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This week in history 10/19/17

Clay Today
Posted 10/18/17

5 years ago, 2012 Green Cove Springs City Council approved a three percent cost-of-living pay raise for city employees. After not gaining a majority of votes for a County Commission she pursued, …

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This week in history 10/19/17


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5 years ago, 2012
Green Cove Springs City Council approved a three percent cost-of-living pay raise for city employees.

After not gaining a majority of votes for a County Commission she pursued, Marge Hutton was sworn in a second time to complete her term on the Orange Park Town Council. She had to resign the seat in order to run for County Commission.

Officials in Keystone Heights announced plans to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Keystone Heights Airpark, which was first built as Crystal Lake Airfield in 1942.

10 years ago, 2007
Orange Park Town Council named Connie Wolfe its new town finance director. At the same council meeting, officials announced water and sewer rates would go up an average of five percent.

Clay County Supervisor of Elections said her agency needed a cadre of new elections day workers who would be paid between $130-160 to help run elections.

Roger Fontes, chief executive officer of the Florida Municipal Power Association, presented Green Cove Springs City Council with a plaque to commemorate the city’s 100th year of electric utility ownership.

20 years ago, 1997
Clay County Attorney Mark Scruby issued a memo that Clerk of Court John B. Keene did not have the legal authority to procure the services of a third-part firm to conduct an audit of public works funds.

The Haskell Co. donated 15 acres on the southernmost tip of Fleming Island to Clay County in order to preserve it. Known as the Hibernia Midden, the tract was home to a culture that dated back to 500 B.C.E.

Officers from the Green Cove Springs Police Department charged Robert Shrina Asbell, a resident of North Pine Street, with attempted murder after she allegedly stabbed her husband multiple times during an argument.


30 years ago, 1987
The Florida Highway Patrol investigated an 8-car crash on Blanding Boulevard at Filmore Street and reported that Alice Shattuck, 87, of Jacksonville, was killed in the crash, while a passenger in Shattuck’s vehicle received critical injuries.

Fred Carlton Ward Jr., of Keystone Heights, and Paul Fletcher Sisk, of Melrose, pled no contest to manslaughter and each sentenced to three years in state prison for the June 14, 1987 beating death of John Irven Stratton, 46, of Keystone Heights. Michael James Fontana, of Keystone Heights, was to be sentenced the following week.
Tom Smith, president of the Salisbury, North Carolina-based Food Lion supermarket chain, joined Clay County and Green Cove Springs officials and J.P. Hall Jr. in a groundbreaking ceremony for a $22 million distribution center off U.S. Highway 17.

40 years ago, 1977
The Green Cove Springs City Council denied a rezoning request made by Madeliene Hosmeister for a piece of property at West Street and Idlewild Avenue. Residents voiced opposition against her plan to establish a carpet outlet and pizza restaurant.

The Clay Transit Authority asked for Clay County residents to give their opinion of locating a new airport in Clay County, a recommendation that was published in the Florida Airway System Plan. The Plan called for constructing a new airport in Clay County.

After filing a discrimination lawsuit, the Clay County School District voted to hire Michael Zorick, of Los Angeles, California, to teach physical education at Middleburg Elementary School. Zorick was blind.