Goodbye, Lake City. ‘Sawubona,’ Africa
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A3 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $2 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM >> SUNDAY + PLUS 1B Goodbye, 1D FLEA Tigers’ D Lake City. ACROSS turns back ‘Sawubona,’ AMERICA Pine Forest Africa. Travel Tales Story, 3A Story below WINDOW COLUMBIA CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION STICKER Obscenity arrest leads to Inmates dead, lawsuit Dillon Webb, jailed in May, files case in federal court. By CARL MCKINNEY [email protected] officers at risk Inmates found unresponsive; The Lake City man 2 have died. A dozen or more arrested for displaying an offensive bumper sticker officers exposed to fentanyl. has filed a lawsuit in fed- eral court, the continuing By ROBERT BRIDGES and fallout of MICHAEL PHILIPS an incident Lake City Reporter that put the Columbia Two inmates are dead and a dozen County or more prison employees at risk fol- Sheriff’s lowing exposure to fentanyl Saturday Office afternoon at Webb under a Fentanyl is Columbia national 50-100 times Correctional spotlight. more powerful Institution. Dillon Shane Webb is than morphine. Three suing sheriff’s officials for inmates were what he maintains is an found unre- infringement of his First sponsive from a suspected drug over- Amendment rights. dose at 3:15 p.m. Saturday, according Around 5:50 p.m. May to a press release from the Florida 5, CCSO deputy Travis Department of Corrections. Security MICHAEL PHILIPS/Lake City Reporter English arrested Webb for An ambulance is inspected before being allowed entry to Columbia Correctional Institution the bumper sticker, which PRISON continued on 2A Saturday afternoon after officers and inmates were exposed to fentanyl. read “I eat ass,” claiming it ran afoul of a state anti-ob- scenity law. In addition to the obscen- ity violation, Webb was Goodbye, Lake City. ‘Sawubona,’ Africa. SUIT continued on 6A Local woman leaves as Swaziland), where she soon for Peace Corps will live with a host family mission in Eswatini and receive three months of training before being Humberto to assigned to a community By MICHAEL PHILIPS elsewhere in the country. become ’cane, [email protected] Shook earned her “I’ve always believed bachelor’s degree in but no threat that it takes ordinary peo- social work in May. For ple to make extraordinary her senior internship, It looks like Florida things happen,” Hailey she worked at Big Bend will once again be spared Shook, a recent Cares, a social the brunt of a hurricane. Florida State FWHS grad work organiza- U.S. National Hurricane University grad- tion that tends learns a new to adults living Center says Tropical Storm uate, said earlier way to say with HIV/AIDS. Humberto is expected to this week in a phone interview. ‘hello.’ “I applied become a hurricane by It’s unlikely to the Peace tonight or early Monday, those who know Corps specifi- but it won’t threaten land by Shook, 22, would describe cally to Eswatini, knowing that point. her as ordinary, but she’s that I was being called Officials warn that the certainly about to embark to Africa,” Shook, a Fort storm could still cause dan- on an extraordinary two- White High School alum- gerous swells along the year mission. Shook has na who now lives in Lake coasts of Florida, Georgia been accepted into the City, said. “I knew I want- and South Carolina today Peace Corps and later ed to continue serving this population. Eswatini COURTESY and early this week. this month will depart to the African nation of Hailey Shook poses with the Eswatini flag. She leaves for the African country on — From staff reports Eswatini (formerly known HELLO continued on 6A September 24 and will live there while working for the Peace Corps. Vol. 145, No. 132 Opinion . 4A CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER (386) 752-1293 Obituaries . 7A Sports . 1B Meritorious Service Medal SUBSCRIBE TO THE REPORTER: 87 74 Classified . 5B Local man is recipient, 9A Voice: 755-5445 Life . 1D Fax: 752-9400 Scattered storms, 2A Does your financial institution pay you to do business with them? Every time you use your SunState Federal Credit Union Visa Debit Card for a signature transaction you get a nickel back. No forms to fill out, no hassles, a nickel will be deposited into your account the next day. What are you waiting for? SunState has already given away over 31 million nickels! Become a member today! www.SunStateFCU.org 2A SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 LOCAL LAKE CITY REPORTER PRISON QUICK HITS Continued From 1A Scripture of the Day and medical staff administered first aid, “To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have but two died. The third inmate is in stable seen thee in the sanctuary.” condition, the release said. — Psalm 63:2 (KJV) At least a dozen officers and other prison workers face possible exposure, officials told the Lake City Reporter. They Thought for Today are being evaluated at an area hospital for possible exposure to the drug. When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, The release did not specify the drug you have not seen them all. to which the officers and inmates were — E. O. Wilson, born1929, U.S. biologist exposed, but officials told the Reporter it was fentanyl. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, 50-100 Winning Lottery Numbers times more powerful than morphine, that Pick 3: (Friday p.m.) 4-4-8 can prove deadly in small doses and can Pick 4: (Friday p.m.) 9-5-5-2 be absorbed through the skin. Fantasy 5: (Friday) 7-8-11-16-31 U.S. 90 east was a steady stream of ambulances and other first responders around 3:30 p.m. and thereafter. See an error? “At this time our focus is on the health The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news and swift recovery of the officers and indi- items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, viduals involved,” Michelle Glady of the please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will Florida Department of Corrections said in run in this space. Thanks for reading. the release. “The facility has been placed on lockdown, while we provide FDLE with Submissions everything they need to investigate this The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption incident.” information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would The Florida Department of Law like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture Enforcement is the lead investigative agen- and information to [email protected]. cy on the inmate fatalities, with assistance MICHAEL PHILIPS/Lake City Reporter from FDOC’s Office of Inspector General. An ambulance is opened and inspected before being allowed entry Visitation at CCI will be canceled today, Lake City Reporter to CCI to treat officers and inmates exposed to fentanyl. the release said. HOW TO REACH US BUSINESS ........... 754-0419 Main number ....... 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