A3 + PLUS >> CHS student airlifted after head injury, Story below NFL wCHS Ramsey, Fowler Tigers deserve back for Jags respect in polls See Page 1B See Page 1B TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2018 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM FORT WHITE dunn on farm tour NC RESIDENT Plenty to Murder celebrate for new suspect mayor wants to Was elected on eldest child’s 19th birthday. stay put By STEVE WILSON Woman accused in [email protected] 2016 slaying will fight For Fort White native extradition to LC. Ronnie Frazier, Tuesday, August 14, had a special meet- By CARL MCKINNEY ing for two reasons — it was [email protected] his daughter’s 19th birthday, and it was the day he was The extradition process for the sus- elected as the mayor of his pect in a 2016 Lake City motel murder hometown. might drag on a couple of months “It was a special day,” before she’s behind bars in Columbia Frazier said. County, according to the Third Circuit Frazier, 48, defeated his State Attorney’s Office. challenger, two term incum- Lara Ella Catherine bent mayor Demetric Jackson, Snyder, 24, of Zirconia, who was appointed in 2011, North Carolina, faces succeeding Truitt George. a second-degree homi- In addition to the position cide charge for the of mayor, the town has four fatal shooting two years council members. ago of Jeffrey Bryant Frazier, a conservative Snyder Reeves, 51, of Lake Republican, described the City. But Snyder, who campaign, in overall terms, as is being held in the Buncombe County being “good and clean.” jail in North Carolina, has refused to “There wasn’t a lot of drama waive her extradition rights, said Third involved,” he reflected. Circuit Assistant State Attorney John Born and raised in Fort Durrett. White, Frazier graduated from “I’ve never seen it take more than two Columbia High School, then months, but it can,” Durrett said. later served in U.S. Marine Third Circuit investigators need a Corps in Operation Desert warrant from Florida Gov. Rick Scott Photos by COREY ARWOOD/Lake City Reporter Storm. He currently owns Following a mid-Monday auction and a brief introduction by market owner to get the extradition moving. They and operates Yulee Custom John Willis, U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn speaks to a crowd of cattle breeders, ranchers and must first send supporting document Homes, a manufactured buyers at Columbia Livestock Market about the Farm Bill and export tariffs. and match fingerprints to confirm the home company. His wife person in custody in North Carolina is Wendy, a native of Warner the same person sought by the warrant Robbins, Georgia, is an X-ray here. technologist at the Veterans Jumping through those hoops is Administration hospital in Wants feedback on Farm Bill mostly a formality in cases such as this Gainesville. They have a son, one, Durrett said. Paid visit to local ag MAYOR continued on 2A producers Monday. SUSPECT continued on 2A By COREY ARWOOD [email protected] Few leads Congressman Neal Dunn went on a full- CHS student in death of fledged farm-to-table tour of Columbia County agri- airlifted after pedestrian culture on Monday. Throughout his six stops head injury From staff reports following seed-to-fertiliz- er he saw sausage made, The Florida Highway Patrol beef processed, a cattle By CARL MCKINNEY is looking for help from the auction in full swing at [email protected] public in finding the driver that Florida’s oldest livestock ran over and killed a man from market and had a break- A Columbia High School student Starke in July as he was laying fast and lunch of the same was flown to a hospital in Gainesville in the road in front of Club locally sourced foods. on Monday after he tripped and hit Rodeo. The goal of the trip was his head while preparing the school According to FHP reports, to gauge local farmers, for football season, said CHS Principal Willie Chrome, 45, of Starke, ranchers and meat proces- Trey Hosford. was laying in the northbound sors about their concerns The student is enrolled in a career lane of US 41 in front of Club with soon to be decided, and technical education class, which Rodeo when he was run over major agricultural legisla- was working outside to mark parking by an unidentified vehicle. The tion. spots near the stadium some time in the driver of the unidentified vehi- “We’re at the middle morning, Hosford said. cle ran over Chrome and con- right now of settling the Hosford said the particulars on how tinued traveling north on the Farm Bill, the Senate the student tripped were not yet clear. roadway around 12:03 a.m. on has passed a version, the The student was taken to the school Saturday, July 7. House has passed a ver- Pictured with Billy Nettles, Congressman Neal Dunn, right, clinic while an ambulance was en route. Chrome was pronounced sion and now we have to observes the manufacturing process for sausage at Nettles Hosford said it was unclear at that dead at the scene by authori- have a conference commit- Sausage on U.S. 441. For the record, no one made any jokes time how severe the injuries were. comparing the procedure to that of crafting legislation. Here LEADS continued on 2A DUNN continued on 3A the sausage is being cured. STUDENT continued on 3A Vol. 143, No. 362 CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER (386) 752-1293 Opinion . 4A SUBSCRIBE TO Puzzles . 2B At the Spirit THE REPORTER: 90 72 Advice & Comics . 3B Jukebox Oldies, 5A. Voice: 755-5445 Fax: 752-9400 Chance of storms, 2A 2A TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2018 DAILY BRIEFING LAKE CITY REPORTER MAYOR Continued From 1A QUICK HITS Holston, 8, and a daughter, Scripture of the Day Presley, now 19. “He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not Fraizer is also a coach the Son of God hath not life.” for his son’s little league — 1 John 5:12 (KJV) football team. “We like the small town life,” Frazier said. Thought for Today In addition to continu- ing to run his business, There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented Frazier’s duties as mayor by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine. will primarily be adminis- — P. G. Wodehouse, 1881-1975, English writer trative, although if need be he will be able to break a tie when the council votes. The Winning Lottery Numbers council’s next scheduled Pick 3: (Sunday p.m.) 7-6-7 meeting is set for Tuesday, Pick 4: (Sunday p.m.) 5-7-5-0 September 4, when Frazier Fantasy 5: (Sunday) 2-4-15-23-31 will be sworn in. With respect to issues and priorities he plans to address as mayor, the first Correction concern Frazier mentioned Columbia High School running back Caleb Dixon was was water — both the misidentified in a caption on Page 1A of Sunday’s edition. town’s water system and We regret the error. the water quality itself. “Sometimes it has a smell to it and sometimes Submissions it’s colored,” he said. The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption Frazier spent a month information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would doing door-to-door cam- like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture paigning in Fort White. and information to Associate Editor Steve Wilson at “They more I talked, the [email protected]. more I found the same con- cerns I have are the same STEVE WILSON/Lake City Reporter as those in the communi- Ronnie Frazier, pictured with his wife Wendy, is looking forward to his new posi- Lake City Reporter ty,” he said. tion as mayor of Fort White, which he will assume on September 4. HOW TO REACH US BUSINESS.............. 754-0419 Main number ........ (386) 752-1293 Other concerns Frazier Fax number .............. 752-9400 CIRCULATION touched on include streets start listening again. We’re turnout in the history of Friday afternoon had Circulation ............... 755-5445 Home delivery of the Lake City Reporter and sidewalks, as well as ready for a change in Fort Fort White,” said Celia caused tree damage. 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