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1A SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2013 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.50 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Columbia, Fort White Doggie clothes a SUNDAY EDITION bring home great last-minute wins. 1B Christmas gift. 1C HUMANE SOCIETY Bones FOR SALE? finds a A brief history home of LSHA, HMA By TONY BRITT [email protected] The Lake Shore Hospital Authority is an independent special state taxing district. It was established original- ly to construct and operate Lake Shore Hospital. In 1987, the hospital was leased to Santa Fe Healthcare and in 1996, FILE it was leased to Shands A public hearing has been set for Monday, Jan. 13 at 5:15 p.m. in regards to the proposed merger and Healthcare. potential sale of Lake Shore Regional Medical Center. Under the lease arrange- ment, the authority entered into an indigent care agree- Shands Lake Shore may go on the block ment with the hospital for the hospital to take care By TONY BRITT By the numbers Shore Hospital Authority of Columbia County resi- [email protected] Administrative Complex, the dents’ emergencies. hospital records building and Through the agreement JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter The pending merger $7.6 billion proposed cost all vacant lands. the authority pays 50 per- Mary Booker adopted Bones on Friday. of Lake Shore Regional of acquisition In July Shands Lake Shore cent of indigent in-patient Medical Center’s parent com- $3.7 billion Health Manage- Regional Medical Center’s care and 30 percent of indi- Woman read of his pany, Health Management ment Associates’ debt that parent company, Health gent out-patient care. plight in newspaper Associates, and Community Community Health Systems Management Associates, agreed As part of the lease agree- Health Systems, could result will take on in merger to a merger with Community ment, the authority is obli- article, claimed him. in the Lake Shore Hospital 23 number of hospitals in Health Systems, Inc. gated to levy a 1.5 mill tax Authority disbanding if the state HMA operates or is a Under the agreement, devoted to indigent care at By AMANDA WILLIAMSON hospital is sold. Community Health Systems the hospital and must sup- part of [email protected] A public hearing has been proposed to buy HMA in a port an indigent clinic. scheduled for 5:15 p.m. Monday, 2 number of hospitals CHS $7.6 billion deal. The $7.6 bil- For more than 10 years, Without a doubt, Mary Brooker Jan. 13 at the Lake Shore Hospital owns in state lion acquisition by Community Shands Healthcare had knew she wanted Bones. Authority Administrative build- Health Systems will include a lease agreement with She didn’t know what he looked ing, 259 NE Franklin St., where assuming HMA’s $3.7 billion the Lake Shore Hospital like, she didn’t know his age and the public will give feedback owned by Lake Shore Hospital debt. Authority where Shands she didn’t know how well he would about the proposed merger and Authority of Columbia County,” HMA operates or is a part- leased the Lake Shore behave. But, Bones — a medium- potential sale. said Jack Berry, Lake Shore ner in 23 hospitals in the state, Hospital facility from the sized beige dog from the Lake City “The public hearing will Hospital Authority executive including Shands Lake Shore, Hospital Authority Board. Humane Society — had been waiting be held to provide interested director. Shands Live Oak and Shands In May 2010 Shands for over a year to find a forever home. persons the opportunity to be The facilities include the Starke, while Community “I knew I wanted him,” she said. heard regarding the potential parking lots, the hospital, HISTORY continued on 7A “He’s been here the longest. I said, sale of public hospital facilities doctors’ offices, the Lake MERGER continued on 7A ‘man, I got to go get him.’” Bones, along with 9 other dogs and 4 cats, were selected by the Humane Society for a Christmas Adoption Special at Petsmart on US Highway 90. The society Spradley is statewide wanted to find homes for the ani- mals who had lived at the shelter the longest, and by mid-afternoon Saturday they had succeeded in Volunteer of the Year By AMANDA WILLIAMSON BONES continued on 6A ‘I was quite honored... [email protected] I don’t feel like it’s just me After organizing nearly 8,000 vol- receiving the award. It’s our unteers equal to more than a $1 mil- 54th Mass. lion dollar in kind donation for the whole county.’ Columbia County School District, — Dorothy Spradley, Columbia County may be there Volunteer Coordinator Dorothy School District Volunteer Coordinator Spradley earned the 2013 statewide for Olustee Adele Graham Award for her efforts. Every year, the Florida honor for Columbia County.... If you Association of Partners in Education think about the amount of hours the re-enactment recognize one district volunteer volunteers give, there are a lot of By TONY BRITT coordinator in Florida for his or her programs we wouldn’t have in this [email protected] performance over the course of the district if not for our volunteers.” JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter year. According to Spradley, she is Adele Khoury Graham, wife of Dorothy Spradley, the Columbia County School District A company of re-enactors rep- the first coordinator from a small former Florida governor and U.S. Volunteer-Education Marketing Coordinator, was awarded resenting soldiers from the 54th district to be selected in several Senator Bob Graham, believed in the 2013 Florida Association of Partners in Education Adele Massachusetts, US Colored Troops, years. the educational value for all districts is attempting to muster enough men “When I look at the slate of those to have staff and financial resources Graham Award. The trophy and a check for $500 was pre- to participate in the 150th Battle of who have been given this award committed to recruiting, training sented to her at a School Board meeting on Dec. 10. ‘I’m Olustee Anniversary festivities. in the past, there are from larger honored to receive this. I’m very honored because I know the The 54th Massachusetts was a unit districts,” she said. “I’m getting this SPRADLEY continued on 7A caliber of those who are selected.’ of African Americans that participat- ed in the Battle of Olustee. The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and the 35th United States Colored County unemployment rate lower than state Troops covered the Union’s retreat as Confederate forces repelled them By AMANDA WILLIAMSON County’s unemployment rate for where it’s been since March. 30,657. Out of October’s work when Union troops tried to march on [email protected] November was 6.1 percent. In The national jobless rate for force, 28,790 were employed Tallahassee. Black forces comprised October, the figure was also 6.1 November was 7.0, which also and 1,867 were unemployed. about one-third of Union forces at Unemployment in Columbia percent. represented a 0.3 percent drop In November 2012, Columbia the Battle of Olustee. County remained steady in Statewide, the unemployment since October. County’s unemployment rate The re-enactors have been invit- November, showing a local job- rate fell from 6.7 in October to In November, Columbia was 7.5 percent. Statewide, the ed to participated in the Olustee less rate lower than the state 6.4 in November. The state’s County’s labor force totaled unemployment rate was 8 per- Battle Festival Parade as well as average. November rate was the lowest 30,544. Of those, 28,688 were cent in 2012. take park in the Battle of Olustee According to information since July 2008, when it was employed and 1,854 were active- Monroe County held the low- re-enactment in Baker County. released Friday by the Florida also 6.4 percent. The monthly ly seeking employment. est unemployment rate in the Department of Economic number keeps Florida below The month before saw a OLUSTEE continued on 7A Opportunity, Columbia the national unemployment rate, slightly higher labor force at JOBS continued on 3A Vol. 139, No. 229 Opinion . 4A CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER TODAY ALSO IN (386) 752-1293 Police . 3A Obituaries . 5A IN NEWS NEWS SUBSCRIBE TO THE REPORTER: 83 61 Advice & Comics . 5D Brand new bikes for Christmas Dream Voice: 755-5445 8A Puzzles . 3B Fax: 752-9400 Mostly Cloudy, 65 local children, 7A. Machine giveaway, 6A. 2A 2A LAKE CITY REPORTER SUNDAY REPORT SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2013 Page Editor: Emily Lawson, 754-0424 Friday: Friday: Saturday: Saturday: Wednesday: Wednesday: 2-3-15-35-5 11-18-23-26-34 Afternoon: 3-5-1 Afternoon: 7-6-2-8 2-5-9-24-34-40-x5 7-24-37-39-40-1 AROUND FLORIDA SeaWorld runs ads after performers cancel ORLANDO eaWorld on Friday Villages woman posted ads in a has 70 pen pals handful of newspa- S THE VILLAGES — pers around the nation When Marjorie Martin in response to a critical checks her mailbox, cards documentary that inspired and letters outnumber her eight musical acts to can- bills at least 2-to-1. cel performances at the That’s because The company’s Orlando marine Villages resident corre- park. sponds with 70 pen pals Both the ad and open from around the world, letter on its website, www. she said. And days without seaworldcares.com , letters are rare. describe SeaWorld as an “It’s nice to get a letter advocate for animals and instead of a bill,” she said. detail efforts to rescue Each day, Martin sits and care for marine ani- down at her well-lit kitchen mals.

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