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Archive for: December, 2018

JHS Drama Does It Again!

On Monday (12/10), the Jay High School Drama Club put on another great show in the historic JHS Auditorium. The play was entitled “Voices.” Afterwards, the students performed different group performances that they will be doing at their district competition.

Jay Cheer Places Second

Congratulations to theJay HighSchool, competition cheer squad for placing 2nd at the Northwest Florida UCA Regional Competition at Tate High School this past Saturday! They also earned a bid to UCA Nationals in Orlando for their gameday routine.

Living With Purpose

    On Christmas Eve in 2004, I traveled to a nearby town with my children and my father to meet a man and his wife who bred Labrador Retrievers. The meeting had been prearranged and we looked forward to this new addition to our family. The little 8 week-old black lab took turns being […]

Eva Pearl McBride

Mrs. Eva Pearl McBride, age 74 of the Pollard Community, died December 9, 2018. Mrs. McBride was born in Brewton and was a life-long resident of Escambia County, Alabama. She had worked as a cook at Jay Hospital for a number of years, and was a member of Friendship Free Will Baptist Church.  Mrs. McBride […]

Local pageantry system gives back

Blackwater Beauties a local pageantry system in Jay, FL recently visited The Ronald McDonald House in Pensacola to donate their pop tabs that was collected at their most recent pageant. They donated 70lbs totaling 88,690 pop tabs. For the year they have donated over 100 lbs & 114,000 pop tabs to help The Ronald McDonald […]

JHS’ SGA Lends Helping Hand and More

On Tuesday 33 members of JHS’ SGA traveled to My Father’s Arrows to volunteer their time sorting through donated items for the organization’s thrift store. The students spent three hours tagging and loading up items to be sold. Additionally, a $1,000.00 donation was presented to My Father’s Arrows from SGA’s concession stand earnings from the […]

Hullet Gets First Win As Royal

It was inevitable… the Jay Royals got their first win of the 2018 season. Inevitable in that the Royals have lost four games this year by four points or less. As hard as the Royals have played this year, they finally got their due. The win also marked Hank Hullet’s first win as Jay’s head coach. […]

Jay’s Brian Watson Couldn’t Pass Up Opportunity

12/10—-When head Jay softball coach Brian Watson was deciding on whether to become the new girls’ basketball coach at Jay High School, the decision was easy. Although taking the job meant more hours in the gym, Watson was already an assistant boys basketball coach, the group of players that are on the team made the […]

JES 5th Grade Perform at Codova

Thursday- The Food Court at Cordova Mall in Pensacola sounded very festive on Thursday due to around 50 fifth graders from Jay Elementary School. The students sang almost 10 Christmas songs to shoppers as they traveled through the mall. Some songs were sung with music behind them while the fifth graders provided their own music […]

You Can’t Rain on this Parade! (PICS OF JAY CHRISTMAS PARADE)

Even though the rain was falling from the sky, the annual Jay Christmas Parade went on to the delight of many. JHS cheerleaders, the mayor, business leaders, and even Santa Claus took to the damp streets to bring Christmas cheer to Jay.