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This Week in History

Eric Cravey
Posted 10/26/16

5 Years Ago, 2011

Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler joined Orange Park Town Council to dedicate Somer’s Sunshine Park at the southeast corner of Debarry and Gano avenues in honor of Somer …

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This Week in History


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5 Years Ago, 2011
Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler joined Orange Park Town Council to dedicate Somer’s Sunshine Park at the southeast corner of Debarry and Gano avenues in honor of Somer Thompson, 7, who was abducted and murdered in 2009.

Orange Park Medical Center officials prepped for the unveiling of its new emergency room.

Complaints to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office led to the arrest of four people, including a Neptune Beach Police Department detective for operating a gambling house at two bars in Keystone Heights – The White Elephant and Keystone Saloon.

10 Years Ago, 2006
Clay County Developer Jerry Agresti was named the inaugural winner of the Louis L. Huntley Pacesetter Award by the Clay County Chamber of Commerce. The award honored Huntley who died earlier that year.

Orange Park Community Theatre prepared for its debut of “The Contrite Spirit,” a play set in the Civil War era that mixed drama with humor and murder with intrigue.

Sailors at Naval Air Station Jacksonville celebrated the U.S. Navy’s 231st year of service.

20 Years Ago, 1996
County Commission Chairman George Bush urged caution in a light repair project at the Orange Park Athletic Association ball park on Gano Avenue. The repairs had been delayed due to having an Osprey’s nest nearby.

Developer Van Royal announced the sale of homes in The Cove development along Governors Creek. The block and stucco homes listed between $69,900 and $79,900.

County Comptroller and Clerk of Court John Keene filed a lawsuit against Clay County asking the courts to settle a dispute concerning some $60,000 in taxpayer dollars Keene used to defend himself in a 1994 ethics complaint lodged by BCC member Ron Stotler.

30 Years Ago, 1986
U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese appointed attorney G. MacKenzie Rast of Orange Park to serve on the U.S. Parole Commission, a position that required him to move to Atlanta to accept.

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office charged marriage and family counselor Hartwell Wilson, 39, with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old male therapy client.

Green Cove Springs Mayor Dick Beseler said he would rather spend $40,000 on a new city hall rather than on filling cavities underneath the aging structure after hearing a report from engineering firm CH2M, which examined the building after concerns were raised about sinkholes.

40 Years Ago, 1976
The Clay County Development Authority mailed out more than 3,000 letters to what it called “industrial prospects” in its ongoing attempt to lure new businesses and jobs to the county.

Southern Bell donated a touchtone phone to the Clay County Bicentennial Steering Committee to place in a time capsule it was planning to seal and bury at the old county courthouse on Dec. 11.

Gainesville-based Sonny’s Bar-B-Que announced it planned to open a restaurant location on Kingsley Avenue in Orange Park.