1A SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2013 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Allen: Marshall A new way to SUNDAY EDITION to return in dispose of worn 4 to 6 weeks. 3B American flags. 1D Whooping cough makes comeback Three cases reported see a family physician if they experience had nearly been eradicated by vaccina- symptoms of the communicable disease. tion. However, a recent trend in parents in Columbia County The county has four confirmed refusing to vaccinate their children has TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter in the last six weeks. cases of whooping cought, also known allowed pertussis to re-establish itself, as pertussis — one isolated incident health officials say. Pork chop to blame By AMANDA WILLIAMSON about two months back and three in the “We’ve made our healthcare providers [email protected] last six weeks, said Columbia County aware, we’ve made our schools aware for house fire Heath Department Director of Nursing and now we need to make the commu- As cases of whooping cough surface Marjorie Rigdon. The health department nity aware,” CCHD Administrator Mark Dinner left cooking unattended on a stove in Columbia County, the local health usually does not see any cases of whoop- was to blame for a Thursday night house fire, department warns children and adults to ing cough in the area, as the disease OUTBREAK continued on 6A CCFD officials said. See story, Page 7A. Phone app for parents Branford skate park may be nod to a legend Tony Hawk will help pay for replica of his hometown park if town can match funds. By AMANDA WILLIAMSON [email protected] BRANFORD–A little bit of Tony Hawk memorabilia may be coming to Branford in the form of a replicated version of the his- toric Southern California skate park where Hawk launched his professional career, but first the town has to raise $5,000 to help fund the project. Bill Procko, skate- boarder and project coor- dinator, said the Tony Hawk Foundation offered the town a $5,000 grant if the community could match the donation. The community had Hawk already raised approxi- mately $22,200 as well as an in-kind donation from the city of the fill dirt necessary to level the foundation. However, terms of the grant require the town raise another $5,000. Procko esti- mates the entire project cost at $150,000. “This is such a hugely positive thing AMANDA WILLIAMSON/Lake City Reporter for the community,” he said. “There are Supt. of Schools Terry Huddleston displays the district’s new application for iPhone and Android. Among other things, the app lets school so many kids who aren’t into mainstream officials send e-mails and push notifications to parents and community members in case of an emergency at the school. sports, but have so much talent. A skate park is like a canvas. Every time a kid goes to it, he or she paints out their emotions.” Mobile software puts important The Town of Branford plans to locate the HAWK continued on 7A district data at parents’ fingertips Updates, emergency official mobile app empowers anyone in the company, they decided the app was Florida bans the community to stay connected with something needed to improve school information, more the information they want and need safety within the county. It gives the import of out- available in free app. right on their mobile devices,” School district the chance to send e-mails and Superintendent Terry Huddleston said push notifications to parents and com- By AMANDA WILLIAMSON in a prepared statement. “The release of munity members in case of an emer- of-state deer [email protected] this app gency at the school. For instance, if a for the local school is evacuated, the app will By JIM TURNER ant to known the lat- The app ‘is much district be able to relay to parents where their The News Service of Florida est updates about your is an easier than the children were evacuated to, when the child’s school, report exam- students can be picked up and what the TALLAHASSEE–In an effort to keep an incident or glance website,’ said Safe ple of parents need to be able to pick up their a potentially fatal disease from decimat- through the Columbia Schools Coordinator our children. ing the state’s deer population, Florida WCounty School District’s event calendar commit- Gloria Spivey. ‘It’s “[The app] is much easier than the is immediately closing its borders to the — there’s an app for that. ment to really a one-stop website,” Spivey said. “The thing the importation of out-of-state deer. The district announced its plans provide superintendent really liked about it is The ban comes as a number of deer to release the mobile application for shop.’ our that it puts all the district’s digital infor- farmers have reportedly ramped up impor- iPhone and Android users on August com- mation in one place... It’s really a one- tation to increase their stocks because of 27 at the School Board meeting, and it munity stop shop.” the expected prohibition. intends to have the app fully updated by members all of the district’s information Spivey said the app will help with The Florida Fish and Wildlife Friday. It is currently available for down- conveniently and easily, while making it rumor control by allowing the school Conservation Commission on Friday unan- load, said Safe Schools Coordinator more accessible than ever.” district to control the message. When imously agreed to prohibit the importation Gloria Spivey. App users can find directions, mes- an emergency situation occurs within of deer and other cervids in an attempt to Simply log into the Apple iTunes sages from the school system, emergen- the county, the school employees will keep Chronic Wasting Disease from reach- Store or Google Play Store, search for cy procedures and school calendars. be able to alert parents about the inci- ing the state’s deer population. ‘Columbia County School District’ and Recently, Mobile App Pro contacted dent. The app eliminates the need for “I think the economy impacts are click download. The app is free. the school district with the proposed “Columbia County School District’s project. 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He used some NASA’s newest robotic on Old Boynton Road, of that money to pay for a explorer rocketed into another vehicle slammed storage unit that housed space late Friday in an into Soto’s right leg so personal belongings and unprecedented moonshot hard doctors were forced his beloved keyboard and from Virginia that dazzled to amputate. disc-jockey equipment. sky watchers along the Despite his injury, Soto Soto was eventually East Coast. managed to spare the man forced to pawn his musical But the LADEE space- from more serious injuries, equipment. craft quickly ran into or even death. It was an Just weeks ago, his equipment trouble, and act many called heroic. truck was repossessed, while NASA assured Almost 11 months later, meaning he lost the only everyone early Saturday this father and husband vehicle he and his wife had that the lunar probe was concedes his heroism to take their 8- and 12-year- safe and on a perfect track came with a price. old sons to school. for the moon, officials With one amputated His two older children acknowledged the problem leg and the other healing have yet to start the school needs to be resolved in the from a fracture, Soto had year. They have run into next two to three weeks. to quit his job as a security some trouble, Soto said, S. Peter Worden, direc- guard. He, his wife, Eileen, including a recent fistfight tor of NASA’s Ames and their four children at home. Soto tried to Research Center in STEVEN RICHMOND/Lake City Reporter had to break their lease intervene, he said, but he’s California, which devel- at their apartment and just not strong enough to oped the spacecraft, told Saturday yard sale move in with his parents in stand between two teenag- reporters he’s confident Queen Dottie browses through a selection of clothes at a yard sale on Marion Avenue on Boynton Beach. ers angry because their everything will be working Saturday. There the family of six family is struggling. properly in the next few is crammed into a small “I lost my job, I lost my days. living room, surrounded home, I lost my leg,” Soto LADEE’s reaction Minotaur rocket a little watchers to share their Unlike the quick three- by boxes and keepsakes said.