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A3 + PLUS >> MLK’s death recalled 50 years later, Story below SCHOOLS SPORTS Kids with FGC on hunt Character for recruits See Page 2A See Page 1B WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2018 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Wild ride ends in 2 wrecks TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter First responders render aid to victims following a traffic crash at the intersection of Long Street and Main Boulevard Tuesday afternoon. BELOW: A family member of a crash victim has to be restrained at the scene. Cops: Woman crashed, left scene, crashed again were transported to hospitals by Marion Street and Gum Swamp Driver handcuffed ambulance. Others had minor Road/County Road 25A intersec- following hit-run. scrapes and bruises and sought tion around 6:10 p.m. Tuesday. medical attention on their own, Loneshia Underwood, was sit- By TONY BRITT & according to reports from the ting still at a red light in her 2015 COREY ARWOOD scene. black Honda Accord, with her Lake City Reporter Numerous officers from both 9-year-old son, Jaylen, in the back- Florida Highway Patrol and the seat, when her car was rear-end- Two crash scenes saw multiple Lake City Police Department ed by a gold SUV driven by an vehicles mangled, as a rogue driv- directed traffic and investigat- unknown black woman and travel- er slammed into a car stopped at ed the damaged vehicles at both ing at a high rate of speed. a stoplight, fled the scene in her scenes, working around crippled “I was stopped at the red light severely damaged SUV, flipped it traffic utilities and congested traf- and she just hit me, full throttle, two blocks away and took out a fic, taking details from the several and pushed me into the middle traffic light on Lake City’s north occupants involved. of the road,” Underwood said. side Tuesday evening. Florida Highway Patrol said “Luckily, the light was red and no Several motorists suffered minor trouble ensued with a hit-and- injuries in the collisions and two run crash called in at the North WRECKS continued on 6A COREY ARWOOD/Lake City Reporter MLK’s death recalled 50 years later Local residents look back at April 4, 1968. By COREY ARWOOD carwood@lakecityreporter Fifty years ago they were teach- ers, soldiers and students living through one of the most infamous chapters in American history: the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. Some are retired, while others remain prominent local figures, TODD WILSON/Lake City Reporter community activists, organizers and top city officials. American Values Dinner Honoree They recalled their experienc- es of April 4, 1968, the personal Retired Circuit Judge E. Vernon Douglas, (center) a Lake City Eagle AP Photo/Charles Kelly Scout, is flanked by his sons, Wes Douglas (left) and Patrick Douglas, impact of the shooting, and tried The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stands with other civil rights after being named the 2018 American Values Honoree during to summarize a city and a coun- leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, the North Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America Suwannee River try’s collective response. Tenn., on April 3, 1968, a day before he was assassinated at American Values Dinner Tuesday night. (For more photos, see KING continued on 2A approximately the same spot. Thursday’s Lake City Reporter.) Vol. 143, No. 263 Opinion . 4A CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER (386) 752-1293 Obituaries . 5A Health . 6A DEAR PHARMACIST SUBSCRIBE TO FDA might be feeding you foolishness, 6A. THE REPORTER: 77 47 Advice & Comics . 3B Voice: 755-5445 Puzzles . 2B Fax: 752-9400 Chance of storms, 2A WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2018 DAILY BRIEFING LAKE CITY REPORTER QUICK HITS KIDS WITH CHARACTER Scripture of the Day “It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.” — Lamentations 3:26 (KJV) Thought for Today No photographer is as good as the simplest camera. — Edward Steichen, 1879-1973, U.S. photographer Winning Lottery Numbers Pick 3: (Monday p.m.) 0-3-2 Pick 4: (Monday p.m.) 5-8-4-0 Fantasy 5: (Monday) 3-8-22-24-26 See an error? The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, please call the editor. Corrections and clarications will run in this space. Thanks for reading. COURTESY Congratulation to the students at Summers Elementary who were selected as “Kids with Character” for the month of March. These students were selected for their flexibility in displaying good character. First row, from Submissions left: Liyah Tompkins, Kelsee Balster, Rylie Khachigan, Braylnn Johnson, Elijah Ellis, Hailey Guynn, Walker Park, The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption Wyatt Russo, Marqailla Gaines and Leyton Raulerson. Second row: Trenton Davis, Campbell Chadwick, Kinsley information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would Parrish, Carter Wheeler, Victoria Miller, Harold Moore, Si Bell, Alexander McKinley, James Haley and Anthony like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture and information to associate editor Justin Caudell at Tavares. Third row: Guidance Counselor Kelly Couey, Alexandrya Collins, Jada Jennings, Austin Tucker, Kaylin [email protected]. Johnson, Kamryn Hart, Xavi Madlos, Jackson Raulerson, Tyson Austin, Sebastian Perez, A.J. Moore, and Jordan Culver and CARES Counselor Carlos Scippio. Not pictured: Taraji Washington, Laylah McKinney and Timothy Williamson. 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Before join- ricane season and current groups of eight. To place a classified ad......755-5440 52 Weeks..................$179.40 ing at the news. That’s why other minority KING “All African Americans students, we were all con- THE WEATHER Continued From 1A were affected by that. It cerned, because that meant WED THU FRI SAT SUN was a feeling of sadness, that we would have addi- 4 05 06 07 08 Martin Luther King Jr. remorse more than any- tional problems if he wasn’t Slight Sunny Mostly Slight Slight was assassinated at the age thing,” said Presley. “I sup- there,” Johnson said. “It chance Northeast sunny chance chance of wind 10 Light of rain of of 39 at the Lorraine Motel ported him 100 percent, was horrible just to think storms mph wind showers storms in Memphis, there in sup- because, you know, I came that he was gone and there port of a sanitation workers up when it was real rough.