Monticello — There will be a familiar figure and a familiar face on the Saturday, February 20 edition of KET's Kentucky Life.

The segment will feature the history of the World War I Doughboy Statue in Monticello, and will include an interview with Harlan Ogle, Director and Curator of the Wayne County Museum.

"I'm looking forward to seeing it, " said Ogle, as he talked about the upcoming segment.

Ogle said that members of the Kentucky Life team were in town last year on two occasions. They did the interview and then came back to tape video of the statue, and they also spent some time in the museum.

Ogle, who has written a book about the history of this memorial, shares the background of the sculpture from idea to dedication. He noted that the segment includes the history of the Doughboy as well as information about the sculptor E. M. Viquesney.

This statue is one of seven identical ones in Kentucky, several of which have been damaged or destroyed.

It was originally scheduled to air on KET last fall, but was delayed because of the network's transition to high definition.

The show is hosted by Dave Shuffett and will debut at 8 p.m. on February 20 on KET.

It will air again on Sunday, February 21 at 4:30 p.m. and on KET 2 at 7:30 p.m. that evening.

"This helps Wayne County get exposure and not only exposure in Kentucky, " said Ogle. "KET puts the segments on their website, so people who can't get KET can go to the website and watch. "

This segment of Kentucky Life also features several other interesting aspects of life around the state.

First, they will visit southeastern Kentucky to hunt down a threat to the face of the Appalachian forest: the Hemlock Wooly Adelgid, a small insect that attacks and overwhelms hemlock trees.

This deadly bug has killed up to 90 percent of hemlock trees in forests and groves across the Appalachians.

A network of Kentucky conservation and education institutions is attempting to stop the spread of the Hemlock Wooly Adelgid in Kentucky's pristine Hemlock forests.

Then, Shuffett visits Lexington's bustling Southland Drive, a unique small business corridor and active community. Then the Doughboy segment will air, followed by a story on Marshall County artist Shannon Duffy, who makes children's toys at her home.

Duffy's toys are individually crafted for each child. She began her artistic career in metal work, but once she had children she found a safer alternative to express herself. She turned to sewing, and today she has a line of felt children's toys that appeal to kids' imaginations.

Kentucky Life is a KET production, produced by Brandon Wickey. Segment producers are Jessica Gibbs, Shuffett, Valerie Trimble and Wickey.

More information about Kentucky Life, including streaming video, is available at www.ket.org/kentucky life.