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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)
First grade character
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 at left are first graders (front row) Pedro Navarro-Hernandez, Lucy Loyd and Camryn Foreman, and (second row) Quinn …
Second grade character
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 second graders (front row) Braylee Broering, Briella Haley, Skye Ingram and Starlynn Roser and (second row) Brett …
Snow-y hug
Jay County High School senior Maddy Snow hugs her uncle Matt Snow during Honors Night on Monday after he presented her with the Jay Lodge #87 Scholarship.
DAR program
Mississinewa Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution regent Kathy Selman, left, stands with Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution central district director Brenda Cotton. She gave a program on “Women of the Revolution” at the Mississinewa Chapter meeting in April. (Photo provided)
Weekend performances
The Jay County High School band and Fort Recovery’s junior high and high school choirs held their spring concerts Sunday. Pictured above, trombone player Caleb Roesch plays during the JCHS jazz band performance. At right, Trinity Rammel dances with the FRHS choir during its performance of “We Built This City” …
Niekamp signs
Karlie Niekamp signed her letter of intent Monday to play basketball at Bluffton University. Pictured in the first row from right are father and assistant coach Brent Niekamp, Karlie and mother Kim Niekamp. Back row are Fort Recovery High School girls basketball coach Tyler Deitsch and siblings Audrey Niekamp, Andy …
Smoothing Seventh
A crew from Brooks Construction works on paving Seventh Street on Wednesday morning. The work is part of a project that also includes paving sections of Franklin Street, Ship Street, Tyson Road, Western Avenue, Williams Street and Wayside Place.
Patriot prom
Morgan DeHoff and Luke Fugiett were crowned as the Jay County High School prom queen and king Saturday night during promenade. DeHoff was also the homecoming queen this fall. (The Commercial Revewi/Ray Cooney)
Tangled tunes
Rapunzel from Disney’s “Tangled” visited Jay County Public Library on Thursday. Pictured, Amara Eley of Portland (center) and other children gather around Rapunzel as she sings “I See the Light.” Festivities at the library included face painting, hair braiding, painting pictures, making paper lanterns and other movie-themed activities. (The Commercial …
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