Today, Saturday with CM, September 1, 2012

Haiku by Robert Stone for September 1, 2012:

Do not start trouble
but act on the defensive
with sufficient force.

--Robert Stone, Saturday, 1 September 2012.
-1000 haiku countdown to Chambers Stevens' 50th birthday, Day 354, in progress

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The Adair County Way?
- Local solutions to local problems.

Countdowns

• It's 2 Days until Adair County's Premier Sports Event, the 6th Annual Wacky, Quacky Duck Race and the Columbia/Adair County Chamber of Commerce Buy, Trade, Sell & Swap Day.
• It's 2 Days until the Hospital Tax Recall Petition Deadline

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Weather Today:

Hazardous Weather Outlook issued at 8:45amCT, 2012-08-31: Relates to aftermath of Hurricane Isaac. Hazardous Weather,

The National Weather Service in Louisville, KY, has issued the following forecast for Columbia, KY. this forecast from update at 2:15amCT September 1, 2012

Today - Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. South wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight - Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 5am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Click to National Weather Service for Columbia, KY

The Kentucky Mesonet is The Commonwealth's Official Source for Weather and Climate Data.
Mesonet stations are live in: Adair - Casey - Cumberland - Metcalfe - Taylor

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Quick links to Sunday with CM Columns - plus some - your comments welcome on editorial choices - added since Sunday, but appropriate to Sunday with CM, items:
direct links to articles, columns, poems and/or photos possibly with other important links, are posted next:

• Tom Chaney: Of Writers and Their Books - Tom Chaney: Just Like a Goose
• Carol Perkins: Movie Review - Carol Perkins the movie critic: Hope Springs a must see
• Chuck Hinman: Reminiscences - Chuck Hinman: Everyone Needs To Excel At Something
• Robert Stone: Poetry - Poetry by Robert Stone: Archer with no arrow
• Ralph Roy Waggener: Personal Commentary - Ralph Roy Waggener: We need each other!

This story was posted on 2012-09-01 02:09:20