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SANDY HOOK, Ky. - In the painting, a farmer pauses to wipe his brow amid rows of tobacco. What's significant about this art work is that it's the beginning of a massive mural on the side of a barn one of about 20 barn murals in Elliott County being painted in an attempt to revitalize one of eastern Kentucky's poorest counties.
"It brings people together," said Gwenda Adkins, a county extension agent who spearheaded the project. "For so long the people around here felt they had nothing to give."
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