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Day of Prayer

Between 80 and 100 Christians from at least nine different denominations gathered May 1 across Jay County to observe National Day of Prayer. Participants met at Jay County Courthouse, Portland City Hall and Haynes Park throughout the day to pray for the community, state, nation and world. (Photo provided)

Signed to Tiffin

Saidy DeRoo signed her national letter of intent at Miracle Lanes on May 9 to join the women’s bowling team at Tiffin University. Pictured in the front row are Gary Coats, Saidy DeRoo and Laura DeRoo. Back row are Fort Recovery High School girls bowling coach Alison Rosegrant and assistant …

Elementary traits

Students were recently selected from each classroom at East Elementary School for exhibiting all six character counts traits — responsibility, caring, respect, trustworthiness, citizenship and fairness — all school year. Pictured above are kindergartners (front row) Otto Huelskamp, Piper Eley, Zoey Williams and Maddox Dull, and (back row) Charlotte Huntsman, …

Fester on stage

Luke Moser performs as Uncle Fester during Saturday’s rehearsal for the Jay County High School production of “The Addams Family.” The production opens Friday in JCHS auditorium with additional performances on Saturday and Sunday. For a story about the show, see Thursday’s edition of The Commercial Review. (The Commercial Review/Ray …

Regional contest

Optimist International North District Regional Oratorical contest was held at Huntington College on April 26. Londyn Cavanaugh of East Jay Elementary, pictured above at right, placed first and won a $2,500 scholarship from the Optimist International Foundation. Sam Gibson of Bloomfield Elementary, pictured above at left, placed third and won …

Run arrival

Runners hold flags high as they arrive for the stop at the intersection of Hendricks and Wilson streets on Friday in Bryant during the opening day of Indiana’s Run for the Fallen. The event continued Saturday with a leg from Portland to Anderson and concluded Sunday with runners traveling the …

Field work

A farmer makes a turn in his tractor while working a field Monday morning on the south side of county road 350 South, just east of county road 200 West. A wet spring slowed the start of the planting season, but farmers got a lot of work done over the …

Flag presentation

Runner Eric Butcher of Portland hands a flag to Norma Whitacre alongside her husband Ernie at the mile marker in Bryant honoring Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew F. Whitacre during Friday’s opening day of the Indiana Run for the Fallen. The first day started in Fort Wayne and concluded at Freedom …

Honors scholar

Jesse Bivens presents a scholarship to senior Morgan DeHoff during Honors Night on Monday at Jay County Junior-Senior High School. (The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney)

Club donates

Portland Evening Optimist Club recently donated $500 to Jay County 4-H Clubs. Pictured above, from left, are Purdue Extension Office health and human sciences coordinator Ashley Drees and Evening Optimist Club president Bobby Ruiz. (Photo provided)
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