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Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Three Rivers District Health Dept. holds flu clinic The Three Rivers District Health Department held its annual flu shot clinic this past Friday, October 13 at the Pendleton County High School. With no shortage of flu vaccine this year over 300 shots were given, even some curbside when disabled people pulled up. Above, Tammy Reed, RN gives Mr. Jim Sharp his shot. If you have not received your flu shot and would like to do so, you may call the Health Department after October 23 for an appointment. |
McKee addresses fiscal court By Roger McKinney, Reporter Kentucky State Representative, Tom McKee, spoke to the members of the Pendleton County Fiscal Court on the evening of October 10, 2006. Representative McKee said he had attended that day's public hearing regarding the replacement of the Falmouth/Shakertown Bridge. He stated that some 90 Falmouth citizens had presented questions and expressed their opinions to the bridge engineers and the Kentucky Department of Transportation representatives, who presided over the hearing. "The final decision pertaining to the new bridge's location will be made before December, 2006," said McKee, "Completion of the project is expected by 2010." Representative McKee said everyone was working hard toward the realization of a lodge at Kincaid Lake State Park. A proposal for the endeavor should be finished by the end of this year. Tom McKee stated that the $2,000,000 in grant funding from the Governor's Office for Local Development (GOLD) was a great economic boost to Pendleton County. This funding will be applied to the construction of the Falmouth Regional Sewer Plant and will reduce the monthly bill to each citizen using the system by $25.00. Representative McKee said the $2,000,000 in GOLD funding was one third of the total amount ($6,000,000) available to the entire State of Kentucky. Kincaid Regional Theatre General Manager, Shirley Merrill, addressed the fiscal court regarding an upcoming holiday musical. Mrs. Merrill said that KRT would present "A Sanders Family Christmas" on the 24th, 25th, and 26th of November, as well as, the 1st, 3rd, 8th, 9th and 10th of December. The plot of the play involves the musical Sanders Family, who spent the Christmas Eve of 1941 with Preacher, Mervin Oglethrope and his congregation at the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in North Carolina. "This little masterpiece," said Manager Merrill, "provides comic entertainment that is rich with gospel music and traditional Christmas songs." The Pendleton County Magistrates approved a motion to provide the court's annual funding to Kincaid Regional Theatre ahead of schedule in order to support this special holiday production.
KENDRA JONES Pendleton County 911 Dispatcher, Kendra Jones, was presented with a framed certificate by Judge Henry Bertram that recognized her outstanding work at the Emergency Operation Center. For more of this story, see this week's Falmouth Outlook |
Parents: Could you use some information on internet safety for your children? There will be an "Internet Safety Presentation" held at Sharp Middle School in the gymnasium beginning at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19. The presentation will be led by Major Jack Prindle of the Electronic Crimes Division with the Boone County Sheriff's Office. The Sharp Middle School NJHS Club will be providing babysitting services free of charge to those parents needing a sitter for children ages 9 and under. There will also be many door prizes that will be given away at the end of the presentation - not only will you learn how to help protect your child, but you may also win prizes. Please come out and support our presentation and help protect our children!! Teens often use acronyms as a kind of shorthand for text messages - teen lingo and slang are used to hide inappropriate behavior from parents prying eyes. If you are a parent with internet access in your home, you should commit these 15 terms to memory as they are terms that deal with children trying to hide something or masking a potentially dangerous situation: (Courtesy of 2006 Teen Chat Decoder.com) *AITR=Adult In The Room; |
Circuit Judge rules in DeFalco's favor; By Roger McKinney, Reporter Circuit Judge, Robert McGinnis, heard the case of Flaugher vs. DeFalco on the morning of October 11, 2006. Falmouth Mayor, Gene Flaugher filed a legal complaint on September 18, claiming Ms. April DeFalco had not maintained residency in the city of Falmouth for one year prior to the upcoming November, 2006 Election and therefore, was ineligible to run for the office of mayor. The complaint also stated that Ms. DeFalco first filed to run for Falmouth City Councilwoman on August 7 and that her nominating petition was signed by two Falmouth residents: Mr. Jackie Vaughn and Ms. Bertie Sandy. Later, she changed her mind and filed the same nominating petition on August 8 with city councilwoman marked off the document. In substitution the words, "Falmouth Mayor" were written. Plus, the complaint contended, she failed to have Mr. Vaughn and Ms. Sandy resign the nominating petition. Mayor Flaugher was represented by Attorney, Robert Bathalter. April Defalco's legal counsel was Attorney, Louise Brown. Judge McGinnis told Attorney Bathalter that the burden of proof belonged to him. After a number of witnesses testified and several documents were presented, Judge McGinnis determined that Ms. Defalco's residency had not been conclusively disproved. In regard to the matter of the nominating petition, Deputy County Court Clerk, Darlene Smeal, testified that nothing inappropriate had taken place with the procedure. Clerk Smeal said that on August 7 Ms. Defalco brought in the nominating petition for Falmouth City Councilwoman, but stated that she was thinking about running for the office of mayor instead. Deputy Clerk Smeal told Ms. Defalco that she had until August 8 to change her mind. Ms. Smeal stamped the petition, but did not take the filing fee. On August 8 April Defalco returned to the County Court Clerk's Office, scratched out Falmouth City Councilwoman and wrote in "Falmouth Mayor". At the request of the Deputy Clerk, Ms. Defalco initialed the change. Then, she paid the filing fee. The two Falmouth residents who had signed the nominating petition (Jackie Vaughn and Bertie Sandy) testified that Ms. Defalco had notified them before the change was made and neither had any objection to this intended action. For more of this story, see this week's Falmouth Outlook |
Three arrested for damage to vehicles and threatening calls Three people were arrested on Friday, October 13 for doing damage to several vehicles, making threatening phone calls and other charges. KSP Trooper Scott Lengle arrested Michelle Snapp, 25, of Falmouth and charged her with criminal attempt to commit criminal mischief by complicity, criminal mischief 2nd and 3rd degree and falsely reporting an incident. She was taken to the Boone County Detention Center. Barbara Fry, 51, of Cold Spring, was arrested in Ft. Thomas on October 13 and charged with criminal mischief 2nd, criminal attempt to commit criminal mischief 1st and falsely reporting an incident. She was taken to the Campbell County Detention Center. Ryan Robertson, 21, of California, Kentucky was served a summons for complicity to commit criminal mischief 3rd, and complicity to commit criminal mischief 2nd. |
Benjamin Fullwood returns from tour in Iraq Navy Hospital Corpsman HN Benjamin Fullwood, the son of Mark and Jackie Fullwood of Falmouth has just returned home from Iraq. Fullwood served as the "Doc" for 27 marines attached to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR). The marines and Ben were in the desert for up to 45 days at a time patrolling the Syrian border, living out of their LAR combating insurgents and destroying roadside bombs. They would return to regular duties of patrolling a checkpoint and Ben was there to help them, plus he treated the marines and Iraqi soldiers with any medical needs they may have had. Ben spent seven months in Iraq. He returned to his home at 29 Palms in California on September 27. When Ben arrived in California he was greeted by his mother, father and papaw Dr. Peter Fullwood. Ben asked asked his parents to thank everyone for their prayers and for sending the gift box. He added the items were useful to all of the men. He joined the Navy in September of 2004 and has two more years to serve. At present he is to return to Iraq in September of 2007. He is a 2005 graduate of Pendleton County High School. |
Wildcats soccer team wins 38th District Title The Pendleton County Wildcats soccer team celebrated with their first place win for the 38th District Title last Friday evening in a game against St. Patrick 2-1. The Wildcats will play Bourbon County this Tuesday at Clark County Middle School. See sports article on Page 7. |
KEEP IT BRIEF: Governor coming to county Governor Ernie Fletcher will be coming to the county at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, October 17. He will be meeting with officials from the county, cities of Falmouth and Butler bringing them checks. The meeting will be held at the Pendleton County Extension Center just south of Falmouth on U.S. 27. Benefit Golf Tournament A benefit golf tournament for Kevin Thompson will be held on Friday, October 20 at Eagle Creek Country Club. Eagle Creek Country Club is located off Highway 25 in Crittenden. Starts at 9 a.m. There will be trophies for first, second, third and fourth place. There will be door prizes. All proceeds go to the Kevin Thompson family. For team fees or more information call Jerry Miller at (859) 609-9043.
MARTY GALLAGHER Gallagher has winning ticket Marty William Gallagher of McKinneysburg had a lucky night on Thursday, October 12 when he stopped in the Falmouth Tobacco Store in Falmouth. He bought some cigarettes and two lottery tickets. He told the lady to give him two winning tickets and she did. On one of the tickets he won four dollars and the other he won $12,000. The name of the game he played was The Price Is Right. Gallagher went to Lexington last Friday to pick up his winnings. Photo by D. Dennie. Absentee ballots for election Anyone that is not going to be in the county on Election Day, November 7 can pick up an absentee ballot at the county clerk's office. You will need to sign a paper stating why you will not be here and can go ahead and vote absentee ballot. If anyone is disabled and can't get out at all or can't come to the Community Room in the courthouse you can call the county clerk's office and request a paper ballot. Old newspaper receipt found Mrs. Jane Colvert was looking through some of her grandfathers old photos when she discovered a receipt for a year's subscription to The Falmouth Outlook. Her grandfather, John Sharp, lived out in the Falmouth Lenoxburg Road area. The cost for a year's subscription on the 1932 receipt to the newspaper was .85 cents. Mr. Sharp was a longtime subscriber to the paper. Mrs. Colvert's daughter had brought a box full of old photos over to her to identify the people in them and that is where she found the old paper receipt. It was signed by the elder Warren Shonert Sr. |
Governor Fletcher announces street funding for Pendleton County Governor Ernie Fletcher and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet have announced that $44,000 in bond funds have been awarded to the cities of Falmouth and Butler. "I want to commend Governor Fletcher for his leadership. The improvements we make to our local transportation system improve the quality of life for everyone," said Transportation Cabinet Secretary Bill Nighbert. "This funding reflects the Governor's genuine commitment to work with local governments to build strong communities." An amount of $34,000 will be used to resurface various city streets in Falmouth while $10,000 will be used to resurface South Street in Butler. In the past two years, local governments have received more additional state funding for their local road systems than at any other time in the history of the Commonwealth. |
Additional items this week: Falmouth Fire Department makes three runs on Saturday Flaugher brothers donate sign to Athletic Park Wildcats football team ends 5 game skid with win over McCreary County Cross Country team excels at Trimble County Chad Applegate attends Geoff Davis reception City Council sets 2006 tax rate and more!! |
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