A3 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2019 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $2 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM + PLUS >> 1B TASTE BUDDIES SUNDAY Gators, Thanks ’Noles What to do for your tangle in the with what’s 1D patience Swamp left over Sean of the South Opinion/4A LIFE/1D FILE Ballot measure could 2 dead in help, says local vet head-on Pot too Live Oak FACES pricey crash OF BLACK Kia crossed center to help line, struck Buick. FRIDAY Two Live Oak residents lost their lives in a Saturday morn- some ing Suwannee County crash, the Florida Highway Patrol Fort White man says one said. proposal would ease the Michael David Brown, 36, pain of folks like him. and Courtney Nichole Palmer, 29, died in the 4:15 a.m. acci- By CARL MCKINNEY dent on County Road 132 near [email protected] 34th Street, FHP stated in a It’s been a godsend for news release. Delbert Mullins. Brown was haeded west in The immobilizing pain that a 2014 Kia Soul when, for had been keeping him glued reasons still under investiga- to couch has tion, he veered into the east- become man- bound lane, where the left ageable. He’s front of his car struck the left free to go for front of Palmer’s 2004 Buick a walk without grappling for his Rendezvous, the release said. footing, work on Brown died at the scene, a crafting proj- Palmer at Shands Live Oak Mullins ect or just get hospital. caught up on his chores. Palmer had not been drink- He even smiles occasionally. ing, according to FHP, while Medical marijuana gave him test results are pending for his life back, the 70-year-old Brown, according to the report. Army veteran said, but he can Brown was wearing a seat Photos by CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter barely afford it. An average belt, the report stated, while month’s supply can run him up Palmer was not. to $800. — From staff reports “And that’s what I make on Bargains abound all weekend my disability,” Mullins said. “We’ve been doing without a lot Christmas shopping TOP: Allison of stuff. We don’t go out to eat or season off, running. (left) and Linda go to the movies or anything.” Shooting Blodgett wrap up One of two competing ballot By CARL MCKINNEY an expedition to initiatives to legalize recreational suspect in [email protected] the mall on Black pot in Florida would also help The leftovers were still Friday. They cash-strapped medical users jail, says warm in the fridge when the enjoyed the time such as himself, Mullins said. together, said early birds started lining up POT continued on 3A LCPD outside stores nationwide the daughter, on Thanksgiving, and the who was visiting By CARL MCKINNEY hordes of deal-hunters kept from West Palm [email protected] going strong Friday. Beach. ABOVE: Unauthorized Bernadette Feickert was Bernadette Police have a suspect in cus- visiting from her home state Feickert eyes a of Oklahoma when she decid- paving bill on tody for a shooting that sent miniature Pac- ed to see what she could one person to the hospital find at the Lake City Mall. Man arcade tap Monday Wednesday Feickert browsed the aisles machine at Belk afternoon, at Belk, stopping at a minia- on Friday morn- By CARL MCKINNEY but it wasn’t ture Pac-Man arcade cabinet ing. She wanted [email protected] immediate- marked down from $249 to to get it for her The question of what to do ly clear how $199, perfect for her 16-year- 16-year-old, but about a nearly $55,000 bill for he was taken old. imagined her unauthorized roadwork, an issue into custody. Shopping for her children two older sons that got Lake City’s public works was so much easier when Carter Tyrese would sneak director written up for ignoring Leondre they were younger, she said. turns on it, too. the proper chain of command, is “Now it’s all about the elec- Carter, 18, of the 500 block of LEFT: Cindy Witt set to come to a head Monday. tronics,” she said. The Lake City Community Northwest Gibson Lane, was Allison Blodgett came up of Lake City goes booked into Columbia County on the prowl for Redevelopment Agency will from West Palm Beach to consider whether to pay the jail late Thursday night on an a few more good spend the holiday with her contractor, Curt’s Construction, deals. 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