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A3 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $2 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM + PLUS >> SUNDAY Tigers 1D The gas YouTube star station fire shines bright roll in of the 40s in Lake City G’ville Travel Tales Opinion/4A 3A Sports/1B Giving spree lands Lowe’s Ladies and gentlemen, 5A worker in jail Homegrown THE JADES supermodel Lake City’s 8A to marry hometown rock band is back COURTESY LEFT: The Jades, circa 1966, are seen in a promotional poster: Kenneth Green (front row from left), Don Ray Houston, John Roberts, Bill Perkins (back row from left) and Duane Thomas. ABOVE: The Jades today. COURTESY RAY CARPENTER PHOTOGRAPHY A perfect 10 at Pinemount. See 3A. And yes, the boys can still bring it Many original members of iconic local quintet are Drivers, hazing, now back in the spotlight. By TONY BRITT sex dolls targets [email protected] Mention the Jades to people of new laws of a certain age around here and they are likely to be taken From staff and wire reports back to the rise of Beatlemania and the decline of the sock Measures to protect police dogs and horses hop. And while the Jades never and crack down on hazing and child-like sex made the big time, two of its dolls are among new laws ready to take effect sometime members did — one Tuesday. would become one of Tom Also, the state’s ban on Motorists will Petty’s Heartbreakers, another texting while driving will be barred from a Grammy-winning sound engi- TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter expand to prohibit motorists using handheld neer. But it was the band’s impact Mark Wilson (from row, from left) Wally Germany, Joe Jordan, from using handheld wire- Kenneth Green, John Roberts, Dave Roof (back row from left) and wireless devices less devices while driving on the local scene that meant so while driving in designated school cross- much to the band and its fans. Don Ray Houston perform at Halpatter Brewery Thursday evening. in school cross- ings, school zones and work The Jades were, after all, a band ings, school zones. made up of boys next door. Curious, he asked someone Wilson — turned back the clock zones and work Just don’t expect tickets Back in the ‘60s, the Jades — a who he was and was told his for a reunion performance at the zones. until the new year on the moniker stumbled upon while name is Tom Petty, and he’s try- Halpatter Brewing Company. hand-held device law. trying to think of a band name ing to start a band. Now with gray hair, receding “You can’t have the phone —was probably the premier rock Though the Jades broke up hairlines or both — and dressed in your hand at all,” Florida Highway Patrol band in the area, keeping the in the 1970s, Thursday night, casually, unlike their early days Lt. Derrick Rahming said. “The only thing you local VFW Hall rocking. some of the early members of when they wore suits — the can do is talk on a hands-free device. If you are The band’s leader, Kenneth the group — Kenneth Green, Joe Jades took the stage with no Jordan, John Roberts, Dave Roof holding a phone or any kind of device, you will Green, recalled performing in introduction and began playing. 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If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911. 107936_SHLAK_ERpldg_10_625x3c.indd 1 9/18/19 4:16 PM 2A SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 LOCAL LAKE CITY REPORTER MITIGATION CREDITS QUICK HITS Scripture of the Day “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be Green light to sue for added unto you.” — Matthew 6:33 (KJV) Thought for Today county over land bank Time and tide wait for no man. — Geoffrey Chaucer, 1343-1400, English writer (“The Canterbury Tales”) By CARL MCKINNEY mitigation credits, part of a gation credits from a mit- sive endeavor without the [email protected] regulatory system to offset igation bank approved by credits. the effects of development the Florida Department of County officials have Winning Lottery Numbers Columbia County offi- on wetlands. The coun- Environmental Protection. tried convincing regulators Pick 3: (Friday p.m.) 0-5-0 cials “have no choice” but to ty has roughly $1 million The credits are based to let them use the credits, Pick 4: (Friday p.m.) 7-5-6-0 file a lawsuit against a local worth of credits left, but on the ecological value of to no success. Fantasy 5: (Friday) 5-8-15-21-25 land bank in a complicated state and federal conservation land Credits can usually only dispute that’s left taxpayers regulators have County continually main- be used in a specific geo- high and dry, according to a frozen all of them tained by the mit- graphic area tied to the See an error? officials ‘have The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news recommendation from out- due to a mineral igation bank. mitigation bank from which no choice’ items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, side legal counsel. rights dispute, In 2017, they were purchased. The but to pursue please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will On Thursday, the County which caught a phosphate min- county floated the idea of litigation, run in this space. Thanks for reading. Commission will vote on major county eco- says outside ing company purchasing credits from a a recommendation to sue nomic develop- White Springs different mitigation bank counsel. Bayfield Mitigation LLC. ment project in Agricultural and asking regulators for Submissions Attorneys at Tallahassee- the crossfire. Chemicals filed permission to use those The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption based law firm Hopping Whenever a development a lawsuit claiming mineral credits outside the usual information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would Green & Sams, the firm project impacts wetlands, rights over Bayfield’s land, boundaries, but that propos- like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture brought in to represent the the developer must offset prompting regulators to al fell through. and information to [email protected]. county in this dispute, are the effects. freeze the mitigation bank’s The county has “under- advising officials to move This can be done either credits. taken all reasonable efforts forward with litigation. by maintaining a con- The county is developing to resolve this dispute,” Lake City Reporter In 2011, Bayfield sold the servation easement on Bell Road, which will be wrote attorneys from HOW TO REACH US BUSINESS ........... 754-0419 county $1.5 million worth of or off-site, or using miti- a significantly more expen- Hopping Green & Sams. Main number ....... 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