Looking Back

25 Years Ago - May 25, 1999

Pendleton County Schools athletic director Tom Woofter and tennis coach Tom Appleman proposed to the school board that all middle school and high school students invovled in any school sport be required to submit to a mandatory drug and alcohol testing before being accepted into the sports program.

Support staff would also be tested.

The proposal is in response to growing concerns about athletes’ involvement in drug and alcohol abuse.

Board members had varied thoughts on the proposal and a survey of students on drug and alcohol use in the district. Superintendent Patrick Clore said the way survey questions were worded, results did not mean that 247 athletes are drinking weekly. Theoretically, the 247 “yes” responses could all be reporting the same single student athlete.

Woofter was told to present a cost estimate of the proposed drug testing at the June school board meeting, which one person said would be at least $20,000 a year.

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The Pendleton County Community Calendar for the week noted a euchre tournament Thursday at the county senior center; the senior center choir on Friday; and Pendleton County Youth Football on Saturday, as well as a bingo at the Old Moreland Drug Store.

50 Years Ago - May 24, 1974

A doctors’ committee is being formed in Pendleton County to obtain two new doctors.

Anyone wanting to be on this committee is welcome.

Dr. Castulo Gonzalez is moving his practice from Falmouth to Pikeville, where he will be on staff at Pikeville Memorial Hospital. Gonzalez had been practicing in Falmouth since Feb. 1, 1971.

This will leave Dr. Robert McKenney as the only active physician in Pendleton County as Dr. William Townsend is still on convalescence leave.

The committee will be commissioned to obtain medical help for the citizens and to relieve the dire emergency,

“It is imperative that this be done for the welfare of our hospital,” organizers stated.

The first meeting was called Tuesday by Frank Harris, president of the Pendleton Hospital Board. However, the committee is to be made up of citizens outside the hospital board.

75 Years Ago - May 27, 1949

Falmouth Dam boosters are now awaiting the outcome of the Cincinnati City Council meeting Wednesday, May 25, at which time that group will consider the passing of a resolution favoring the dam.

U.S. Army engineers recommended to Congress last week that $17.5 million be spent on the Falmouth project.

The Falmouth Dam was stopped in House Committee; put back in the running in Senate Committee; and now is being considered by conference committee. Neither Brent Spence nor Joe Bates, congressmen from Kentucky, are members on that committee.

Senator Garrett Withers says that he will not oppose the dam in the Senate and “would be glad to act as a mediator between Bates and Spence.

100 Years Ago - May 23, 1924

The Pendleton Fiscal Court was called into extra session last Saturday afternoon to hear the report from the bond commission that went to Frankfort to confer with the State Highway Commission for the reconstruction of the Washington Trace road.

Judge Mills and others of the committee that went to Frankfort made a report stating that the State Highway Commission had promised that bids would be asked for the reconstruction of the Washing Trace road on July 1.

The highway engineer has estimated that this 8.5 miles of road from Lenoxburg to Peach Grove would cost $8,900.64 per mile, and the commission submitted two propositions to the county.

One was that the county pay 50% of the cost to reconstruct this road at the contract price, whatever that might be when the contract was let.

The other proposition was that the county put up $4,000 per mile and furnish the stone that is now yarded along the road.

After thorough discussion of the matter, the Fiscal Court decided to take up the proposition to go 50-50 with the state.

It is believed that this road can be built for less than $8,000 per mile and if this is done, the county will save money in accepting the 50-50 plan.

The two miles of this road from Peach Grove to the Campbell County line is not considered in this contract as it will be made wider and will cost more money per mile. This piece of road will be constructed later.