March 4, 2025
25 Years Ago - March 7, 2000
The 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.
Craig Chaplin, president of the Pacesetters, and Tom Leith, coordinator of the council, area authors of a grant which won approval to build the trail. The grant valued at more than $11,300 was approved by the Office of the Governor, Department of Local Government.
The trail would be 8.5 miles long through the woods, running from Butler to Falmouth.
The planning committee is seeking public input on what features should be included, such as mile post markers, rest stops and signs depicting wildlife in the area.
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Andrew Gosney, a junior at Pendleton County High School, was selected for the All-Tournament Team after the finals of the 38th District Boys Basketball Tournament held at Bracken County. Brossart defeated Campbell in the final game.
Andrew also was recently chosen to play on the KY/Nike Junior All-Stars team this summer under Eddie Ford. They will travel in and out of state, playing in various tournaments.
50 Years Ago - March 7, 1975
Ralph Bowling, a well-known Pendleton County citizen and a cashier of the Farmers Bank in Butler, had the misfortune to fall from a ladder at the bank Monday morning and suffer a broken right wrist.
Bowling was adjusting a light in the ceiling at the bank before the doors were opened for business that day. He was rushed to St. Luke Hospital, Fort Thomas, where his wrist was set by Dr. Kim.
Bowling was back at work on Tuesday.
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City of Falmouth employees have been trimming the city’s crabapple trees on the streets of Falmouth this week, using their new tree limb crusher-grinder.
The city trimmed the trees in the front courthouse yard.
Mayor Max Goldberg came in Saturday with a load of 200 new trees to plant this spring under the auspices of the Falmouth Tree Committee.
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This week’s ad for the Pendleton Food Bank, 311 Chapel St., Falmouth, featured a number of deals, including a two-pound box of Chef Delight Cheese for 99 cents; Royal Crown Cola, a carton of eight 16-ounce bottles for $1.15 or a carton of 24 for $3.30; Shur-Good Cookies, three packages for $1; round steak for $1.29 a pound; homemade pork sausage at two pounds for $1.89; and three pounds of hamburger for $2.29.
75 Years Ago - March 10, 1950
The postmaster at Foster received word Monday that the mail route out of that post office will be discontinued as of March 16. This mail route is one of the largest in this section, extending from Foster down into Pendleton County.
Beginning March 16, patrons of the Foster mail route will begin receiving their mail on Bradford Route 2.
The town of Foster celebrated its 100th birthday in January and is the oldest post office in Bracken County.
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The Morgan Raiders are the 1950 basketball champions of the 38th District, and Pendleton county fans are proud of them.
Coached by Richard Gulick, the Raiders well deserve their title and the people of the county stand behind them 100 percent in the regional tournament at Paris.
Morgan won the district tournament by defeating Augusta 57-54 Friday night at Falmouth.
Paced by Clarence Adams, Morgan’s big center who scored 22 points, the Raiders were in the lead most of the game. It was one of the most thrilling games ever witnessed on the local hardwood.
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The Short Creek Baptist Church has almost completed eight new Sunday school rooms. The public is given a corial invitation to attend church or Sunday school with the congregation at any time.
100 Years Ago - March 6, 1925
A remarkable egg record was reported to the Outlook last week by G.W. Steele of Concord in Pendleton County. Mr. Steele has kept an accurate record of the production from his flock of brown leghorn hens for the past 11 years.
Over 11 years, his hens have totaled 11,418 dozen eggs for 137,016 total eggs, and has received at Cincinnati market price, after freight and commission charges, $3,615 free and clear.
During those 11 years, Mr. Steele has kept from 75 to 200 hens. He has used no special feed, no poultry powders. The hens are fed corn, rye, oats, some wheat, sour milk and what they pick up about the farm.
He hasn’t a modern hen house, but just a common shelter such as is to be found on any other farm where chicken raising is a sideline and not made the main issue.
Mr. Steele says his flock has always been healthy and requires very little attention. He feeds them well and lets the hens do the rest.
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The senior class of the Falmouth High School gave their class play, “When a Feller Needs a Friend,” Friday night at the school auditorium.
A farce comedy in three acts, the play was well-suited for amateur productions.
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The members of the Cooperative Pure Milk Association of Pendleton County met in Falmouth Saturday to discuss the milk situation.
It was brought out at this meeting that the association was not in the financial straights that has been reported. The members were assured that the association has met every financial obligation, nothwithstanding its enemies have been busy circulating false reports that are calculated to discourage weak-kneed members.