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Don Bishop, 82, long-time CU Athletics Director, passes away

(March 29, 1935 - December 27, 2017)

"A teacher and coach, Mr. Bishop left a lasting mark on Campbellsville University with his career as Campbellsville's chief athletic administrator, cheerleader and supporter."
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From Campbellsville University Athletics

Don Bishop, former Campbellsville University Athletics Director and member of the CU Athletic Hall of Fame, died Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at 2:15amET at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY. He was 82.

Funeral services will be held at 11amCT/12pmNoonET on Saturday, December 30, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon Avenue, Campbellsville, KY, with burial in Campbellsville Memorial Gardens, 700 Old US 68, Campbellsville, KY. Visitation is scheduled on Friday, December 29, 2017, from 5pm-8pmET at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home.

"The Campbellsville University family is deeply saddened to learn the passing of Mr. Don Bishop," said CU President Dr. Michael V. Carter. "Mr. Bishop was the epitome of what a true Christian servant leader is. He not only made impacts in our athletics department but in our academic programs and inside the community. The Bishop family has strong ties to Campbellsville College and Campbellsville University and we ask that everyone keep them in your prayers during this difficult time."


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2017-12-27 19:56:46 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

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Don Bishop, 82, long-time Campbellsville University Athletics Director



2017-12-27 - 418 Lebanon Avenue, Campbellsville, KY - Photo from Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home.

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Kentucky Color - The Science of Telemetrics

The military has long used it, but, write notes, "One of the first groups of individuals who grimthorped Telemetrics for the private sector were Penhookers," and adds, that fisherman have developed a high degree of telemetrics weighing hooked but lost fish, by the tug on the line. Even the publication "Big Trees," qualifies its findings noting that their superlatives are only for the trees measured to date, and may not be record setting, as he recalls the reception of the famed Earls Ridge Wildcat, weighed from a moving car by a trained eight and the big cat bounded across KY 704
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By Billy Joe Fudge

Wow! Telemetrics, the scientific technology of measuring, interpreting and transmitting data remotely is beginning to really catch on in the Great Wooded South. For years, it has been a tool of the military for deciphering available data for the accomplishing of goals remotely. From the firing of artillery shells over great distances to putting satellites in orbit around Saturn, Telemetrics has now evolved into some very important domestic, non-military uses.


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2017-12-27 19:38:36 | Comments | Printable version

Bernadine Voight, 89, Cumberland County, KY (1928-2017

She was a retired employee of Johnston Cookie Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and of the Catholic faith. She was a native of Milwaukee, WI, and a resident of Burkesville, KY, at the time of her death. She was the daughter of the Late Joseph Miller & Cecelia Kozlowski Miller. Her best friend, Don Bartoshevich of Burkesville, KY, survives. She leaves 11 direct living descendants. Her final resting place will be in her adopted Cumberland County, KY.
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Bernadine Voight, age 89 of Burkesville, Kentucky passed away on Friday, December 22, 2017 at Cumberland Valley Manor.

Funeral service will be Friday, December 29, 2017 at 1pmCT, at Ballou & Stotts Funeral Home, 304 N. Main Street, Burkesville, KY with burial in Burkesville Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday from 11amCT, until the service time at 1pmCT, at Ballou & Stotts Funeral Home.


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2017-12-27 19:08:59 | Comments | Printable version

Adair Co. Fiscal Court special called meeting, 29 Dec 2017 - AGENDA

By Gale Cowan

The Adair County Fiscal Court will meet in a special called session at 9amCT, Fri 29 Dec 2017, in the basement meeting room, Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY, with the following agenda:


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2017-12-27 16:39:34 | Comments | Printable version

Mrs. Frances (Ford) -Frankee- Gabehart, 65, Taylor County, KY (1952-2017)

She was a native of Marion County, KY, and a resident of Taylor County, KY, at the time of her death. She was the daughter of Mary M. Hill Ford, who survives and the late Joseph L. Ford. She was the widow of Wilbur "Buddy" Gabehart. She leaves two direct and six step living descendants.
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Mrs. Frances (Ford) "Frankee" Gabehart of Campbellsville, KY, passed from this life on Sunday, December 24, 2017 at her home.

There will be a funeral service to honor the life of Mrs. Gabehart on Thursday, December 28, 2017 at 12pmNoonCT/1pmET, in the chapel of the L.R. Petty Funeral Home, 1765 New Columbia Road, Campbellsville, KY. Bro. Jim Collison will be officiating. Mrs. Gabehart will be laid to rest beside her late husband in the Jones Chapel Cemetery, Hwy 1752, Taylor County, KY. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, December 28, 2017, after 10:30amCT/11:30amET until time for the service.


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2017-12-27 16:05:16 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Adair County Library Inclement Weather Policy 2017-18

Lee Ann Jessee, Director, Adair County Public Library, 307 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY

When weather becomes a danger to staff and/or patrons, the director can and will close the library facility and pull the bookmobile off the road.


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2017-12-27 13:45:10 | Comments | Printable version

Nellie O. Hadley Brown, 85, Dubre, KY (1932-2017)

She had retired from Osh Kosh, worked at Metcalfe Co nursing home, farmed, and was a housewife. She was a member of the Willowshade Church of Christ. She was the matriarch of a respected South Central Kentucky family, the daughter of the late Clarence & Nettie Cooksey Hadley. Her husband of 57 years Robert Brown, survives. She leaves six direct living descendants.
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Nellie O. Hadley Brown, age 85, of Dubre, died at her residence Monday, December 25, 2017.

Funeral services will be Thursday, December 28, 2017 at 1pmCT, at McMurtrey Funeral Home, 2232 Summer Shade Road, Summer Shade, KY, with Brother Gary Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in the Dutch Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be 1pm-8pmCT, Wednesday, December 27, 2017, and on Thursday, after 7amCT, until time of services.


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2017-12-27 13:34:55 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

AC County Clerk's Office closed Fri-Sat 30-31 Dec 2017

By Lisa Greer, Adair County Clerk
Ste 3, Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Phone 270-384-2801

Reminder of New Year’s Holiday Schedule.

The Clerk’s Office will be closed Friday, Saturday, and Monday, December 30 & 31, 2017, and January 1, 2018, for New Years.

We will be open Tuesday, January 2, 2018.

Reminder December 31, 2017 is the last day to change political party affiliation and be eligible to vote in that political party affiliation's upcoming primary election.

Due to the holiday schedule, Thursday December 28, 2017 will be the last day for any in office changes.

Voters may also go on line at www.elect.ky.gov to register or make party changes.


2017-12-27 08:51:04 | Comments | Printable version

Mystery 76534: Carol Shirley says on E US 68, Metcalfe Co., KY

Carol Shirley sends guess
Carol Shirley of Cane Valley, Adair County, KY, guessed Hwy 68 in Metcalfe County, past Foundation Church as you go toward Sulphur Well.
Comments re photo 76534 Mystery 76534 Where in the World is This Its in plain sight


2017-12-27 08:30:07 | Comments | Printable version

Sad word of the passing of Mr. Todd Anderson, 48

The sad word of the passing of Mr. Todd Anderson, age 48, of Burkesville, KY, who died Monday, December 25, 2017 at The University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, KY. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. A complete obituary will be posted here when available from Norris-New Funeral Home, 601 N Main Street, Burkesville, KY.

2017-12-27 07:54:23 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Herbert Guy (H.G.) Gilley, Metcalfe Co., KY (1928-2017)

He was a retired school administrator. He was a member and deacon of Dripping Springs Baptist Church. H.G. served in the United States Army in Korea. He was the member of a distinguished Metcalfe County, KY, family. He was the son of the late Herman Guthrie Gilley Sr. & Mattie Faulkner Gilley, and the widower of Edna Drucilla Gilley. He leaves 12 direct living descendants.
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Herbert Guy (H.G) Gilley, age 89 of the Wisdom community passed away December 23, 2017 at home.

Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, December 28, at 1pmCT, at Butler Funeral Home, 201 East Street, Edmonton, KY, with burial in the Smith Cemetery. Visitation will be at the funeral home 4pm-8pmCT, Wednesday, December 27, 2017,on Thursday from 9:00amCT until time of service.


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2017-12-27 07:43:11 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Single vehicle accident claims life of Springfield, KY driver

By TFC William R. Gregory, Public Information Officer
Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY

SPRINGFIELD, KY - (27 Dec, 2017) – Tpr Adam Likins is investigating a collision that occurred on Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at 3:46pmET, on Bloomfield Road. 67-year-old Donald Ray Carney, of Springfield, was operating a 2008 Dodge Ram on Bloomfield Road when he lost control of the vehicle, exited the roadway, struck a culvert went airborne and landed, overturned, in the ditch line.

Carney was pronounced dead at the scene by the Washington County Coroner and was not wearing a seatbelt. Tpr. Likins was assisted on scene by the Washington County Sheriff's office, EMS and Rescue.


2017-12-27 07:36:16 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Police and Fire Reports

Mystery 76534: Jason Curry - on S KY 61, Green Co., KY

Jason Curry writes:
This could be in Green County on Highway 61. It seems to me that it is across the road from the Hugh Squires store in the S curves. - Jason Curry
Comments re photo 76534 Mystery 76534 Where in the World is This Its in plain sight


2017-12-27 07:25:44 | Comments | Printable version

Celia Downey sends holiday wishes, re, Our Family

Comments re photo 76539 Our family photo from Shelbyville KY

Celia Downey writes:
Happy Holidays to the Family that makes Columbiamagazine.com happen. Thanks for all you do to cover the history and current events of our world. - Celia Downey
Thanks, Celia: You've made our day with your too kind words. Thanks. But the real thanks for ColumbiaMagazine.com goes to wonderful contributors such as you. We're still re-reading your your latest: Celia Downey's touching memory: My Horse Cutter (out loud off course; it's better than a movie. ED & LINDA


2017-12-27 07:16:35 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Mystery 76534 - Wanda Thompson says Green Co. W US 68

Wanda Thompson writes:
About two miles out of Greensburg on Hwy 68 West on bank (bluff) on right of roadway. Specified spot known as Vaughn curve, and just before approaching Russell Creek bridge. Earlier years this was known as Perry curve. - Wanda Thompson
Comments re photo 76534 Mystery 76534 Where in the World is This Its in plain sight


2017-12-27 03:29:51 | Comments | Printable version

Today, WEDNESDAY with CM - 27 Dec 2017

Haiku by Robert Stone for December 27, 2017:
How we hear nature
can be disturbed by statements
strictly science-based.
--Robert Stone, Wednesday, 27 December 2017.
-1000 haiku twice now, now on to more days, Day 2297

Unrevealed, still-in-play Mystery Photo No. 76534
Answers are coming in and being posted:

Mystery 76534: Where in the World is This?

It's in plain sight
So far, more have identified Green County locations, but there are others, either now posted or soon will be.



2017-12-27 03:26:41 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today


Birthdays and Anniversaries for December 27
Happy Anniversary, Robert and Robin Smith (1974) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversrary, Daryl and Lois Wilson (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Alisha Stotts (1980) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Angie Janes Adams | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Chloe Summer Lanz (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Crystal Caldwell | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, David Gougen | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Emmalee Baker (1994) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kayla Rae Duff (1993) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Sam Burton | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Steve Burris | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Travis Giles | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tyler Kimbler (1996) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Vera Couch (1949) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday Phyllis Gary Allen, 60 Casey Co., KY (1948) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jewell Hutchison Smith Sayre, Adair County native (1935-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mabel M. Passmore, Russell Co., KY (1944) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bobby Joe Elmore , Casey Co., KY (1944) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Veotra Ruth Warf, Green Co., KY (1919) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Pauline Burton Harding, Adair Co., KY native, (1927-2011) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Donnie Miller, Adair County, KY (1959) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Wayne Moore, Adair County, KY (1930) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ida Bell Corbin, Taylor Co., KY (1922) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cleo Shively, Columbia, KY (1942-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lucille W. Sparks, Adair County, KY (1928-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Alice Elaine Converse, Casey Co., KY (1938-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Branham, 83, Cumberland Co., KY (1930-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Van R. Robertson, Russell County, KY (1949-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rollin Clifton (Jimmy) Antle, Adair Co., KY (1927-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Phyllis Williams, 96, Adair County, KY (1918-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lyndon Benningfield , Taylor County, KY (1928-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Earl Thomas Loyal, 91, Green Co., KY (1923-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ronnie Pollard, 67, Adair County, KY (1948-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lowell Thomas Lee, 82, Knob Lick, KY (1934-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Suzie Whitman Ford, 52, Green Co., KY (1965-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Grover Pierce, 87, Green County, KY (1930-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Catherine Kirkpatrick, Cumberland County, KY (1951-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Audrey Casey, 85, Campbellsville, KY (1935-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Becky Cox, 81, Campbellsville, KY (1938-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bernard (R.B.) Janes, 96, Columbia, KY (1924-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Farmer, 82, Adair Co., KY native (1939-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Brittany N. Turner, 34, Campbellsville, KY native (1988-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Duel Sneed (Dec. 27, 1923 - Nov. 30, 1991) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Freddie Ray Denton, 66, Columbia, KY (1955-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kathy Jo Paxton Dewees, 68, Green Co., KY native (1953-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Frances May, 94, Columbia, KY (1926-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Geneieve (Ginny) Murphy, 65, Taylor Co., KY (1944-2010) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Naomi Laverne Byrd, 73, Metcalfe County, KY (1946-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Raymond Jeffrey Vest, 60, Casey County, KY native Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ronnie Dwayne Bell, 74, Greensburg, KY (1946-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Susie Della Sapp, 99, Taylor Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Wednesday, December 27, 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:51264, Comment)
5:59amCT

EVENTS with SPECIFIC START TIMES BELOW | (ID:51258, 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:51259, Comment)
8:00amCTToday at the Adair County Public Library, 307 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY. - Open 8am-5pmCT. Bookmobile 8:30am-3:30pmCT, Hwy 206 Run | (ID:51260, 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. Four (4) Events in District Court.
Casey County Judicial Center, 231 Courthouse Square, Liberty, KY. No (0) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. No (0) 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. Two (2) Court Event(s) District Court.
Metcalfe County, Judicial Center, 201 E. Stockton Street, Edmonton, KY. No (0) Court Events in Circuit Court. No (0) 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. No (0) Court Event(s) in Circuit Court. Sixty-one (61) Court Event(s) in District Court.
Not an official docket. For official court information, check with circuit court clerk in your county. | (ID:51265, Comment)
Today at the Adair County Public Library, 307 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY. - Open 8am-5pmCT. Bookmobile 8:30am-3:30pmCT, Hwy 206 Run. (Inclement Weather Policy 2017-18) | (ID:51269, Comment)
10:00amCTServices, Columbia, KY, for Darlene Brown Probus, 60, Weed community, Adair County, KY (1957-2017) | (ID:51224, Comment)
NoonCTChimes at Noon, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:51261, Comment)
1:00pmCTServices 1pm/2pmET, Campbellsville, KY, for Sandra Burress Davis, Taylor Co., KY (1959-2017) | (ID:51221, Comment)
Services, Society Hill, Metcalfe Co., KY for Raymond Clem Brown, 76, Edmonton, KY (1941-2017) | (ID:51237, Comment)
Service, Summersville, KY, for Mr. Virgil Everett Noe, Green County, KY (1930-2017) | (ID:51238, Comment)
2:00pmCTFuneral service for Billy Smythe, 82, Columbia, KY native (1935-2017) | (ID:51257, Comment)
4:00pmCTTime to check CM Directory of Churches for Wednesday Evening worship service schedules. | (ID:51262, Comment)
5:00pmCTChimes for the Evening, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:51263, Comment)

 

































 
 
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