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Cynthia Moss Webster, Taylor County, KY (1926-2017)

She professed faith in Christ and was a member of Taylors Chapel United Methodist Church and was also a member of the Mt. Roberts Baptist Church Golden Girls. She was the matriarch of a highly regarded family with strong family ties in the Cane Valley area of Adair County, Taylor, KY, and other localities. She was the daughter of the late John William Moss & Minnie Skaggs Moss. She was the widow of Lawrence Lee Webster, her husband of over 51 years. She leaves 28 direct living descendants and three step living descendants.
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Cynthia Moss Webster, 90, of Campbellsville, KY, died at 10:27 P.M., Sunday, March 26, 2017 in Campbellsville.

Funeral service will be at 10amCT/11amET, Thursday, March 30, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon Avenue, Campbellsville, KY, by Rev. Mark Price and Bro. Barney Taylor. Burial will be in Taylors Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be 4pm-7pmCT/5pm-8pmET, Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home.


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2017-03-27 18:14:08 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

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Varmintology Mystery: Whose home is this???



2017-03-27 - Cliff of Russell Creek, taken from Greenhills Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, Columbiamagazine.com(c) .
If it's a bear's residence, it has to be a pigmy bear's. If it is a groundhog home, the adult must be an 80 pounder. More likely, a red fox's den, and maybe, a coyote's place. It's on the downstream side of the Greenhills Road Bridge. - EW
Comment on Varmintology mystery::
  1. Joyce M. Coomer - Has seen some pretty big groundhog holes
  2. H. Hunter Durham, Esq thinks Mystery Varmint Ol' Rob - or so CM interpreted

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Louisville man sentenced for multiple drug and firearms charges

Receives 97 months in prison. Federal prosecution resulted from "Project Recoil"
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LOUISVILLE, KY (Mon 27 Mar 2017) - United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr., today announced the 97-month sentence of a Louisville felon, for multiple charges including the sale and distribution of controlled substances; unlawful possession of firearms by a convicted felon; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in United States District Court before District Judge David J. Hale. The federal charges stemmed from "Project Recoil," the on-going partnership of multiple Jefferson County, Kentucky, law enforcement agencies, developed by the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Kentucky, to maximize penalties for the most violent offenders and to reduce violent crime in our community.


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2017-03-27 17:54:35 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Kentucky

Big Dale Hunt, 80, Taylor County, KY (1937-2017)

He professed faith in Christ and attended Good Hope Baptist Church. Big Dale was a retired tree trimmer for L G & E. He was a native of Taylor County, KY, and a resident of the county at the time of his death. was the son of the late Milburn Hunt & Annie Arvin Hunt. He leaves 17 direct living descendants
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Big Dale Hunt, 80, of Campbellsville, KY, died at 3amET, Saturday, March 25, 2017 in Campbellsville.

The funeral service will be at 1pmCT/2pmET, Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon Avenue, Campbellsville, KY by Bro. Earl Roders. Burial will be in Mt. Gilboa Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be 10am-1pmCT/11am-2pmET, Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home.


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2017-03-27 17:50:47 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Adair County Hospital Board meeting 28 Mar 2017 - Agenda

The Adair County Hospital District and Adair County Hospital District Corporation Board of Trustees meet in regular monthly session at 6:30pmCT, Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in the basement of the Adair County Courthouse Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY, with the following agenda:
  1. Call to order: Neal Gold, chairman
  2. Approval of Minutes: Regular Scheduled Meeting February 28, 2017
  3. Financial Reprt: Tammy Curry
  4. Administrator Report: Neal Gold
  5. Adjlourn
- Neal Gold


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Lana Williams Martin, Taylor Co., KY (1942-2017)

She professed faith in Christ and was a member of Green River Memorial Baptist Church. She was a retired employee of Fruit of the Loom. She was a native of Taylor County, KY, and a resident at the time of her death. She was the daughter of the late Golden Williams & Rebecca Shive Williams. Her husband of 54 years, Elwin Martin, Jr., survives.
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Lana loved spending time with her nieces and nephews and treated them as her own Lana Williams Martin, 74, of Campbellsville, KY, died at 9:50pmCT, Saturday, March 25, 2017 in Campbellsville, KY.

Funeral service will be at 12pmNoonCT/1pmET, Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon Avenue, Campbellsville, KY, by Bro. Jamie Bennett. Burial will be in Campbellsville Memorial Gardens, 700 Old U.S. 68, Campbellsville, KY. Visitation will be 4pm-7pmCT/5pm-8pmET, Monday, March 27, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home


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2017-03-27 15:49:15 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Anna Faye Minton Meece, Somerset, KY (1937-2017)

Anna Faye was a Christian woman and a member of Park Valley Church, Haymarket, VA. She was a native of Faubush, KY, and a resident of Fairfax, VA, at the time of her death. She was the daughter of the late Charles Sherman & Una Myrtle Luttrell Minton, and the widow of Paul W. Meece. She leaves 15 direct living descendants. Her final resting place will be in Nancy, KY
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Anna Faye Minton Meece, of Somerset, Ky, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2017 at the Fair Oaks Hospital in Fairfax, VA.

Funeral service for Anna Faye Minton Meece will be 12pmNoonCT, Friday, March 31, 2017 at the Bernard Funeral Home Chapel, 367 N Main Street, Russell Springs, KY, with Bro. Matthew Dalton & Mike Meece officiating. Visitation will be 10amCT to 12pmNoonCT, Friday. Interment in the Mill Springs National Cemetery, 9044 W. Highway 80, Nancy, KY.


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2017-03-27 15:35:12 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Mr. Joe Rice, Taylor Co., KY (1954-2017)

He was the caretaker of Brookside Cemetery in Campbellsville, where he spent endless hours to always make sure the cemetery looked beautiful when families came to visit. It was very rare that he was not working, but when time allowed, he loved to fish.
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Mr. Joe Rice, 62, passed away on Monday, March 27, 2017 in Lebanon, KY, at the Springview Hospital.

The funeral service for Mr. Joe Rice will be at 12pmNoonCT/1pmET, Wednesday, March 29, 2017 in the chapel of the L.R. Petty Funeral Home, 1765 New Columbia Road, Campbellsville, KY, with burial to follow in the Campbellsville Memorial Gardens, 700 Old U.S. 68, Campbellsville, KY. Bro. J.T. Jeffries will be officiating. The family requests visitation after 9amCT/10amET, Wednesday at the funeral home.


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2017-03-27 14:58:13 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Adair NHS Beta Club collect food for ACES' Backpack Buddies

High School students fight local hunger by sending food home with elementary school students
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By Wes Feese
Media Relations, Adair County Schools

Hunger and malnourishment have a bigger impact in Adair County than many people might realize. Unfortunately, children are most vulnerable to this problem, but students at Adair County High School joined the fight against childhood hunger last week with their efforts to collect food for the Adair County Elementary School Backpack Buddies program, which sends bags of food home with students who might not otherwise have access to basic sustenance.


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Marlene S. Gaskins, Russell Springs, KY (1965-2017)

She was a homemaker. She was born in Indianapolis, IN, and was a resident of Russell Springs, KY, at the time of her death. She was the daughter of the late Lyndel & Mary E. Miller. Her husband, Jonah Lee Gaskins, survives. She leaves seven direct living descendants.
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Marlene S. Gaskins, Half Acre Road, Russell Springs, KY, died Friday, March 24, 2017, at the Russell County Hospital, Russell Springs, KY.

Funeral services will be at 6pmCT, Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at the H.E. Pruitt Memory Chapel, 202 N Main Street, Jamestown, KY, with Bro. Billy Dunbar officiating. Visitation will be after 5pmCT, Tuesday, at the funeral home.


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2017-03-27 11:23:30 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Adair Co. Gifted & Talented students shine at KY U.N. assembly

Group takes home multiple awards in statewide competition of 800 students
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By Wes Feese
Media Relations, Adair County Schools

Competing against more than 800 top students from across the state, Adair County High School's Gifted & Talented class garnered plenty of praise and won several awards last week at the Kentucky United Nations Assembly (KUNA) in Louisville. This is believed to be the first time ACHS has ever participated in the three-day program, which ran from March 23-25, 2017 and was presented by the Kentucky YMCA Youth Association.


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2017-03-27 11:09:23 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education

Governor & delegation study European Apprenticeship programs

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Kentucky Group surveys the role of apprenticeships in workforce and economic development in Germany, Switzerland
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By Woody Maglinger
News from Governor Matt Bevin's Communications Office

FRANKFORT, KY (Mon 27 Mar 2017) - Gov. Matt Bevin, Labor Secretary Derrick Ramsey, Economic Development Secretary Terry Gil, and Education and Workforce Development Secretary Hal Heiner joined a delegation of U.S. officials and business leaders on an apprenticeship study visit in Germany and Switzerland last week.


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2017-03-27 09:27:32 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Kentucky

Construction begins on CAUD's KY 704 project.

Project is designed to improve pressure for existing and future Columbia/Adair County Utilities customers in the fast growing section of Adair County.

Columbia Adair Utilities District 704 project is kicking off today, Monday, March 27, 2017. It is located between the Antioch Community South KY 61 & Wheeler Hill Road, to Fairplay Road/KY 704. The contractors will start this morning on the South 61 end. The first few days the work will be more dealing with directional bores. Please use caution in that area! We will keep you updated more when the pipe laying begins. - Mrs Ashley Young, for CAUD


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Today, MONDAY with CM - 27 Mar 2017

Haiku by Robert Stone for March 27, 2017:
How wonderfully
changing for the better is
face putting on smile.
--Robert Stone, Monday, 27 March 2017.
-1000 haiku twice now, now on to more days, Day 2022



2017-03-27 04:35:09 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today


Birthdays and Anniversaries for March 27
Happy Birthday, Allison Madison Alley | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Bryson Loy | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Chelsey N. Morgeson | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Janusz Piotr Krygier | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Karen Montgomery | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kathy Piercy | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lowell Brent Pelston (1976) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Melinda Foster | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Randy Hadley | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Rick Rogers | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sandy Stearns | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Stephen Cape | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Troy Edwin Bohannon (2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday Ruth Kelsey Royse, Adair Co. native (March 27, 1921 - August 14, 2009) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Claudette Smith, Burkesville, KY (1949-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Grace Eastham, 93, Russell County, KY (1925-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dollie Frances Burton, Columbia, KY (1932-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Geneva Nolene Bryant Rooks, Adair Co. native (1930-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Geneva Fair, Campbellsville, KY/Adair Co. native (1928-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Tonia Murphy, Adair County, KY (1980) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Anna Belle Skagg, 85, Taylor Co., KY (1924) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Coy L. Ingram, Campbellsville, KY (1940-2010) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ralph Poe, Taylor Co., KY (1924) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Matthew Thomas Hubbard, Taylor Co., KY (1985) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Larry Gene Conner (1948) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Pauline Schweitzer, Adair Co., KY native (1910-2011) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ernest Ramey, Wayne Road, Russell Co., KY (1919) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lois Whitney Gilpin, Campbellsville, KY, Adair Co., KY native (1918) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William (Bill) Flatt, Russell County, KY (1923) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Robert W. (Bob) Fudge, Adair Co., KY (1912-2012)
Remembering Bob Fudge today 2017 - Gone, but not forgotten | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Patricia Fay Holt, Russell County, KY (1943-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Billy G. Campbell, Adair County, KY (1938-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bessie J. Smith, 92, Russell County, KY (1921-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gary Wayne Crumpton, Barren County, KY (1957-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jeff (Toes) Tarter, 56, Russell County, KY (1958-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Fred Harrison Peavey, Jr., Casey Co., KY (1921-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Elwood Tucker, 78, Taylor County, KY (1937-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Orean Whittle, 83, Russell County, KY (1932-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Lou Putteet Williams, Casey Co., KY (1936-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Leoma Shive White, Taylor County., KY; Metcalfe Co. KY native (1940-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Glen Davis (Moon) Matney, 67, Green Co., KY (1949-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Vernith Parrish, 80, Taylor County, KY (1930-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Irene Burton Jasper, 92, Russell Co., KY/Adair Co., KY native (1924-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, David Seward Taylor, 51, Casey Co., KY (1951-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marlene S. Gaskins, Russell Springs, KY (1965-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wendell Coffey, Russell Springs, KY (1941-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Scott Turner Neal, 43, Adair County, KY (1975-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Magdalene Bryant Montgomery, Taylor County, KY (1927-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Tim Shaw, 62, Clinton, Co., KY/Monroe native (1956-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, David Edrington, 59, formerly of Adair County, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gary Wayne Gosser, 70, Russell Springs, KY (1950-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kathy Piercy, 60, Columbia, KY (1961-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Tyler Giles, Columbia, KY (1992-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wilburn Wade Hunter, 80, Campbellsville, KY (1943-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Monday, March 27, 2017
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
MidnightCT Jobs are waiting for you. See 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:46455, Comment)
7:00amCT Adair Recycling Center, 32 Service RD, Columbia, KY / 270-378-0782
OPEN 7am-3pmCT Monday Wednesday Friday. CLOSED Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays & Sundays. - Teresa Spencer | (ID:46456, Comment)
8:00amCT7 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. Fifty-seven (57) Events in District Court.
Casey County Judicial Center, 231 Courthouse Square, Liberty, KY. Eighty-one (81) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. Two (2) 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. Two (2) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. Eighty-five (85) Court Event(s) District Court.
Metcalfe County, Judicial Center, 201 E. Stockton Street, Edmonton, KY. No (0)) Circuit Court. No (0) Court Event(s) cases District Court.
Russell County. Judicial Center, 410 Monument Square, Jamestown, KY. Seven (7) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. One hundred sixty-three (163) Court Event(s) District Court.
Taylor County, Justice Center, 300 E. Main Street, Campbellsville, KY. One (1) Court Event(s) in Circuit Court. Seventy-eight (78) Court Event(s) in District Court.
Not an official docket. For official court information, check with circuit court clerk in your county. | (ID:46462, Comment)
10:00amCTBaby Lapsit a time of bonding with and for learning how valuable early literacy is to your 0-24 month old child. At the Adair County Public Library, 307 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY. - LEE ANN JESSIE, Director. (Recurrent, Every Monday) | (ID:46457, Comment)
NoonCTChimes at Noon, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:46458, Comment)
2:00pmCTServices, Edmonton, KY, for Eunice Evelyn (Bryant) Nash, Metcalfe Co., KY (1950-2017) | (ID:46449, Comment)
Funeral service for Mrs. Mary Hazel Davenport Cross, 85, Green Co., KY (1931-2017) | (ID:46453, Comment)
5:00pmCTChimes for the Evening, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:46459, Comment)
HS BASEBALL - Adair Co. HS (V/JV) vs Cumberland County HS at Cumberland County HS Baseball Field, 912 N Main Street (Campus), Burkesville, KY KY. - Wes Feese, Media Relations. - 2017 Season Calendar | (ID:46464, Comment)
6:00pmCTColumbia Boy Scout Troop 185 meets regularly each Monday night at Columbia Church of the Nazarene, 1200 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY. - Troy Elmore, Scoutmaster. (RECURRING WEEKLY) | (ID:46460, Comment)
Boy Scouts - Russell Springs, KY - BSA Troop 241 meets on Mondays at Liberty Baptist Church, 215 Wilson Street in Russell Springs, KY. Contact Becky at 270-585-1151. | (ID:46461, Comment)

 

































 
 
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