A1 + PLUS >> Flirting with disaster at LSHA, Opinion/4A RACING LOCAL Season opens at FFA Week All-Tech Raceway observed See Page 1B See Page 3A WEEKEND EDITION FRIDAY & SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 & 24, 2018 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM HOSPITAL LONG MAY IT WAVE BOARD 73 years later, local Marines reflect on iconic image LSHA Today wants Live theater part- High Springs Playhouse is hosting “Arsenic and Old Lace,” a dark comedy, time through Sunday. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the play begins at 8 on Friday and Saturday. chief A Sunday matinee will be performed at 2 p.m. Nixes plan to scrap and the doors open at position altogether. 1:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at www. highspringsplayhouse. By CARL MCKINNEY com. The theater is [email protected] located on Highway 27 South, two blocks south The position soon to of the Great Outdoors be vacated by Lake Shore Restaurant in High Hospital Authority Executive Springs. Director Jack Berry has been down- Saturday graded to Celebrating dogs a part-time “Wuffstock,” a role. celebration of dogs, The LSHA will be held from 7 Berry Board of a.m. to 4 p.m. at Darby Trustees on Pavilion in downtown AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal Thursday voted to re-adver- Lake City. There will be In this Feb. 23, 1945 file photo, U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American tise the position as a part-time contests and events for flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan. one and throw out all current all sizes and breeds of applications, marking a fresh friendly dogs. For more ‘Every time you look at it, information, visit www. you see the brave men who LSHA continued on 2A CovenantPetTrust.org/ fought in that conflict.’ WuffStock. By CARL MCKINNEY SCSO: Black tie affair [email protected] The Greater Lake City Community Development Association will hold its Courage and commitment are 13th annual black tie affair what come to mind when Jim $6,000 — “Red Carpet Night of Kennedy sees the iconic image of Elegance” — at 6 p.m. the Stars and Stripes flying over in stolen at the Columbia County Iwo Jima. Fairgrounds Exhibition Today is the 73rd anniversa- Hall. For ticket info, call ry of the Pulitzer Prize-winning steel sold 386-752-9785. photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal showing six Marines for $22 hoisting the American flag on Sunday Mount Suribachi, which was By CARL MCKINNEY snapped as a battle for control AP Photo/David Guttenfelder [email protected] Living history of the island raged on in the American dog tags and other military memorabilia rest on top of Chautauqua performer background. a monument in 2008, marking the point where U.S. Marines raised A Wellborn man was Ersula Knox-Odom U.S. forces had already bom- the flag over Iwo Jima on Mount Suribachi. arrested Wednesday for will portray educator, barded Iwo Jima for days when stealing $6,000 worth of steel philanthropist, civil rights the flag went up, and it took All but two of the men in the Kennedy said. fence posts — and trading activist and founder of Florida’s Bethune- another 31 days for them to gain photo died during the battle. “It’s a big part of the Marine them for $22, according Cookman University, Dr. control of the island. “Every time you look at it, you heritage,” he said. to the Suwannee County Mary McLeod Bethune, “It represents perseverance,” see the brave men who fought in Dale Condy, another veteran Sheriff’s Office. at 2 p.m. at Columbia said Kennedy, 68, of Lake City, that conflict,” he said. from Lake City who served in the Farris Dean Gregory, 52, County Public Library’s who served during Vietnam. Major bases such as Quantico Marine Corps during Vietnam, drove to a property on 184th Main Branch. For more, “The Marine Corps can accom- and Parris Island prominently fea- call 386-758-2101 plish any feat.” ture statues depicting the scene, FLAG continued on 2A STEEL continued on 2A Vol. 143, No. 235 Obituary . 3A CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER (386) 752-1293 Opinion . 4A Faith & Values . 5-6A FAITH AND VALUES SUBSCRIBE TO Billy Graham, God’s servant, 5A. THE REPORTER: 81 61 TV guide . 2B Voice: 755-5445 Chance of rain, 2A Advice & Comics . 3-4B Fax: 752-9400 NORTHSIDE MOTORS, INC. wac “IN GOD WE TRUST” 48 months 0% Patty Register 386-961-9100 1974 E. Duval St. Lake City, FL 32055 3-5 Year Warranty – Complete Service in House A3 2A FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2018 DAILY BRIEFING LAKE CITY REPORTER Local governments wary of ‘broad QUICK HITS language’ in House’s tax package Scripture of the Day "For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to By JIM TURNER Kate MacFall, the Humane Society's we need to look at statewide, and in every one that believeth." The News Service of Florida Florida state director, argued the mea- some cases federal, preemption.” — Romans 10:4 (KJV) sure would eliminate rules that about Florida Retail Federation lobbyist TALLAHASSEE — A $350 million 60 governments have on pet-breeding Melissa Ramba also argued that local tax package moved forward Thursday facilities. ordinances banning sales of select Thought for Today in the House, but local governments “If this were to pass, it would items create problems for business are fighting parts of the bill that they allow stores to source from inhu- owners. Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the say could lift restrictions on “puppy mane breeders, puppy mills, that keep “Address the bigger problem, not home except true love. mills” and adult entertainment estab- animals in conditions that pet-loving the sale of cats and dogs. A retailer — Billy Graham lishments. Floridians would find appalling and should be able to sell any legal retail The House Appropriations unacceptable,” MacFall said. product in Florida,” Ramba told the Committee voted 18-7 to advance Some lawmakers said the package committee. “The ordinances that local the wide-ranging package (SB 7087), should be slowed until decisions are governments pass only support online Winning Lottery Numbers which includes offering sales-tax made about the Legislature’s intended sales. They do not support your local Pick 3: (Thursday evening) 0-8-7 “holidays,” providing some post-Hur- response to the Feb. 14 mass shooting business. You can still order a dog Pick 4: (Thursday evening) 3-9-7-6 ricane Irma tax relief and reducing a at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High online and pick it up at the airport, Pick 5: (Thursday evening) 1-6-9-4-9 commercial lease tax. School in Parkland, along with related even though you may have an ordi- The package has run into controver- costs. nance that may ban the sale of cats sy as city and county officials object to “Until we know what we’re doing and dogs.” See an error? what they consider overly broad pre- the next three weeks, The overall tax package features The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news emption language that would prohibit I’m not doing any- a series of sales tax “holidays’ on items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, local bans on the sales of any goods thing,” said Rep. Jared back-to-school items and hurricane please call the editor. Corrections and clarications will subject to sales taxes. Moskowitz, a Coral supplies and offers an 18 percent run in this space. Thanks for reading. Edward Labrador, a lobbyist for Springs Democrat reduction in penalties for non-criminal Broward County, said preemptions and a graduate of the traffic infractions — such as speeding typically are designed to address a school where 17 peo- within 30 mph over the posted limit Submissions The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption specific issue and noted the House ple were killed. — if motorists attend driver-improve- Renner information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would proposal would have tied Broward’s Rep. Jason ment school. like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture hands in the past when it outlawed Brodeur, R-Sanford, Former State Rep. Irv Slosberg and information to associate editor Justin Caudell at synthetic drugs called “bath salts.” expressed concerns about aspects of expressed concern that the 18 per- [email protected]. “We acted before the state did, and the preemption. But he said he was cent reduction in non-criminal traffic if this provision had been in place, we willing to work with bill sponsor Rep. tickets would roll back some of the wouldn’t have been able to deal with Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, to tighten traffic-safety efforts he pushed while Lake City Reporter that issue,” Labrador said. the language to address adult book in the House. 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