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Forming future talent
A 2008 Jay County High School graduate and former assistant boys basketball coach Aaron Daniels instructs a small group of kids during a ball handling drill during the Blackford High School basketball youth camp. Daniels became Blackford’s head basketball coach on May 21. (The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney)
PBS event is Saturday
Ball State University PBS will host Be My Neighbor Day from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Canan Commons in downtown Muncie.
Five generations
Pictured are five generations of the McFarland and Younger family. In the front row are great-great-grandmother Reva Younger holding Carter McFarland and grandfather Chad McFarland. In the back row are great-grandmother Deb McFarland and father Brock McFarland. (Photo provided)
Camp drills
Kyla Sims hits a backhand during a drill that focused on footwork and movement at the Jay County High School tennis camp on Monday morning.
Can of corn
Display Craft pitcher Benton Langenkamp catches a short pop up on Tuesday against Lions Club in Portland Junior League Willie Mays baseball.
Tinkering with robots
Bentley Brunswick, 12, Jake Arnold, 12, Owen Clemens, 10, and Gabe Lutz, 10, practice launching a ball with their robot Wednesday during the 2024 VEX Robotics morning camp at John Jay Center for Learning. Participants built robots to compete in VEX Robotics’ latest game, Rapid Relay, at the end of …
Ellie's dream
Olivia Smith chats with 4-year-old Ellie Westgerdes during the Little Mr. and Miss of the Fort Recovery Harvest Jubilee contest Thursday at Ambassador Park. Westgerdes dressed up as a soccer player. (The Commercial Review/Bailey Cline)
Courts installed
Portland city employees, from left, Kody Muhlenkamp, Joe Jackson and Justin Detro work on installing new cornhole courts at Haynes Park. The courts took the place of a couple of the horseshoe pits at the park. Street and parks department staff also completed mulch work at the park last week. …
West Jay honors
West Jay Optimist Club selected students from each classroom at West Jay Elementary and Redkey Elementary each semester as honor students for improving their classroom work or citizenship.
Fire Ops 101
Portland Fire Department hosted its first Fire Ops 101 training for local and state officials and media personnel Saturday. Pictured above, Duane Monroe — he’s the Republican nominee for the south district Jay County Commissioner seat up for election in November — Portland Board of Works member Steve McIntosh and …
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