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ACAC champs

Pictured is the Jay County Junior High School 8th grade girls basketball team, which brought home both the Allen County Athletic Conference regular season title and were ACAC tournament champions. Picutred from left are Claudia Dirksen, Karsyn Schwieterman, Charlee Peters, Avery Snow, Alivya Schwieterman and Kendall Schemenaur. The Patriots finish …

Installing signals

Construction workers from Shambaugh & Son of Fort Wayne install and cover traffic signals Tuesday at the intersection of Meridian and Lafayette streets in Portland. The installation of the lights is the final step in an ongoing Indiana Department of Transportation project that also included paving and sidewalk work. (The …

Coaches connect

Jay County High School assistant coach Doug Arbuckle — he coached in Jerry Bomholt’s absence — and Patriot alum and current Blackford coach Aaron Daniels exchange pleasantries following their game on Saturday. Daniels, who also used to coach at JCHS as an assistant, got the better of his former school, …

Bank donates

First Bank of Berne recently made donations of $3,000 to Arts Place and $2,000 to Jay-Randolph Developmental Services. Arts Place will utilize the funding for its Arts in the Park series of summer arts workshops for students 6 and older. JRDS provides residential, community and other services to those with …

Sharing 600

Jay County High School boys basketball coach Jerry Bomholt shares a moment with his wife Dede before Friday night’s game against the Bluffton Tigers.

Mallory's medals

Jay County High School honored four-time wrestling state champion Mallory Winner at halftime of Friday’s boys basketball game against Bluffton.

Five generations

Pictured are five generations of the Ronald, Mong, Smith and Wasson families. In the front are great great-grandmother Martha Sue Ronald holding Maizie Mae-Lynne Wasson. In the back row are mother Rosealynne Wasson, grandmother Amanda Smith and great-grandmother Evelyn Mong. (Photo provided)

Training with Tre

Sergeant Tre Nusbaumer (right) acts out a scenario Thursday with deputies Cory Locke and Steven Lothridge during Crisis Intervention Team training at Jay County Sheriff’s Office in Portland. Responders from area departments gathered last week for the training intended for developing CIT teams to “help Hoosier communities improve their response …

Schoenlein shoots

Fort Recovery High School sophomore Madie Schoenlein fires up a 3-pointer during Monday’s 64-17 victory over South Adams. Schoenlein finished with an assist and a rebound in the win. (The Commercial Review/Andrew Balko)

Elementary anthem

The Jay County elementary school choir performed The Star-Spangled Banner on Tuesday night before the Jay County High School girls basketball game against Heritage. It was part of a variety of activities for the evening, including free popcorn for fans, honoring the elementary and middle school girls basketball teams and …
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