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Quigley House will hold its Annual Meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 27. The event will take place at the Orange Park Woman’s Club, 130 Kingsley Ave. in Orange Park.

The public is invited to attend what executive director Sharon Youngerman describes as “the state of the union” meeting. She will install new officers, discuss what the shelter has accomplished in the last year and where they hope to be next year.

The comprehensive domestic violence and sexual assault shelter has received some press lately for its addition of an on-site kennel, making it the second in the state and one of few in the nation to provide facilities for abused women’s pets. Animals often bear the brunt of abuse after a victim leaves.

When will somene finally provide us in Clay County with true "Clay County" news?  I open my computer this evening and go to my homepage, cnn.com.  I have news feeds from zip code 32068 as part of my homepage.  I see three articles about a carjacking of teenage girls from the Orange Park Mall and the subsequent chase.  WJXT, FirstCoast News and WOKV all have highlights of this news story on their website.  I figure I'll hope over to Jacksonville.com and see what more than can offer, and guess what I find......NOTHING!  I think, ok, how about myclaysun.com since this is supposed to be the voice of clay county and I find......