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1A WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2012 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Inmate flees, is quickly caught Hunt plan axed By LAURA HAMPSON [email protected] The plan to lease publicly- owned water management district land to private hunters is off the table. Suwannee River Water Management District board members voted to remove the proposed 836-acre Mud Swamp hunting lease from their agenda Tuesday. The lease drew opposi- tion from numerous hunting and recreation groups, who argued it would have taken RHONDA TIDWELL/Special to the Reporter away from public recreation Law enforcement officials prepare to close in on a county jail inmate who walked off a work crew in Lake City Tuesday morning. The man was soon taken into custody, along with another man who police say aided his escape. Story, Page 3A. HUNT continued on 6A In hard-hit Suwannee, rescuers come by bus “We had lots of drivers on Publicly-funded SVTA duty longer than 12 hours,” Pra uses its fleet to reach said. many in flooded areas. She said her drivers were “juiced” and ready to undertake By HANNAH O. BROWN rescue efforts. [email protected] Lead driver Pinkie Carter said people were coming straight off of airboats and onto SVTA LIVE OAK buses. he Suwannee “That’s the best part is know- Valley Transit ing that you’re helping some- Authority stepped one,” Carter said. up as Tropical Storm Pra believes the willingness Debby moved in two of drivers was high because of Tweeks ago, volunteering time, the emergency training drivers buses and other resources for have undergone monthly since members of their community August. isolated by floodwaters. “Preplanning is everything,” SVTA buses plowed through she said. “We had our plan areas saturated with over five done, we had it in place, we had feet of water to reach stranded trained our people.” citizens in severely flooded The SVTA remained complete- Suwannee County. SVTA direc- ly dry through the flooding. It tor Gwendolyn Pra said their functioned as its own safe house buses were the only ones that with a small kitchen, a shower could withstand such high water and a fleet of over 30 buses, all levels. of which were used to assist the In the eight days following the community during the flood. storm, the SVTA transported 278 “We had a place set up in the people from their flooded homes JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter conference room for rest breaks to shelter. Prescott and Pra check out the condition of some of the buses that made it through five feet of water to get reach and we fed [the drivers],” Pra Pra said she and operations people stranded in their homes. said. “The stores here, there chief Bill Steele began preparing was nothing open so we actually to launch into emergency mode “I thought this is a lot of work Pra said. food and water for themselves brought food from home and on the Sunday before the flood if it doesn’t happen, but I said, Drivers were prepped in and to be prepared to work long began. ‘oh, it will be a good drill for us,’” advance. They were told to bring hours. SVTA continued on 6A Small jump in Road closed school millage At least four vehicles remain submerged on State Road rate proposed 247 in Columbia County. The Florida Department of By LAURA HAMPSON Transportation is pumping the [email protected] water out but the road remains Despite a slight increase in proposed impassable. The area pictured school district millage rates, Columbia is just north of Dairy Street (Lee County taxpayers should not see a bill Dairy Road). Local traffic is increase, due to decreased property val- detoured to CR 240 to SR 47 or ues. residents can use Dairy Street to Norris Avenue to SR 247. MILLAGE continued on 3A COURTESY FDOT Vol. 138, No. 120 Opinion ............... 4A CALL US: TODAY IN COMING (386) 752-1293 People................. 2A 93 73 PEOPLE THURSDAY SUBSCRIBE TO T-Storm Chance Obituaries ............. 5A THE REPORTER: Advice & Comics ......... 5B Mickey, Minnie Local News Voice: 755-5445 Fax: 752-9400 WEATHER, 2A Puzzles ................. 2B in N. Korea Roundup. Voters? Readers? It’s actually the same thing. Eighty-six percent of voters who cast ballots in the last local election read newspapers in print or online, with levels of engagement holding consistent among voters identifying as Republican, Democratic or Independent. We thought you would want to know. message delivered 86% Source: American Voters Media Survey conducted by Moore Information 2AWEATHER 2A LAKE CITY REPORTER DAILY BRIEFING WEDNESDay, JULY 11, 2012 Page Editor: Rick Burnham, 754-0424 Celebrity Birthdays Tuesday: Tuesday: n Boxer Leon Spinks is n Actor Michael Afternoon: 5-5-6 Afternoon: 6-2-8-8 Monday: 59. Rosenbaum is 40. Evening: N/A Evening: N/A 15-21-23-27-29 n Rock guitarist Richie n Rapper Lil Kim is 38. Sambora is 53. n Octomom Nadya n Musician Suzanne Suleman is 37. PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Vega is 53. n Football player Andre n Actress Lisa Rinna is 49. Johnson is 31. n Basketball player Rod n Actor David Henrie is US chides North Korea over Strickland is 46. 23. unauthorized Disney display Daily Scripture “Being confident of this, that he WASHINGTON — The AIDS in Africa and India. U.S. is urging North Korea Keys says this year’s Black who began a good work in you to respect intellectual Ball will pay “special trib- property rights after an ute to the empowerment of will carry it on to completion un- unauthorized stage per- women — the heartbeat, til the day of Christ Jesus.” formance of Disney char- soul, and backbone of the acters at a concert for the AIDS movement.” reclusive country’s new The ninth annual event - Philippians 1:6 NIV young leader. will take place at New But State Department York’s Hammerstein spokesman Patrick Ballroom. Past honorees Ventrell said Tuesday that include former President since Washington does not Bill Clinton, Sir Richard have diplomatic relations Branson and Bono. with Pyongyang it could ASSOCIATED PRESS not raise the issue as it Mickey and Minnie have a chat on left as North Korea’s new would in other countries. 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