1997 | Parents call for dismissal of Donna Cockrel after Harrelson hemp presentation
On Thursday, Feburary 20, 1997 parents of students at Simpsonville Elementary School gathered at the school for a Parent Teacher...
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Jan 30, 19972 min read
1997 | Woody Harrelson makes second visit to Simpsonville Elementary
Despite his failure to appear at Simpsonville Elementary a week prior, Woody Harrelson made a second visit to Donna Cockrel's class on On...
Jan 23, 19972 min read
1997 | Court finds statute "overbroad" after Harrelson charges are dismissed
On January 23, 1997, Judge Ralph E. McClanahan handed down the following judgment in the case of Woody Harrelson: After reviewing the...
Jan 23, 19972 min read
1997 | Parents protest against Woody Harrelson's second scheduled visit
In the months following Woody Harrelson's first visit, Simpsonville Elementary School had adopted a new visitors policy for...
Jan 9, 19972 min read
1997 | Harrelson shows up to movie premiere in Kentucky Hemp Museum
As if Harrelson hadn't drawn enough media attention, on January 8, 1997 Woody arrived in the Kentucky Hemp Museum van, wearing a tuxedo,...
Oct 30, 199616 min read
1996 | Hemp charges dismissed against Woody Harrelson
On Oct 30, 1996, a Kentucky Court heard Woody Harrelson’s Motion to Dismiss after planting hemp seeds in Lee County, Kentucky, and...
Oct 26, 19962 min read
1996 | Woody Harrelson announces hemp essay winners
The winners of Harrelson's hemp essay contest were announced on Saturday, October 26, 1996. Jenny Kinchen, a 13-year old hom school...
Sep 30, 19965 min read
1996 | Woody Harrelson defends Cockrel
After the school expressed interest in revoking Donna Cockrel's teaching certificate, Woody Harrelson issued a statement in to clarify...
Sep 3, 19962 min read
1996 | School investigation accuses Donna Cockrel of inappropriate behavior
On September 3, 1996, the investigation by the Shelby County School District informed Donna Cockrel that her conduct during the...
Aug 25, 19963 min read
1996 | School tries to revoke Donna Cockrel's teaching certificate
Following the investigation, the Shelby County School officials advised the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board ("EPSB") that...
Jul 11, 19962 min read
1996 | Woody Harrelson launches hemp essay contest
After all the controvery surrounding Woody Harrelson's trial for planting hemp in Kentucky, and Donna Cockrel's persecution for having...
Jul 2, 19962 min read
1996 | Kentucky Hemp Museum & Library launches mobile exhibit
Woody Harrelsons's visit to Kentucky kick-started a nation-wide educational initiative by the Kentucky Hemp Growers Cooperative...
Jun 30, 19962 min read
1996 | Donna Cockrel investigated after Harrelson hemp presentation
Not everyone celebrated Woody Harrelson's arrival and activism throughout the state after he visited Donna Cockrel's fifth grade class...
Jun 2, 19962 min read
1996 | Woody Harrelson arrested for planting hemp seeds in Kentucky
From the Kentucky Fiber Hemp Conference in Lexington on May 31st, the Kentucky Hemp Growers Cooperative (KHGCA) members and Woody...
Jun 1, 19961 min read
1996 | Kentucky Fiber Hemp Conference held in Lexington
On May 31, 1996, following the surprise visit from Woody Harrelson to Simpsonville Elementary School in Shelby County, the KHGCA hosted a...
May 31, 19962 min read
1996 | Woody Harrelson speaks to Kentucky elementary school students about hemp
The Kentucky Hemp Growers Cooperative (KHGCA) stirred national attention when members surprised Shelby County, Kentucky elementary school...
Mar 26, 19961 min read
1996 | Kentucky farmer and co-op President speaks at Canadian Industrial Hemp Conference
Andy Graves, now the President of the Kentucky Hemp Growers Cooperative, spoke at the Industrial Hemp: Economic Opportunities for Canada...
Jan 11, 19961 min read
1996 | American Farm Bureau Federation supports hemp research
In 1996, Andrew Graves introduced a resolution calling for research that could lead to the reintroduction of hemp into the American farm...
Jul 25, 19952 min read
1995 | Kentucky Hemp Museum sponsors UK poll on hemp
After the discouraging results from the University of Kentucky's June 1995 Task Force report, the Kentucky Hemp Museum & Library and the...
Feb 8, 19951 min read
1995 | Kentucky Hemp Growers Co-op holds first meeting
On Feb 7, 1995, the Kentucky Hemp Growers Cooperative (KHGCA) held its first meeting in Marion County, Kentucky. --- Source Vote Hemp...
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