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Emmaus Gathering at Coffey's Chapel, Eli, KY

The Emmaus Gathering will be at Coffey's Chapel, 3991 South Highway 76, Eli, KY, at 6pmCT tonight . Bring a dish and come join us!

2016-10-08 12:35:59 | Comments | Printable version

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Downtown Days: Massive crowd for concert Saturday evening



2016-10-08 - Public Square, Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com (c).
As the band White Horse was finishing up and the crowd awaits Doug Stone, the headline performers, the Pubic Square is already filled with a massive, record-setting Downtown Days crowd. - EW

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Laura Harris: Sad first for our little townl!

Laura Harris writes:
This is a sad first for our little town! Progress? I don't think so. - Laura Harris
Comments re article 86144 Downtown Days Drinking in public is prohibited. Article warning all that consumption of alcoholic beverages or being intoxicated in public - including Downtown Days - is illegal.


2016-10-08 08:52:57 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Commentary

Today, Saturday with CM - 08 Oct 2016

Haiku by Robert Stone for October 8, 2016:
Writing to homefolk,
one recalls intimate things,
not heroic deeds.
--Robert Stone, Saturday, 8 October 2016.
-1000 haiku countdown finished, now for some more days, Day 1852



2016-10-08 08:47:44 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today

KY Fresh Harvest to create 75 jobs in Lincoln Co. enterprise

Company will invest $10.7 million. Greenhouse operation in Stanford aims to produce 3-4 million pounds of cherry tomatoes annually
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By Amanda Stamper & Jack Mazurak
News from Gov. Matt Bevin's Communications Office

FRANKFORT, KY (Fri 7 Oct 2016) - Gov. Matt Bevin and Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles today congratulated Kentucky Fresh Harvest LLC as company and Stanford-area officials broke ground on a $10.7 million, 75-job facility to produce cherry tomatoes.


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2016-10-08 07:23:11 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Kentucky

Annie Aline Froedge Whitlow, 91, Metcalfe Co., KY (1925-2016)

She was a housewife and of the Baptist faith, and the matriarch of a large, respected Metcalfe County, KY family. She was a native of Metcalfe County, KY, and a resident of the county at the time of her death. She was the widow of the late Bernice Cole Whitlow. She leaves 22 direct living descendants.
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Annie Aline Froedge Whitlow, age 91, of Edmonton, died October 7, 2016 at Metcalfe Health Care, Edmonton, KY.

Funeral services will be Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 2pmCT, at the McMurtrey Funeral Home, 2232 Summer Shade Road, Summer Shade, KY, with burial to follow in the Joe Field Cemetery. Visitation will begin Saturday, October 8, 2016 at 2pm-8pmCT, and on Sunday after 8amCT until time of services at 2pmCT.


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2016-10-08 07:12:36 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

LWC Men's Soccer coasts to 7-0 win over Jamestown (ND)

Aleksi Pahkasalo continued his scoring binge with three more goals in the win.
Next - Lindsey Wilson at Union (Barbourville, KY), 310 College Street (Campus, not venue) Barbourville, KY 40906 6pmCT/7pmET, Tuesday, October 11, 2016.

By Charlie Balcom

COLUMBIA, KY - No. 19-ranked Lindsey Wilson cruised to a 7-0 win over visiting Jamestown (ND) on Friday night, October 7, 2016, at Walter S. Reuling Stadium.


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2016-10-08 06:05:26 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports


Birthdays and Anniversaries for October 8
Happy Anniversary, Barry and Tracy Stephens (1983) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Boon & Anita Matney (1997) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Boon and Anita Matney (1997) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Caitlin & Jimmy Helm (2011) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Dustin & Jennfer Martin (2005) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Forrest & Ella Lee Wilson (1966) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Jared & Chelsea Conover (2011) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Phillip and Dana Richard (1998) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Alexander Kyle Biggs | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dona Depp Smith | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Gary Wayne Coffey | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Haley Blaydes Martin (1987) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Hannah Blaydes Shaw (1987) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jackson Lee Willis (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jamie Collins | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jamie Hatcher | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Julius Feyette Holmes (2003) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kathy Parker | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Korey Hundley | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lauren Jessie | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Marketta Ann Lawless (1993) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Matt Mouser | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Natalie Sneed | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Reagan McCalister (2001) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sammie Jo Wheat | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tanner Caldwell | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tim Curry | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday Mary Jane Bryant, Adair Co., KY (1951) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Allen Taylor, 83, Adair Co., KY (1932-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Harry Taggart, Russell Springs, KY (1939-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Judy Carol Huff, Columbia, KY (1955-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Randall Thomas Baldwin, Campbellsville, KY (1986-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Morris Wade DeHart, Russell Springs, KY (1937-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lilburn Glyn Kelly, Greensburg, KY (1934-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Paul E. Bennett, Russell Springs, KY (1950-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Roger Wayne Humphrey, Burkesville, KY (1957-2020) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Molen Corbin, Adair Co., KY (1924) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rick Bailey, Adair Co., KY (1953-2010) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James (Jimmy) Forsyth, Green Co., KY, Adair Co., KY, native (1935) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alma Shofner, Taylor Co., KY (1925 | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Anna Lee Goode, Casey County, KY (1925) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Connie Jo Davis, Green County, KY (1955-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shelby Dewey Key, Cumberland Co., KY (1944-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Brenda C. Houston, Russell Springs, KY (1965-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Larry Wayne Scott, 66 Burkesville, KY (1948-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Geneva Thomas York, 85, Burkesville, KY (1929-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ruth Warriner Loy, Russell County, KY (1917-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kerry Roger Jones, 61, Knifley, KY (1954-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Johnnie Janes, 79, Adair Co., KY (1936-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Edna Mae Sullivan, 90, Glasgow, KY (1925-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marie Powell, 75, Louisville, KY (1940-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Peggy Sue Johnson Stratton Adair Co., kY native (1968-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ronnie Earl Ray, Sr., 61, Green County, KY (1954-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Annie Aline Froedge Whitlow, 91, Metcalfe Co., KY (1925-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Vera Delphine Shaw, 77, Burkesville, KY (1939-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alice Helen Haney, 91, Greensburg, KY (1929-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ann Waggener Richards, (d. May 12, 1982) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Anthony (Craig) Byrd, 50, Russell Springs, KY (1970-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Audrey Spivey, 82, Russell Springs, KY (1940-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cathy Turner, 69, Columbia, KY (1954-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Clarice Jean Franklin, 67, Greensburg, KY (1954-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dallas Lee Miller, 74, Russell Springs, KY (1946-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jack David Catron, 59, Columbia, KY (1961-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Darrell Loy, 65, Columbia, KY (1958-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Janice Sneed, 64, Columbia, KY (1959-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jenna Rose Ferguson, 81, Campbellsville, KY (1939-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kenneth Sinclair, 84, Columbia, KY (1936-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lee John Rogers, 55, Adair County family (1964-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marcus Scott Sheene, Casey Co., KY (1990) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Stevie Joe York, 64, Columbia, KY (1959-2024) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Walter Oglesby Peatross, 61, Jamestown, KY (1961-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Saturday, October 8, 2016
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
MidnightCTAll Day Today: Time to Opt-In for CodeRED Weather Warnings. - Mike Keltner STORY/DIRECTIONS | (ID:43554, Comment)
6:00amCTToday's featured Event: DOWNTOWN DAYS with SQUARECROWS COLUMBIA, KY
Your ColumbiaMagazine.com Guide to the 2016 Squarecrows/Downtown Days Events. Complete today with MAPS, Vendor locations. Food Vendor Spots. VOTE: People's Choice Voting Location at the Adair County Retired Teachers' Booth, In front of First & Farmers National Bank, 224 Public Square, Columbia, KY. Columbia Downtown Days Schedule - 2016 and remember, they are also here on EVENTS for October 8, 2016 with times. | (ID:43559, Comment)
7:00amCTTaylor County Farmers' Market 2175 Hodgenville Road, Campbellsville, KY (Animal Shelter Road). Open Saturdays during season, 7am-1pmCT/8am-2pmET. | (ID:43555, Comment)
13th Annual DOWNTOWN DAYS, Columbia, KY - 5K Run Registration Chamber Building, 201 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY. COMPLETE GUIDE to DOWNTOWN DAYS. See: Your ColumbiaMagazine.com GUIDE to the 2016 SQUARECROWS/DOWNTOWN DAYS | (ID:43560, Comment)
8:00amCTFall and winter clothing give-away at Columbia Church of Christ | (ID:43467, Comment)
Clinton County Farmers Market 19 Mountain View Parkway, Albany, KY. (1 Jun-29 Oct. Closed during US 127 Yard Sale) 8amCT to sellout, Tue-Fri-Sat. | (ID:43556, Comment)
Farmers Market on the Square 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY | (ID:43558, Comment)
13th Annual DOWNTOWN DAYS, Columbia, KY - 5K Run Run, starts at Chamber Building, 201 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY. COMPLETE GUIDE to DOWNTOWN DAYS. See: Your ColumbiaMagazine.com GUIDE to the 2016 SQUARECROWS/DOWNTOWN DAYS | (ID:43561, Comment)
13th Annual DOWNTOWN DAYS, Columbia, KY - REGISTRATION for DOWNTOWN DAYS AUTO CLASSIC AUTO SHOW, 9am-12pmNoon CT. , Adair County Judicial Center Parking lot, 201 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY. | (ID:43565, Comment)
Jobs are waiting for you.
See them in CM EMPLOYMENT .
If you need positions filled, find the best among the readers of ColumbiaMagazine.com Using any Contact/Submit Button. If you have questions Call 270-250-2730. | (ID:43578, Comment)
8:30amCTEgypt-Shiloh Men's Prayer Breakfast at Liberty Road Grocery | (ID:43551, Comment)
13th Annual DOWNTOWN DAYS, Columbia, KY - VENDOR BOOTHS OPEN , Downtown Columbia. Pedestrians only on Square. Streets blocked at Reed Street on Jamestown Street, Fortune Street on Burkesville Street, Monroe Street on Greensburg Street, and at Merchant/Reed Street on Campbellsville Street. | (ID:43563, Comment)
13th Annual DOWNTOWN DAYS, Columbia, KY -1/2 Mile RUN. Ages 13 & under . Starts at Chamber Building, 201 Burkesville Street. | (ID:43564, Comment)
9:00amCT13th Annual DOWNTOWN DAYS, Columbia, KY - DOWNTOWN DAYS AUTO CLASSIC AUTO SHOW, 9am-12pmNoon CT. , Adair County Judicial Center Parking lot, 201 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY. | (ID:43562, Comment)
9:30amCT13th Annual DOWNTOWN DAYS, Columbia, KY - Powerlifting Weigh-in | (ID:43566, Comment)
10:00amCTServices, Russell Springs, KY, for Linda Marie Coons, 60, Russell Co., KY (1955-2016) | (ID:43545, Comment)
BLUE is an energized Australian Shepherd mix.
He's Adoptable now at Green River Animal Shelter See him and others in CM ANIMALS

Green River Animal Shelter is the first place to look if your dog is lost. You'll always find a variety of puppies, kittens, dogs and cats ready and eager to join your family.

Green River Animal Shelter open today, 10am-5pmCT. GRAS, 455 Appleby Drive, Columbia, KY. You can help. Adopt. Volunteer. Give Time, Donate Money. Give needed supplies. Encourage the staff at GRAS who are doing such a wonderful job!
Stop in and see the progress we're making. Thanks, KIM TUCKER
(See Animal control pickups and GRAS dogs for adoption in CM Animals - CM | (ID:43581, Comment)
10:30amCT13th Annual DOWNTOWN DAYS, Columbia, KY - Powerlifting Competition. Public Square, Columbia, KY | (ID:43567, Comment)
13th Annual DOWNTOWN DAYS, Columbia, KY - Adair County Ministerial Association. Main Stage, in front of Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY | (ID:43568, Comment)
11:00amCTServices, Campbellsville, KY, for Richard L. Blaul, 77, Taylor County, KY (1939-2016) | (ID:43523, Comment)
NoonCTAdair County Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY closed today for Downtown Columbia Days. Restrooms will remain open. - CJE Michael Lee Stephens per Gale Cowan. STORY | (ID:43465, Comment)
Services, Liberty, KY, for Opal Taylor Thompson, 86, Casey County/Adair Co., KY native (1929-2016) | (ID:43547, Comment)
Chimes at Noon, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:43579, Comment)
12:15pmCT13th Annual DOWNTOWN DAYS, Columbia, KY - Laura Willis. Main Stage, in front of Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY | (ID:43569, Comment)
12:30pmCT13th Annual DOWNTOWN DAYS, Columbia, KY - MaKayla Janes. Main Stage, in front of Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY | (ID:43570, Comment)
12:45pmCT13th Annual DOWNTOWN DAYS, Columbia, KY - Brandi Powell. Main Stage, in front of Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY | (ID:43571, Comment)
1:00pmCTMemorial Service for Sophia Alberta Loy Wheelock & Warren Ray Wheelock. Loy Cemetery, 1740 Loy Cemetery Road, Fairplay, KY. Reception to follow at the Columbia Church of the Nazarene. - -Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home. DETAILS | (ID:43495, Comment)
Services, Columbia, KY, for Maxine Huddleston Dykes, 86, Adair County, KY (1930-2016) | (ID:43546, Comment)
13th Annual DOWNTOWN DAYS, Columbia, KY - The Perfect Fit Band (Rhythm & Blues) Main Stage, in front of Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY | (ID:43572, Comment)
13th Annual DOWNTOWN DAYS, Columbia, KY - Kickin Kids Demonstration. Main Public Square, Columbia, KY | (ID:43573, Comment)
Funeral service for Earl (Jack) L. Madden, 79, Shepherdsville, KY (1936-2016) | (ID:43713, Comment)
1:30pmCTTraffic Advisory for Downtown Days, Start of shut down of Square. Vendors setting up. Traffic still flowing: Fri Oct 2016See also: FULL SCHEDULE/DOWNTOWN DAYS | (ID:43548, Comment)
2:30pmCT13th Annual DOWNTOWN DAYS, Columbia, KY - Company Crow (Southern Rock/Country) Main Stage, in front of Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY | (ID:43574, Comment)
4:00pmCT13th Annual DOWNTOWN DAYS, Columbia, KY - No Deceit (Country/Rock) Main Stage, in front of Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY | (ID:43575, Comment)
5:00pmCTChimes for the Evening, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:43580, Comment)
5:30pmCT13th Annual DOWNTOWN DAYS, Columbia, KY - White Horse (Country/Rock) Main Stage, in front of Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY | (ID:43576, Comment)
6:00pmCTEmmaus Gathering at Coffey’s Chapel, Eli, KY | (ID:43583, Comment)
7:00pmCTRevival at Cane Valley Christian Church. - Nancy Cundiff DETAILS | (ID:43469, Comment)
13th Annual DOWNTOWN DAYS, Columbia, KY - DOUG STONE FREE CONCERT. Main Stage, in front of Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY | (ID:43577, Comment)

 
































 
 
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