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A3 + PLUS >> On complimenting kids, Opinion/4A CWS TRACK & FIELD FSU faces Girls athlete Texas Tech of the year See Page 1B See Page 1B THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM ORLANDO RE-ELECTION RALLY Armed EMTs 3A on the COURTESY PHOTOS p g way? Locals helped make Trum ’s ni ht New law will allow it — but only under limited conditions. By CARL MCKINNEY [email protected] Paramedics in Florida will soon be allowed to carry guns in high-risk situations — if they’re embedded in a special team with law enforcement. The change is a wel- come one, says a Columbia County elect- ed official with a separate career as a first Witt responder. Toby Witt is both a Columbia County commissioner and director of emergency medical services for Hamilton County, where paramedics have recently been incorporated into a tactical law enforcement team. A new law going into effect July 1 will give ARMED continued on 2A Sharpening their minds at summer STEM camp By TONY BRITT [email protected] Swimming and enjoying the outdoors are fun ways for kids to pass the time during summer vacation. But for the past two years, industrious children — looking to retain the knowledge they garnered in the previous school year and give themselves a leg up for the next — have been attending STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) camps. The Columbia County School HUNTER PEELER/Special to the Reporter District is hosting the camps, The Amway Center in Orlando was a sea of red as President Donald Trump kicked off his 2020 re-election campaign Tuesday which are free and run Monday night. TOP RIGHT: Lake City residents Hunter Peeler (from left), Shelbie Raulerson, Colby Holton and Stephen Pilkington wait to through Thursday, at Eastside Elementary School, Summers take their seats at the rally Tuesday night. TOP LEFT: Locals Amber Taylor (left) and daughter Lindsey Langston are seen amidst a crowd of about 20,000 cheering supporters. Story, 3A. STEM continued on 2A Vol. 145, No. 70 CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER (386) 752-1293 Obituaries . 3A Calendar . 5A COMMUNITY CALENDAR SUBSCRIBE TO Sports . 1B Big weekend of events ahead, 5A THE REPORTER: 90 74 Voice: 755-5445 Advice & Comics . 3B Fax: 752-9400 Scattered storms 2A THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019 LOCAL LAKE CITY REPORTER STEM CAMPS QUICK HITS Staying sharp all summer Scripture of the Day “Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine STEM iniquities.” — Psalm 51:9 (KJV) Continued From 1A Thought for Today Elementary School, Fort White Elementary School, A man’s errors are his portals of discovery. Fort White High School — James Joyce, 1882-1941, Irish writer (middle school), Lake City Middle School, Richardson Sixth Grade Academy and Melrose Park Elementary Winning Lottery Numbers School. At camps, students dis- Pick 3: (Tuesday p.m.) 8-1-7 sect plants and animals, Pick 4: (Tuesday p.m.) 1-4-9-5 learn about the solar sys- Fantasy 5: (Tuesday) 5-13-22-24-31 tem and gain important skills that will come in handy in the future. See an error? Jamaul Thomas, Melrose The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news Park Elementary School items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, STEM camp director, said please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will the school’s camp is aver- run in this space. Thanks for reading. aging about 100 students Photos by TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter per day. The STEM camp Robert Maxwell (from left) and Joshua Cason, are helped by Ashlynn Vaughn as is for pre-schoolers up to they paint a planet during STEM camp at Melrose Park Elementary School. rising fifth-graders. Submissions The camp is designed June 10, will end the week This week the school had related professional come The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption to meet different needs for of July 24. (The camps will an engineer from NASA every week and do a pre- information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would students in different age be closed during the week speak to the students. His sentation for the kids,” like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture groups. of July 4.) presentation included pho- Thomas said. and information to Robert Bridges: rbridges@lakecityreporter. For the younger chil- The camps, which are tos of him working on a Dawn Odum, the school com. dren, from three years old federally funded to the space shuttle. Last week a district’s federal projects to kindergarten, the camp’s tune of $230,000, provide high school teacher came program specialist, said assigned activities help pre- a lot of hands-on learning out and helped students dis- there are approximately Lake City Reporter pare them for school. and exposure to applicable sect fetal pigs. 400 students countywide HOW TO REACH US BUSINESS ........... 754-0419 The camps, which began practices. “We try to have a STEM- attending the camps. Main number ....... 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([email protected]) Home delivery rates “What were trying to (Tuesday–Friday and Sunday) NEWS 4 Weeks . $10.70 do is give students an Editor Robert Bridges ... 754-0428 12 Weeks . $31.67 extended learning oppor- ([email protected]) 24 Weeks . .$54.14 tunity that’s fun, hands-on 52 Weeks . .$88.81 ADVERTISING problem-solving activities,” Rates include 7% sales tax. Ad. Dir. Chris Ratliff ..... 754-0417 Adkins said. “The empha- ([email protected]) Mail rates sis is hands-on, there is no 12 Weeks . $41.40 Zoe Young (from left), E’mari Morris and Promise Spencer look at a video while exer- book work.” CLASSIFIED 24 Weeks . .$82.80 cising at the Melrose Park Elementary School STEM camp Wednesday afternoon. To place a classified ad ... 755-5440 52 Weeks . .$179.40 a Sheriff’s Office tactical Other conditions are out- THE WEATHER ARMED operations team about six lined in the text of the legis- Continued From 1A months ago, Witt said. lation, House Bill 487. 20 Thu 21 Fri 22 Sat 23 Sun 24 Mon These teams are typical- In order to carry a gun, Scattered Mostly Partly Partly Partly him an extra layer of securi- ly used to serve warrants a paramedic has to already T-storms Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy ty on dangerous missions. to particularly dangerous possess a concealed weap- “It’s been needed a long people, Witt said, but they ons permit and complete time,” Witt said. “It defi- may be deployed in other safety training, plus annu- nitely makes me feel better high-risk scenarios such as al firearms and tactical HI 90 LO 74 HI 94 LO 77 HI 95 LO 75 HI 94 LO 74 HI 95 LO 75 knowing that I’m no longer training. an unarmed guy going into ‘They’re learning Witt said the law strikes a REGIONAL FORECAST MAP for Thursday, Jun. 20 an armed situation. 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