1A WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2012 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Inmate flees, is quickly caught Hunt plan axed By LAURA HAMPSON
[email protected] The plan to lease publicly- owned water management district land to private hunters is off the table. Suwannee River Water Management District board members voted to remove the proposed 836-acre Mud Swamp hunting lease from their agenda Tuesday. The lease drew opposi- tion from numerous hunting and recreation groups, who argued it would have taken RHONDA TIDWELL/Special to the Reporter away from public recreation Law enforcement officials prepare to close in on a county jail inmate who walked off a work crew in Lake City Tuesday morning. The man was soon taken into custody, along with another man who police say aided his escape. Story, Page 3A. HUNT continued on 6A In hard-hit Suwannee, rescuers come by bus “We had lots of drivers on Publicly-funded SVTA duty longer than 12 hours,” Pra uses its fleet to reach said. many in flooded areas. She said her drivers were “juiced” and ready to undertake By HANNAH O. BROWN rescue efforts.
[email protected] Lead driver Pinkie Carter said people were coming straight off of airboats and onto SVTA LIVE OAK buses. he Suwannee “That’s the best part is know- Valley Transit ing that you’re helping some- Authority stepped one,” Carter said. up as Tropical Storm Pra believes the willingness Debby moved in two of drivers was high because of Tweeks ago, volunteering time, the emergency training drivers buses and other resources for have undergone monthly since members of their community August.