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Sabbath Day Devotion recommended by Terry Partin

Terry Partin from Jones Chapel United Methodist Church shares this devotion from a friend. He writes, "The following devotion was prepared by Robert Pulliam, a cooperative producer for Pharo Cattle Company. Robert lives in Montrose, Colorado. This is his absentee Bible lesson for the church group he serves."

Locked Down or Lifted Up? Lessons from Paul in Prison

The recent "lockdown" of our normal lives continues to cause inconvenience, financial hardship, and disappointment to everyone. Markets imploding, plans cancelled, fear of the future, even the lack of toilet paper! In this situation, I believe we should try to encourage one another from the Word of God, and I believe that there are bright spots, however dim they may appear at this time.


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2020-03-21 22:27:22 | Comments | Printable version

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Daffodil Watch 2020: waiting for the mail



2020-03-21 - Cumberland County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.
These Daffodils wait patiently by the mailbox.

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Whatever happened to the lovely hanky?

Once handkerchiefs were absolutely required in company polite and otherwise. For ladies, they could be silk, prettily embroidered or laced. For men, sturdy cotton and, maybe monogrammed by their daughters.

They were actually an art and they have a long history among humans.

Evidence of handkerchiefs dates to 2000 BC, when wealthy Egyptians carried bleached white handkerchiefs made of expensive linen. In western culture, the handkerchief became art by the 14th century. Queens embroidered silk, lace handkerchiefs. Handkerchiefs were carried not just for personal hygiene, but also became symbols of love, according to bonjourparis.com.


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2020-03-21 22:02:10 | Comments | Printable version

Nina Mirlyn Cox, 66, Taylor County, KY

Nina Mirlyn Cox of Campbellsville passed from this life on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at her home.

Daughter of the late Fred Vernon and Cora (Farmer) Watson, she was 66 years, 3 months, and 15 days of age. She had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of Feathersburg Church of God.

Due to efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19 and recent requirements implemented by the Office of Governor Andy Beshear and the Kentucky Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, all funeral services will be performed privately.


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2020-03-21 21:59:03 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Matilda Renee Long, 45, Adair County, KY

Matilda Renee Long, 45, of Columbia died Friday, March 20, 2020.

At the request of the family and in an attempt to protect their family and the public from any health issues facing our nation at this time, there will be a private graveside service Sunday, March 22, 2020 at the Bearwallow Cemetery.


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2020-03-21 21:51:39 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Row, row, row - a good inside exercise

As we think of ways to stay active while inside, rowing is back in style. According to a story in Prevention Magazine, rowing is listed as one of the top fitness trends this year.

And it makes sense. Rowing is low impact and works an eye-popping 86 percent of the muscles in the body, according to the article. It's also perfect for people who sit at desks all day (or those who just sit.

We can all benefit from un-hunching our shoulders, and rowing helps with that. The combination movements - pulling with the upper body and pushing with the legs - helps with posture. It engages the core, glutes, and back.


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2020-03-21 21:42:59 | Comments | Printable version

Services Cancelled at Harrods Fork

By Linda Walker

Harrods Fork Baptist Church, 169 Harrods Fork Circle, Columbia, KY, is cancelling church services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Services will resume when health officials feel it is safe for groups to meet without the danger of spreading the Coronavirus.


2020-03-21 19:49:29 | Comments | Printable version

Ward Dowell Brockman, 75, Russell Co., KY (1944-2020)

Ward Dowell Brockman passed away Friday, March 20, 2020 ar his home in Windsor. He was 75 years old.

Graveside service will be private. Burial will be in the Birdie Russell Cemetery.


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2020-03-21 15:05:23 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Allen (Bubba) Perkins, 91, Campbellville, KY (1928-2020)

Allen "Bubba" Perkins of Campbellsville passed away on Friday, March 20, 2020. He was 91 years old.

At the request of the Governor, services will be private. Burial will follow in the Spurlington United Methodist Church Cemetery.


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2020-03-21 15:00:50 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Mary Lou Haley, 73, Russell Springs, KY (1946-2020)

Mary Lou Haley of Russell Springs passed away on Friday, March 20, 2020 at her home. She was 73 years old.

The family chose cremation.


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2020-03-21 14:56:19 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Garnett Womack, 96, Columbia, KY (1923-2020)

Garnett Womack of Columbia passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2020, at Summit Manor Nursing Home in Columbia.

In accordance with Governor Beshear's recommendations and in compliance with the CDC, the funeral service will be held for the closest family members and a private burial will be held in Campbellsville Memorial Gardens.

For anyone who would like to leave a condolence message for the family, please go to Mr. Womack's obituary on the funeral home website grissommartin.com and they will see that the family receives it.


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2020-03-21 14:47:33 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Adair County Schools closed through 17 Apr 2020

By Phyllis Curry, Acadmic Dean
Adair County Schools

Adair County Schools will now be closed through Friday, April 17, 2020, based on information received from the governor's office Friday afternoon. Because of emergency procedures now in place statewide, schools are allowed to count the days students are engaged in learning at home as instructional days, provided we meet the guidelines provide by KDE.

Thank you for your patience as we work through this process on short notice. Every effort has been made to deliver or have you pick up instructional packets for work to be completed during the 14 day period leading up to spring break. If you have not received your child's packet, you may pick one up at your child's school Monday-Friday from 9amCT to 3pmCT.

Since students will not be returning to school the Monday after spring break, the process for returning the packet of work will have to be changed so the documentation of those assignments can be submitted to the Kentucky Department of Education by the established deadlines. Updates will be sent out as this information becomes available. The district will be getting more guidance from KDE on Monday and Tuesday.


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2020-03-21 14:42:56 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education

Saloma Baptist to hold phone conference service

Sunday morning, March 22, at 9:30amCT/10:30amET everyone is invited to place a toll free telephone call to Saloma Baptist Church and join me, pastor John Chowning, on a conference call prayer time and message.

You will simply call in on your phone - either your regular telephone or your mobile/cell phone:

Call: 1-312-757-3121
Then you will hear a voice asking you to enter the conference code which is: 447-689-069

You may be asked to speak your name after you enter the code.


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2020-03-21 14:40:02 | Comments | Printable version

Purdy SBC cancels services until further notice

By Lonnie & Arlene McAllister

Purdy Separate Baptist Church has canceled church services until further notice. Stay safe and God bless.


2020-03-21 13:15:51 | Comments | Printable version

Extended state tax filing deadline

During Friday's press conference, Gov. Beshear announced that the State of Kentucky would mirror a move by the federal government by delaying the tax filing deadline for state taxes by three months from April 15 to July 15, 2020.

2020-03-21 13:14:40 | Comments | Printable version

Cancelled Church Services at Old Concord UMC

By Angie Smith

Services have been cancelled at Old Concord United Methodist Church for Sunday, March 22, 2020, due to the Covid-19 Virus.


2020-03-21 12:54:41 | Comments | Printable version

Letter: Memories of Fairplay store

Tom Page writes:
Good memories of stopping there when we'd visit the grandparents. Having a thick bologna and cracker sandwich with a Coke, while dad, Lowell Page, would catch up on what was going on since our last visit. --Tom
Comments re: Rosenbaum Fairplay Store and Post Office


2020-03-21 12:52:07 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Letters and Reader Feedback

One road reopened: L Hancock Road now open

Of the two roads closed to high water yesterday, L Hancock Road is reopened, according to Adair County Judge Executive Gale Cowan. However, Snake Creek Road is still closed.

2020-03-21 09:36:15 | Comments | Printable version

Self Quarantine, a poem

By W. M. Feese, Jr.
We're thinking of Adair Countians this morning
We hope you are all okay
We know there is great concern
About the Coronavirus today
We trust you are taking precautions
Like keeping your hands nice and clean
As for us we're taking no chances
We're now under SELF QUARANTINE


2020-03-21 08:47:28 | Comments | Printable version

Haiku by Robert Stone for March 21, 2020

Need comfort, need help,
do not fear to ask for it
when you feel all wrong.
--Robert Stone, Saturday, 21 March 2020.
-1000 haiku thrice now, more days coming up, Day 3112


2020-03-21 07:50:07 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today

Drive-in style service at Kellyville Community Church

By Linda Tucker

Kellyville Community Church will be having a drive-in type of church service on Sunday morning, March 22, 2020, beginning at 10:30amCT/11:30amET, where everyone will stay in their vehicles and someone will show you how to park facing the drive-under where the service will be conducted. Also the service will be streamed live on the Kellyville facebook page.

The church is located at 77 Kellyville Rd., Columbia KY. Bro. Stanley Watson and congregation invite everyone to attend. For more information you may call Bro. Stanley Watson at 270-378-1250.


2020-03-21 07:39:14 | Comments | Printable version

Kentucky Color: New Normal?

By Billy Joe Fudge

After seeing Russell Creek out of its banks and spreading across overflow bottoms, probably 15 different days or more this winter, I'm beginning to ask, "is this the new normal"? The answer is most likely, yes and no!

Historically speaking we've been above average rainfall since November of 2017 and according to numbers I saw recently, 2019 was considerably above average and most of us here in the Great Wooded South had no measurable rainfall in September.

When checking the numbers for Bowling Green, the 21st Century has had two years in the top 10 wettest years and one year in the top 10 driest years.


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2020-03-21 07:34:49 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Kentucky Color by Billy Joe Fudge

ARTS IN ADAIR: a call to action from GSA student Emma

This is a call to action from one student's experience at Governor School for the Arts (GSA). Here are the changes she said she hopes to see in Adair County in her presentation at the March Chamber of Commerce meeting:

- "I want to make sure that every artist in Adair County has the opportunity to go forth and make great art.

- "One day, I'd like to be able to came back home and watch a school play on a real stage instead of the high school cafeteria.

- "I want to see just as many people at choir concerts or band competitions as there are at basketball games.

- "I want to see students paintings displayed somewhere other than the school basement."


By ACHS senior Emma Grider

I've been acting for the past seven years. My family went to Disney World when I was little, and we watched a stage show of Beauty and the Beast. As the actors took their final bows, I remember looking at my mom and saying "Momma, I wanna do that."


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2020-03-21 07:06:33 | Comments | Printable version


Birthdays and Anniversaries for March 21
Happy Birthday, Anita and Barbara | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Betty Wall | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Greg Stapleton | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Joe N. Coffey | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, John Howery (1952) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Johnnietta Jessie (1958) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Justin R. Tucker | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kara Murphy (2000) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mark Baker | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mark Karnes | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Rick Wilson | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Tim Judd | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Parthena McQueary Bradshaw, 92, Russell Co., KY (1925-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lorene Rhodes, Campbellsville, KY (1931-2009) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marla Jean Walls, Russell Springs, KY (1953-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Melody I. Coffey, Russell Springs, KY (1955-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rebecca June Watts, Edmonton, KY (1946-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Steven Randall (Randy) Richards, Liberty, KY (1961-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, John C. Bray, Burkesville, KY (1921-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Vernie Alice Brewer English, Greensburg, KY (1938-2020) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, R.B. Tincher Taylor Co., KY (1926) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Versie Colwell, Taylor Co., KY (1915 ) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joslynn Ann Luttrell, Adair Co., KY (2012) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Byron Whittle, Russell County, KY (1921) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Judge James G. Weddle, Liberty, KY (1941) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marvin Ray Patton Casey County, KY (1946) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Andy A. Miller, Casey County, KY (1962-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Randy Elmore, 46, Russell Co., KY (1967-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Betty Russell Murphy, Casey County, KY (1930-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Sarah Lee Page Wayne, Taylor Co., KY (1921-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bobbie J. Hinton, 80, Russell Co., KY (1934-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Lorinda Key, 55, Cumberland Co., KY |1959-2014| | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, M. Rey Yarberry, Green Co., KY (1929-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Gladys M. Keltner, Green County, KY (1916-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In memory birthday, Johnnie W. Price, Taylor Co., KY (1934-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Genia Lynn Stephens, 45, Russell Co., KY (1970-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Bernice Underwood, 69, Taylor County, KY (1946-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Earl Ballenger, 74, Jamestown, KY (1941-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In memory birthday, Danny Lee (Dan) Dunbar, Russell Springs, KY (1940-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Brenda Sue Miller, Adair Co., KY (1954-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Levettia (Tiny) Hicks, Campbellsville, KY (1929-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mabel Sullivan, 90, Taylor Co., KY (1926-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Dennis Hopper Selby, Russell Co., KY (1966-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, John L. Burchett, 49, Russell Co., KY (1967-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Denesa Burton Veatch, Taylor County/Adair Co., KY native (1963-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ralph Henry Judd, 97 Jefferson County, KY/Green County Native (1921-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Rodney Earl Scott, 46, Marrowbone, Cumberland Co., KY (1972-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gloria Dean Luttrell, 60, Dunnville, KY (1960-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Harold Wayne Acree, 71, Green Co., KY native (1952-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Iza Pearl Helm, 91, Jamestown, KY (1931-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Joe Norman Coffey, 90, Columbia, KY (1931-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Karsyn Rubbo, 4 months, Jamestown, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rev. Clifford Buel Hayes, 87, Campbellsville, KY (1935-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Richard Dale Wilson, Sr., 66, Campbellsville, KY (1957-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Steven (Half-pint) Mitchell, 35, Taylor Co., KY (1987-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Theresa A. Goldsmith, 66, Taylor Co., KY native (1957-2023) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Uriel C. Sparks, formerly of Adair County (1930-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William Junior 'Willie' Murrell, Adair County, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Willie York, 82, Russell Springs, KY (1938-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Saturday, March 21, 2020
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
10:00amCTVisitation before service for, Kenneth Allen Murray, 85, Cumberland County, KY | (ID:60483, Comment)
UPDATE: Local Democrat Precinct Convention cancelled | (ID:60470, Comment)
11:00amCTServices for Linda Kaye White, 65, Green County, KY (1955-2020) | (ID:60485, Comment)
6:00pmCTPostponed Revival at Through the Fire Worship Center | (ID:60302, Comment)

 

































 
 
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