Hundreds Fed at Annual Feast Church Invited Community to Lunch Thursday
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1A WEEKEND EDITION FRIDAY & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 & 24, 2012 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Hundreds fed at annual feast Church invited community to lunch Thursday. By DEREK GILLIAM Friday [email protected] Fish dinner or the 12th year run- Our Redeemer Lutheran ning, mem- Church, 5056 SW State Road bers of First 47 in Lake City, prepares Presbyterian fish dinners every Friday FChurch cooked food from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. The for the community and dinner is $6 for two Alaskan invited all to a traditional pollock filets, corn, baked Thanksgiving Day feast beans, hushpuppies, cole from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 slaw and tarter sauce. Take p.m. on Thursday at the out or eat in. church. Edna Reichert, Saturday a church member, Craft Festival started the church’s Thanksgiving Day dinner Local artists and crafters tradition 11 years ago. are invited to partiipate in She said she organized the second annual Holiday the event because she Craft Festival at the Lake wanted those in the com- DeSoto Farmers Market munity who were hungry from 8 a.m. until noon. or just lonely to come The festival will highlight and eat and talk with local artists and crafters people in the community. whose original work will “It’s like a big family,” be for sale, in addition to she said of those that foods grown by area farm- came for the dinner. ers. Vendor applications At the first dinner, the are available at market. church fed about 100 lcfla.com. Fees are $10 per people, she said. This market day, plus tax. Live year the church plans on music will be provided by feeding more than 500. Quartermoon, from High Last year the church fed Springs. The farmers mar- about 400 people. ket is open every Saturday “Every year has gotten from 8 to noon in Wilson DEREK GILLIAM/Lake City Reporter Park, along Lake DeSoto Terri Millikin chats with David Lee and his wife. The Lees ate Thanksgiving dinner at First Presbyterian Church around noon between the Columbia FEAST continued on 3A Thursday. County Courthouse and Shands Lakeshore Hospital in downtown Lake City. Country-Western night Cash-strapped post office Black The Pride of B&S Combs Elks Temple will be have its annual Country-Western Friday Night. Come out and enjoy tests same-day delivery an evening with the Elks family. Donation is $10 per By HOPE YEN Postal Service is moving aggres- Teaming up with major retail- creeps person. Associated Press sively this holiday season to start ers, the post office will begin the a premium service for the Internet expedited service in San Francisco WASHINGTON — Emboldened shopper seeking the instant grati- on Dec. 12 at a price similar to its into Tuesday by rapid growth in e-commerce fication of a store purchase: same- shipping, the cash-strapped U.S. day package delivery. Plant clinic DELIVERY continued on 3A University of Florida holiday Master Gardeners are available every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and from 9 a.m. to noon at the TOM KRISHER Columbia County Extension AP Business Writers Office, 164 SW Mary Ethel Lane, to answer questions NEW YORK — Put down about lawns and plants. that turkey leg. It’s time to Bring samples for free diag- shop. No, really. nosis or solutions. For more Stores typically open information, call 752-5384. in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving known as Wednesday Black Friday, named for Senator’s staff visit the period when stores tra- Staff members of U.S. ditionally turn a profit for Sen. Marco Rubio will be the year. But Black Friday available to help area resi- openings have crept earlier dents with issues involving and earlier over the past federal agencies from 1:30 few years. Now, stores from to 4 p.m. at the Lifestyle Wal-Mart to Toys R Us are Enrichment Center, 628 SE opening their doors on Allison Court. For more Thanksgiving evening, hop- information, all Rubio’s ASSOCIATED PRESS ing Americans will be will- Jacksonville Regional Office This Dec. 19, 2011 file photo shows people in line at the U.S. Postal Service Airport station in Los Angeles. ing to shop soon after they at (904) 398-8586. Emboldened by rapid growth in e-commerce shipping, the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service is moving aggressively finish their pumpkin pie. this holiday season to start a premium service for the Internet shopper seeking the instant gratification of a store pur- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. chase: same-day package delivery. will have early bird shop- Thursday ping specials at 8 p.m., Brain health class two hours earlier than a Maintain Your Brain at year ago. Target Corp. the Lifestyle Enrichment Water district looks at springs health is opening its doors at 9 Center, 628 SE Allison p.m. on the holiday, three Court, from 10 to 11:30 From staff reports boundaries of springsheds in the “delineating springsheds helps to hours earlier than last year. a.m. This free presentation District. Presently, only a handful prioritize and focus attention for Sears, which didn’t open on explores insights about LIVE OAK– As part of its ongo- of springsheds have been delin- protecting and restoring springs.” Thanksgiving last year, is what a person can do to ing efforts to protect springs and eated. The surface water basins The high density of springs opening during from 8 p.m. maintain life-long brain to restore impaired springs, the and ground water basins that con- throughout the District makes it and will stay open until 10 health. Attendees will learn Suwannee River Water Management tribute to the discharge of a spring complicated to delineate spring- p.m. on Black Friday. And basic brain facts, ways to District and the Florida Geological is called springshed. sheds for each spring. Marzolf Toys R Us will be opening keep memories sharp Survey, an office within the Florida The District has the highest explained that “in some areas at 8 p.m., an hour earlier and the close connection Department of Environmental concentration of springs and con- where there a cluster of springs it than last year. between brain health and Protection, met to discuss spring- tains the most first one magnitude may be best to delineate a spring- It’s an effort by stores heart health. Call (800) 272- shed delineation. of springs in the state. shed corridor rather than trying to make shopping more 3900 to register or for more FGS described various methods According to the District’s Water to determine individual spring- information. that are used to determine the Resources Director Erich Marzolf, sheds.” HOLIDAY continued on 3A Vol. 138, No. 213 Opinion ............... 4A CALL US: TODAY IN COMING (386) 752-1293 People................. 2A 74 44 Advice & Comics ....... 4-5B PEOPLE SUNDAY SUBSCRIBE TO Sunny THE REPORTER: Puzzles ............... 4-5B A SpongeBob Local news Voice: 755-5445 Obituaries ............. 5A Fax: 752-9400 WEATHER, 2A Christmas. roundup. 2A 2A LAKE CITY REPORTER DAILY BRIEFING FRIDAY & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23-24, 2012 Celebrity Birthdays Thursday: Thursday: n Former Labor Secretary D-La., is 57. Afternoon: 6-5-4 Afternoon: 4-4-6-4 Wednesday: William E. 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