+ PLUS >> Jax TV buys into a hoax, Opinion 4A. COMMUNITY SCHOOLS SPORTS Annual 5K: Lessons on Tigers in Walking for numbers at rematch vs. a cure Summers Ed White See Page 8A See Page 7A See Page 1B TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2014 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Ebola prep underway here ease no longer seems so distant. to West Africa, or has been in director, said people shouldn’t Local emergency officials will meet But Michelle Cruz, the Lake contact with someone who’s been worry about ebola coming to Monday as precautionary measure. City Medical Center director of to West Africa and has contract- Columbia County. case management and infection ed the disease. It’s impossible “We don’t want anyone to think By SARAH LOFTUS reportedly lost to ebola since the control, said the likelihood of to know the likelihood of those ebola is imminent,” he said. [email protected] latest outbreak in March and one someone contracting ebola in things, she said. But if someone in Columbia man having contracted the dis- this area hinges on two factors: Shayne Morgan, the Columbia With more than 3,400 lives ease on American soil, the dis- whether someone here has been County emergency management EBOLA continued on 6A JOHN MORAN: SPRINGS ETERNAL Airshow could be making a return Local group gets permission to file application. By TONY BRITT [email protected] Some local residents have high hopes of bringing an airshow back to Lake City and Monday afternoon received the city Airport Advisory Committee’s approval to file an application to hold an event here. Nick Harwell, Lake City Gateway Airport manager, Crista Thomas of Jammin Productions and Vernon Photos by SARAH LOFTUS/Lake City Reporter Douglas, airshow advisor, John Moran talks about his exhibit, ‘Florida’s Fragile Fountains of Youth,’ which is now on display at Florida Gateway College. The exhibit is part made a presentation during of his and Lesley Gamble’s Eternal Springs Project. The display board pictured here has photos of the Itchetucknee Springs throughout the years the airport advisory committee beginning in 1989, showing the damage that has been done to the springs through the years. where the city signed off on the proposal. Thomas was also appointed to act as a represen- tative for the city to bring the Determining the future of our event here and Douglas will serve as the event’s mentor l and advisor. Harwell, Douglas John Moran photography and Thomas are leading the now on display at FGC. event’s promotion. Harwell said the purpose of By SARAH LOFTUS The water of the attending Monday’s meeting [email protected] Ichetucknee River was was to start the application no longer aqua-clear. The springs process with the Department John Moran fell in love grass along the bottom of Defense, which is a 30-day with Florida’s springs as wasn’t lush and full any- window. a young 20-something more. more than 30 years ago Instead, a new- AIRSHOW continued on 3A around the time he grad- ly-formed thick layer uated from the University of algae discolored the of Florida. water, making it green Captivated by their and dirty. Where there City quits beauty, he began photo- once was healthy, green graphing them. He loved grass, there was now Broadband how blue the water was sparse patches of grass and how untouched by intermixed with a lot of Authority man they seemed. algae. But after about 20 When he first noticed By TONY BRITT years of photograph- this change, Moran [email protected] ing them, around 2000, said it felt wrong to he realized that North photograph the springs John Moran, the co-director of the Eternal Springs Project, moves around display City officials have pulled Central Florida’s beauti- boards as he helps set up his exhibit, ‘Florida’s Fragile Fountains of Youth’ at Florida out of the North Florida ful springs had changed. SPRINGS continued on 6A Gateway College on Monday. Broadband Authority follow- ing concerns about the agen- cy’s audit from last year and other business matters. The city decided to with- Some wonder if medical pot is already legal draw from NFBA during Attorneys claim Florida law, as written, current state law allows severely ballot proposal this fall. Some Monday’s city council meet- ill patients to grow and consume even accuse Christensen and ing by a unanimous vote. City gives the ill the right to grow their own. their own weed if they meet cer- Ralph, doing business as “Health council members did not dis- By DARA KAM Floridians should allow doctors tain criteria and doctors say they Law Services,” of running a scam. cuss the reasoning behind The News Service of Florida to order medical marijuana for need it. The pair has been charging their decision. sick patients. But supporters of Amendment sick Floridians $800 for a “patient In 2010 the NFBA was the TALLAHASSEE — A Lawyer Ian Christensen and 2 say that what’s now available to identification card” designed to recipient of a $30 million fed- Jacksonville law firm has cre- his colleague Christopher Ralph Florida patients falls far short of keep them from getting arrested eral stimulus grant aimed at ated a firestorm in the already contend that a constitutional the treatment option that would heated debate about whether change isn’t necessary because be legalized if voters approve the POT continued on 6A NFBA continued on 6A Vol. 140, No. 175 Opinion . 4A CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER SCHOOLS SPORTS (386) 752-1293 Schools . 7A Obituaries . 5A Eastside names Burns will join SUBSCRIBE TO THE REPORTER: 85 59 Advice & Comics . 5B Tigers of the Gators in the Voice: 755-5445 Puzzles . 3B Month, 2A. water, 1B. Fax: 752-9400 Morning fog, 2A 2A LAKE CITY REPORTER DAILY BRIEFING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2014 Page Editor: Emily Lawson, 754-0424 3rd case of West Nile confirmed in Central Fla. DAYTONA BEACH empty all standing water and wear long After the EPA banned the chemical, the Florida’s existing ban on gay marriage ealth officials have issued an sleeves, long pants and use mosquito Clearwater-based New Nautical Coatings, isn’t directly affected by the Monday alert after a third person was repellant. Inc. continued selling the paint to Sea decision. But Bondi has said previously H diagnosed with West Nile virus in Hawk Refinish Line, which then lied to she wanted the high court to resolve the Volusia County. Men plead guilty to inspectors about when the paint was sold. outstanding legal questions surrounding Officials said in a statement Monday Sentencing for the four men is the ban. “there is a heightened concern additional selling banned chemical scheduled in federal court in Tampa in A spokesman for Bondi said Monday residents will become ill.” TAMPA — Federal authorities say December. her office is “reviewing the impact” of the The alert issued urges residents to take four Hillsborough County men working decision. extra precaution to avoid mosquitoes. for two Tampa companies have pleaded Ruling puts pressure on Several Florida circuit judges and a West Nile is most commonly transmitted guilty to making and selling boat paint U.S. judge in Tallahassee have already to human by mosquitoes. that included a banned chemical harmful Fla. Attorney General declared the state’s ban unconstitutional. A woman in Volusia County was diag- to marine life. TALLAHASSEE — Florida Attorney Bondi and Gov. Rick Scott have appealed nosed with the virus last month. The Environmental Protection Agency General Pam Bondi isn’t saying what she those rulings. The judges have agreed to Officials have not released the name, says the men worked for two companies will do in the wake of a U.S. Supreme stay their rulings pending those appeals. age or gender of the latest West Nile vic- that continued selling paint with the Court decision to turn away appeals from tims. chemical after agreeing to phase out pro- five states seeking to prohibit gay and The best way to avoid mosquitoes is to duction by Dec. 1, 2005. lesbian union. n Associated Press QUICK HITS Scripture of the Day “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.” — Isaiah 26:3-4 Thought for Today I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I’d rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way: The eye’s a better pupil and more willing than the ear, fine counsel is confusing, but exam- ple’s always clear. — Edgar Guest, English-born American poet (1881-1959) Winning Lottery Numbers Cash 3: (Monday) 0-3-5 Play 4: (Monday) 4-3-7-1 Fantasy 5: (Sunday) 4-18-23-31-36 See an error? The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will COURTESY PHOTOS run in this space. Thanks for reading. Eastside names Tigers of the Month ABOVE and BELOW: Eastside Elementary would like to recognize the following students as Tiger of the Month for Submissions September: Chloe Morris, Destin Hosford, Timmy Smith, Jesalyn Smith, Carson Watson, Kyler Keen, Kaleb Cray, Ava The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and Townsend, J’liyn Smith, Haley Stapleton, Brigham Naylor, Dean Glass, Bailey Ring, Landon Boyette, Christopher Dabbs, caption information to run at the discretion of the editor. If Ameria Brinson, Marvin Magana, Hannah Staley, Wyatt Stegall, Eriyona Taylor, Cassidy Kreider, Jazin Pate, Samantha you would like to see your organization in the newspaper, Davison, Cohen David, Caden Cervantes, Madison Shields, Robert Cook, Malik Gray, Bailey Ring, Alyssa Pawlak, Ryan send the picture and information to associate editor Emily Jones, Devlin Henley, and Ethan Sirmans.