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This week in history 9/28/17

Clay Today
Posted 9/27/17

5 years ago, 2012 After winning the race for school superintendent in the August 2012 primary and months before being officially sworn in, Clay County School Board Charlie Van Zant Jr. unsuccessfully …

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This week in history 9/28/17


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5 years ago, 2012
After winning the race for school superintendent in the August 2012 primary and months before being officially sworn in, Clay County School Board Charlie Van Zant Jr. unsuccessfully proposed firing school board attorney Bruce Bickner.

Clay County Elections Supervisor Chris Chambless and staff held a groundbreaking for the agency’s new offices on Orange Avenue in Green Cove Springs in the abandoned Fred Davis Buick dealership.

Newly-appointed Orange Park Police Chief Gary Goble prepared to head to the Federal Bureau of Investigations’ national training academy to begin classes on Oct. 1.

10 years ago, 2007
Green Cove Springs native Augusta Savage was posthumously inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame for her work as a sculptor and involvement with the Harlem Renaissance.

The Pentagon reported that Spc. Donald E. Valentine III of Orange Park was killed during combat operations when an improvised explosive device detonated near Muqdadiya, about 50 miles northeast of Baghdad.

The Clay Board of County Commissioners passed a 6.78136 millage rate that would bring in $268,889,729 revenue for its 2007-08 budget.

20 years ago, 1997
Clay Clerk of Court John Keene said he had contracted with Duval and Co. to conduct an internal audit at a cost of $85 an hour for the firm’s partners and $55 an hour for the firm’s staff.

Green Cove Springs City Council debated a proposed ordinance that would limit the size of billboards and proliferation of political signs in the city.

The Clay Board of County Commissioners passed a 5 percent millage hike to fund its $113 million budget. Millage was set at 8.4585, which resulted in a $34.39 increase for the owner of a $100,000 after a $25,000 homestead deduction.

30 years ago, 1987
Holly Hill Cemetery removed a statue of Christ that residents said morphed into “an image of the devil” that “could be seen at night when a spotlight was aimed on the statue.”

Sandy McCracken, Clay County assistant superintendent for business affairs, said the Clay County School District stood to lose $3 million if the special legislative session resulted in a repeal of the state’s services tax.

Volunteer firefighter Keith Bryan Mitchell of Middleburg turned himself over to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office to face a felony charge of arson for allegedly causing $25,000 damage to a mobile home.

40 years ago, 1977
The Clay Board of County Commissioners voted to impose speed limits ranging from 30-to-40- miles per hour on Black Creek, a compromise between boaters and residents along the creek who complained about noise and speed.

The Clay Board of County Commissioners upheld the county Planning & Zoning board’s denial of a request from Ruby Miller who wished to set up shop as a “spiritual advisor” at 3168 U.S. Highway 17 on Fleming Island.

At a press conference held at her parent’s home, Terri Lynn Guy, then-20, apologized for the pain she caused the community and law enforcement with her intentional staged disappearance. She also apologized to the black community for saying a black man driving a white van kidnapped her at the Roosevelt Mall.