1976

22 Mar 1976, Mon Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, Kentucky) Newspapers.com

And this concludes my coverage of the satisfying, 1975-76 NCAA men's basketball season. Congratulations to Coach Hall and the NIT-champion University of Kentucky Wildcats!

March 23, 1975

Before we all settle in to watch Boston Bruins-vs.-New York Rangers game-of-the-week NHL Action on Channel 6 at 3 this Sunday afternoon, March 23, 1975, let us bask in the afterglow of UK's big win over IU as captured in the pages of Lexington's Herald-Leader ...

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I absolutely would've put this picture on Page A-1 ...

23 Mar 1975, Sun The Lexington Herald (Lexington, Kentucky) Newspapers.com

Also, the Sunday Herald-Leader has the Parade insert, which this week includes the fun of its boys' high-school all-American team ...

23 Mar 1975, Sun The Lexington Herald (Lexington, Kentucky) Newspapers.com

Oh, Kentucky

Oh, Kentucky

Not the old, old Whaler's Catch, but Paducah's old Whaler's Catch appears headed for new life next year.

Hiring in Dawson Springs, Dixon, Graham, Madisonville, Sebree, etc. Closed for good in Lawrenceburg, Radcliff and Winchester.

Hail to the bus-driver woman, Miss J.

The Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System was in better position again in fiscal 2019, says the state auditor.

It appears it'll be back to biz for Kentucky's apparently former New Hampshire vice-presidential hopeful.

Turning to sports, in Murray, it's rodeo time again. In Elkton, they had "the annual Meet the Rebels. YSE was there and got some of the first pics of the season of this year's team." And rest in peace, Mr. Terrell--he "loved the City of Corbin, he loved the Redhounds and most of all he loved people."

Christmas parades: Sharpsburg, Nov. 9; Owensboro, Nov. 23; Lebanon and Louisville, Nov. 29; Pikeville, Nov. 30; Boyce, Dawson Springs and Murray, Dec. 1; Bardstown, Dec. 5; Fredonia, Harrodsburg, Hopkinsville, London, Monticello and Pineville, Dec. 6; Barbourville, Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Calvert City, Columbia, Corbin, Cynthiana, Danville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Henderson, Lawrenceburg, Lexington, Madisonville, Owingsville, Paducah, Scottsville, Shelbyville, Trenton, Versailles and Whitley City, Dec. 7; Georgetown, Dec. 8; Cave City, Dec. 10; Burnside, Elkton and Williamsburg, Dec. 14, and Tollesboro, Dec. 15.

Oh, Kentucky

Kentucky for sale:

I'm pretty certain I'm not as effective or diligent of a disciple of Christ's as this Hardin County fellow is for what he's discipling.

Ashland revisits the curbside-recycling question, with input from nearby Russell and less-so Paducah.

Prayers for Mr. Howard, and way to go, Benham Schoolhouse Inn.

Turning to sports, hooray for Reggie Warford and the rest of this year's Dawahares/KHSAA Hall of Fame class.

Oh, Kentucky

As previously reported, the Madisonville-North Hopkins High Maroons fell short of winning the Kentucky High School Athletic Association boys' basketball championship. It would've been their first. The Maroons made their first Sweet Sixteen appearance in 1938, when my dad was still a student (and cheerleader!), and they've gone 15 times since, but they've never won. Warren Central High of Bowling Green came from way behind in the second half to beat Madisonville-North Hopkins in Friday's second round, 66-62.

My daughter and I joined about three dozen folks in the gym at our First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and watched the KHSAA's live stream projected on a wall. There was popcorn, cookies and soft drinks, and it was a blast, even given the result. First Presbyterian had put on a similar viewing for Thursday night's first-round win, and there were several other organizations that hosted viewing parties around town for those of us who did not make the trip to Rupp Arena.

The Sweet Sixteen--oh, you asked, and the answer is that some years it has been in Lexington and some years in Louisville--really is a heck of a lot of fun, particularly when your own town is in it. I'm thankful for all of players, coaches, students, teachers, administrators, officials, sponsors, journalists, broadcasters, road builders, tax takers, etc. who all make it possible for me and the rest of us to enjoy it. And I'm looking forward to following the girls' tournament this week. Congratulations to the Trinity High Shamrocks of Saint Matthews, the 1929 Heath Pirates of West Paducah and all of the other #khsbbk champs over the years:

• 1918 Lexington (Henry Clay)
• 1919 Lexington (Henry Clay)
• 1920 Lexington (Henry Clay)
• 1921 Louisville duPont Manual
• 1922 Lexington
• 1923 Louisville duPont Manual
• 1924 Lexington
• 1925 Louisville duPont Manual
• 1926 Louisville Saint Xavier
• 1927 Millersburg Military Institute
• 1928 Ashland (Blazer)
• 1929 West Paducah Heath!
• 1930 Corinth
• 1931 Louisville duPont Manual
• 1932 Hazard
• 1933 Ashland (Blazer)
• 1934 Ashland (Blazer)
• 1935 Louisville Saint Xavier
• 1936 Corbin
• 1937 Midway
• 1938 Sharpe
• 1939 Brooksville
• 1940 Hazel Green
• 1941 Inez
• 1942 Lexington Lafayette
• 1943 Hindman
• 1944 Harlan
• 1945 Louisville Male
• 1946 Breckinridge Training
• 1947 Marysville
• 1948 Brewers
• 1949 Owensboro
• 1950 Lexington Lafayette
• 1951 Clark County
• 1952 Cuba
• 1953 Lexington Lafayette
• 1954 Inez
• 1955 Hazard
• 1956 Carr Creek
• 1957 Lexington Lafayette
• 1958 Louisville Saint Xavier
• 1959 Calvert City North Marshall
• 1960 Louisville Flaget
• 1961 Ashland (Blazer)
• 1962 Louisville Saint Xavier
• 1963 Louisville Seneca
• 1964 Louisville Seneca
• 1965 Breckinridge County
• 1966 Shelby County
• 1967 Earlington
• 1968 Glasgow
• 1969 Louisville Central
• 1970 Louisville Male
• 1971 Louisville Male
• 1972 Owensboro
• 1973 Louisville Shawnee
• 1974 Louisville Central
• 1975 Louisville Male
• 1976 Edmonson County
• 1977 Louisville Ballard
• 1978 Shelby County
• 1979 Lexington Lafayette
• 1980 Owensboro
• 1981 Independence Simon Kenton
• 1982 Laurel County
• 1983 Lexington Henry Clay
• 1984 Logan County
• 1985 Hopkinsville
• 1986 Pulaski County
• 1987 Clay County
• 1988 Louisville Ballard
• 1989 Louisville Pleasure Ridge Park
• 1990 Louisville Fairdale
• 1991 Louisville Fairdale
• 1992 Hopkinsville University Heights
• 1993 Marion County
• 1994 Louisville Fairdale 59
• 1995 Breckinridge County
• 1996 Paintsville
• 1997 Middletown Eastern
• 1998 Scott County
• 1999 Louisville Ballard
• 2000 Elizabethtown
• 2001 Lexington Lafayette
• 2002 Lexington Catholic 83
• 2003 Mason County
• 2004 Bowling Green Warren Central
• 2005 London South Laurel
• 2006 Jeffersontown
• 2007 Scott County
• 2008 Mason County
• 2009 Covington Holmes
• 2010 Pikeville Shelby Valley
• 2011 Christian County
• 2012 Louisville Trinity
• 2013 Richmond Madison Central
• 2014 Covington Catholic
• 2015 Owensboro
• 2016 Lexington Paul L. Dunbar
• 2017 Bowling Green
• 2018 Covington Catholic
• 2019 Louisville Trinity

You also asked about hemp in areas of the state beyond central Kentucky. Just in 2019 so far, I've seen reports of business activity around the crop in Bon Ayr, Cave City, Cynthiana, Glasgow, Jenkins, Kevil, Madisonville and Mayfield, so that's southern, southern, northern, southern, eastern, western, midwestern and western Kentucky. Indeed, AerosourceH, the hemp outfit in Ballard County, held an open house Saturday and announced a second wave of expansion that it says is expected to entail 14 more full-time jobs. “The Bluegrass State continues to lead the way in revolutionizing the hemp industry, and AerosourceH is one of many Kentucky companies finding early success in this emerging market,” Gov. Bevin said in a state press release with an unusual weekend wiring. “As this crop takes root nationwide, the commonwealth’s efforts to set the table for economic prosperity are already paying dividends. We congratulate AerosourceH on its rapid growth, and we look forward to more success stories in the years ahead.”

Billy Kobin of The Courier-Journal delivers a rock-solid accounting of how a Paducah Olive Garden server's alertness quickly led to a child-abuse arrest in Tennessee.

I had no idea that Etown is a hub of Kentucky dog-show planning.

Oh, Kentucky

Good jobs news from Bowling Green.

The Travel Channel invites us to "Explore the hidden gems of each state: towns with quaint shops and restaurants, fascinating histories, fun experiences and natural beauty." (Spoiler alert: In Kentucky, it's Paducah.)

The Family Dollar is grandly reopening in Morehead.

The Burgin cafeteria is bursting at its seams.

The Henderson County Public Library is exploding across its whole block.

Owensboro angles for more downtown hotel and apartment space.

Wheelwright has a police officer again, and he's reportedly a former police chief let go in Martin.

If you're in Grayson and hankering for crepes, you needn't drive over to Russell any longer.

A second-generation McDonald's franchisee from Winchester wins a "Ronald."

Oh, Kentucky

A certain vice-presidential hopeful from New Hampshire is going to love this!

Last days for Paducah's Pork Peddler.

After Year 1 of Mount Washington's five-year plan.

The Los Angeles Times visits Cynthiana to look at hemp's history and future in Kentucky.

#HereForIt Get the details! https://t.co/YgWXSTmUUP

— WBKR (@WBKR) February 11, 2019

Kentucky has dominated the first decade of national chambers-of-commerce competition.

Steve Preston of NKU in the NKyTribune: "On March 1, 1886, Henry Boyd passed away at the age of 83. Despite his success and prominence within the community, Boyd was laid to rest in an unmarked grave in Spring Grove Cemetery."

"'I was scared to come to rural area like Edmonson County,' said Patel. 'All I know was the big cities, but now, I would never go back to the big city. This community is a good example of how the country (rural) is good.'" The best part of this Darren Doyle feature in The Edmonson Voice are the comments about it on the newspaper's Facebook page (no, seriously).

Kentucky 75 - 66 Michigan State (No. 1,082)

Congratulations to Cynthiana's Joe B. Hall on his first-ever victory as University of Kentucky head basketball coach.

Oh, Kentucky

Here's a fantastic, inspiring Dennis K. Brown feature in the Lewis County Herald on a lifelong resident who didn't think he had time to an organization aimed at attracting industry and employers to northeast Kentucky--until he was paralyzed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) more than two years ago. Since then, the construction contractor he founded has experienced two of its busiest years, and now Northeast Kentucky Development has launched.

Pugh's Midway of western Paducah (but not quite West Paducah)--a prime supplier of soft drinks, microwaveable breakfast sandwiches and apple fritters to lollygagging first-period English students in the Heath High School Class of '86 (among others, I'm sure)--has been swallowed by Madisonville's Rocket Oil empire and is being rebranded as Ideal Market Number 19.

Good jobs news from Pikeville.

Kentucky High-school Girls' Basketball, 2018 Champions

We will offer a pep bus tomorrow to the Lady Titans’ STATE CHAMPIONSHIP game! Students riding the pep bus will be eligible to purchase tickets for $11!

Meet in the cafeteria by 10:30 a.m. Sales will end at 10:45 a.m. with no exceptions.

Go Lady Titans! pic.twitter.com/dG3XMuvQVl

— Mercer Co Athletics (@MercerCoTitans) March 11, 2018

 

The Mercer Co girls look for back to back state titles today against Mercy. Mercer (35-3) has lost just once in KY this season.

This picture is from the FIRST Mercer team in '75. That's Coach Judy Heiborn inspiring the girls with a rousing locker room speech in a snazzy suit. pic.twitter.com/YYhxE6pimM

— Kentucky High School Sports History (@KYHSHistory) March 11, 2018

 

A state title will be decided soon. pic.twitter.com/kQIpCO4jdz

— Josh Moore (@HLpreps) March 11, 2018

 

Reminder this will be final Girls Sweet 16 at NKU. Boys & girls both at Rupp Arena starting in 2019:
2019: March 6-10 (BOYS); March 13-17 (GIRLS)
2020: March 11-15 (GIRLS); March 18-22 (BOYS)
2021: March 3-7 (BOYS); March 10-14 (GIRLS)
2022: March 9-13 (GIRLS); March 16-20 (BOYS)

— Jason Frakes (@kyhighs) March 11, 2018

 

Here we go! pic.twitter.com/w5RE1ckCXD

— Danville AM Sports (@Advocate_Sports) March 11, 2018

 

It's a running clock game! In the state championship! (But mot until the 2nd half.) pic.twitter.com/TFOKptjwVi

— Danville AM Sports (@Advocate_Sports) March 11, 2018

 

Lexy Lake swishes a 3 at the buzzer to put defending state champ Mercer County up 52-14 over Mercy at halftime. Lexy is 5-for-5 from three-point range & the Titans are 12-for-19 from long distance. Mercy 6-for-26 (23%) overall.

— KHSAA Events (@khsaaevents) March 11, 2018

 

The 25th Anniversary KHSAA Girls' Sweet 16® Champions, the Nicholas County Lady Jackets, were recognized during today's championship game#khsbkg #MyReasonWhy #STEKHSAA16 pic.twitter.com/PBTrHhzeMW

— KHSAA Main (@KHSAA) March 11, 2018

 

Mercer County seniors played the final 30 seconds, celebrated on the court together as time expired. All five touched the ball one final time. pic.twitter.com/REFHTaPSR0

— Matt Overing (@MOvering) March 11, 2018

 

BACK-TO-BACK STATE CHAMPIONS!! pic.twitter.com/dxET7tkMVR

— Harrodsburg Herald (@HburgHerald) March 11, 2018

 

Words can not explain how proud I am of our Mercy Girls! The journey they have taken our staff & our school on has been amazing! 2nd in the State of KY is a true accomplishment! We have been on a heck of a run since the LIT. We will miss our seniors, but we will be back. #MPBTB

— MercyJagBasketball (@MercyJagsBBall) March 11, 2018

 

What a ride it’s been. Congratulations and thank you, ladies. pic.twitter.com/ZaGNInXu3d

— Mercer Co Athletics (@MercerCoTitans) March 11, 2018

 

Definitely would retire those jerseys really soon! The starting 5 for @Lady_TitansBB could be the best girls basketball team of all time. Historically We can’t think of anyone as dominant as the Titans.

— PrepSpin (@PrepSpin) March 11, 2018

 

Fun fact:
March 11, 2015: Mercer County girls lost to Elizabethtown 79-38 in first round of Sweet 16.
March 11, 2018: Mercer County girls beat Mercy 74-34 to win their second straight Sweet 16 championship.

— Mike Fields (@MikeFieldsKHSAA) March 11, 2018

 

The back-to-back state champion Lady Titans will be back in town around 7:30. Let’s line 127 north to welcome them back to town!

— Harrodsburg Herald (@HburgHerald) March 11, 2018

 

NO SCHOOL -

There is no school today, Monday, March 12th.

— Mercer Co. Schools (@MercerCoSchools) March 12, 2018

 

Beautiful snowy morning. Just under 9" at my house in Harrodsburg. ❄️ @Kentuckyweather pic.twitter.com/ZMfRccvDNt

— Jeana Hopkins (@JeanaHopkins) March 12, 2018

 

State Champs, @MCSHSTitans @Lady_TitansBB were in the studio today with Joe Mathis @HTRjoe on The Joe Show on WHBN. #statechamps #girlsrule #ladytitans #girlsbasketball pic.twitter.com/8zOw8fTM36

— Hometown Live Radio (@HometownLive) March 12, 2018

 

Congratrulations to the 2018 Mercer County High Lady Titans and all of the other KHSAA state champions in girls' basketball over the years:

1920 Paris
1921 Ashland
1922 Ashland
1923 West Louisville
1924 Ashland

Mercer won the state title 74-34 today. Georgetown were best on March 14, 1925. They beat Hardyville Memorial . . .44-0. Led by their guards, the Biddle sisters, Georgetown won 49 of 50 games in '24 and '25.
The box from the '25 final . . .93 years ago. pic.twitter.com/laSKbrORCQ

— Kentucky High School Sports History (@KYHSHistory) March 11, 2018

 

1925 Georgetown
1926 Maysville
1927 West Louisville
1928 Ashland
1929 Ashland
1930 Hazard
1931 Woodburn
1932 Woodburn
1975 Louisville Butler Traditional
1976 Louisville Sacred Heart
1977 Laurel County
1978 Laurel County
1979 Laurel County
1980 Louisville Butler
1981 Pulaski County
1982 Marshall County
1983 Bowling Green Warren Central
1984 Marshall County
1985 Whitley County
1986 Oldham County
1987 Laurel County
1988 Louisville Southern
1989 Clay County
1990 Lexington Henry Clay
1991 Laurel County
1992 Louisville Mercy
1993 Nicholas County
1994 Hazard M.C. Napier
1995 Scott County
1996 Union County
1997 Hazard
1998 Elizabethtown
1999 Lexington Catholic
2000 Olive Hill West Carter
2001 Lexington Catholic
2002 Louisville Sacred Heart
2003 Louisville Sacred Heart
2004 Louisville Sacred Heart
2005 Lexington Catholic
2006 Lexington Catholic
2007 Lexington Catholic
2008 Louisville Butler
2009 Louisville Iroquois
2010 Louisville Mercy
2011 Rockcastle County
2012 Louisville duPont Manual
2013 Marion County
2014 Louisville Butler
2015 Covington Holy Cross
2016 Louisville Butler
2017 Mercer County
2018 Mercer County

Oh, Kentucky

Godspeed, 101st Airborne.

Good for Bob White's brother-in-law. Good for Billy Reed. Good for Hurstbourne Christian. Good for the Hoptown assistant coach. Good for the old friend's widow. Good for PRP's state-champ baseball coach. Good for the Mattress Firm dude and the TV people. Good for Mike Fields.

Courier-Journal after Rick Pitino is fired at Louisville pic.twitter.com/QczdLvMp3X

— Sports Front Pages (@SportsFrontPage) September 28, 2017

Oldham County's first brewery looks beautiful.

Good jobs news from Danville.

Doesn't sound like Clark County's coyotes are going anywhere anytime soon.

Beth Smith in Henderson's Gleaner: "No one was injured in the hold-up which occurred when an armed man dressed as a Coca-Cola bottle entered Rally's and demanded money."

I am embarrassed to realize just how little I understand about how the U.S. court system works.

Rest in peace, Ms. Wiley-Mitchell, whom you may have known "as the friendliest cafeteria employee, or simply the fastest swiper at the counter" at WKU. (Good for Noah Moore.)

Oh, Kentucky

The scene from Jim McDaniels' service at Diddle Arena. 1971 Final Four and his banner are spotlighted. Clock at 22:38 for his points scored. pic.twitter.com/mCbto1fF9z

— WKU Herald Sports (@wkuheraldsports) September 11, 2017

The Louisville Urban League in The Courier-Journal: Your silence or ambivalence on this issue does not make you fair, impartial, or well-reasoned. Your willingness to “discuss” the merits of removal with both sides or take into consideration the perspectives of those most affected—as if our lived experiences are up for debate—makes you neither compassionate nor emotionally intelligent. Rather, they call attention to your disregard for the emotional and literal harm they inflict on generations.

Meanwhile, in Lawrenceburg, Nicholasville, Glasgow, Murray, Princeton, Madisonville, Madisonville, Danville, Paducah, Frankfort, Perryville, Morgantown, Fairview, Georgetown, Versailles, Cynthiana, Mount Sterling and Eminence ... Karla Ward looks beyond Lexington in the Herald-Leader.

Daniel Boone: The First Kentuckian: tonight at Caldwell County's public library.

Rebekah Alvey in WKU's College Heights Herald reports the ROTC travails of a transgender male student from Morgantown.

Oh, Kentucky

A naked man in his 60s riding a moped.
A topless woman in her 40s shooting a Super Soaker.
The usual https://t.co/DKUaCzIAGU — @ALTONPHOTO

— Nate Chute (@nchute) July 30, 2017

The Sons of Confederate Veterans are appealing to march with their favorite flag in Paducah's (U.S.) Veterans Day Parade.

What's HUD doing for Kentucky? Working to improve access to affordable, quality and fair housing, extend broadband connectivity to low-income Americans, etc., says the field-office director in a road show.

If you missed the free black-lung screenings at the Sleep Inn in Middlesboro yesterday, NIOSH will be at the Harlan Walmart and Evarts later this week.

Hoptown elegy.

"There's so much more inside people like him than they ever gave him credit for."

Jail gardens like this one at the Clay County Detention Center seem to be all over the place now.

It really is great that there's a reporter at the Cynthiana Democrat who brings in breakfast for everyone in the place once a week.

The Hart County News-Herald also is hiring.

Elliott Pratt of The Bowling Green Daily News delivers an enjoyable update on doings with Kenny Perry.

Not endless ... but one more week in Louisville.

Oh, Kentucky

"Rules are for radio. This is the internet, baby, let’s get weird with it.”

"If this is the end of my career, I’m proud of the service I have completed. I’m proud of the people that I’ve served with, I’m proud of my organization."

"Who does that?"

Man, Mayfield you crazy pic.twitter.com/RW6A7hIo6R

— WPSDs Local sicks (@wpsds) July 26, 2017

Two new historical monuments are coming to Paducah.

The Harrodsburg and Taylor County governments are in a $21,000 squabble.

Good jobs news from Frankfort. Hiring in Bowling Green for Russellville ($29.61-$33.63 per hour).

Oh, Kentucky

I'm with Ray Wilson ...

GUEST POINT OF VIEW: According to Ray Wilson, pig wrestling has got to stop. https://t.co/eGbbGiJtQI pic.twitter.com/XONbHDcxI9

— WDRB News (@WDRBNews) June 12, 2017

Arena seating, multiple fighting pits, 5,000 members, restaurant and 30 years of cockfighting--in Floyd County.

The old one moved outside the city limits, so Lewisburg has a new mayor, and the first thing on his agenda is sewer problems.

Gov. Bevin is coming out to western Kentucky on Wednesday to ceremonially increase roadway-weight limits on trucking and lift the state's moratorium on construction of nuclear-power plants, so let's all leave him alone today so he can study up on Tour 16 in the WPA guide in advance of his great drive out U.S. 60 ...

The Winchester-Clark County Farmers’ Market is giving out vouchers to senior citizens, and the Benton Partnership is putting on the community's first farm-to-fork dinner.

Prestonsburg's Islamic Center of Eastern Kentucky broke Saturday's Ramadan fasting with an all-invited potluck meal.

Hiring, for nine positions across the Kentucky Press Association.

Carter Caves State Resort Park's restaurant, Tierney's Cavern, is expanding its buffet and salad-bar availability, and everyone's thrilled.