Kentucky city unveils wood-carved statue of Colonel Sanders
May 6, 2021
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CORBIN, Ky. (AP) A southeast Kentucky city has unveiled a statue honoring one of its most famous figures Colonel Sanders.
The city of Corbin showed off the statue of Sanders, the founder and symbol of the fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken, on Wednesday.
The image of the iconic businessman will stand outside the city s tourism office to “attract tourists off of the interstate” and “bring people inside the welcome center to learn a little bit more about Corbin, according to Maggy Kriebel, the executive director of the city s tourism commission.
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CORBIN, Ky. (AP) A southeast Kentucky city has unveiled a statue honoring one of its most famous figures Colonel Sanders.
The city of Corbin showed off the statue of Sanders, the founder and symbol of the fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken, on Wednesday.
The image of the iconic businessman will stand outside the city’s tourism office to “attract tourists off of the interstate” and “bring people inside the welcome center to learn a little bit more about Corbin,” according to Maggy Kriebel, the executive director of the city’s tourism commission.
The pine statue, which stands beside three carved chickens, was chiseled with a chainsaw over more than 40 hours by artist duo Jerry and Kim Eaton, WKYT-TV reported.
May 06, 2021 - 1:19 AM
CORBIN, Ky. - A southeast Kentucky city has unveiled a statue honouring one of its most famous figures â Colonel Sanders.
The city of Corbin showed off the statue of Sanders, the founder and symbol of the fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken, on Wednesday.
The image of the iconic businessman will stand outside the city s tourism office to âattract tourists off of the interstateâ and âbring people inside the welcome centre to learn a little bit more about Corbin, according to Maggy Kriebel, the executive director of the city s tourism commission.
The pine statue, which stands beside three carved chickens, was chiseled with a chainsaw over more than 40 hours by artist duo Jerry and Kim Eaton, WKYT-TV reported.
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The Corbin Tourism Commission is set to unveil a life-size, chainsaw carved statue of Corbin most famous citizen – Colonel Harland Sanders – on May 5 at the Corbin Welcome Center.
The statue was created by local chainsaw carving couple J&K Carvers. The duo also created all of the pieces for the Christmas Village at the ice-skating rink during the winter.
Director of Tourism Maggy Kriebel said that she met J&K Carvers, Jerry and Kim Eaton, at Octoberfest after seeing their work.
“Their work was so amazing,” said Kriebel. “I kept in touch with them and they ended up doing Christmas open house as well.”