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Save the Adair Co., KY Courthouse tour: Do we have a ghost? Save the Courthouse committee toured the building on Friday, July 31, 2009. Old building is full of fascinating structures, beautiful woodwork, legends, with just one shortcoming: It needs a ghost, this group was told: Dan Antle, Barbara Armitage, Ernestine Bennett, Bob Burt, Nancy J. Cozby, Sherri Crawhorn, Billy Joe Fudge, Wid Harris, Lee Ann Jessee, Vonnie Kolbenschlag, Susan Loy, Martha B. Martin, Mary Frances May, Carol Meadows, Emily Sargent, Donna Shirley, Linda Waggener, Ellen Zornes, and J.D. Zornes; they were joined later by Charles Grimsley and Joe Moore Click on headline for full story with links and photograph(s) By Linda Waggener That was the first question asked by Barbara Armitage, Chairperson of the Ideas/Renters Committee, at the Save the Adair County Courthouse tour meeting on Friday, July 31, 2009. She said that if no ghost came with the building the marketing committee would need to manufacture one as quickly as possible. Circuit Court Clerk Dennis Loy, designated tour guide, said he knew of no courthouse ghost but agreed with Billy Joe Fudge who suggested perhaps the legend of "Old Rob" might bring out the ghost of former clerk Billy Neat. Loy pondered that tales of the former clerk might just possibly do the job. Story of a hole in the basement under the courthouse Donna Shirley said that there was a story about a hole in the basement under the courthouse that linked to a set of caves under downtown. It was remembered that the square opened up once in front of the old Firestone store, between it and the courthouse, to prove that.The initial group of 19, representing each of the three committees that make up the team working to save the Adair County Courthouse, toured the building from the basement, checking for a cave entrance, to the clock tower where it looked like a Harry Potter movie scene could be filmed without adding or removing a thing. The three committees are the following:
Many discoveries were made and theories discussed which might turn into just the ticket to save the courthouse and give it new life when the offices move out into the new justice center in November, 2009. Ideas from marketing around ghost stories and hangings to charging a fee to ring the old bell got imaginations working while those who knew about such things examined old wiring and plumbing challenges. Overall it was a very successful meeting Committee members present for the tour were:Dan Antle, Barbara Armitage, Ernestine Bennett, Bob Burt, Nancy J. Cozby, Sherri Crawhorn, Billy Joe Fudge, Wid Harris, Lee Ann Jessee, Vonnie Kolbenschlag, Susan Loy, Martha B. Martin, Mary Frances May, Carol Meadows, Emily Sargent, Donna Shirley, Linda Waggener, Ellen Zornes, and J.D. Zornes. They were joined afterward by Charles Grimsley and Joe Moore. The original courthouse meeting was called by County Judge Ann Melton for June 30, 2009, who presided at the meeting, with input from Mayor Patrick R. Bell. The meeting room in the Courthouse Basement was full. While many different opinions were voiced, not a single person there did not support preservation of the buiding.For the story of that meeting, click onOverwhelming support buoys hope for preserving Courthouse Story of the first meeting on July 30, 2009. With eight photographs. This story was posted on 2009-08-02 15:22:58
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