BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The Friends of Keystone Heights, FL. Inc. started the city’s yearlong celebration of its first 100 years with a gala at the Keystone Heights RV Park on Saturday, December 28. The organization’s president, Ginger Lee, said her group sold around 160 tickets for the gala, which featured the Jacksonville-based band Duval … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The Keystone Heights Heritage Commission hosted its 2024 Holiday Tour of Historic Homes on Saturday, December 21. Unlike previous tours, which permitted guests to view only the exteriors of the homes, this event included interior tours of the structures. Volunteer Dana Eatmon said the Keystone Heights Women’s Club sold approximately 140 … Read more
BY BARBARA ANDERSON AND GINNY GEIGER Garden Club of the Lakes Every yard has its own personality, reflecting the uniqueness of its owners. Greg and Teresa Locke have added much personality to their yard in just the two years they have lived at 4162 Southeast First Avenue. Greg was quick to tell us that Teresa … Read more
BY JENN SAMSEL Special to the Monitor On Sunday, December 8th, around 10:25 a.m., a residential fire broke out on Pembroke Street in the High Ridge Estates neighborhood of Keystone Heights. No people or animals were injured in the incident. According to a witness, the battalion chief on duty said a pot on the stove … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] On October 27, the children’s ministry at Trinity Baptist Church held a packing party to send Christmas gift boxes overseas. The party was part of Operation Christmas Child, a ministry of Samaritan’s Purse, which has delivered over 220 million boxes to children in over 170 countries and territories since 1993. Project … Read more
BY JENN SAMSEL Special to the Monitor Clay County Supervisor of Elections Chris Chambless headlined the Sheriff’s Net meeting on Thursday, October 24, at Keystone’s First Baptist Church. “The very first day of early voting in Clay County, we had a record,” he said. “We had more voters on that day than any other early … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Palatka High School scored six touchdowns and held Keystone Heights to 147 total offensive yards in shutting out the Indians 40-0 in a District 5, 2A game on Friday, October 25. The Panthers got on the board first with a tailback pass from running back Justin Fells to quarterback Tommy Offord … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Visiting Chiefland, which is fifth in the Florida High School Athletic Association/MaxPreps Rural Class power rankings, ran for more than 400 yards en route to a 54-0 win over the Keystone Heights High School football team on Oct. 18. The 7-1 Indians from Levy County entered intermission with a 41-0 lead, … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] The Bradford and Keystone Heights high school boys teams have qualified for the inaugural Florida Class 1A Public School Championship, which will be played Friday, Oct. 25, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Lake City’s Quail Heights Country Club. Keystone Coach Ryan Begue, who serves on the tournament committee with Lafayette Coach … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Keystone Heights High School’s cross-country teams competed in the Oct. 19 New World Fall Spectacular, hosted by Bolles at Cecil Field Golf Course in Jacksonville, with Olivia Griffin earning a top-five finish and Ryder Thomas placing 11th out of a field of 400. Griffin competed in the girls C race (runners … Read more
