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The 22 Pendleton County High School members who competed March 10 in the Northern Kentucky Region FFA Day were, front row, Brooke Florer, Jaycee O’Hara, Kaycee Voet, Lilyana Miller, Isabella Roberts, Riley Browning, Miley Smith, Austyn Colvin, Hannah Cahill; and back row, Cadence Ryan, Riley Combs, Chris Thompson, Mason Ammerman, Alex Mosley, Dawson Nichols, Damein Newman, RJ Combs, TJ Weinel, Klaber Wolfe, Carson Crouch, Patrick Patton, Tyler Hutchinson, Levi Wolfe

The 22 Pendleton County High School members who competed March 10 in the Northern Kentucky Region FFA Day were, front row, Brooke Florer, Jaycee O’Hara, Kaycee Voet, Lilyana Miller, Isabella Roberts, Riley Browning, Miley Smith, Austyn Colvin, Hannah Cahill; and back row, Cadence Ryan, Riley Combs, Chris Thompson, Mason Ammerman, Alex Mosley, Dawson Nichols, Damein Newman, RJ Combs, TJ Weinel, Klaber Wolfe, Carson Crouch, Patrick Patton, Tyler Hutchinson, Levi Wolfe

PCHS students harvest FFA accolades

By Aubrey Record Six members of Pendleton County High School’s FFA Club qualified for state competition in June during the March 10 Northern Kentucky Region FFA Day.
Isabella Roberts

Isabella Roberts

Three Sharp Scholarships awarded

By Carol Klaber This year, the Sharp Scholarships Committee announced three awards instead of the usual two, the Sharp Class of 1962 Scholarship and the Sharp Family Scholarship. A one-time third four-year scholarship is being given by the Sharp Family in memory of educator Charles A.
Pendleton County High School agriculture teachers Jaimie Mann, left, and Chris Thompson celebrate Thompson’s FFA Golden Owl Award for the Northern Kentucky Region. Photo by Burton Cole.

Pendleton County High School agriculture teachers Jaimie Mann, left, and Chris Thompson celebrate Thompson’s FFA Golden Owl Award for the Northern Kentucky Region. Photo by Burton Cole.

Ag teacher wins regional Golden Owl

By Burton Cole FALMOUTH — The students erupted in applause last Wednesday morning when agriculture teacher Chris Thompson walked into the Pendleton County High School auditorium.
Pendleton County High School DECA club students who competed in the Jan. 15 regional competition were, top row from left, Ja’zi Grayson, Benjamin Patton, Hunter Keeton, Kamden O’Hara, Micah Biddle, Parker McCandless, Lincoln Meyer, Jonathan Brossart, Jaren Ashcraft, Miles Collins, Elijah Barhorst, Adam Beebe, Ava Roenker, Jackson Jacobs, Hannah Cahill, Jasmine Huffman and Brooklyn McNay, and bottom row, London Johnson, Chloe Holbrook, Jenna Hyden, Haley Slover, Riley Browning, Jessa Gerhardstein, Aubrey Rec

Pendleton County High School DECA club students who competed in the Jan. 15 regional competition were, top row from left, Ja’zi Grayson, Benjamin Patton, Hunter Keeton, Kamden O’Hara, Micah Biddle, Parker McCandless, Lincoln Meyer, Jonathan Brossart, Jaren Ashcraft, Miles Collins, Elijah Barhorst, Adam Beebe, Ava Roenker, Jackson Jacobs, Hannah Cahill, Jasmine Huffman and Brooklyn McNay, and bottom row, London Johnson, Chloe Holbrook, Jenna Hyden, Haley Slover, Riley Browning, Jessa Gerhardstein, Aubrey Rec

DECA students score big at regional competition

By Aubrey Record, PCHS student Pendleton County High School’s DECA club they blew it out of the water in regional competition Jan. 15 at Eastern Kentucky University.There were 32 DECA students representing PCHS and 21 students have advanced to compete at state level in March in Louisville.
Students from Northern and Southern elementary schools stock the shelves at FRYSC.

Students from Northern and Southern elementary schools stock the shelves at FRYSC.

Students stock pantry

Northern and Southern elementary schools gathered nonperishable goods in December for the Family Resource and Youth Services Center at Pendleton County High School. In the friendly competition, Northern students brought in 1,153 items.
New additions include the 10th Region logo just inside of both free throw lines plus an outlined shape of Pendleton County with the initials 'PC' at mid-court.

New additions include the 10th Region logo just inside of both free throw lines plus an outlined shape of Pendleton County with the initials 'PC' at mid-court.

PCHS gymnasium floor undergoes major renovation

The gymnasium floor at Pendleton County High School received a long-awaited makeover that students, parents, athletes and administration can enjoy before the start of the 2025-26 school year in August.
During Pendleton County High School commencement ceremonies May 23 at the high school, the top academic graduates of the Class of 2025 gathered for a photo. From left are Hannah Thomas, Bryant Brown, class salutatorian Emily Best, valedictorian Kade Carr, Annie Lin, Jayla McIlvain and Emily Fultz. Missing from he photo is Jacob Peluso.

During Pendleton County High School commencement ceremonies May 23 at the high school, the top academic graduates of the Class of 2025 gathered for a photo. From left are Hannah Thomas, Bryant Brown, class salutatorian Emily Best, valedictorian Kade Carr, Annie Lin, Jayla McIlvain and Emily Fultz. Missing from he photo is Jacob Peluso.

Top graduates

During Pendleton County High School commencement ceremonies May 23 at the high school, the top academic graduates of the Class of 2025 gathered for a photo. From left are Hannah Thomas, Bryant Brown, class salutatorian Emily Best, valedictorian Kade Carr, Annie Lin, Jayla McIlvain and Emily Fultz.
Southern Elementary School students rewarded in the Masonic Bicycles in Schools for Attendance Program are, from left, are Elijah Bess, Alynah Younger, Emma Barlow, Madalyn Butler, Levi Hilterbrand and Christopher Bishop. In the back row are SES Principal Mark Hegyi and Masons Rick Halcomb, Jeremy Moore and Steve Bowman.

Southern Elementary School students rewarded in the Masonic Bicycles in Schools for Attendance Program are, from left, are Elijah Bess, Alynah Younger, Emma Barlow, Madalyn Butler, Levi Hilterbrand and Christopher Bishop. In the back row are SES Principal Mark Hegyi and Masons Rick Halcomb, Jeremy Moore and Steve Bowman.

Orion Lodge rewards perfect attendance

By Nila Harris FALMOUTH — Six Southern Elementary School students who never missed a day of classes all year were rewarded with new bicycles.In 2015, Cloyd J.
Graduating seniors Maddie Marshall, left, and Lily Gibson have their plates ready as the line inches toward the grill.  Photos by Burton Cole.

Graduating seniors Maddie Marshall, left, and Lily Gibson have their plates ready as the line inches toward the grill. Photos by Burton Cole.

Congratulatory cookout

By Burton Cole FALMOUTH — In what has become a sizzling tradition at Pendleton County High School, the Demossville Masons towed their grill to school on Thursday and cooked a picnic lunch of hamburgers and hot dogs for the graduating seniors.