RODEO SPORTS Ephiphany students Local racer is don boots and jeans for ‘tough enough Rodeo Week, below. to wear pink,’ 1B. THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Failed tire was Golf on hold at FGC Low enrollment causes college to suspend part of to place the program on hiatus tion of the curriculum. landscape program; will review in 3 years. and re-evaluate it in three years,” “We are closing the enrollment according to a press release. to the first year of the program and recall By STEVEN RICHMOND gram will be suspended for at least The move comes a year after will work with the last year stu- [email protected] the next three years, the school administrators shortened the pre- dents to try to get them graduated Two died in announced yesterday. viously three-year program to two during the 2014-15 academic year,” Feb. crash of The Florida Gateway College “Due to low enrollment in recent years, having already closed the Golf Landscape Operations pro- years, FGC officials have decided Turf Equipment Management por- church van GOLF continued on 6A From staff and wire reports LOG JAM ON US 90 Federal safety officials are investigating a fatal church van crash in Lake City that involved the cat- astrophic failure of a tire that was part of a July 2012 product recall. The National Transportation Safety Board reported Wednesday that the tire involved in the crash, a two-year-old BFGoodrich Commercial T/A A/S, was part of a prod- uct recall initiated by BFGoodrich for approxi- mately 794,000 tires. On Feb. 21, a van from the First Baptist Church in New Port Richey was traveling on Interstate 75 near Lake City when the left rear tire blew out. Two adults were killed in the resulting crash, while another adult and seven juveniles were injured. The NTSB says it will examine the tire and review the effectiveness of the recall process to determine whether the First Baptist JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter Church ever received the Dozens of logs are seen sprawled across West U.S. Highway 90 in front of Shining Star Academy of safety recall notice. the Arts following a two-vehicle crash involving a log truck and a pickup on Wednesday. A spokesman for LEFT: A pickup is seen being loaded onto a tow truck after it was involved in the crash. Both drivers Michelin, BFGoodrich’s were sent to area hospitals by ambulance. Their injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. parent company, says TIRE continued on 3A Pro Rodeo coming this weekend: City and county Businesses, schools ‘cowboy up’ websites reviewed on Sunshine Law By STEVEN RICHMOND [email protected] By STEVEN RICHMOND If china is the custom- [email protected] ary gift of 20th anniversa- ries, shopkeepers can put The waters of the Ichetucknee may be crystal clear, their fears to pasture while but local government is less transparent, at least on the best cowboys around the Web, according to a report released by the First handle the bulls during Amendment Foundation Tuesday. the 20th Annual Florida Advocates for public access and the Sunshine Law, Gateway Pro Rodeo this the FAF published a “report card” critiquing the web- weekend. sites of 65 counties and 46 cities, using a scorecard Athletes paying homage to grade each site on to Wild West traditions will MORE INSIDE a scale of 0 (worst) to participate in a series of n See a breakdown of the 100 (best), with 50 being events including tie-down individual rankings, 3A. average. roping, steer wrestling, “The websites were team roping, bull riding, evaluated by journalism students at the universities barrel racing, bareback of Florida, South Florida and Miami,” the report said, riding, saddle bronc riding “who were asked if they could find specific informa- and more at the Columbia tion—ranging from budgets to neighborhood crime County Fairgrounds Friday, information—through a reasonable search.” March 14 to Sunday, March The scores consisted of how well each website 16. presented seven categories of information: financial, Citizens in the commu- JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter accountability, public meetings, contact information, nity are taking the event Epiphany Catholic School kindergarteners Ezekiel Howard (top), 6, plays a game of duck- public records, functionality and other (miscellaneous by the horns and getting duck-goose with classmates Dancy Kendron (from left), 6, Tison McCray, 6, Meredyth Crews, documents like building/zoning, area crime reports, in the rodeo spirit early — 6, and Alyssa Villar, 6, on Wednesday. assessment appeals, etc). many businesses encour- Columbia County scored a 77, earning a perfect aged employees to dress Students at Epiphany “Our students just fin- rodeo,” said educator Ellen score for meetings, records and other categories, in jeans and cowboy boots, Catholic School even got ished taking their [stan- Pattison. ranking it third in the state behind Miami Dade (81) and a man on horseback the chance to ditch their dardized tests], so we Students ambled about and Sarasota (84). was seen passing through regular uniforms and come wanted to reward them and a Hardee’s drive-through. to school in Western attire. get them excited for the RODEO continued on 3A SUNSHINE continued on 3A Vol. 140, No. 28 Opinion . 4A CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER (386) 752-1293 Local . 6A IN PICTURES SUBSCRIBE TO Obituaries . 5A Ranchers receive Pro THE REPORTER: 59 32 Advice & Comics . 3B Voice: 755-5445 Rodeo tickets, 5A. 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Submissions COURTESY The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and Peoples State Bank West Branch celebrates Rodeo Week in style caption information to run at the discretion of the editor. Employees of the Peoples State Bank West Branch pose for a photograph in their Western clothing Tuesday in an effort to If you would like to see your organization in the news- promote the 20th Annual Florida Gateway Pro Rodeo during Rodeo Week. Pictured are, from left: Linda Vande Voren, Joe paper, send the picture and information to associate Zahner, Brandy Meeks, Ashley Davis, Sarah Weaver, Heather Turbeville, Laurie Evans and Rhonda Green. editor Emily Lawson at [email protected]. Book of Oprah Winfrey’s columns to be published in fall NEW YORK Sure” after film critic Gene Siskel asked hasn’t walked any red carpets or really Actor Chris Pine charged prah Winfrey’s latest book project her “What do you know for sure?” during talked about the role. is a collection of magazine columns an interview. She has called the columns He did tweet on Jan. 1 from his official in New Zealand with DUI O by a writer she knows quite well. a way of “taking stock” of her life. account, “looking forward to 2015,” which WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey will write the introduction. hinted at the film’s scheduled release Hollywood actor Chris Pine, known for “What I Know for Sure” features the next February. (That tweet was retweeted playing Captain Kirk in the “Star Trek” monthly essays that Winfrey has written Marcia Gay Harden talks more than 5,000 times.) movies, has been charged with drunken for O, the Oprah Magazine over the past role of ‘Fifty Shades’ mom This aura of mystery surrounding Dornan driving in New Zealand. 14 years. 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