Adair County Superintendent Dr. Pamela Stephens releases latest district COVID numbers, Monday, Oct. 25, 2020.
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Sheriff’s Department completes successful prescription drug take back program
The Adair County Sheriff’s Department collected approximately 87 pounds of prescription medication over the last year in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Agency.
The purpose of the program is to provide a safe, convenient and responsible means of disposing old prescription medicine, while educating the public about potential abuse of medication.
In addition to collections made by Kentucky State Police Post 15, a total of 205 pounds were brought in. KSP transported the drugs to a designated drop off point for proper disposal.
Motorcycle run on Saturday helps Toys for Tots
Columbia’s own Templar Knights Motorcycle Club held their first annual Toys for Tots Motorcycle Run at Anderson’s Pizzeria on Saturday. Despite the bad weather the group raised over $1,500 in donations and toys for the children of Adair County. They would like to thank all participants and sponsors for the outpouring of support.
LCDHD weekend update
Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020
From Lake Cumberland District Health Department:
Statewide Testing Positivity Rate: 5.63%.
Deaths: We are happy to report no new deaths today. We have experienced a total of 80 deaths resulting in a 1.97% mortality rate (about 1 in 51) among known cases. This compares with a 1.45% mortality rate at the state level, and a 2.61% morality rate at the national level.
Hospitalizations: We presently have 32 cases in the hospital. This is 1 more than yesterday. The most hospitalizations we have had at any one time was 33 on 09/02/2020. We have had a total of 318 hospitalizations resulting in a 7.82% hospitalization rate (about 1 in 13) among known cases. The state hospitalization rate is 7.08%. The latest state data shows that 70.05% of ICU beds and 27.73% of ventilator capacity are being utilized.
Total (Cumulative) Cases: The Lake Cumberland District has experienced a total of 4,067 cases since the onset of the outbreak. This means that 1.95% of our total population have been a confirmed case. However, we do not know how many additional people may have had COVID-19 and were either asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic and never tested.
Released (Not contagious) Cases: We released 36 cases today from isolation. Released cases include: Adair: 4; Casey: 3; Clinton: 5; Cumberland: 2; Green: 1; McCreary: 2; Pulaski: 2; Russell: 5; Taylor: 4; and, Wayne: 8. In all, we have released 85.6% of our total cases.
Active (Current) Cases: We released 1 more cases today than we added new cases. Taking all things into account, this leaves us with 504 active cases in our district across all 10 of our district’s 10 counties. On 10/24/2020 we were at our peak number of active cases, 505.
Where are Cases Tied to: The most common areas to where we are seeing cases tied are (in descending order): Schools, Businesses, Places of Worship, and Family.
New Cases: We report that our total case count has increased by 35 today: Casey: 1; Clinton: 1; Cumberland: 2; McCreary: 4; Pulaski: 9; Russell: 2; Taylor: 13; and, Wayne: 3. Our current new case growth rate is: 1.016. This means our total case count is projected to double every 42.45 days. The most new cases we ever added in a single day was on 10/22/2020 when we added 80 cases. Today’s new cases include:
Casey: A 14-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Clinton: A 52-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Cumberland: A 24-year-old male who is self-isolated, unknown
Cumberland: A 54-year-old female who is self-isolated, unknown
McCreary: A 31-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
McCreary: A 3-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
McCreary: A 25-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
McCreary: A 4-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 43-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 13-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 76-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 68-year-old female who is self-isolated, asymptomatic
Pulaski: A 38-year-old male who is self-isolated, unknown
Pulaski: A 69-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 66-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 13-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 66-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Russell: A 21-year-old male who is self-isolated, asymptomatic
Russell: A 37-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 57-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 47-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 23-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 54-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 19-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 18-year-old male who is self-isolated, unknown
Taylor: A 46-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 35-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 20-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 35-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 72-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 11-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 41-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Wayne: A 61-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Wayne: A 78-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Wayne: A 79-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski went back into the “orange-accelerated” range of community-spread, joining Casey and McCreary. All other counties in our district are in the “red-critical” range: Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Russell, Taylor, and Wayne. One little bit of good news is that we released 1 more case than we added new cases. Let’s hope that the last 6 weeks of acceleration drops off this week.
Please, let’s all continue to do our part in slowing the spread of COVID-19 by wearing our face coverings, avoiding crowds (especially in confined spaces), social distancing when around others, increasing our hand hygiene, increasing our general sanitation, and by avoiding the touching of our faces.
The Lake Cumberland area has experienced 4,067 cumulative confirmed cases and there have been 97,143 confirmed COVID-19 cases across all 120 Kentucky Counties as of today (this includes 96,942 statewide plus 201 recently reported cases in Lake Cumberland not in the Governor’s/Department for Public Health’s daily report). Regardless of the confirmed case count for any Lake Cumberland County, we believe COVID-19 to be widespread. The LCDHD is working tirelessly, including nights and weekends, to identify and contact all those with whom any positive case may have come into close contact, and to follow-up daily with positive cases. Additionally, we are striving diligently to follow-up on business-related complaints regarding noncompliance with the Governor’s Executive Orders. We are also working with any community partner that requests assistance for prevention or post-exposure planning/response.
https://www.lcdhd.org/2020/10/25/public-information-brief-10-25-20/
Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020:
New Cases: We report that our total case count has increased by 54 today: Adair: 5; Casey: 3; Clinton: 3; Cumberland: 3; Green: 5; Pulaski: 10; Russell: 3; Taylor: 17; and, Wayne: 5. Our current new case growth rate is: 1.017. This means our total case count is projected to double every 41.97 days. The most new cases we ever added in a single day was on 10/22/2020 when we added 80 cases. Today’s new cases include:
Adair: A 78-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Adair: A 22-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Adair: A 21-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Adair: A 55-year-old female who is hospitalized, still symptomatic
Adair: A 29-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Casey: A 62-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Casey: A 72-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Casey: A 78-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Clinton: A 22-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Clinton: A 7-year-old female who is released, 10/12/20
Clinton: A 3-year-old female who is released, 10/12/20
Cumberland: A 57-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Cumberland: A 82-year-old male who is self-isolated, asymptomatic
Cumberland: A 14-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Green: A 64-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Green: A 77-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Green: A 75-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Green: A 79-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Green: A 61-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 40-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 55-year-old male who is hospitalized, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 23-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 55-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 70-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 58-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 29-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 50-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 39-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 60-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Russell: A 67-year-old female who is self-isolated, asymptomatic
Russell: A 59-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Russell: A 81-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 44-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 18-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 54-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 18-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 19-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 18-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 21-year-old male who is self-isolated, asymptomatic
Taylor: A 18-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 18-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 59-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 20-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 18-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 60-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 20-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 23-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 19-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 20-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Wayne: A 77-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Wayne: A 34-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Wayne: A 51-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Wayne: A 56-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Wayne: A 19-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Friday, Oct. 23, 2020:
New Cases: We report that our total case count has increased by 70 today: Adair: 7; Casey: 1; Clinton: 9; Cumberland: 6; Green: 2; McCreary: 4; Pulaski: 9; Russell: 8; Taylor: 18; and, Wayne: 6. Our current new case growth rate is: 1.016. This means our total case count is projected to double every 43.45 days. The most new cases we ever added in a single day was on 10/22/2020 when we added 80 cases. Today’s new cases include:
Adair: A 50-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Adair: A 78-year-old male who is hospitalized, asymptomatic
Adair: A 5-year-old female who is self-isolated, asymptomatic
Adair: A 78-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Adair: A 72-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Adair: A 15-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Adair: A 27-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Casey: A 76-year-old male who is hospitalized, still symptomatic
Clinton: A 66-year-old male who is self-isolated, unknown
Clinton: A 34-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Clinton: A 34-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Clinton: A 31-year-old female who is self-isolated, asymptomatic
Clinton: A 19-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Clinton: A 66-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Clinton: A 5-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Clinton: A 12-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Clinton: A 41-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Cumberland: A 61-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Cumberland: A 71-year-old male who is released, 9/23/20
Cumberland: A 78-year-old male who is hospitalized, still symptomatic
Cumberland: A 51-year-old male who is released, 7/11/20
Cumberland: A 51-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Cumberland: A 58-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Green: A 37-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Green: A 25-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
McCreary: A 33-year-old male who is self-isolated, asymptomatic
McCreary: A 39-year-old male who is self-isolated, asymptomatic
McCreary: A 22-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
McCreary: A 66-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 16-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 32-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 6-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 58-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 54-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 55-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 55-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 49-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Pulaski: A 26-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Russell: A 73-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Russell: A 31-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Russell: A 18-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Russell: A 17-year-old female who is self-isolated, asymptomatic
Russell: A 23-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Russell: A 71-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Russell: A 11-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Russell: A 48-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 21-year-old female who is self-isolated, asymptomatic
Taylor: A 20-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 19-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 79-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 40-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 55-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 43-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 24-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 43-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 18-year-old female who is self-isolated, asymptomatic
Taylor: A 21-year-old male who is self-isolated, asymptomatic
Taylor: A 44-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 19-year-old female who is self-isolated, asymptomatic
Taylor: A 18-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 41-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 25-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 20-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Taylor: A 18-year-old female who is self-isolated, unknown
Wayne: A 50-year-old male who is self-isolated, unknown
Wayne: A 55-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Wayne: A 37-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Wayne: A 66-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Wayne: A 54-year-old male who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Wayne: A 18-year-old female who is self-isolated, still symptomatic
Adair County High School student named National Merit Semi-Finalist
Oct. 23, 2020
Timothy Archey is as normal of a teenager as any other senior at Adair County High School. He is a friendly, easy-going, young adult that enjoys his friends and loves texting on his phone.
But Archey has accomplished something only one other ACHS student has ever done in the history of the school. Archey, the son of Stephanie and Mark Archey, is a 2021 National Merit semifinalist.
“I love learning things and I always try to learn more,” Timothy said. “(Some students do only) what’s necessary to get by in high school. I try to really understand all the topics that I learn and really dive into that.”
“He was named a National Merit Semi-Finalist because of his outstanding PSAT scores,” said ACHS guidance counselor Ann Young. “We are very proud of his accomplishments. In my 21 years as guidance counselor there has been one other young man to compete as a National Merit Semi-Finalist.”
“Being named a national merit semifinalist is a great honor. I am excited and it has kind of settled on me. However, I want to be able to go on to the next step of the process. There is still more to the competition,” said Timothy.
The importance of learning has been stressed to Archey since the beginning of his education in a homeschool setting. His father has a background in industrial engineering, while his mother has a master’s degree in chemical engineering. Stephanie currently teaches at Lindsey Wilson College.
“We’ve always tried to give Timothy as many learning opportunities as possible, even if they’re not presented as learning opportunities,” Mark said. “We traveled a lot when he was younger, and there was a lot of accidental learning along the way. We value education very highly in our family.”
A total of 16,000 semifinalists will be competing for some 7,600 merit scholarships worth more than $30 million. A total of 1.5 million juniors applied for the honor. To become a finalist, applicants must submit a detailed application.
Those advancing to the finalist level will be notified of their designation in February. Scholar designates will be chosen from a group of categories to include skills, accomplishments and potential for success in rigorous college studies.
“I have been looking at colleges and the top college I want to go to now is Stanford,” Timothy said. “But I am also looking into another college, maybe the University of Kentucky. I would prefer to go into biology and eventually into etymology. I have always had an interest in insects and want to do something with them in the future.”
In addition to his strong academic background, Timothy spends a lot of time working with his bee colony. He also has an ant farm, and really enjoys playing steel drums.
“One of the things people tend to overlook (about doing well on standardized tests) is the need to practice taking them,” Timothy said. “A lot of people go in cold, and they get scores that are okay. However, if they just practice taking the test a couple of times before they can greatly improve their scores. Not only practicing the test, but looking at what you got wrong and learning why you got it wrong is important. That can help you keep from making that mistake again.”
By Scott Wilson
Assistant Editor
scott@adairvoice.com
