FEATURE PHOTOS
Slinging Smarties
Makinsey Murphy, second runner-up of the 2024 Miss Jay County Fair Queen Pageant, tosses candy to paradegoers Saturday morning along Union Street (Indiana 1) in Pennville. The parade marked the beginning of Pennville Pumpkin Festival in the park.
Fall fun
Bristol Bruggeman, 6, paints a pumpkin Thursday at Jay County Public Library during its Fall into Fun event. The partnership with Jay County Farm Bureau offered pumpkin picking and painting, fall crafts, wagon rides, outdoor games and inflatables, as well as hot chocolate, apple cider and other snacks. (The Commercial …
Project continues
Construction crews work on the east side of Meridian Street (U.S. 27) at its intersection with Washington Street in Portland on Thursday morning. The work is part of an ongoing Indiana Department of Transportation project that involves paving U.S. 27 through the city, upgrading sidewalk ramps and installing new traffic …
S’more fun
Brooklyn Herriford, 6, gets her marshmallow topped off at the smores table during the Bryant Chili and Fun Night Saturday sponsored by the Town of Bryant and the Jay County Trails Club.
Artistic evening
Delores Hart sketches out a design of the pond Friday afternoon at Hudson Family Park in Portland. The Alcove Artists’ Collective members spent their evening painting at the park. (The Commercial Review/Bailey Cline)
Recovery royalty
Fort Recovery High School crowned Gavin Evers and Anna Roessner as its homecoming king and queen prior to the football game against Parkway on Friday. Evers made up for a poor kickoff by jumping on the ball and recovering it for the Indians after an offensive touch to help them …
Clinic cheer
Harper Wendel cheers during halftime of Friday night’s Jay County High School football game against the Lapel Bulldogs. She was one of 98 girls who attended the JCHS cheerleading clinic this week and then joined the Patriot cheerleaders on the track at halftime Friday. For more on the game, see …
Club scholarship
Fort Street Car Classics awarded a $500 scholarship to Brayden Bonifas, pictured above (right) with car club president John Jutte. Fort Street Car Classics will host a cruise-in from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday in downtown Fort Recovery. (Photo provided)
Swap shopping
Father and son Shawn and Dave Phillips (center and right) look Thursday morning at some of the items Don Marchal of Versailles, Ohio, has set up at the Tri-State Gas Engine and Tractor Association Swap and Sell Meet. The meet at the Tri-State grounds, 1010 N. Morton St., Portland, continues …
Semifinal celebration
Brion Kahn and Caressa Runyon-Kahn cheer after Dylan Marentes’ goal put the Jay County High School boys soccer team up 4-1 in the sectional semifinal game on Wednesday at Eastbrook. Marentes scored two goals and assisted another to lift the Patriots past the Delta Eagles and earn them a spot …
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