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A3 + PLUS >> DOC won’t tell mom if son is dead or alive, Story below LOCAL wLOCAL Celebrating the Honoring Constitution a soldier See Page 5A See Page 2A TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM CITY HALL Second student will face Stiff charges for sexual battery 3A wind a real fear Fifty mph gust could do some damage, says PLAYING structural engineer. POSSUM By CARL MCKINNEY [email protected] — BUT FOR City Hall isn’t falling down, but the right storm will test its luck, an engineer said A GOOD during a Lake City Council workshop Monday. City officials held a public CAUSE conference call with engineer Jason Burkett of Orlando- based firm Tetra Tech, asking Burkett for a break- down of the structural problems he uncovered during an Twin focus of inspection — and how Helfenberger he arrived O’Leno event is at his repair estimate of between $1.4 mil- wildlife, literacy. lion and $3 million. The building probably isn’t going to collapse over- Yet a no-name opossum night on its own, Burkett stole the show Saturday. said, but the next storm with winds approaching or By COREY ARWOOD exceeding roughly 50 miles [email protected] per hour should raise a red no-name opossum visited O’Leno flag. State Park over the weekend to “That would start to get to A teach kids and grown ups alike the point where I would be about North America’s superlative mar- concerned,” Burkett said. supial and how to help wildlife in need of rescue. CITY continued on 6A Sunrise Wildlife Rehabilitation, of High Springs, was among the main attractions to draw crowds to the Literacy Day event VIOLENCE AT CCI held at O’Leno State Park Saturday. The event was organized by Friends Of O’Leno, Inc., a High Springs based auxilia- DOC won’t ry support group of the park. Those who brought new or used books tell mom if were granted free access to the park, and Photos by COREY ARWOOD/Lake City Reporter tables of books were set out to promote Emma Linch, 6, pets ‘No Name’ the opossum, while Christina Green and Jenna Moates son is dead early childhood reading. look on during the O’Leno Park Literacy Day event Saturday. Friends of O’Leno Inc., president Ed Bisch described Saturday as, “An event to or alive kind of establish reading for younger chil- dren to get them more familiar with books By CARL MCKINNEY by giving them books that they’d like to [email protected] see or to read.” Part of the proceeds from the book The mother of a Columbia donations were designated to go to Gentle Correctional Institution Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses, some inmate says her son was of which made an appearance later that stabbed in the neck during day. a disturbance at the prison, A volunteer with Sunrise Wildlife but officials won’t tell her his Rehabilitation, Nan Soistman, handled the condition. Virginia opossum, who among the organi- Kemisha Russell of zation’s rank and file educational animals Groveland said she hasn’t has yet to be named. gotten any answers about “As our mission and our passion has her son, 22-year-old Travis evolved we have found that education is a Lamontez Miller Jr., who she large part, if not fifty-fifty, of our organiza- believes was hospitalized fol- tion,” Soistman said. “We do educational lowing a reported gang fight outreach through interpretive programs at the prison. Sandra Cashes shows Rylee Hall and Asher Childs A young girl shows surprise LITERACY continued on 3A the toys of days gone by. and delight at an exhibit. DOC continued on 3A Vol. 143, No. 382 CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER Obituaries . 3A (386) 752-1293 Opinion . 4A SUBSCRIBE TO Puzzles . 2B Personal touch THE REPORTER: 90 72 Voice: 755-5445 Advice & Comics . 3B CHS seniors, 2A. 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LAKE CITY ALMANAC UV INDEX FYI " Test An exclusive TEMPERATURES SUN High Monday 93 Sunrise today 7:17 a.m. service Soldier’s service honored Low Monday 77 Sunset today 7:31 p.m. 7 brought to Normal high 87 Sunrise tom. 7:17 a.m. HighEXTREME: our readers Lake City resident back home to Cawker thank-you card signed by 10 minutes to burn Normal low 69 Sunset tom. 7:30 p.m. 20 mins to burn by Robert Duskie was recog- City, Kansas, home of the the staff and a certificate of Record high 98 in 1893 Today’s nized by Haven Veteran World’s Largest Ball of appreciation from Haven, Record low 57 in 1999 MOON ultra-violet The Weather radiation risk Moonrise today 3:41 p.m. volunteers recently for his Twine, and took over the all presented by volunteer for the area on Channel. PRECIPITATION Moonset today 1:30 a.m. military service. Duskie family farm after his father’s veterans.