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Tobacco cutting, 1982
Posted on August 25, 2014 | in Uncategorized | by Lexington Herald-Leader
Tammie McKenney cut 500 sticks of tobacco in five hours during the women’s speed-cutting event on Aug. 30, 1982, at the Bluegrass Tobacco Festival in Scott County. Officials thought her feat to be an unofficial women’s world record. McKenney, 17, was a high school senior from Mount Zion. Photo by Charles Bertram | Staff
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