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Daily News for Sunday, December 16, 2012
Thanks for post of Virgin of Guadelupe event at Good Shepherd Comments re photo 47926 Virgin of Guadelupe event at Good Shepherd Rocio medrano writes: Gracias por aver publicado nuestras tradiciones, estoy tan orgullosa de nuestras tradiciones es una vendicion q nuestros padres nos ensenaron y ahora nosotros podercelo ensenar a nuestros hijos, gracias. - Rocio medranoThanks, Rocio Medrano - This is just one more time when I wish we had a skilled Spanish translator on the staff and our site could handle the special Spanish letters. Your message is clear however. We're grateful. - EW 2012-12-16 18:28:44 | Comments | Printable version
Adair School Board of Education meeting In the December 13, 2012 meeting:
By Ed Waggener The Thursday, December 13, 2012 meeting of the Adair County School Board had good news to celebrate. Superintendent Alan W. Reed told the board that preliminary figures indicate that the Adair County School District will receive an estimated $1.1 to $1.3 million dollars as it's share of the Race to the Top grant, (See Adair, other area GRECC counties will benefit Race to Top grant), out of $400 million granted earlier this week. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-12-16 15:44:46 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education
William Melvin Peevler, Casey Co., KY (1926-2012) He was a native of Gilpin, KY, the son of the late Oliver and Beulah Lanham Peevler and the widower of Ruby Alexander Peevler. He was the patriarch of a large, respected family. He was an Army veteran, retired from retail sales, and a former orderly at the Casey County Hospital William Melvin Peevler of Milford, Ohio passed away Sunday December 16, 2012 at Hospice of Cincinnati. He was 86. Funeral service is 9amCT/10amET, Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at McKinney-Brown Funeral Home, 752 Campbellsville Street, Liberty, KY, with Bro. Junior Pittman officiating. Burial will be at Trace Fork Cemetery with military honors by the Casey County Funeral Squad. Visitation is Wednesday from 8amCT/9amET, until funeral service. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-12-16 13:11:09 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Billy Joe Fudge speaks to edibility of Sinking Creek greens He cannot address the water quality, but he's seen people gathering them and says that With all necessary precautions, he would not be afraid to consume them. See also: Watercress, Wikipedia Billy Joe Fudge writes: Through the years of traveling Hwy 704 I've seen several folks gathering Watercress from the creek.Comments re article 56437 Top Question Is Sinking Creek watercress edible 2012-12-16 11:32:12 | Comments | Printable version
Poetry by Robert Stone: At self-set pale- a sonnet At self-set pale - a sonnet reflecting on opportunities When death impersonal has taken lives,The next earlier Robert Stone Poetry: Something new 2012-12-16 10:07:05 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Poetry by Robert Stone
Five area officials cited for exemplary child support efforts Adair's Jennifer Hutchison Corbin, Cumberland's Leslie G. Bell, Green County's Russ Goff, Russell's Kevin Shearer, and Taylor's John D. Bertram among officials from 21 Counties Statewide honored as Top Child Support Contracting officials By Anya Armes Weber and Jill Midkiff News from Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 14, 2012) - The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) has announced the state's 20 top-performing child support contracting officials and one that made significant improvement during the past year. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-12-16 08:28:08 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Kentucky
Children's Choir will present Christmas program tonight The Children's Choir of the Campbellsville First United Methodist Church, 317 E. Main Street, Campbellsville, KY, will present their Christmas program tonight, Sunday, December 26, 2012 at 5pmCT/6pmET. All are invited. - Martha Berry 2012-12-16 08:04:50 | Comments | Printable version
Top Question - Is Sinking Creek watercress edible? Comments re photo 47924 Sinking Creek Resurfaces II Pools filled with watercresses Charles Marshburn writes: Would the water quality be good enough that the watercress would be edible? --Charles MarshburnThank you, Mr. Marshburn for asking this question. It behooves Mr. Fudge, or tolerable equivalent thereof, to provide an answer to the question, it's one which has troubled me, too. -EW 2012-12-16 07:12:04 | Comments | Printable version
Kentucky Color - Sinking Creek Resurfaces A revisit to what may be Adair County's most fascinating, least famous, and most understudied - until now - geological features: It's largest largest sinkhole, the huge sinkhole swallet, and Sinking Creek. Click on headline for full essay, photo(s) Next earlier Kentucky Color: Kentucky Color - Holly in the Wild By Billy Joe Fudge, Retired District Forester Kentucky Division of Forestry & Vegete On November 24th last year I shared a picture of Sinking Branch which drains Adair County's Largest Sinkhole on its way to be swallowed up and a picture of it sinking into the swallet which is the lowest point of the sinkhole. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-12-16 06:11:57 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Kentucky Color by Billy Joe Fudge
Chuck Hinman: Christmas memories from my show biz days Chuck Hinman: Christmas Memories From My Show Biz Days. Mom's egg money provided for piano lessons. After retirement Chuck is accompanist for The Philtones. The next earlier Chuck Hinman Story: - Merry Christmas, Mom, from your son, Chuck By Chuck Hinman Christmas Memories from my show biz days After I retired from Phillips Petroleum Company and we had returned home from Houston, I was invited to audition for the accompanist position for The Philtones, veteran musical performing group sponsored by Phillips Petroleum Company. I got the job. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-12-16 05:47:42 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Chuck Hinman - Reminiscences
Driver injured in 1-car wreck on Edmonton Road, Columbia, KY News from Adair County Sheriff's Office The Adair Sheriffs Office, Adair EMS, Adair Fire and Adair Search and rescue were dispatched out KY West 80/Edmonton Road, Columbia, KY, to a one vehicle accident involving injuries. The incident occurred Friday, December 14, 2012, at 5:52pmCT. Mrs. Marian Blakeley of Louisville, KY, was operating a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am west bound on HWY West 80 when she left the roadway hit a culvert and overturned down an embankment. Mrs. Blakeley was taken by Adair County EMS to Westlake Regional Hospital, Columbia, KY, for treatment. - From Adair County Sheriff's Office, Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY 2012-12-16 05:36:06 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports
Carol Perkins: Making our homes special for Christmas 'Making our homes look special for Christmas is what we have grown up doing,' she writes, but the urge to do so had waned until a visit to an inspirational Glasgow florist and another trip by a beautiful Christmas scene in Hart County, seen on the way to Horse Cave to Chamber Banquet, inspired her to go all out this year. The next earlier Carol Perkins column: Carol Perkins: The Concert By Carol Perkins Dashing through the snow in a one horse open sleigh, over the hills we go, laughing all the way. I romanticize about Christmas in the Rocky Mountains where snow blankets luxury cabins and spruce and cedar trees sag with snow. Lights flicker down ski slopes and skiers, snug in knitted sweaters, stroll through cozy resort lobbies where fireplaces crackle with tree size logs. They sip hot chocolate and toast the holidays. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-12-16 05:20:57 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Carol Perkins
SUNDAY with CM, December 16, 2012 Haiku by Robert Stone for December 16, 2012: What we give others--Robert Stone, Sunday, 16 December 2012. -1000 haiku countdown to Chambers Stevens' 50th birthday, Day 460, in progress The Weather for Today The Weather for Today Hazardous Weather outlook issued 2:37amCT/3:37amCT Monday, December 17, 2012 by the National Weather Service in Louisville, KY: "THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. IF ENOUGH INSTABILITY DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING." The National Weather Service in Louisville, KY, has issued the following forecast for Columbia, KY. This forecast Updated on 17 Dec 2012, 3:35amCT/4:35amET, NWS, Louisville, KY Overnight - Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 53. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Monday - Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 64. South wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.The Kentucky Mesonet is The Commonwealth's Official Source for Weather and Climate Data. Mesonet stations are live in: Adair - Casey - Cumberland - Metcalfe - Taylor Hazardous Weather If any The National Weather Service in Louisville, KY, has issued the following forecast for Columbia, KY. This forecast Updated on 16 Dec 2012, 4:55amCT/5:55amET, NWS, Louisville, KY Today - Isolated showers between 7am and 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 62. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.The Kentucky Mesonet is The Commonwealth's Official Source for Weather and Climate Data. Mesonet stations are live in: Adair - Casey - Cumberland - Metcalfe - Taylor Quick links to Favorite CM Columns - plus some - your comments welcome on editorial choices - added this past week, with maybe a few from History, and more: direct links to articles, columns, poems and/or photos possibly with other important links, are posted here:
2012-12-16 04:59:50 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today
Clifton Wayne Meece, 63, Russell Springs, KY (1949-2012) He was a native of Russell County, KY and a member of a large, respected family. He leaves five direct living descendants. Mr. Meece was a lawn service worker Clifton Wayne Meece, 63, Roark Road, Russell Springs, KY, died Saturday, December 15, 2012, at 3:45amCT, at the Russell County Hospital, Russell Springs, KY. Funeral services will be at 1pmCT/2pmET, Tuesday, December 18, 2012, at the Wilson Funeral Home, 391 E. Steve Wariner Drive, Russell Springs, KY. Visitation will be after 11amCT/12pm noon CT, at the funeral home. Burial will be in New Friendship Cemetery, Russell Springs, KY. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2012-12-16 04:35:11 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries Birthdays and Anniversaries for December 16 Happy Anniversary, James and Dolly Riley (1961) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Jamie and Annette Hadley | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Marcy and Doug McCammish | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Barbara Janes | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Bob Spires | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Denissa Corbin (1969) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, James Roberts | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Jamey Neat | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Katie Karnes Everidge | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Keith "Peanut" Gilbert | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Kyle Jordan Garner (1992) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Michelle Mann (1968) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Pam Murphy | (Updates/Corrections) Happy birthday, Sammy Taylor | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Sondra Bryant | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Tony Joe Compton | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Zane Wesley Greer (2009) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Barbara Joyce Jones (1939) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Eloise Bea Baker, Taylor County, KY (1943-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Janrose Rapier Green Co., KY (1944-2010) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Lewis Dean Withers, Russell Co., KY (1960) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Charles O'Brien, Taylor County, KY (1929) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Steven Joe Cain, Russell County, KY (1955-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Tresa Ann (Kennison) Kinslow, Glasgow, KY (1959-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Dorothy Mae Mouser, 85, Adair County, KY (1929-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mary Magdalene Coomer, Adair County, KY (1929-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Christine Janes Froedge, 75, Glasgow, KY (1939-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, M.D. Shirley, 89, Taylor Co., KY (1925-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Frederick W. Handy, 57, Green Co., KY (1958-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Sharon Martin, 60, Casey County, KY (1955-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Catherine Turner Feather, 86, Taylor Co., KY (1929-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ruth Heady Warner, 70, Taylor Co., KY (1945-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Michael Edward McKinley, 63, Adair Co., KY (1953-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Daniel T. Curry, 54, Green County, KY (1962-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Charles (Charlie) Dencil Simpson, Green County, KY (1942-2018) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Beula Grant, 93, Columbia, KY (1928-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Carol Ann Powell, 72, Columbia, KY native (1950-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ethel Cundiff, Casey Co., KY (1930-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James Junior Beauchamp, 71, Metcalfe Co., KY native (1949-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Patty Johnson, Cumberland Co., KY native (1937-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) Events scheduled for Sunday, December 16, 2012 All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
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