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Prom royalty

Molly Muhlenkamp and Luke Vormohr were crowned Jay County High School's homecoming queen and king Saturday night during promenade.

Coming down

Jay County High School sophomore Peyton Yowell lands into the sand pit for the long jump at West Jay Elementary School during the Patriots’ meet against Bluffton. (The Commercial Review/Andrew Balko)

Shielding off

Jay County High School freshman Caleb Garringer shields off his opponent from Bluffton during the 1,600-meter run at West Jay Elementary School. (The Commercial Review/Andrew Balko)

From the Skye

Skye Ingram tosses a scarf in the air to mimic snow during Thursday morning’s rehearsal for the East Elementary School first grade spring program at East Jay Elementary School. The students performed a variety of musical numbers to go along with the story “The Day the Crayons Quit.” (The Commercial …

Kindness counts

East Jay Elementary recently recognized students pictured above for demonstrating kindness. Pictured, front row, are Coltyn Pearcy, Zaylee White and Gracie Bowlan, second row, are Lucy Locke, Kynlee Homan, Aria Coats, Henry Ankrom, Colin Kelly, Dominga Bernal Guzaro, Evelynne Cook and Wylee Vanalst-Tackett, third row, are Claire Schmiesing, Mikken Huftel, …

Prom candidates

Jay County High School will crown its prom queen and king during promenade, which begins at 8 p.m. Saturday at the school. Pictured, front row from left, are queen candidates Maggie Dillon, Bella Denton, Molly Muhlenkamp, Chloe Ruiz and Sarah McClain. Back row are king candidates Justin DeHoff, Reece Leavell, …

Helping the Rockets

The Portland Rockets are preparing for their 65th season of baseball and received several contributions recently. Pictured above, Rockets supporter Randy Fisher (left) and manager Randy Miller (center) are pictured with former Rocket Steve Takats, whose family made a donation toward the construction of a new batting cage at Runkle-Miller …

Training talk

Ron Huffman of Responder Training Enterprises explains aspects of safely dealing with propane leaks to firefighters from the Portland, Redkey and Bryant departments during a training session Saturday afternoon. The training paid for by the Local Emergency Planning Committee also included new equipment to help handle propane emergencies. (The Commercial …

Bandaging Billy

Billy Sipe of rural Portland chats with American Red Cross volunteer Tami Metz of St Marys, Ohio, while she wraps his arm Tuesday during the blood drive at Jay Community Center. Upcoming blood drives are scheduled for 2 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at Bryant Wesleyan Church and 10:30 …

Bass player

Sixth grader Fletcher Post is poised to play the bass bar last week during rehearsal for Bloomfield Elementary School’s spring program.
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