1A SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Fort White FFA Working to save SUNDAY EDITION studies nutrient pets from deadly effects, wins big. 1C summer heat. 1D Alligator C\^\e[ Lake Cody Scarp Ichetucknee Trace Rivers, lakes, streams 242 A new twist for INTERSTATE 441 75 47 240 political forum 240 137 131 238 47 Ichetucknee Springs State Park 441 27 Fort White SANTA FE RIVER DAVE KIMLER/Lake City Reporter An old river flowed again after Debby The Ichetucknee Trace, inundated with floodwater, appeared as it did in 1829. JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter By TONY BRITT Anthony Free, an audio/visual, television specialist at Florida Gateway College, works on TV monitors in preparation for the [email protected] live broadcasts of the candidate forum, which will be held at the college on July 30, 31 and August 2. Thirty-seven candi- dates for city and county commission, state attorney, Third Circuit judge, Columbia County Sheriff, Columbia County school raveling by boat from Alligator Lake to superintendent and school board will be questioned by Lake City Reporter Editor Robert Bridges. the Santa Fe River would normally be an exercise in futility, but when floodwaters from Tropical Storm Debby inundated Columbia County and the Ichetucknee TTrace last month, the old river that had been under- Some candidate questions ground for many decades seemed to reappear on the landscape. The Ichetucknee River Trace is the Cody Scarp, contours may be selected by readers former riverbed of of ancient coastline, the Ichetucknee River where the river histori- forms rough boundary. encouraged to send with the people cally flowed aboveg- Forum will be in their questions that you are run- round. for the candidates. ning against,” said The Ichetucknee River Trace begins at the head televised live from Mike McKee, McKee, moderator springs of Ichetucknee Springs State Park and goes Director of of the event. “So FGC on 3 nights. north, ending near Interstate 75 and State Road 47. Media and Public the voter can com- The trace ends where Cannon Creek and Clay Hole By HANNAH O. BROWN Information at pare the answers Creek meet. [email protected] Florida Gateway given by each can- McKee Bridges “When I used to give tours over here I used to tell College, which didate side by side Thirty-seven local candidates will hosts and co-sponsors the event by side.” TRACE continued on 6A be tested on July 30, 31 and August with the Lake City Reporter, said the McKee said candidates sometimes 2 during a live broadcast of the experience can be harrowing for get stage fright after being asked a candidate forum, an event in which candidates. question. campaigning citizens will be pitted “There’s a lot of pressure because “It’s kind of uncomfortable to against one another to answer ques- you are on the air live, you are asked watch when it’s their time to respond Despite rainfall, tions about local issues. For the questions that you have no idea what first time, community members are they are and you have to respond FORUM continued on 6A water restrictions remain in effect Monday is Kitchen cleanup By LAURA HAMPSON voter reg. [email protected] Despite record rainfall last month, it is too soon to deadline lift the water shortage order, which limits residential watering to once a week, officials say. From staff reports Groundwater levels in most areas in the Suwannee River Water Management District have rebounded Monday is the last day to from severe lows following record register to vote or change rainfall from Tropical Storms Beryl party affiliation for the August and Debby. 14 primary election. However, the eastern and extreme Florida is a closed primary southern portions of the district are state, which means voters still experiencing low and extremely may cast ballots only for can- low groundwater levels, and many didates of their own political counties still have 12-month rainfall party. Voters with no party Shortelle deficits of as much as 15-20 inches, affiliation may cast ballots according to the latest hydrologic con- only in non-partisan races. ditions report from the district. Voters can visit the Groundwater monitoring wells in Columbia County Columbia County Supervisor measure the Floridan aquifer at normal or above of Elections website at www. normal levels, according to the report. Wells near the votecolumbia.com and click JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter Suwannee and Santa Fe rivers rose to their highest on the My Registration Status Brandi Linton (left) helps friend Mandi Tillotson Williams shovel debris out of levels since previous floods. Tillotson’s kitchen in the wake of Tropical Storm Debby. Pieces of the wall and cabine- DEADLINE continued on 7A try that were under water and infested with mold have been removed. SURPLUS continued on 7A Vol. 138, No. 123 Opinion ............... 4A CALL US: TODAY IN COMING (386) 752-1293 Business ............... 1C5A 9192 6471 Obituaries ............. 6A5A SPORTS TUESDAY SUBSCRIBE TO ChanceT-Storm T-storms Chance THE REPORTER: Advice .................& Comics .......... 5D8B Champions & City council Voice: 755-5445 Puzzles ................. 5B Fax: 752-9400 WEATHER, 2A8A Puzzles ................. 2B a showcase. coverage. 2A 2A LAKE CITY REPORTER SUNDAY REPORT SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 Page Editor: Rick Burnham, 754-0424 Friday: Friday: Saturday: Saturday: Saturday: Saturday: 4-18-20-26 12 3-7-17-19-23 Afternoon: 0-7-5 Afternoon: 6-8-7-2 N/A N/A Evening: N/A Evening: N/A AROUND FLORIDA 3 more counties get assistance from Debby damages TALLAHASSEE — The federal govern- ers and divers have submerged to listen TALLAHASSEE — A Tallahassee ment has approved disaster unemployment to a local radio station’s music broadcast Body of missing man, 80, couple has been charged with submitting assistance for victims of Tropical Storm beneath the sea in the Florida Keys found in old grove false claims to the fund created to com- Debby in three more Florida counties. National Marine Sanctuary. pensate victims of the 2010 BP oil spill. FORT PIERCE — The body of a miss- Disaster officials said Friday that finan- The quirky Lower Keys Underwater The U.S. Attorney’s Office reported ing 80-year-old man has been found an cial help is now available to those damaged Music Festival, at Looe Key Reef Saturday, Friday that 46-year-old Henry Clyde old grove in central Florida. by last month’s storm in Hillsborough, featured four hours of commercial-free Barnes and 41-year-old Nadine Barnes The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office Manatee and Taylor counties. The unem- music especially programmed for the sub- face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. says authorities in Indian River County ployment assistance for a period of a sea listening experience. According to the indictment, the pair found the body of Stanley Goldberg on maximum of 28 weeks has also been made The theme from the “Little Mermaid,” sought reimbursement for work at a prop- Friday afternoon. available earlier to more than a dozen other the Beatles’ “Octopus’s Garden” and Jimmy erty management company that never Investigators report Goldberg was counties, mostly stretching across the Buffett’s “Fins” were among songs played existed. found deceased in the driver seat of his northern parts of Florida. along with public service announcements It wasn’t immediately clear if they had vehicle. There were no signs of criminal President Barack Obama declared a that encouraged coral reef protection. an attorney. activity. An autopsy will be performed to major disaster area for the state of Florida Participants described listening to music determine his cause of death. on July 3 as a result of the damage caused underwater as ethereal and said they could A concerned neighbor reported on by Tropical Storm Debby that swept feel the sound within their bodies. Contestants compete for Tuesday that he had not seen Goldberg across the state in late June. Eight deaths Some divers were costumed and pre- since the previous Saturday. He was Miss Florida USA title were attributed to the storm, in addition tended to play a metal artist’s sculpted last seen stopping to fuel his car in Vero to the flooding and wind damage in some instruments. DAVIE — Contestants will take center Beach on Monday. parts of Florida. The event was organized by Keys stage as they compete for the title of Miss Authorities say Goldberg was suffer- radio station WWUS and the Lower Keys Florida USA. ing from the early stages of Alzheimer’s Chamber of Commerce. The competition is being held Saturday 1 shot, 1 injured in Tampa Disease. night on the campus of Broward College in Davie. The pageant focuses on inter- bar shooting FSU expected to bring back views and physical fitness featuring eve- TAMPA — Authorities say a 23-year-old ning gowns and swimsuits. man is dead and another person injured anthropology major Man gets 25 years for DUI A press release says the pageant will be after being shot outside of a bar in Tampa. TALLAHASSEE — Florida State crash that killed wife broadcast live to more than five million The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office University trustees are expected to rein- viewers. It’s open to females between the TAMPA — A Tampa Bay area man has says Pablo Bonilla was inside the Whiskey state the school’s anthropology program ages of 18 to 26 and who are U.S. citizens been sentenced to 25 years in prison for Park North Bar Saturday at about 3 a.m. after it was cut in 2009 during campus- or residents of the state of Florida for at a drunken driving crash that left his wife when he saw a man speaking with his girl- wide belt tightening.