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Prom candidates
Jay County High School will crown its prom queen and king during promenade, which begins at 8 p.m. Saturday at the school. Pictured, front row from left, are queen candidates Maggie Dillon, Bella Denton, Molly Muhlenkamp, Chloe Ruiz and Sarah McClain. Back row are king candidates Justin DeHoff, Reece Leavell, …
Helping the Rockets
The Portland Rockets are preparing for their 65th season of baseball and received several contributions recently. Pictured above, Rockets supporter Randy Fisher (left) and manager Randy Miller (center) are pictured with former Rocket Steve Takats, whose family made a donation toward the construction of a new batting cage at Runkle-Miller …
Training talk
Ron Huffman of Responder Training Enterprises explains aspects of safely dealing with propane leaks to firefighters from the Portland, Redkey and Bryant departments during a training session Saturday afternoon. The training paid for by the Local Emergency Planning Committee also included new equipment to help handle propane emergencies. (The Commercial …
Bandaging Billy
Billy Sipe of rural Portland chats with American Red Cross volunteer Tami Metz of St Marys, Ohio, while she wraps his arm Tuesday during the blood drive at Jay Community Center. Upcoming blood drives are scheduled for 2 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at Bryant Wesleyan Church and 10:30 …
Bass player
Sixth grader Fletcher Post is poised to play the bass bar last week during rehearsal for Bloomfield Elementary School’s spring program.
Propane preparation
Firefighters from the Portland, Redkey and Bryant departments underwent training Saturday afternoon for how to handle propane leaks. Pictured, firefighters work on injecting water into a leaking propane tank during the training session led by Responder Training Enterprises in the Pioneer Warehousing parking lot, 1617 N. Meridian St., Portland.
High water
Various roads and areas in Jay County were flooded Friday, the result of more than 7 inches of rainfall in the last few weeks. Pictured above, a Toyota driver passes through a body of water Friday along Indiana 1 between county roads 100 and 150 South about four miles north …
Diving back
Riggs Tobe of Fort Recovery High School dives back into first base on a pickoff attempt by the Versailles Tigers on Tuesday’s game. Tobe was one of four Indians to record a hit before the game got suspended due to weather in the top of the fifth inning. (The Commercial …
On the drum
Bloomfield Elementary School sixth grader Chloe Lewellen plays a drum during Tuesday morning’s rehearsal for the school’s spring program later that evening at East Jay Elementary School.
Under warning
Rain beginning Wednesday evening and continuing through today had the shelter house just south of the Salamonie River and the low-lying part of the Hudson Family Park walking trail under water around noon today.
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