Kentucky

SOMETIMES, YOUR career path has a way of sneaking up on you when you least expect it. Take, for instance, David Estes, Printing Services coordinator at East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC), in Winchester, Ky. Estes admits he didn't know what the future held when he enrolled as an undeclared student at Eastern Kentucky University.

Some of the largest commercial printers are closing plants and laying off employees. by Erik Cagle After an almost unprecedented stretch of prosperity across the board, the commercial printing industry is starting to feel the pinch of a plodding economy. Several prominent companies have responded with cost reduction measures. • Montreal-based Quebecor World, the world's largest printer, plans to close plants in Illinois, Kentucky and Nebraska, resulting in the loss of more than 1,000 jobs. The company refused to comment on the situation. • Cadmus Communications, in Richmond, Va., is cutting 280 positions, 8 percent of its 3,500-employee work force. • Chicago-based R.R.