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2023 Falmouth Rotary Club Blood Drive

Join us July 24 from noon to 5 p.m. for the Falmouth Rotary Club Blood Drive. Click the link below for more information. https://my.kybloodcenter.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/84661
The river thanks all the volunteers for help in getting the water quality improved, but there is still a lot of work to be done.

The river thanks all the volunteers for help in getting the water quality improved, but there is still a lot of work to be done.

Licking River Clean-up #3

Contributed by Barth Johnson For three years in a row, a group of volunteers floated down the Main Licking River from Falmouth to Kincaid Creek, clearing up the river. As was expected, the 12 canoes were full by the end of the trip.
This poodle was the highlight of Fry’s Party  Essentials float, and she knew it.

This poodle was the highlight of Fry’s Party Essentials float, and she knew it.

“When it rains on your parade....”

By Carolyn Reid After weeks of praying for rain in the area, the downpours came the morning of Saturday, July 1, just hours before the annual Fourth of July parade, scheduled by Pendleton County Tourism for that afternoon, was to begin. As time crept toward the 1 p.m.

Grand Jury Indicts

William Robert Ashcraft, 06/16/01. Burglary in the Third Degree; Theft by Unlawful Taking ($500 or More but Less than $1,000); Criminal Mischief in the Third Degree; Persistent Felony Offender in the Second Degree. Bail: $60,000. William Robert Ashcraft, 06/16/01.
The plans for the ambulance that was provided by the R. C. Durr Foundation has  the familiar look of the newest PC Ambulance.

The plans for the ambulance that was provided by the R. C. Durr Foundation has the familiar look of the newest PC Ambulance.

Pendleton County Ambulance applies for R. C. Durr Grant, gets happy surprise

By Carolyn Reid With an aging fleet that has to travel a large portion of Pendleton County’s 287 miles of roadways each year, the board and Director Jody Dunhoft started budgeting for a fourth truck after purchasing one from Crescent Springs a couple of years back. A grant from R. C.
Papaw Chaplin at his last fair with Elli, 2019

Papaw Chaplin at his last fair with Elli, 2019

Welcome to Chap Arena!

By Nila Harris David Chaplin, aka Chap, was a well-known face at the Pendleton County Youth Fair. He had shown cattle, served on the Fair Board, was a 4-H Livestock Beef Leader, and a member of the Pendleton County Beef Cattle Association.