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25 Years Ago - November 7, 2000Pendleton County Homemakers celebrated their 50th anniversary Nov. 5 with an open house at the Pendleton County Extension building.Helen Strasser, chairwoman of the anniversary planning committee, welcomed the full house to the anniversary program.State Sen.

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25 Years Ago - October 31, 2000Judge Executive Henry Bertram and state Rep. Tom McKee presented each fire department in Pendleton County with $10,000 on Oct. 25 to be used for community development.

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25 Years Ago - October 17, 2000Pendleton County High School graduate and softball standout Wilson “Butch” Hays will be inducted into the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame on Oct. 18.

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25 Years Ago - October 10, 2000A man from Butler and another from Lawrenceburg, Indiana, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Covington to charges involved the armed robbery of Fifth Third’ Butler branch on July 18.

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25 Years Ago - October 3, 2000Phil Turner, vice chairman of the Pendleton County Industrial Development Authority, presented a check to Michael and Deborah Whaley to complete the Industrial Authority’s purchase of the Citizens Building, 135 W. Shelby St., Falmouth on Sept. 26.

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25 Years Ago - September 26, 2000As Pendleton County moves forward implementing 911 services for its residents, addresses will be standardized. New addresses will replace the present route and box numbers for rural residents, and they will be listed in the phone book.

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25 Years Ago - September 19, 2000Pendleton County deputy jailers were given a two-week notice as county Fiscal Court is closing the jail.

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25 Years Ago - September 12, 2000The cost to start up and maintain a football program at Pendleton County High School and Philip Sharp Middle School topped a list of concerns discussed at a special county School Board meeting on Sept.

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25 Years Ago - September 5, 2000Robert M. Jones was selected as the new supervisor on the Pendleton County Conservation District Board of Supervisors.He is filling the unexpired term of Jonathan Smith, who recently moved to Harrison County.

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25 Years Ago - August 29, 2000Pendleton County resident Eric Ross, 18, won reserve grand champion market steer Aug. 23 at the Kentucky State Fair with his Simmental-Angus.The 17-month-old, 1,326-pound steer finished second out of 101 entries across 13 classes at the fair.