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Daily News for Sunday, February 5, 2012
Irene Shaw, Edmonton, KY (d. Feb. 5, 2012) She was a member of a large, respected Metcalfe County, KY, family Irene Shaw age 86 of Edmonton, KY, died Sunday February 5, 2012 at the Metcalfe County Health Care, Edmonton, KY. Funeral services will be 1pmCT, Tuesday. February 7, 2012, at the Butler Funeral Home, 201 East Street, Edmonton, KY, with burial in the Summer Shade Cemetery. Visitation will be 4pm-8pmCT, Monday, February at the funeral home. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-02-05 19:07:15 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Things have to change, but change brings back memories Leveling of Dr. Nell's office strikes chord of sadness Debbie Selby writes: This strikes a chord of sadness. How well I remember going to Dr. Nell's office. I remember Miss Jewel Grider also. I was a regular there due to asthma and allergies. They were like family to me. I know things have to change, but change brings back many memories. --Debbie SelbyComments re photo 43711 Dr Nell ClinicHammond House building is no more 2012-02-05 18:38:03 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback
Eddie Thomas will give personal testimony at Emory Chapel UMC Eddie Thomas will be giving his personal testimony at 6pmCT, Sunday, February 19, 2012. at Emory Chapel United Methodist Church. 1830 Hwy 1952, Columbia, KY, in the Chance Community. Pastor Bro Roger Garner and the congregation invite everyone to attend.. - Virginia Garner.. 2012-02-05 18:31:28 | Comments | Printable version
Black Shale Wall called: Serenity Captured Cheryl Strodtman writes: "Serenity Captured" Thank you. --Cheryl StrodtmanComments re photo 43733 Kentucky Color Black Shale Retaining wall on Crocus Creek 2012-02-05 17:33:23 | Comments | Printable version
Ronald (Shew) Bottoms, Taylor County, KY (1941-2012) He was a member of a respected Taylor County, KY family and was a farmer for many years Ronald Bottoms, 70, of Campbellsville, KY, died at 9:32amET, Saturday, February 4, 2012 in Campbellsville, KY. The funeral service is at 2pmET/1pmCT, Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon Avenue, Campbellsville, KY by Rev. Lawrence Brockman, Jr. Burial will be in the Brookside Cemetery, West Main Street, Campbellsville, KY. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-02-05 16:58:02 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Kentucky Color - One of a Kind? Well travelled Great Wooded South and Kentucky Color Columnist says the 400-ft. long Black Shale, dry stacked retaining wall on Crocus Creek in the Republican School area is the only one he's ever seen. It very well could be another unique structure the likes of which are found only here, in the Adair County center of the Great Wooded South. Click on headline for Kentucky Color essay with photo(s) By Billy Joe Fudge, Retired District Forester Kentucky Division of Forestry I've traveled across this great nation and have been blessed to see many things off the beaten path from the Los Padres National Forest south of Big Sur California, to hundreds of feet above the tree line of the Grand Tetons near Jackson Hole Wyoming, to the top of Big Black Mountain the tallest Kentucky Mountain in Harlen County but the beauty, the grandeur and splendor of the Great Wooded South, its people and its history is unmatched. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-02-05 13:06:23 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Kentucky Color by Billy Joe Fudge
Owens Bros. - Big Al and son Wichita - Super Bowl album The Owenses are in Indianapolis, sending back photos. Longer dispatches are anticipated later today or tomorrow. This album is intended to make it easier to view all the photos at one time. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-02-05 12:59:22 | Comments | Printable version
Thieves steal air conditioning units from The Flatwoods SBC Anyone with information asked to contact the Adair County Sheriff's Department. 'I'm a bit upset currently and am trying to be forgiving toward the persons involved,' Mike Bennett writes, and adds, 'I would truly hate to be in their shoes on Judgment Day,' By Mike Bennett On Saturday, February 4, 2012, at around 12:30pmCT, I stopped by our church, The Flatwoods Separate Baptist, 5680 Burkesville Road, Columbia, KY and discovered that someone had stolen our two central air units. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-02-05 09:44:32 | Comments | Printable version
Bro. Justin Dial, Greensburg, KY, preaching at The Flatwoods SBC Today, Sunday, February 5, 2012, Bro. Justin Dial from Greensburg, KY will be preaching at 11amCT at The Flatwoods Separate Baptist Church, 5680 Burkesville Road, Columbia, KY. Everyone is invited. -Mike Bennett 2012-02-05 08:58:45 | Comments | Printable version
Sue Grider Merkling, Metcalfe Co., KY (d. Feb. 3, 2012) Services at 1pmCT, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, at Butler Funeral Home, 201 East ST, Edmonton, KY Heaven gained another Angel February 3, 2012 when Susie Grider Merkling went home to be with her Mom and Dad, Roger and Hazel Grider, as she will hear "Well done good and faithful servant." Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-02-05 08:23:06 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Tom Chaney R748: Review of KY Justice, by James C. Klotter Of Writers and Their Books No. R748, a review of Kentucky Justice, Southern Honor, and American Manhood: Understanding the Life and Death of Richard Reid by Professor James C. Klotter. The next earlier Tom Chaney column which first appeared in the Hart County News-Herald on 4 February 2007: Tom Chaney R747: From the Panama Canal to Elkhorn Creek By Tom Chaney Kentucky Justice, Southern Honor, and American Manhood: Understanding the Life and Death of Richard Reid On the morning of May 15, 1884, Judge Richard Reid of the Kentucky Superior Court bade his wife goodbye in her sick room, enquiring of her health as she of his and left for downtown Mount Sterling to begin his day's affairs. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-02-05 07:55:53 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Tom Chaney: Of Writers and Their Books
Chuck Hinman: IJMA 313 : Wardrobe mania It's Just Me Again No. 313, by Chuck Hinman: Wardrobe mania -by- Chuck Hinman :: Connie's clothes -- colorful and stylish The next earlier Chuck Hinman column is: Chuck Hinman: IJMA No. 098: The Watkins Man By Chuck Hinman One of the reason I chose the apartment where I live was the number and size of the clothes closets. Although Connie was living out her last days at a nearby nursing home, I kept and managed her daily wardrobe needs from where I lived. My clothes occupied very little of the vast closet space. So what's new? Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-02-05 07:45:40 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Chuck Hinman - Reminiscences
Adair Co., KY, gun purchase negotiation leads to shooting. death Edward Stickel, 42, is dead. No charges filed, pending completion of investigation, autopsy, and Grand Jury Hearing. Incident occurs on Poplar Bend Road, off Corbin's Bend Road, near Green River Lake in Adair County, KY., about 8.5 miles from Downtown Columbia, KY. Obituary/Memorial Service: Eddie Stickel, Taylor County, KY (1969-2012) By TFC Billy Gregory, Public Affairs Officer Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY COLUMBIA, KY - Post 15 was contacted by the Adair County, KY, dispatch on Saturday, February 4. 2012, around 9pmCT, to request assistance with the shooting death of 42-year-old Edward Stickel. The incident took place at the residence of 60-year-old Ralph Mercer at 156 Poplar Court in Columbia, KY. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-02-05 06:20:03 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports
JIM: Ben Carter, Overland to Santa Fe - Part 5 of 5 EARLIER installments in this fascinating narrative written by an Adair Countian :
By JIM In 1850, Adair County native Ben Carter, then a stripling lad of eighteen, took leave of the familial hearth and home in Breeding, Ky. and went west, briefly settling in Missouri until the spring of 1851, when he embarked on an adventure of a lifetime. Sixty years later, the Adair County News published a series of five letters from Mr. Carter which detailed his journey - an overland trip from Kansas City to Santa Fe. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-02-05 05:58:33 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Jim: History
LWC honors 29 Nursing Students at Transition Ceremony Ceremony was Saturday, February 4, 2012, at V.P. White Auditorium, 210 Lindsey Wilson Street, Columbia, KY. Nursing coats were donated by Dr. Phil Aaron of Columbia, KY. Students honored at the ceremony were: Rebecca Abner, Columbia, KY. Daniel Caluag of Columbia; Stephanie Caluag of Columbia; Alicia Colon of Columbia; Michele Coomer of Glens Fork; Reagan Deaton of Greensburg, KY; Brittany Grant of Glasgow, KY; Hillary Hutchinson of Columbia; Morgan Jackson of Manchester, KY; Megan Keltner of Columbia; Megan Laster of Elkton, KY; Heather Loy of Columbia; Kelli Mann of Columbia; Susana Salvador-Meda of Marriottsville, MD; Angela Mlachnik of Muskego, WI; Megan Moody of Somerset, KY; Shawna Noe of Cawood, KY; Megan Peake of Elkhorn, KY; Rachel Ray of White Mills, KY. Ashley Reliford of Columbia; Shelby Robertson of Columbia; Tyler Scott of Tompkinsville, KY; Chase Simpson of Bardstown, KY; Kisha Tarter of Russell Springs, KY; Debbbie Taylor of Nicholasville, KY; Patricia Tupman of Columbia; Rachel Vincent of Slaughters, KY; Ashley Wiser of Somerset, KY and Logan Wetzel of Owensboro, KY. Click on headline for story with photo(s) By Duane Bonifer, LWC COLUMBIA, KY - Lindsey Wilson College honored 29 students Saturday who took the next step toward becoming nurses. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-02-05 03:49:33 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Lindsey Wilson University
SUNDAY with CM, February 5, 2012 Haiku by Robert Stone for February 5, 2012: Strong wind tests old house,--Robert Stone, Sunday, 5 February 2012. -1000 haiku countdown to Chambers Stevens' 50th birthday, Day 145, in progress JIM: Overland to Santa Fe, narrative written by an Adair Countian, Complete:
2012-02-05 03:28:00 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today Birthdays and Anniversaries for February 5 Happy Anniversary, Donnie and Lisa Clark (2005) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Bliss Cravens Santiago | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Brenda (Sue) Montgomery | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Claire Addison Loy (2010) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, David Hutchison (1965) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, David Lynn Keith (1959) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Emma Grace Cockerham | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Ethan George (2013) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Hunter Hadley (2004) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Kaileigh Madison Kermeen (2012) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Lincoln Tyler Grant | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Lottie Edwards | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Oakley Marie Bledsoe | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Richard Raines (1961) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Robert Fishback | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Robert H. Stone (1940) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Roy Coffey | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Stacey Coffey | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Tiffany Parnell Thompson | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Zachary Morgan | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Marsha Clark Patterson, Columbia, KY (1959-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, J.D. Paxton, Greensburg, KY (1949-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Rev. William Raymond Beard, Taylor Co., KY (1922 | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lucile Smith Wilson, Russell Co., KY (1919) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Paskel B. Spaw, Casey Co., KY native (1934) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jimmy Neat, Adair Co., KY (1951) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Martha Morgan Carender, Adair County, KY (1959-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Nancy Lou Hord Sandidge, Campbellsville, KY (1930-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Virginia Caulk, Taylor Co., KY (1921-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Rena Chumbley, Russell County, KY (1920-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Roxie Peavey, Casey Co., KY (1925-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bertha Forest, Taylor County, KY (1926 - 2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, J.E. Ooten, 60, Cumberland Co., KY (1954-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Janice Beard, 68, Russell County, KY (1947-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, William Howard Glenn, 70, Adair County, KY (1945-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Laura Ruth Lawson, Casey County, KY (1945-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Joe H. (Durwood) Williams, 71, (1936-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dianna June Turner, Taylor Co., KY (1940-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Abby Gail Curry, 15, Columbia, KY (2001-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Tristan Grant Pyles, 28, Jefferson Co., KY/Taylor Co, native (1949-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Ernestine Finn Edwards, Green County, KY (1938-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bobby Joe Woodrum, 76, Casey County, KY (1941-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Josie Gyde, 19, Casey County, KY (1998-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Randy Thomas Antle, 62, Russell Springs, KY (1955-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Geneva Bennett, 74, Adair County, KY (1943-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Anna Cochran Shay, 86, Casey Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Barbara M. Smith, 76, Liberty, KY (1947-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bella Dawn Streeval, Columbia, KY (2017-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Billy Ray Porter Merrick, Gravel Switch (1961-2014) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Doris Jean McGowan, 69, Russell Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James Herman Patton, 88, Dunnville, KY (1931-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Jeffery Meyer, 67, Columbia, KY (1957-2025) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Joyce (Joy) Ann Lutz, 82, Russell Co., KY (1934-2016) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Larry Brock (1947-1984) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Louise Pelly, 92, Columbia, KY (1929-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Marie Badgley, 97, Russell Springs, KY (1926-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Moneta Kay Henderson, 80, Taylor County, KY (1939-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Nolen (Hot Shot) Gilpin, Jr., 84, Campbellsville, KY (1937-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Sandra Kay Davis, 82, Campbellsville, KY (1941-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, William (Bill) Fletcher, 78, Cumberland County, KY (1940-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, William (Billy) Albert Cook, 77, Edmonton, KY (1944-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory of Bertha Forrest (1926-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) Events scheduled for Sunday, February 5, 2012 All events are listed in Central Time. 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