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This week in history 8/18/16

Eric Cravey
Posted 8/17/16

5 Years Ago, 2011 Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll said the First Coast Expressway toll road was a bold step for development and prosperity at a news conference touting the construction kick off of …

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This week in history 8/18/16


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5 Years Ago, 2011
Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll said the First Coast Expressway toll road was a bold step for development and prosperity at a news conference touting the construction kick off of the $291 million project.

Although Clay County Sheriff’s Office investigators said they found overwhelming evidence in a videotaped voyeurism case at Berean Baptist Church on Fleming Island, no one would be prosecuted in the more than 10-year-old case.

The Board of County Commissioners considered a proposal that would have shut down the Clay County Victim Services Center on State Road 16 West.

10 Years Ago, 2006
Clay County School Board candidates Charlie Van Zant Jr., Carol Vallencourt and Lisa Graham touted a 13 percent teacher pay raise as some of their accomplishments voters should consider for returning them to office.

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office charged Joshua Maulsby with the beating death of his girlfriend, Kay Castaneda who was found floating in Maulsby’s parent’s swimming pool in Orange Park.

The Board of County Commissioners proposed a new budget that would include 25 new sheriff’s deputies, 15 new firefighters and a pilot program to fund new park equipment for schools.

20 Years Ago, 1996
Rick Beseler, chief investigator for the state attorney’s office, said “Operation Cellmate” resulted in 69 arrests and 81 total suspects in a sting operation targeting thefts of stolen cell phones and cell phone fraud.

The Keystone Heights City Council accepted ownership of the Keystone Heights Cemetery from association President Marion Prevatt. As part of the transaction, Prevatt agreed to transfer $1,500 to the city from cemetery accounts.

The Clay County Building Department reported issuing 115 permits for single-family homes worth $10.63 million in July.

30 Years Ago, 1986
Angel Fernandez of Orange Park pleaded not guilty in circuit court to charges of cocaine trafficking after allegedly selling 28.5 grams of cocaine to undercover agents with the Orange Park Police Department and the Naval Investigation Service.

Upset about the heat and humidity, parents and Lakeside Middle School Principal Millie Wilkes compromised that fingertip length shorts could be worn from the first day of school until Oct. 1 and from May 1 until school ended.

Ronald Eugene Newman of Keystone Heights was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tallahassee to two years in federal prison and fined $5,000 for allegedly signing a false federal tax return for 1977.

40 Years Ago, 1976
Jackson, Miss.-based Mediplex Inc. announced it will operate a 90-bed geriatric center on Oak Street in Green Cove Springs on property adjacent to the Clay Memorial Hospital.

A federal Comprehensive Employment Training Act grant was awarded to aid Keystone Heights in hiring an additional city police officer and a street maintenance employee.

Keystone City Council voted unanimously to ban smoking in city hall during council meetings. The measure passed after a motion from cigar enthusiast and councilman Everett Fox.