Mr. J. C. Watson, Burkesville, KY (1931-2012)

He was the patriarch of a large, highly regarded Cumberland County, KY family. He was the son of the late Bertie and Avo Short Watson. His marriage to Grace Webb Watson, who survives, endured 52 years. He leaves five direct living descendants. He was a member of Rock Springs Church of Christ, worked for General Motors and was a farmer

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Mr. J.C. Watson, age 81, of Burkesville, Kentucky passed away Tuesday December 25, 2012 at The Cumberland County Hospital in Burkesville, Kentucky.

Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, December 28, 2012 at 2pmCT/3pmET, in the Memory Chapel of Norris-New Funeral Home, 601 N. Main Street, Burkeville, KY, with burial in the Williams Cemetery in Clay County, Tennessee. Visitation will be after 1pmCT/2pmET, on Thursday, December 27, 2012, until service time on Friday.

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Fay Touchstone Pope, Taylor Co., KY (1936 - 2012)

She was a business professor at Campbellsville University from 1982 to 1988. Mrs. Pope served as an adjunct faculty member through 1998. She was named faculty emeritus at CU. She was the wife of Dr. Kenneth Pope, former vice president for development at Campbellsville University. The family requests expressions of sympathy be made to the Touchstone Scholarship Fund at CU. Please remember Dr. Pope and their daughter, Robin, and son, John, and her sister, Jerry Lynn Kimmel, and their families at this time. - JOAN C. McKINNEY, Campbellsville University

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Fay Touchstone Pope, of Campbellsville, KY died at 12:30pmET, Wednesday, December 26, 2012, in Campbellsville, KY.

Funeral services are at 10amCT/11amET, Monday, December 31, 2012 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon Avenue, Campbellsville, KY, by Rev. Earl West. Burial will be in Brookside Cemetery, W. Main Street, Campbellsville, KY. Visitation wil be 4pm-7pmCT, 5pm-8pmET, Sunday, December 30, 2012, at the funeral home.

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Mrs. Patsy Ann Dial Posey, Green Co., KY (1950-2012)

She was the matriarch of a large, respected family with many members in Green and Adair Counties of South Central Kentucky. She had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of the New Hope Baptist Church. She was also a homemaker.

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Mrs. Patsy Ann Posey, age 62 of Green County passed away Tuesday, December 25, 2012, at the Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

The funeral services for Mrs. Patsy Ann Posey will be conducted at 11amCT/12pm noon ET, Saturday, December 29, 2012, at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home, 206 S. Main Street, Greensburg, KY, with burial to follow in the Maple Hill Cemetery in Green County, KY. Visitation is requested 4pm-9pmCT/5pm-10pmET, Friday, December 28, 2012, at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home and after 7amCT/8amE,, Saturday until time of the funeral service.

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John S. Hatter, Casey Co., KY (1932-2012)

Mr. Hatter has been a member of Willow Springs United Methodist Church since 1945. He was also a former Casey County School Board member from 1969-1984, former president of Gateway Park Board, formerly active in local Little League programs, and a member and former Chaplain for the Middleburg Masonic Lodge #594.

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John S. Hatter, departed this life on Wednesday morning, December 26, 2012, at the Casey County Hospital. He was 80 years of age.

Funeral services will be at 1pmCT/2pmET, Sunday, December 30, 2012, at Willow Springs United Methodist Church, Clear Branch Road, Liberty, KY with Bro. Larry Cochran officiating. Burial will follow in the Church cemetery. Visitation will be 4pm-8pmCT/5pm-9pmET, at McKinney-Brown Funeral Home, 752 Campbellsville Street, Liberty, KY, with Masonic funeral rites at 7pmCT/8pmET.

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KSP TV, focusing on Collision Investigation

(FRANKFORT, KY.) - Kentucky State Police (KSP) released the latest episode of "KSP TV" focusing on collision investigation. KSP TV consists of short films in documentary style format that highlight the inner workings of the agency, giving the public an opportunity at a unique look inside of the agency.



View KSP TV above, or you can follow this electronic link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsxYAGU6rpw&feature=youtu.be

For more information about Kentucky State Police KSP TV contact the Public Affairs Branch at (502) 782-1781.

2012-12-26 16:12:37 | Comments | Printable version

New Years Dance at Knifley Area Fire Department

There will be a New Year's Dance with the Fortress Band at Knifley Fire Department, 6130 Elkhorn Road, Knifley, KY, starting at 8pmCT/9pmET, December 31, 2012. $7 per person, with all proceeds going to the Knifley Fire Department Building Fund. Gayla Baker

2012-12-26 16:11:07 | Comments | Printable version

Agenda, December meeting, Adair Co. Hospital Board of Trustees

Adair County Hospital District
Board of Trustees, Meeting Agenda
December 27, 2012 at 6:30pmCT/7:30pmET at Westlake Regional Hospital, 901 Westlake Drive, Columbia, KY

1. Call to Order: Craig Pyles, Chairman
2. Approval of Minutes: November 27, 2012
3. Old Business:

   - Status of Swing Bed: David Rasmussen, CEO
   - JCAHO Update: Monica Thomas, RN - ADP
   - Automated Payroll System Update: Barry Corbin, H.R. Director
   - Date for Board Retreat

4. Managers' Reports: 1) Next Gen: Brian Melton; 2) Meaningful Use: Dawnlyn Stamper
5. Recommendations from the Medical Staff: Dr. Clinton Kiteck - a) Credentialing. b. Performance Improvement. c) Infection Control Annual Plan
6. Health Insurance Quotes: Barry Corbin, H.R. Director
7. ARC Grant: David Rasmussen, CEO
8. Financials: Tammy Curry- Bad Debts
9. Cost Savings Plan: David Rasmussen, CEO and Barry Corbin, H.R. Director
10. Capital Equipment: Telemetry System
11. CEO Report: David Rasmussen, CEO
12. Adjourn

End of Agenda for December 27, 2012 meeting

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The Adair County Hospital Board of Trustees meets at 6:30pmCT each last Tuesday of each month, at the Westlake Regional Hospital Conference Room, 901 Westlake Drive, Columbia, KY. Craig Pyles, Chairman; Neal Gold, Vice Chairman; Richard Grant, Secretary; Bruce White, Treasurer; Brad Keltner, Trustee. David Rasmusssen, Administrator. Cheryl Wall, Administrative Assistant. Phone 270-384-4753. Ext. 0 for operator.

2012-12-26 15:42:09 | Comments | Printable version

Birthday party started early at Sugarfoot Farm

Peg Schaeffer writes:

I want to thank everyone for my birthday wishes. I even won the breakfast at McDonald's. Problem is - it isn't my birthday until January 4, 2012. But that's OK - I'll start celebrating it today. - Peg Schaeffer, Sugarfoot Farm.

Thanks. We've made the change to remove the December 26 entry. We had it in twice. Thanks to everyone who checks the database and alerts us when there's a mistake. Best - Ed Waggener

2012-12-26 15:22:50 | Comments | Printable version

Anna Lee Goode, Casey County, KY (1925-2012)

She was a native of Indiana and a member of a highly regarded Clementsville, KY family. She was a member of St. Bernard Catholic Church and later resided in Nazareth, KY. She was a caregiver most of her life

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Anna Lee Goode passed away Christmas Day, December 25, 2012 in Louisville, Ky. She was 87.

Mass of Funeral Services will be at 10amCT/11amET, Saturday, December 29, 2012, at St. Bernard Catholic Church, 5075 KY 551, Liberty, KY in the Clementsville community of Casey County, KY, with Father Patrick Dolan officiating. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery. Visitation will be 5pm-8pmCT/6pm-9pmET, on Friday, December 28, 2012, at McKinney-Brown Funeral Home, 752 Campbellsville Street, Liberty, KY, with prayer services at 6pmCT/7pmCT.

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Luther Stephens, Russell County, KY (1920-2012)

He was a native of Russell County, KY, and the patriarch of an highly regarded Russell County, KY family. He was the son of the late John Thomas and Mary (Tucker) Stephens. His wife, Geneva Sullivan Stephens, survives.. He leaves 9 direct living descendants. He was a farmer and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

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Luther Stephens, 92, of Billy Stephens Road, Russell Springs, died Tuesday at his home.

Funeral service for Luther Stephens will be 1pmCT/2pmET, Friday, December 28, 2012, at the Bernard Funeral Home Chapel, 367 Main Street, Russell Springs, KY, with burial in the Pine Grove Cemetery, Sunshine, KY. Visitation will be after 5pmCT/6pmET, Thursday, December 27, 2012, at the funeral home. Rev. Billy Dunbar will be the officiating clergy. Special Singing will be rendered by Bobby Dunbar and Diane Hughes.

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Gabby, tri-color spotted beagle, missing in Jones Chapel area

Debbie Burris writes:

Lost Female Beagle in the Jones Chapel/Bliss Area of Adair County. Tri-colored spotted beagle. Answers to the name of Gabrial or Gabby. Missing date since Christmas Day, December 25, 2012. Phone 270-384-5766 or 270-250-1277. - Debbie Burris

See all the lost, found, for adoption and for sale dogs in CM Animals

2012-12-26 13:35:53 | Comments | Printable version

Sarah H. Coop, Adair County, KY (1923-2012)

She was a native of Cumberland County, KY, the daughter of the late Culbert and Ethel Groce Riddle, and the widow of the late Hershell W. Coop and the matriarch of a large, highly regarded family. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and a homemaker.

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Sarah H. Coop age 89 years of Columbia, KY, passed away Monday, December 24, 2012 at 9:25pmCT, at Summit Manor Health & Rehab Center, Columbia, KY.

Funeral services will be Friday, December 28, 2012 at 2pmCT/3pmET, at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home, 210 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY. Clergy officiating Rev. Steve Pescosolido & Rev. P. T. Barnum. Interment in Haven Hill Cemetery, 1276 Liberty Road, Columbia, KY. Visitation after 4pmCT/5pmET, Thursday, at the funeral home.

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2012-12-26 13:27:46 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Barbara Sue Nance, Metcalfe Co., KY (d. Dec. 25, 2012)

She was the matriarch of a respected Metcalfe County, KY, family, the daughter of the late Dewey and Pauline Simmons Martin and the widow of the late Clyde Radford Nance. She leaves 5 direct living descendants. She was a member of Grace Union Baptist Church and retired from Mallorys in Glasgow, KY

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Barbara Sue Nance age 80 of Edmonton died Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at Metcalfe Health Care in Edmonton.

Funeral services will be held 2pmCT/3pmET, Friday, December 28, 2012, at Butler Funeral Home, 201 E. Street, Edmonton, KY with burial in the Missionary Mound Cemetery. Visitation will be 4pm-8pmCT/5pm-9pmET, Thursday, December 27, 2012, and after 9amCT/10amET, Friday at the funeral home.

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H.D. Patterson, Breeding, KY (1933-2012)

He was a native of Adair County and the patriarch of a respected Breeding, KY area family. He leaves three direct living descendants. He was a United States Army veteran, a former truck driver for Gibson's Sawmill and a farmer

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H.D. Patterson, 79, of Breeding, KY, died Monday, December 24, 2012 at the Campbellsville Nursing & Rehab, Campbellsville, KY.

Funeral Service will be held Friday, December 28, 2012 at 1pmCT/2pmET/ at Grissom-Martin Funeral Home, 200 Campbellsville, KY, with Bro. Brian Fudge & Bro. Tony Franklin officiating. Burial in the Fudge Cemetery, 847 Independence Road, Breeding, KY. Visitation will be after 4pmCT/5pmET, Thursday, December 28, 2012.

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TECH LINK: How the internet is turning education on its ear

A link to an experiment in Ethiopia of the amazing success of tablets without teachers and a coming, and even more amazing story from Adair County, KY on an innovative path to an education debt-free Bachelor's Degree

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We're hoping others will share their paths, whether it was a traditional or it happened over time. Whether college was first, workforce second, or the other way around

Special CM Education story

There's a not so quiet revolution going on in education today, impelled, most of all, by the internet. There's two related stories we want to share: 1) A link to an experiment in Ethiopia, and 2) An amazing story right here in Adair County we're working on now. The Ethiopia story is about a promising one from a developing country. It's in MIT Review, titled: Given Tablets but No Teachers, Ethiopian Children Teach Themselves/A bold experiment by the One Laptop Per Child organization has shown "encouraging"results

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2012-12-26 06:30:57 | Comments | Printable version

JOB: It's an acronym for Jump out of Bed

Identifying those who do has proven a great predictor of a good hire for employers - and a huge advantage for those seeking better, higher paying jobs.

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Acronyms are no substitute for action - sometimes even impede it - but here's a old one I just heard for the first time. "It means Jump out of Bed," Mike Neal, who has averaged pretty good for these parts, said his Daddy, the late George Neal told him. It was good advice then. It's good advice now.

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2012-12-26 05:50:25 | Comments | Printable version

My Sister Jean Put it Best: CM Picture Therapy for the blues

In a time of reflection in ColumbiaMagazine! 's 25th year history - first as a print publication and then as a print/internet and finally, a pure play 365 day a year, 24/7 internet site, we rediscovered one of the main reason's for the site's success. The look back produced nagging questions. The biggest one is why, with the jump we have on upstarts Google and Facebook - how those newcomers grew to a little bigger - we assume, than CM. That's a puzzle we're still studying. But CM Picture Therapy is not. When we tried the folk remedy, it worked for us.

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By Ed Waggener
The Factotum at CM

Jean Cravens, one of my three little sisters - Annette Richards and Fay McKinley being the other two - put it best: "The pictures on ColumbiaMagazine.com are a favorite pastime of mine. Whenever I'm blue I just start thumbing through the pictures (she does it using Photo Archive). I call it 'Picture Therapy.'" Her favorites are the scenic ones; she's partial to the kids pictures, and she always compliments Linda's photos first. That's a family thing. It will be different for other families, all of whom will have another favorite CM contributing photographer.

I've often wondered if anyone has ever started through photo archives and gone all the way back, page by page. I tried it this morning going December 26 by December 26, using the slide shows on each day, and only got to December 26, 2012, before spotting a story: Just two years ago, in 2010, Johnnietta Jessie sent a keepsake photograph of one of the prettiest scenes on the planet, the Metcalfe County Historic Courthouse lawn covered with a fresh coat of snow and with all the Christmas decorations so perfectly arranged.

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2012-12-26 04:07:58 | Comments | Printable version

Sad word of the passing of Edward Kyle Ballard

Edward Kyle Ballard, 76, formerly of Summer Shade, Metcalfe County, KY, and a Tompkinsville, KY resident at the time of his death, died Christmas Day, Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at his home. A complete obituary will be posted later. McMurtrey Funeral Home, 2232 Summer Shade Road, Summer Shade, KY, in charge of arrangements.

2012-12-26 01:39:18 | Comments | Printable version

Sad word of the passing of Mr. J.C. Watson, Burkesville, KY

Mr. J.C. Watson, age 81, of Burkesville, Kentucky, died Christmas day, Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at the Cumberland County Hospital in Burkesville, Kentucky. Arrangements and a full obituary will be posted later. Norris-New Funeral Home, 601 N. Main Street, Burkesville, KY, in charge of arrangments.

2012-12-26 01:25:25 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Freecycle if Santa left you with too much stuff

So often everybody finds that too much stuff is too much, and after Christmas may be the peak time for duplicates of lots of things.

Freecycling on ColumbiaMagazine.com is an answer: The great thing about it is that your good but unwanted item does good for someone else, The item is picked up so you don't have to pay a haul bill, less stuff goes to the landfill you've made our world a little better.

In the spirit of the community, it's a FREE service. For the most part, it is QUICK. Few items stay up more than a day.

TIPS:

1) Go through every overcrowded room and find one item from each room and Freecycle it. Chances are, you'll never miss it.

2) Concentrate on a room at a time: List everything that has to go, and give it away and see how much easier your life is without the clutter.

Freecycling is easy: To submit, use any Contact/Submit button.

2012-12-26 00:46:41 | Comments | Printable version

Today, WEDNESDAY with CM, December 26, 2012

Haiku by Robert Stone for December 26, 2012:

One cannot perceive
loving other more than self
till other first loved.

--Robert Stone, Wednesday, 26 December 2012.
-1000 haiku countdown to Chambers Stevens' 50th birthday, Day

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The Weather for Today

Hazardous Weather Outlook from NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 3:40pmET TUE DEC 25 2012 Wednesday through Monday. "RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW WEDENSDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEPARTS THE REGION. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
"A WEAKER DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. GIVEN COLD AIR IN PLACE IN THE WAKE OF WEDNESDAYS SYSTEM...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BUT AT THIS TIME HEAVY SNOW LOOKS UNLIKELY.." if any

The National Weather Service in Louisville, KY, has issued the following forecast for Columbia, KY. This forecast Updated on 26 Dec 2012, 1:15pmCT/2:15pmET

Overnight - Rain. Low around 33. East wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday- Rain before 5pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Temperature falling to around 34 by 5pm. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 11 to 16 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday night- A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northwest wind 8 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

For complete current National Weather Service forecast: Click to National Weather Service for Columbia, KY

The Kentucky Mesonet is The Commonwealth's Official Source for Weather and Climate Data.
Mesonet stations are live in: Adair - Casey - Cumberland - Metcalfe - Taylor

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Quick links to Favorite SUNDAY with CM Columns
Plus some- added Today, 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:

• Stephanie Caldwell: Servicemen at Christmas - Morgan's Men: Always Ready, Always There Posted on 2012-12-19 09:52:38
• Tom Chaney: Of Writers and Their Books - Tom Chaney: Cussing with Imagination Posted on 2012-12-23 00:17:27
• Billy Joe Fudge: Nature - Kentucky Color - Fox Squirrel Pposted on 2012-12-23 00:37:15
• Chuck Hinman: Reminiscences - This House is Santa Claus Unfriendly Pposted on 2012-12-23 01:46:31
• Big Al Owens, the Big Rig Trucker - Picking up freight, meeting Kix Brooks at Arrington Vineyards Posted on 2012-12-23 01:00:37
• Robert Stone: Poetry w/Photo - Socks, a villanelle Posted on 2012-12-23 09:43:59
• Sharon Whitehurst: The Whitehurst Diaries - Sunset calm after the thunderstorm w/Photos. Posted on 2012-12-18 05:57:58

The CHRISTMAS STORY ANTHOLOGY
Some new, some old, the way we remember Christmas, through stories of the past. If you have one of your own a new one or a remembered one from CM, let us know. Christmas is a time of remembering:

• Chris Bennett: A CM Christmas Classic: A Child's Christmas in Fairplay, KY
• Tom Chaney: A CM Christmas Classic: Old Fashioned Christmas
• Jean Waggener Cravens:A CM Christmas Classic: The Christmas Puzzle
• Kelly Crawhorn: A CM Christmas Classic: Littlest angel carries off Baby Jesus kidnapping
• Lindsey Wilson College. A CM Christmas Classic:Video Christmas Message for 2010
• Cyrus: A CM Christmas Classic:Christmas in Columbia, 1948 with afterword by Ed Waggener
• Chuck Hinman: A CM Christmas Classic:: Memories of Christmas Past
• Chuck Hinman: A CM Christmas Classic: Grandma's Doll. A Christmas story
• Matt Hodge, What is Christmas? A Carol for the Troops Campbellsville University Video YouTube video of song by Matt Hodge.
• Nancy Salato Humphrey: A CM Christmas Classic: Christmas Memories:None are more special than Columbia, KY, in 60s and 70s
• JIM: compilation of story by Paul Revere JIM: Christmas Eve: Leatherwood Creek, Nell, Adair Co., Ky 1869
• "Jim" : A CM Christmas Classic: Christmas Reflections, Adair County News, 1909
• Barry Jones: A CM Christmas Classic: Christmas Memories during the 60's and 70's
• Julia Ann Pickett: A special gift in 1957 lives on, in a generously shared dream
• Von Price: The Good Old Days The Good Old Days: Christmas growing up in Adair Co., KY
• Robert Stone: Poetry. A Christmas Classic Poetry by Robert Stone: Searching for common interests, a sonnet
• Robert Stone: Poetry Poem for the Winter Solstice: The Adair Co. Way: A CM Christmas Classic:
• Robert Stone:A CM Christmas Classic: Poetry A Psalm for Christmas Eve. Psalm 96: Each Day A New Song
• Judy Somerville A CHRISTMAS CLASSIC: 2011 CM Christmas Anthology: Tiny Tears - memories of Christmas past a Child's Christmas in Casey Co., KY
• Helen Fay Waggener McKinley2011 CM Christmas Stories Anthology: And Your 50 cents
• Carlis B. Wilson: A CM Christmas Classic:First Christmas Remembered in Sparksville, KY

Christmas wish videos links are posted from Lindsey Wilson College and CU:

• Campbellsville University: Luke 2: 1-20, The Christmas Story main page. It's an unforgettable reading of Christmas Story from Luke, by students, including international students, in their native tongues.
• Lindsey Wilson College: Video 2010 LWC Christmas Message for 2010 with best wishes in languages from around the world.
• Matt Hodge: What is Christmas? A Carol for the Troops Campbellsville University Video YouTube video of song by Matt Hodge.

A reminder to readers there may be opening audio in some videos, which may awaken others in the household or workplace -CM

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