A1 + PLUS >> Another cafe arrest follows raid, Story below. SCHOOL SHOOTING SOFTBALL Were warning Tigers open season signs missed? against Suwannee See Page 3A See Page 1B WEEKEND EDITION FRIDAY & SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 & 17, 2018 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Beating the (Taco) Bell curve Local eatery is ranked in top Today 0.5% in nation. 9 a.m. — Civil War memorial service at By CARL MCKINNEY Oaklawn Cemetery. [email protected] 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Class tours of the battlefield arranged Justin Moses, 46, through Florida summed up his father’s Park Service and for taco-centric regional fast the public to enjoy. food empire in two words. Admission charge: $3 “No shortcuts,” he said. per person, preschool That philosophy has children free. repeatedly earned Moses 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and his — Vendor booths employees open downtown: Arts/ What do you recognition crafts/food booths; from Taco public service booths; think? Bell corpo- commercial booths; main n Let us rate. Most stage entertainment; kids know in a zone entertainment recently, his Letter to father’s new- Noon — Official the Editor. opening ceremonies for See 4A. est franchise festival at the main stage. on Main 5 p.m. — Battle Boulevard in Lake City was between the Monitor named the 36th best Taco and the Merrimac, Civil Bell in the United States, War Skirmish, at shore beating out 7,200 other of Lake DeSoto and locations. downtown. CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter “We just work really Justin Moses visits his company’s Taco Bell franchise on Main Boulevard Thursday. The location was recent- Saturday ly ranked the 36th best Taco Bell restaurant in the United States out of the 7,200 operating here. MOSES continued on 2A 7 a.m. — 5K run 8:30 a.m. —- Fun run LCPD: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Another cafe arrest — Vendor booths open downtown 10:30 a.m. — Annual Worker broke in, follows Jan. 19 raid parade beginning at South Marion Street to called cops to By CARL MCKINNEY of Treasure Island 777, at 2 U.S. Highway 90 West [email protected] p.m. Thursday at his home in Lake City after one of his report burglary The reported owner of employees was seen haul- Saturday — at the internet gaming cafe in ing off an illegal “fish table” the Battlefield By CARL MCKINNEY Ellisville game, said Third Circuit 8 a.m. — [email protected] that author- State Attorney’s Office Presentation of colors ities raided investigator Ryan Nydam. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. — A burglary at GNC Nutrition at 680 W. last month Tong was booked into Park opens to the public. Duval St. Monday was an inside job, accord- was arrest- Columbia County Detention Adults $10, children $5, ing to the Lake City Police Department — ed on a Facility around 3 p.m. on preschool children free. and the burglar was none other than the gambling a charge of maintaining a 1 p.m. — Medical CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter demonstration employee who reported the crime. The front-door glass was shattered charge gambling establishment. Tong 2:30 p.m. — Period David Allen Thompson, 31, of Southwest at GNC Nutrition during a break- Thursday Nydam said he’d been music concert Azalea Place, called police around 8 a.m. in police said was perpetrated by afternoon. watching the house, located 3:30 p.m. — Mini- an employee who later called the Law enforcement arrest- battle held at Battlefield BURGLARY continued on 2A burglary in. ed Andy Tong, 41, owner CAFE continued on 2A Sunday — at the Battlefield 8:30 a.m. — Olustee fest will dominate weekend Presentation of colors formed to a time when the Rebs were Battle Festival take center stage. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. — Annual event begins today, ends Park opens to the public. Sunday with battle re-enactment. pitted against the Yanks. The Battle of Olustee occurred Feb. Adults $10, children $5, Re-enactors, living historians, area 20, 1864, in what is now Baker County, preschool children free. By TONY BRITT residents and visitors will have an as Confederate troops repelled Union 1:30 p.m. — 40th [email protected] opportunity to see what life here was soldiers who were marching toward the annual Olustee Battle like during the Civil War as the Battle of Re-enactment This weekend Lake City will be trans- Olustee Re-enactment and the Olustee OLUSTEE continued on 3A Gray Vol. 143, No. 230 Obituaries . 3A CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER (386) 752-1293 Opinion . 4A Faith & Values . 5-6A FAITH AND VALUES SUBSCRIBE TO A refresher on prayer in schools, 5A. 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Thought for Today Columbia County Commission on “I’d like a laid-out plan presented Commission Chairman Tim April 19. to the board,” Nash Murphy said the language on the Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it The commission on Thursday set said. ballot amendment needs to be clear now. that as the date for when it will ham- Nash also sug- and concise. — Unknown mer out the specifics on how the tax gested a rescinding “We’ve got to make it simple,” but will be presented to voters. mechanism for the easy to understand, Murphy said. The money would go toward road measure. Williams said there is a miscon- and bridge projects, freeing up other Foreman said the ception that the tax is meant to fund Winning Lottery Numbers revenue in the budget for projects ballot amendment construction of the new jail. Pick 3: (Thursday midday) 0-6-0 such as the construction of a new could include an auto- Nash “That’s not true,” he said. Pick 4: (Thursday midday) 3-0-3-7 county jail, estimated to cost more matic expiration date The tax can only go toward infra- Pick 5: (Thursday midday) 8-4-7-3-9 than $25 million. or require the commission to review structure projects, County Manager County Attorney Joel Foreman the tax after a certain period of time. Ben Scott has said on previous occa- wrote a rough draft of the ballot Commissioner Ron Williams said sions, but it would free up about $7 See an error? amendment based on similar mea- that after five to seven years the board million in the budget that could help The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news sures passed in Walton and Alachua should communicate with voters with the jail project. items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, please call the editor. Corrections and clarications will run in this space. Thanks for reading. to be a leader, Moses said. “It gives you an opportu- don’t wait around.” MOSES “He’s got high expecta- nity to put your extra touch- Richard Williams, an Continued From 1A tions and pushes us to be es on the building,” Moses area supervisor overseeing Submissions The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption outstanding,” he said. said. half of Momex’s stores, was information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would hard,” Moses said. “Our Five years later, when Like most newer Taco named general manager of like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture expectations are high.” Moses was promoted to Bell restaurants, it reflects the year last year by Taco and information to associate editor Justin Caudell at The rankings looked at area supervisor, Momex a rustic look now in style, Bell corporate for the loca- [email protected]. customer satisfaction and had expanded to 11 restau- Moses said. tion in Macclenny. “brand execution” — how rants in North Florida — “We try to make it feel “It just shows that hard well each location did in six Taco Bells, two Krystals not like your normal fast work pays off,” he said. Lake City Reporter quarterly corporate inspec- and three Wingstops. food restaurant,” he said. Jamie Brennan, the area HOW TO REACH US BUSINESS..............754-0419 tions. “Our results in the last Small details, such as the supervisor overseeing the Main number ........(386) 752-1293 CIRCULATION Moses’ father, Michael, five years have enabled use of live plants instead other half of Momex’s fran- Fax number ..............752-9400 started Momex Foods in us to grow comfortably,” of plastic decorations, drive chises, has on three occa- Circulation ...............755-5445 Home delivery of the Lake City Reporter Online ... www.lakecityreporter.com should be completed by 6:30 a.m. 1987 and opened his first Moses said. that point home, he said. sions helped make the U.S.