5 years ago in Clay Today:

• Chris Chambless paced the lobby of the Supervisor of Elections office last Friday, stopping every two or three steps to check the time on his cellphone. As soon as it hit exactly noon, he put both hands in the air and let out an enthusiastic sigh of relief.
• The telephone started ringing at the Hampton Inn and Suites on Park Avenue on June 11, the day before the Republican National Committee announced it was moving its national convention to the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena.
• The school board will begin determining how best to start the 2020-21 school year at its upcoming meeting on June 25.
• The Sonshine Music Festival will hit the stage Saturday at American Legion Post 250 with all of the safeguards required by the CDC in place. There will be raffles, door prizes, silent auction, 50-50 raffles, drink specials, food and vendors.

10 years ago:

• The Paul E. and Klare N. Reinhold Foundation, Inc. held its annual “Celebrate Clay” community service awards ceremony live online last week. “For 26 years, the Reinhold Family has celebrated community service in Clay County at its annual awards program,” said J.F. Bryan IV, Chairman of the Foundation.
• Impact Clay is taking over the emergency food operations from Clay County Emergency Operations Center and is setting up a home base at Celebration Church. When emergencies like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic or Florida’s yearly swell of hurricanes hit, food banks become more necessary than ever.
• Two Clay County schools are receiving funding from a state initiative to kickstart expanded civics education and create two debate teams.
• Homelessness and financial hardship can affect anyone, including Clay County. When those two things affect minors, it often causes even more problems because it can keep said minor from going to school and getting an education.