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1A WEEKEND EDITION FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JUNE 1-2, 2012 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Polling place plan will get public airing resentatives of the NAACP. Blueberry Festival By HANNAH O. BROWN The plan eliminated all [email protected] polling locations within The 19th annual Wellborn the city limits of Lake City Blueberry Festival is June 1 Supervisor of Elections except for the Supervisor and 2. Admission is free! Elizabeth Horne of Elections office. Both Friday and Saturday has scheduled a The office would feature arts & crafts, food press conference serve as the single vendors, the Country Store to discuss poll- polling location selling blueberry pies, cob- ing locations for for all residents bler, muffins and more, the 2012 election, within the city. live entertainment by the happening this Horne will Willow Creek Band, and morning. discuss the plan fresh blueberries and blue- Horne’s pro- Friday at 10 a.m. berry plants for purchase. posed plan for at the Supervisor On Friday, the hours are polling locations Horne of Election’s Office. from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m, and the was met with dis- The press con- Blueberry Bake-off, Tasting approval from county and ference was announced Party and Children’s Talent city officials as well as rep- Thursday afternoon. Contest are Friday’s spe- cial events. The Lake City Reporter’s Taste Buddies, Genie Norman and Mary Governor to visit Kay Hollingsworth, will be judging the Bake-Off! Saturday, the festival opens at 7 a.m., and features JOHN DAVIS/Special to the Reporter the Blueberry Pancake What appeared to be a sinkhole opened up on 216th Road in McAlpin Tuesday. In reality the Breakfast, the “Think depression may have been a burial pit for tree stumps, which collapsed after heavy rains from Green” Parade, and the Tropical Storm Beryl over the Memorial Day weekend. Adults’ Talent Contest. Also present on Saturday will be famed Highwaymen artist R.L. Lewis. When is a sinkhole Breakfast with chief Join Chief Argatha Gilmore FILE for a complimentary break- not a sinkhole? Gov. Rick Scott will be in Lake City Tuesday for a meeting fast, informative discus- with members of the Lake City-Columbia County Chamber sion and community fourn By JESSIE R. BOX pour caused the hole to collapse. of Commerce, the Lake City Reporter has learned. Further on neighborhood issues [email protected] “I really don’t think it was a true sink- details were unavailable at press time. Scott is seen here Saturday, June 2 from 10 to hole,” said Suwannee County Sheriff 11:30 a.m. at the Challenge McALPIN-What looked like a good- Tony Cameron. “I believe that they cov- during a 2010 trip to Lake City. Learning Center, 1301 NW sized sinkhole in McAlpin may not have ered stumps and when it rained, the sand Labonte Lane. For more been. lowered.” information call 719-5742. The depression, more than 20 feet This hole is 100 feet from the road in diameter and of an undetermined and has been filled by the owner of the City, yogurt shop Jags cheerleaders depth, opened on private land bordering property. 216th Street Tuesday not far from the “Once filled, there should be no prob- The Jacksonville Jaguars Columbia County line. lems,” said Randy Harris, Suwannee come to terms cheerleaders will make an However, appearances may have been County Public Works director. appearance at the Lake deceiving. Meanwhile, a true sinkhole did open City Mall June 2 from 11 Planted pines had recently been up in Suwannee County Tuesday. on seating limits a.m.- 2 p.m. in support of harvested from the field in which the This one, on 208th Street in McAlpin, our local Pop Warner Youth depression occurred, officials said, and was 12 feet long, 8 feet wide and 6 feet By HANNAH O. BROWN Cheerleader and Football the stumps had been buried in a hole and deep. It too has been filled in and, it is [email protected] program. covered in sand. Beryl’s recent down- hoped, will cause no more problems. A code enforcement dispute ended in the reinterpreta- CARC drive tion of a Florida building code for Christina Harper, owner of Mochi Frozen Yogurt. The CARC membership Harper approached city council members on May 21, say- drive kickoff will be Friday, ing the number of seats allotted in her establishment were June 1 from 4 to 7 p.m. inconsistent with the plans of Mochis around the state. There will be raffles and a Growth Management Director Larry Lee spoke to cookout, with sausages and Harper about her business days prior and informed her hamburgers. Please help that only 10 seats were allowed in the building because those less fortunate than only one restroom was available for the public. most of us. For information “Larry Lee was absolutely correct in everything that he call 752-9909. was doing on the codes,” City Manager Wendell Johnson said. Leadership class Johnson said he spoke with Harper’s architect last week. The architect filed an affidavit to allow more seats Free Leadership in the establishment. Seminar June 2 at 3 p.m. Harper said the code for the business could be inter- at Richardson Community preted in more than one way. Center, 255 NE Coast “It’s interpretation,” Harper said. “It’s subjective.” Anders Lane. For more Johnson met with Harper and Lee about the issue last information call Pearlnita week. Mitchell 386-752-0110. “We squared it away. We’re good to go, she’s good to go,” Johnson said. “Bottom line is everybody is happy.” Charity golf TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter Harper said the business is now allowed 42 seats for Jack Gardner (from left), of LAS Contracting, pours concrete as Rodney Williams, Michael public use. North Florida Blaze Morgan and Dewitt Jackson spread the concrete to make a new sidewalk on Southeast 11U Youth Baseball Team Ermine Avenue. will have the 2nd Annual Golf Tournament at Quail Heights Country Club on Safer route for Melrose students Saturday, June 2. Shotgun start at 8.m. 18 hole scram- By TONY BRITT resurfacing and restriping roadways is ble, 4-person teams, lunch [email protected] estimated to cost about $237,250. provided, mulligan sales, Gina Busscher, DOT District 2 door prizes, prizes for 1st, Students who walk or ride their bikes spokesperson, said the DOT hired LAS 2nd, and 3rd place teams, to school at Melrose Park Elementary can Contracting Corp. of Tampa to construct entry fee $200 per team, hole expect to travel through a safer school the new sidewalks. sponsorships available $100. zone route next school year. She said LAS contracting and Lighthouse Contact Tim Williamson at The Florida Department of Engineering have been working since 386-234-0423 for more infor- Transportation is funding improvements February on the design. Construction mation. Proceeds will be at Melrose Park Elementary as part of began Tuesday. JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter used for the AAU National the Safe Routes to School program. The “The project was requested by the Oh, deer Championship Baseball entire project, which includes new elec- A doe scans the area while looking for food at Alligator Lake. Tournament. tronic signs, flashing lights, new sidewalks, SAFER continued on 3A Vol. 138, No. 92 CALL US: Opinion ............... 4A TODAY IN COMING (386) 752-1293 90 67 People................. 2A SUBSCRIBE TO Isolated T-Storms Obituaries ............. 5A PEOPLE SUNDAY THE REPORTER: Advice & Comics ...... 6B, 7B Madonna opens Local news Voice: 755-5445 Fax: 752-9400 WEATHER, 2A Puzzles ................. 7B world tour. roundup. 2A 2A LAKE CITY REPORTER DAILY BRIEFING FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JUNE 1-2, 2012 Celebrity Birthdays Saturday: Saturday: n Actor Andy Griffith is n Football player Shane Afternoon: 6-7-3 Afternoon: 7-7-3-6 Wednesday: 86. Matthews is 42. Evening: 6-9-7 Evening: 2-5-2-1 5-13-21-27-31 n Actor Morgan n Baseball player Derek Freeman is 75. Lowe is 39. n Actor Cleavon Little n Supermodel Heidi PEOPLE IN THE NEWS is 73. Klum is 39. n Guitarist Ron Wood n Singer Alanis is 65. Morisette is 38. n Football coach Greg n Football player Madonna kicks off tour in Israel Schiano is 46. Santana Moss is 33. Daily Scripture JERUSALEM — Pop with two shows in the Holy his landlord Thursday Newton lives in the main music star Madonna Land, her first in 16 years. amid stalled plans to turn house on the estate with “For the Lord himself will come treated tens of thousands During that show, she his lavish Las Vegas estate his wife and their young of ecstatic fans in Israel wrapped herself in an into a celebrity museum — daughter. Kennedy pur- down from heaven, with a loud com- to the inaugural show of Israeli flag and called a project that has sparked chased the property for mand, with the voice of the archan- her “MDNA” world tour Israel the “energy center allegations of fraud, mis- $20 million with the intent gel and with the trumpet call of God, on Thursday, performing of the world.” management, animal abuse of building the Newtons and the dead in Christ will rise first. in a country where she Madonna, who is not and sexual harassment. a new $2 million home on has long claimed a special Jewish, has been dabbling Clark County District the estate and converting After that, we who are still alive and bond. in Kabbalah for more than Court Judge Elizabeth the gold-trimmed main are left will be caught up together The “Material Girl,” a decade and has taken on Gonzalez ruled that devel- house into a public venue.