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We Insure HOMES Jane DiLoreto Agency 215-2121 3701193-01 THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 WWW.CLAYTODAYONLINE.COM VOLUME 44, NO. 19 75¢ National Police Offi cer Memorial Week Proposed police station plans debated By Eric Cravey Managing Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS – The proposed new city police station that became a concern during the recent election cycle for Green Cove Springs City Council con- tinues to be a subject of debate. At its reorganization meeting May 7, newly-elected City Council Member Van Royal re-opened the debate regarding the project by pulling an item from the council’s Consent Agenda, the section of the agenda that typically gets approved because it has been discussed at previ- ous meetings. Royal prefaced his remarks about a $115,000 task order change with archi- tects Fisher/Koppenhafer by saying he did not want to be a naysayer. The mea- sure aimed to give the rm the go ahead to reduce the size of the police station STAFF PHOTO BY SARAH WAKEFIELD and Emergency Operations Center from Clay County’s fallen law of cers receive a ri e salute May 7 as county of cials unveil the rst public memorial honoring local law en- almost 21,000 thousand feet to just over forcement killed in service to the community. 14,000 square feet as Council voted at its April 23 meeting. The changes would reduce the estimated price tag of the Remembering our fallen offi cers building from $5.2 million to $3.6 mil- lion. By Sarah Wakefi eld “I don’t want to be a naysayer, but I Staff Writer and rescue crews from North East Florida gathered at the Detec- don’t want to start out by raising fees,” tive David A. White Memorial Headquarters at 901 North Orange Royal said. GREEN COVE SPRINGS – Families bent over the brick walkway Ave. May 7 to honor the eight fallen Clay County law enforcement Royal offered a motion that failed to trying to spot the paver representing the name of their loved one of cers who died in the line of duty during the last century. The get a second, that would have, as he put during Clay County’s recent Of cer Memorial wall dedication. new memorial is the rst-ever such memorial honoring fallen law it, make the architect earn the $115,000 A sea of uniformed police, emergency medical service, and re SEE MEMORIAL, 2 SEE GCS, 5 INSERTS USA WEEKEND NEWS AMERICA COUPONS HOME DEPOT CLAY COUNTY TAX SALE SAVE $200 2 CLAY TODAY • May 9, 2013 COMMUNITY CLAYTODAYONLINE.COM Avoid “Feather Duster” chop job when pruning palms Palm pruning is one landscape chore folks just don’t like the way they look. If that’s easy to overdo. that’s your taste, then by all means remove Next month will be the start of hur- dead and half brown fronds. Leave the ricane season, and it will bring out many green ones though, unless they are poking who advocate ‘hurricane’ cuts to palms – a through your screens or pool enclosures – chop job that resembles a feather duster you can remove the odd one or two fronds by removing all but the top tuft of green without harming the tree. leaves. The reason- If the fronds are really in the way, fol- ing behind this – low the “three to nine” rule for palm prun- that the fronds will ing – imagine the hands of a clock at the be torn off and fly- center of you palm, and don’t prune any ing into things dur- green fronds above the line of the hands at ing a hurricane - is three and nine. If you have to prune more not supported by than that, your palm probably is not the research. right plant for the place that it’s in. With Your property trees, palms do not have a large root sys- tracts detrimental palm weevils. palms, healthy trees are less work prun- is not likely to get tem to deliver nutrients for growth. The Old brown fronds and fruit may be left ing – so avoid the temptation to ‘feather damaged by green Seasonal concerns fronds or leaves of palms do much of the on the tree, though there are several con- duster’ your palms and spend the time or fronds on the tree. from gardeners work of feeding the plant, so leaving all siderations that may lead you to remove money you save on something fun for the In fact, University AMY E. MORIE green leaves for a nice full, round crown is them. First, they do pose some risk of garden. of Florida research Environmental Horticulture Agent ll the healthiest treatment. shedding, creating at best a mess and at indicates that over Clay County Extension Office In fact, trees suffering from potassium worst a fall hazard in the landscape. This Want someone to answer a specific pruned hurricane or magnesium deficiencies will move these could be a danger if too close to a walkway, plant question for you? Go online to http:// cuts can weaken the tree, causing a ‘pencil nutrients from older leaves into newer patio or play area. Second, they do have a clay.ifas.ufl.edu and under the heading point’ narrowing at the top of the trunk. ones, so removing these fronds actually greater risk of igniting if there should be “Horticulture” (left hand side of page) left Normally, the trunk top should be a bit accelerates the deficiency and can kill the a fire. click on “Ask a Master Gardener” and a thicker than the rest of the trunk. The pen- tree. This is an especially important consid- reply will be sent plus a hyperlink to the cil point effect seen in overpruned trees Have a soil test done if your palms have eration in the 30 foot zone around your appropriate University of Florida Fact actually is at more risk of wind throw frizzled or orange leaves, and fertilize ac- house and other structures where you Sheets. Please send us a digital picture – think of what happened to the tip of a cording to the test recommendations. Be- should maintain good firewise practices. In of the problem. To read past articles that pencil when you apply too much pressure. sides accelerating nutrient problems, im- this zone, reduce the potential fuel by re- might help you with seasonal problems and Do you trees a favor and let them keep the proper pruning can spread diseases such moving dead, dry plant material and flam- to learn about upcoming Extension Pro- green canopy they naturally have. as Fusarium wilt of Canary Island date mable plants – see http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ gramming in our area go to our website at When pruning palms or any landscape palm through transfer from the pruning fr147 for more info. UF/IFAS Clay County Extension. plant, you’ll want to make sure you prune tools. In some palms, pruning green fronds The third reason to remove brown for the health of the tree. Unlike most also releases a volatile chemical that at- fronds and fruits is purely aesthetic – some Department, Monroe County, the Orange Park Police Department, the FBI, the State Fallen Clay County Sheriffs and Deputies Attorney’s Office, the Secret Service and Memorial fire and rescue officials attended the cer- from page1 l Sheriff Josephus A. Peeler l Auxiliary Deputy Arthur Caton emony. For Lt. Stephen Teal of Clay County enforcement officers in Clay County. l Sheriff Charles M. Wilson l Deputy Wilson Walker Fire and Rescue who attended the event, “It took the death of Detective David real dangers of working alongside police White to realize there wasn’t a place to vis- l Sheriff Theodore S. Cherry l Sergeant Eddie Hayes officers raised questions of a possible me- it,” said Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler. morial for his department. Although no one In past years, the Sheriff’s Office has l Sergeant Richard Watkins l Detective David A. White from his team or unit has passed away performed memorial celebrations at while on duty, real dangers make their job Spring Park, schools or parking lots. With dangerous. Teal said considering a memo- the official memorial completed, families rial would be nice in case of a co-workers and friends will have a permanent place to “We really needed a fitting memorial. We needed to be able to sit death, but that he didn’t want to “jinx” the grieve or contemplate. and reflect.” department by erecting a monument. “Family and friends can come and “We may respond to a structure fire and pause and give thanks for the men on the – Capt. Ronnie Gann it ends up that a meth lab exploded,” Teal Wall of Honor,” Beseler said. said. “It’s a Catch-22. None of our mem- The memorial has eight names en- reserved spaces for additional pavers will days before he was shot during a meth bust bers have died in the line of duty and you graved along with the Bible verse John remain unused around the flagpole. in Middleburg in February 2012. Gann was don’t want to jinx it, but we wouldn’t want 15:13, which honors those who have given “We really needed a fitting memorial,” walking his dog around the neighborhood to be reactive.” their lives for another. To celebrate Na- Gann said. “We needed to be able to sit and where White also lived. As White pulled up The Clay County Sheriff’s Pipes and tional Police Week, Beseler also traveled reflect.” in his truck next to Gann, Gann recalled Drums played a somber rendition of “Amaz- to Tallahassee to recognize three officers Later this year, Gann plans to install encouraging the young detective who was ing Grace” after shots from a gun salute whose lives were lost last year.