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LCPD’s Gilmorea finalistin Tally

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Local chief among 10 leftof original 52 candidates.

By CARL [email protected]

After surviving a second round of can-didate eliminations, Lake City Police Chief Argatha Gilmore made it to the list of 10

finalists being considered for Tallahassee’s next police chief.

Gilmore, one of 52 applicants for the job, was among the names announced Wednesday by a 15-member committee members from the busi-ness, faith and law enforce-

ment communities formed to help select a new chief following the resignation of TPD Chief Michael DeLeo over the summer. The committee had intended to narrow the field to six but decided to expand the list to 10.

“I am humbled and honored to be con-sidered as a finalist,” Gilmore said.

Gilmore, who took the reins as Lake City’s police chief in 2009, applied for the TPD top spot Sept. 9. Gilmore’s rivals for

Gilmore

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Congressman:Impeachment effort a fraudFrom staff reports

Congressman Neal Dunn came out strong Wednesday in support of President Trump’s decision not to engage in a “par-

tisan impeachment” with-out a vote by the House of Representatives.

“Speaker Pelosi’s parti-san impeachment proceed-ings are a farce and an effort to overturn the 2016 election,” Dunn said in a

prepared statement. “Even worse, they will continue to stand in the way of Congress

Dunn

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Airport poised to lead chargefor growth 3A TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter

the Lake City Gateway airport terminal is pictured.

Robber forgot tochangeshirtsBy CARL [email protected]

An armed gunman made off with nearly $2,000 early Wednesday morning after

hitting up an internet gaming cafe where he was a fre-quent cus-tomer — but returned to the scene of

the crime without changing shirts to retrieve a vehicle he had abandoned during

Ham. school bus crashes;no kids hurtBy TONY [email protected]

HAMILTON COUNTY — A Valdosta, Ga., man suffered minor injures Wednesday afternoon when his pickup truck side-swiped a Hamilton County School bus transport-ing 25 children. No one on the bus was hust in the crash.

The wreck occurred at 4:20 p.m. on County Road 145 in Hamilton County, near the intersection of Northwest 13th Drive.

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Jefferson

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Pumpkin pickin’ time

Photos by TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter

Children in First United Methodist Church pre-kindergarten classes ventured through the church’s pumpkin patch Wednesday morn-ing. the pumpkin patch, which opened late last month, will remain open Monday-Saturday from 9 a.m. - dusk, depending on the weather, and from around noon-dusk on Sundays. there are close to 1,000 pumpkins for sale, including gourds and winged gourds. the pumpkins arrived Sept. 28 from New Mexico and are being sold by the church as a fundraiser. Prices vary based on size. TOP: Gracie Beauchamp stacks a small, white pumpkin onto a pile of other pumpkins as her classmate ainsley Bryan looks on. CENTER: aaron Wynn, left, laughs in the Pumpkin Patch with Rileigh Milligan. BOTTOM: Rileigh Milligan (from left), Gracie Beauchamp, Lydia Baker and ainsley Bryan play among the pumpkins at First United Methodist Church Wednesday morning.

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In support of the ReadingPals Program for the 2019-2020 school year, Women United will be hosting a local book drive for our community. These books will be provided to students in the Columbia, Hamilton and Suwannee school systems before their Thanksgiving break.

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getting anything meaning-ful done for the foreseeable future. It’s unconscionable

that Speaker Pelosi is arbi-trarily choosing to impeach the President without hold-ing a single vote to do so. It’s un-American and flies in the face of the Constitution. I fully support President

Trump’s decision and condemn Nancy Pelosi’s ‘impeachment by decree.’”

Dunn represents the southern portion of Columbia County in Congress.

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According to Florida Highway Patrol reports, Jarrod Davis, 45, of Valdosta, was driving north in a 2003 Dodge pickup truck with John Maxwell, 33, of Jennings, as his pas-senger.

The two were approach-ing the rear of a Hamilton

County School bus, a 2019 Thomas school bus, driv-en by Essie Brown, 58, of Jennings, who was also trav-eling north on County Road 145.

Brown reportedly pulled partially off of the east shoulder to make the left turn onto Northwest 13th Drive and Davis attempted to pass the school bus in a no passing zone, causing the right side of the pickup

to hit the left front side of the school bus.

Both vehicles came to rest on the west shoulder of the roadway facing east.

There were 25 children on board the bus.

Davis was taken by ambu-lance to South Georgia Medical with minor injuries. His passenger, Maxwell, was unhurt.

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his scheme, according to a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office report.

Willie Charles Jefferson, 22, of White Springs, faces two firearm possession charges and a count of rob-bery and grand theft each after an employee identified him when he returned to the Fun Times Arcade off U.S. Highway 90 not even an hour after the crime, deputies say.

Keys still in the igni-tion, a gray Chevy Malibu had been seemingly aban-doned south of the Fun Times Arcade internet cafe off U.S. Highway 90 early Wednesday morning,

according to the report. A deputy says he dis-

covered the vehicle a little around 2:37 a.m. Wednesday and peered inside, seeing a black handgun holster in the front passenger seat — with no handgun.

Minutes later, dispatch reported a robbery in progress at the arcade — described as a “casino” in the report — involving a masked suspect carrying a silver handgun, deputies say.

An employee said the gunman pointed the firearm at her, demanded money and walked with her into an office, where she gave him between $1,600 and $2,000.

The robber noticed her wallet on the shelf and asked who it belonged to,

but opted not to take it, the woman reportedly told deputies.

The robber told her to wait five minutes before calling 911, then ran out of the business in an unknown direction, according to the report.

Surveillance footage matched the employee’s statement, deputies say.

Around 3:20 a.m., a gold Ford SUV pulled up to the perimeter of the crime scene. Jefferson was inside — wearing the same yel-low shirt that could be seen sticking out from the rob-ber’s hoodie in the surveil-lance footage, according to the report.

Jef ferson said the Chevrolet found earlier belonged to his girlfriend

and claimed he left the vehi-cle there because he ran out of gas on the way to Walmart, deputies say.

An employee at the busi-ness identified Jefferson as the gunman, saying he was a frequent patron there.

Jefferson was arrest-ed and taken to Columbia County jail without incident.

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the job are: John Dale, a former executive at the Broward County Sheriff’s Office Department of Investigations; Antonio Gilliam, assistant police chief for the St. Petersburg Police Department; Steve Outlaw, currently serving as TPD’s interim chief; Lawrence Revell, a major at TPD’s Criminal Investigations Bureau; Glenn Sapp, chief of the Quincy Police Department; Lonnie Scott, a TPD commander working in administra-tive services; Audrey Smith, head of the Leon County Sheriff Office Department of Youth Services; Eric Smith, deputy chief at the Orlando Police Department; and Perry Tarrant, assistant police chief of the Seattle Police Department.

The candidates will be called in for interviews in early November, according to the City of Tallahassee website.

Tallahassee City Manager Reese Goad will make the final decision.

In her cover letter, Gilmore describes her experience assuming command at LCPD.

“I took the helm at LCPD in an era of instability, accepted a mandate to turnaround performance, spear-headed operational reforms, elevated the brand image, rebuilt morale, restored public confidence, and built a foundation that equips the agency for long-term successes in delivering quality police services in dynamically evolving society,” Gilmore wrote.

Gilmore wrote that the job opening is a unique “homecoming” oppor-tunity to return to TPD, where she

started her law enforcement career and worked for 25 years.

She started as a patrol officer in 1984, a position she stayed in for five years. Gilmore climbed the ranks from 1989 onward, becoming a divi-sion commander in 2008.

Gilmore describes herself as a candidate with “credibility as a liai-son, spokesperson, and organization-al advocate who is focused on inclu-siveness, builds bridges, facilitates communications with diverse inter-

nal and external stakeholders, forg-es strategic relationships, and col-laborates with other public agencies at the local, state, and federal levels to expedite sharing of information, plan logistics of joint actions, and provide security to protect public safety in planning logistically to con-trol traffic and crowds at large-scale community events,”according to her cover letter.

Gilmore wrote that she has the “mental agility and critical thinking skills to analyze existing, emerging , and potential issues, assess threats, forecast impacts, target needs, chart strategic directions, plan workflow, control costs, maintain documen-tation, administer programs, lead projects, and develop the workforce while allocating human, physical and financial resources to attain optimal value and ensure integrity in expend-ing public funds,” among other qual-ifications.

On her resume, Gilmore highlights her leadership-training credentials, which include a certificate from a program at Harvard for senior exec-utives in state and local governments and programs from the FBI National Academy, the Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute and the Florida Police Chief Association.

Gilmore has a doctorate from Regent University in Strategic Leadership Foresight, which she earned in 2018. She has a master’s degree in public administration from Florida A&M University and a bach-elor of science in criminology from Florida State University.

Gilmore’s application also lists involvement in various community and faith-based groups, including work with the Church of God in Christ.

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Airport will lead the charge for growthBy CARL [email protected]

With a laundry list of upgrades in the works — some of which are near-ing completion — Lake City officials are looking to transform the town’s municipally owned airport into a profitable driver of economic growth.

Lake City Gateway Airport, which generates enough revenue to be self-sustaining, will soon have a newly repaved main runway, better lighting on the side runway and two new hangars to accom-modate already recruited tenants, said City Manager Joe Helfenberger. With its proximity to the North Florida Mega Industrial Park, where a rail spur is going in to grant business-es easy access to markets all over the region, the air-port is poised to be a pow-erful tool the community can use to recruit jobs and growth, Helfenberger said.

“It has the potential to be a multi-modal transpor-tation hub for this region,”

Helfenberger said. One of the initiatives to

reach that goal, an $8 mil-lion project to resurface the 8,000-foot main runway, is about 98 percent complete and could wrap up as early as December.

“This one was done because the runway was breaking up and in need of repair,” Helfenberger said.

If the city had held off on the resurfacing, it might have needed to entirely reconstruct the runway, Helfenberger said.

All but 5 percent of the project’s price tag is being covered by grants — 80 percent from the Federal Aviation Administration and 15 percent from the state Department of Transportation.

The city’s share of the cost is entirely covered by revenue the airport generated through hangar leases, fuel sales or other business activity.

“There’s no prop-erty taxes involved,” Helfenberger said.

Within weeks, two new hangars will provide the

airport extra potential for rental revenue.

Visible from U.S. Highway 90, a 12,000 square-foot hangar and smaller 5,000 square-foot hangar already have ten-ants signed on, who should be moved in by the end of October, Helfenberger said.

“They’ll help keep up with increasing costs for maintenance and repair,” he said.

Combined, the new facilities cost a little more than $2 million. Grants from the state Department of Transportation are covering a portion of the small-hangar project.

Construction started ear-lier this year.

The tenant of the larger hangar — spacious enough to accommodate a Gulf Stream G550 business jet — is a corporate entity that

does not wish for its iden-tity to be released at this time, Helfenberger said. A government agency is leas-ing the smaller hanger.

On a smaller scale, a roughly half-million-dollar project to install lighting on the side runway and a taxi-way is in the design stage and should go out to bid within the next 60 days.

Work should start after Jan. 1.

An existing tenant, the United States Forest Service, has decided to pump $1.3 million into upgrading a hangar facility it leases from the city. The agency, which uses the airport as a launching area to monitor forest fires, has plans to expand a ramp and improve infrastructure to accommodate larger air-craft.

The Forest Service recently signed a 20-year lease agreement for the facility and roughly 14 acres of airport land. The agency is an important source of revenue for the airport, Helfenberger said.

“They buy a significant amount of fuel,” he said.

In the long run, the city has secured funding from the FAA to update its master plan, layout plan and business plan for the airport. Those documents will provide a blueprint to make the airport a more lucrative asset for the city, Helfenberger said.

“It does not rely on prop-erty taxes, and we want to keep it that way,” he said.

CARL MCKINNEY/Lake city Reporter

a new hangar at Lake city Gateway airport nearing completion.

Lawmaker takes aim at healthcare titlesA Republican lawmaker

wants to crack down on the titles that health care providers use when they identify themselves to the public.

Rep. Ralph Massullo, a dermatologist from Lecanto, has filed a bill for the 2020 legislative session that would change state law and allow health-care licensing boards to take disciplinary action against providers who are not phy-sicians but use monikers that could imply they are, such as “anesthesiologist.”

The bill (HB 309) comes on the heels of a unan-imous decision by the Florida Board of Nursing in August to allow John McDonough, an advanced practice registered nurse, to identify himself as a “nurse anesthesiologist” without facing repercus-sions.

The News Service of Florida obtained a copy

of the Board of Nursing’s Sept. 13 final order, which notes that nothing in law indicates that the term anesthesiologist is “protect-ed and requires licensure from either of the two med-ical boards,” referring to the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine.

Massullo’s bill, however, would amend health-care professional licensure laws to define anesthesiologists as allopathic or osteopathic physicians who have com-pleted anesthesiology train-ing programs.

McDonough told the News Service in August that he is moving, in part, to describe himself as a nurse anesthesiologist as a reaction to anesthesiologist assistants using the term “anesthetists,” which he contends has long been associated with advanced practice nurses who spe-cialize in the administra-

tion of anesthesia. The American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants refers to its providers as “anesthetists” in its 2019 mission statement.

McDonough noted that anesthesiologist assistants must work under the direct supervision of anesthesiol-ogists, while certified reg-istered nurse anesthetists, like him, are only required to work under the direct supervision of doctors.

Moreover, McDonough said dentists, who are not medical doctors, have been identifying themselves as dental anesthesiologists. Even some anesthesiolo-gists, he said, now identify themselves as physician anesthesiologists.

In a time when providers are trying to distinguish their identity, he said, it “doesn’t make any sense” not to identify his profes-sion as “nurse anesthesiol-ogists.”

While the final order from the Board of Nursing would only apply to McDonough, who also is a professor and director of the nurse anesthesiology program at the University of North Florida, other certified registered nurse anesthetists will follow suit, said Jacksonville health-care attorney Chris Nuland.

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Drivers trekking to the Florida Keys often miss it until they see the For Sale sign.

“Island for Sale” reads the verti-cal post with the listing price of $17 million.

The sign sits outside the gated entrance to Terra’s Key, the pri-vate island at Mile Marker 79.9 in Islamorada.

The gate leads to a thin road that is a quarter of a mile long and surrounded on both sides by the blue-green waters of the Atlantic, home to the island residence at 79775 Overseas Highway on Upper Matecumbe Key.

The compound has a blue-and-white, single-family home with five bedrooms and four bathrooms. There is a pool, cabana, a tennis court, boat slip and helicopter pad. In all, the island is 15.84 acres.

“It’s an amazing property,” said Patti Stanley, a Coldwell Banker Schmitt broker associate who rep-resents the owner James Terra, who listed the property over the summer. This is the first time it has gone on the market in about 27 years. “When you drive by it, it’s intriguing. It’s one of those fanta-

sies. It’s there but you never get to go there.”

Boaters and tourists visiting nearby resorts can see the towering palm trees that ring the property, which has views of the mangroves, ocean and the nearby Alligator Reef Lighthouse.

“When you are standing on the

island, all you see are palm trees, water and the sky,” Stanley said.

Like the rest of the Florida Keys, the island has a rich history.

In the early 1800s, it was used for farming by the residents of nearby Indian Key, said Brad Bertelli, cura-tor at the Keys History & Discovery Center in Islamorada. One of the farmers was Lemuel Otis, who would later become Monroe County’s first sheriff in 1829.

During the Seminole War of 1838, a naval depot was established on the island called Fort Paulding for soldiers and wounded military.

Over time, the island has also been known as Boys Key, Tea Table and Umbrella Cay.

“It was called Umbrella Cay because there was a large tree at the end of it that was shaped like an umbrella,” Bertelli said.

In the 1950s, a road was built to connect the island to the highway. Built in 1971, the property was previously owned by Sir Bernard Ashley, widower of the English designer Laura Ashley, accord-ing to The Miami Herald. Terra then bought the property for $3.1 million. In more recent years, the property has been used as a sec-ond home for him and as a vaca-tion rental, with rates as much as $30,000 a month, Stanley said.

Denizens occasionally see its owner land a helicopter there when he visits with his family.

“They just don’t have the time to spend that they should in a home like that,” Stanley said.

Recently I had a family mem-ber ask me to do something for them. I obliged, lovingly,

because they are family, and you should always be able to rely on family members to come through for you. After all, my family has stepped in numerous times when I needed them.

However, while I did say yes to their request, my insides were churning. This family member was not requesting assistance because of any emergency; it was more for convenience. That’s okay though ... to ask for help for that reason. Life can be difficult, and sometimes we just want and need someone to be there.

So, why were my insides scream-ing for me to say “no?” At the time, my mind was exhausted; not tired, not worn down; exhausted. With a new year of kindergarten having started, a now-teenage daughter in the house, chorus and 4H require-ments, and everything in between – I felt I was getting lost. But the idea of saying “No” filled me with such guilt and anxiety. I felt selfish and unworthy of all of the help they had provided me in the past. I felt ... wrong.

The word “obligated” is defined as being bound or compelled, and there are so many times in life that we feel obligated to look, speak, and act a certain way. We feel obli-gated at work to smile when we feel like breaking down, to be there for family and friends when we have nothing left to give, and we even feel obligated at home to put every-one else first.

So, when do we feel obligated to ourselves? It may sound selfish and ungrateful, but is it? At the beginning of this school year my boss told all of the employees that we cannot help others, if we don’t first take care of ourselves. It can be hard though, because we often feel guilty, like we are letting every-

one else down. It’s sad. We are so willing to say that we are sorry when we can’t make it to a get-to-

gether or party. We say sorry when we forgot to smile at the end of an encounter. But we don’t say sorry to ourselves. Sorry that we didn’t put ourselves first – just a little bit.

But why would we, talk shows, newspapers, and magazines tell us that our children should always come first, and get more than 100% of our love and attention.

Please understand, I am not dis-puting that. I would give my life and the last morsel of food in my home to my children, even if that meant my own demise. I would give up everything, to make sure they have every opportunity in life. But I can’t do that effectively, if I cannot be present in mind, body, and soul. Counselors and thera-pists will tell you that to make a

marriage work you must be willing to give 100% of yourself at all times. Wow, I don’t think there is even 100% of me left to give. Employers will “jokingly” tell you that you need to give 110% of yourself to be a suc-cess. If you add that all together, you see that the world is asking us to give over 300% of ourselves all day, every day. That is not possible!

At the end of our lives, surround-ed by family members and friends, we won’t be saying sorry for the work we did not accomplish. We will not say sorry for the smiles we just couldn’t muster. We will not be saying sorry for the take-out we provided, instead of making that home-cooked meal. We won’t be saying sorry to our children for not making enough money. And most likely, they will not be asking us to. Instead, that is when we will finally look inward and realize we need to apologize to ourselves, for not sav-ing just a small percentage of life to take care of our own needs.

I challenge you, reader, to take a little time this week to apologize to yourself. Look in the mirror, and tell yourself that it is okay to say “No.” Say sorry for saying “yes” when you shouldn’t have. Say sorry for forcing that smile, instead of just being okay with how you were feeling. Look in the mirror, and know that it is beneficial and healthy to be obligated to yourself sometimes. Your children will still love you; your friends will under-stand; your family will still be there. After all, if those special people in your life cannot see that you need that time for yourself sometimes – if they get upset or disappointed in you – maybe they were not deserv-ing of your time and apologize in the first place.

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O U R O P I N I O N

It’s not often we delve into international mat-ters on this page, especially those involving sports.

But when a major American institution like the NBA teeters on renouncing our nation’s most cherished principles to appease a commu-nist dictatorship, it’s time to talk.

Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey got the ball rolling when he tweeted in support of Hong Kong protesters who are risk-ing their lives daily for the cause of freedom.

China didn’t like it and demanded Morey apologize, which he unfortunately did.

Now it appears China wants an apology from the NBA as well.

Why does anybody in the good old U.S. of A. give a whit what China thinks of American hoops and the people who package it? Because the league is working hard to crack that mar-ket, which could be worth billions.

Already, lucrative TV broadcasts of NBA pre-season games in China have been canceled in retaliation for Morey’s tweet, with the threat of more to come. There is plenty of loot on the line. But there is even more at stake for the principles we in America hold dear.

The NBA is a private corporation, but will be seen as speaking for the nation.

Should the league cave to China’s demands and apologize to this brutal regime for nothing less than the First Amendment — well, we as Americans will have something to say about that. Losing China would be nothing to losing the U.S. television market.

That’s getting a little ahead of ourselves. For the record, NBA Commissioner Adam

Silver has said he will not apologize.Still, he’s just a hired hand for the billionaire

owners, and who knows how they’ll ultimately react should China turn up the financial heat.

China, meanwhile, is reminding the world what it would often like us to forget: that it is an iron-fisted dictatorship that will brook no dissent. As the crackdown on Hong Kong con-tinues, we’re getting a double dose of it.

At least the lines are clearly drawn. Let’s see which side this corporate American

icon ends up on.

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TodayDAR meeting

The Edward Rutledge Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, will hold its monthly meeting today at 10:30 a.m., St. James Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 2423 SW Bascom Norris Drive, Lake City. Janet Messer, Florida State Society Daughters of the American Revolution

volunteer genealogist, will speak on “Historical Newspapers.” Visitors are always welcomed. For more information, please call 752-2903.

Garden ClubThe Lake City Garden

Club will meet today at the Clubhouse on Lake Isabella. Refreshments are to be served at 9:30 a.m. and the meeting will begin at 10. Chris Carter of Nobles Nursery in Live Oak will present a program titled “Fall Fun in the Garden.”

Ichetucknee gatheringIn cooperation with

the Halpatter Brewing Company, the Ichetucknee Alliance will hold “Follow the Ichetucknee,” a free informational program and social gathering, 6:30-8:30 p.m. today. Halpatter is locat-ed at 264 NE Hernando Ave.

Flu shots for vetsA drive-through flu-shot

clinic is scheduled through October 18 at the Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, (619 South Marion Ave. It will be available

Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. until Oct. 18. (Closed Monday, October 14, for Columbus Day or for inclem-ent weather.) The clinic is located in the back park-ing lot off Division Street, follow signs. The clinic is available for enrolled veter-ans only. Please ensure you have your veteran identifi-cation card.

Pumpkin PatchFirst United Methodist

Church’s Pumpkin Patch is now open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until dusk, and Sundays from 12:30 p.m. until dusk. Elementar y schools, pre-K and day care programs are invited to join us for story time. Please call for reser va-tions at 386-752-4488.

Food outreachCatholic Charities Lake

City will be conducting a community food outreach at the Suwannee County Emergency Management offices, 617 Ontario Ave. in Live Oak, today begin-ning at 9 a.m. First come, first served while supplies last. Only one person per household may be eligible and must be a resident of Suwannee County. Call 754-9180 for more information.

BingoBingo games are offered

every Sunday, Monday and Thursday at 6:45 p.m. at the American Legion Post 57, 2602 SW Main Blvd. in Lake City. There are three

$250 jackpots each night. Quarter games are played at 3 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays. Refreshments are at reasonable prices.

FridayBlues night

On Friday, the Country Club at Lake City is the venue for a night of blues, featuring 441 South, who will be representing the

entire North Central Florida Blues Society next year. The group looks to do one big show at home before that. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20, while children 13 and under are free.

Golf tournamentEpiphany Catholic School’s

60th anniversary golf tour-nament will be held at the Quail Heights Country Club on Friday from 8:30 a.m. to noon, with a lunch to follow. Registration is from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Tee time is 8:30 a.m. with a shotgun start. The format is four-person scramble. The event is limit-ed to the first 24 teams to sign up. Cost is $55 per person. At lunch there will be raffles and giveaways. Sponsorships are also available.

Flu shots for vetsA drive-through flu-shot

clinic is scheduled through October 18 at the Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, (619 South Marion Ave. It will be available Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. until Oct. 18. (Closed Monday, October 14, for Columbus Day or for inclem-ent weather.) The clinic is located in the back parking lot off Division Street, follow signs. The clinic is available for enrolled veterans only.

Please ensure you have your veteran identification card.

Pumpkin PatchFirst United Methodist

Church’s Pumpkin Patch is now open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until dusk, and Sundays from 12:30 p.m. until dusk. Elementar y schools, pre-K and day care programs are invited to join us for story time.

Please call for reser va-tions at 386-752-4488.

TheaterThe High Springs

Playhouse’s production of “A Party to Murder,” by Marcia Kash and Douglas E. Hughes and directed by Katy Lasiter, will run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays throughout October. Go to highspring-splayhouse.com or call 386-454-3525 for more.

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Doc Adams Band comingThe doc adams Band is coming to the spirit of the suwannee music Park at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18, at the Music Hall. Go to musicliveshere.com for more.

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The Tentative, Adopted, and/or Final budgets are on file in the Office of the above-mentioned taxingauthority as a public record.

NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX INCREASE

THE PREVIOUS NOTICE PLACED BY THE LAKE SHORE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW, NECESSITATING THIS SECOND NOTICE.

The Lake Shore Hospital Authority will soon consider a measure to increase its property tax levy.

Last year’s property tax levy:

A. Initially proposed tax levy $3,969,661

B. Less tax reductions due to Value Adjustment Board and other assessment changes 1,410,264

C. Actual property tax levy 2,559,397

This year’s proposed levy $2,764,194

All concerned citizens are invited to attend a public hearing on the tax increase to be held on: October 14, 2019

5:15 p.m at

Lake Shore Hospital Authority Administrative Complex

259 N.E. Franklin Street, Suite 102 Lake City, Florida

A FINAL DECISION on the proposed tax increase and the budget will be made at this

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son, Florida to Jeanette Ruise Holton and L.T. Holton, Sr., they preceded him in death. He was called home on Tues-day, October 1, 2019, in Duval County. David enjoyed watch-ing the Dallas Cowboys Football games, and attending his grand-son baseball and football games, and was an avid baseball player himself. He was a loving father, grandfather, uncle, brother, and friend. Loving and cherished memories will be kept by a loving and de-voted daughter, Latasha Holton (Anthony George); devoted stepfather, Robert Lee Perkins; grandchildren, K r i s t o p h e r Simmons, In-dia George, and Tristan George; hosts of other niec-es, nephews, other relatives, and friends. Funeral services for David J. Holton will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, October 12, 2019, at Faith Bible Church, 15902 US Highway 90, Sanderson, FL. Videll Williams, Pastor.The family will receive friends on Friday, October 11, 2019, from 6:00 8:00 P.M. at the fu-

neral home. Arrangements entrusted to COMBS FUNERAL HOME, 292 NE Washington St., Lake City, FL, (386) 752-4366. “The Caring Professionals”. Mr. Edward Jenkins Mr. Edward Jenkins, 81, of Eclectic, Alabama, former resident of Pensacola, Flori-da, passed away on October 8, 2019. He was born October 13, 1937 in Lake City, Florida.Funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm, Satur-day, October 12 at First Baptist Church of Eclectic with Dwight Law officiating. Burial will fol-low at Pleasant Grove Ceme-tery, Linville Memorial Funeral Home directing. Visitation will start at 12 noon at the church pri-or to the service. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Mary Brannon Jenkins; children, Tramel (Lisa) Jenkins and Rhonda (Michael) Peaden; grandchildren, Ryan (Kimberly) Peaden, Jace Peaden, Sara Beth Peaden, Davis (Heidi) Peaden, Jack Jenkins and Shelby Jen-kins; great grandchildren, Addy

Greyce Peaden, Sadie Fayth Peaden, Carter Davis Peaden and Hadlee Joy Peaden; siblings, Randolph (Fran) Jenkins and T. D. (Shirley) Jenkins; and a lov-ing extended family. He was a member of Athens Baptist Church in Lake City, FL and attended First Baptist Church of Eclectic. He honor-ably served in the United States Navy and retired after 20 years of service. He also served 20 years with Civil Service. His hobbies were gardening and tractor riding but most of all, he enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and family. On-line condolences at www.linvil-lememorial.com. LINVILLE MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME. Eclectic, Alabama Mr. Homer Elbert Jolley Sr. Mr. Homer Elbert Jolley Sr., 81, passed away October 5, 2019 at his residence in Lake City, Florida. Homer was born June 19, 1938, in Homerville, GA to the late Carlie Hillman Jolley Sr. & Bernice Irene (Lang) Jolley. He was married to Sherry Dianne (Sexton) Jolley for 16 years. He worked with the City of Lake City for 22 years before retiring.

Survived by: Siblings: Lola Rea Bland (Charles), Alva Nita Chisholm, Isaac Alvin Jolley (Linda) Children: Hilda Jean Albritton, Billy E. Jolley (Cynthia), Homer E. Jolley Jr. (Kathy), Andrew Jolley (Ly-nette) Stepchildren: Tim Sex-ton, Michelle Rourks (Joey) 13 Grandchildren 17 Great-Grand-children. Preceded By: (Parents) Car-lie Hillman Jolley Sr, Bernice Irene Jolley (Lang)(Siblings) William Arlis Jolley, Carlie Hillman Jolley Jr, Jessie Elton Jolley, Charles Richard Jolley (Stepchild) John Sexton (Great Grandson) Ryan Michael Jolley. Funeral services for Mr. Jolley will be held Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 10am in the memori-al Chapel of Dees-Parrish Fami-ly Funeral HomeThe family will receive friends Friday, October 11, 2019 from 6pm - 8pm at the funeral home.Please share any fond memories on the online registry at http://www.parr ishfamilyfuneral-home.com/DEES-PARRISH FAMILY FUNERAL HOME is in charge of all arrangements.

Geraldine Jackson Smith Geraldine Jackson Smith de-parted this life on October 06, 2019.Geraldine was born in Olustee on January 05,1949. She was educated in the Baker County School System. Her memory will forever be cherished by her Children: Ar-chie Smith, Tommy Smith, Tony Smith, Johnny Smith. Siblings: Christine Jones and Bryant Au-rora. 12 Grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 2:30 P.M. in the Emmanuel Church of God in Christ, 450 S. 8th Street, Macclenny, Florida 32063. Supt. Joe N. Ruise will be conducting the service. Inter-ment will follow in the Olustee Cemetery. Public viewing will be held on Friday, October 11, 2019, 5:00P.M. until 7:00 P.M. at Emmanuel Church of God in Christ. Final rites are entrusted to: A.M. WHITE MORTU-ARY (386) 288-0646

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Florida had 13 vaping-re-lated pulmonary illnesses reported last week, bring-ing the number of cases to 52 as of Saturday, accord-ing to data from the Florida Department of Health.

While the number of cases continued climbing, the number of vaping-relat-ed deaths remained at one. The counts reflect the num-ber of cases of lung inju-ry that were reported to a Florida disease-surveillance system dubbed Merlin.

A surge in vaping-related illnesses across the coun-try has drawn heavy atten-tion recently. More than 1,000 pulmonary illness

cases had been reported as of Oct. 1 to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The agency has not iden-tified a cause, but it said national and regional find-ings suggest products con-taining THC --- the eupho-ria-causing ingredient in marijuana --- play a role in the outbreak.

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JACKSONVILLLE — Jacksonville Jaguars corner-back Jalen Ramsey practiced for the first time in three weeks Wednesday, rejoining teammates two days after seeing a back specialist.

Ramsey participated in a limited capacity, taking part in individual drills before spending the rest of the session working with team trainers on the side.

“It’s nice to see Jalen’s face,” fellow cornerback D.J. Hayden said. “It’s very nice. It’s very heartwarming. It’s good to see Jalen out there.”

It remains to be seen whether Ramsey plays Sunday against New Orleans (4-1) and the NFL’s leading receiver, Michael Thomas.

“I feel like he’ll tell us if he decides,” defensive tack-le Abry Jones said. “You only get a couple of athletes like Jalen every once in a while, so I feel like if he

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Columbia golfer Payton Gainey lines up a shot during a match against Branford on Monday at Quail Heights.

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Columbia quarterback Jordan Smith scrambles up the field against Robert E. Lee in last season’s regional semifinal.

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Ramsey practices for 1st time in 3 weeks

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At one point this season, Columbia girls golf coach Tammy Carter found herself belting out “Baby” by Justin Bieber in the car.

The Lady Tigers have a way of bringing out the teenage girl in her.

“They’re always laughing and having fun, so it’s been a very good year,” Carter said. “The bonding is great. I’ve never seen a group like this that practices every day and wants to be here.”

That bond has produced results in 2019, with a 16-3 record for CHS after Monday’s 174-234 win over

Ramsey

Lady Tigers believe the district is for the taking.

From staff reports

Columbia defeated St. Francis Catholic 3-1 (25-21, 17-25, 25-23, 25-17) on the road Wednesday night.

Asherah Collins led the Lady Tigers (7-16) with 15 kills, five digs, one block and two aces, while Lauren Wilson added 14 kills, five digs and two blocks to help take down the Wolves (14-9).

Brandi Oliver had 12 kills, one dig and one block. Avona Randolph had six kills, one dig and three blocks. Gabby LeClerc had two kills, 18 digs, one block and one ace. JC Styles had a kill, 12 digs and three aces.

Columbia hosts Eastside tonight for Senior Night and its regular-season finale. Festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. with the game starting at 6 p.m.

BOWLINGFort White defeated Columbia

1613-1455 in two games of bowling on Wednesday.

The Lady Indians were led by Alexis Wooley (179-127), Kiersten Tracy (160-173), Alyssa Marlowe (165-164), Rachael Desanto (181-150)

and Shelbie Wagner (146-168). Scorers for the Lady Tigers were

Jadyn Freeman (185-157), Bryannah

Billingsley (116-150), Morgan Hoyle (135-135), Lucy Giebeig (170-134) and Taylor Hamilton (150-123).

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Senior Lauren Wilson (right) and sophomore Danielle Thomson await a serve from St. Francis Catholic on Wednesday night.

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Jaguars cornerback returned to the field after seeing a back specialist.

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BOND continued on 6B

Smith eager for one last shot at Robert E. LeeBy JORDAN [email protected]

Ask Jordan Smith and he’ll tell you.

The concussion that knocked him out of last year’s regular-sea-son game against Robert E. Lee?

“Dirty play. Dirty play. Dirty play.”

His sprained ankle in the regional semifinal looked dirty, too.

“It was.”Columbia’s quar terback

didn’t mince words on how he feels about the Generals ahead of Friday’s District 2-6A match-up that could determine the dis-trict champion. The USF com-mit gets one more shot at Lee in his senior season and he’s ready for anything that’s thrown his way, whether it’s dirty hits or trash talk all the way from Jacksonville.

“I’m real eager,” Smith said. “I know the coaches over there be talking, but I don’t get into that. They’re going to say what

they’re going to say but that’s not going to change my game. I’m going to play how I know how to play.”

Smith suffered the concus-sion thanks to a helmet-to-hel-met hit right before halftime as he scrambled out of the pocket and completed a pass to receiver TJ Jones. His high-ankle sprain came from in the pocket where he felt a Lee player twisted his ankle unnecessarily.

The injury knocked Smith out until halftime before he tried to

return in the third quarter. But his second pass was picked off and returned for a touchdown, putting the Tigers in a 31-7 hole.

That was the end of Smith’s night. Although the Tigers near-ly rallied, the Generals held on for a 31-27 win thanks to a loss of down by the chain gang on the potential game-winning drive.

It all still motivates Smith, who believes Columbia would have made it to the state title

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SCOREBOARDTV LISTINGS

TodayAUTO RACING

8:55 p.m.ESPNEWS — Formula One: The Japanese

Grand Prix, practice session 1, Suzuka, Japan12:55 a.m. (Friday)

ESPN2 — Formula One: The Japanese Grand Prix, practice session 2, Suzuka, Japan

COLLEGE FOOTBALL6 p.m.

ESPNU — Bethune-Cookman at North Carolina Central

8 p.m.ESPN — Syracuse at North Carolina State

9:15 p.m.ESPNU — Louisiana (Monroe) at Texas State

COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S)6 p.m.

BTN — Penn State at Indiana7 p.m.

SEC — Arkansas at Louisiana State8 p.m.

BTN — Ohio State at PurdueGOLF4 a.m.

GOLF — European Tour: The Italian Open, first round, Rome

8 a.m.GOLF — European Tour: The Italian

Open, first round, Rome3 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: The Houston Open, first round, Houston

4 a.m. (Friday)GOLF — European Tour: The Italian

Open, second round, RomeGYMNASTICS

10 a.m.NBCSN — FIG World Championship:

From Stuttgart, GermanyHORSE RACING

1 p.m.FS2 — Belmont Park Live: From Elmont, N.Y.

MLB BASEBALL7 p.m.

FS1 — A.L. Division Series: Tampa Bay at Houston, Game 5

NBA BASKETBALL7:30 a.m.

NBA — Preseason: Brooklyn vs. LA Lakers, Shanghai

10:30 p.m.NBA — Preseason: Minnesota at Golden

StateNFL FOOTBALL

8:20 p.m.FOX & NFL — NY Giants at New England

SOCCER (MEN’S)2:30 p.m.

ESPNEWS — Euro 2020 Qualifier: Northern Ireland vs. Netherlands,

Rotterdam, NetherlandsTENNIS

6:30 a.m.TENNIS — ATP: The Shanghai Masters,

Early Rounds10:30 p.m.

TENNIS — ATP/WTA: The Shanghai Masters & The Tianjin Open, Quarterfinals

6:30 a.m. (Friday)TENNIS — ATP: The Shanghai Masters,

QuarterfinalsWNBA BASKETBALL

8 p.m.ESPN2 — WNBA Finals: Connecticut at

Washington, Game 5

Jim Calhoun accused of sex discrimination

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Hall of Fame basketball coach Jim Calhoun has been accused of sexual discrimination by a former associate athletic director at the University of Saint Joseph, the Division III school where Calhoun now works.

Jaclyn Piscitelli filed a lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court against the small Catholic school, which began admitting men in 2018.

She alleges she was fired after com-plaining about the conduct of men in the athletic department, including the 77-year-old Calhoun, after he was hired to form and coach the school’s men’s basketball team.

She alleges, among other things, that the former UConn coach once called her “hot” and on another occasion forced her to clean up coffee grounds he spilled, telling her it was something his wife would do for him at home.

Messages seeking comment were left Wednesday with both the school and Calhoun, who is not name as a defendant in the lawsuit.

NFL

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PANew England 5 0 0 1.000 155 34Buffalo 4 1 0 .800 90 70N.Y. Jets 0 4 0 .000 39 101Miami 0 4 0 .000 26 163

South W L T Pct PF PAHouston 3 2 0 .600 131 110Indianapolis 3 2 0 .600 113 115Jacksonville 2 3 0 .400 111 118Tennessee 2 3 0 .400 98 76

North W L T Pct PF PABaltimore 3 2 0 .600 161 123Cleveland 2 3 0 .400 92 122Pittsburgh 1 4 0 .200 99 114Cincinnati 0 5 0 .000 80 136

West W L T Pct PF PAKansas City 4 1 0 .800 148 113Oakland 3 2 0 .600 103 123L.A. Chargers 2 3 0 .400 103 94Denver 1 4 0 .200 90 106

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PAPhiladelphia 3 2 0 .600 141 111Dallas 3 2 0 .600 131 90N.Y. Giants 2 3 0 .400 97 125Washington 0 5 0 .000 73 151

South W L T Pct PF PANew Orleans 4 1 0 .800 115 116Carolina 3 2 0 .600 129 107Tampa Bay 2 3 0 .400 147 148Atlanta 1 4 0 .200 102 152

North W L T Pct PF PAGreen Bay 4 1 0 .800 119 93Detroit 2 1 1 .625 97 95Chicago 3 2 0 .600 87 69Minnesota 3 2 0 .600 112 73

West W L T Pct PF PASan Francisco 4 0 0 1.000 127 57Seattle 4 1 0 .800 133 118L.A. Rams 3 2 0 .600 146 134Arizona 1 3 1 .300 100 138

Today’s GamesN.Y. Giants at New England, 8:20 p.m.Sunday’s GamesCarolina vs Tampa Bay at London, UK, 9:30 a.m.Philadelphia at Minnesota, 1 p.m.New Orleans at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Houston at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Washington at Miami, 1 p.m.Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m.Seattle at Cleveland, 1 p.m.San Francisco at L.A. Rams, 4:05 p.m.Atlanta at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.Tennessee at Denver, 4:25 p.m.Dallas at N.Y. Jets, 4:25 p.m.Pittsburgh at L.A. Chargers, 8:20 p.m.Open: Buffalo, Indianapolis, Chicago, OaklandMonday’s GamesDetroit at Green Bay, 8:15 p.m.

Burfict’s appeal of suspension denied

Oakland Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict’s appeal to overturn his suspen-sion for the rest of the season for a hel-met-to-helmet hit has been denied.

Appeals officer Derrick Brooks ruled Wednesday that he would not reduce the longest suspension ever handed down for an on-field infraction. Brooks is appointed jointly by the NFL and the NFLPA and heard Burfict’s appeal of the ban for the final 12 games of the regular season and the playoffs.

He upheld the decision handed down last week to punish Burfict severely for the hit on Indianapolis tight end Jack Doyle on Sept. 29. It was the third time Burfict has been suspended for a danger-ous hit on the field.

Giants’ Barkley, 3 others all out vs. Pats

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants coach Pat Shurmur announced Wednesday running back Saquon Barkley (ankle) and Wayne Gallman (concussion), wide receiver Sterling Shepard (concus-sion) and tight end Evan Engram will not play on Thursday night against the New England Patriots (5-0).

It will mark the third straight game Barkley has missed with a high sprain to his right ankle.

MLB PLAYOFFS

DIVISION SERIES(Best-of-5)Wednesday’s GamesGame 5: St. Louis 13, Atlanta 1Cardinals win series 3-2Game 5: Washington at L.A. Dodgers, 8:37 p.m.Series is tied 2-2Today’s GamesGame 5: Tampa Bay at Houston, 7:07 p.m.Series is tied 2-2

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Today’s ACC GamesSyracuse at N.C. St., 8 p.m.Friday’s Top 25 GamesNo. 13 Oregon vs. Colorado, 10 p.m.No. 20 Virginia at Miami, 8 p.m.Saturday’s Top 25 GamesNo. 1 Alabama at No. 24 Texas A&M, 3:30 p.m.No. 2 Clemson vs. Florida St., 3:30 p.m.No. 3 Georgia vs. South Carolina, NoonNo. 5 LSU vs. No. 7 Florida, 8 p.m.No. 6 Oklahoma vs. No. 11 Texas at Dallas, NoonNo. 8 Wisconsin vs. Michigan St., 3:30 p.m.No. 9 Notre Dame vs. USC 7:30 p.m.No. 10 Penn St. at No. 17 Iowa, 7:30 p.m.No. 14 Boise St. vs. Hawaii, 10:15 p.m.No. 15 Utah at Oregon State, 8 p.m.No. 16 Michigan at Illinois, NoonNo. 18 Arizona St. vs. Washington St., 3:30 p.m.No. 19 Wake Forest vs. Louisville, 7:30 p.m.No. 22 Baylor vs. Texas Tech, 4 p.m.No. 23 Memphis at Temple, NoonNo. 25 Cincinnati at Houston, 3:30 p.m.Saturday’s Other ACC GamesGeorgia Tech at Duke, 12:30 p.m.Rhode Island at Virginia Tech, 4 p.m.Saturday’s Other SEC GamesMississippi St. at Tennessee, NoonUNLV at Vanderbilt, 4 p.m.Ole Miss at Missouri, 7 p.m.Arkansas at Kentucky, 7:30 p.m.

NHL

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts Buffalo 4 3 0 1 7 Boston 3 3 0 0 6 Toronto 4 2 1 1 5 Detroit 3 2 1 0 4 Montreal 3 1 0 2 4 Tampa Bay 3 1 1 1 3 Florida 3 1 2 0 2 Ottawa 2 0 2 0 0

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Carolina 4 4 0 0 8 Washington 4 2 0 2 6 N.Y. Rangers 2 2 0 0 4 Philadelphia 2 2 0 0 4 Pittsburgh 3 1 2 0 2 N.Y. Islanders 3 1 2 0 2 Columbus 3 1 2 0 2 New Jersey 3 0 2 1 1

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts St. Louis 3 2 0 1 5 Colorado 2 2 0 0 4 Nashville 3 2 1 0 4 Winnipeg 4 2 2 0 4 Dallas 4 1 3 0 2 Chicago 1 0 1 0 0 Minnesota 2 0 2 0 0

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts Edmonton 3 3 0 0 6 Anaheim 3 3 0 0 6 Vegas 3 2 1 0 4 Calgary 3 1 1 1 3 Los Angeles 2 1 1 0 2 Arizona 2 0 2 0 0 Vancouver 2 0 2 0 0 San Jose 4 0 4 0 0

Tuesday’s Late GamesLos Angeles 4, Calgary 3, OTBoston 4, Vegas 3Wednesday’s GamesBuffalo 5, Montreal 4, OTPhiladelphia 4, New Jersey 0Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m.Today’s GamesDetroit at Montreal, 7 p.m.Anaheim at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7 p.m.Edmonton at New Jersey, 7 p.m.St. Louis at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.Minnesota at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.Washington at Nashville, 8 p.m.San Jose at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Calgary at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Boston at Colorado, 9 p.m.Vegas at Arizona, 10 p.m.

YOUTH SOCCER

COURTESY

Stingers make it to the finalsThe CYSA U-14 Stingers placed second in the Rose City Soccer Fall Invitational on Sept. 28-29, in Thomasville GA. The team is made up of Cody Bass, Nickolas Christman, Bergen Cobb, Emory Dicks, Tyler Johnson, Nathan Mastubara, Casey McKinley, Carla Medina-Rodriguez, Augustus Mock, Kendall Norris, Jonathan Pineda, Ricardo Resendiz, Noah Rosell, Brendan Schwartz, Robert Shortwell, William Slaughter, Sailey Sparks and David (Wesley) Wingate. The team is led by head coach Perry Sauls and assistant coaches Greg Christman, Jason Cobb and Bryan Schwartz.

MLB PLAYOFFS

10-spot: Cards oust Braves from NLDS with record 1st inningBy PAUL NEWBERRYAssociated Press

ATLANTA — With a stunning outburst their first time up, the St. Louis Cardinals scored 10 runs for the biggest opening inning in postseason history and dealt the Atlanta Braves another playoff heartbreak with a 13-1 rout in decisive Game 5 of the NL Division Series on Wednesday.

Before many fans had reached their seats, the Cardinals were already booking their plans for the NL Championship Series, where they will face either the Los Angeles Dodgers or the Washington Nationals in a best-of-seven set begin-ning Friday. Those teams were meeting in their own Game 5 at Dodger Stadium.

It will be St. Louis’ first NLCS trip since 2014.

“We know we can beat anyone at this point,” Kolten Wong said.

For the Braves, it might take a while to get over this debacle.

After pitching seven scoreless innings in a Game 2 win, Mike Foltynewicz retired only one hitter before getting yanked. First baseman Freddie Freeman made a crucial error that might have limited the dam-age. The Cardinals scored their final run of the inning on a strikeout — a wild pitch in the dirt that skipped away from catcher Brian McCann.

“We just strung together

a bunch of great at-bats,” Wong said.

It was Atlanta’s 10th straight postseason round loss since its last victory 18 long years ago, tying the ignominious mark set by the Chicago Cubs between 1908 and 2003.

“Everything went wrong,” Freeman said.

St. Louis leadoff man Dexter Fowler batted three times before the bottom of Atlanta’s order got its first looks, and the Cardinals made several changes after their 10-spot in what might’ve been the first set of defensive chang-es ever made by a team before its opponent had batted. There was no need to worry about any more offense with Jack Flaherty on the mound, coming off one of the great second halves by a starting pitcher in baseball history.

“We took the crowd out of it,” Fowler said. “We knew Folty would try to get ahead of us. We were trying to get some good pitches to hit. It was a little easier to see the ball today.”

The 23-year-old Flaherty had not given up more than three runs in 15 starts after the All-Star break, posting a 0.91 ERA. The right-hander certainly wasn’t going to let this massive lead get away, though Josh Donaldson — in perhaps his final game with the Braves — gave the fans a brief reason to cheer in a 13-0 game when

he homered over the cen-ter-field wall in the fourth.

Manager Mike Shildt let Flaherty throw 104 pitches over six innings, surrender-ing four hits and that lone run for the first postsea-son win of his blossoming career. Flaherty loaded the bases in the fifth after drill-ing Ronald Acuña Jr. with a fastball, but induced an inning-ending groundout from Freeman.

This one, though, will long be remembered for what happened before Flaherty even took the mound.

The Cardinals batted around and got more than halfway through their order a second time. Tommy Edman, Fowler and Wong all had two-run doubles in what looked like a giant pinball game as St. Louis equaled the highest-scoring inning in postseason histo-ry, a record initially set by the Philadelphia Athletics against the Chicago Cubs in the 1929 World Series. It was matched by the Detroit Tigers (1968 World Series vs. St. Louis), the Anaheim Angeles (2002 ALCS vs. Minnesota) and, now, the Cardinals.

No team had ever scored 10-plus runs in the very first inning of a postseason game. It is the first time the Braves franchise has allowed that many first-in-ning runs in any game since they were in Boston on July 2, 1925, against the Brooklyn Robins.

LAKE CITY REPORTER ADVICE & COMICS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2019 3B

DEAR ABBY: I have a friend on social media whose brother died by suicide several months ago. She was the one who found him. They were close, and I think he was her last immediate family member. She has posted openly about how horrible this experience has been and how sad she feels.

More recently, howev-er, her posts have become increasingly bleak. She shares that she’s having trouble sleeping and she is so sad and feels completely alone because she has no more family. She gets supportive comments from her Facebook “friends,” but continues to sound hopeless. She has start-ed posting that she’s going to get off FB because all she can talk about is her brother and she knows everyone is sick of hearing about it. She writes that she does not think she will be here much longer.

I know that someone who hints at suicide should not be dismissed, especially given her experience with her brother’s suicide. We went to school decades ago but were not close friends. I don’t know her per-sonally very well, and we live several hours apart. How can I help her if she really is think-ing about suicide? It seems critical to me, but I don’t know what I should do or how fast to act. — CARING IN VIRGINIA

DEAR CARING: Contact your friend through messag-ing on Facebook, tell her you are concerned about her, and ask to talk with her. You are right to be concerned. Urge her to join a grief support group or talk with a mental health professional about her loss and feelings of depres-sion and isolation. Give her the number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255. If she calls the hotline, she may be able to get a referral there. You are being a good friend. Let’s hope she takes our advice.

DEAR ABBY: I am a suc-cessful career woman in my 50s. My husband is in his 40s. We decided several years ago that he could stop working, as my income is enough for both of us. He runs our household and is invaluable to me, not only as manager of our household, but also because he looks after the affairs of both our aging par-ents. Our kids are grown, so there’s no need for child care.

When we go to social functions, invariably he gets asked, “So, what do you do?” When we say he’s retired, people look at him suspi-ciously. I suspect they think he’s taking advantage of me, when that couldn’t be further from the truth. There is no way I could be as successful in my career without his sup-port. What would be a good response? I think it hurts his feelings, but he keeps it quiet. — GOOD THING GOING OUT WEST

DEAR GOOD THING: Congratulations on having a partnership that is working so well. People often ask this question as a way of starting a conversation with someone they don’t know. Your husband might answer it by saying, “I’m retired now, but I used to work in —. What do you do?”

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HOROSCOPES | THE LAST WORD BY EUGENIA LASTARIES (March 21-April 19): Simplify

your life. Consider what makes you happy and the people who bring you joy. Evaluate what you want to do and where you want to live. A change will unfold if you strate-gize a plan and put it in motion. ★★★

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Participate in events that will help you reunite with people from your past, including ex-col-leagues, former students or distant rela-tives. What you find out will spark an idea that will lead to positive change. Love and romance are on the rise. ★★★★

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Put more energy into what you are trying to achieve. Taking action will keep you busy and help you avoid getting into an emotional situation based on false information and accusations. Stick to the truth, and live moderately. ★★

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t over-look the obvious when trying to figure out what others are doing or what’s expected of you. Being open about the way you feel is likely to cause a ruckus with someone who doesn’t share your opinions. Romance is encouraged. ★★★★★

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Say little, and do a lot. You’ll be remembered for what you accomplish, not what you talk about doing. Look carefully at any change you want to make. It’s important to have a plan in place as well as a set budget. ★★★

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You should know the drill by now: If you want some-thing, it’s up to you to make it happen. Stay focused, be direct and don’t fold under pressure. Walk away from emotional and impractical situations and people. ★★★

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Size up your current situation at home, and decipher whether you can make suitable changes or if you have to start from scratch. Preparing for what you want to achieve down the road is encouraged. ★★★

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Columbia County Board ofCounty Commissioners JobVacancy: Custodian FullTime Position, $10.00 perhour plus benefits. PositionDescription and Applicationmay be obtained at the HumanResources Office, Board ofCounty Commissioners, 135NE Hernando, Suite 203, LakeCity, FL 32056, (386)719-2025, TDD (386)758-2139, oronline at www.columbiacoun-tyfla.com. Columbia County isan AA/EEO/ADA/VP Employ-er. Deadline for receiving ap-plications: 10/22/2019.

Columbia County BOCCRoadway Design and Survey-ing ServicesSW Cypress Lake Rd and SWCharles TerraceRFQ 2019-TColumbia County is requestingqualifications, (RFQ), from reg-istered, qualified engineeringfirms in the State of Florida,pursuant to Section 287.055Florida Statues, known as theConsultant Competitive Negoti-ation Act (CCNA), to provideprofessional engineering ser-vices for the above listedproject. Columbia County ex-pects that interested individualsand firms will make every effortto assemble a team with thenecessary experience andqualifications to perform re-quired services. Additionalproject and site requirementscan be downloaded at the fol-lowing web site: http://www.columbiacountyfla.com/PurchasingBids.aspDeadline for receipt of submit-tals in response to this Requestis October 30, 2019 at 2:00p.m. Proposals should bemailed to Columbia CountyBoard of Commissioners, P.O.Box 1529, Lake City Fl 32056-1529, or hand delivered to: 135NE Hernando Ave. Suite 203,Lake City, FL 32055. Submis-sions by fax or other electronicmedia will not be accepted un-der any circumstancesColumbia County Board ofCounty CommissionersRonald Williams, Chair

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Complex, 372, West DuvalStreet, Lake City, Florida, onproposed amendments to rules,regulations and procedures forthe operation of the ColumbiaCounty School District. Thepublic is invited to attend. Ac-tion is anticipated at this meet-ing.Persons with disabilities whorequire assistance to partici-pate in the public hearing arerequested to notify the Office ofthe Superintendent at 755-8000at least 48 hours in advance sothat their needs can be accom-modated.TITLE:Policy 3.06 Safe and SecureSchools PURPOSE AND EFFECT:Revisions are being made toreflect changes in law. SPECIFIC LEGAL AUTHORI-TY: 1001.43, 1001.51, 1006.07,1006.21, 1006.062, 1006.145,1006.1493, 1013.13, 316.614,F.S. 6A-1.0403, 6A-3.017TITLE: Policy 4.01* StudentProgression PlanPURPOSE AND EFFECT:Revised policy to add new CTEgraduation pathway option.SPECIFIC LEGAL AUTHORI-TY: 1001.41, 1001.42, 1001.43,1002.321, 1003.49, 1003.437,1003.4156, 1003.4281,1003.4295, 1008.25, TITLE: Policy 4.025 Academicand Career PlanningPURPOSE AND EFFECT:Revisions made to reflectchanges in law.SPECIFIC LEGAL AUTHORI-TY: 1001.41, 1001.42, 1001.43,1003.4156, 1003.491, F.S.TITLE: Policy 6.09 Florida Bestand Brightest Teacher Scholar-ship ProgramPURPOSE AND EFFECT:New Policy to align with FloridaStatute 1012.731SPECIFIC LEGAL AUTHORI-TY: 1012.01, 1012.34, 1011.62,1012.731, F.S.TITLE: Policy 5.103 Require-ments for Original EntryPURPOSE AND EFFECT:Revisions made too add immu-nization registry.SPECIFIC LEGAL AUTHORI-TY: 1001.41, 1001.42, 1001.43,1003.01, 1003.21, 1006.07,1003.22, F.S.TITLE: 5.101 Policy Bullyingand Harassment PURPOSE AND EFFECT:Revisions are made to reflect

changes in law.SPECIFIC LEGAL AUTHORI-TY: 1001.41, 1001.43,1003.04, 1003.31, 1003.32,1006.07, 1006.08, 1006.09,1006.10, 1006.147, F.S., 20USC 1232gTITLE:Policy 5.10 Zero Tolerance forSchool Related CrimesPURPOSE AND EFFECT:Revisions made to reflectchanges in law.SPECIFIC LEGAL AUTHORI-TY: 1001.41, 1001.42, 1001.43,120.57(1), 775.08, 784.081,790,162, 790.163, 985.04,1001.54, 1003.31, 1006.07,1006.08, 1006.09, 1006.13,1006.135, 1006.14, 1012.28.F.S., 6A-6.03311TITLE: Policy 5.17 StudentRandom Drug TestingPURPOSE AND EFFECT:Revisions made to include Vap-ing products.SPECIFIC LEGAL AUTHORI-TY: 569.11, 893.03, 1001.41,F.S.TITLE: Policy 5.40 Children ofMilitary FamiliesPURPOSE AND EFFECT:Revisions made to define en-rollment of military familiesbased on orders instead of resi-dency.SPECIFIC LEGAL AUTHORI-TY: 1000.36, 1001.41, 1001.42,1001.43, 1003.05, F.S.TITLE: Policy 6.09 Florida Bestand Brightest Teacher Scholar-ship ProgramPURPOSE AND EFFECT:New Policy to align with FloridaStatute 1012.731SPECIFIC LEGAL AUTHORI-TY: 1012.01, 1012.34, 1011.62,1012.731, F.S.TITLE: Policy 8.01* SafetyPURPOSE AND EFFECT:Revisions made to ensure ac-curate and timely reporting ofSESIR incidents.SPECIFIC LEGAL AUTHORI-TY: 1001.41, 1001.42,3.16.614, 773.06, 1001.43,1006.023(3), 1006.07, F.S.TITLE: Policy 8.27 School Con-struction Bid ProcessPURPOSE AND EFFECT:Revisions are made to reflectchanges in law.SPECIFIC LEGAL AUTHORI-TY: 1001.41, 1001.43,1012.22, 1012.23, 1012.24,1012.54, 1012.55, 1012.56,F.S., 6A-1.0501, 6A-1.0502,6A-1.0503DATED THIS 8th DAY OF Oc-tober, 2019SCHOOL BOARD OFCOLUMBIA COUNTY

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Country Rivers Realty, LLC497-3305 MLS104098 1.8 Acon Santa Fe! Great rm opens tohuge deck, 2/2, Lg priv suite,country style kitchen. $385,000

Country Rivers Realty, LLC497-3305 MLS104767 2.48acres pristine woodlands. 4/2(2009 Destiny) Walk to SantaFe River. $109,995.

Country Rivers Realty, LLC497-3305 MLS105280 4 acres,2,200 sf. 4/3, sunroom, FP, Is-land Kit, Lg metal shop, fencedyard. $189,000.

Daniel Crapps Agency 755-5110 MLS102311 $279,900Lake City, 3/2 home in Planta-tions. 2,087 sq ft., lg mastersuite w/massive walk-in closet.

Daniel Crapps Agency 386-755-5110 MLS105166$134,900. Lake City. Great Po-tential! 3BR, could be 4! 4.17ac LgLR, Form DR, Fenced yd.

Daniel Crapps Agency 386-755-5110 MLS105170$139,900. Lake City. 3/2 w/sunroom, eatin kit, DR, Lg LR w FP& detached garage/workshop.

Daniel Crapps Agency 386-755-5110 MLS105222 $75,000.Lake City. INVESTORS orlooking to down size. 2/1, .5 ac,newer carpet. Built in 2000.

Daniel Crapps Agency 386-755-5110 MLS105351$285,000. Wellborn GOR-GEOUS 30+ Acres conv to LiveOak, Lake City, I-75 & I-10.

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United Country, Dicks Realty386-365-3307 Susanna Dicks.MLS104359. 5/3 custom builtbrick, 34 ac, sm pond, great rm,vaulted ceilings. $445,000.

United Country, Dicks Realty386-365-3301. Brad DicksMS104586 Beautiful 2/2, 20acres, new metal roof, oaks,outbuilding. $195,000.

Five Ash Forest, Lake City'spremier 55 plus manuf. homecommunity. 386-752-7207 Lotlease includes water, sewer,garbage & lawn maintenance.

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Live & Online Public AuctionThursday, October 17th at11:00 A.M.Bayshore Equity Partners14400 Commerce Way, MiamiLakes, FL 33016Furniture Manufacturing Equip-ment including: 2005 GerberTechnology Taurus 2 CNC au-tomatic leather cutter system,2018 CCS Card Clothing andServices Inc. Cutter/Fluffer Pil-low Stuffing System, PontotocHorizontal Foam Cutting Ma-chine, Juki Industrial Sewingmachines, home furniture, of-fice furniture & equipment, pal-let racking, warehouse equip-ment and much more. Catalogand photos available at www.-moeckerauctions.comPreview: Day of sale 9-11 AM.15%-18% BP. ABC Case #50-2019-CA-012103-MBTo register: $100 refundablecash deposit to bid.(800) 840-BIDS AB-1098 AU-3219, Eric Rubin

Garage Sale: 10/11 & 10/12,8am-2pm. 297 SW Libert Glen,Lake City, 2 blocks off 47. Elec-tic scooter, good cond; Sea Ea-gle 11 Rubber raft 11'x4', wood-en floors, seats, motor mountsfor electric motor or 4 h.p. gas,sm. ref., rods & reels, tent, smappliances furn, tools, dishes,kitchen items, many tables ofmisc. RAIN CANCELS.

Hallmark Real Estate KobyAdams 386-623-7840 ML-S104634 3,300 SF home,7.95ac, small lake. Paved/Gat-ed, Pool, Cookhouse and more.

Hallmark Real Estate VicLantroop 386-623-6401 ML-S104764 $349,900 Palatial Riv-er Estate on the Suwannee!3/2, 2 AC. 2,100 sf.

Hallmark Real Estate KobyAdams 386-623-7840 ML-S105449 $125,000 FabulousStarter Home! 3/1, Coveredback patio, fenced yd. FR

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Help us support the LAKECITY HUMANE SOCIETY bysponsoring some pet photos!Once a month the Lake CityReporter prints photos ofadoptable pets. With yoursponsorship we can publishmore photos! For as little as$25.31/mo you get a 2” spacefor your business or personalmessage. Help find them forev-er homes today! Call or emailfor more information. [email protected]'S NOTEFlorida Law 828.29 requiresdogs and cats being sold to beat least 8 weeks old and have ahealth certificate from a li-censed veterinarian document-ing they have mandatory shotsand are free from intestinal andexternal parasites. Manyspecies of wildlife must be li-censed by Florida Fish andWildlife. If you are unsure, con-tact the local office for informa-tion.

PUBLISHER'S NOTEAll real estate advertising in thisnewspaper is subject to the fairhousing act which makes it ille-gal to advertise "any prefer-ence, limitation, or discrimina-tion based on race, color, reli-gion, sex, disability, familial sta-tus or national origin; or any in-tention to make such prefer-ence, limitation or discrimina-tion." Familial status includeschildren under the age of 18 liv-ing with parents or legal custo-dians, pregnant women andpeople securing custody of chil-dren under the age of 18. This newspaper will not knowinglyaccept any advertising for realestate which is in violation ofthe law. Our readers are here-by informed that all dwellingsadvertised in this newspaperare available on an equal op-portunity basis. To complain ofdiscrimination call HUD toll freeat 1-800-669-9777, the toll freetelephone number to the hear-ing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE THIRD JUDICIAL CIR-CUIT OF FLORIDA IN ANDFOR COLUMBIA COUNTYGENERAL JURISDICTION DI-VISIONCASE NO. 19000141CAAXMXMIDFIRST BANK,Plaintiff,vs.DANA L JONES, ROBERT WJONES, CAMPUS USA CRED-IT UNION, FLORIDA HOUS-ING FINANCE CORPORA-TION, UNKNOWN TENANT INPOSSESSION 1, UNKNOWNTENANT IN POSSESSION 2,UNKNOWN SPOUSE OFDANA L. JONES,Defendants.NOTICE OF FORECLOSURESALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to a Summary FinalJudgment of Foreclosure filedSeptember 19, 2019 entered inCivil Case No. 19000141-CAAXMX of the Circuit Court ofthe THIRD Judicial Circuit inand for Columbia County, LakeCity, Florida, the Clerk of Courtwill sell to the highest and bestbidder for cash at ColumbiaCounty Courthouse, 173 North-east Hernando Ave. 3rd Floor,Lake City, FL. 32055 in accor-dance with Chapter 45, FloridaStatutes on the 23rd day of Oc-tober, 2019 at 11:00 AM on thefollowing described property asset forth in said Summary FinalJudgment, to-wit:ALL THAT CERTAIN LANDSITUATE IN COLUMBIACOUNTY, FLORIDA, VIZ: LOT40 OF OSCEOLA ESTATESUNIT 1, BEING AN UN-RECORDED SUBDIVISION OFTHE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 15,AND THE S 1/2 OF SECTION10, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH.RANGE 18 EAST, COLUMBIACOUNTY, FLORIDA, BEINGMORE PARTICULARLY DE-SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:COMMENCE AT THE NWCORNER OF THE SE 1/4 OFTHE SW 1/4 OF SECTION 10,TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE18 EAST AND RUN SOUTH 1DEGREES 17` 23" EAST.370.00 FEET ALONG THEWEST LINE OF SAID SE 1/4OF THE SW 1/4, THENCENORTH 88 DEGREES 16` 22"EAST, 618.10 FEET, THENCENORTH 81 DEGREES 07`41"EAST, 243.66 FEET TO THEPOINT OF BEGINNING,THENCE CONTINUE NORTH81 DEGREES 07` 41" EAST139.97 FEET, THENCESOUTH 24 DEGREES 11` 34"EAST 396.67 FEET, THENCESOUTH 65 DEGREES 48` 26"WEST, 135.00 FEET, THENCENORTH 24 DEGREES 11` 34"WEST, 433.66 FEET TO THEPOINT OF BEGINNING., LY-ING WHOLLY IN THE SE 1/4OF THE SW 1/4 OF SECTION10. SAID TRACT BEING SUB-JECT TO A 25.00 FOOTSTRIP ALONG THESOUTHERLY SIDE THEREOFTO BE USED FOR ROADWAY(DOGWOOD DRIVE)Any person claiming an inter-

est in the surplus from the sale,if any, other than the propertyowner as of the date of the lispendens, must file a claim be-fore the clerk reports the sur-plus as unclaimed.Dated this 20th day of Septem-ber, 2019.CLERK OF THE CIRCUITCOURTAs Clerk of the CourtBY: /s/ Susan HeimerDeputy ClerkPublish in: Lake City ReporterInvoice:MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERTPIERCE, LLC, ATTORNEYFOR PLAINTIFF110 SE 6TH STREETFORT LAUDERDALE, FL33301(407) 674-1850PLEASE FAX A COPY OF THEFIRST INSERTION TO FAX(321) 248-0420If you are a person with a dis-ability who needs any accom-modation in order to participatein this proceeding, you are enti-tled, at no cost to you, to theprovision of certain assistance.Persons with a disability whoneed any accommodation toparticipate should call the ADACoordinator, Carrina Cooper,P.O. Box 2069, Lake City, FL32056, 386-758-2163, withintwo (2) working days of your re-ceipt of this notice; if you arehearing impaired call (800) 955-8771; if you are voice impairedcall (800) 955-8770.

537140October 2, 9, 2019

Remax, Missy Zecher 386-623-0237 MLS104985 Branford CityLimits $119,000. 2/1 homew/addt'l 1/1 residence currentlyrented. Large Corner lot.

Remax, Missy Zecher 386-623-0237 MLS105185 $109,000.Cozy 3/2 close to town. Nicesize kit, gas stove, eat in abr, lgDR area. Screened back porch.

Remax, Missy Zecher 386-623-0237 MLS105200 3/2 brick,Spcs kit, Lg FR, Sep LR wdburning stove. 2 car gr, dogknls, shed & more. $199,900.

Remax, Missy Zecher 386-623-0237 MLS105224 3/2 brickhome in Woodcrest s/d. LgGRRM, granite ct, wood plankflooring. Spc master Suite.Screened porch. $179,000.

Remax, Missy Zecher 386-623-0237 MLS105353 3/2 openfloor plan, wood burning FP inGrRM, open kit, lg island, spa-cious DR/GRRM. $159,000

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Busy Family Medical Practiceneeds Front Office staff. Com-puter skills required, must bepunctual and able to multi-task.Fax resume to (386) 719-9494.Giebeig Family Medicine, 5085West US Hwy 90.

Poole Realty Amanda Senea386-249-1640 MLS104116$132,000 Live Oak 3/2.5. Lotsof room for kids to run and play!Stone FPL, Lg den & more!

Poole Realty Kellie Shirah 386-280-3847 MLS104302$357,950 O'Brien 2/2 overlooksSuwannee River & Little AmenSpring on 8 ac. Gas FPL+More.

Poole Realty Katy Yanossy386-688-0654 MLS105192$155,000 Live Oak. 2/2 Down-town. Spacious rooms, 2cargar. Bay window, screened BP.

Poole Realty Kellie Shirah 386-280-3847 MLS105331$159,900 Live Oak 3/2 MapleCabinets in kit, freestanding tub+ Walk-in shower and more!

Poole Realty Katy Yanossy386-688-0654 MLS105393$57,500 Live Oak. 3/1 needssome TLC, possible rental or fixup to live in. In town

Cows for Sale, 10 head, allbred, some with calves, $8,500for all. Can delv. 352-575-7498.

Want to buy cattle. All kinds352-339-3018Wanted to lease pasture forcattle. 352-339-3018

Don't miss Lake City's veryown Author-Singer & Song-writer, Ken Callahan, perform-ing Oct.12th at Spirit ofChrist's Annual Fall Festivalat Hwy 90 and SW Sweet-breeze Drive just West of I-75-Lots of Fun, Food & Games.TONS of Fun for All!

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Coldwell Banker-Bishop BeckySummers 813-763-1180 ML-S105274 10.51 Ac, near Madi-son Blue Spring St Pk! Build tosuit or MH Allowed. $45,000.

Daniel Crapps Agency 386-755-5110 MLS105369$120,000. Lake City, GREATDOWNTOWN LOCATION.2,400 sq ft metal bldg with CIzoning. Great for Auto shop.

United Country, Dicks Realty386-397-5205. Gator LevingsMS105240 Immaculate home,4.25 acres. 3/2. Updatedthroughout. $185,000.

Hallmark Real Estate KobyAdams 386-623-7840 ML-S105449 $125,000 FabulousStarter Home! 3/1, Coveredback patio, fenced yd. FR

PUBLISHER'S NOTEAll real estate advertising in thisnewspaper is subject to the fairhousing act which makes it ille-gal to advertise "any prefer-ence, limitation, or discrimina-tion based on race, color, reli-gion, sex, disability, familial sta-tus or national origin; or any in-tention to make such prefer-ence, limitation or discrimina-tion." Familial status includeschildren under the age of 18 liv-ing with parents or legal custo-dians, pregnant women andpeople securing custody of chil-dren under the age of 18. This newspaper will not knowinglyaccept any advertising for realestate which is in violation ofthe law. Our readers are here-by informed that all dwellingsadvertised in this newspaperare available on an equal op-portunity basis. To complain ofdiscrimination call HUD toll freeat 1-800-669-9777, the toll freetelephone number to the hear-ing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

Remax, Missy Zecher 386-623-0237 MLS104536 $230,000.Approx 8+/- ac with private welllocated in Airpark comm closeto Live Oak. $99,000.

Poole Realty Mindy Wilkison386-209-7658 MLS100422$24,500 Jennings, FL 5 acrelot. Blue Springs State Park.MH allowed. Not in flood zone.

Poole Realty Mindy Wilkison386-209-7658 MLS100422$24,500 Jennings, FL 5 acrelot. Blue Springs State Park.MH allowed. Not in flood zone.

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decides to play he’s going to be ready.”Coach Doug Marrone said the Jaguars

(2-3) are taking Ramsey’s potential return “step by step.”

Ramsey missed seven consecutive prac-tices because of illness, back tightness and the birth of his second daughter. His back caused him to miss the past two games. He saw a specialist in Houston on Monday.

“Just confirmed what our doctors have said,” Marrone said. “We’re going to try to do more and just keep testing it and push-ing it. He’s working extremely hard to get back, and everyone’s doing everything they can. ... We’ll just take it step by step.”

Ramsey was not in the locker room during the portion open to the media Wednesday.

The two-time Pro Bowl selection told the Uninterrupted’s “17 Weeks” podcast last week that he’s dealt with back sore-ness at times during his NFL career. He appeared on the team’s injury report twice in 2017 with a back injury but played both weeks.

Ramsey requested a trade last month

following a heated argument with Marrone on the sideline in Houston and a much-less-public exchange with personnel chief Tom Coughlin after the game.

Team owned Shad Khan told The Associated Press last week that he has no plans to trade Ramsey.

Most outsiders believe Ramsey is fak-ing or exaggerating his back injury to avoid playing for Jacksonville again. The team, meanwhile, has given Ramsey extra leeway since his trade request — trying to do everything possible to repair his fractured relationship with Coughlin.

“It’s always good to see Jalen,” Jones said. “He’s always a person we love to have in the locker room and things like that. As long as we can check on him and make sure he’s all right and stuff like that.”

Saints quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, who is 3-0 since replacing injured starter Drew Brees, said he’s look forward to facing Ramsey.

“He’s just a confident guy,” Bridgewater said. “A lot of people see it as arrogance sometimes, but for me, just being a true competitor, I see it as confidence. And you love seeing guys exude that kind of confidence. ... He’s one of those guys you just have to root for just from the confi-dence that he exudes and transfers to the football field.”

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NBA postpones media sessions in Shanghai amid China riftBy TIM REYNOLDSAssociated Press

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday that the league is still expecting them to play as scheduled this week, even while the rift between the league and Chinese offi-cials continued in ways that clearly suggested the two planned games in Shanghai and Shenzhen were any-thing but guaranteed.

The NBA called off scheduled media ses-sions Wednesday for both teams. At least two other NBA events to be held Wednesday before the start of the China games were canceled as part of the fallout that started after Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey post-ed a since-deleted tweet last week that showed support for anti-government protest-ers in Hong Kong.

“Given the fluidity of the situation, today’s media availability has been post-poned,” the league said. The sessions were not resched-uled Wednesday, though having them on Thursday — game day in Shanghai — remains possible.

Later Wednesday in Washington, a bipartisan group of lawmakers — including the rare align-ment of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York — sent a letter to Silver say-ing the NBA should show the “courage and integrity” to stand up to the Chinese government. They asked the NBA to, among other things, suspend activities in China until what they called the selective treatment against the Rockets ends.

“You have more power to take a stand than most of the Chinese government’s targets and should have the courage and integrity to use it,” the lawmakers told Silver. The NBA did not have any immediate comment on the letter, and it was unclear if Silver had even seen the document.

In Shanghai, the mood surrounding the game that — if played — will feature LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and other big NBA names was anything but festive. An NBA Cares event that was to benefit the Special Olympics was called off, as was a “fan night” celebration that was to be highlighted by the league announcing plans to refurbish some out-

door courts in that city. And workers in multiple spots around Shanghai were tear-ing down large outdoor pro-motional advertisements for Thursday’s Lakers-Nets game.

The teams are also sup-posed to play Saturday in Shenzhen.

Chinese smartphone maker Vivo has joined the list of companies that have suspended ties with the NBA for now, only add-ing to the uncertainty sur-rounding the China games. Vivo was a presenting sponsor of the games, and on Wednesday there was no reference to the game in Shanghai on the list of upcoming events sched-uled at Mercedes-Benz Arena. Other firms such as apparel company Li-Ning announced similar moves earlier this week, as the rift was just beginning.

Silver said Tuesday in Tokyo that he supports Morey’s right to free speech. Several Chinese companies have suspend-ed their partnership with the NBA in recent days, and Chinese state broad-caster CCTV said it will not broadcast the Lakers-Nets games.

“I’m sympathetic to our interests here and to our partners who are upset,” Silver said. “I don’t think it’s inconsistent on one hand to be sympathetic to them and at the same time stand by our principles.”

All around China, stores that sell NBA merchandise were removing Rockets-related apparel from shelves and many murals featuring the Rockets — even ones with Yao Ming, the Chinese great who played for Houston during his NBA career — were being painted over.

Effects are already being felt in NBA arenas, in a pair of games featuring

Guangzhou Loong Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association.

After the playing of the Chinese national anthem in Washington on Wednesday before Guangzhou’s game against the Wizards, one fan shouted, “Freedom of expression! Freedom of speech! Free Hong Kong!” Another fan shouted for a free Hong Kong from the second level during the sec-ond quarter.

Minutes later, security approached one fan holding up a “Free Tibet” sign and another holding the Tibet flag. Security tried to take the sign, and the fan refused to give it up. Security then escorted them out of the seats.

A similar scene played out in Philadelphia on Tuesday, also during a Guangzhou game. There, two fans were removed by arena security for holding signs and chanting in sup-port of Hong Kong. The signs read “Free Hong Kong” and “Free HK.” The sentiment was not different from Morey’s since-delet-ed tweet last week of an image that read, “Fight For Freedom. Stand With Hong Kong.”

The 76ers and Wells Fargo Center, the team’s home arena, released state-ments Wednesday confirm-ing that the fan removal took place and explaining why.

“During the second quar-ter of last night’s 76ers game, Wells Fargo Center security responded to a sit-uation that was disrupting the live event experience for our guests,” the arena’s statement Wednesday said. “After three separate warn-ings, the two individuals were escorted out of the arena without incident. The security team employed respectful and standard operating procedures.”

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The Chinese flag is seen with a display of basketballs at the National Basketball Association (NBA) store on Oct. 9, in Beijing.


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Belmont places three in the top five at Bobcat ClassicThe Belmont cross country team ran two races this weekend. The Knights ran at the Bobcat Classic on Saturday in Gainesville. Deven Couey, Tanner Westover and Timmy Todd ran in the Boys JV 5k race. Reese Todd placed third in the Girls JV race, with Vanessa Todd in fourth and Kendall Todd in fifth.

game if he hadn’t gotten hurt. His ankle sprain was so bad he also missed the first couple of weeks of basketball season.

“I’m thankful I have another year so I can go out there and show what I can do against those guys,” Smith said. “And I’m going to finish the game Friday and if we see them again in the playoffs, I’m going to finish that game too.”

Smith isn’t worried about getting hurt again. He’s over it and his numbers have illustrated so through the first six games of the season, where Smith has completed 61 percent of his passes for 1,460 yards and 13 touchdowns.

“I think his mindset is more of ‘I want to finish the game and have a great game,’ just like each one of them,” Columbia coach Brian Allen said. “But I don’t think for a second his mindset is thinking about a bad hit, a late hit, a fluke play where he’s try-ing to get out of the pocket and he hurts his foot or ankle. I don’t think for a second he’s thinking that.”

If getting knocked out of both meetings last sea-son wasn’t fuel enough for Smith, Lee’s coaching staff has apparently given him a little bit more. Smith says he’s heard from his own coaches that the Generals have been talking trash, even claiming Smith isn’t the same player he used to be because he isn’t running as much as he did a year ago.

“My momma is coming to me with it,” Smith said. “I’m like, ‘Dang, how are you getting this information?’ But it is what it is. When we go out there Friday night we’re going to see who the better team is.”

Smith has only rushed for 137 yards on 49 carries — an average that’s brought down by sacks — but he says it’s not because he’s afraid to run. In fact, he believes he’s a better pocket passer now than he ever was before.

“They’re saying I’m not the player I was in 10th grade, I’m not the player they thought I was, I’m not the player that runs all the time,” Smith said. “I developed my game as a quarterback to throw the ball to run the ball. I don’t run the ball to throw the ball no more like I did in ninth grade and 10th grade. I’m going to run if I’ve got to now, but I like throwing touchdowns better than I like running them. Don’t get me wrong — I’m going to run the ball if I’ve got to run the ball. If you give it to me I’m going to run it, but if the wide receivers are open I’m going to throw the ball too so pick your poison. I’m going to give it you you both ways.”

Smith says nothing will surprise him on Friday night. Lee (4-2) can try to play dirty, but nothing is rattling Smith in his final ride at CHS (6-0).

“I’m ready for all that,” Smith said. “I’m smarter, I’m wiser, I’m stronger, I’m bigger and I’m ready for Friday.”

POLLING PLACEVoters took notice of Columbia’s 32-21 win over

Class 1A No. 1 Madison County last week.Combined with Miami Central losing to Miami

Northwestern, the Tigers received all 10 first-place votes in the AP state football poll for Class 6A on Tuesday. The Rockets fell to third in the rankings, with undefeated Palmetto (6-0) jumping them to second.

Rounding out the rest of the top 10 were Naples (6-0), Escambia (6-0), Dillard (7-0), Gaither (6-0), Lake Gibson (6-0), Charlotte (5-1) and Ponte Vedra (5-1).

Branford. Emma Ward shot under

50 for the first time in her career, finishing with a score of 45.

“All my hard work has paid off. A lot of years of playing golf and actually car-ing,” Ward said of her per-formance. “My teammates have been motivating me. Being on a girls team can bring a lot of drama, but we don’t really have that.

“We tell each other every-thing and I think of them as my sisters. Even if I’m having a bad day, I come to practice and being around them makes everything better. We just act crazy and have fun.”

Sometimes, however, they can take it too far. So last week, Carter decided to call them out during practice.

“They were all on the driv-ing range laughing and goof-ing off,” Carter said. “I let it go on for a few minutes, and then I made a comment. I told them their short game has been horrible the last couple matches.

“They all got mad faces. I’m one of those coaches that wants the girls to have fun and enjoy themselves. I’m not hard on them, but there’s moments where you have to be hard.”

Columbia’s Payton Gainey, Carter’s daughter, admits that her coach’s com-ment upset the team, but it was a message that needed to be sent.

“She called us out and we kind of got a little mad at her, but we knew she was right,” Gainey said. “Your drives and your irons can be good, but as soon as you get around that green, you need to have a great short game.

“We like to goof around a lot when we play. But when it’s time to get serious, she’ll get on us and we’re usually pretty good about getting it together. Ever since then, everyone has tremendously improved in that area.”

Carter concurs. She said the Lady Tigers have made huge strides in their short game this month, and trac-es it back to that teaching moment in practice.

“They were mad,” she said. “They were like, ‘That’s not true. We putt and chip good.’ I told them, ‘No, you

need to get out there and improve more.’ I was push-ing them to get better, and they took it to heart.

“They walked to the chip-ping and putting green and stayed there for the next hour and a half. The improve-ment started right then. It was like they just realized it, and they all played well that next match.”

Freshman Veona Osborne said she and her teammates work on putting regularly, but have taken it more seriously since Carter called them out.

“We putt constantly now,” Osborne said. “We’ve been out here putting on the green every day of the week. There was one day where that’s all we did.”

One of the team leaders, Reece Chasteen, said there’s still more work to be done despite the recent improve-ment. With the district tour-nament beginning next week, the Lady Tigers need to raise their game to another level.

“This is a good time for us to start getting hot,” Chasteen said. “Districts are next week and that’s a big pump us for us. It drives us to be able to practice more and work on those little things. We’ve got it going right now,

but there are still things to fix before districts.”

CHS received a big boost this week with the return of Kayla Hardy. Monday was her first match since sprain-ing her MCL last month.

“I thought I was never going to play golf again,” Hardy said. “I was afraid I tore my ACL when it hap-pened. I heard it pop and I fell to the ground and start-ed crying.

“It took lots of physical therapy and not being able to walk on it, so it felt good to be back out there. I’m just happy that I didn’t injure myself more seriously.”

With Hardy back in the lineup and her team’s short game improving, Carter is confident in Columbia’s postseason prospects.

“They’re almost at their peak,” she said. “I have no doubt in my mind that these girls will win districts. And if they don’t, the top three advance and they will go to regionals.

“If they all play up to their potential, I think they could have a chance to place at regionals and go to state. They’ve been working and it shows. You can see it in the scores.”

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Columbia golfers Kayla Hardy (left) and Emma Ward (right) line up putts during Monday’s match against Branford at Quail Heights.

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