Haven's 40Th Holds Special Meaning for Rep. Brannan
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A3 + PLUS >> Strong month for housing, Story below LOCAL HEALTH LC Garden Peppermint’s Club regaled big benefits See Page 5A See Page 6A WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2019 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Sherry Croft, Haven’s 40th holds special Haven Care Center clinical team leader, shows state Rep. meaning for Rep. Brannan Chuck Brannan (far right) the Haven facility as At Tuesday ceremony, ing in law enforcement at the the loss and trying to come time and was married to a to terms with his new real- his staff mem- speaks of loved ones. teacher in the Baker County ity that he was visited with bers Dan Hartley School District. In November another round of suffering. In and Staz Guntek By TONY BRITT of that year, she died in a car December, his grandmother, [email protected] look on during crash, and Brannan was left to Marie Dees Hickson, who was a tour Tuesday For state Rep. Chuck raise their 12-year-old son by about 90 years old and suffer- morning. Brannan, 2007 was a year of himself. great adversity. He was work- It was while coping with HAVEN continued on 2A TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter TOYS FOR TOTS DOWNTOWN Lots more Bar fight kids need ends in help this jail for season Requests for assistance couple have more than doubled compared to last year. He hit cop in brawl, she got in officers’ By TONY BRITT way, LCPD reports. [email protected] In 2018 Toys For Tots for By MICHAEL PHILIPS Columbia and Suwannee [email protected] counties provided toys for 1,739 children that met A Lake City man involved in a program eligibility require- fight at a downtown bar Friday ments. night tried to flee the scene, This year the local orga- only to be cap- nization has received more tured by officers than double the number of in the parking applications. TONY BRITT/LCR lot and arrest- “A lot of that has to do with just word of mouth get- ABOVE: Inga Dwyer, ed, local cops ting out,” said Inga Dwyer, local Toys For Tots say. As an added Coordinator for Toys For coordinator, poses punitive mea- Tots for Columbia and with a stack of stuffed Dejesus sure, the mother Suwannee counties. “We animals at the agen- of his children have become an organization cy’s office Tuesday arrived to give that’s staying in this area, so morning. LEFT: Two him a piece of people are now coming to co-ed softball teams her mind, only us for the assistance. With that competed in the to take it too far this many applicants coming and end up get- in, there’s such a need for Toys For Tots softball ting arrested as the toys. With that many fundraiser are pic- well, according toys being needed, we need tured after Saturday’s Carryer the community on board — games, which raised to a report from we’ve got to have them on more than $2,000. the Lake City Police Department. At about 11:20 p.m. Friday, TOYS continued on 3A an LCPD officer arrived at the Tavern, 281 N Marion Ave., responding to a call about a fight in progress. Upon arrival, the offi- October strong month for local housing market cer saw a group of people crowd- ed around two men engaged in a Everything’s up but inventory, based on sales figures from the sales from the same period last The housing market here is so verbal altercation. Soon after, he local real estate official says. Florida Realtors Association. year, is nothing but positive. hot it could surpass the record saw a punch thrown. The officer “Everything is positive,” said Sale prices are up, dollar vol- number of single family home then grabbed one of the two men, By TONY BRITT Dan Gherna, Lake City Board ume is on the rise, percent of sales from 2018. The only thing Thomas Jordan Dejesus, of SW [email protected] of Realtors executive vice presi- original list price received is hindering it is the lack of avail- Cannon Creek Drive, placing him dent. “It looks really good.” up, median time to contract is able inventory to sell. in a headlock, the report said. The Columbia County hous- The October report, which down and median time to sell ing market had a great October, compares single family home is down. HOUSING continued on 2A FIGHT continued on 2A Vol. 145 No. 179 Obituaries . 3A CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER (386) 752-1293 Opinion . 4A SUBSCRIBE TO Sports . 1B COMEBACK WIN FOR CHS THE REPORTER: 70 42 Advice & Comics . 3B Girls overcome halftime deficit to dump Gainesville in hoops, 1B. 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There must be $25 in the checking account after all transactions post transferred savings account during nightly processing for the even-up posting to occur. 2A WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2019 LOCAL LAKE CITY REPORTER OCTOBER QUICK HITS Scripture of the Day Strong month for home sales “Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of “Prices may seem high to tract quicker. Last month there were thy countenance.” — Psalm 89:15 (KJV) HOUSING people around here, but In October 2018 the only 53 new listings, up Continued From 1A they’re anything but to median time to contract was 1.9% from October 2018 Thought for Today people coming over. We 74 days and last month the when there were 52 new Last month closed sales get agents coming over median time to contract had listings. Love is the difficult realization that something other were up 14.6% with 47 from Jacksonville wanting been reduced by 52.7% to 35 Last month there were 84 than oneself is real. sales, compared to 41 last to show the days. units of pending inventory, — Iris Murdoch, 1919-1999, Irish author October. property as ‘October was There which is an increase from In addition, the number well.” phenomenal,’ said were 60 October 2018 when there of buyers who paid in cash Last Dan Gherna, Lake City new pend- were 73 units. Winning Lottery Numbers grew 100%, going from nine month the Board of Realtors execu- ing sales Last month there were Pick 3: (Monday p.m.) 1-8-0 buyers in October 2018 to median sale tive vice president. ‘Every last month, 182 active listings, while in Pick 4: (Monday p.m.) 3-5-2-5 18 last month. price of a month seems to be up 57% from October 2018 there were Fantasy 5: (Monday) 2-4-20-33-34 “October was phenome- single family getting better.’ last October 226, a reduction of roughly nal,” Gherna said. “Every home was when there 19.5 percent. month seems to be getting $175,000, up were 38 new The supply of inventory See an error? better.” 16.7% from October 2018, pending sales. for last month was down to The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news Columbia County is also when it was $150,000. “There is a demand and 3.7 months, down from 4.4 items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, seeing a different kind of The average sale price there’s not a lot of inven- months in October 2018. please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will transformation. of a single family home tory,” Gherna said, noting “It’s very much a seller’s run in this space. Thanks for reading. “We’ve become a des- was $157,764 in October that he believes the low market,” Gherna said, not- tination point for people 2018, but was $190,357 last inventory is causing some ing there have been 514 that are looking in other month, an increase of 20.7%. people to purchase now sales this year and the cur- areas — they’re discov- People purchasing because they realize there rent record is 598. “I don’t Submissions The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption ering Columbia County’s homes were also able to are so many other buyers in know if we’re going to hit information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you low prices,” Gherna said. get their homes under con- the market for homes. 598, but we could. would like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture and information to Robert Bridges at rbridges@ lakecityreporter.com. Brannan would never for- where it was hard for us 1,500 people annually. HAVEN get how Haven saw to the to care for her. For her to Brannan and several comfort of his mom even be taken care of and rest other visitors toured the Lake City Reporter Continued From 1A while she wore a veil of comfortably and for us to facility following the brief ing from dementia, passed confusion.