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Price pitch
Portland Lions Club pitcher Ryker Price prepares to toss a pitch Saturday during his team's Portland Junior League game against Portland Optimist Club.
Finishing at Freedom
Eric Butcher (center) and CR Dillon (left) of Portland lead the Indiana Run for the Fallen into Freedom Park at the close of the first day of the event Friday.
Heroic Homan
High School sophomore pitcher Jenna Homan exclaims after leaving the circle a final time during the Indians’ 10-2 victory over Wayne Trace in the Division III sectional title game Friday.
Donations made
Cincinnatus League recently presented checks to several organizations. Pictured are Julia Schwomeyer of Cincinnatus League, Drew Houck representing the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Eric Hinderliter, Director of the Jay County Public Library, and Bob Vance representing the Jay County Baseball Club. (Photo provided)
Character awards
Students were recently selected from each classroom at East Elementary for exhibiting all six character counts traits — responsibility, caring, respect, trustworthiness, citizenship and fairness — all school year. Pictured are first graders (front row) Romina Castro, Amelia Dawson and Axel Williams and (back row) Annabelle Wiggins, Mason Hamilton and …
Character Counts
Students were recently selected from each classroom at East Elementary for exhibiting all six character counts traits — responsibility, caring, respect, trustworthiness, citizenship and fairness — all school year. Pictured are second graders (front row) Luke Hopkins, Tobias Kunkler and Alex Rodriguez Gutierrez and (back row) Payton Twigg, Neymar Carreno …
Phillips fields
Aiden Phillips fields a ground ball in right field during the Patriots’ 11-1 victory over the Muncie Central Bearcats on Monday. Jay County faced off with the winless Bearcats to build some confidence after having to play the Class 2A No. 1 Hagerstown Tigers over the weekend. (The Commercial Review/Andrew …
Voting with Virginia
Poll worker Virginia Burkey (right) helps Patricia Walker check in to vote Tuesday morning at Jay County Courthouse. Voter volume was low at the courthouse early Tuesday, with only about 10 voters having passed through as of 8 a.m. Polls were open until 6 p.m. Tuesday. (The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney)
Plein air honor
Carol Kennedy accepts the award from Alcove president Kathy Ayers during a ceremony Saturday evening at Arts Place to close the inaugural Jack Ronald Spring Paint Out. Kennedy’s winning piece for the ‘plein air’ event was a view of the Hood Building where Ronald worked for The Commercial Review for …
Seeing the light
Paisley Hart performs a solo to lead off the junior high choir’s rendition of “I See the Light” from the movie “Tangled” on Sunday evening during the Fort Recovery Local Schools spring choir concert. The junior high group also performed “Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu” by Huey Smith, …
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