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M edical arts building is The year just over was a fairly active formed to begin work on a medical arts The third traffic fatality of the year policy stating what school employees possession of marijuana. fatality of the year when she was struck one for Trigg County with the top news center. was 80-year-old Blair “Dock” could do when students were suspected Smith D. Broadbent Jr. received the by a school bus. item being the plans for a medical arts Cunningham who was killed when he of having alcohol or drugs. Outstanding Service Award from the Work began on the medical arts building to be built next to Trigg County County law enforcement officials apparently stepped between a car and A panel of judges from the Court of Chamber of Commerce. building on grounds adjacent to Trigg Hospital. The actual construction of the arrested five Christian County the camper it was towing. Appeals convened in Cadiz to hear two Trigg County FFA received a County Hospital. center has not begun as of yet but residents who were reportedly cases. national silver emblem award at the Three more doctors signed contracts preliminary site preparation is responsible for over 20 burglaries July national convention in Kansas City. to establish practices here in 1980. completed around Lake Barkley. Dixie Jones hired as Wildcat football November John Y. Brown Jr. led his Democratic Trigg County High School senior Other noteworthy happenings during Local realtor Lynn Waller was coach following the resignation of Wildcat cross country runner Sam slate to victory locally and statewide. Wayne Thomas was nominated by U.S. the year include the Chamber of named Member of the Year for Danny Maxberry. Love tools first place in the region and Representative Carroll Hubbard to the Commerce’s loans for a tourist Kentucky’s Western Waterlands. The county’s fourth traffic fatality second in the state meet. December Air Force Academy. information center, five people resulted in a charge of second degree School Board expelled one student Six year old April Dawn Terrell Woody Woodall elected president of arrested for burglaries on Lake April manslaughter against R.D. Pollard. and put a second on probation for became the fifth and final traffic Chamber of Commerce for 1980. Barkley, approval of a hotel-motel tax Hospital administrator John Sims Fatally injured in the mishap was two to benefit tourism promotion and work resigned to accept a similar position in month old Cara Danean Wooldridge of beginning on an airport near Lake Benton. Princeton. Barkley State Resort Park. County Disaster and Emergency Illinois Central Gulf Railroad’s plans A month by month rundown on the Services volunteers found a ten year old to abandon their line from Princeton to outstanding ne vs stories which The West Memphis, Ark. boy after a 15 hour Clarksville, Tenn., would affect Trigg Cadiz Record covered follows. search in LBL. County drastically, causing loss of Trigg County wrestling club industry and higher transportation January produced 17 state champions in the costs. The new year came in with five Kentucky AAU Age Group Freestyle inches of snow forcing schools and and Greco-Roman Championships. The August businesses to close. local club was only the second The county’s newest physician, Dr. Trigg Countians and others across chartered in the state. James Brazil, began his practice after the state reported hearing loud booms moving from Newfoundland, Canada. prompting numerous theories about May Kentucky’s congressional delegation their cause, from frozen trees splitting Ray Lafser hired as hospital announced that Farmers Home to sonic booms. administrator to replace John Sims Administration had approved a loan for Rudy Watkins took over the who resigned. construction of a medical arts center. presidency of the Cadiz-Trigg County Circuit Court Judge John 0. Hardin Lanny Harper of Cadiz tools first Chamber of Commerce for 1979. Jr. died at 73 following a brief illness. place in the state fair FFA welding Hospital board made physicians For the first time in 19 years, the contest. recruitment their top priority. baseball Wildcats captured the district Nancy Grigsby and Bill Lawrence title by beating Hopkinsville 1-0. were crowned royalty of the county February Wildcat speedster Charles Alexander Farm Bureau. Dark-fired tobacco growers in took first place in the 100 yard dash in Western Kentucky and Tennessee the state track meet as the team September began a campaign to try to raise prices finished second. Cadiz City Council authorized Mayor being offered for their crops. Work began on the airport near Lake W. J. Hopson to submit a preapplication The Kentucky General Assembly met Barkley State Resort Park. for a $1 million neighborhood in an extraordinary special session to In the primary elections, Democrat revitalization project in northwest provide tax relief to the state’s citizens. Terry McBrayer’s more than two to one Cadiz. The local Chamber of Commerce majority in Trigg County didn’t hold in A record 250 golfers entered the Construction began on an airport in the county during 1979 voted to purchase a house on Main the rest of the state as John Y. Brown seventh annual Boots Randolph Street to convert into a tourist Jr. defeated his eight rivals. Louie Celebrity Gold Tournament. information center. Nunn easily won the Republican State Parks Commissioner Bruce Wildcat wrestler Donald Wilford nomination. Montgomery announced that a new became the first Trigg matman to win a convention center would be built at regional crown by outpointing his final June Lake Barkley State Resort Park. opponent, 8-4. A 78-year-old Grand Rivers man, For the first time in several months, Trigg County was again faced with a William Everitt Driskill, became the Trigg County Hospital showed a profit. doctor shortage when Dr. Wendell county’s first traffic fatality in a The profit was $112. Gilbert announced that he would be collison at the intersection of Highways moving to Owensboro. 93 and 139 at Black Hawk. October Dr. Elias Futrell, who had practiced Mark Lovely was elected Hospital Fiscal Court approved a countywide medicine in Trigg County for 45 years, Board chairman following John Hay’s hotel-motel tax to benefit tourism. died after a long illness. resignation. Liz Fourqurean was crowned Miss Miss Scarlet Larkins was crowned Ten-year-old Greg William Butkovic Trigg County, during the third annual Devoted to the best interest of Codiz ond Trigg Countu basketball homecoming queen. was killed in a two car collision near Country, Ham Festival. Lake Barkley State Resort Park, Reacting to discoveries of student? VOLUME 99 NUMBER 1 THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 19?0 ONE SECTION, 12 PAGES PRICE 20 CENTS March becoming the second fatality of the possessing marijuana during school A joint city-county commission was year. hours, the School Board adopted a Decade of the ’70’s— looking back The past decade has been a period of house doctors next to Trigg Count accomplishments and disappointments A ‘funeral service’ was held to high purchased to be developed into a the course named in his honor. widespread development for Cadiz and Hospital. to the county. light the unveiling of a Kentucky recreation complex. Cadiz City Council imposed a one per Trigg County, ranging from the opening We don’t know what the 80’s have i This article is a review of the 70’s historical marker designating the for The Wildcats wrapped up their cent payroll tax to replace city of Lake Barkley State Park Lodge to store for this area, but the past te citing the major happenings in each mer site of Golden Pond. second consecutive state football title automobile stickers. the start of construction on a building .to years have brought their share c year. As you read these, you’ll probably Cadiz and Trigg County observed its with a 22-0 win over Pikeviile. be saying exactly what a lot of other 150th birthday with a full week of 1974 people are saying, “ I can’t believe that festivities during the Sesquicentennial 1973 A suit charging Cadiz city officials happened that long ago.” Celebration. Cadiz was nafned an All Kentucky with violations of conflict of interest City by the state Chamber of laws and bidding procedures was filed 1970 1971 Commerce. in Trigg Circuit Court. After being in the planning stage for Trigg County’s 1970 census decreased Final plans for a new library were Godwin Yuen, minister of music at two years the Bank of Cadiz opened for 2.8 per cent from 1960, dropping from approved. Cadiz Baptist Church, was forced to business in their new building on Main 8870 to 8620. County residents were up in arms leave the country and return to China Street. Seven buildings were destroyed in a over Corps of Engineers shoreline because of a mix-up in his visa status. Lake Barkley Lodge opened to the predawm fire in Cerulean. clearing restrictions on Lake Barkley. The recreation complex began being public on June 1. Trigg County Wildcats captured their The first annual Boots Randolph (Continued on Page 2) Work began on a new elementary first ever state football title defeating Celebrity Golf Tournament was held at school to house 900 students in grades Lynch 30-23 in Lexington. one through five, constituting the first Plans for a new vocational building of a three phase building program were approved by the school board to estimating to cost $1,500,000. begin Phase III of the school construc Fifty-five out of 92 Trigg teachers did tion program. not report for work, supporting a state wide work stoppage. 1972 m m Cadiz City Council passed an Construction began on the Trigg V ordinance to start garbage collection.