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25 Years Ago - November 2, 1999Ed and Kathy Denton of Falmouth, Massachusetts, made a point to visit Falmouth, Kentucky, on their way back home from vacation.Their main purpose was to visit with Falmouth firefighter Lou Burke and fire Capt. Mark Hart to see the newly equipped rescue boat that...

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25 Years Ago - October 26, 1999The annual Pendleton/Grant Counties Fox Hunt will be held Oct. 28 to 30 in Pendleton County.Dogs must be registered and numbered by 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Pendleton County Fairgrounds, where the bench show is set for 8 p.m. Oct. 28.Field trials will be held Oct. 29...

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25 Years Ago - October 19, 1999The city of Falmouth was presented with the Silver Renaissance Award by Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton at the League of Cities Convention in Paducah.The award was presented to Falmouth Mayor Gene Flaugher by Tami Vater, director of Downtown Falmouth Inc.The city has five...

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25 Years Ago - October 12, 1999At the Capital View cross country meet in Frankfort on Oct. 2, the girls team did what no other Pendleton County team has ever been able to do at Frankfort — they brought home a first plan team trophy.Cindy Hutchinson led the girls, finishing in eighth place among a...

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25 Years Ago - October 5, 1999Pendleton County Fiscal Court canceled the second reading of a water shortage ordinance, stating magistrates expect significant rewording of the ordinance to clear up the rights of farmers to irrigate crops and water livestock.“We never intended to cut the farmer’s...

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25 Years Ago - September 28, 1999Jennifer McCall doesn’t have a problem lately telling people where she lives.

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25 Years Ago - September 21, 1999Gene Flaugher was sworn in as the new mayor of Falmouth, filling the vacancy left by Jim Hammond, during the Sept. 14 City Council meeting.Flaugher was voted in as a councilman in last November’s election.Flaugher said his main goal is to make Falmouth more...

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25 Years Ago - September 14, 1999A 62-year-old Pendleton County man died at the scene shortly after his 1949 T6G Harvard military plane he was flying crashed around 4:10 p.m. Sunday.The accident occurred about 300 feet from his residence off John Denny Road in the western part of Pendleton County,...

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25 Years Ago - September 7, 1999A special committee set up by Pendleton County Judge Henry Bertram temporarily appointed Ann Wilson as the county animal control officer on Sept. 1.David Dunaway said that Wilson scored well in all aspects of the job requirements.Bertram said, “This committee has...

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25 Years Ago - August 31, 1999Butler Festival pageant winners for girls ages 8, 9 and 10 were Megan Amber Dawn Wilson, 8, daughter of Paul and Barbara Gross of Butler, first place; Ashley Star Webb, 10, daughter of Kim Webb of Florence, second; and Kaylan Vanlandingham, 9, daughter of Steve and...