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Folk-art Louisville clock nearly restored

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A folk-art clock in Louisville that features five historical figures racing around the timepiece's tilted oval is keeping time, but needs a little more work before it is officially dedicated.

Businessman Adam Burckle took the project on nearly a decade ago. He told The Courier-Journal  that the city-owned clock keeps perfect time, but it needs another $20,000 worth of work to stabilize the figurines, enclose its control panel and make other minor tweaks.

The clock features figures that represent Daniel Boone, Thomas Jefferson, King Louis XVI, George Rogers Clark and the Belle of Louisville.

Restoration began in 2004 after the clock spent more than a decade in storage. The clock returned to Fourth Street in April, but Burckle says it won't be dedicated until the remaining work is done.

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