10A LAKE CITY REPORTER, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2005 LOCAL & NATION - I . - LINDA YOUNG/Lake City Reporter The building on the northwest corner of SR 27 and U.S. 47, (seen above), is currently Joanne's Tubes Rental. In its meeting Monday night, the Fort White Town Council turned down a request to open a drive-through convenience store there because it is within 1,000 feet of the Fort White Baptist Church. The church cannot be seen, but is to the right of the, location on U.S. 47. COUNCIL Continued From Page 1A George surprised members of the Fort White Town Council by announcing he had waived the annexation fees for the 58.4- acre parcel without asking them, Dist 3 Council Member John Gloskowski objected. - George estimated the amount of fees waived for the annexation at about $700. "We have a man who is inter- ested in opening a grocery store and I didn't want to put any stumbling blocks," George said. : Both .Council members Donald Cook and Henry Maini agreed that removing any stunm- bling blocks from the process was-a good idea..- "We\e been waiting for a grocery store for 13 years.," Maini said. The motion passed. Walter Parnell, the man who will build and operate the supermarket lived in Fort White in 1962 and. has, some family and children in Columbia County. . He was an administrator and professor at Lake City" Community College for 32 years, retired and left the state in 1994. "I always liked the area." Parnell said. "I looked around and it was hard to believe that after all that time that no store had been built here." So Parnell decided to build one, and said his only back- ground in grocery stores was working in one as a teenager. However, Parnell said he has FATAL Continued From Page 1A turned into the path of a Lake City Correctional Facility van driven by Derrick Nesbitt, 31, of Perry. The van was behind the Honda and also. traveling east on U.S. 90. The van slammed into the driver's side door of the car, sending both vehicles, off the right side of the road. Nesbitt and an unnamed cor- rections employee who was a passenger in the van did not receive any injuries, according to reports. Nesbitt was on his' way to. the Lake City Correctional Facility at the time of the wreck. No,inmates were on board the van, FHP said. "Both the man in the car and the two men in the van were wearing seat belts," said Sgt. Tracy Pace of the Florida Highway Patrol. It is unknown if alcohol was a factor in the wreck. Monday marked the Fifth Annual "Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day" in Columbia County. The event focuses on safety and having an entire day without any traffic fatalities. The event is held statewide with the focus on individual county participation. a background in construction. Although he plans to hire a con- tractor rather than build it him- self, he said his knowledge of construction will be helpful in the process. Parnell said the new super- market will be 15,000 to 20,000 square.feet to start, with plans for expansion factored in. "Expansion will be built in," Parnell said. "It's just a matter of executing that plan as the need arises." In other business, resident Stephen Casto said that he had tried for five days. to get deliv- ery of a UPS package because without street signs the driver couldn't find him. Plus, there were no lights in his subdivi- sion and there were people. dumping mattresses and, things in his neighborhood* . Town of Fbrt White Public Works Director Edmund Hudson said that street signs were on order'and would, arrive soon. He said lights cost about $200. each to install and the development needed six-to- seven lights at least. Gloskowski said. that the developer had originally prom- ised to put light- in and council decided to approach the devel- oper before taking further action. . In other business, the town budget of $644,085 was approved on the. second reading. Owners: Maceo and Ashanti Expires 10/18/05 PUTNAM Continued From Page 1A The 54-year-old fire mar- shal, an organ donor, died from complications of a snakebite wound after laps- ing into unconsciousness early Friday. Putnam County Director of Emergency Services Doug 'Stewart said Guidry was at home last Saturday when he was called from his house by a neighbor who had spotted a rattlesnake. "A neighbor was mowing the lawn, saw the rattlesnake and summoned Joe to help," Stewart said. 'That was the type of guy he was, he'd give you the shirt off his back," Sheriff Dean Kelly said Friday at the ICU unit at Shands. Guidry shot at the snake in an attempt to kill it, Stewart said. 'The snake went under a shed. When Joe tried to retrieve the snake, he was bit on the hand," Stewart said. The venom from the snake was injected directly into a vein, Stewart said. Guidry's son, who was. home at the time, called 911. Kelly, who; spoke with Guidry earlier in the week, said the fire marshal could taste the poison: on his lips. "That's how fast it trav- eled," he said. "From the time he went from the, yard to the house, he already had hallucina- tions," Stewart said. Stewart said Guidry received almost the maxi- mum amount of antivenin an adult can receive. Eighteen vials of antivenin is the high- est dosage for an adult, with five vials being the average administered for a rat-. tlesnake bite. The sheriff said Guidry received four vials at Putnam County, a ,move doctors said initially saved his life Saturday. 2469 W. US Hwy 90, Suite 136 Lake City, FL 32055 (386) 867-2540 REPORTER www.lakecityreporter.com SNAKE Continued From Page 1A However, only six of them are venomous and a danger to humans. The report also notes that if one stumbles upon a snake, and does not know whether it is venomous, the safest thing to do is to leave it alone. It also states that most snakes in Florida are not aggressive and, unless cornered, will flee when humans approach. The report also mentions that one should not catch a snake and handle it unless he or she is certain it is not ven- omous. .Even after a snake is killed, its reflexes, such as con- vulsive contractions and bites, continue to work.- According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, if a person is bitten by a venomous snake, the only acceptable treatment is antivenin. It also states that if someone is bitten, seek immediate medical atten- tion. 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