WJTK 96.5 Who’S That Squirrel? Radio Station Goes on Friday Auction World Blood Donor Day Join Lifesouth at Our Lake City Donor Center Block Today from 9 A.M
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A4 + PLUS >> Cops: Motorcycle thief left driver’s license behind, Story below BASEBALL SPORTS World Series Tigers softball preview: FSU banquet on tap See Page 1B See Page 1B WEEKEND EDITION FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JUNE 14 & 15, 2019 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM WJTK 96.5 Who’s that squirrel? Radio station goes on Friday auction World Blood Donor Day Join LifeSouth at our Lake City donor center block today from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. for World Blood Donor Day Following settlement Help us reach our goal of 50 in federal fraud case. blood donors! There will be free food from local restau- By CARL MCKINNEY rants, and free raffles every [email protected] hour for prizes to show our appreciation! Give local, Once part of a local media save local. Visit LifeSouth. empire, the remnants of a org for more information. defunct Lake City-based news and talk radio station are up for Library kids program grabs to who- The West Branch ever makes the and Main Branch of the right offer. Columbia County Library Certain assets will be visited today by from WJTK 96.5 DoDads Lab, where kids AARON LAVINSKY/Star Tribune via AP FM “The Jet” will learn about the Solar Twiggy the Water Skiing Squirrel performs outside U.S. Bank Stadium as part of X Fest in are up for auc- System, gravity, space Minneapolis on July 19, 2018. This Twiggy was the 7th in a line going back to the late 1970s. Newman tion in the fall- travel, the stars and more. Twiggy Nos. 9 and 10, the current performers, will put on a show in Lake City on Saturday. out of a court Professor DoDad puts on a case between the owner and fed- wildly wacky and amazing eral regulators. science show, combining Sorry, Madonna, The station carried news pro- science, comedy, puppetry grams and talk radio personal- and music. DoDads Lab ities such as Rush Limbaugh, will be at the West Branch Twiggy won’t be but has been off the air since at 10 a.m. and at the Main 2017. The Jet stopped broad- Branch at 2 p.m. sharing the stage casting some time after the FCC filed a lawsuit accusing owner Wellness luncheon here Saturday Cesta Newman of fraudulent- Please join us for the ly obtaining a discount on her monthly wellness luncheon By TONY BRITT radio license. [email protected] on Friday from noon-1 p.m. STATION continued on 2A at Lake Shore Hospital Sometimes an event comes along so monu- Authority, 259 NE Franklin mental that a string of superlatives just can’t do Street in Lake City. We are the occasion justice. glad to be hosting Laura A Florida celebrity — star of screen, TV and 10-year term for Grinstead, PTA/Clinical boating expos — is making an appearance this Care Coordinator from weekend here in Lake City, and expectations LC man in meth Kindred at Home who will couldn’t be higher. be sharing information on Sanford native Twiggy the Water Skiing distribution case Squirrel, who recently came out of retirement, what is home care and its will have top billing at Last Splash, at The Book By CARL MCKINNEY benefits, how to receive COURTESY [email protected] home care, and what TWIGGY continued on 3A Twiggy loves the camera. services are offered by Kindred at Home. A com- A federal judge has sentenced plimentary lunch will be a Lake City man to more than a served at noon. For more decade in prison for distribution information, call 754-7083. Motorcycle thief left license behind: Cops and possession of nearly pure meth, the U.S. Department of Family nights By CARL MCKINNEY law enforcement the next day, deputies Justice announced Wednesday. Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 [email protected] say. Lonnie Jack Trowell, 31, net- p.m., the Columbia County The runaway buyer, William Kevin ted a sentence of 10 years and Sheriff’s Office is hosting During a Craigslist sale in a Walmart Croft, 38, of Southwest Birley Avenue, 10 months after pleading guilty Summer Nights at Melrose parking lot, a Lake City man reportedly didn’t even return for the driver’s license March 15. Park Elementary School, asked to test-drive a motorcycle before he left with the owner as collateral, accord- The federal Drug Enforcement forking over the cash to purchase it. The WEEKEND continued on 2A test drive kept going until a run-in with LICENSE continued on 3A Croft PRISON continued on 2A Vol. 145, No. 66 CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER (386) 752-1293 Obituaries . 3A FAITH AND VALUES SUBSCRIBE TO Opinion . 4A THE REPORTER: 88 66 Faith & Values . 5-6A Are we alone? 5A Voice: 755-5445 Mostly sunny, 2A Fax: 752-9400 Advice & Comics . 3-4B Even our regular includes a premium. GW HUNTER 1130 WEST US 90 386-752-5890 VISIT YOUR LOCAL CHEVRON STATION 2A FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2019 LOCAL LAKE CITY REPORTER QUICK HITS ‘The Jet’ goes on the block Scripture of the Day Newman and Newman Newman filed a notice of WDSR on 1340 AM. Broadcasting — three times suspension of operations She didn’t disclose her “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good STATION gifts unto your children: how much more shall Continued From 1A the value of the discount, for WJTK with the FCC last position as the vice president plus fines. year, stating the talk radio and secretary of Newman your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them The auction includes a Newman started Chapter station was “silent in expec- Media from 1999 until at that ask him?” — Luke 11:13 (KJV) non-directional antenna, an 13 bankruptcy proceedings tation of the appointment of least 2004, possibly as late as FCC license, a broadcast for her company in 2017, a receiver.” 2007, according to the FCC. transmitter, desktop com- The couple also hid Thought for Today puters and related peripher- their joint ownership in You cannot step into the same river twice. als and equipment. a third company, Altair — Heraclitus, 544 BC - 483 BC, Greek philospoher The sale doesn’t include Communications, in which studio space or a tower Cesta Newman held the lease. position of vice president, Bids are due by 11 a.m. the FCC alleged. Winning Lottery Numbers on June 26. Cesta Newman’s role at Pick 3: (Wednesday p.m.) 4-9-7 Bids can be submitted by WJTK was mainly limited to Pick 4: (Wednesday p.m.) 8-5-1-8 e-mail to erodriguez@moec- bookkeeping, according to Fantasy 5: (Wednesday) 10-16-24-31-35 kerauctions.com the lawsuit. She did report- Newman settled the case edly participate in some for $910,700, according to personnel decisions, but to See an error? a Sept. 4 court order, the a limited extent compared The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news same amount regulators to her husband. items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, say her fraud cost the gov- People familiar with the please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will ernment. station’s inner workings run in this space. Thanks for reading. In 2006, the FCC awarded said John Newman and a radio license to Newman’s FILE Newman Media exercised company, Newman The former home of WJTK on 229 SW Main Blvd. near-total control over Submissions Broadcasting. Newman WJTK, the FCC alleged. The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption would have paid roughly court records show. Receivers are court-ap- John Newman made the information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would like to see your organization in the newspaper, send $2.6 million for the license The federal government pointed custodians who major decisions, such as the picture and information to Michael Philips at mphilips@ if she hadn’t obtained a dis- filed suit in a spinoff case, manage the property advertising rates and pro- lakecityreporter.com. count credit that brought with the goal of preventing of a third party, and are gramming, according to the the cost down to about Newman from using bank- empowered to distribute FCC. He held regular staff $1.69 million, the agency ruptcy to discharge any debts assets to creditors or claim- meetings, which his wife alleged in a 2016 lawsuit. incurred in the main case. ants, according to the U.S. rarely attended, the agency Lake City Reporter The credit is intended The court ruled in the Securities and Exchange alleged. HOW TO REACH US BUSINESS ........... 754-0419 for first-time entrants into government’s favor in the Commission. At one point, John Main number ....... (386) 752-1293 Fax number ............ 752-9400 CIRCULATION the industry, particularly offshoot bankruptcy case, In her radio license appli- Newman reportedly pro- Circulation............. 755-5445 Home delivery of the Lake City Reporter women and minorities. according to a Sept. 10 order. cation for WJTK, Cesta posed consolidating WJTK Online .... www.lakecityreporter.com should be completed by 6:30 a.m. The Lake City Reporter, an affiliate Tuesday through Friday, and by 7:30 But Newman was acting The Jet went off the Newman stated she was staff with his two stations. a.m. on Sunday. as a proxy for her husband, air after Hurricane Irma. the president of Newman “In essence, the of Community Newspapers Inc., is published Tuesday through Friday and Please call 386-755-5445 to report any the late John Newman, who Newman Broadcasting Broadcasting and had no Newmans treated WJTK Sunday at 180 E.