1A WEEKEND EDITION FRIDAY & SATURDAY, APRIL 26 & 27, 2013 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Prison guard stabbed at SCI By TONY BRITT The Department of Corrections has not he made out of institutional fencing. [email protected] released the name of the officer involved in the The officer suffered multiple injuries to the attack or that of the inmate. head and face, injuries on both arms and at WELLBORN — A corrections officer at DOC officials said about 7:10 p.m. Wednesday, least two quarter-inch puncture wounds to the Suwannee Correctional Institution was hos- a corrections officer was conducting routine back. Officials said the injuries did not appear April 26 pitalized after he was stabbed by an inmate, security checks when the inmate attacked him to be life-threatening. Florida Department of Corrections officials with a padlock attached to a laundry bag and The DOC has not released any additional Victims’ rights brunch said. stabbed him twice in the back with a weapon details regarding the attack. The Suwannee Valley Victims’ Advocacy Coalition will have a victims’ rights brunch fro 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Frist Baptist Church of Scott Lake City. The event will honor victims and survi- Kids on the job vors of crime in the commu- nity. Keynote speaker will makes be Deputy Jimmy Finnell, school resource officer for Richardson Middle School. For more information or to veto reserve a seat, call (386) 752-4453 or go online to Chancesforchildren@com- cast.net. threat Relay For Life Governor says he The Lake City Relay For Life will be from 6 p.m. wants explanation Fridy until noon Saturday for pet projects. at the Columbia High School football field. Events include: luminary ceremony By GARY FINEOUT at 9 p.m. Friday; butterfly Associated Press release at 10 a.m. Saturday; music by Cross Tyz Band TALLAHASSEE — Gov. from 9:30 p.m. Friday until Rick Scott, who has been midnight. If a cancer sur- r a t c h e t i n g vivor, free dinner at 6:30 up his criti- p.m. donated and served by cism of the St. James Episcopal Church Republican- and breakfast from 6 to 9 l e d a.m. donated by Beef O Legislature Brady’s. the past few days, warned JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter T h u r s d a y Scott April 27 State Department of Transportation district program administrator Katrina Sadler helps her son, Zane, 9, design a that he could Freedom Fund lunch bridge using the West Point Bridge Designer program. About 40 FDOT employees and their children participated in veto projects The Columbia County the National Take Your Child to Work Day on Thursday. legislators have stashed in the Branch of NAACP will state budget. hold its annual Freedom Scott made his comments Fund luncheon at noon at Children descend on FDOT offices amid the final frantic days of Winfield Recreation Center. the 2013 session when many The speaker will be the Rev. of his priorities have stalled Ronald Walters of Olivet National Take Your or lawmakers have refused Missionary Baptist Church. Child to Work Day to carry them out in the way Tickets are $35 per person Scott wants. and may be purchased from observed at agency. Budget negotiations are any NAACP member. For still under way but legisla- more call Linda Thomas at By AMANDA WILLIAMSON tors flush with the first budget (386) 752-5284. [email protected] surplus in seven years have Community fish fry he radar gun focused BUDGET continued on 10A in on the cars, beeping The Columbia County as the child holding Sheriff’s Office will host a it pulled the trigger free Community Fish Fry and registered the will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tvehicles’ speed. Arrest at the Columbia County The numbers flashed across Fairgrounds. There will be the digital screen — 45, 38, 32 — serveral door prizes, a cake brings as the cars zipped past the state auction and silent auction to Department of Transportation benefit the Florida Sheriffs’ Building at 1109 S. Marion Ave., surprise Youth Ranches. Sheriff’s each vehicle slowing down as office staff will be providing the driver saw the large group the Print-A-Kid program, for officer of children and FDOT personnel and a bounce house will be standing on the front lawn. available. Donations, small By DEREK GILLIAM About 40 local elementary and and large, will gladly be [email protected] middle school students attended accepted. For more infor- the “2013 Take Your Child to mation, call (386) 752-9212. When Lake City Police Work Day” at the FDOT office Officer Rebecca Miles stopped on Thursday. For the 15th year CARC fundraiser to question a in a row, employees were able to CARC-Advocates for man pushing show their children what a day Citizens with Disabilities a shopping at work is like, and the students will have a fundraiser in cart filled with seemed excited. The group got cooperation with the Belk’s chrome truck lessons in bridge design, speed department store in Lake rims down studies and measuring moisture City Mall. CARC is selling the street in dirt. $5 tickets that are good Tuesday, she “It’s just like a school day,” said for $5 off any purchase at was surprised Rentz Gina Busscher, public informa- Belk’s between 6 and 10 to learn the tion officer at FDOT. “They have a.m. on April 27. All pro- rims belonged to her brother- different subjects that they do ceeds from ticket sales go TOP: Tim Folsom, A DOT traffic operations engineer, teaches Maddy Keen, in-law, police Sgt. Andy Miles. throughout the day.” directly to CARC. For more 9, how to clock traffic speeds using a laser measuring device. ABOVE: The cart pusher, Jerry information, call (386) 752- Sean Kelly, a professional engineer trainee, teaches Bailey Driggers, 7, 1880 ext. 105. KIDS continued on 3A how to operate ground-penetrating radar. RIMS continued on 3A Vol. 138, No. 323 Opinion ............... 4A CALL US: People................. 2A TODAY IN COMING (386) 752-1293 84 55 PEOPLE SUNDAY SUBSCRIBE TO Partly cloudy Calendar............... 5A THE REPORTER: Advice & Comics ....... 4-5B Drugs found on Local news Voice: 755-5445 Puzzles ............... 4-5B Fax: 752-9400 WEATHER, 2A Bieber’s bus. roundup. ’ n i k o 5 o c 8 % FINANCING NEW UNITS AS LOW AS $55/MONTH. LAKE CITY (386)752-8558 ZER LIVE OAK (386) 208-0047 2A 2A LAKE CITY REPORTER DAILY BRIEFING FRIDAY & SATURDAY, APRIL 26 & 27, 2013 Celebrity Birthdays Thursday: Thursday: n Movie composer Francis n Singer Bobby Rydell is 71. Afternoon: 6-7-9 Afternoon: 3-0-0-3 Wednesday: Lai (“Love Story”) is 81. n Rock musician Gary Evening: N/A Evening: N/A 2-15-17-23-28 n Actress-comedian Carol Wright is 70. Burnett is 80. n Actress Nancy Lenehan n Rhythm-and-blues singer is 60. PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Maurice Williams is 75. n Actor Giancarlo Esposito n Songwriter-musician is 55. Duane Eddy is 75. n Actress Joan Chen is 52. Drugs found on Bieber’s tour bus Daily Scripture STOCKHOLM he list of troubles linked “To them God has chosen to Justin Bieber’s tour to make known among the of Europe grew again Gentiles the glorious riches of after Swedish police said Thursday they had found this mystery, which is Christ in Tdrugs and a stun gun on the pop you, the hope of glory. He is the singer’s bus. No arrests were made since one we proclaim, admonishing the bus was empty at the time, and teaching everyone with all Stockholm police spokesman Lars Bystrom told The Associated Press. wisdom, so that we may pres- Police said they decided to act ent everyone fully mature in after smelling marijuana coming “ Christ.” from inside the bus while it was — Colossians 1:27-28 parked outside the hotel where Bieber was staying in the capital. Drug officers searched the bus dur- ing the concert while Bieber was on Lake City Reporter stage, Bystrom said. 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