June 17, 2025
25 Years Ago - June 20, 2000
A group of state and local dignitaries gathered in Butler on June 15 to celebrate the groundbreaking for the new water project, connecting Butler with the Kenton County water supply.
Pendleton county Judge Executive Henry Bertram gave a brief overview of the project, minimizing his own role by explaining that most of the work securing the grants and planning for the $2 million project had been accomplished before his term in office began.
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Pendleton County’s own Farmers’ Market is scheduled to open for the first time at 8 a.m. June 24.
Farmers will display their fresh, homegrown produce at the new market on Dickerson Lane behind Movie Gallery and the new Empress Chili in Falmouth. Stands will stay open until the produce is sold.
No commercial produce will be for sale. Fresh fruits and vegetables, bedding plants, flowers, vegetable transplants, herbs and homemade crafts may be sold.
The new market represents a productive use of flood buyout property.
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Pendleton County Fiscal Court held a special meeting June 14 in a packed community room at the county courthouse to discuss a proposed payroll tax.
Judge Executive Henry Bertram began the meeting by explaining that the county cannot continue to house prisoners in the current jail because of stricter Department of Corrections standards.
Fiscal Court has been discussing for several years construction of a new jail. Estimates are that the budget for running the jail would rise to more than $600,000 a year, plus construction of the new jail, plus renovation of the old jail to be used as a kitchen and to house Class D felons.
50 Years Ago - June 20, 1975
Celebration Day will be observed in Pendleton County on July 5.
Better known as Trading Day, many antique dealers and flea market operators are expected to set up in Falmouth, along with local booths. There will be good and music.
Mike Fisher, president of the Pendleton Jaycees, has been appointed booth chairman by Judge David Pribble. Fisher is also a city councilman and will assign space on the Courthouse Square.
Some youth bands are expected to be on hand to play. There may be a spontaneous parade. Pribble said he is open to suggestions.
Falmouth merchants will have special prices for the event. The Masonic Lodge will serve fish set-ups in the courthouse yard.
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The planned trip to Washington to find doctors for Pendleton County Hospital in Falmouth did not materialize.
The office of Sen. Wendell Ford found that there were no doctors available, so the trip was canceled.
Last fall, the Pendleton Hospital was advised there were 30 doctors available for Kentucky in distressed areas and the federal government would pay them $30,000 each in annual salaries.
The local hospital board and doctors committee filled out forms for two doctors, and about March 1, were told the county would get the doctors by July 1.
Then the local hospital received a letter stating that the two doctors were not available because the federal government ran out of money for the program.
Pendleton County Hospital is at the top of the list for next year, according to the federal program, and local officials are scrambling to find doctors to keep the local hospital open.
75 Years Ago - June 23, 1950
The need for the Falmouth Dam was again shown this week when the Main Licking River flooded hundreds of acres of crops, mainly tobacco and corn.
It was pointed out that if the dam were built, this damage would not be sustained by the farmers in this section.
Jessie Oldham, U.S. weather reporter, stated Tuesday that the Licking was 27.9 feet and still rising. A total of 3.44 inches of rain fell on Sunday and Monday.
The same situation happened in June 1948, when Pendleton County farmers had their crops ruined by the flooding Licking. This is not flash flood. It is normal and will return again and again unless the Falmouth Dam is built.
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A barn on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Bentle on Dahms Road at Elizabethville, known as the old Bentle homestead, was burned to the ground about 1 a.m. Monday after it had been struck by lightning.
Consumed in the flames were 2,000 tobacco sticks, 10 or 12 tons of hay and some lumber. A milk house that stood near the barn was also destroyed.
The loss is partially covered by insurance in the Pendleton county Farmers Fire Insurance Co. Mr. Bentle plans to rebuild, but in a different location.
100 Years Ago - June 19, 1925
M.V. Hobday, an old Falmouth boy who is residing in Chattanooga, Tennessee, arrived Monday for a visit to his many relatives and friends in Falmouth.
He has been a resident of Chattanooga for the past 25 years and it will be pleasing news to his legion of friends to know that he has made good.
Although he has been gone many years, he still refers to Falmouth as his home. This is where he first saw the light of day, and naturally, he enjoys a visit back to the native heath occasionally.
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Mrs. F.M. Browning and daughter, Miss Elizabeth Browning, of Falmouth, and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Browning and children of Ashland, spent several days last week as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed R. Browning of Washington Court House, Ohio. The went over especially to see Joe R. Browning, who is with the Royal Scotch Highlander’s Band, which has an engagement at Washington Court House on June 9.