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From early reading, knows there must be treasure under Xs

Finally, we seem to be getting to the bottom of the perplexing Xs

Melissa Stone writes:
I am certain there must be treasure to be found under those Xs - At least that was the case in many an interesting children's book I have read over the years! --Melissa Stone
Comments re article 71431 Mystery Meaning of big white Xs on KY 55 north


2014-11-24 18:53:19 | Comments | Printable version

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Wonderful Day that was, Friday, November 21, 2014



2014-11-24 - Egypt, Adair Co., KY - Photo by George Rice.
This is the day that was last Friday, 2014-11-21 about 6:00 AM. Old Glory is awake and waving another Awesome sunrise to begin another wonderful day. Photo by George Rice, Wonderful land of Egypt, hwy 551

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Voicel Taylor, Casey County, KY (1923-2014)

She was a merchant and a member of the Cold Springs Primitive Baptist Church. Voicel was a caring lady who enjoyed taking care of others. She was a native of Casey County, KY, and was a resident of the county at the time of her death. She was the daughter of the late Dexter and Hattie Vanoy Hamm. She was the widow of Charles E. Taylor. She leaves 19 direct living descendants.
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Voicel Taylor of Casey County, KY passed away Monday, November 24, 2014 at the Casey County Hospital. She was 91.

Funeral services are 10amCT/11amET, Saturday, November 29, 2014 at McKinney-Brown Funeral Home with Bro. Jeff Patterson officiating. Burial will follow in Cold Springs Cemetery. Visitation is 5pm-8pmCT/6pm-9pmET, Friday, November 28, 2014 at the funeral home.


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2014-11-24 18:44:11 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Lura Coulter, Russell County, KY (1920-2014)

She was born in Russell County, KY, and and will be laid to rest in her native shire. She was a resident of Putnam County, IN at the time of her death. She was the daughter of the late John Marcus & Lula Wilson Dunbar. She leaves two direct living descendants. She was a homemaker.
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Lura Coulter, 94, of Greencastle, Indiana (formerly of Russell Co) died Saturday, November 22, 2014 at the Hickory Creek Nursing Home in Greencastle, Indiana. Funeral service for Lura Coulter will be 1pmCT, Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at the Bernard Funeral Home Chapel, 367 N Main Street, Russell Springs, KY, with Bro. Bobby Dunbar officiating. Visitation will be at 10amCT, Tuesday. Burial will be in the Lucenda Cemetery. Special music will be rendered by Diane Hughes and Bobby Dunbar.


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2014-11-24 15:58:30 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Mattigene Gaskin, Russell County, KY (1939-2014)

She was a native of Russell County, KY, and a resident of the county at the time of her death. Shewas the daughter of the late Orvis & Belva Sue Meece Wilson. She leaves three direct living descendants
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Mattigene Gaskin, 75, of Russell Springs, KY, died Monday, November 24, 2014 at the Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY.

Funeral service for Mattigene Gaskin will be 1pmCT, Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at the Bernard Funeral Home, 367 N Main Street, Russell Springs, KY, with Bro. Greg Wade and Bro. Larold Gosser officiating. Visitation will be after 5pmCT, Tuesday, November 26, 2014. Burial will be in the Union Cemetery. Special music will be povided by the Crossroads Quartet.


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2014-11-24 15:39:16 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Obituaries

Biggest in KY Veterans Parade for Vietnam vets planned

By Larry Smith, FM 99.9, the Big Dawg

A parade in Campbellsville, KY, starting at 1pmCT/2pmET, on Sunday, December 14, 2014, honoring veterans of the Vietnam War is planned with the goal of making it the the biggest ever in Kentucky.

All veterans of all wars from all counties in the area are invited to participate, but the focus will be on those veterans who served in Vietnam, a group, which overall, did not return to the heroes welcome given military personnel in other campaigns. Ticker tape will shower the parade as it passes down the main business district.

It will be originate at East Main & Clem Haskins Boulevard at Jackson Towers, 1 Clem Haskins) and proceed west on Main Street, and will turn at Columbia Avenue, by the Big Dog studio, and end at the Civic Center, where a followup will recognize the veterans and refreshments will be served.


2014-11-24 15:11:38 | Comments | Printable version

Danger might lurk in a single large X

Single X may be work of Wile E. Coyote - but writer affirms assumptions of Victoria Pike

Darryl Smith writes:
The x's are placed there prior to aerial photography, for reference points. When you see just one, it's the handiwork of Wile E. Coyote. Don\'t stop on that one if you're driving a Roadrunner. - Darryl Smith
Comments re article 71431 Mystery Meaning of big white Xs on KY 55 north


2014-11-24 13:28:43 | Comments | Printable version

Tech Link/Solar, wind energy costs plummeting

The cost of electricity from wind and solar power plants has plummeted, making it cheaper than coal or natural gas in some places, according to this article in the New York Times> Solar and wind energy start to win on price vs. conventional fuels

2014-11-24 13:25:41 | Comments | Printable version

Adair County Primary Center is Selling....nothing but the best!!

ACPC's Best-A-Thon will raise money for what kids want most right now for their playground - more swings. Students are accepting donations and pledges for being their best at an activity or event of their choice.
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By Patty Jones, Principal
Adair County Primary Center, 158 Col. Casey Drive, Columbia, KY

The students of Adair County Primary Center are serious about being their best. As a matter of fact, they are banking on it. On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, they all will be participating in the school's Best-A-Thon.


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2014-11-24 13:11:05 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Education

CU men's basketball will make appearances in LWC Classic

By Chris Megginson

Play Robert Morris on Friday
Campbellsville University Men's Basketball vs. Robert Morris University (IL) in the Lindsey Wilson College Classic at 6pmCT, Friday, November 28, 2014 at Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY. 42728.

Play Voorhees on Saturday
Campbellsville University Men's Basketball vs. Voorhees (SC) in the Lindsey Wilson College Classic at 2pmCT, Saturday, November 29, 2014 at Biggers Sports Center, 360 Spickard Drive, Columbia, KY. 42728.


2014-11-24 10:04:14 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Sports

Mystery Xs: No need to worry. Victoria Pike is on the case

And she has a pretty good idea of what they are already

Victoria Pike writes:
Linda, when they appeared in our neighborhood several years ago they were fly over markers for mapping the area for the new interchange that was built on Burkesville Road. My guess would be that they are for mapping the areas around the Heartland Parkway project. I will see if I can find out any additional info for you. - Victoria Pike
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2014-11-24 09:59:57 | Comments | Printable version

Remembering, from Best of Senior Quest: Jimmy Robertson


Metcalfe County native Jimmy Robertson passed away on Nov. 22, 2014 (Obituary).
The following article is reproduced from the book The Best of Senior Quest, published in 2009 and available online in print or ebook form.

By Geniece Marcum

Jimmy Robertson has long been known as a top-notch bricklayer by trade, but not too many people know that he also enjoys making musical instruments as a side line. Being a talented musician himself, Jimmy has played just about every kind of musical instrument he has ever seen.

So it was probably only natural about ten years ago when he found himself looking around for a good mandolin and a hobby at the same time, that he decided to put both talent and a new hobby together and just make his own.


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2014-11-24 09:45:10 | Comments | Printable version

Today, MONDAY with CM, 24 Nov 2014

Haiku by Robert Stone for November 24, 2014:
Choose to be amused
when tucked in among baggage
on a short journey.
--Robert Stone, Monday, 24 November 2014.
-1000 haiku countdown finished, now for some more days, Day 1168

Your favorite, generally Sunday with CM columnists:


2014-11-24 08:33:53 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Today

Area Deer Harvest Results, License Year 2014 (24 Nov 2014)

The Modern Gun season for deer dates: is Nov. 8-17, 2014, (either sex) for Zone 3 (includes Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Counties; and in Zone 2, Nov. 8-23, 2014, including Green County. Russell County is in Zone 4, Nov. 8-17, 2014 (antlered only)

CM 7 County Deer Harvest Chart
A ColumbiaMagazine.com/Big Dawg 99.9/the WAVE 92.7 collaborative chart

Chart below is for license year 2014 updated 17 Nov 2014
  1. Green County - 1305
  2. Casey County - 845
  3. Metcalfe County - 831
  4. Adair County - 829
  5. Taylor County - 752
  6. Cumberland County - 666
  7. Russell County -209
Source: KY Fish & Wildlife Updated: 24 Nov 2014. See numbers for all counties at 2014 KY Deer Harvest


2014-11-24 08:20:44 | Comments | Printable version

MIKE WATSON: A Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1864

More wonderful stories like this one by the author in the topic: Mike Watson - History

By Mike Watson
Adair County Historian

"Thursday, the 24th inst., having been set apart by the Proclamation of the President of the United States to be observed as a day of National Thanksgiving and Prayer, it should be so observed by all the citizens of Kentucky, with that becoming reverence and thankfulness to Almighty God for His manifold mercies bestowed, even while scourging us with war.
"We should praise and thank Him that we are yet preserved as a Nation, and that the hope of a preserved nationality, and a restored unity and peace to our distracted country, is still kept--as the Vestal flame--aglow in the hearts of the people. As a People and a Nation we have much--very much--for which to give Him thanks and praise, not only for blessings bestowed upon us, but for evils which He has withheld.

"Let, therefore, all business pursuits be suspended on Thursday, the 24th, inst., and all the people, with devout hearts of thankfulness to 'Him whose ways are not as man's ways,' assemble at their respective places of worship, and offer thanksgiving and praise to Him for the blessings He has bestowed and the evils He hath withheld; and pray that He will so order the issues of battle, and the councils of State, as to give to us a restoration of our national unity in the bonds of brotherly peace."
This Proclamation was issued by Thomas E. Bramlette, Governor of Kentucky, in the name of the Commonwealth, from the Executive Department, Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 16th, 1864: We were embroiled in a great war, the Civil War, at that time, still some months from the last shot. There was much to be thankful for then, as today. So much has to be repaired for life to continue for the nation, as today. MW


2014-11-24 08:06:47 | Comments | Printable version | See topic Mike Watson - History

Ribbon cutting for return of Shipleys to Metcalfe Florist

The Edmonton Metcalfe County Chamber of Commerce will conduct a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at 10amCT, at Metcalfe Florist, 123 E Stockton Street, Edmonton, KY. Previous owners George and Jeannie Shipley are again operating the business. Mr. Shipley has been certified as a Kentucky Craftsman and some of his woodworking is available in the store along with the usual florist items. Refreshments will be served. Everyone is invited to attend. - Gaye Shaw, Executive Director

2014-11-24 08:02:32 | Comments | Printable version

Mystery: Meaning of big white Xs on KY 55 north?

Linda Waggener writes:
Maurice and Juanita Cheatham and I want to know what the big white Xs mean at intervals on both sides of KY 55 this morning? - LINDA WAGGENER
Anybody out there know?


2014-11-24 07:57:46 | Comments | Printable version

Ribbon cutting at Gray's Supply, Metcalfe Co., KY

A E/MC Chamber ribbon cutting ceremony will be conducted at Gray's Supply, 1230 New Liberty-Big Meadow Road, Edmonton, Metcalfe County, KY, at 10amCT, Saturday, November 29, 2014. Owner Randall Gray invites everyone to come to celebration his re-opening of his feed/farm supply store. Jenny Lu Gray just may have some ham and biscuits to share! - Gaye Shaw. Executive Director, Edmonton/Metcalfe County Chamber of Commerce.

2014-11-24 07:41:56 | Comments | Printable version

Community Thanksgiving Meal at Columbia church of Christ

Thanksgiving Dinner is joint effort of two congregations, host Columbia church of Christ, and Southside church of Christ

By Ricky Collins

The Columbia church of Christ and the Southside church of Christ will be hosting a community Thanksgiving Dinner. It will be Sunday, November 30, 2014, starting at 2pmCT until 4pmCT at the Columbia church of Christ, 501 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY.

Delivery is available for those that are shut-in and unable to come to the building. If you need to have a meal delivered please call 270-384-6467 or 270-384-0817. If no answer please leave a message and we will contact you for directions and time of delivery.

We welcome you to our services. They are Sunday Morning Bible Study 9amCT; Sunday Morning Worship 10amCT, and Sunday Evening Worship 5pmCT. We have a mid-week Bible Study each Wednesday Evening at 6:30pmCT. God Bless!! - Ricky Collins


2014-11-24 06:23:10 | Comments | Printable version

The earlier Holiday Events received this week, the better

Today's a good day to send Events for Thanksgiving & Christmas. And a special note: If your Event is not posted within 2 hours, there's likely a very minor essential element missing. If this occurs, sending repeated emails triggers filters - the simplest thing is to give a call. Use the telephone. Call 270-250-2730. It will save a lot of time on both ends. Of course, if you remember to include your phone number in your email, we'll be happy to call you.

Now's the time to make sure holiday events - special church and school programs, community parades, organizational bazaars and benefits, for Thanksgiving & Christmas in Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Russell and Taylor Counties of South Central Kentucky. See the Events Calendar for what's already posted.

Businesses can advertise special hours in CM ANNOUNCEMENTS for as little as $10. These may be called in to 270-250-2730. Restaurants in What's Cooking on CM giving readers a heads up on their Thanksgiving Holiday Hours this week (at no charge to them). Posts from other restaurants may be made at a low CM rates. See RATES & TERMS If you're new to submitting, and need help or want to know what's free and what's paid advertising, call 270-250-2730. Otherwise, send using any Contact/Submit button, following the established CM format.


2014-11-24 05:33:24 | Comments | Printable version

Traffic Alert: NB 1-65 Hart County resurfacing starts at noon

By Chris Jessie, Public Information Officer
KY Transportation Cabinet, D-4, Elizabethtown, KY

Northbound I65 will be reduced to one lane beginning mid-day Monday, November 24, 2014, from the Hart County Rest Area to just north of Munfordville (mp 59-65) for resurfacing of the right lane through the construction zone.

Delays are possible, especially Monday afternoon.

This work is needed in order to repair several potholes through the section and should be complete by 6am central time on Tuesday, November 26, 2014.

Southbound traffic flow should not be affected.



2014-11-24 04:56:43 | Comments | Printable version


Birthdays and Anniversaries for November 24
Happy Birthday, Amanda Grant | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Anthony Hale | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ashley McGaha Froedge (1978) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Benjamin Ray Hancock | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Krissy Thomas (1991) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lesa VanArsdale Withers | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Lukas Helm | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Mariah Lynne Melson (2001) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Nicole Bell (1979) | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Presley Gaskin | (Updates/Corrections)
Happy Birthday, Ronnie Grant | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Virginia Lucas, Russell County, KY (1927-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Irma Martin, Yosemite, KY (1959-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Ralph Junior Vibbert, Cumberland County, KY (1941-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mitchell Castillo, Jr., Campbellsville, KY (1976-2019) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rachel Smith, Bridgeview, IL (1934-2011) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, William (Bill) England, Metcalfe County native (1936) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gleason Finn, Adair Co., KY (1930) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Rosetta Allene Vaughn, Cumberland Co., KY (1956) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Patrick Ryan Pruitt, Burkesville, KY (1982 | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Donald Stotts, Adair County, KY (1949) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rollan Cannon, Casey Co., KY (1935-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nina Norris, Adair County, KY (1928-2013) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Brandy Roberts Coffey, Russell Springs, KY (1977-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Margie Mae Henderson Caven, Green Co., KY (1927-2014) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Eddie Graham, Sr., Taylor County, KY, (1940-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, James (Goody) Patterson, Green Co., KY (1940-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Rev. Robert B. Oldham, Taylor Co., KY (1924-2015) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Roy Glenn Emerson, 77, Casey Co., KY (1938-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Nina Earlene Dunbar, 88, Russell Co., KY (1927-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Phillip Roy, Russell Co./Adair Co., KY native (1947-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mrs. Drusilla Williams Booher, Cumberland Co., KY (1925-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Becky Warriner, 73, Russell County, KY (1943-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Mattie Lourene Garrett Syra, 87, Metcalfe Co., KY (1929-2016) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Richard Dean Garner, 53, Russell County, KY (1963-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Buford (Butch) Abell, Bradfordsville, KY (1939-2017) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Gloria Marcine Garrison, Cane Valley, KY (1934-2018) | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Blake Burris Martin, 34, Columbia, KY (1986-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Henry Thomas (Tommy) Donan, 85, Campbellsville, KY (1937-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Henry Wood Bagby, 85, Louisville, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jerry R. Brown, 57, Jamestown, KY (1964-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Jessica Anne Burton, 39, Columbia, KY (1982-2022) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Kristina Louise Sult, 49, Knifley, KY (1971-2021) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Marion Francine Fortenberry, 54, Jamestown, KY (1965-2020) Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)
In Memory Birthday, Zelmer Crawhorn, 92, Columbia, KY Obituary | (Updates/Corrections)

Events scheduled for Monday, November 24, 2014
All events are listed in Central Time. Submit your upcoming event using our Contact Form.
7:00amCTAdair Recycling Center, 32 Service RD, Columbia, KY / 270-378-0782
Open 7am-3pmCT Monday through Friday; 7am-12pm noon CT, Saturdays. | (ID:31195, Comment)
8:00amCT7 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. Forty (40) Event(s) District Court.
Casey County Judicial Center, 231 Courthouse Square, Liberty, KY. Fifty-fou (54) Event(s) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. One (1) Event(s) District Court.
Cumberland County, Justice Center, 112 Courthouse Square, Burkesville, KY. One (1) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. No (0) Event(s) District Court.
Green County Judicial Center, 200 W. Court Street, Greensburg, KY. One (1) Court Event(s) Circuit Court. Forty-two (42) Court Event(s) District Court.
Metcalfe County, Judicial Center, 201 E. Stockton Street, Edmonton, KY. No (0) Court Event(s) 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. One hundred sixty-eight (168) Court Event(s) District Court.
Taylor County, Justice Center, 300 E. Main Street, Campbellsville, KY. Two (2) Court Event(s) in Circuit Court. Eighty-eight (88) Event(s) Court Event(s) District Court.
Not an official docket. For official court information, check with circuit court clerk in your county. | (ID:31541, Comment)
9:00amCTAdair Co. collection for Operation Christmas Child, 09am-12pmCT - Columbia First Church of the Nazarene Wheet Fellowship Hall, 1200 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY. | (ID:31279, Comment)
10:00amCTServices, Campbellsville, KY, for Lois Bowen Mills, age 88, Taylor Co., KY (1926-2014) | (ID:31519, Comment)
NoonCTPause for Chimes at Noon, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:31124, Comment)
1:00pmCTServices, Campbellsville, KY, for Tommy Ray Clark, Taylor County, KY (1943-2014) | (ID:31432, Comment)
Services for Mary Lee (Mae) Curry, 103, Adair Co., KY native (1911-2014) at First Baptist Church, 847 Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY, | (ID:31514, Comment)
5:00pmCTChimes at the Evening, Downtown Columbia. Two selections | (ID:31154, Comment)
6:00pmCTBoy Scouts - Russell Springs, KY - BSA Troop 241 meets on Mondays at Liberty Baptist Church, 215 Wilson Street in Russell Springs, KY. Contact Becky at 270-585-1151. | (ID:31228, Comment)
Columbia Rotary Club regular dinner meeting: 2nd & 4th Mondays (Recurring Event)
at Lindsey Wilson College's Roberta Cranmer Dining Center, 430 Helen Flatt DR, Columbia, KY | (ID:31254, Comment)

 


































 
 
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