INTO-H ETNS Girl Scouts give dogs a place to play Troop constructs fenced-in area to aid Humane Society ' By LEANNE TYO Ityo@lakecityreporter.com A Live Oak Girl Scout troop stepped out of their comfort zone to take on a new construc- tion project at the Lake City Humane Society Friday. The members of Girl Scout Troo'p #280 got -their hands dirty while helping to build a privacy `fenced dog socializa- tion area almost 130 feet long and nearly 30 feet wide as a service project. The scouts had previously brainstormed for project ideas and~ decided that helping animals was most impoi-- LEANNE TYO/Lake City Reporter tant to them, Girl' Scouts Taylorsad R ha Blackmon (from left), 12, ~lvester, op y Akijhitae McCray, 13, Emily hatched the Jeansonne, 13, and Leondra idea of the dog 'C~ook, 14, work on a:dog so~ci~aliz~atievr socialization area at the: Lake .pan after a win- Cityr Humane Society Friday. ter field trip' to the Lake City Humane Society, when they saw the dogs had no place to run unleashed. t'They were the ones who recognized there was a need," Selvester said. "They saw that need and wanted to jump in and do it." Lowe's in Live Oak provided the materi- als for the project and an anonymous donor SCOUTS continued on 3A I-7 5's $17 M f 8 1 #ftB t Star t Sunday Interstate to be resurfaced during year-long project. From staff reports A 12.month, $17 million resurfacing project on the northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 75 in Columbia County is expected to begin Sunday night. Florida Department of Transportation officials said the project will impact the I-75 tr-affic flow patterns in ColumbiaiCounty. The resurfacing project calls for 10 miles of I-75 to be resurfaced, from the Santa Fe River Bridge (Alachua County line) to three miles north of U.S. Highivay 41/441 (Exit 414). An estimated 45,500 vehicles a day travel this seg- ment of I-75, with approximately 25 percent of those vehicles classified as large trucks. V.E. Whitehurst and Soris of Williston have been hired by the DOT to do the work. Gina Busscher, DOT District II spokesper- son, said the first stage of work will begin on the southbound lanes, with lane closure tak- ing place Sunday Thursday beginning at 9' p.m. and ending 6 a.m. on most days. Daytime lane closures are also expected during the project. Work will be suspended during all major holidays due to increased traffic. The rpoadway's speed limit will be reduced 1-75 continued on 3A 0000 a6 120s1i i***3-DIGIT 326 BE OF FLORIDIL HISTORY 205 SMAT~ UNIV OF FLORIDA GAINESVILLE FL 32611-1943 meet. :S, IB www.lakecityreporterncom Vol. I 37, No. 60 75 cents Saturday, April 2, 20 II Alarms~ sound attempts failed. . Lake City Police whe e ectrii Department officers spent is disabled. close to six hours collct ing evidence from the crime By TONY BRITT scenes, officials said. tbritt~lakecityreporter.com "WNe started working on it around 3 a.m.,"' said Steve Eight local businesses Shaw, a Lake C~ityI police were targeted by would-be Department pulblic informa- thieves, Friday morning, tion officer, noting authiori- but in each instance their ties cleared the last business around 9:30 a.m. "It's still an ongoing investigation." According to .Lake City Police Department reports, the~ suspects disabled the electricity to the businesses by removing the utility meter and theh attempted to force their way into the business. "After three alarmi compa- nies called- and referenced the activation lof alarms, patrol officers began a pro- active approach to ciheck all businesses in the city,"' Shaw said. As a result of their check, officers found that fpur other- businesses were targeted w3ith the ~same method of attempted entry. Shaw said one business owner called to STHIEVES contmuezd on 34 Walt Sherrod watches his son Kolby, 7, both of: Lake City, ~enjoy sitting ori a John ' Deere antique tractor at the 23rd Annual Antique Tractor and Engine Show Friday at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center ( .State Pa'rk. 0CSN ~HTHTWALKER M~re than: 100 exhibitinrs display antigile ti actors engines The Felkcnors ~ere one of many local families taking part in the Step~hen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park 23rd Aninual iAntique Tractor and Engine Show;, which takes place af~tthe continues from 9 a~m 15 p.m. today an~d fr-om 9 a~m. -3 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5,per vehitdle with up to eight pas- sengers. Officials said approxi- mately 170 exhibitors were agt the park Fridgy and noted more exhibitors are expected Sa ura dar - Bo Garda,ta p r;ser- vices specials aStephen TRACTORS continued onl 3A By TONY BRITT tbritt@lakecityreporter.com WHITE SPRINGS om Felknoiwsn e-ror ws surrounded by his family as he :"icae." ao ga from the traiiler he towed behind his trucks. ' ::Once unloaded, h caire fully held his 1-ytear-old Grandson; Andrew Fellmor, as 'he drove his tractor to a resting spot for the we'ek- eq((p~f~~jkpor's w;ifer, Elouise snapped pictures of him with the~ grandbaby with her 'cellphone camerai and, hwale gvr~h ,eS ,ah- ter Audrey. Tom's son iand Sherris husband, Ryan, moved the~elo, ta ]ier dent, said he has ~~articipated in the annual a~t~ique tractor and engine show for two years and his' prized show- piece for the event is his 19i53 Ford jubilee tractor. '"We decided to make this a family event because we just enjoy it so inuch," he said. ''I like working on the trac- tors, painting them and fiing them up. This was my dad's tractor:" SFelknor said it took him close to two years to restore the tractor to exhibit quality. "I wanted to put the trac- tor on display out here at the park because the people enjoy it so much and they like to hear the history of it," he said. "Thke tractor was on a farm in Wauchula where my dad used to farm. My dad used it since 1953. It waS about a year old when he bought it~" 2T Oplnson . JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter 'Wellborn resident Heib Zobel (left) shows Lake City resident Frank Taylor how gn antique drill press works. Zobel displays antique farm tools dating back to aticast ~100 years. JASON MATHTHE WALKERI~ake City Reporter Lake City resident Debbie Saunders hoists her grandson Bo, 1, onto her shoulders to give him a bird's-eye view of some antique tractors. 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