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A3 + PLUS >> A laugh track for real life, Opinion/4A NFL CHS Laremy looking Tigers #1 in to lead at Miami state 6A poll See Page 1B See Page 1B WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2019 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Cops: Madison teen threatens Tragedy averted to shoot up high school 2A TROPICAL STORM Flippin’ SARA GRAY/Special to the Reporter A Lake City man suffered critical injuries in this Dorian burgers crash late Monday but is expected to recover. looks to in the rain for 6 hours later, drench FFA the East his guardian Coast But we won’t know angel arrives about possible local effects till Thursday. Woman comes upon wreck scene from night before, gets help before it’s too late. By TONY BRITT [email protected] By ROBERT BRIDGES [email protected] Most of Florida could Sara Gray thought it was an abandoned vehicle and see a wet Labor Day week- started to drive on early Tuesday, but then she saw Photos by TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter end, with the East Coast the pickup’s crumpled front end in the weeds off the facing tropical-storm force roadway. or stronger winds from She stopped her car and said hello. Tropical Drizzle can’t dampen Nobody answered. Storm It’s eerie enough at 5:20 a.m. on her Dorian. newspaper route — she’s an indepen- In a tweet dent carrier for the Lake City Reporter spirits at kickoff event — but this was especially spooky. Tuesday, “Something just wasn’t right,” she Gov. Ron said, though she couldn’t tell what. DeSantis TOP: Caily Haue (left) Gray Then she shined her flashlight and Morgan advised and Ashli Boatright saw the top of a man’s head. East Coast flip burgers in the rain The 911 operator she had on the residents to start preparing Tuesday afternoon line by now told her to kill the flash- for Dorian. during the Columbia light, which was going dead anyway, “Based on the High School FFA Ag and put her headlights on the pickup. current track of Kickoff event. The James Olin Jr., 20, lifted his head #TropicalStormDorian, all party, designed to slightly and looked at her, though he didn’t speak. residents on the East Coast Olin Jr. get new and return- Within 6 minutes help had arrived should prepare for impacts, ing members ready at the Wendy Terrace scene and Olin — who had including strong winds, for the school year, run into a tree at about 11 p.m. Monday, more than 6 heavy took place at the hours earlier — would be saved. rain and Morgan said school’s FFA land lab. “Thank God for your carrier,” his father, James Olin flooding,” precaution- RIGHT: Elie Stephens Sr., told the Lake City Reporter Tuesday afternoon. DeSantis ary work pets a calf named His son suffered two broken legs, one a compound tweeted. has been “Hope” at the event. fracture, and was losing blood by the minute. Had “Make ongoing at Gray not been there, he might not have made it. sure to the county “I don’t know how he didn’t bleed to death,” Olin have your Emergency LEFT: Hunter Sr. said. “By the grace of God.” supplies Operations Cook (from ANGEL continued on 2A ready Center. left), tosses and fol- a bean bag low @FLSERT (Florida during a game Division of Emergency of cornhole Woman killed, 3 kids Management) and local with Jacob media for the latest updates Johnson and on the forecast.” Katelynn Ercoli. hurt in head-on crash The center of Dorian was Students By TONY BRITT southeast of Puerto Rico played corn- [email protected] and Hispaniola on Tuesday. hole, volleyball Shayne Morgan, and board Three children, all under the age of nine, suffered Columbia County games as they minor injuries, and the driver of their vehicle was Emergency Management learned about killed Monday afternoon when the SUV was involved director, said until Tropical the CHS FFA in a head-on collision in Storm Dorian clears the program. Yolandita Diaz, 33, of southern Columbia County. islands, local officials won’t Lake City, died in the Yolandita Diaz, 33, of have any idea about poten- wreck. The other driv- Lake City, died from inju- tial storm impacts. er, Lisa Peacock, 49, of ries sustained in the crash. “Thursday looks like it Gainesville, suffered Police reports said she was will be the tell-tale day,” he Clay goes solar at Lake City office critical injuries not wearing a seatbelt. said. From staff reports were attached to the roof, which can The driver of the other He said precautionary vehicle, Lisa Peacock, 49, of Gainesville, suffered crit- The sun is doing more than heating generate about 135 kWh daily when work has been ongoing ical injuries in the wreck. up Lake City this summer — it’s help- the sun is shining. at the county Emergency ing to power Clay Electric’s district The installation expands the co-op’s The crash occurred around 4 p.m. Monday on US Operations Center. office. solar portfolio. Seventy-two solar pan- 27 near the intersection of Southwest Mapleton Street. “So far we’ve just been The co-op and its partners at Solar els were installed at its Orange Park According to Florida Highway Patrol reports, going through making sure Impact installed an 18-kW solar system and Palatka offices in 2018, and the Peacock was driving a 2005 Chrysler 300, travel- earlier this month at the office at 1797 DORIAN continued on 2A SW State Road 47. Sixty-four panels CLAY continued on 3A KILLED continued on 2A Vol. 145, No. 119 Obituaries . 2A CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER (386) 752-1293 Opinion . 4A Advice & Comics . 3B DEAR PHARMACIST SUBSCRIBE TO THE REPORTER: 92 74 Puzzles . 4B 8 great reasons to eat pumpkin seeds, 6A. Voice: 755-5445 Classified . 4-6B Fax: 752-9400 Some showers, 2A 2A WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2019 LOCAL LAKE CITY REPORTER MCSO deputies allege QUICK HITS Scripture of the Day Madison teen threatens “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.” — Isaiah 26:3 (KJV) to shoot up high school Thought for Today By CARL MCKINNEY tip about a student at James ing to an MCSO Facebook student took any further A hospital is no place to be sick. [email protected] Madison Preparatory High post. actions to plan or prepare to — Samuel Goldwyn, 1879-1974, U.S. movie producer School threatening to bring After confirming the carry out the threat, MCSO A teenager from Madison a gun to content of the messages, says. County wrote messages in school and Anderson was arrested and “The Madison County a chat group threatening to shooting taken to the Department Sheriff’s Office reminds Winning Lottery Numbers shoot up a school, resulting people, of Juvenile Justice without everyone including all stu- Pick 3: (Monday p.m.) 7-7-6 in deputies taking him into the agency further incident, deputies dents that any threat made Pick 4: (Monday p.m.) 8-5-5-4 custody over the weekend. wrote on wrote. against schools will be Fantasy 5: (Monday ) 10-17-18-29-34 Louis Henry Anderson Facebook. Anderson claimed the taken very seriously,” the Jr., 15, was arrested Sunday Anderson Deputies posting was a “joke” and agency wrote on Facebook. by the Madison County were able that he “didn’t mean any- Sheriff’s officials See an error? Sheriff’s Office. to quickly identify the stu- thing by it,” according to declined to comment The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news Around 10:35 p.m. dent and immediately locat- sheriff’s officials. There beyond what was shared items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, Sunday, deputies received a ed him at his home, accord- is no indication that the on social media. please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will run in this space. Thanks for reading. “Starting tomorrow threat to Columbia County, cone of probability for land- DORIAN (Wednesday) we’re going we will initiate the norm, fall Sunday morning. to pump all of our perma- which includes all those “Whether it’s a remnant Submissions Continued From 1A The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption nent pump locations and all standard preparations — that doesn’t have a chance information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you the equipment is in working of our ponds down,” said staff on standby, alleviating to regenerate or if it’s a would like to see your organization in the newspaper, send order,” he said. “That way Kevin Kirby, Columbia all the leave time and things hurricane, it does look like the picture and information to Robert Bridges at rbridges@ we’re not having to rush if County assistant county of that nature.” it’s going to take aim on lakecityreporter.com. it looks like we’re going to manager. “We’re in the pro- The National Hurricane the state of Florida,” said be impacted.” cess of checking out our Center, which expects Mark Wool, a meteorologist With meteorologists pre- temporary pumps, hoses winds from Dorian to arrive with the National Weather Lake City Reporter dicting rainfall of up to 8 and also the necessary sup- across Florida on Saturday Service in Tallahassee. 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