10 Years Ago

June 2, 2016

Local agricultural leaders addressed the WC Economic Development Authority with a proposal to construct a grain milling facility on part of the Edgewood Farm property donated to the EDA. EDA Chair John Soper said former UK extension agent Michael Duckworth and current EDA member Courtney Roberts approached him with the idea. Now, the closest mills are in Louisville and Clark County and this could lead to an increase in wheat and other grain production in Woodford. Soper noted a big piece will be to located a company interested in coming to WoFoCo to build the facility.

WCHS senior Lindsay Anderson received the Michael C. Wallace Award, who was a 1978  and Naval Academy graduate who died tragically from leukemia in 1987. The award goes to the senior best exemplifying the outstanding qualities of scholastics, athletics, and leadership. Anderson will move on to Morehead University where she will play softball.

Debra Miller, a Delta flight attendant and Versailles resident, was with a group of other attendants who appeared on the TV game show “The Price Is Right.” Miller came away a big winner with a trip to the Seychelles Islands in the Indian ocean among other winnings. She said it was tough keeping it a secret from her children and husband, a wrestling coach at WCHS, but she was able to hold out till the show ran on local television.

The Jack Jouett House was the recipient of an award from the Ida Lee Willis Memorial Foundation for its unique public archaeology projects.

The WCHS Lady Jackets softball team won its first two games of regional play over Henry Clay and Madison Central and are now one win away from reaching their season goal of appearing in the Kentucky State Tournament. The WCHS athletes competing at the State Track and Field Championship meet performed well with Brandon Brookfield leading the team by finishing third in the pole vault.

25 Years Ago

May 31, 2001

Richard and Deborah Knittel’s home at 334 Foxtail Road, built on architectural principles propounded by Maharishi Sthapatya Veda, will be one of the Veda houses featured in a tour on Sunday, June 3.

A book by Woodford County resident Perry Ryan, titled The Last Public Execution in America, has received worldwide attention recently with the impending execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.

The eastern tent caterpillar has been identified as the culprit in the deaths of more than 529 foals or fetuses in Kentucky since April.

Fonta Sawyer, who has just finished her junior year at Woodford County High School, will study acting in New York this summer.

Heather Nicole Combs graduated cum laude from Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.C., on May 5.

Caitlin E. Chamberlin and Brian S. Settles graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, on May 6.

Hannah K. Rhodes was named to the dean’s list at Harding University, Searcy, Ark., for the spring semester.

The Woodford County Library is the recipient of a $50,000 gift from the estate of longtime library patron and former Margaret Hall School teacher Muriel Hutchinson. 

40 Years Ago 

May 29, 1986 

History was made in Versailles Sunday when Queen Elizabeth II of England attended a worship service at St. John’s Episcopal Church. The queen was in Woodford County as the guest of Will and Sarah Farish at Lane’s End Farm on the Midway Road. 

A large crowd gathered Monday in front of the courthouse for the dedication of a monument honoring Woodford County’s war dead. State Adjutant General Billy Wellman was among the speakers. 

Jerry Hammond of Woodford County won nomination Tuesday as the Democratic opponent of 6th District Congressman Larry Hopkins of Lexington. Woodford voters used computer-based voting machines for the first time, with which no major problems were experienced. 

Frank Stark of Versailles has been appointed to the board of directors of the First National Bank of Versailles. 

Jane Shannon McClellan of Versailles has been named to the dean’s list at Duke University for the past academic year. 

Tanya Leigh Thompson of Versailles has graduated from Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Okla. 

Mrs. Julian Walden has returned to her home in Midway after spending the winter months in Naples, Fla.