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Baritone Bond

Lane Stephens of the Jay County High School Marching Patriots plays the baritone Friday during Indiana State Fair Band Day. JCHS placed fifth behind Muncie Central, Anderson, Kokomo and Richmond.

Helping hand

Twins Harper and Hadley McDavid, both 7, get help from father and Portland police officer Brandon McDavid with untangling their balloons Tuesday during Jay County’s National Night Out at Hudson Family Park.

Class of 1974

Portland High School’s Class of 1974 met recently for its 50th reunion. Pictured in the front row are Tom Chapman, Sue (Blackford) Brandenburg, Evelyn (Ronald) Mong, Marcia Wilcox, Avalyn (Breymier) Swaney, Pennee Carpenter, Lucretia (Grogg) Miller, Patty (Imel) Johnston and Loni (Peterson) Freeman. Second row are Mark Butcher, David Stoner, …

Spirited Trinity

Jay County High School cheerleader Trinity Glassford yells Saturday during the Indiana State Fair competition. The Patriots finished in second place. (The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney)

Opening drive

Jay County High School sophomore Brooklynn Bright tees off on the third hole Monday morning at Wabash Valley Golf Club during the South Adams Invite. For a full story on how the Patriots did in the season opener, see Wednesday’s edition of The Commercial Review.

State embrace

Jay County High School Marching Patriots drum major Gabe Pinkerton gets a hug from his mom Catherine following the band’s preliminary performance Friday at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis. JCHS advanced to the Sweet 16 and closed the evening with a fifth-place finish.

Cheering on to state

Jay County High School cheerleaders, pictured above, and Jay County junior high cheerleaders performed their state fair preview shows Friday evening at East Jay Elementary School. Both Jay County squads compete today at Indiana State Fair’s cheerleading competition, with junior high set to go on at 9:30 a.m. and the …

Putting down roots

The Jay County High School boys and girls soccer teams wrapped up the first youth soccer camp since Rodney Reynolds and Kendra Muhlenkamp took over the boys and girls, respectively. (Photo provided)

Crafting at camp

Raegan Blalock, 11, colors with a pink marker Wednesday during Jay County Campus of Arts Place’s Art Camp put on through the organization’s Arts in the Parks program. Campers around noon Wednesday designed collage silhouettes and fortune tellers. The camp continued through today at Hudson Center for the Visual Arts …

Rosalie shoots

Rosalie McLaughlin shoots for the goal during the Jay County High School youth soccer camp on Tuesday. The three-day camp had about 50 participants that got to work with boys and girls varsity soccer players.
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