Palatka Daily News/Tuesday, February 16, 2016

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GEORGE W. BUSH POKES TRUMP WHILE CAMPAIGNING FOR BROTHER, 8A
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PALATKA DAILY NEWS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2016
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Groups upset with legislators over conservation
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state Legislature is snubbing voters and
violating Amendment 1?
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Environmental groups contend state Legislature is again snubbing voters on Amendment 1
BY WILLIAM MARCH
Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE — Environmental
groups contend the Republicancontrolled state Legislature is again
snubbing voters who want the state
to purchase conservation land.
They contend the budget proposals
the Legislature is now developing violate Amendment 1, passed overwhelmingly in 2014, directing a third
of the revenue from documentary
stamp taxes on real estate transactions go to buy land.
“They’re basically ignoring what
the public has clearly indicated it
wants, not just the spirit but the clear
words,” said former Gov. Bob
Graham, who campaigned for
Amendment 1. “The people didn’t get
what they thought they voted for.”
The state Wildlife Federation and
other groups are already suing the
state in circuit court in Tallahassee
over the same issue in the current
state budget passed a year ago. They
contend it spends less than 10 percent of the available $596 million for
MOTEL
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Siesta Motel will not leave the light on for you. It’s closed.
Photos by CHRIS DEVITTO/Palatka Daily News
Putnam County officials closed Siesta Motel on Monday, citing unsafe conditions of the buildings.
Two years after fire, local and state officials shutter motel
BY BRANDON D. OLIVER
A
Palatka Daily News
lmost two years after an East
Palatka motel caught fire, local and
state officials deemed the structure
unfit for habitation.
The decision was made Monday after officials from Planning and Development Services,
the state Department of Health in Putnam
County, the Public Works Department, the
Department of Environmental Protection, the
state Division of Hotels and Restaurants and
other agencies visited the motel, located at 283
U.S. 17.
“We did kind of meet (at the motel) with several groups … and we declared it condemned
See MOTEL, Page 8A
See CONSERVATION, Page 5A
SJR State
to host
financial
aid night
College to help potential
students with applications
BY ASIA AIKINS
Palatka Daily News
Tax time means financial aid
application time for collegebound students and families.
St. Johns River State College
officials hope to help students
and families complete the
Federal Application for Student
Aid by hosting College Goal
Sunday.
“Finances should not be a
barrier to attending college,”
said Daniel Barkowitz, SJR
State dean of enrollment management. “The Sunday event
will provide qualified students
with assistance in completing
the free application for federal
student aid, which is the first
and most important step in
applying for financial aid.”
The event is a part of a
nationwide effort to help students secure financial aid needed to achieve higher education.
Barkowitz said it is the first
time each of the SJR State campuses — in St. Johns, Clay and
Putnam counties — participated in the event.
Staff from the SJR State
financial aid office, other area
colleges and high schools will
assist families in the application
process with step-by-step
instructions for submitting the
FAFSA. Computers will be provided.
The event is free to anyone
looking to apply or reapply for
college financial aid, regardless
See AID, Page 5A
Board to hear about district’s agreement with First Coast Tech
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County School District partnering with First
Coast Technical College to
provide dual enrollment
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BY ASIA AIKINS
Palatka Daily News
Putnam County School Board members
will hear from First Coast Technical
College President Sandra Fortner today, as
the board discusses the school district’s
agreement with the college.
According to Putnam County School
District documents, Fortner is expected to
discuss a memorandum of understanding
between the district and college at the
The Voice of
Putnam County
since 1885
board’s regular meeting 3:30 p.m. today.
“I know she will give some kind of an
update (on the construction of the college’s
new campus),” Superintendent Phyllis
Criswell said.
The board agreed to a 20-year lease with
First Coast Technical last year, allowing
the college to expand in the district building at 1001 Husson Ave. and provide more
INDEX
Advice ............................. 6A
Briefing ........................... 2A
CHRIS DEVITO / Palatka Daily News
See TECH, Page 5A
Classified/Legals ............ 3B
Comics............................ 6A
Horoscope ...................... 6A
Lottery............................. 2B
First Coast Technical College will eventually expand to the
Putnam County School District building at 1001 Husson Ave.
Obituaries ....................... 3A
Opinions ......................... 4A
Sports ............................. 1B
Sudoku ........................... 3B
VOL. 128 • NO. 32
PALATKA, FLA.
Public Notices on Page 3B
2/15/16 8:40 PM
2A morning briefing
“I am content to define history as the past
events of which we have knowledge and refrain
from worrying about those of which we have none
— until, that is, some archaelogist digs them up.”
— Barbara W. Tuchman
American historian
(1912-1989)
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TODAY IN PUTNAM
In 1869, George W. Pratt, a circuit
riding Methodist preacher/journalist, founded the Eastern Herald, a
two-page weekly paper that would
become the Times Herald, which
was bought and closed by the
Palatka Daily News in 1958.
In 1899, temperatures dropped to
6 degrees in Palatka, damaging all
citrus trees which were just reaching
bearing stage after a devastating
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Submitted photo
Wayne and Jackie Bodiford will be the featured performers Wednesday during First Presbyterian Church’s Lenten
Concert Series. Concerts will be 12:15–12:45 p.m. each Wednesday through March 16. The Bodifords are members of
the church choir. The church is on South Second Street in Palatka. The public is invited.
Announcements
POMPNA PARK
Rotary of Crescent City to
host fish fry fundraiser
Rotary of Crescent City will sponsor
a fish fry fundraiser to benefit the
Putnam Health & Fitness Center 10
a.m.–4 p.m., or until fish is gone,
Saturday at Jim and Shirley Griffin’s
home, 1738 S. U.S. 17, across from
Geo’s Auto Sales.
Cost is $10 a meal and includes fish,
drink, three sides and desserts. Fish
sandwiches available.
Call 649-8784 or email [email protected]. Visit facebook.com/FHFC213. Donations are
accepted.
Felony Arrests
Feb. 12
Rodney Alan Jenkins, 29, Satsuma:
fraud – false statement.
Herbert Tobler, 30, Palatka: moving
traffic violation.
Timothy Daniel Toney, 24,
Satsuma: family offense.
Jerry Wayne Walker, 30, East
Palatka: two counts selling cocaine.
Keith Fredrick Williams, 37,
Palatka: selling opium or derivative.
Feb. 13
Danny Mack Nelson, 45, homeless:
Police: Alleged
gunman caught
after 3 shot at
college party
possession of methamphetamine.
Feb. 14
Escaped inmate, girlfriend,
3-year-old found in Ky.
Eddie Ray Bryant, 35, Palatka: posA felon who escaped his work
session of a controlled substance.
Elizabeth Selph Daniel, 42, Palatka: release program and fled with his girlfriend and her son was found in
possession of methamphetamine.
Jason William Schneider, 45, Kentucky.
Volusia County Sheriff’s Office
Palatka: sex offender violation.
spokesman Andrew Gant told media
outlets Gary Bullock Jr., Natasha
Quigley and 3-year-old Xander
Quigley were found safe Friday by the
U.S. Marshals Task Force.
The three had been missing since
Jan. 22, when Bullock cut off his ankle
MIAMI
monitor at his job in Daytona Beach.
Feds give Florida $50M
Investigators said Natasha Quigley
to improve public housing drove the getaway vehicle with her son
inside.
Federal officials are giving Florida
Xander Quigley was placed in pronearly $50 million to improve public tective custody.
housing across the state.
Grant said Bullock faces charges of
U.S. Department of Housing and escape, destruction of an electronic
Urban Development officials said monitor and criminal mischief.
Friday the funds will help complete Natasha Quigley faces a charge of aidlarge-scale improvements, such as ing escape.
replacing roofs and making energyefficient upgrades on old plumbing TALLAHASSEE
and electrical systems to modernize
Magna Carta exhibit on
housing for families and seniors.
The federal government has invest- display at Supreme Court
ed billions in developing and mainA traveling exhibit about the Magna
taining public housing, but HUD said
there’s been a net loss of over 135,000 Carta and the role it played in the law
public housing units since fiscal year for 800 years is on display this month
2000, representing an average loss of at the state Supreme Court in
Tallahassee.
about 9,000 units annually.
Court officials said the exhibit will
In 2011, HUD released a third-party independent study that estimated be there through Feb. 26.
The exhibit aim is to improve public
the capital needs in the public housing
stock in the U.S. The study found the understanding of the British docunation’s 1.1 million public housing ment many American lawyers, judges,
units are facing an estimated $25.6 and historians say is central symbol of
the rule of law in the U.S.
billion in large-scale repairs.
State News
TEN YEARS AGO
The U.S. Army said goodbye to its
last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital,
handing over equipment from the
MASH unit to doctors and nurses in
Pakistan, the scene of an Oct. 2005
earthquake.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actor Jeremy Bulloch is 71. Actor
William Katt is 65. Rhythm-andblues singer James Ingram is 64.
Actor LeVar Burton is 59. Actorrapper Ice-T is 58. Actress Lisa
Loring is 58. International Tennis
Hall of Famer John McEnroe is 57.
Rock musician Andy Taylor is 55.
Rock musician Dave Lombardo
(Slayer) is 51. Actress Sarah Clarke
is 45. Rock musician Taylor
Hawkins (Foo Fighters) is 44. Actor
Mahershala Ali is 42. Singer Sam
Salter is 41. Electronic dance music
artist Bassnectar is 38. Rapper Lupe
Fiasco is 34. Actress Chloe Wepper
is 30. Pop-rock singer Ryan Follese
(Hot Chelle Rae) is 29. Rock musician Danielle Haim is 27. Actress
Elizabeth Olsen is 27. Actor Mike
Weinberg is 23.
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PALATKA DAILY
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Precip Chance: 60%
Precip Chance: 0%
Precip Chance: 0%
Precip Chance: 0%
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Showers Likely
76 / 51
Sunny
72 / 46
Local UV Index
Sunny
68 / 50
Sunday
Sunny
74 / 54
Mostly Sunny
75 / 54
Precip Chance: 5%
In-Depth Local Forecast
Monday
Mostly Sunny
73 / 51
Precip Chance: 5%
0-2: Low, 3-5: Moderate,
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Peak Fishing/Hunting Times This Week
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PM
Today 6:52-8:52 6:22-8:22
Wed 7:47-9:47 7:17-9:17
Thu 8:40-10:40 8:10-10:10
Fri 9:31-11:31 9:01-11:01
Sunrise today . . . . . . 7:04 a.m.
Sunset tonight. . . . . . 6:16 p.m.
Full
2/22
Last
3/1
New
3/8
State Cities
First
3/15
Today
City
Hi/Lo
Daytona Beach . . . 76/52 sh
Gainesville. . . . . . . 72/48 pc
Jacksonville. . . . . . 74/52 sh
Key West . . . . . . . . 77/67 mc
Miami . . . . . . . . . . 78/65 sh
Naples . . . . . . . . . . 74/59 pc
Orlando . . . . . . . . . 78/54 sh
Panama City . . . . . 63/50 s
Pensacola. . . . . . . . 65/48 s
Port Charlotte. . . . 79/55 t
Tallahassee . . . . . . 69/45 sh
Tampa . . . . . . . . . . 74/54 mc
W. Palm Beach . . . 80/61 sh
Weather (Wx): cl/cloudy; pc/partly cloudy;
mc/mostly cloudy; ra/rain; rs/rain & snow; s/
sunny; sh/showers; sn/snow; t/thunderstorms
Day
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Sunny
71 / 51
Today we will see partly cloudy skies with a 60% chance of showers, high temperature
of 76º, humidity of 64%. West wind 10 to 16 mph. The record high temperature for
today is 85º set in 1949. Expect clear skies tonight with an overnight low of 51º. West
wind 6 to 8 mph. The record low for tonight is 30º set in 1971. Wednesday, skies will
be sunny with a high temperature of 72º, humidity of 63%. West wind 3 to 5 mph.
Skies will be clear Wednesday night with an overnight low of 46º.
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Associated Press
DAYTONA BEACH — A man who
police said fatally shot one college
student and left two others seriously
wounded at a party in Daytona Beach
surrendered to authorities Saturday.
Lamont “Cornbread” Postell Jr., 23,
turned himself in after a day-long
manhunt, Daytona Beach Police
Chief Mike Chitwood said.
According to a police report, Postell
opened fire during a fight at the
Indigo Lake Golf Club, killing
23-year-old Bethune-Cookman
University student Don’Kevious
Johnson.
Witnesses told police Postell
showed up at the clubhouse with
some other men and started arguing
with Johnson and others. The groups
started fighting, and Johnson and
Postell were fighting each other,
according the report.
At some point, Johnson began to
walk away, and Postell “cocked or
loaded” a handgun and then two or
three shots were fired, according to
the police report.
The school said Johnson was a
sophomore majoring in psychology.
Another student, Justine
Cunningham, was shot in the head
and is in critical condition, police said.
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In 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur led a
successful raid into Tripoli Harbor to
burn the U.S. Navy frigate
Philadelphia, which had fallen into
the hands of pirates during the First
Barbary War.
In 1862, the Civil War Battle of
Fort Donelson in Tennessee ended
as some 12,000 Confederate soldiers
surrendered. Union Gen. Ulysses S.
Grant’s victory earned him the nickname “Unconditional Surrender
Grant.”
In 1868, the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks was organized in New York City.
In 1937, Dr. Wallace H.
Carothers, a research chemist for Du
Pont who’d invented nylon, received
a patent for the synthetic fiber.
In 1959, Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba a month-and a-half
after the overthrow of Fulgencio
Batista.
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2/12
75
2/13
65
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average to assess how many growing days are attained.
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Precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.07"
Normal precipitation . . . . . . . 0.84"
Departure from normal . . . . .-0.77"
Average temperature . . . . . . . 49.4º
Average normal temperature . 57.8º
Departure from normal . . . . . . -8.4º
St. Johns River Tides This Week
Palatka
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Sun 11:08-1:08 10:38-12:38
Mon 11:30-1:30 11:00-1:00
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Obituaries
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homes based upon information
provided by families. Death
notices are brief announcements published at no charge.
Leroy Fleetwood
Oscar Leroy “O.L.”
Fleetwood, 95, of San Mateo,
passed away Sunday, Feb. 14,
2016, at Haven Hospice
Roberts Care Center in
Palatka.
Leroy was born in
Thomasville, Ga., and was a
resident of San Mateo for the
past 60 years,
coming from
Dublin, Ga.
He served
honorably in
the U.S.
Army. He
originally
moved to San
Mateo to operate heavy
equipment
for the Tilton
Family. He
was employed by the former
Caddell and Jackson
Construction Co. in
Jacksonville. He later worked
for the Putnam County Road
Department as a supervisor.
Most recently, he worked for
Beck Automotive Group as a
driver coordinator. Leroy was
a charter member of Dunns
Creek Baptist Church in San
Mateo, where he served as a
deacon. He served in various
capacities as a Baptist in the
San Mateo area. He was an
avid hunter, fisherman and
sports fan. His grandchildren,
their spouses and greatgrandchildren were very special to him.
Preceding him in death
were his wife, Mary
Fleetwood, four brothers and
one sister.
Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Kathy
and Rick Breed of Palatka and
Jenny and David Cowart of
Bunnell; an adopted son, Ray
Maxwell of Hawthorne; two
sisters, Eleanor Keadle of
Thomasville, Ga., and Dorothy
Gay of Sarasota; nine grandchildren and spouses, Levi
and Marisa Ratliff of
Jacksonville Beach, Dakota
Breed of Palatka, Jacob and
Amy Kelley of Ponte Vedra,
Kindall and Josh Walden of
Jackson, Tenn., Hope Cowart,
Chloe and Marcus Gaddoy,
Jake Cowart and Carson
Cowart, all of Bunnell, and
Ashley McKinnis of Winter
Springs; five great-grandchil-
dren, Hoyt Fleetwood Kelley,
Ruby Jenn Walden, Jarvis
Martin, Olive Gaddoy and
CoCo Gaddoy; and numerous
nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be 6–8
p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16 (today)
at Masters Funeral Home in
Palatka. Funeral services will
be 3 p.m. Wednesday at the
funeral home with Pastors
Bill Wing and Rob Stone officiating. In honor and celebration of Leroy’s life, a video
tribute will be shown. Burial
will follow in San Mateo
Cemetery with military honors bestowed by the American
Legion Bert Hodge Post 45 in
Palatka.
Memorial gifts may be sent
to the American Diabetes
Association, 1701 N.
Beauregard St., Alexandria,
VA 22311 or diabetes.org/
donate. Friends may sign the
online guestbook at www.themastersfuneralhomes.com.
Masters Funeral Home of
Palatka is in charge of
arrangements.
Paul E. Lagasse
Paul Emile “Poppy” Lagasse
passed away peacefully early
Friday morning, Feb. 12 with
family at his
side. He was
83 and lost a
hard-fought
battle with
bladder cancer.
Born in
Wilmington,
Del., Paul’s
parents, the
late Felix
and Elsie
Lagasse,
moved to and raised their family of six in Gainesville when
Paul was 5. Paul and his siblings adapted well to
Gainesville with many of the
family still close by to the old
farm in Brooker, where they
were raised and all of their
grandchildren remember so
well. Paul joined the Navy at
age 20, married and nurtured
a grateful family. He was a
retired St. Augustine real
estate broker, a terrific dancer
and an avid race fan. He was a
kind, giving person, a loving
father, grandfather and greatgrandfather. Paul lived a
quality life oftentimes quietly
helping others, especially the
neediest of folks.
He was preceded by his
brother, Bob, and daughter,
Sherry.
He is survived by his
beloved sons, Scott (Carol)
and Skip (Marlene); daughter,
Kim (Rich) Sweat; stepson,
Randy Sweat; brothers, Dick
(Jane) of Conway, Ark., and
Phil (Sue) of Lake Butler; sisters, Charlotte Olroyd of Fort
Myers and Phyllis Reddick of
Clearwater; grandchildren,
Glenda (Wade) Lynn, Scotty
(Kelley) Lagasse, Sherri (Cliff)
Randall, Donalyn Lagasse,
Michelle (Brian) Tart, Marina
Foster and Makali Foster; 11
great-grandchildren, Emelia,
Jackson, Wyatt, Jacob,
Mattisin, Calvin, Marc, Brian,
Kayden, Lexie and Zoe; and
many, many nieces and nephews.
Memorial service will be 4
p.m. Monday, Feb. 22 at Craig
Funeral Home. The family
will receive friends from 3
p.m. until the time of the service.
Flowers are gratefully
declined. Memorial donations
may be made in his name to
Haven Hospice, the Lions
Club of St. Augustine or Stand
up to Cancer.
Craig Funeral Home
Crematory Memorial Park is
in charge of arrangements.
Eleanor Ruhlman
HEAVEN GET YOUR
DANCING SHOES READY!
ELLIE IS ON HER WAY!
Eleanor “Ellie” Ruhlman
was born in Chelsea, Mass.,
on Jan. 22, 1920. Ellie moved
to Florida in 1953 with her
five children, Don, Diane,
Delores “Dee,” Richard and
Marianna as a single mother.
After two years, she found her
“knight in shining armor,” Lee
Ruhlman, who took on a family of five children. Together,
they raised their family of
five, who with their love and
guidance, became successful
adults. Together they traveled
the world including Italy,
Spain, France, Portugal and
every state in the U.S. They
made friends wherever they
went, and some of those
friendships still exist today.
Ellie loved to dance and
sing, and always put her heart
and soul into it. A video of her
singing was posted on
Facebook three months before
she passed away. As a young
woman in the 30s, she sang in
nightclubs. She was also a
member of the Community
Choir for several years. Ellie
moved to San Mateo in 1997 to
be near her daughter,
Marianna, whom she called
her “pride and joy,” and her
son-in-law, Bill, whom she
called “her protector.” Ellie
loved her family and loved to
be around friends and family.
She had an amazing smile
that lit up a room.
Ellie loved children and
was a guardian ad litem in
Miami. She was a foster
No bond for man whose car struck child
Associated Press
BOYNTON BEACH — A
judge denied bond for a man
whose car struck and killed a
5-year-old boy while he was
fleeing police.
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award. Ellie was a member of
the Red Hats and enjoyed
going to their events, especially when she could sing
along with the entertainment. Ellie always sang with
her son-in-law, Bill, when he
brought out the guitar or
karaoke. Ellie single-handedly raised five children; she
lost the use of her left arm as
a child. She was able to do
more things with that one
arm than many learned to do
with two. Ellie was always a
diva. Even in the nursing
home, she would not leave
her room unless she was
totally made up, her hair was
done, and her jewelry was on
(always bling). And everything had to match.
Ellie was preceded in death
by her husband, Lee
Ruhlman; three children, Don
Signore, Diane Good and
Delores Signore; and three
siblings.
Left to treasure her memories are her daughter,
Marianna, and son-in-law
Bill Cotter; son Richard
(Doral) Signore; 14 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren;
seven great-great-grandchildren; her brother, John
Prestandra; as well as a
wealth of friends and family
who loved her.
They will not mourn her
passing. They will celebrate
her life and all the memories
of her they hold in their hearts
and minds. That’s what Ellie
wanted. Funeral services will
be 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19 at
Fred Hunter Funeral Home in
Hollywood. A memorial to
Ellie will be held 2 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 21 at San Mateo
Women’s Club.
Palatka is in charge of local
arrangements.
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Glenn Dixon, 71, of
Zephyrhills, passed away
unexpectedly Saturday, Feb.
13, 2016, at Florida Hospital
Zephyrhills.
Palatka is in charge of
arrangements.
Danny Layman, 64, of
Satsuma, passed away
Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, at his
residence following an extended illness.
Arrangements will be
announced by Masters
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Oliver Durham Jr.
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Oliver Durham Jr., 73, of St.
Augustine, transitioned Sunday,
Feb. 14, 2016, at Flagler
Hospital of St. Augustine.
Arrangements are in the
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Patricia Billig “Patty”
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Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, at
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Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, at
Putnam Community Medical
Center.
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“State standardized tests, FCAT 2.0 and now
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not accurately reflect what they know.”
— Putnam County Superintendent Phyllis
Criswell about Putnam County School District’s ‘C’
rating in the most recent data released by the state
Department of Education.
“You put your highest-rated teachers with
those students who are most challenged.”
— Putnam County School Board Chairman
David Buckles about the school district’s top
teachers working at schools that registered ‘Fs’
last year.
“Please understand when you seem me here
as an attorney representing Mr. (Corky)
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it does not mean he has ‘lawyered up’ and is
spoiling for a fight. His goal, as I understand it,
is not to pick a fight, but to try to prevent it.”
— Interlachen attorney Michael Woodward
about his efforts to “re-engage the city” of Palatka
in Riverfront Development Group’s request to
remove an amendment requiring an irrevocable
line of credit as required, according to the city, in a
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2014, Seminole has been dong everything in
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halt implementation of the power plan until litigation determines the plan’s legality.
“We heard from the community. And the
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Cummings about the intermediate school and
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Will the Saudi dynasty lose
control of their regime?
W
atch for it. It may not be apparent
to westerners yet, but things are
changing in the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia, which has been the stabilizing influence in that theater, is undergoing
a lot of changes that will have a huge effect
on the rest of the world. The Saudi nation is
locked in a struggle with Iran for primacy
in the Middle East.
The rise of the Shiite government in Iraq
brought that country firmly into the
Iranian camp and Lebanon was already on
board.
The Saudis were alarmed about the Arab
Spring, which saw long established governments crumble. And now they are looking
with a suspicious eye at the nuclear deal
agreed to by the U.S. and Iran.
The House of Saud has been led by elderly sons of the modern Saudi’s founder Ibn
Saud for many decades. The present ruler,
King Salman, 80, has chosen not to name
another of his many younger half-brothers
as his likely successor, as has been done in
the past. He named his son, Mohammed
bin Salman al Saud, 30, as deputy crown
prince and defense minister. He is now the
real power behind the throne.
Mohammed has a reputation for arrogance and ruthlessness, and he plunged
straight into a war with Yemen. Saudi airstrikes have killed thousands of Yemeni
civilians, but Mohammed is not concerned.
Any form of dissent is being prosecuted as a
crime. Executions are at a two-decade high,
with more than 150 public beheadings in
2015 and 47 in just the first week of this
agreement with their oil-rich rulers. In
return for a cushy life and generous benefits, they looked past the almost total lack
of political freedom. Many Saudis are rich
enough to sneak off to Bahrain or Dubai for
vacations, where they can drink alcohol and
the women can shed their burqas.
A friend of mine who was an international airlines pilot told me in his flights to airyear. One of those was a prominent Shiite
ports all over the world, there were nearly
cleric, an act that led Iran to sever diploalways Saudi private jests parked at runmatic ties.
ways for months at a time.
Another popular man was publicly
Over the past 80 years or more, the
flogged, and his lawyer was jailed for
Saudi economy has been almost totally
defending him. When the lawyer’s wife
complained, she, too, was jailed. Shiites are based on oil, and unless they can find a
market for sand, there isn’t much left.
excluded from the cushy government jobs
In the past when the price of oil dropped,
and merely complaining about it will get
the Saudi’s have cut production to cause
them executed.
Most of the actual work in the country is prices to rise. But this time they have kept
on pumping to preserve market share and
done by foreigners. Those Saudis who do
to combat the U.S. fracking industry, hophold jobs in the bloated public sector draw
ing, with the help of environmentalists, to
salaries far out of reason to the work.
drive it out of existence.
Norman Cates, with whom I attended
But with the oil glut knocking down pricschool and who was the first manager of the
es, Mohammed has announced he will
Seminole Electric plant here in Palatka,
went to Saudi Arabia to run a plant located replace the nation’s free health care with
on the Red Sea. He said he was supposed to insurance partially privatized and do the
same with education.
have been training a Saudi prince to run
When Saudi Arabia’s wealth is gone,
the plant, but the man rarely showed up.
most any Middle East country can take it
After five years, when he and his wife had
over, but those who have socked away
enough of being forced to live in a comenough money will merely move elsewhere
pound with other expats and his wife
and those remaining will have to open up
couldn’t appear on a street unescorted or
used camel lots to survive.
drive a car, he came home. Meanwhile,
however, he earned enough money in that
Jody Delzell is former publisher of the Daily News.
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Obama should appoint a
Supreme Court justice
should choose the person to fill Scalia’s
shoes.
The Constitution makes it very clear it is
the sitting president, not a future president, who must do this. The language itself
Let’s see how the Republicans in the
uses the word “shall,” which in legal terms
Senate turn the death of Justice Scalia into is mandatory language. This is a constitua political circus.
tional obligation of the current president
Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 says, “(The and Senate, whether or not the Republicans
President) shall nominate, and, by and with like that fact.
the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall
I know sometimes they are fact-chalappoint… Judges of the supreme Court…”
lenged.
We already hear Senate Majority Leader
But I submit to McConnell and his fellow
Mitch McConnell’s vow to refuse to do his
obstructionists a few points to ponder.
job and accept any nomination from
Is it any wonder Obama finds himself
Obama. Candidates on the right are trying going it alone with executive actions when
to make the argument the next president
those on the right have at once, declared to
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obstruct him at every turn and then
demand he work with Congress.
Is this a game of Russian roulette they
really want to play? What if U.S. Sen.
Bernie Sanders wins and the GOP loses
control of the Senate? It’s possible. Whose
appointee would be more liberal, Obama’s
or Bernie’s? We all know Obama is pretty
conservative compared to Bernie. Take the
appointment offered unless you prefer to
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of which college they plan to
attend.
“The federal government
estimates it takes families over
an hour to complete the application, but we’re able to cut
that time down to 20-30 minutes, because we’ve done it so
many times before,” Barkowitz
said. “The fact we’re providing
one-on-one assistance to families … can really make a difference.”
To complete the FAFSA
application, students and families need to bring Social
Tech
college-supported vocational
training for high school students.
Criswell argued it is difficult
for the district to attract teachers for skilled trade classes, as
those professionals could earn
more money working in their
trades. The district would also
need to purchase equipment to
accommodate students’ learning in selected skilled trades.
Conservation
land purchases, and misappropriates $237 million for purposes ranging from salaries and
equipment to liability insurance.
Conservationists don’t deny
management costs are legitimate, but say the Legislature is
using the money for routine
expenses and not for protecting
natural areas.
“The Legislature is taking
things they’ve been spending
money on for years and paying
for them out of Amendment 1,”
instead of increasing spending
for land purchases, said Aliki
Moncrief, executive director of
Florida Conservation Voters.
This year, bills moving
through the Legislature could
add construction of sewer and
water supply systems to the list
of items labeled land conservation spending. Opponents say
the additional water infrastruc-
Pet of the Day
Security numbers, driver’s
license numbers, their most
recent federal income tax
returns, W-2s and other records
of money earned and, if applicable, alien registration numbers, bank statements, records
of investments and records of
untaxed income.
While the deadline to apply
for FAFSA is not until June,
many colleges have priority
deadlines, Barkowitz said.
“Some (college assistance)
funds are limited amounts,” he
said. “A lot of schools prioritize
(who receives the funds) based
on their (financial aid) application date. So, the sooner you
apply, the more likely you are
to get that funding.”
SJR State’s priority deadline
is April 1.
SJR State’s Palatka campus
will be the last of the three campuses to host College Goal
Sunday. Barkowitz said more
than 120 college-bound students and families attended
each event in St. Augustine and
Orange Park.
Participants at the Palatka
event can enter a drawing to
win a $250 scholarship for the
college of their choice. Free tax
preparation assistance will also
be provided by United Way.
The event is 1-4 p.m. Sunday
at SJR State, 5001 St. Johns
Ave., Palatka. For information,
call 312-4020 or visit SJRstate.
edu.
While various skilled trade
classes would be expensive for
the district to provide, Criswell
hopes partnering with First
Coast Technical will accommodate classes for students who
want to pursue a career without attending a four-year college.
First Coast Technical currently offers dual-enrollment
and high school programs for
air conditioning, refrigeration
and heating technology, agriscience, automotive service
technology, culinary arts, cosmetology, diesel, dental assisting, digital design, early child-
hood education, medical assisting and welding technologies.
Criswell said most of the
classrooms in the Husson
Avenue building didn’t need
renovations, but the cafeteria
and kitchen would need renovation to accommodate the college’s culinary arts program.
She hopes the renovations
will be completed in time for
classes to begin at the start of
the 2016-2017 school year.
Putnam County School
Board meetings are held at 200
Reid St.
ture could encourage new
development — defeating the
purpose of the amendment.
The real estate stamp tax is
expected to yield $652 million
in the coming year. However,
an analysis by the Audubon
Society says the Senate budget
proposal includes only $52 million in Amendment 1 money for
Florida Forever, the state’s
main conservation land-buying
program.
The House has proposed $80
million, but nearly all is for
water resource projects or conservation easements — agreements by landowners not to
develop their land — rather
than outright purchases.
Legislators respond that the
amendment didn’t say the
money could go only for land
purchases, and includes land
management and restoration.
Buying pickup trucks, helping
farmers implement anti-pollution techniques, paying firefighters and covering administrative overhead are legitimate
land management expenses,
they said.
“There is a whole lot more to
being a conservationist than
acquiring property,” said Sen.
Alan Hays, R- Umatilla, who
opposes what he calls state
hoarding of land for conservation. The amendment “recognizes the broader responsibilities involved in protecting and
improving the state’s natural
resources,” said Hays, chairman of the Senate general government appropriations subcommittee.
“There is no requirement to
spend a certain portion of the
33 percent set aside solely on
land acquisition,” said Hays.
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8 Slowly vanish
12 Holiday quaffs
13 Caviar
14 Pointed arch
15 Dates
17 Ph.D. exam
18 Versatile
vehicle
19 Changes
21 Cove
24 Has debts
25 “You, there!”
26 Not
transparent
30 Boat
propellers
32 Arg. neighbor
33 Highest point
37 Warm-up
38 Portuguese
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39 Reddish horse
40 Spellbound
43 LI doubled
44 Wacky
46 Reprimand
48 Unabashed
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More elegant
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Improvise
Whacked
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For Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Keep life simple and your emotions under control, and make the
lifestyle changes that you feel are
best instead of bending to what
others want you to do. Use your
energy wisely and make every
move and decision count.
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
Positive alterations will make it
easier for you to pursue a dream,
project or pastime. Don’t let
someone else take charge or you
won’t get things done your way.
PISCES
(Feb. 20-March 20)
You’ll create confusion with
your changeable attitude and
mood swings. Money, fitness or
legal matters can be improved if
you are thrifty, health-conscious
and orderly.
ARIES
(March 21-April 19)
Surprise someone by doing
something out-of-the-ordinary or
special. Your kind gesture will
bring you closer together. Money
matters can be resolved if you
communicate openly.
TAURUS
(April 20-May 20)
Don’t let anger control you.
42Bakers’meas.
44 Pond blossom
45 Smells
47 Easy
48 Big bash
49 North-40 unit
50 Pet shop buy
53 Fired up
54 Promise to
pay
55 Mouse alert
56 Rural rtes.
HOROSCOPE
If you don’t like the way things
are being done, do them yourself.
Taking action is the best way to
get ahead while getting what you
want.
GEMINI
(May 21-June 20)
Use your charm and show your
willingness to get things done. Set
your priorities and follow through
on your plans with discipline in
order to bypass someone trying to
give you a hard time.
CANCER
(June 21-July 22)
Show a little passion and excitement about life and the people you
love. An original idea to please
someone will go over well and
win you favors.
LEO
(July 23-Aug. 22)
Uncertainty in a relationship
will help you recognize what you
want. Make whatever changes
are necessary to turn your intentions into reality. You will impress
someone special with your
thoughtfulness.
VIRGO
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Take a proactive approach to
whatever you do. Don’t feel that
you have to do everything in a
conservative manner. Sometimes
Uncle treats cousin like dummy
Saturday’s Answer
it pays to think outside the box
when it comes to bringing about
change.
LIBRA
Dear Harriette: My uncle
treats my cousin like she is stupid.
She and I are the same age, and
watching him lecture her on basic
information that she knows is too
much for me.
We are in our 20s, and he thinks
that he is teaching her about time
zones or other basic information,
like how to fill a car with gas.
Anyone who has gone to school
knows what a time zone is! My
cousin just accepts this or doesn’t
say anything, presumably because
it has been going on for so long.
He treats my cousin like a
student and has recently tried to
extend this behavior to me. I am
a college-educated woman, and I
do not need to be talked down to. I
assume my uncle does this because
of my gender. How can I respectfully tell him to bug off whenever
he tries to dumb things down for
me? — Not Dumb, Detroit
Dear Not Dumb: If your cousin
has never expressed any feelings
about what her father says to her,
do not assume that she has the
same reaction as you. There’s a
(Sept. 23-Oct. 23)
If you put greater effort into
moneymaking opportunities, contractual negotiations and your
health, you will succeed. Don’t
procrastinate or wait for someone
else to do things for you.
SCORPIO
SAGITTARIUS
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Time and patience will pay
off. Do everything you can to
improve a situation with a friend,
relative or neighbor. Getting along
with others will be the best way to
go.
to laugh. Should I get rid of the
shared TV in the house? I want to
be able to control the media my
kids are consuming. — Watchful
Mother, Denver
Dear Watchful Mother: Your
children are nearing the age when
they will be making decisions for
themselves. You can try to enforce
stricter rules about what they watch
on television, but considering that
your husband does not share your
views, you probably will not win.
Further, you seem to be taking
an extreme view. While it can be
argued that many sitcoms are silly
at best, I doubt that most people
turn into zombies upon watching
them. Some people enjoy the foolishness in some of these shows as
comic distraction.
While there surely are more
enriching activities that can serve
as distractions from the day-today, sitcoms won’t kill them.
Instead of fighting your children,
you may want to invite your family to participate in other activities
outside the home that encourage
engagement with one another.
BRIDGE
(Oct. 24-Nov. 22)
Use your energy wisely. A creative project will lead to greater
recognition, as long as you are
careful not to go over budget.
Do the work yourself and save
money.
(Nov. 23-Dec. 21)
You’ll be noticed one way
or another. Be careful not to do
something that makes you look
bad or hampers your chance to
advance. All eyes will be on you.
chance that your cousin may need
reminders about topics that you
consider “basic.”
Rather than focusing on how he
talks to her, you can be mindful
of how he talks to you. When he
turns to you and says something
that makes you feel uncomfortable, you can address it. You might
ask him why he thinks you do
not know whatever the topic is.
You can gracefully assure him that
you are following the conversation. You can also excuse yourself
if he continues to speak to you in a
disparaging way.
Dear Harriette: I am opposed
to my children watching sitcoms.
It does not matter to me what the
show is about, I just cannot stand
the show prompting them on when
to laugh! Occasionally, I catch my
kids watching sitcoms with my
husband within earshot. I do not
even know who to blame. I have
tried parental controls, but my preteens know how to disable those.
I want to get the point to everyone that sitcoms turn you into a
zombie who needs to be told when
Imelda Marcos said, “I get
so tired listening to one million
dollars here, one million dollars
there; it’s so petty.” Today, I suppose it is a trillion dollars here
and there.
At the bridge table, though,
it pays to listen closely to the
bidding and to analyze what it
is telling you. Look at only the
West hand and the auction in
this deal. What should West lead
against four spades?
When North jumped to four
spades, he showed four trumps
and opening strength. If South
had had extra values, especially
with 4-3-5-1 or, even better, 4-36-0 distribution, he would have
proceeded toward slam.
The club queen would be a
popular lead choice. Then, declarer would most likely win on the
board and play a diamond to, say,
his jack. West will win and probably shift to a trump. South wins
in the dummy and plays a second
diamond. That also loses to West
and another trump is returned,
but declarer wins in his hand,
ruffs a diamond, plays a heart
to his king, and ruffs his last
diamond. Then, though, South
must be careful. He needs to get
into his hand to draw West’s last
trump, so should concede a club
trick. A moment later, declarer
ruffs a club, cashes his spade ace,
and claims.
Yes, West could have defeated
the contract after winning the
first diamond by shifting to a
heart, but who would ever find
that play?
There is a much simpler solution for West. Because he is so
strong in declarer’s first-bid suit,
he should lead a trump at trick
one. Then the defenders would
be in control.
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By Julie Pace
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CHARLESTON, S.C. — George W.
Bush never mentioned Donald Trump.
But with his folky touch, the former
president unleashed a tough takedown
Monday of the billionaire businessman
who has upended a Republican Party
his family has long led.
“I understand Americans are angry
and frustrated,” Bush said during his
first campaign rally for his brother, Jeb
Bush. “But we do not need somebody in
the Oval Office who mirrors and
inflames our anger and frustration.”
Trump’s rise has confounded the
Bush family and its allies. But despite
months of predicting the brash billionaire would fade, it’s Jeb Bush whose
White House hopes are in peril, particularly if he’s unable to pull out a strong
showing in Saturday’s South Carolina
primary.
The former president emerged from
his self-imposed political hibernation to
try to give Jeb Bush a boost. He layered
each validation of his younger brother
with an implicit critique of Trump.
He urged voters to back a candidate
who will be “measured and thoughtful”
on the world stage. A candidate whose
“humility” helps him understand what
he doesn’t know. A candidate who can
win in November’s general election.
“All the sloganeering and all the talk
doesn’t matter if we don’t win,” George
W. Bush said. “We need somebody who
can take a positive message across the
country.”
The former president’s return to
presidential politics has been met with
blistering attacks from Trump about
the unpopular Iraq war and the economic recession that began at the end
State News
State agriculture officials
say fruit fly eradicated
started in response.
“Your most solemn job as voters is to
elect a president who understands the
reality of the threats we face,” he said.
Jeb Bush has spent months trying to
figure out how to handle the former
president. His brother, the 43rd president, left office deeply unpopular with a
nation fatigued by the Iraq War and
angry over his botched response to
Hurricane Katrina. He’s also a reminder to voters eager to break with the
political establishment that Jeb Bush
would be the third man from his family
to serve as president.
Motel
Department and the two drove to a secluded area
and had sex in her car. The first encounter was
determined to be Nov. 17, 2014.
MIAMI
of his administration. Trump has also
repeatedly reminded voters the Sept.
11, 2001, terror attacks happened on
Bush’s watch.
“If the ex-president is campaigning
for his brother, I think he’s probably
open to great scrutiny, maybe things
that haven’t been thought of in the
past,” Trump told reporters Monday.
Rather than gloss over 9/11, George
W. Bush leaned in. As the crowd fell
into a hushed silence, he recounted in
detail his whereabouts on the morning of the attacks and praised the
troops that served in the two wars he
TALLAHASSEE
Health officials promote free
dental sealants for kids
Florida agriculture officials said they have
eradicated a fruit fly from Miami-Dade county
that posed a major threat to state crops.
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam
Putnam said in a statement Friday the Oriental
fruit fly was first found in the county in 2015 and
quickly quarantined.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s deputy
administrator for its Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service Osama El-Lissy said officials
contained the fly’s outbreak to a 99-square-mile
area. They were able to eliminate it in fewer than
six months.
The pest’s eradication means farms quarantined after its discovery can again start shipping
products.
The state Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services and U.S. Department of
Agriculture will continue to monitor more than
56,000 traps to ensure the fly is gone.
Florida health officials are spreading the word
about free and low-cost dental services at schools
around the state.
More than 65 percent of county health offices
provide School-Based Sealant Programs that offer
preventive dental services at no cost to schools,
parents or children.
In 2014, the programs provided sealants to
nearly 37,000 children. Dental sealants are thin
plastic coatings applied to the grooves on the
chewing surfaces of molar teeth and are 86 percent effective in preventing tooth decay.
Dental sealants performed by the department
were analyzed for cost effectiveness by comparing
the cost of receiving one dental sealant to the cost
of one dental filling on an unsealed tooth.
PORT ST. LUCIE
CLEWISTON
A former Port St. Lucie police officer was sentenced for sex charges involving an underage girl.
Myron Andravious Pratt, 31, pleaded no contest Feb. 8 to two counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor.
Pratt was arrested in November 2014. He was
sentenced to 40 months behind bars for each
count with both sentences to be served concurrently.
Authorities said the 16-year-old girl told St.
Lucie County Sheriff’s Office investigators she
twice picked up Pratt at the Port St. Lucie Police
Authorities said the body of a woman was
recovered from Lake Okeechobee, where two
boaters went missing earlier this month.
State Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission spokeswoman Carol Lyn Parrish
said a fisherman found the body Saturday afternoon on the south side of the lake near Clewiston.
The body was turned over to the Lee County
medical examiner’s office, which will perform an
autopsy and confirm the woman’s identity.
John Russ, 72, and his 62-year-old wife, Diane,
were last seen Feb. 6 in an airboat in the lake.
tractor and showed us how he
would reinforce the structure
where it was damaged, we
would let them make the
improvements,” he said. “At
that time, we got the fire marand an unsafe structure,”
shal in on this, and they
Planning and Development
declared the building unsafe.”
Director Brian Hammons said.
Powell said after
Planning and Development Lakadawala and his contrachad an open codes case with
tor severed ties, the contractor
the two-story motel since a
canceled the permits for which
he previously applied.
room on the second floor
Afterward, planning officials
caught fire April 28, 2014,
damaging two adjacent rooms said, Lakadawala did work
on the second story and one on but didn’t have contracts to
perform any work on the propthe first floor.
erty.
Building official Kevin
Powell and Enforcement
Powell said Planning and
Division Manager Lisa Suarez
Development originally made
an agreement with the motel’s said the motel owner was
using one of the damaged
owner, Mansur Lakadawala,
rooms on the second floor for
to get the motel back up to
storage and storing construccode.
tion debris in the wetlands
But the agreement fell
through after Lakadawala and behind the motel.
They said the structure has
his contractor had disagreements, Powell said.
begun to fail due to lack of sig“We made an agreement
nificant improvements having
with them, that if he got a con- been done.
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There were people living in
the motel Monday, planning
officials said, and they will
have to be relocated. Powell
said those people might be
moved to Telestar Motel, 299
U.S. 17 in East Palatka, which
Lakadawala also owns.
“The owner will relocate
them, probably to another
location (he owns),” Powell
said.
Although Siesta has been
listed as condemned and
unsafe, Lakadawala could
reopen the motel if he hires a
structural engineer to determine what improvements
need to be made and then hire
a contractor to obtain the necessary permits and complete
the work, planning officials
said.
“It falls to the owner now,”
Suarez said.
A call to Lakadawala was
not returned by deadline
Monday.
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SIDELINES
MARK BLUMENTHAL
Taylor’s
tale of
triumph
T
he top sports stories in yet
another Weekend That Was:
5. In Los Angeles at the
U.S. Olympic marathon
qualifying event on Saturday, firsttime marathoner Galen Rupp wins
the men’s title in 2 hours, 11 minutes
and 10 seconds, while 40-year-old Meb
Keflezighi and Jared Ward finished
second and third to qualify for the
men’s team. Amy Cragg wins on the
women’s side in 2:28:27, while Desiree
Linden and Shalane Flanagan take
second and third and also qualify for
the Olympics. Former Interlachen
High and University of Florida standout Jeremy Criscione finishes 79th in
the men’s race in 2:32:56.
4. The NBA All-Star Saturday
night skills competition is one the fans
won’t forget as Klay Thompson outlasts Golden State Warriors teammate and defending champion
Stephen Curry to win the 3-Point
Shooting contest, then in a mano a
mano battle in the Slam Dunk competition, Minnesota’s Zach LaVine
defeating Orlando’s Aaron Gordon to
repeat as champion.
3. Chase Elliott, the son of former
NASCAR star Bill Elliott, becomes the
youngest pole winner at the Daytona
500 when the 20-year-old, riding in
the No. 24 car made famous by the
now-retired Jeff Gordon, reaches top
speed of 196.314 mph.
2. Vaughn Taylor shoots a
7-under 65 and holds back four-time
champion Phil Mickelson on the final
hole to win the AT&T Pebble Beach
Pro-Am to break an 11-year, 234event winless streak, shooting
17-under par and qualify automatically for the Masters in April.
1. Paul George scores 41 points,
but he does that for the losing team as
game Most Valuable Player Russell
Westbrook scores 31 points and adds
eight rebounds and five assists in
what is Kobe Bryant’s final All-Star
Game. The West beats the East in the
defensively challenged midseason
classic, 196-173, in Toronto on Sunday
night.
Our topic of discussion: 2. From
rags to a spot at the Masters.
Vaughn Taylor can tell you what he
was exactly doing at his peak 11 years
ago. It was Aug. 21, 2005, and on that
Sunday afternoon in Reno, Nev.,
Taylor captured the Reno-Tahoe Open
for the second straight year.
But he seized the momentum and
by 2011, Taylor was barely holding on
to his Tour card.
That brings us to this weekend at
spectacular Pebble Beach. Going into
the final round, Taylor was eighth, six
shots behind four-time champ Phil
Mickelson. All Mickelson needed to do
was shoot a better than average
round.
From the start, Taylor got on a roll.
He got four birdies on the front nine,
and though he had two bogeys, he was
making it known it was going to be a
good day for the 39-year-old. On the
10th hole, he nailed the first of five
back-nine birdies, including four in a
row from holes 13 through 16. Most
important, Taylor had no bogeys and
took the lead at 17-under.
That left it up to Mickelson, who
bogeyed the 11th and 14th holes. A
couple of pars had Mickelson two
strokes back with two holes to go. On
the 17th, Mickelson made a good
drive, then sank the putt for a birdie
to cut it to one stroke, leading to the
18th hole overlooking the ocean. His
third shot landed just five feet from
the hole.
See BLUMENTHAL, Page 2B
INSIDE
Scoreboard
Briefs
Classified
2B
2B
3B
ANDY HALL
Sports Editor 312-5239
[email protected]
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SPORTS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2016
B SECTION
Vikings proving good to the last out
Three straight wins
with two out in ninth
By Andy Hall
Palatka Daily News
Don’t leave early, no matter how
late it gets at Tindall Field.
Chances are the St. Johns River
State College baseball team will come
up with something special when all
seems lost.
Down to the last out, the Vikings
scored two runs in the bottom of the
ninth to edge Broward College 4-3 on
a chilly Saturday night. They did it
again against the No. 3 team in the
nation, Chipola College, as afternoon
gave way to evening on Sunday, winning 5-4.
It gave SJR State a 3-0 record in
the six-team Capital City Bank
Classic. The Vikings also beat South
Carolina’s Florence-Darlington
Technical College with two out in the
ninth in Friday’s classic opener, 10-9.
“We had three walk-offs in a row.
We just beat the No. 3 team in the
country. That gives us a lot of confidence,” said St. Johns coach Ross
Jones, whose team improved to 11-3.
The Vikings have come from behind
in winning their last four. They were
down 4-0 to Polk State last Tuesday
and rallied for a 9-7 triumph.
They scratched out two runs in the
ninth without hitting the ball out of
the infield to beat Broward. The
Seahawks led 3-2 when Nick Owens
drew a leadoff walk. Omar Villaman
bunted Owens to second, Hunter
Alexander got an intentional pass and
with two out, Wes Weeks was hit by a
pitch that loaded the bases. Andrew
Williamson got an infield hit between
short and third, scoring Owens, and
pinch-runner Luke Maddox came
home on a wild pitch for the win.
See BASEBALL, Page 2B
Good ol’
Georgia
boys
Region 4-1A Championship
Chase Elliott’s Daytona
pole boosts expectations
By Charles Odum
Associated Press
CHRIS DEVITTO / Palatka Daily News
Crescent City’s Victor Johnson (2) passes during Thursday’s regional semifinal win over Dixie County.
Ringing a Bell
Raiders scouted tonight’s foe in its district title game
By Mark Blumenthal
W
Palatka Daily News
hen Crescent City Junior-Senior High
boys basketball coach Al Carter and
those who came with him to Trenton
to watch the District 7-1A boys basketball championship on Feb. 6 headed
home, they felt that Bell was coming to their gym
to face the Raiders this past Thursday.
That would not be the case. Bell came from behind,
forced overtime, then won the district title over Dixie
County, 82-71, sending the Bears for what would
turn into a 74-42 pummeling by Carter’s Raiders.
Instead, it will be the Raiders at raucous Bell High
tonight for the Region 4-1A championship. Game
time is 7.
Good thing Carter had notes from that 7-1A final.
“They can run an up-tempo offense and push the
ball up the court,” he said. “But they have one really
big kid and they prefer running a good half-court set.
They are well-disciplined and those kids play hard.”
Buuuut ...
“They’re a beatable team,” Carter said. “We’re a
deeper team.”
It may come down to having a deep bench, something Carter did not have two years ago when they
played for the region championship in another small,
noisy gym in Chiefland. Datwan Lewis, the Raiders’
leader and center, picked up a costly foul in the third
quarter with the Raiders up 29-22 in that Feb. 21,
2014 game. Without Lewis, Chiefland went on a 20-4
run the last 12 minutes of the game and captured the
42-33 victory.
Like Chiefland, which had one loss going in, Bell’s
Bulldogs also have a gaudy record, 22-5. And Carter
has some concern when it comes to the Bulldogs’ best
player, senior center Josh Thomas, who Dixie
County delivered 34 points and 24 rebounds against
Dixie County.
See RAIDERS, Page 2B
HAMPTON, Ga. — Bill Elliott
grabbed the microphone, faced reporters and blurted out “I’m the father.”
Then Elliott laughed and beamed.
Clearly he is a proud father after
Chase Elliott on Sunday became the
youngest driver to win the Daytona
500 pole. Bill Elliott was a two-time
winner at Daytona and the NASCAR
champion in 1988, but now Chase is
the rising star in the family.
It is dad’s turn to cheer.
Chase Elliott, 20, joined his father
on Monday at Atlanta Motor
Speedway to promote next week’s
NASCAR stop. It was an appropriate
setting for the Georgia natives to seek
perspective for young Chase opening
his rookie season in the spotlight.
“Yesterday was a big deal for us,”
Bill Elliott said, noting that about
two years ago “we had nothing” in
place for Chase’s career. The right
doors opened, Chase won the
Nationwide Series (now Xfinity)
championship in 2014 and then was
named the replacement for the retiring Jeff Gordon in the 24 car.
As the new kid on the established
Hendrick Motorsports team, the
young Elliott was humble as he
insisted his team deserved credit for
winning the pole.
“I had very little to do with that lap
and qualifying time,” said Chase
Elliott.
It’s a powerful support team for a
rookie, especially when compared
with Bill Elliott’s humble start in the
late 1970s.
“That stuff we had back then was
terrible,” Bill Elliott said. “… You
didn’t have the equipment, didn’t
have the money, didn’t have anything.”
Bill Elliott also didn’t have the
pressure that falls on his son because
of his name and his high-profile team.
Much will be expected of Chase
Elliott as Gordon’s successor on the
team that also includes Dale
Earnhardt Jr.
That pressure grew when the rookie won the pole with his top speed of
196.314 mph.
“There are a lot of disadvantages,”
said the elder Elliott of the expectations that will follow his son. “You
kind of set the bar up there. When I
came in I was way under the radar
and nobody was paying any attention. For me, it made it easier. … In
his position it’s going to be a learning
curve and you’re going to have good
weekends and you’re going to have
back weekends until you get to a
point where everything kind of falls
into place.”
See ELLIOTT, Page 2B
One close, one not as SJR State softball sweeps Pasco
Palatka Daily News
The St. Johns River State College
softball team won one game in extra
innings, then won the other half of
Saturday’s doubleheader in five
innings.
This improved the Vikings’ overall
mark to 8-3 after taking down host
Pasco-Hernando by scores of 4-3 in
eight innings, then winning the
nightcap in impressive fashion, 10-1.
After tying the first game in the
top of the seventh, 2-2, the Vikings
got their two runs in the eighth. With
the international tiebreak rule that
has the last out of the previous
inning starting at second base – in
this case Haley Wildes – Jessie
Grissom put down a sacrifice bunt to
send Wildes to third. Savannah
Montgomery hit a sky-high pop-up
on which infielders had difficulty
communicating, allowing the ball to
drop, allowing Montgomery to second
for a double, but holding Wildes at
third.
See SOFTBALL, Page 2B
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CALENDAR
NOTE: Schedules are submitted by
schools, leagues and recreation
departments and are subject to
change without notice.
TUESDAY, February 16
HIGH SCHOOL
Boys Basketball
Region 4-1A Championship
Crescent City at Bell, 7 p.m.
Softball
Peniel Baptist at Jacksonville Harvest
Community, 4 p.m.
Palatka at Menendez, 7 p.m.
Baseball
Interlachen at Bell, 4 p.m.
Orange Park Oakleaf at Palatka, 7
p.m.
Boys and Girls Tennis
Palatka at Alachua Santa Fe, 3 p.m.
North Marion at Interlachen, 4 p.m.
Track and Field
Crescent City, Hawthorne, Keystone
Heights at Palatka, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE
Softball
State College of Florida at SJRSC
(2), 4 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, February 17
HIGH SCHOOL
Softball
Crescent City at Interlachen, 6 p.m.
Bartram Trail at Palatka, 7 p.m.
Baseball
Crescent City at Menendez, 7 p.m.
Track and Field
Crescent City at DeLand, 3 p.m.
Boys Weightlifting
At Menendez High School
Palatka at St. Johns River Athletic
Conference Meet, 3:30 p.m.
COLLEGE
Baseball
SJRSC at Polk, 5 p.m.
TIDES
Palatka City Dock
High Low
Today 10:19A,10:44P 4:56A,5:45P
Feb. 17 11:27A,11:51P 5:59A,6:49P
Feb. 18 ---------,12:29P 7:01A,7:48P
St. Augustine Beach
High
Low
Today
2:14A,2:41P
8:42A,8:58P
Feb. 17 3:22A,3:47P
9:45A,9:58P
Feb. 18 4:26A,4:49P 10:45A,10:57P
LOCAL COLLEGE
BASEBALL
Capital City Bank Classic
at St. Johns River State College
Saturday’s game
SJR State 4, Broward 3
Broward 020 001 000–3 8 2
SJR State 100 000 102–4 7 2
Two out when winning run scored.
Exposito, Van Belle (6), Padron (8)
and Salvo. Williams, McMahan (6)
and Williamson. W–McMahan, 3-0.
L–Padron, 0-1. 2B–Broward Garcia.
Sunday’s game
SJR State 5, Chipola 4
Chipola 100 300 000–4 7 0
SJR State 020 000 102–5 13 0
Two out when winning run scored.
Francis, Van Gurp (6), Shauger (7),
Knox (8), Cabral (9) and Hickman,
Rojas (9). Jones, Ross (7) and
Harris. W–Ross, 1-0. L–Cabral, 0-2.
3B–Chipola: Rivera. 2B–Chipola:
Estes, Caballero; SJR State: Perry,
Harris.
BOXING
9 p.m.
Fox Sports 1
Alexis Santiago vs. Erik
Ruiz in a bantamweight
bout, at Las Vegas
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
7 p.m.
ESPN
7 p.m.
ESPN2
7 p.m.
ESPNU
7 p.m.
Fox sports 1
7 p.m.
SEC Network
7:30 p.m. CBS Sports
8 p.m.
ESPNews
9 p.m.
ESPN
9 p.m.
ESPN2
9 p.m.
ESPNU
9 p.m.
SEC Network
9:30 p.m. CBS Sports
Michigan at Ohio State
West Virginia at Texas
Wake Forest at Pittsburgh
Creighton at Butler
South Carolina at Missouri
Rhode Island at VCU
Kansas State at TCU
Florida at Georgia
Iowa State at Baylor
Mississippi at Texas A&M
Vanderbilt at Mississippi
State
UNLV at Air Force
NHL
7:30 p.m. FS Sun
8 p.m.
NBC Sports
Sharks at Lightning
Stars at Blues
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SOCCER
11:50 a.m. Fox Sports 2
2:30 p.m. Fox Sports 1
2:30 p.m. Fox Sports 2
Lokomotiv Moscow at
Fenerbahce SK
Chelsea at Paris SaintGermain
Zenit St. Petersburg at
SL Benfica
WINTER SPORTS
11:30 p.m. NBC Sports
Records: SJR State 11-3, Chipola
9-2.
SOFTBALL
Saturday
Game One
SJR State 4, Pasco-Hernando 3
SJR State
001 000 12–4 9 0
Pasco-Hern.
200 000 01–3 11 3
Griffis abnd Phillips; Lynch and
Shoulta; W–Griffis, 3-0. L–Lynch,
1-4. 3B–Pasco-Hernando:
Stafford; 2B–SJRSC:
Montgomery, Kight; PascoHernando: Derringer.
Game Two
SJR State 10, Pasco-Hernando 1
SJR State
020 26–10 12 1
Pasco-Hernando 100 00– 1 6 3
Marasa and Wilson; Lanier, Pelletier
(4) and Baker; W–Marasa, 3-2. L–
Lanier, 0-2. 3B–SJRSC: Peck; 2B–
SJRSC: Kight, Hutto, Grisso; PascoHernando: Derringer, Gardner.
Records: SJR State 8-3, PascoHernando 2-6.
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L PctGB
3517 .673 —
Toronto
Boston
3223 .582 4½
23 32 .418 13½
New York
Brooklyn
1440 .259 22
8 45 .15127½
Philadelphia
Southeast Division
W L PctGB
3124 .564 —
Atlanta
2924 .547 1
Miami
Charlotte
2726 .509 3
2328 .451 6
Washington
Orlando
2329 .442 6½
Raiders
Central Division
W L PctGB
Cleveland
3814 .731 —
Indiana
28 25 .52810½
Chicago
2725 .519 11
Detroit
2727 .500 12
Milwaukee
2232 .407 17
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L PctGB
San Antonio
45 8 .849 —
Memphis
3122 .585 14
Dallas
2926 .527 17
Houston
2728 .491 19
20 33 .377 25
New Orleans
Northwest Division
W L PctGB
Oklahoma City 40 14 .741 —
Portland
2727 .500 13
2626 .500 13
Utah
Denver
2232 .407 18
1737 .315 23
Minnesota
Pacific Division
W L PctGB
Golden State
48 4 .923 —
L.A. Clippers
35 18 .660 13½
22 31 .41526½
Sacramento
Phoenix
1440 .259 35
11 44 .200 38½
L.A. Lakers
Sunday’s Games
West 196, East 173
Monday’s Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday’s Games
No games scheduled
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W LOTPts GFGA
573318 6 72160134
Florida
Detroit
572919 9 67146147
Boston
563020 6 66172157
Tampa Bay 553021 4 64147135
“We can’t allow them to get set up underneath an get offensive rebounds,” said Carter,
continually preaching the need for defensive
rebounding. “It’s going to be hard enough to
guard these guys in the half court. We can’t
allow them second shots.”
The Raiders (17-10), winners of four straight,
have been close with teams at the half, but
have turned close games into blowouts in the
third quarter. That includes last Thursday, a
five-point lead at the break turned into a
20-point lead going into the third quarter.
“It’s conditioning,” Carter stated. “We continue to put defensive pressure on other teams,
and by doing so, that’s converting from defense
to offense as the game progresses. But we can’t
focus on getting things going in the third quarter. I hope not.”
The Raiders forced Dixie County into 13 second-half turnovers, nine of which came in the
third quarter, and converted that into 19-for-33
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
Montreal
562725 4 58155152
Ottawa
572526 6 56163181
Buffalo
572328 6 52136160
552026 9 49134163
Toronto
Metropolitan Division
GP W LOTPts GFGA
Washington 544010 4 84181125
N.Y. Rangers 563218 6 70163143
N.Y. Islanders553019 6 66161141
New Jersey 572921 7 65127130
Pittsburgh
552819 8 64142141
Carolina
562521 10 60137149
Philadelphia 552421 10 58131148
572328 6 52148178
Columbus
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W LOTPts GFGA
Dallas
573715 5 79187154
603718 5 79170139
Chicago
St. Louis
583217 9 73143138
Nashville
572621 10 62151152
Colorado
592926 4 62158164
Minnesota
552322 10 56135140
552527 3 53142160
Winnipeg
Pacific Division
GP W LOTPts GFGA
Los Angeles 553319 3 69153131
Anaheim
552819 8 64131134
542920 5 63160146
San Jose
Arizona
552524 6 56145169
Vancouver 552221 12 56131152
Calgary
552527 3 53150168
Edmonton
572229 6 50143171
NOTE: Two points for a win, one
point for overtime loss.
Sunday’s Games
Buffalo 4, Colorado 1
New Jersey 1, Los Angeles 0
Detroit 6, Boston 5
St. Louis 2, Tampa Bay 1
N.Y. Rangers 3, Philadelphia 1
Monday’s Games
Florida 2, Pittsburgh 1, SO
N.Y. Islanders 4, Detroit 1
Anaheim 6, Calgary 4
Dallas 3, Nashville 2, OT
Chicago 7, Toronto 2
Montreal at Arizona, 9 p.m.
Minnesota at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Washington, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Boston at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
San Jose at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Anaheim at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
COLLEGE
AP Top 25 Basketball
When: 7:00 tonight.
How they got here: Crescent City defeated Cross City
Dixie County, 74-42, in the regional semifinal; Bell defeated
Pahokee, 76-69, in overtime in the regional semifinal.
Winner gets: The winner of the Region 1-1A championship
between Paxton and Malone either at 10 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. at
the Lakeland Center in the state 1A semifinal.
Previous state matchups: none.
Directions: Take U.S. 17 north into Palatka. At the U.S. 17/
SR 100 split, take a left onto SR-100 and travel 20 miles west
to SR 26 in Putnam Hall. Turn left and travel nearly 17 miles.
Stay straight and begin riding on SR 222 and go 7 1/2 more
miles until getting into Gainesville. Turn right onto U.S. 441
and travel north for 18 1/2 miles. Turn slightly left onto NE 1st
Avenue (SR 20) and travel half a mile. Turn left onto U.S. 27
and go south for half a mile. Turn right onto SR-236/CR-340
(SW Poe Springs Road) and travel 16 3/4 miles until getting to
U.S. 129. Turn left onto U.S. 129 and go 3 1/4 miles. The
school and gymnasium are on the left side.
shooting in turning a close game into a rout.
Now, though, the Raiders will have to go to
someone else’s gym to win the right to play at
either 10 a.m. or noon on Feb. 23 at the
Lakeland Center in the FHSAA 1A semifinals
against either Paxton or Malone, the Region
1-1A finalists.
Carter is thrilled that not only has Lewis
turned it up this postseason after an ankle inju-
20. Duke
19-6 462 —
21. SMU
21-3 441 16
20-6 232 —
22. Indiana
23. Providence
19-7 125 20
16-9 123 24
24. Texas
25. Baylor
18-7
97 21
Others receiving votes: Texas A&M
90, Utah 75, Saint Joseph’s 57,
Wisconsin 47, South Carolina 39,
Southern Cal 38, Michigan 17,
Syracuse 17, Wichita St. 14, Stony
Brook 13, Monmouth (NJ) 10,
California 8, Hawaii 5, UNC
Wilmington 4, San Diego St. 3, Yale
3, Cincinnati 2.
WOMEN’S POLL
The top 25 teams in The
Associated Press’ women’s college
basketball poll, with first-place votes
in parentheses, records through Feb.
14, total points based on 25 points
for a first-place vote through one
point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record Pts Prv
1. UConn (32)
24-0 800 1
2. Notre Dame
24-1 755 3
3. South Carolina
23-1 748 2
4. Baylor
25-1 703 4
21-4 662 7
5. Ohio St.
6. Maryland
23-3 614 5
7. Oregon St.
22-3 604 8
8. Texas
22-2 569 6
9. Arizona St.
22-4 558 9
21-4 532 10
10. Florida St.
11. Louisville
19-6 465 12
12. Texas A&M
17-7 416 15
12. UCLA
19-6 416 14
14. Mississippi St. 21-5 398 11
15. Stanford
20-6 371 13
16. Kentucky
17-6 272 18
17. Oklahoma St.
19-5 226 20
18. Miami
21-5 215 19
19. South Florida 18-6 174 22
17-7 173 21
20. Oklahoma
21. DePaul
21-7 147 23
22. Florida
19-6 136 16
23. Syracuse
20-6 74 —
24. Tennessee
15-9 63 25
18-7 58 17
25. Michigan St.
Others receiving votes: Missouri
55, West Virginia 47, Colorado St.
40, BYU 31, Duquesne 22, Georgia
17, Auburn 9, UTEP 8, Oregon 7,
Minnesota 6, Green Bay 3,
Arkansas St. 2, Army 1, Florida
Gulf Coast 1, Indiana 1,
Washington 1.
Men’s basketball scores
MEN’S POLL
The top 25 teams in The Associated
Press’ college basketball poll, with
first-place votes in parentheses,
records through Feb. 14, total points
based on 25 points for a first-place
vote through one point for a 25thplace vote and previous ranking:
Record P
ts Prv
1. Villanova (44)
22-3 1,601 1
21-4 1,578 6
2. Kansas (21)
3. Oklahoma
20-4 1,471 3
20-5 1,349 4
4. Iowa
5. North Carolina
21-4 1,343 9
6. Maryland
22-4 1,248 2
20-5 1,188 7
7. Virginia
21-5 1,174 8
8. Michigan St.
8. Xavier
22-3 1,174 5
20-5 1,094 10
10. West Virginia
11. Miami
20-4 1,036 12
21-5 823 17
12. Arizona
13. Iowa St.
18-7 742 14
19-6 692 22
14. Kentucky
15. Dayton
21-3 681 19
20-6 529 11
16. Oregon
20-6 497 18
17. Purdue
19-6 494 13
18. Louisville
19. Notre Dame
18-7 489 —
CRESCENT CITY (17-10) AT BELL (22-5)
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1B
Baseball
Winter Youth Olympic
Games, at Lillehammer,
Norway (tape)
SPORTS BRIEFS
EAST
Fairfield 76, Marist 73
Iona 78, Quinnipiac 59
LIU Brooklyn 82, St. Francis
Brooklyn 67
Lehigh 64, Holy Cross 59
Monmouth (NJ) 79, Manhattan 70
SOUTH
Bethune-Cookman 83, NC A&T 77,
OT
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ETSU 83, W. Carolina 77
Hampton 87, Morgan St. 79
NC Central 79, Florida A&M 74
Southern U. 97, MVSU 64
Texas A&M-CC 65, New Orleans
57
UNC Greensboro 65, Wofford 61
Virginia 73, NC State 53
MIDWEST
Green Bay 70, Milwaukee 68
Oakland 89, Wright St. 73
Wichita St. 71, New Mexico St. 41
SOUTHWEST
Cent. Arkansas 107, Northwestern
St. 94
Houston Baptist 79, Lamar 78
Stephen F. Austin 84, Incarnate
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ry sidelined him for a number of games and
kept him from being 100 percent, but he’s getting contributions from most of his players.
Guard Victor Johnson has starred in the postseason, putting up 16 points and eight rebounds
against Dixie County. Freshman center
Michael Brooks, who had five blocked shots in
the win last Thursday, has also come into his
own down low.
“With this team, we didn’t really start turning things around until mid-season,” Carter
said. “We’ve gotten better and that’s really,
really surprised me how well we’ve done. We’ve
hooked up in our chemistry and the guys trust
each other. That’s a big difference now.”
A year ago, Carter’s Raiders broke down the
door leading to the Final Four by holding back
Williston, 67-53, at home. The Raiders, though,
got taken out of their state 1A semifinal with
Hawthorne as the Hornets cruised to a 57-40
victory in Lakeland.
“If we can get past (Bell), I think we can be a
team of destiny,” Carter added. “I really do. But
this one is going to be a test for us.”
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the winning run.
Both games were as much a testament to St. Johns’ bullpen as its
ability to deliver in the clutch on
offense.
Neither Pearson McMahan (3-0)
nor Ryan Ross (1-0) gave up a run
in picking up the wins. McMahan
struck out three, walked one and
allowed one hit in three and twothirds innings against Broward.
Ross struck out four, walked one,
gave up two hits and did not allow
a Chipola runner past first in three
innings. Starters Daniel Williams
and Hunter Jones did solid work in
front of them.
“I honestly believe our bullpen
matches up with anybody,” coach
Jones said after the Chipola game.
“Ryan Ross pitched his tail off.
Hunter gave us six good innings. If
our starters give us six good
innings, our relievers can throw
some doughnuts.”
It took some tinkering to come
from behind Sunday.
With two out in the seventh,
Jones turned to Rhodes, who delivered an RBI single that got the
Vikings within 4-3. After using
Andrew Williamson as a pinchhitter in the eighth, Jones had to
go with Alec Dowell in left field
even though Dowell had hurt a
wrist sliding in the Broward game
and his ability to hit would have
been questionable in extra innings.
“Our hitters are getting more
and more disciplined,” Jones said.
“I tell the guys I just want them to
get one percent better every
day.” Perry’s game-winning hit
was his third in five at-bats against
Chipola. Harlan Harris was 3-4
with a double and an RBI. Rhodes
was 2-2. Owens, Villaman,
Alexander, Weeks and Jamal
Howard had one hit apiece in a
13-hit offense. Collin Morrill had
an RBI groundout.
Perry went 2-4 against Broward.
Villaman, Alexander, Dowell,
Weeks and Williamson all singled.
run in the bottom of the eighth,
but couldn’t get home the tying
run as Shelby Griffis (3-0), who
scattered 11 hits, walked one and
struck out five, went the distance
for the victory.
Amanda Peck was 2-for-4 with
a run and an RBI and Kight was
2-for-4 with two RBI. Hannah
Sommers, Montgomery, Alandra
Resendes, Griffis and Sydney
Shows had one hit each for the
Vikings in the opening game.
In the second game, Chris
Marasa (3-2) went the distance on
a six-hitter, walking none and
striking out none, allowing one
earned run. At the plate, Shelbie
Hutto went 2-for-3 with two runs
scored and two RBI and Marasa
was 2-for-3 with two three RBI.
Kacee Langford (2-for-2, three
runs) and Shows (2-for-3, one run)
had two hits each, while Amanda
Peck (two RBI), Montgomery,
Kight (two runs) and Grissom
(one RBI) had one hit apiece.
The Vikings will host the State
College of Florida in a doubleheader starting at 4 p.m. today.
congratulations for winning the
pole.
“William Clyde Elliott II, you ol
lead foot,” Earnhardt tweeted.
“Lead foot” looked like a teenagEarnhardt referred to his new er on Monday as he wore his NAPA
teammate by his real name when cap and jacket at an appearance
he used his Twitter account to offer that was scheduled before he won
the pole.
He said he knows he will have
much to learn on Sunday, next
week in Atlanta and through the
season. But he has been studying
the racing game his whole life.
“Ever since he was a little kid all
he’s ever thought about was driv-
ing a race car,” Bill Elliott said.
“It’s never been anything else.”
Landing the Daytona pole was
the first sign Chase Elliott is ready
to race on Sundays.
“You’re running with the best
guys in the business,” Bill Elliott
said. “I know he can do it.”
Chipola was up 4-3 when
Sunday’s game went to the bottom
of the ninth. Villaman got a oneout walk and with two out,
Matthew Rhodes, who had not
played Friday or Saturday because
of strep throat, got his second
straight hit, a flare to right center
that sent Villaman to third. Weeks
singled up the middle, scoring
Villaman to make it 4-4 and Cole
Perry doubled a 1-2 pitch to left
center, bringing in Rhodes with
Softball
This brought up Kayla Kight,
who delivered a more conventional double to the right-center field
gap to score both runners.
Pasco-Hernando (2-6) scored a
Elliott
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Pensacola pulls away from Raiders
Pensacola High broke open a close game with a
10-run seventh inning for a 14-3 victory Saturday at
Crescent City.
The Raiders (1-2) made six errors and only one of
Pensacola’s runs was earned.
Crescent City had five hits – a double by Brandon
Reiter and singles by J.J. Santos, Dakota Horvath,
Ashton Lansing and Chase Mascia.
CRESCENT CITY ATHLETICS
Baseball, softball rescheduled
Because of the Raiders’ boys basketball regional
championship game tonight in Bell, Crescent City’s
softball game at Interlachen has been moved to
Wednesday and its baseball game with Menendez has
been moved to Menendez on Wednesday.
The baseball team will host Menendez next Monday
instead of traveling.
NBA
Another blood clot scare for Bosh
MIAMI — Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat is dealing
with another blood-clot scare, making this the second
consecutive year that he’s spent the All-Star break
facing a most uncertain future because of the issue.
Bosh will spend “the next few days” reviewing
options and no determination will be made about his
playing status until he goes through more tests and
evaluation, a person with knowledge of the situation
told The Associated Press on Monday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because neither
the All-Star forward nor the Heat have revealed the
matter publicly.
Bosh is Miami’s leading scorer at 19.1 points per
game this season. He said over the weekend in
Toronto that he was optimistic about playing again
this season.
He pulled out of the All-Star Game and the 3-point
contest because of what he and the Heat described as
a calf strain. Bosh was shut down at the All-Star
break last season because a blood clot had found its
way to one of his lungs, and that issue is believed to
have started as a calf problem.
He went to Toronto expecting to participate in AllStar weekend, then was examined there — presumably because of the calf pain — and the NBA subsequently announced on Friday afternoon that Bosh
was withdrawing from the game and the 3-point
event. Bosh remained in Toronto to cheer on his
Eastern Conference teammates, then returned to
Miami and met with team medical personnel Monday.
BASEBALL
Harvey open to long-term deal
Matt Harvey appears open to considering a longterm contract with the New York Mets.
“I think whatever comes up is going to come up,”
Harvey said Monday, two days before Mets pitchers
and catchers are due to report for spring training.
“I’ve never shied away from it. I’ve never said I
wouldn’t consider it. But I haven’t heard anything
considering that.”
After helping the Mets reach the World Series for
the first time since 2000, the 26-year-old right-hander
was eligible for salary arbitration for the first time
and agreed to a one-year deal worth $4,325,000. He is
eligible for free agency after the 2018 season, and his
agent, Scott Boras, usually prefers his clients test the
market.
Mets general manager Sandy Alderson says he
would consider talking about long-term deals with his
talented young starting pitchers if there was mutual
interest. Jacob deGrom could become a free agent following the 2020 season, and Noah Syndergaard and
Steven Matz after the 2021 season. Zack Wheeler,
projected back this summer following Tommy John
surgery, could become a free agent following the 2019
season.
Harvey was 13-8 with a 2.71 ERA and 188 strikeouts in 189 1/3 innings last year after returning from
Tommy John surgery. He went 2-0 with a 3.04 ERA in
four postseason starts.
– Staff, Associated Press
Blumenthal
In most cases, this was a gimmie. But as if the
demons of his early career came around to haunt
him again, Mickelson’s putt circled the hole and took
a right turn away.
Taylor smiled from ear to ear and his wife Leot
openly wept. After 11 years of failures, Taylor was
back on top of a PGA Tour event. More important,
Taylor automatically qualified for the Masters in his
hometown of Augusta, Ga., an event he’s played
three times – cut twice, and a Top 10 finisher in the
third in 2007.
This all came after a near-fatal boat accident in
August 2014 in which an anchor broke from Taylor’s
vessel on Strom Thurmond Dam in the Savannah
River. Grabbing on to a waterproof tackle box kept
him floating since he wasn’t wearing a flotation
device. He was able to swim to the shore about 200
yards down the river. “When I was in the water, I
thought of my family first,” he told a media outlet. “It
makes you realize how much people need you. It’s
not about yourself.”
Those important people – his wife and son,
Locklyn – were there at Pebble Beach on Sunday.
Now he gets to compete in a major for the first
time since being cut at the 2010 PGA Championship.
He made a monstrous move in the world rankings
from No. 447 to No. 100.
Every so often, there’s a story on the PGA Tour
that makes you root for someone who has struggled.
That story was told this time around by Taylor.
Here’s hoping he takes advantage.
Mark Blumenthal is a writer for the Palatka Daily News.
You can reach him at [email protected]
or on Twitter @diabolicalmarky.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE 8TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA.
C A S E
N o .
542012CA000432CAAXMX
BANK OF AMERICA
Plaintiff,
DATED this 10th day of
February 2016.
vs.
GREENSPOON MARDER,
P.A.
TRADE CENTRE SOUTH,
SUITE 700
100 WEST CYPRESS
CREEK ROAD
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
33309
Telephone: (954) 343 6273
Hearing Line: (888) 4911120
Facsimile: (954) 343 6982
Email 1: [email protected]
E m a i l
2 :
[email protected]
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By: /s/ Karissa ChinDuncan, Esq.
Florida Bar No. 98472
TIMOTHY RYAN GRUBBS,
et. al.,
Defendants.
AMENDED NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE SALE
PURSUANT CHAPTER 45
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
pursuant to an Order or Final Judgment entered in
C a s e
N o .
542012CA000432CAAXMX
of the Circuit Court of the
8TH Judicial Circuit in and
for PUTNAM County, Florida, wherein, SELENE FINANCE LP, Plaintiff, and,
TIMOTHY RYAN GRUBBS,
et. al., are Defendants,
clerk will sell to the highest
bidder for cash at
www.putnam.realforeclose.
com in accordance with
Chapter 45, Florida Statutes, at the hour of 11:00
AM, on the 3rd day of
March, 2016, the following
described property:
SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT
“A” LEGAL DESCRIPTION
MADE A PART HEREOF
Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from
the property owner as of
the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale.
DATED this 10th day of
February 2016.
GREENSPOON MARDER,
P.A.
TRADE CENTRE SOUTH,
SUITE 700
100 WEST CYPRESS
CREEK ROAD
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
33309
Telephone: (954) 343 6273
Hearing Line: (888) 4911120
Facsimile: (954) 343 6982
E m a i l
1 :
[email protected]
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E m a i l
2 :
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By: /s/ Alyssa Neufeld, Esq.
Florida Bar No. 109199
IMPORTANT
If you are a person with a
disability who needs any
accommodation in order to
participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no
cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance.
Please contact the Clerk of
the Court's disability coordinator at Jan Phillips,
ADA Coordinator, Alachua
County Courthouse, 201 E.
University Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601, 352-3376237. at least 7 days before your scheduled court
appearance, or immediately upon receiving this
notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if
you are hearing or voice
impaired, call 711.
EXHIBIT “A”
ALL THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY SITUATED IN THE
COUNTY OF PUTNAM, AND
STATE OF FLORIDA, BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
GOVERNMENT LOT 23 ,
SECTION 6 OF TOWNSHIP
11 SOUTH, RANGE 23
EAST, THENCE RUN
NORTH 89 DEGREES 40
MINUTES WEST OA DISTANCE OF 1608.00 FEET;
THENCE RUN NORTH 0
DEGREES 20 MINUTES
EAST A D I S T A N C E O F
141.45 FEET; THENCE RUN
NORTH 52 DEGREES 55
MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 376.76 FEET;
THENCE RUN NOTRH 24
DEGREES 40 MINUTES
WEST A DISTANCE OF
NORTH 28 DEGREES 38
MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 368.15 FEET;
THENCE RUN NORTH 7
DEGREES 17 MINUTES
WEST A DISTANCE OF 541
FEET; THENCE RUN
NORTH 82 DEGREES 43
MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 383.00 FEET TO
THE POINT OF BEGINNING ON THE CENTER
LINE OF A 66 FOOT INGRESS, EGRESS EASEMENT RECORDED IN O.R.
BOOK 281, PAGE 115 OF
THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF
PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA. THENCE RUN (1)
NORTH 7 DEGREES 17
THENCE RUN (2) SOUTH
53 DEGREES 41 MINUTES
EAST A D I S T A N C E O F
(3) SOUTH 36 DEGREES 19
THENCE RUN (4) SOUTH
82 DEGREES 43 MINUTES
WEST A DISTANCE OF
182.60 FEET TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING AND
CLOSE. ALSO CONVEYED
HEREWITH ARE THE
EASEMENTS DESCRIBED
IN ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT RECORDED IN O.R.
BOOK 280, PAGE 288 AND
O.R. 281, PAGE 115 AND
IMPORTANT
disability who needs any
accommodation in order to
participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no
cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance.
Please contact the Clerk of
the Court's disability coordinator at 125 E ORANGE AVENUE, SUITE 300,
DAYTONA BEACH, FL
32114- , 386-257-6096. at
least 7 days before your
scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon
receiving this notification if
the time before the scheduled appearance is less
than 7 days; if you are
hearing or voice impaired,
call 711.
2/16/16, 2/23/16
Legal No. 00040424
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA,
CIVIL ACTION
CASE NO.: 2013CA000299
SUNTRUST BANK,
Plaintiff,
vs.
FLYNN W. EDMONSON
A/K/A FLYNN WEST EDMONSON, et al,
Defendant(s)
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby given that,
pursuant to an Order Rescheduling Foreclosure Sale
dated January 13, 2016,
entered in Civil Case Number 2013CA000299, in the
Circuit Court for Putnam
County, Florida, wherein
SUNTRUST BANK, et al.,
are the Defendants, Putnam County Clerk of Court
will sell the property situated in Putnam County,
Florida, described as:
COMMENCE AT THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF
THE
SOUTHWEST
QUARTER OF SECTION 9,
TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH,
RANGE 26 EAST, THENCE
RUN NORTH 89 DEGREES
23' 02" EAST, ALONG THE
SOUTH LINE OF SAID
SOUTHWEST QUARTER, A
DISTANCE OF 145.02 FEET
TO
THE
SURVEY
BASELINE OF STATE
ROAD 20, (AS PER FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION RIGHT
OF WAY SECTION 760502533); THENCE DEPARTING SAID SOUTH LINE,
RUN NORTH 89 DEGREES
10' 24" EAST, ALONG SAID
SURVEY BASELINE, A DISTANCE OF 1601.79 FEET;
THENCE DEPARTING SAID
SURVEY BASELINE, RUN
NORTH 13 DEGREES 13'
56" WEST, A DISTANCE OF
50.44 FEET TO THE
NORTHERLY EXISTING
RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF
STATE ROAD 20 FOR A
POINT OF BEGINNING;
THENCE CONTINUE
56" WEST, A DISTANCE OF
24" EAST, A DISTANCE OF
SOUTH 02 DEGREES 46'
12" EAST, A DISTANCE OF
10.52 FEET TO SAID
NORTHERLY EXISTING
RIGHT OF WAY LINE;
THENCE RUN SOUTH 69
DEGREES 10' 24" WEST,
ALONG SAID NORTHERLY
EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY
LINE, A DISTANCE OF
104.78 FEET TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING.
at public sale, to the
highest bidder, for cash, in
Room 233, Putnam County
Courthouse, 410 St. Johns
Avenue, Palatka, FL 32177
at 11:00AM, on the 25th
day of February, 2016. Any
person claiming an interest in the surplus from
the property owner as of
the date of the lis pendens
must file a claim within 60
days after the sale.
Dated: February 1, 2016
FLORIDA FORECLOSURE
ATTORNEYS, PLLC
By: /s/ Vanessa Solano, Esquire (FBN 107084)
4855 Technology Way,
Suite 550
Boca Raton, FL 33431
(561) 391-8600
disability who needs an accommodation in order to
access court facilities or
participate in a court proceeding, you are entitled,
at no cost to you, to the
provision of certain assistance. To request such an
accommodation, please
contact Court Administration in advance of the date
the service is needed:
Court Administration, 125
E. Orange Ave., Ste. 300,
Daytona Beach, FL 32114;
(386) 257-6096. Hearing or
voice impaired, please call
1 (800) 955-8770.
THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND SITUATED
IN PUTNAM COUNTY,
FLORIDA; LAND DESCRIBED IN WARRANTY
DEED RECORDED IN PUB- Si ou se yon moun ki gen
LIC RECORDS OF PUT- yon andikap ki bezwen
NAM COUNTY, FL ON MAY aranjman nenpòt nan lòd
11, 2004 IN O.R. BOOK 982, yo patisipe nan sa a pwosè
P A G E 3 - 4 , P U T N A M dapèl, ou gen dwa, san sa
COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS pa koute ou, ak founiti
FOLLOWS: A TRACT OF asistans a sèten. Tanpri
LAND SITUATED IN THE kontakte Ken Kellum, TribSE 1/4 OF THE SW 1/4 OF inal Operasyon Manadjè, ki
SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 10 gen biwo sitiye nan Lee
SOUTH, RANGE 26 EAST, Sant Jistis County, 1700
BEING A PART OF LANDS Monroe Street, Fort Myers,
D E S C R I B E D I N D E E D Florid 33901, epi ki gen
BOOK 160 PAGE 53 OF nimewo telefòn se (239)
THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF 533-1700, nan de jou k ap
PUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR- travay yo resevwa ou nan
IDA AND BEING MORE sa a [dekri avi]; si ou ap
P A R T I C U L A R L Y D E - tande oswa vwa ki gen
SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: pwoblèm, rele 711.
COMMENCING AT THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF Si vous êtes une personne
THE SE 1/4 OF THE SW 1/4 handicapée qui a besoin
OF SECTION 9, TOWN- d ' u n e a d a p t a t i o n p o u r
SHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 26 pouvoir participer à cette
EAST AND RUN THENCE instance, vous avez le
SOUTHERLY ALONG THE droit, sans frais pour vous,
WEST LINE OF SAID SE 1/4 pour la fourniture d'une asOF THE SW 1/4, A DIS- sistance certain. S'il vous
TANCE OF 574.0 FEET TO plaît communiquer avec
A CONCRETE MONUMENT Ken Kellum, Cour OperaA T T H E S O U T H W E S T tions Manager, dont le burCORNER OF LANDS DE- eau est situé au Centre de
SCRIBED IN O.R. BOOK justice du comté de Lee,
103, PAGE 672 OF THE 1700 Monroe Street, Fort
P U B L I C R E C O R D S O F Myers, Floride 33901, et
PUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR- d o n t l e n u m é r o d e
IDA; THENCE EASTERLY, téléphone est le (239) 533ALONG LINE 4 OF SAID 1700, dans les deux jours
LANDS, A DISTANCE OF o u v r a b l e s s u i v a n t l a
210.0 FEET TO A CON- réception de cette [décrire
CRETE MONUMENT AT avis], si vous entendez la
THE EAST END OF LINE 4 voix altérée ou, composer
AND THE POINT OF BE- le 711.
GINNING OF THIS DESCRIPTION. FROM POINT Si usted es una persona
OF BEGINNING (1) RUN con una discapacidad que
THENCE NORTHERLY, n e c e s i t a c u a l q u i e r
ALONG LINE 5 OF LANDS acomodación para poder
DESCRIBED IN O.R. BOOK participar en este procedi103, PAGE 672, BEING m i e n t o , u s t e d t i e n e
P A R A L L E L W I T H T H E derecho, sin costo alguno
WEST LINE OF THE SE 1/4 para usted, para el suminOF THE SW 1/4 OF SEC- istro de determinada asistTION 9, A DISTANCE OF encia. Por favor, póngase
5 2 . 0 F E E T T O A C O N - en contacto con Ken KelCRETE MONUMENT AT lum, Tribunal Gerente de
THE NORTHERLY END OF Operaciones, cuya oficina
LINE 5; (2) THENCE EAST- está ubicada en el condado
ERLY, ALONG LINE 8 OF de Lee Justice Center, 1700
L A N D S D E S C R I B E D I N Monroe Street, Fort Myers,
O.R. BOOK 103, PAGE 672, F l o r i d a 3 3 9 0 1 , y c u y o
A DISTANCE OF 156.235 número de teléfono es
FEET TO A CONCRETE (239) 533-1700, dentro de
MONUMENT AT THE los dos días hábiles
N O R T H W E S T E R L Y siguientes a la recepción
CORNER OF LANDS DE- de esta [describa aviso], si
SCRIBED IN O.R. BOOKS usted está de impedimen381, PAGE 1647 OF SAID tos auditivos o voz, llame
PUBLIC RECORDS; (3)
CASE NO.: 15-858-CC
DIVISION: 63
TIMOTHY DONOHOO,
Plaintiff,
vs.
MICHAEL TUBBS and
JESSECA TUBBS, husband and wife, and MECHANIK NUCCIO HEARNE &
WESTER, P.A.,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
CHAPTER 45
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that under a Summary Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated 27 January 2016
entered in the above-styled
case, Tim Smith, Clerk of
the Court, will sell to the
highest and best bidder for
c a s h
a t
www.putnam.realforeclose.
com, the Clerk's website
for on-line auctions at
11:00 a.m. on the 3rd day
of March 2016, the following described property as
set forth in said Summary
Final Judgment:
Lots 4 and 5, Block 65, INTERLACHEN LAKES ESTATES, Unit No. 17, according to plat thereof recorded in Map Book 5,
page 27 of the public records of Putnam County,
Florida.
TOGETHER WITH a 1971
HILC Single Wide Mobile
Home, I.D. Number:
HF4068E, Title Number
4223050.
Parcel No.: 26-09-24-40760650-0040
Address: 112 Robert Avenue, Interlachen, Florida
32148
DATED on this 1st day of
February, 2016.
KEYSER & SHARBAUGH,
P.A.
Attorneys for Plaintiff
/s/ Timothy Keyser
TIMOTHY KEYSER, J.D.
Florida Bar Number:
181740
Post Office Box 92
Interlachen, Florida 32148
(386) 684-4673
Fax: (386) 684-4674
[email protected]
600
Miscellaneous
Sunquest SE tanning
bed, like new, 16 bulbs
(new). Pd $3,500 asking
$1,500. 386-350-0173
Items $25 or
Less
24V trolling motor, foot
control, needs some repair, $25. 386-329-2259
Goodyear tire, half used,
16", $15. 386-698-2226
Murphy lawn mower,
3.5HP, 20", runs good,
$25. 386-329-2259
Portable Kenmore
electric sewing machine
w/ instructions, $20.
386-328-2355
Shed Pal pet groomer,
$5. 386-336-1838
Sporting Goods
EZ Go electric golf cart
with charger, $1,800
OBO. 386-559-0743
Trailers
2010 Haulmark cargo
trailer, 5x10, silver transport model, rear ramp,
good cond., $2,200
OBRO. 386-937-1652
PETS & SUPPLIES
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA
4BR/2BA MH, CH/A,
fireplace, $650/m
1st last & security.
386-972-3901
FOR SALE
Acreage / Lots
1.9 Acres! Make Offer!
Off West River Rd.
Possible owner fin. $14K.
Sunstate Realty
386-916-8328
Approx. 0.5 acre in Satsuma, 130 Deerskin Ave.
$5K. 561-596-2274
Business /
Commercial
Gas station with convenience store for sale in
Palatka, $379K.
386-538-9855
Homes
HUD RESALES!
Houses & MHs from
$26K & up, all over
Putnam County! Call for
free list! From 3.5%
down! Sunstate Realty
386-916-8328.
216 Cologne St, Interl.
2br/1ba, 1988, 720sf
$30K @ $300 dn $300/m
ERN 386-527-5361
Hay - Fertilized, barnstored. Large round
bales $55. Pomona Park
area. 386-546-4466
128 Sunset Dr., G. Town
32139. Furn 2/2 w/ FL rm
& scrn rm, 3 boat slips,
$149K. 386-524-4224
RECREATIONAL
Boats &
Accessories
14' Alumacraft john boat,
New never used. $700 &
12' 2 man fiberglass canoe $195 904-315-8789
1997 22ft pontoon boat &
trailer. New Honda 60HP
4-stroke engine, $12K.
386-546-7529
MTX 20' Pontoon all
fiberglass, foam filled,
new transom, 70HP Evinrude w/ trailer. Unsinkable, perfect shrimper.
$3K 386-649-5473
Campers /
Travel Trailers
1992 Holiday Rambler
Alumilite 30'. New tires,
excellent condition. See
9a-6p @Johnnies Car
Wash E. Palatka.
$7,500. 386-329-5528
TRANSPORTATION
Mobile Homes
143 Lime Tr, Interl.
3br/2ba, 1983, 1000sf
$30K @ $300 dn $300/m
ERN 386-527-5361
Livestock
Waterfront
REAL ESTATE
River Villas 2BR/2BA,
screen porch, carport,
new AC, crn lot, $60K.
For appt: 386-649-6817
LIVESTOCK & SUPPLIES
Dated this 4th day of
December, 2015.
Mobile Homes
Goodyear tire, half used,
16", $15. 386-698-2226
2/9/16, 2/16/16
Legal No. 00040185
The Putnam County Transportation Committee will
meet on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. in
t h e
C o u n t y
Commissioner's Conference Room located at the
Putnam County Government Complex, 2509 Crill
Avenue, Suite 200, Palatka.
Barrington Apartments
Offering 1BR/2BR
Apartments
Call for details:
386-325-0512
Nice Area in Bardin: '95
DW, 3BR/2BA 24'x54'. 1
ac. fenced, workshop,
For Sale Only: $59K
OBO 386-530-1710
800
No phone calls,
please.
IN THE COUNTY COURT,
SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA
Apartments
900
550
TRANSPORTATION
Apply in person:
Circulation Dept.
Palatka Daily News
1825 St. Johns Ave.
Mattresses: Thick plush
pillow-top or tight-top, all
sizes. Best prices!
Pomona Park 336-1544
HUD RESALES!
MHs & houses from
$19K & up, all over
Putnam County! Call for
free list! From 3.5%
down! Sunstate Realty
386-916-8328.
Mobile Home
With Land
700
800
RECREATIONAL
FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE
Contracted position,
Tuesday thru Saturday,
approximately
2:00am-6:00am. Need
reliable, economic
transportation, current
drivers license
& insurance.
300
560
LIVESTOCK & SUPPLIES
PETS & SUPPLIES
700
400
MERCHANDISE
2/9/16, 2/16/16
Legal No. 00040186
550
TAKING
APPLICATIONS
NOW!
FOR RENT
REAL ESTATE
5'W x 6'H armoire in exc.
cond., Paid $2K, asking
$850. King sz head &
footboard, no rails, $250.
386-546-2124
560
REAL ESTATE
PART-TIME
NEWSPAPER
DELIVERY IN THE
SAN MATEO AREA
Furniture &
Upholstery
484 SR 26, Melrose
4br/2ba, 2002, 1600sf
$65K @ $500 dn $500/m
ERN 386-527-5361
Cars &
Accessories
2001 Volvo station
wagon, $500. Call for
more info: 386-336-6333
'08 yellow Pontiac Solstice, immaculate cond.,
17.5K orig. miles,
garage-kept, new tires,
belts, battery, $16K firm.
386-315-1307
Shannon Burge, MSBU Assessment Coord.
2/16/16
Legal No. 00039390
MERCHANDISE
400
200
FOR RENT
600
300
FINANCIAL
EMPLOYMENT
900
CALL CLASSIFIEDS TODAY • 312-5200 CLASSIFIEDS
100
ANNOUNCEMENTS
GREAT WAY TO
EARN SOME EXTRA
CASH!
Fuel Oil &
Firewood
1-386-326-6272 Hyde's
Seasoned Firewood!
$75/pickup load. Blackjack. Delivered locally!
386-684-3116
* R&J Wood Service *
Blackjack Oak, Oak,
$75/load delivered.
Firewood: Seasoned Oak
$80 pickup load (cord),
delivered (anywhere)
386-659-1774
F Classified
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R
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Merchandise for Sale
1 Item $25 or Less • 1 Item Per Coupon
2 Coupons Per Week • 4 lines - 4 Days
Coupon MUST be filled out and include price.
Please No Phone Calls, Faxes or Emails
Coupon must be mailed or dropped off.
Palatka Daily News, P. O. Box 777, Palatka, FL 32178
or 1825 St. Johns Avenue
Newspaper reserves the right to edit copy.
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2/15/16 4:56 PM
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February 12- February 29th
PRESIDENTIAL OPTIONS
NO
PAYMENTS
for up to
90 DAYS
on ALL New Ford Vehicles at
#1 Customer Satisfaction
100
We are located at
420 N. Palm Avenue
in Palatka
19
Hal Magee
Sales
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Sales
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Sales
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17
Reid
St .
Palm Ave.
Your Hometown Dealer with
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