1A WEEKEND EDITION FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 & 18, 2014 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Local NAACP to celebrate MLK Jr. Sunday By AMANDA WILLIAMSON branch of the NAACP wants to in Pursuit of the Dream,” the “There are many levels of equal- [email protected] keep those ideals from fading by event starts at 4 p.m. and will fea- ity that we have not reached. We holding a service Sunday eve- ture Reverend Lantz Mills as the are still pursuing the dream,” said More than 50 years since ning at the New Day Springs main speaker. NAACP area direc- Debra White, president of the Martin Luther King Jr. told the Missionary Baptist Church. tor George Young will be present, nation he had a dream, the local Entitled “The Journey Continues as well as the Live Oak branch. NAACP continued on 3A TODAY Masonic Banquet BRANFORD’S ABOUT TO BECOME Gold Standard Lodge #167 will be hosting their annual COMING SOON? Masonic Banquet on Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Westside Community Center, 431 SW Birley Ave. Cost is $20. For tickets and more information, SKATE CITY SPEED contact Raymond Brady at 386-365-2535. Arbor Day Celebration LIMIT The Sparkleberry Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society will have an Arbor Day Celebration on Friday, Jan. 17 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. next to Branford Town Hall on US 129. Stop by our booth and receive a free native tree with planting instruc- By 75KAREEM COPELAND | Associated Press tions. Limit one per family. The Sparkleberry Chapter TALLAHASSEE — Florida drivers meets the second Tuesday could soon be allowed to push the of each month (except June pedal to the metal a little bit more. and August) at 6:30 p.m. at The Senate Transportation Hatch Park, 403 Craven St. Committee approved a bill Thursday SE Branford. that would allow the Florida Department of Transportation to raise speed limits Art Reception five miles per hour. The community is invited The bill doesn’t mandate an increase, to a Wine and Cheese recep- but only gives the transportation tion at the Gateway Art COURTESY PHOTOS department the ability to raise limits Gallery, 461 SW Main Blvd., Tony Misiano, park contractor and owner of Misiano Skate Parks of South Florida, works on the on a case-by-case basis on a particular on Friday, Jan. 17 from 5:30 Branford Skate Park Thursday. The final patches of concrete were poured, nearly completing roadway. The bill was approved 6-1. to 7 p.m. The reception is the first phase of the project. The second phase involves a replica of the combi pool at the his- for Linda Pence, the artist toric Southern California skate park where skater Tony Hawk launched his career. SPEED continued on 3A of the month. Linda is a fan- tastic water color artist who teaches water color classes Cutting-edge park opens Jan. 25 in Gainesville. Bring your SPRINGSHED PROJECT invitation to the reception to By AMANDA WILLIAMSON be entered in a free drawing, [email protected] or stop by the gallery to pick up an invitation to be entered BRANFORD — Replicating elements Ichetucknee into the drawing. For more from the best skate parks across Florida, information, call 752-5229. Branford’s Skate Park rolled through the plans are put first phase of construction and will hold its Protecting Water grand opening on Jan. 25. The UF/IFAS Extension Located at Hatch Park off U.S. Highway into writing is hosting a number of work- 27, the park combines a street plaza, a shops, the second of which is banked course and a combi pool. A “sidewalk By AMANDA WILLIAMSON “Protecting Florida’s Waters” coaster,” invented by the park’s contrac- [email protected] at the UF/IFAS Extension tor Misiano Skate Parks of South Florida, on Friday, Jan. 17 from 8:30 makes its debut in Branford. According Plans for a local water quality improve- a.m. to 4 p.m. Workshop cost to Bill Procko, skateboarder and project ment project solidified this week when the is $25 which includes lunch coordinator, the sidewalk coaster cannot be The Misiano Skate Park crew works on the Suwannee River Water Management District and materials. Earn 4 CEUs found in any other park across the country. shallow bowl at the Branford Skate Park ear- entered into an interlocal agreement with for private ag or landscape “The crew are skateboarders themselves. lier this month. The park is expected to open the City of Lake City and Columbia County. pesticide licenses. Those So as they went through construction, Jan. 25. Referred to as the Ichetucknee Springshed who attend must be pre-reg- they kept shaping and reshaping the park Water Quality Improvement project, the istered. Call 386-752-5384 for design,” Procko said. “It’s taken a complete- naturally together so that one skateboarder project involves converting Lake City’s details. ly different shape than the original design. can work the entire area. Or the park can wastewater effluent disposal sprayfields into ... But they came up with better ideas for be divided, allowing beginners to skate constructed treatment wetlands to reduce Early Learning meeting how the park should come together.” The Early Learning As it is designed, the park’s sections flow SKATE continued on 3A WATER continued on 3A Coalition of Florida’s Gateway Inc., Provider QRIS meeting will be held on Friday, Jan. 17 at 9:30 a.m. at the Coalition Office, 1104 SW Main Blvd. Workshops to take Call Stacey DePratter at 386- 752-9770 for more. on multiple topics Arbor Day By STEVEN RICHMOND Workshop dates The Lake City/Columbia [email protected] County Beautification Committee will sponsor the Libraries, communica- Thursday, Feb. 27 annual Florida Arbor Day tion towers and a salary Tuesday, April 8 observance on Friday, Jan. 17 survey are a handful of Tuesday, June 10 at 11 a.m. A tree will be plant- several projects the board August: TBA ed to honor Faye Bowling of county commission- Tuesday, December 9 Warren. Before the planting, ers plans to tackle in a a short program will be held series of upcoming pub- in Olustee Park. lic workshops revealed at •Salar y Sur vey Thursday evening’s com- Implementation: County 174th Anniversary mission meeting. employees have not Salem Primitive Baptist The commissioners out- received a cost-of-living Church, 199 NW Salem lined their top priorities raise since 2008; Church Ct., will hold its in a 10-part administrative • 8 0 0 M H z annual meeting and will cel- JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter to-do list (in no particular Communications System: ebrate its 174th anniversary order): Public safety person- with services on Friday, Jan. Citizens Police Academy begins •Overview of County nel are concerned for 17 at 6:30 p.m. Saturday and Debt and Finances: the well-being of staff in Sunday meetings will begin Lake City Police Chief Argatha Gilmore introduces herself to a group of 28 cadets during Commissioners generally the field, primarily law at 10:30 a.m. with covered the first class of the third session of the Citizens Police Academy on Thursday. Gilmore agreed they needed a com- enforcement, due to an lunch to follow. Contact said that throughout the next 12 weeks these citizens will gain a ‘knowledge of their prehensive understanding antiquated analog com- Pastor Herman Griffin at 386- police department, solve unanswered questions about why the police department does of the county’s financial sit- munications system prone 752-4198 for more informa- what it does... So many times people don’t understand our procedures. This is a chance uation before moving for- tion. for citizens to get to know the police department.’ ward with future projects; COUNTY continued on 3A Vol. 139, No. 248 CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER Opinion . 4A FAITH & VALUES INSIDE (386) 752-1293 Faith . 5A Angie Land looks at apologies Pregnancy Care SUBSCRIBE TO Obituaries . 3A — what they should look like and Center accepts THE REPORTER: 63 32 Advice & Comics . 3B Voice: 755-5445 when they should happen, 6A. donation, 2A. Fax: 752-9400 Chance of rain, 2A Puzzles . 4B 2A 2A LAKE CITY REPORTER DAILY BRIEFING FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 & 18, 2014 Page Editor: Emily Lawson, 754-0424 Scripture of the Day “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall Thursday: Thursday: Wednesday: not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth Afternoon: 1-7-8 Afternoon: 2-5-0-5 12-16-22-23-29 against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if PEOPLE IN THE NEWS ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.” — Galatians 5:16-18 ‘Duck Dynasty’ greeted by 8.5M viewers Thought for Today NEW YORK ielsen says “Duck Dynasty” Facts do not cease to exist because they are drew 8.5 million viewers for ignored. — Aldous Huxley, writer (1894-1963) N its fifth-season premiere. That audience was slightly high- er than for October’s fourth-season Correction finale of the A&E reality show. But A figure on the number of people moving daily last summer, 12 million viewers into the state of Florida was inaccurately reported caught the fourth-season premiere. in the Thursday edition of the Lake City Reporter Set in Louisiana bayou country, “Duck Dynasty” follows a family in the article, “Zecher named Realtor of the Year.” that manufactures duck calls and The mistake appeared in a quote by Susan Eagle, loves to go bird hunting.