Five years ago, 2015• City Manager presented five bids to the Green Cove Springs City Council from companies who want to manage the city’s electric distribution system.• The Clay High …
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Five years ago, 2015
• City Manager presented five bids to the Green Cove Springs City Council from companies who want to manage the city’s electric distribution system.
• The Clay High football team loses 34-24 to Wakulla in the Class 5A state semifinals.
• Edgar Prather of Middleburg wins a $40,000 TrophyCatch bass boat in a blind drawing by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
10 years ago, 2010
• When Karen Helseth picked up groceries at Waste Not Want Not she was honored with a bouquet of balloons as the nonprofit organization celebrated giving away one million pounds of food to needy residents.
• Clay County high schools all score well on the FCATS test with no school scoring worse than a B.
• Fleming Island librarian Paul Clark earns the “I Love My Librarian” award, $5,000 and a trip to New York from the Carnegie Corporation.
20 years ago, 2000
• Newly elected Christie Fitzgerald joined incumbents Larry Lancaster and George Bush in a swearing in ceremony for the Clay County Board of County Commissioners.
• Green Cove Springs plans to enforce strict enforcement of the way city buildings are numbered.
• Joyce Alford, Director of Student Services for the Clay County School District, was selected by the Florida Association of School Psychologists and Administrator of the Year.
30 years ago, 1990
• Clarence Brooks is given a life sentence after a jury convicts him of two counts of grand theft and one count each of armed robbery and attempted robbery.
• There were 41 entries on display during the Green Cove Springs Christmas parade.
• The just-completed census indicates a reappointment of congressional districts may include a new district that includes Clay County.
40 years ago, 1980
• A new sign at the city limits reminds visitors Green Cove Springs is home to the oldest Woman’s Club in Florida.
• Green Cove Springs studies the possibility of buying the 360-acre property at Rosemary Hill for a landfill.
• A grand jury decides William Roger Ziegler acted in self defense when he killed businessman Willie James Plummer.