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Rep. Carney expected at Martin Luther King sign unveiling

Unveiling will be at 10amCT, Mayor Hardwick says.

Columbia Mayor Curtis Hardwick is expecting Rep. John Bam Carney (Ky 51 - Taylor and Adair Counties) to be present at a sign unveiling at 10amCT, to designate a stretch of Burkesville Street to the Louie B Nunn Cumberland Parkway at Exit 47, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King.

Because parking is at a premium at the unveiling site, in front of Blake Hatcher's garden center, the event will be attended mostly by Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials from District 8, local civil rights leaders, and members of City Council and Fiscal Court, and the Columbia/Adair Human Rights Commission, Mayor Hardwick said.

Rep. Carney guided the bill through the Kentucky General Assembly to have the roadway designation made official. Mayor Hardwick said that the honor for MLK will not require any postal address changes. They will remain the same, just as Greensburg Road residents still have the same mailing addresses after the highway was named for Dakota Meyer.




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Crowd gathers for unveiling of MLK Boulevard signs



2015-07-22 - Martin Luther King Memorial Boulevard, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener.
It was billed as an semi-invitation only event, but a large crowd was gathering early this morning at Blake Hatcher's garden center on Burkesville Road for the unveiling of signs designating the road from the Columbia-Union Presbyterian Church to Exit 47 on the Louie B. Nunn Parkway in honor of the great American Civil Rights leader, Martin Luther King. on the far left are, second from left, Columbia City Councilman Charles Grimsley and his wife, Adair County Deputy Judge Executive Holly Grimsley. Rep. Bam Carney was scheduled to address the group, Columbia Mayor Curtis Hardwick said. On the scene, Linda Waggener

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Family of Ralph Willis at MLK dedication



2015-07-22 - Photo by Linda Waggener, CM.
Early arrivals before the sign unveiling for the new Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial Highway were from the family of the late Ralph Willis who first brought the request for a highway naming in Dr. King's honor to local officials. From left are his sister Clara Flowers, his wife Leetta Bridgewater Willis, daughter Deirdre Willis, and family friend Sylvia White. Story and photos of the event will be posted later this evening.

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