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25 Years Ago - August 29, 2000Pendleton County resident Eric Ross, 18, won reserve grand champion market steer Aug. 23 at the Kentucky State Fair with his Simmental-Angus.The 17-month-old, 1,326-pound steer finished second out of 101 entries across 13 classes at the fair.

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25 Years Ago - August 22, 2000The Pendleton County School Board voted at its Aug. 17 meeting to reduce the real estate property tax rate paid to the school district by property owners.The rate will be reduced from 40.3 percent per $1,000 of assessed value to 38.7 percent per $1,000 of value.

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25 Years Ago - August 1, 2000Usually, the only objects floating on Kincaid Lake are boats and bobbers, along with the occasional duck family.But last Wednesday, a sea plane landed on the placid waters.

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25 Years Ago - July 18, 2000Two Kincaid Lake State Park lifeguards, Sarah Kelly and Kara Cross, saved a 5-year-old Bracken County girl from drowning on July 12.

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25 Years Ago - July 11, 2000This year’s recipient of the Pendleton County School’s prestigious Wall of Fame award is Floyd Wills, a lifelong Pendleton County resident.Wills has been active in the community, occupying various rules over his lifetime.

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25 Years Ago - July 4, 2000A Falmouth businessman’s good deeds, kindness and big heartedness were somewhat rewarded by the Kentucky State Police, Dry Ridge Post 6.

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25 Years Ago - June 27, 2000Pendleton County Fiscal Court voted 7-2 to build a new jail rather than transport prisoners out of county.Magistrates David Dunaway and Bill Klaber cast the no votes.

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25 Years Ago - June 20, 2000A 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.