+ PLUS >> Fire Prevention Week marred by blazes, Opinion 4A. LOCAL LOCAL SPORTS Stand up CCSO Breaking to Breast swears in down Ed Cancer deputy White See Below See Page 2A See Page 1B WEEKEND EDITION FRIDAY & SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10-11, 2014 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM CCSO: Conflagration Evidence Friday destroyed Driver Course The AARP Smart Driver Course is today at 9 a.m. at at group Lake City Medical Center. Refresh your driving skills and know the new rules of the road. Register at 386- home 719-9371. Owner failed Saturday to report abuse, Fall Plant Sale report says. Fort White Seed Saving Library will be selling By SARAH LOFTUS perennial flowers and veg- [email protected] etable plants at their Fall Plant Sale on Saturday at 8 The owner of four shut- a.m. Location: Fort White tered group homes ordered an Train Depot on Rt. 27. For employee at Dogwood Group more information contact Home to disable Judee Mundy (386) 758- 9558 or Karen Mullins the home’s sur- (386) 497-4671. veillance cam- eras while the Art in the Park Columbia County Stephen Foster Folk Sheriff’s Office Culture Center State Park was actively will hold “Art in the Park” Summers on Saturday, Oct. 11 from investigating 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Artists claims another from across the region COURTESY PHOTOS employee beat a will display their work in a A motorhome caught fire Thursday in the parking lot of Johnny’s Auto Care. No one was injured. child there with variety of mediums. If you a belt, said CCSO would like to showcase, public infor- demonstrate, or sell your Motorhome catches work call the Gift Shop at fire in parking lot; mation officer 386-397-1920 for a partici- Herndon Murray Smith. pant application. no injuries reported. Janice Harrell Summers, 63, of 760 SW Finley Family Picnic By TONY BRITT Little Road, faces charges of VFW Post 2206, 343 [email protected] destroying evidence and failure Forest Lawn Way, will host a Family Picnic on A motorhome was destroyed to report suspected child abuse. Oct. 11 from 11:00 a.m. Thursday morning when it caught Timothy Harold Herndon, 51, ‘til. All veterans are invit- fire in a mechanic’s parking lot. No of 1801 SW County Road 252B, ed to bring their families injuries were reported. faces charges of cruelty toward and join the VFW for a The fire occurred at Johnny’s a child for allegedly beating a day of fun and fellowship resident of Dogwood with a belt among those who served Auto Care Collision Center, 2246 our country. Pot luck style SW Main Blvd., at 12:22 p.m. repeatedly. dinner, games, and raffles. Helen Hill, a Lake City resi- According to Smith, Summers This event is free to all dent, was at the Comcast building had been made aware of the veterans. If you would like more information please FIRE continued on 3A Emergency personnel extinguish the flames of the motorhome. GROUP continued on 3A call 386-752-5001. Sunday Foods International Standing up to breast cancer Foods International will be held at the TV anchor urges with around 300 people, which was the Women’s Garden Club, biggest crowd the event had ever seen. 257 Hernando Ave., at guests to check each “Every time I’ve come to Lake City, 2 p.m., on Sunday, Oct. month for signs. it’s always because you all are helping 12. The event is free and each other,” Blaylock said. “I grew up open to the public. Twelve By EMILY BUCHANAN tables will represent 12 [email protected] in a small town just like this one and cultures of food, includ- I love that everyone is always helping ing Germany, Jamaica, Breast cancer survivors and support- each other.” Puerto Rico, China, Cuba, ers dressed from head to toe in pink as Blaylock told a story about when her United States of America, they filled the room at the Columbia twins were younger, they saw her on Trinidad and Tobago, County Fairgrounds on Thursday during television, but were confused when she India, and others. All dishes will be made veg- a Standing Up to Breast Cancer event was sitting right beside them on the etarian-friendly. Walk-ins hosted by the Lake City Medical Center couch. Finally, she said her daughter welcome but if possible JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter and Columbia County Resources, Inc. shouted for joy as she said she had two please RSVP with a num- Jeanne Hohmann (from center) and Frances Benedict sign a Guest speaker Jeannie Blaylock, from ber of people attending if pink Ford Fusion as a way to show support for breast cancer First Coast News, shared her story STAND continued on 3A you can. Call 386-497-4842. awareness. Vol. 140, No. 178 Opinion . 4A CALL US: WEATHER (386) 752-1293 Faith . 6A FAITH & VALUES SPORTS Obituaries . 5A SUBSCRIBE TO Angie Land says it’s time to exam- CHS bowling off THE REPORTER: 90 63 Advice & Comics . 4B ine the prejudices in our lives, 7A. to fast start, 1B. 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Corrections and clarifications will run in this space. Thanks for reading. Submissions COURTESY The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption information to run at the discretion of the editor. If CCSO swears in new deputy you would like to see your organization in the newspaper, Columbia County Sheriff Mark Hunter swore in a new member during a ceremony Wednesday. Troy Freeman was sworn in send the picture and information to associate editor Emily as a deputy sheriff. Deputy Freeman will be assigned to the Patrol Division for field training and solo assignment. Lawson at [email protected]. Good Samaritans lift car off 19-year-old PENSACOLA Sapp, was also hospitalized with serious Finally, police say he told them he — unsafe sleep, drowning and inflicted everal Good Samaritans helped save injuries. had been sleeping on the roof and had trauma. The agency says they are the a 19-year-old girl who was trapped smeared tar on himself so he wouldn’t leading causes of child fatalities called S under her car following a crash in Tar-covered man on roof be seen. Officers say that since he had into the abuse hotline. The grant was the Florida Panhandle. a prying tool with him, they think he awarded by the Community-Based Child Florida Highway Patrol officials say says he was visiting kin was a would-be burglar and charged him Abuse Prevention. Kayla Lynn Sapp was driving near Eglin DAYTONA BEACH — When Daytona accordingly. DCF has come under fire after a scath- Air Force Base on Wednesday when her Beach police found a man covered in tar ing series from The Miami Herald high- rear tire blew out, causing the vehicle to on the roof of a closed gas station before Grant will aid child abuse lighting the deaths of 477 children in the flip. Sapp was not wearing a seatbelt and dawn, he told them he was visiting family. past five years. Most recently, the agency was ejected from the vehicle. The over- Somehow, they didn’t buy it. prevention programs was criticized for not doing enough to turned car landed on her, trapping her The Daytona Beach News-Journal TALLAHASSE — Florida’s child wel- help a family after being contacted 18 underneath. reported Thursday the 30-year-old man fare agency has received a $200,000 grant times over several years. DCF had an Several passers-by stopped to lift the then tried to convince officers he was to bolster child abuse prevention pro- open investigation on the family when vehicle off Sapp. She was airlifted to a a repairman who was atop the Sunoco grams. Don Spirit killed his six grandchildren, hospital with serious injuries. station at 3 a.m. Tuesday because he had The Department of Children and his daughter and himself last month. The Pensacola News Journal reports heard the air conditioners making noise. Families said Wednesday it will use the her passenger, 38-year-old Dana Mithele Officers didn’t believe that one, either. funds to expand services in three areas n Associated Press THE WEATHER 10 FRI 11SAT 12SUN 13MON 14 TUE Patchy Partly Mostly Rain fog in cloudy sunny showers the Light Light Partly morning wind wind cloudy HI 90HI LO LO 63 HI 90 HI LO LO 65 HI 90HI LO LO 65 HI HI88 LO LO 68 HI 86HI LO LO 65 REGIONAL FORECAST MAP for Friday, Oct.