SUWANNEECOMING FRIDAY VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITY CommunityCurrent s MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ADVENT CHRISTIAN VILLAGE NEWS / PAGES 10-11A Suwannee Democrat 127th YEAR, NO. 35 | 3 SECTIONS, 38 PAGES Wednesday Edition — February 15, 2012 50 CENTS Serving Suwannee County since 1884, including Live Oak, Wellborn, Dowling Park, Branford, McAlpin and O’Brien CHAMBER SUPERLATIVES RacingRacing inin Coming Friday: DaytonaDaytona Chamber of Commerce Coming Friday: names citizen, Local Fain Skinner to race trailblazer in Daytona’s upcoming of the year ARCA series Slick Mist 200 Liquor Branford man Redistricting license gets final nod killed in wreck Now maps move to the drawing Florida Supreme Court By Jeffry Boatright [email protected] 714 applications filed After the Florida House of Representa- By Jeffry Boatright tives approved new House, Senate and [email protected] congressional maps on Feb. 3, the Florida Senate followed suit and approved the The application process measure on Feb. 9. to be included in the double According to the Florida Senate Major- random drawing for a ity Office Press Secretary Allison Aubu- liquor license in Suwannee chon, the Florida Supreme Court now has County closed Feb. 9 with 30 days to issue their declaratory judg- 714 applications filed, De- partment of Business and Professional Regulations Director of Communica- To view the maps and tions Sandi Copes Poreda to learn more, visit stated in an email Friday. Photo: Rob Wolfe The final number of ap- A Branford man died after the motorcycle he was riding col- http://www.floridaredistr plications filed is almost lided with this truck on US 129 South Saturday afternoon. icting.org/. double that of the last up- dated number the Democrat ment on the measure. reported on Feb. 7 which “Should that determination be that our was 385 entry forms. Two arrested following plans are indeed valid, the plans will be According to Poreda, the sent to the United States Department of double random drawing to Justice,” Aubuchon wrote in an email. select the persons who will truck-motorcycle crash “Should they find no objection, the dis- be entitled to apply for the By Jeffry Boatright 23-year-old Brian Adams tricts take effect.” licenses will occur after all [email protected] of Branford was killed in However, democrats contend that the Brian Adams of the applications have the crash when his 2007 maps violate anti-gerrymandering stan- been reviewed and all can- A Saturday afternoon Honda motorcycle collided dards that are part of the Fair Districts didates are determined to be collision between a pickup with a 1998 Dodge pickup eligible. truck and a motorcycle on driven by Humberto SEE REDISTRICTING, PAGE 12A The length of time this U.S. 129 South resulted in Machuca, 46, 9468 105th will take will be determined the death of a Branford Drive, Live Oak around man and the arrest of two 4:30 p.m. SEE LIQUOR, PAGE 12A Live Oak men, the Florida Machuca was reportedly South county Highway Patrol reported. Humberto Manuel According to the FHP, SEE TWO, PAGE 12A Machuca Torrez crash leads to arrest Check By Jeffry Boatright Crash on I-75 claims a life [email protected] scam By Jeffry Boatright An O’Brien man was ar- [email protected] rested for driving while li- cense suspended and leav- busted A single vehicle crash on ing the scene of an acci- I-75 Monday afternoon dent with property dam- claimed the life of a Penn- age, the Florida Highway sylvania man, according to Patrol reported. the Florida Highway Patrol. Phillip Parker According to FHP Demetrius Celestine Robert M. Craley, 71, of records, Phillip Wade Brown Collins Airville, Pa., died after the Parker, 33, O’Brien, was 1995 Dodge Ram 2500 van traveling west on 216th Street around By Jeffry Boatright in which he was driving 5:05 p.m., Feb. 8, when he illegally at- [email protected] struck a large tree and over- tempted to pass the vehicle that was trav- turned. eling ahead of him. An organized counterfeit According to FHP, Craley Reports show that when the driver of check printing and passing was driving north on I-75 in the vehicle ahead of Parker activated her operation that involved the outside travel lane near left turn signal and slowed to turn onto personal identification in- mile marker 440. The van 41st Road, Parker swerved into the east- formation from hundreds exited the roadway and bound lane of 216th Street and accelerat- of individuals has been drove onto the northbound ed, attempting to pass the vehicle in front foiled after an extensive in- grassy shoulder. The van This wreck on I-75, just north of CR 136 in Suwannee County, of him. As the other vehicle turned, Park- vestigation by the Live Oak claimed the life of a Pennsylvania man Monday afternoon. Police Department, police SEE CRASH, PAGE 12A - Photo: Suwannee County Fire/Rescue SEE SOUTH COUNTY, PAGE 12A reports show. Arrested in connection with the counterfeit opera- tion were Demetrius K. 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