The Pendleton County District Board will be meeting at the Extension Office at 6 p.m. directly followed by the Pendleton County Extension Board at 7 p.m., Thursday, November 29, 2012.

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It's time to start thinking about participating in Butler's Christmas Parade.

The parade will be December 15 with the line up beginning at 12:15 p.m. The parade will start at 1 p.m. from the Community Center at 110 Mill Street.

Santa will be riding on the city float so no other Santa's please.

We welcome organizations, people walking, bicycles, tractors, motorcycles, cars, fire trucks, horses and of course floats.

After the parade Santa will meet with the children at the Community Center. There will be cookies, coffee and hot chocolate for everyone to enjoy.

If you know of anyone that would be interested please pass this information on to them.

Come out and help us make this the best parade ever. The theme for this year is simple..."It's Christmas!"

Hope to see you on December 15.

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Other activities taking place the day of the Falmouth Christmas Parade include:

2:30 p.m. - Meet in front of Falmouth Post office to hear interesting facts about Falmouth. A second tour will begin after parade.

3 p.m. - Hot chocolate served to Christmas shoppers in front of Pastime Theater.

3 p.m. - The Oakland Church choir will perform on stage. "Walk Thru Bethlehem" later in the evening at Oakland Church.

3:30 p.m. - Entries for the parade need to be at the fairgrounds for line-up. (No Santa's besides our parade Santa please.)

3:30 p.m. - Christmas bake off entries need to be to the stage downtown (no store bought items will be accepted).

4 p.m. - "The Night Before Christmas" themed parade will begin.

Crowning of Snow Queen, Snow Princess and Old Man Winter will be held immediately following the parade.

5 p.m. - Free bowl of hot chili and listen to music at the Falmouth Fire Department.

Santa will visit with all the children after the parade at City Hall where he will give each child a stocking filled with fruit and candy.

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Remember the days when the Falmouth Women's Club would have the White Christmas program? The Falmouth Rotary Club is bringing this tradition back. The White Christmas program will be held at the Falmouth Baptist Church at the corner of Maple Avenue and Fourth Street at 7 p.m. on December 9. There will musical selections by several of the area's choirs. Everyone is asked to bring a non-perishable food item wrapped in white. The Rotary's theme is peace through service. Through this service we hope to bring some peace to some families Christmas season.

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As a gift to the community, God's family at Oakland (in Pendleton County) is presenting for their fifth year a "Walk Through Bethlehem." Come and see the shops, the sounds and sights, the guards, the hustle and bustle of Bethlehem as it might have been at the time of Jesus' birth. Meet Mary and Joseph and the babe at the stable. See the royally robed Magi as they journey to find the baby. Your outdoor journey ends at the tomb where you'll meet Nicodemus and an angel as they proclaim the "reason for the season."

Come and see the true meaning of Christmas. Before your tour you will hear special singers inside the church. This is indeed  a very special free event for all ages. Remember to dress warmly. Tours will be from 6 - 8:30 p.m. each evening. Refreshments are served. For more info or directions, please call 859-654-6174 or 859-797-3719.

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Until further notice, the regular monthly meeting of the Pendleton County Industrial Development Authority shall be conducted the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Citizens Building, 135 West Shelby Street, Falmouth. The meetings begin at 7 a.m. All meetings are open to the public.

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The life altering decision to join the military comes with much that is never heard nor seen by the general public.  Much of this commitment is both physically and mentally life altering. For many veterans’, they carry their memories internally within their head and may on occasion share them with friends, family or in general conversation. Many do not! So, what does it mean to be a veteran?

Being a veteran means lying in your bedroom all night in fear as an 18 year old without sleeping knowing that you’re shipping off to Parris Island, South Carolina to start your Marine Corps career in a few hours.

Being a veteran means having your heart beat well beyond its MHR (maximum heart rate) as that first drill instructor steps on the bus screaming at an octave you’ve never heard before and telling you that you have ten seconds to get off of the bus and line up on the little yellow footprints outside of the bus.

Tom McKee commissioned Billie Jo Chaplin a Kentucky Colonel. Judge Executive Henry Bertram also presented her with a framed certificate that recognized her contributions to county veterans.

Joyce Crupper Clifford was one of two former educators to be inducted into the University of Kentucky School of Human Environmental Sciences Hall of Fame, along with Helen Anderson Shaw, a Lexington native, were honored for their years of dedication to the betterment of their professions, local communities and the school during a recognition ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Friday, October 19 at the Hilary J. Boone Center on UK’s campus.

"This year we honor Dr. Helen Shaw and Joyce Clifford. Both have made significant contributions within the field of education—Dr. Shaw within higher education and Ms. Clifford in secondary education," said Ann Vail, director of the school, which is part of the UK College of Agriculture. "They are examples of the breadth of impact someone in our field can have. They are inspiring role models for our students and alumni."

Clifford, an Owen County native, received her bachelor’s in vocational home economics education from UK in 1959.

In 1967, she began teaching home economics at Harrison County High School. She also served as department chairperson for the high school’s vocational programs.

Pendleton County Fiscal Court meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m., November 13, 2012.

Agenda: Call to order, prayer, pledge, approval of agenda, approval of minutes, presentation of treasure’s report, Industrial Authority discussion, electrical inspector contracts (Rice-Helmer), Justice Center Snow Removal contract, health insurance renewal, county attorney report (Catawba-Attorney General; Road Taxing District; Starving Horse Ordinance), repairs to Ford 7610, transfers, pay bills, closing remarks – Judge Bertram/Magistrates, adjourn.

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