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25 Years Ago - February 17, 1998 In preparation for the possibility of the Pendleton County Detention Center being shut down, Judge/Executive Don Mays asked fiscal court at their February 12 meeting to be allowed to contact other facilities within a 100 mile radius and seek contract possibilities.

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25 Years Ago - February 10, 1998 Service International returned to Falmouth for its fourth visit in spite of cancellation and extreme winter weather in the county.

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25 Years Ago - February 3, 1998 Charges of discrimination being made against the city of Falmouth due to their hesitation to annex properties in Landview Acres and selecting appraisal services for the buyout program were on the agenda for the January 28 Falmouth City Council special meeting.

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25 Years Ago - January 27, 1998 The Rebound Bowl, sponsored by St. Luke Hospitals Health Alliance, in honor of Pendleton County’s “rebound” from the 1997 Flood, recognized Jo Ann Florence, director of St.

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25 Years Ago - January 20, 1998 State Rep. Tom McKee announced January 14 at a special-called  park board meeting that Gov. Paul Patton has committed $3 million for a nine-hole golf course at Kincaid Lake State Park.

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25 Years Ago - January 13, 1998   A 14-year-old and a 15-year old juvenile were taken into custody on January 8 for the vandalism at Phillip $. Sharp Middle School near Butler.

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25 Years Ago - December 23, 1997 Due to the March 1997 flood, the county lost all their old voting machines. That type of machine cannot be replaced, so we will be using the new electronic voting machines for the first time in the May 1998 Primary.

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25 Years Ago - December 16, 1997 Governor Paul Patton expects the state will end the year with $235.4 million surplus left in the Treasury. The governor wants to spend four-fifths of the money on building projects and streamlining government.