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Kitten Found At The Pines at Lindsey Wilson

Ashley Dickson writes:
I found a beautiful black and white kitten around 15 weeks old yesterday roaming around. I am hoping to find the owner. I hope posting here will help find its owner. I know if I lost my kitten that is as sweet as this one I would want it back! Ashley Dickson
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2011-06-30 17:53:43 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

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Epicurean Kentuckian: Raspberries



2011-06-30 - Shelby Co., KY - Photo by Pen.
These are at the Epicurean Kentuckian kitchen north, and, coincidentally, there are raspberries (as well as rhubarb, fresh bread, and loads of other great fruits, vegetables, flowers, herbs and plants> at the Adair Farmers Market today, Friday, July 1, 2011, right here in Columbia, KY, at the Adair County Extension Office, 409 Fairground ST, Columbia, KY. The market is open from 6am-10amCT, today.

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Pharmaceutical company to create 35 new jobs in Monroe Co., KY

Gov. Beshear announces that nvestment in Fountain Run by Apace Packaging will be more than $5.15 million; Fountain Run is 60 miles from Columbia, KY. (MAP)

By Kerry Richardson
From Gov. Beshear's Communications Office

FOUNTAIN RUN, Ky. - Governor Steve Beshear today joined community leaders and officials from Apace Packing in Fountain Run, Ky., to announce the company will expand its Monroe County operations. The family-owned, pharmaceutical package and distributor will create 35 new, full-time jobs and invest $5.15 million as a result of the project.

"The expansion of Apace, a family-owned and operated company, is a great success story for Monroe County," said Gov. Beshear. "The creation of almost three dozen new jobs and a capital investment of more than $5 million will have a positive impact on the local community. I am delighted that the Commonwealth could help make this project possible."


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2011-06-30 17:40:06 | Comments | Printable version

Finnis Ray Burton, Sulphur Well, KY (d. June 28, 2011)

He was a member of a large, respected North Metcalfe Co., KY, family. He was a self-employed mechanic

Finnis Ray Burton, age 67, of Sulphur Well, KY died Wednesday, June 28, 2011, at his home.

Funeral services will be held at 2pmCT,Sunday, July 3, 2011, at Butler Funeral Home, 201 East ST, Edmonton, KY with burial in the Walker Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10amCT, Sunday until service time at the funeral home.


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2011-06-30 17:07:58 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Roland Lee Pedigo, Metcalfe Co., KY (d. June 29, 2011)

He was a member of a large, respected Metcalfe Co., KY family. He was retired from Telescripps Cable Co. after 30 years of service. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of the Pleasant Hill Church of Christ in Randolph, KY

Roland Lee Pedigo age 78 of Summer Shade died Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at University Of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, KY.

Funeral services will be held 1pmCT, Saturday, July 2, 2011, at Butler Funeral Home, 201 East ST, Edmonton, KY, with burial in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be 3pm-8pmCT, Friday, July 1, 2011, and after 9amCT, Saturday at the funeral home.


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2011-06-30 16:52:05 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Tara Bennett Hickey, Russell Co., KY (1973-2011)

She was a member of a large, respected family with strong ties in Russell and Adair Counties, KY. She was a teachers aid and a member of the Liberty Baptist Church

Tara Bennett Hickey, 38, Jamestown ST, Russell Springs, KY, died Wednesday, June 29, 211, at the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, Somerset, KY.

The funeral service will be Friday, July 1, 2011, at 1pmCT, at Bernard Funeral Home Chapel, 367 Main ST, Russell Springs, KY, with Bro. James Small and Bro. Charles Edwards the officiating clergy. Special music will be by Higher Call. Visitation will be after 5pmCT, Thursday, June 30, 2011, at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Bethlehem Cemetery.


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2011-06-30 16:27:32 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Westlake announces reduction in labor force: 30 lose jobs

Rick Brown, interim CEO at Westlake, said the reduction in force is necessary to protect the jobs of the remaining 300 people. Interim CEO says new family and specialty physicans are being recruited, and the success of that effort may mean that some of the affected employees can be called back. A whole new emergency room staff is expected to be in place by August 1, 2011, he said.

Westlake Regional Hospital, Columbia, KY, is reducing its labor force by 30 people effective today, June 30, 2011, the Rick Brown, interim CEO, announced in a hospital press release today.
Update 2011-06-30/3:05pmCT: The reduction in force will save the hospital approximately $700,000 per year, Mr. Brown's secretary said in a followup phone call.
"It is a very sad time when you have to tell someone their job hasbeen eliminated, especially in this economic climate," Rick Brown, interim CEO of the hospital said. "Unfortunately , given the hospital's census and changes in some of its clinics when compared to industry standards we just had too many people on staff to handle the current volume of business."


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2011-06-30 14:08:11 | Comments | Printable version

Visiting lab/husky mix may be someone's pet

Laura Murrell writes:
A beautiful - possible lab/husky mix - dog has been visiting at our home (3175 Russell Springs RD) for the last few days. It is a very sweet dog and seems to be used to TLC. No collar or tags, but we're thinking she's someone's pet. Call (270) 384-6208 - Laura Murrell
Find pets quick
In CM Classifieds ANIMALS


2011-06-30 11:57:30 | Comments | Printable version

Remembers gasoline powered washing machines

Mary Cooley writes:
I remember when they ran on a gasoline motor. - Mary Cooley
Comments re article 45248 Washing machine was once state of the art


2011-06-30 11:29:35 | Comments | Printable version

Judy Grant sends more on the Old Washing Machine

Comments re article 45244 Would hate to see old washing machine go to junk yard

By Judy Grant

If Rick Caldwell or any other reader can share information about the Old Washing Machine we found, I would appreciate hearing it.


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2011-06-30 10:45:43 | Comments | Printable version

Joyce M. Coomer: Parks board should take Alicia Bosela advice

Joyce M. Coomer writes to Alicia Bosela:
I hope the parks board takes your advice and consults with you frequently (daily, would be nice) to keep the park unique. - Joyce M Coomer
Comments re article 45246: Why this is a special place It is relatively unspoiled


2011-06-30 10:30:43 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Missing Casey County Woman found deceased

KSP Post 15, Columbia, KY, searching for missing Gravel Switch woman

By TFC Wm. R. Gregory, Public Affairs Officer
Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY

CASEY COUNTY, KY) - 78-year-old Patricia Ann Modrelle was found deceased Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at approximately 5pmCT. Ms. Modrelle was scheduled to be at a Doctor's appointment in Danville at 9:30amET on Tuesday morning June 28, 2011.


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2011-06-30 09:37:15 | Comments | Printable version

Guesses are pouring in for location of Queen Anne's Lace plant

Where is it? Mystery picture of Queen Anne's Lace

Several people have sent answers to the mystery of the location of the Queen Anne's Lace photo sent in by as as yet to be announced mystery photographer:The earliest is listed last; we hope the photographer will let us know when the right guess is in.
  • Connie Kemp (2011-07-01/11:01): "I beleive this is located in the parking lot behind Glammorette Beauty Shop."
  • David Coomer (2011-06-30/9:43pmCT) "How about between the Baptist Church and Marshall Loy's office?"
  • Jennifer Carter (2011-06-30/2:35pmCT):" I say the plant is behind Walker Realty in the parking lot that Bank employees utilitze."
  • Sheila Hare (2011-06-30/1:36pmCT: "Is this behind the office of Richard Lee Walkers Office. Or the strip of offices that his office is around behind the building? This is my guess."
  • Martha Lacy (2011-06-30/12pmCT) "I think it is beside Dr. Browns office in the parking lot where she and her employees park"
  • Joyce Turner (2011-06-30/11:19am): "Beside the eldercare building on Reed Street."
  • Doris Hovious (2011-06-30/8:37amCT): "I think it is the parking lot of the Columbia Baptist Church."
  • Johnnietta Jessie (2011-06-30/7:24amCT) "Behind the old library; next to the building which was built behind it." We think this might be describing Jefferson Alley. Maybe the Coomer Building, Loy Law office, or Moore's Pool Room
  • Lance Bean (2011-06-30/5:45amCT) "Reed St."
  • Anonymous (2011-06-30/2:49amCT): "By the VFW Building by the fairgrounds."
  • Steve Hovious (2011-06-29/11:06pmCT): "It looks like the VFW Building."
Send your guess to: Queen Anne's Lace mystery photo, using any Contact/Submit


2011-06-30 09:25:41 | Comments | Printable version

PRIDE kicks off recycling campaign

'The economic and environmental benefits of recycling were outlined by Tom Heil, environmental scientist with the state's Recycling Assistance Section. Recycling creates jobs and provides a domestic supply of inputs for manufacturing, for example. Making products with recycled materials requires less energy than using raw materials, and it conserves natural resources.'
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By Cindy Lackey

CORBIN, KY - More than 150 people, many of them local government officials, gathered Tuesday in Corbin to discuss expanding recycling to the advantage of southern and eastern Kentucky.

Attending from Adair County were Judge Ann Melton, Mayor Mark D. Harris, County Pride Coordinators A.L. Sinclair and Lisa Lee, and City Pride Coordinator Rhonda Loy.


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2011-06-30 08:33:57 | Comments | Printable version

National Window Preservation Summit July 26-28, 2011


Window replacement has become such an issue in older homes that the statewide advocacy organization Preservation Kentucky Inc. is planning a press conference at 2pmET/1pmCT, Monday, July 25, 2011, at Pine Mountain Settlement School, 36 Highway 510, Bledsoe, KY 40810-8289 (MAP)(606) 558-3571 to name historic wood windows to its 2011 "most endangered" list. Speakers will include Yapp, Patrick Kennedy, Karen Nickless of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and Rachel Kennedy, Preservation Kentucky executive director.

By Diane Comer
News from Kentucky Heritage Council

FRANKFORT, KY - According to the national nonprofit membership organization Preservation Trades Network (PTN), the replacement window industry is actively destroying hundreds of thousands of original and perfectly functional historic windows every month. Based on the $8 billion spent every year on replacement windows, as many as 32 million classic, old growth, wood window sashes end up in landfills each year.


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2011-06-30 07:05:35 | Comments | Printable version

Sycamore Springs: An underappreciated flower finally gets notice

It's hiding in plain sight. Passed and too often overlooked by thousands of cars, daily
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By Cynthia Meyer
From Sycamore Springs, KY

Here is another flower (see accompanying photo) that many people pass by, some twice a day or more. Yet the poor thing goes unnoticed, and unappreciated.

Until tonight at least, every night it stands out. Yet I am in too much of a hurry to take a picture or some other lame excuse.


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2011-06-30 06:19:07 | Comments | Printable version

THURSDAY with CM: June 30, 2011

Here are links to special features, in case you missed them, for SUNDAY with CM for June 26, 2011.
Quick Links to selected favorite columns, stories with perhaps some links to albums, and to news from the past week and beyond. SUNDAY with CM - JUNE 26, 2011 for June 26, 2011 and your favorite writers + important news stories:



2011-06-30 05:59:45 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today

Washing machine was once state of the art

Comments re photo 40987: Strange Things - Old Washing Machine

Cynthia Meyer writes:
That old washing machine may now be obsolete. Once upon a time it was top of the line, and state of the art! -Cynthia Meyer
And remember that it wasn't too many decades ago when that same machine, ensconced on the front porch of a Kentucky cabin, imbued the estate with paramount status. The family with one of those had arrived. The dwellers within were somebody. -EW


2011-06-30 04:21:44 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

George Kolbenschlag: Preserve streamside vegetation

Agrees with writer Alicia Bosela on trimming of natural areas at Columbia/Adair County Community & Recreation Center

By George Kolbenschlag

I agree wholeheartedly with Alicia. It will be most worthwhile to preserve some of the areas along the stream in their natural state.

Too often we think it improves a park to remove vegetation God put there for a reason.


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2011-06-30 03:48:43 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Commentary


Birthdays and Anniversaries for June 30
Happy Anniversary, Eric and Candace Schorman (2007) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Joe B. and Lynda McKinley (1990) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Michele and Tony "Clutch" Coomer (1990) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Mike and Alice Curry | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Robin and Jeffery Willis (2000) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Amy Waldrif (1973) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Andrew Reliford | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Buddy Powell | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Charlotte Coffey | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dr. Kelly Cooper Henson | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jacob Isaac "Jake" Hill (2004) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Martha R. Foster | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Molly Keen | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Steven Wayne Harvey (1973) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dana Cox Welch, Campbellsville, KY (1974-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Howard 'Elmer' Redmon, Russell County, KY (1924-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rollin Nelson Branham, 95, Adair County, KY (1924-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Don A. Brockman, 76, Adair Co., KY (1933) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Beulah Elizabeth Sweeney, Green Co., KY (1937) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Glen (Big Boy) Napier, Kings Mountain, KY (1929) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ancil Lee Farmer, Jr., 55, Taylor Co., KY (1957) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bro. Omer Farmer, Taylor Co., KY (1934-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jean Jaynes, Taylor County, KY (1934-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jewell Dean Hash Chastain, Taylor Co., KY (1938-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, George Woodson Reed, Casey County, KY (1932-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Carter, 85, Cumberland Co., KY (1929-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rev. Ron Ferree, Taylor Co., KY (1946-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jane Johnson, 81, Russell Co., KY (1934-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Billy Wayne Pennington, Edmonton, KY (1962-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dwight Lee Meyer, (1930-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Dorothy M. Solomon, 97, Marrowbone, KY (1918-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Hugh E. Appleby, Russell County, KY (1958-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Thelma Louann Webb Walker, Summer Shade, KY (1956-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Frances Herron Graybeal, 75, Taylor County, KY (1940-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robert Edward Forrest, 70, Savoyard, KY (1945-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, David Leon Coffey, 70, Adair County, KY (1946-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Afton Clark Little Addington, Glensfork, KY (1913-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Peggy Lou Holmes Luttrell, 56, Columbia, KY (1960-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ronan Lee Curtis Epperson, Knifley, KY (2017-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gary Wayne Stapleton, Taylor Co./Adair native (1945-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Maggie Juanita Calhoun, 69, Campbellsville, KY (1948-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jim Milby, Taylor County, KY (1947-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Brenda Shofner, 72, Campbellsville, KY (1950-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Brenda Sue Keltner, 77, Columbia, KY (1944-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charles Curtis (CC) Rooks, 82, Columbia, KY native (1939-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cordie Hayes, 85, Liberty, KY (1936-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Eric Daniel Spires, Green Co., KY (1978-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jimmy Dee Thurman, 79, Burkesville, KY (1941-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Linda Young, 79, Burkesville, KY (1941-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lucille Brockman, 101, Campbellsville, KY (1919-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Maxine Chapman Kinnett (1932-1983) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Paula Coy Baker | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Virginia Frances Maddox, 67, Russell Co. KY; Henry Co., KY native (1948-2016) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Virginia Rose Sinclair Burton-Bush, Adair Co. Native (1920) | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Thursday, June 30, 2011
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
8:00amCTAdair County Bookmobile in Sparksville/Breeding/Melson Ridge/Montpelier area, today | (ID:12968, Comment)
Adair Co. Judicial Center, 201 Campbellsville ST. Columbia, KY: No (0) court case(s) scheduled to start in AdairCircuit Court. Seventeen 17 case(s) in Adair District Court. For latestupdates courts in 7-County Area, click on these links at the KentuckyCourt of Justice: AdairCounty. Also: CaseyCounty. Cumberland County. GreenCounty. MetcalfeCounty. RussellCounty. TaylorCounty.
| (ID:13163, Comment)
10:00amCTGolf: The Pines Member-Member Tournament
The Pines at Lindsey Wilson, 275 Country Club RD (MAP), Columbia, KY.
| (ID:11633, Comment)
Funeral services in Liberty, KY, for Arvil Woodrum, Casey Co., KY (1926-2011) | (ID:13147, Comment)
NoonCTUSDA Service Center is accepting food for food pantry 8am-4:30pmCT
The USDA Service Center (Rural Development, the Farm Service Agency and the Natural Rescource Conservation Service), 961 Campbellsville RD, Columbia, KY, will be accepting canned and dried goods for the FEDS Feed Families program beginning June 29, through July 6, 2011, Office hours are 8am-4:30pmCT. Items that you would like to donate may be left at one of the three agencies mentioned above on Campbellsville Road (beside Day and Day Feed Mill). All items donated will be given to a non-denominational church/food pantry to be weighed and distributed as needed. | (ID:13138, Comment)
Chimes in Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:13164, Comment)
1:00pmCTFuneral services in Greensburg, KY, for Curtis Price, Green Co., KY (1927-2011) | (ID:13159, Comment)
3:30pmCTSpecial called meeting, Adair Fiscal Court, June 30, 2011 AGENDA
There will be a Special Called Adair County Fiscal Court Meeting on Thursday, June 30, 2011, at 3:30pmCT, in the basement of the Adair County Annex Building, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY. Tbe purpose of the meeting is end of Fiscal Year.Lisa Lee, Administrative Assistant to Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton | (ID:13026, Comment)
5:00pmCTEvening Chimes in Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:13165, Comment)
5:30pmCTSwimming lessons at the Columbia City Swimming Pool
The Columbia City Swimming Pool will be offering swimming lessons during the week of June 27 to July 1, 2011, from 5:30pm to 6:30pmCT nightly. The cost for the lessons will be $40.00 for the week or $10.00 a day if you pay daily.To sign up for swimming lessons please call the Columbia City Pool at (270) 384-1704 from noon to 5pm daily. If you don't get a chance to call, feel free to stop by on Monday, June 27, at 5:30pmCT. -Greg Thomas | (ID:13066, Comment)
6:00pmCTVictory Community Church VBS starts June 29, 2011
Victory Community Church, 107 Reed ST, Columbia, KY will hold Vacation Bible School, Wednesday June 29-Friday July 1, 20011, 6pm-8pm. On Saturday July 2, 2011, for those who attend each night, there will be a trip to Somersplash!Debbie and Luke Meadows and Bro. Bill Henson invite all the children to attend, the theme this year is "Son, Surf Beach Blast" -Trudy Crabb | (ID:13119, Comment)

 

































 
 
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