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The Falmouth Outlook is a weekly publication that reports on current news, community gatherings, and local activities in Falmouth, Butler, and surrounding regions of Pendleton County.

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Congratulatory cookout

1 week ago | falmouthoutlook.com | Burton W. Cole

By Burton ColeFALMOUTH — In what has become a sizzling tradition at Pendleton County High School, the Demossville Masons towed their grill to school on Thursday and cooked a picnic lunch of hamburgers and hot dogs for the graduating seniors. “The Masons are a charitable organization,” Larry York, master of De Moss Lodge 220 of the Free and Accepted Masons, said.
LIFE IN THE COLE BIN

2 weeks ago | falmouthoutlook.com | Burton W. Cole

By Burton W. ColeGrowing up, I knew that just about the worst possible career choice would be princess. Beautiful princesses were always getting kidnapped by dragons or poisoned by wicked stepmothers, hopelessly lost in the woods or having their castle stolen. The only career choice worse than princess would be a farm kid named Timmy with a collie named Lassie.
LIFE IN THE COLE BIN

3 weeks ago | falmouthoutlook.com | Burton W. Cole

By Burton W. ColeWhile the sink filled with water, I went over the rules in my head:First, wash the mugs and cups, then the silverware, followed by the bowls and plates, and finally the pots and pans. I know about the rules because way back before I was married, a guy at work told me. He knew because he was a husband. His wife explained it to him. “See, you have to wash the stuff that directly touches your lips and tongue in the cleanest water, then work backward until you get to the pots and pans.
LIFE IN THE COLE BIN

1 month ago | falmouthoutlook.com | Burton W. Cole

By Burton W. ColeWasting time actually isn’t. I discovered that gem while scrolling through news feeds when I was supposed to be finishing a project, pulling a cake out of the oven before it caught fire or paying attention to the road or something.
LIFE IN THE COLE BIN

1 month ago | falmouthoutlook.com | Burton W. Cole

By Burton W. ColeAs often happened, my weird cousin Ollie and I were bored and looking for something to do that wouldn’t get us yelled at again. Ollie tossed a pebble at the side of the barn. “We could tie bows onto the cows’ tails and hold a Miss Moo-erica pageant.”“That would get us yelled at again,” I said. “Maybe as badly as the time we tied burlap bag saddles onto the pigs and rode them into your living room.”Ollie shuddered. “I’ve never seen Ma have such a conniption.
New director Wells fosters New Hope at pregnancy center

1 month ago | falmouthoutlook.com | Burton W. Cole

By Burton ColeFALMOUTH — Shannon Wells wasn’t sure that she should leave her longtime job, but New Hope Pregnancy Center wouldn’t leave her mind. “I’ve been doing customer service work for 25 years,” said Wells, 48, a Pendleton County native who split her younger years between the farm about five miles outside of Falmouth with her dad and the house in town where her mom lived — the best of both worlds, she said.
LIFE IN THE COLE BIN

1 month ago | falmouthoutlook.com | Burton W. Cole

By Burton W. ColeI bought new plants for my fish aquarium. I also picked up gravel, rocks and a couple decorations. I hope my fish like it. When I get fish. And when I get an aquarium. I added a box of fish food to my aquatic hope chest. Because I hope to hear the pitter-patter of little feet… er, fins… splashing about my apartment someday. It’s about time that I had some life in the place. I sure don’t have one.
New strength

1 month ago | falmouthoutlook.com | Burton W. Cole

By Burton Coleand Team KentuckyFALMOUTH — Paragon Metal Fabricators is moving into the closed Hammer Strength building and plans to retain many of the employees. The deal has been in the works for months. Bryan Muehlenkamp, president of Paragon and owner with his brothers Jason and Matthew, said he saw a news story in October about Hammer Strength closing and the Pendleton County was looking for an industry to take over the building.
LIFE IN THE COLE BIN

1 month ago | falmouthoutlook.com | Burton W. Cole

By Burton W. ColeDecades ago, folk singer Jim Croce taught me a series of life lessons. The main points, as I recall, were these:• You don’t tug on Superman’s cape;• You don’t spit into the wind;• You don’t pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger;• You don’t mess around with Jim. The first three I managed quite well, especially since — despite my great desires — I never had the chance to meet either Superman or the Lone Ranger.
LIFE IN THE COLE BIN

2 months ago | falmouthoutlook.com | Burton W. Cole

By Burton W. ColeThat little fort in the apple tree took us kids on many adventures across the known — and unknown — galaxy. It wasn’t much of a fort, really. But then, it wasn’t much of an apple tree, either. With the help of Gordy, the big kid who lived across the road, we lugged a door that had fallen off one of the outbuildings on our farm, and wedged it into finger-like limbs of the little apple tree. The door became a floor not quite three feet off the ground.