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CATFISH RULES IN CRESCENT CITY

King Catfish highlighted

the 37th annual

Rotary Club of Crescent City Catfish

Festival parade

Saturday in Crescent

City.

Music, parade, catfi sh dinners keep visitors entertainedBY PETE SKIBA

Palatka Daily News

CRESCENT CITY

Traditional southern cook-ing met rock ’n’ roll Saturday at Eva Lyon Park just before a parade

and lines for fried catfish formed.

A first-time appearance at

the 37th annual Rotary Club of Crescent City Catfish Festival allowed The Mighty Ones band from Citrus County to rouse the early crowd.

“We are so glad to be here. How’s everybody this after-noon?” said lead vocalist and guitarist Neil Shaw. “Wait, it isn’t even afternoon. How are you this morning?”

The band launched into what Grace Slick called at Woodstock, “morning maniac music,” with songs from B.B. King, War, ZZ Top, the Beatles and an original tune.

Many in the crowd were ready to begin the festival morning with the upbeat rock and a touch of mournful blues about an hour before the noon

parade.“I think they are really good.

The instrumentals are good – the vocals good,” said resident Jim Settle at the festival with his wife Jan. “The band really interacts well with the audi-ence.”

The band featured Michael

Above left, women look at what one of the many vendors had for sale Saturday.Above, hundreds of children lined Summit Street to watch the 37th annual Rotary Club of Crescent City Catfish Festival Parade.Left, numerous specialty autos were on display during the Catfish Car Show.

A Rotary Club of Crescent City member dumps freshly fried catfish into a basket Saturday as he and other volunteers served up more than 1,500 pounds.

Photos by CHRIS DEVITTO/ Palatka Daily News

Torch Run draws support for Special OlympicsBY ASIA AIKINS

Palatka Daily News

Young supporters of the Putnam County Special Olympics ran more than a mile Monday morning to raise awareness for local athletes in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run.

Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Detective Jared Guy led the charge on the track at Moseley Elementary School as representatives from the P u t n a m C o u n t y C o r r e c t i o n a l Institute carried the torch and repre-sentatives from Palatka Police Department and Special Olympics coaches and athletes followed.

“We’re looking for law enforcement, fire and EMT to be unified partners and coaches,” said athlete Craig Williams. “I like to see the kids out here, too. These kids could also be unified partners.”

The torch is passed from county to

county as more than 300 law enforce-ment agencies from around the state participate in runs to raise awareness for Special Olympics. The torch runs

take place each year, leading up to the state games in May.

ASIA AIKINS / Palatka Daily News

Representatives from law enforcement agencies gathered with Special Olympics athletes, coaches and students from Moseley Elementary School Monday to run in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run.

BY ASIA AIKINSPalatka Daily News

Palatka city commissioners will dis-cuss a potential citywide fire assess-ment fee Thursday and hear a resident’s suggestions for hiring a new police chief.

The latest fire assessment fee discus-sion emerged during 2014-2015 budget discussions under the last commission. The goal of the fee would be to eventu-ally decrease the city’s ad valorem tax, which, at 9.1749, has been cited as one of the highest millage rates in the state.

“Palatka has the 13th highest millage rate of the 410 municipalities in the state of Florida,” city documents state.

During Thursday’s commission meet-ing, commissioners will consider an agreement with Mark G. Lawson P.A. of Tallahassee for special counsel services in association with a fire assessment fee.

According to a letter signed by James Dinkins, attorney of counsel with the firm, Mark G. Lawson P.A. would act as the city’s special counsel, working with two additional companies to prepare real estate research and parcel data for the fee.

“Our job is to make a defensible pub-lic and legal record so your program is sound and repeatable,” the letter said.

The agreement is for assistance with the “development and refinement of a non-ad valorem revenue source to provide

March of Dimes prepares for Saturday walk

BY BRANDON D. OLIVERPalatka Daily News

March of Dimes officials and local res-idents are gearing up for a series of annual events that raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for research into premature birth.

On Saturday, the March for Babies will traverse through Palatka in cele-bration of the fundraising for March of Dimes that has been ongoing since January.

“We’ll start at the riverfront amphi-theater,” March of Dimes spokeswoman Marnie Cranmer said. “It’ll start at the river and go to (Ravine Gardens State Park) and Moseley Avenue, then to St. Johns Avenue.”

That march will start at 8 a.m. Saturday, but registration will begin at 7:30 a.m.

In addition to the march through Palatka, there will also be food, music and fellowship to make the walk fun for all, Cranmer said.

This year’s march will be special because March of Dimes officials will be walking in honor of March of Dimes cham-pion Emma Lou Morris, a local resident who has died since last year’s march.

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HOLLISTER

Help purchase pools for Humane Society

The Humane Society of Northeast Florida Seventh Annual Pools for Puppies, Pails for Pals fundraiser is asking for a $10 donation to help purchase pools for furry friends wait-ing on their forever homes this sum-mer.

Details: 325-1587; www.hsnefl.org or HSNEFL Hollister on Facebook. E-mail: HSNEFL@gmail.com. “We speak for those who cannot speak for themselves.”

PALATKA

Golf tourney slated for April 18

First Presbyterian Church of Palatka will host its Partners in Faith 16th Annual Golf Tournament at 9 a.m. April 18 at the Palatka Golf Club, 1715 Moseley Ave.

Player fee is $50 per person. This annual fun and fellowship major fun-draiser for the youth programs at First Presbyterian. Hole sponsorship is $100; or donate a gift card or other items such as door prizes or prepare food and help with the luncheon.

Details: Patrick Tripp at 937-3554 or the church at 328-1435.

Church to recognize Karl Flagg’s anniversary

Mt. Tabor First Baptist Church will host the celebration of Pastor Karl Flagg’s 24th anniversary. He was called to the church on April 1, 1991.

Rev. Kevin M. Jams Sr., pastor of Palm Coast United Methodist Church will be the guest messenger at 7 p.m. Wednesday at 4909 St. Johns Ave.

Small town meeting at Haven Hospice

The Small Town ConneXions meeting will be from 7:45 to 9 a.m. at the Haven Hospice meeting room on St. Johns Avenue.

Local business owners are wel-come to join and get to know other’s businesses and learn the power of word of mouth referrals.

INTERLACHEN

Perishable food distributed Wednesday

There will be a perishable food dis-tribution from 9 a.m. to noon, or until gone, Wednesday at St. Vincent de Paul Society, St. John Conference, 111 N. Francis St.

Bring water, chair if needed and container for food. Distribution made possible by Farmshare Inc., the vol-unteers and the USDA.

Distribution on first come basis and available to any Putnam County resident in need.

Details: 684-2797.

Rainbow Garden Club to meet Wednesday

The Interlachen Rainbow Garden Club will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Andrews Episcopal Church meeting room, 111 S. Francis St. Guest speakers will be Master Gardeners Carol Rea and Peggy Dossey. Presentation will be “How to Press Flowers and Make them into Delicate Decorations/Artwork.” Open to the public.

Details: Viv Bly at 684-2490.

April 2Randall Latroy Hutchinson, 35,

Hawthorne: burglary; larceny; deal-ing in stolen property.

Jasmine K. Jackson, 28, Palatka: fraud.

Derral Douglas Wright , 56 , Palatka: possession of cocaine.

April 4Jovan Miguel Dixon, 39, Palatka:

burglary.Summer Dawn Strickland, 29,

Melrose: possession of cocaine; four counts smuggling contraband; pos-session of a controlled substance.

April 5Christopher Kentrell Thomas, 29,

Palatka: moving traffic violation.

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2 ex-vacation rental executives get prison

Two former executives at a Florida resort company have been sent to federal prison for their roles in a $300 million vacation rental fraud scheme.

U.S. Distr ict Judge Jose E. Martinez sentenced 59-year-old Barry Graham and 54-year-old Ricky Lynn Stokes, both of Fort Myers, to five years each in prison. They were formerly executives at Cay Clubs Resorts and Marinas, which prosecutors say swindled some 1,400 investors in the Florida Keys and elsewhere.

Graham and Stokes pleaded guilty to a fraud conspiracy charge. Evidence shows Cay Clubs promised investors big returns by developing dilapidated properties into luxury resorts, but failed to do so. Graham and Stokes also admitted manipulat-ing vacation unit marketing materi-als to falsely make them appear more valuable.

Two other former executives are awaiting trial June 1.

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Troopers: Child run over by pickup truck on beach

A 7-year-old girl was seriously injured when she was run over by a pickup truck on a Florida beach.

Florida Highway Patrol says Jenna McQueene of Summerville was running from a hotel toward the ocean Sunday afternoon when she tripped and fell in the lanes where vehicles are allowed to drive on Daytona Beach.

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Concert will be heldin conjunction with theannual Chalk Explosion in downtown Palatka

Special to the Daily NewsThe Arts Council of Greater

Palatka will kick off its Spring and Summer Concert Series Saturday with St. Augustine group, The Dewey Via Band.

The concert will be held on the 300 block of St. Johns Avenue in Palatka from 4-6 p.m. in conjunction with the Arts Council’s 3nd Annual Chalk Explosion, topping off a day of music

and art starting at 10 a.m.The Dewy Via Band is a unique

mixture of rock n’ roll and Americana, according to Luke Taft of the Arts Council.

The high energy group includes Dewey Via, Chris McVey, Banner Thomas and Unkl Ray Nutter.

The group’s influences range from Led Zeppelin to The Grateful Dead to Lynard Skynard.

The highly acclaimed Dewey Via Band carries the “Best Band” title from the 2013 “Taste of St Augustine” competition at the St Augustine Amphitheater.

Front man Dewey Via is a singer/songwriter/guitar stylist.

“He’s a man of many gifts, one of

which is being able to take any song of any genre and deliver it to his audience straight from his soul,” Taft said. “With his impeccable musicianship, emotion-drenched vocals and cheerful stage presence, he makes it all look effortless.”

Other performers throughout the day include a solo performance by Richie Reiter of the rock band Downpour, home grown “swamp folk” sensation Biscuits and Gravy, and The Reasons Why, a four-piece electric folk rock group.

“The lineup promises a pleasant atmosphere of quality entertain-ment and public art,” Taft said.

The concert is free and open to the public.

Submitted photos

The Dewey Via Band: From left, Banner Thomas, Chris McVey, Unkl Ray Nutter and Dewey Via.

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Scott reverses course, opposes Medicaid expansionBy Gary Fineout and Kelli Kennedy

Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott reversed course Monday, saying he no longer supports Medicaid expan-sion as talks break down between Florida and its request for the federal government to extend funds to hospitals that serve low-income patients.

Scott wants the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to give Florida about $1 billion in hos-pital funds, but federal officials have denied that request for about a year, standing firm that the funds will end June 30. Negotiations between state and federal health officials turned ugly last week, with the state sending a series of frenzied statements accusing the feds of walk-ing away from the discussion while a key federal health official was on vacation. Federal health officials said they remain in contact with the state.

The negotiations over the hospitals funds, known as the low-income pool, have spilled over to Medicaid. Advocates say the hospitals wouldn’t need as much federal funding if the state expanded Medicaid to 800,000 Floridians because the hospitals would have more paying customers. The federal government has offered to pay the entire Medicaid expansion bill for the first few years, but Scott and House Republicans are concerned officials will renege.

Scott, who started his political career running TV ads

against the federal health law, shocked many when he came out in support of Medicaid expansion in 2013 in an emotion-al speech, calling expansion a compassionate and common sense solution. But he’s backed away in recent years.

“Our priority is to cut more than $600 million in taxes this session and get K-12 education funding up to record levels while holding the line on college tuition. We still have several weeks left for budget negotiations; however, given that the federal government said they would not fund the federal LIP program to the level it is funded today, it would be hard to understand how the state could take on even more federal programs that CMS could scale back or walk away from,” Scott said in a statement.

The growing feud has flustered Tallahassee lawmakers as they try to finalize a new budget before the session ends May 1. The House and Senate are $4 billion apart, with the Senate including plans to take federal money to expand Medicaid.

Federal health officials stressed Monday that their funding will never fall below 90 percent and said they are eager to work with Florida to expand Medicaid or on an alternative solution that would help reduce hospital costs.

Senate Republicans crafted an alternative program that would take billions in federal funds so Medicaid recipients could purchase private insurance through vouchers.

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Monarch, on lead guitar and slide guitar, Steve Morris on bass and Jim Hearns on the skins.

Once the band hit its last note on “Born to Be Wild,” P u t n a m C o u n t y Commissioner Larry Harvey announced the parade had started down Summit Street

south toward the park.The parade’s audience took

up block after block of Summit Street as the sirens from the Crescent City Police and Putnam County Sheriff ’s Office wailed under flashing blue and red lights to herald the parade. Floats, Shriners Club go-karts, convertibles with local beauty queens, elected officials and King Catfish rolled down the street.

“Every year, the parade is beautiful,” said Esther Perez, at the parade with her mother

Lucrecia. “We can meet our cousins and our friends here.”

Just before the parade’s closing horse contingent and final police car, Putnam’s own rock band 309 C fired up its guitars and rocked out as peo-ple lined up for catfish.

Friends standing in line waiting for fried catfish after the parade, Vince Faulkner and Eric Forbes of Daytona said they were hungry.

“There aren’t many places where you can get fresh fried catfish,” Faulkner said. “The

line moves fast and it is worth it.”

Other food available at the festival included gator, quail, frog legs, onion rings, the fes-tival’s well-known swamp cab-bage and delicious hand-pre-pared strawberry shortcake for dessert.

The money raised by more than 500 Rotarians and volun-teers who support the organi-zation’s efforts is promised for local scholarships.

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“She was a 30- to 40-year v o l u n t e e r f o r M a r c h o f Dimes…coordinating this walk,” spokeswoman Jamie Bartholomew said. “She was a champion for us in Palatka. So we’re walking in honor of her this year.”

But before the march takes place, many of the teams – made up of people from local businesses, civic groups, gov-

ernment agencies and other groups – will participate today in Bank Day, during which time the teams will turn in the money they have collected.

Although the fundraising goal for this year’s March for Babies campaign is $139,000, only $20,000 has been collect-ed as of Monday afternoon, according to spokeswoman Jamie Bartholomew.

But having a small amount of money before Bank Day is a usual occurrence each year, she said, because the majority of the money is turned in on Bank Day, which this year

will take place at Ameris Bank, 601 Reid St. in Palatka.

Even after Bank Day, some companies, including Publix and Kmart, continue fundrais-ing for the organization.

All of the money that will be collected is going to be put to good use, Cranmer said.

“Eighty cents of every dollar is spent directly on progress for premature babies and the help they need in hospitals,” she said.

Babies who are born prema-turely could have lifelong effects because of it, which is why raising money for March

of Dimes is so important, Cranmer said.

Without the research that is funded through the March for Babies effort, she said, prema-turity and the effects of it could become much worse.

“The national government doesn’t fund a whole lot of research dealing with prema-turity,” Cranmer said. “The prematurity rate keeps going up every year. There’s a lot of things we need to figure out – like what causes prematuri-ty.”

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funding for the community’s fire protection program.”

The initial payment for the services would be $10,000 plus expenses.

According to city docu-ments, if a fire assessment fee funded the entire Palatka Fire Department, the city millage rate could be reduced to 3.8573.

The fee could be assessed in one of two ways. A demand approach would assess the fee through a calculated percent-age of service calls for the

respective type of property.A se rv i c e ava i l ab i l i t y

approach, which is suggested in city documents, uses two tiers to determine the fee. A portion of the fire services would be shared among par-cels on a per tax parcel basis. A portion of the remaining costs would be shared in accordance with the value of improvements for each respec-tive tax parcel, as compared to the value of improvements for all tax parcels in the city.

“ S e r v i c e a v a i l a b i l i t y approach is cheaper overall due to it being the easier methodology to implement as well as having the potential for city staff to recalculate the two tiers each year,” city docu-

ments said. “The demand approach requires a substan-tial amount of work to compile the extensive amount of data and calculate the percentages for each type of property.”

The commission will also d iscuss the s tate o f the Palatka Police Department Thursday, as a local resident asked to be on the agenda for a discussion about the search and hiring of a new police chief.

Roxanne Weeks spoke to commissioners last month after the commission agreed to start the search for a new city manager and wait until the new budget year to hire a new police chief. Assistant Chief James Griffith is serv-

ing as interim chief. The absence of the police

chief’s salary has allowed the commission to fund the inter-im city manager position and search for a new city manager, Palatka Finance Director Matt Reynolds said.

According to city docu-ments, Weeks requested to address the search and hiring for a chief of police and discuss possible funding sources to continue the search and hire process.

Palatka City Commission meetings are held the second and fourth Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at Palatka City Hall, 201 N. Second St.

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Students from Moseley packed the stands and lined the sidewalk just outside of the track Monday morning, supporting the local athletes and peers who were running for the cause.

While law enforcement hosted the event, students from Moseley’s Girls on the Run program quickly took the lead in the run as their peers cheered them on.

“This is a perfect opportuni-

ty for kids to see people from the community and be a part of something,” said Moseley Principal Ashley McCool.

Special Olympics athletes brought out their bicycles as well, speeding around the track for the lively crowd. T-shirts were sold to raise funds for the organization, and Special Olympics sponsor Publix provided water and bananas for the runners.

While Guy had hoped for more participation during the run, he said the spirited crowd of kids could draw support for the Special Olympics by going home and talking about the event.

“It ’s an opportunity for them to see that there are pro-grams outside of school and could spark a conversation, open dialog about Special Olympics,” McCool said.

She said she could “certain-ly” see some of the students continuing their participation with Special Olympics as a unified partner after taking part in the torch run.

For more information about Special Olympics in Putnam

County, visit specialolympics-florida.org/putnam.

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Drunk driving arrests in Keys dropAuthorities say the number of arrests for drunk driving in

the Florida Keys has dropped significantly.According to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and

Motor Vehicles, there were 345 DUI arrests in Monroe County in 2014. That’s down from 362 in 2013 and 398 in 2012.

Sheriff Rick Ramsay said DUI checkpoints and the stigma associated with driving under the influence may be contribut-ing to the decline.

In Florida, someone with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent is considered legally drunk.

In June, Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill that allows judges to mandate auto ignition locks for first-time convicted DUI offend-ers. The locking device is a tube that measures blood alcohol content. If the reading is more than 0.025, the vehicle won’t start.

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3 hospitalized after bees attackThree men had to be hospitalized with dozens of stings after

thousands of bees attacked them in the Tampa Bay area.Pasco County Fire Rescue officials say 20,000 to 30,000 bees

swarmed four people Sunday morning in New Port Richey.Three men were stung up to 50 times each. They were taken

to a hospital. A woman was stung about a dozen times but authorities say her injuries were not as serious. None of the victims’ names were released.

Authorities say firefighters sprayed the bees with a hose to make them disperse.

It was not immediately clear what may have provoked the bees to leave their hive in a tree.

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3 hospitalized after pit bull attacksAuthorities say three Tampa Bay-area women are hospital-

ized after a pit bull attacked them.According to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, an 18-year-

old woman went to retrieve the dog from a pool area outside a Bradenton home when the animal attacked her Sunday after-noon. Authorities say the woman’s twin sister and her mother were attacked as they tried to help her.

The women escaped by entering the home and closing a door behind them. All were hospitalized in stable condition.

Sheriff’s Office spokesman Dave Bristow said the mother suf-fered the most serious injuries. Bristow says the 45-year-old woman had been watching the dog for her niece.

The dog was taken into custody by county animal services. Authorities say it may be euthanized pending an investigation.

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Authorities report more spring break arrestsAuthorities say spring break arrests set records in the

Florida Panhandle this year.Law enforcement officials say they saw across-the-board

increases in calls for service, arrests and gun-related incidents during March.

The Bay County Sheriff’s Office reported that arrests jumped to 928 compared with 324 in March 2014. The agency also said gun seizures increased from nine last March to 39 this year.

Panama City Beach Police reported 935 arrests compared with 772 in March 2014. Police said they seized 33 guns last month compared with 26 last year.

Maj. Tommy Ford of the sheriff’s office says having more offi-cers during spring break may be contributing to more arrests.

The Tourist Development Council gave each agency $150,000 for additional resources during spring break.

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Man gets almost 6 years in lottery scamA South Florida man has been sentenced to nearly six years

in federal prison for his role in a Jamaica-based lottery scam that preyed on elderly victims.

Prosecutors said Monday that the sentence was imposed by a federal judge in Fort Lauderdale on 26-year-old Mikhail Gorbachev George Williams. He pleaded guilty in January to a wire fraud conspiracy charge.

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We people who write commentary for newspapers know there are risks of

being challenged or criticized. It’s the nature of the beast. For instance I expected to get some reaction to the column I recently published about the tragic events in Ferguson, Missouri, and all the lying that went on, and upon the world learning the truth, wondered if it might awaken people to a call for reason.

Yeah, I got a couple more of those “Jim Crow” emails.

Funny about that. You don’t hear that phrase much anymore, just from people of a certain age. Ask young people today what it refers to and they give you that blank look like a light is on upstairs but nobody’s home. It is one of those accusative epithets that some people find difficult to drop from their rhetorical arsenal. I have noticed, how-ever, that the tone of the reaction has become less confrontational than, say, ten years ago, or even ten months ago. One letter was actually on the edge of being thoughtful.

We have been pounded by the national media that most of the families in Ferguson are poor and many of the young people doing all that looting probably grew up in single-parent homes. The lib-eral media used it to somehow meliorate the loot-ing.

The crux of my commentary was to point out that a lot of young men, black and white, suffer from growing up in a dysfunctional atmosphere where there is no leveling influence of a father. But we must question how deep such aberrant behavior goes? If those who hauled items out of the stores in Ferguson took their loot home, it would be an awfully ignorant mother who didn’t realize where it came from. That means they made themselves accessory to the thefts and that goes to behavior, not race.

A flashback on FOX-TV on Tuesday 3/24 showed Dorian Johnson, the young man who had accompanied Michael Brown in his store thievery, telling television reporters the made-up tale about Brown holding his hands up and saying, “Don’t shoot,” and the policeman shooting him in the back. He told an emotional story that the TV peo-ple, and viewers, swallowed without chewing.

Johnson had no idea of the trouble his lies were about to cause. Other than the racial turmoil, finding the truth probably cost taxpayers millions of dollars. It also probably set back dearly-earned

racial trust many years. Star Parker, a popular black

television personality also writes a syndicated newspaper column. One of her recent columns should have been required reading for every adult, and every student in

every high school in the country. She was once a single mother struggling just like other poor peo-ple, both black and white, subsisting on welfare. But because she wanted a better life, she found her way out through sheer willpower. Perhaps her words could be read without incurring the imme-diate rancor and suspicion that most black people show to similar words written by white writers who are quickly branded with epithets such as Jim Crow racists.

Parker wrote: “Don’t want to be poor in America? Get educated, get married and have children after you are married. Do this and your chances of being poor in America are miniscule.” Her words were addressed to all poor families but she added that it is no accident that black children today are many times more likely to have been born out of wedlock and living in a single-parent home.

Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times wrote in a recent column; “Fifty years ago this month Democrats made a historic mistake. They savage-ly attacked a report by federal official Daniel Patrick Moynihan that warned the breakdown of the African-American family would make poverty more intractable.”

Moynihan wrote: “From the wild Irish slums of the 19th century on the Eastern Seaboard to the riot-torn suburbs of Los Angeles,” history has shown that communities in which the family breaks down end up in chaos, with fatherless young men caught up in lives of crime, drugs, gangs, substance abuse and reckless sexual behavior.”

Liberals dismissed the future senator’s remarks as “racist” but hard experience has proven Moynihan right. Today, 71 percent of African-American children are born to single mothers, as are 53 percent of Hispanics, and 36 percent of white kids. Children with unmarried moms are five times more likely to live in poverty.

The problem is, under our present social sys-tem there is no method, and no plans in the off-ing, to turn that around.

Jody Delzell is a former publisher of the Daily News. jodelz@bellsouth.net

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Another important

election day Today is the day set by Gov. Rick

Scott for a special general election to fill the vacant District 6 state Senate seat. If trends reflected in

recent elections hold, about half of those who’ll vote in this election have already cast their ballots, either through mail-in ballots or over the eight days of early voting that ended Saturday.

But today is Election Day proper. All of Putnam County’s precincts will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and those who haven’t voted yet should take advantage of it.

Those who’ve been following state gov-ernment know that Putnam County and the rest of Senate District 6, including St. Johns County, Flagler County and part of Volusia County, has been without state Senate rep-resentation during this year’s legislative ses-sion, which is now more than half over. Whichever candidate is elected, either state Rep. Travis Hutson, R-Elkton, or David Cox, a Volusia County Democrat, will have to hit the ground running.

By the time the newcomer is up to speed, the two-month session will be drawing to a close. Most of the important work, from committee meetings where bills are intro-duced and debated, to state budget planning and drafting, will have been completed.

For that lack of representation, we can thank former state Sen. John Thrasher, who cynically stood for re-election in 2014, then hours after winning an all-but-uncontested race, resigned to accept the presidency of Florida State University, a job he knew he had nailed down months earlier.

Some have estimated the cost to taxpayers of the resulting special election will top $1 million, including two state House races in St. Johns County where the seats were vacated by Hutson and one of his primary opponents, former state Rep. “Doc” Renuart, in order to run for the Senate.

That’s a cost generated by pure personal ambition. It’s safe to say that won’t be reim-bursed by the candidates or by Thrasher. Some residents have told us they’re disgust-ed by the whole situation and will ignore the special election.

Putnam County residents, however, have a special reason to turn out. A referendum has been included on the ballot asking voters whether the Better Place Plan, a one-per-cent sales surtax aimed at collecting funds for county improvements, should be renewed for 15 more years beyond its Dec. 31, 2017, expiration date.

That alone should bring out county voters, especially those who have a stake in a more prosperous and attractive future for Putnam County.

If you haven’t voted, try to get down to the polls today and do so. It’s a patriotic duty we all share. Even when the ballot is as slim as today’s, voters who care enough to turn out will have a significant impact on where Putnam County’s headed.

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Behavior not learned early results in later problems

Today is Tuesday, April 7, the 97th day of 2015. There are 268 days left in the year.

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Better Place Plan is no Fair Tax

The Tea Party people I know do not appose the Better Place Plan and tax but their issue is with the rewriting of the plan with changes referencing the oversight committee at the last minute without sufficient pub-lic notice and discussion on what wording was going to be put on the ballot. The current plan does not expire until 2017. Why a last moment rush to put it on the ballot this elec-tion?

Also, comparing the Fair Tax to a sales tax like The Better Place Plan is like comparing apples to oranges. The Better Place Plan, by taxing everyone the same amount (1 percent sales tax) which means the lower income person will be paying a higher percentage of their income for the basic necessi-ties of life than higher income earners.

This is referred to as a regressive tax when lower income persons pay a higher percentage of their income in a tax on the basic needs up to government determined pover-ty level. The Fair Tax with the prebate is a progressive tax which increases the percent-

age of taxes paid by individu-als as their consumption of products and services increas-es. The Fair Tax does this as it is set up to eliminate the pay-ing of any sales tax up to the poverty level by giving a pre-bate at the beginning of each month to all legal residents with a valid Social Security number in the amount based on the government determined poverty level.

The Fair Tax would elimi-nate the Federal Income Tax by repealing the 16th Amendment, which gave us the IRS and the income tax in 1913, which until then was not allowed by the Constitution. Individuals would no longer file Federal income taxes each year.

Here is a brief summary of the Fair Tax proposal current-ly before Congress:

The FairTax is the only tax plan currently being proposed that includes the removal of the payroll tax.

Keep your paycheck. For the first time in recent history, American workers will get to keep every dime they earn; including what would have been paid in federal income taxes and payroll taxes. You will get an instant raise in your pay!

Social Security and Medicare funding benefits will

not change. The FairTax actu-ally puts these programs on a more solid funding foundation. Instead of being funded by taxes on workers’ wages, which is a small pool, they’ll be funded by taxes on overall con-sumption by all residents.

Get a tax refund in advance on purchases of basic necessi-ties the FairTax provides a progressive program called a prebate. This gives every legal resident household an “advance refund” at the begin-ning of each month so that purchases made up to the pov-erty level are tax-free. The prebate prevents an unfair burden on low-income families.

Pay tax on only what you spend. Be in control of your financial destiny. You alone can control your tax burden. If you’re thrifty, you’ll pay lower taxes than somebody who is not. Most importantly, you’ll be taxed fairly.

Everyone pays their fair share. Tax evasion and the underground economy cost each taxpayer an additional $2,500 every year! But by tax-ing new products and services consumed, the FairTax puts everyone in the country at the same level at the cash register. Further, only legal residents are eligible for the prebate.

No Federal taxes on used goods only new products sold

to the final consumer. This could make a greater demand for used items and promote recycling.

The IRS is no longer needed. No more complicated tax forms, individual audits, or intrusive federal bureaucracy. Retailers will collect the FairTax just as they do now with state sales taxes. All money will be collect-ed and remitted to the U.S. Treasury, and both the retail-ers and states will be paid a fee for their collection service.

Learn more at: https://fair-tax.org/about/how-fairtax-works

In reference to the landfill issue: Again, people were against the rush to sell with-out more time to research alternatives, which is now able to take place. Take for instance the upcoming public community landfill meeting taking place Monday at 6:30 p.m. at The American Legion Post 45 in Palatka located at Crill Avenue and Osceola Street. Presentations will be made concerning different alternatives for our waste, garbage and recyclable mate-rials along with the many new jobs in waste management that can be created in our county.

Stan Owens East Palatka

TodAy’s HigHligHT in HisTory:On April 7, 1945, during World

War II, American planes inter-cepted and effectively destroyed a Japanese fleet, which included the battleship Yamato, that was head-ed to Okinawa on a suicide mis-sion.

on THis dATe:In 1788, an expedition led by

Gen. Rufus Putnam established a settlement at present-day Marietta, Ohio.

In 1862, Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.

In 1927, the image and voice of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover were transmitted live from Washington to New York in the first successful long-distance dem-onstration of television.

In 1949, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “South Pacific” opened on Broadway.

In 1966, the U.S. Navy recov-ered a hydrogen bomb that the U.S. Air Force had lost in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain fol-lowing a B-52 crash.

Ten yeArs Ago: The blockbuster painkiller

Bextra was taken off the market, and the FDA said all similar pre-scription drugs should strongly warn about possible risk of heart attacks and strokes.

Five yeArs Ago: Space shuttle Discovery docked

at the International Space Station, its astronauts overcoming a rare antenna breakdown that had knocked out radar tracking.

TodAy’s BirTHdAys: Actor Wayne Rogers is 82.

Country singer Bobby Bare is 80. California Gov. Jerry Brown is 77. Movie director Francis Ford Coppola is 76. Singer Janis Ian is 64. Actor Jackie Chan is 61. College and Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Tony Dorsett is 61. Actor Russell Crowe is 51. Actor Kevin Alejandro is 39. Actor Ed Speleers is 27. Actor Conner Rayburn is 16.

THougHT For TodAy: “Verba movent, exempla trahunt.”

(Words move people, examples com-pel them.) — Latin proverb.

THis dAy in PuTnAm:In 1887, a fire in St. Augustine

destroyed the Cathedral, Government House and most of the business district after a frame store opposite the old city gates was thoroughly saturated with kerosene and torched. Palatka’s volunteer fire department arrived too late.

In 1963, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad built a track for trains and a street for trucks at a siding on Rice Creek on State Road 15 (U.S. 17) for loading potatoes.

In 1973, the Agricultural Research Center at Hastings cele-brated 50 years of service to farm-ers.

F Y IThe most fuel-efficient way to travel by plane is to go

directly from your departure city to your destination without any connecting flights or stops. Often, when booking a ticket online, you’ll notice there are flight options that appear to be “direct.” A “direct” flight is not necessarily a “nonstop” one. Only nonstop flights go with-out stopping.

When moving into a new home, one of the biggest has-sles can be finding cardboard boxes, assembling them and hoping they’re treated gently during the big move. Then, after you move, you’re stuck with cardboard boxes that need to be broken down before recycling. Many moving companies are getting rid of cardboard altogether and switching to plastic crates. These crates are sturdier and can protect your belongings better. Plus, they are reus-able by the companies, which means less waste, too.

Jodydelzell

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DILBERT Scott AdamsBEETLE BAILEY Mort Walker

JUMPSTART Robb Armstrong

BLONDIE Dean Young & John Marshall

BABY BLUES Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE Lynn Johnston

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE Chris Browne

THE BORN LOSER Chip Sansom

GARFIELD Jim Davis

HOROSCOPE

Believe in yourself, and don’t allow minor setbacks to unnerve you. You have the talent and strength of character to achieve whatever you put your mind to. Indecision and anxiety will be your downfall. Be confident in your abilities. You have a lot to offer.

ARIES(March 21-April 19)

Overspending will cause prob-lems with your budget and the people you live with. Think twice before you spend. You work too hard to fritter away your wages on unnecessary or frivolous items.

TAURUS(April 20-May 20)

Someone from your past is thinking about you. A new acquaintance will be attracted by your charisma, beliefs and poten-tial. Don’t be surprised if some-one makes you a lucrative offer.

GEMINI(May 21-June 20)

Your ability to multitask will be appreciated when you offer help to your peers. These same individuals will be in your corner when you require assistance or backup.

CANCER(June 21-July 22)

Love is on the rise. Strive to improve your self-confidence. Attending a social event will lead to an unusual discussion that could change your future. Don’t be gullible.

LEO(July 23-Aug. 22)

It’s important to do your share of household duties. Family mem-bers will criticize you if you do not hold up your end of the bar-gain.

VIRGO(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Joining community activities is a great way to make new friends. Sign up for something that appeals to you. Participating in sporting, cultural or networking events will help you improve your position.

LIBRA(Sept. 23-Oct. 23)

You are overdue for a change. Home improvements will be rewarding. You will gain satisfac-tion from doing the work your-self.

SCORPIO(Oct. 24-Nov. 22)

Widen your social circle. The more situations you experience, the more likely you are to meet

people with similar ideas and interests. Love is in the air, and romance will improve your per-sonal life.

SAGITTARIUS(Nov. 23-Dec. 21)

You will have to be diligent if you want to find out what is going on behind the scenes. Don’t rely on secondhand information. Do the research yourself.

CAPRICORN(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

A friend or relative will be looking for assistance, but don’t fall prey to a sob story. Unless you know the facts, you should not offer monetary support.

AQUARIUS(Jan. 20-Feb. 19)

If someone you depend on is unhappy, consider what you can do to help. Lending a hand or being empathetic will lead to a closer relationship and create a new ally.

PISCES(Feb. 20-March 20)

Your daily routine will feel stale and boring. If your mind is craving some unusual stimuli, visit a museum or art gallery, or take a day trip to an unusual destination.

HI AND LOIS Chance Browne

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Capone 38 Leg joint 39 Some July

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middle 41 Yon maiden 43 Grimy 46 Sea eagles

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paper 54 Perfume

holder 55 Pie crust

ingredient 56 Hosp. staffer 57 French I verb 58 IRS workers 59 Call it quits

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go-with 6 Benicio

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wok 8 Dormant 9 Roulette

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dragon 16 Organize

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gondola 22 Lots and lots 23 Beluga kin

24Ayla’s creator

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chipmunk 28 Genial 29 Canyon

reply 30 Plunging

necklines 36 Watchful 38 Ell proceeder 40 Pocketed

42 Coin-toss word

43 Belly-flop 44 Condo, e.g.45Pupil’sreward 47 Longest river 48 Athletics

channel 49 Transmit 51 “Waterfalls”

group 52 Brisk knock 53 Diamond stat

Dear Harriette: The daughter of one of my neighbors is a drug addict. I know that’s a strong thing to say about someone, but not only do I see it in all of her erratic behavior, I also have talked to her mother about it. The police have had to come to the build-ing several times when she was high and acting out. It’s kind of scary. Even though she is a young woman who should seem unas-suming, she acts crazy when she’s in a certain mindset. As I was entering my building the other day, she was there and tried to get me to let her in. It was awkward because obviously I know her. I couldn’t figure out how to not let her in the door.

After that, she banged on her parents’ door for a half-hour. She comes banging at any time of the day or night. Other people have called the police when this happens. I don’t really want to do that, but I’m not sure what to do. She brings a new definition to disturbing the peace. — What to Do, Bronx, New York

Dear What To Do: Start with the mother. Since she has con-fided in you in the past, go back to her and check in. Ask her how she is managing. This has got to be devastating for her. Find out what she does when her daughter comes barging into the building. Tell her that you are concerned about the safety of the building, and you want to know what she can suggest to help keep things calm.

Since the mom is in the mid-dle of what probably feels like a firestorm, she may be marginally helpful. You are going to have to make the tough decision to report this young woman if things get too bad. If you get to the point where you feel unsafe, engage the police.

Dear Harriette: I have to sell my parents’ home. My dad died a few years ago, and my mom lives in an assisted-living com-munity now. I have talked to a few Realtors and am having a hard time making a decision. I don’t live in their town, so I’m

handling this from afar. We have a family friend who is a Realtor who has been lobbying hard to sell the house. Then I got recom-mendations for two other profes-sionals. Whoever sells it needs to be able to handle things well and hopefully get us a good price. How can I decide who to choose? — Friend or Stranger, Shreveport, Louisiana

Dear Friend Or Stranger: Do some research on the potential sellers. Find out who has success-fully sold in your parents’ neigh-borhood. Learn what each of their most recent sales has been — the going price and location. Talk to each of them, and get a feel for who you are comfortable talking to. The reality is that you have to trust this Realtor. Sometimes friends can be good in that role, but it’s more important to select someone who shares your vision for how to sell this property. If it ends up not being your friend, simply let your friend know what you have decided. That is your right.

ADVICE BY HARRIETTE COLECROSSWORD

Saturday’s Answer

BRIDGE

Erratic woman disturbs peace

COMICS

W. Somerset Maugham said, “Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.”

Common sense and card sense will do a lot to make the pilgrim-age of a bridge deal not too diffi-cult. What would a declarer with

those characteristics do on this deal? He is in four hearts, and West leads the spade jack, which is covered by dummy’s queen and East’s king.

South’s three-heart rebid shows at least a six-card suit and game-invitational values; typically, he will have 15-17 high-card points. Yes, this hand is a maximum, but if partner has an unhelpful holding, game will probably fail. North, of course, is happy to raise to four hearts.

When you are in a suit contract and have more trumps than the dummy, count the losers in your hand. Here, South has four: one spade, two diamonds and one club.

Then declarer should count

winners. Interestingly, he has 10: one spade, six hearts, one dia-mond and two clubs. So he can make his contract as long as the defenders do not get their four tricks first.

There is only one way for South to eliminate a loser: dis-card it on the third round of diamonds. Also, because dummy is so short of entries, there isn’t a moment to lose. Declarer must win the first trick (or East might shift to a trump) and lead a dia-mond. A defender may win, cash a spade trick, and play a trump, but South wins with dummy’s 10 and leads another diamond. Then, when back in the dummy with the heart ace, he pitches his club two on the diamond queen.

For Tuesday, April 7, 2015

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SIDELINES

ANDY HALL Sports Editor 312-5239

AHall@Palatkadailynews.com

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MARK BLUMENTHAL

The dealto dumpUpton

The top sports stories in anoth-er Weekend That Was:

5. The legendary voice of San Francisco Giants baseball

for five decades, Hall of Famer Lon Simmons, passes away on Sunday at 91.

4. Sources confirm that former NBA coach Avery Johnson will take over as the new men’s basketball coach at the University of Alabama.

3. With the St. Louis Cardinals beating the Chicago Cubs in the open-ing game of the Major League Baseball season on Sunday night at the revamped Wrigley Field, the Atlanta Braves send closer Craig Kimbrel and outfielder Marvin (formerly B.J.) Upton to the San Diego Padres for out-fielders Cameron Maybin, Carlos Quintana and a pair of minor leaguers.

2. The NCAA women’s basket-ball tournament final is set with a rematch between Connecticut and Notre Dame after the defending cham-pion Huskies ripped Maryland, 81-58, and the Fighting Irish squeak past South Carolina, 66-65, in the other semifinal Sunday night in Tampa.

1. The Wisconsin Badgers gain a bit of revenge Saturday night by knocking off unbeaten Kentucky in the same national semifinal in which it got knocked out last year by the Wildcats, 71-64, to advance to Monday’s final against Duke, which throttled Michigan State, 81-61, in the other semifinal.

Our topic of discussion: 3. The start of the baseball season ... and disman-tling of the Braves.

Here’s your first sign that maybe this is not your season: When the one guy that you can identify as an All-Star and the team’s best closer since John Smoltz gets sent away because he’s another team’s centerpiece guy just to get rid of one of your problem players.

No, this wasn’t about starting anew when the subject of Craig Kimbrel came about. If it were the Braves’ choice, he’d be a centerpiece for when the team moves to the suburbs come the 2017 season. As a matter of fact, they have promoted the 2015 season with pictures of Kimbrel.

The Braves were going to be fine going into the 2015 season with the exception of one holdover whose num-bers have been self-exclamatory.

Melvin Upton, the artist formerly known as B.J. Yes, he showed signs of greatness when he was in a Tampa Bay Rays uniform, but when it became apparent that Upton wasn’t going to get the raise “he” thought he deserved, he took his talents to the free agency market and lo and behold, he found a buyer in the Braves.

In return, all Upton has done was give the Braves a .184 batting average his first year and then an improve-ment to .208 the next. In most years, a 21-home run, 61-RBI season would have been great from Upton. Except, Upton’s done that in those two years combined. And he’s brought plenty of strikeouts the last two years to Turner Field – 324 in 1,028 at-bats.

And with on-base percentages of .268 and .287 the last two seasons, you can understand why, well, just about everyone wanted him to go away ... for good. You know, scram! This is not what the Braves had in mind when they signed him to that $60-million, four-year deal after the 2012 season.

So the rest of the league weren’t ready to take on Melvin Upton’s con-tract either. Then came the Padres, building this very nice team after obtaining Matt Kemp, James Shields, Wil Myers, Will Middlebrooks and Upton’s brother, Justin, who the Padres got in an earlier deal from the Braves.

Guessing that maybe Justin was a little lonely and speculating that there’s still some goodness out of the bat, glove and arm of this once super all-around player, the Padres were willing to go and get older brother and the artist formerly known as B.J.

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Hunter Alexander hit three home runs in two games, including this game-tying shot on Monday.

Carr ties school record with his 11th save

By Andy HAllPalatka Daily News

A couple of big swings and three good arms allowed the St. Johns River State College baseball team to sidestep a trap Monday afternoon.

Hunter Alexander and Matthew Rhodes hit two-run homers in the sixth inning and Tyler Carr tied the school’s single-season saves record as the Vikings got past shorthanded Florida State College-Jacksonville 4-2 in a matchup of the first- and last-place teams in the Mid-Florida Conference.

“We avoided a trap,” said SJR State coach Ross Jones. “It’s never easy. Whether we’re playing FSCJ, Lake-Sumter or (second-place) Santa Fe, we’ve got to compete. We came out a

little flat.”Santa Fe (26-7, 13-3) remained on

the Vikings’ heels with an 11-3 win over Seminole State on Monday.

Trying to work around a roster reduced by suspensions, the Blue Wave (10-28, 2-13) gave four pitchers two innings each against St. Johns (37-6, 12-2).

It worked until the sixth.Alexander hit his third home run in

two games – Alec Dowell aboard after a single – to make it 2-2. Nick Agosto walked and then Rhodes hit his first home run in more than a month for a 4-2 lead. Both shots went to left.

T h a t w a s e n o u g h f o r K y l e Kalbaugh (8-0), on in relief of Dustin Hersey. Carr got the last out in the eighth and worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his 11th save, tying the record set in 2011 by Chris Fern.

The Vikings got just six hits with the wind blowing in at Tindall Field, but were able to ride the big blows by Alexander and Rhodes. Agosto was

2-for-3 and Wes Weeks doubled on Monday.

“This team is built around power and speed and power did it for us today, even with the wind blowing in,” Jones said. “I knew this wasn’t going to be a 10-run game. I’ve never seen a high-scoring game with the wind blowing in at this park.

“Give Blackie (FSCJ coach Chris Blacquiere) some credit. He probably doesn’t have a guy who’s going to give them six innings, so he mixed it up on us.”

Hersey opened with five scoreless innings for St. Johns, striking out three and walking one, but stepped aside for Kalbaugh after giving up two runs with one out in the sixth. Inheriting runners on the corners, Kalbaugh got out of the inning. He struck out one, walked none and allowed three hits before Carr came

Alexander, Rhodes power Vikings past FSCJ

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Jerri Mae Bedenbaugh delivers for Interlachen.

Stretch DriveRams edge Raiders to open final week of regular season

Palatka Daily News

The object for this week, according to Interlachen High School softball coach Ron Whitehurst, is pretty simple for his team.

“I’m looking for us to hopefully get our bats going, solidify our defense and we did that (Monday night) except for one play. We’ve got Bronson away (tonight), Pierson Taylor away (Thursday) and Menendez at home (Friday), so that’s what I’m looking for.”

The Rams got off to a good start, hanging on for a 3-2 win over Crescent City at home to make it two straight wins.

After Tori Gravelle scored on an illegal pitch by starter Loris Molter (0-1) in the first inning, the Rams (8-14) added two more runs in the sixth on a two-run single from Miranda Polk that scored

pinch-runner Haylee Murphy and Samantha Pearson.

Trailing 3-0 in the top of the seventh, the Raiders (7-11) made things interesting. Molter walked and Kylee Liles singled to left. An error off the throw to get Molter between second and third allowed the runners to move up. On the throw to third to get Molter there, another error was made, allowing not only Molter to score, but for Liles to come around and score.

It wasn’t over though. With one out still, Ka i t lyn Jackson s ing led o f f Jerr i Mae Bedenbaugh, but Taylor Cummings fouled out on a play by the fence by catcher Rachel Johnson, then Savannah Lepanto grounded out to second baseman Hannah Hughes to end the game.

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UConn,Irish inrematch

By doug FeinBergAssociated Press

TAMPA — The women’s basket-ball championship game will have a familiar feel to it with UConn and Notre Dame playing for a title for the second straight year.

U n l i k e l a s t season’s game when much of the c o n v e r s a t i o n building up to the matchup of unde-feated teams was about the frosty relationship between Geno Auriemma and Muffet McGraw. This year there is much friendlier atti-tude between the coaches and their teams, despite the rivals once again meeting on the game’s biggest stage.

A win for the Huskies tonight would be a third straight title for UConn and 10th overall for Auriemma. That would tie him with UCLA men’s coach John Wooden for the most all-time in college basketball.

Auriemma has a perfect record with the title on the line, winning all nine of UConn’s trips to the national champi-onship.

“This isn’t something that’s going to last forever,” he said. “Not going to win every single championship game that we’re in. If we’re in some more, but up to this point, it’s something that’s real-ly hard to explain. And I’m just incred-ibly grateful.”

UConn junior Breanna Stewart has been the key two the last two titles.

The two-time AP Player of the Year saves her best games for the brightest lights. She has won outstanding play-er of the Final Four as a freshman and sophomore and had another great game in the semifinal win over Maryland.

She stated when she came to UConn that her goal was to win four champi-onships. She’s one victory away from being three-quarters of the way there. Only the Huskies from 2002-04 and Tennessee from 1996-98 have won three straight titles.

NCAA WOMEN’S FINAL

TONIGHT

ESPN, 8:30

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High five as Duke comes backFreshmen lead Devils

By eddie PellsAssociated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Call them freshmen. Please, do not call them kids.

Led by Tyus Jones and Jahlil Okafor, Duke’s talented group of youngsters outscored Wisconsin by

14 points over the final 13 minutes Monday night to grit out a 68-63 vic-tory for the program’s fifth national title.

Okafor, the likely first pick in the NBA draft if he decides to leave, got outplayed by Badgers center Frank Kaminsky but came through like a veteran when the pressure was high-est. He made two straight buckets over Kaminsky, sandwiched between a pair of 3-pointers from Jones, to

help the Blue Devils (35-4) turn a one-time nine-point deficit into an eight-point lead with 1:22 left.

A furious Wisconsin rally ensued, but it came up short. Then, it was Okafor on the bottom of a rowdy, rau-cous dog pile — a scene very reminis-cent of the last time the Final Four was Indianapolis, back in 2010 when Duke edged out Butler in another scintillating final. The Blue Devils also took one here in 1991 — the

Grant Hill, Christian Laettner squad.

“They showed such grit tonight,” said coach Mike Krzyzewski, whose five titles put him alone in second place on the all-time list behind John Wooden. “Our bench was spectacu-lar, and like we said about two months ago, eight is enough. Eight is enough.”

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CALENDARNOTE: Schedules are submitted by schools, leagues and recreation departments and are subject to change without notice.

TUESDAY, April 7HIGH SCHOOL

SoftballInterlachen at Bronson, 7 p.m.Umatilla at Crescent City, 7 p.m.

Florida Christian Athletic LeagueSouthern Division Championship

At Gainesville CountrysidePeniel Baptist vs. Gainesville Countryside Christian, 5 p.m.

BaseballPalatka at Nease, 6:30 p.m.Gainesville P.K. Yonge at Interlachen, 7 p.m.Menendez at Crescent City, 7 p.m.

COLLEGESoftball

Santa Fe at SJRSC (2), 4 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, April 8HIGH SCHOOL

SoftballCrescent City at Hawthorne, 6 p.m.

Flag FootballPalatka at Orange Park Oakleaf, 6 p.m.

COLLEGEBaseball

SJRSC at FSC-Jacksonville, 3 p.m.

TIDESPalatka City Dock

High LowToday 6:08A,6:27P 12:45A,1:25PApril 8 6:44A,7:07P 1:19A,2:02PApril 9 7:25A,7:50P 1:59A,2:47P

St. Augustine Beach High LowToday 10:41A,11:01P 4:42A,4:41PApril 8 11:20A,11:42P 5:22A,5:20PApril 9 --------,12:03P 6:07A,6:05P

PREP BASEBALLHarvest Community 4,Peniel Baptist 3Peniel Baptist 000 210 0–3 8 3Harvest 100 010 2–4 5 2Two outs when winning run scored.Morris, Dodge (3), Spedden (5), Dodge (5), Varner (6) and Varner, Morris (6). Murray, Sacks (5) and Drost. W–Sacks. L–Varner, 0-2. 2B–Peniel Baptist: Varner 2, Batchelor; Harvest Community: Vickers.Record: Peniel Baptist 6-12.

PREP SOFTBALLInterlachen 3, Crescent City 2

Crescent City 000 000 2–2 7 1Interlachen 100 002 x–3 11 2Molter and Lepanto; Bedenbaugh and Johnson; W–Bedenbaugh, 7-11. L–Molter, 0-1. 2B–Interlachen: Acree.Records: Crescent City 7-11, Interlachen 8-14.

Florida Christian Athletic LeagueSouthern Division SemifinalAt Gainesville Countryside

Christian SchoolPeniel Baptist 11, Ocala Christian 1Ocala Christian 001 00– 1 1 3Peniel Baptist 310 7x–11 3 1Peacock and Seidel; Collier and Brauman; W–Collier, 6-3. L–Peacock. 3B–Peniel Baptist: Brauman.Records: Peniel Baptist 10-6.

LOCAL COLLEGESaturday’s game

SJR State 11, Pasco-Hernando 5Pasco 000 010 400– 5 9 3SJR State 020 002 70x–11 11 1Rodriguez, Fluke (7), Whinnen (7), Donnell (8) and Alicea. Ratlff, Jones (6), Whitaker (7), Straw (8), Lowe (9) and Harris. W–Whitaker, 1-0. L–Rodriguez, 8-2. HR–SJRSC: Alexander 2, Weeks, Blue-Craig; Pasco-Hernando: Ortiz. 2B–Pasco-Hernando: Ding (Pasco).

Monday’s gameSJR State 4, FSC-Jacksonville 2

FSC-J 000 002 000–2 8 1SJR State 000 004 00x–4 6 0Knies, Green (3), Eytel (5), Kirksey (7) and Fitzpatrick. Hersey, Kalbaugh (6), Carr (8) and Harris. W–Kalbaugh, 8-0. L–Eytel, 1-1. S–Carr, 11. HR–SJRSC: Alexander, Rhodes. 2B–SJRSC: Weeks.Records: SJR State 37-6 (12-2), FSCJ (10-28, 2-13).

NBAEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division W L Pct GBy-Toronto 45 32 .584 —

Brooklyn 36 41 .468 9Boston 35 42 .455 10Philadelphia 18 60 .231 27½New York 15 62 .195 30Southeast Division W L Pct GBz-Atlanta 57 19 .750 —x-Washington 44 33 .571 13½Miami 34 43 .442 23½Charlotte 33 43 .434 24Orlando 24 53 .312 33½Central Division W L Pct GBx-Cleveland 50 27 .649 —x-Chicago 46 31 .597 4Milwaukee 38 39 .494 12Indiana 34 43 .442 16Detroit 30 47 .390 20WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division W L Pct GBx-Houston 53 24 .688 —x-Memphis 52 25 .675 1x-San Antonio 51 26 .662 2Dallas 46 31 .597 7New Orleans 41 35 .539 11½Northwest Division W L Pct GBy-Portland 50 27 .649 —Oklahoma City 42 35 .545 8Utah 35 42 .455 15Denver 28 49 .364 22Minnesota 16 60 .211 33½Pacific Division W L Pct GBz-Golden State 63 14 .818 —x-L.A. Clippers 52 26 .667 11½Phoenix 39 38 .506 24Sacramento 26 50 .342 36½L.A. Lakers 20 56 .263 42½x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched divisionz-clinched conferenceSunday’s GamesHouston 115, Oklahoma City 112Cleveland 99, Chicago 94Indiana 112, Miami 89San Antonio 107, Golden State 92New York 101, Philadelphia 91Utah 101, Sacramento 95L.A. Clippers 106, L.A. Lakers 78Monday’s GamesBrooklyn 106, Portland 96Tuesday’s GamesPhoenix at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.Charlotte at Miami, 7:30 p.m.Golden State at New Orleans, 8 p.m.San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.Minnesota at Sacramento, 10 p.m.L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

BASEBALLAL Standings

East Division W L Pct GBBaltimore 1 0 1.000 —Boston 1 0 1.000 —Toronto 1 0 1.000 —New York 0 1 .000 1Tampa Bay 0 1 .000 1Central Division W L Pct GBDetroit 1 0 1.000 —Kansas City 1 0 1.000 —Chicago 0 1 .000 1Cleveland 0 1 .000 1Minnesota 0 1 .000 1West Division W L Pct GBHouston 1 0 1.000 —Seattle 1 0 1.000 —Oakland 0 0 .000 ½Texas 0 0 .000 ½Los Angeles 0 1 .000 1

Monday’s GamesToronto 6, N.Y. Yankees 1Detroit 4, Minnesota 0Boston 8, Philadelphia 0Baltimore 6, Tampa Bay 2Kansas City 10, Chicago White Sox 1Seattle 4, L.A. Angels 1Houston 2, Cleveland 0Texas at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.Tuesday’s GamesBaltimore (Chen 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Karns 0-0), 7:10 p.m.Texas (Lewis 0-0) at Oakland (Hahn 0-0), 10:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (Wilson 0-0) at Seattle (Paxton 0-0), 10:10 p.m.

NL StandingsEast Division W L Pct GBAtlanta 1 0 1.000 —New York 1 0 1.000 —Miami 0 1 .000 1Philadelphia 0 1 .000 1Washington 0 1 .000 1Central Division W L Pct GBCincinnati 1 0 1.000 —St. Louis 1 0 1.000 —Chicago 0 1 .000 1Milwaukee 0 1 .000 1Pittsburgh 0 1 .000 1West Division W L Pct GBColorado 1 0 1.000 —Los Angeles 1 0 1.000 —Arizona 0 0 .000 ½San Francisco 0 0 .000 ½San Diego 0 1 .000 1Sunday’s GamesSt. Louis 3, Chicago Cubs 0Monday’s GamesColorado 10, Milwaukee 0Boston 8, Philadelphia 0N.Y. Mets 3, Washington 1Atlanta 2, Miami 1Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 2L.A. Dodgers 6, San Diego 3San Francisco at Arizona, 10:10 p.m.Tuesday’s GamesAtlanta (Wood 0-0) at Miami (Latos 0-0), 7:10 p.m.St. Louis (Lynn 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 0-0), 8:05 p.m.Colorado (Lyles 0-0) at Milwaukee (Garza 0-0), 8:10 p.m.San Francisco (Vogelsong 0-0) at Arizona (De La Rosa 0-0), 9:40 p.m.San Diego (T.Ross 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 0-0), 10:10 p.m.

Orioles 6, Rays 2Baltimore Tampa Bay ab r h bi ab r h biDe Aza lf 5 2 1 2Jaso dh 0 0 0 0Machd 3b 3 0 0 0 DJss ph-dh 3 0 2 0A.Jones cf 3 0 0 0SouzJr rf 4 0 1 0Pearce 1b 3 2 1 1ACarer ss 4 0 1 1Snider rf 4 0 3 2 Longori 3b 4 1 1 1DYong dh 4 0 0 0Loney 1b 2 0 0 0Flahrty ss 4 1 1 1Guyer ph 1 0 0 0Schoop 2b 4 0 1 0DJnngs lf 3 0 1 0Joseph c 4 1 1 0Rivera c 4 0 0 0 Forsyth 2b 4 0 1 0 Kiermr cf 3 1 1 0Totals 34 6 8 6 Totals 32 2 8 2Baltimore 100 021 011—6Tampa Bay 000 000 110—2E—Archer (1). DP—Baltimore 1. LOB—Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 6. 2B—Snider (1), Joseph (1), A.Cabrera (1), Kiermaier (1). HR—De Aza (1), Pearce (1), Flaherty (1), Longoria (1). IP H R ER BB SOBaltimoreTillman W,1-0 6 2-3 4 1 1 3 4

O’Day H,1 1-3 1 0 0 0 0Brach 1-3 2 1 1 0 1Tom.Hunter H,1 2-3 1 0 0 0 1Britton 1 0 0 0 0 2Tampa BayArcher L,0-1 5 2-3 6 4 3 1 5Geltz 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 4Frieri 2-3 0 1 1 1 1Beliveau 0 1 0 0 0 0Balfour 1-3 0 0 0 0 0Yates 1 1 1 1 0 1Beliveau pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.HBP—by Frieri (A.Jones). WP—Britton.Umpires—Home, Dana DeMuth; First, Ed Hickox; Second, Paul Nauert; Third, Mike Estabrook.T—3:01. A—31,042 (31,042).

NHLEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAx-Montreal 80 48 22 10 106 213 183x-Tampa Bay 80 48 24 8 104 255 206Boston 79 41 25 13 95 209 201Detroit 79 41 25 13 95 227 215Ottawa 79 40 26 13 93 228 211Florida 80 36 29 15 87 199 219Toronto 80 30 43 7 67 208 253Buffalo 80 23 49 8 54 159 268Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAy-Rangers 79 51 21 7 109 244 185x-Washington 80 44 25 11 99 237 199Islanders 79 46 27 6 98 241 219Pittsburgh 79 42 26 11 95 215 203Columbus 79 39 35 5 83 222 244Philadelphia 79 32 29 18 82 208 224New Jersey 79 32 34 13 77 174 205Carolina 79 29 39 11 69 183 220WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAx-St. Louis 79 49 23 7 105 242 197x-Nashville 79 47 22 10 104 227 197x-Chicago 79 48 25 6 102 225 182Minnesota 79 44 27 8 96 223 194Winnipeg 79 41 26 12 94 224 208Dallas 79 38 31 10 86 248 258Colorado 79 36 31 12 84 212 223Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAy-Anaheim 80 50 23 7 107 234 221Vancouver 79 45 29 5 95 229 216Calgary 79 43 29 7 93 234 208Los Angeles 78 39 25 14 92 212 195San Jose 79 39 31 9 87 223 222Edmonton 79 23 43 13 59 188 272Arizona 79 24 47 8 56 167 262NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched divisionSunday’s GamesToronto 3, Ottawa 2, SOPhiladelphia 4, Pittsburgh 1Washington 2, Detroit 1Montreal 4, Florida 1St. Louis 2, Chicago 1Monday’s GamesBuffalo 4, Carolina 3N.Y. Rangers 4, Columbus 3, OTWinnipeg 2, Minnesota 0Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m.Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.Tuesday’s GamesN.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.Carolina at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Winnipeg at St. Louis, 8 p.m.Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Nashville at Colorado, 9 p.m.Arizona at Calgary, 9 p.m.Los Angeles at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

COLLEGENCAA Basketball GlancesWOMEN’S BASKETBALLFINAL FOURAt TampaNational SemifinalsSunday, April 5Notre Dame 66, South Carolina 65Connecticut 81, Maryland 58National ChampionshipTuesday, April 7Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALLEAST REGIONALAt The Carrier DomeSyracuse, N.Y.Regional SemifinalsFriday, March 27Louisville 75, N.C. State 65Michigan State 62, Oklahoma 58Regional ChampionshipSunday, March 29Michigan State 76, Louisville 70, OT

SOUTH REGIONALAt NRG Stadium, HoustonRegional SemifinalsFriday, March 27Gonzaga 74, UCLA 62

Duke 63, Utah 57Regional ChampionshipSunday, March 29Duke 66, Gonzaga 52

MIDWEST REGIONALAt Quicken Loans ArenaClevelandRegional SemifinalsThursday, March 26Notre Dame 81, Wichita State 70Kentucky 78, West Virginia 39Regional ChampionshipSaturday, March 28Kentucky 68, Notre Dame 66

WEST REGIONALAt The Staples CenterLos AngelesRegional SemifinalsThursday, March 26Wisconsin 79, North Carolina 72Arizona 68, Xavier 60Regional ChampionshipSaturday, March 28Wisconsin 85, Arizona 78

FINAL FOURAt Lucas Oil StadiumIndianapolisNational SemifinalsSaturday, April 4Duke 81, Michigan State 61Wisconsin 71, Kentucky 64

National ChampionshipMonday, April 6Duke 68, Wisconsin 63

NCAA Basketball ChampsMEN’S WINNERS1939 Oregon1940 Indiana1941 Wisconsin1942 Stanford1943 Wyoming1944 Utah1945 Oklahoma A&M1946 Oklahoma A&M 1947 Holy Cross1948 Kentucky1949 Kentucky1950 CCNY1951 Kentucky1952 Kansas1953 Indiana1954 La Salle1955 San Francisco1956 San Francisco1957 North Carolina1958 Kentucky1959 California1960 Ohio State1961 Cincinnati1962 Cincinnati1963 Loyola Chicago1964 UCLA1965 UCLA1966 Texas Western1967 UCLA1968 UCLA1969 UCLA1970 UCLA1971 UCLA1972 UCLA1973 UCLA1974 North Carolina State1975 UCLA1976 Indiana1977 Marquette1978 Kentucky1979 Michigan State1980 Louisville1981 Indiana1982 North Carolina1983 North Carolina State1984 Georgetown1985 Villanova1986 Louisville1987 Indiana1988 Kansas1989 Michigan1990 UNLV1991 Duke1992 Duke1993 North Carolina1994 Arkansas1995 UCLA1996 Kentucky1997 Arizona1998 Kentucky1999 Connecticut

2000 Michigan State2001 Duke2002 Maryland2003 Syracuse2004 Connecticut2005 North Carolina2006 Florida2007 Florida2008 Kansas2009 North Carolina2010 Duke

2011 Connecticut2012 Kentucky2013 Louisville2014 Connecticut2015 Duke

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COLLEGE SOFTBALL7 p.m. SEC Network South Carolina-Upstate at South Carolina

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL7 p.m. MLB, FSF Braves at Marlins7 p.m. Sun Sports Orioles at Rays10 p.m. MLB Network Padres at Dodgers

NBA8 p.m. TNT Spurs at Thunder10:30 p.m. TNT Lakers at Clippers

NHL8:30 p.m. NBC Sports Wild at Blackhawks

PREMIER LEAGUE SOCCER2:55 p.m. NBC Sports Queens Park at Aston Villa

NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNEY8:30 p.m. ESPN Championship, Notre Dame vs. Connecticut, at Tampa

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“All game long we couldn’t get a clutch hit,” said Whitehurst, whose Rams left 11 runners on base in the win. “But we got the win and that’s all that counts.”

Gravelle, Polk, Johnson and Bedenbaugh each had two hits. Acree, Hughes and Sara Bell had one hit for the Rams.

For the Raiders, Liles went 3-for-4, while Jackson was 2-for-

4, while Taylor Cummings and Sara Hamling had one hit apiece. Crescent City hosts Umatilla tonight.

n Kylie McKinnon had an RBI single in a three-run first inning, then Callie Brauman’s three-run triple highlighted a seven-run fourth that helped second-seeded Peniel Baptist Academy finish off No. 3 seed Ocala Christian, 11-1, in the semifinal round of the Flor ida Christ ian Athlet i c League Southern Divisional tour-n a m e n t a t G a i n e s v i l l e Countryside Christian.

The Warriors (10-6), who will

take on the top-seeded tourna-ment hosts at 5 p.m. today, got only three hits on the day – the other a single by winning pitcher Emily Collier – but took advan-tage of 16 walks from losing pitcher Lexi Peacock.

Collier, a left-hander, went the distance on a one-hitter, walking five and striking out seven.

BASEBALLn Harvest Community turned

two hits, a sacrifice fly and a hit batsman into a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh to edge vis-iting Peniel Baptist Academy 4-3

in Jacksonville.Peniel (6-12) outhit Harvest

8-5, including 2-for-4 perfor-mances by Kenyon Varner, Austin Spedden and Franklyn Batchelor. Varner doubled twice, Batchelor once. Ariel Leto was 1-2 with an RBI, Vinny Dodge 1-4.

The Warriors’ fourth pitcher, Varner (0-2) took the loss.

FLAG FOOTBALLn Short on players because of

injuries and other issues, winless Palatka forfeited its Monday game at Clay.

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on in the eighth.“I’m really encouraged by the

pitchers – Trae Ratliff Saturday and Dustin Hersey today,” said Jones of his sophomore starters. “They have not been sharp all

year. If there’s a time to get sharp, it’s now. Both made quality starts.”

Ratliff struck out five, walked two, allowing six hits and one run over five innings in Saturday’s 11-5 non-conference win over Pasco-Hernando State College. The Vikings led 2-1 when he left but after the Conquistadors took a 5-4 lead with a four-run seven, SJR State fired back with seven

runs in the home half.The win went to Dal ton

Whitaker (1-0), who took over from Hunter Jones and got the last out in the seventh. Myles Straw and Nathaniel Lowe each threw one scoreless inning.

Alexander homered twice and is up to nine for the season, along with Monday’s shot. Weeks and Johnny Blue-Craig also homered

in an 11-hit offense. Pasco starter Danny Rodriguez (8-2) had an 0.74 ERAS before Saturday.

Alexander wound up 2-5 with four RBI. Lowe and Rhodes were both 2-4. The other hits were the homers by Weeks and Blue-Craig, and singles by Kyle Hann, Collin Morrill and Harlan Harris.

SJR State visits FSCJ on Wednesday.

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But there was a catch – throw in Kimbrel. The Braves didn’t want to do it, but then again, they didn’t want Melvin Upton around anymore either. So John Hart, the man known for making deals to make the Cleveland Indians a power in the 1990s and helped to start shaping the Texas Rangers into a winning team in the late 2000s, pulled the trigger, getting a couple of talented outfielders back for Upton and Kimbrel with Carlos Quentin and Cameron Maybin as well as some minor leaguers and a draft choice.

It’s something at least. But it’s not solving the ques-tion as to who closes out games for the team. Jason Grilli, once a closer for the Pittsburgh Pirates before injuries, could close out games, but he’s 38. That’s more pressure now on a very good starting staff that includes Alex Wood, Julio Teheran and newcomer Shelby Miller, who came over from the St. Louis Cardinals as part of the Jason Heyward trade.

Hitting-wise, you have familiarity with guys like Andrelton Simmons, Freddy Freeman, Chris Johnson and newcomer Nick Markakis from the Baltimore Orioles. They’ll hit the ball. But they are going to have a hard time challenging for anything in the National League East that sees the Washington Nationals threaten to run away and the New York Mets and Miami Marlins challenging. The Braves and Philadelphia Phillies will keep each other company at the bottom of the standings.

Then again, these moves are toward the 2017 sea-son for the new park in neighboring Cobb County. Everything has a plan after all. So if you’re a Braves fan, enjoy 2015 as best as possible. Your closer is gone and there’s quite a few people you don’t recognize on your roster. But, hey, you don’t have Melvin Upton around anymore.

Mark Blumenthal is a writer for the Daily News. mblumen-thal@palatkadailynews.com

BASEBALL

Braves bullpen comes throughMIAMI — Two Atlanta relievers combined to

escape a bases-loaded, none-out jam in the sev-enth, and new closer Jason Grilli pitched a perfect ninth to help the Braves beat Miami 2-1 on open-ing day Monday.

The rebuilding Braves won without All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel, traded in their latest deal to San Diego on Sunday.

The Marlins have hopes of ending an 11-year playoff drought following an uncharacteristic off-season spending spree, but little went right for the home team. The sellout crowd’s mood briefly turned sour in the second inning when the game was halted for 16 minutes because of rain — a first at 3-year-old Marlins Park, which has a retract-able roof.

The showers were unexpected, and fans booed when play was halted while the roof closed.

Braves newcomer Nick Markakis drove in both of their runs.

Rays lose in Cash’s debutST. PETERSBURG — Tampa Bay Rays manag-

er Kevin Cash had a tough debut.Chris Tillman pitched into the seventh inning,

and the Baltimore Orioles hit three homers while spoiling Cash’s first managerial game Monday with a 6-2 victory over the Rays.

Cash replaced Joe Maddon, who opted out of his contract and signed with the Chicago Cubs. At 37, he is the youngest current manager or coach among the four major pro sports leagues.

Tillman allowed one run and four hits, struck out four and walked three in 6 2-3 innings. He was working on a shutout in his second career opening day start before Evan Longoria led off the bottom of the seventh with a home run.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Gators’ O-line woes growGAINESVILLE — Florida offensive tackle Rod

Johnson is sidelined indefinitely following a “stinger” that left his fingers numb.

Coach Jim McElwain said Johnson was hurt in practice Friday. The coach said tests on Johnson’s neck/shoulder revealed “some things that he might have had well before from that area.”

“He got banged up and … his fingers kind of went numb and, you know, kind of stinger-ish type of deal, which I still don’t know quite what exactly that is other than you know those are things that you’re always very cautious with,” McElwain said Monday. “We’ll get that thing looked at by a lot of different people.”

Johnson’s injury leaves the Gators with just six healthy scholarship linemen for the final three spring practices, including the spring game Saturday. The team’s most experienced lineman, fifth-year senior Trip Thurman, has a chronic shoulder injury that has kept him out all spring. McElwain is hoping Thurman will be able to give the team something this fall after taking eight months off.

So losing Johnson was the last thing Florida could afford, even though the team has six offen-sive linemen — including five-star recruit Martez Ivey — scheduled to enroll this summer.

–Associated Press

UConn beat Tennessee in 2003 and 2004 which was the only other time in the history of the NCAA Tournament that there was a repeat title game.

McGraw has her team back in the title game for the fourth time in five seasons. Unlike Auriemma, she’s only won one title with the Irish back in 2001.

Among the eight players who share all the playing time are Okafor, Jones and another fresh-man, Justise Winslow. They all might playing at an NBA arena near you next year.

But Grayson Allen? The most unheralded of Krzyzewski’s first-year players, who averages four points a game, stepped up with

Okafor on the bench for much of the second half in foul trouble. Allen, the slam-dunk champion at the high school McDonald’s All-American contest last year, scored 16 points and kept Duke in it when Okafor was on the bench with his third and fourth fouls and Wisconsin (36-4) looked like it was about to run away.

“It was fun to watch my team-mates do what they do,” Okafor said. “They have my back the entire season, and it was no differ-ent tonight.”

This was a savvy, calm, collect-ed comeback against the team that wrote the book on that all season. Wisconsin kept its cool two nights earlier in an upset over undefeated Kentucky and looked to be pulling away early in the sec-ond half of this one.

Then, suddenly, Duke looked like veterans and Wisconsin looked like kids.

Kaminsky outscored Okafor 21-10 but struggled to get a good look down the stretch. On Okafor’s first late bucket, Kaminsky tried

to wrap an arm around him, but Okafor just powered his way through it for the bucket and the foul. He missed the free throw, but a different point had been made.

Nigel Hayes had 13 points and Sam Dekker, the key guy down the stretch against Kentucky, had a very quiet 12 for the Badgers, who were trying to bring their first title back to Madison since 1941.

Instead, it’s Duke taking anoth-er one home to the Cameron Crazies.

DukeCONTINUED FROM PAGE 6A

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8 A C L ASS I F I E D S • PALATKA DAILY NEWS • TUESDAY, APRIL 7 , 2015

IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR PUTNAM COUNTY,FLORIDAPROBATE DIVISION

F i l e N o .1 5 C P 0 0 0 0 8 4 C P A X M X

IN RE: ESTATE OF OLIV-ER J. PARSONS a/k /aOLIVER JEROMEPARSONS JR., Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of theestate of Oliver J. Parsonsa/k/a Oliver Jerome Par-sons Jr., deceased, whosedate of death was Decem-ber 23, 2014, is pending inthe Circuit Court for Put-nam County, Florida, Pro-bate Division, the addressof which is 410 St. JohnsAvenue, Palatka, Florida32177. The names and ad-dresses of the PersonalRepresentative and thePersonal Representative'sattorney are set forth be-low.

All creditors of the de-cedent and other personshaving claims or demandsagainst decedent's estateon whom a copy of this no-t ice is required to beserved must f i le theirclaims with this court ONOR BEFORE THE LATEROF 3 MONTHS AFTER THETIME OF THE FIRST PUB-LICATION OF THIS NO-TICE OR 30 DAYS AFTERTHE DATE OF SERVICE OFA COPY OF THIS NOTICEON THEM.

All other creditors of thedecedent and other per-sons having claims or de-mands against decedent'sestate must file their claimswith this court WITHIN 3M O N T H S A F T E R T H EDATE OF THE FIRST PUB-LICATION OF THIS NO-TICE.

ALL CLAIMS NOT FILEDWITHIN THE TIME PERI-ODS SET FORTH IN SEC-TION 733.702 OF THEFLORIDA PROBATE CODEW I L L B E F O R E V E RB A R R E D . NOTWITHSTANDING THETIME PERIODS SET FORTHABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILEDTWO (2) YEARS OR MOREAFTER THE DECEDENT'SD A T E O F D E A T H I SB A R R E D .The date of first publica-tion of this notice is April31, 2015.

Personal Representative:Robert Spencer Huggins163 Gateway StreetWaynesville, North Caro-lina 28785

UPCHURCH, BAILEY ANDUPCHURCH, P.A.By: /s/ Michael A. SiragusaFlorida Bar No. 0883905Post Office Drawer 3007St. Augustine, Flor ida32085-3007Telephone No. (904) 829-9066Fax: (904) 825-4862Email: masiragusa@ubu-law.comAttorneys for Petitioner

3/31/15, 4/7/15Legal No. 00032448

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT,SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIR-CUIT, IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO.: 14-396-CP-53

IN RE: ESTATE OF AN-T H O N Y J O S E P H A L -B A N E S E ,Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of theestate of Anthony JosephA l b a n e s e , d e c e a s e d ,whose date of death wasA u g u s t 1 6 , 2 0 1 4 , i spending in the CircuitCourt for Putnam County,Florida, Probate Division,the address of which is POBox 758, Palatka, Florida32178. The names and ad-dresses of the personalrepresentative and the per-sonal representative's at-torney are set forth below.

All creditors of the de-cedent and other personshaving claims or demandsagainst decedent's estateon whom a copy of this no-t ice is required to beserved must f i le theirclaims with this court ONOR BEFORE THE LATEROF 3 MONTHS AFTER THETIME OF THE FIRST PUB-LICATION OF THIS NO-TICE OR 30 DAYS AFTERTHE DATE OF SERVICE OFA COPY OF THIS NOTICEON THEM.

All other creditors of thedecedent and other per-sons having claims or de-mands against decedent'sestate must file their claimswith this court WITHIN 3M O N T H S A F T E R T H EFIRST PUBLICATION OFTHIS NOTICE.

ALL CLAIMS NOT FILEDWITHIN THE TIME PERI-ODS SET FORTH IN FLOR-IDA STATUTES SECTION733.702 WILL BE FOREVERBARRED.

NOTWITHSTANDING THETIME PERIODS SET FORTHABOVE, ANY CLAIMSFILED TWO (2) YEARS ORMORE AFTER THE DE-C E D E N T ' S D A T E O FD E A T H I S B A R R E D .

Attorney for Personal Rep-resentative:/s/Robert M. FieldsAttorney for Personal Rep-resentativeF l o r i d a B a r N u m b e r :0 1 4 6 7 0 6DOWDA & FIELDS PA413 St. John Ave.Palatka, FL 32177Telephone: 386-325-2041Fax: 386-325-2043dowdafieldslaw@gmail.com

Personal Representative:/s/ Martin Albanese, Jr.106 Pine Rd.Perry, Florida 32348

3/31/15, 4/7/15Legal No. 00032456

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT,SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIR-CUIT, IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO.: 14-1185-FD-53

IN THE MATTER OF THEADOPTION OF JACOBDWAIN SWEAT, Adoptee.

NOTICE OF ACTION FORPUBLICATION

TO: Michael Hanover

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that anaction for Grandparent Ad-opt ion has been f i ledagainst you. You are re-quired to serve a copy ofyour written defenses, ifany, to this action onR o b e r t M . F i e l d s , o fDOWDA & FIELDS PA, Peti-tioner's attorney, whoseaddress is 413 St. JohnsAve., Palatka, FL 32177, onor before 05-07-15, and filethe original with the clerkof this court at PutnamCounty Courthouse, 410 St.Johns Avenue, Palatka,Florida 32177, either be-fore service on Petitioner'sattorney or immediatelythereafter; otherwise a de-fault will be entered againstyou for the relief deman-ded in the petition.

WARNING: Rule 12.285,Florida Family Law Rulesof Procedure, requires cer-tain automatic disclosureof documents and informa-tion. Failure to comply canresult in sanctions, includ-ing dismissal or striking ofpleadings.

DATED this 1st day ofApril, 2015.

CLERK OF THE COURTBy: /s/ Christopher GarrettDeputy Clerk

4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28/15Legal No. 00032627

IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR PUTNAM COUNTY,FLORIDA

CASE NO.: 15-93-CPDIVISION: 53

IN RE: ESTATE OF KEN-NETH MANLEY POTTER,Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS(Summary Administration)

TO ALL PERSONS HAV-I N G C L A I M S O R D E -MANDS AGAINST THEABOVE ESTATE:

You are hereby notifiedthat an Order of SummaryAdministration has beenentered in the estate ofKenneth Manley Potter, de-ceased, File Number: 15-93-CP, by the Circuit Courtfor Putnam County, Flor-ida, Probate Division, theaddress of which is PostOffice Box 758, Palatka,Florida 32178; that the de-cedent's date of death wasJune 2014; that the value ofthe estate is $32,000 andthat the names and ad-dresses to whom it hasbeen assigned by such or-der are:

Michael Allen Potter139 Cripple Creek LoopWatauga, TN 37694

Mitchell Wayne Potter1323 Milligan HighwayJohnson City, TN 37601

ALL INTERESTED PER-S O N S A R E N O T I F I E DT H A T :

All creditors of the estateof the decedent and per-sons having claims or de-mands against the estateof the decedent other thanthose for whom provisionfor full payment was met inthe Order of Summary Ad-ministration must file theirclaims in this court WITH-IN THE TIME PERIODS SETF O R T H I N S E C T I O N733.702 OF THE FLORIDAPROBATE CODE.

ALL CLAIMS AND DE-MANDS NOT SO FILEDW I L L B E F O R E V E RB A R R E D .

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYOTHER APPLICABLE TIMEPERIOD. ANY CLAIM FILEDWITHIN TWO (2) YEARSOR MORE AFTER THE DE-C E D E N T ' S D A T E O FD E A T H I S B A R R E D .

The date of first publica-tion of this Notice is March31, 2015.

KEYSER & WOODWARD,P.A.Attorneys for Beneficiary

/s/ TIMOTHY KEYSERF l o r i d a B a r N u m b e r :1 8 1 7 4 0Post Office Box 92Interlachen, Florida 32148(386) 684-4673 fax: (386)684-4674serve@keyserandwood-ward.com

3/31/15, 4/7/15Legal No. 00032463

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE SEVENTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDA

C A S E N O . :1 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 C A A X M X

LOANCARE, A DIVISIONOF FNF SERVICING, INC.,Plaintiff,

vs.

CLAUDE ALLEN WILKIN-SON; BOBBI WILKINSON;CITIFINANCIAL EQUITYSERVICES, INC.; ANY ANDALL UNKNOWN PARTIESCLAIMING BY, THROUGH,UNDER AND AGAINST THEHEREIN NAMED INDIVIDU-AL DEFENDANT(S) WHOARE NOT KNOWN TO BEDEAD OR ALIVE, WHETH-E R S A I D U N K N O W NPARTIES MAY CLAIM ANINTEREST AS SPOUSES,H E I R S , D E V I S E E S ,GRANTEES, OR OTHERCLAIMANTS; UNKNOWNTENANT 1, UNKNOWNTENANT 2, UNKNOWNTENANT 3, UNKNOWNTENANT 4, the names be-ing fictitious to account forparties in possession,Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF FORECLOS-URE SALE PURSUANT TOCHAPTER 45NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat sale will be made pur-suant to an Order or FinalSummary Judgment. FinalJudgment was awarded inC i v i l C a s e N o .14000115CAAXMX, of theCircuit Court of the SEV-ENTH Judicial Circuit inand for Putnam County,Florida, wherein LOAN-CARE, A DIVISION OF FNFSERVICING, INC. is thePlaintiff and CLAUDE AL-LEN WILKINSON; BOBBIWILKINSON; CITIFINAN-CIAL EQUITY SERVICES,INC.; ANY AND ALL UN-KNOWN PARTIES CLAIM-ING BY, THROUGH, UN-DER AND AGAINST THEHEREIN NAMED INDIVIDU-AL DEFENDANT(S) WHOARE NOT KNOWN TO BEDEAD OR ALIVE, WHETH-E R S A I D U N K N O W NPARTIES MAY CLAIM ANINTEREST AS SPOUSES,H E I R S , D E V I S E E S ,GRANTEES, OR OTHERCLAIMANTS; UNKNOWNTENANT 1, UNKNOWNTENANT 2, UNKNOWNTENANT 3, UNKNOWNTENANT 4, the names be-ing fictitious to account forparties in possession areDefendants. The clerk ofthe court, Tim Smith willsell to the highest bidderfor cash South front en-t rance of the PutnamCounty Courthouse onAPRIL 28, 2015, the follow-ing described real prop-erty as set forth in said Fi-nal Summary Judgment, towit:

BEING A TRACT OF LANDLYING IN SECTION 6 ,TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH ANDRANGE 26 EAST, IN PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDA,MORE PARTICULARLY DE-SCRIBED AS:B E G I N N I N G A T T H ES O U T H E R L Y M O S TCORNER OF OFFICIAL RE-CORDS BOOK 437 PAGE1497 AND RUN NORTH 19DEGREES 42 MINUTES 00SECONDS WEST, 180.00F E E T ; T H E N C E R U NNORTH 49 DEGREES 03MINUTES 00 SECONDSEAST, A DISTANCE OF293.00 FEET; THENCE RUNSOUTH 19 DEGREES 42MINUTES 00 SECONDSEAST, 180 FEET; THENCERUN SOUTH 49 DEGREES03 MINUTES 00 SECONDSWEST, 293.00 FEET TOTHE POINT OF BEGIN-NING AND TO CLOSE.LESS & EXCEPT THATPART IN RANCHETTETRAIL DESCRIBED IN OF-FICIAL RECORDS BOOK941, PAGE 162 OF THEPUBLIC RECORDS OFPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA.

TOGETHER WITH SEPTICMOUND EASEMENTAN EASEMENT LYING INAND BEING A PART OFSECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 9SOUTH, RANGE 26 EAST,PUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA. SAID EASEMENT BE-I N G M O R E P A R T I C U -LARLY DESCRIBED ASFOLLOWS:C O M M E N C E A T T H ES O U T H E R L Y M O S TCORNER OF OFFICIAL RE-CORDS BOOK 437, PAGE1497 AND RUN NORTH 19DEGREES 42 MINUTESAND 00 SECONDS WEST,180..00 FEET; THENCERUN NORTH 49 DEGREES03 MINUTES 00 SECONDSEAST, A DISTANCE OF293.00 FEET TO AN IRONROD AND THE POINT OFBEGINNING.FROM POINT OF BEGIN-NING THUS DESCRIBEDRUN SOUTH 19 DEGREES4 2 M I N U T E S A N D 0 0SECONDS EAST, 50 FEET;THENCE RUN NORTH 70DEGREES, 18 MINUTESAND 00 SECONDS EAST,3 0 . 0 0 F E E T ; T H E N C ENORTH 19 DEGREES, 42M I N U T E S A N D 0 0SECONDS WEST, 61.67FEET; THENCE SOUTH 49DEGREES, 03 MINUTESAND 00 SECONDS WEST,32.19 FEET TO THE POINTOF BEGINNING.2004 FLEETWOOD VALUE4664F 28X66 DOUBLEWIDES E R I A L # S G A F L3 3 5 A / B 8 8 8 0 0 F 2 2 1

ANY PERSON CLAIMINGAN INTEREST IN THE SUR-PLUS FROM THE SALE, IFANY, OTHER THAN THEPROPERTY OWNER AS OFTHE DATE OF THE LISPENDENS MUST FILE ACLAIM WITHIN 60 DAYSAFTER THE SALE.

WITNESS my hand and thesea l o f the cour t onMARCH 31 , 2015 .

CLERK OF THE COURTTim Smith

By: /s/ Kelly PurcellDeputy Clerk

IMPORTANTIf you are a person with adisability who needs an ac-commodation in order toaccess court facilities orparticipate in a court pro-ceeding, you are entitled,at no cost to you, to theprovision of certain assist-ance. To request such anaccommodation, pleasecontact Court Administra-tion in advance of the datethe service is needed:Court Administration, 125E. Orange Ave, Ste. 300,Daytona Beach, FL 32114,(386) 257-6096. Hearing orvoice impaired, please call711.

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Legal Notices

IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR PUTNAM COUNTY,FLORIDA

CASE NO: 2015-059-CP

RE: The Estate Of: ROYEUGENE HINMAN, De-ceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The administration of theEstate ROY EUGENE HIN-MAN, deceased, File Num-b e r 2 0 1 5 - 0 5 9 - C P , i spending in the CircuitCourt for Putnam County,Florida, Probate Division,the address of which is:Clerk of the Circuit Court,410 St. Johns Avenue, Pal-atka, FL 32177. The namesand addresses of the Co-Personal Representativesand the Co-Personal Rep-resentative's attorney areset forth below.

All creditors of the De-cedent and other personshaving claims or demandsagainst Decedent's Estate,on whom a copy of this no-tice is served must filetheir claims with this CourtWITHIN THE LATER OFTHREE MONTHS AFTERTHE DATE OF THE FIRSTPUBLICATION OF THISNOTICE OR THIRTY DAYSAFTER THE DATE OF SER-VICE OF A COPY OF THISNOTICE ON THEM.

All other creditors of theDecedent and persons hav-ing claims or demandsagainst the Decedent's Es-tate must file their claimswith this Court WITHINTHREE MONTHS AFTERTHE DATE OF FIRST PUB-LICATION OF THIS NO-TICE.

ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDSAND OBJECTIONS NOT SOFILED WILL BE FOREVERBARRED. ALL CLAIMSNOT FILED WITH THE TIMEPERIODS SET FORTH INSECTION 733.702 OF THEFLORIDA PROBATE CODEW I L L B E B A R R E DF O R E V E R .

NOTWITHSTANDING THETIME PERIOD SET FORTHA B O V E , A L L C L A I M SFILED TWO (2) YEARS ORMORE AFTER THE DE-C E D E N T ' S D A T E O FDEATH ARE BARRED.

The date of the first public-ation of this notice isMarch 31, 2015.

/s/BRENDA J. COLON-NESE, Peti t ioner315 E. Hubbard Ave.Deland, FL 32724(386) 748-2104

/s/LINDY L. SCHREFFLER,Petitioner2506 St. Johns Ave.Palatka, FL 32177(386) 983-0183

/s/ERIC V. GILL, ESQUIREFL BAR NO: 3376254393 Ridgewood Avenue,Suite 1Port Orange, FL 32127(386) 788-1776 (Tel.) (386)788-3698 (Fax)SERVICE OF COURT DOC-UMENTS/Primary Email:ericgillcourt@gmail.comF O RCORRESPONDENCE/Sec-o n d a r y E m a i l :ericgill4393@gmail.comAttorney for Co-PersonalRepresentatives

3/31/15, 4/7/15Legal No. 00032446

IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR PUTNAM COUNTY,FLORIDA

CASE NO.: 15-93-CPDIVISION: 53

IN RE: ESTATE OF KEN-NETH MANLEY POTTER,Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS(Summary Administration)

TO ALL PERSONS HAV-I N G C L A I M S O R D E -MANDS AGAINST THEABOVE ESTATE:

You are hereby notifiedthat an Order of SummaryAdministration has beenentered in the estate ofKenneth Manley Potter, de-ceased, File Number: 15-93-CP, by the Circuit Courtfor Putnam County, Flor-ida, Probate Division, theaddress of which is PostOffice Box 758, Palatka,Florida 32178; that the de-cedent's date of death wasJune 2014; that the value ofthe estate is $32,000 andthat the names and ad-dresses to whom it hasbeen assigned by such or-der are:

Michael Allen Potter139 Cripple Creek LoopWatauga, TN 37694

Mitchell Wayne Potter1323 Milligan HighwayJohnson City, TN 37601

ALL INTERESTED PER-S O N S A R E N O T I F I E DT H A T :

All creditors of the estateof the decedent and per-sons having claims or de-mands against the estateof the decedent other thanthose for whom provisionfor full payment was met inthe Order of Summary Ad-ministration must file theirclaims in this court WITH-IN THE TIME PERIODS SETF O R T H I N S E C T I O N733.702 OF THE FLORIDAPROBATE CODE.

ALL CLAIMS AND DE-MANDS NOT SO FILEDW I L L B E F O R E V E RB A R R E D .

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYOTHER APPLICABLE TIMEPERIOD. ANY CLAIM FILEDWITHIN TWO (2) YEARSOR MORE AFTER THE DE-C E D E N T ' S D A T E O FD E A T H I S B A R R E D .

The date of first publica-tion of this Notice is March31, 2015.

KEYSER & WOODWARD,P.A.Attorneys for Beneficiary

/s/ TIMOTHY KEYSERF l o r i d a B a r N u m b e r :1 8 1 7 4 0Post Office Box 92Interlachen, Florida 32148(386) 684-4673 fax: (386)684-4674serve@keyserandwood-ward.com

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PUTNAM COUNTYSHERIFFPUTNAM COUNTY, FL

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’SSALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat pursuant to a WRIT OFEXECUTION issued in theCounty Court of PUTNAMCOUNTY on 11/3/2014 inthe cause wherein CACH,LLC is Plaintiff and ELENAFERN is Defendant, in theC a s e N o .12000691CAAXMX in thesaid courts, I Jeff Hardy, asSheriff of Putnam County,Florida, have levied uponall the right, title and in-terest of the Defendant,ELENA FERN, in and to thefollowing described prop-erty, to-wit:

2013 HYUNDAI ELANTRAV I N #5NPDH4AE9DH432073 ,PLATE # K876LW, COLOR:BRONZE

and on 4/28/2015, at themain entrance of the PUT-NAM COUNTY SHERIFF’SOFFICE, 130 ORIE GRIFFINBLVD, Palatka, PutnamCounty, Florida, at the hourof 10:00AM, or as soonthereafter as possible, I willoffer for sale all of the saidDefendant’s, ELENA FERN,right, title and interest inaforesaid property at pub-lic outcry and will sell thesame, subject to ALL priorliens, encumbrances andjudgments, if any, to thehighest and best bidder orbidders for CASH IN HANDPLUS FLORIDA STATESALES TAX, if applicable,the proceeds to be appliedas far as may be to the pay-ment of costs and the sat-isfaction of the above de-scribed execution.

In accordance with theAmericans with Disabilit-ies Act, persons needing aspecial accommodation toparticipate in this proceed-ing or to arrange to viewthe property please con-tact Patricia McVay (386)329-0837 at least seven (7)days prior to the sale date.

By: /s/ Jeff HardyJeff Hardy, SheriffPUTNAM COUNTY

By: /s/ D/S Larry LeClairF-1131

3/31/15, 4/7/15, 4/14/15,4/21/15Legal No. 00032271

The Putnam County Boardof County Commissionerswill meet in regular ses-sions on Tuesday, April 14,2015 and Tuesday, April 28,2015 at 9:00 A.M. in theCounty Commission Meet-ing Room, located in thePutnam County Govern-ment Complex, 2509 CrillAvenue, Suite 100, Palatka.

Dated this 1st day ofDecember, 2014.

BOARD OF COUNTY COM-MISSIONERSPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA

By: Shannon M. Burge,MSBU Assess. Coord.

4/7/15Legal No. 00030007

Legal Notices

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT,SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIR-CUIT, IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NO.: 14-1185-FD-53

IN THE MATTER OF THEADOPTION OF JACOBDWAIN SWEAT, Adoptee.

NOTICE OF ACTION FORPUBLICATION

TO: Michael Hanover

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that anaction for Grandparent Ad-opt ion has been f i ledagainst you. You are re-quired to serve a copy ofyour written defenses, ifany, to this action onR o b e r t M . F i e l d s , o fDOWDA & FIELDS PA, Peti-tioner's attorney, whoseaddress is 413 St. JohnsAve., Palatka, FL 32177, onor before 05-07-15, and filethe original with the clerkof this court at PutnamCounty Courthouse, 410 St.Johns Avenue, Palatka,Florida 32177, either be-fore service on Petitioner'sattorney or immediatelythereafter; otherwise a de-fault will be entered againstyou for the relief deman-ded in the petition.

WARNING: Rule 12.285,Florida Family Law Rulesof Procedure, requires cer-tain automatic disclosureof documents and informa-tion. Failure to comply canresult in sanctions, includ-ing dismissal or striking ofpleadings.

DATED this 1st day ofApril, 2015.

CLERK OF THE COURTBy: /s/ Christopher GarrettDeputy Clerk

4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28/15Legal No. 00032627

NOTICE OF MEET INGCHANGE AND 2015 STRA-TEGIC PLANNING SES-SION FGUA BOARD OFDIRECTORS

Notice is hereby given thatthe Florida GovernmentalUtility Authority ("FGUA")will not be holding the AprilBoard of Directors meet-ing at the time and loca-tion previously advertised;and will now be holding theStrategic Planning Ses-sion following April’s meet-ing. The April 2015 Boardof Directors meeting will beheld on Thursday, April 16,2015 at 10:00 AM at theCentral Florida Develop-ment Council Office loc-ated at 2701 Lake MyrtlePark Road, Auburndale,Florida 33823. The Stra-tegic Planning Session willbegin immediately follow-ing the regular Board ofDirectors meeting on April16th. All interested per-sons are invited. The FGUAis a legal entity and publicbody created pursuant tothe provisions of Section163.01, Florida Statutes,and an Interlocal Agree-ment among Citrus County,Florida; DeSoto County,Florida; Hendry County,Florida; Pasco County,Florida; Polk County, Flor-ida, Lee County, Floridaand Marion County, Flor-ida.

The FGUA Board will ad-dress general operating is-sues of the FGUA. If a per-son decides to appeal anydecision made by theFGUA with respect to anymatter considered at themeetings, such person willneed a record of the pro-ceedings and may need toensure that a verbatim re-cord is made, including thetestimony and evidenceupon which the appeal is tobe made. In accordancewith the Americans withDisabilities Act, personsneeding special accom-modations or an interpret-er to participate in this pro-ceeding should contact theClerk to the FGUA Board at(877) 552-3482, at leastthree business days priorto the date of the meeting.If you have any questions,please contact the Clerk tothe FGUA Board at (877)552-3482.

4/7/15Legal No. 00032665

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By Daniel estrinAssociated Press

J E R U S A L E M — T h e Israeli military has placed a female Palestinian legislator under de tent i on f o r s i x months without trial, a law-yer for the lawmaker said Monday.

Khalida Jarrar, a senior political leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of P a l e s t i n e , a l e f t - w i n g Palestinian militant group, is being held for alleged activi-ties in a hostile organization, lawyer Mahmoud Hassan said.

Jarrar, 52, is being held under Israeli administrative detention, which allows Israel to hold detainees for up to six months at a time without charges, the lawyer said. The detention and any extensions are approved by a judge, and evidence can be kept from defense lawyers.

Israel says administrative detentions prevent attacks by militants. Rights groups say international humanitarian law permits administrative detention in exceptional cases, but that Israel is out of bounds

with its large-scale use of the method.

The Israeli military arrest-ed Jarrar last week for dis-obeying an Israeli order bar-ring her from the West Bank city of Ramallah. The military said her arrest was due to

“substantial concerns about the safety and security of the region.”

The military had no imme-diate comment Monday on the six-month detention order.

A Palestinian prisoners’ advocate, Qadoura Fares, said

the arrest is an Israeli puni-tive political act. He said I s r a e l i s h o l d i n g 1 6 Palestinian lawmakers in jails, most of them adminis-trative detainees who are members of the Islamic mili-tant group Hamas.

Obituaries are paid adver-tising written by funeral homes based upon informa-tion provided by families. D e a t h n o t i c e s a r e b r i e f announcements published at no charge.

Susan J. ReasonSusan Janice Reason, 59, of

Hawthorne, passed away on Friday, April 3, 2015 at UF Health in Gainesville follow-ing an extended illness.

S h e w a s a n a t i v e o f Rockford, Ill., and had lived in Hawthorne for the past 10 years, coming from Port St. Lucie. She had worked as a pet caregiver and was very handy. She attended St . Andrews Episcopal Church and enjoyed helping people, especially senior citizens and children.

She is survived by her par-ents , Paul and Marjor ie H a n s e n P l o c i e n n i k o f Prosperity, S.C., and her brother, John Plociennik, of Jupiter.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. at St. Andrews E p i s c o p a l C h u r c h i n Interlachen with the Rev. Diane Reeves officiating.

Memories and condolences may be expressed to the fami-l y a t S u s a n ’ s B o o k o f Memories page at www.john-sonoverturffunerals.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of Johnson-Overturf Funeral Home in Interlachen.

Ruth E. WardRuth Elizabeth Ward, 88, of

Ormond Beach, went to be with her Lord on April 4, 2015 at Princeton Village of Palm Coast following an extended illness.

She was born in Green Cove Springs and was a lifelong res-i d e n t o f Palatka until recently relo-c a t i n g t o O r m o n d Beach . She was a 1943 graduate of the Putnam High School in Palatka. In 1989, she retired from First Union National Bank in Palatka as a new accounts officer after 31 years of service. She was a for-mer member of the Lemon Heights Baptist Church in Palatka, where she taught Sunday school for over 50 years, and more recently a member of Peniel Baptist Church. She was a member of the order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 200 in Crescent City and was a past worthy matron at the former Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter 33 in Palatka. She enjoyed sewing, reading and flower gardening.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Christine Geoghagan; her husband, Daniel Ward Sr.; her son, Daniel Ward Jr.; her daughter-in-law, Gail Ward; and a sister, Martha Freyer.

Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Beverly and Ken Hayes of Palm Coast, Nancy and Dan Bleich of Panama City Beach, and Mary and Terry McCool of Ormond Beach; 24 grandchil-dren; and numerous great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the Masters Funeral Home in Palatka on Monday, April 6 at 3 p.m. with Pastor Eddie Humes officiating. Burial fol-lowed in Palatka Memorial Gardens.

Messages of sympathy and e n c o u r a g e m e n t m a y b e expressed in her online guest-book at www.themastersfu-neralhomes.com.

Masters Funeral Home of Pa la tka i s in charge o f arrangements.

Russell BennettRussell Bennett, 88, of

Holiday, passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at M a r l i e r e H o s p i c e C a r e Center in New Port Richey following an extended ill-ness.

A r r a n g e m e n t s w i l l b e a n n o u n c e d b y J o h n s o n -Overturf Funeral Home in Palatka.

Charles L. ClarkCharles Lee Clark, 79, of

Palatka, passed away on Friday, Apri l 3 , 2015 at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center following an extended illness.

Arrangements are under the direction of Johnson-Overturf Funeral Home in Palatka.

Aleve D. FugateAleve D. Fugate, 88, of

P a l a t k a , p a s s e d a w a y Monday, April 6, 2015 at the Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center in Palatka following an extended illness.

Masters Funeral Home of Palatka will announce the arrangements.

Thelma E. KeelThelma Elaine Kell, 96, of

Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Saturday, April 4, 2015, a t Pa latka Hea l th Care Center, Palatka.

Arrangements entrusted to the care of Karl N. Flagg Serenity Memorial Chapel, Palatka.

Deborah W. LambertDeborah Willis Lambert,

51, Hastings, transitioned from her earthly residence to her eternal residence on Friday, April 3, 2015 at The B a i l e y C e n t e r i n S t . Augustine.

Arrangements are under the supervision of Coleman’s M o r t u a r y F a m i l y o f Hastings.

Darthula McQueenDarthula McQueen, 88, of

Palm Coast, entered the sun-set of life on Monday, April 6, 2015 at Concorde Loving C a r e C e n t e r I n c . , P a l m Coast.

Arrangements entrusted to the care of Karl N. Flagg Serenity Memorial Chapel, Palatka.

Larry L. WilliamsLarry L. Williams, 63, of

S a t s u m a , p a s s e d o n Thursday, April 2, 2015 at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center.

The E.W. Lawson & Son Funeral Home entrusted with services.

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Photos by CHRIS DEVITTO / Palatka Daily News

Top, members of The Mighty Ones played during the 37th annual Rotary Club of Crescent City Catfish Festival in Crescent City Saturday morning. Left, volunteers Stephanie Lugo and Kathleen Harrison prepare strawberry shortcakes on Saturday, the second day of the festival. Right, hundreds of people filled picnic tables to enjoy the catfish meals in Eva Lyon Park.

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