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Daily News for Thursday, May 25, 2017
Mary Helen Arms Humphrey, Burkesville, KY (d 24 May 2017) Mrs. Mary Helen Arms Humphrey, age 85, of Burkesville, KY, widow of George W. Humphrey passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at Cumberland Valley Manor in Burkesville, Ky. The Funeral for Mrs. Mary Helen Arms Humphrey will be conducted on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at 3pmCT, in the Memory Chapel of Norris-New Funeral Home, 601 N Main Street, Burkesville, KY, with burial in the Dutch Creek Cemetery in Cumberland County, KY. The Family will receive friends after 11amCT, Friday, May 26, 2017 until the funeral hour on Saturday. She is survived by:
In lieu of flowers the family request contributions be made to the Dutch Creek Cemetery Fund, c/o Libby Anderson, 1132 Dutch Creek Road, Burkesville, KY 42717. Norris-New Funeral Home, 601 N Main Street, Burkesville, KY is in charge of arrangements. 2017-05-25 17:01:07 | Comments | Printable version
Leslie Franklin Walker, Candler, NC (1941-2017) He was a retired builder and teacher. His wife, Glenda Shoemaker Walker, survives. He leaves two direct living descendants Click on headline for complete obituary Leslie Franklin Walker, 76, of Candler, NC, passed away on Thursday, May 25, 2017, in Kings Mountain, KY. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2017-05-25 14:51:53 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Brenda Faye Root, 66, Russell County, KY (1950-2017) She was a retired social worker and a member of First Baptist Church of Russell Springs, KY. She was the daughter of the late Ivis & Thelma Meece Roy. She leaves three direct living descendants. Click on headline for complete obituary with photo(s) Brenda Faye Root, 66, of Russell Springs, died Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at her home. Funeral service for Brenda Faye Root will be 12pmNoonCT, Monday, May 29, 2017 at the First Baptist Church, 392 KY-80, Russell Springs, KY, with Bro. Ryan Coffey and Bro. Corey Hayes officiating. Visitation will be 5pm-8pmCT, Sunday, May 28, 2017, and after 10amCT Monday at the church. Interment will be in the Russell Springs City Cemetery, Lakeway Drive, Russell Springs, KY. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2017-05-25 14:25:05 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries
Planning & Zoning to hear request for Watson ST zoning change Please be advised the City of Columbia Planning and Zoning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 6:15pmCT in City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY The purpose of the Public Hearing is to consider the following: Request for zone change from R1-A Single-Family Residential to R-2 Low-Moderate Density Residential for lots located at 494 Watson Street (PVA Map No. 051-02 00-011.05), 496 Watson Street (PVA Map No. 051-02 00-011.08), 498 Watson Street (PVA Map No. 051-02 00-011.06) & 500 Watson Street (PVA Map No. 051-02 00-011.07). Property owned by Lee Willis.The hearing is open to the public. - JADA COOMER, Planning & Zoning Administrator 2017-05-25 13:41:34 | Comments | Printable version
Fake caller pretending to be from Adair Heritage Association "Don't believe them," says Ellen Zornes, president of the Adair Heritage Association, "if you have someone calling about an ad or fundraiser supposedly from our organization. No one has been authorized to do any program of calling and there are no plans for it." Heritage Association member Susan Loy reported receiving an opportunity call from someone pretending to be working for the AHA and she told them she wasn't aware of it and would need to have something on paper. She gave them a fax number for her business but nothing has been received in the two days since then. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2017-05-25 13:33:49 | Comments | Printable version
KY 704 Waterline now in service, in one-third time expected New water main in service since 10:30amCT this morning. CAUD expects Monarch Engineering to have bids for the Burkesville Street Project ready to advertise in late June. Click on headline for complete story By Ed Waggener At 8:30amCT, this morning, Thursday, May 25, 2017, Stotts Construction, Inc.'s President, Junior Stotts announced that the new main from Antioch to the intersection of KY 704 & KY 768 had been pressured tested and that the water samples sent to Fouser Environmental had been returned, approved for drinking, and that the system was being turned over to the Columbia/Adair County Utilities District. Lenny Stone, General Manager of CAUD, returned a call moments ago to report that the system is now in use, as of approximately 10:30amCT, this morning. Mr. Stone said that the work on the project had been completed in 29 working days, less than one third allowed under the contract. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2017-05-25 11:52:40 | Comments | Printable version
Adair Co. unemployment up year-to-year in April Frankfort, KY - Unemployment rates rose in 83 Kentucky counties between April 2016 and April 2017, fell in 28 and stayed the same in nine counties, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Locally, unemployment rates were down year-to-year in Metcalfe and Taylor Counties, reamined unchanged in Cumberland and Russell, and rose slightly in Adair, Casey and Green Counties.
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Crusade for Children roadblocks Sun 28 May 2017 In past 54 years, Columbia-Adair County Fire Department has collected money for the Crusade - all total, over $1,000,000.00 By Donald Hare The Columbia-Adair County Fire Department will be out starting this Sunday, May 28, 2017 at 8amCT on the four corners of the square receiving donations for the 2017 Crusade year, which will end next Saturday night, June 3, 2017. We also will be out next Friday, June 2, 2017, and Saturday, June 3, 2017, at our normal locations and times. Just want to remind everyone, you should have received your church donation letters already if any church has not they may contact Charlie Crawhorn at 634-3512. We are proud to say the The Columbia-Adair County Fire Department has been collecting money for the crusade every year since 1963, and has raised well over 1 million dollars. Every dollar collected is given back to help special needs children. 2017-05-25 11:06:27 | Comments | Printable version
AG's opinion sides with Casey News in open records case In an open records case opinion requested by the Liberty, KY Casey County News whose editor, Larry Rowell, was asking for disclosure of a settlement paid two teachers, who had sued a former principal at Casey County Middle School, Attorney General Andy Beshear ruled in favor of the newspaper. The entire opinion can be read at Casey News v. Bd-Ed.pdf>Casey-News-v-Bd-Ed.pdf>Casey News v. Bd-Ed.pdf 2017-05-25 10:13:56 | Comments | Printable version
Registration for ACPL Summer Reading program is 8 Jun 2017 By Aleina Milligan Join us at the Adair County Public Library 307 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY, for this year's Summer Reading Program "Build a Better World". Registration is Thursday, June 8, 2017, 11am-5pmCT. Everyone who comes in will receive a free book, a calendar of events as well as a chance to win a Lego set and lend a hand weaving our Reading Teepee! So come in to sign up, pick up your reading log, check out some books and get started! For more info call 270-384-2472 --Aleina Milligan 2017-05-25 10:02:20 | Comments | Printable version
190 honored in excellence in teaching ceremony at CU Campbellsville University honors 190 teachers throughout 69 Kentucky school districts for excellence in teaching at 31th annual ceremony By Joan C. McKinney, director, Office of University Communications CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY - Kentucky's 2017 Elementary Teacher of the Year, Kellie Jones of Taylor County's Intermediate School, urged the teachers to whom she spoke at Campbellsville University to "keep your passion for teaching" and "Students today need passionate and energetic influence in their learning and in their lives." Jones addressed the 190 teachers throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky throughout 69 districts as they received Campbellsville University's Excellence in Teaching Awards during the 31st annual ceremony Saturday, May 20 in Ransdell Chapel. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2017-05-25 09:54:36 | Comments | Printable version
Square Meals Cafe Menu -- Saturday May 27, 2017 - Breakfast - Served 7 – 10am CT: Breakfast Burrito with Sausage, Egg and cheese, Apple Cherry Muffins and a Fruit Cup.The Square Meals Cafe is brought to you by the Farmers Market on the Square, corner of Campbellsville Street and Merchant Street, Columbia, KY, and our community to provide free hot meals for all kids and students. Adults are welcome to dine with a $4 donation. 2017-05-25 09:35:19 | Comments | Printable version
Page Candler has Grandpa's Whiskers to share Page Candler writes: I have lots coming up in my garden . . . happy to share, have seeds from last year, too. Most are pink, some are white. --Page CandlerComments re article 90521 Sandra Souders Trying to find Grandpa's Whiskers 2017-05-25 08:45:14 | Comments | Printable version
AGs' settlement with drug firm aids KY General Fund KY General Fund to Receive $500,000 as result of settlement with Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Company's manufacturing division unlawfully promoted such drugs as Rolaids, Tylenol, Zyrtec, brings total going to General Fund to $6.5 million. By Terry Sebastian or Crystal Staley FRANKFORT, KY. (May 24, 2017) - Attorney General Andy Beshear today announced that his office will provide more than $574,000 to the state's General Fund after settling with a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary over allegations it unlawfully promoted its over-the-counter drugs from 2009-2011 as complying with manufacturing safety standards. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2017-05-25 06:18:42 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Kentucky
JIM: A Hearty Welcome: Dr. Pepper Comes to Town, 1937 In 1937 a tornado blew into town, in he person of James Rives Kerbow, who proposed to make Columbia, KY, the center of production of a potable food product - Dr. Pepper - a softdrink so wholesome the company's advertising recommended, "Drink a bite to eat - at 10, 2, and 4 o'clock." Community leaders, even the newspaper, were so depression weary they were scarcely able to work up enthusiasm, but the young man from Greenville, TX made it happen, and a rather glorious era began. Click on headline for complete story with photo(s) By JIM As 1936 faded, Christmas passed, and the days segued into a new year, things were beginning to look up in America. While the business outlook wasn't exactly rosy -- unemployment had dropped to 12% -- by the early spring of 1937, it certainly wasn't as bleak as it had been. (My father, who turned eighteen just weeks after Black Tuesday, rarely cursed, but when speaking of the 1930s, his voice went hard when he said, "I lived through 'the good old days' -- and you can damn well have them.") Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2017-05-25 05:52:25 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Jim: History
KHS to Celebrate Kentucky's 225th Birthday/Statehood Day By Janene Zaccone News from Commonwealth News Center FRANKFORT, KY - The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) will open a new temporary exhibit and offer free admission to the entire KHS history campus Thursday-Saturday, June 1 - June 3, 2017, in celebration of Statehood Day and Kentucky's 225th birthday. The Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History is located at 100 W Main St., Frankfort, KY, Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 9am-4pmCT/10am-5pmET. The celebration will start at 11amCT/12pmNoonET on Thursday, June 1, 2017 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open "People of Kentucky," an exhibit that uses stories, objects and photographs to throw the spotlight on some well-known and not-so-well-known Kentuckians. Collectively, their stories contribute to that of Kentucky. Article continues... click title or click here to read whole article. 2017-05-25 05:28:54 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Kentucky
It's not too late to donate to the 2017 ACHS Project Graduation If you haven't already donated to the 2017 Project Graduation, you still can! Contact Jaime White at 270-384-6050 or 270-250-2814 and we will gladly pick up your gift. - JAIME WHITE. 2017-05-25 05:01:47 | Comments | Printable version
Vicky Pike: Update on Free Tipping day, 27 May 2017 Will have even better planning for the next year. Clarification on couch Thanks for all the help with free tipping. Saturday went well. Think most people got the word that we tried to get it streamlined Saturday thanks to your coverage of the event. Found out couch was dumped another day according to another neighbor. We will have better planning of the event next year. - VICKY PIKE, Member, Adair County Solid Waste Committee 2017-05-25 04:54:18 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Commentary
Today, THURSDAY with CM - 25 May 2017 Haiku by Robert Stone for May 25, 2017: Pretend confidence--Robert Stone, Thursday, 25 May 2017. -1000 haiku twice now, now on to more days, Day 2081 2017-05-25 03:49:41 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today
Campbellsville University 2017 - County area Graduates Compiled by Ed Waggener The following are links to the 2017 Spring Semester graduates from the CM 7-county area:
2017-05-25 03:44:37 | Comments | Printable version Birthdays and Anniversaries for May 25 Happy Anniversary, Bradley and Ashley Adamson (2002) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Chasity & Timmy Ballou (2013) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Craig and Felicia Lasley (May 5, 1991) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, David & Linda Kinnett (1973) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Anniversary, Eugene and Mildred Robinson | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Angela Dean | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Angela Ford, (1981) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Cameron Derman | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Desiray Jasper (1995) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Jennie Cowan Snider (1982) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Jennifer Perkins | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Julie Campbel | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Laney Grace Stotts (2003) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Madeline Hardwick (2005) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Matilda Anne Waggener (2011) | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Milton Shepherd | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Patty Smith Edwards | (Updates/Corrections) Happy Birthday, Tina York | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Daisy Luttrell, Windsor, KY (1930-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ernestine Conner, Russell Co., KY native (1930-2019) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Nelle Vaughn | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Greg Corbin, Columbia, KY (1963) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mary Beagle, Russell Co., KY (1923) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, John King Stephenson, Taylor Co., KY (1926) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Amelia Meyer, 99, Russell County, KY (1913) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Bonnie Tarter, Russell County, KY (1925-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Holley Madison Claywell Guffey, Burkesville, KY (1994-2013) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Tony Lynn Harvey, Adair County, KY (1956-2014) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Rester Higginbotham, 84, Russell Co., KY (1930-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Helen Louise (Taylor) Russell, Casey Co., KY (1927-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Oma Christine (Teenie) Lawhorn, Russell Co., KY (1925-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Carol Gregory, 75, Casey County, KY (1939-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mr. Elbert (Pee Wee) Puyear, Taylor Co. KY (1939-2015 | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mary Dean Blair, 68, Pellyton, KY (1947-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Roger Lee Smith, 62, Russell County, KY (1953-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mr. Roy Derry, Sr., Columbia, KY, (1930-2015) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Roberta Hudson, 79, Russell Co., KY (1936-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Patty Myers Branham, 55, Cumberland County, KY (1960-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Beth Paige Herron, Taylor Co., KY (1984-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ralph Donald Decker, 84, Russell County, KY (1931-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Herman Wood (H.W.) Roach, Adair County, KY (1926-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Gerald Wade Coomer, 64, Adair Co., KY (1952-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Mr. Cecil Clay Stubbs, Taylor Co./Adair Co., KY native (1941-2016) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, James Woodard, 60, Taylor Co., KY (1956-2017) | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Arminda Fudge | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Debbie Ramsey, 61, Campbellsville, KY (1960-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Earl Bradshaw, 81, Columbia, KY (1940-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Kenneth Davis, 79, Columbia, KY (1944-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Maybelle Berry, 82, Green Co., KY (1939-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Melvin C. Branham, 77, Columbia, KY (1943-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Nina Satalich, 88, Campbellsville, KY (1933-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Norma J. Walters, 85, Campbellsville, KY (1933-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Othel Rollin Jeffries, 92, Green Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ray M. Edrington, 80, Columbia, KY (1936-2016) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, Ruby Nell Crawhorn, 84, Columbia, KY (1938-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) In Memory Birthday, William Lee Veatch, 80, Campbellsville, KY (1940-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections) Events scheduled for Thursday, May 25, 2017 All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
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