Students from Campbellsville University joined members of the Columbia Rotary Club
Saturday, April 10, 2010, to work on the water ram pump being installed at Taylor
County's historic Homeplace on Green River. The pump and associated piping was funded
by a $1,000 grant from the Rotary International Foundation and contributions from
the Green, Taylor and Columbia Rotary clubs. Water ram pumps use no electricity, and
are powered only by the running water of streams. The pump being installed at Homeplace,
is designed to move water up to 150′ vertically over several hundred yards. Homeplace,
located at 6048 New Columbia RD, Campbellsville, KY, is a tri-county operated historic
farm between Campbellsville and Columbia that is being restored to preserve the agricultural
heritage of the area. Pictured here are Columbia Rotarians and Campbellsville University
students. Front Row — Lorenzo Hines, Fort Belvoir, Va.; standing behind him, second
row, Columbia Rotarian Ted Caldwell. Third row — Rebekah Bess of Owenton, Ky.; Lindsay
Jones of Stanford, Ky.; Calvin Mann of Detroit, Mich.; Alex Moore of Westview, Ky.;
Lucas Arnold of Liberty, Ky.; and Marcus Stanfield of Campbellsville. Fourth row —
Dwight Houston of St. Louis, Mo.; unknown; Andrew Franklin of Campbellsville. Back
row — Aaron Tims of Bardstown, Ky.; and Dr. Max Downey, Columbia Rotary member and
a leader at the Homeplace. (ColumbiaMagazine.com photo by Columbia Rotarian George
Kolbenschlag)