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EUGENE MCCRAY AIRPORT 1947-1967 COLOR RUN TREES, FENCE Grave College marker will ask next for court to lost vet stop city Had been buried here in unmarked grave 51 years. Plans to seek injunction to halt revamped project.
By COREY ARWOOD By CARL MCKINNEY [email protected] [email protected]
A Lake City man who died After the city inched at the height of the Vietnam closer toward a project that conflict and whose remains Florida Gateway College have been in asserts will endanger its an unmarked campus, FGC President local grave Lawrence Barrett said an for 51 years Altrusa of Lake City, in partner- amicable solution is no has spurred a ship with the CHS cross country longer likely in a dispute great amount team, hosted the “Get Fit Lake over the removal of large of interest City Color Run” on Saturday at swaths of trees on airport CHS. “With 130 registered partic- McCray recently. property. Last week ipants, the day was a fun-filled The college will talk with Private First Class Eugene color explosion!” said an organiz- attorneys about obtain- McCray’s photograph was er. “Get Fit Lake City” was creat- ing an injunction against found and now the first steps ed to encourage improvement the city, Barrett said, have been taken with the local in overall health and fitness in after the Airport Advisory Veteran’s Affairs Claims office Columbia County by challenging Committee on Tuesday to have a headstone placed on residents to participate in events voted to send a $220,555 his grave. such as “The Biggest Loser,” “Color fencing project to the City It might be the most inter- Run” and “Corporate Cup”. “Get Fit Council. Lake City” is a division of Altrusa of Lake City. VETERAN continued on 3A COURTESY PHOTOS AIRPORT continued on 3A
Plenty One FW man, to eat on hurt on 79, dies US 441 in crash Easter This Monday By TONY BRITT evening acci- By COREY ARWOOD [email protected] dent left the [email protected] driver hurt, but Easter is normally asso- it could have A single-vehicle crash ciated with friends and been worse, a around 10 a.m. Tuesday extended family. deputy said. killed a local senior citizen, Catholic Charities is host- See story, a Florida Highway Patrol ing an event to make sure Page 3A. report says. area families have enough The 79-year-old man, ro eat for the holiday. Christopher Samuel Boyle COREY ARWOOD/Lake City Reporter Catholic Charities of Fort White, was driving will host a Neighbor to a 1997 Isuzu Rodeo south Neighbor food distribution along County Road 341 or event from 7:30 a.m. - noon Sisters Welcome Road. (or until food supplies are Rubio warns of ‘nefarious’ threats “For reasons unknown at exhausted), on Thursday this time,” the FHP report at its Lake City regional By JIM TURNER The Miami-Dade County Republican, who begins. “Vehicle One trav- office, 553 NW Railroad St. The News Service of Florida sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee, eled off of the east side of The event will be on a first told reporters in his Tallahassee office he the roadway and impacted a come, first served basis. TALLAHASSEE — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio isn’t satisfied enough safeguards are in place tree on the shoulder.” “Bring a neighbor and be warned Tuesday of a “level of overconfi- --- from the federal, state and local levels Boyle was taken to a local a blessing,” said Suzanne dence” about the security of the nation’s elec- --- to ensure the accuracy of the upcoming hospital, according to the tion system heading into the 2018 midterm ELECTION continued on 3A EASTER continued on 3A elections. Rubio CRASH continued on 3A
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Westside Elementary Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real fourth grade students benefit. enjoyed a Writing Picnic — William Penn, 1644-1718, English colonist to celebrate all of their hard work preparing for the FSA ELA Writing Test. Special thanks to the 4th Winning Lottery Numbers grade teachers, Harvey’s Pick 3: (Monday p.m.) 9-7-6 Supermarket for their Pick 4: (Monday p.m.) 6-2-3-0 food and drink donations Fantasy 5: (Monday) 6-15-17-33-34 and to Ralph Rowand for being an awesome chef. ABOVE: Willie Foster, See an error? Tanner Sykes, and Grayson The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news Roberts enjoy the pic- items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, nic. BELOW: Westside please call the editor. Corrections and clari cations will fourth grade teachers. run in this space. Thanks for reading. Front row: Judi Johnson. Back row, from left: Penny Franey, Patty Giddens, Submissions Loren Sweet, Gina Brocchi, The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption Amy Shiver and Inclusion information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would teacher Kerri Frier. like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture and information to associate editor Justin Caudell at [email protected].
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