Five years ago in Clay Today: 

• As part of the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels and Air Force’s Thunderbirds America Strong campaign of nationwide flyovers, one area doctor had chills run up her spine long before the seven-jet Blue Angels formation made its 30-second run over downtown Jacksonville.
• The town has two options when it comes to fixing the flooding issues at Dudley Branch and Johnson Slough. While both are costly, one is nearly half the cost. The Town of Orange Park has been working toward fixing its decades-long flooding issues that came to a head with 2017 Hurricane Irma.
• S. Bryan Jennings Elementary celebrated its teachers with a barbecue meal for the whole family. Assistant principal Debby Chapman said she and her fellow administrators wanted to do something for the school’s teachers to show that they were appreciated.
• It was difficult to hear the telephone ring over the playful conversations and derision at A Barber Shop last Tuesday. Customers, make that friends, sat along the walls – each at least six feet apart and wearing masks – as three barbers worked their craft on burly heads that haven’t seen scissors in nearly two months.

10 years ago: 

• When parents don’t have money for food to feed their children, many turn to food pantries, which rely on food drives to stock their shelves. Last year, the Clothes Closet and Food Pantry in Orange Park received 23,000 pounds of food from the annual National Association of Letter Carriers “Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.”
• How best to fund much-needed road improvements will get a good look over the next several months now that Clay County Commissioners have voted to extend the transportation impact fee moratorium once again.
• Van Royal is the new Green Cove Springs mayor. He replaces Felecia Hampshire, who served in the post over the past year. Hampshire thanked fellow Council members for their support of her and for their efforts to work together.
• Bright Minds Youth Development offers more than supervision. The nonpro t has four summer camps in four Clay County communities with each operating during the day so parents can drop kids off in the morning and pick them up in the evening.