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TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2012 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Fire grows to 14,000 acres ‘Smoke is our number tripled in size over the weekend and has “Unfortunately the smoke and ash is Baker and Columbia counties, about two now consumed an estimated 14,000 acres. going to be unavoidable for some time,” miles south SR 2. A few private tracts have one concern right now,’ The fire is reported to be about 20 percent Hudson said. “It’s a fire, within the swamp, been impacted by the fire. There have says forest service rep. contained. so until we get a major rain event we can been no evacuations and no structures As of Sunday morning the County Line do as much as we can, but ultimately are immediately threatened by the blaze. By TONY BRITT Fire was reported to have consumed there’s still going to be smoke coming There have been no recreational area or [email protected] roughly 5,000 acres. from that for sometime. Unfortunately road closures due to the fire. The last few days the fire has been head- we’re going to feel the effects of the smoke “The fire is in the middle of the swamp The County Line Fire, which began ing east, pushed by westerly winds. That for some time.” and we’ve got a good, secure line along the with a lightning strike Thursday, nearly pattern is expected to continue today. The fire is in the Pinhook Swamp area of FIRE continued on 3A Town mgr. of WS out, for now Robert Townsend is subject of FDLE probe, according to mayor. By TONY BRITT [email protected] WHITE SPRINGS — Local offi- cials say they don’t know when or if longtime town manager Robert Townsend will be returning to his post. Townsend was placed on paid administrative leave because he is JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter under investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, according to town officials. A friendly game of pool White Springs mayor Helen Florida Gateway College students Colby Odowski (left), 19, watches as Schiefer Buckles, 20, concentrates on a shot while playing pool in the new Miller said Townsend was placed Charles W. Hall Student Center, which opened Monday. on administrative leave with pay on March 28. Townsend has been the White Springs town manager for close to 13 years, she said. “It was a town council vote by all Homeowner association could be five town council members” to place Townsend on paid administrative leave, Miller said. “We don’t know how long Mr. Townsend will be on sued in Martin case, say attorneys administrative leave.” Miller offered no details as to why By MIKE SCHNEIDER and TONY WINTON TOWNSEND continued on 3A Associated Press SANFORD — If Trayvon Martin’s family sues over Water his death, they might not target George Zimmerman group but instead the homeowners association of the neighbor- hood where the shooting in search happened and Zimmerman lived. That’s because if of plan Zimmerman’s claim that he shot the unarmed 17- By HANNAH O. BROWN year-old in self-defense is [email protected] upheld by prosecutors, a judge or a jury, Florida’s The Florida Leaders Organized so-called stand your ground for Water met Monday to discuss law would protect him from strategies for developing a plan to a lawsuit. But his clearance tackle water issues in the state. or acquittal wouldn’t stop Committee members divided Martin’s parents from suing themselves into four focus groups: The Retreat at Twin Lakes science, legislative, legal and public homeowners association information. The subgroups were — and its insurance policies assigned the objective of developing and assets would make it a strategies for action for FLOW. much more lucrative target County Manager Dale Williams than Zimmerman, even if explained to the FLOW board the he is eventually convicted importance of developing specific of a crime. strategies. “You are going to be identified by Plus, lawyers say, Exhibit the strategies you adopt,” Williams A would be a newsletter said. “In the absence of having those sent by the association to strategies, people tend to formulate residents in February, the what they believe your purpose is.” same month as the shoot- Committee member Chad Johnson ing. It said Zimmerman ASSOCIATED PRESS from Levy County expressed con- was the go-to person for Cheryl Brown walks her dog in the Retreat at Twin Lakes neighborhood in Sanford. The Retreat at Twin Lakes is where 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman on Feb. 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After he had provided to see you.” The “60 Minutes” purification for sins, he sat newsman had such down at the right hand of the a fearsome reputa- Mtion that it was often said that those Majesty in heaven.” were the most dreaded words in the — Hebrews 1:3 English language, capable of reduc- ing an interview subject to a shak- Thought for Today ing, sweating mess. “Take from me the hope that I Wallace, who won his 21st and final Emmy Award at 89, died can change the future, and you Saturday in the New Canaan, Conn., will send me mad.” care facility where he had lived the — Israel Zangwill, last few years of his life. He was 93. Wallace didn’t just interview English dramatist (1864-1926) people. He interrogated them. He cross-examined them. Sometimes he Lake City Reporter eviscerated them pitilessly. 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