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by Terri Miller
Kathy Minor started barbering two years ago, and last June she opened her own shop. 'The further south you go,' she said, 'the less the older barbers want to hire a woman.'
'Yeah, I like it,' said Aaron Wheeler, a student from Western Kentucky University. He said he heard about Minor's shop from his girlfriend's father.
Although Kathy Minor runs a barber shop, she often has female customers, too. June Harrington saw Kathy's sign while driving past and decided to stop in.
'Just a little off the back,' Kendall Branstetter tells Kathy. 'I like it long.' Branstetter, who lives in Horse Cave, said he drives the six miles to Cave City for a haircut about every six weeks.
Kathy's husband, Gary Minor, opened the Broadway Barber Shop in June in their remodeled garage. 'Business is picking up,' she said, 'but I need to get out and advertise more.' Between customers, Minor sits outside with the family dog, Prissy.

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