Day camp in Avenal

A cheer rose from the crowd of students as C. Jay Jones successfully jumped the river -- the space between two jump ropes that lay on the grass at Avenal Elementary School. All but one of the children's feet had missed the far bank of the river -- the second jump rope -- but their counselor had cleared the expanse with inches to spare. Just one more reason for the children to look up to their positive role model.