Keystone Heights & Lake Region

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2 • Keystone Heights • 2017 A Christian Retirement Community Where Our First Priority Is Our Residents Park of the Palms is a Christian Retirement Community in the heart of North Central Florida. Our twenty fi ve acre campus offers Independent Living, Assisted Living, Respite Care and Adult Day Service.

• We offer a variety of different independent living options, including: studio, one bedroom, standard two bedroom and deluxe two bedroom units. • Prices for Independent units include electricity, water, lawn care, garbage pick-up and maintenance. Units come with washer and dryer. • Assisted living residents can choose private or semi-private rooms and personalize the room with their own furnishings to provide a feeling of home. • Our ALF ECC license allows us to provide additional services for residents requiring a higher level of care. • Delicious meals are served daily in the beautiful Weir Dining Room overlooking Lake Brooklyn. • Lodging is available for our residents’ guests in the Gilbert Lodge or in our RV Park. • Amenities include a swimming pool with a pool lift, fi tness center, library, shuffl eboard court, beauty salon and walking/biking trail. • We are a VA approved Day Service Provider. Park of the Palms Christian Retirement Community 677 Hebron Avenue, Keystone Heights, FL 352.473.6100 • parkofthepalms.org ALF License #AL5265

2017 • Keystone Heights • 3 Mission Statement: The mission of the City of Keystone Heights is to Welcome to provide outstanding municipal services, to be financially sound, to be champions of our lakes, to oversee our airport, and to carefully grow Keystone Heights and improve our community (progress). From the Mayor’s Desk COUNCILMEMBERS As Mayor of Keystone Heights I would like to thank you Tony Brown - Mayor for taking the time to read this fine publication featuring our city. Steve Hart –Vice Mayor Here you will find a wealth of information about the place that I am proud to call my home town. Please take time to read the articles that tell about our history and Steve Brown – Councilman our beginnings. I always enjoy talking one on one with the older generation that have been in the Marion Kelly – Councilwoman area for many years. It helps me understand what it was like for them living here as a child. As Dan Lewandowski – Councilman you look at some of the photos on the following pages you will see the beauty of our community including our tree canopy and the lakes that have provided so much activity and helped create so many memories through the years. The City of Keystone Heights has committed to a partnership with our local Save Our Lakes Organization (SOLO) The City Council of the City of Keystone and the St Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) to work to restore and sustain these priceless resources to the fullness they once were. With pending legislation in Tallahassee that would provide funding for a major water resource Heights meets the first Monday of every project, we are optimistic about the condition of our lakes in the years to come. month at 6:00 pm at City Hall. As I enter my second term as mayor I am honored to work with our city council along with our staff of talented and dedicated public servants who strive daily to keep our city in tip top shape. Keeping our streets and parks clean so that they can be enjoyed by all and being fiscally responsible to ensure the most efficient use of our resources is our priority. Our “2020 Vision: A Complete CITY ADMINISTRATION Streets Project”, our downtown Scott Kornegay – City Manager revitalization effort, is moving along with funding from North Florida TPO on Lynn Rutkowski- City Clerk the horizon. We will be constructing a Kenny Hall – Public Works Supervisor trailhead along the Palatka-Lake Butler Rails to Trails that runs through our city. Cathy Speakman – Fiscal Clerk Our economy is gaining momentum Tina Barber – Code Enforcement and businesses are evaluating our area as a possible location for startup or Rich Komando – City Attorney (KBG) expansion. These are exciting times for us. Connect to Keystone Heights If you are planning a visit to our area, as Mayor, and on behalf of the City Hall Keystone Heights City Council, I want 555 S. Lawrence Blvd to extend a warm welcome to you and your family. Nestled under the gigantic Keystone Heights old Florida oak trees and along the 352.473.4807 shores of our beautiful lakes, our city Keystoneheights.us is one I’m sure you will fall in love with. Like Us on Facebook Sincerely, Follow Us on Twitter Mayor Tony Brown From Left to Right Councilman Steve Brown; Vice Mayor Steve Hart; Mayor Tony Brown; Councilwoman Marion Kelly (not pictured Councilman Dan Lewandowski) 4 • Keystone Heights • 2017 Check Out Our Proshop Tubes • Wakeboards, Wakesurf Boards • Comp Vests Keystone Heights 24 & Lake Region Get a Boat!

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On the cover... (352)475-3434 Gazebo Park, City Hall, Ace Hardware lakeareawatersports.com 22 & American Gutter Welcome to Keystone Heights ...... 4 Events ...... 6 From the City Manager ...... 8 Area Business Listings ...... 9 Keystone Heights Airport ...... 10 Keystone Heights History ...... 16 This is a one-stop real estate website for all your home Unique to Keystone Heights ...... 22 buying and selling needs in Keystone Heights, FL. 2020 Vision ...... 24 1924...... 25 32 Keystone Heights Walking Tour ...... 26 Contact us if you’d like more informa� on on ﬁ nding Good Things To Come ...... 32 Keystone’s First Homes ...... 34 your dream home or preparing to sell your home. 43 Keystone Heights Trailhead ...... 36 The Chautauqua City ...... 38 The Electric Mr. Wiggins ...... 43 City of Keystone Public Works ...... 46 Small Businesses ...... 48 Local Heroes ...... 50 Get Connected ...... 54 HelenH Hersey 7396 State Rd 21 N (352)(3 473-8882 News: City of Keystone Heights Keystone Heights, FL 32656 Advertising: Laura Slaback, Peg Oddy, Clay Today (352)(3 235-1586 Susan Sawyer & Hugh Osteen 3513 HWY 17 • Fleming Island, FL 32003 Publisher: Jon Cantrell www.claytodayonline.com Graphic Design: Eddie Hodges, Michele McNeill & Kathy Roy 904-264-3200 2017 • Keystone Heights • 5 City of Keystone Heights Events Keystone Memorial Gardens A city owned and maintained Cemetery Memorial Day Ceremony Halloween Downtown Trick or Treat Keystone Heights Memorial Monday, May 29th 11:00 am Tuesday, October 31st 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Gardens is owned and maintained by the City of Keystone Keystone Memorial Gardens Downtown Keystone Heights Heights. This beautiful cemetery is located at 7304 State Road 100. Just 1 mile west of S. Our County Day Celebration Veterans’ Day Ceremony Lawrence Blvd. For information regarding lots or to purchase Street Dance Saturday, November 11th 11:00 am a brick to add to our Veterans Saturday, July 1st 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm Keystone Memorial Gardens Memorial Pathway, please contact Keystone Heights city hall July 4th Celebration at 352.473.4807 Tuesday, July 4th all day Christmas Parade of Lights 5K Run 8:00 am Saturday, December 9th 6:00 pm Our County Day Parade 11:00 am Craft Show, Live Music 9:00 am -4:00 pm Wreaths Across America Downtown Keystone Heights Saturday, December 16th, 11:00 am Tuesday Evening, July 4th Live Music - 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm 2nd Annual Mayor’s Ball Fireworks – 9:30 pm Saturday, March 10th, 7:00 pm Keystone Beach Keystone Heights Airpark (Admission - $1 per person)

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6 • Keystone Heights • 2017 Keystone Lake Region Business Association (KLRBA) was formed in the late 80’s by a few local The Keystone Heights business owners. These business owners had the idea to form an organization that was made up of members, board members / offi cers; all of which had the same goal in mind; keeping business local Rotary Club Mayor’s Ball when possible. KLRBA meets on the 2nd Monday of the month for lunch. During these luncheons On March 11, 2017, the Keystone Heights Rotary Club we have speakers, whether they are motivational speakers or local business owners informing the attendees of what their business has to offer. We also discuss upcoming events and share business along with Lake Region Kiwanis hosted the First Annual experiences. Our meetings are held at local venues and catered by local restaurants. The cost of Keystone Heights Mayor’s Ball. This 1940’s themed black lunch is $10.00 for members/guests. KLRBA membership fees are $60.00 per year and we accept tie event helped raise funds to pay for improvements to applications throughout the year. The membership fees help pay for quarterly mixers / socials and the Keystone Heights Rails to Trails trailhead. The Key- 2017 Business Association Members other funds are distributed to help other local organizations / community events. Mixers are generally stone Heights Rotary Club will apply for a matching grant held quarterly and these events are specifi cally held for “meet and greet” opportunities. KLRBA is the which if approved, will turn the nearly $5000.00 proceeds All American Hearing Aid Centers J & A Tile event sponsor for Keystone’s Annual Downtown Halloween “Boo on the Boulevard”. Each year 3,000 into bike racks, a bike repair station and access from the American Gutter Keystone Heights Animal Hospital plus children / teens / adults show up for trick or treating, costume contests and live entertainment. trail to the trailhead. Auctions by Adkins Keystone Golf and Country Club Business owners get together and line both sides of Lawrence Boulevard to pass out candy. Kids Auxadyne Keystone Heights Insurance Agency come from several counties to join the fun. Join us at one of our Luncheons or Mixers and help us The Keystone Heights Rotary Club invites you to join us with our goal to support our small business owners. For more information or questions, please email next year for an unforgettably magical 1940’s style event with Beck Automotive Group Lake Region Monitor Capital City Bank - Keystone Law fi rm of Veronica R. Owens Barbara Franklin @ [email protected]. If you aren’t a member, we hope you will dancing to live music consider attending a meeting as a quest.” and good food. The Capital City Bank - Starke Lynch Promotional Products gala will be held at Car Quest Keystone Auto Parts No Fla Hosp Sr HealthCare ctr Melrose 2017 Offi cers & Board Members: the Keystone Heights City of Keystone Heights OPC News (dba Clay Today) President: Harold Gilstrap - Gilstrap & Associates Clay Co Chamber of Commerce Our Timeless Treasures Vice-President: Chris Carson - Retired Clay Electric Airpark inside a han- Treasurer: Douglas Wise - Retired BP & Keystone Building Center gar decorated to bring Clay Electric Co-Op - Chris Carson Retired Park of the Palms Secretary: Barbara Franklin - Keystone Heights Insurance back the nostalgic feel Clay Electric Co-Op - Pat Mundorff Realty Productions, André P Gourd Board Member: Laura Slaback - Clay Today of the WWII era. Clear Science, Inc Robert A. Morrow, LMHC Board Member: Deborah Strickland - Haven Hospice dcw Collectibles Santa Fe Electronics & Cellular Board Member: Sam Midgett - Capital City Bank Dr. James Minesinger Taylor Law Firm, PA Dream Vacations Tina Bullock/Community Leader Frosty’s Heating & Cooling Serv Trevor Waters Realty, inc Genesis Fitness J&A Tile and Painting Gilstrap & Associates Tax Problem Resoluitions Haven Hospice Unicorn Web Development Helen Hersey Realty Watson Realty

lake area small engine 7333 Kyle Street, Unit 1 • Keystone Heights, FL 352-473-1212 2017 • Keystone Heights • 7 initial funding is anticipated and several other projects next fiscal year. in different stages of From the City Manager Our city recently took design and construction. possession of a parcel All this will enable our The City of Keystone Heights building upon our success to become of land from the State of residents and visitors to operates with a council-manager form even more responsive, innovative and Florida along the Palatka- celebrate the milestones of government adopted by city charter proactive in meeting the needs of our Lake Butler Rails to Trails and rich culture of our city in 2010. This government combines the entire community. We are fortunate to to be used as a trailhead. made possible through the strong political leadership of elected have such dedicated public servants This trailhead will provide thoughtful and efficient officials, in the form of the city council, who strive every day to improve the parking, a bike rack use of limited financial with the professional experience of delivery of services. and repair station, picnic tables and resources. an appointed city manager. Under this There are many exciting restrooms for trail users. According It is my honor to serve as Keystone government, the mayor and council are things happening in our community. to the Department of Environmental Heights city manager in these exciting responsible for making policy decisions Keystone Heights has a downtown Protection, more than 100,000 people times. On behalf of Mayor Brown and for the community. As city manager, I redevelopment project underway we used this trail for recreational purposes our city council I would like to invite am responsible for the effective and have titled “2020 Vision: A Complete in 2016. everyone throughout Clay County to efficient delivery of services, including Streets Project”. This project will As a city, we are on the cusp of come visit us, stop by City Hall and recommending and carrying out the revitalize our central business district even greater opportunities and results, get to know us. We are proud of our policies and ordinances of the city council. by incorporating pedestrian friendly with major capital projects such as community and would love to share it I am extremely proud of the walkways, wayfinding signage,those mentioned above as well as with you. services provided by our city staff. enhanced parking and traffic calming a restoration project at the historic Our city government is committed to features. The project is on the North Keystone Beach Pavilion, a major water Very Respectfully, improving the delivery of services by Florida TPO’s list of priority projects and resource project, street resurfacing Scott Kornegay, MPA

From Left to Right Tina Barber; City Engineer Donnie Bowles; City Attorney Rich Komando; Councilman Steve Brown; Vice Mayor Steve Hart; Larry Williams; Mayor Tony Brown; City Manager Scott Kornegay; Kenny Hall; Steve Allain; Thomas Brown; Robert Thomas Front Row Cathy Speakman; Brenda Pickett, Councilwoman Marion Kelly; City Clerk Lynn Rutkowski (Not Pictured- Councilman Dan Lewandowski) 8 • Keystone Heights • 2017 City of Keystone Heights Business Listings A Cut Above Hair & Nails 480 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-6030 * Senior Healthcare Center Melrose 5818 Centre Street, Melrose, FL 32666 352-475-3792 Alfie’s Discount Liquors 153 E Walker Dr, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-6991 alfiesdiscountliquors.com North Florida Pharmacy of Keystone 405 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-478-2057 northflpharmacy.com * All About Hearing Aids, Inc 470 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-270-3215 allamericanhearingaidcenters.com * Our Timeless Treasures 7790 SR 100, Key Hts, FL 32656 352-473-2183 Ameris Bank 100 NE Commercial Cir, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-264-7100 amerisbank.com * Park of the Palms 677 Hebron Ave, Key Hts, FL 32656 352-473-6100 * American Gutter 286 SE SR 100, Keystone Heights, FL 32065 352-478-7078 americangutterinc.com Paul D Newell, P.A. 360 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-4928 pwelllaw.com Answers Resource Facility 115 Commercial Cir, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-1000 findanswersnow.org * Realty Productions, André P. Gourd PO Box 995, Key Hts, FL 32656 904-502-0615 * Auctions by Adkins 1914 SE CR 219A, Hawthorne, FL 352-258-0023 Rebecca E Williams, CPA 120 Citrus Ave, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-5909 * Auxadyne LLC 200 NE Commercial Circle, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-478-8275 auxadyne.com Right Path Behavioral Health Services 205 Magnolia Ave, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-478-8395 Azalea Health 100 Commercial Cir, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-6595 azahealth.org Robert A. Morrow Counseling 210 SW Nightingale St. #13, Keystone Heights FL 32656 904-315-9106 Bald Eagle Bait & Tackle 155 E Walker, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-6060 * Robert A. Morrow, LMHC 390 SE 52nd Street, Key Hts, FL 32656 904-315-9106 * Beck Automotive Group North Highway 17 N, Palatka, FL 32177 386-328-8881 Roberts Ins. of Keysotne Heights, Inc 333 S. Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-7209 georgerobertsins.com Blast From the Past Consignment 150-C South Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 * Sante Fe Electronics 160 S. Lawrence Bvld, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-3808 Blue Lagoon Car Wash 180 Cargo Way, Keystone Heights FL 32656 School Kidz Hang Out 165 SW Nighingale St, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-4044 schoolkidzhangout.com Body Language Salon 124 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-0016 Shannon’s Hair, Nails & Tan Unlimited 107 SE Commercial Cir, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-0257 Brooklyn Boys 205 NE Commercial Cir, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-478-8140 brooklynboyskeystone.com Shear Creations 290 S. Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-478-8130 Bryan’s Ace Home Center 251 E Walker Dr, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-4006 Bryanace.com Star Quality Dance and Cheer Center 180 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-5223 starqualitydanceandcheercenter.com * Capital City Bank - Starke 350 N Temple Ave, Starke, FL 32091 904-964-1908 Starling Family Dentistry, P.A. 310 SE Palmetto Ave, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-9090 * Capital City Bank - Keystone Heights 500 Green Way, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-4952 ccbg.com * Tax Problem Resoluitions 106 Whippoorwill Lane, Interlachen, FL 32148 386-684-0303 * Car Quest Keystone Auto Parts 7419 SR 21 N Keystone, Key Hts, FL 32656 352-473-3561 * Taylor Law Firm P.A. 420 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-8088 Carol Lindermann, Licensed Mortgage Broker 100 SW Magnolia Ave, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-0305 Therapy Through Massage 100 SE Nightingale St, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-1118 China Chef 125 E Walker Dr, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-6333 newchinacheffl.com * Trevor Waters Realty, inc 7374 SR 21, Key Hts, FL 32656 352-473-7777 * Clay Co Chamber of Commerce 1734 Kingsley Avenue, Orange Park, FL 32073 904-264-265 * Unicorn Web Development PO Box 762, Middleburg, FL 32050 352-282-9338 * Clay Electric 10 Citrus Ave, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-4917 clayelectic.com VeRonica R Owens, Attorney at Law 189 S. Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-5000 veronicarowens.com * Clay Today PO Box 231, Key Hts, FL 32656 352-502-9700 Village Doctors Medical Center 175 N Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-3199 * Clear Science, Inc 7435 SR 21, Suites A & B, Key Hts, FL, 32656 354-478-8650 Village Doctors of Keystone Heights 100 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-9373 Compass Bank 200 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-367-5120 bbvacompass.com Walgreens 115 N Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-4621 walgreens.com Computer Solutions 298 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-450-3811 * Watson Realty 7384 SR 21, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-4816 CVS 120 W Walker Rd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-7122 cvs.com Wendy’s 210 Walker Dr, Keystone Heights FL 32656 342-473-3636 wendys.com D & Cabinets Inc 150 NE Commercial Cir, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-0072 Whitton Roofing Co 375 Fox Run Rd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-8962 whittonroofingco.com * dcw Collectibles PO Box 1217, Key Hts, FL 32656 352-494-1846 Dollar General 300 Green Way, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-2381 dollargeneral.com * Members of the Lake Region Business Association. * Dr. James H. Minesinger 260 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-2600 * Dream Vacations 185 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-478-8092 christinapettytravel.com For information on how your business can become a member, please visit us on our website at klrba.com Family Dollar 200 N Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-9432 familydollar.com Fancy Nails & Spa 176 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-478-2018 Flooring of Keystone 260 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-6610 flooringofkeystone.com Florida Farm Bureau Insurance 195 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-8885 mikefletcher-ffbic.com Flower Petals 370 Sylvan Way, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-9201 flowerpetalsinc.com What does your * Frosty’s Heating & Cooling Serv 123 Popular Drive, Interlachen, FL 386-350-0347 * Genesis Fitness 310 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-7388 mygenesisfitness.com * Gilstrap & Associates PO Box 1, Key Hts, FL 32656 352-473-5770 promo.csi-se.com * Haven Hospice 6400 St. Johns Ave, Palatka, FL 32177 386-328-7100 home equity Healthy Living 4U 179 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-3663 * Helen Hersey Realty PO Box 2002, Key Hts, FL 32656 352-473-8882 Hoodz of Gainesville/Tallahassee 160 Nightingale, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-478-7043 hoodz.com look like? * J&A Tile and Painting 6351 Beloit Ave, Key Hts, FL 32656 904-504-0935 Jones Galleghar Funeral Home 340 E Walker Dr, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-3176 jonesgallagherfh.com Joseph Knapp Land Surveyor 270 SW Palmetto Avew, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-3166 Julia’s Midtown Café 190 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-478-8028 Keystone Barber & Style Shop 175 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-4007 Keystone Chiropractic Inc. 330 S Lawrence Blvd Ste A, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-9777 Keystone Dental - Dr. Todd Shockley 260 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-0707 keystonheightsdentist.com Keystone Gifts & Guns 155 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-4006 Bryanace.com * Keystone Golf and Country Club * Keystone Hts Animal Hospital PO Box 309, Key Hts, FL 32656 352-473-4966 * Keystone Hts Insurance Agency 7388 SR 21, Key Hts, FL 32656 352-473-4881 [email protected] Keystone Keeperz Mini Storage 107 NE Commercial Cir, Keystone Heights FL 32656 52-473-1122 Keystone Kutters 460 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-7029 Keystone Kwik Lube Inc 131 W Walker Dr, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-6929 Keystone Music Lessons 174 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-3670 Unlocking the equity in your home is easier than you think. With a Home Equity Line of Credit from Lake Area Physical Therapy 465 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-7560 lakeareapt.com Capital City Bank, see how the return on your investment can fund a dream vacation, home improvements, * Lake Region Monitor 7382 SR 21, Key Hts, FL 32656 352-473-2210 * * Law firm of Veronica R. Owens 189 S. Lawrence Blvd, Key Hts, FL 32656 352-473-5000 or college expenses. Apply for it just like a loan, and once you’re approved you can access this cash – up to Lil Nut Archery 150 NE Commercial Cir, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-672-7617 your full available credit limit – whenever you’d like, for whatever you’d like. Locker Room Athletics 156 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-2272 sportinggoodsflorida.com LuAnn’s Hair & Nails 330 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-475-9306 904.452.2050 * Lynch Promotional Products 2536 Larkspur Ave, Middleburg, FL 32068 317-361-9632 ccbg.com/equity Mallards 255 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-4076 mallardsdollarama.com MBS Financial Services Inc 350 S Lawrence Blvd Ste E, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-478-8201 mbsfinancialservices.com *Subject to credit and property approval. Hazard insurance required and flood insurance, if applicable. Exclusions and limitations apply. Owner-occupied Michael A Ganey, PA 450 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-278-4884 property only and CCB must be in a valid first or second lien position. Refer to loan application or ask your banker for complete details. This offer may be Mike’s Auto Electric 330 NE Commericial Cir, Keystone Heights FL 32656 352-473-7557 withdrawn at any time.

2017 • Keystone Heights • 9 Keystone Heights Airport (42J) Keystone Heights Airport is located approximately 50 miles Southwest of Jacksonville, and 3 miles north of the city of Keystone Heights, in the Southwestern corner of Clay County. It straddles both Bradford and Clay Counties and is the only “public use” Airport in both counties. At any given time, there are approximately 68 aircraft permanently based on the field stored in either T- hangars, bulk hangars, or on open ramp areas. The airport has two, five thousand foot runways capable of accommodating aircraft as large as a C-130 and aircraft weighing up to 150,000 lbs. It sits on 2482 acres with designated areas delineated as Airport Commercial, Authority (KAA) is comprised of seven Business Park, Light Industry, and members, (Keystone Heights 4, Q Aviation Commercial / Operating Area 691 acres Timber. Bradford County 1, Clay County 1, and Q Business Park Area 297 acres The Keystone Heights Airpark an Officer from Camp Blanding 1), who Q Natural Park Area 241 acres are appointed by the City of Keystone Q Timber / Wildlife Area 1253 acres

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2017 • Keystone Heights • 11 Heights City Council and govern all 1943, the 313th Fighter Squadron was property, from the Federal Government, activities associated with Aviation moved from Alachua and employed in 1947. activities, compliance with Federal P40 Warhawks for training. Later, TODAY Aviation Administration standards, the P40s were replaced with P47 From its inception to the present, tenant leases, timber sales, and all Thunderbolts. In January 1945 the various branches of the military other activities within the Airpark AAFSAT sent down orders for closure continue to utilize the Keystone property. The City Manager acts a and on February 1st 1945 the field Heights Airport for various training liaison between the city, and the KAA, was placed on inactive status. The exercises throughout the year. Sharing at monthly board meetings. The Airport city of Keystone Heights acquired the the North border of the Airport is is city property but does not adjoin the city and involves a drive, from City Hall, through Clay County then Bradford and back into Clay to get to the KAA offices. The KAA office staff manages the day to day operations including lease payments, aircraft fuel sales, airfield maintenance, tenants, and a myriad of other duties. Discover the thrill of flight BRIEF HISTORY David A. Nickels, Certified Flight Instructor (904) 742-7512 The airport was constructed by A&P IA, Avionics Technician, USCG Senior Cheif (ret) [email protected] the United States Army Air Forces (The US Air Force did not yet exist) in 1942 and was originally named Aircraft Sales & Service as Crystal Lake Army Airfield (due ● ANNUALS ● 100 HOUR ● PRE-PURCHASE INSPECTIONS to its proximity to Crystal Lake) but ● ACCIDENT REPAIRS ● INSURANCE CLAIMS ● IMPORT ● EXPORT ● EXPERT WITNESS when commissioned in December, of that same year, it became known as Keystone Army Airfield. The Airfield was built on the Southwest perimeter of Camp Blanding. During World War II, the field was the home of the AAFSAT Strategic Reconnaissance School. The F3 Havoc, P39D (variant) Air Cobra, and L-2 and L-3 Grasshopper Light Ken Oddy A&P, IA CountyLineKeystone Heights AviationAirport (42J) Observation Aircraft (similar to J-3 904-545-6497 Piper Cub) were some of the aircraft training occurred in. In November Keystone Heights Sportsmen’s Club

•Clubhouse •Picnic Pavilion •Skeet Range •Crystal Lake Access •Hunting Available to public, private, civic, charitable and church groups. Skeet Range open to the public on Wed. and Sat. at 7PM Provide your own shotgun, ammunition with eye and ear protection. Skeet range operators can provide guidance to novice skeet shooters. Located at Keystone Heights Airport For more information call 904-364-7347 Not-for-profit organization incorporated in 1967 to promote sportsmanship in the community.

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2017 • Keystone Heights • 13 Camp Blanding’s Joint Training Center, Ops Volunteer Group, 1st annual 5k time favorite, FREE AIRPLANE RIDES. Forestry Department used KHA as the the primary military reservation and Glow Run for Communities in Schools, Four home-based pilots gave over Operations center for North Florida training base for the Florida National as well as the concert with The 125 people, aged 5 up to 92, free with Helicopters flying in and out for Guard. Montgomery Gentry Band in 2014 for airplane rides on that day, but created fuel, air crew changes, and computer The Airport accommodates both the Florida National Guard Foundation. memories that last forever. management during that disaster. The the Direct TV and Goodyear Blimps The Airport is also utilized by both AVIATION’S GIFT Airport is committed to being a good throughout the year as well as host Bradford and Clay County Emergency Our Airport serves as a critical neighbor, but at times can make a little 2 aerobatic contests each year with Management and Sheriffs Department asset as Camp Blanding is designated noise. Know that anytime there is an Eagle Sport Aviation. The facility also for annual awareness training and as the Emergency Operations Center event around the world where roads was utilized as the main training base hosts the annual Northeast Florida (EOC) for the State of Florida. Governor are gone, harbors are unpassable, for the 2013 U.S. Aerobatic Team and League of Cities Dinner for the City Scott flies into Keystone several times aviation can usually get in and bring the Lima Lima Flight Team. Keystone of Keystone Heights. In 2012, KHA a year and, in the event there is a the needed supplies to sustain life, get Heights Airport prides itself in giving celebrated its 70th Anniversary by natural disaster, he and his staff will victims out, and restore order. back to the community by hosting opening its doors to the community manage state response efforts from If you are interested in more events such as the annual 4th of July and giving a day of local food, car Camp Blanding’s EOC. When the fires information about leasing, or using our Street Dance, hunting fundraisers for and aircraft show, music, vendors, were burning, all over Florida back field for an event, please contact the wounded veterans through their Air- an aerobatic show as well as the all- in the nineties as well as 2006, the Airport Manager at (352) 473-0031.

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Keystone Heights History to 1954 The Florida Land Boom of the 1920s attracted John J. Lawrence of Pittsburgh, PA, an ordained minister, to establish a community in the southern Clay County “lake region”. After abandoning plans for real estate development in Miami, Lawrence became active for a time in the development of Sebring, Florida, where he met J. B. Zell, who owned land near Lake QUALITY & Brooklyn in Clay County. In 1919, the region around Lake Brooklyn DEPENDABLE and Lake Geneva was still very SERVICE sparsely settled. The village of Lake Geneva was founded around THAT EXCEEDS 1903 on the north edge of Lake Geneva. By 1908, it had a post EXPECTATIONS office and a depot on the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad line, which ran between Valdosta, GA, and Palatka. The GS&F also had a small depot a few miles to the west at Brooklyn, and William King built the Brooklyn Hotel near the depot. Lawrence, impressed with the mild climate, good drainage, Equipment Sales clear water of the lakes and the wooded landscape, brought Service Department his three brothers, Jess, Joe and Claude, into his visionary enterprise, the Lawrence Parts Department Developing Company, founded in 1919 and headquartered at first in the Brooklyn Hotel. The Company had purchased thousands of acres of land and named the new town Keystone Palatka Heights. Most of the early settlers, Hastings Keystone Heights 8515 State Rd 207 Hastings, FL 101 Commercial DrKeystone 625 S State Road 19 Palatka, FL along with the developers, were 904.692.3673 Heights, FL352.473.4001 386.385.5658 from Pennsylvania, the “Keystone State.” Some of the early www.futchsdepot.com • www.facebook.com/futchstractordepot 2017 • Keystone Heights • 17 buildings had signs or symbols in the shape of a keystone, still seen on several of the historic buildings. Lawrence persuaded the railroad to move its depot from Brooklyn to Keystone, and a new depot was constructed. In 1924, the Brooklyn post office closed and the Keystone Heights post office opened. In 1922, civil engineer C. Ray Lawrence platted the streets. The Company organized an intensive promotional campaign. Maps, postcards, and brochures were printed and distributed, featuring the colorful maps created by C. Ray Lawrence. The first settlers set about building modest homes, some living in tents until their houses were ready. Some of the first homeowners were from Meadville, PA, where the Lawrence family was from. They were an educated and energetic group that included artists, teachers, businessmen, clergy, and engineers. They were also practical and resourceful, setting up small businesses to serve the town’s economic needs and public services such as schools, utilities, parks and recreational facilities from scratch to improve their new community. In addition to home sites, new citizens of Keystone Heights were also encouraged to purchase agricultural acreage near the

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Like Even though eight trains of Dr. George Mead, a Presbyterian placed articles about the town the Penney Farms community, the Georgia Southern and Florida minister who had built a home in newspapers throughout the Lawrence Developing Company Railroad traveled through the in Keystone Heights, was country, such as one about the incorporated an element of area daily in 1924, the roads selected as the president of the upcoming Chautauqua program commitment to the future in were dreadful. The road to Winter Chautauqua in 1926- and another describing the new its early plans, hoping that its Green Cove Springs, the county 1927 and chose the young town high school and auditorium that citizens would reap the benefits seat, was a sandy trail through as its location. The sixty-day had opened for the winter season of producing and selling crops dense pinewoods that took half event was affiliated with the and the many homes under grown on their own land. However, a day. Although it was built at national Chautauqua institute construction. due to problems with soil, insects the height of the Florida Boom, and featured a wide and varied The Keystone Heights public and other disappointments, this Keystone Heights grew slowly. program. Speakers, musicians, school was built on four acres never materialized. However, The town was incorporated in authors, and artists from Florida, donated by the Lawrence fruits and flowers did flourish in 1925, with a population of less Pennsylvania and New England Developing Company. The the gardens of the new settlers. than fifty. The town leaders kept led the program, and visitors attractive brick school, which had John Lawrence, an ordained careful records of their council enjoyed a lively and uplifting round only four classrooms at first, was minister, was very interested meetings, elections, finances,of banquets, lectures, classes, designed by Gainesville architect in religion and one of the and the ordinances they passed. and musical programs held at the Newbold Goin. The school has earliest institutions in Keystone All of the minutes of the meetings Keystone Inn and at other venues continued to grow into a large Heights was the Community are preserved in the City Hall. in town. One outdoor site is still campus at the same location Church, an interdenominational The names of the elected and called the Chautauqua Circle. The with modern buildings and sports house of worship founded in appointed officials are recorded town boldly began to advertise fields, but the original building 1923. Lawrence also wanted a and so are expenditures for town itself as “The Chautauqua was demolished in 1981. suitable place for prospective improvements such as sidewalks City of the South.” Dr. George Visitors and residents to the land purchasers to stay, and the and streetlights, equipment for the Bird, a professor of journalism, town enjoyed the public beach Company built the comfortable, fire department, landscaping for three-story Keystone Inn on a parks, electric and water service, site overlooking Lake Geneva, and such attractions as the dock, Specializing in but not directly on the waterfront, pavilion and public beach on the reserving those parcels for sale. shore of Lake Geneva. Orthopedic & Jess Lawrence supervised the A statewide business directory construction crew, made up of published in Jacksonville in Neurological local men. 1925 reported that Keystone Rehabilitation The Keystone Inn opened on Heights, formerly Brooklyn, had January 1, 1924, and became a population of 100 and was on the hub of social activities in the the route of the GS&F railroad. CELEBRATING OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY town. The Board of Trade was Phone service was available and Lake Area Physical Therapy & Aqua� cs has a highly organized there and the Inn was a community church had been experienced staﬀ with an outstanding reputa� on the site of weddings, card parties, established. Mr. F. D. Hornbeck in the medical community. We pride ourselves on Chautauqua Circuit gatherings, ran a drug store, F. E. Carr was the delivering comprehensive, one-on-one service to and was the headquarters for postmaster and the freight agent our pa� ents as your neighborhood professionals, no the convention of the National for the railroad, and Tracey W. ma� er what your rehabilita� on needs. Federation of Women’s Club in Baker was the town notary. Other the late 1920s. In its heyday of businesses were the Keystone Keystone Offi ce (352) 473-7560 the 1920s, the Inn was so popular Heights Lumber Company and 465 S Lawrence Blvd. • Keystone Heights in the winter that it was likely to the Wiggins Electric Light and Starke Offi ce (904) 964-2208 be overbooked. The Pavilion at Power Company. 1554 S Water St • Starke Keystone beach was erected Like James C. Penney, John Melrose Offi ce (352) 475-3113 shortly thereafter and was used Lawrence envisioned a cultured, 25727 FL-26 • Melrose for dances, boat rides, and the moral, and involved community lakeareapt.com Laura Hodges, PT/Owner

2017 • Keystone Heights • 19 on Lake Geneva and the adjacent electricity. He also developed the Originally intended as a winter and docks on the St. Johns River pavilion, which included a band town water system. resort, Keystone Heights attracted at Green Cove Springs. Service shell for outdoor concerts, and During the Depression, when the more year-round residents by the personnel and their families added by 1926 they could play a round population in and near Keystone 1930s and became a summer to the population during the 1940s, of golf at the nine-hole course. Heights had grown to about 320, playground in the 1940s and 1950s. not only from these military bases, Although modern conveniences the New Deal offered some relief Most of Clay County remained largely but also from those in Duval County like electricity and telephones to the local economy in the lake rural during the Depression and little to the north. The Keystone Inn was were scarce at fi rst, thanks to region. Gold Head Branch State was done to improve roads and popular with wives of servicemen at the energetic G. E. Wiggins, Park was created north of Keystone transportation. However, in 1939, in Camp Blanding and airmen training improvements to the town were Heights in 1934 with the help of anticipation of military involvement in at the small airfi eld near the town. soon underway. Wiggins, who had federal funding. Michael Roess World War II, two military installations After the war, many who had been been recruited from his hardware donated the initial eighty acres of were established in the county and stationed at these facilities returned store in Green Cove Springs by cutover timberland and the Civilian these signaled an upturn in the local to make permanent homes in Clay John Lawrence to take charge of Conservation Corps developed economy, bringing jobs and better County. Another post-war benefi t of the plumbing and electrical work the park facilities. A number of roads. A large training base for the Camp Blanding was the opportunity on the Keystone Inn, ended up the park staff lived in Keystone U. S. Army, Camp Blanding, was built to purchase surplus buildings: a owning the original Delco electric Heights and became members of near Starke, in Bradford County, and number of frame structures built plant that fi rst supplied the town’s the community. the U. S. Navy built an air station to serve as military housing were moved to Keystone Heights and retrofi tted as homes for civilians. When the DuPont Company expanded its titanium mine near Starke in the 1950s that employed more than 300 people, another infl ux Find this publication of new residents arrived. Clay Electric Cooperative, organized in 1937, was and Clay County News, also a major employer as its facilities in Keystone Heights grew. Sports, Entertainment In 1954, the Keystone Inn, which had been the hub of community social activities, & Events at... caught fi re and was badly damaged. It never recovered its former importance and, despite some repairs and efforts to revive the hotel, it closed and was eventually demolished and the site turned into the Keystone Heights Natural Park. As the population of Keystone Heights grew, it attracted retirees and weekend residents from Jacksonville and Gainesville; its pleasant small town amenities ClayTodayOnline.com included boating and swimming Call our ofﬁ ce at in local lakes, a golf course and tennis courts, good schools, and 904-264-3200 an airport, built as a training fi eld Monday thru Friday from during World War II; the Airpark 9am – 5pm to subscribe is now owned by the City of Keystone Heights.

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All you can eat BBQ and salad bar every day. Open 7 days a week 10:30 AM - 9 PM 352-473-4445 7411 SR 21, Keystone Heights 2017 • Keystone Heights • 23 2020 VISION The city of Keystone Heights is workshop/visioning session to explore Lawrence Boulevard through streetscape survey of various streetscape element embarking on an effort to restore and the possibilities and obtain input from and gateway enhancements; and types and styles. Small group discussion enhance the public realm on Lawrence the community about the direction circulation improvements for pedestrians sessions involving drawing on aerial Boulevard from SR 100 to Lakeview for improvements of the corridor. The and automobiles. maps. Drive. Lawrence Boulevard is the original workshop’s goal was to familiarize the The workshop contained 3 main As a result of the workshop, this “Main Street” and gateway to the City. community with the project, and to gain components: A discussion of the project concept plan drawing provides a bird’s On February 18th, 2016 at the Keystone feedback that would guide physical area, its history, current safety concerns eye view of the envisioned future Beach Pavilion, the City held a public improvements and development on and other current issues. A preference Lawrence Boulevard area.

24 • Keystone Heights • 2017 the World Series by beating the Women’s fashions featured bob Shirley Chisholm and Senator New York Giants in a seven - game cuts adorned with pin curls and Daniel Inouye would call 1924 their 1924 series. The Cleveland Bulldogs helmet hats topping the short hair- birth year along with prominent By Nancy Turner became the NFL champions that dos. Dresses soared to mid- calf. business people, Lee Iacocca and Keystone Heights Heritage year while Black Gold raced to win Designed on the straight- line look, Gloria Vanderbilt. MGM was also Commission the Kentucky Derby. Defending waists plunged to the hips. Men born in 1924. champ Bobby Jones lost the U.S. wore wide lapel suits and sported 1924 was also a pivotal year In 1924, the Keystone Beach Open by three strokes to Cyril golf caps, fedoras and bowlers. on the world stage. Events were Pavilion was built as an amenity Walker who went home $500 richer. Calvin Coolidge would be elected happening that would shape the for guests staying at the Keystone It was the age of Jazz, flappers, the 30th president of the U.S. “Cool world’s future forever. Vladimir Inn. As the Keystone Heights Prohibition and gangsters. Cal” would be the first president Lenin died and Joseph Stalin would Heritage Commission ponders People danced the Charleston in to deliver a radio address from the start his rise to power in the U.S.S.R. questions about the future of the speakeasies. Names like Henry White House as well as being the Fascists would gain control of the town’s beloved historic structure, Ford, Babe Ruth, Rudolph Valentino, first president to appear in a sound Italian government. Young Adolf questions also come to mind about and Hemingway were on the lips of film. Hitler would sit in a German jail for life when the pavilion was built. As all Americans. The Art Deco style Famous people born in 1924 his participation in the Beer Hall townies and tourists swam in Lake flourished in art and architecture. were actors Lee Marvin, Marlon Putsch. While there, he would write Geneva, what did the rest of the George Gershwin would write Brando, Don Knotts, Rod Sterling, Mein Kampf laying out his plans world look like? “Rhapsody in Blue”. The Caesar and Doris Day as well as writers for the future. The world had no The year 1924 was in the salad was created and frozen Truman Capote, James Baldwin and knowledge of what was to come. middle of the Roaring Twenties, foods were invented by Clarence Leon Uris. Astronaut Deke Slayton, For those who experienced the the “Gatsby” years. World War I Birdseye. Macy’s hosted its first Presidents George Bush and ambiance of the Keystone Pavilion had ended six years before and the Thanksgiving Day Parade in New Jimmy Carter, Chief Justice William in 1924, it truly seemed like the Great Depression was five years in York City. Rehnquist, Congresswoman “Age of Wonderful Nonsense”. the future. Women had been voting for four years. Native Americans would become U.S. Citizens in 1924. The stock market was up, prosperity and stability rose with it. Real estate boomed in Florida. The middle class were now mobile as they moved to the cities, lived in suburbs, ate at drive-ins and stayed at motels. Eight U.S. Army pilots would be the first to circumnavigate the globe by air as more people looked to the skies as a way to travel. The year 1924 was a leap year as well as being an Olympic year. The U.S. came in fifth in the medal count at the Winter Olympics held in Chamonix, France. The U.S. did much better at the Summer Olympics in Paris, coming in first with ninety-nine medals. “Tarzan” Johnny Weissmuller would win four of those medals in swimming and water polo. The Washington Senators won

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As most of us already can admit, our diets are very 13. Dr. Crawford House 14. Houser House infl ammatory. This leads to all sorts of problems Keystone Heights was established in 1923 by the Lawrence from insomnia, mood swings, and joint pain 540 Cypress 250 Lakeview Street to irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes, Alzhei- Developing Company. Its owner, J. J. Lawrence, was from mer’s, and cancer. Some of the problem is our Built: 1926 Built: 1925 fault, by choosing fries over broccoli; however, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The town was to be a vacation spot and the larger and scarier problem lies in the over- abundance of chemical additives, pollution, and Spanish Mission Craftsman health benefits from recreational opportunities, climate and medications added and genetic modifi cation of clean water were highly emphasized in sales brochures. Key- The Keystone Inn, built in 1924. Heavily damaged by fire in 1954. Demolished in 1999. the items we eat. Sadly, I predict this will only get worse. stone Heights was on the Chatauqua RR Circuit. Citrus and pe- Our food is making us a very sick nation and can trees were also touted as good investment possibilities. making pharmaceutical companies lots of money. Keystone Heights Heritage Commission One simple and reasonable way to protect ourselves Frank Walrath, a cousin, was head of sales for the development is to supplement with Omega-3 fatty acids, which are company. anti-infl ammatory and help prevent disease processes Meeting: Third Tuesday each Month from occurring. The best source is Krill Oil, being that this oil is full of antioxidants, its structure allows for optimal The town was laid out in 1923 by an unrelated C. Ray Lawrence, Keystone Heights City Hall at 10:00am absorption, and it does not have the mercury contamina- also from Pennsylvania, who was a retired civil engineer. Streets tion risks like fi sh oil. Plant sources of Omega-3’s, such as For more information call: Flaxseed and Hemp Oil, are very susceptible to damage from and alleys as planned then, exist today. high insulin levels in our bodies and take longer to convert to the fatty acids we need. If you make the fantastic decision 352.473.4807 to add vitamins to your diet, make sure you get trustworthy 15. D. Reamer House 16. Cadman House Keystone’s earliest homes, including that of J. J. Lawrence, are products. Many vitamins and supplements from pharmacies, grocery stores, and online are produced in ways that prevent 465 Lawrence Avenue 561 Lakeview Drive thought to be mail order catalogue homes. Some evidence (This map is prepared as a self-guided driving or walking tour health benefi ts. Come visit us at Keystone Chiropractic, and exists in the form of handwritten labels and model numbers on we can help fi nd solutions to all of your health concerns and Built: 1926 Built: 1927 of the exterior of these historic homes. Please respect conditions. framing. The homes in this tour are from the first building Craftsman Bungalow these homeowners and enjoy Keystone’s historic homes Keystone Chiropractic Spanish Eclectic period (1921-1929). Initial development stopped when the from the street or sidewalk only. Thank you . ) Dr. Jin Stephan stock market fell. 330A South Lawrence Blvd. • Keystone Heights • (352) 473-9777

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2017 • Keystone Heights • 33 Keystone’s First Homes After Keystone Heights was referred to small Asian dwellings. with those who first came to Keystone named for its first owners, who played platted in 1922, the lots that bordered They were adapted by the British in Heights, where images of recreation significant roles in the founding of Keystone Lake were some of the first India in the 19th century, where they and health were heavily promoted. Keystone Heights. Mary Bergin was to be developed. The J. M. Bergin were frequently used as informal Also, the Craftsman Bungalow known far and wide as an excellent house was built in 1924, and the vacation cottages. The Craftsman originated in a warm climate state on hostess at the Keystone Inn, which Caughey and Mack houses quickly Bungalow is an American version the West Coast and it easily adapted she ran in its earliest years. Her followed in 1925. All three still stand popularized in California in the early to Florida. The informality of the style, husband Milo was the chef at the side by side on Magnolia Avenue, 1900s. its flexibility and modest cost made it Inn’s restaurant. He also managed excellent examples of the Craftsman These Americanized house plans extremely popular in the 1920s and the concessions and entertainment at Bungalow style of architecture. blended indoor and outdoor space, 30s. the beach pavilion across the street. The term Bungalow initially which may be why it was so popular The two-story Bergin house is Together, the Bergins were admired

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Caughey House Gamble House 15450 Magnolia 205 Sylvan Way 34 • Keystone Heights • 2017 for their hospitality, and were well- plan to keep it intact.” The Stevens known as a power couple who gave say they even left four photographs The Solution to your the new town a big boost. on the wall, right where the former Fire, Safety & Today, the Bergin home is owned owner left them. Medical Training needs by Realtor Dierdre Murphy who has “We wanted to honor the house’s always loved old homes. She says the heritage,” Stevens said. “So much life www.EMSECFL.com l Approved American Heart Association Training location on Magnolia Avenue is great, has happened here, big life moments, Center Health and Safety Institute & Emergency close to shopping and services. “I love like a wedding in the 1940s. And since Care & Safety Institute training centers the convenience of in-town living with one of Keystone Heights’ mayors lived l Approved Instruction for Florida Bureau of the feeling of country life.” here, many important events took Fire Standards and Training l Approved Instructor for S130/190 “The large yards with mature place in this house.” l Wildland firefighter landscaping and giant live oaks make The Stevens’ home was always the l CPR/First Aid training it feel peaceful,” she said. The house scene of activity and entertainment. Kevin Mobley, Owner-Instructor | 352-258-3942 | [email protected] still has its original wood floods, Built by Edwin Parkes Caughey, plaster walls and 9 to 10 feet ceilings, one of Keystone Heights’ founders, but it had been gutted at least once he and his wife, Leona Clark, were by the time she bought it, so not much often at the center of Keystone’s sears HOMETOWN STORE else remains of its 1924 interior. cultural life. According to Keystone “Someone replaced the kitchen Heights historian Christine Arnold, the in the 1980s, and put in cheap women who first settled here ran the materials, like Formica countertops. town, at least as far as its societal The baths had also been remodeled. and cultural aspects. She says many I’ve upgraded both kitchen and baths, of the founders knew each other in but I wish the place had more of its Pennsylvania, and the women had original materials.” attended Allegheny College together. When Tim and Sarah Stevens “Ed Caughey was a quiet man who 411 W Madison St. • Starke, FL purchased the home next door, liked to fish,” Arnold said. “He was a 904-368-9966 known as the Caughey House, they silent partner in the lumber mill and were delighted to find that many the money behind the society.” architectural details still remained. Both owners of these nearly one- Th anks for providing “We loved that the previous owners hundred year old homes love the (Charles and Suzanne Head) had left history that comes with them. LukeL and me the the decorative leaded glass windows “It’s like buying a boat,” Dierdre fi nnest most complete Murphy said. “You have to love working next to the original fireplace,” owner petp care available. Tim Stevens said. “When the house on it. The way I see it, this home is in was updated, great care was given to my care for a certain amount of time, FULL-SERVICE ANIMAL HOSPITAL - Jennifer & “Hershey” restore the cypress floors. We learned but it’s not really mine. I see myself as Keystone Heights, FL what we could about the house’s a caretaker, and long after I’m gone, history when we bought it, and we this house will live on.” SpringlakeSpringlake AnimalAnimal HoHospitalspital is a ffululll-service-service AnimaAnimall HospitalHos whose mission is to proviprovidede tthehe hhighestighest stanstandarddard ooff quaqualitylity anandd compassiocompassionn in veterinary care forf our patients i in i a welcoming, l i ifinformative, i and supportive manner for our clients. Springlake Animal Hospital veterinary services include standard medical, surgical, and dental veterinary care. Because we have an in-house pharmacy, lab, radiology facilities, and Intensive Care Unit, our facility enables you to make one stop for your pet’s medical care.

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Month 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 January - 6,757 11,593 8,306 6,240 11,518 7,996 February - 3,995 7,864 10,452 7,608 8,558 6,340 PALATKA-LAKE March - 4,216 7,590 12,746 9,045 8,948 7,018 April - 10,634 8,066 9,413 8,018 7,343 7,370 BUTLER TRAIL May - 12,655 8,968 10,359 7,247 10,319 - June - 8,074 9,165 7,482 6,227 6,108 - Park Attendance July - 12,048 10,962 8,032 5,224 8,159 - August - 9,700 8,110 3,082 9,128 7,475 - by Month September - 9,136 9,278 11,777 9,342 7,864 - October - 12,820 8,565 9,771 4,648 8,330 - 2011-2017 November - 7,418 7,459 12,422 13,851 9,993 - December 4,519 12,408 10,773 10,138 9,655 5,605 - Year Total: 4,519 109,861 108,393 113,980 96,233 100,220 28,724 *Table courtesy of Department of Environmental Protection 36 • Keystone Heights • 2017 Land for Keystone Heights Complete Trailhead Purchased Auto Care Center A half-acre parcel in downtown “Keystone Heights is known for Domestic, Keystone Heights along the its lakes and in the past several Palatka-to-Lake Butler State years since we have gotten the Foreign, German Trail was recently purchased rail-trail, we see more and more No job too big or too small. through the Office of Greenways bikers and walkers using the trail,” and Trail acquisition program for said Keystone Heights mayor Tony If we don’t fi x it, $114,500. This parcel will be Brown. “The importance of the we don’t charge. subleased to the city of Keystone Keystone Heights Trailhead will Honest Reliable Service Heights to develop and manage boost the economy in our city and Napa Car Care Center We are the property as a public trailhead we will have a center point for bike Quality Parts, Most are OEM Factory with parking and restrooms. events to be on the trail with its Diesel Nationwide Warranty Currently, many trail users park at beautiful scenery.” Diesel Repair Specialist Specialists! private businesses in downtown The city recently held its first Custom Tunes & Lift Kits Keystone Heights in order to use annual Mayor’s Ball, sponsored by the trail. The trailhead will also the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs, and Custom 4in or 5in exhaust systemss benefit users who want to ride the nearly $5,000 was raised for the 6-mile paved trail from Keystone trailhead. The Keystone Heights Melrose Auto Repair Heights to Mike Roess Goldhead Rotary Club is now applying for a 899 North Street Rd. 21 | Melrose Branch State Park. matching grant. 352.475.1000 | 8-5 Monday thru Friday

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2017 • Keystone Heights • 37 Keystone Heights, “The Chautauqua City” By LaDonna Hart,Chair various shows and local assemblies feature, made arrangements for a home- Chautauqua grounds. Keystone Heights Heritage that flourished in the United States in site of five acres in Keystone Heights. This permanent Chautauqua will be Commission the late 19th and early 20th centuries; The Assembly described Keystone open every winter from December to they provided popular education Heights as “a distinctive and rapidly March inclusive, with the highest talent, A 1929 photograph of Keystone combined with entertainment in the growing community with a beautiful making this assembly in the South Heights shows the last load of base form of lectures, concerts, and plays, location on Lake Geneva.” The new as in the New York Lake Chautauqua rock needed to complete what is now and were modeled after activities at Chautauqua grounds were described Assembly in the North, a nationally HWY 100. But what is that mystery the Chautauqua Institution of Western in outline on a map as a great flatiron, known center, sought by thousands, message painted on the water tower? New York State. Today the Chautauqua with wide boulevards, on either side with courses of study, and where can The tower proudly refers to Keystone Institute in NY is a 750-acre non-profit and meeting at the point. Immediately be heard the greatest dramatists, as a “Chautauqua City.” education center. During its early in front is the main Lakeview boulevard lecturers, singers, and musicians, You might ask what is “Chautauqua”, years, the wish for a winter location (now Lawrence Blvd.) and a woodland orators, statesmen and preachers of and why was this proudly displayed was born. A committee was formed park that skirts the lake. An additional this country and other lands. on Keystone Height’s water tower? and locations were scouted. DeFuniak plot across the avenue by the broad Dr. George Whitefield Mead, “Chau- tau- qua” is a word Springs or Lake DeFuniak as it was end of the tract is a natural bow, where president of the Florida’s Winter that implies a retreat or resort that known then was selected for the first an assembly hall for the seating of Chautauqua in 1926, built his home combines religious observation, Florida Chautauqua. five thousand people will be built. A in Keystone’s Chautauqua district, summer education, recreation and The advent of the Chautauqua was Chautauqua club is simultaneously to in what was to be the heart of the cultural opportunities. Theodore an important period in Keystone Height’s be erected with all possible features for Chautauqua family of buildings. The Roosevelt called it “The most growth. On March 23, 1926, the the social and recreational advantages writer spoke with the current resident American thing in America.” Merriam Florida Chautauqua Assembly, recently of members. An eighteen- hole golf of the Mead home, Barbara Beety, in Webster defines Chautauqua as any of organized as a permanent winter course was to be constructed near the March 2016 and asked her to tell me

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2017 • Keystone Heights • 39 about this Mission style home and her place has been a renewal experience association with it. Barbara recalled for our health and our souls, spiritually her brother-in-law bought this home uplifting.” about nine years ago as a retirement I imagined she was experiencing home. When he passed away he left what had been in the mind of Dr. Mead the home to Barbara’s daughter. when he made a thorough search of Barbara and her husband Tom came to the state for this favorable location - • Color Correction • Updos the home to clear things out and visit the fruit of the climate, natural setting a while, to learn about the community. and location. • Dimensional Styles • Highlights/ Barbara further related that “this is • Facial Waxing Low Lights a small house with two bedrooms and In its promotional literature, the • Cuts • Ombre one bath. There are 27 windows in Chautauqua Assembly advertised this five room home and every room is the opening of the Keystone Heights • Perms • Men’s Cuts like a sun porch. The home is on one Chautauqua in glowing terms: acre of land with many lovely mature Specializing in a look for just you... live oak trees. There’s peacefulness First Chautauqua at Keystone here. Moonlit nights. It’s a beautiful Heights place to live 24 hours a day. The home Sunday’s Program Opens the is painted yellow inside and out. We Season refinished some of the original floors. Program of Sixty-Day Period We pretty much left it like it was, just includes many Famous Characters painted it and upgraded the power.” Florida Chautauqua as a national Located in Hitchcock’s Plaza Barbara continued, “We just love winter institute established in Keystone Keystone Heights, FL this community. We walk to the park, Heights, now opens wide its doors in facebook.com/lovethehaircolour library, gym and to church. Wonderful old-time Southern hospitality, with things happen in this community. This welcome for all to the great program 40 • Keystone Heights • 2017 TEAL Visit Our Showroom! TILE

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Dr. Mead’s home, 1325 Chautauqua Way, built 1926. Photo courtesy of LaDonna Hart of its first assembly Feb 6-March27, informed outlook and enjoy a cheerful, 1927. Renowned speakers and happy life. For them and others who leaders of thought will lecture, the cherish a like experience, the notable best talent that America affords will program of 1927 has been prepared; entertain, and various study classes and for them awaits the welcome with will be conducted by nationally known every possible kindly assistance of teachers. the officers and local friends of the Recreational provisions and health Chautauqua. building conditions - two of the greatest sources of usefulness and Eminent Divine happiness of life - are offered at Florida Opening day services of the Chautauqua. It is undenominational, Chautauqua will be addressed by Dr. with no religious or class distinction Samuel B. McCormick, chancellor 100 E Call St • Starke, FL and, at the same time, it is an effort in emeritus, of the University of practical form to awaken and deepen Pittsburgh, who will deliver the sermon northfl oridachamber.com the spiritual life as one of happiest in the auditorium on Sunday afternoon Join the chamber on our website or contact us anytime! phases, giving a fine, friendly Christian at three o’clock. The Chautauqua is atmosphere. fortunate in being able to start its first Upcoming Events: The place, the program, the spirit religious services under the inspiring Sounds of Freedom September 8 & 9, 2017 and purpose of this winter assembly direction of this eminent divine. Dr. NF Annual Membership Meeting and Banquet February 3, 2018 in the South appeal to intelligent McCormick brings to the platform of and cultivated people, who want the Florida Chautauqua the wisdom Strawberry Festival April 7 & 8, 2018 to enrich their lives, have health, garnered through long years of * Call for more information on any of these events gather inspirations, get a broader and ministry and through his seventeen 2017 • Keystone Heights • 41 years of service as chancellor of the in history and his yearly pilgrimages to host of people who have profited by successful season after another. Mrs. University of Pittsburg. Florida has become acquainted with her advice. Smith is herself an accomplished the better and lessor known phases pianist and is well known here and in Noted Speaker of its history. Dr. Allison has long been Woman’s Club Day her home at Meadville, Pa., through The first lecture will be given by a student of history and has made On Wednesday, Woman’s Club Day, her talent. She will lead the group Fred H. Smith, a long -time leader in a special study of the interesting Mrs. Lee Joseph, of Austin, Texas will singing at all of the regular and special YMCA, who appears at the auditorium incidents since the discovery of the be installed as the first president of meetings during the Chautauqua. It to give his address “America at the Florida peninsula. The legends, the the Chautauqua Woman’s Club. This will be upon her capable shoulders to Crossroads.” Mr. Smith has devoted romances and the historical facts are event will be one of the big days for keep the audiences in good spirits. nearly forty years of his life to work alike known to him. the Florida Chautauqua as it marks in the Y.M.C. A. He has traveled the beginning of a very important part Closing Session widely in this county on behalf of the To Give Classes of its work. Mrs. Joseph will have the The first annual session of Florida religious work of that organization. One of the important branches direction of all woman’s activities, Chautauqua, a national institute, His experiences and observation on of the Chautauqua is that devoted including the literary meetings and closed a successful seven weeks’ the trend of current affairs ably fit to health and self- expression. Mrs. activities and social functions of the program in the early spring of 1927 him to discuss America’s present day Clara Z. Moore-Ferrell, of New York Chautauqua Woman’s Club. when Dr. George W. Mead, president position and to point out the drift of City, who has been engaged in the of the institution and a noted author, the times. same type of work at the Chautauqua Author-Lecturer teacher and minister, delivered the Institution, Chautauqua, N.Y., will It is with a great deal of pleasure final sermon in the Chautauqua To Tell Romance conduct this work for the Florida that the Chautauqua announces the auditorium annex. Following a strong Chautauqua goers will hear Chautauqua. Mrs. Moore-Ferrell has lecture of the Rev. Daniel A Poling, spiritual address, Dr. Mead said in part of “Florida in Story, History, and conducted for several successive of New York City, on, “Christ’s Social of the work of the Florida Chautauqua: Romance” through Dr. James Lewis seasons in health and self-expression Gospel,” Thursday evening. Dr. Poling “This has been a notable assembly. We Allison, of Sebring, Florida and at Lake Chautauqua in N.Y., with great was active during the war in the British have had a strongly sustained program Chautauqua Lake, N.Y. Tuesday success. Her work there has made Isles, France and Germany on special with distinguished men and women, evening, who through his wide interest her widely known and has won for her work. He holds the rank of major in recognized leaders in activities that the Chaplain Officer’s Reserve. He make for happiness of humanity and knows of war and of war work from creative of fundamental and beautiful first hand. things that are the soul of the nation. The Chautauqua was a vital To Give First Musical part of Keystone Height’s early life The first musical evening on the as a city until it closed prior to the program of the Chautauqua will be winter 1929 season. Changes in the the concert given Saturday by Martha economy brought about by the great Hadley Craig and George Craig, depression, and competing new forms specialists in joint recitals. The Craigs of entertainment such as “talkies” DrDr. EElllelen KKaaththlleeeenn and radio hastened the ending of this TaTalolos RuR sselell,l, ARRNNP have won merited acclaim both in their joint recitals and in their solo numbers. chapter in Keystone Height’s history. Their voices blend beautifully and their Quality Time. singing has been perfected through Information cited for this article Haven Helps Make it Possible. years of effort together. can be found at: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/ Haven Hospice professionals provide expert pain and symptom management UF00027795/00005/allvolumes to promote quality of life at the end of life. To Direct Music Articles from the following: Bradford The Palatka team employs a physician and an advanced registered nurse The Florida Chautauqua has found County Telegraph (March 26, 1926, SUDFWLWLRQHU $513 ZKRDUHKRVSLFHFHUWL¿HGDQGZKRFDUHIRUSDWLHQWVDWKRPH in its musical director, Mrs. E.A. Smith, February 4, 1927, February 11. 1927, LQIDFLOLWLHVDQGLQWKH5REHUWV&DUH&HQWHU an extremely capable leader and an February 18, 1927, February 25, 1927, Ask for Haven Hospice today. inspiring personality. Mrs. Smith has March 4, 1927, March 18, 1927 Let us share how we can help patients and their families. for several years been associated Call 1.800.HOSPICE or go to www.havenhospice.org. with Keystone Heights and has during For more information see http:// 4FSWJOH/PSUI'MPSJEBTJODF-JDFOTFEBTBOPUGPSQSPUIPTQJDFTJODF that time organized and led the local www.floridachautauquaassembly.org/ Haven Hospice does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. 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Have you ever stopped to Meadville, Pennsylvania wanted the small diesel generator was wonder how Keystone Heights, a their model town to have all the difficult to maintain. In 1925, small town at the southernmost modern conveniences. But in the company hired G.E. (Ed) tip of Clay County, became the the 1920s, most of North Florida Wiggins of Green Cove Springs headquarters for the eighth did not yet have electricity. The to run the plant. largest Electric Cooperative Utility newfangled invention of electric And the rest…as they in the nation? Keystone Heights power had not spread from say…is history. today remains little in size, with urban centers, and it was still The following account of approximately1,400 residents sporadic at best in the larger how Clay Electric Cooperative who embrace its rural, small town nearby towns of Jacksonville got its start comes from several setting. Nearly 100 years after its and Gainesville. editions of Kilowatt Magazine, creation, it looks very much as it So when engineers for the the monthly newsletter many did when designed as a planned Lawrence Developing Company of you receive as members of community during the 1920s’ designed Keystone Heights, they Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc. Real Estate Boom. So how did included a crude Delco power Clay Electric Cooperative, serving plant which operated only at ---Jo Harben, Keystone 167,000 member-owned accounts night. The 50 or so structures Heights in 14 North Florida counties, land wired to the service still had to Heritage Commission there? The answer is simple. It supplement their unpredictable began as the power plant for the lightbulbs with kerosene tiny hamlet. lanterns. Shortly after it was The Lawrence brothers of built, the company found that G. E. “Ed” Wiggins

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program, the Rural Electrification The first meeting to find out about signed and prospective user, and project superintendent. Later, Administration (REA). (This was this plan was called in Gainesville. went to Washington. He received a however, REA did not approve the one of the programs designed With advance publicity of WRUF- great deal of encouragement and selection of Wiggins because the to stimulate the economy under FM Radio, the meeting was well some good advice, but no money. cooperative would be purchasing President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s attended and the group decided Returning to Keystone Heights, the Keystone Power and Light New Deal.) to give it a try. Full of enthusiasm, Wiggins employed an electrical Company which Wiggins owned. After an REA representative the group started a sign-up in Clay, engineer to help with a wide and With a formal organization and visited Keystone Heights it was Alachua, Putnam, Columbia, Union intensive sign-up campaign. a good sign-up, the REA approved decided that an REA loan could be and Marion counties. With new maps, REA gave the its first loan to the new co-op made. But he inserted a proviso As sometimes happens, the go-ahead signal and on December on February 10, 1938. This was that expansion must be greater enthusiasm fizzled out. The only 9, 1937, the co-op received its $205,000 for 143 miles of line in than Ed Wiggins had envisioned. spark left was in Ed Wiggins. He state charter. Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Putnam What he wanted looked to Wiggins refused to give up. The incorporators of the and Union Counties. like more than he could undertake. In fact, he spent his own time cooperative then met on December The first annual meeting for So, he agreed when the REA and money – $85 for a set of maps 21, 1937 at the Keystone Inn members of the cooperative suggested that he sell out, not to prepared by UF students, for example (Keystone Heights) to adopt the was in January, 1939 – a little a commercial power company, but – to breathe life into the co-op. He by-laws and elect officers. At that over one year after the co-op to a new cooperative. placed dots on the maps for each meeting, Wiggins was named was organized. The minutes of NORTH CENTRAL TITLE, INC. Full Service Land Title Company

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44 • Keystone Heights • 2017 the meeting indicate there were are Keystone Heights, Palatka, Salt “343 customers now taking Springs and Lake City. current.” Two-hundred forty- The co-op welcomed its 100,000 five miles of line had been built member in 1990, becoming the and 415 customer services third electric co-op in the nation to installed. reach this milestone. Clay Electric The co-op’s first district office, and Jacksonville Electric Authority the Meadowbrook office, was reached a territorial agreement in opened in 1964 and proved its 1993 that transferred Clay County value to management in the accounts to the co-op and Duval belief that the time had come County accounts to the JEA. for the co-op to decentralize so Clay Electric has had five it could better serve customers general managers: Pat Loudon in outlying areas. Later, when (1940-63), E.T. Martin (1963-83), the district moved to its existing Tommy Millican (1984-1988), Bill location, its name was changed Phillips (1989-2009) and Ricky to Orange Park West. Davis (2009-present). The Gainesville District Office Current General Manager Ricky was constructed in 1965 and Davis points to a slogan displayed represented the second district in the co-op’s front office. “Proud to be put in operation. Four other of the past. Prepared for the district offices were established by future.” This is what he says the 1973, so that every area served co-op stands for. “A strong history by the cooperative is served by a of providing service and a vision district office. The other districts for tomorrow.” Clay Electric COOP line crew Circa 1950.

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I told my wife that we have volves sitting students down and having au- looks to aid to continue to be role models for our two ‘Slavegirls’ adwhite male opportunity Fleming Island High student had for positivethentic face-to-face change? discussions about race kids and then I have to continue to be a role and all forms of discrimination. He emailed posted an ad on Craigslist for two black slave model and problem-solver for the entire those with By Eric Cravey girls for sale” on April 26. SEE CHANGE, 25 KHHerald.com district,” Davis said. “It’s very disturbing. I remember when I Then, he immediately turned concern housing needs got the picture and the call. It’s unfortunate. FLEMING ISLAND – School superintendent It’s sad that any of our kids are subject to By Eric Cravey Addison Davis was preparing to go to bed KHHerald.com the night he received a call telling him that a Need to expand KEYSTONE HEIGHTS – Residents of bump into Keystone Heights who need housing repairs or renovations may soon be able to get help macies. cuts in grants from city hall. City Council voted on Feb. 6 to apply Answers for a $650,000 Community Development By Kile Brewer Block Grant from the Florida Department Its name says it all KHHerald.com of Economic Opportunity that would fund By Kile Brewer home repairs for low-income families in the KHHerald.com MELROSE – Three days a week, a host of city limits. Clay County seniors play a variety of games, “For this particular grant, we would be KEYSTONE HEIGHTS – At age 16, JoAnna participate in group discussions and enjoy a looking again at a minimum of nine low- Weldon got pregnant. Facing an unplanned hot meal at the Melrose Senior Community to-moderate income houses,” said Scott pregnancy, as many young girls often do, Weldon Center. Modesitt of Brandon, Fla.-based Summit learned that the government agencies set up to “The main goal is to provide accessibility Professional Services, a consulting firm deal with such situations are often understaffed to health programs, leisure and nutrition to specializing in helping governments apply and overworked, which doesn’t help confused people in this community,” said Jonathan for grants. North Florida Pharmacy off ers drive-through service, a trained Dr. and scared young expecting mothers feel Leslie, executive director of the Institute “The primary requirements for ap welcomed and supported. for Workforce Innovation, a Gainesville plicants – the resident must live within- In 2011, Weldon started Answers, an organi- company that started the community center the incorporated area of the city, has to be zation in southern Clay County that ensures girls as one of its projects. “We’re seeing a higher owner-occupied, they can have a mortgage never feeling unwelcome or unwanted again. need [for these centers] across the country, and it cannot be a rental property,” Modesitt “The government agencies don’t have the and Melrose is not exempt from that. We’re said. “And the individual must be below 80 KEYSTONE HEIGHTS – As a 15-year-old, Don Morgan used to go to the percent of the median area income.” time to provide emotional support,” Weldon said. looking at the boomer generation, and with • 7500 Print Keystone Beach Pavilion and listen to concerts. Today, as a member of the “When girls walk in our door someone is there to more patrons there is a higher need for a Modesitt said, as drafted, the grant ap Keystone Heights Heritage Commission, Morgan, who is 85, is leading an ef plication could possibly fund more than greet them. They’re not just another number, we place like this.” - With a growing number of senior fort to restore the pavilion to the way it looked and functioned in 1921. nine home repair projects. He also said that, listen and spend time with them.” “It was used for entertaining, they had little orchestras that would play of the nine total homes, three homes will No matter what expectant mothers are citizens, the small community of Melrose, - be low income – where the owner’s income which sits at the intersection of four coun- considering, Answers tries to provide them with Rallying for restoration does not exceed 50 percent of the median ties, needs a place where residents can information on their options. STAFF PHOTO BY KILE BREWER Architect and Heritage Commission member Don for Clay County and another two homes will “We present educational and statistical facts gather to enjoy social activities and the SEE GLORY, 2 Morgan is leading efforts to restore the Pavilion. be for those falling in the very low income Comfort shoe specialist, and in-pharmacy vaccines for the fl u, shingles, in regard to parenting, adoption and abortion,” SEE GRANTS, 25 Screen Rooms Weldon said. “We want every woman to make an Answers Chief Executive Officer JoAnna Weldon, left, stands with her staff & Patio Covers informed, educated decision about her situation.” outside their office. Answers offers counseling and pregnancy testing for SEE AID, 6 Being a faith-based organization, Weldon women and will soon open a second location in Starke. If You can SEE ANSWER, 24 dream it, We can help A Better Way to Buy and Sell Real Estate create it. 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