From Our Files

10 Years Ago November 11, 2010 Mayoral candidate Ann Miller said she would file a complaint with the state Attorney General’s office to seek a recount in last week’s mayoral election. Miller lost to incumbent Mayor Fred Siegelman. Andy Barr, Republican candidate for U.S. House of Representatives for District 6, has requested a recanvass of votes in all the district’s 16 counties from the Nov. 2 general election. Current vote totals show incumbent Rep. Ben Chandler, a Democrat, beating Barr by 649 votes. Ambrose Wilson IV of Midway was elected to serve a three-year term as Central Kentucky Region chairperson of the Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA). The Woodford County Yellow Jackets football team lost to Highlands 70-8 in the first round of the Class 5A KHSAA playoffs last Friday night. The WCHS cross country team won the KHSAA Class 3A Regional cross country meet Nov. 6 qualifying for the state meet. It was the first time Woodford won the region since 2003. 25 Years Ago November 9, 1995 State Auditor Ben Chandler (D-Versailles) easily defeated his Republican opponent, Will T. Scott, in Tuesday’s race for state attorney general. Democratic Lt. Gov. Paul Patton won the gubernatorial contest by a narrow margin over Republican hopeful Larry Forgy. Woodford County was in Forgy’s column by a margin of 122 votes. Frank Bohannon III, prominent Versailles businessman and former mayor and city councilman, died Nov. 2 at the age of 67. The Woodford County Ambulance Service is making a smooth transition to advanced life support status. Woodford County High School graduates James Boutcher III, Beau Franklin and Greg House are members of this year’s freshmen class at Centre College, Danville. The WCHS boys’ soccer team lost to Bowling Green, 2-1 in overtime, in the state semifinal tournament at Woodford Community Stadium. It was the Jackets’ only defeat in 1995. The WCHS football team upset No. 4 Oldham County 40-26 Friday night in the first round of the Class AAA playoffs. 40 Years Ago November 6, 1980 Ronald Reagan won the presidency Tuesday over Jimmy Carter. Reagan carried Kentucky by about 16,000 votes, but trailed Carter in Woodford County by 17 votes. U.S. Senator Wendell Ford was reelected, trouncing Mary Louise Foust by over 300,000 votes. Sixth District Congressman Larry Hopkins was also reelected, defeating Tom Easterly by 30,000 votes. In local races, Doug Matthews defeated Jenny Sue Given for Woodford Fiscal Court, 767 to 710; Herman Pittman defeated Arthur Craig Jr. 589 to 392 for the District 1 school board seat; and Wayne Quisenberry ousted incumbent Tommy Cox in the District 5 school board race 579 to 329. Mezzo-soprano Diana Davidson, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A.H. Davidson of Pisgah, will be soloist with the Lexington Philharmonic in concerts tomorrow night and Saturday night. Jeanie Gail Goldey has pledged Sigma Kappa sorority at Transylvania University. Joyce Ryley Wiglesworth died Saturday at the age of 61. Leonard C. Tayor, 75, a superintendent of the Midway School during the 1940s, died Oct. 31. Pvt. Mark Hogg recently received a parachutist badge upon completion of an airborne course at the U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga. The undefeated Woodford County Yellow Jackets won their tenth game of the football season Friday night, defeating North Bullitt County 51-20.