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SPORTS We Insure FOCUS FIHS players HOMES make All-District Lacrosse team. Jane DiLoreto See Sports Agency 215-2121 3701193-01 THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2012 WWW.CLAYTODAYONLINE.COM VOLUME 42, NO. 24 75¢75 COUPON SAVINGS BCC to ask $AVE $ Bondi for PUD ruling By Debra W. Buehn, WITH COUPONS 197 Correspondent INSIDE THIS ISSUE GREEN COVE SPRINGS -- The Clay County Board of County Com- missioners voted Tuesday, June 12, to seek the state attorney general’s opinion on how to deal NEWS with zoning change requests for planned unit developments. FOCUS The commission voted 4-0 (Commissioner Chereese Stewart was absent due to a work-related commitment) to seek the opinion of Pam Bondi, the Florida state at- torney general, on just how a zon- ing change request can be made STAFF PHOTO BY STEPHEN KINDLAND for a planned development. Clay Orange Park Medical Center CEO Tom Pentz cuts the ribbon alongside Ernie Cohen of Hope Haven hospice County Attorney Mark Scruby said during a recent open house held for the Mercy Network’s new of ce center on Business Center Drive on the question he will pose to Bondi Fleming Island. will be “Can a zoning authority re- IN REMEMBRANCE quire a third party consent before Student recalls favorite considering a rezoning application CHS teacher. Pg. 4 in a planned development.” Center aids displaced families Developments of Regional Im- pact – or DRIs – are also included By Stephen Kindland To reach referral center clearing and referral hub” at 1540 in the debate, Scruby said. Staff writer Business Center Drive. At the heart of the question FLEMING ISLAND – Repre- Call (888) 411-2883 Volunteers already have been is whether a revision should be sentatives from churches and between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. taking calls at the hub, which also made to the county’s current PUD social service agencies say they on Monday, Wednesday and has a Day Center that provides ordinance. That revision would are impressed with a new referral Friday. case management and job-seeking deal with whether any landowner center designed to help displaced services to people living in group in a PUD can bring a rezoning re- families and prevent duplication than 50 local churches and state homes sponsored by the network. ABUSE CHARGES quest to the BCC or whether, of services for people in need. and county agencies, held an Network president Andre Van OP man accused of Administrators for the Mercy open house on Thursday, June SEE BCC, 3 child abuse. Pg. 14. Network, which comprises more 7 to showcase the new “central SEE MERCY, 23 INSERTS HOME DEPOT NEWS AMERICA COUPONS APPLEBEE’S Enter to win: Restaurant Gift Certificates | Show Tickets | Zoo Passes facebook.com/ClayTodayFL A great place to connect to Clay County 2 • CLAY TODAY • JUNE 14, 2012 COMMUNITY CLAYTODAYONLINE.COM by Clay County Mary Jo [email protected] Memories [email protected] Paul Reinhold’s golden touch brought hope to Clay Luckily for Clay County, J.C. Penney right man to pull the fat out of the re costs. didn’t turn tail and run in the late 1920s entered the picture- Paul Reinhold. Foremost Dairies immediately when his nancial empire began to In 1931, Reinhold was fresh from produced pro ts despite worsening crumble around him and take his strug- parlaying Liberty Dairy into a lucrative economic conditions. Innovative and gling progressive farmers cooperative buy out by Beatrice Foods. Experienced committed to consistently high quality at Penny Farms with it. in the dairy business and multiple site products they emphasized cleanliness The nation’s economy was slowing; management for other people he was and customer service. the Great Depression was on the ho- anxious take the next step in his career Horses pulling delivery wagons on rizon. When it hit, lesser men jumped and be part of the ownership. paved streets were out tted with rub- out of tall buildings or absconded with Here was a go-getter with a suc- ber horseshoes. Safety was a prime assets and left others to deal with the cessful track record wanting a piece of concern in milk production. Foremost consequences. a very questionable pie. The deal was early on installed equipment for the Penny and business partner, Ralph done. new pasteurization process calling it Gwinn, focused on the dairy business, Reinhold had a golden touch as well “Electropure”. a relative successful portion of the as commanding presence. Well over The barns and milking parlors at the co-op farm project. Foremost Dairy six feet tall with a deep resonant voice Penny Farms facility were refurbished Products was born. The dairy at Penny Reinhold both charmed and commanded and equipped with the latest in equip- Farms was combined with fty small respect. Dynamic and tireless he set ment. A 1934 open house at the site dairies and ice cream plants scattered about the task of saving Foremost. drew over 8,000 visitors to gaze through over four states, Florida, Georgia, Ala- Gwinn had already reduced the ap- glass walls at cows being milked. One bama and South Carolina, with head- palling debt by returning a signi cant Penny Farms old timer who supervised quarters in Jacksonville. number of plants to their former own- milking remarked it was the closest he The plan was doomed from the start ers. Reinhold streamlined further by ever came to being on the stage. The by geography and a weak organizational forming a new corporation called Fore- success of Reinhold and Foremost framework causing operating costs to most Dairies to purchase speci c Fore- meant jobs in a county where times soar. most operations and lease the others. were hard. Here is where luck comes into the Foremost Dairies purchased the equip- Paul Reinhold’s family contin- story. By an almost uncanny conver- ment in all locations to assure consis- ues to be involved in and committed to gence of events and circumstances the tency of product and closely contain the future of Clay County. Paul Reinhold Impact of lightning on trees can vary widely This is the time of year that a number stroyed. It’s really are de nitely less affected if struck. Birch much money in the effort because you may of trees are lost due to lightning. The earth unpredictable how for example is rarely struck while elms, still loose the tree. Pine trees for instance, experiences (according to a fact sheet the strike will af- maples, oaks, and pines are commonly hit. rarely recover from a strike (their sap just from the University of Florida) 44,000 fect a tree. In some Why is not entirely clear. Some attribute sort of boils within) while oak trees rarely thunderstorms each day resulting in 8 mil- cases the upper the difference to tree composition. Trees die from strikes and would be worth trying lion cloud-to-ground lightning discharges portion of the tree high in oils (Birch and Beech) are poor to save. Shattered branches should be re- per day. This time of year, Florida gets it will die outright conductors of electricity while those high moved by an arborist and loose bark should share. while the rest of in starch content (ash, maple and oak) also be taken off. Other than that, consider Lightning injuries to trees are extreme- the tree lives on. Seasonal concerns make good conductors. In addition, deep- having a professional spray for wood bor- ly variable and appear to be governed by In crowded groves, from gardeners rooted, older trees with decay appear to ers (which commonly invade weakened the voltage of the charge, the moisture trees close to the RAY H. ZERBA JR. be hit more often then young or shallow- trees) and then fertilize it in the fall and content of the part struck and the species one hit may also Horticulture Agent IV, rooted trees. again next spring to help it get back to of tree. die and in some Emeritus UF.IFAS Extension While it is commonly stated lightning health – if that’s going to happen. The woody part of a tree may be com- cases surrounding Clay County (Retired) never strikes twice in the same spot, this Want someone to answer a speci c pletely shattered or a thin strip of bark vegetation as well. is not true and in some cases it has been plant question for you? Go online to http:// parallel to the wood bers down the en- Tall trees or those growing alone documented that individual trees have clay.ifas.u .edu or call 269-6355. To read tire length of the trunk may be stripped in open areas, and trees with roots in moist been hit as many as seven times over their past articles that might help you with sea- off, or the internal tissue may be severely soils or those growing near bodies of water lifespan and yet recovered each time. sonal problems, and to learn about upcom- burned without any external evidence, or are more likely to be struck. Although no With respect to treating a tree that has ing Extension Programming in our area part of the root system may simply be de- species of tree is totally immune, some been hit, be cautious about investing too explore that website further. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Clay Today, Clay Today is published weekly on Thursday CLAY TODAY STAFF 3513 U.S. Hwy 17, Fleming Island, FL U.S.P.S. (063-800) Publisher: Jon Cantrell, Periodical Postage Paid at Orange Park, Florida at 3513 U.S. Hwy 17, Fleming Island, FL 32003.