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Mystery 76534 1st answer from Glen Akin

Comments re photo 76534 Mystery 76534 Where in the World is This Its in plain sight

Glen Akin writes:
On 768 between Glensfork and Fairplay Road near Billy and Loretta Grant's farm. - Glen Akin
Thanks Glen Akin: We'll post your answer with the photo; if it's correct, we'll announce the answer no later than noon tomorrow. Thanks again. - EW


2017-12-26 15:43:52 | Comments | Printable version

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Scenic Adair County, KY: A fleeting Adair County moment



2017-12-26 - L. Hancock Road, Near Vester, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.
This is a photo of reflections on the surface of a pond on L. Hancock Road at Sulphur Creek. It was flipped in processing. It was taken from what is the top of the frame, on a grassy verge. But it was fun to leave it this way, with what looks to be a little snow on a flood wall or dike, which might be a good idea. Paired photo tells more. - EW

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Billy Smythe, 82, Columbia, KY native (1935-2017)

He was raised in the Columbia Baptist Church. He was a member of one of Adair County's leading families, the son of the late Leighton & Rachel Grissom Smythe. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran, and an electrician at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was a graduate of Columbia High School, a member of the last graduating class, 1953.

Billy Smythe, 82, of Louisville, KY, formerly of Columbia, KY, died Friday, December 22, 2017 at 6:50pmET in Louisville.

The funeral service will be held on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at 2pmCT, at Grissom-Martin Funeral Home, 200 Campbellsville, Columbia, KY, with Steve Merideth officiating. Burial will follow in Columbia Cemetery, 315 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY. Visitation will be after 11amCT on Wednesday until the time of the funeral.


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2017-12-26 15:15:00 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Joe Danny Gosser, Russell County, KY (1942-2017)

Danny was a farmer and a member of Fairview Baptist Church. He was a member of a highly regarded Russell County, KY family, the son of the late Arno & Ida Popplewell Gosser.
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Joe Danny Gosser, 75, of Russell Springs, KY, died Monday, December 25, 2017 at the Hospice of Lake Cumberland Jean Waddle Care Center in Somerset, KY.

Funeral service for Joe Danny Gosser will be 10amCT, Friday, December 29, 2017 at the Bernard Funeral Home Chapel, 367 N Main Street, Russell Springs, KY, with Bro. Stephen Bennett officiating. Visitation will be 5pm-8pmCT, Thursday, December 28, 2017, and after 8amCT, Friday. Interment will be in the Fairview Cemetery.


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2017-12-26 15:11:46 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Today - TUESDAY with CM - 26 Dec 2017

Haiku by Robert Stone for December 26, 2017:
Never undertake
something that need not be done,
question carefully.
--Robert Stone, Tuesday, 26 December 2017.
-1000 haiku twice now, now on to more days, Day 2296



2017-12-26 14:48:32 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today

Charlotte Faye Peterson Burton, Adair County, KY (1938-2017)

While Charlotte became a believer in Christ at an early age, she renewed her faith with passion in her middle years. Wherever she lived her spirit of encouragement permeated her presence.
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Charlotte Faye Peterson Burton, 79, began eternity on December 14, 2017. She was born on May 14, 1938, on Canaan Hollow Road in Erwin, TN as the youngest of eight children of Dove & Rettia Peterson.

Services for Charlotte will be in Kingsport this Sunday, December 17, at Colonial Heights Baptist Church, 108 Colonial Heights Road, Colonial Heights, TN Visitation is 1pm-3pmCT/2pm-4pmET, with a memorial service to follow. Services in Columbia, KY, are on December 29, 2017, at Bearwallow United Methodist Church, 6020 Liberty Road, Columbia, KY. Visitation will be from 1pm-2pmCT, with a memorial service and burial in Haven Hill Cemetery, 1276 Liberty Road, to follow. Charlotte's son, Greg, will be the officiant with her grandchildren also participating.


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2017-12-26 14:05:28 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Please help search: lost gift Drone downtown Columbia

Peggy Cook writes:
Son got Drone for Christmas and it crashed somewhere around S Reed St and Guardian St in Columbia. It looked like it fell somewhere around Save a Lot. Please call if you find it. 270-250-7410. It could be anywhere within 3-4 blocks of Save a Lot. Thank You --Peggy Cook


2017-12-26 13:28:59 | Comments | Printable version

City Council will meet Wednesday, 3 January 2018 due to holiday

Columbians are reminded that because of the New Year's holiday, the regular monthly City Council Meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, January 3, 2018 at City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY.

To send your event changes around the holidays, or anytime, just click "contact/submit" in the top left menu box on this page.


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2017-12-26 12:19:50 | Comments | Printable version

Reader request: Be on lookout for stolen four-wheeler

Donna Redmon writes:

Stolen 2017 Red Honda trx 500 from Amon Spoon Road, out KY 704, Adair County, KY, last night, Monday, December 25, 2017. If anyone has any information or sees this type of four wheeler, please call 270-378-0211 or the Adair County Sheriffs Office immediately. --Donna Redmon


2017-12-26 10:23:13 | Comments | Printable version

Letter: Greensburg house was the house I grew up in

Roger Rucker writes:
This is the house I grow up in, My father Gerald Rucker bought this house after transferring to Green Co. from Adair with Taylor Co. RECC. The tan house just below it, just beside the lamp post, is the old Greensburg Academy were Mentor Graham taught school. Mentor Graham is credited with providing Abraham Lincoln’s formal education. Years later my father returned back to Adair Co. along with my brother, sister and myself. So no matter were the picture is, or where you are, there are ties to Adair Co. --Roger Rucker
Comments re photo 76524 2017 Christmas Lights W Court Street Greensburg KY
Roger, thank you so much for letting us know a bit about this special location! It would be nice to also know what it was like living there -- thinking there must have been a lot of good exercise gained if you walked up and down it. Driving in snow probably was very interesting from that hillside! -- LW


2017-12-26 08:16:47 | Comments | Printable version

Barbara Ann Meron, 74, Edmonton, KY (d. 25 Dec 2017)

She worked in the car rental business and was a Christian. She was the daughter of the late John & Geraldine Brown Ruano. She leaves one descendant, a daughter, Gina Teresa Putnam, Edmonton, KY
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Barbara Ann Meron, age 74, of Edmonton, KY, died Monday, December 25, 2017 at T J Samson Hospital, Glasgow, KY.

No viewing or visitation will be held as cremation was chosen.


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2017-12-26 08:04:03 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Would love to have recipe for Grandma Bagby's boiled custard

Richard Shepherd writes:
I would love to have the recipe for this boiled custard. Used to have it as a child. If it is possible to get this please email to me at shepherd25@comcast.net. Happy new year to all back in Adair County. Sure do miss it, but weather is much nicer here in south Florida. --Richard Shepherd
Comments re article 94676 Christmas 2017 Grandma Bagbys Boiled Custard


2017-12-26 07:41:13 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Flu activity in Kentucky is 'widespread' 2 weeks in a row

Public Health urges vaccination and hand washing for Kentuckians
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FRANKFORT, KY (21 Dec 2017) - Department for Public Health (DPH) officials, within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), now report "widespread" flu for the first time this flu season. Widespread activity is the highest level of flu activity, which indicates increased flu-like activity or flu outbreaks in at least half of the regions in the state.


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2017-12-26 06:58:09 | Comments | Printable version

Birthdays: Remember the Tweeners

Those born between the big holidays. Seems their birthdays often get overlooked too much - you can help us change that.

There are some really important anniversaries, birthdays, and in memory birthdays this morning on CM, but the total number - 28 is quite small for CM listings. It's likely because there is so much going on, birthdays in this period are overlooked.

See if there is a friend or family member missing from CM Special Events - The Daily List of Birthdays, In Memory Birthdays, and Anniversaries, then let us know who ought to be on the list but who's missing.

Use the Contact Form. If you have trouble, call 270-250-2730.



2017-12-26 06:46:24 | Comments | Printable version

Changing Party registration? Just 2 more days to do so

Reason for changing can include a desire to vote in other party's primary or to be eligible to run for office in another party's primary or as an independent. The Adair County Clerk's office will reopen Wednesday, December 27, 2017.
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By Ed Waggener

Voters wishing to change party registration 1) In order to vote in a different party's primary, or 2) Plan to run in another party's primary or as an independent, in the Tuesday, May 22, 2018, primary election must do so at the county clerks offices have just two days left to do so: Wednesday and Thursday, December 27 and 28. 2017. The deadline is Sunday, December 31, 2017, but the Adair County Court Clerk's office, Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY (Phone 270-384-2801) will be closed. The office will also be closed on Friday & Saturday, December 30 & 31, 2017.


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2017-12-26 05:57:30 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Politics


Birthdays and Anniversaries for December 26
Happy Anniversary, Danny and Paula Propes (1970) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Maxie and Linda Smith | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Sonya and Jeff Spoon | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Terry and Rita Partin | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Allayna Wilkerson (2009) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, David A Wheat (1968) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dorothy George | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, JaCayden Morales-Childers (2009) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jean Quinn | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Karen White Claywell | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sandra Jones | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Stacy Grant | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthy, Charli Renee Staten (2011) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Theodore (Ted) Beckman, Russell County, KY (1942-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Frances Collins, Glensfork, KY (1924-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Hunter Chase Bowen, Russell Springs, KY (2018-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alberta Mae Lamb, Campbellsville, KY (1928-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jerry Bohanon, 32, Taylor Co., KY (1977-2010) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Glenwood Bright, Green Co., KY (1931-2010) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Tavia Lorene Blakeman, Green Co., KY, Adair Co. native, (1934 | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bert Walker, Adair Co., KY (1922) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Roosevelt (R.V.) Coffey, 85, Russell Springs, KY (1926) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Della Frances Hamon Burton, Georgetown, KY (1945) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Hazel Lacy, Taylor Co., KY (1922) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dr. Charles E. Peck, 83, Russell County, KY (1929-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Norma Smith, Burkesville, KY, Metcalfe native, (1921-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gary Ware, 73, Glensfork, Adair Co., KY (1941-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Eva Krueger, 87, Russell Co., KY (1928-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jewell Leon Thompson, Campbellsville, KY (1953-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ernest E. Dunbar, Russell County, KY (1931-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kenneth Glenn (Ken) Hatcher, Adair County, KY (1947-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ralph Arden Cash, Cumberland Co., KY (1930-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charlotte Faye Peterson Burton, Adair County, KY (1938-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Odell Robertson, Russell County, KY (1925-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dale Rae Orberson Conner, 55, Green Co/Marion Co. KY native (1962-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alvis G. Floyd, 85, Columbia, KY (1934-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, J. Ernest Corbin, 81, Adair Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jimmy Webster, 64, Campbellsville, KY (1956-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joyce Cundiff Parrott, 93, Campbellsville, KY (1927-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Norman L. Malone, 80, Russell County, KY (1939-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Russell (Russ) Duke, 62, Russell Springs, KY (1958-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Shirley Ann Eubank Clark, 74, Russell Springs, KY (1946-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William Edward (Ed) Hunt, 89, Taylor County, KY (1928-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Tuesday, December 26, 2017
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
MidnightCT
Sponsored Highlighted Events and Events with No Specific Start Times
Christmas Break CHRISTMAS BREAK: No Classes - Campbellsville University. Lindsey Wilson College. Adair County Public Schools District Campbellsville Independent Schools. Casey County SD. Cumberland County SD. Green County SD, Metcalfe County SD. Russell Co. SD. Taylor County SD. | (ID:51243, Comment)
5:59amCT

EVENTS with SPECIFIC START TIMES BELOW | (ID:51244, Comment)
6:00amCTColumbia Walmart re-opens for regular 24/7 after Christmas Holiday. | (ID:51253, Comment)
7:00amCT Adair Recycling Center, 32 Service Road, Columbia, KY / 270-378-0782 Hours: Mon-Tue-Wed from 7am-3pmCT. Thu-Fri Bins are available outside; Supervisor will be in and out of shelter from 7am-3pmCT. | (ID:51245, Comment)
7:10amCTCarter White Report. FM 93.5. Tue/Thu each week. STORY | (ID:51247, Comment)
8:00amCTPraise Assembly of God Food Pantry, Tuesdays 8am-1pmCT CHECK for Holiday Schedule
(Recurring Event) Praise Assembly of God, 310 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY. Ann Burton Murphy | (ID:51246, Comment)
It's a STATE HOLIDAY today: Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Courts and Circuit Court Clerks' Offices are Closed today. To check the calendar for future dates, 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) | (ID:51252, Comment)
9:00amCTCHECK for Holiday Schedule
Adair Food Pantry, 203 South Monroe Street, Columbia, KY
Open 9am-12pmCT, Tuesdays, Contact: Stephanie Long, Director, 270-250-2847 | (ID:51248, Comment)
10:00amCTThe "Susan & Carol, Unscripted" show, live. FM 99.1 radio
Susan Chambers & Carol Perkins (Sunday with CM Columnist) | (ID:51249, Comment)
NoonCTChimes at Noon, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:51250, Comment)
1:00pmCTService, 1pmCT/2pmET, Campbellsville, KY, for Hazel Mae Spurling Sullivan, Taylor Co., KY (1928-2017) | (ID:51234, Comment)
Visitation 1pm-2pmCT, Memorial Service following, Bearwallow UMC, for Charlotte Faye Peterson Burton, Adair County, KY (1938-2017) | (ID:51255, Comment)
5:00pmCTADAIR COUNTY BAND BINGO - at Adair Band Bingo Building - Doors Open 5pmCT - Close 10pmCT Bingo is each Tuesday and Friday. Open 5pm-10pmCT/6pm/11pmET, in the Adair Band Bingo Building, 50 Shady Lane (Bing Map/Direction from Anywhere) Columbia, KY. License # ORG0002285. Five Regular Games, Pull Tabs, and Much More. Concessions available at all sessions. (Sponsored) | (ID:51251, Comment)
6:30pmCTCANCELED:
The Adair County Hospital Board of Trustees will hold a regular last Tuesday monthly session in the Columbia/Adair County Chamber Building, 20 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - NEAL GOLD. STORY | (ID:51163, Comment)

 

































 
 
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