WEEKEND EDITION FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MAY 9-10, 2014 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Pipeline moving west Latest route avoids planned locations underneath the See pipeline map, 6A. Central Florida interconnection May 9 Ichetucknee and Santa Fe rivers, hub in Osceola County. more sensitive areas following concerns it could have previous location that would’ve “The pipeline alignment was Ribbon Cutting beneath Santa Fe. adverse effects on the local geog- taken it through Three Rivers originally proposed to be co-lo- The Chamber of raphy. Estates. cated adjacent to an electric trans- Commerce will hold a By STEVEN RICHMOND Spokesperson Andrea Grover The goal of the Sabal Trail mission easement and cross the ribbon cutting ceremony [email protected] said the new “preferred loca- interstate pipeline system, an Ichetucknee River,” Sabal Trail for Applebee’s at 2893 US tion” of the pipeline will be along estimated $3 billion joint venture said in November. Highway 90 on Monday, Developers are focusing their what’s known as the Gilchrist between Spectra Energy Corp. However, public response indi- May 5 at 10:30 p.m. RSVP efforts on relocating a pro- Westerly Deviation, an alternate and Next Era Energy, Inc., is cated the Ichetucknee was “a to 386-752-3690. posed 474-mile natural gas pipe- path that would bring the pipe- to connect natural gas resources line farther west from original line roughly 2.6 miles west of a in western Alabama to a new PIPELINE continued on 6A Fundraiser The Knights of Columbus along with CARC board members will have their annual Tootsie Roll drive May 9 and 10 at Winn Inmate Dixie. All funds will be used locally. A donation is wel- come even if you don’t want caught to purchase candy. DIGGING IN Lake City Medical Center to in Jax May 10 begin $9 million expansion. CHS ‘55 Reunion The CHS Class of 1955 is having its 59th Reunion on Saturday, May 10 at the Lake City Garden and Woman’s Club, 257 SE Hernando Ave. The event starts at 2:30 p.m. Call 386-752-0823. ‘49-’53 reunion The CHS classes of 1949-1953 will hold a class reunion on Saturday, May 10 at 11:30 a.m. at Mason COURTESY JSO City Community Center. A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Out of town members need Photos by JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter deputy takes Steven Roberts only to bring themselves. Lake City Medial Center staff and local dignitaries dig their shovels into the future site of the new catheter lab during a into custody Thursday. Locals should bring a cov- ground-breaking ceremony Thursday morning. ered dish. Drinks and place Escapee crawled settings will be provided. through county This is an open reunion City, county incentives based on jobs added. and any class member is jail’s ductwork. welcome. Call 752-7544 By SARAH LOFTUS with questions. [email protected] By STEVEN RICHMOND Yard Sale Lake City Medical Center broke [email protected] Falling Creek Chapel, ground Thursday on a $9 million 1290 NW Falling Creek expansion and renovation proj- An escaped inmate fac- Road, will host their annual ect that will bring jobs and better ing charges in a string of yard sale on Saturday, May health care. unusual drug-related bur- 10 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain A new catheter lab will be built, glaries was captured by or shine. Call Gail Swart at this one physically connected to Jacksonville deputies, JSO 386-292-1985 for more. the rest of the hospital. The current reports. cath lab stands about 100 feet away. Steven Alexander Driven to Give By bringing the lab in-house, the Roberts, 42, of Jacksonville, 30 Moore Lincoln will hospital can start doing stenting, escaped through the hold a “Driven to Give” said Jill Adams, the CFO and COO ductwork of the Columbia event at Fort White High at LCMC. County Detention Facility School, 17828 SW St. Road The emergency room is also sometime Tuesday night 47, on Saturday, May 10 being expanded to twice its current or Wednesday morning, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Test size, making it the largest emer- CCSO said. drive a new Lincoln vehi- gency room in Columbia, Hamilton Mark Robinson, Lake City Medical Center CEO, shows LCMC CFO Jill Adams According to a press cle and Rountree Moore and Suwanee counties with 22 beds, (left) and Dennille Decker, Lake City-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce release from JSO, Roberts will donate $20 to the Fort Adams said. executive director, plans for the expansion of the hospital’s emergency room, was apprehended by dep- White High organization Funding for the project, known which will consist of 7,340 square feet of new construction and 7,500 square uties and U.S. Marshals on of your choice for a total until Thursday only as Project feet of renovations. The hospital will also build a new catheter lab. The old the 7200 block of Crane of 300 test drives ($6,000). Breeze, is coming from the hos- catheter lab will be turned into office space for doctors. Avenue in Jacksonville Plus, take an additional test pital’s corporate operator, Health sometime before 12:06 drive in the Lincoln MKX Care Corporation of America, would provide $7.5 million in cap- first phase is the only phase. p.m. Thursday. and earn another $20 for up Adams said. Initially, the hospital ital investments, and the second The county and city will each “He did not resist to 100 test drives ($2,000). was going to provide $29.8 million would provide the rest of the $29.8 provide money to the hospital for arrest,” said JSO Public in capital improvements from the million. However, the county and each job it creates once the project Information Officer Yard Sale project, and the county and city city both rejected it. Foreman said is completed. It must create 10 jobs Melissa Bujeda. “He was The Women’s Ministry were each going to provide con- they only like to provide money for within the first year of the project’s inside of an apartment. Sewing Circle rescheduled struction grants as well as incen- projects in the immediate future, completion and will be paid for There are no additional their yard sale to Saturday, tives, said attorney Joel Foreman so they agreed to the first phase, each subsequent job up to a total of charges. He was not in the May 10 from 8 a.m. to of the Economic Development in which they’ll provide incentives 40 jobs within the next two years. process of committing an noon. It will take place at Advisory Board. to the hospital for its $7.5 million Each job must pay an annual salary illegal act besides being an Shiloh Baptist Church. But the hospital’s corporate in capital improvements, but chose of $42,486 or 125 percent of the escapee.” Reserve your space for $15 office came back with a two-phase not to provide construction grants. by calling Jean McGee at plan. The first phase of the project Foreman said in his mind, the LCMC continued on 6A ROBERTS continued on 6A 352-316-4237. May 11 Marijuana market sparking ‘green’ rush Mother’s Day Lunch Camp Weed is hosting might be authorized by voters in The bill that passed last week a Mother’s Day lunch on Pot-related entrepreneurs setting November. would help patients get access to Sunday, May 11 at their their sights on the Sunshine State. “Florida’s a super-interesting a strain of marijuana that is high White Lake Yacht Dinner market for us because of the in cannabidiol (CBD) and low in Club in the Varn Dining By DARA KAM rush before the bill has even been potential size of it in the future. euphoria-inducing tetrahydrocan- Hall, 11057 Camp Weed The News Service of Florida signed into law. But this is a great way to get start- nabinol (THC). Parents of chil- Place in Live Oak. Cost for Pot-related business owners ed and we certainly don’t want dren with a severe form of epilepsy adults is $14.95; cost for TALLAHASSEE — State law- from outside the state are less to miss the opportunity,” said believe the substance dramatically children is $7.50 (plus tax). makers want to keep Florida interested in the low-THC strain Derek Peterson, CEO of Terra reduces life-threatening seizures Children three and under pot home-grown. But the low- that will soon be legal --- Gov. Rick Tech, whose subsidiaries include and lobbied for the measure this are free. Reserve your spot THC medical marijuana recently Scott has said he will sign the bill a medical marijuana dispensary session. Lawmakers broadened by calling 386-364-5250 or authorized by the Legislature has --- than the regular old weed, if in California and Edible Garden, a email [email protected]. sparked an out-of-state “green” only for limited medical use, that hydroponic produce company. 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