June 2, 2026
25 Years Ago - May 29, 2001
Class Night festivities were held May 22 for the 2001 Pendleton County High School graduating class.
Among the awards and scholarships bestowed, the 2001 Good Citizen awards went to John Greene and Tabatha Griffith.
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Appalachian Fresh Food Processors, a high-volume fruit and vegetable processor, is planning to build a $10 million plant in Northern Kentucky.
This project will contract farmers and greenhouse growers primarily in Pendleton, Grant, Robertson, Harrison, Nicholas, Fleming, Bracken, Mason and Bourbon counties to supply the fruits and vegetables.
The plant will service grocery chains and food wholesalers that are within a day’s drive of Northern Kentucky.
Appalachian Fresh Food, headquartered in Frankfort, ran a survey in the Outlook asking potential growers about their interest in supplying crops from their fields and greenhouses. The proposal includes 100% funding to build new greenhouses.
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The Pendleton County DECA Chapter selected and installed as officers for the next school year Melissa Redden, Jamie Antrobus, Jared Cordray, Stuart Bentley, Brandon Winkle, Jessica Downing, Sara Bowles, Jason Stephens, Samantha Rogers and Jennifer Browning. They will attend a leadership training camp in June.
50 Years Ago - May 28, 1976
The subcommittee of Public Works Appropriations in the U.S. House of Representatives on May 25 released its committee report for funded projects. Congressman Breckinridge’s office said they cannot find any mention of the $200,000 requested for the Falmouth Dam.
It would appear that the Falmouth Dam is now a dead subject until 1980 when redistricting takes place.
Falmouth Mayor Max Goldberg and Outlook Editor Warren Shonert had gone to Washington April 6 and 7 to lobby for the $200,000 to continue the dam project.
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The Senior Citizens of Pendleton County received through Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission free plants, which should help after the late frost.
Thanks to Ken Booher, president of the Senior Club, and the two Pendleton County Outreach workers, Lucille Eggleston and Gladys Anderson, the following amounts were distributed: 205 dozen tomato plants, 153 dozen cabbage plants, 176 dozen peppers, 23 dozen sweet potatoes, 54 packages of onion sets, 82 pounds of beans and 90 pounds of corn.
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Medallion of Cincinnati, a dealer of Vita Craft Cookware, visited Falmouth May 12 to deliver a custom set of Vita Craft Waterless Cookware to the Pendleton County High School home economics department. The 20-piece set retails at nearly $600.
“I feel confident the home economics department has been improved because of this generous donation,” home economics teacher Kathy Conrad said.
75 Years Ago - June 1, 1951
Sam Morris, the Voice of Temperance of America, spoke to the dry forces of Falmouth Wednesday night in one of the most dramatic and forceful addresses ever given here, in which he said that the man who would vote wet is as much a part of the liquor business as the man who makes it or sells it.
He went on to say that if by a miracle Falmouth was to vote wet, those who voted wet would be held responsible for the misery, broken homes and downfall of their fellow man, which is sure to follow.
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Stanley P. Vanlandingham, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Vanlandingham of near Butler, who is with the United States Army somewhere in Korea, has been promoted to sergeant.
“Corporal Vanlandingham recently won a combat promotion to sergeant for exemplary performance of duty,” according to an army news release. He is with the 17th Infantry Regiment, “The Buffaloes,” the only American regiment to reach the Korean-Manchurian border, the release states.
Vanlandingham said he is with the motor pool and said things are pretty rough over there but hopes to get back to the United States before long.
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Wendell Lee Belew, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Belew of Portland, who graduated from Butler High School last Wednesday night, was honored because eh attended school for 12 years without missing a single day.
100 Years Ago - May 28, 1926
Falmouth City Council adopted the new ordinance regulating pool rooms last Tuesday evening in City Hall. The ordinance was adopted without a dissenting vote.
It provides for license fees as follows: $125 for the first table, $75 for the second, $50 for the third, $25 for the fourth and $25 each for all over this number.
The ordinance also provides that no child under 18 years of age shall be allowed to play pool or liter in a pool room under any circumstances, and that boys between the ages of 18 and 21 shall not play pool or loiter in a pool room with the written consent of both parents.
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Work was started Monday on the construction of the south end of Beech Street between Hauser Street and the Cynthiana Pike, a distance of about 400 feet.
This street will take a great deal of traffic from Robbins Avenue and South Main Street. Traffic may pass from the Cynthiana Pike, down Beeach Street to Shelby, then to the center of town, with only one corner to turn.
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From the Personals column:
Mrs. John A. Woodhead returned home from the Good Samaritan Hospital Last Wednesday. She took treatment in the hospital and found relief, and did not have to undergo an operation.
Mrs. Frank Kidwell of Covington, who was operated on three weeks ago for appendicitis, has returned home from the hospital and is getting along nicely. This will be pleasing news to her many friends in this county.