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Letter: Tony Rose's comments on the coronavirus

George Kolbenschlag writes:
Adair county is indeed fortunate to have extension agent Tony Rose speaking for and to the young folks of our area. His comments on talking to the youth about the coronavirus pandemic, at least from my skimpy knowledge of the topic, are spot-on.

The vast amount of quality time he spends with the county's 4-H students is also commendable. The local 4-H program has to be one of the best in the state and beyond. --George
Comments re: Talking to youth of all ages about COVID-19

2020-03-15 20:44:25 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

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Columbia United Methodist Church 15 Mar 2020



2020-03-15 - Columbia - Photo from Screen Shot.
This is what the Columbia United Methodist Church service looked like with Ben and Julie Martin, leaders of the contemporary service, March 15, 2020. The services had been cancelled for the safety of church members during the efforts to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, so this event took place live on Facebook and plans are to repeat it while regular services are cancelled.
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Letter: Why bingo?

Concerned citizen writes:
Can someone explain why Columbia is still playing bingo with the virus going round like this ???? Those people can spread the virus like wildfire! --Conact info on file


2020-03-15 20:42:05 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Lonice Richards, 81, Russell Springs, KY (1939-2020)

Lonice Richards of Russell Springs passed away Saturday, March 14, 2020, at her residence.

A religious service will be held at 1pmCT on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at H.E. Pruitt Memory Chapel, 202 N. Main St., Jamestown, KY, with Bro. Scott Eubank officiating. Interment will follow at Ridgecrest Cemetery Jamestown, KY.

Friends may visit at 11amCT on Tuesday at H. E. Pruitt Memory Chapel.

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2020-03-15 20:39:23 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Martin (Toby) Edwards, 77, Liberty, KY (1942-2020)

Martin Roe "Toby" Edwards of Liberty passed away on Saturday March 14th, 2020. He was 77 years old.

Funeral services will be held at 11amET on Tuesday March 17, 2020, at Bartle Funeral Home Chapel, 142 KY Hwy 49, Liberty, KY, with Rev. Brad King and Rev. Bearl King officiating. Burial will follow in the Caney Fork Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 6pmET until 8pmET on Monday, March 16th, 2020, and after 8amET on Tuesday March 17, 2020 at Bartle Funeral Home Chapel.

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2020-03-15 20:33:13 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Letter: Tests for corona virus

Angie Smith writes:
Do any of the medical facilities in Adair County have test kits to test for this virus? --Angie

The best information we can find right now is that there aren't "test kits" for COVID-19 the way there are for rapid on-site flu and strep diagnosis. Swabs are taken in controlled conditions and then sent to the state lab, under current CDC guidelines.

WDRB posted this article on Thursday: Louisville doctors dish the facts on the coronavirus test

If you have developed a fever or respiratory symptoms and believe you have had exposure to a known case or traveled to an area with community spread, isolate yourself from others in your home and contact your healthcare provider or local health department, or call the state hotline at 800-722-5725, to describe your symptoms and any recent travel before you go to the healthcare facility.

2020-03-15 20:29:29 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

April 18, 1978 Around Adair with Ed Waggener

The article below ran in the April 18, 1978 issue of the Adair County News, and also ran in an issue of the Daily Statesman around that time. Topics included the accidental theft of Mayor Downey's Sheaffer pen, a discussion of right-of-way daffodils, and a quote from Beanpole on the success of the Dogwood Project, which had also dominated that week's from page, and resulted in the planting of over 2,100 trees that year. --Pen

By Ed Waggener

CONFESSIONS OF A PEN THIEF
Writing Instruments are community property

I have had a very good friend one time who was the most generous person I ever knew. He would give anyone in need anything he had.

On the other hand, he would want to take anything anyone else had.

Now the world might work better if everyone were that way.

But they are not.

That's why the majority of folks put locks on their meathouses.

I don't feel that everything is community property except in one area: writing instruments.

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2020-03-15 11:16:23 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Around Adair with Ed Waggener

KY Supreme Court restricts court proceedings for social distancing

Dennis Loy, Adair County Circuit Clerk, sends the following information from Chief Justice Minton, who on Thursday issued guidance cancelling or postponing the majority of in-person court appearances from Monday, March 16, 2020, until Friday, April 10, 2020.

By Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr.

On March 6, 2020, Governor Beshear entered Executive Order 2020-215 and declared a State of Emergency in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency in the Commonwealth. In light of this measure and to protect the health and safety of court employees, elected officials, and the general public, and under Section 116 of the Constitution and Supreme Court Rule 1.010, the Supreme Court hereby ORDERS the following measures to be implemented from Monday, March 16, to Friday, April 10, 2020:

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2020-03-15 10:13:54 | Comments | Printable version

Somerset constable charged with shooting an FBI agent

By Bill Estep, Lexington Herald-Leader

Federal authorities have charged a Kentucky constable with shooting an FBI special agent who was trying to arrest him for alleged corruption. The criminal complaint filed Thursday charges Gary E. Baldock with aggravated assault on a federal law enforcement official and firing a gun in relation to a crime of violence.

Baldock is a constable in Pulaski County. He and a second constable in the county, Michael "Wally" Wallace, were indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of violating the civil rights of people through improper searches and seizures of property.

More at kentucky.com

2020-03-15 10:01:21 | Comments | Printable version

Buford Leslie Akin, 78, Greensburg, KY (1941-2020)

Buford Leslie Akin of Greensburg passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2020. He was 78 years old.

The funeral services for Buford Leslie Akin will be conducted at 11amCT on Monday, March 16, 2020, at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home, 206 S. Main St., Greensburg, KY, with burial to follow in the Akin Cemetery.

Visitation is requested from 4pmCT until 8pmCT on Sunday at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home and after 7amCT on Monday until time of the funeral service.

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2020-03-15 09:57:28 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Michael Todd Holland, 52, Green Co., KY (1967-2020)

Michael Todd Holland of Green County passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2020. He was 52 years old.

The funeral services for Michael Todd Holland will be conducted at 1pmCT on Sunday, March 15, 2020, at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home, 206 S. Main St., Greensburg, KY, with Bro. Steve Willis, Bro. Garnett Wayne Davis, Bro. Cliffton Sullivan, and Bro. Todd Davis officiating. Burial will follow in the Davenport Cemetery.

Visitation is requested from 4:30pmCT until 8pmCT on Saturday at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home, and after 7amCT on Sunday until time of the funeral service.

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2020-03-15 09:50:08 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Kentucky Color: GWSU weighs in on buttercup controversy

By Billy Joe Fudge

Just for your information, Great Wooded South University's most recent research shows a completely different result as a local name for this most prolific, harbinger of Spring, March Lily!

From time immemorial in the Great Wooded South these flowers which appeared during the month of March carried this name. Those which appeared in April and sometimes beyond were called Field Lilies.

Comments re: Letter: Is this a Southern KY thing?

2020-03-15 09:44:37 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Kentucky Color by Billy Joe Fudge

TO BE RESCHEDULED: Drugs in Plain View - WMU event

Saloma Baptist Church WMU presentation, “Drugs in Plain View,” scheduled for today, has been cancelled and a new date will be announced after the COVID-19 has passed.

2020-03-15 08:46:36 | Comments | Printable version

Columbia United Methodist to hold church online

Columbia United Methodist Church will have services online today and next Sunday. Find them on their Facebook page at 11amCT for their attempt to have church live on the internet.

2020-03-15 08:38:17 | Comments | Printable version

Letter: Is this a Southern KY thing?

Diane Wallace writes:
Back home in Upstate New York, we call those flowers daffodils. Buttercups look more like the photo attached. --Diane
Diane, Thanks for writing. Searching Google for "buttercup" shows you to be 99.6% correct. However, searching for "buttercup daffodil" turns up a large number of stock photographers who think daffodils are buttercups, and a number of plant vendors who sell certain bulbs as buttercups.

A quick search of the Columbia Magazine archives puts things at 70% in favor of a colloquial use of buttercup to mean daffodil, 27% for the accepted meaning, and another 22% are certain that it's a pretty good name for a yellow cat.

Comments re: Signs of Spring: Buttercups coming along

2020-03-15 07:55:50 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

JOY Ministries announces changes for two weeks

By Maggie Coleman, Treasurer, JOY Ministries

We will be closed after March 16th until April 1st. We will be open March 18th-20th in order to pass out senior food boxes and food bags for our current clients. Hours will be from 11am-3pmCT. We will put this on social media so our clients will know.

At this time, we cannot take care of any financial needs, so if there are clients that have asked for help, please call and let them know that as this time we are out of funds.

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2020-03-15 07:24:56 | Comments | Printable version

Letter: Good ole boy system

Cynthia A. Meyer writes:
New taxes? It would be of great help if the county only fixed "County Roads". I have seen many times where driveways have been fixed by this administration and previous ones, blaming it on others rather than taking it upon themselves to admit the "good ole boy" system is not only alive and well, but thriving in Adair County, KY.

We still have not learned anything from the hospital debacle, the county keep wasting money because one hand washed the other. So it only leave one wonder if this attitude of our politicians will make the county will be immune to the Corona Virus- Lord knows we don't have any jobs here? --Cynthia
Comments re: Reeder: Court is working hard on budget

2020-03-15 07:07:49 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

Grace Marie Bailey Sparks, 94, Adair Co., KY native (1925-2020)

Grace Marie Bailey Sparks of Campbellsville passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2020. She was 94 years old.

The funeral service will be held at 2pmET on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home, 418 Lebanon Ave., Campbellsville, KY, officiated by Bro. Ivan Tucker, Bro Ricardo Hughes and Bro. Gerald Reliford. Burial will follow in Campbellsville Memorial Gardens.

Visitation is requested after NoonET on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home.

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2020-03-15 07:02:54 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

COVID-19 update: actions called for to stop spread

FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 14, 2020) - Today, Gov. Andy Beshear held a briefing for Kentuckians and the media where he said Kentucky now has a total of 18 positive cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and added the recommendations that childcare centers create plans for closure within 72 hours and that hospitals soon cease elective procedures.

Gov. Beshear has initiated the following actions statewide:

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2020-03-15 06:34:18 | Comments | Printable version


Birthdays and Anniversaries for March 15
Happy Birthday, Bethany R. Frost | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Bobby D. Morrison | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Dolly Bragg | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Jewell Sneed | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Karen Page | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kasey Blue Edward Kessler (2011) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kellye Held | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kristi Loy Irvin | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Roger McKinney | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Russell Coomer | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Samantha Bailey | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Samantha Helm | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Zachary Streeval | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Emma Warren, Casey Co., KY (1938) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Georgia Gupton Beard, Taylor Co., KY (1930-2011) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Isabell Bernard, Russell Co., KY (1916) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William A. Farmer, Campbellsville, KY (1934-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Fred Serra, Jr., Glasgow, KY, formerly of Burkesville, KY (1939-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. J.W. (Bill) Edwards, Green Co., KY (1938-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Stanley Edward Parmley, Cumberland Co., KY (1953-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marybelle Godbey, Casey Co., KY (1930-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ruby L. Davis, Green County, KY (1936-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Cymbeline Pyles Shofner, 89, Taylor County, KY (1927-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jane Smythe Corbin, 77, Adair County, KY (1939-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kenny O'Neal Beal, 53, Casey County, KY (1963-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Christopher Jay York, Greensburg, KY (1977-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bobby Howard Pelston, 67, Adair County, KY (1949-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ronald Clyde Augustine, 73, Taylor Co., KY (1946-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Allan Miller, 49, Columbia, KY (1973-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Anita Kay Parker Campbell, 54, Campbellsville, KY (1967-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Danny D. Grant | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jimmie Burchell, 88, Liberty, KY (1934-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joe Lee Gaskin, Russell Springs, KY (1944-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Linda Sue Ballard, 75, Edmonton, KY (1947-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lucy K. Cape, 69, Columbia, KY (1952-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Macie A. Franklin, 97, Cumberland Co., KY native (1924-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Margaret Z. Johnson, 94, Jamestown, KY (1927-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Maxine (Smith) Radford, 92, Burkesville, KY (1930-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Myrtle Shearer Butler, 88, Adair Co., KY (1921-2010) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Naomie Ruth Taylor, Green County, KY (1935-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rachel Bragg Brown, Taylor Co./Adair native (1930-2016) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Raymond Pendleton, 83, Adair Co., KY (1927-2011) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Raymond Stapleton, 89, Columbia, KY (1933-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Richard Mattingly, 60, Elizabethtown, KY native (1962-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Viola Noel Tungate, Taylor County, KY (1927-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Sunday, March 15, 2020
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10:15amCTBro Richard Martin preaching at Cane Valley Christian Church | (ID:60427, Comment)
10:30amCTMillerfield BIC Super Sunday | (ID:60315, Comment)
11:00amCTColumbia United Methodist to hold church online | (ID:60462, Comment)
1:00pmCTServices for Michael Todd Holland, 52, Green Co., KY (1967-2020) | (ID:60463, Comment)
2:00pmCTServices for Raymond Leon Taylor, 81, Savoyard, KY (1938-2020) | (ID:60456, Comment)
2:30pmCTServices for Joe Lee Gaskin, 75, Russell Springs, KY (1944-2020) | (ID:60447, Comment)
3:00pmCTServices for Ina Ree Melton Capps, 89, Cumberland County, KY | (ID:60460, Comment)
5:00pmCTWILL BE RESCHEDULED Drugs in Plain View - topic of Saloma Baptist Church WMU event | (ID:60417, Comment)
6:30pmCTGospel recording artist Mark Bishop singing at Columbia Church of God | (ID:60277, Comment)
Crossroads Quartet at Egypt Christian Church | (ID:60454, Comment)

  

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