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Driver, 7 year old passenger, injured in Glensfork Road collision

By TFC Billy Gregory, Public Affairs Officer
Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY

Columbia, KY - (1 Sep 2015) - Tpr. Clint Bale is investigating a collision that occurred on Thursday, August 27, 2015m at approximately 10:17pmCT. 29-year-old Leah Helm, of Columbia, was operating a northbound 2004 Chevy Malibu when she failed to negotiate a curve on Glensfork Road, left the roadway and struck a tree. Ms. Helm and a 7-year-old passenger were transported to T.J. Sampson Hospital, Glasgow, KY, for non-life threatening injuries. Helm was then transported to University of Louisville for additional treatment. Tpr. Bale was assisted at the scene by the Adair County Sheriff's Office and EMS.


2015-09-01 18:19:48 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports

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Shorty, loves attention and is very sweet. (ADOPTED)



2015-09-01 - Green River Animal Shelter, 455 Appleby Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo By Kim Sallee, Director, Green River Animal Shelter.
Shorty has a home in less than one day of fame. A lucky family adopted him Tuesday, 1 Sep 2015.
This little guy was left at the shelter after hours. We have named him Shorty. He seems very sweet and loves attention. $50 adoption fee which covers neutering cost If interested please contact Green River Animal Shelter at 270-385-9655 Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 10am-5pmCT and Saturdays 10am-2pmCT. Thanks, KIM SALLEE - Director
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Coffeys Chapel UMC Homecoming is 27 Sep 2015

Coffey's Chapel United Methodist Church, 3991 South Highway 76, Eli, KY, will be having Homecoming Services on Sunday, September 27, 2015. Services will begin at 10amCT, the Blakey's Quartet singing, followed by Bro. Roger Garner bringing the message. A potluck meal will be served following the service. Everyone is invited to join us for this special service. - Virginia Garner

2015-09-01 17:11:11 | Comments | Printable version

Wacky Quacky Duck Race is Labor Day, 7 Sep 2015

The Columbia-Adair Parks & Recreation Board will hold its annual "Wacky Quacky Duck Race" Monday, September 7, 2015, at 12pmNoonCT, at Butler Branch on Knifley Road/KY 551 just off KY 55 North, Columbia, KY. Prizes this year’s Parks & Rec Memorial Day fundraiser are $200 for the first place winner and $100 to the owner of the second place duck.

Tickets for the race can be purchased at Grimsley's Jewelry, 102 Public Square, Columbia, KY, until Friday evening, September 4, 2015. Ducks cost $5 each, six for $25, 12 for $50, or 30 for $100.


2015-09-01 15:31:30 | Comments | Printable version

Jerry Holt: We need crosswalks painted and lower speed limits

We need lower speed limits and painted crosswalks, he says.

Jerry Holt writes:
Is anybody listening? We need lower speed limits and painted crosswalks. This should be a part of economic development. Our newest intersection 55 & 206 needs crosswalks. We need to get people walking to get healthy. - Jerry Holt
Comments re article 77400 1 Graf Editorial The need for crosswalks protect LWC students


2015-09-01 15:01:43 | Comments | Printable version

Mike Watson: Comments on education in Adair County, KY

On buses and the band: "Bottom line is, we need both and they will come, perhaps not at the same time, but they will come. And, yes, I do pay taxes in Adair County; and, no, I don't have children in the school system; but I will cannot complain about the education I received in Adair County and I do not want to see a decline in the future." - Mike Watson

By Mike Watson
Adair County Historian

The band building, transportation of students and other subjects of late make me ponder. I was not in band, we lived too far from town and there were always chores at home to keep me busy, but I did and do appreciate the band and all the hard work they do, often with little thanks.

I can't play anything but the radio, but I enjoy hearing the band--Adair County's or any other. When I began working at Anderson County High in 1983 and students and faculty learned I was from Adair County, the usual was comment was, "Oh, they have a good band. We compete against them."


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2015-09-01 14:35:31 | Comments | Printable version

Thomas Payton Altman. 15, Green County, KY (2000-2015)

He had made a profession of faith in Christ. He was a Sophomore at Green County High School where he was a member of FFA, and FCA. He loved to ride four-wheelers, loved fishing, hunting, packing hay with his Papaw, and wrestling with his nephews. He was a member of a highly regarded family with many relatives in the area, including aunts and uncles in Adair County, KY, as well as Green, Taylor, LaRue, and Madison Counties of Kentucky. He was the son of Ricky Altman of Greensburg, KY, and Sondra Curry Altman of Greensburg and her companion, Johnnie Cox of Mannsville, KY
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Thomas Payton Altman of Greensburg, Kentucky, departed this life early Monday, August 31,2015 at the Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. He was 15 years of age.

The funeral services for Thomas Payton Altman will be conducted 2pmCT, Thursday, September 3, 2015 at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home, 206 S Main Street, Greensburg, KY, with burial to follow in the Bennett Cemetery. Bro. Greg Whitlow and Bro. Barney Taylor will be officiating. Visitation is requested from 12pmNoonCT, until 9pmCT, Wednesday, September 2, 2015, at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home and after 7amCT, Thursday until time of the funeral service.

Pallbearers: Jake Tucker, Griffin Fields, Gannon Durrett, Andrew Mosby, Chase Compton Jared Milby, Daniel Curry, Jeffrey Pepperman. Honorary pallbearers: GCHS Class of 2018; Ricky Cantrell, River Compton, Slade Burris, Layke B urris, Gavin Thornton, Alex Lee, Brian Neagle, Kenny Chase, Jonathan Cox, and Chris Milby.


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2015-09-01 13:52:44 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Letter: Let's give our students a well-rounded education

Marsha Walker writes:
I don't remember our school district ever having a shortage of good buses. Our transportation directors have always recommended new ones when they were needed.

I remember well when the high school was built, a band room and auditorium were part of the building in the district facility plan. These have been pushed aside for many years. Our band has been denied long enough! Music education has not been a priority here (no classroom equipped for chorus?, no stage but the gym floor with sheets hung on poles?).

It is an accepted fact by today's experts that the arts are a VERY important part of education. I can't explain in words how much my seven years of band meant to my education. I don't remember anything about the buses I rode except they were not in the best condition for the most part. I'm sure a new garage is important to bus drivers and mechanics, etc., but not to our students. Let's give them what they really need - a well-rounded education! --Marsha Walker
Comments re article 77397 COF Agrees with Tommy Melson


2015-09-01 12:22:53 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Indians hold Caverna scoreless until last 2 minutes of the game

Coach Gay was able to empty the bench in the Friday night, August 28, 2015 Tribe victory over Caverna, 56-6. ACHS held Caverna scoreless until the last 2 minutes of play. Click on headline for complete story, photo(s)
Next: ACHS Football at LaRue County High School, 925 S Lincoln Boulevard (Campus Address), Hodgenville, KY, at 7pmCT/8pmET, Friday, September 4, 2015.

By Cathy Luttrell

Due to big lead at beginning of 4th quarter, Coach Gay was able to play most of the Junior Varsity players who still held their own against Caverna's starting team. Even though they gave up Caverna's only touchdown of the game, they also were able to score a touchdown against the Colonels.


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2015-09-01 06:30:24 | Comments | Printable version

1 Graf Editorial: The need for crosswalks - protect LWC students

Walking Columbia

Only those walking Columbia really see urgent needs. Linda and I were out Sunday and noticed a problem which should be immediately addressed. Two young women, who appeared to be Lindsey Wilson College students, were trying to reach Miller Avenue from the sidewalk on Jamestown Street. They waited a good five minutes. Finally, they dashed across the road. They made it. But if either had stumbled or tripped in the heavy traffic, a tragedy might have ensued. Point is, this is just one of perhaps dozens or a hundred or more situations where well marked crosswalks should be a part of the Columbia scene. I, for one, can't wait until those who are walking Columbia share their observations. - ED WAGGENER


2015-09-01 06:17:47 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Commentary

Charles Marshburn: His lunchroom lady just had more time

Charles Marshburn writes
I suppose Mrs Schneider (the lady who ran our lunchroom) just had more time! We used to go for seconds on certain items and more than once I remember her saying, "Give those boys some more!". "I've got to feed my boys"! Yes sir, she made the time! - Charles Marshburn
Thanks, Charles Marshburn - And I know you mean no criticism of the excellent personnel who follow guideline to run public schools' cafeterias. It's not their fault that the meals may not be the best a child gets served that day. But there is a better way. I couldn't help but bookmark (Lyon) the segment Anthony Bourdain did on public school lunchrooms in France. They serve wholesome foods. The children get sit down service. They get seconds. They love the food they get. And, it cost them less per meal for food than an American Public School pays. Wow!


2015-09-01 05:54:55 | Comments | Printable version

2nd Annual Re-Visit Knifley almost here: 11-12 Sep 2015!

Knifley is bustling with activity less than two weeks before an event, which, last year, drew one of the largest crowds ever. This year, there's more
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By Debbie Cowan

The Knifley community is bustling with activity as community members plan for the 2nd Annual Revisit Knifley Homecoming and Festival.

Many of the most popular events from the 2014 Festival are being brought back along with several new activities.


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2015-09-01 04:42:08 | Comments | Printable version

COF: Agrees with Tommy Melson

COF writes:
Miz Emily couldn't a said it better!

COF at Dun Roman
High o'er Beautiful Downtown Knifley
Where we try ta think of everyone, not jest the Round Table - COF
Letter: Bus garage serves all from Tommy Melson


2015-09-01 04:20:43 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Today, TUESDAY with CM, 1 Sep 2015

Haiku by Robert Stone for September 1, 2015:
Unbridled child claims
this world a world of laughter,
not a vale of tears.
--Robert Stone, Tuesday, 1 September 2015.
-1000 haiku countdown finished, now for some more days, Day 1449

Most popular today, and it's from CM archives
A picture from almost two years ago, December 12, 2013: Travel, Forbus General Store: Whittling man, Roosevelt Upchurch which accompanies the story, Day Trip Travel: Another visit to Forbus General Store . The caption for the photo reads:
"Couldn't help but think of back home - Slower days, better days, when whittlers lined the benches at the Adair County Courthouse. Roosevelt Upchurch, the lone whittler Saturday, December 21, 2013, offered to let me sit and whittle with him. Even in this bastion of preservation, he among the few who practice this rural combination of art, meditation and relaxation. Couldn't help but remember John Shelley's famous poem, "The Whittlers," or the promised - still to be fullfilled - intentions of Hill & Jones to re-establish the honored practice in Columbia, and Wid Harris' manifested standing offer of free cedar whittling sticks at Town Barber Shop - and the sadness that no one is taking them. In Fobus, with devotees like Roosevelt Upchurch, the institution seems safe. "

A Note: Sadly, Mr. Roosevelt passed yesterday, August 31st. five weeks prior to his 80th birthday. According to the funeral home (Jennings, in Jamestown , Tenn.), arrangements are incomplete as of this morning, but this link Jennings Funeral Home has a link to his name. Hopefully, a complete obituary will appear later today or sometime tomorrow. - jim

QUOTE of the DAY
Politics is nothing more than friendships. - Billy Joe Fudge


2015-09-01 04:18:01 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today

Remembering Nora Hammond: She was a loyal friend

About: Nora Porter Hammond, 63, Russell Co., KY (1952-2015)

Nora Porter Hammond was my loyal friend from the time we were kids. We grew up together and attended church together at First Baptist in Russell Springs. In later years, separated by hundreds of miles, we exchanged Christmas cards and paper letters in this age of electronic communication. When first my father and then my mother passed in the late 1990s, Nora came to pay respects and give support, and for the past several years she had taken care of my baby sister's grave, keeping it clean and decorating it with the passing seasons. I'll never forget that. May she rest in eternal peace. - Jim Garner.


2015-09-01 04:04:50 | Comments | Printable version


Birthdays and Anniversaries for September 1
Happy Anniversary, Barney and Nancy Taylor (1990) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Burchell and Vera Couch (1964) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Danny and Betty Burris (1978) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Micah and Gayle Harvey | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Sammy and Margaret Taylor | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Amy Leah Irvin (1991) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ann Martin | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Candice Thomas (1981) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Cynthia Coomer | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Darren Ballou (1990) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Derrick Riter (2006) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jacob T. Doss (1998) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kathy Weston | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kotila Gayle Rhymer (2003 | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lonnie DeVore | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Madison McCloud (1995) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Margie Baker | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Marla Curtsinger (1989) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Piper Jewell Smith | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Piper Jewell Smith (2020) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Rosie Mae Burton | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Valerie Loy | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Valerie Roy Taylor (1970) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Maxine Stafford, Casey County, KY (1923-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Asa Marshall Shelton, Columbia, KY (1912-2009) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jerry Lee Franklin, Columbia, KY (1945-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jay Davis, Greensburg, KY (1961-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joyce Marcum Helm, Jamestown, KY (1934-2020) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, David Neil Young (1961) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Troy (Buster) Watson, Taylor Co., KY (1946) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James O. Johnson, Russell Co., KY (1952) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nannie Wells, Russell Co., KY (1911) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Evelyn Sears, Casey Co., KY, native (1928) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ruby Bradshaw Yates, Adair Co., KY (1924) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Howard Ray Thompson , Casey Co., KY (1951) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robert Gentry, Adair County, KY (1925) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Morris Horn, Taylor Co., KY (1934-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, David Earl Gillespie, Taylor County, KY (1932-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James E. Grider, Adair County, KY (1933-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ruby Foley, Russell County, KY (1920-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Eugene (Brub) Popplewell, Russell Co., KY (1926-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Vatus Gibson, Hustonville, KY, (1924-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Trannie Sullivan, 66, Adair County, KY (1947-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Helen Goodin, Adair County, KY (1926-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Pearl Franklin, Adair County, KY (1924-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Billy Shelton Bone, Marion County, KY (1929-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Elmer Summers, Casey County, KY (1926-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charles Sidney Helm, 76, Adair Co., KY (1939-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Louise Thomas, Casey County, KY (1945-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shirley (Trent) Clark, 81, Center, Metcalfe Co., KY (1935-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Virgil Everett Noe, Green County, KY (1930-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Anon Martin, 79, Jamestown, KY/Hindman native (1938-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Anna D. Mann, Russell Springs, KY (1964-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bobby J. Burress, 82, Milltown, KY (1937-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, David A. Smith, 60, Russell Springs, KY (1961-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Edmond Trautman, 96, Taylor County, KY (1921-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Enrique I. Valdes, 60, Taylor Co., KY (1954-2015) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gary Dale Henson, 72, Liberty, KY (1949-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, John Wood Judd, Greensburg, KY (1945-2012) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Martha Wilham, 61, Lebanon, KY (1957-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary W. Williams, 75, Russell County, KY (1943-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mattie Grace Taylor, 93, Jamestown, KY (1927-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Retha Mae Eads, 91, Windsor, KY (1929-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Roger Allen Coomer, 71, Adair Co., KY native (1949-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Steven Powell, 64, Campbellsville, KY (1956-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Vernon Lynch, 63, Liberty, KY (1956-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Tuesday, September 1, 2015
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
6:00amCTTime to check CM YARD SALES.
Yours not listed? Send now.
Using any Contact/Submit Button. Need help? WE'RE NOW POSTING, for Labor Day Weekend Yard Sales. Call 270-250-2730. | (ID:36244, Comment)
7:00amCTAdair Recycling Center, 32 Service RD, Columbia, KY / 270-378-0782
Open 7am-3pmCT Monday through Friday; 7am-12pm noon CT, Saturdays. | (ID:36245, Comment)
8:00amCTApplications taken today for CAIP grants at Adair County Extension Office, 409 Fairground Street, Columbia, KY. | (ID:36233, Comment)
7 County Area Court: Circuit Courts. District Courts, at at Glance. Not Official. Always Click to Docket for all Kentucky Counties Once at Docket for all Kentucky Counties, Choose 1) Circuit or District, 2) County - from drop down list 3) Verify dates :
Adair County. Adair Co. Judicial Center, 201 Campbellsville ST. Columbia, KY: No (0) Event(s) Circuit Court. No (0) Event(s) District Court.
Casey County Judicial Center, 231 Courthouse Square, Liberty, KY. No (0)) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. Twenty (20) Event(s) District Court.
Cumberland County, Justice Center, 112 Courthouse Square, Burkesville, KY. No (0) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. No (0) Event(s) District Court.
Green County Judicial Center, 200 W. Court Street, Greensburg, KY. No (0) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. No (0) Court Event(s) District Court.
Metcalfe County, Judicial Center, 201 E. Stockton Street, Edmonton, KY. No (0) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. One (1) Court Event(s) cases District Court.
Russell County. Judicial Center, 410 Monument Square, Jamestown, KY. No (0) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. No (0) Court Event(s) District Court.
Taylor County, Justice Center, 300 E. Main Street, Campbellsville, KY. One hundred forty (140) Court Event(s) in Circuit Court. No (0) Court Event(s) in District Court.
Not an official docket. For official court information, check with circuit court clerk in your county. | (ID:36248, Comment)
10:00amCTServices, Middleburg, KY, for Tae In Wheeler, Middleburg, KY (1937-2015) | (ID:36208, Comment)

CHIP is available today at GRAS
Many wonderful, playful kittens, mature cats, dogs and puppies available as well.

Green River Animal Shelter open today, 10am-5pmCT. GRAS, 455 Appleby Drive, Columbia, KY. Suggested Supply donation today: BLEACH, any brand. A check or U.S. Currency Donation

Stop in and see the progress we're making. Thanks, KIM SALLEE Director

(See Animal control pickups and GRAS dogs for adoption in CM Animals - CM)
| (ID:36249, Comment)
11:00amCTAdair Court committees special called meetings, Solid Waste Adair County Annex Building, Judge/Executive Michael Lee Stephens' office, 424 Public Square, Suite 1, Columbia, KY 42728. - HOLLY GRIMSLEY, Adair Deputy CJE | (ID:36153, Comment)
11:30amCTAdair Court committees special called meetings, Transfer Station Adair County Annex Building, Judge/Executive Michael Lee Stephens' office, 424 Public Square, Suite 1, Columbia, KY 42728. - HOLLY GRIMSLEY, Adair Deputy CJE | (ID:36154, Comment)
NoonCTServices, Liberty, KY, for Murl Martin, 68, Casey County, KY (1946-2015) | (ID:36215, Comment)
Pause for Chimes at Noon, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:36246, Comment)
1:00pmCTAdair Court committees special called meetings, Personnel - Adair County Annex Building, Judge/Executive Michael Lee Stephens' office, 424 Public Square, Suite 1, Columbia, KY 42728. - HOLLY GRIMSLEY, Adair County Deputy CJE | (ID:36155, Comment)
Services, Burkesville, KY, for Joyce Ann Scott, 58, Cumberland Co., KY (1957-2015) | (ID:36214, Comment)
Services, Summer Shade, KY, for Sherry Lynn Rice Cogar, 70, Summer Shade, KY (1945-2015) | (ID:36217, Comment)
5:00pmCTGreen Co. Area Technology Center classes begin at the Green County Area Technology Center, 102 Carlisle Avenue, Greensburg Kentucky 42743. - Mrs. Sandy Smith | (ID:36021, Comment)
Special called meeting, Columbia City Council to set tax rate. At City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY. - RHONDA LOY | (ID:36180, Comment)
Chimes in the Evening, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:36247, Comment)
6:00pmCTGOP candidate for Lt. Governor Jeanean Hampton at Metcalfe GOP Women's Club | (ID:36223, Comment)

 

































 
 
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