This Week in Citizen-Times History: March 18, 1999

The March 18, 1999 edition of The Citizen-Times saw a celebration of the Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriots’ victory at the Fourth Region Tournament championship game.

The celebration erupted at Western Kentucky University’s Diddle Arena, when the final buzzer sounded and gave AC-S an “upset victory” over Warren East, giving AC-S the first regional title in 14 years.

Additionally, then-Chamber of Commerce President Jordan Clarke explained that the regular Bluegrass Jamboree was to be changed to a free concert called the “Jacksonian Jam.”

“We expect the Jam to appeal to a wider audience, and add to the success of the Jacksonian,” Clarke said in an interview at the time.

The headlining band for the Jam was the “musical renegades from Metcalfe County,” the Kentucky Headhunters, having returned to music after a brief hiatus before the Jam.

The School Board announced that five instructional days had been lost due to snow, with two more being lost due to flu season, having dropped enrollment to below the minimum standards.

With the need to make up seven days, the Allen County Board of Education announced that the school year would end on June 1 instead of May 20.

“We have several choices,” then-Superintendent Norm Weaver explained to the board at the meeting. “We can put it on the end of the year and come back after the Memorial Day holiday. We could go on Saturdays, we can go longer each day, we can cut into spring break, or we can go on Good Friday.”

The board ultimately decided on using Good Friday as the make-up day, while being able to adjust if needed to any unforeseen complications.

Porter and Faye Barton officially cut the ribbon for the Decorating Centre under their new management, being joined by then-Mayor Dell Hall, then-County Judge Executive Johnny Hobdy, then-Chamber of Commerce President Jordan Clarke, along with several other friends and “well-wishers.”

The Decorating Centre specializes in “extensive lines” of wall coverings, carpets and paints and in 2026, is set up at 1151 Old Gallatin Road.

Customers of Star Bank were witness to the installation of new signs for the bank, having been renamed to First Star, after Star Bank had bought out First Star.

For customers of the bank, nothing had changed for them, contrasting from when Star Bank took over TransFinancial.

“Only the name has changed,” Scottsville First Star President Craig Browning said in an interview at the time.

The Citizen-Times, consolidated of The Citizen (1908) and Allen County Times (1890) on Oct. 10, 1918, has proudly served Scottsville and Allen County for 136 years.