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Miss Donna Rieder learning a lot about Coffey Hole land

Land was once Judd Hill; there was once a distillery on property

Miss Donna Rieder writes:
What a great response I got to the posting of that photo, especially a phone call from Mr. Leon Huff, whose property joins mine at one point. His property has been in his family for generations, and he is very familiar with my property as well, having played here as a kid. He shared some interesting history of my parcel with me, including the fact that it used to be known as "Judd Hill," after a Mr. Judd who owned the property at one time and had a distillery at the spring. He promised he and his sister would come visit me soon, and bring copies of papers and other information about the history of not only my place, but the surrounding area, Sam Coffey Hole, and such. Fascinating stuff! -Miss Donna
See photo: Miss Donna's Creek: Anyone know the name?


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Carly's best friend, Sophie, is a little jealous of his duds



2013-01-20 - Weed-Sparksville Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Jim Lieb.
Carly's best friend, Sophie, is a little jealous of his duds
Paired photo with Carly is ready for the deep freeze coming Monday and Tuesday

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Body found in Campbellsville High baseball field identified

Update to earlier Story: Campbellsville, KY, PD investigating death

Jessica Watson, 1629 East Broadway, Campbellsville, KY, has been identified as the person whose body was found on Saturday, January 19, 2013, in the baseball field at Campbellsville High School, West Main Street, Campbellsville, KY. The cause of death remains undetermined at this time and remains under investigation, though no foul play is suspected. From Campbellsville Police Department


2013-01-20 18:59:50 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports

Cornell Stephens, 83, Center, KY (d. Jan. 19, 2013)

He was a member of the Center Church of Christ. He was a retired educator of 37 years. He served as principal of North Metcalfe Elementary School for 28 years. (1959-1987)
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Cornell Stephens age 83 of Center, Kentucky passed away Saturday, January 19, 2013 at T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow, KY.

Funeral services will be held 1pmCT/2pmET, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at Butler Funeral Home, 201 East Street, Edmonton, KY, with burial in the Monroe County Memorial Lawn. Visitation will be 3pm-8pmCT/4pm-9pmET, Tuesday, January 22, 2013 and after 9amCT/10amET, Wednesday at the funeral home.


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2013-01-20 17:14:11 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Eros D. Loy, Adair County, KY (1930-2013)

He was a member of a large, highly regarded Adair County, KY family. He leaves three direct living descendants. He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, was Tool and Die maker at Fisher Body General Motors in Chicago, and had served his country in the U. S. Army
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Eros D. Loy age 82 years of Fairplay passed away Saturday January 19, 2013 at 1:45amCT, at Russell County Hospital, Russell Springs, KY.

Funeral services will be Tuesday January 22, 2013 at 11amCT/12pm noon ET, at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home, 210 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY with the clergy officiating Rev. Steve Pescosolido. Interment in Loy Cemetery, 1740 Loy Cemetery Road, Fairplay, KY, with full military honors presented by local VFW Post 6097. Visitation will be after 4pmCT/5pmET, Monday, January 21, 2013, at the funeral home.


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2013-01-20 16:43:21 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

A Big Piece of History going into Adair Co. Primary Center

The Bell from Columbia Graded & High School has been saved, and will have a new life as a functional art piece at the new elementary school
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By Ed Waggener

A big piece of history, 'a hell of a bell,' will live on, tying past generations school children with tomorrow's.

The bell which summoned thousands of Columbia Graded and High students to classes will be the central art piece at the newest school, Adair County Primary Center, the elementary school now under construction which will replace, basically, Col. Wm. Casey Elementary.

The bell has been in storage at the maintenance building on General John Adair Drive since the razing of the old school.


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2013-01-20 14:34:43 | Comments | Printable version

Peg Schaeffer is inspiration to reader, others

Judy Grant writes:
God bless you Peg! You are an inspiration to me and I know to others too! May God always bless you for what you have done and for what you do! I wish there was more people in this world like you! - Judy Grant
Comments re article 57051 Happy Tail Dolly a new life for an old dog


2013-01-20 14:09:30 | Comments | Printable version

Mike Watson: Some Old Fish Tales

Fish tales from pages of Adair County News from over century past

By Mike Watson
Adair County historian

There are not many of us hardy enough to hit the creek banks this time of year, lest we head south and warmer climes. The following bits and pieces on fish and fishermen were gathered for a hard-winter-day's reading.''

These were "Dynamited, seined and dip-netted" from the files of the Adair County News!


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2013-01-20 13:57:23 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Mike Watson - History

Wonders how unemployment figured

Comments re article 57001 Kentuckys jobless rate dropped to 81 percent in December 2012

Dale McCloud writes:
I would like to know how unemployment or jobless rate is based on. Is it all Ky. residents who are between the ages of 18 and 70? Apparently it is based on some ghost numbers or fuzzy math. There are more people in Kentucky on entitlement than those of us working. How can the jobless rate be what it is? - Dale McCloud
Thanks, Dale McCloud I rely on this metric, trusting that is arrived at in a consistent manner, and that the arithmetic always based on the most reliable statistics available. For how it's done, see:How the Government Measures Unemployment. The article gives answers to 14 FAQs about how we get joblessness figures. - EW


2013-01-20 12:15:46 | Comments | Printable version

Link: Tiny East KY coal town goes into record book

New Ordinance in Vicco, Perry, County, protects gays from discrimination. Vicco is 145 miles, 2 hrs 38 minutes due east of Columbia, KY (Google Map/Vicco, KY)

There's a story posted this morning in USA Today, from its corporate sister publication the Louisville Courier-Journal about new efforts by coal mining town Vicco to make itself more attractive to new comers, including expansion of the liquor zones to try to get more restaurant business, and another, an anti-gay discriminaton ordinance, which makes Vicco the tiniest town in America to have such an ordinance. It's at Ky. town may be smallest to ban anti-gay discrimination/Vicco, Ky.'s mayor sees the move as part of an effort to revive the city of 334. According to the article, only Louisville, Lexington, and Covington, in Kentucky, have similar ordinances.


2013-01-20 10:08:07 | Comments | Printable version

Bro. Vernon Luttrell at Gradyville Baptist

Bro. Vernon Luttrell from Columbia, KY will be preaching at Gradyville Baptist Church, 159 Old Gradyville Church Road, Columbia, KY on Sunday January 20, 2013 at 10:45amCT with Sunday School starting at 9:30amCT. Everyone is invited to attend. Contact: 270-250-5222 or email: gradyvillebaptistchurch@hotmail.com

2013-01-20 09:42:46 | Comments | Printable version

Wants address, phone number for Peg Schaeffer

Comments re article 56922 Happy Tails Meant to be The Coach and his dog Melewi writes:
I need a number for Peg Schaeffer and directions to her Sugarfoot animal rescue. -Melewi/Maury Lewis
Thanks, Maury Lewis: Glad to let you know.
Peg Schaeffer
860 Sparksville Road
Columbia, KY 42728
www.sugarfootfarm.com
peg@sugarfootfarm.com
Home telephone: 270-378-4521
Cell phone: 270-634-4675


(Ad): See also, Animals for lost, found, and for sale pets and supplies, in CM Classifieds. To place a classified, to see What's Free and What's Paid, see Rates and Terms


2013-01-20 05:18:33 | Comments | Printable version

Happy Tail: Dolly - a new life for an old dog

Dolly was old when she came to Sugarfoot Rescue. She was good with the other dogs, never aggressive but never made any attempt to play with them. She always had the saddest eyes that went so deep it was as if she had a very sad story to tell. She did, but all that changed when a woman from Louisville saw Dolly's photo online, and sensed she would be a perfect quiet companion for Bodhi. Click on headline for story with photo(s)
The next earlier Happy Tail: Meant to be - The Lindsey Wilson College Coach and his dog

By Peg Schaeffer

Dolly - a new life for an old dog

A year ago a man stopped at the farm to tell us about a dog that had shown up at his house. She was very skinny and had been there for a few days so he knew she must be a stray.

He asked us to take her in. He brought back a senior female black Lab who was emaciated. She obviously had been nursing a litter of puppies and they had literally sucked the life out of her.

She looked tired, worn, and brokenhearted.


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2013-01-20 04:41:17 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Happy Tails by Peg Shaefer

Color coded classroom wings interesting concept

Writer suggests Cardinal and Wildcat markers, also, for those who are color blind

Doug Beard writes:
I have enjoyed the updates on the new elementary school. The blue and green color schemes to aid students in finding their rooms is an interesting concept. Of course, up to 10% of males, and a lesser number of females, are colorblind. Maybe we should also throw in some additional imagery to guide the way! I guess we could add Cardinals and Wildcats as the directional indicaters. That could certainly make it fun!! --Doug Beard
Comments re photo 48221 Wings of new elementary school will be color coded


2013-01-20 04:12:46 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education

Great Wooded South: Whiskey Fudge shines for the family

Big Al's travelogue and the sign, Whiskey Fudge, brings to mind the man known as Bourbon Fudge, a kinsman of Billy Joe Fudge who created a magical cough killing and nerve settling potion rotchere in dry still Adair County, KY
See Comments re photo 48231 Big Al visits Lynchburg TN Dry County Still General Store

By Billy Joe Fudge, Retired District Forester
Kentucky Division of Forestry

I think Whiskey Fudge is a distant cousin of mine but didn't know he was living that far down in the Great Wooded South. When he was living here, he was known as Bourbon Fudge. At any rate, he's living proof that the family name continues to shine.


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2013-01-20 03:52:00 | Comments | Printable version

Boys Basketball: Adair Co., 76. Magoffin Co., 47

Indians Defeat Magoffin County in Al Prewitt Classic, Lexington, KY. Indian Scoring: Stotts 17, Melton 16, Back 9, Jayden Willis 6, Matt Fudge 6, Ty Bennett 5, Tanner Pooler 4, Marshall Shelley 3, Zach Hutchison 3, Kyle Burton 3, Jake Hixson 2, and Gabriel Alfaro 2.
Next: ACHS hosts Taylor Co. at John Burr The Adair County High School girls basketball team tipoff, 5:30pmCT/6:30pmET, Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at John Burr Memorial Gymnasium, 526 Indian Drive, Columbia, KY. The boys will begin play at approximately 7pmCT/8pmET.

Special to ColumbiaMagazine.com
News of Adair County High School athletics from CM correspondent

The Adair County Indians boys basketball team won their fourth in a row with a convincing 76-47 win over Magoffin County, in the Al Prewitt Classic at Henry Clay High School, Lexington, KY, Saturday, January 19, 2013.

The victory was the eighth win in their last nine games, for the amazing young team - led by a pair of eighth graders - which is capturing the hearts of a community which is already comparing them to what was perhaps Adair County's greatest teams, the 1954-55 and 1955-56 John Burr State State Tournaments' No. 4, and No. 2 squads.


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2013-01-20 03:39:23 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports

Tom Chaney: Mary Lincoln's Insanity

Of Writers and their Books, Mary Lincoln's Insanity is a review of Jason Emerson's The Madness of Mary Lincoln. This column first appeared 20 January 2008
The next earlier Tom Chaney column: A Trace of Awe

By Tom Chaney

Mary Lincoln's Insanity

On the afternoon of May 19, 1875, ten years and a bit after Abraham Lincoln was murdered by John Wilkes Booth, Mary Todd Lincoln was declared insane. The declaration came as a result of a Chicago jury trial lasting some three hours. The jury returned its verdict in ten minutes. She was committed to Dr. R. J. Patterson's privately run Bellevue Place Sanitarium in Batavia, Illinois, where she remained until October.


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2013-01-20 02:58:10 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Tom Chaney: Of Writers and Their Books

Women's Basketball: LWC 55. Cumberlands 53

Lindsey Wilson Women's basketball outlasts Cumberlands 55-53 in game before home crowd at Biggers Sports Center. Sarah Collins high for Raiders with 11.
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By Dan White
News from Lindsey Wilson College

COLUMBIA, KY - Ashley Rainey provided a double-double of 18 points and 13 rebounds to give Lindsey Wilson College its first win over Cumberlands (KY) in seven tries, topping the Patriots 55-53 at Biggers Sports Center, on On Saturday, January 19, 2013.


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2013-01-20 02:53:39 | Comments | Printable version

Carol Perkins: Willie. Just Willie

'Willie is seventy-nine years old, so he can (and always has) behaved uncharacteristically of what most of us would call normal: the person who keeps his/her moments of bad behavior private, if he/she has any moments. Not Willie.- Carol Perkins
The next earlier Carol Perkins Column: Carol Perkins: Time for annual pity party

By Carol Perkins
Willie. Just Willie. There is probably not a person under the age of 30 who doesn't know Willie Nelson. The author of the recent best seller Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I'm Gone can turn words on a napkin into a classic hit. Plus, who else could get by with a title like that? A title that is bound to raise the eyebrows had it come from anyone else.


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2013-01-20 01:55:32 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Carol Perkins

Today, SUNDAY with CM, January 20, 2013

Haiku by Robert Stone for January 20, 2013:
All desires outpace
reasons for flight and return,
for fear and for love.
-Robert Stone, Sunday, 20 January 2013.
-1000 haiku countdown to Chambers Stevens' 50th birthday, Day 495, in progress

Quick links to Favorite CM Columns
Plus some- added Sunday, this past week, with maybe a few from History, and more are posted here:

Quick Quote
Less is More:
Results, not effort, is what matters. It's not how many seed you plant, but what you harvest. - CM


2013-01-20 01:50:37 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today

Men's Basketball: Lindsey Wilson 85. Cumberlands 76

Defense key in No. 8 Lindsey Wilson men's basketball topping No. 14 Cumberlands 85-76. Daronte' Clark leads scoring with 18. Kalen Kimberland 15. Darren Ballou hits two threes

By Dan White
Sports news from Lindsey Wilson College

COLUMBIA, KY - Cumberlands (Williamsburg, KY) turned the ball over 16 times and Lindsey Wilson College made it pay, hitting 10 threes on Saturday night, January 19, 2013, to earn an 85-76 win at Biggers Sports Center.

Saturday's win was historic for Lindsey Wilson as it was the program's 500th since becoming a four-year institution prior to the 1987-88 season.


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2013-01-20 01:44:25 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports


Birthdays and Anniversaries for January 20
Happy Anniversary, CJ and Shirley Holt | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Lester and Charlene Brock | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Betty Jo Burris | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Bobby Serafino | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Christopher Burton (1976) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jim Sproles (1948) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mark Fudge (1961) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Michelle Petty | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Nancy Ann Bennett | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Randy Page | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sabrina Stapp (1981) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Suzanne Grant Hobbs | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tim Phillips | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Wanda Taylor | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Amber Godbey, 17, Casey County, KY (1999-2016) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Arleen Latimer, 80, Taylor County, KY (1938-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bobby Lee Garner, 61, Russell Co., KY (1956-2017) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bryan Kevin Davis, 54, Green Co., KY (1965-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Camillia Fay Blaydes, 75, Adair Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Curtis Cravens, Waynesburg, KY (1952-2014) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Curvan Smith, 92, Amelia, OH (1930-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dollie Opal Caudill, 85, Casey County, KY native (1934-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Donna Faye (Tater) Brown, 57, Russell Springs, KY (1963-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Elaine Krizan, 88, Louisville, KY (1935-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Elizabeth Ann Kirtley, Taylor Co., KY (1939-2017) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Essie Lee Scott Allen, 87, Taylor Co., KY native (1933-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Francine Moore, 78 Columbia, KY (1939-2017) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gary Strange, 73, Campbellsville, KY (1948-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Henry Clay Faulkner, Green County, KY (1929-2011) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Herbert Turner, 74, Columbia, KY (1948-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jimmie Whitlock Sr, 85, Taylor County, KY (1934-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Keith (Skeeter) Helm, Casey County, KY (1962-2013) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kenneth Estel Harden, 79, Taylor County, KY (1934-2014) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lois Marie Robertson, Russell Co., KY (1924-2014) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marla Warriner Liddy, 52, Columbia, KY (1971-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marty K. Walsh, 46, Russell Springs, KY (1972-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marvin R. Clements, Casey County, KY (1931-2015) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Phillips Wilson, 89, Campbellsville, KY (1930-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nathan Alan Bell, 36, Liberty, KY (1983-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Neva Nell (Thomas) Keeton, 93, Burkesville, KY native (1934-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Opal Mae Foley, 73, Russell Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robin Smith, Adair County, KY, (1956-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Roy Lee (Swede) Dyer, 63, Green County, KY (1956-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ruth Alice Wilson, 87, Russell Co., KY (1929-2016) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Teddy Rogers Ray, Edmonton, KY (1944-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Tony Tucker, 75, Green County, KY (1944-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Sunday, January 20, 2013
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
6:00amCTTime to check Directory of Churches for Sunday morning & evening worship service schedules. | (ID:20609, Comment)
9:00amCTSermon Series: Cure for Out of Control Life at Columbia United Methodist
January 13-February 3, 2013, at the traditional service at 9amCT, and the 11amCT Contemporary Worship, The Crossing, at the Columbia United Methodist Church, 202 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY. Everyone is welcome. - Pastor Neil Janes | (ID:20787, Comment)
10:45amCTBro. Vernon Luttrell at Gradyville Baptist Bro. Vernon Luttrell from Columbia, KY will be preaching at Gradyville Baptist Church, 159 Old Gradyville Church Road, Columbia, KY on Sunday January 20, 2013 at 10:45amCT with Sunday School starting at 9:30amCT. Everyone is invited to attend. Contact: 270-250-5222 or email: gradyvillebaptistchurch@hotmail.com | (ID:20850, Comment)
11:00amCTSermon Series: Cure for Out of Control Life at Columbia United Methodist
January 13-February 3, 2013, at the traditional service at 9amCT, and the 11amCT Contemporary Worship, The Crossing, at the Columbia United Methodist Church, 202 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY. Everyone is welcome. - Pastor Neil Janes | (ID:20791, Comment)
Bro. Jr Holmes will be preaching at Flatwoods SBC
Bro. Jr. Holmes will be preaching at Flatwoods Separate Baptist Church, 1025 Wheeler Hill Road, Columbia, KY 42728, at 11amCT/12pm noon ET, Sunday, January 20, 2013. Sunday School begins at 10amCT/11amET Everyone is invited. Phone 270-789-3905. - Todd Corbin | (ID:20820, Comment)
NoonCTChimes at noon. Downtown Columbia, KY. Two Selections. | (ID:20562, Comment)
2:00pmCTServices, Campbellsville, KY, for Hazel Lacy, Taylor Co., KY (1922-2013) | (ID:20845, Comment)
5:00pmCTChimes for the Evening. Downtown Columbia. Two Selections | (ID:20594, Comment)
6:00pmCTThe Goodins at Antioch UMC, Sunday, January 20, 2013
Adair County Sunday night singing
The Goodins will be singing at Antioch United Methodist Church, 3422 Wheeler Hill Road, Columbia, KY in the Sparksville community of Adair County, on Sunday, January 20, 2013, at 6pmCT/7pmET. Pastor Troy Elmore and congregation invite everyone. - Danny Goodin | (ID:20807, Comment)

 

































 
 
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