Darlene Mazzone

Some lives begin in ease. Others are tempered in fire. The journey to manhood for Logan Bryce Martin was marked by hardship, sacrifice, and the quiet determination to make something better of what life handed him. Logan Bryce Martin claims Paducah as more than a hometown. It is the place where his life began to expand and his dreams took form. When Martin arrived in 1989, after years spent between Hickman and Fulton, Paducah opened before him as a much larger world.

There’s nothing like a newcomer to make the rest of us sit up and take notice of our surroundings. It’s a common trait that when you’ve lived in one place for a goodly length of time, it’s an easy lapse of attention to fail to truly notice the many sparkling details of the LIFE you’ve chosen to live in this place we call home.

The first work has begun on restoration of the historic Columbia theater in downtown Paducah. Schnell Contractors of Louisville has begun work on the façade of the theater. Work will include cleaning and repairing the glazed terra cotta tile on the front of the theater, as well as repointing the joints between the terra cotta sections.