TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM LCPD officer Chilly reception for loses license polling-place plan Suspended for 3 months in wake Proposal would reduce the office the sole polling location for Lake City tions, please put it in writing. Please submit of Sept. 6 crash. in 2012. it to the Supervisor of Elections office by number of places to cast a Councilman George Ward called the pro- Wednesday, May 9. We will take all sugges- ballot in Lake City to one. posal “ridiculous.” tions in writing, we will then respond in writ- By TONY BRITT “I think we will have an extremely low voter ing,” Singletary said. [email protected] turnout,” he said. Council members Melinda Moses, George By HANNAH O. BROWN Frank Singletary from the Supervisor of Ward and George Jefferson questioned Lake City Police [email protected] Elections office presented the plan to council Singletary about the proposed precinct map, Department officer David on Monday night. Singletary said the plan was however Singletary was reluctant to discuss Broom had his driver’s City council members unanimously opposed “not concrete.” the specifics of the proposal. license suspended for three a proposal from the Supervisor of Elections “We ask now for anyone in the community, months Friday after he was that would make the Supervisor of Elections’ if they have any input or suggestions or ques- PROPOSAL continued on 3A convicted of failure to use due care (speed too fast for conditions) and a seat belt violation in connection with a traffic crash last year. Broom and local busi- nesswoman Ruby Earline Parker suffered serious injuries when their vehicles collided at the intersection of Sisters Welcome Road and U.S. Highway 90 on Sept. 6. The 87-year-old Parker remained hospital- ized or in a rehabilitation center until her death five months later. Broom was fined $114 for the seat belt violation charge and fined $164 for the failure to use due care charge. The court also ruled the infraction resulted in seri- ous bodily injury to another person and the additional civil penalty mandated by state statutes of $500 will be imposed for each violation. Broom has six months to pay the fees. The case was heard LCPD continued on 3A JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter Foresters Deep in thought Summers Elementary School students Garrison Land (left) and Gyro Delos Trinos ponder a math problem during the 2012 Columbia County Math Bee Monday at the Columbia County School Board Administrative Complex Auditorium. Eastside Elementary School won first place in the competition, beating busy with out nine out schools. Forty fourth-graders participated in the event. Story, Page 3A. 2 area wildfires From staff reports Economic Suwannee Forestr y Center of the Florida impact of Forestry Service is current- ly fighting two area wild- fires, according to spokes- Jam put at man Kurt Wisner. One fire is in Columbia County, east of Lake City $3M-plus and south of U.S. 90, between two correctional By LAURA HAMPSON institutions. [email protected] “At present it does not appear to be too large, but precise location and terrain Last weekend’s Suwannee River Jam will determine how quickly attracted more than 25,000 concert-goers, we can put a line around who had at least a $3 million economic it,” Wisner said in a press impact on the area, officials said. release Monday. “Smoke The Jam’s atmosphere, artist lineup and is not currently an issue, new features brought 30 percent more peo- but could become an issue. ple than last year, said Teena Peavey, market- Caution is recommended ing and sponsorship director for the Spirit of with regard to potential the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak. The smoke and fire response Jam, in its 21st year, ran May 2 to May 5 and vehicles in the area.” attracted dozens of artists and bands, includ- In Hamilton County a larg- ing country music stars Josh Turner, Randy er fire is burning north of Travis and Trace Adkins. CR 6 near N.E. 36th, Wisner More college students attended this year said. “FFS is responding with as younger artists and advertisements were tractors from Lake City, Live targeted toward regional universities, she Oak, and Madison,” he said. said. “One FFS fixed-wing aircraft Between hotel stays, meals at restaurants, and one USFS helicopter are and trips to stores and gas stations, the conducting reconnaissance.” local economic impact was between $3 to $4 Wisner added that “resi- dents should be aware of JAM continued on 3A fire response equipment and possible smoke issues LEFT: Jamie Davis performs Friday night at on roads in the areas of the Suwannee River Jam at the Spirit of the these fires.” George Peavey/Special to the Reporter Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak. 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