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PRSRT-STD SPORTS: Former Postal Customer U.S. Postage MVA standouts Clermont, FL Paid 34711 Clermont, FL ready to shine at UF Permit #280 SEE PAGE B4 REMEMBER WHEN | B1 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2013 www.southlakepress.com 50¢ NEWSTAND CLERMONT INCUMBENTS’ BIG NIGHT Firefighters still in hotel ELECTION — for now LIVI STANFORD | Staff Writer RESULTS [email protected] LADY LAKE The new location for Lake Coun- ty Fire Rescue Station 90 is still up MAYOR Jim Richards...................... 234 in the air. Henryka Presinzano .............. 76 For the past five years, six fire- fighters serving on rotating shifts MOUNT DORA have been working out of the Value MAYOR Andrew Mullen ................... 211 Place Hotel off of State Road 50 in Cathy Hoechst ................ 1,298 Clermont. Randy Wiseman ................. 713 Lake County Sheriff Gary Borders recently offered to allow the fire de- AT-LARGE COUNCIL SEAT ROXANNE BROWN / SOUTH LAKE PRESS Michael Tedder ............... 1,214 partment to build a modular build- Jon Canas ......................... 991 Mascotte Mayor Tony Rosado’s son, Tony Rosado Jr., right, daughter Antoinette Rosado, center, and ing at the sheriff’s South Lake Sub- DISTRICT 1 COUNCIL SEAT Juan Lupian wave at voters on Nov. 5 at the Mascotte Civic Center. station on State Road 50, about a Ryan Donovan ................... 194 quarter of a mile from the hotel, to Brian Payne ....................... 165 house the firefighters. The funds to DISTRICT 4 COUNCIL SEAT All but one retain seats after elections construct the building will come Dennis Wood ..................... 380 THERESA CAMPBELL, from fire impact fees. Carla Pepperman ............... 246 ROXANNE BROWN and However, Lake County commis- CLERMONT LIVI STANFORD sioners unanimously agreed last [email protected] COUNCIL SEAT week to postpone any decision for Keith Mullins ..................... 687 lection day was a 90 days while they work with Cler- Frank Niemi ....................... 642 field day for incum- mont officials to determine future GROVELAND E bent Lake Coun- fire needs. COUNCIL SEAT ty candidates on Nov. The county is exploring a part- Jared Mincey ...................... 245 5, with all but one win- nership with the city, according to Evelyn Wilson .................... 290 ning re-election by a County Manager David Heath. MASCOTTE good margin. Clermont City Manager Darren Gray said after last Tuesday’s meet- MAYOR The Montverde may- Tony Rosado ...................... 115 or’s race was a real ing that there are plans to put a fire Barbara Krull........................ 61 squeaker, though, with station east of where station 90 is Feliciano Felix Ramirez .......... 87 incumbent Troy A. Ben- located. MINNEOLA nett besting challenger Gray said the city and county are MAYOR Billy Bates by a vote of exploring a joint-use fire station Pat Kelley.......................... 349 214-211 (43.8 percent to that can serve both county and city David Yeager ...................... 143 43.2 percent). needs. Debbie Flinn......................... 91 The only incumbent “You are not building two sepa- MONTVERDE to lose a race was Dis- rate buildings and saving the tax- MAYOR trict 4 Groveland City payers money,” he said. Troy Bennett ..................... 214 Council member Jar- Commissioner Sean Parks said Billy Bates ......................... 211 ed Mincey, who lost to he still believed it is important to Dale Heathman .................... 63 former council mem- relocate the firefighters to the mod- AT-LARGE COUNCIL SEATS* ber Evelyn Wilson by a ular building. Glenn Burns ...................... 270 vote of 290 to 245 (45.9 “We have been talking about this Jim Pierce ......................... 282 for a long time,” he said. “It makes Christopher Hopkins ........... 201 percent versus 54.2 THERESA CAMPBELL / DAILY COMMERCIAL Arthur Nix ......................... 309 Mount Dora’s new mayor Cathy Hoechst, left, shares a laugh with SEE HOTEL | A3 *Top three vote-getters win SEE VOTE | A5 Lindley Douville outside The Country Club of Mount Dora. INSIDE OCALA CLASSIFIED B8 Clermont, FL Permit No. 280 CROSSWORDS B2 U.S. POSTAGE PAID U.S. POSTAGE presort standard mail DEATHS A13 Murder suspect on suicide watch REAL ESTATE C1 AUSTIN L. MILLER REMEMBER WHEN B1 Halifax Media Group SPORTS B4 Calm, with a serious expression VOICES A4 and little to say, Lake County mur- WORD ON THE STREET A2 der suspect Johnny Lashawn Ship- man made his first court appearance SOUTH via video camera from the Marion LAKE County Jail last Thursday morning. PRESS County Judge James McCune or- dered Shipman, 36, held without VOLUME 98, NO. 46 bond on a warrant for the first-degree 3 SECTIONS murder of Kristi Delaney, his 26-year- ©2008, HALIFAX old girlfriend, who was found dead in Media Mascotte on Monday. Group Shipman, who is classified as a vio- PHOTO COURTESY OF MARION COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE All rights reserved lent offender, told the judge he would Johnny Lashawn Shipman makes his first court appearance via video camera www. southlakepress.com SEE MURDER | A2 from the Marion County Jail. ® LEARN TO RIDE! NOVEMBER 23 2480 Hwy 27 • Clermont, FL 34711 | 352-243-7111 | www.StormyHillHarley.com PRE-THANKSGIVING DAY SCRATCH OFF SALE ON MANHEIM AUCTION SELLING PRE-OWNED INVENTORY FROM STORMY HILL AND ® GATOR HARLEY-DAVIDSON® ON NOVEMBER 16TH AT THE GATOR HARLEY-DAVIDSON® HARLEY-DAVIDSON LOCATION. DOORS OPEN 9AM, AUCTION 11AM. PUBLIC & DEALERS INVITED. LICENSED MERCHANDISE PREVIEW AT GATOR H-D® FRI. 9-4, OR SAT. BEFORE 11 FIRST 50 GET A *FREE MUG WWW.STORMYHILLHARLEY.COM OR WWW.GATORHARLEY.COM Phone: 352-326-2623 VISIT OUR WEB SITE Sponsored by Fran Haasch Law Group - lawfran.com A2 SOUTH LAKE PRESS Wednesday, November 13, 2013 What South Lake residents are saying about ... Area Briefs CLERMONT Wordon the VETERANS DAY Cagan Crossings to Street Who do you honor on Veterans Day? host ‘Pet Day’ on Friday Cagan Crossings Farmers Market will host “Pet Day” from 4 to 8 p.m., Friday, at the Cagan Town Center, Cagan Crossings Blvd., Clermont, for you and your pets. Vendors will be of- fering produce, food, arts and crafts, pet rescues and PAWS. Entertainment will be provided by Sawgrass Bay students. Pets should be on a leash for the event. For details, call 352-242-2444, ext. 206. The only one I know of My grandfather, who Jack Ramsey, a neigh- To be honest, I person- CLERMONT in recent years is my cous- passed away a couple of bor we had when we lived ally don’t have anyone in in who was in the Navy. years ago. He was a veter- in Massachusetts. He’s my close knit family who Sign-up for Toys for He served in Italy. I have a an. He lived in New York very sick now, but he is a is a veteran, but I do re- Tots set at VFW hall couple of uncles who have and I don’t know exact- veteran of the Korean War spect all veterans on Veter- The Clermont Marine Corps League served too, but they are all ly what he did or where and he liked to tell stories ans Day because they have No. 1120 in Clermont is hosting an still around. There’s no one he served because I hardly about the relationships served for us all. application event for the Toys for Tots in remembrance because ever saw him, but I know he had with the people ANTHONY WILLIAMS program. Those applications must be they’re all still around, but he served. he served with. I remem- CLERMONT made by a parent or legal guardian for I do believe this day is one HEATHER HILLIARD ber he was a police officer kids up to 12 years of age. that should mean a time GAINESVILLE for many years, but I also Applications will be accepted from to be with your family. remember he used to vol- 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, from 1 to 4 p.m. ANTHONY CATINO unteer a lot when need- on Saturday and from 11 a.m. to GAINESVILLE ed around town. He visit- 2 p.m. on Sunday, at the VFW hall, 855 ed soldiers’ homes and he W. Desoto St., Clermont. always visited his friends Local clubs and organizations can in Korea. He’d talk a lot also participate in the Toys for Tots about the areas where program by hosting a toy collection he served between North box in their office or club. and South Korea, he talk- For information, call 352-243-7970, ed about how cold it was or send an email to whornbaker@dfl. and he told us about the rr.com. people. He was very civic and history minded. We CLERMONT liked his stories and he gave us a part of himself South Lake Chamber to host that we could relate the water summit on Nov. 19 day to, rather than seeing it as just another holiday The South Lake Chamber of on paper. Commerce, joining with the Lake MARLY CHEVRETTE County Commission and the city CLERMONT of Clermont, will host a water sum- mit to discuss local water resource is- sues affecting the southern region of TAVARES the county, at 5 p.m., Nov. 19, at the Clermont Community Center, 620 W. Montrose St., Clermont. Purpose of the event is to review Lake County teachers ratify contract history and trends of water levels, ex- amine the impacts and relationships Staff Report The salary increas- LCEA and chief negotiator of teachers,” she said. of water consumption on the county’s es would be implement- in a statement.“I have to Other contract pro- lakes and springs and discuss the pro- Lake County teach- ed for the first time in complement the school visions include incen- posed South Lake Water Initiative. ers have approved a new three years, according to board for understanding tive payments based on For information, call Ray San contract for 2013-14, the association.