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Today, August 29, 2008: Citywide Yard Sales begin

EVENTS: Spotlighting, in brief, today's events for Day 242 of 2008 (Leap Year - 124 days remaining).
  • Today: ACPL Bookmobile is in off road for maintenance
  • Today: MS Roadblock
  • Today: School photos will be taken on Friday, August 29, 2008
  • Today: 3rd Annual City Wide Yard Sale YARD SALES
  • 6:00am to 10:00amCT: Adair County Farmers Market open
  • 6:30-9:00amCT: Blood draw for WRH Health Fair, First Letter of Last Name K-L-M. Full Schedule
  • 7:00am to 3:00pmCT: Adair County Recycling accepting old computers
  • 8:30amCT: School pictures to be taken at ACMS
  • 5:30pmCT and 7:00pmCT: Deadline to register for Blue Raider Youth Soccer Clinic is August 29, 2008
  • 5:45pmCT: Glensfork High School Reunion at Cranmer
  • 6:00am to 10:00amCT: Adair County Farmers Market open
  • This evening and tomorrow: ACHS Class of 1958 Reunion
  • 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 44 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 66 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:
    Friday, August 29, 2008. Three (3) Cases in Adair Circuit Court (Judge James Weddle). Twelve (12) 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 HereAdvertising

    The 2008 Westlake Regional Hospital
    HEALTH FAIR
    Saturday, September 13, 2008

    We are offering over $300.00 in health screenings for only $12 and lots of healthcare-related booths, concessions and much more!

    Blood will be drawn from your arm for more than 30 different analyses, which include a complete blood count (CBC) a chemistry Profile with HDL Cholesterol and a Thyroid profile.
    Also available are three fee colo-rectal cancer screens. The PSA cancer screeen is recommended for men over 50 or men who meet any of the following three criteria: (1) Family history of cancer of the prostate or (2) had a vasectomy, or (3) is a black American.

    The PSA will be an additional cost of $8.00

    REMEMBER TO FAST, having only water to drink for 12 hours before your blood draw.
    Due to the changes in federal law regarding a patient's right to privacy we have had to make some changes in the way we distribute lab results. You may only pick up your own results. We are not allowed to give you your spouse's or family member's results. Results not picked up at the health fair will be mailed directly to you.

    PLEASE DO NOT CALL ABOUT REPORTS UNTIL AFTER OCTOBER 11, 2008.
    Blood Draw Schedule
    Time - Day & Date

    • 6:30-9:00amCT: Monday, August 25, 2008, First Letter of LastName A-B

    • 6:30-9:00amCT:. Tuesday, August 26, 2008, First Letter of LastName C-D

    • 6:30-9:00amCT: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, First Letter of LastName E-F-G

    • 6:30-9:00amCT: Thursday, August 28, 2008, First Letter of LastName H-I-J

    • 6:30-9:00amCT: Friday, August 29, 2008, First Letter of Last NameK-L-M

    • 6:30-9:00amCT: Monday, September 1, 2008, First Letter of LastName LABOR DAY, NO BLOOD DRAW

    • 6:30-9:00amCT: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, First Letter of LastName N-O-P

    • 6:30-9:00amCT: Wednesday, September 3, 2008, First Letter of LastName Q-R

    • 6:30-9:00amCT: Thursday, September 4, 2008, First Letter of LastName T-U-V

    • 6:30-9:00amCT: Friday, September 5, 2008, First Letter of LastName W-X-Y-Z
    SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2008: HEALTH FAIR DAY!

    The 2008 Westlake Regional Hospital
    HEALTH FAIR
    Saturday, September 13, 2008! Events all day!

    Westlake Primary Care - (270) 384-4764
    Edmonton Primary Cre - (270) 432-5782
    WESTLAKE REGIONAL HOSPITAL, (270) 4753
    Westlake Primary Care of Russell County (270) 858-3636


    Real 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, Friday, August 29, 2008: Meats: Catfish. Roast Beef. Country HamVegetablesMashed Potatoes. Green Beans. Candied Yams. Macaroni/Cheese. Baked Beans. Cooked Cabbage. Corn. Pinto Beans. On the buffet cold bar: Pea 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: Strawberry! 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! Everyday until 10:30! Chocolate Gravy and Biscuits! We have Grits. Try our Western Omelets. Country Ham. Pancakes. Sausage links. Gravy (White seasoned with sausage and Chocolate Gravy served until 10:30amCT.

    • BOB'S COUNTRY KITCHEN & GENERAL STORE,
      5097 Liberty Road, Vester, KY. Breakfast anytime. Lunches packed. Pies a specialty.
      Hotbar Special: Friday, August 29 2008,:Bob's Perfected Fried Catfish with a touch of Cajun. Hushpuppies. Potato Wedges. French Fries. Pinto Beans seasoned with Country Ham(As a soup--some make a meal out of it--$1.50 with choice of crackers or cornbread, sweet white onion). Sliced Cucumber with Sweet White Onions Salad. Sliced Red Ripe, straight from the patch Adair County Tomatoes. Coleslaw. Bob's Crunchy, Crusty, Ovenbaked Cornbread.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: Kay Burton Pies today! Chocolate Pie. Butterscotch. Lemon. Cocanut. Also: Holey Cow Cake. And that Bob's favorite, Cherry Delight!
      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 Friday, August 29, 2008:
      Special to be announced
      Look 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:Friday, August 29, 2008:
      What you've been waiting for, Adair County. Green River Lake's Best Seafood is served here today!
      SEAFOOD FEAST all day today: Pick from these great Rerun seafoods: Fish Meal $6.95, Shrmp Meal $7.95, Froglegs, $9.95, Oysters Meal, $8.95, Clams, $7.5. Side items: Fries/Onion rings, Potato Wedges/Spicy Fries, Potato Salad/Cole Slaw, Bake Beans, Hushpuppies. Meals come w/2 sides and huspuppies. Seafood Platter $9.95! comes with your choice of 3 meats and 2 side items & hushpuppies
      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
      Friday, August 29, 2008: BREAKFAST: Breakfast Pizza. Juice/Fruit. Choice of Low Fat Millk. Cereal choices and toast offered daily at breakfast. LUNCH: Manager's Choice. 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 in New CM Clothing Classification: Click Here for CM classifieds, "Clothing"

    • 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
    Submit Your Classified Ad:
    To place your ad now contact form. to place your ad.

    Entertainment
    Columbian Theatre:
    The Mummy: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor It is rated PG-13 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

    Scroll down for Today's Best Pictures. More added throughout the day



    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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    ACES Wins Attendance Award for 2007-2008



    2008-08-29 - Adair County School Board Conference Room - Photo By Ed Waggener.
    ADAIR COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ROBBIE HARMON accepted the attendance award for 2007-2008, presented by Adair County Assistant Principal Brenda Mann. Looking on, right, are Board Member Mike Harris, and back, Adair County School District Treasurer Renae Smith. ACES won the award with a 95.59% attendance rate. That rate was higher than the winning score in 2006-2007, 94.66% held by John Adair Intermediate School. It was also the highest attendance rate for any Adair County School District institution in the past five years. The presentation was made at the Thursday, August 28, 2008 school board meeting.

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    Joe L. Barbee gets official trademark for KY Wings



    2008-08-29 - B&B Barbecue, Campbellsville Road, Columbia, KY - Photo By Ed Waggener.
    IT'S OFFICIAL "Ol' Joe's Original KY Wings"is an official U.S. Trademark. Joe L. Barbee, founder and owner of Ol' Joe's B&B QUE, holds U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Reg. No. 3,425,217 for the trademark for the famed Columbia barbecue restaurant's "Pork, Bone-in Pork Shanks." KY Wings are as convenient to eat as chicken wing drummettes, but are meatier. The specialty barbecue item, created by Ol' Joe, is a favorite of the popular restaurant, which is open on the First and Third Fridays and Saturdays only of each month . Though this weekend, August 29 & 30, 2008, is Labor Day, the restaurant stands by its orthodoxy, and will not be open this weekend. It will be open on September 5 & 6, 2008. And, a large number of people have contracted for catering services this weekend. A Today's Picture Album photo

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    One of two extry dogs in The Holler



    2008-08-29 - The Holler, Old Clearsprings Road, Columbia, KY - Photo By Shamarie Claiborne.
    "This coon dog and another white, black, and brown dog not pictured have been in The Holler for the last two days - hopefully someone will know whose they are. Thanks," wrote Shamarie Claiborne Friday, August 29, 2008.Contact Shamarie Claiborne if you have information about the dogs at (270) 250-3809 my cell, or (270) 384-4382.

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