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1A SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 2013 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Best of the Best: Draw your Dad Draw Your SUNDAY EDITION Reader’s choice for Father’s Day: DAD ballot inside. 2D Entry form inside. 3C CONTEST Man shot by deputy Armed Lamar Place Justin Ferguson, 36, was shot once by a gency officials after being shot. He was deputy with a shotgun after he attempted taken to Shands at the University of Florida resident wounded, ending to run past law enforcement toward neigh- in Gainesville, the release said. bors’ homes, the release said. Tom Schafer lives next door to the home standoff with law officers. “Knowing the threats made by the sub- where the shooting occurred. He said depu- ject, a deputy fired one round from his ties arrived at about 1 a.m. and talked with By DEREK GILLIAM issued shotgun, striking the subject once,” Ferguson for about an hour before the situ- [email protected] the release said. ation deteriorated. DEREK GILLIAM/Lake City Reporter According to the release, the CCSO SWAT “They did a very good job of trying to A Columbia County Sheriff’s deputy team and Crisis Negotiation Unit were on coax him out of it,” Schafer said. Woman pinned shot a man armed with a handgun who the way to 315 NW Lamar Place, but before Schafer said he was in bed when he heard under car in crash was threatening to harm himself and law they arrived, Ferguson attempted to run, a loud noise. enforcement officers early Friday, accord- the release said. Randy V. Carter Jr. examines a 2001 ing to a CCSO news release. Ferguson was awake and talking to emer- SHOOTING continued on 3A Buick in which he was riding that overturned at least twice, throwing the driver from the car before landing on her in a ditch on State Road 247 at about 9 a.m. Saturday. Remarkably, she survived. See story, Page 3A. FWHS grads step out Lake City folks OK after Okla. twisters Therapy horses, handlers there to comfort victims of earlier deadly storms. By DEREK GILLIAM [email protected] MOORE, Okla. — Tornadoes once again slammed suburban Oklahoma City Friday, forcing Lake City’s Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses and their handlers to evacuate their lodgings just before a twister hit. The hotel they were staying at was badly damaged, but horses and handlers were unhurt, Debbie Garcia-Bengochea, education director for Gentle Carousel, said Saturday from Moore. Emergency officials set out Saturday to assess damage from vio- lent storms that killed nine people as they swept through Oklahoma City and its suburbs with tornadoes, JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter large hail and heavy rain. More Fort White High School’s Andrea Figueroa is all smiles as Kenneth Burt announces her name during class of 2013 commencement exercises on than 100 people were injured. Friday. More than 120 students walked across the stage to receive their diplomas. See story, more photos, Page 7A. Muddy floodwaters stood several feet deep in the countryside sur- rounding the metro area. Torrential downpours followed for hours after the twisters moved east, and water May Day event attendance down damage was reported at the city’s airport. The storms battered a state still reeling after the top-of-the-scale Rescheduling, competing EF5 tornado ripped through Moore on May 20, killing 24 people and activities cut participation decimating neighborhoods. in city-county celebration. Water surged hood-high on many streets, snarling traffic at the worst By DEREK GILLIAM possible time, Friday’s evening [email protected] commute. Even though several businesses closed early so employ- Columbia County’s May Day celebration ees could beat the storm home, had to wait a month, but Saturday the party highways were still clogged with was on. Bounce houses, inflatable water- motorists worried about a repeat of slides, hula hoops, bean-bag games and a the chaos in Moore. performance stage were spread out across Thirty minutes before five torna- Memorial Stadium. The Columbia High does touched down Friday, Magic School state champion softball team posed and two other miniature therapy for pictures and danced on the stage. horses calmly ate hay and carrots The original celebration was scheduled Photos by DEREK GILLIAM/Lake City Reporter in the back of a trailer heading for May 4, but rain forced county and city LEFT: Tonya Lynne DaRoza, 4, slides down south on Interstate 35 and away officials to reschedule. from the storms. All city and county employees received an inflatable water slide Saturday at the May Garcia-Bengochea said the ani- free admission to the event to recognize Day celebration. ABOVE: Alexus Reed, 14, mals were not disturbed by the their hard work and dedication during applies face paint to Jameara Bellford, 4. tornado sirens. storm season last year, City Councilman “They were not even bothered Zack Paulk said. said the postponement contributed to the honor city and county employees and the because they hear ambulances at By 12:40 p.m. about 50 people had arrived low turnout. Haven Hospice’s FAM Fest state champion softball team,” she said. hospitals all the time,” she said. “... at the event, which was scheduled to run and a classic car show in Wilson Park also “We are here to serve the community.” You can’t have therapy horses that until 3 p.m. Last year’s event drew 300 or diverted some people from attending May Donna Harmon works for Columbia get stressed out.” more, county recreation director Mario Day. County Fire Rescue and took her grand- Garcia-Bengochea, along with Coppock said. Pryce said more people were going to daughter Tonya, 4, to May Day. Harmon her husband Jorge and several Brenda Pryce, president of the Richardson show up for the flag football games at 2 said she was surprised the event did not Community Center, Annie Mattox Park p.m. HORSES continued on 3A North Inc., which sponsored the event, “We’re still excited to have the event and FESTIVAL continued on 3A Vol. 138, No. 349 Opinion ............... 4A CALL US: TODAY IN COMING (386) 752-1293 Business ............... 1C5A 91 6470 Obituaries ............. 6A5A PEOPLE TUESDAY SUBSCRIBE TO ChanceT-Storm T-Storms Chance THE REPORTER: Advice .................& Comics .......... 5D8B Competitive City council Voice: 755-5445 Puzzles .............. 2B, 3B Fax: 752-9400 WEATHER, 2A8A Puzzles ................. 2B spirit. coverage. 2A 2A LAKE CITY REPORTER SUNDAY REPORT SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 2013 Page Editor: Jim Barr, 754-0424 Friday: Friday: Saturday: Saturday: Wednesday: Wednesday: 33-35-37-38 7 19-20-25-27-35 Afternoon: 4-0-6 Afternoon: 9-2-4-9 4-36-42-47-48-52 9-14-17-49-57 Evening: N/A Evening: N/A x4 PB 2 AROUND FLORIDA Scott rebuffs Nelson on health insurance rate bill TALLAHASSEE — Gov. his wife having sex on the the victim’s wife. Andrzej Rick Scott on Friday living room floor. He fatal- Drapala was found with signed a bill that removes ly shot 32-year-old Walter burn marks on his hands the ability of state regula- Conley in the stomach and and chest. He was taken to tors to challenge health head. But it turns out his the hospital where he was insurance rates for a two- wife, 41-year-old Johnna pronounced dead. year period. Lynn Flores, was having Deputies say the death U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson an affair with the victim. appears to be an accident. had called for the bill to be Prosecutors argued that His wife told authori- vetoed, saying the legisla- Wald, who suffered from ties she tried calling for tion was “unconscionable.” erectile dysfunction, killed him and when he did not The GOP-controlled Conley in a jealous rage. respond, she climbed to Florida Legislature passed But Wald’s attorney the attic and found the the bill (SB 1842) in invoked the so-called 45-year-old Drapala unre- response to President stand your ground law, sponsive. Barack Obama’s federal saying Wald had no duty The investigation is con- health care overhaul. The to retreat when facing a tinuing. bill is designed to bring threat in his own home. state insurance codes into Wald testified that he Man sentenced harmony with the federal loved his wife and still law. hoped to save his mar- for manslaughter The insurance bill was riage. JACKSONVILLE — A one of four bills signed by He was acquitted of Jacksonville man has been the Republican governor. second-degree murder as sentenced to 10 years Another repeals a state law JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter his wife cried tears of joy. in prison for killing his that requires gasoline to She said they planned to daughter’s boyfriend has be blended with up to 10 Portable sun screen go to the Waffle House to pleaded guilty to a lesser percent ethanol. Family members take shade under umbrellas while watching the Richardson Middle School celebrate. charge to avoid a life sen- Scott said in a bill-sign- football spring game Friday. The jury only deliber- tence. ing message he supported ated two hours, but the A Duval County judge the decision by lawmak- testimony during the past sentenced 41-year-old ers to remove rate review tended in his veto request rary stay for 49-year-old killing Novick, Gore two days at times seemed Carlos Maurice Dupree on for 2014 and 2015 while that legislators removed Marshall Lee Gore, who is attacked Coralis and left ripped straight from tab- Thursday. As part of a deal the federal law is imple- state rate regulation in scheduled to die by lethal her for dead near where loid headlines as attorneys with prosecutors, Dupree mented.

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