1A WEEKEND EDITION 'SJ .BZ 4BU .BZ 3PEOFZ"ULJOT 4IFSZM$SPX XJUI+PTI5IPNQTPO XJUI"EBN4BOEFST BOE&BTUPO$PSCJO "BSPO5JQQJO -P$BTI$PXCPZT BOE'MPSJEB(FPSHJB-JOF FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MAY 3 & 4, 2013 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Police No damp spirits charge two in May 3 FGC graduation drive-by Florida Gateway College will honor 700 graduates Third man sought during dual graduation ceremonies in the Howard in shooting Mon. Conference Center. The at group of people. first ceremony will take place at 10:30 a.m. and will be for students graduat- By DEREK GILLIAM ing with associate of arts [email protected] degrees. The second ceremony, Two men have been arrest- for those graduating with ed and a third is being sought bachelor of science degrees in connection with a drive-by in nursing, associate of sci- shooting Monday in the north- ence degrees, certificates west part of or advance technology the city. diplomas, will take place at Lake City 1 p.m. A reception at Pine police and Square will follow each cer- the Columbia emony. C o u n t y S h e r i f f ’ s Dedication ceremony deputies are The public is invited to a searching for Alford ribbon-cutting and dedica- a man they say tion ceremony for the cane fired a hand- grinding and syrup mak- gun and a AK- ing building donated to the 47 out of a car county by Elwood Tyre at window at the Alligator Lake Park. The intersection of event is set for 10 a.m. at Alma Avenue 420 SE Alligator Glenn (off Photos by JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter and Jefferson Stage hand Jason Frye programs a moving light on the main stage at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park on Country Club Road). For Street at a Folston more information call the Thursday. Gray skies and intermittent rain didn’t dampen the spirits of the thousands of country music fans who group of peo- county offices at 758-1005 streamed into the park for the 23rd Annual Suwannee River Jam, which runs through Saturday. ple watching or Commissioner Scarlet a basketball Frisina at 365-0687. game. Music fans ready for ‘fun in the mud’ M a r v i n May 4 D w a y n e Rain not stopping Alford, 22, Barbecue cook-off 199 NE James Christ Central Church festival-goers from Ave., is want- Sports will have an Ironman enjoying performers. ed by authori- Smith Backyard Barbecue ties for aggra- Cookoff from 10 a.m. to 2 vated assault p.m. at the church, 217 SW By AMANDA WILLIAMSON with a deadly weapon, after he Dyal Ave. Competitions [email protected] will be for chicken, Boston DRIVE-BY continued on 3A LIVE OAK butt and ribs. Cost is $25 to hairs dotted the area enter each category. Meals in front of the Spirit of will be $6 per plate. For the Suwannee Music more information, contact Park amphitheater County Ronny Busscher at 365- stage around 4 p.m. 2128. CThursday, already full of people insurance May Day listening to Jared Ashley and his crew sound-check their instru- Country music star Jared Ashley does a sound check before performing at The City/County ments in preparation for the the Jam on Thursday. contract Employee Appreciation night’s show for the Suwannee May Day event will take music fans hidden at their camp- This was his first year perform- River Jam. place from 9 a.m. to 4 sites. ing at the Live Oak festival, renewed The rain alternated between a p.m. at Memorial Stadium. “People will have fun in the which runs through Saturday. light sprinkle and drenching the Admission is $5, which mud and the rain,” Ashley said. On Thursday, he performed By DEREK GILLIAM poncho-covered audience. The includes lunch. Children 5 “This is country music.” before Randy Houser and The [email protected] water formed puddles and rivers years old and under will be Ashley competed in Nashville Eli Young Band. in the mud, but most seemed to admitted free. The lunch Star in 2006, the year Chris Columbia County employ- agree that it wouldn’t keep the consists of hamburgers, Young went home with the title. JAM continued on 3A ee’s no longer have to wonder hot dogs, Sonny’s barbecue what health insurance plan baked beans, potato chips they will have next year after and tea. City and county the county commission decid- employees will get free ed to renew the current plan admission and lunch. Day of Prayer event well attended at Thursday’s commission meeting. Fam Fest By TONY BRITT prayers. At last year’s budget adop- Haven Hospice invites [email protected] The pastors, from a tion hearing, the commission Lake City residents to par- range of denominations and mandated the county’s insur- ticipate in FAM FEST 2013, local churches, and Lake ance plan be put out for com- the fourth annual Fitness, The song “Singing Glory City Police Chief Argatha petitive bidding with other Art and Music Festival, to God” echoed through Gilmore, prayed for moral insurers, County Manager at 9 a.m. in Wilson Park. Olustee Park as people made awakening, schools, govern- Dale Williams said. Registration for the 5k race their way to their seats for ment, churches, the nation, Williams said insurance begins at 8 a.m., and costs the 62nd Annual National peace in Israel, the unborn, premiums are estimated to $25 before the event and Prayer Day program. families, veterans and law increase next year by between $30 the day of. With bowed heads and enforcement, the homeless, 5 percent and 10 percent, no Proceeds from the event humbled hearts, more than city and county, as well as a matter what the commission benefit Haven Hospice, a 100 local residents attended closing prayer. JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter did. He said the increase was nonprofit hospice organiza- the ceremony where sever- Despite a light drizzle, the New Life Christian Fellowship Church members (from left) partially due to changes to tion that provides end-of-life al local pastors spent more Tasheika James, Christa Herring and Kendrea Robinson and palliative care. than an hour offering up PRAYER continued on 3A hold up their hands up as they pray on Thursday. COUNTY continued on 3A Vol. 138, No. 328 Opinion ............... 4A CALL US: TODAY IN COMING (386) 752-1293 People................. 2A 78 61 Obituaries ............. 5A PEOPLE SUNDAY SUBSCRIBE TO THE REPORTER: T-Storms Advice & Comics ....... 4-5B Witherspoon Local news Voice: 755-5445 Puzzles ............... 4-5B Fax: 752-9400 WEATHER, 2A contrite. roundup. 2A 2A LAKE CITY REPORTER DAILY BRIEFING FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MAY 3 & 4, 2013 Celebrity Birthdays Thursday: Thursday: n Folk singer Pete Seeger n Rock musician David Ball Afternoon: 7-5-4 Afternoon: 6-3-1-0 Wednesday: is 94. (Soft Cell) is 54. Evening: N/A Evening: N/A 10-13-15-24-35 n Singer Frankie Valli is 79. n Country singer Shane n Sports announcer Greg Minor is 45. Gumbel is 67. n Actor Bobby Cannavale PEOPLE IN THE NEWS n Pop singer Mary Hopkin is 43. is 63. n Music and film producer- n Singer Christopher Cross actor Damon Dash is 42. is 62. n Country musician John n Country musician Cactus Hopkins (Zac Brown Band) Witherspoon contrite about arrest Moser (Highway 101) is 56. is 42. ATLANTA eese Witherspoon Daily Scripture recalled that she pan- icked, said some “crazy “This is the confidence we have things” and even claimed to be pregnant the night in approaching God: that if we Rshe was arrested in Atlanta on a dis- ask anything according to his orderly conduct charge. During an interview Thursday on will, he hears us. And if we know ABC’s “Good Morning America,” that he hears us—whatever we Witherspoon repeatedly apologized for her behavior during the April 19 ask—we know that we have traffic stop. A police report states what we asked of him.” that Witherspoon asked a Georgia state trooper, “Do you know my —1 John 5:14-15 name?” and added, “You’re about to find out who I am.” “ In her first sit-down interview about the arrest, the Oscar-win- Lake City Reporter ASSOCIATED PRESS ning actress told ABC’s George HOW TO REACH US Stephanopoulos that she had “one Actress Reese Witherspoon describes her behavior during her April 19 arrest in Main number . .(386) 752-1293 BUSINESS too many” glasses of wine, and pan- Atlanta to ‘Good Morning America’ co-host George Stephanopoulos on Thursday. Fax number . .752-9400 Controller Sue Brannon. .754-0419 icked after she and her husband Circulation . .755-5445 ([email protected]) Angeles told The Associated Press cant contribution in bringing to the Online . www.lakecityreporter.com CIRCULATION were pulled over. 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