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Country store closing lament and remembrance: Manton, KY Editorial note: Bringing back these important community centers is much harder than supporting them in the first place. Wonder why it is? We think nothing of a $10 tip on a high dollar Bowling Green meal and rarely tip in a country store, but fuss about an extra quarter for a loaf of bread, conveniently close to home. Our neighborhood store has stocked that bread for us - and saved us so much more in gas, and, more importantly, time than a trip to town could save. The closing of this wonderful country store in Washington Co., KY is an all too frequent happening, an all to frequent chipping away at our heritage and an idyllized lifestyle, all because we succumb to perceived short term economies. Isn't it time to have two tip jars in community general stores and deli's: One for generous tips for employees, and a second one, even bigger, for the proprietors.-CM Click on headline for full Kenny Browning story plus his wonderful photo 'Loafers will suffer the most' By Kenny Browning, the Feedman One of my favorite places to stop for lunch or a cold drink closed last week after a eighty-five year run. The time of country stores dotting the crossroads of rural America has come and gone. The purpose of any business is to make a profit, and if it can't it has to go. With this being said I'm still going to miss this place. I have stopped several times in the past year to catch a better shot of the store and always have came up with an extremely dark look to the area under the porch. Won't have to worry about trying anymore, besides all the old signs that adorned the building have been taken off and sold to the highest bidder. Jessie Osbourn, a staff writer for the local paper (Springfield, KY Sun, -CM) has been able to catch the essence of what a country store means to the community much better than I could. Below, in ( ColumbiaMagazine.com Group at Flickr), the comment section are photos of the interior of the store that I took a few years ago.) Jesse summed it up the best with his close in the article... " It's the loafers that will suffer the most as they wander across the land like lost souls, looking for a new place to loaf.'" -Kenny Browning, The Feedman. If you go: (MAP) part of KSP Post 15 Columbia, KY service area and just one hour 15 minutes or so north of Columbia whether one travels the scenic road through Raywick or goes the scenic route through Lebanon, KY. It's hard to judge which is more beautiful. -CM This story was posted on 2011-01-16 06:18:40
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