THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM TH Water levels on ANNIVERSARY Leading BATTLE OF the rise with wet the way to Olustee weather SCHEDULE By AMANDA WILLIAMSON
[email protected] Groundwater OF EVENTS levels higher, s women don their Southern says SRWMD. Downtown: Belle gowns From staff reports and gentle- THURSDAY, Feb. 13 A men their The last three months n 5 p.m. Arts, crafts and Confederate gray throughout were wetter than normal, food vendors set up in down- Columbia County, imagine: a with an average of 12.1 inch- town Lake City. crowd of 1,700 well-dressed es of rainfall, about 3 inches n 7 p.m. Theatrical socialites funneling into their higher than normal, across performance by Alligator seats for the 1865 production the Suwannee River Water Community Theatre, of “Our American Cousin.” Management District, dis- Columbia County School The trict officials said. Board auditorium, 372 West date was January rainfall was 1.8 Duval Street. Free admission April inches above average. The to public. 14, just wettest November-January weeks on record was in 1947-1948 FRIDAY, Feb. 14 after with over 17 inches, and the n 9 a.m. Civil War the driest was in 1956-1957 with memorial service, Oaklawn Civil just 1.4 inches. Cemetery. Special speaker W a r The wet weather caused and recognition of veterans. ended. groundwater levels in the n 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Local upper Floridan aquifer to Vendor booths open: Gray talk rise in January after falling • Arts/crafts/food booths rumored steadily since the almost • Public service booths that President Abraham record-setting wet summer.