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A3 + PLUS >> Ex-councilman looks to reclaim District 10 seat, Story below LOCAL SPORTS Honors Tigers tackle at CCSO Fort White See Page 3A See Page 1B THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2017 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM CONGRESS MOTIVE UNKNOWN Deal struck Suspects on tax sought in bill Final vote set for next beating of week, GOP leaders say. Photos by TAYLOR GAINES/Lake City Reporter Associated Press Florida Gateway College instructor Joseph Ganser demonstrates the robotic WASHINGTON — Confident welding machine during a demonstration on Wednesday. woman, 72 congressional Republicans forged an agreement Wednesday on a major overhaul of the nation’s tax Victim quit her job out of laws that would fear attackers would return. provide gener- Robotic ‘classmate’ ous tax cuts for By CARL MCKINNEY injuries at the scene, corporations and [email protected] Lee said. the wealthiest Police are still look- Americans — takes FGC to future Detectives haven’t ing for the suspects, Donald Trump ‘It’s not your turned up any leads who were described Trump among them — on the suspects who as “younger, skin- and deliver the grandfather’s attacked ny look- first major legislative accomplish- welding.’ a 72-year- “They never ing black ment to the GOP president. old woman said a word. males,” Lee Middle- and low-income fami- outside a They could said. lies would get smaller tax cuts, By TAYLOR GAINES laundromat have had After though Trump and GOP leaders [email protected] Sunday night, anything I Rogozinski’s have billed the package as a huge according wanted, but sister post- benefit for the middle class. The The world is advancing to the Lake they never ed about measure would scrap a major tax fast, and Florida Gateway City Police said one the attack requirement of Barack Obama’s College’s welding technolo- Department. word. I even on social Affordable Care Act, a step toward gy program is doing every- Doris Lee asked them media, the ultimate GOP goal of unravel- thing it can to ensure its Rogozinski news ing the law. students can keep up with told authori- ‘why are you spread “The cynical voices that opposed all the innovation. ties two men doing this?’ quickly and tax cuts grow smaller and weaker, “It’s not your grandfa- rushed her while I’m reached and the American people grow ther’s welding anymore,” around 7:50 laying on several stronger,” Trump said at the White said associate professor p.m. Sunday, the ground. thousand House. “This is for people of mid- of precision metal tech- knocked her They never people dle income, this is for companies nologies Joseph Ganser to the ground answered through- that are going to create jobs. This during an open house on and started me.” out multi- is for very, very special people, the Wednesday morning. kicking and ple online great people of America.” Several parents and pro- punching her, said platforms. Rogozinski The business tax cuts would spective students of the pro- LCPD spokesman described the inci- be permanent, but reductions for gram stopped by campus ABOVE: FGC is the only school in North Florida to Mike Lee. dent to the Lake City individuals would expire after a for the hands-on event. teach on the robotic welding machine, known as Emergency respond- decade — saving money to com- Ganser and a few of his the “Classmate.” BELOW: Welding student Colby ers treated Rogozinski’s BEATING cont. on 2A ply with Senate budget rules. In current students showed Laidig demonstrates on a welding machine that all, the bill would cut taxes by off the technology in action, gives live feedback to the students. Laidig is hoping about $1.5 trillion over the next which includes a real weld to finish the program next October. 10 years, adding billions to the simulator, a virtual weld Drug charges nation’s mounting debt. simulator and a robotic The legislation, which is still welding machine. being finalized, would cut the top FGC is the first school in land 2 in jail tax rate for the wealthy from 39.6 North Florida to teach on By CARL MCKINNEY percent to 37 percent, slash the the robotic machine, known [email protected] corporate income tax rate from 35 as the “Classmate,” accord- percent to 21 percent and allow ing to Jim Issa, a sales engi- A South Florida man and woman were homeowners to deduct interest neer from Lincoln Electric. arrested Tuesday morning after Columbia only on the first $750,000 of a new The school partnered with County deputies found painkillers, marijua- mortgage. Lincoln to buy most of its na, THC extract and a handgun inside their The top tax rate currently applies welding technology at a dis- vehicle during a traffic stop on Interstate 75, to income above $470,000 for counted price. according to reports. BILL continued on 3A WELDING continued on 3A DRUGS continued on 2A Habitat for Humanity: Publix Ex-councilman Bowden looks pitches in to the tune of $80K to reclaim District 10 city seat Gift will go toward construction City/Columbia County Habitat chapter. Retired congressional aide challenging A life-long Lake City res- of local group’s seventh home. “It’s really been huge. I’m a Publix shop- is re-entering local politics. Councilman ident, Bowden worked as per now. Publix shopper for life.” Eugene the district director for Rep. That’s because Publix announced last By CARL MCKINNEY Jefferson Corrine Brown’s office for By TAYLOR GAINES week that it would be donating $80,000 [email protected] for the first 24 years until he retired in [email protected] to the local Habitat for Humanity to fund time since January and began enter- the construction of an entire new house. Nearly 20 years after los- the incum- taining the idea of taking The local Habitat for Humanity was They’re hoping to have it done by the ing the City Council District bent ousted Bowden the District 10 seat back not quite in dire straits, but being given end of 2018. 10 seat, Glenel Bowden is him from office. from Jefferson. a whole house never hurts. The all-volunteer group can now begin looking for a rematch. “I’m running for the same “I thought about it long “This came at just the right time,” said Bowden, who held the reason now that I did in 1982,” Monty Stephens, president of the Lake PUBLIX continued on 2A seat from 1982 to 1998, is Bowden said. “People.” BOWDEN continued on 2A Vol. 143, No. 184 CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER Opinion . 4A (386) 752-1293 Obituaries . 5A Perfect attendance SUBSCRIBE TO Advice & Comics . 3B THE REPORTER: 68 47 Fort White Elementary, 3A. Voice: 755-5445 Puzzles . 5B Fax: 752-9400 Partly cloudy, 2A A3 2A THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2017 DAILY BRIEFING LAKE CITY REPORTER PUBLIX QUICK HITS Continued From 1A work on its seventh house since Scripture of the Day being founded in 2003. They work by joining with “family partners,” who “Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye get to pay for the house at a much think not the Son of man cometh.” cheaper rate. — Matthew 24:44 (KJV) They sign a 20-year, zero-interest loan and donate 350 hours (300 for single parents) of “sweat equity,” also Thought for Today known as volunteer work, to move If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, then into the home. what are we to think of an empty desk? To qualify, families have to live — Albert Einstein in sub-standard housing and prove they can cover the loan with steady income and qualifying credit. Winning Lottery Numbers “We’re about building simple, decent, affordable housing for low-in- Pick 3: (Wednesday midday) 7-3-8 come families to give them hope and Pick 4: (Wednesday midday) 7-0-3-6 opportunity for a better life for them Pick 5: (Wednesday midday) 1-0-3-2-1 and their children,” board member George Burnham said. Families pay $450 per month for See an error? the mortgage, taxes and insurance, The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news about half of what it would cost with items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, conventional financing, according to please call the editor. Corrections and clarications will Burnham. run in this space. Thanks for reading. Christina Fees, the recipient of the COURTESY new home who lives in Lake City and Publix Jacksonville/Central Region District Manager Darren Steffy, right, works at Belk, said it is a huge help to presents Habitat for Humanity of Lake City/Columbia County President Submissions be involved with Habitat. Monty Stephens with an $80,000 check to build their next house. It is The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption “It’s great,” Fees said. “I’m a single the seventh house the local Habitat will build and the first full house information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would mom. I wouldn’t otherwise be able to donation they’ve ever received. like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture go out and get a normal mortgage, and information to associate editor Justin Caudell at because I couldn’t afford the house and that doing it has been an enlight- people.” [email protected]. payment.” ening experience for them. Plus, they’ll have a new house at Fees has two daughters — Chloe “It’s really an opportunity for them the end of it.