Local Officials: Scott Did Right Thing Monday to Pull Standards
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1 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM ABANDONS NATIONAL TESTING REGIMEN Local officials: Scott did right thing Monday to pull Standards. state’s dismissal City. “That’s why the Governor Common Core State Florida out of Scott — caught in a crossfire of PARCC. should be applauded for setting a Standards may also the Partnership over the future of Florida’s public “Florida’s had path forward to determine what’s be revised, Gov. says. for Assessment schools — is trying to respond to incredible suc- best for Florida’s needs. The of Readiness critics of new education standards cess in preparing Governor also took an impor- By AMANDA WILLIAMSON for College and slated to go into effect next year. our children for tant step in informing the U.S. [email protected] Careers test, a Instead of rejecting or endors- the future, and Department of Education that we national assess- ing the standards, Scott called we’re not letting will not subject Florida’s class- Huddleston TALLAHASSEE — Local leg- ment designed Porter for public hearings and possible up in demanding rooms to PARCC. We need to islative and school leaders sup- to measure students’ perfor- changes to the Common Core high standards from classrooms,” port Gov. Rick Scott’s decision mance in Common Core State State Standards in addition to the said Elizabeth Porter, R-Lake PARCC continued on 3A LSHA Citizens Police Academy graduates 24 changes course on taxes Won’t raise millage after all; may revisit issue of 5% raises. By TONY BRITT [email protected] The Lake Shore Hospital Board unanimously adopted a .962 tax levy for its fiscal budget for the coming year, backing off an ear- lier proposal for a higher tax levy. The board also adopted a $9.2 million fiscal budget for the com- ing year, beginning Oct. 1. The board approved the .962 millage rate during its final 2013- 14 budget hearing Monday in a meeting that lasted about 45 minutes. Last week during its initial budget hearing, the Hospital Authority Board adopted a 1.5 mill tax levy, but opted to go with the lower millage rate in its Monday meeting. For the past two years the board has levied Photos by JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter a .962 millage rate. Had the Lake City Mayor Stephen Witt (from right) and Lake City Police Chief Argatha Gilmore congratulate Darnel Schauer for completing the 12-week Hospital Authority Board gone Citizens Police Academy at the 2013 Graduation Program held at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall on Monday. The graduates got to see with the higher tax levy, it would have made for a $9.9 million police work first-hand, and gained a deeper knowledge of how the agency works to protect and serve. ‘I loved it,’ Schauer said. ‘It was very informa- budget. tive. The officers were outstanding. We found out how much they have to do each day. We all wanted to go another 12 weeks.’ The indigent care agreement between Lake Shore Hospital Program gives civilians a taste of police work LSHA continued on 3A Training is much like real Lake City Police officers POLICE undergo, but ‘more fun.’ Hospital By AMANDA WILLIAMSON [email protected] brawl sends s an officer stops a woman tres- passing on private property, the man to jail unknown suspect reaches inside her jacket — in some instances she simply pulls a cell phone, By AMANDA WILLIAMSON Abut sometimes it’s a gun. [email protected] The question is, as she reaches inside her jacket, do you shoot or not? A Lake City man faces a felo- Members of the Citizens Police Academy ny battery charge for allegedly face very real simulations of events just kicking a local law enforcement like this one, and they all have to make the officer Sunday morning. decision. But according to Barbara Twing, a Roderick Everett Higgins, recent graduate, the lesson imparts knowl- 39, of 1736 SW edge of what officers handle on a daily Buckley Lane, basis. also faces two The Lake City Police Department gradu- assault charges ated its second session of the Citizens and a misde- Police Academy Monday night at the First meanor charge Baptist Church of Lake City. Twenty-four Lake City resident Barbara Twing tells the story of how she was the first to volunteer to be of disorderly individuals completed the academy, with tazed. When asked what the best part of that experience was, she replied ‘When it was over. i n t o x i c a t i o n , the youngest member only 17 years old. It’s like someone giving you a noogie. Your going to be surprised. It will take you to your knees. according to a Higgins The program is a 12-week course held on (Criminals) may want to run, but your body’s not going anywhere. You literally are frozen.’ Lake City Police Thursday evenings from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., Department arrest report. The and offers insight into the inner workings Lake City Medical Center called on criminal law, firearm safety, commu- of shock left her tense and unable to move, of LCPD. It is free to the public. police Sunday after Higgins nity relations, internal affairs and crime but she said as soon as it was over, every- “These citizens took 12 weeks out of repeatedly threatened medi- prevention. For high school junior Zulema thing was normal. their busy schedules, their families and cal staff. Because Higgins was Quiterio, her dream is to eventually become The program already has a waiting their lives,” said LCPD Chief Argatha intoxicated, medical center staff a police officer. list for the next session, which begins in Gilmore. “A lot of times after working all did not want to release him. “I thought it would give me knowledge January. But the police department invites day, would come here, to learn about law Higgins reportedly became about law enforcement,” Quiterio said. anyone in the community to join the acad- enforcement. The end result is for them aggressive toward Officers “Sometimes I’m kind of scared of what they emy, as long as they are over 18 years old to be better educated and better informed Tammy Cox and Louis Troiano go through, but I think I still want to be an and can pass a background screening. about what we do.” when they entered his room officer.” “We have a variety of different back- Different reasons drew the graduates to She even allowed herself to be tased in BRAWL continued on 3A the program, which consists of briefings the pursuit of knowledge. A brief moment LCPD continued on 3A Vol. 139, No. 169 People. 2A CALL US: TODAY IN COMING (386) 752-1293 83 70 Opinion . 4A PEOPLE WEDNESDAY SUBSCRIBE TO Iso. 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