1A WEEKEND EDITION FRIDAY & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 & 10, 2012 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Chick-fil-A is coming Will be built on US 90 near Chick-fil-A, said the company plans to start construction in December, and hopes to have Burger King; plans call for the fast food restaurant finished sometime in opening by summer 2013. spring or summer of 2013. On Facebook, the “Bring Chick-fil-A to Lake City, Florida” page has 1,324 “likes.” Friday By DEREK GILLIAM The most recent question on the page [email protected] Veterans Day ceremony CHICKEN continued on 8A After months of lobbying for a Chick-fil-A The Lake City VA Medical in Lake City, residents will finally get the Center Veterans Day cer- chance to eat more chicken. A former BP gas station is seen along US 90 emony will take place at 10 Tiffany Greenway, a representative for where a Chick-fil-A restaurant is to be built. JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter a.m. on the facility’s front lawn. The keynote speak- er is Guy Diffenbaugh, Senior Vice Commander of the Department of Florida Disabled American Veterans. Drive time Saturday Veterans Day parade The Lake City Veterans Day parade will take place from 10 - 11 a.m. Saturday. The VFW Post 2206 is host- ing the event. The parade will start at the Dept. of Transportation building on Marion Avenue and go north. Race against Wrights The Race Against the Wright Brothers 5k run/ walk will begin at 8 a.m. at 205 N. Marion Ave. in Lake City. Participants can regis- ter online at Active.com or in person at Carquest Auto Parts on Pinemount Road. Proceeds benefit Disabled American Veterans at Lake City VA Medical Center. Contact Michelle Richards at (386) 438-5830 for more information. Farmers market The Lake DeSoto Farmers Market is open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon in Wilson Park, along Lake DeSoto DEREK GILLIAM/Lake City Reporter between the Columbia Ed Seifert, public information officer for the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, has both hands on the wheel of a virtual reality device designed to improve County Courthouse and the driving skills of law enforcement officers. See story, 8A. Shands Lakeshore Hospital in downtown Lake City. Harvest festival The 10th annual Alachua Ceremony, Harvest Festival will be Armed robber hits gas from 1 to 5 p.m. on Main Street in Alachua. There parade for will be food vendors, rides, station; suspect sought shopping and entertain- ment. For more informa- local vets tion, go online to www.ala- From staff reports chuabusiness.com. By TONY BRITT A lone gunman robbed a local conve- [email protected] Pretty Hat Tea nience store Wednesday night, fleeing The annual Pretty Hat with an undetermined amount of cash Veterans past, present and future Tea will be at 5 p.m. in the before jumping into a waiting getaway will be honored for their service to Olivet Missionary Baptist car, authorities said. the country during a ceremony this Church fellowship hall. The According to Columbia County morning and a parade tomorrow. tea is sponsored by the Sheriff’s Office reports, around 6:45 The Lake City VA Medical Center women of the church. p.m. Wednesday the suspect entered Veterans Day ceremony will take the Chevron station/store on 3828 place at 10 a.m. on the facility’s front North US 441 and demanded money lawn. The keynote speaker is Guy Monday from the clerk. Authorities said the Diffenbaugh, Senior Vice Commander CHS band concert man was brandishing a small, silver- of the Department of Florida Disabled colored pistol. American Veterans. Columbia High School After the man got a small amount of The program for the event includes Band will present a free money from the cash register, he fled several speakers praising veterans for Salute to Our Veterans con- from the store. their military service, including rep- cert at 7 p.m. in the high Ed Seifert, Columbia County resentatives from several state and school auditorium. The Sheriff’s Office public information offi- federal politicians. marching band, jazz band cer, said the suspect took the money “There will be a welcome by our and wind ensemble will per- out of the cash register himself. new director Thomas Wisnieski,” form. Witnesses saw the man get into the said Nicky Adams, assistant chief of passenger side of a waiting car. The Voluntary Service for North Florida/ car fled the scene traveling north on South Georgia Veterans Health Tuesday U.S. Highway 441. System. “This will be his first atten- March of Dimes auction Seifert said no one was injured dur- dance at our Veterans Day ceremony The March of Dimes ing the robbery, but he was uncertain here in Lake City.” will have a Signature Chefs how many people were in the estab- Adams also noted the Lake City Auction at 5:30 p.m. in the lishment when the robbery occurred. Middle School eighth grade choral Rountreee Moore Toyota The suspect is a white man in his late ensemble will perform and motor- showroom, U.S. 90 West teens to early 20s approximately 5 feet cycle riders from the Patriot Guard in in Lake City. For more 9 inches to 6 feet tall. The suspect was Alabama, Georgia and Florida are also information, contact Kathy last seen wearing a black and white expected to attend the ceremony. McCallister at 755-0507 plaid hoodie over a white T-shirt and COURTESY CCSO “The highlight of the ceremony or Maureen Lloyd at 397- A still from surveilance video of a suspect in Wednesday’s 0598. ROBBERY continued on 8A armed robbery of a convenience store. VETERANS continued on 8A Vol. 138, No. 203 Opinion ............... 4A CALL US: COMING People................. 2A TODAY IN (386) 752-1293 73 39 PEOPLE SUNDAY SUBSCRIBE TO Sunny Obituaries ............. 5A THE REPORTER: Advice & Comics ....... 6-7B The Civil Wars Veterans Day Voice: 755-5445 Puzzles ............... 6-7B Fax: 752-9400 WEATHER, 2A break up. coverage. 2A 2A LAKE CITY REPORTER DAILY BRIEFING FRIDAY & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9-10, 2012 Celebrity Birthdays Saturday: Saturday: n Baseball Hall of Famer is 64. Afternoon: 5-3-3 Afternoon: 9-3-3-9 Wednesday: Whitey Herzog is 81. n Actor Lou Ferrigno is 61. Evening: N/A Evening: N/A 1-19-25-28-29 n Baseball Hall of Famer n Sen. Sherrod Brown, D- Bob Gibson is 77. Ohio, is 60. n Actor Charlie Robinson is n Gospel singer Donnie 67. McClurkin is 53. PEOPLE IN THE NEWS n Movie director Bille August n Rock musician Dee Plakas is 64. (L7) is 52. n Actor Robert David Hall n Actress Ion Overman is 43. The Civil Wars breakup in wind Daily Scripture “But if serving the Lord seems NASHVILLE, Tenn. rammy-winning duo The undesirable to you, then choose Civil Wars have canceled for yourselves this day whom their upcoming tour dates, citing irreconcil- you will serve, whether the able differences. gods your ancestors served GThe folk-pop duo of Joy Williams and John Paul White released a beyond the Euphrates, or the statement announcing that because gods of the Amorites, in whose of “internal discord and irreconcil- land you are living. But as for able differences of ambition” they were unable to “continue as a tour- me and my household, we will ing entity at this time.” serve the Lord.” Although they used the language — Joshua 24:15 of divorce, the duo added, “Our sin- cere hope is to have new music for you in 2013.” Lake City Reporter Williams and White are both mar- HOW TO REACH US ried, but to other people. Williams Main number ....... .(386) 752-1293 BUSINESS had a baby this summer with hus- Fax number ............. .752-9400 Controller Sue Brannon... .754-0419 Circulation .............. .755-5445 ([email protected]) band Nate Yetton, the duo’s man- Online .. www.lakecityreporter.com ager. ASSOCIATED PRESS CIRCULATION The Lake City Reporter, an affiliate of Lake City Reporter Earlier this year the pair canceled Joy Williams (left) and John Paul White of the Grammy Award-winning folk-pop Community Newspapers Inc., is pub- Home delivery of the part of their European tour. duo The Civil Wars have canceled their upcoming tour dates, citing irreconcilable lished Tuesday through Friday and should be completed by 6:30 a.m. Sunday at 180 E. Duval St., Lake City, Tuesday through Friday, and by 7:30 The duo found unexpected suc- differences. Williams and White are both married, but to other people. Fla. 32055. Periodical postage paid at a.m. on Sunday. cess with their 2011 debut album, Lake City, Fla. Member Audit Bureau of Please call 386-755-5445 to report any Circulation and The Associated Press. “Barton Hollow.” With backgrounds to three years of supervised proba- Several other defendants, includ- problems with your delivery service. tion. Lopez, 30, was initially charged ing the alleged ringleaders, have All material herein is property of the Lake In Columbia County, customers should in gospel and rock, they met when City Reporter. Reproduction in whole or call before 10:30 a.m. to report a ser- they were both asked to contribute with felony residen- taken plea deals to end their cases. in part is forbidden without the permis- vice error for same day re-delivery. After sion of the publisher. U.S. Postal Service 10:30 a.m., next day re-delivery or ser- to a country project and found chem- tial burglary and The remaining defendant, Courtney No.