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This Week In History

Clay Today
Posted 1/17/18

5 years ago, 2013A headcount of students in the Clay County School District showed 682 fewer students than projected, which put the district at risk of having a $6.47 million budget shortfall.The …

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This Week In History


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5 years ago, 2013
A headcount of students in the Clay County School District showed 682 fewer students than projected, which put the district at risk of having a $6.47 million budget shortfall.

The Clay Board of County Commissioners debated an ordinance governing how mobile veterinary offices would operate in Clay County.

After a three-and-a-half year wait, the Wings of Dream Museum in Keystone Heights learned it was to receive a donated World War Two-era Douglas C-47 after being selected from a pool of aviation museums around the U.S.

10 years ago, 2008
Board of County Commissioners Chairman George Bush and School Board Vice Chairman Charlie Van Zant Jr. spoke out opposing the “Save Our Homes” tax bill that was moving through the Florida Legislature. Both said the bill would take money out of local government coffers because it increased the homestead exemption.

The age-old debate about evolution led to a packed room of speakers at the Clay County School Board. After the discussion, the board passed a “watered-down” version of the state-required resolution.

A second jury found County Commissioner Christy Fitzgerald innocent of criminal charges that had been previously recommended by a 2006 grand jury looking into the Sleepy Hollow illegal dumping scandal.

20 years ago, 1998
Green Cove Springs City Council held public debate on how to save the old and ailing Qui-Si-Sana hotel, one of the last hotels from the city’s era as a tourist destination.

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office charged 19-year-old Michael David McJunkin with murder and armed robbery in connection with the stabbing death of Shannon Carol Holzer that occurred on New Year’s Eve.

British mining company Tarmac appealed a 5-1 vote of the Clay County Planning Commission to deny a rezoning request that would have allowed it to establish a sand mine in Keystone Heights. Residents opposed the sand mine.

30 years ago, 1988
The Clay Board of County Commissioners voted to oppose a plan to set up a hazardous waste disposal facility on the east side of Camp Blanding. The BCC would write the Department of Environmental Regulation and state legislators asking to kill the project.

The Florida Department of Transportation said a proposed route for an outer beltway loop around Jacksonville would not likely run through Fleming Island and involve a new bridge across the St. Johns River to eventually connect with Interstate 95.

Clay County Sheriff Jennings Murrhee said Robert Pugh, 30, and Paula Johnson, 32, both of Gainesville, were the first grand theft arrests made in Florida for allegedly stealing Florida Lottery tickets since the game of chance was launched statewide that month. They were booked into the Clay County Jail.

40 years ago, 1978
The Clay Board of County Commissioners unveiled plans to expand the County Health Department Building, the county courthouse and county jail in its regular meeting.

The Clay County Chamber of Commerce – having experienced membership growth from 180 to 600 – moved its headquarters from Green Cove Springs to Orange Park at 1567 Kingsley Ave., the former location of Kingsley Bank.

The Clay County Zoning Commission granted a special use permit to Clay Electric Cooperative to construct a substation on a 30-acre tract on the northwest corner of Blanding Boulevard and Branan Field Road.