 1 to $100 for a Whole Flock of 30 Ducks

    • Court:
    Wednesday, August 27, 2008. Six (6) Cases in Adair Circuit Court (Judge James Weddle). Eighty-four (84) cases in 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 HereAdvertisingReal Estate Auction Calendar:
    There are currently many once in a iife time opportunities in Adair County Real Estate. For listings and links, Click Here

    Thursday, September 11, 2008. 12:30pmCT. Absolute Auction, : 300 Bomar Heights, Columbia, KY. 15,500 sq. ft. Sprinklered former Medical Office/Hospital.
    3.57 Acres. Remax 100 Auction Team/Hansford Auction Co. Details, Photo

    (ADV): To see What's Cooking in Adair County, KY, today, Click Here
    • BETTY'S OK COUNTRY COOKING KY 55 North/Campbellsville Road across from Trinity United Methodist Church, Columbia, KY. Phone (270) 384-5664. Plenty of parking. Table seating for parties from 2 to ten. Sit down service or serve yourself at the big buffet.
      HOURS: Open six days a week, Monday through Saturday, from 5:00amCT to 9:00pmCT. Closed Sundays.
      ON THE BUFFET TODAY, Wednesday, August 27, 2008: Meats: Fried Catfish. Country Fried Steak with white gravy. Roast Pork.Vegetables Mashed potatoes. Green Beans. Fried Apples. Corn. Baby Carrots. Vegetable Sticks. Potato Cakes. And those wonderful Betty's Great Northern Beans. On the buffet cold bar: Pasta Salad today, plus usuals Coleslaw. Peaches. Pears. Cottage Cheese. Pepper relish. Sweet onion. Buffet includes Cornbread. Rolls. Buffet consists of one Meat and Vegetables, one trip only, $7.25; Extra Meat, $1.25. Child's buffet for children under 6, $4.95. Three Vegetables, $3.95; Four Vegetables, $4.95, Vegetable Plate, $5.95.
      IN THE PIE CASE: Today's cobbler: Cherry. Special pie. Peanut Butter.Every day: Sugar free cheese cake. Peanut butter pie. Plus all our usual pies, starting with Betty's Famous Sand. and Chocolate. Butterscotch. Cocanut. Pecan. Apple. Caramel Apple. Banana Split. Lemon.
      FULL, COOKED TO ORDER BREAKFASTS served anytime. NEW! Starting Wednesday, August 27, 2008: Chocolate Gravy every day! We have Grits. Try our Western Omelets. Country Ham. Pancakes. Sausage links. Gravy is served until 10:30amCT.

    • BOB'S COUNTRY KITCHEN & GENERAL STORE,
      5097 Liberty Road, Vester, KY. Breakfast anytime. Lunches packed. Pies a specialty.
      Hotbar Special: Wednesday, August 27, 2008,:It's Wednesday. And Adair County knows that means BOB'S SPECIAL MEATLOAF Mashed Potatoes. Green Beans seasoned with Country Ham (as a soup, just $1.50 including cornbread or saltines, sweet white onion). Fried apples. And today, Fresh cucumbers, straight from the patch on Burton Ridge! Fresh sliced, red ripe, Adair County Homegrown Tomatoes. Coleslaw. And Bob's own specialty: Crunchy, crusty, Ovenbaked Cornbread Squares.
      SANDWICHES: At Bob's, we'll cut a country store sandwich and fix it up the way you like it. Made to order eat in sandwiches with the widest variety of cold-cuts in Adair County. Eat here. Or let us fix your lunch to go.
      The PIE SITUATION: Chocolate Pie. Pumpkin Pie. And more sweet treats coming from the oven all day long!
      SPECIALS From the Drink Case: Aqua Fina bottled water, 99 cents! Also, 4/32 oz. Powerade Drinks, just $5.00. Dasani, 20 oz. just 99 cents.
      GAS UP AT BOB'S: The beauty of Bob's is It's all right here. Everything from work gloves and hardware, to sit down meals, to fill in groceries to gas. Heck, we've even got a recreation room. Save time and money. And remember, you're always welcome at Bob's, whether you're here to buy or visit. Y'all come!

    • BUFFALO HILLS RANCH,906 Greensburg ST in the Curves Building, Columbia, KY. Phone (270) 385-9092. Dr. Smoothie 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.

    • The DAIRY DIP,
      Jamestown ST, Columbia, KY. Phone (270) 384-4644.
      Special Wednesday, August 27, 2008:
      Eat for under $3.00 A great Dairy Dip hotdog, chips, and a Regular Pepsi Product drink, All for just $2.99Look for posters in windows. Great deals, everyday. Stop in and see the colorful new picnic table umbrellas we ve added. There's no better place to enjoy the perfect weather we're having than to have a picnic lunch in the wonderful shady at Dairy Dip, and come down for a picnic under the stars tonight. - Patricia Willis.
    • DONUT EXPRESS
      Start the day right. Take a box of Donuts from Donut Express on sales calls, to work, and home to be a hero everywhere you go today!
      Donut Express. 605 Fairgrounds ST, Columbia, KY. Nick Wortham, proprietor. Start the week off right. 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!

    • RERUN'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.
      Breakfast: FOR THAT GREEN RIVER LAKE COUNTRY HAM BREAKFAST, this is the place. Best Country Ham on Green River Lake 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, August 27, 2008:
      ROAST BEEF with choice of two sides: Carrots. Potatoes. Fried Apples. Broccoli and Cheese. Includes choice of two sides: A wonderful best on Green River Lake, big portions, hearty meal, All for just $6.00. SEAFOOD FEAST every Friday:RERUN's: For The BEST FOOD on GREEN RIVER LAKE.
      Great Gas Stop Save money. Fill up your car and your boat tanks at Rerun's. Coming soon Miniature golf! Where else in Adair County but Rerun's can eat so grandly for so little and play 18 holes of miniature golf without moving your car. It's almost ready. We're shooting for Labor Day Weekend!

    • What's Cooking for Adair County School District Kids
      Wednesday, August 27, 2008: BREAKFAST: French Toast Sticks w/Syrup. Juice/Fruit. Choice of Low Fat Millk. Cereal choices and toast offered daily at breakfast. LUNCH: Cheeseburger on Bun or Taco Salad. Salsa and Trimmings. Refried Beans w/Cheese. Potato Wedges. Orange Choice of Low Fat Milk. Salads available daily. Fruit and/or juice offered daily with lunch.Click Here for School menu for August 7-August 29, 2008!

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    Special Sales: Click Here for CM classifieds, "For Sale"

    • Ja Ci's Boutique has new shipment of Plus Size Clothing
    • Mitzi's is reducing inventory as quickly as possible before closing in September because of health reasons
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    Entertainment
    Columbian Theatre:
    Now playing at the Columbian Theatre will play Stepbrothers starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. It is rated R and will play nightly at 7:00pmCT and Sunday at 2:00pm only. -NATHAN COMPTON, Mgr., The Columbian Theatre .SPORTS CALENDARS
    NEW! Click Read More to go links to SPORTS CALENDARS, TODAY'S BEST PHOTOS, and MUCH MORE

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    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.

    Academic calendarsSPORTS SCHEDULESAdair County Schools "Learning for a Lifetime"

    For 2008-2009 School Calendar, Click Here.

    School website was updated August 25, 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

    2007 Adair County Band website. Doyle Lloyd, webmaster.

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

    INDEX to Rivermen of the Cumberland By Chris Bennett
    The story will be carried in 8 mini chapters, they will go online as they are written. Just click on each chapter title, underlined and linked, as it is posted, to read it. The index will be carried in the "Today" section of ColumbiaMagazine for easy access.
    Chapter I. "Why would any one take a river trip" tells my history on the river, and what inspired me to go on my trip.
    Chapter II. "Planning" Planning the trip, and finding some one that would go with me.
    Chapter III. "Day one" Creelsboro to Burkesville, 25 miles traveled in 5 hours
    Chapter IV. "Day Two" Burkesville to Cordell Hull 89 miles traveled in 11 hours
    Chapter V. " "Day Three" Cordell Hull to Nashville 157 miles traveled in 10 hrs
    Chapter VI. "Day Four" Nashville to Lake Barkley 143 miles traveled in 11 hrs
    Chapter VII. "Day Five" Lake Barkley to the Ohio, then on to the Mississippi, back to Paducah, Up the Tennessee River to KY Lake. 150+ miles traveled.
    Chapter VII.I "Reflecting on our trip"
    Columbia Rotary Club's Adair County "Walk Around the World"
    See Standards in CM Classifieds Healthcare
    • 24,901.5 miles is goal.
    • 307 Miles Walked, reported through July 30, 2008
    • 24,594.5 Miles to Go!
    Send in your miles totals to : rotarywalk@gmail.Com
    to be included in the next report, shortly after August 21, 2008

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

    Western Bypass from 24,000 feet, 13 minutes from Lexington, KY, photo by Doug Campbell, Columbia Pilot posted on CM on June 28, 2007.

    Perry Parrish Aerial Photographs: CWB, others, August 9, 2008 Photos of Holladay Place, Majestic Yachts, The Long Bridge, the Adair Justice Center, Adair County Water Treatment Plant, ACES and ACHS, Green River Lake, and Adair School Property will be in the series.

    Wolf Creek Dam
    To access the Army Corps of Engineers Wolf Creek Dam website online, Click Here

    Wolf Creek Dam Weekly Progress: Latest, Dated August 22, 2008 Water level, down, at 680.73 feet Click here for August 22, 2008 (latest) Wolf Creek Dam update.

    2008 Kentucky Primary & Election Calendar & Candidates
    See candidate filings for City Council, Constable, School Board, and Soil Conservation District races. Click Here

    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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    Today, Mon. Aug. 25, 2008: WWII interviews at LWC Cranmer

    Today, Sun. Aug. 24, 2008: Homecoming, Saloma Baptist

    Today, Sat., Aug. 23, 2008: Mark Twain Band Exhibition

    Today, Fri. August 22, 2008: Farmers Market open

    Today, Thurs. Aug. 21, 2008: Parks & Rec Bd. meets

    Today, Wed. Aug. 20, 2008: College classes start

    Today, Tues. Aug, 19, 2008: Save Pinewood CC meeting

    Today: Mon., August 18, 2008: 60 years at the mike, 92.7 FM

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