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Shoplifting Suspect Left Baby in Car, Say Cops A3 + PLUS >> LSHA keeps tax rate unchanged, Story below VOLLEYBALL VOLLEYBALL FWHS battles Tigers take on Interlachen Ocala Forest See Page 1B See Page 1B WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Rollover crash claims one/3A 9/11 remembered CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter A Georgia man died in this Tuesday morning wreck on U.S. 441, say troopers. Story, 3A. Shoplifting suspect left baby in car, say cops Photos by CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter Cadet Jesse Braden, front left, and Cadet Tzari Williams, front right, march in front as their JROTC group carries the 7-month-old infant unattended flag. Also pictured are cadets Austyn Creech, Kassady McLean, Robert Moore and Natierra Williams. while father was in Family Dollar. By COREY ARWOOD [email protected] CHS students pay their respects A Lake City man is in jail on child abuse charges after suspicions of retail theft led author- They have no memory ities to discover his seven-month-old infant was in of the attacks, but know his vehicle its windows half-down around in the early afternoon, police said. well what they meant. The child had reportedly been in the car before 2:30 p.m. for at By CARL MCKINNEY least 10 minutes, the Lake City [email protected] Police Department arrest report eyond the marching orders that said. intermittently echoed through Management of the Family Bthe hall, barely a word was Dollar at 1020 E. Duval St. called uttered at Columbia High School on Williamson officers over the presence of Tuesday morning. Douglas Vaughn Williamson, 35, Boots struck the ground in unison of SW McGriff Lane, on Friday, the report shows. as the JROTC cadets carried the flag Police were told Williamson had been seen forward, honoring the victims of an several times stealing items, and management attack they’re too young to remember. But they’re old enough to recognize was directed to call them next time he was seen in how the events of Sept. 11, 2001, their store. According to the report, management defined and shaped the world around said they had witnessed numerous instances of them growing up. theft by Williamson. The post-9/11 world is all these Police said when they saw the infant he was cadets and their fellow CHS students still in the car and that the child was “pouring have ever known. School employees, law enforce- BABY continued on 2A ment officers and spectators from the Cadet Robert Moore, left, holds the American flag with fellow cadets during community gathered in front of either a 9/11 commemorative ceremony at CHS Tuesday morning. side of the hall, their heads bowed. The JROTC cadets slowly progressed Maybe they heard older relatives others watching them raise the flag toward the exit and the flagpole out- relive their reactions to the attacks. Or outside CHS to half-staff — clearly LSHA keeps tax side. maybe they’ve seen footage showing knew one thing. If their solemn expression is any- how Americans at the time struggled Tuesday morning marked an occa- thing to go by, they probably got some to make sense of the senseless. sion with a monumental gravity to it. rate unchanged sense growing up that news of the Or maybe they read about how the An event that warranted attention and 3,000 deaths resonated through every tragedy tested — but didn’t break — respect. By CARL MCKINNEY state in the Union like the aftershocks the country’s resolve. [email protected] of an earthquake. The JROTC cadets — and all the 9/11 continued on 2A The Lake Shore Hospital Authority has reversed a tenta- tive property tax hike that its executive director described as School Board attorney finally picked a temporary procedural move to comply with state public notice Douglas & Carter firm gets Douglas & Carter, finalizing an Last month, the board award- requirements, rather than a pro- arrangement that was approved ed the contract to Douglas & Williams nod following controversy. posal the LSHA Board of Trustees in August. Carter, starting the negotiation intended to actually follow through with. By CARL MCKINNEY Three attorneys from Douglas process. The board, which previously raised the hospital [email protected] & Carter will act as representa- After the board granted its authority’s tentative millage rate to 1.5 mills for tion for the School Board, which general approval of the con- the coming fiscal year, voted Monday to drop The Columbia County School approved the contract without tract back then, Tuesday’s vote Board has signed a legal services discussion as a consent agenda LSHA continued on 2A contract with Lake City law firm item Tuesday night. DOUGLAS continued on 5A Hudson Vol. 143, No. 378 CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER Obituaries . 3A (386) 752-1293 Opinion . 4A DEAR PHARMACIST SUBSCRIBE TO Advice & Comics . 3B THE REPORTER: 90 72 7 quick remedies to soothe bug bites, 6A. Voice: 755-5445 Puzzles . 2B Fax: 752-9400 Chance of storms, 2A 2A WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 LOCAL LAKE CITY REPORTER QUICK HITS Scripture of the Day “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.” - Psalm 121:1-2 (KJV) Thought for Today The past cannot be cured. — Elizabeth I, 1533-1603, Queen of England (1558-1603). Winning Lottery Numbers Pick 3: (Monday p.m.) 8-3-5 Pick 4: (Monday p.m.) 9-7-5-8 Fantasy 5: (Monday) 3-10-25-30-31 See an error? The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will run in this space. Thanks for reading. Submissions The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture and information to associate editor Steve Wilson at Photos by CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter [email protected]. The JROTC commons detail marches forward, with Cadet Trevor Skelton leading the way. 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THE WEATHER rolled approximately half- Later officers said the WED THU FRI SAT SUN Continued From 1A way down.” child looked hungry, 12 13 14 15 16 Williamson told officers and attempting to feed it, Slight Chance Mostly Slight Chance sweat from his head,” and he had been in the store for searched the vehicle for chance of sunny chance of of storms of storms “his shirt was soaked with “just a minute,” prompting infant formula and found storms storms sweat.” officers to review security only one diaper. The infant was removed cameras. Williamson’s mother, HI 90HI LO LO 72 HI 90 HI LO LO 72 HI 92HI LO LO 74 HI HI92 LO LO 72 HI 92HI LO LO 72 from the vehicle by an They accessed surveil- who was called to get the officer who said he called lance footage from the child, allegedly told them Department of Children grocery store to learn how she was glad DCF had been REGIONAL FORECAST MAP for Wednesday, Sep.
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