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Then, the basketball team peaked the year with a trip to the NCAA finals. Fans cheered the boys on as they defeated Syracuse, but lost to UCLA.
It was hoped Louisville would down UCLA and make it a real Kentucky stand off between the two Kentucky teams.
On the community side, Harrodsburg started with the celebration of its founding in 1774, and there was also the reconstruction of Fort Boonesboro.
As the year went on, Pioneer Jim set out in a covered wagon carrying a cornerstone for the new Civic Center from Lexington, Mass., to Lexington, Ky. Just in time for the event, downtown Lexington's cobblestone sidewalks were near completion marking the start of much of Lexington's urban renewal projects.
When the cornerstone arrived a bicentennial evening parade with floats, bands and amusements filled the air. Afterwards a seven block street dance was held on Vine.
Everything seems to have gone "bicentennial," and yet, most undisturbs the lives of the UK student.
He has his classes, his outside interests and his own life to adjust around our rapidly changing lifestyles.
Throughout this edition of The Kentuckian, we have tried to capture not only the events of the year but, those changing lifestyles of Kentucky and it's history. 7f
ABOVE: LKD queen. OPP. PC: A student and his zoology research project.
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