+ PLUS >> Senate likely to scale back Bright Futures bill, 2A COLLEGE BASKETBALL PREP WEIGHTLIFTING NCAA men’s and women’s Suwannee’s Matti Marse is tourny roundups our Weightlifter of the Year See Page 8B See Page 1B TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2021 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Your right to know takes Overcast skies another blow New bill could following the hearing. Senator Ray Rodrigues’ lead to hiding (R-Estero) amendment to legal notices. his own bill would use newspapers and their websites, but would allow Staff report governments to post notices anywhere in the TALLAHASSEE — Want state. to find out what your local So, a local taxing government is doing? authority could send their You may want to start notices of a tax increase preparing to search every or a zoning change to Key newspaper’s website in West. Likewise, Miami- Florida. Dade governing bodies The Senate’s Judiciary could choose to run pub- Committee approved an lic notices here. amendment to Senate The Florida House has Bill 402 and then the already passed a similar bill itself that could lead bill — HB 35. That bill, to local governments though, allows governing removing public notic- bodies to bypass news- es from legal newspa- papers entirely and post pers. The bill passed 8-3 notices on their own web- although the individual sites. votes, including Dist. 5 SB 402 is still Senator Jennifer Bradley assigned to two more (R-Fleming Island), was Senate committees COURTESY not known at press time. — the Appropriations The Aluminum Overcast, a restored B-17 bomber, will make a stop in Lake City this weekend. The restored Bradley, whose district Subcommittee on World War II craft will offer flights to 10 people at a time for half an hour. Visitors will also be able to tour the includes Columbia and Criminal and Civil Justice outside of the plane at the Florida Gateway Airport. Suwannee counties, did and the Appropriations not comment on the bill Committee — before it during the hearing. would move to the floor Bradley also could not for reading, discussion Restored B-17 bomber to make pit be reached for comment and a vote. stop at Florida Gateway Airport By TONY BRITT communications for Carpooling [email protected] the aircraft’s owner, the Experimental Aircraft More than a 50 years Association. “There are coworker pulls ago, B-17 bombers roared only about 10 or 12 flying across the skies helping B-17s left in the world.” the allies secure victory The opportunity to hear gun on driver in the European theater the propellers churning, during the World War II. smell the exhaust fumes Cops: Robinson and then chased them This weekend, and feel the rumble of the through the business Aluminum Overcast, a aircraft are indescribable. chased victim establishment. restored B-17 bomber, “The airplane is loud,” before fleeing. Corwin Lenard will roar across the skies Knapinski said. “It’s not Robinson, 30, was in Lake City offering an airliner. It not built for COURTESY Staff report charged with aggravat- flights to local passen- comfort. It was built for a ed assault with a deadly gers who are interested very specific purpose…. The Aluminum Overcast has been making its way to A Lake City man’s weapon without intent in riding in the historic It really is a sensory over- different U.S. cities since 1994. attempt to scare a car- to kill (not domestic aircraft. load. It’s an experience pooling coworker led to violence) and carry- A group of Experimental people have come back inventory. time, more than 1,000 his arrest Monday morn- ing a concealed firearm Aircraft Association mem- and said, ‘Wow, that is Between 1935 and May B-17s could be assem- ing when in connection with the bers who take the plane something special.’” of 1945, 12,732 B-17s bled for mass combat author- case. He was booked into to different cities around The Boeing B-17 Flying were produced. Of those missions; today less than ities the Columbia County the county, Fortess is a World War aircraft, 4,735 were lost 15 of Boeing’s famous said he Detention Facility on a “What we’ve found II bomber that was pri- during combat missions. bombers can still take to flashed $70,000 bond. is a lot of veterans, air- marily used in Europe. Today, fewer that 100 the air. a gun to According to a craft fans want to fly in During the war, B-17s B-17 airframes exist and “We have something the other the airplane,” said Dick were among the most even fewer are in air- Robinson worker WEAPON continued on 6A Knapinski, director of modern aircraft in the US worthy condition. At one B-17 continued on 6A Biden eyes $3T package for infrastructure, schools, families By LISA MASCARO and domestic needs. trillion virus rescue plan improve quality of life, “We need to get it ings are skyrocketing, JOSH BOAK Biden huddled pri- signed into law earlier according to a person done,” said Sen. Richard with images of cramped Associated Press vately late Monday with this month, the new pack- familiar with the options Blumenthal, D-Conn., holding facilities pos- Senate Democrats as age would also include who insisted on anonym- ahead of the virtual meet- ing a humanitarian and WASHINGTON — Congress has already family-friendly policies, ity to discuss private con- ing with Biden at the political dilemma for the Fresh off passage of begun laying the ground- this time focusing on versations. senators’ annual retreat administration and its the covid-19 relief bill, work with legislation for education and paid fami- While the goal is a Monday evening. allies in Congress. The President Joe Biden is developing roads, hos- ly leave. bipartisan package, Biden’s outreach to focus on infrastructure assembling the next big pitals and green ener- The White House plans Democrats in Congress Senate Democrats comes shifts attention back White House priority, gy systems as part of are still preliminary, with have signaled a will- as the White House is toward priorities that are a sweeping $3 trillion Biden’s “Build Back a combined $3 trillion in ingness to go it alone under fire for its han- potentially more popu- package of investments Better” campaign prom- spending proposed to if they are blocked by dling of the U.S.-Mexico on infrastructure and ise. Much like the $1.9 boost the economy and Republicans. border. 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The ing authorities on an headlights or tail lights, yours. theft victim, who lived with unusual high-speed the report says. When The Columbia County Stiles at the time of the inci- chase. the officer tried to over- Sheriff’s Office original- dent, said the contents of Winning Lottery Numbers Phillip Wade Parker, take the ATV, Parker ly arrested Cathy Lynn the safe included the victim’s Pick 3: (Sunday p.m.) 1-9-7 42, was driving an all-ter- lost control and drove Stiles, 55, personal paperwork, pre- Pick 4: (Sunday p.m.) 2-9-9-6 rain vehicle on 89th road through a ditch on the on March scription medication, read- Fantasy 5: (Sunday) 7-26-31-33-36 without any lights on north shoulder of the 12 and ing glasses and about $1,650 at roughly 10:23 p.m. road, throwing Parker charged in cash. Saturday night when from the vehicle. her with According to the warrant, See an error? a SCSO When officers caught simple bat- Stiles returned the read- The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news officer up with Parker, he tery that ing glasses after the victim items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will spotted claimed the throttle on Stiles occurred confronted her about the him head- the ATV was stuck and during a missing contents. The two run in this space. Thanks for reading. ing north that he’d lost control of domestic violence incident, medications were Lyrica and while the the vehicle. according to the CCSO web- Tamazepam.