A3 + PLUS >> Man tries to frame landlord, say cops, Story below WRESTLING CHS HOOPS CHS sends More than just five to state a football town See Page 5A See Page 5A TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM COLUMBIA CITY ELEMENTARY ROBOTICS CORONAVIRUS Schools Today Jacksonville, on high alert for sickness 2 cases now reported in the Sunshine State. By CARL MCKINNEY [email protected] After Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday announced Florida has two “pre- sumptive positive” cases of coronavirus, Columbia County’s superintendent of schools said the School District is keeping careful track of the situation and consulting with local health officials. The two cases in Florida so far are in Manatee and Hillsborough counties. TRAVIS MEDEIROS/Special to the Reporter “We are continuing to monitor the virus with the Columbia County Health Department,” Columbia County Superintendent Lex Carswell told the Lake City tomorrow the world Reporter. “There are no reported cases in Columbia County. We encourage Worlds, rather, as local kids everyone to take every precaution to stay safe and qualify for int’l competition. healthy.” DeSantis issued an By CARL MCKINNEY executive order directing [email protected] state Surgeon General Scott Rivkees to declare a The lesser awards were all handed public health emergency as out, leaving only the first-place tro- TOP: Robotics Florida tries to control the phy up for grabs. No way a group of action Saturday spread of the contagious fourth and fifth graders were going in Jacksonville. disease, known as COVID- to take the top spot in a robotics com- The Columbia City 19. petition against middle schoolers, the Elementary robot- team thought. ics team won and VIRUS continued on 2A Guess again. is now headed to Columbia City Elementary’s an international Bolt Bots Robotics Team is head- championship in ed to Texas in April to compete in a world championship against Texas. LEFT: Xander Man tries tens of thousands of students from Satterfield and 70 countries, after dominating a Colten Mitchell to frame regional competition in Jacksonville adjust their team’s over the weekend. The event was robot, Captain Cart. landlord, held Saturday at the Prime Osborn The robotics team Convention Center competed against say cops Columbia City in Jacksonville, middle school Elementary’s featuring 60 teams students and still By CARL MCKINNEY Bolt Bots from Northeast came out on top. [email protected] Robotics Florida. BELOW: Sydney Team is head- “We were compet- A belligerent tenant tried Agner and Kenzie to fight — then frame — ed to Texas in ing with eighth-grad- Medeiros show off his landlord on Saturday, April for the ers, seventh-graders,” said fifth-grader the program that according to a Columbia world cham- Xander Satterfield. controls the CCE County Sheriff’s Office pionship of “That just made me team’s robot. report. robotics. very nervous, compet- The ing against older kids.” tenant, Accompanied by coach Kim Taylor, 61-year-old the team checked in at the venue Donald around 7 a.m. Kevin “We were really hyped to be there,” Photos by CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter Holcombe, said fifth-grader Weston Sparks. “We resisted arrest and didn’t expect to get first place.” Holcombe The competition consisted of three had to be challenges. “escorted to the ground,” Behind door No. 1, team members one deputy wrote. had to give a presentation to a panel Saturday evening, the of judges about an innovative solution Sheriff’s Office responded to a problem in their community. to Northwest Kenmore Their idea was a “smart cart” — a Glen, where dispatch said shopping cart with a button that can a battery may have taken alert store clerks when an elderly place between Holcombe or disabled customer requires assis- and his landlord, the tance. report states. Though it didn’t directly involve The landlord said the team’s robot, the exercise was no physical altercation meant to highlight the students’ capa- took place between him bilities for brainstorming and creative and Holcombe, but said problem solving. Holcombe was “extremely CCE continued on 3A FRAME continued on 2A Vol. 145, No. 253 CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER Opinion . 4A (386) 752-1293 Sports . 5A SUBSCRIBE TO Advice & Comics . 7A THE REPORTER: 78 61 Classified . 8A Voice: 755-5445 Mostly cloudy, 2A Fax: 752-9400 WWWWW 2A TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020 LOCAL LAKE CITY REPORTER Impala flips, hits pole; driver killed QUICK HITS A Lake City man died Gary Stone, 55, was 2001 Chevy skyward, a the release stated. Scripture of the Day late Friday when his headed north when news release said. The car The release said it was “But he knoweth the way that I take: when he Impala went airborne he missed a left curve hit the ground, flipped and not clear if Stone was wear- then struck a light pole on approaching U.S. 41 at hit the pole, coming to rest ing a seat belt. hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. My County Road 25A, accord- 11:26 p.m. and ran into a on its passenger side. foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, ing to FHP. railroad bed, sending his Alcohol was not a factor, — Staff report and not declined.” — Job 23:10-11 (KJV) name, age and gender much alcohol he’d con- Thought for Today VIRUS were not released, sought FRAME sumed, Holcombe began A man who has never made a woman angry is a Continued From 1A health care and will remain Continued From 1A yelling obscenities, failure in life. — Christopher Morley, 1890-1957, U.S. isolated until cleared by including a sexual slur, author (“The Trojan Horse”) “I have been working public-health officials. intoxicated” and had been and insisted that law with federal partners and “The Florida Department causing problems with enforcement no longer our Department of Health of Health is working close- other tenants, according needed to be present, Winning Lottery Numbers to ensure that communities ly with the patient, their to the report. the report states. are ready to handle the close contacts and health Holcombe began behav- Holcombe was told to Pick 3: (Sunday p.m.) 2-1-4 challenges presented by care providers to isolate ing aggressively toward go back inside his home Pick 4: (Sunday p.m.) 4-0-1-7 COVID-19,” DeSantis said and monitor persons who him, the landlord said. and not bother the neigh- Fantasy 5: (Sunday) 11-12-15-16-21 in a prepared statement. may have been exposed to The landlord reportedly bors further, according to “The dedicated profession- COVID-19 and implement put his hand out to block the report. als at our county health testing of anyone who Holcombe from approach- The deputy was pre- See an error? departments, as well as may develop COVID-19 ing any closer and told paring to inform the land- The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news those working at local symptoms, including fever, Holcombe to return home. lord of the plot to frame items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, medical providers, are well cough, or shortness of When a deputy him for battery when please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will equipped to address these breath,” a department news approached Holcombe’s Holcombe emerged once run in this space. Thanks for reading. and future cases.” release said. home, Holcombe and again from the home and The cases in Manatee The Hillsborough another tenant could be began screaming more and Hillsborough counties County case involves an heard discussing what obscenities. Submissions are the first in Florida, as adult with a history of to tell law enforcement, The deputy warned The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption the virus has spread to traveling to Italy, which according to the report. Holcombe to comply, but information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would dozens of countries after is under a travel warn- They claimed the land- it fell on deaf ears. like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture starting in China. The first ing from the Centers lord, without provocation, Holcombe was then and information to the editor: [email protected]. U.S. death from the disease for Disease Control and punched Holcombe in the “escorted to the ground,” was reported Saturday in Prevention because of an face, the report states. according to the report. Washington state. outbreak of the respiratory Holcombe yelled his After Holcombe contin- The Manatee County illness. The Hillsborough version of events to a ued to resist and ignored Lake City Reporter case involves an adult who County patient is isolated deputy. another warning, the dep- HOW TO REACH US ADVERTISING does not have a history and will remain so until uty used a taser to gain Main number ....... 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