A1 + PLUS >> Claims fly as city roads finally get fixed, Story below SOFTBALL BASEBALL CHS hosts Tigers visit Vanguard Hamilton See Page 1B See Page 1B WEEKEND EDITION FRIDAY & SATURDAY, APRIL 6 & 7, 2018 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM A MATTER OF TRUST Admin building Friday plan put Spring book sale The Columbia County Public Library West on hold Branch (435 NW Hall of Fame Drive, off U.S. BOCC will wait until Highway 90 just past new jail is finished. Interstate 75) is holding a spring book sale through April 30. Fill a bag with By CARL MCKINNEY books for $3. For more [email protected] information, call 386-758- 1321 or email dhorner@ A multimillion-dollar proj- columbiacountyfla.com. ect to build a new county government headquarters Dinner and dancing is now on the back burner Dances are held each as the county instead seeks Friday night from 6 to 9 p.m. to renegoti- at The Lifestyle Enrichment ate its most Center, 628 SE Allison Court expensive (behind Baya Pharmacy). $7 lease. admission. Bring a dish or An archi- dessert to share. All pro- tect from ceeds benefit the center. Call Gainesville- 386-755-0235 for more. Nash based firm Brame Heck Architects on Thursday eve- Saturday Photos by COREY ARWOOD/Lake City Reporter ning presented the County SongFarmers gather ABOVE, BELOW: Janet DuBarrie and Khloe, a mature black Lab mix, visit with DuBarrie’s donkeys and Commission with an analysis The April gathering of mule. Khloe was placed in DuBarrie’s care through Covenant Pet Trust of Lake City, which arranges for of the various plans for a the SongFarmers of the the welfare of a pet in the event of the owner’s death. new administrative building, Suwannee River Valley but the board unanimously will be Saturday, 7-9 p.m., chose to stay with the status at St. James Episcopal quo — at least until con- Church, 2423 SW Bascom When owner died, she took her dog struction of a new county jail Norris Drive, Lake City, is complete. 32025. They will be joined Local organization “I don’t want this board this month by Skip Johns pioneered practice. to bite off more than we and the Lowlands Band. can chew at one time,” Acoustic jam style for- By COREY ARWOOD Commissioner Ron Williams mat. Musicians, friends [email protected] and families welcome. No Her owner died from COUNTY continued on 2A charge. For more, call breast cancer only weeks Skip Johns at 386-344- ago. Now a mature Lab mix 2906 or visit the Suwannee has a new life and a new River Valley SongFarmers home on a few acres of farm- Facebook page at https:// land with a small group of Animal www.facebook.com/song- rescue dogs, two donkeys, a farmersofthesuwanneeriv- mule and a cat or two. ervalley/ Khloe likes the donkeys. cruelty She nuzzles them and she gets along well with the Breakfast with the Chief three rescued dogs, but Janet alleged; Breakfast with the Chief duBarrie won’t let her off is set for 10 a.m. Saturday the leash outside on their six at Mount Olivet Missionary acres of farmland for a while. 1 jailed Baptist Church. All are wel- “After about six weeks come. Come have a free I shall let her loose,” said By CARL MCKINNEY breakfast and meet LCPD duBarrie. [email protected] Chief Argatha Gilmore. Until then, when the three dogs are out Khloe will stay A homeless woman was Farmers market on the red leather leash arrested Monday on a war- duBarrie holds to keep her The Lake DeSoto rant stemming from an inves- from going searching for her Farmers Market is open previous owner. tigation involving severely every Saturday in the park- “They look for them,” she emaciated puppies at an ing lot at Marion Avenue said. abandoned home on Slappy and Duval Street, across She said she’s known along Drive, from the Courthouse her road as, “the English lady according to Annex. Hours are 9 a.m. to reports. 1 p.m. For more, call 386- COVENANT continued on 2A Karen 719-5766 or visit market. Louise lcfla.com. Smith, 53, CITY COUNCIL faces an Smith animal cru- Sunday elty charge Bingo games Claims fly as roads finally get fixed after the Lake City Police Bingo is offered every Department found her at the Sunday, Monday and By TONY BRITT repairing roads that have Monday night to complain animal shelter on 1392 NW Thursday at 6:45 p.m. at [email protected] been damaged for years, as about streets in District 10 Shelter Glen, according to a American Legion Post the election draws closer. that had potholes. She said CCSO report. 57, 2602 SW Main Blvd. A candidate in the Lake Vanessa George, who many of the roads have need- A senior animal control Quarter games are played City District 10 city council seeks to unseat the five-term ed attention for years, but officer on Jan. 5 contacted at 3 p.m. For more, call 386- race says the city is unfair- incumbent, Eugene Jefferson, 752-7776. ly helping the incumbent by addressed the City Council ROADS continued on 2A George DOGS continued on 2A Vol. 143, No. 265 Opinion . 4A CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER (386) 752-1293 Faith & Values . 5-6A Obituaries . 6A FAITH AND VALUES SUBSCRIBE TO What is a spiritual advisor? 5A. THE REPORTER: 81 58 TV guide . 2B Voice: 755-5445 Partly cloudy, 2A Advice & Comics . 3-4B Fax: 752-9400 2A FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2018 LOCAL LAKE CITY REPORTER she liked giving them a home, calling excellent idea, because most people COVENANT it rewarding. are not silly enough to have five QUICK HITS Continued From 1A “Otherwise I wouldn’t do it.” dogs. They have one or two. And Khloe was different though. She you know if you are getting on, or Scripture of the Day who has the donkeys.” was accounted for after the death of you’re past 20 and you don’t have her owner through a local nonprofit. family, then what are you going to DuBarrie said she’s not sure when “Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast she started rescuing. She said she After her death a plan was put in do with your animals when you pop motion that ensured her dog went to off? Hmm?” she asked. “Do you want smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; doesn’t call it “rescuing,” nor does thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.” she call her animals “rescued.” It’s a good home. them put in a humane society and just something she does, and has DuBarrie found Khloe through euthanized?” — Psalm 3:7 (KJV) been doing for years now. Covenant Pet Trust Inc., of Lake City. Covenant co-owner Taylor said “I never even thought it of it like It’s a local nonprofit that carries that’s why she developed the organi- insurance policies of sorts for pet zation. She said she’s seen it happen Thought for Today numerous times. We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs They work with the elder- you can. ly, terminally ill, or the — Will Rogers, 1879-1935, U.S. actor, comedian forward-thinking, through several plans in which the organization acts as an inter- mediary between a network of foster families and shelters Winning Lottery Numbers across the country. Pick 3: (Wednesday p.m.) 0-0-7 The idea came from expe- Pick 4: (Wednesday p.m.) 2-5-4-3 riences she said she had in Fantasy 5: (Wednesday) 14-16-20-22-30 the death of her mother and the dog she had while going through treatments for lung See an error? cancer. The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news “She was really worried items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, about him, what would happen to him? Who would take care please call the editor. Corrections and clarications will of him,” Taylor said. run in this space. Thanks for reading. It brought to her mind the number of people without someone to care for their pets, Submissions COREY ARWOOD/Lake City Reporter she said The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption The mule and two donkeys are named Zebedee, Bramble and Biscuit. “We help them to make a plan information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would including their friends and fami- like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture that because they just appeared,” she owners who want to provide for their ly. If they don’t have friends and family and information to Associate Editor Justin Caudell at said. “It happened, it just occurred.” pet’s well-being. that can take their pet then we reach [email protected]. She admitted she loves them and DuBarrie vouched for the program out to local rescues and shelters,” they are part of the family. and its president and co-founder Pam Taylor said. “Then we’ll help them “That sounds a bit mushy doesn’t Taylor, of Lake City. negotiate with those local shelters how Lake City Reporter “Let me tell you, I think it’s an their pets can be taken care of.” it?” duBarrie said. 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