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1 THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM District: Rally at Richardson Water shortage remains in county Not enough rain soaked in to relieve drought conditions. From staff reports The Suwannee River Water Management District governing board voted Tuesday to remove the water shortage order for several area counties, but Columbia County remains under the order until Sept. 30. The board voted to rescind the water restrictions in Baker, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Putnam, Suwannee and Taylor counties. Water restrictions will remain in effect until Sept. 30 for the following counties for Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Jefferson, Levy, Madison and Union counties. “Although groundwater conditions have rebounded in many areas of the district following cumulative rainfall over the last couple of months, some areas are still facing low and extremely low conditions,” said LAURA HAMPSON/Lake City Reporter Megan Wetherington, Richardson Middle School Principal Lex Carswell speaks Wednesday morning to teachers and school board members during a State-of-the-Schools district senior professional visit. “The data here at Richardson Middle School is not bad, but it’s not good,” he said. engineer. The shortage order went into effect June 13 and limits residential watering to Faculty at Niblack also energized one day per week based on address. Home addresses School board lies. We serve children.” ending in 0 or 1 may only water “We want you to know on Monday. visits focus on we are behind Richardson Those ending in Middle School,” said Steve 2 or 3 may water on Tuesday; improvement. Nelson, school board chair- 4 or 5 on Wednesday; 6 or 7 man. on Thursday; and 8 or 9 on By LAURA HAMPSON Nelson said teachers Friday. Watering with sprinklers [email protected] work to make students suc- and irrigations systems is cessful from elementary prohibited between 6 a.m. and Working to hit the to high school. “That’s the 10 p.m. ground running on the first only reason we are here,” The Amend Order day of school, the district’s he said. also extends the water two D schools presented Before dropping to a D restrictions to all unincorporated their improvement plans last school year, Richardson areas of Alachua County that Wednesday during State-of- was a C for nine years. are located in the St. Johns the-School visits. Richardson Principal Lex River Water Management Columbia County school Carswell said the grade District, in accordance with a board members and dis- drop is what happens when delegation agreement between trict administrators visited a school becomes compla- the two water management Richardson Middle School cent but the grading scale districts and the Alachua and Niblack Elementary gets harder. County Board of County School to show support for “We do not want to be Commissioners. teachers and staff, and to the school that drags the “The district is lifting water see how the schools are district numbers down,” he restrictions in areas that have working to improve. said. made significant improvements, Teachers take students in The school was lower but we would like to remind every day and teach them, than the district average the public that year-round no matter what happened for FCAT passing rates, but water conservation rules the night before in that there was a tremendous apply to all counties within child’s home or what walk jump in eighth grade read- LAURA HAMPSON/Lake City Reporter District boundaries,” said of life they come from, said ing, he said. Niblack Elementary School principal Marilyn Gassett talks to teachers and school district Executive Director Ann Superintendent Michael board members Wednesday during a State-of-the-Schools visit. Gassett’s plan for Shortelle. Millikin. “We serve fami- SCHOOLS continued on 6A the school includes progress monitoring to improve achievement levels. TDC needs more funds Tourist Development to pay for sports help Council Director Development Council. The TDC has Harvey Campbell Council says $38K asked for approximately $38,000 to be (right) makes a transferred from the group’s reserve point while County needed to pay for fund for sports line items. Commissioner Ron According to TDC Director Harvey Williams looks at salaries, operations. Campbell, an estimated $11,000 of the documents at the TDC amount will go toward operations such meeting Wednesday. By HANNAH O. BROWN as restroom and LED sign rentals. An [email protected] additional $26,000 will go toward sports The group discussed salaries for tournament workers from needing additional Columbia County Commissioners will the Landscape and Parks Dept. funds to pay sports review an external budget amendment event employees. on Thursday proposed by the Tourist TDC continued on 6A JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter Vol. 138, No. 146 CALL US: Opinion . 4A TODAY IN COMING (386) 752-1293 People. 2A SUBSCRIBE TO T-Storm91 Chance64 Obituaries . 5A PEOPLE FRIDAY THE REPORTER: Advice & Comics . 3B Kim’s divorce Local news Voice: 755-5445 Fax: 752-9400 WEATHER, 2A Puzzles . 4B will get nasty. roundup. 2AWEATHER 2A LAKE CITY REPORTER DAILY BRIEFING THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012 Page Editor: Rick Burnham, 754-0424 Celebrity Birthdays Wednesday: Wednesday: n Actress Julie Newmar n Actor Timothy Hutton Afternoon: 1-8-2 Afternoon: 6-6-7-3 Tuesday: is 79. is 52. 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