A4 + PLUS >> Spying on son’s class could send mom to jail, Story below SPORTS CHS NASCAR Softball preview preview See Page 1B See Page 1B FRIDAY EDITION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM BOCC We’ll fight the County g to spend feds over uns, $640K on says county/ 3A building Today Friends of Music The Friends of Music it leases Series continues its sea- son with a concert by the Structure houses TDC, Capital City Trombone Ruffin’ EDAB, elections chief. Quartet. The quartet is based in Tallahassee and it at the is made up of four cur- By CARL MCKINNEY rent graduate trombone library [email protected] players in the Florida With little resistance, the coun- State University College ty on Thursday approved a pro- of Music. The group can posal to spend $641,000 remod- be found playing concerts eling offices it uses but does not and events around the own. Duval Place, an northern Florida area. As office complex off a group, they play in a mul- U.S. Highway 90, titude of styles, bringing houses the coun- diverse concerts to all audi- ty Supervisor of ences that hear them. The Elections, Tourist Capital Trombone Quartet Development will perform today at 7:30 Ford Council and pm, at Covenant First Economic Presbyterian Church, 421 Development Department. The White Ave. in Live Oak. county leases 5,000 square feet The concert is free and there at a rate of $8 per square foot per year, under the terms of a open to the public. A won- 10-year lease renewed in the 2018- derful reception follows where attendees may visit $640K continued on 3A with the performers. Fried chicken dinner Photos by TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter Spirit of Christ Lutheran ABOVE: Ramsey Parrish, Spying on Church is holding a fried 3, was dressed as a puppy chicken dinner on Friday dog during Preschool son’s class from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Storytime at the dinner includes chick- Columbia County Public en, green beans, mashed could land Library main branch potatoes, coleslaw, roll and Thursday morning. LEFT: brownie. Takeout available. mom in jail Amelia Moreno, 4, is all Spirit of Christ is located smiles as she listens to 145 SW Sweetbreeze Drive By ROBERT BRIDGES her mother, Erica Moreno, in Lake City. [email protected] read “Cats’ Night Out” The woman who listened in on Thursday morning at the her son’s class at Fort White High Saturday library. through his Apple smartwatch Craft workshop could face criminal charges. “The Road to Olustee” is Monica Cannon monitored the theme for this month’s her son’s 10th grade English craft workshop at the Lake LCPD: Trio jailed in theft of chainsaws class because he had been City–Columbia County accused of disrespectful behav- Historical Museum on By TONY BRITT Charles William Knight, the case. Each was booked into ior in recent weeks and she wanted to know if it was true, Saturday, from 10 a.m. to [email protected] 29, of 1073 NW Moore Road; the Columbia County Detention Jessie R. Gibson, 23 of McKee, Facility on $6,000 bond. Cannon said in an email to 1 p.m. Come and get ready A Kentucky couple and a school officials. for the Olustee weekend. Kentucky, and Brittany According to Lake City homeless Lake City man were Police Department reports, Her son did not know she was Make Sure that your cloth- all arrested Wednesday for S. Marcum, 26, of Lodon, listening in, she said. an officer was dispatched to ing and facts are ready to go stealing items from the back Kentucky, all face charges of The mother could be in trouble. Walmart in reference to a of a pickup truck parked at burglary to a conveyance and WEEKEND continued on 2A Walmart, police say. petit theft in connection with THEFTS continued on 3A SPYING continued on 2A GW HUNTER 1130 WEST US 90 386-752-5890 VISIT YOUR LOCAL CHEVRON STATION Vol. 145, No. 236 Obituaries . 3A CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER (386) 752-1293 Opinion . 4A Sports . 1B SUBSCRIBE TO THE REPORTER: 59 34 Advice & Comics . 3B-4B Voice: 755-5445 Classifieds . 5B Fax: 752-9400 Sunny, 2A 2A FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020 LOCAL LAKE CITY REPORTER Kids Tag Art Robert Woodard (from left), QUICK HITS Bob Langerin and Danny Collins listen as Ronnie Scripture of the Day Brannon, Columbia County Tax Collector, points out the “He that followeth after righteousness and mercy top Kids Tag Art entrants for findeth life, righteousness, and honour.” 2019-20. The winning pieces, — Proverbs 21:21 (KJV) two from each local elementa- ry school, were purchased by 19 tag art program sponsors Thought for Today and will be produced as vanity license plates. The Columbia There are years that ask questions and years that an- County Tax Collector’s office swer. — Zora Neale Hurston, 1891-1960, U.S. author has sponsored the Kids Tag (“Their Eyes Were Watching God”) Art program for five years and local schools have received more than $90,000 for art pro- Winning Lottery Numbers grams and supplies through Pick 3: (Wednesday p.m.) 0-5-6 the effort. TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter Pick 4: (Wednesday p.m.) 8-8-1-4 Fantasy 5: (Wednesday) 3-9-13-14-35 admission in writing would your entire class periods,” phone and played it back SPYING not be sufficient to prove Cannon told the teacher. for his mother. See an error? Continued From 1A the case. “I don’t tolerate disrespect “I feel that my son was The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news “Her saying it is not from my kids and any wrongfully interrogated items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, enough,” Dekle said. teacher at FWHS will tell and harassed for an issue “It was brought to our please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will Records would have to you so that knows me that should have been attention earlier this week run in this space. Thanks for reading. be subpoenaed from Apple including administration. addressed with me as his that an Apple Watch, worn to prove the surveillance On one day I heard you parent whom made the by a student, was used to occurred before proceed- send what appeared to be allegations,” she said in Submissions listen in to a classroom in ing, he said — assuming 2 or 3 kids from your class an email also obtained The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption our district,” Superintendent anyone actually wanted to for what appeared to be from the district by public information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you Lex Carswell told the Lake take the matter before a petty things from what I records request. “After, all would like to see your organization in the newspaper, send City Reporter in a written judge. could hear. After listening, I am the one that stated the picture and information to Robert Bridges at rbridges@ statement Thursday. “Our Dekle, the famed North I personally feel that you that I ‘listened.’ So, why lakecityreporter.com. legal team is reviewing the Florida prosecutor who overreact to small situa- was I never contacted. legality of this action but we sent Ted Bundy to his tions. Maybe teaching high You all had no right to believe these actions could death for the 1978 murder school students is not for go through his phone or Lake City Reporter very well violate Florida of Lake City schoolgirl you.” interrogate him without HOW TO REACH US ADVERTISING law.” Kimberly Leach, called it a Cannon said she wanted notifying a parent. Which Main number ....... (386) 752-1293 Director Chris Ratliff Retired Third Circuit fairly low-level offense he her son removed from you all still have failed to Fax number ............ 752-9400 (386) 754-0417 Circulation............. 755-5445 ([email protected]) prosecutor Bob Dekle “would not be wildly excit- Robinson’s class or for her notify or contact me in Online .... www.lakecityreporter.com calls those suspicions ed” about prosecuting. to be allowed to come to regards to the incident up The Lake City Reporter, an affiliate CLASSIFIED well-founded. of Community Newspapers Inc., Kym Harrison A spokesman for class with him during that until this point!” is published Tuesday through (386) 755-5440 “It is definitely against Douglas & Carter, the law period. Cannon said in the Saturday/Sunday at 180 E. Duval ([email protected]) the law for a private citizen St., Lake City, FL 32055. Periodical firm that represents the Cannon also blasted email she planned to file postage paid at Lake City, Florida, BUSINESS OFFICE to electronically surveil School Board, declined school and law enforce- a complaint or grievance Member of The Associated Press Vickie Busscher and the Florida Press Association. (386) 754-0419 conversations to which comment. ment officials for their against the district over ([email protected]) they are not a party,” Cannon revealed the alleged mistreatment of her the matter. All material herein is property of the Lake City Reporter. No part of CIRCULATION Dekle told the Reporter on surveillance in an email to son while investigating the Cannon declined to the contents of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part Director Sara Mercer Thursday. her son’s teacher, Martha matter. speak with the Lake City without written permission of the (386) 754-0408 Dekle said a first offense Robinson. The email was Based on the email Reporter for this story.