Putting On the Hits

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Friday
May 6, 2005 .
Lake City, Florida


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High 74, Low 53
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Woman dies after 911 mix-up


Dispatch couldn't find
location of woman
having a heart attack.

By JASMINE RANGEL
jrangel@lakecityreporter. comr
 Naomi Beasley Davis was
almost to Bible study
Wednesday night when it hap-
pened.


 As Davis and her brother
were taking a shortcut
through Eastside Memorial
Cemetery next to her church,
Springfield Missionary
Baptist in Live Oak, she
seemed to be having a heart
attack, so her brother rushed
to the church for help, bring-
ing back Pastor Leo Fleming
and Deacon James Tooten.
 Fleming began performing
CPR. She wasn't responding


and Tooten called 911 shortly
after 7 p.m.
 But the response from the
911 dispatcher wasn't what
they expected.
 'The operator didn't know
where the cemetery was,"
Fleming said.
 After a few minutes of try-
ing to explain their location to
the dispatcher, who wouldn't
give Tooten her name, he
decided to go to the city fire


department himself, while
Fleming continued adminis-
tering CPR.
 Live Oak assistant fire chief
David Bricker was at the sta-
tion when Tooten pulled up in
his white pickup truck. The
fire department had no idea
about Davis' situation.
 "The county knew what was
going on, but we were not dis-
patched," Bricker said.
 Firefighters and county


EMS, which had been called,
followed the white pickup
back to the cemetery, but
Davis died before emergency
workers got there, Fleming
said.
 And this wasn't the only
time Wednesday there was a
911 mix-up in Suwannee
County.
 At about 8:30 p.m., Live
Oak firefighters heard on a
scanner not via 911 of a


pedestrian being hit by a car,
Bricker said. The department
responded to the situation,
which involved a child on a
bicycle who ended up with a
broken leg, a situation requir-
ing notification of the fire
department.
 "We need to be contacted if
it's in the city limits," Bricker
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Revving up religion


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Members of Iron Shephards, the local chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists
Association, pose before Saturday's 'Run for the Son' fundraiser.


Christian motorcyclists


 gear up for fundraiser
Iron Shepherds look O'Bradys on U.S. 41 South Tom Coleman, Columbia
to. at 9:15 a.m. County judge and president
 to raise money r Police are expected to of the Iron Shepherds
Christian missions. escort the motorcycles out Chapter 826, said Saturday's


By JUSTIN LANG
jlang@lakecityreporter.com
 Local members of the
Christian Motorcyclists
Association will make a "run
for the son" Saturday.
 The local chapter of the
CMA, Iron Shepherds,
Chapter 826, will be partici-
pating in a 100-mile "Run for
the Son Ride" to end at a
campground in White
Springs where they will
meet other CMA chapters
from across North Florida.
 The local ride will begin
at the parking lot of Beef


of Lake City and onto the
open road where CMA Road
Captains will lead the group
on to White Springs on a
roundabout trip.
 The ride is part of the
CMA's annual effort to raise
money for Christian mis-
sions in the United States
and around the world.
 After raising more than
$2.7 million nationwide for
last year's ride, which the
local chapter also participat-
ed in, this year's goal is $3
million. Over the past 17
years of the event, the CMA
said it has raised approxi-
mately $17.4 million dollars.


ride is actually a culmina-
tion of months of fundrais-
ing efforts by CMA mem-
bers. This year, he said, the
chapter hopes to raise about
$10,000 locally.
 "We participate in this
because we are both people
who love to ride motorcy-
cles and we are Christians,"
he said.
 Many local individuals,
businesses and churches
have donated to the ride and
the "Iron Shepherds grate-
fully acknowledge their con-
 RUN
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County to

spend $1M

on first

phase of

mitigation
Commissioners voted to
use money from
courthouse project.

By TONY BRITT
tbritt@lakecityreporter.com
 Columbia County officials
have decided to use $1 mil-
lion from the county's court-
house renovation fund to use
on the first phase of the coun-
ty mitigation-project.
 Thursday night county
commissioners unanimously
voted in favor of authorizing
the use of the money for the
$1.5 million six-phase proj-
ect.
 Monday, commissioners
held a workshop where the
six-phased project was
unveiled, but its funding
source remained a question.
 Judy Lewis, Columbia
County internal auditor, said
the funds were found in the
courthouse construction
budget by county external
auditor and county financial
advisor, Richard Powell.
 "Commissioners are going
to, use some of the interest
that was made on the money
and some of the funding will
be sales tax excess revenue,"
she said. 'There will be some
money left for other things
that have to be done, like
judge's offices and remodel-
ing."
 The courthouse renova-
tion fund was established in
1993. The fund is made of
money the county has bor-
rowed to build the court-
house and annex.
 COUNTY
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VA hospital raises $4,500 for Relay for Life


First-year participants
come in third place out
of 33 teams.
By ASHLEY CISNEROS
acisneros@lakecityreporter.com
 The Lake City Veterans
Affairs Medical Center Relay
for Life team submitted
$4,520.50 to the American
Cancer Society Thursday.
 The medical center's new
associate director Nancy
Reissener presented the
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check to Jennifer Jeffres, unit
executive director of the
American Cancer Society's
High Five and Tri-County
Units.
 Members of the team were
present for the event and
enjoyed refreshments in the
center's auditorium.
 "We did fundraisers includ-
ing a silent auction and selling
Relay for Life bracelets," said
Peggy Dukes, patient associ-
ate who organized the VA
team.
 The Lake City VA Medical


Center team has been dubbed
-the "Rookie Team of the
Year."
 While 2005 was its first year
participating, the team came
in third place for raising the
most money out of 33 teams.
 Its Germany-themed camp-
site was recognized as the
best decorated site in the
event.
 The team's German-related
food won third place in the
food contest.
 Additionally the team didn't
simply participate, but also


helped on the planning com-
mittee by handling the lumi--
naria presentation.
 Jeffres thanked the mem- 7 n
bers for planning the presen-
tation which included motiva-A ..
tional speakers, music and
singing.
 "Our goal was $3,000 and
we surpassed raising
$4,520.50," Dukes said. "Next JENNIFER CHASTEEN/Lake City Reporter
Shear we said everyone first.helped American Cancer Society Relay for Life committee chairman
 She said everyone helped osie Gotts Chalk (left), Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical
 CRELAY nter associate director Nancy Reissner, and American
 Continued on Page 7A Cancer Society Relay for Life team chairman Peggy Dukes
 celebrate after surpassing their goal of $3,000.


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