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Mostly Sunny 5% rain chance 30 YEARS OF SERVICE | Volunteer couple honored in Interlachen. In CURRENTS 67 49 For details, see 2A www.mypdn.com PALATKA DAILY NEWS SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2015 $1 Rodman DOUBLE MURDER FPL’s East supporters Family and friends of Detret Burley Palatka plant to gather at shut down, dam today try to come to grips with tragedy for a rally scheduled to BY PETE SKIBA be removed Palatka Daily News BY BRANDON D. OLIVER Rodman Dam serves Palatka Daily News Putnam County’s fishing, boating and economic vitality EAST PALATKA – In a few months, and supporters won’t give it Florida Power & Light will end opera- up. tion in its East Putnam County plant An organized Rally for and begin tearing down the struc- Rodman meant to show sup- tures. port for keeping the dam, the Officials from the power company reservoir and its waterway said that operations in East Palatka are starts 9 a.m. today at the dam. ending as means to update and modern- In the aftermath of an ize its services. agreement between FPL spokesman Bill Orlove said that Jacksonville leaders and the most of the plant’s primary services St. Johns Riverkeeper organi- ended as the previous year came to a zation to allow the dam’s close. removal, dam lovers emphati- “As of Dec. 31, Florida Power & Light cally say “No!” retired the power generating units at The dam has been on the the plant,” Orlove said. “This was for- Ocklawaha River for more mally announced as the company’s than 50 years. It has provided 10-year site plan with the Florida Public bass fishing tournaments and Service Commission.” a livelihood for bait suppliers, CHRIS DEVITTO / Palatka Daily News The plant will officially shut down in fishing tackle purveyors and From left, grandmother Betty Jean Hodges, sister Betty Jean Hodges-Richard Williams, mother Connie the spring, Orlove said, but FPL will others, said Darrell Moore. Lee Hodges-Burley, father Otis Green Burley, sister Delola Burley-George Taylor, and sister Addie continue to own the land even after they Darrell Moore describes Hodges, stand with a photo of Detret Latrell Burley who was killed Wednesday during a murder-suicide. dismantle the plant. himself as a country boy with deep roots in the area. He See FPL, Page 5A started a ball rolling on social media for the rally in support of keeping the dam and reser- ‘Nothing got done’ voir. “It isn’t a protest. We are country folk – we don’t pro- BY PETE SKIBA Hall, as they drove to a restau- for the Seventh Circuit Court. March of Dimes test. We rally,” Moore said. Palatka Daily News rant. Burley’s second exposure to “The dam has been here 50 Kemp immediately turned the violence had to have happened years. It now has its own t is doubtful an injunction for gun and executed himself in the within six months of the appli- begins annual unique ecosystem and habitat domestic violence could have Corky Bell’s Seafood parking lot. cation and she did not date or for wildlife. And the fishing is saved a Palatka woman Burley’s family said Hurley detail the first incident. really good.” Igunned down Wednesday. had a bad past relationship with The first recorded incident’s The idea for the rally sprang Angie Pye, executive director Kemp. It included a denied charging affidavit disclosed drive Tuesday from the recent announce- of Conlee House, an organiza- application for a protection Kemp “did knowingly strike ment that the Riverkeepers no tion that helps people with injunction. Detret Burley in the face with longer opposed removing the domestic violence problems, “The police could have done his fist.” BY ASIA AIKINS dam in court. A deal made by said, “A thousand injunctions more. Nothing got done,” said Burley’s family and friends Palatka Daily News Jacksonville officials and the would not have mattered. The Detret’s twin sister, Delola said there were many other inci- Riverkeepers came to light only thing that could have Burley. “She tried her best dents where Kemp stalked, hit Putnam County March of Dimes lead- Saturday after the two organi- stopped him was to have him twice. She didn’t get the order. and terrorized his former girl- ers will kick off fundraising efforts zations held private negotia- sitting in jail.” It is so difficult to get help. She friend. Tuesday at the Palatka Woman’s Club, tions. According to Putnam County felt no one was going to help.” “Why is it so difficult to get an remembering the efforts of the late The dam sits in Putnam Sheriff’s Office reports, a jealous In attempting to obtain a order of protection?” said Queen Emma Lou Morris. County, and reportedly the 30-year-old Johnny restraining order for repeat McGee, a friend. “He was stalk- Woman’s Club president Linda parties to the agreement Stephenodonta Kemp fatally violence, Detret Burley’s ing her and cursing her all the Bremkamp said the club hosted the didn’t bother to tell anyone in shot his former girlfriend, February 2013 application time.” kickoff lunch for many years with a Putnam County about their 38-year-old Detret Burley and missed two required areas, push from Morris, who was a member of meetings. her male companion, Travis said Lude Lelis, spokeswoman See TRAGEDY, Page 5A the woman’s club and March of Dimes “We aren’t an organization. advocate. It is just the people who love the dam and reservoir,” Moore See MARCH, Page 5A said. “It was here for me and I want it to be here for my chil- dren and their children.” See RODMAN, Page 5A Arbor Day tree plantings take place in Palatka and Interlachen parks BY BRANDON D. OLIVER INDEX Palatka Daily News Advice .............................2C INTERLACHEN – Jenkins Park Briefing ........................... 2A became the home of another tree on Classified/Legals ............ 2B Friday as West Putnam County Comics ............................2C residents and forestry workers cel- Horoscope ......................2C ebrated Arbor Day. Lottery............................. 8A Though not recognized national- Obituaries ....................... 6A ly until April, Arbor Day is cele- Opinions ......................... 4A brated throughout Florida on the Sports ............................. 7A third Friday of January. Sudoku ........................... 3B And Interlachen celebrated the day of appreciation for trees by The Voice of planting a red oak tree in the park Putnam County and dedicating it to Wayne Corbin, a town councilman and a member since 1885 of the town’s Tree Board. Photos by CHRIS DEVITTO / Palatka Daily News “Nothing thrills me more than the Palatka Mayor Terrill Hill and others plant an oak tree in Booker Park. VOL. 127 • NO. 13 opportunity to plant trees right here PALATKA, FLA. in my town,” Corbin said as public BY ASIA AIKINS still my favorite tree,” said Keith works officials placed the tree in the Palatka Daily News Valentine, Palatka Tree Committee ground. “This is a great honor. I’m chairman. “This is the perfect place Public Notices humbled – really humbled.” PALATKA – Local residents gath- to plant it.” on Page 2B Corbin, who has been on the Tree ered around a young oak tree Friday According to Palatka Department By mail, 3 sections Board for almost 10 years, said he Interlachen town employees John Murrow morning at Booker Park in Palatka, of Parks Foreman Germaine Douglas, has held positions with numerous and Mike Cemer plant a red oak tree at planting one of four new trees in two oak trees and two maple trees Jenkins Park during the town’s Arbor Day honor of Florida’s Arbor Day. See INTERLACHEN, Page 5A celebration Friday. “The oak tree was always and is See PALATKA, Page 5A 011715a1.indd 1 1/16/15 7:24 PM 2A PALATKA DAILY NEWS • SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2015 Dock Luckie, former UF and NFL standout, utnam to speak at MLK event today in Johnson P AM and college. BY TRISHA MURPHY Palatka Daily News “I saw a lot of things as a kid and in my mind I always questioned why ock Luckie considers himself those things happened,” he said. “I’m designs displayed throughout the a positive man. going to talk about young people Correction park. The Gainesville resident who respecting themselves and moving for- Executives also say the first-floor Dplayed for the University of ward and doing the right thing in life.” restaurant at the hotel will be called Florida football team from 1977-1981 Luckie also has a message for adults, Early voting Bricks Family Restaurant, an eatery and was then drafted by the Kansas too. with low buffet tables to accommo- City Chiefs, has the mindset of want- “I want men to step to be a father In Thursday’s edition, the Daily date children. Another gathering ing everything he touches in life to and mothers to step up and be a moth- News erroneously listed an early vot- place will be the Skyline Lounge. grow and prosper. er,” he said. “I talk a lot about educa- ing location in Interlachen. The cor- A new section called Lego Friends That includes area youth and others tion, too. I want people to know if they rect voting location in Interlachen is Heartlake City is scheduled to open who attend the Martin Luther King Jr. don’t improve their overall person then at Interlachen Elementary School, in the park this summer. That sec- Day March and Celebration today at their not going to advance in life.” 251 S. County Road 315. tion, to be located near the Magnolia the Irene Monroe Walker Center in the To contact Luckie, email The other early voting locations in Mansion, is based on a line of Lego West Putnam and Johnson Crossroads [email protected].

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