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Matthew Hostetler, age 17, has been awarded the rank of Eagle Scout. He received his recommendation for the Eagle Award on November 7, 2012 and his achievement was celebrated January 26, 2013.

The combined efforts of the Butler and Falmouth Lions Clubs made it possible for participants to receive free eye examinations during the recent Pendleton County Health Fair held at Phillip Sharp Middle School on Saturday, March 28. The Lions Club was able to borrow the two eye testing machines from the Florence Lions Club which enabled them to do a large number of exams. During the three hour screening period they were able to complete 67 exams and found that 15 of those participants needed follow up.

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Do you have a child that is under nine years old who would love to show an animal at the Pendleton County Youth Fair at the novice livestock show?

Mark your calendars!  There will be a novice livestock meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16 at the Pendleton County Extension Office.

Please call 859-654-3395 to register or to receive more information.

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A reunion of the descendants and relatives of James Pribble, Revolutionary War patriot, will be held on Saturday, June 22 in the multi-purpose building at the Flour Creek Christian Church in Butler, Pendleton County, Ky.

For information or to RSVP, please contact Gladys Pribble Smith at 859-472-2413 or Sandy Plummer Craddock, 503 Chapel Street, Falmouth, KY 41040 or scraddock2@insightbb.com (please put Pribble Reunion in the subject line).

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The Young Eagles Rally will be held at the Gene Snyder Airport at Falmouth on Saturday, April 13, 2013.

The event will be held from 9:30 a.m - 1 p.m. Weather alternate date is Sunday, April 14 from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Free airplane rides will be given to the first 100 kids age 8-17 registered. Parent or legal guardian must sign. Rides are given by FAA Certified pilots. Refreshments will be available.

Directions: follow KY 22 East off U.S. 27 from north or south to Airport Road by following green airport signs.

See youngeagles.org for more information about the EAA Young Eagles program.

The event is sponsored by pilots of Gene Snyer and Hrrison County airports, EAS, Eastern Aviation Fuels and Falmouth/Pendleton County Airport Board.

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The second annual Relay for Life Co-Ed Softball Tournament will be held Saturday, May 18 at the Athletic Park, located behind McDonald's, in Falmouth. The entry fee is $150 per team. The deadline to register is Wednesday, May 15. Please contact Mandy Smith at 859-620-9172 for more details or to register your team. All money raised will go to Pendleton County Relay For Life Come help us knock cancer out of the park!

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As participants entered the Pendleton County Connections Health Fair they passed through a huge model of a human colon. It graphically demonstrated diseases and contained information on early detection.

One hundred fifty-one people participated in the fourth annual Pendleton County Connections Heath Fair.

This year’s event featured over $1200 in free health screenings.

St. Elizabeth Healthcare Women’s Wellness Centers’ Mobile Mammography had a full schedule of appointments.

As participants entered the Phillip Sharp Middle School gym, they passed through a model of a human colon that graphically demonstrated the diseases associated with it along with information on early detection and treatment options.

Edith Bladel shares a moment with her son Paul Blasdel, right, and daughter Brenda Higgins, left. A musician all her life, Blasdel resides at Pine Knoll Assisted Living Center, Lawrenceburg.

By Chandra L. Mattingly, Register Publications Staff Reporter

You'd have to be over 100 to remember the March 1913 flood. Edith Blasdel doesn't remember it, but she and her family remember the most important fact from that time: it's when she was born! Blasdel, daughter of George Clarence and Chloe Bentle, was born Thursday, March 21, 1913, at Lights Fork Creek, Ky., said her son Paul Blasdel, Capistrano, Calif.

“The day she was born the creek they lived on was very swollen,” he said. Her dad – his grandpa – rode a horse to Falmouth to get the doctor to assist at the birth.

Muhlenberg County dairy farmer Bland Hardison's generous donations to Kentucky's animal shelters will help with supplies, operating costs and maintenance. Pendleton County will use the donation to help with the spay and neuter program.

A mild-mannered western Kentucky farmer who never turned away a stray cat left a portion of his estate to every county-run animal shelter in the state.

County officials received checks earlier this month for $1,432.47 from a man they never met, a Muhlenberg County dairy farmer named Bland Hardison.

Hardison died in 2008 at age 86 and had set up in his will a gift for the state's animal shelters, said his widow, Jonell Hardison. In total, Hardison set aside nearly $1 million in donations to various charities upon his death, and the estate took years to settle.