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Phillip Coffey - Dipper of water

DIPPER OF WATER, By Phillip Coffey
Summer season soon will appear in the Northern Hemisphere with plenty of sunshine.
Storms will arise from the Sahara Desert moving westward into the Caribbean tropics.
Put aside all those winter garments, adapt to the changes into warmth and the oppressive heat.
Swimming holes spotted being filled in many communities-kids and elders splashing about together.

Sun-bathing will commence -sadly perhaps reaching at some point down the road - melanoma.
Cover that body with whatever needed to protect the skin given to cover all of the internal organs.
Many will take on by necessity the heated conditions-farmers, construction workers and perhaps hottest of all - roofers.
What can I do about all the oppression? Maybe take the exhausted a dipper of cool water.
Note: Done farm work, construction work, and roofing numerous occasions to make a dollar. Also stupidly, sunburns in the 70s.


2022-06-11 20:58:34 | Comments | Printable version

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Scenic Adair Co.: Green River Lake at Mt. Carmel



2022-06-11 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Anita Rees.
Anita captured this beautiful scene while kayaking from the Mt Carmel boat ramp this weekend. Can you spot the great blue heron?

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Dwight Harris, age 88, Metcalfe County, KY (1934-2022)

Dwight Loyd Harris, age 88, of Edmonton passed away Friday, June 10, 2022 at Metcalfe Health Care in Edmonton. Born February 14, 1934 the son of the late Lemy and Elsie Davis Harris. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Marjorie Ann Harris in 2019.

Dwight was retired from the Kentucky Forestry Division. He was a member of the Pink Ridge Baptist Church. Dwight served in the United States Army with rank of Sgt.


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2022-06-11 20:49:36 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

General Fund receipts up, Road Fund receipts down in May

From John Hicks/Greg Harkenride

Frankfort, KY - The Office of State Budget Director reported on Friday, June 10, 2022, that May's General Fund receipts rose 0.9 percent compared to May of last year, an increase of $10.6 million. Total revenues for the month were $1,234.3 million, compared to $1,223.7 million during May 2021. Receipts have now grown 14.8 percent for the first eleven months of FY22. Among the major tax categories, sales and gross receipts increased while the income (both personal and business), property and miscellaneous taxes all fell. The 14.8 percent year-to-date growth rate exceeds the 7.2 percent budgeted growth rate for the current fiscal year.


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2022-06-11 16:54:07 | Comments | Printable version

CU: Elmore speaks about why we need friends

By Daisy Rodriguez

"Road trips are always better with friends," Jeremy Elmore said. "Whether you realize it or not, you're on a road trip. It's called life," Elmore said as he spoke at the Vine on April 12, 2022, at Campbellsville University.


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2022-06-11 16:51:37 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Campbellsville University

Blood Drive June 21 at Columbia Church of Christ

Kentucky Blood Center will be holding a blood donation drive from 12:30pmCT to 5:30pmCT on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in the Columbia Church of Christ Fellowship Hall, 501 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY.

Appointments are preferred and walk-ins are welcome. To schedule a donation, visit kybloodcenter.org or call 800.775.2522.


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2022-06-11 16:49:33 | Comments | Printable version

Special called City Council meeting June 13

From Woody Sharpe

The Columbia City Council will hold a special called meeting at 11:15amCT on Monday, June 13, 2022 in City Hall, 116 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY.

The public is welcome at the council meeting.

Council Meeting Agenda:


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2022-06-11 16:45:13 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local Government

Singing at SONRise Church on Sunday

From Joe Feese

7 8 9 10 Feese Family will be singing at SONrise Church at 10amCT on Sunday, June 12, 2022.

SONrise Church is located at 7298 S. Hwy 55, Columbia, KY.


2022-06-11 16:37:16 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Church News

Ralph Gerald Coomer, 95, Adair Co., KY native (1927-2022)

Ralph Gerald Coomer of Campbellsville died on Friday, June 10, 2022 at his residence. He was 95 years old.

Funeral services will be held at 11amCT on Saturday, June 18, 2022 at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home, 210 Greensburg St., Columbia, KY, with Bro. Donnie Blick officiating. Burial will follow in the Haven Hill Cemetery, with full Military Honors provided by VFW Post 6097.

Visitation will be on Friday, June 17, 2022, from 3pmCT until 6pmCT, and on Saturday from 9amCT until 11amCT at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home.


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2022-06-11 16:33:59 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Rebecca (Becky) Rowe, 67, Edmonton, KY (1955-2022)

Rebecca "Becky" Rowe, 67, of Edmonton passed away Friday, June 10, 2022. She was born May 30, 1955 in Columbus, Indiana to the late James E. and Betty Jean Arney Jewell.

She was a former cashier at Save-A- Lot in Edmonton and former employee of Metcalfe Health Care.


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2022-06-11 13:52:27 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Road work traffic changes noted for Metcalfe County

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - The expected traffic impacts in the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 3 area - Metcalfe County - for June 10 through June 17 are listed below. All work is subject to change.

KY 533 Breeding Road (mile points 9.3 - 9.7)- Work on a slide repair project continues on Breeding Road beginning at Mosby Ridge Road and extending east to the Adair County line. To complete the repairs the road will be closed to through traffic and a detour will be provided. The closure is expected to begin on May 2 and is expected to reopen May 30. The detour will utilize KY 61, Dividing Ridge Road and Reese Hurt Road. Motorists need to allow extra travel time due to the distance of the detour.


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2022-06-11 13:50:01 | Comments | Printable version

Haiku by Robert Stone for June 11, 2022

Who asks and is asked
in marriage proposals is
sometimes debated.
--Robert Stone, Saturday, 11 June 2022.
-1000 haiku thrice now, more days coming up, Day 3924


2022-06-11 10:17:08 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today

Bird sounds

By Linda Waggener

Birds begin choir practice outside my window about 5:30 each morning - a gentle, sweet wake-up alarm.

At 5:30 this day, however, the gentle choir was dominated by one huge voice. It was such an unusually loud bird call at that hour of the morning I was reminded of an old high school joke:

Do you know what a 500 pound canary says?

What?


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2022-06-11 04:45:20 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Local History


Birthdays and Anniversaries for June 11
Happy Anniversary, Billy and Tammy Sexton (1980) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, James and Alice Turner (1988) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Anniversary, Lloyd and Josephine Wilson (1955) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Audrie Ezra Hamilton (2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Beverly Akin Redmon | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Billy Andrew, Jr. | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Bryleigh Addison Wheet (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Connie DeVore | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Gerald Reliford | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kaitlyn Harvey | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kaitlynn Faith George (2008) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Kimberly Kean (1980) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mitchell Corbin (1961) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Terry Hadley | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Wayne "Goose" Burton | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday Cosby (Dick) Jeffries, Taylor Co., KY (1933) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marvelle J. Beard, Campbellsville, KY (1939-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Patsy Clark, 61, Taylor Co. KY | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Daniel Bruce Patterson, Green Co., KY (1958) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mildred Jean Coffey Burton, Adair Co., KY (1944) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, John "Johnny" McFarland, Adair County, KY (1951) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory birthday, Alfred David Ford, Green County, KY (1945 | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Janice Carol Allinson, Adair Co., KY (1944) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Aileen Bernice Salsman, Taylor Co., KY (1931-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary P. Cooper, 99, Russell County, KY (1914-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William Ralph Burgess, Russell County, KY (1925-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Orvis Turner, 79, Adair County, KY, (1935-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Richard Keltner, Adair County, KY (1928-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mary Huff, 70, Columbia, KY (1944-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Beulah Arnold, 101, Adair Co., KY native (1914-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Richard Barnett, Taylor County, KY (1929-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Hobert E (Hobe) Wilson, 93, Russell Co., KY (1922-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Charlotte Chaney, 67 Casey County, KY (1948-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Linda Gaskins, Russell County, KY (1941-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Pamela Hurt Foust, 78, Adair Co., KY (1937-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James (Buddy) Johnson, Taylor Co., KY (1954-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mr. Wendell Johnson, Taylor County, KY (1938-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Judy Ann Stephens, 58, Edmonton, KY (1959-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Tony Wade Meadows, 58, Green County, KY (1959-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Anna Lee Wise Johns, 84, Campbellsville, KY (1937-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Audrey Lee Chelf Waggener (June 11, 1903 - March 2, 1984) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Donald G. Smith, 82, Jamestown, KY (1938-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Everrett Randall Penick, 82, Taylor Co., KY native (1938-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, George 'Butch' Coleman, 74, Casey County, KY (1944-2018) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Justice, 68, Russell County, KY (1951-2019) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James Robert Compton (1905) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, John Earl Harper, Sr., 77, Edmonton, KY (1943-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Leo Earls, 77, Jamestown, KY (1943-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Sylvia Sue Collings, 74, Green Co., KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Paulette Landis Beard Sprowles, Green Co., KY (1948-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Steven E. Mason, 56, Campbellsville, KY (1965-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William Ralph Warriner, 82, Russell County, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday,Miss Lucille Kirtley, Taylor Co., KY (1932-2015 | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Saturday, June 11, 2022
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
8:00amCTFarmers Market on the Square (FM2), from 8-1
Corner of Merchant and Campbellsville Streets, Columbia | (ID:63267, Comment)
9:00amCTVacation Bible School at Sparksville Nazarene Church | (ID:63242, Comment)

 

































 
 
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