Connor High School - Archives Yearbook (Hebron, KY)

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Jl Bryan Shotwell J UNION DEPOSIT BANK US 42 Union, KY 41091 364-3491 ' fl©rist 7905 Dixie Hwy Florence, KY 525-1818 JANSEN AND SONS Insulation At Its Best” Good Luck Class Of '84 Phone 341-0066 the battle. After this, the CAA be- gan an onslaught against Florence, knocking on doors, making phone calls and distributing signs and bumper stickers throughout the county all with same message — Vote no” on Annexation. When the final votes were counted. 785 of the affected voters, just 3% over the state requirement, did just that — vote no” against Annexation. The county had a massive sur- plus of revenue, nearly one mil- lion dollars, for the 1982-83 fiscal year ending in June. On February 22. the fiscal court voted to go ahead with the house renumbering project. Nearly 8 out of 10 houses in the county were affected. So ended 1983, a year filled with excitement, and the prom- ise of more to come. Ii A ■

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Florence Deposit Bank Check With One Of Our Loan Officers Concerning Our Student Loan Program” Serving Northern Kentucky Since 1904 7500 Mall Road Phone: 525-3030 5184 Limaburg Road Burlington, Kentucky 371-0799 D»« OfxJs J«••try. Repa '. Appo-M 4 Mumyi OAVte W OCHtMtACH C«v«- t o Ky 41011 A4MN»nt «3M745 MINUTEMAN PRESS 7846 U.S. 42 Florence, KY 371-0191 Local News” Whether it was good or bad. Boone County residents never lacked for something to talk about. While local farmers were los- ing their crops to summer heat, many local marijuana growers were losing their crops to the Boone County Sheriff's Depart- ment, as they, for the first time, focused on a marijuana crack- down. In this bust, they netted several local growers and thousands of illicit plants. In the late evening of June 2, Air Canada Flight 797 crash landed at the Greater Cincinnati Airport. Twenty-three passengers were killed. The annexation, involving Union, Florence, and Citizens Against An- nexation, finally settled in Novem- ber. The heated battle was started when both cities proposed annex- ation of 4,000 acres of the same land. Union had to withdraw from

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 National News In 1983, the world found many ways to amaze, shock and numb us. How did it stun us? Let us count the ways. On October 23, 241 servicemen were killed in the terrorist bomb- ing that destroyed U.S. Marine Headquarters in Beirut. The small Ohio River town of New Rich- mond lost two of its native sons in the bombing — Marine CpI. Terry Abbot, 25 and Gunnery Sgt. Dennis” Lloyd West, 28. Two Cin- cinnati priests were in Grenada when President Reagan ordered the invasion, which he later called a rescue mission.” Eighteen U.S. ser- vicemen lost their lives during the invasion. Although fighting did not reach U.S. soil, it touched many U.S. lives. Cincinnati-area resident Ming- Tsan Weng was among the 269 pas- sengers aboard the Korean Airline Boeng 747 shot out of the sky after BOOTH BAIRD REUTMAN POORE SHEARER SCHNEIDER Family Practice Clinic M.D., A.A.F.P., P.S.C. 6721 Dixie Highway Florence, KY 41042 Phone.- 371-2100 182