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A4 + PLUS >> ‘100 Deadliest Days’ begin, Opinion/4A LOCAL SOFTBALL LCMC lauded for WCWS: UF faces patient safety Oklahoma State Story Below See Page 1B WEEKEND EDITION FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MAY 31 & JUNE 1, 2019 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM No, water COLD CASE test notices aren’t from Friday the govt CHS graduation By CARL MCKINNEY CCSO Columbia High School [email protected] John Doe will hold its annual com- Yards up and down Southwest Vernon mencement exercises Way all had the same wooden poles Friday night with 446 grad- staked into the ground, each with a Putting uation candidates expected plastic bag attached to the top. The con- to walk across the stage tents — a note and an and receive their diplomas. empty vial — caught a name Gainesville the attention of resi- Graduation will take place company’s at 8 p.m. Friday at Tiger dents in the neighbor- Stadium, 469 SE Fighting official-look- hood south of Lake to a face City near State Road Tiger Drive. Graduation ing fliers 47. candidates have to be at had some is now worried. Perley Richardson the school auditorium by 6 found one next to his p.m. There are no parking mailbox Wednesday restrictions for this year’s afternoon and read the first two lines. the task ceremony, and the gates “COMMUNITY WATER TEST,” the to the fields will open AT notice reads, “Your residential water Facial reconstruction 5 p.m. Once the program supply may contain more than H20.” of man found dead in begins, the gates to the field The notices appear to have been 1978 may stir leads. will be locked. The grad- sent by a Gainesville-based company, uation ceremony will be The Science of Water, which deals in By TONY BRITT water treatment and filtration systems. live-streamed on the Tiger [email protected] A line at the end reads, “Not affiliat- CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter Town Facebook page. The ed with City Water or County Health Perley Richardson noticed the flier came from a private graduation will also be live- Departments.” company that sells water filtration systems, but not More than 40 years ago, streamed in the school audi- everybody in the neighborhood saw the same dis- the skeletal remains of an torium, but the auditorium WATER continued on 3A claimer at the bottom. unidentified man were found will not be accessible to the behind the rest area on general public until gradua- Interstate 10. tion candidates head to the Wednesday morning the field, shortly before 8 p.m. Columbia County Sheriff’s Office posted a new artist’s Tax-free holiday LCMC rendering of the man’s face in Floridians will have hopes of solving the 40-year- seven days to build a hur- old cold case. ricane-season stockpile — lauded for “We hope to learn his iden- including batteries, flash- tity,” said Capt. Katina Dicks, lights and radios free of patient Columbia County Sheriff’s sales taxes — beginning Office detective division. “It Friday. The discount is part COURTESY would be nice to put a name of a tax-relief package that safety Lake City Medical Center said Thursday it had received the lawmakers and Gov. Ron Healthgrades 2019 Patient Safety Excellence Award. BODY continued on 3A DeSantis approved earlier this month. Items eligi- Award recognizes top care hospitals reporting patient patients treated in hospitals ble for the tax break from 10% of all short-term safety data as evaluated by receiving the Patient Safety May 31 through June 6 are: acute-care hospitals. Healthgrades, a leading online Excellence Award were, as com- Wildfire reusable ice that costs $10 resource for information about pared to patients at non-recipi- or less; self-powered light By MICHAEL PHILIPS physicians and hospitals. ents hospitals, on average: in Osceola sources, $20 or less; gas or [email protected] During the study period (2015 • 55.9% less likely to expe- diesel fuel tanks, $25 or less; to 2017), LCMC rience an accidental cut, punc- continues nonelectric food storage A local hospital recently demonstrated ture, perforation or hemorrhage coolers, $30 or less; packs received national recognition for excellent perfor- during medical care. By CARL MCKINNEY of AA-cell, AAA-cell, C-cell, maintaining a top-notch safety mance in safe- • 50.9% less likely to expe- [email protected] D-cell, 6-volt, or 9-volt bat- record. ty provided for rience a collapsed lung due to teries, $30 or less; self-pow- Lake City Medical Center patients in the a procedure or surgery in or A wildfire continues to ered radios, two-way radios, announced on Thursday Medicare pop- around the chest. burn in Osceola National or weather-band radios, $50 that it was a recipient of the ulation, as mea- • 64.4% less likely to experi- Forest near NE Gum Swamp Naegler or less; tarpaulins or other Healthgrades 2019 Patient Safety sured by objec- ence pressure sores or bed sores Road, according to the Florida flexible waterproof sheet- Excellence Award, a distinction tive outcomes for 14 patient-safe- acquired in the hospital. Highway Patrol. that places LCMC among the ty indicators. WEEKEND continued on 2A top 10% of all short-term acute- Healthgrades found that LCMC continued on 2A FIRE continued on 2A Vol. 145, No. 56 CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER Obituaries . 3A (386) 752-1293 Opinion . 4A FAITH AND VALUES SUBSCRIBE TO Faith & Values . 5-6A THE REPORTER: The dash in the middle, 5A 93 71 Advice & Comics . 3-4B Voice: 755-5445 Mostly cloudy, 2A Fax: 752-9400 Even our regular includes a premium. GW HUNTER 1130 WEST US 90 386-752-5890 VISIT YOUR LOCAL CHEVRON STATION 2A FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2019 LOCAL LAKE CITY REPORTER Lewd and lascivious battery alleged QUICK HITS Scripture of the Day Woman had sex with minor “In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.” — Psalm 56:4 (KJV) over period of months: Cops Thought for Today By CARL MCKINNEY inappropriate text message Shedd opened the door, Shedd reportedly said. Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the [email protected] conversations between the letting a strong odor of mar- Shedd said it was not sun shines. — Satchel Paige, 1906-1982, U.S. Hall of two, according to a CCSO ijuana drift out of the room, uncommon for her and Fame baseball player A 29-year-old Union report. the report states. the juvenile to sleep in the County woman had a The investigation began Inside, the juvenile was same bed, according to the months-long sexual rela- when the minor’s legal lying on the couch, accord- report. Winning Lottery Numbers tionship with a young boy, guardian reported the alle- ing to the report. Shedd claimed the juve- Pick 3: (Wednesday p.m.) 9-1-9 Columbia County deputies gations, according to the The juvenile identified nile initiated sexual contact Pick 4: (Wednesday p.m.) 3-1-5-8 say. report. Shedd as his mother and and she resisted, but even- Fantasy 5: (Wednesday) 12-28-31-33-36 Samantha Jolene Shedd, After the deputy arrived denied all allegations of an tually “caved in,” the report 29, faces a charge of lewd at Battlehill inappropriate sexual rela- states. and lascivious battery with a Lane to tionship, the report states. The two had sex multiple See an error? person between the ages of assist the When asked how they times, most recently about The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news 12 ad 16, after the Columbia DCF inves- knew the juvenile, Shedd 45 minutes before author- items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, County Sheriff’s Office tigator, the said the minor moved in ities arrived at the motel, please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will responded to Northwest juvenile’s with her after his mother Shedd reportedly said. run in this space. Thanks for reading. Battlehill Lane around 10 legal guard- died about a year prior, In February, Shedd p.m. Wednesday. Shedd ian spoke to according to the report. reportedly discovered she A deputy arrived at the authorities. When asked about her was pregnant. She later Submissions home to assist a Florida Shedd and a man, John sexual relationship with opted to terminate the preg- The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption Department of Children David Ballance, 23, of Lake the juvenile, Shedd said, “I nancy, according to the information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you and Families investigator, City, picked the juvenile up cannot deny it, we have,” report. would like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture and information to Michael Philips at mphilips@ who had previously reached in a black passenger vehi- according to the report. When asked to explain lakecityreporter.com. out to the Sheriff’s Office cle, the guardian reportedly The relationship started his version of events, the about an ongoing investiga- said. They went to Motel 8 about seven to nine months juvenile told a deputy, “I’ll tion into allegations of inap- on State Road 47, according prior, Shedd reportedly told explain it to the judge,” propriate activity between to the report. authorities. according to the report. Lake City Reporter the juvenile and Shedd. The investigators The first night they had Shedd was detained and HOW TO REACH US BUSINESS ........... 754-0419 DCF provided the Sheriff’s checked out room 18 at the sex, she was under the influ- taken to Columbia County Main number ......