A3 Happy HEEaste IS RISEN SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2018 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $2 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM SUNDAY + PLUS >> Also in today’s Reporter: EGGS 1C The n Lake City woman missing in Illinois AWAY! Easter n story Post 57: Vet will have his headstone See Opinion n Wrong-way crash on I-75 injures 3 photos, Robotic surgery hits 3A new heights at LCMC 4A BELOW & INSIDE One last shot to end tree Editor’s note: Howard Nichola, whose nephew Rex and niece Kim live in Lake City, had him for a houseguest the last few weeks dispute before convincing him to give up his home in Michigan and come live with them. Nichola, 102, left for Michigan one last time on Friday to collect his belongings and say his goodbyes. We were lucky enough to sit down with him before then to hear the story of his experiences during the last year of World War II — including D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge. Mr. Nichola is a man of small physical After that it’s off to court, says stature who doesn’t hear well, but he is stout of heart and mind. His recollections follow — a blow-by-blow account from one of the men FGC President Lawrence Barrett. who saved the world from darkness, starting on June 6, 1944. By CARL MCKINNEY An American hero [email protected] recounts the tale of Florida Gateway College is making one freedom’s triumph. last attempt to amicably settle a tree-re- lated dispute with the city before taking the battle to court, said FGC President By CARL MCKINNEY Lawrence Barrett. [email protected] An attorney for the college is trying to arrange a meeting with the city attor- U.S. Army Master Sgt. ney about the city’s plan Howard Nichola dashed to cut down large swaths through the woods, jump- More of trees on airport land, ing over a log as bullets inside Barrett said. rained down. n Luster “Maybe we can have “Everybody reverses one last shot at trying to at your self, again, come to a resolution on rifles,” on deer. this situation before we Nichola told See 5A. take it to the next step,” his men. Barrett said. “Shoot ‘em Failing that, the college Nichola if he comes will seek an injunction to stop the removal back again.” of the trees and a fencing project Barrett “It’s impossible for a rifle says is related. to take a plane down” one of Barrett is waiting to hear back from his the soldiers replied. attorney on what the scope of a potential A volley of gunfire flew injunction might be. back into the sky. The Removing the trees could worsen flood- German plane made a sin- ing on the neighboring campus, the col- gle circle before spiraling lege maintains. in. It’s uncertain what shape a settlement Nichola found his spoils could take, Barrett said, but it would likely in the wreckage, distribut- AP Photo entail the city following recommendations U.S. infantrymen wade through the surf as they land at Normandy in the days following the Allies’ D-DAY continued on 5A June 1944, D-Day invasion of occupied France. Howard Nichola was there waiting for them. TREES continued on 5A Lake City woman missing for more than a week in Illinois Was there to visit could be trying to return to detail to the next, scouring the Daylight Time, according to case had been turned over to critically ill father. her 29th Road, Lake City home events of the past seven days Springfield Police Department. the agency’s investigative divi- from Springfield, Illinois when for the most important infor- “There is absolutely noth- sion. By COREY ARWOOD a trip to see her ailing father mation to tell the public. ing, there is no sign, no tips, “As of right now, this morn- [email protected] went bad. “I get overwhelmed, so none she has literally disappeared,” ing, this afternoon, I’ve heard Lindsay Wiggins struggled of the details come out at first,” Wiggins said. no updates,” said Barksdale. Theresa “Terry” Cox is to retell the story of her miss- she said. Sgt. Grant Barksdale con- Media in the area have missing. ing mother Friday afternoon. Cox, 57, was last seen on firmed Wiggins’ assessment. Her daughter thinks she Her mind pinged from one March 23 at 9:30 a.m. Central He said as of Friday, the MISSING continued on 7A Cox Vol. 143, No. 261 Opinion . 4A CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER (386) 752-1293 Obituaries . 7A Puzzles . 2-3B PANTHER PACK SUBSCRIBE TO THE REPORTER: 79 54 Business . 1C At Pinemount Elementary, 2A Voice: 755-5445 Life . 1D Fax: 752-9400 Fog, clouds, 2A Lake City’s Only Locally Owned and Operated New Car Dealership 386-752-2180 www.RONSONET.com HWY 90 • 3 BLOCKS EAST OF DOWNTOWN LAKE CITY 2A SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2018 DAILY BRIEFING LAKE CITY REPORTER Panther Pack at Pinemount QUICK HITS Scripture of the Day “He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.” — Matthew 28:6 (KJV) Thought for Today Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too. 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