Leaders Learn About Census Trends the CYSA Was Heavily Scrutinized by the Sports Council Throughout Chamber Members, Century America
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1 TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2013 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Murder suspect caught Bar owner says r e s p o n s e two counts of first-degree to a double murder. he will shutter murder in “We’ve had calls out The Santa Fe part of business. the parking there in the recent past,” Bar in High lot early said Columbia County Springs was By STEVEN RICHMOND Saturday. Sheriff Mark Hunter, “and quiet Monday, [email protected] T h e the owner is working with after two men a l l e g e d us to curtail some of these Wingfield were shot and HIGH SPRINGS — The activities.” killed there early owner of the Santa Fe Bar gunman, Willie J. Wingfield A nearby resident said here will voluntarily close III, 21, Fort White, was the bar has long been a Saturday. the bottle club portion taken into custody Sunday of the establishment in in Daytona Beach. He faces SHOOTING continued on 6A JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter AMERICA’S CHANGING WORKFORCE Soccer field use issues resolved County sports council suggests CYSA change officer election rules. By STEVEN RICHMOND [email protected] Issues regarding soccer field use were apparently resolved during Monday night’s Sports Advisory Council meeting, but not without further discussion of complaints against the Columbia Youth Soccer Association. The CYSA introduced a propos- al to leave the gate to the soccer fields at the Southside Recreation Complex unlocked while designat- ing a single field for pick-up games and erecting a “play at your own risk” sign, in response to members of the community wanting to use the fields without CYSA approval. According to County Manager Dale Williams, the CYSA doesn’t JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter need approval from the county, James H. Johnson Jr., a professor and director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ges- since the association has full tures while talking about presentations he made to Columbia County business leaders and schools district employees on Monday. authority to regulate fields’ use after signing a July licensing agree- ment with the county. Despite the apparent solution, Leaders learn about census trends the CYSA was heavily scrutinized by the sports council throughout Chamber members, century America. ing of America,” indicated that more babies in the future? If you the meeting, following grievances University of North Carolina population growth of non-white build a wall to keep everyone from parents. school district staff Distinguished Professor of races, for the first time in cen- out, where do you think your Raúl Medina, father of a child hear presentation. Strategy and Entrepreneurship sus history, outpaced whites. future growth is going to come in the CYSA, petitioned the board James Johnson Jr. gave a pre- Data also indicated whites were from?” Saturday to postpone its special By STEVEN RICHMOND sentation on what he called six having fewer children on aver- He claimed the issue of ille- election for president until the by- [email protected] “disrupting” trends indicated by age than non-white families. gal immigration was “hijacked” laws were reviewed, claiming that 2010 U.S. census data. Johnson used this informa- ever since people developed the the current procedures in place Local business and com- Those trends include how the tion to encourage people to seri- stereotypical image of Mexicans munity leaders packed into “South is rising again” in popu- ously reconsider the “draconi- and other minorities hopping COUNCIL continued on 3A Columbia High School’s audi- lation, the approaching “silver an” immigration laws currently the border illegally. torium Monday morning to tsunami” and the decline of well- in place. “It’s a little more complicated get a crash course in surpis- educated, qualified men in the “The median age of a white than that,” he said. Most illegal ing demographic trends that workplace, known as a “mances- woman in America is 43,” he immigration, he claimed, came Larry Gatlin forecast unique, unprecedent- sion.” said. “For Hispanic women, it’s ed changes to come in 21st- One of the trends, the “brown- 27. Who do you think will have TRENDS continued on 3A to perform Sitter pleads guilty at college in shaken baby case Double this evening splash From staff reports By TONY BRITT of the Lake City resident [email protected] Columbia Molly Atkinson Country music star Larry Gatlin C o u n t y pours a bottle of will perform tonight at Florida Summer Brooke C o u r t - water on the back Gateway College as part of the 2013- Albritton was sentenced to h o u s e 14 season of FGC Entertainment. 28 months in prison after M o n d a y of Alora Avery The performance, sponsored pleading guilty to aggra- afternoon. while cooling off at by Potash Corp. - vated child abuse in circuit Albritton Albritton’s a water fountain White Springs, will court Monday for injuries plea hear- at Youngs Park on take place at 7:30 to an 11-week-old infant in ing began around 4:40 p.m. Monday. ‘It’s hot- p.m. in the Levy her care. and lasted about 15 min- ter than it’s ever Performing Arts Albritton admited to utes. been,’ said Avery, Center. Tickets to shaking Carly Cason “very Matt and Carrie Cason who was playing the special, one- hard” on Tuesday, Nov. 6, spoke on behalf of their basketball with night acoustic 2012, police reports said. daughter after the terms of Atkinson. ‘(The event were still Gatlin The infant has been diag- the plea deal were read. splash of water) felt available Monday. nosed with shaken baby Matt Cason showed a Perhaps best known for teaming syndrome and the full poster-sized photo taken so good. It’s so hot with his brothers Steve and Rudy extent of her injuries are six days before the inci- you could spill it on to form the Gatlin Brothers, Gatlin still unknown. dent. In it, Carly was lying the ground and I is credited with 33 Top 40 sin- The case was heard by down and smiling. He then would roll around gles. Gatlin’s rich tenor voice and Third Circuit Judge Julian in it.’ Collins in Courtroom 2 PLEA continued on 5A JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter GATLIN continued on 3A Vol. 139, No. 140 CALL US: People. 2A TODAY IN COMING (386) 752-1293 96 75 Opinion . 4A PEOPLE WEDNESDAY SUBSCRIBE TO Isolated T-Storms Advice & Comics . 3B THE REPORTER: Spongebob, Local news Voice: 755-5445 Puzzles . 2B Fax: 752-9400 WEATHER, 2A Elmo visit. roundup. 2AWEATHER 2A LAKE CITY REPORTER DAILY BRIEFING TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2013 Page Editor: Jim Barr, 754-0424 Celebrity Birthdays Saturday: Monday: Monday: n Actor Pat Harrington is 84. is 46. 20-44-46-48-52-53 Afternoon: 2-0-5 Afternoon: 3-3-0-3 Sunday: n Actor Kevin Tighe is 69. n Country singer Andy x3 Evening: N/A Evening: N/A 12-19-26-29-36 n Actress Gretchen Corbett Griggs is 40. is 66. n Drummer Mike Melancon n Actor Danny Bonaduce of Emerson Drive is 35. 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