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25 Years Ago - February 8, 2000The Pendleton County Board of Education unanimously voted that the athletic department create a proposals to include plan, time, schedule and budget to add football to district sports.The preliminary idea is to create a freshman team first.

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25 Years Ago - February 1, 2000A large group of Falmouth firefighters met at a special meeting of the Falmouth City Council Jan. 25. Internal struggle within the department has increased, according to some, over the last months.

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25 Years Ago - January 25, 2000A small, dedicated group of animal lovers joined together on Jan. 22 for the groundbreaking of a humane shelter for Pendleton County’s many unwanted pets.

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25 Years Ago - January 18, 2000At the Jan. 11 Falmouth City Council meeting, Mayor Gene Flaugher presented council members with copies of a brief letter, dated Jan. 7, which had been sent to police Chief Greg Reis.

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25 Years Ago - January 4, 2000Fiscal Court voted in a special meeting on Dec. 30 to proceed with all phases of the emergency command center project, including purchase of property.Before the vote, the court went into closed session to discuss land purchase for the center to be built on.

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25 Years Ago - December 21, 1999The courtroom upstairs in the Pendleton County courthouse was full last Wednesday as residents from KY 22 west came to find out what was going on with their road.

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25 Years Ago - December 14, 1999Gov. Paul Patton signed an executive order on Dec. 10 lifting the burn ban across the state.The executive order rescinds the ban put in place Nov.

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25 Years Ago - December 7, 1999Melissa King, daughter of Homer Jr. and Barbara Sue King, was crowned Miss Millennium on Nov. 27.The Millennium Pageant was sponsored by the Falmouth Merchants and the proceeds from the pageant were donated to Shop With a Cop.

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25 Years Ago - November 30, 1999Gov. Paul Patton presented a $989,0000 for Pendleton County to Judge Executive Henry Bertram on Nov. 29.The Community Development Block Grant is for the construction of 28 miles of water lines for a part of the county relying on contaminated cisterns.