A3 + PLUS >> It’s Constitution Day, Opinion/4A CITY COUNCIL CHS FOOTBALL New No. 2 is Turnovers the on the scene key for Tigers BELOW See Page 5A TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM LENVIL DICKS, 1928-2019 19 hospitalized Officers ‘The Land Man’ OK after Lake City real estate fentanyl passes at 91 pioneer Lenvil Dicks. exposure See obituary, Page 2A. By CARL MCKINNEY Inmate remains hospitalized [email protected] in stable condition, DOC says. Lenvil Dicks didn’t need to have his name slapped on a bunch of buildings By CARL MCKINNEY for people to know he left a mark in [email protected] Columbia County. The real Nineteen prison employees and one MORE INSIDE estate mogul inmate have been released from the hos- n On social media, and devel- pital after potential exposure to the deadly an outpouring, 2A. oper, at one drug fentanyl during a crisis at Columbia time the larg- Correctional Institution over the weekend est property tax payer in the county, that left two died of old age at 91 on Sunday. But his legacy won’t be going anywhere MORE INSIDE other prison- for a while, said his son, Bradley n Death in small doses, 3A. ers dead of an Dicks. overdose. About 4,000 Born the Prison officials originally estimated “at homes in sub- seventh of least” a dozen guards and an inmate were divisions across eight chil- treated for exposure to fentanyl after two North Florida, prisoners died from the synthetic opioid, such as Lake dren, Lenvil which is 50 to 100 times stronger than City’s Southwood Dicks’ earliest morphine. The latest survivor tally is one Acres and passion was prisoner and 19 employees — both securi- Woodhaven, owe music, namely, ty and medical staff. their existence to the trumpet. Lenvil Dicks. “Nineteen staff members were evaluat- “There’s liter- ed at an outside hospital for treatment of ally hundreds of roads he built that are symptoms related to a potential drug expo- still paved today,” Bradley Dicks said. His father died at the Rehabilitation OFFICERS continued on 3A Center of Lake City early Sunday sur- rounded by his family. Born the seventh of eight children CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter to a Baptist preacher and stay-at-home Brad Dicks sifts through memorabilia tied to his father, Lenvil, a passionate farming mother, Lenvil Dicks’ earliest musician and a hard-working businessman who built what his son said was Critical-injury LAND MAN continued on 2A Lake City’s oldest real estate firm. crash alcohol- related: FHP City’s property tax rate unchanged By ROBERT BRIDGES [email protected] Council OKs a $51.7M budget that maintains previous levels. Alcohol was a factor in a Sunday night crash that left a Lake City man critically By CARL MCKINNEY hurt, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a [email protected] press release. Hunter Aust, 23, was headed east on There were no surprises from the Lake City NW Moore Road east of NW Colin Court Council when it came time Monday evening to shortly after 9:30 p.m. when his 1996 Ford give the final green light to a budget and prop- Ranger ran off the road and hit some gar- erty tax rate for the coming fiscal year. bage cans before crossing Moore Road, The council approved a roughly $51.7 mil- traversing a grassy ditch and hitting a lion budget for the 2019-2020 fiscal year one large tree, FHP said. final time, after giving the package a tentative Aust, who was not wearing a seat belt thumbs up in previous meetings. according to FHP, was lifeflighted to UF The budget keeps property taxes at the cur- CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter Health Shands in critical condition. rent rate of 4.9 mills, or $4.9 per every $1,000 Newly hired Assistant City Manager Vince Akhimie meets and greets The crash, which FHP called “alco- of a property’s taxable value. people in City Hall Monday evening. Akhimie socialized with guests hol-related,” remains under investigation, CITY continued on 2A before sitting in on his first official meeting with the City Council. according to the release. Vol. 145, No. 133 CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER Obituaries . 2A (386) 752-1293 Opinion . 4A MARLENE KENNEY SUBSCRIBE TO Sports . 5A THE REPORTER: 94 73 Advice & Comics . 7A The value of friendship, 4A Voice: 755-5445 Fax: 752-9400 Sunny, 2A Classified . 8A 2A TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 LOCAL LAKE CITY REPORTER LENVIL HERBERT DICKS QUICK HITS On social media, an outpouring Scripture of the Day By CARL MCKINNEY selling tracts of land. “Now ye are clean through the word which I [email protected] LAND MAN “He was making more money have spoken unto you.” — John 15:3 (KJV) Social media users sent an outpouring of Continued From 1A dealing in land than he was support to the family of a Lenvil Dicks, the teaching in school,” Bradley recently deceased 91-year-old real estate man passion was music, namely, the Dicks said. “June 1966, he hung whose legacy is thousands of homes in North trumpet. up his band uniform and went Thought for Today Central Florida. He worked toward a mas- to real estate full time.” Facebook was flooded with posts express- ter’s degree at the Baylor Dicks Realty is the the oldest The politicians were talking themselves red, white ing condolences to Lenvil’s loved ones, such University School of Music in real estate firm in Lake City, and blue in the face. — Clare Boothe Luce, 1903- as his son, Bradley Dicks. Waco, Texas. according to Bradely Dicks. 1987, U.S. playwright (“The Women”), political figure. “Sorry Brad, your dad was the first one to Two weeks before finishing, Lenvil Dicks earned himself take a chance on me when I moved to Lake Lenvil Dicks got a call from the a nickname. City in 1981 he sold me some land and I didn’t dean, who had three questions. “They called him ‘The Land Winning Lottery Numbers have two nickels to rub together!” wrote J. “Do you have a car?” Man,’” Bradley Dicks said. Scott Middleton. “He was a good man, stay “Do you have His specialty was Pick 3: (Sunday p.m.) 2-4-1 strong in your faith and God bless.” black shoes?” Two weeks before dividing up lots into Pick 4: (Sunday p.m.) 9-8-6-9 “Great man,” wrote Greg Beckmann. “Can you be in finishing, Lenvil smaller parcels. Fantasy 5: (Sunday) 10-16-21-29-35 “Many don’t know… but years ago when I Dallas tonight?” Dicks got a call from “He made his was in Jaycees we did the local July 4 fire- Bradley Dicks the dean, who had money breaking up said his father three questions. land and selling to See an error? works. The city and county hardly provided The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news adequate funds and Mr. Dicks stepped up and answered “yes, sir” ‘Do you have a car?’ the average person items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, sponsored the event … for years and with lit- to all three. From ‘Do you have black what they could please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will tle recognition. He made a living in this com- there, he was off shoes?’ afford and wanted,” munity and this was a gesture of giving back. to tour with the Bradley Dicks said. run in this space. Thanks for reading. Dallas Symphony ‘Can you be in RIP, sir.” Dallas tonight?’ At the red light Orchestra as a first on County Road 252 “Prayers for the family,” wrote Tracy Wise, Bradley Dicks said “a man who helped get Columbia county trumpet. near Country Club Submissions underway.” “He was very his father answered Road, every house on The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption “In memory of Lenvil Dicks. Folks have no accomplished,” ‘yes, sir’ to all three. the left toward Baya information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would idea what a blessing he was to my family over Bradley Dicks said From there, he was Drive was part of a like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture the years,” wrote Michael Townsend. “Only of his father. off to tour with the Dicks subdivision, and information to the editor: [email protected]. Heaven knows. Pray for the Dicks family!” Lenvil Dicks Dallas Symphony Bradley Dicks said. “So sorry to hear this, good man, helped went on to become Orchestra as a first Bradley Dicks with a lot of folks,” wrote Ronnie Brannon. band director for trumpet. said he remembers Lake City Reporter “GOD BE WITH YOU and the family.” Columbia High watching his dad “The history of Columbia County will School from 1956 work in one particu- HOW TO REACH US BUSINESS ........... 754-0419 Main number ....... (386) 752-1293 include much about your Dad,” wrote Mark to 1966, writing the school’s lar neighborhood. 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