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We Insure HOMES Jane DiLoreto Hurricane Season Agency June 1 -November 30 215-2121 Be prepared 3701193-01 THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 WWW.CLAYTODAYONLINE.COM VOLUME 47, NO. 23 75¢ Failed robber charged with attempted murder Suspect shot 4 times Cove Springs, on June 3 following the By Gregory A. Phillips Staff Writer June 2 shootout in Orange Park. Lee ORANGE PARK – A Green Cove Springs also faces one count man who survived a shootout with police each of discharging a on Monday is in custody where he faces a weapon into an occu- charge of attempting to kill a law enforce- pied vehicle, posses- Jarvis Lee ment of cer. sion of a rearm by a The Orange Park Police Department STAFF PHOTO BY GREGORY A. PHILLIPS charged Jarvis Tyrone Lee, 27, of Green SEE ROBBERY, 2 Jarvis Lee’s chase with Orange Park Police ended on Park Avenue after he was shot four times. Residents concerned about toll road, routes New evacuation By Eric Cravey maps could mean Managing Editor OAKLEAF – Russell Gautreaux recently learned a tough lesson about how slowly changes for Clay the wheels of government turn when he un- By Debra W. Buehn earthed a 1950s-era state map showing the Correspondent intersection of Interstate 10 and State Road 23. GREEN COVE SPRINGS – Clay County emergen- His ‘aha moment’ arrived when he read cy planners are rolling out a new set of evacu- the words “Future Toll Road” printed on the ation maps and zones – the rst in nearly a de- map alongside the thoroughfare that has, cade – for the 2014 hurricane season. for years, been referred to as Branan Field- The new data, which provides for not just the Chafee Road, or State Road 23. wind speed and direction of a hurricane, also Fast forward to May 28 when Gautreaux, takes into account the storm surge and fresh wa- a Florida Department of Transportation ter ooding that can cause tremendous threats maintenance engineer based in Jackson- to residents and property, said John Ward, STAFF PHOTO BY ERIC CRAVEY ville, is placed in a room with more than 200 Oakleaf residents asked FDOT about tolls and alternate routes to escape paying them. deputy director of Clay County Emergency Man- Oakleaf area residents who want to know agement. The result of improved technology, the how the soon- to-be reality toll road – now he gured it wasn’t going to cost him as road met May 28 at an open house information comes from the National Hurricane dubbed the First Coast Expressway – will much as he thought.” designed to eld questions about the Center and FEMA. impact their lives when completed. Gautreaux and other of cials in- project. Held at the OakLeaf Village “This is much more re ned than what we “One man basically changed his mind volved in the massive 7.3-mile, $84.8 Club Room, the four-hour event was used to have,” Ward said. here today,” Gautreaux said. “After we talked million project to build Northeast Flor- The new technology goes so far as to detail about the tolls and he did some calculations, ida’s long-awaited and rst-ever toll SEE ROAD, 28 SEE EVACUATE, 11 The best deals! •New Vehicles •Pre-Owned •Service & Body Shop SAVE $140 INSERTS USA WEEKEND NEWS AMERICA COUPONS gordonchevy.com • 1166 BLANDING BLVD. CHAMBER IN MOTION MAYHUGHS HOME DEPOT GEICO 2 CLAY TODAY • June 5, 2014 COMMUNITY CLAYTODAYONLINE.COM ‘Fizz, Boom, Read’ greets kids and summer By Mike Ford science, as it relates to children, serves to Tuesdays with Terri c and Scienti c, which Correspondent reinforce the school system’s efforts when will feature outside presenters such as classes are in session. those who will bring various reptiles and GREEN COVE SPRINGS – When school “The main reason we do this program- people from the Wings of Dreams Aviation lets out for the summer, Clay County’s ming is to prevent what some have called Museum in Keystone Heights. younger residents have time to invest in ‘summer slide.’ We want to keep kids on- “We’re trying to bring in presenters recreation and nearly anything else they track and libraries are the educational who will give the kids cultural experiences might want to become involved with. To backstop,” Parker said. because it might be dif cult for some fami- help give them structure and keep their An event is planned for every day of lies to get up to Jacksonville and some kids minds busy, Clay County Public Libraries the week except Sunday during the pro- may not be otherwise exposed to some of are providing a summer reading program gram. Duncan said her branch will show these different things,” Parker said. that will arm them with much more than movies for all ages on Mondays, followed Duncan said the program typically just books. by various games on Tuesdays. While this draws fewer high school students than Offering a wide variety of events beyond includes video games, it will also include elementary-age children, but 50 teenag- storytime for little ones, the program for card games and board games. Kelly Bohan- ers turned out last summer. She said most kids of all ages will run from June 9-July nan is the children’s services supervisor teens don’t know the library has offerings 19 at each branch. Special guests who at the Fleming Island branch. She says that would interest them. Unless they are bring animals, such as lizards and snakes, like other activities, game day makes the working, though, teens may want to know as well as others who perform magic, bal- summer reading program interactive in a the movies the library will show are all loon-twisting, music and more will rotate way that embraces the whole family be- new. Bohannan said the library at Flem- between the branch locations, but the pro- cause kids can play board games with their ing Island will show movies on Fridays and gram schedules will vary at each of them. CLAY TODAY FILE grandparents. She also encourages grand- she is intentional about showing new lms Jennifer Parker, manager of the Green Cove Nonetheless, reading is the focus. Kids Springs branch library, and her sta are parents to accompany kids to the library to because it is expensive for families to go will be asked to set goals and track their reading to share the 2014 Summer Reading hear local musicians. to the movies these days, while the library reading through the summer. The books program with Clay County students. “We have several music performers and can show them without a box of ce charge and events will tie into a science and en- we like to schedule those events because after the movies are released on DVD and gineering theme, including the chemistry statement. If we have a Doctor Who party, schools often don’t teach music anymore Blu-ray. that makes things zz and go “boom.” for example, we use that as an incentive because of a lack of funding,” she said. For a complete list of each branch’s Virginia Duncan leads the children’s to get them to read by reading Doctor Who The branches will conduct various sto- program schedule, visit the library’s web programs in Orange Park. She says sum- books,” she said. “So, not only does it keep rytime events for different age groups. In site by using the search words “Clay Coun- mer reading is designed to intellectually- them out of trouble, but it provides the in- Orange Park, there will be pre-school and ty Public Library” or go directly to www. stimulate children while on their summer tellectual stimulation and vocabulary skills baby storytime on Fridays, while the Green ccpl.lib. .us and click on the link to down- break from school. the schools focus on.” Cove Springs branch will have storytellers load the schedule from the home page. “Reading sparks their interest in read- Jennifer Parker, the branch manager come to the library for Sleepy Storytime on ing for pleasure and that’s our mission in Green Cove Springs, agrees that library Monday evenings. That will be followed on driven by Lee, who was struck each time. “Lee entered the business with his face Robbery covered and displayed a handgun. They from page 1 [employees] either hit an alarm or called us and gave us a vehicle description. That’s convicted felon and aggravated eeing. when our of cers saw [the vehicle] and be- Prior to being booked into the Clay gan pursuit,” said Gary Goble, OPPD police County Jail on Tuesday, Lee was listed in chief. critical condition at UF Health hospital in In a media brie ng, Goble said he did Jacksonville where he was airlifted after not think Grant acted inappropriately in the police chase and shootout that ended shooting Lee. on Park Avenue. Police shut down traf c “I can con rm FDLE is investigating on Park Avenue from the time of the crash this of cer-involved shooting. The inves- until 4:15 p.m. on Monday and re-routed tigation is active and in the early stag- drivers to Plain eld Avenue and River es. Our role is to determine the facts of Road. the shooting and once we have done that, Lee was shot four times by Orange agents will turn over their information to Park Police Department Sgt. Joel Grant, 9:48 a.m. on Monday morning. However, was struck, but no one was injured. the State Attorney’s Of ce. The State At- the agency’s rst of cer-involved shoot- his robbery was interrupted by Orange Upon intersecting with Park Avenue, torney’s Of ce will determine whether or ing since April 2007.

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