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This week in history 5/31/18

Clay Today
Posted 5/30/18

5 years ago, 2013 Volunteers and staff with the Wings of Dreams Museum transported donated artifacts from the Space Shuttle program to its facility in Keystone Heights. Residents jammed city streets …

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This week in history 5/31/18


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5 years ago, 2013
Volunteers and staff with the Wings of Dreams Museum transported donated artifacts from the Space Shuttle program to its facility in Keystone Heights. Residents jammed city streets watching crews move a retired crew transport vehicle and other donated items from Green Cove Springs.

The Board of County Commissioners debated extending a moratorium on transportation and educational impact fee collection in the aftermath of the Great Recession.

Residents opposed to an asphalt plant on Chason Road near County Road 15A attended the county commission meeting to make sure they were heard.

10 years ago, 2008
Clay County School Superintendent David Owens joined four school board members to officially break ground on Oakleaf High School, the district’s 40th school. With an estimated cost of $55 million, the school was designed to hold 1,600 students.

Clay County Commissioner Christy Fitzgerald received two years’ worth of pay that was withheld during a prolonged investigation into illegal dumping.

Keystone Heights officials announced that a planned controlled burn of underbrush on Lake Geneva near Nelson’s Point was not likely to take place that year due to forecasted weather conditions.

20 years ago, 1998
The county won its case against former Clerk of Court John Keene, who was found to have improperly used public funds to pay his legal fees. He was ordered to repay more than $42,000 to the county.

Residents voiced strong opposition to development along Branan Field Road at a program development workshop. Property owners said they moved into the country to escape the problems of city living and didn’t want those problems to follow them. A steering committee was named to help guide growth and perform watchdog services on any development.

State Rep. John Thrasher spoke to the Federated Republican Women of Clay County about progress that had already been made and plans for the future. Thrasher praised Clay County residents for electing Jim Horne to the Florida Senate. He also announced the plans for a new $11.3 million community arts center at St. Johns River Community College.

30 years ago, 1988
A 6-year-old Middleburg girl was found dead in a pond near her home. Fawne Young and her 5-year-old sister Amber had been playing in their home’s back yard when they wandered away. Young was airlifted to Baptist Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

A proposed development of 2,133 acres in Fleming Island by DuPont was put on hold due to problems with some of the technical language in the order. The Board of County Commissioners praised the plan but refused to grant final approval until the language could be amended.

Gov. Bob Martinez praised National Guardsman at Camp Blanding during the 53rd Infantry Brigade annual review. Martinez spoke of the troop’s dedication and handed out various awards during the review. World War II veteran Staff Sgt. Leonard T. Owen was given the Bronze Star.

40 years ago, 1978
Building permits for approximately 900 lots in the Heritage Farms subdivision were halted over street drainage issues. The Board of County Commissioners called in the bond of the development to correct the problem. The bond amount is $16,000.

A group of Green Cove Springs city officials met with Florida’s Congressional Delegation in Washington, D.C. over a two-day period. The groups discussed several federally financed projects as well as other requests that were under consideration.

The proposed Clay County Garbage Ordinance was tabled for 30 days at the request of Commissioner Hank Bruning who argued that the county would be regulating business and felt the 30 days would allow the problem to work itself out.