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REED HOLDS ON TO WIN CADILLAC CHAMPIONSHIP, SPORTS B1 LEESBURG, FLORIDA Monday, March 10, 2014 www.dailycommercial.com LEESBURG ART FESTIVAL: Man LIVING HEALTHY: Doctors hope for with local ties wins Best of Show, A3 a cure for baby born with HIV, C1 Vietnam says it may have found missing jet’s door CHRIS BRUMMITT and EILEEN NG Interpol confirmed Associated Press it knew about the sto- KUALA LUMPUR, len passports but said Malaysia — Vietnam- no authorities checked ese aircraft spotted its vast databases on what they suspected stolen documents be- was one of the doors fore the Boeing jetliner of a missing Boe- departed Saturday en ing 777 on Sunday, route from Kuala Lum- while troubling ques- pur to Beijing. tions emerged about Warning “only a how two passengers handful of coun- PHOTOS BY MILLARD K. IVES / DAILY COMMERCIAL managed to board the tries” routinely make ABOVE: Matthew Staples, a South Lake High School student and vice president of the district FFA, shows off his heifer, ill-fated aircraft using such checks, Interpol Cassidy, during a beef show at the Sumter County Fair on Saturday in Bushnell. The fair runs through March 15. BELOW: stolen passports. SEE JET | A2 Riders take a whirl on the Vertigo carnival ride. BUSHNELL Western sketches, livestock shows open county fair in style MILLARD K. IVES | Staff Writer were from Future [email protected] Farmers of America owboy bar fights, (FFA), and were mak- steers and live ing return appearanc- ANDY WONG / AP western mu- es. Show veteran Mat- A relative of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines C thew Staples, a South sic helped the annu- plane, center, cries as she leaves a hotel room in Beijing, al Sumter County Fair Lake High School stu- China on Sunday. get off to a great coun- dent and vice pres- try start this weekend. ident of the district Celebrating its FFA, brought his heif- 97th year, the fair er, Cassidy, from his Crist defends President opened Friday and family’s 12-acre farm. runs through March animals,” said Larry Cheyanne White, “We get to show 15. The festivities in- Wells, an official with a 15-year-old South how well we have tak- Obama, blasts Scott en care of our animals clude rodeos as well the beef show. Sumter High School Associated Press sionate heart” and pre- and how well-trained as amusement rides, Filled with mostly student, could be dicted the public would they are,” Staples said. auctions, beauty pag- heifers, more than 90 seen running an or- WASHINGTON — eventually embrace the head of cattle partici- ange comb through Saturday’s show also eants, a smorgasboard Former Florida Gov. health care law. pated in the beef shows her black-colored heif- included the debut of Charlie Crist on Sunday of cotton candy, candy “At the end of the Saturday. Many of er named Belle ear- Webster Elementa- stuck to his support apples and other car- day this is going to be the students, wearing ly Saturday afternoon. ry School’s Cody Wal- of President Barack’s nival food. a very popular pro- But beef shows that jeans, boots and cow- She raised the animal ton and D.J., his heifer. health care overhaul, gram because it’s do- allowed students to boy hats, who brought on her family’s Oxford Walton is a member of saying “it’s been great” ing the right thing for parade their livestock the cattle to the show, farm. She smiled when 4H, a youth develop- for the state despite a in front of judges were washed and groomed asked what got her in- ment and empower- difficult rollout. the people of our coun- one of the highlights their animals in the terested in the show. ment program. In an interview try and my state,” Crist this weekend. holding barn as they “My father was a “I just thought it with CNN’s “State of said. “The president is “This allows kids to prepared to lead them cowboy,” she said. would be fun,” said the Union” Crist said a smart guy and he’s show off their prized into the show ring. 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