+ PLUS >> FPL opens vehicle charging station, 6A PREP WRESTLING PREP SPORTS Suwannee has pair FHSAA approves 1-year place at state meet reclassification plan See Page 1B See Page 1B TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2021 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM City: We’ll still work with county BOCC nixed ing arrangements with the project at County officials said they county feels this is in their ue to work in partnership City of Lake City last week, the North took those steps after they best interest, but it doesn’t on other projects such as joint agreements city officials indicate they Florida were under the impression close the door to working the tandem Community on utility front. still plan to work with the Mega the city would be able to with the county on this or Development Block Grants county on local projects. Industrial meet their needs for utilities any other issues,” said City for economic development, By TONY BRITT At the Board of County Park as like providing raw water Manager Joe Helfenberger where each entity plans to [email protected] Commissioners’ meeting well as put and sewer services at the during a telephone inter- apply for $1.5 million to make Thursday, the county ter- Helfenberger a stop to the NFMIP, a belief that no lon- view Monday afternoon. renovations and improve- Despite Columbia minated an interlocal agree- annexation of a county indus- ger exists. Helfenberger said the County terminating work- ment with the city on a trial park into the city limits. “I understand that the city and county will contin- CITY continued on 6A ACE Medical CHS FFA just kidding around By TONY BRITT making [email protected] next pitch The Columbia High School FFA program is to LSHA weeding its way through a kid population increase. Presentation set The kid population increase is not new students for March 24 at joining the FFA program, 5:15 p.m. but rather a large number of baby goats that were born By TONY BRITT in 2021. [email protected] “We have had about 18 goats born this year,” said The Lake Shore Hospital Patricia Starnes, the CHS Authority has scheduled FFA advisor and agriculture another presentation with teacher. “I’ve sold every sin- a potential lessee as it con- gle one of them so far, and tinues to look to resume I’m keeping three of them operations and services at to replenish some of the ani- the LakeShore Regional mals I’ve sold.” Medical Center. She said the 18 young The next presentation goats are quite a few for the has been scheduled for program, noting that three 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, sets of triplets, a couple of March 24, in the Lake singles and a lot of pairs Shore Hospital Authority’s accounted for the young goat upstairs meeting room. population. “We’re doing these in “I have a new buck and the upstairs meeting room this is his first season and he where we can make sure had produced some really we have proper space and nice looking kids, so I’m real we can properly stream the pleased with that,” Starnes meeting so as many people TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter said. who wish to listen can,” said Patricia Starnes, the Columbia High School FFA advisor and agriculture teacher (left), and Kinsley Coleman, Students in the program a ninth-grader and Columbia FFA Jr. Chapter member, bottle feed Cletus, a new born goat that’s about a LSHA continued on 6A month old, at the school’s land lab Monday afternoon. GOATS continued on 6A Roadway attack leads to child abuse charges Staff report one home to another on NE According to the heavi- which led to Perry return- her hands and a knife. The while under the influence. Williams ly redacted report, Perry ing to the house and grab- report states Perry then According to the report, Walking down the street Street when punched one of the juveniles bing the knife, the report became distracted and start- the witness saw Perry attack late Friday night, a pair of Nicole three times in the face before states. ed yelling. the juveniles in the roadway juveniles were attacked by Perry, a returning to the house and Perry, who was in the The report states that and then throw the knife in a woman, who then chased 26-year-old grabbed a large knife before front yard talking to herself, a witness told authorities the backyard, which officers them with a knife, according from Lake chasing them toward NE the report states, told offi- Perry came to visit but were able to retrieve. to police reports. City, exited Bascom Norris Drive. cers that three people were began to act weird like she Perry was charged with The Columbia County the front A witness told authorities banging on the door and had possibly used drugs. aggravated assault with a Perry Sheriff’s Office said one of gate of a that when Perry punched were possibly going to kill The witness added that deadly weapon, simple bat- the victims told authorities house and confronted them the juvenile, they tried to her. She then admitted to Perry uses narcotics and tery and child abuse without they were walking from on the street. break up the altercation attacking the victims with is unable to control herself bodily harm. 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According to the off the driv- 30 yards with the knife. states. — Og Mandino, 1923-1996, American author Suwannee County Sheriff’s er’s side. The SCSO report states Perkins was charged Perkins Office, 27-year-old Anthony The the victim had a large cut with aggravated assault Perkins argued with the vic- victim told authorities he on his jacket, similar to with a weapon and aggra- tim around 1:20 p.m. before pushed Perkins back into what a knife would make, vated battery with a deadly getting in his vehicle and the vehicle as he tried to near his right armpit. The weapon. Winning Lottery Numbers Pick 3: (Sunday p.m.) 2-1-3 Pick 4: (Sunday p.m.) 5-6-7-0 Fantasy 5: (Sunday) 8-20-22-29-31 See an error? The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will run in this space. Thanks for reading. 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