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If not for an empty gas tank and a misplaced cell phone, Johneka Columbia Johnson might have gotten away with murder.

Convicted of killing Lake City resident Katie Roberts

in 2009, Johnson is the subject of an upcom-ing episode of “Fatal Attraction,” a docudra-ma series centered on crimes of passion.

The epi-sode airs at 9 p.m. Monday on cable network TV

One and features interviews with the case’s prosecutor, Roberta Getzan, one of the case’s investigators, John Jewett, and retired Public Defender Herb Ellis.

On Jan. 16, 2009, Johnson’s stepfather returned home from work and saw his trash

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Saying Floridians knew what they were voting on in November, Orlando trial lawyer John Morgan on Thursday followed through on threats to sue the state over a smoking ban included in a new law carrying out a constitutional

amendment that broadly legalized medical marijua-na.

Morgan, who largely bank-rolled the med-ical -mari juana ballot initiative,

had repeatedly threatened to launch a legal challenge over smoking, which he maintains was permitted in the amend-ment supported by more than 71 percent of Florida voters last fall.

Even so, lawmakers banned smoking of marijuana — but allowed patients to vaporize, or “vape,” pot products — in a bill approved during a special ses-sion last month. Gov. Rick Scott signed the bill, which went into effect last week.

“The people of Florida knew exactly what they were voting on, when they voted. When they were voting on it, the vast major-ity, if not 100 percent, knew that smoke was included. The fact that we are here today is really unnecessary, but here we go,” Morgan told reporters Thursday morning outside the Leon

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TodayClogging camp registration

The Southern Rhythm Cloggers will be hold-ing their annual clog-ging camp at their new studio located at 122 SW Midtown Place, No. 103, from July 10-14. Classes will be offered for begin-ners through advanced students. Registration is ongoing and students can register at 8:30 a.m. July 10. Classes begin at 9 a.m. for new cloggers and level up every hour. Registration fee is $50. To register, or for more information, call Dalita Peeler at 386-288-1306.

Music showcaseA gathering featuring

local songwriters Hannah Roberts, Daniel Lucier and Ellen Bukstel will take place at The Emerald Thread Listening Room, located at the Downtown Arts Center, 537 N. Marion Ave., Lake City. There is no cover for the event, but tips for per-formers are appreciated. Doors open for coffee and refreshments at 7:30 p.m. Music starts at 8 p.m.

SaturdayYouth Art League

10 a.m. to noon at Gateway Art Gallery, 168 N. Marion Ave., Lake City. Children must be ages 12-17 and a member of the Youth Art League to participate. Membership is $10/year and can be paid at the meet-ing. For more information, call the gallery at 386-752-5229 or 386-438-3610.

SongFarmers jamThe July gathering of

the SongFarmers of the Suwannee River Valley will be from 7 to 9 p.m. in the auditorium at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, White Springs. Acoustic jam format. Musicians, friends and fam-ilies welcome. No charge. For more information, call Skip Johns at 386-344-2906.

‘Diamonds and Pearls’Gold Standard Chapter

No. 48 invites residents to its Diamonds and Pearls All White Affair at 7 p.m. at American Legion Post No. 57, 2602 SW Main Blvd., Lake City. The event will feature comedy by “J Bubb,” music and food. Admission donations are $10 per per-son. Tickets are available now and must be presented at the door. Tickets can be purchased from any chapter member.

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At issue: Whether or not to light up

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Attorney Roberta Getzan successfully prosecuted the killer of a local woman in 2009.

Bought meth with son in car, cops sayBy TAYLOR GAINEStgaines@lakecityreporter.com

A young boy was sitting in the back seat of his mother’s

Buick when she stopped at the Super 8 Motel in Lake City to buy m e t h a m p h e t -amine, CCSO said.

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Fivecoate, 32, from Branford, made contact with an undercover

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can was not where he left it, Getzan told the Lake City Reporter. He found the bin in the backyard and tried to move it, but it was too heavy.

The man opened the lid and saw paper towels and other cleaning supplies inside, Getzan said.

He dug deeper and dis-covered the body of a young woman, prompting him to call the authorities.

At first, the man suspect-ed the body might have been Johnson, who was vis-iting from the Orlando area, Getzan said.

“There was nobody else in the house when he left,” she said.

The victim had been shot from behind near her shoul-der, Getzan said.

When Getzan was assigned to the case, she had never before prosecut-

ed a murder and felt a heavy burden to convict the killer.

“I just remember it being very, very emotional,” Getzan said.

Johnson became a person of interest within 24 hours of the murder, Jewett told the Lake City Reporter.

“We strongly suspected she was not being truthful with us,” said Jewett, who worked for the state attor-ney’s office at the time.

Investigators visual-ly identified the victim as Roberts. DNA collected from a half-eaten sandwich confirmed the corpse’s identity.

The day of the murder, Johnson drove Roberts’ car to Jasper in an attempt to establish an alibi, Getzan said.

“Unfortunately for her, the vehicle ran out of gas,” Getzan said.

Johnson had to call a friend for a ride. As a result, she couldn’t get back to the scene of the crime in time to

clean up before her stepfa-ther finished work, Getzan said.

Law enforcement was already searching the house when Johnson returned.

Upon seeing police sirens in their neighborhood, most people would want to know whether their loved ones were safe, Getzan said. But the friend’s testimony indi-cated Johnson wanted to get out of the neighborhood as quickly as possible.

“She was really frantic to get out of there,” Getzan said.

Investigators found Johnson’s diary inside the house, which contained a hit-list, Jewett said.

Johnson denied knowing Roberts, Jewett said, but the cell phone she left in her friend’s vehicle indicat-ed otherwise.

The cell phone was cru-cial to the case, Getzan said, showing Johnson had made an appointment for Roberts to come over and style her

hair. Johnson tried to blame

an African-American male nicknamed “Mon Mon,” said Getzan, who now works as a private attorney.

“She realized during the interview that the story just wasn’t holding water,” Getzan said.

The owner of the gun used in the murder told law enforcement the fire-arm had been missing since he went on a date with Johnson, Getzan said.

Entries in Johnson’s diary indicated the murder was motivated by a roman-tic rivalry.

“It was just a clear case of hatred and jealousy,” Getzan said.

A judge signed the war-rant for Johnson’s arrest about a week after the mur-der, Jewett said.

Law enforcement appre-hended Johnson without incident at her home in the Orlando area, Getzan said.

officer Wednesday to buy 0.5 grams of meth, according to her arrest report. She agreed to meet at the Super 8 Motel to make the purchase.

Fivecoate arrived at the motel, met the undercover officer and purchased the meth for $50, the report said. After the undercover officer left the scene, deputies approached and arrested Fivecoate.

While being taken into custody, Fivecoate told deputies the meth was in her bra and gave it to them. CCSO said deputies

noticed her young son in the back seat of her car while they were arresting her.

The report said that while Fivecoate was being put into the patrol car, she stated she had made a mistake.

Fivecoate faces charges of third-degree felony child neglect, drug possession and drug equipment possession, CCSO said. She is being held in Columbia County Jail on $16,000 bond as of press time.

A family member came to take posses-sion of her son and the car, which also had two dogs inside, the report said.

The arrest was part of an undercov-er narcotics investigation by the Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force.

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County Courthouse.In the lawsuit filed in

Leon County circuit court, Morgan accused a number of state officials, includ-ing Department of Health Secretary Celeste Philip, of “deprivation of rights and privileges” by prohibiting patients eligible for the treatment from smoking marijuana products.

Columbia County Sheriff Mark Hunter opposes sell-ing smokable marijuana in dispensaries, said CCSO spokesman Murray Smith.

“The sheriff is for any

type of medical use,” Smith said. “The issue is there’s not any evidence to sup-port smokable marijua-na as medicine. However, if research bears out that other forms are helpful, then he will certainly take those issues into consider-ation.”

Unlike smokable canna-bis, Smith said, research shows there are medical benefits to extracts and oils.

Florida law-enforcement officials statewide, includ-ing sheriffs and police chiefs, encouraged the ban on smoking, saying an out-right ban on “whole flower,” or what is more commonly known as “bud,” would also

make it easier to identify people who are breaking the law.

Morgan said he intends to add as plaintiffs to the lawsuit patients who smoke marijuana as a treatment for their illnesses. Some patients insist that smok-ing marijuana, rather than ingesting pot by other methods, alone provides relief for their conditions.

In defending the ban on smoking pot products, leg-islative leaders maintained that, as is the case of ciga-rettes, smoking marijuana is bad for patients’ health, and that medicinal dosages can’t be controlled when the product is smoked.

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Fountain still closed; date for reopening not setThe fountain at Olustee Park in downtown Lake City has been out of service for most of the summer. Lake City Public Works Director Thomas Henry said a child slipped and was hurt in the fountain, which led to its closing. The city is getting quotes from painters to have the fountain repainted and made less slippery. There is no timetable for when the fountain will be open again.

Senate Democrats target voter information request

TALLAHASSEE — All 15 Democratic members of the Florida Senate signed a letter that was sent Thursday urging Secretary of State Ken Detzner to reject a controversial Trump administration request for voter information.

The request by the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity seeks information including the names of regis-tered voters, their addresses, partial Social Security numbers, voting histories and felony convictions. It came after unsub-stantiated claims by President Donald Trump that millions of people voted illegal-

ly nationwide in the 2016 elections. Florida has until July 14 to respond,

and Detzner and Gov. Rick Scott have not said whether they will provide the information. The letter Thursday from Senate Democrats described the request as a “fishing expedition” to try to bolster Trump's contention about illegal votes.

“Releasing information about Florida voters for this national database, including information that may not be publicly avail-able, is a blatant invasion of privacy and federal overreach,” the letter said. “It also begs the question of why this data is being sought in the first place, and whether voter suppression may be the ultimate goal.”

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Trump’s new stance on possible Russian meddling: ‘Nobody really knows for sure’By KEN THOMAS and DARLENE SUPERVILLEAssociated Press

WARSAW, Poland — Hours before a crucial meet-ing with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump stopped short Thursday of condemn-ing Moscow for meddling in the U.S. presidential elec-tion — and refused to say if he would raise the issue when the leaders go behind closed doors.

Yet in a speech to a friendly crowd of thousands who chanted his name in downtown Warsaw, Trump sought to demonstrate that he wasn’t overlooking Russian behavior that has sparked global concern, especially from Poland and other eastern and central European nations.

“We urge Russia to cease its destabilizing activities in Ukraine and elsewhere, and its support for hostile

regimes, including Syria and Iran, and to join the commu-nity of responsible nations in our fight against common enemies and in defense of civilization itself,” he said from Krasinski Square.

Trump then flew to Hamburg, Germany, where more than 100,000 protest-ers were expected to flood the city to stage massive protests against the Group of 20 summit. On the eve of the two-day meet-ing, German police used water cannons and pepper spray to disperse protest-ers in Hamburg after being attacked with bottles and stones by some marchers.

Trump’s critique of Russia did not appear to extend to its actions during last year’s presidential cam-paign. Multiple U.S. intelli-gence agencies have con-cluded that Russia meddled in the election to benefit Trump, who has refused to embrace the finding whole-

heartedly.During a news confer-

ence before his speech praising Poland for over-coming adversity, Trump again questioned the reli-ability of U.S. intelligence on the election issue and argued that Russia wasn’t the only country that might be guilty of interfering.

“Nobody really knows for sure,” Trump said.

Poland’s conservative government had promised the U.S. president enthusi-astic crowds in its invita-tion to Trump, Polish media had reported, and it clearly delivered.

Opening his second overseas trip since taking office in January, Trump also warned North Korea that he’s considering “some pretty severe things” in response to the isolated nation’s unprecedented launch this week of a mis-sile capable of reaching the U.S.

Robert Lewis “Bobby” Woods

Columbia County has lost a piece of local color. Bobby Woods was known and respected by many, and will not easily be forgotten. Bobby was born in Augus-ta, Georgia on July 14, 1946 to Robert Lew-is Burkhalter and Merita Mae Woods. He was raised by his Mater-nal Grandparents, Flora Mae and Walter William Woods, along with his Aunt Marguerite, in Lake

City, Florida. He served faith-fully and proudly in the Armed Forces (Marine Corps and Army) for 34 ½ years. He was a mem-ber of the 1st Bn 509th Infan-try Airborne Battalion Combat Team and the 5th Special Forces in Viet Nam, earning the rank of Sergeant Major, and carried that training and experience through the remained of his life. He was Navy Seal Qualified, Force Re-con Marine, and Special Forces Qualified. His Special Forces Weapons Qualifications are listed as: Armorer, Light Weapon Spe-cialist, Exotic Foreign all types, Demolitions, Machine Gun, Boo-by Traps, Grenade, Crossbow, Knife, and Martial Arts, and was listed as EXPERT IN ALL.

After retiring from the military, he worked at PCS, owned and operated Woods Gun Repair & Sales, ran for Columbia County Sheriff, and was a Certified NRA Fire Arms Instructor for 7 levels.

Bobby was a member of The American Legion, and a Life Member of the following: Law Enforcement Alliance of Amer-ica, NRA, ABATE of Florida, Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp No. 2, Harley Davidson’s Owners Group, Disabled Amer-ican Veterans, and Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Bobby was a 100% Dis-abled American Veteran. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints White Springs Branch

and previously of Lake City 2nd Ward where he served dutifully in priesthood callings. He also served as a Temple Worker in the LDS Orlando Florida Temple.

Military Medals and Badges Bobby earned were: National Defense Service Medal, Viet-nam Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam-ese Cross of Gallantry With Palm, Parachutist Badge, Com-bat Infantryman Badge, Expert Marksman Qualification Badge with M-16 and Grenade bars and Expert Medical Badge.

Bobby was loyal to a fault, generous with those he called friends, and dedicated to caus-

es he sought to honor. He had a great love for the United States of America and its flag, as well as Columbia County. He loved nature, dedicating his land as a bird sanctuary, and often could be found riding the back roads in one of his green Jeeps.

He is survived by daughter Sherri Lynn Yates, granddaugh-ter Breanna Crowell, grand-son Morgan Lindsey McCall, and stepbrother Malcolm Ger-ald Wheeler. Bobby requested no formal service be held. He Wanted his ashes spread on his Class III (Machine Gun) Fir-ing Range and on his beloved homestead. His grave marker is to be a 4 foot tall stainless steel cross erected on top of the berm

with this name and dates etched on the front, and the works, He had a good heart on the back.

Arrangements are un-der the direction of DEES- PARRISH FAMILY FUNER-AL HOME, Lake City, FL; please sign online guestbook atparrishfamilyfuneralhome.com

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President Donald Trump and Polish President Andrzej Duda hold a joint news conference on Thursday in Warsaw, Poland.

Scott, Seminoles strike casino dealBy DARA KAMThe News Service of Florida

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott and the Seminole Tribe have reached an agreement about the tribe’s “exclusive” rights to offer banked card games such as blackjack, in a move that took the Legislature by surprise.

The settlement agreement, submit-ted to a federal judge on Wednesday, focuses on a portion of a 20-year gambling deal, called a “compact,” that expired in 2015. That portion of the deal involves banked card games.

Under the deal, approved in 2010, the tribe guaranteed $1 billion in payments to the state for the exclu-sive rights to offer the banked card games for five years.

The tribe sued the state when the agreement expired, accusing state gambling officials of breaching the compact by allowing what are known as “designated player” card games at horse and dog tracks and jai alai frontons.

A federal judge last fall sided with the Seminoles, saying the designated player games violated state law that

prohibits pari-mutuels from conduct-ing banked card games.

But the Seminoles continued to make payments to the state, and continued to conduct a banked card games, even after state lawmakers failed to strike a new deal with the tribe during this year’s legislative session that ended in May.

In the agreement released Wednesday, the state agreed to drop its appeal of the federal court deci-sion and to take “aggressive enforce-ment action” against pari-mutuels operating banked card games that violate state law.

The deal also frees up at least $200 million in payments to the state, something state leaders — includ-ing Scott — are eager to tap into as Florida’s economic outlook worsens.

Even so, Scott’s settlement with the Seminoles took legislative lead-ers by surprise, especially after they played key roles in negotiations with the tribe over the past two years.

“At first blush, I’m not sure that the stipulated settlement agreement does anything more than make it more difficult for us going forward to negotiate gaming with the Seminole

Tribe,” said Sen. Bill Galvano, a Bradenton Republican who’s been in charge of gambling negotiations and who is slated to take over as presi-dent of the Senate after next year’s elections. “It’s almost as if we’re guar-anteeing for the tribe that the status quo will continue for the balance of the compact.”

Despite its seemingly harsh lan-guage, the settlement agreement likely won’t have any impact on the games currently being conducted by many of the state’s pari-mutuel facilities, according to lawyer John Lockwood, who represents numer-ous gambling facilities.

“We are in compliance with state law,” Lockwood said in a telephone interview Wednesday.

The Seminoles hailed the latest deal in a statement issued by spokes-man Gary Bitner.

“The settlement agreement ensures a stable future for the mem-bers and employees of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and the Tribe appre-ciates the hard work of Gov. Scott and DBPR (the Department of Business and Professional Regulation) to get it done,” Bitner said.

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In an agreement released Wednesday, the state agreed to drop its appeal of the federal court decision and to take “aggressive enforcement action” against pari-mutuels operating banked card games that violate state law.

Fight looms on education lawBy BRANDON LARRABEEThe News Service of Florida

TALLAHASSEE — The Broward County School Board voted this week to move ahead with legal action against a sweeping new education law, an ini-tial step toward a court clash over one of the leg-islative session’s most con-troversial bills.

During a special meeting called to discuss the poten-tial lawsuit, board members voted unanimously to allow the district to hire an out-side lawyer to help handle the case. Broward County expects to be followed by other districts — including Miami-Dade County — in mounting a challenge to the law.

The legislation (HB 7069), signed by Gov. Rick Scott last month, would overhaul a vast swath of state education law. It deals with everything from man-datory recess for elemen-tary school students and standardized testing to charter school funding and teacher bonuses.

In a memo given to the Broward County board ahead of the meeting, the board’s general counsel outlined five grounds to challenge the 278-page, $419 million measure. The grounds include an argu-ment that the massive leg-islation violates the Florida Constitution’s requirement that each bill deal with a single subject.

But it also launches broadsides against some aspects of the legislation that are friendly to char-ter schools. The new law makes it easier for charter schools to open near aca-

demically struggling tradi-tional public schools, some-thing the Broward County board says infringes on its authority over schools.

The law, championed by House Speaker Richard Corcoran, R-Land O’ Lakes, also requires school dis-tricts to share with charter schools construction funds raised by local property taxes, something that could weaken the districts’ credit outlook.

“This is strong-arm rob-bery,” Broward County board member Rosalind Osgood said. “And the weapon is this policy, this legislation. And so we have to stand up and do some-thing about it. We can’t just allow our community, and I’ll say it in this way, to be jacked like this.”

Other members also indicated that longstand-ing frustration with the Legislature over issues ranging from unfunded mandates to inadequate spending on public schools helped prompt the deci-sion.

“This is the opportuni-ty for us to start chiseling away at state legislators who don’t put the voter and the children in this state first. ... I feel it’s really our time to step up to the bat and say, ‘enough is enough,’ “ said Ann Murray, another board member.

The board’s general counsel, Barbara Myrick, didn’t give a specific time-frame for filing the lawsuit. But Myrick said districts hope to move quickly to block the law from fully taking effect and to meet a six-month deadline for fil-ing a challenge under the single-subject clause.

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The Children’s Hour at the White House is over, and it’s time to get serious about North Korea. The consequences that nobody wants to think about are finally at hand. The peril is great and the hour is late.

A succession of presidents — Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama — confronted the challenge of North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and went down swinging, looking at the third strike. Wringing of hands, decrying Pyongyang’s dream of building an ICBM to take a nuclear bomb first to San Francisco and Los Angeles and then to the likes of Chicago, St. Louis, and ultimately Philadelphia and New York, all availed noth-ing, as the wringing of hands always does.

The usual voices are peddling the usual cliches about “bringing North Korea to the table,” and “negotiating in good faith” as if a lack of good will is all that’s needed to resolve the dispute. “Jaw, jaw is better than war, war,” as Winston Churchill eloquently put it, but a prudent man recognizes a wolf if it shows up at the door.

There was a certain comfort level in high places in the speculation that, after all, it would take Kim Jong-un, the crazy fat kid who presides over his growing inventory of nuclear warfare like a petulant boy counting his toys in the nursery, many years of work to get California in his sights. Diplomacy would fix everything.

But the successful firing of North Korea’s Hwasong-14 intercontinental missile this week has brought Washington to full attention. This missile, designed and developed from scratch in North Korea, was far more advanced than earlier missiles assembled from bits and pieces of Russian and Chinese missiles, and demonstrat-ed that it is capable of hitting targets in Alaska.

The Hwasong-14 and its successors await only a nucle-ar weapon for its nose. Pyongyang has 20 such weapons in its inventory, waiting only to be miniaturized for the ride to doomsday. President Trump, of course, knows all this, and like three predecessors, says he’s on it and there’s nothing to worry about.

Nevertheless, sane and thoughtful men and women do worry about it, and Mr. Trump must put aside his war against the press, as deserving as many editors and reporters may be of his tweets, insults and asides. But there is serious business afoot and he no longer has the luxury of indulging idle pleasures. It’s not clear how the United States deals with the threat, but what is clear is that China has no reason to help. An emergency meeting of all hands at the United Nations is probably necessary as a gesture to the rest of the world, but the nations of the world will be of no help, either. They never are.

The Trump administration must conclude, and per-haps it already has, that whatever it does to protect America from North Korean atrocities it will ultimately do it alone, in concert with the South Korean govern-ment, soft and naive but maybe willing to learn.

The Chinese, for all their lip service to Marxist dogma, are at heart the hardest-eyed capitalists of small conscience. North Korean trade with China is booming, up by more than 34 percent in the first quarter of this year. Good merchants know better than to upset good customers. The good news for us is that the president seems to be coming to terms with the truth that there is little art in a deal with the robber barons in Beijing.

At a minimum, the United States must strengthen deterrence, strengthen missile defense, harden its diplo-macy, shoot down further missiles (and brush aside the quibblers), and figure out how to bring down the Kim dynasty. It’s a difficult and thankless job, but someone has to do it.

The wolf at the door

A N O T H E R V I E W

To the Editor:

Once again I see gas prices drop-ping all around except here. I was watching local news channels last night, and was amazed how much prices have dropped in North and Central Florida. Orlando, with all their attractions, has lower gasoline

prices than we do.Baker County is selling gas for

$2.04 a gallon, Jacksonville has sev-eral stations under $2.00. Why are we being taken advantage of here in Columbia County? Our gas taxes are the same as neighboring coun-ties, Google it and see for yourself!

Mr. Ron Williams, are you serious

in wanting more tax on our gasoline in Columbia County when gas is already higher than anywhere with-in 100 miles? For public viewing, look up GasBuddy.com and be pre-pared to be shocked!

Judson WebbLake City

Gas prices falling everywhere but here

Play the hand you’re dealtI had a best friend in the Air Force. We went through basic training together, and advanced through three tech schools learn-ing communications intelligence. We competed in each class for the top of the class. We both chose Germany for our tour of duty.

In 1966, an opportunity for a mission gathering intelligence in a flight over hostile enemy countries came up, and I was turned down because my wife was eight months pregnant. Gary went on that mission in my stead, and was shot down. I felt a terrible loss, and asked ques-tions like “Why him and not me?” “How can I move on with my life?”

We will all lose someone close to us. We grieve. How do we han-dle loss? Psychology, religion and folk wisdom offer us ways to deal with loss. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a leader in the field of the psychology of grieving, described the grieving process and its stages. We all must grieve, but we all move through the stages at a different speed. It takes some of us longer than others. We may put off grieving for years. We may get stuck in shock, denial, anger, bargaining, before we reach a final acceptance.

Your religion can offer com-fort, and a belief about death, and what comes next. Religion tries to answer, “Why does this happen?” A common answer is to “just accept it on faith.” “It’s God’s plan.” Different religions have different answers. We’re human beings, and it’s natural for us to question.

I’d like to offer some positive ideas that could help you deal with loss. Life is a long path, with lots of splits in your trail, where you have opportunities to choose your way. It’s up to each of us to find the best path we can which will lead towards that happier, more fulfilled life up ahead.

You’re alive. Appreciate your life, and all the opportunities and joy the future may hold for you. But face the feelings. They won’t go away. Hang onto them and they will fester, and make you sick or chronically unhappy. The Bible says there’s a time to reap and a time to sow. When you have a painful stomach virus, throw up and move on!

A loved one or a friend may offer you just such advice. But we grieve at our own speed, and it’s for us to decide when it’s time to move on. Accept and appreciate their efforts, but take charge of your own situa-tion. It’s your life.

And really, is it all about you? What would the person you lost

want for you? Would they prefer that you feel pain and sadness, guilt, regrets, and a lonely unhappy future life? Wouldn’t they want you to move on with your life and be happy? Wouldn’t you want the same for them?

Remember, it’s not what happens to you in life, but how you think about what happens, and what you choose to do about it.

Know that “This too shall pass.” Pain doesn’t last forever. Allow your-self to feel what you feel.

What do you have left to remem-ber them by? Wouldn’t they want you to remember all the good times, and hang onto the joy from life together? Spend some time remem-bering the good times, and the good person they were. Talk about these with your friends. They would rath-er hear the happy stories than to hear your pain and negativity?

What are some new or creative things can you add to your life now to rebuild a good life for yourself? Make a list, and add them to your calendar. Start doing them!

Play the hand you’re dealt. Make the most of what you have to work with, now. Don’t waste a lot of time feeling regrets, guilt, or self-pity. Move on when you’re ready, and reach out for that happiness you deserve.

n Washington Times

Bob DennyBob.Denny8@gmail.com

n Bob Denny, LMHC and retired instructor at Florida Gateway College, would appreciate your feedback. Please address your comments and suggestions to Bob.Denny8@gmail.com or phone (386) 454-4950.

Study shows IRS agents’ abuse of law

T he Internal Revenue Service has seized millions of dollars from people who came by their money legally, just because of how they deposited it in banks. That’s not the worst finding of a recent government report on how the IRS used a structuring law to seize money.

That law is part of a system Congress set up to catch illegal enterprises, such as drug gangs, by monitoring large cash transactions. Banks must file reports on cash deposits of more than $10,000, and it’s illegal for their customers to divide — or “structure” — deposits in order to avoid triggering that requirement. The law says people who structure their deposits can be fined and imprisoned and may have

to forfeit their money even if they’ve committed no other crime.

In at least 252 of the 306 cases randomly selected for study by the Treasury inspector general for tax administration, the cash actually did come from legal sources, not from crimes. Sometimes, the inspector general found, the government didn’t even consider the targets’ reasonable explanations for their depositing practices. For example, some busi-nesses deposit less than $10,000 at a time because their insurance would not cover any more cash.

The IRS says it mended its ways in 2014 and won’t pursue the for-feiture of legally obtained money except in “exceptional” cases. But that shouldn’t be the IRS’ decision. Money Americans worked hard

to earn should never be taken just because of how they deposit it. If lawmakers don’t want to repeal the structuring law altogether, they should at least modify it to protect innocent Americans.

A structuring law should be a tool for fighting money laundering, not a trap for hardworking people who happen to be capitalists.

Beyond that, we need to be wary when government rears its head. When the government presumes to redefine perfectly legal action as illegal, that is “Big Brotherism” at its worst. And when the IRS is left to police itself, especially after an abuse like this one, it means Congress is not doing quality oversight.

n Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Church DirectoryBAPTIST

First Baptist ChurchBecause He Cares We Care

Sunday Bible Study 9:15 am Sunday Worship 10:30 am & 6 pm Wed. Bible Study & Luncheon 12 pm

Downtown Lake City • 386-752-5422Pastor: Robert C. Bass

Olivet Missionary Baptist Church541 N.E. Davis Street • 386-752-1990

Ronald V. Walters, Pastor Sunday School 9:45am Sunday Morning Worship 11am Wed. Mid-Week Worship 6:30pm

“In God’s Word, Will & Way”

Pine Grove Baptist Church1989 N US Hwy 441 • 386-752-2664

Sunday Bible Study 9:45 am Sunday Worship 11 am & 6 pm Wed. Kids & Youth Ministry 6 pm Wed. Bible Study 6:30 pm

Pastor: Ron Thompson

Tabernacle Baptist Church(Independent Baptist)

144 SE Montrose Ave. • 386-752-4274 Sunday School 10 am Sunday Worship 11 am Sunday Eve. 6 pm Wed. Prayer Meeting 7:30 pm

Pastor: Mike Norman

CATHOLICEpiphany Catholic Church

1905 SW Epiphany Court • 386-752-4470 Saturday Vigil Mass 5 pm Sunday Mass 8:15 am, 10:30 am, 12:30 pm (Spanish/English)

Sunday School/ Religious Education 9 am -10:15 am

CHURCH OF CHRISTLake City Church of Christ

656 SW State Rd. 47 • 386-752-6010 Sunday Bible Study 9 am Sunday Worship 10 am & 6 pm Wed. Bible Study 7 pm

Minister: Brandon Brittonwww.lakecitychurchofchrist.org

Northside Church of Christ378 NW Gibson Lane • 386-755-0393

Sunday Bible Study 9 am Sunday Worship 10 am & 6 pm Wed. Bible Study 7 pm

Minister: Philip J. Mobley Sr.www.thenorthsidecoc.com

CHURCH OF GODEvangel Church of God

370 SW Monitor Glen • 386-755-1939 Sunday School 9:45 am Sunday Worship 10:50 am & 6:30 pm Wed. Spiritual Enrichment 7 pm

“Shock Youth Church” Boys and Girls Clubs • Bible Study

Pastor: John R. Hathaway

Lake City Church Of God173 SE Ermine Ave. • 386-752-5965

Sunday School 9:45 pm Morning Worship 10:45 pm Sunday Evening Worship 6 pm Wednesday Evening 6:30 pm

Pastor: Carroll Lee

LUTHERANOur Redeemer Lutheran

Church LCMS1 ½ miles S. of I-75 on SR 47 • 386-755-4299

Sunday Services (nursery provided) 10 amChristian Education Hour (all ages) 11:30 am

Pastors Besalski & Jacobs

Grace Lutheran Church (CLC)9989 CR 136 Live Oak

386-364-1851Sun School, Bible Class 9:30 am

Worship 10:30 amWed Lenten Worship 7:30 pm

Spirit of Christ (ELCA)145 Sweetbreeze Dr. • 386-752-3807

Sunday Services: 9:30ARev. Joy Bolander, Pastor

METHODISTWatertown Congregational

Methodist ChurchU.S. 90 E. turn on Cortez (next to Quality Ind.)

right on Okinawa. Sunday School 9:45 am Sunday Worship 11 am & 6 pm Wed. Night Service 7 pm

Pastor: Randy Ogburn • 386-288-6143

PENTECOSTALFirst Full Gospel Church

NE Jones Way & NE Washington St. Sunday School 10 am Morning Worship 11 am Evangelistic Service 6 pm Youth Services - Wed. 7 pm Mid-week Service - Wed. 7 pm

Everyone welcome • Call 386-755-3408Pastor: Rev. Stan Ellis

PRESBYTERIANFirst Presbyterian Church

697 SW Baya Drive • 386-752-0670 Sun. School 9:15 am Sun. Worship 10:30 am NURSERY PROVIDED

Pastor: Rev. Kenneth GoodrichMusic Director/Worship Coordinator:

Tim Reddingwww.fpclc.org

NON-DENOMINATIONALChrist Central Ministries

Celebration Services 9 & 11 am Wednesday Service 7 pm

217 Dyal Ave., from Hwy 90 takeSisters Welcome Rd., go 5 miles, South,

church on left. • 386-755-2525Lead Pastor: Lonnie Johns

“A Church on the Move”

Falling Creek Chapel1290 NW Falling Creek Road • 386-755-0580

Sunday School 9:30amSunday Worship 10:30am

Children’s Bible Study Thursdays 5:30pmDinner on Grounds the last Sunday of the

month following Sunday WorshipEVERYONE WELCOME!

Lake City Christian Church2400 SW SR 247 • 386-755-9436

Sunday School 9:30 amSunday Worship 10:30 amWednesday Prayer Meeting 7 pm

Minister: Seth Byrd

755-7050FREE DELIVERY • OVER 180 FLORIDA LOCATIONS

LAKE CITY1701 S. 1st Street

in Lake City Plaza

MIKELL’S POWER EQUIPMENT, INC.Your Lawn & Garden Headquarters

MOWERS • CHAIN SAWS • TRIMMERS1152 US 90 WEST • LAKE CITY, FL.

386-752-8098

ANDERSON COLUMBIA CO., INC.ASPHALT PAVING

COMMERCIAL •INDUSTRIAL

Site Preparation • Road Building • Parking LotsGrading & Drainage752-7585

871 NW Guerdon St., Lake City

GW Hunter, Inc.Chevron Oil

Jobber

1798 US 90 West • 752-5890

North Florida Pharmacy

7 Locations to Serve YouLake City, Ft. White, Branford,

Chiefland, Mayo & Keystone Heights

Competitive rates, not-for-profit,right here in your community.

Lake City District 386-752-7447clayelectric.com

Central StatesEnterprises

Columbia County's Feed HeadquartersFEED - PET SUPPLIES - LAWN & GARDEN

ANIMAL HEALTH668 NW Waldo St. 386-755-7445

386-752-8656

Commercial & ResidentialFamily Owned & Operated

HARRY’SHeating & Air Conditioning Inc.

Harry Mosley, President

the environmentally sound refrigerant 752-2308

Tires for every need.US 90 West across from Wal-Mart

752-0054

Open 7 Days a Week1036 E. Duval St., Lake City FL. (386) 752-0067

Fresh Meat, Fresh Produce!“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me”

Philippians 4:13

SAVE•A•LOTFOOD STORES

Your full potential

Have you ever been told as a child growing up that you have a lot of potential?

When we look at the parable of the mustard seed and leaven in Matthew 13:31-33, we read two parables about the kingdom of heaven that starts with something small and becomes more than what was expected. There is a truth that we need to see in these two parables that will help each of us to understand what the kingdom of heaven is like.

The truth is this something that starts out small can become bigger than expected. The mustard seed is a very small seed, but when it is planted, it grows to be larger than the other garden plants. The kingdom of heaven starts out very small, but it will become the only kingdom that lasts in the end.

Just think about it for a moment. Long before Jesus took on humanity, Abraham had to believe his promise. From Abraham came a nation through whom the Messiah would be born. We gain a better understanding of the mustard seed when we read Ezekiel 27:22-24. The Lord God says that he will take a sprig from the lofty cedar and plant it and that it will grow to where nations can come and find rest in it. The zeal of the Lord will accomplish this. He spoke his word and his word will bring it to pass.

Leaven is often compared to sin, but in this parable it reveals just how thorough leaven works through a batch of dough so that it can be baked with. It is true that the gospel message is like leaven. God’s people will carry the gospel message to all the nations of the world. The gospel will

have an opportunity to work through the whole of the nations and those who place their faith and trust in Jesus Christ will be saved and those who reject his message will spend eternity somewhere else besides heaven.

Each person has to make a decision as to how they are going to respond to this message. The kingdom of heaven starts out small, but will in the end become an everlasting kingdom. It’s message will have completed its work for which God sent it.

In Isaiah 55:8-11 we read how God’s word always accomplishes the purpose for which it was sent. The good news for us is that when we respond by faith to God’s message and plan for our life, we to will achieve the purpose for which God created us. As the believer applies the word of God to their lives, God will sanctify them. That is his living word will transform a person from the inside out and make them new.

It doesn’t matter where you are at in life right now. You say yes to the Lord Jesus and he will help you reach your full potential. If you would like to learn more about reaching your potential, I invite you to one of our local churches this Sunday morning where the Bible is taught.

n Robert Bass is pastor of First Baptist Church of Lake City.

Robert Bassrobertcbass@yahoo.com

Baker’s food fight going to high court

J ack Phillips is a baker and owns Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado.

In 2012, a gay couple asked him to bake a cake for their wedding. He told them the same thing he had to those wanting him to bake a cake for a bachelor’s or Halloween party: “I’m sorry, but I can’t promote messages that violate my beliefs, though I’d be happy to sell you anything else.”

Jack took the words of Christ seriously. When Jesus was questioned about divorce, He replied, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female,” and said, “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one

flesh?” Matthew 19:4-5. Since the beginning of time marriage has been one man and one woman. Jesus said it; Jack believed it.

The couple reported Jack to the Colorado Civil Rights Commission and it effectively shut down his cake making that represented 40 percent of his business. He has been battling for the right to run his business according to

his deeply held convictions ever since. Colorado claims Jack violated the couple’s civil rights; Jack says Colorado violated his free exercise of religion.

Jack is going to get his day in court. The case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission is on the docket for the next session of the Supreme Court. Since the ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, that in effect legalized same-sex marriage, the First Amendment’s protection of the “free exercise” of religion has been questioned.

But in his majority opinion, Justice Anthony Kennedy addresses the First Amendment protection. He wrote, “Finally, it must be recognized that religions, and those who adhere to religious doctrines, may continue to advocate with utmost, sincere conviction that, by divine precepts, same-sex marriage should not be condoned. The First Amendment ensures that religious organizations and persons are given proper protection as they seek

CHRISTIAN CONCEPTS

Gary Kinggarybkingcc@gmail.com

Since the ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, that in effect legalized same-sex marriage, the First Amendment’s

protection of the “free exercise” of religion has been questioned.

Protect your babies when they sleep

“C an a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget yet I will not forget you,” Isaiah 49:15.

I was reminiscing recently with a friend about what it was like when we were new mothers, and laughing over all the things we worried about then that seem so silly in hindsight. Yet one memory still makes me cringe: the first time my daughter slept through the night. I awoke to the sun coming through the window in a panic and ran to her crib to make sure she was breathing. You see, my pediatrician had given me some information about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and over 20 years ago there were not many

answers about why it occurred, so it created quite a scare! Many nights, I, like millions of other new parents, stood by the crib and just watched my babies breathe.

SIDS is the sudden and unexplained death of a baby less than 1 year old. Is there anything scarier for new parents than knowing there is a risk, and yet not knowing how to reduce the risk? The

good news is that we have come a long way, baby!

In the 1990s, the American Academy of Pediatrics identified the prone (face down) position as a significant risk factor for SIDS and later recommends placing babies to sleep on their backs. They have added to this message by stating, “The safest place for an infant to sleep is alone in a crib (bassinet, pack n play, etc.), in the parent’s room for the first six months of life.” Very often, parents assume the safest place for their infants to sleep is in the bed with them.

According to the Florida Department of Health, the risk of sleeping-related infant death is 40 times higher for babies who sleep in adult beds compared to babies who sleep in their own cribs. Further, suffocation and strangulation in an adult bed is the leading cause of injury-related death for infants under one year of age in the state of Florida (Safe Sleep for Your Baby, 2017, FDOH).

In addition to sleeping alone in a crib, and on their backs, here are

Suffocation and strangulation in an adult bed is the leading cause of injury-related death for infants

under one year of age in the state of Florida ...

HEART MATTERS

Angie Landangieland3@windstream.net

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6A FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2017 RELIGION LAKE CITY REPORTER

CHURCH CALENDARFried Chicken Friday(First Friday of every month)

Spirit of Christ Lutheran Church, located at 145 SW Sweetbreeze Drive in Lake City, will offer fried chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes, cole slaw, a roll and brownie for $7 from 4 to 7 p.m. today. Children are half price. Takeout available. For more information, call 386-752-3807.

Haney joins Lantern Baptist ChurchLantern Baptist Church (239 SE

Llewellyn Ave., Lake City) recently wel-comed Pastor Joshua A. Haney. Haney studied at Crown College in Knoxville, Tennessee, and lived in Clewiston, out-side of Jupiter, before arriving in Lake City. He is joined with wife Hannah and four children. For more information on services or programs, call 386-752-5140.

Live musicn Lulu Baptist Church (118 SE Gillen

Terrace, Lulu) will present musician Daniel Crews at 6 p.m. Sunday.

n The Mercy Mountain Boys will be in concert at 7 p.m. July 14 at Old Providence Baptist Church, 9316 NW County Road 245, Lake Butler. Fellowship and snacks after the music.

n Christian Pianist Jim Hendricks will perform on July 16 during the 11 a.m. worship service at First United Methodist Church, 973 S. Marion Ave., Lake City.

Vacation Bible Schooln Bethel AME Church, 838 SW

County Road 242, Lake City — 5:30 p.m. nightly July 10-12. Fellowship, food, games and arts and crafts. For more information, call Brother Christopher Mirra at 386-623-3611 or Brother Terry Harrell at 386-623-6545.

n Northside Church of Christ, 378 NW Gibson Lane, Lake City — 6 to 8 p.m. nightly July 10-14. All ages and transportation available. For more infor-mation, call 386-755-0393.

n San Juan Catholic Mission, 304 Plant Ave SW, Branford — 9 a.m. to noon daily July 17-21. The theme is “A Radical Ride on the Wings of Prayer,” a program of exploration of the purpose and way to pray. All children ages 4-12 are invited to attend and learn to pray during an exciting journey across the world with five famous saints. Registration forms are available by calling the church office at 386-935-2632.

n Elim Baptist Church, 3435 SW Elim Church Road, Fort White — 6 to

8:30 p.m. nightly July 23-27. Classes in a “Galactic Starveyors” theme will be offered for children from pre-K to teens.

Family community fun day9 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 15 at Northside

Church of Christ, 378 NW Gibson Lane, Lake City.

Clothing ministry The Angels of Mercy, the outreach

ministry of San Juan Catholic Mission in Branford, will open its Community Outreach Clothes Closet on the third Friday of each month from 9 a.m. to noon in June and July at the church, 304 SE Plant Ave. in Branford. Needy residents are invited to visit the mission to find the clothing, jackets or blankets they need — free of charge. No ID card or other identification is needed. Also, for any residents who would like to con-tribute to the closet, the mission accepts donations of clean, slightly worn items, including winter jackets, clothes and blankets for children and adults.

Noon day prayer True Church of God in Unity, 639 NE

Annie Mattox St., holds noon day prayer from noon to 1 p.m. every Thursday. The public is invited to attend.

Bible studyn Bible study is held from 6 to

7 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month at McAlpin Advent Christian Church, 17214 County Road 89 in McAlpin. For more information, call 658-1099 or 243-0381.

n First Baptist Church of Lake City, 182 NE Justice St., invites the community to Bible study at noon on Wednesdays. If you would like to have lunch, the cost is $5. Please RSVP by noon on Mondays by calling the church at 752-5422.

n Our Redeemer Lutheran Church has breakfast, Bible study and fellow-ship each Wednesday morning from 7 to 8 a.m. Join us at the church, 5056 SW State Road 47, 1 mile south of Interstate 75. For more information, call the church office at 755-4299.

n True Church of God in Unity, 639 NE Annie Mattox St., holds Bible study from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays. The public is invited to attend.

Submit your event informationSend details about church events to

jcaudell@lakecityreporter.com.

to teach the principles that are so fulfilling and so central to their lives and faiths, and to their own deep aspirations to continue the family structure they have long revered.”

The Court seems to be saying that granting same-sex couples the right to marry is not a right to force another

to abandon their right to freely exercise their beliefs. The right to marry does not obligate another citizen to compromise their faith to help you celebrate or secure that right.

In the wake of Obergefell v. Hodges a number of states introduced legislation similar to Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act to protect those persons who wish to practice their Christian faith.

Incidentally, that bill was signed into law by then Governor of Indiana Mike Pence.

One person who objected to Indiana’s law commented he was against it because he did not want to be forced to live by “Christian rules.” Here’s a news flash, Christians are not the ones trying to make someone bake them a cake.

n Gary B. King can be reached at garybkingcc@gmail.com.

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several more protective factors to protect our babies from SIDS:

—Keep your baby’s crib empty, except for your baby! It is not safe to put anything in your baby’s bed, such as stuffed animals, crib wedges or bumper pads.

—Don’t smoke or allow others to smoke around your baby or in rooms where your baby spends

time. Protect your baby from second hand AND third hand (the residue left behind after smoke evaporates) smoke.

—Always hold your baby and bottle during feedings. Propping a bottle can cause the baby to choke and possibly die.

I know some of this information is “not the way we have always done it” with parenting. I confess to not getting some of these right when raising my babies, but am so thankful they survived despite the fact. But now

that we know, whether parent, grandparent or babysitter, let’s agree to be proactive and provide these protective factors for our tiny ones, because the stakes are high. And every heart matters!

n Heart Matters is a weekly column written by Angie Land, director of the Family Life Ministries of the Lafayette Baptist Association, where she teaches bible studies, leads marriage and family conferences, and offers biblical counseling to individuals, couples and families.

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GOP bill would let churches endorse candidatesBy STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — Churches should have the right to endorse political candidates and still keep their tax-free status, say House Republicans targeting a law that prohibits such outright politicking from the pulpit.

Republicans repeatedly have failed to scrap the law prevent-ing churches and other nonprof-its from backing candidates, so now they are trying to starve it. With little fanfare, a House Appropriations subcommittee

added a provision that would deny money to the IRS to enforce the 63-year-old law to a bill to fund the Treasury Department, Securities and Exchange Commission and other agencies.

A subcommittee has passed the bill.

Republicans say the law is enforced unevenly, leaving reli-gious leaders uncertain about what they are allowed to say and do.

“I believe that churches have a right of free speech and an opportunity to talk about positions and issues that are relevant to

their faith,” said Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio.

Some Democrats say the mea-sure comes too close to mixing church and state. They say reli-gious leaders already have First Amendment rights, just like any-one else. But if they want to get political, they don’t have a consti-tutional right not to pay taxes.

Some also worry that the mea-sure could upend the system of campaign financing by allowing churches to use their tax-free sta-tus to funnel money to political candidates.

Many nonprofit groups want to

avoid politics. In April, 4,500 non-profit groups signed onto a letter to congressional leaders asking them to preserve the law.

The law prohibits tax-exempt charitable organizations such as churches from participating directly or indirectly in any politi-cal campaign to support or oppose a candidate. If the IRS determines that a group has violated the law, it can revoke its tax-exempt status.

The law doesn’t stop religious groups from weighing in on pub-lic policy or organizing in ways that may benefit one side in a campaign.

The bill specifically forbids the IRS from spending money to enforce the law against “a church, or a convention or association of churches,” unless the IRS com-missioner signs off on it and noti-fies Congress.

The bill doesn’t mention other types of non-profit groups, or even synagogues or mosques, said Nick Little of the Center for Inquiry, which promotes secular-ism.

The full Appropriations Committee will consider the mea-sure when the July 4th congres-sional recess ends.

COURTESY PHOTOS

New and improvedA new roof was recently put on at the Christian Service Center by a Precision Exteriors roofing crew. The Christian Service Center is a nonprofit founded in 1982 that provides residents in Columbia County with food, clothing and necessary assistance. The center relies solely on outside funding from private and community donations and is thankful for the volunteers that help make daily operations run smoothly. At this time, the center is looking for new volunteers. For more information, stop by the Christian Service Center at 421 NW Washington St. in Lake City or call 386-755-1770.

Vatican acknowledges past problems at ‘pope’s hospital’By NICOLE WINFIELDAssociated Press

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican secretary of state acknowledged Tuesday that there were problems at “the pope’s hospital” for children in the past, but said the new administration is making a “serious effort to resolve them.”

Cardinal Pietro Parolin said some of the problems identified by current and for-mer Bambino Gesu Pediatric Hospital staff in 2014 were “truly unfounded.” But for problems that were verified, “there was an attempt, and there is currently an attempt and serious effort to resolve them,” he said.

Parolin was responding to an Associated Press investigation that found that under its previous 2008-2015 administration, the mis-sion of the children’s hospital had shifted to focus more on profits than on its young patients.

A Vatican-commissioned report reached that conclusion in 2014 after a three-month investigation into staff complaints that corners were being cut, safety protocols ignored and children put at risk because of pressure to produce.

The report, authored by an Italian car-diologist who interviewed dozens of cur-

rent and former employees, cited breaches of accepted medical protocols. The prob-lems included overcrowding that caused increased infection risk, the reuse of dis-posable equipment, early awakening from surgery, unsupervised experimental proce-dures and facilities that didn’t meet medical standards.

But a second, three-day Vatican probe in January 2015 found the hospital was in many ways “best in class.” That team, headed by an American health care expert, said it had “disproved” the findings of the first review and said the Vatican should be proud of its hospital for the quality of care it provided, the staff’s devotion to children and their families and employees’ sense of pride at working there.

Hospital president Mariella Enoc said she found it impossible to believe such problems occurred, but conceded she wasn’t at the hospital at the time. She said AP did its job and that she respected its work, and blamed disgruntled employees for what she called “untrue” reports.

“I can say that the climate today is more serene, and I urge everyone when there is a problem ... that we talk and talk and not keep it inside and then have it explode,” she said.

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Kyle Keen (left), Lake City 6U “B” team head coach, offers players a high-five and words of encouragement as they prepare for their turn at-bat. 6U player (botttom left) reaches third base against the Fort Caroline Blast team. Coach Keen (bottom right) watches his son, Kellen, take a swing. Twenty-four teams are competing in the state tee-ball qualifier. Both the 6U “A” and “B” teams were defeated Thursday.

BAT ATTITUDES Lake City 6U competes in state tourney

RECREATION CONSTRUCTION

Sports complex receives new equipment

By TONY BRITTtbritt@lakecityreporter.com

Youngsters have a vari-ety of activities to keep themselves physically fit at the Southside Sports Complex, from baseball and softball, to youth soc-cer and playground equip-ment.

Last month the Columbia County Recreation Department added new equipment to the walking trails at the complex so adults could also maintain their physical well-being.

Near the southern entrance to the sports com-plex, across the street from the adult softball field, two types of chest press units, a leg extension unit and a lat pull-down exercise machine has been erected.

“Different organizations contributed for the pur-chase and installation of that equipment,” said Clint Pittman, Columbia County Parks and Recreation direc-tor.

Funds for the the equipment were donated by James Montgomery, Potash Corp., Suwannee

Valley Community Foundation and the local Altrusa International club.

The county landscape and parks department began looking into adding the equipment to the walk-ing trails when residents expressed a desire to have more fitness equipment at the complex.

“We had some other older equipment that

was already present at the facility and we had several requests from people using the facility for some more, updated equipment,” Pittman said. “Mr. Montgomery headed that up and he was able to secure donations from different organizations and himself to pay for the pur-chase of that equipment.”

The nautilus-type

exercise machines were installed about two months ago.

There are no immediate plans to add more exercise units, Pittman but that may change depending on the use of the current units.

“It just depends on the use and what funding is available,” Pittman said. “There are some other grant funds that can be used to do that kind of stuff, but that was the latest update to what we already have.”

Although the equipment is outdoors and its usage is impacted by the weather, Pittman said it’s been very popular.

“Early in the morning and late in the afternoons, we see a lot of use on the units,” he said. “When peo-ple are exercising, we have a group that’s usually there every morning walking and using the equipment. Then, in the afternoons, when folks are coming to use the facility for recreation ball, we have parents that while their kids are playing, who walk and use the equip-ment in that time of the day, too.”

County officials said adding the equipment has

TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter

Travis Brinkley, uses one of the chest press exercise machines at the Southside Sports Complex. The new exercise equipment was installed a few weeks ago.

Walking trails, chest press units added last month

LOCAL PREPS

Beach resigns as CHS girls soccer coachBy ERIC JACKSONejackson@lakecityreporter.com

The Lady Tigers will tune into a new voice on the sidelines this win-ter. After four seasons at the program’s helm, Lindsay Beach has announced she will be stepping down from her position as head coach of Columbia’s girls soc-cer team.

Beach leaves the pitch after years of playing and coaching at her alma mater. She admits she will miss being around the team, especially when practice starts this fall.

“I’ll miss the relation-ships with the girls,” Beach, who cites per-sonal reasons for res-

ignation, said. “I coached not only some amazing athletes but amaz-ing indi-viduals. I’ll also miss soccer and that chapter of my life which was so engulfed with the game. I’ve really enjoyed these last four years and the mem-ories I’ve made. I will always cherish them.”

Beach, like many of her players, grew up playing through Columbia Youth Soccer Association and later at Columbia before return-

Alumna coached for four seasons

Beach

WIMBLEDON

Djokovic takes all three sets, advances on Day 4 of tourney

Associated Press

AUBURN, Maine — A professional runner from Kenya says he had to outrun two charging bears while training in the woods in Maine.

Moninda Marube went for a run early Wednesday out on a nature trail near his home in Auburn. The Lewiston Sun Journal reports he ran into two black bears just after passing a vacant house

near Auburn Lake.Marube says he froze

and engaged in a stare-down with the bears. He says he thought his only option was to run away.

He says he ran back toward the vacant house and got inside its screened porch with the bears about 10 yards (9 meters) behind him. He says the bears just looked at him through the screening and then wandered off.

Professional runner outruns 2 bears while training in the woods

OUTDOOR SPORTS

COURTESY

Novak Djokovic plays a forehand return during his second-round match against the Czech Republic’s Adam Pavlasek.

By CHRIS LEHOURITESAssociated Press

LONDON -- Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic had to play all three sets at Wimbledon this time.

The former cham-pions both advanced to the third round on Thursday, two days after their opening matches ended early when their opponents retired with an injury.

Federer was broken early in his match, but the seven-time champion recovered quickly and beat Dusan Lajovic 7-6

(0), 6-3, 6-2. Djokovic, a three-time champion, defeated Adam Pavlasek 6-2, 6-2, 6-1.

Djokovic won the Wimbledon title in 2011, ‘14 and ‘15. But he has not won a major title since completing a career Grand Slam at the 2016 French Open.

In his opening two matches at the All England Club, Djokovic has only lost eight games.

“It’s perfect. Exactly what I want,” Djokovic said. “I don’t want to

COMPLEX continued on 2B

COACH continued on 6B

NOVAK continued on 6B

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2B FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2017 SPORTS LAKE CITY REPORTER

TV LISTINGSTODAY

AUTO RACING1 p.m.

NBCSN — NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup Series, Quaker State 400, final prac-

tice, at Sparta, Ky.3 p.m.

NBCSN — Formula One, Austrian Grand Prix, practice, at Spielberg, Austria

(same-day tape)4:30 p.m.

NBCSN — NASCAR, Xfinity Series, Alsco 300, qualifying, at Sparta, Ky.

6 p.m.NBCSN — NASCAR, Monster Energy

Cup Series, Quaker State 400, qualifying, at Sparta, Ky.

8 p.m.NBCSN — NASCAR, Xfinity Series, Alsco

300, at Sparta, Ky.

CYCLING8 a.m.

NBCSN — Tour de France, Stage 7, Troyes, France to Nuits-Saint-Georges

GOLF5:30 a.m.

GOLF — European PGA Tour, Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, second round, at

Londonderry, Northern Ireland12:30 p.m.

GOLF — Web.com Tour, LECOM Health Challenge, second round, at Findley

Lake, N.Y.3 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour, The Greenbrier Classic, second round, at White Sulphur

Springs, W. Va.6 p.m.

GOLF — LPGA Tour, Thornberry Creek Classic, second round, at Oneida, Wis.

MLB BASEBALL2 p.m.

MLB — Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs7 p.m.

MLB — Regional coverage, Milwaukee

at N.Y. Yankees OR Detroit at Cleveland

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS7 p.m.

FS1 — The Ultimate Fighter 25, finale prelims, at Las Vegas

9 p.m.FS1 — The Ultimate Fighter 25, finale, Michael Johnson vs. Justin Gaethje, at

Las Vegas

NBA BASKETBALL6 p.m.

NBA — Summer League, Toronto vs. New Orleans, at Las Vegas

6:30 p.m.ESPN2 — Summer League, Milwaukee

vs. Cleveland, at Las Vegas8 p.m.

NBA — Summer League, Brooklyn vs. Atlanta, at Las Vegas

8:30 p.m.ESPN — Summer League, L.A. Clippers

vs. L.A. Clippers, at Las Vegas10 p.m.

NBA — Summer League, Houston vs. Denver, at Las Vegas

10:30 p.m.ESPN2 — Summer League, Phoenix vs.

Sacramento, at Las Vegas

RUGBY3:30 a.m. (Saturday)

ESPN — New Zealand Lions Series, British & Irish Lions vs. New Zealand All-

Blacks, at Auckland, New Zealand

SOCCER7 p.m.

FS2 — CONCACAF Gold Cup, Group Stage, French Guiana vs. Canada, at

Harrison, N.J.9:30 p.m.

FS2 — CONCACAF Gold Cup, Honduras vs. Costa Rica, at Harrison, N.J.

SOFTBALL8:30 p.m.

ESPN2 - World Cup of Softball XII, United States vs. Japan, at Oklahoma

City

TENNIS7 a.m.

ESPN — Wimbledon Championships, third round, at London

SATURDAYAUTO RACING

8 a.m.NBCSN — Formula One, Austrian Grand

Prix, qualifying, at Spielberg, Austria1 p.m.

NBCSN — Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, at Wheatland, Ohio (taped)

3 p.m.NBCSN — IndyCar Series, Iowa Corn

300, qualifying, at Newton, Iowa7:30 p.m.

NBCSN — NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup Series, Quaker State 400, at Sparta,

Ky.

CFL FOOTBALL10 p.m.

ESPN2 — Hamilton at Saskatchewan

CYCLING8 a.m.

NBC — Tour de France, Stage 8, Dôle, France to Station des Rousses, France

DRAG RACING5 p.m.

FS1 — NHRA, Route 66 Nationals, quali-fying, at Chicago

HORSE RACING4:30 p.m.

NBC — Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series, Belmont Oaks, at Elmont, N.Y.

6 p.m.FS2 — Belmont Park Live, at Elmont,

N.Y.

GOLF7:30 a.m.

GOLF — European PGA Tour, Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, third round, at

Portstewart, Northern Ireland

1 p.m.GOLF — PGA Tour, The Greenbrier

Classic, third round, at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

3 p.m.CBS — PGA Tour, The Greenbrier Classic,

third round, at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

GOLF — Web.com Tour, LECOM Health Challenge, third round, at Clymer, N.Y.

5:30 p.m.GOLF — LPGA Tour, Thornberry Creek

Classic, third round, at Oneida, Wis.

MLB BASEBALL1 p.m.

MLB — Regional coverage, Milwaukee at N.Y. Yankees OR Houston at Toronto

4 p.m.MLB — Regional coverage, N.Y. Mets at

St. Louis OR Atlanta at Washington7 p.m.

FOX — Regional coverage, Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, Detroit at Cleveland or

Kansas City at L.A. Dodgers10 p.m.

FS1 — Cincinnati at Arizona

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS8 p.m.

FS1 — UFC 213, prelims, at Las Vegas

MOTOR SPORTS3:30 p.m.

NBC — Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Series, Southwick National, at Southwick, Mass.

NBA BASKETBALL4 p.m.

ESPNU — Summer League, Washington vs. Memphis, at Las Vegas

4:30 p.m.NBA — Summer League, Dallas vs.

Chicago, at Las Vegas6 p.m.

ESPNU — Summer League, Portland vs. Utah, at Las Vegas

6:30 p.m.NBA — Summer League, Toronto vs.

Minnesota, at Las Vegas

8 p.m.ESPNU — Summer League, Miami vs.

San Antonio, at Las Vegas8:30 p.m.

ESPN — Summer League, Boston vs. L.A. Lakers, at Las Vegas

10 p.m.ESPNU — Summer League, Houston vs.

Cleveland, at Las Vegas10:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — Summer League, Philadelphia vs. Golden State, at Las Vegas

POKER4 p.m.

ESPN2 — 2017 World Series of Poker, Main Event, at Las Vegas

SOCCER3:30 p.m.

FOX — CONCACAF Gold Cup, Group Stage, United States vs. Panama, at

Nashville, Tenn.4:30 p.m.

LIFE - NWSL, Orlando at Washington 7 p.m.

FS2 — CONCACAF Gold Cup, Martinique vs. Nicaragua, at Nashville,

Tenn.

SOFTBALL2 p.m.

ESPN2 — World Cup of Softball XII, United States vs. Puerto Rico, at

Oklahoma City8 p.m.

ESPN2 - World Cup of Softball XII, United States vs. Australia, at Oklahoma

City

TENNIS8 a.m.

ESPN — Wimbledon Championships, third round, at London

VOLLEYBALL9:30 a.m.

NBCSN — FIVB World Grand Prix, China vs. United States, at Kunshan, China

(same-day tape)

SCOREBOARD

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