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25 Years Ago - May 2, 2000Pendleton County Fiscal Court voted 7-2 to implement a 1% payroll tax for everyone who works in the county.The April 27 vote to raise additional revenue was a giant step for the court.

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25 Years Ago - April 25, 2000Farmers have been hit hard with tobacco quota cuts, making the fear of lost income a reality.Two farm families in Morgan are trying to branch out to supplement their income.

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25 Years Ago - April 18, 2000Pendleton County Judge Executive Henry Bertram told fiscal court members that he was tired of dealing with this jail issue and that someone was going to have to stand up and make a decision on what has to be done.

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25 Years Ago - April 11, 2000A sophisticated new gauge on the Licking River bridge at Shoemakertown will give emergency management leaders an important edge in monitoring dangerous river levels.

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25 Years Ago - March 21, 2000Falmouth City Council is discussing how to collect delinquent bills for fire runs made by the Falmouth Fire Department.Approximately $16,000 is owed the city dating back to April 1999.

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25 Years Ago - March 14, 2000Ruby Wyatt and her daughter, Dixie Owens, were among guest speakers at the National Association of Women Business Owners on March 7 in Louisville.Wyatt is owner of Wyatt’s Supermarket in Falmouth.

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25 Years Ago - March 7, 2000The Pendleton County Pacesetters Cross Country Club and the Licking River Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council are in the process of designing and building a hiking and biking trail in Pendleton County.

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25 Years Ago - February 29, 2000Ten days after flooding from the Licking River hit the area, the cities of Falmouth and Butler, and Pendleton County are cleaning up debris left by high water.

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25 Years Ago - February 22, 2000Many residents in Falmouth and Butler didn’t have to be told to pack up and move their things out last Friday evening. As the Licking River began to rise up, their remembrance of the March 1, 1997, flood was brought back very quickly.

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25 Years Ago - February 15, 2000Gov. Paul Patton has included $1.5 million for Pendleton County in his proposed six-year road plan for the commonwealth.The appropriation would fund reconstruction of U.S. Highway 27 from the Licking River bridge at Falmouth to Kentucky 154 in Campbell County.