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PALATKA DAILY NEWS *** SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2020 PUTNAM COUNTY’S COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER $1 First Virus Death Reported in Putnam CORONAVIRUS UPDATE n Cases in Florida: 10,268 Business owner, friend of mayor succumbs to illness n Cases in Putnam: 15 n Deaths in Putnam: 1 BY SARAH CAVACINI AND WAYNE SMITH n Tests in Putnam: 400 Palatka Daily News n Negative tests: 395 (5 pending) [email protected] [email protected] In addition to n For questions regarding coronavirus, Putnam County call 329-1904, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. daily. n A 54-year-old Palatka man on Friday became the first having its first If you think you have been exposed to death from COVID-19 and develop a fever, cough or Putnam County resident to die from coronavirus, but the coronavirus, a 15th difficulty breathing, call your health care Department of Health in Putnam County said the person person has been provider. had not been quarantined at Putnam Community diagnosed, state Medical Center. health officials said Resources: Mary Garcia, administrator for the Department of Friday. n floridahealth.gov and cdc.gov Health in Putnam County, said the victim died from COVID-19 complications. She stressed isolation for any- Submitted photo Source: Florida Department of Health one who thinks they have any symptoms of the virus. See VIRUS, Page 5A Plasma sought Hardware store from recovered donates to help virus patients BY SARAH CAVACINI FHP’s job easier Palatka Daily News [email protected] BY SARAH CAVACINI Palatka Daily News [email protected] Plasma donations from coronavirus patients who have recovered are needed at LifeSouth Community Blood Centers to potentially help Hagan Ace Hardware donated supplies this people currently suffering from COVID-19. week to Florida Highway Patrol troopers who Laura Bialeck, LifeSouth district community were stationed at Interstate 95 traffic check- development coordinator, said the technique was points. approved by the Food and Drug Administration Hagan Ace is in East Palatka and supplies from and has been used in the past to help patients all eight Ace locations went toward helping recover from other illnesses. troopers. Plasma would be collected from the recovered On Wednesday, owner Bill Hagan and patients and be sent to hospitals to help people Director of Store Operations Jacob Hagan currently infected. Submitted photo A Hagan Ace Hardware official presents hand sanitizer and bug spray that store employees donated to Florida Highway Patrol troopers Wednesday. See FHP, Page 14A See PLASMA, Page 3A Proms, graduations in limbo as social distancing continues PDN closes lobby, helps businesses Y MANUEL RIFFIN Palatka Daily News B E G officially canceled the month. “I’m not too optimistic that will and keep the newspaper’s readers and Palatka Daily News [email protected] dances, but he said he happen, to be honest.” staff safe. doesn’t think they are Surrency said he originally planned The Palatka Daily News will close “The Palatka Daily News and other likely to occur. to make a decision April 15, which is its building to visitors as of Monday. newspapers are classified as essential With the Florida Department of “I don’t want to when Florida schools had been tenta- The newspaper for the last two businesses under the executive order Education extending campus closures make a decision now tively scheduled to reopen their cam- weeks has restricted access to its issued Wednesday by Gov. Ron until May 1, school celebrations such as just in case, by some puses. He said the extension of social lobby from noon – 4 p.m. Monday DeSantis,” Publisher Michael Leonard prom are in jeopardy. miracle, this whole through Friday. Putnam County School District thing blows over,” It is now being closed to visitors Superintendent Rick Surrency hasn’t Surrency Surrency late last See LIMBO, Page 14A completely to help fight COVID-19 See LOBBY, Page 3A Protect Yourself & Others WASH HANDS DON’T COVER YOUR WITH WATER TOUCH EYES, COUGH OR AND SOAP/ NOSE OR SNEEZE WITH A SANITIZER, MOUTH WITH TISSUE, THEN AT LEAST UNWASHED DISPOSE IN 20 SECONDS HANDS TRASH. 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Box 777, Palatka, FL 32178 Today is Saturday, April 4, the 95th day of 2020. There are 271 days left in USPS 418-500 the year. Periodicals postage paid at Palatka, FL, Palatka Daily News, est. 1885, is TODAY IN PUTNAM published daily Tuesday through Saturday. In 1815, Gov. Kindelan gave “200 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to acres on the east side of St. Johns River, Palatka Daily News, P.O. Box 777, between Little Lake and Lake George, Palatka FL 32178 known as Mount Royal” to George MAIN NUMBER ..... 386-312-5200 Petty. Petty sold the land to Horatio S. Dexter and his wife, Abby, on May 21, Business hours are 8:30 a.m. to 1821, for $250. 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. In 1919, Palatka’s Fire Department’s bronze tablet arrived commemorating Call about classified or display ads, the death of fellow firefighter Bert questions about circulation or any other newspaper business. Call Hodge who had been killed in action with news tips at any time. Just fol- in France. low the instructions after business In 1930, the Larimer Memorial hours or email: Library was dedicated. James Ross [email protected] Mellon donated the library to Palatka [email protected] TRISHA MURPHY / Palatka Daily News as a memorial to his wife, Rachel Larimer Mellon. Recalling his first trip CIRCULATION Josh and Sheena Bass of Palatka brought their family to the prayer vigil Wedesday hosted by Paran Baptist Church of Grandin at Putnam Community Medical Center in Palatka. Looking out the car window is Carson, back seat, 5, Avery to Palatka in 1883, Mellon said, “The Please call 386-312-5200 to report Bass, 23 months, and their dog, Alfie. most practical gift I could make and problems with the delivery of your one which I knew would be pleasing to her would be a library building to paper. Circulation office hours are 8:30 man ended up hospitalized, and both were arrested on supersede the makeshift room which a.m. - 5 p.m. If you leave a message, charges of gun possession by a convicted felon. has been in use for that purpose.” please give your name, mailing ad- Felony Arrests Joseph Tyrone Scott, 39, and Dewayne Mavins, 35, were dress and phone number. jailed on Wednesday, The Gainesville Sun reported. Mavins TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY was also was charged with aggravated battery. On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader For home delivery subscription, April 2 Alachua Sheriff’s Sgt. Frank Kinsey said the argument Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot including tax began over Mavins walking his large dog while unleashed. and killed while standing on a balcony 13 weeks ................................ $24.62 Keith James Gibbs, 28, Charlettsvilla, Va. – two counts The dog did not approach Scott, nor act aggressively towards of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, 26 weeks ................................ $49.25 carrying concealed weapon. him, authorities said, but the county has a law requiring that Tenn.; his slaying was followed by a 52 weeks ................................ $93.68 Jashawn Laquan Hooks, 26, Jacksonville – public order all dogs be leashed while off the owner’s property. wave of rioting (Washington, D.C., EZ-pay .................................... $84.00 crimes; cocaine possession. Both men fired their weapons. Scott was shot in the chest Baltimore and Chicago were among Digital only .......................... $7/month Wayne Hal Jones, 57, Welaka – larceny; possession coun- and lower leg, and treated for non-life threatening wounds. cities particularly hard hit.) Suspected terfeited. gunman James Earl Ray later pleaded Scottie Marki’ Starling, 26, Palatka – cocaine possession; guilty to assassinating King, then spent CIRCULATION MANAGER evidence destroying. PENSACOLA the rest of his life claiming he’d been Stacy Grell .....................386-312-5243 Man linked by DNA to 1985 the victim of a setup. Circulation Manager [email protected] murder found dead in jail cell ON THIS DATE Announcement In 1841, President William Henry OBITUARIES A man who was arrested last month in a 35-year-old Harrison succumbed to pneumonia Florida Panhandle slaying has been found dead in jail from one month after his inauguration, Death notices and obituaries are PALATKA an apparent suicide, authorities said. becoming the first U.S. chief executive published daily. We accept obituaries Governing board cancels meeting Daniel Leonard Wells, 57, was found hanged in his cell at to die in office. and photos from funeral homes. The the Escambia County Jail early Thursday morning, accord- deadline is 5 p.m. Obituaries can be The Governing Board of Putnam Academy of Arts and ing to the sheriff’s office.