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The Voice ofPutnam County
since 1885VOL. 126 • NO. 165
PALATKA, FLA.
Public Noticeson Page 10A
INDEXAdvice ............................. 6ABriefing ........................... 2AClassified/Legals .......... 10AComics ............................ 6AHoroscope ...................... 6ALottery............................. 9AObituaries ....................... 7AOpinions ......................... 4ASports ............................. 8ASudoku ..........................11A
IT’S PRIMARY DAY!Get out and vote!
1county commission, 3 school board seats on the line todayBY BRANDON D. OLIVER
Palatka Daily News
After months of campaigning and preparation, today is the Florida Primary, a day where numerous local political contests will be decid-ed.
For 12 hours today, the polling locations throughout Putnam County will be open for voters to make their choices in local, state and federal races.
“We have 21 (polling) locations, and we have 39 precincts,” county Supervisor of Elections Charles Overturf III said. “They are open at 7 a.m. When it hits 7 p.m., (a polling place worker) gets behind the last
person in line. Anybody in front of him still gets to vote.”
Unlike early voting where any reg-istered voter could vote at any of the three early voting polling locations, people must vote in the polling place determined by their precinct when it comes to voting on the day of the pri-mary, he said.
The precincts are determined by voters’ addresses, so when people go
to vote, their current address should match what that polling location has on file, Overturf said.
Voters are able to locate their cor-rect polling place by visiting the pre-cinct finder on the Voter Information section of soe.putnam-fl.com.
Overturf said that if voters know their address l i s ted with the Elections Office is not their current address, they could either call or
visit the office at 329-0224 and 2509 Crill Ave., Suite 900 in Palatka, respectively.
“If they’ve moved, contact the Elections Office,” said Overturf, who mentioned that address changes can still be done today. “You can vote in a precinct that’s not yours. It will go in as a provisional ballot.”
Man found hiding with counterfeit currencyBY BRANDON D. OLIVER
Palatka Daily News
Law enforcement officers this weekend arrested a man accused of trespassing while in possession of drugs and counterfeit U.S. currency.
T h e P u t n a m C o u n t y Sheriff’s Office has reported that 26-year-old Ryan Lee Horne was put under arrest Friday after he went inside a house in the 200 block of River Drive in East Palatka.
In a state-ment from the sheriff’s office, Sgt. Hancel Woods said that Horne was charged with posses-sion of less t h a n 2 0 grams mari-juana, possession of counterfeit currency, possession of drug equipment and trespassing.
“Horne was searched after being placed under arrest for trespassing and was found to have marijuana, drug para-phernalia and counterfeit United States currency 10 dol-lar bills in his possession,” Woods said in a statement.
Deputies first responded to the River Drive location at about 2:40 p.m. on Friday, according to the sheriff’s office statement.
Authorities said that Horne had been issued a trespassing warrant at the location on July 3.
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In Putnam, 2,015 voted on early days
BY BRANDON D. OLIVERPalatka Daily News
More than 2,000 Putnam County registered voters took advantage of the county’s extended early voting period, which ended Saturday.
Today is the day of the Florida Primary, but 2,015 people throughout the county cast their votes between Aug. 14 and Saturday, according to the county Supervisor of Election’s website.
S u p e r v i s o r C h a r l e s Overturf III said that atten-dance fluctuated daily during early voting, but voter turnout ended strong.
“The first day was good; then we had a slow period,” he said. “Then, as we got going on the last four days, each day was better than the day before.”
Voting days and hours were expanded during this year’s primary early voting period, with there being two more days than there were during the 2012 election cycle.
Overturf also extended the voting hours each day to last from 8:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. at each of the three voting locations – the Elections Office in Palatka, the South Putnam Government Complex in Crescent City and Interlachen Elementary School.
According to the Elections Office, the largest number of voters, 310, went to the polls Saturday, while the smallest number, 48, voted on Aug. 17.
When compared to nearby counties such as St. Johns, Clay, Duval and Marion coun-ties, those voting statistics are impressive, Overturf said.
Bennett murder trial underway in Palatka
Defense attorney Garry L. Wood,
right, sits with accused
murderer Gary Stephen Bennett during Bennett’s
trial Monday at the Putnam
County Courthouse
annex.
Prosecutor: Enough evidence exists to convictBY PETE SKIBA
Palatka Daily News
A medical examiner exposed the brutality of a murder when he calm-ly described an Interlachen woman’s bullet wounds to a jury Monday as the trial entered its first day at the Putnam County Courthouse annex.
Accused murderer 38-year-old Gary Stephen Bennett sat unaffect-ed by forensic pathologist Frederick Hobin’s testimony on the death of 52-year-old Maureen Haugdahl in May 2012.
Hobin described a bullet path that entered Haugdahl’s head slightly in front of her left ear, moved left to right through her brain and stuck just below her right eye behind her cheekbone.
That shot and another Haugdahl suffered through her spleen, heart and base of a major heart artery proved fatal. Two other shots had also pierced her body.
S e v e n t h J u d i c i a l C i r c u i t Assistant State Attorney Jacquelyn Roys in her opening arguments said Bennett fired the shots and ran-sacked Haugdahl’s neatly land-scaped, doublewide mobile home for jewelry to pawn.
Besides the body, Bennett left
behind enough evidence at the Arnold Street home in Interlachen, including his blood and DNA, to con-vict him beyond a reasonable doubt, Roys added.
Roys alluded that the blood in Haugdahl ’ s home came f rom Bennett’s smashing through a slid-ing glass door to enter the home.
Attorney Garry Wood said that he would pursue a defense that showed
conflicts in evidence presented by the state leading to reasonable doubt. He added that there were no eyewitnesses to the murder or theft.
After opening statements, Roys did not charge Bennett with the pre-vious theft from another home of the .32 caliber revolver that killed Haugdahl. She set out to connect
Assistant State Attorney Jacquelyn Roys, right, shows a photo of murder victim Maureen Haugdahl to witness Kimberly Haugdahl on Monday during the trial of Gary Stephen Bennett at the Putnam County Courthouse annex.
‘Paddle and Pedal’ offers outdoor activity for Shrimp Blast visitorsBY ASIA AIKINS
Palatka Daily News
The Putnam Blueways and Trails Citizens Support Organization plans to take this weekend’s Shrimp Blast celebration into shrimp territory, host-ing its second annual Shrimp Blast Paddle and Pedal Poker Runs.
Kayakers and bicyclists are invited to participate in a seven-card poker run Saturday during the Shrimp Blast celebration on Palatka’s riverfront. Registration is set to begin at 5 p.m. at the Blueways and Trails booth near the riverfront clock tower.
“Cards will be put in sealed enve-lopes. We’ll put the envelopes in seven buckets throughout the downtown for the bicyclists and somewhere along the river for people kayaking,” said Gaye Esperson, Blueways and Trails
secretary. “The cards will be picked up at random and we’ll have a ceremonial opening of the cards when they all get
back to the riverfront.”Esperson said the location of each
bucket on the kayak route would be
determined before the event, as the locations would depend on the weather and the number of people casting for shrimp at the city’s riverfront.
Each hand is $10 and the best hand for each run would receive 50 percent of the pot. Participants would be given a map at the time of registration.
“The more people we have, the more money they can win,” she said. “We’ll have prizes for second and third place as well.”
Organizers are set up for 30 hands for each run. Esperson said participants would be able to purchase more than one hand if there is not a lot of participa-tion. Last year, she said, about a dozen people participated in each run.
The paddle and pedal runs are open to the public.
File photo
Kayakers and canoeists take to the St. Johns River during the 2013 Shrimp Blast.
2,314 submitted absentee ballots
Polls open 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
See ARRESTS, Page 5A
See BLAST, Page 5A
See TRIAL, Page 5A
See ELECTION, Page 5A
See VOTERS, Page 5A
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East Palatka
Bicyclist struck by car Saturday, injured
Driver 64-year-old Ernie Wayne Vanattia’s Honda Civic drifted off State Road 207’s southbound lane and smashed into bicyclist 39-year-old Craig Skorich on the right paved shoulder before 12:17 p.m. Saturday just west of County Road 207A. Skorich was also heading south, According to a Florida Highway Patrol report.
St. Augustine resident Skorich was taken to UF Health Shands Gainesville in critical condition, the report added. Palatka’s Vanattia was uninjured.
Vanattia’s 2011 Honda sustained $5,000 in damage. Skorich wore a helmet. His Cannondale bicycle sus-tained $2,000 in damage.
Palatka
Mobile food pantry will visit First Baptist Church
Food to You, Mobile Food Pantry will be from 1-3 p.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist Church parking lot, 501 Oak St. There will be fresh pro-duce, frozen foods, dairy, bread, and bakery items.
Check weather before coming for preparation to wait in line; bring a folding chair and empty bags or con-tainers for food.
Distributions numbers will begin at 9:30 a.m. to those in line – first come, first served. Sponsored by Nourishment Network of North Florida and Farm Share in partner-ship with First Baptist , First Presbyterian, St. James United Methodist, St. Mark’s Episcopal and St. Monica Catholic churches.
For details, call 325-9777.
River City Players announces auditions
River City Players community the-atre will have auditions for “The Importance of Being Earnest,” from 4-6 p.m. today with callbacks on Thursday.
The comedy requires male and female roles from late teen to early 60s and will run Nov. 5-9 at the Scarlett-Hill Theatre, Larimer Arts Center, 216 Reid St. Production directed by Mandi Tucker. Details: Elizabeth van Rensburg at (904) 377-5044.
FElONY aRREsts
Aug. 22M a u r i c i o F r a n c o C r u z , 3 3 ,
Crescent City: possession of a con-trolled substance.
Timothy Tywan Harr is , 23 , Palatka: two counts possession of marijuana.
Ryan Lee Horne, 26, East Palatka: possession of counterfeited notes, bills, notes, or drafts.
Kie Ann Lemelle, 31, Crescent City: battery on person 65 years of age or older.
Juan Fernando Soliz, 22, Pomona Park: moving traffic violation – driv-ing while license suspended, habitu-al offender.
Aug. 23Robert David Ostrender, 25,
Interlachen: fraud - uttering forged bills, checks, drafts, or notes.
D i l lan James Tennant , 20 , Satsuma: failure to appear.
Marquette deVaughn Wilson, 21, Palatka: aggravated battery.
Aug. 24Samuel Layton Fox, 23, Palatka:
grand theft larceny over $300 but less than $5K.
Aaron J. Poole, 19, Palatka: bur-glary of a dwelling.
Ocala
Officials seek repeal of ‘saggy pants’ ban
Two Ocala officials want to repeal the city’s so-called “saggy pants ban,”
an ordinance that prohibits anyone on city property from wearing pants that sag well below the waistline and expose undergarments.
The councilmen, Jim Hilty and Brent Malever, initially voted for the ban, but now say it’s too ambiguous to enforce. The mayor has called for a special meeting on Tuesday to address the issue.
The ordinance, proposed by Councilwoman Mary Sue Rich, has come under fire from the NAACP and others who say it targets young black men.
Rich, who is black, denied the law targets any one group and says the saggy pants are disrespectful.
Violators can be fined up to $500 and spend up to 60 days in jail.
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Jellyfish sting 406 swimmers
Jellyfish were a nuisance to swim-mers in the Atlantic Ocean off New Smyrna Beach over the weekend.
Volusia County’s Beach Safety Ocean Rescue reported 406 jellyfish stings on Saturday and Sunday.
Capt. Tammy Marris says purple flags were placed on the beach to warn beachgoers about the jellyfish.
Lifeguards also performed 14 ocean rescues on Sunday. Surf condi-tions were moderate, but officials expect conditions to become rougher as Tropical Storm Cristobal passes offshore in the Atlantic.
zEPhYRhills
Man, 50, dies in skydiving accident
An experienced skydiver from Tampa has died in a landing acci-dent at Skydive City in Zephyrhills.
The facility’s general manager David “TK” Hayes said in a press release that 50-year-old Keith Murray died Saturday while per-forming a practice jump with three other skydivers and a videographer.
Hayes said Murray’s parachute deployed normally but he appeared to have initiated a turn too low to the ground. He hit a pond at “a very high rate of speed.”
Several other skydivers tried to revive him, but he was pronounced dead a short time later.
Hayes says Murray had completed some 900 jumps at Skydive City and was training to compete in Illinois next month.
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Peak Fishing/Hunting Times This Week
In-Depth Local Forecast
Local Almanac Last Week
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Sun & Moon
State Cities
Today we will see partly cloudy skies with a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms, high temperature of 89º, humidity of 74%. Northeast wind 11 to 14 mph. The record high temperature for today is 96º set in 1959. Expect partly cloudy skies tonight with an overnight low of 72º. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph. The record low for tonight is 67º set in 1956. Wednesday, skies will be mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, high temperature of 88º, humidity of 70%. North wind 5 to 9 mph.
Tuesday Scat'd T-storms
89 / 72Precip Chance: 40%
Wednesday Mostly Sunny
88 / 72Precip Chance: 20%
Thursday Mostly Sunny
92 / 73Precip Chance: 20%
Friday Isolated T-storms
92 / 74Precip Chance: 30%
Saturday Isolated T-storms
91 / 74Precip Chance: 30%
Sunday Scat'd T-storms
92 / 75Precip Chance: 40%
Monday Mostly Sunny
94 / 75Precip Chance: 20%
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Peak TimesDay AM PMSat 3:55-5:55 3:25-5:25Sun 4:44-6:44 4:14-6:14Mon 5:36-7:36 5:06-7:06www.WhatsOurWeather.com
Sunrise today . . . . . . 7:01 a.m.Sunset tonight. . . . . . 7:55 p.m.
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Date Degree Days8/18 318/19 328/20 328/21 35
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Farmer's Growing Degree Days
Growing degree days are calculated by taking the average temperature for the day and subtracting the base temperature (50 degrees) from the average to assess how many growing days are attained.
When was the first weather satellite launched? ?
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7-Day Local Forecast
Farmer's Growing Days
Precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.61"Normal precipitation . . . . . . . 1.68"Departure from normal . . . . .-1.07"
Average temperature . . . . . . . 83.6ºAverage normal temperature . 81.9ºDeparture from normal . . . . . +1.7º
St. Johns River Tides This Week
City Hi/LoDaytona Beach . . . 89/75 sGainesville. . . . . . . 88/69 tJacksonville. . . . . . 87/73 tKey West . . . . . . . . 91/82 tMiami . . . . . . . . . . 89/81 sNaples . . . . . . . . . . 93/77 sOrlando . . . . . . . . . 93/74 sPanama City . . . . . 91/76 sPensacola. . . . . . . . 92/75 sPort Charlotte. . . . 94/72 sTallahassee . . . . . . 92/69 sTampa . . . . . . . . . . 93/75 sW. Palm Beach . . . 90/78 s
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Palatka Christian radio station Hope FM representatives recently visited Peniel Baptist Academy and presented gift bags to teachers and staff members. The bags were filled with filled with pens, pencils, composition notebooks, apples, laiminated “Hope for Teachers” bookmarks with applicable Scriptures and assorted chocolates. Pictured from Hope FM are Kristi Hill, left, Robin Robinson and Shayna Keller making the presentation to school administrator Merri Beth Treadway.
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Primary will test Crist’s support among DemocratsBy Brendan Farrington
Associated Press
MIAMI — Arlene Ustin is a hard-core Democrat and she’d like nothing more than to see Republican Gov. Rick Scott defeated in November.
B u t s h e ’ s n o t s u p p o r t i n g Republican-turned-Democrat former Gov. Charlie Crist — yet.
F i rs t there ’ s the matter o f Tuesday’s primary, where Crist faces former Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich.
Crist needs to win big to show that Democrats have accepted his politi-cal conversion. If Rich gets a sizable portion of the vote despite poor name recognition and a fraction of the money Crist has raised, it could be a bad sign for the former governor who is trying to revive his political career with a new party.
Ustin hopes Rich is her party’s nominee to challenge Scott, but she recognizes that Crist is the favorite. She says she will support Crist if he’s nominated, but it will take some healing. She, like other Rich sup-porters, doesn’t like that Crist refused to debate lifelong Democrat Rich and virtually ignored her as a candidate.
“It’s insulting,” said Ustin, 72, a Delray Beach retiree. “I will be out there for him in some way. It can’t be the way I am for Nan because she’s just exceptional, but I definitely I will because the bigger picture is to
help Florida.”Many Democrats may be wrestling
with similar misgivings.“The question is whether they’re
going to get behind a candidate who is a Johnny-come-lately who still hasn’t sold himself as a viable, prin-cipled Democratic candidate,” said Daniel Smith, a University of Florida political science professor. “He has avoided his Democratic party chal-lenger in the primary and thus has avoided the issues that matter to the core Democratic constituency in this race. “
Former Florida Democratic Party chairman and ex-Sen. Rod Smith, who ran for governor in 2006, agrees it was a mistake for Crist to ignore Rich.
“There should have been debates. People should have heard the mes-sage from both sides,” Smith said. “It would have generated a great deal more interest. Not having debates is a bad strategy any time it’s prac-ticed.”
If Rich should pull off an upset, it will be a stunning defeat and the end of Crist’s political comeback. It would also force Scott to rethink his strate-gy. He has spent millions of dollars attacking Crist with the assumption he will win the nomination.
But most observers don’t expect a Rich upset. The question now is how many Democrats will stick with Crist if he is the party’s nominee.
Debra Hammett says she won’t. If
it’s a choice between Crist and Scott, she’ll leave that portion of her ballot blank, she said, even though she wants Scott out of office.
“I don’t l ike Charlie Crist. I haven’t liked him since Day 1,” said Hammett, a 57-year-old retired health care worker from Lake Worth. “I’m not going to vote. I will not support Crist if he wins. No, no, no, no.’
Still, there are other Democratic voters who are firmly behind him. Despite his 2010 U.S. Senate cam-paign, in which he at first he criti-cized President Barack Obama’s federal spending and health care policies while telling voters he was as conservative as they come, Crist was a moderate governor. Crist later dropped out of GOP Senate primary and ran as an independent, quickly moving back to the political center.
A lot of Democrats supported the Republican version of Crist, and it’s clear he still excites many of them.
“It’s Charlie Crist! Our future governor!” exclaimed Yuvonne Martin, a 62-year-old nurse practi-tioner from Miami Gardens, when she saw Crist arrive at her church Sunday.
“He’s for the people. He is a proac-tive individual for the needy people. I work in the health care system and I know he’s made a difference when he was governor — and also for education for our kids,” she said.
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Associated PressLAKE CITY — Authorities
say a north Florida man died after a deputy shocked him with a stun gun.
The Co lumbi a C o unt y Sheriff’s Office reports that 35-year-old Timothy Griffis died Sunday after deputies responded to reports of a man lurking in an elderly woman’s backyard in Lake City.
Deputy Bradley Carpenter told the sheriff’s office that he arrived at the house and found Griffis hiding in a shed.
The office says Griffis sig-
naled that he had a gun and threatened Carpenter.
The state Department of Law Enforcement is investigating.
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August 26 | 11 a.m. August 26 | 11 a.m. August 26 | 11 a.m. --- 1 p.m. | St. Johns River State College1 p.m. | St. Johns River State College1 p.m. | St. Johns River State College
Whether you are in business or looking to start a business; here is your chance to ask questions and get answers all in one place for free! There will be lenders, CPA’s, insurance agents, attorney’s, marketing companies, business solution firms, agencies that provide assistance to small businesses and local government officials.
When: August 26 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Where: St. Johns River State College at 5001 St. Johns Ave, Palatka in Gymnasium (Building G)
Cost: Free!
Who Should Attend: -Business owners -Anyone thinking of starting a business -Nonprofit leaders
Registration: 800.450.4624 or www.sbdc.unf.edu
The SBDC Network is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. SBA. Reasonable accommodations will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact [email protected] or 1.800.450.4624
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8 snared in probation violation roundupBy Brandon d. oliver
Palatka Daily News
Eight people were arrested during the weekend as a result of two law enforcement agencies teaming up to reduce crime throughout the county.
On Friday, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Street Crimes Unit and probation offi-cers with the state Department of Corrections conducted an operation aimed at people on probation, according to a sher-iff’s office statement.
“The primary focus of the operation was to ensure per-sons on felony probation were abiding by the conditions of their probation and to incar-cerate those found to be in vio-lation,” Sheriff’s Sgt. Hancel Woods said in a statement.
One of the eight arrested was a registered sex offender.
The people arrested were accused of violating their pro-bation in relation to the fol-lowing charges:
n Richard Lee Brown, 66 – lewd lascivious conduct with a victim younger than 16.
n Reginald Barlow, 50 – aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
n Jamal Wright, 18 – bur-glary and criminal mischief.
n Diana Hollingsworth, 47 – habitual driving while license suspended or revoked.
n Emmanuel Ocasio, 28 – organized scheme to defraud.
n Clyde Dias, 29 – resisting an officer with violence and driving under the influence.
n Shayn Wright, 19 – no valid driver’s license.
n Timothy Lucas Bonham, 21 – felony battery.
College garners ‘flawless’ 10-year accreditation reviewSpecial to the Daily News
After three years of preparation, St. Johns River State College has completed its 10-year assessment with a flawless review from the region’s accrediting body for higher education institutions.
Every 10 years, the College under-goes a reaffirmation of accreditation process complying with standards set by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges – an agency recognized by the Department of Education that assesses the educational and opera-tional strengths and weaknesses of more than 800 institutions.
The rigorous review concluded in June following compliance certifica-tion as well as off-site and on-site reviews by the SACSCOC evalua-tors.
In August, Rosalind Humerick, Ph.D., SJR State’s vice president for research and institutional effective-ness, presented the SJR State Board of Trustees with the reaffirmation results, declaring that the college completed its comprehensive, in-depth review with no additional (or
follow-up) reports required.“We were evaluated on every
aspect of the institution, ranging from janitorial services and program development to faculty qualifications and the role of our board of trustees,” Humerick said.
As the self-study director for the 2 0 0 3 r e a f f i r m a t i o n p r o c e s s , Humerick said this latest review was the most successful reaffirmation in college history.
SJR State President Joe Pickens, J.D., shared with the board how exceptional it is for a college to finish the reaccreditation process free of criticisms, requests for additional reports or recommendations for improvements.
“This process absolutely confirms the incredible staff we have,” Pickens said. “To say the conclusion is exem-plary on all fronts is an understate-ment. This is the most significant review we experience by our most important organization in higher education.”
Praising college administration, faculty and staff, Pickens added, “It was a team effort with everyone pull-
ing together for one goal. It is truly amazing what we can do when we are all singularly focused on one goal and when we have someone, such as Dr. Humerick, leading us through this process.”
Pickens continued, iterating a per-sonal and essential point that, when it comes to performance, a college doesn’t necessarily have to be bigger to be better. “Although SJR State may be smaller than most of the 28 colleges within the Florida College System, when measuring standards for the assurance of quality in higher education, we have proven that our size does not limit us in our mission to achieve academic excellence and make a difference in the communi-ties we serve,” Pickens said.
An additional and essential compo-nent of reaffirmation is a five-year quality enhancement plan. Such plans are required from each college to enhance student learning. SJR State began its plan for a QEP in 2011 with the goal to improve stu-dent learning in intermediate alge-bra, a course considered to be a “gate-keeper course” that faces high with-
drawal and low success rates.Led by a steering committee and
faculty members Julie Kelly and William Veczko, SJR State’s QEP, entitled “Conquer Math,” was intro-duced to students in 2013. The plan received an excellent review from the SACSCOC evaluators, and the col-lege has been invited to present its QEP at the SACSCOC annual con-vention later this year.
SJR State’s next reaffirmation will take place in 2024.
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges oversees the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the Southern states. It serves as the common denominator of shared values and practices among the diverse institutions in 11 states and Latin America as well as other international sites approved by the Commission on Colleges that award associate, baccalaureate, master’s, or doctoral degrees.
SJR State was established in 1958 as a public institution serving Putnam, Clay and St. Johns counties and serves approximately 11,000 students.
Comedian booked for church anniversaryBy asia aikins
Palatka Daily News
A nationally known comedian will help a Palatka church celebrate its homecoming and 126th anni-versary celebration Saturday.
Calvary Missionary Baptist Church of Palatka will feature comedian and ventril-oquist Willie Brown at 7 p.m. Saturday at the church’s Family Life Center, 1414 Bronson St.
“He’s a gospel come-dian, and that is unique,” said the church’s event plan-ner, Marvis Christian. “It’s something you can bring the whole family to.”
According to his biography, Brown has toured with Cedric the Entertainer, worked with Mike Epps, Steve Harvey and Jamie Foxx and has made
appearances on BET Comic View and HBO DEF Comedy Jam. He also just completed his own stand-up TV show, “Willie Brown and Friends Gospel Comedy Live.”
Brenda Bivins, assistant to the events manager at Calvary, said organizers have been planning the homecoming and anniversary celebration for months.
“We purposely thought about a comedian, a clean comedian, because we wanted to do some-thing fun,” she said.
Christian said the church’s pastor, the Rev. Frederick T. Demps, began researching “clean” comedians for the celebration. She said she and Bivins chose Brown for the event.
“He’s a renowned comedian and he’s never been to this area,” she said. “He’ll be right here in Palatka.”
Tickets for the event are $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Bivins said tickets are available at Ralph’s House of Flowers, Angela’s Boutique, Sound Garden and Ebony and Ivory Salon.
Tickets for eight-person tables are available in advance only at $160 per table.
For more information about the “G-Rated Night of Comedy,” call Calvary at 328-1595.
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Willie Brown
Pediatricians push for later school start times
Associated PressC H I C A G O —
Pediatricians have a new prescription for schools: later start times for teens.
Delaying the start of the school day until at least 8:30 a.m. would help curb their lack of sleep, which has been linked with poor health, bad grades, car crashes and other problems, the American Academy of Pediatrics says in a new policy.
The influential group says teens are especially at risk; for them, “chronic sleep loss has increasingly become the norm.”
Studies have found that most U.S. students in middle
school and high school don’t get the recommended amount of sleep — 8½ to 9½ hours on school nights; and that most high school seniors average less than seven hours.
More than 40 percent of the nation’s public high schools start classes before 8 a.m., according to govern-ment data cited in the policy. And even when the buzzer rings at 8 a.m., school bus pickup times typically mean kids have to get up before dawn if they want that ride.
“The issue is really cost,” said Kristen Amundson, executive director of the National Association of State Boards of Education.
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By Shannon nickinSon
Most people do resolutions in January.
I think all of Florida should dare to be different. I think August is a great time for a resolution.
A resolution to take the mantra of “each one, teach one” seriously and to heart.
The school year is begin-ning. The sales tax holiday is over. The buses are on the road. This is a perfect time to ask yourself: What are you prepared to do?
Teachers are the profession-als. They have the training and the intellect to break down base 10 math theory and Common Core standards for expository writing into bits and pieces that children can digest.
Principals are the tone-set-ters. They are in the leader-ship positions to make sure that resources are allocated to the students who are strug-gling and the staff who need help managing their class-rooms.
They create a culture that promotes accountability for everyone — from the lunch ladies to the student of the month.
Parents are the foundation.
If a child in your life is in school, know his teacher’s name. Ask what she did in class today. Take the time to go over those reams of class worksheets and homework assignments.
If your child is under the age of 5, talk to them. Every day, talk to them. Narrate your day to talk about what you see as you drive down the street or what you pass in the grocery store. The more words those little ears hear, the bet-ter their chances are once they get into the classroom.
Make sure that by the time they get to pre-K they know more letters than the ones that appear on the Xbox con-troller.
And if you aren’t any of those things, you aren’t off the hook either.
Making the choice to get involved is not just a matter of improving a child’s future. It is a matter of improving our community’s future prosperi-ty.
In a community that illus-trates the link between low wages and educational attain-ment levels, we absolutely have a choice.
Or we can choose to pay the price we have been paying for decades.
We can pay for what hap-pens when communities don’t choose to support a culture of learning at every age and sta-tion.
We can pay with an econo-my that relies too heavily on service industry jobs that require few skills and pay low wages.
We can pay by watching generational poverty spiral because that happens in “those neighborhoods.”
Dr. Rick Harper says the greatest economic develop-ment investment we can make is the investment in making sure we have literate, numer-ate 4-year-olds who show up to school eager and ready to learn.
He’s an economist and a Ph.D. who spent the last two years on special assignment advising the Florida Senate on state economic policy. It’s his job to follow the data where it leads.
Who am I to argue with that?
Shannon Nickinson is editor of www.progresspromise.com, a news
and commentary website in Pensacola. Follow her on Twitter @
snickinson.
In Afghanistan some tribes think the way to right a per-ceived wrong is for a commit-tee to gang-rape the
accused’s daughter. In the United States some people think the way to right a perceived wrong is to loot neighborhood stores.
That’s what they did in Ferguson, Mo.—broke storefront glass, kicked in doors and cleaned the stores out while the local police stood by. All those who participated are thieves and the police that did not prevent it were der-elict in their duty. Robbing stores is not just another entitlement.
When is our country going to move beyond such barbaric lawlessness? Not only did they gang-steal, but those stores will likely never reopen. The store owner’s entire capital was probably invested in the merchandise. But to add to the mindset of those who participated, one woman suggested that a national donation be started to rebuild and restock the stores.
Say what? Didn’t they steal enough the first go-around?
The situation is mindful of the case when a boy killed his parents and when arrested, pleaded with the court for mercy because he was an orphan.
The public doesn’t yet know actually what happened when Michael Brown was shot by a policeman. One very vocal young woman “testi-fied” on television that Brown was on his knees with his hands up and saying, “Don’t shoot.” However, another witness said Brown, who had just stolen from a store and threatened the operator who tried to stop him, “menaced” the policeman who questioned him. She said that Brown pretended to walk away and then turned and charged the policeman and wres-tled him for his weapon before he was shot.
One or the other was lying, possibly to have their minute of fame on national television. Law officials need to get all those “witnesses” under oath before a grand jury to learn the facts and then put the liars in jail.
The public can blame much of the escalation of that situation squarely on the television industry, especially CNN. They kept stirring the hot coals into flames. They kept the situa-tion going for days beyond its news worthiness. As Charles Krauthammer (the author of the current best-seller book “Things that Matter,”) said, “When the cameras are gone, most of those people will go home.”
I’ve been around for awhile and have been a
close observer of national affairs all my life, and I have never seen a time when the American peo-ple are so divided and hold such a low opinion of our government. Much of that distrust is because government officials continually
lie to us …subtle lies, but deliberate.An article in a metro newspaper stated that
stocks are going up and unemployment is going down, so things are looking better. Note the phrasing of that statement which avoids saying “employment” is not improving. They use terms purported to put a better political face on facts and figures. For instance, if some-one has given up on finding a job, that person is not counted as unemployed. He/she just doesn’t exist.
Neither do government reports say that many of those who do find employment are working for minimum wage, and others part-time. Even if their pay is a mere pittance, they are counted as employed.
The latest “official” pronouncement says the unemployment rate is down to 6.3 percent. But is that correct? An “alternative” federal mea-sure that includes those “invisible” unem-ployed people raises the figure to 12.6 percent. (It’s sort of like a second set of books kept hid-den under the table.) It says the under-employed rate is 11.9 percent.
Rank-and-file citizens know things aren’t getting better regardless of how the figures are manipulated for political purposes. A few people at the top are getting very rich while everyone else is getting poorer. The income gap has never been wider since the days of the robber barons who held this country by the throat by controlling indus-try and banking in the late 19th century and up to the Great Depression. The indus-tries they used to control are gone. This time they are concentrating mostly on bank-ing and paper shuffling schemes to manipu-late the nation’s money supply into their off-shore accounts.
People have to eat, so food stamp use is a good indicator of how the economy is doing. In the year 2009 there were 39 million families using food stamps in America. Today that fig-ure is 49 million and going up every day. This country desperately needs to get people back to work at jobs with a decent pay scale.
Jody Delzell is a former publisher of the Daily News. [email protected]
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More of Putnam in District 5
The judge’s decision on a legislative effort to correct some of Florida’s Congressional districts is in, and it means significant changes are likely
in store for many Putnam County voters.The Florida League of Women Voters and
Common Cause filed suit following the Legislature’s 2012 redistricting, saying the districts as drawn violated the state consti-tution’s Fair Districts amendment. After finding that two of the state’s Congressional districts are unconstitutional, including District 5, which includes part of Putnam County, Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis ordered the Florida Legislature to redraw the map.
The Republican-dominated Legislature’s changes were called “superficial” by the plaintiffs, but the new map was different enough to satisfy the judge. In his ruling, Lewis said the map didn’t have to represent the best possible solution, only that it should meet constitutional muster. For their part, the plaintiffs say they’ll appeal the judge’s decision.
District 5’s existing map stretches from Jacksonville to Orlando with a side excur-sion to take in Gainesville and eastern Alachua County. The part of the district that stretched to Gainesville spread across the northern border of Putnam County with an arm reaching downward to encompass Palatka voters.
The new map still does that, but now will include all of Putnam County west of the St. Johns River as part of District 5; voters in that area to be redistricted are presently in District 6, represented by U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Ponte Vedra Beach.
Lawmakers deleted Sanford from District 5 in order to include more of Putnam and Marion counties. The new Jacksonville-Orlando district map is a little wider and less “jagged” as a result. The existing District 5 voter population includes just over 50 percent of African American regis-tered voters; the new district would be about 48 percent African American.
In his ruling, Lewis said the new redis-tricting should not take effect until the 2016 elections; ballots were already being cast in the 2014 elections, he noted, and holding a special election in 2015 would be impracti-cal.
The effect of the redistricting locally thus remains to be seen. Since much more of Putnam County would be included in District 5, that should serve to draw more attention and support from its elected rep-resentative, currently U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Jacksonville. On the other hand, the new District 5 does nothing to ease the ties that bind our predominantly rural coun-ty to distant, heavily urbanized population centers.
The League of Women Voters has vowed to carry its appeal to the next judicial level; Putnam Countians should be watching with interest.
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Today is Tuesday, August 26, the 238th day of 2014. There are 127 days left in the year.
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TodAy’s HigHligHTs in HisTory:On August 26, 1964, President
Lyndon B. Johnson was nominat-ed for a term of office in his own right at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Kinks’ single “You Really Got Me” was released in the United States by Reprise Records, three weeks after its British release.
on THis dATe:In 1789, France’s National
Assembly adopted its Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
In 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa began cataclysmic erup-tions, leading to a massive explo-sion the following day.
In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaran-teeing American women’s right to vote, was certified in effect by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby.
In 1939, the first televised major league baseball games were shown on experimental station W2XBS: a double-header between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.
In 1958, Alaskans went to the polls to overwhelmingly vote in favor of statehood.
In 1974, Charles Lindbergh — the first man to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic — died at his home in Hawaii at age 72.
In 1978, Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice was elected pope following the death of Paul VI. The new pontiff took the name Pope John Paul I. (However, he died just over a month later.)
Ten yeArs Ago: The nation’s supply of vaccine
for the impending flu season took a big hit when Chiron Corp. announced it had found tainted doses in its factory, and would hold up shipment of about 50 mil-lion shots. At the Athens Olympics, the U.S. women’s soccer team won the gold medal by beat-ing Brazil, 2-1, in overtime; Shawn Crawford led a U.S. sweep of the 200 meters.
Five yeArs Ago: Authorities in California solved
the 18-year-old disappearance of Jaycee Lee Dugard after she appeared at a parole office with her children and the Antioch cou-ple accused of kidnapping her when she was 11. Death claimed crime story author Dominick Dunne, 83, in New York City; Ellie Greenwich, 68, who’d co-written songs like “Chapel of Love,” ‘’Be My Baby” and “Leader of the Pack,” in New York City.
one yeAr Ago: President Barack Obama
bestowed the Medal of Honor on Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter, who’d risked his life to save an injured soldier, resupply ammunition to his comrades and render first aid during intense fighting in a remote mountain outpost in Afghanistan.
TodAy’s BirTHdAys: Former Washington Post
Executive Editor Benjamin C. Bradlee is 93. Pop singer Bob Cowsill is 65. NBA coach Stan Van Gundy is 55. Jazz musician Branford Marsalis is 54. Country musician Jimmy Olander (Diamond Rio) is 53. Actor Chris Burke is 49. Actress-singer Shirley Manson (Garbage) is 48. Rock musician Dan Vickrey (Counting Crowes) is 48. TV writ-er-actress Riley Weston is 48. Rock musician Adrian Young (No Doubt) is 45. Actress Melissa McCarthy is 44. Latin pop singer Thalia is 43. Rock singer-musician Tyler Connolly (Theory of a Deadman) is 39. Actor Mike Colter is 38. Actor Macaulay Culkin is 34. Actor Chris Pine is 34. Country singer Brian Kelley (Florida Georgia Line) is 29. Rhythm-and-blues singer Cassie Ventura is 28. Actor Dylan O’Brien (TV: “Teen Wolf”) is 23.
THougHT For TodAy: “Do not wait for leaders; do it
alone, person to person.” — Mother Teresa (born this date in 1910, died 1997).
F Y IIn the warmer months, why not abandon energy-hog
treadmills and exercise machines at the gym and use the great outdoors instead? Hiking in the wilderness can be just as good a workout, plus you get the scenic views of nature while you work up a sweat. To find a variety of trails to hike near you – from beginner level to seriously intense ones – use the website TrailLink (traillink.com). It has everything from biking to running to walking trails to help bring the outdoors closer to you.
Q: In speech, we often use “uh,” “um” or some other sound to fill in a thought gap as we look for the next words. Do these sounds have a name?
A: They are called “speech disfluencies.” We use these breaks in regular speech to fill a gap as we collect our thoughts.
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THis dAy in puTnAm:In 1818, Spanish governor Jose
Coppinger gave Francis Richard a grant of 1,025 acres on the west side of Lake George which includ-ed an island (Hog Island) opposite the western coast of Drayton (on Kingsley) Island. “Hog Island was also called Florence McLean’s island, south of the Big Salt Spring about seven miles from Drayton on the west shore.”
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Bow down: Beyonce was the reigning queen of Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards.
The diva closed the awards show with an epic nearly 20-minute performance. Tears streamed down her face as she was joined onstage by her beaming husband and daughter, amid the numerous rumors surrounding her marriage.
Beyonce sang and danced in a metallic leotard while Blue Ivy and Jay Z watched from their seats as the diva declared: “MTV, welcome to my world.”
As Beyonce accepted the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award, the VMA’s version of a lifetime achievement award, at The Forum in Inglewood,
California, she kissed her daughter and husband Jay Z, who called her the “great-est living entertainer.” The duo won best collaboration for the hit “Drunk In Love.”
“I have nothing to say but I am filled with so much gratitude,” she told the cheering crowd as they chanted her name repeatedly.
Her performance easily outdid her competition throughout the night, though Beyonce lost video of the year, which instead went to Miley Cyrus who let a homeless man accept her award. It was in sharp contrast to the 2013 VMAs, when Cyrus twerked and danced shock-ingly onstage.
“Thank y’all, my name is Jesse and I am accepting this award on behalf of the 1.6 million runaways and homeless youth in the United States who are starving,
lost and scared for their lives right now. I know this because I am one of these peo-ple,” he said, as a teary Cyrus looked on. “Though I may have been invisible to you in the streets, I have a lot of the same dreams that brought many of you here tonight.”
Cyrus’ decision to let someone else accept her award to promote a cause was reminiscent of Marlon Brando’s 1973 Academy Awards best actor win, when he gave a Native American activist the stage rather than accept his Oscar trophy.
The two-hour show was tamer than past VMAs: the most shocking moment was Nicki Minaj’s rump-shaking during her performance of “Anaconda” in the show’s first minutes and her wardrobe malfunction when she joined Ariana Grande and Jessie J for “Bang, Bang.”
him to the gun in another way.
Putnam County Sheriff’s Office detectives found other stolen goods, including anoth-er gun, stolen with the revolv-er at Bennett’s residence. Fingerprint evidence on a pawn ticket and the testimony
of the pawn shop manager proved that Bennett pawned jewelry stolen from Haugdahl.
A Florida Department of Law Enforcement crime scene analyst testified that investi-gators found plenty of blood n o t f r o m t h e v i c t i m a t Haugdahl’s home. Her col-leagues tested the blood for its DNA. Roys was expected to call on DNA experts today to give evidence.
“With all of our events, we try to get people to just show up, do something active and then hang around after,” said Blueways and Trails chair Kevin Sharbaugh. “We are hoping to inspire … encourage use of the natural resources we have here.”
Blueways and Trails mem-bers will have information about the organization at the booth throughout the Gem City Shrimp Blast festival, set for 5:30-9 p.m. Saturday at Riverfront Park.
Sharbaugh said he would encourage people to hang around on the riverfront after the runs as the Shrimp Blast fireworks are scheduled at dusk.
W h e n t h e C a n v a s s i n g Board reviews the provisional ballot and learns that the voter does not live in the cor-rect precinct for that polling place, Overturf said, the pro-
visional ballot will not be counted.
When voters visit their poll-ing place today to cast their vote, they must bring the appropriate identification.
“Voter information cards are just for informational pur-poses,” Overturf said. “The state says you need a photo ID and a signature ID. Most peo-ple use their driver’s licenses.”
People without proper iden-tification can vote using a pro-visional ballot, but they must bring acceptable forms of identification to the Elections Office by 5 p.m. Thursday in order for the Canvassing Board to approve the ballot when the board meets Friday morning, he said.
After the primary ends at 7 p.m., Overturf said, candi-
dates and spectators will gather at the Elections Office to watch as they results are processed.
“The early voting room, we will set up for the candidates and the families and specta-tors,” he said. “We’ll have (the results) on the big screen for people to see.”
“Our percentage was bigger than all of their turnouts,” he said. “Numbers wise, they had more.”
With 44,931 Putnam resi-dents eligible to vote in the primary, 4.5 percent visited the polls during early voting,
according to soe.putnam-fl.com.
The website also shows that as of 5:30 p.m. Monday, 2,314 – 5.2 percent – voters have voted with absentee ballots.
Although only 9.7 percent of registered voters have already voted, Overturf said that he still hopes to at least have 30 percent voter turnout after today’s primary.
During previous mid-term primaries, there has only been
nearly 25 percent voter turn-out, Overturf said, so he hoped that number would improve this year.
P a r t o f t h e e f f o r t s t o increase that number was expanding the number of hours and days for early vot-ing, Overturf said.
During the 2010 primary, the only early voting location was in Palatka. The addition-al early voting locations were added in 2012.
Overturf said that to be fair, he wanted all three of the locations to open and close at the same time.
“I was going to treat every-body equally,” he said. “We were going to have the same days and same hours.”
More election information can be found at the Election’s Office’s website or by calling 329-0224.
After making contact with the owner, Woods said, depu-ties were given permission to search the residence where they found Horne hiding under a blanket in the corner of the bedroom.
He was arrested and, as of Monday afternoon, was still at the Putnam County Jail in lieu of a $2,516 bond.
Two days later – in a s e p a r a t e i n c i d e n t – d e p u t i e s arrested an Interlachen man for bat-t e r y a n d charged his brother with making false statements.
Detectives from the sheriff’s office’s Major Crimes division arrested Edward Cormier, 54, for one charge of battery.
His sibling, 52-year-old Allen Cormier, will have a charge of filing a false police report forwarded to the State Attorney’s Office, the sheriff’s office reports.
Authorities responded to the scene of the scuffle, 284 S l e e p y H o l l o w D r i v e i n Interlachen, at about 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Woods said in a statement.
Ronald Cormier told detec-tives that his brother stabbed him in the arm during a dis-pute, Woods said.
“In a sworn statement, Ronald sa id h is brother stabbed him when their argu-ment over his taking a ciga-rette from Edward’s cigarette pack turned physical,” Woods said in the statement.
Detect ives then inter -viewed both brothers and an independent witness about the occurrences of the after-noon.
Woods said it was deter-mined that Ronald Cormier actually had the knife and accidentally cut himself dur-
ing the sibling fracas. Edward Cormier was still
placed under arrest and is in jail without bond because the
battery was domestic related, Woods said.
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Miley Cyrus now wants to use her notoriety for goodBy Mesfin fekadu
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Miley Cyrus said when she stole the night at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards, she didn’t realize her impact and influence. Now, the singer says she wants to use her powers for good.
The 21-year-old is assisting the Hollywood homeless cen-ter My Friend’s Place by launching a Prizeo campaign,
urging her feverish fans to donate to the cause assisting h o m e l e s s y o u t h . C y r u s brought a member of the cen-ter as her date to Sunday’s VMAs, letting him accept her award for video of the year.
“I think what I realized after my last performance at the VMAs, I didn’t realize my plat-form, I didn’t realize my power and I didn’t realize my voice and how loud it is,” Cyrus said in an interview Monday. “And I
thought, you know, rather than sit here and talk about, ‘Oh, on every news cover, every time you go to AOL or wherever you go everybody’s sitting there talking about me,’ instead of using it as a negative, how can I use it as a positive? If I’m going to be speaking this loud, what am I trying to scream at the world? And this is it. It’s kind of a wake-up (call), which is what I had to do.”
Cyrus said the high of win-
ning awards and memorable performances doesn’t last long.
“This fills you up and it feels good for a long time. … I feel incredible today. I feel like I have a jet strapped to me and I am ready to take off from this,” she said. “I feel like there’s a way that I can incorporate everything I do in the future around youth homelessness. … I mean, dying a pop star is not what I want to have on my tombstone.”
Parole denied yet again for John Lennon’s killer
Associated PressN E W Y O R K — J o h n
Lennon’s killer was denied release from prison in his eighth appearance before a parole board, correction officials said Friday.
The decision on Mark D a v i d C h a p m a n b y a three-member board came a f t e r a h e a r i n g W e d n e s d a y , t h e s t a t e Department of Corrections said.
C h a p m a n f i r e d f i v e shots on Dec. 8, 1980, out-side the Dakota apartment house where Lennon lived on Manhattan ’s Upper West Side, hitting the ex-Beatle four times in front
of his wife, Yoko Ono, and others. He was sentenced in 1981 to 20 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.
An attorney for Ono said Friday that she had no immediate comment.
The panel wrote to the 59-year-old Chapman that i t c o n c l u d e d t h a t i f released, “you would not live and remain at liberty without again violating the law.” It added: “This victim had displayed kindness to you earlier in the day, and your actions have devas-tated a family and those who loved the victim.”
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Dear Harriette: One of my friends can be inconsiderate sometimes. I’ll text him about meeting up a few days in advance, and he tells me he will get back to me but never does. I’m going away on a trip in a couple of days, and I won’t be able to see him before he leaves for college. I’m annoyed that he didn’t get back to me about saying goodbye but still had the time to randomly follow me on Instagram. How can I address this issue with him without seeming overdramat-ic? — Longing for My Friend, Westchester, New York
Dear Longing For My Friend: You are witnessing a ter-rible downside to social media. In the company of one’s own per-sonal space on one’s own time, a person can engage others — sort of — by the click of a button without having to take the time to actually communicate one-on-one. Social media can be use-ful, but when it turns into what can seem like either a distraction much like a video game or a sub-
stitute for human interaction, it can turn into a problem.
People still want personal engagement. What you may want to do is use social media to make that point to your friend. Tell him via Instagram that you miss him and that your feelings are hurt that he has been MIA. This may be the way he hears right now.
Dear Harriette: My girlfriend and I are three years apart. It wouldn’t make that much of a difference usually, but we started dating when she was a freshman in high school and I was a senior. Neither of us had a problem with it, and it has always been legal, but we waited to introduce her to my dad until she was 18 since he had a problem with her being younger. He met her recently and was very nice to her, but when she left, he told me that I’m a pedophile and that she should break up with me. I thought that this was very harsh, and it hurts to know that that’s how my dad thinks of me. How can I bring this up with him and explain
to him how rude that was to say? — Wanting Dad’s Blessing, Chicago
Dear Wanting Dad’s Blessing: Your father’s concern is legiti-mate. You say that your relation-ship has always been legal. That depends upon the nature of your engagement. Illinois law allows consent for sexual activity at age 17. If you and your girlfriend were intimate before she turned 17, you could be accused of statutory rape — even after the fact. This is why he made the statement he did. If her parents were against your relationship, you could have a big issue on your hands, regardless of how sincere you may be.
If you and your girlfriend truly love each other and want to see if you can create a relationship, you need to slow down. You may also want to talk to your father about your feelings and ask for his support in navigating this situation so that everyone is safe and at ease.
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COMICS
Daniel J. Boorstin, a historian at the University of Chicago who died in 2004, wrote, “The trav-eler is active; he goes strenuously in search of people, of adven-ture, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes
‘sight-seeing.’ “At the bridge table, the active
defender goes strenuously in search of tricks. The passive defender hopes that tricks will have to be given to him. But how does he know which way to turn?
First, listen closely to the bid-ding. If the opponents bid aggres-sively, but stop in game, be active. If they inch up to game, stay pas-sive, almost certainly leading a trump (or from a strong honor sequence).
In today’s deal, what should West lead against four hearts?
Note that North is right to respond one diamond. With a good hand, responder bids his longest suit first. North’s four-club rebid is a splinter, showing
four-card heart support, at least game-going values and a single-ton or void in clubs. (If South has very weak clubs, a slam is a distinct possibility.)
Since North has made a slam suggestion, West should lead actively, selecting the spade two, not a passive trump or diamond queen (especially as dummy rates to have at least five diamonds).
Leading low from length guar-antees an honor in that suit. So East should know that he can take dummy’s spade nine with his jack, cash the spade ace, and lead a third round to his partner’s king. Then East will gain a trump trick for down one.
After a red-suit lead, South can win 11 tricks — quite a dif-ference.
For Tuesday, August 26, 2014
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By Jim SuhrAssociated Press
ST. LOUIS — The mourn-ers filled an enormous church to remember Michael Brown — recalling him as a “gentle giant,” aspiring rapper and recent high school graduate on his way to a technical college.
But the funeral that unfold-ed Monday was about much more than the black 18-year-old who lay in the closed cas-ket after being shot to death by a white police officer. The emotional service sought to consecrate Brown’s death as another in the long history of the civil rights movement and implored black Americans to change their protest chants into legislation and law.
“Show up at the voting booths. Let your voices be heard, and let everyone know that we have had enough of all of this,” said Eric Davis, one of Brown’s cousins.
The Rev. Al Sharpton called for a movement to clean up police forces and the commu-nities they serve.
“We’re not anti-police. We respect police. But those police that are wrong need to be dealt with just like those in our com-munity that are wrong need to be dealt with,” Sharpton said.
Two uncles remembered how Brown had once predicted that someday the whole world would know his name.
“He did not know he was offering up a divine prophecy,” Bernard Ewing said.
More than 4,500 mourners f i l l e d F r i e n d l y T e m p l e Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis for the service, which at times seemed like a cross between a gospel revival and a rock concert. It began with upbeat music punctuated by clapping. Some people danced in place.
The crowd included the par-ents of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old African-American fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida, along with a cousin of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old murdered by several white men while visiting Mississippi in 1955. Till’s killing galvanized the civil rights movement.
Also in attendance were sev-eral White House aides, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, moviemak-er Spike Lee, entertainer Sean Combs and some children of the Rev. Martin Luther King.
The Rev. Charles Ewing, the uncle who delivered the eulogy, said Brown “propheti-cally spoke his demise.” And now his blood is “crying from the ground. Crying for ven-geance. Crying for justice.”
Poster-size photos of Brown, wearing headphones, were on each side of the casket, which had a St. Louis Cardinals ball cap atop it. Large projection screens showed a photo of him
clutching his high school diplo-ma while wearing a cap and gown. Two days after his death, he had been scheduled to start training to become a heating and air-conditioning technician.
Brown, who was to be buried in a St. Louis cemetery, was unarmed when he was killed. A grand jury is considering evi-dence in the case, and a federal investigation is also underway.
Police have said a scuffle broke out Aug. 9 after officer Darren Wilson told Brown and a friend to move out of the street and onto a sidewalk in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Police said Wilson was pushed into his squad car and physically assaulted. Some witnesses have reported seeing Brown’s arms in the air in an act of surrender. An autopsy found he was shot at least six times.
Relatives denounced a video released by police, who say it shows Brown snatching cigars from a convenience store just before he was killed. In the video, the person said to be Brown grabs a clerk by the shirt and forcefully pushes him into a display rack.
Sharpton also took the black community to task, say-ing it should be as upset about black-on-black crime as it is about police violence: “We have to be outraged by our dis-
respect for each other.”“Blackness,” he added, “has
never been about being a gangster or a thug.”
Money and possessions mean little, he said, “if we can’t protect a child walking down the street in Ferguson” and bring justice.
Brown’s death fueled nearly two weeks of sometimes-violent street protests in Ferguson. His father, Michael Brown Sr., asked protesters to observe a “day of silence” Monday to let the family grieve.
The request appeared to be honored. At the Ferguson Police Department, where a small but steady group of pro-testers have stood vigil, a handmade sign announced a “break f o r funera l . ” On Monday afternoon, the West Florissant Avenue commercial corridor was also devoid of protesters, whose ranks have typically swelled as days turned to nights.
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.
Everette L. MannonEverette Lee Mannon,
“Tomato Man,” born Dec. 25, 1944, passed away Aug. 20, 2014 at St. Vincent Hospital’s Hospice Unit f o l l o w i n g a brief i l lness. He was a mem-ber of St. John t h e D i v i n e C h u r c h . H e loved to volun-teer and help in his commu-n i t y o f Interlachen.
He is survived by his wife, Rebecca Sue Mannon; daugh-ter, Tina Weaver; grandchil-dren Lisa Hunt, Heather Vanwie, Joshua Mannon; great-grandchildren Hannah Mannon , Dar ious Hunt , Amber Vanwie.
Memorial service will be held at 7 p.m., Aug. 28 at St. John the Divine Church, 2804 Reid St., Palatka, Father Bob Mills presiding.
Dorothy N. OwensDorothy Nowlin Owens, 89,
of Wise, Va., passed away Friday, Aug. 22, 2014 at The L a u r e l s i n Norton, Va.
B o r n i n D i c k e n s o n County , she was daughter of the late Tom and Bitha Hill Nowl in . She was a home-
maker and a member o f Splashdam Freewill Baptist Church in Haysi, Va. She was formerly a resident of Palatka from 1997-2007 and had at tended the New Hope Baptist Church in Palatka.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis Leon Owens; an infant son, Marty Ray Owens; sisters, Maxie Sluss and Nora Nowlin and brothers, Floyd, Jim, Bert and Dewey.
Survivors include two sons, Clint (Tammy) Owens of Haysi and Larry Arlin Owens of Palatka; four grandchildren, Angie, Stephanie, Steven and Justin; and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held Tuesday, Aug. 26 (today) at 3 p.m. at Palatka Memorial Gardens in Palatka with Bro. Glenn Tillis, pastor of the New Hope Baptist Church, officiating.
Expressions of sympathy may be sent to her online guestbook at www.themastersfuneral-homes.com. Memorial gifts may be sent to Splashdam Freewill Baptist Church, RR 1 Box 495, Haysi, VA 24256.
Masters Funeral Home of Palatka is in charge of arrange-ments.
Diane JonesD i a n e J o n e s , 8 9 , o f
S a t s u m a , p a s s e d a w a y Monday, Aug. 25, 2014 at the Putnam Community Medical Center in Palatka.
Masters Funeral Home of Palatka is in charge of the arrangements.
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ObituariesSoldier dies from self-inflicted gunshotBy michael FelBerBaum
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FORT LEE, Va . — An enraged soldier barricaded herself in a building at a Virginia Army base, threw objects around the office and then fatally shot herself in the head Monday as law enforce-ment officials tried to negoti-ate with her, authorities said.
The soldier, who has not been identified, was pro-nounced dead after being t a k e n t o V i r g i n i a Commonwealth University Medical Center, according to a news release issued by Fort Lee, where the Monday morn-ing shooting took place.
No other injuries were reported.
The heavily trafficked base went on lockdown while the soldier was barricaded on the third floor of the four-story building that houses the A r m y ’ s C o m b i n e d A r m s Support Command. About 1,100 people were inside, but no one else was hurt, Fort Lee officials said.
The Army said an alert was
sounded across the post and those in the building either took shelter inside or evacuat-ed as directed. Fort Lee police responded within two minutes of being alerted, the news release said.
“This situation could’ve been worse,” said Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lyons, who took over as commanding general o f the support command Friday.
The soldier was a sergeant 1st class who has been in the Army for 14 years and at Fort Lee for three, Lyons said. Her gun was not a service weapon, he said. Army officials said they would not release her identity until 24 hours after notifying her next of kin. They did not say if that had hap-pened yet.
“We are sad for our soldier in arms that she faced those kinds of challenges she had to resort to those k inds o f actions,” Lyons said.
He said officials did not know whether she was being treated for any mental health issues and could not speculate whether drugs or alcohol
might have been a factor. Lyons described the soldier as upset and enraged during the incident but said he couldn’t say whether that was consis-tent with her personality.
Fort Lee reopened and nor-mal operations resumed with-in an hour of the shooting, Lyons said, with trucks and cars entering and exiting the base. The main gate — closest to the scene — continued to control traffic, but other gates were operating as normal.
The daily population at Fort Lee — 25 miles south of Richmond and 130 miles from Wash ington — i s about 34,000, with members from all branches, their families, civil-ians and contractors. Fort Lee’s website says the instal-lation has seen enormous growth and renovations over the past decade as a result of realignment and closures of bases across the U.S.
Army off icials initially labeled Monday’s incident an “active shooter” situation. The Department of Homeland Security uses the term to describe someone actively try-
ing to kill people, usually in populated areas, with no pat-tern of choosing victims.
The shooting is the fourth violent act at a Virginia mili-tary installation this year. In March, a civilian truck driver shot and killed a sailor aboard a Navy destroyer at Naval Station Norfolk before he was shot and killed by Navy secu-rity.
In June, authorities said, a sailor repeatedly stabbed another near Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. The same installation was placed on lockdown in April when a sail-or shot and killed himself inside a barracks there.
Monday’s lockdown came days after Fort Lee announced in its official newspaper that a new mass warning and emer-gency notification system would be activated in the com-ing weeks. The system allows users to input phone numbers, email addresses or pop-up alerts on any computer that’s part of the main Fort Lee net-work, the newspaper said. Officials said Monday that the system is not yet in place.
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MARK BLUMENTHAL
Love-festfor the
Cavaliers
The top sports stories in anoth-er Weekend That Was:
5. Hunter Mahan strikes for victory for the first
time since 2012 as he captures The Barclay in Paramus, N.J., by two strokes over Stuart Appleby, Cameron Tringale and Jason Day in this FedEx standings event. British Open and PGA Championship win-ner Rory McIlroy was nine strokes back at 5-under par.
4. The Little League World Series comes to a conclusion with Seoul, South Korea holding back the Jackie Robinson West Little Leaguers from Chicago, 8-4, at Williamsport, Pa.
3. Joey Logano wins for the third time this year in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series and for the first time at Bristol Motor Speedway as he captures the Irwin Tools Night Race on Saturday night.
2. The trade is officially com-pleted – Minnesota Timberwolves star forward Kevin Love is part of a three-way deal that sees him go to the Cleveland Cavaliers, while Cavaliers first-round pick Andrew Wiggins goes to the Timberwolves along with Thaddeus Young, who is sent by the Philadelphia 76ers, while the 76ers get a pair of players and a first-round pick in 2015 from the Timberwolves.
1. Talk about bad luck – St. Louis Rams quarterback and 2008 Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford damages his anterior cruci-ate ligament in a exhibition game against the Cleveland Browns, less than a year after he had the same leg operated on, meaning his 2014 season ends before it starts.
Our topic of discussion: 2. What this trade means.
Congratulations, Cleveland Cavaliers. You just moved another step closer to an NBA Championship.
On most great basketball teams, a three-pronged cog is normally need-ed to function correctly. The San Antonio Spurs had that this past season with the longtime trio of Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker. The Boston Celtics, of course, had their Big Three of Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce when they won it all in 2008. And the Los Angeles Lakers won back-to-back titles with the trio of Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Derek Fisher making a huge impact.
Then, of course, there were the back-to-back champion Miami Heat with their trio of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. Now, as you know, James is back in his home state of Ohio and once again a Cavalier. He already knew he had a teammate in All-Star guard Kyrie Irving, this season’s All-Star Game Most Valuable Player. But they needed one more cog.
Enter Kevin Love, disgruntled in Minnesota after years of playing his guts out and having no postseason games to show for it. Love, who turns 25 on Sept. 7, had his contract coming up at the end of the season and unless Minneapolis became a tropical haven and better yet, became a viable franchise to maybe win a championship or two, he was leavin’ Dodge faster than you can blink an eye.
Teaming up with Bryant with the Lakers was viable. So was going to the Golden State Warriors, who already have a great group of young players and hungry to win a champi-onship. Those teams made inquiries.
In the end, though, the winner was the Cavaliers, or better yet, James, who somehow was able to persuade Love to come to Cleveland, which is far from a warm paradise come December, January and February and has been the butt of jokes for a few generations. And maybe it was the fact that James said the right thing about Love, a career 19-point, 12-rebound per
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Following up the best season in Peniel Baptist Academy volleyball history, the Warriors started the 2014-15 campaign on a strong note with a 25-16, 25-16, 17-25, 25-22 vic-tory over Gainesville Cornerstone Academy at Jenkins Middle School on Monday night.
Emily Collier led the way with 17 service points, eight digs and two kills, while Hannah Ogle had 11 points with five being aces, three of which came in the fourth game with the Warriors down 22-20. She had eight kills and two assists. Ashley Spedden added 10 points, four aces, 10 assists, six digs and five kills, while Amber Spedden had four points, two for aces, nine assists, five digs and four kills.
The Warriors finished 18-10 a year ago and won the school’s first Florida High School Athletic Association-sanctioned state tournament event when they triumphed at Tallahassee FAMU.
n Crescent City, coming off a District 8-1A championship, started its season falling to nondistrict rival Lake Butler Union County at home, 17-25, 25-14, 25-17, 25-18.
For the Raiders, Alexus Sands had five kills and three aces, Jaela Chandler provided three kills and two aces and Alicia Morales had 21 digs.
n A f t e r t w o c l o s e g a m e s , Interlachen eventually fell to visiting Bronson, 25-21, 25-23, 25-13, in its opener.
For the Rams, Kaedi Gillman had seven kills, two digs and four points, Kyleigh Russell had four kills, one dig and one point, Hannah Pliska put up six assists, one dig and six points with two aces and Cheyenne Walker had six assists and three service points.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Warriorsopen upvictorious
A GAtor SwArm
JOHN STUDWELL / Special To The Daily News
The Florida defense comes in to wrap up former Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray during last year’s game at EverBank Field. The Gator defense will be relied upon to help turn the team around after a 4-8 season.
Defense RulesFlorida strong in stopping opponents under Muschamp
By Mark LongAssociated Press
GAINESVILLE
Whether he’s screaming from the side-line or punching a white board in the l o c k e r r o o m , F l o r i d a ’ s W i l l Muschamp knows defense.
It’s what he played.It’s what he coached.It’s what the Gators have done best during
his tenure.Often overshadowed by a woeful offense,
Florida’s defense has set a pretty high standard during Muschamp’s first three seasons in Gainesville. The Gators have ranked no lower than eighth nationally in total defense, giving up less than 300 yards a game with Muschamp in charge.
And despite losing the team’s best pass rush-er and several starters in the secondary, Florida expects to be defensively stout again this sea-son.
“Absolutely,” Muschamp said last week. “We’ll play well. … We have the key ingredients of what you want, in my opinion. Now we got to go do it. Talk is cheap.”
The Gators have nothing to boast about after last season. They lost their final seven games, missed a bowl game and ended up with their first losing record since 1979.
Little went right, not even on defense.Florida was gouged at times, giving up 500
yards in a loss at Missouri, allowing 429 yards rushing in a shocking home defeat to lower-divi-sion Georgia Southern and then surrendering 456 yards in a season-ending setback against in-state rival and eventual national champion Florida State.
It was uncharacteristic for a unit that had kept Florida in several games throughout the season. But key injuries – the Gators lost defen-sive end Dominique Easley in 2013 – played a factor. So did a lack of confidence in the team’s much-maligned offense, which had personnel and coaching issues that eventually carried over to the other side of the ball.
“We had some individualism on the team last year,” linebacker Mike Taylor said. “Last year it was more, ‘I got me. I got this.’ This year, it’s more, ‘We, us, team.’ It’s not ‘I.’ It’s more team. We’re more together.”
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Back towork forRamsInterlachen opens withroad trip to Weeki Wachee
By andy HaLLPalatka Daily News
The Interlachen Rams went right to work Monday putting last week behind them while keeping what hap-pened two years ago front and center.
The seniors, at least, have 2012 on their minds while preparing for Friday’s season opener at Weeki Wachee.
“Two years ago, we never should have lost,” said I H S r u n n i n g backs coach Roy Zook, recalling a 29-22 overtime defeat in which t h e R a m s coughed up a two-touchdown lead and had a poten-tial clinching touchdown erased by an inexplicable ruling on an interception return. “Our seniors were sophomores when we first played them and it sticks with them.”
Last Friday – a 35-0 preseason road loss to Lakeland Victory Christian – is best forgotten.
Having reloaded after a run to the class 2A state finals last season, Victory overwhelmed Interlachen in a preseason game that was interrupted by lightning and then shortened to one half.
“We came out flat. I think the bus ride had a lot to do with it,” Zook said. “When we came back out after the lightning, we were better. But that was preseason. It’s over and we’re con-centrating on opening the season at Weeki Wachee. If we play with a lot of
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FRIDAY
Interlachen atWeeki
Wachee,7 p.m.
U.S. TENNIS OPEN
Cramped-up Murray moves alongBy racHeL coHen
Associated Press
NEW YORK – Spinning in 70 mph second serves, grab-bing at his hamstring during points, Andy Murray gritted his way through head-to-toe cramps to win at the U.S. Open.
Murray outlasted Robin Haase 6-3, 7-6 (6), 1-6, 7-5 in the first round Monday during an afternoon that was hot but not particularly humid. He was mystified that the cramps came on so early – at the start of the third set after only about an hour and a half on court.
“When it starts to kind of go everywhere, you don’t know exactly where it’s going to creep up next,” he said. “When you stretch one muscle, something else then cramps, too.”
It started in the back of his left shoulder, and then quickly spread to his forearm. The right-handed Murray couldn’t toss the ball high enough to get any pace on his serves.
Between points, he’d twist his body to awkwardly stretch his left side. After hitting a winner, he’d reach for his quad.
Murray was twice down a break in the fourth set, but the 70th-ranked Haase unraveled with a string of unforced errors. He wasted three break points in the final game, when a missed call also cost him.
The eighth-seeded Murray had felt confident in his con-ditioning after productive training sessions in Miami, where he weathered far more heat and humidity than this. He wondered if something was amiss in his nutrition.
“Cramping in my left forearm?” a bewildered Murray said. “I mean, I didn’t use my left forearm a whole lot today.”
Haase, also bothered by some cramping, said he didn’t eat and drink enough beforehand because of an earlier-than-expected start – the first match on Louis Armstrong Stadium lasted just 47 minutes. But Murray said dehy-dration didn’t seem to be his problem.
Serving for the fourth set at 5-3, Haase double-fault-ed on break point to allow Murray to get back on serve. Murray then went up 6-5 when he took Haase’s second serve high and whacked a forehand winner.
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CALENDARNOTE: Schedules are submitted by schools, leagues and recreation departments and are subject to change without notice.
TUESDAY, August 26HIGH SCHOOL
VolleyballInterlachen at Trenton, 6 p.m.Ocala Christian vs. Peniel Baptist at Jenkins Middle School, 6 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, August 27No events scheduled.
TIDESPalatka City Dock
High LowToday 4:41A,5:03P ---------,12:02PAug. 27 5:16A,5:39P 12:13A,12:30PAug. 28 5:51A,6:15P 12:46A,12:58P
St. Augustine Beach High LowToday 9:12A,9:27P 3:07A,3:22PAug. 27 9:51A,10:05P 3:42A,4:00PAug. 28 10:29A,10:42P 4:15A,4:38P
NOTICESRegistration
PUTNAM COUNTY FALL SOCCER Registration is underway for the upcoming Putnam County Parks & Recreation fall soccer season. Registration is currently $30 and after Sept. 2, it’s $35. There will be an end of the season tournament on Dec. 6. A coaches meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 9 with the season beginning Sept. 29 and going until Nov. 21. The league is for age groups 4-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 11-14. To pick up a registration form, you can go to parks and recreation building on 120 Carter Road or fill one out online at activenet3.active.com/putnamcounty. For questions, call 329-1268.
SOUTH PUTNAM LITTLE LEAGUE Fall baseball and softball signups are taking place at the Pomona Park ball field. Signups will be held Sept. 6 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; and on Aug. 26-28 and Sept. 2-4 from 5-7 p.m. Signups are for T-ball league ages 4-6, coaches pitch-ing league from ages 7-8 and majors from ages 9-12. Registration fee is $40, while all soft-ball and junior-senior league baseball leagues is $50. Tryouts will be held at 2 p.m., Sept. 6 at Pomona Park’s ball field. All late singups will be charged at $10 late registration fee. For more informa-tion, please message on the league’s Facebook page at [email protected].
PALATKA BABE RUTH Palatka Babe Ruth has opened its Web site to online registration for its fall baseball season. Online signup is through midnight, Friday at palatkababeruth.baberuthon-line.com. The fee is $50 for those who sign up online or $60 for those who register at the walk in dates tonight and Thursday at Bates & Hewett Insurance, 3400 Crill Ave., Suite 2, Palatka. The program is for youths who turn 4 by April 30, 2015, up to age 15. The fall baseball season will be Sept. 29-Oct. 30. For more details, email [email protected].
ClinicsSJRSC SOFTBALL
St. Johns River State College will hold a free youth softball clinic on Saturday. Girls between the ages of 7-13 are welcome to attend. The clinic will be held from 8:30 a.m.-noon on the SJR State softball field located on the Palatka campus. Registration begins at 8 a.m. An event T-shirt and lunch will be provided. Pre-registration is recom-mended to ensure space and T-shirt size availability. Instruction on the fundamentals of softball will be provided by SJRSC’s softball players and coaches. Participants are required to bring their own glove and should wear cleats or tennis shoes. Participants must also download and complete a participant release form located on SJR State’s athletic website at SJRvikings.com. For more information or to pre-regis-
ter, contact Coach Katie Brosky at 312-4163 or by email at [email protected].
BASEBALLAL Standings
East Division W L Pct GBBaltimore 74 55 .574 —New York 68 61 .527 6Toronto 66 65 .504 9Tampa Bay 64 67 .489 11Boston 57 74 .435 18Central Division W L Pct GBKansas City 72 58 .554 —Detroit 70 59 .543 1½Cleveland 66 63 .512 5½Chicago 59 71 .454 13Minnesota 58 72 .446 14West Division W L Pct GBLos Angeles 77 52 .597 —Oakland 77 53 .592 ½Seattle 71 58 .550 6Houston 55 77 .417 23½Texas 50 79 .388 27Sunday’s GamesN.Y. Yankees 7, Chicago White Sox 4, 10 inningsCleveland 3, Houston 1Tampa Bay 2, Toronto 1, 10 inningsSeattle 8, Boston 6Detroit 13, Minnesota 4Chicago Cubs 2, Baltimore 1Texas 3, Kansas City 1L.A. Angels 9, Oakland 4Monday’s GamesBaltimore 9, Tampa Bay 1Boston 4, Toronto 3, 10 inningsN.Y. Yankees 8, Kansas City 1Oakland 8, Houston 2Miami at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.Texas at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.Tuesday’s GamesTampa Bay (Cobb 9-6) at Baltimore (W.Chen 13-4), 7:05 p.m.Boston (R.De La Rosa 4-5) at Toronto (Dickey 10-12), 7:07 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (McCarthy 5-2) at Detroit (Porcello 14-8), 7:08 p.m.Cleveland (House 2-3) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 6-10), 8:10 p.m.Minnesota (Nolasco 5-9) at Kansas City (D.Duffy 8-11), 8:10 p.m.Oakland (Hammel 1-5) at Houston (Keuchel 10-9), 8:10 p.m.Miami (Eovaldi 6-8) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 12-4), 10:05 p.m.Texas (N.Martinez 3-9) at Seattle (Paxton 3-1), 10:10 p.m.
NL StandingsEast Division W L Pct GBWashington 75 55 .577 —Atlanta 68 63 .519 7½Miami 64 65 .496 10½New York 61 70 .466 14½Philadelphia 59 72 .450 16½Central Division W L Pct GBMilwaukee 72 58 .554 —St. Louis 71 59 .546 1Pittsburgh 67 64 .511 5½Cincinnati 63 68 .481 9½Chicago 58 72 .446 14
West Division W L Pct GBLos Angeles 74 58 .561 —San Francisco 68 61 .527 4½San Diego 60 69 .465 12½Arizona 55 76 .420 18½Colorado 52 77 .403 20½Sunday’s GamesCincinnati 5, Atlanta 3Washington 14, San Francisco 6Philadelphia 7, St. Louis 1Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 3Chicago Cubs 2, Baltimore 1Colorado 7, Miami 4N.Y. Mets 11, L.A. Dodgers 3San Diego 7, Arizona 4Monday’s GamesSt. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 2Philadelphia 3, Washington 2Miami at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.Milwaukee at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.Colorado at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.Tuesday’s GamesSt. Louis (Lynn 14-8) at Pittsburgh (Cole 7-4), 7:05 p.m.Washington (G.Gonzalez 6-9) at Philadelphia (Hamels 7-6), 7:05 p.m.Atlanta (A.Wood 9-9) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 4-6), 7:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 7-11) at Cincinnati (Cueto 15-7), 7:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (R.Hernandez 7-9) at Arizona (Cahill 3-8), 9:40 p.m.Miami (Eovaldi 6-8) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 12-4), 10:05 p.m.Milwaukee (J.Nelson 2-4) at San Diego (T.Ross 11-12), 10:10 p.m.Colorado (J.De La Rosa 13-8) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 14-9), 10:15 p.m.
Orioles 9, Rays 1Tampa Bay Baltimore ab r h bi ab r h bi Zobrist cf 2 0 0 0 Markks rf 5 1 1 2Guyr ph-cf 2 0 1 0 Prce 1b-lf 5 2 2 1Joyce lf 2 0 0 0 AJones cf 4 1 2 0Longori dh 4 0 0 0 Flhrty ph-3b 1 0 0 0Loney 1b 4 0 0 0 N.Cruz dh 5 1 1 0Myers rf 4 0 1 0 DYong lf 3 1 3 3Forsyth 2b 3 0 0 0 Lgh pr-lf-cf 0 0 0 0YEscor ss 3 1 1 0 JHardy ss 4 1 1 1Molin c 3 0 0 0 Dvis 3b-1b 3 1 1 1SRdrgz 3b 3 0 1 0 Hundly c 4 0 1 0 Schoop 2b 4 1 2 0Totals 30 1 4 0 Totals 38 9 14 8Tampa Bay 001 000 000—1Baltimore 003 060 00x—9E—Loney (7), Joyce (3), Schoop (10). DP—Baltimore 2. LOB—Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 7. 2B—D.Young (11). HR—Markakis (12), Pearce (15), D.Young (6), J.Hardy (8), C.Davis (22). IP H R ER BB SOTampa BayOdorizzi L,9-11 4 11 8 8 1 3Yates 1 2 1 1 0 1Beliveau 1 1 0 0 0 2C.Ramos 2 0 0 0 1 2BaltimoreTillman W,11-5 7 3 1 0 2 2O’Day 1 1 0 0 0 1Z.Britton 1 0 0 0 0 1Odorizzi pitched to 5 batters in the 5th.Umpires—Home, Jeff Nelson; First, Pat Hoberg; Second, Scott Barry; Third, Laz Diaz.T—2:56. A—15,516 (45,971).
WNBAPostseason glance
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS(Best-of-3)EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlanta vs. ChicagoFriday Chicago 80, Atlanta 77Sunday Atlanta 92, Chicago 83(Series tied, 1-1)Tonight at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.Indiana vs. WashingtonThursday Indiana 78, Washington 73Saturday Indiana 81, Washington 76, OT(Fever win series, 2-0)
WESTERN CONFERENCE Phoenix vs. Los AngelesFriday Phoenix 75, Los Angeles 72Sunday Phoenix 93, Los Angeles 68(Mercury win series, 2-0)Minnesota vs. San AntonioThursday Minnesota 88, San Antonio 84Saturday Minnesota 94, San Antonio 89(Lynx win series, 2-0)
CONFERENCE FINALS(Best-of-3)WESTERN CONFERENCEMinnesota vs. PhoenixAug. 29 at Phoenix, 10 p.m.Aug. 31 at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m.Sept. 2 at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
NFLExhibition Glance
AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast W L T Pct PF PAMiami 2 1 0 .667 55 50New England 2 1 0 .667 78 65N.Y. Jets 2 1 0 .667 62 62Buffalo 1 3 0 .250 63 81South W L T Pct PF PAHouston 2 1 0 .667 50 56Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 68 64Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 47 43Indianapolis 0 3 0 .000 53 63North W L T Pct PF PABaltimore 3 0 0 1.000 83 50Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 56 67Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 75 79Cleveland 0 3 0 .000 49 70West W L T Pct PF PADenver 2 1 0 .667 72 34San Diego 1 2 0 .333 48 69Kansas City 1 2 0 .333 69 97Oakland 1 2 0 .333 54 67NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Giants 4 0 0 1.000 99 79Washington 2 1 0 .667 64 52Philadelphia 1 2 0 .333 94 97Dallas 0 3 0 .000 57 89South W L T Pct PF PANew Orleans 3 0 0 1.000 80 65Atlanta 1 2 0 .333 40 66Carolina 1 2 0 .333 53 66Tampa Bay 1 2 0 .333 51 50North W L T Pct PF PAMinnesota 3 0 0 1.000 70 46Chicago 2 1 0 .667 60 81Detroit 2 1 0 .667 52 51Green Bay 2 1 0 .667 68 48West W L T Pct PF PASeattle 2 1 0 .667 91 41Arizona 1 2 0 .333 73 49St. Louis 1 2 0 .333 64 61San Francisco 1 2 0 .333 24 64Thursday’s GamePhiladelphia 31, Pittsburgh 21Friday’s GamesNew England 30, Carolina 7N.Y. Giants 35, N.Y. Jets 24Detroit 13, Jacksonville 12Green Bay 31, Oakland 21Seattle 34, Chicago 6Saturday’s GamesTampa Bay 27, Buffalo 14Miami 25, Dallas 20Tennessee 24, Atlanta 17Baltimore 23, Washington 17Minnesota 30, Kansas City 12New Orleans 23, Indianapolis 17St. Louis 33, Cleveland 14Houston 18, Denver 17Sunday’s GamesSan Francisco 21, San Diego 7Cincinnati 19, Arizona 13Thursday, Aug. 28Atlanta at Jacksonville, 6 p.m.Kansas City at Green Bay, 7 p.m.Detroit at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.St. Louis at Miami, 7 p.m.New England at N.Y. Giants, 7:30 p.m.Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.San Francisco at Houston, 8 p.m.Baltimore at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Denver at Dallas, 8 p.m.Minnesota at Tennessee, 8 p.m.Chicago at Cleveland, 8 p.m.Arizona at San Diego, 10 p.m.Seattle at Oakland, 10 p.m.
AUTO RACINGIrwin Tools Night Race
BRISTOL, Tenn. — The following are the results of Saturday Night’s Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.1. (5) Joey Logano, Ford, 500 laps, 133.8 rating, 47 points, $357,931.2. (9) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 500, 122.8, 43, $241,438.3. (16) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 500, 115.1, 42, $227,116.4. (6) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 500, 106.8, 40, $198,916.5. (7) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 500, 107.1, 39, $136,605.6. (21) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 500, 80.1, 38, $161,120.7. (3) Carl Edwards, Ford, 500, 100.4, 37, $135,995.8. (18) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 500, 116.8, 38, $161,609.9. (17) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 500, 85.3, 35, $142,484.10. (8) Greg Biffle, Ford, 500, 89.4, 34, $155,070.11. (1) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 500, 116.3, 34, $154,368.12. (40) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 500, 78.6, 32, $139,880.13. (11) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 500, 92, 31, $119,285.14. (22) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 500, 82.1, 30, $128,643.15. (25) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 499, 80, 29, $145,693.16. (2) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 499, 87.9, 29, $152,346.17. (14) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 498, 66.7, 27, $143,351.18. (28) Michael McDowell, Ford, 498, 63.7, 26, $103,785.19. (19) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 497, 71.9, 25, $131,218.20. (23) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 497, 68.4, 24, $134,318.21. (15) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 497, 71, 23, $138,935.22. (39) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 497, 57.9, 0, $105,010.23. (29) David Ragan, Ford, 496, 52.9, 21, $126,493.24. (36) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 496, 52.2, 20, $115,318.25. (32) David Gilliland, Ford, 495, 49, 19, $121,182.26. (43) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 495, 44.6, 18, $110,010.27. (24) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 493, 45.2, 17, $109,390.28. (26) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 493, 35.6, 16, $146,616.29. (30) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 492, 42.8, 15, $100,770.30. (34) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 492, 38.1, 14, $101,635.31. (41) David Stremme, Chevrolet, 491, 33.5, 13, $97,525.32. (27) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 489, 53.9, 12, $97,415.33. (37) J.J. Yeley, Ford, 489, 37.4, 0, $97,305.34. (10) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 480, 53.8, 10, $123,490.35. (12) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 477, 79.6, 10, $116,410.36. (4) Kyle Busch, Toyota, accident, 442, 68.4, 9, $144,866.37. (33) Ryan Truex, Toyota, engine, 338, 38, 7, $96,784.38. (38) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, accident, 243, 29.9, 6, $91,165.39. (20) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, accident, 176, 68.6, 5, $95,165.40. (13) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, acci-dent, 160, 79.5, 5, $96,565.41. (42) Aric Almirola, Ford, accident, 123, 43.7, 3, $116,101.
Sprint Cup Standings 1. J.Gordon, 845; 2. D.Earnhardt Jr., 818; 3. B.Keselowski, 776; 4. J.Logano, 761; 5. M.Kenseth, 751; 6. J.Johnson, 726; 7. K.Harvick, 721; 8. C.Edwards, 716; 9. R.Newman, 710; 10. C.Bowyer, 699; 11. G.Biffle, 694; 12. K.Larson, 668.
S C O R E B O A R DTODAY ON TELEVISION
NATIONAL BASKETBALL2 p.m. ESPN2 Exhibition, Slovenia vs. U.S., at Las Palmas, Spain
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL7 p.m. Sun Sports Orioles at Rays8 p.m. Fox Sports 1 Twins at Royals10 p.m. FS FLorida Marlins at Angels10 p.m. MLB Network Rangers at Seahawks
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SOCCER2:30 p.m. FS Florida APOEL vs. Aalborg, at Nicosia, Cyprus2:30 p.m. Fox Sports 1 Celtic vs. Maribor, at Glasgow, Scotland3 a.m. Fox Sports 1 Lille at Porto (tape)
U.S. OPEN TENNIS1 p.m. ESPN First-round matches, at7 p.m. ESPN New York
YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES7 p.m. NBC Sports Men’s diving; beach vol- leyball, at Nanjing, China (tape)
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game player and a star in the making. He said that he didn’t care about the points or the rebounds and what he put up nightly. He said he loved Love’s basketball IQ.
Fair enough. Most players would like to be judged on what they do with the ball and if they’re thinking one or two steps ahead of everyone else. Very few can pull it off, though. Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers could. So could Duncan. Kobe? Yeah, him, too. And, of course, there’s LeBron James.
So getting Love was a big part of the puzzle the Cavaliers got to get closer to a championship. And Wiggins, who would have needed time to develop to be the “third cog” with Cleveland, and Thaddeus Young will help form a nice nucleus with the Timberwolves for returning head coach Flip Saunders. And the Sixers picked up some players and a first-round choice from Minnesota next year to help build its franchise, one of those players being former Montverde Academy star player Luc Mbah a Moute, a former UCLA Bruin who played in three straight Final Fours between 2006-08 and was a teammate of none other than Love’s at UCLA in 2008 and again with the T’Wolves.
It is uncertain how the Sixers will fare in all this. Even the Timberwolves are a question mark immediately. But they will flourish ultimately. Then again, they hoped that would happen while Love was playing for them.
For now, the trade that went down a few weeks ago is now official as of Saturday. Love is in Cleveland.
And, cheesy as it sounds, may the “Love-fest” begin.
Mark Blumenthal is a writer for the Palatka Daily News. [email protected]
heart and do what we’re supposed to do, we’re going to win.”
The Rams take another long ride this Friday – about 115 miles – but will travel in the relative comfort of a charter bus.
The Hornets drove 80 yards in nine plays for the go-ahead score in their preseason game, only to see visiting Lecanto rally for a 14-12 victory. Weeki Wachee’s Shawn O’Gorman ran 17 times for
151 yards and one touchdown. Quarterback Alec Cromie directed two third-down conversions on a second-half scoring drive.
“Weeki Wachee looks exactly like we do. They have some kids going both ways,” Zook said. “They’re a third-year program and still have a lot of young kids. (Coach) Mark Lee’s got the pro-gram going strong.”
Interlachen is entering its third season under Mike Cullison, who was unavailable for comment Monday, and is committed to a turnaround despite consecutive 1-9 seasons. That was evident
before, during and after practice on Monday.
“There were a lot of positives (from the Victory game) and some negatives – but the kids responsi-ble for the negatives took the con-structive criticism and practice went nice,” Zook said. “After prac-tice, a bunch of them went out to run and get in a little better shape.”
First-time quarterback Bobby Ricks performed well against a playoff-tested opponent, said Zook, who also praised the work of nose guard Darrius Mercer, recently called up from the junior varsity.
“He’s 5-foot-3 and played like he’s six feet,” said Zook of Mercer. “Several of them who were with the JV last year showed them-selves. Bobby did pretty well. We’re young on the offensive line and they’re still learning to gel together.”
The Rams had to do without two linemen, James Harbin (ligament strain) and Dallas Vaughn (ankle), against Victory Christian and nei-ther is expected to play Friday. T.J. Strickland is due back this week and should play some in the slot. The status of wideout Daniel Perez (ankle) is uncertain.
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The Gators get their first chance to show 2013 was a fluke Saturday when they open the season against Idaho, which has just four wins over the last three seasons.
Muschamp has repeatedly expressed confi-dence that his team will make a quick turn-around, much like fellow Southeastern Conference teams Auburn and Missouri did last season.
Although Muschamp expects the offense to be markedly better under new coordinator Kurt Roper, he’s equally convinced the defense will return to form.
The unit lost Easley, who turned pro after a season-ending knee injury in September, and
defensive backs Loucheiz Purifoy, Marcus Roberson and Jaylen Watkins.
But the Gators have two budding stars in defensive end Dante Fowler Jr. and cornerback Vernon Hargreaves III.
Fowler, a 6-foot-3, 260-pound junior from St. Petersburg, has just six sacks in two seasons. He’s been the team’s best pass rusher in camp, but whether he has a breakout year could depend on the guys around him. After all, if fel-low starting linemen Jonathan Bullard, Leon Orr and Darious Cummings aren’t disruptive, opponents surely will chip and double Fowler or roll quarterbacks away from his side.
“That’s something we’ve talked about and know it could happen,” defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin said. “We do enough up front to move Dante around and that’s a hard thing to do because he doesn’t play in one spot.”
Hargreaves will move around, too.
The 5-11 sophomore from Tampa started 10 games as a freshman and finished with 11 pass breakups and three interceptions. His break-ups equaled the most by a true freshman in school history, matching what Janoris Jenkins did in 2008.
“He’s really stepped up as a leader. We’ve seen him grow in that area,” Durkin said. “Vernon still understands he’s got to get better and he still has things to work on and we push him on that every day and he does a great job. He practices hard, prepares well and we expect big things from him.”
Muschamp said the same about the entire defense.
He believes the unit is strong up the mid-dle and at linebacker. The weak leak could be the secondary, where only Hargreaves and safety Keanu Neal have locked down starting spots.
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With Murray trying to serve out the match, Haase smacked a deep return on his second break point that might have set him up to win the game. But the ball was called
out, and after it was overturned on review, they had to replay the point. This time, Haase hit a volley into the net.
Murray is notorious for sudden-ly clutching at an ailment after a poorly played point. On this day, though, the misery was clearly real. The two-time major champi-on went after winners to shorten
points, tried to stay upright to keep the strain off his legs. It was just enough to eke out the victory.
“I don’t think if it would have gone to five sets I would’ve been the favorite,” Murray said.
Three years ago, he and Haase did go five in New York, with Murray rallying from a two-set deficit to win in the second round.
After Monday’s loss, Haase planned to complain to the ATP that he was denied treatment dur-ing the match for a sore foot. But the Dutchman insisted he wasn’t distracted by Murray’s shows of discomfort.
“I was more busy with myself, and I was struggling myself,” Haase said.
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S P O R T S B R I E F SMAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Orioles bomb away on Rays, 9-1BALTIMORE – The Baltimore Orioles have a
knack for moving forward instead of looking back, a trait that just might be more important than their home-run power and solid pitching.
“The strength of his team is the ability to forget,” center fielder Adam Jones said after Baltimore snapped a three-game losing streak with a 9-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.
Delmon Young, J.J. Hardy and Chris Davis hom-ered in succession during a six-run fifth inning as the AL East-leading Orioles bounced back from a lamen-table weekend in which they totaled only four runs and 13 hits in three losses to the last-place Chicago Cubs.
Baltimore hit five homers in all against the Rays, four off rookie Jake Odorizzi (9-11). Nick Markakis and Steve Pearce delivered back-to-back shots in the third to spark the Orioles to their ninth win in 13 games against Tampa Bay this season.
NFL
Jaguars release three playersJACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville Jaguars
made three roster moves Monday to reduce their ros-ter to 76. Wide receiver Lamaar Thomas and run-ning back Terrance Cobb were waived, while corner-back Deion Belue was waived injured.
Also, the Jaguars are expected to place cornerback Aaron Colvin on the non-football injury list Tuesday. Colvin will not count against the mandated 75-play-er roster teams must be at by 4 p.m. today.
Colvin was a fourth-round pick this year. He suf-fered an ACL injury while playing for the Jaguars’ coaching staff at the Senior Bowl in January.
Thomas hurt his knee in the spring and missed nearly all offseason workouts. Cobb, a rookie from Cumberland University, was behind four other run-ning backs on the depth chart.
Bucs bring in Incognito for visitTAMPA – The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are trying
to determine if Richie Incognito is a good fit for their struggling offensive line.
Coach Lovie Smith confirmed Monday he was going to meet with one of the central figures of the bullying scandal that engulfed the Miami Dolphins last season, but also cautioned the “visit” might not necessarily end with the free agent guard resuming his career with the Bucs.
An NFL investigation determined Incognito and two other Dolphins offensive linemen engaged in persistent harassment of teammate Jonathan Martin, who left the team in the middle of last sea-son. Incognito was suspended and missed the final eight games before becoming a free agent when his contract with Miami expired.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
FSU’s Wilson still suspendedTALLAHASSEE — Florida State coach Jimbo
Fisher declined to confirm whether or not sus-pended receiver Jesus “Bobo” Wilson is eligible to play in the season-opener against Oklahoma State.
Wilson has been suspended since being arrested and charged in the theft of a motor scooter in July. The sophomore pleaded no contest to two misde-meanors.
The 5-foot-9, 177-poun Wilson has practiced with the team throughout fall camp and is listed as a backup to No. 1 receiver Rashad Greene on the depth chart released Monday.
Fisher said Monday during his kickoff press con-ference Monday, “We’ll see what’s going on. We’re handling everything inside and will take care of that.”
Fisher has consistently praised Wilson for doing the things necessary to return to good standing with the team, but has not given a timetable.
– Associated Press
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
TO BE VOTED ON NOVEMBER 4, 2014 NOTICE OF ELECTION
I, Ken Detzner, Secretary of State of the State of Florida, do hereby give notice that an election will be held in each county in Florida, on November 4, 2014, for the ratification or rejection of a proposed revision to the constitution of the State of Florida.No. 1C O N S T I T U T I O N A L AMENDMENTARTICLE X, SECTION 28(Initiative)
Ballot Title:
Water and Land Conservation - Dedicates funds to acquire and restore Florida conservation and recreation lands
Ballot Summary:
Funds the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to acquire, restore, improve, and manage conservation lands including wetlands and forests; fish and wildlife habitat; lands protecting water resources and drinking water sources, including the Everglades, and the water quality of rivers, lakes, and streams; beaches and shores; outdoor recreational lands; working farms and ranches; and historic or geologic sites, by dedicating 33 percent of net revenues from the existing excise tax on documents for 20 years.
Financial Impact Statement:
This amendment does not increase or decrease state revenues. The state revenue restricted to the purposes specified in the amendment is estimated to be $648 million in Fiscal Year 2015-16 and grows to $1.268 billion by the twentieth year. Whether this results in any additional state expenditures depends upon future legislative actions and cannot be determined. Similarly, the impact on local government revenues, if any, cannot be determined. No additional local government costs are expected.
Full Text:ARTICLE XMISCELLANEOUSSECTION 28. Land Acquisition Trust Fund.—a) Effective on July 1 of the year following passage of this amendment by the voters, and for a period of 20 years after that effective date, the Land Acquisition Trust Fund shall receive no less than 33 percent of net revenues derived from the existing excise tax on documents, as defined in the statutes in effect on January 1, 2012, as amended from time to time, or any successor or replacement tax, after the Department of Revenue first deducts a service charge to pay the costs of the collection and enforcement of the excise tax on documents.b) Funds in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund shall be expended only for the following purposes:1) As provided by law, to finance or refinance: the acquisition and improvement of land, water areas, and related property interests, including conservation easements, and resources for conservation lands including wetlands, forests, and fish and wildlife habitat; wildlife management areas; lands that protect water resources and drinking water sources, including lands protecting the water quality and quantity of rivers, lakes, streams, springsheds, and lands providing recharge for groundwater and aquifer systems; lands in the Everglades Agricultural Area and the Everglades Protection Area, as defined in Article II, Section 7(b); beaches and shores; outdoor recreation lands, including recreational trails, parks, and urban open space; rural landscapes; working farms and ranches; historic or geologic sites; together with management, restoration of natural systems, and the enhancement of public access or recreational enjoyment of conservation lands.2) To pay the debt service on bonds issued pursuant to Article VII, Section 11(e).c) The moneys deposited into the Land Acquisition Trust Fund, as defined by the statutes in effect on January 1, 2012, shall not be or become commingled with the General Revenue Fund of the state.
No. 2C O N S T I T U T I O N A L AMENDMENTARTICLE X, SECTION 29(Initiative)
Ballot Title:Use of Marijuana for Certain Medical Conditions
Ballot Summary:Allows the medical use of marijuana for individuals with debilitating diseases as determined by a licensed Florida physician. Allows caregivers to assist patients’ medical use of marijuana. The Department of Health shall register and regulate centers that produce and distribute marijuana for medical purposes and shall issue identification cards to patients and caregivers. Applies only to Florida law. Does not authorize violations of federal law or any non-medical use, possession or production of marijuana.
Financial Impact Statement:
Increased costs from this amendment to state and local governments cannot be determined. There will be additional regulatory and enforcement activities associated with the production and sale of medical marijuana. Fees will offset at least a portion of the regulatory costs. While sales tax may apply to purchases, changes in revenue cannot reasonably be determined since the extent to which medical marijuana will be exempt from taxation is unclear without legislative or state administrative action.
Full Text:ARTICLE XMISCELLANEOUSSECTION 29. Medical marijuana production, possession and use.—(a) PUBLIC POLICY.(1) The medical use of marijuana by a qualifying
patient or personal caregiver is not subject to criminal or civil liability or sanctions under Florida law except as provided in this section.(2) A physician licensed in Florida shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability or sanctions under Florida law for issuing a physician certification to a person diagnosed with a debilitating medical condition in a manner consistent with this section.(3) Actions and conduct by a medical marijuana treatment center registered with the Department, or its employees, as permitted by this section and in compliance with Department regulations, shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability or sanctions under Florida law except as provided in this section.(b) DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this section, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:(1) “Debilitating Medical Condition” means cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Crohn’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis or other conditions for which a physician believes that the medical use of marijuana would likely outweigh the potential health risks for a patient.(2) “Department” means the Department of Health or its successor agency.(3) “Identification card” means a document issued by the Department that identifies a person who has a physician certification or a personal caregiver who is at least twenty-one (21) years old and has agreed to assist with a qualifying patient’s medical use of marijuana.(4) “Marijuana” has the meaning given cannabis in Section 893.02(3), Florida Statutes (2013).(5) “Medical Marijuana Treatment Center” means an entity that acquires, cultivates, possesses, processes (including development of related products such as food, tinctures, aerosols, oils, or ointments), transfers, transports, sells, distributes, dispenses, or administers marijuana, products containing marijuana, related supplies, or educational materials to qualifying patients or their personal caregivers and is registered by the Department.(6) “Medical use” means the acquisition, possession, use, delivery, transfer, or administration of marijuana or related supplies by a qualifying patient or personal caregiver for use by a qualifying patient for the treatment of a debilitating medical condition.(7) “Personal caregiver” means a person who is at least twenty-one (21) years old who has agreed to assist with a qualifying patient’s medical use of marijuana and has a caregiver identification card issued by the Department. A personal caregiver may assist no more than five (5) qualifying patients at one time. An employee of a hospice provider, nursing, or medical facility may serve as a personal caregiver to more than five (5) qualifying patients as permitted by the Department. Personal caregivers are prohibited from consuming marijuana obtained for the personal, medical use by the qualifying patient.(8) “Physician” means a physician who is licensed in Florida.(9) “Physician certification” means a written document signed by a physician, stating that in the physician’s professional opinion, the patient suffers from a debilitating medical condition, that the potential benefits of the medical use of marijuana would likely outweigh the health risks for the patient, and for how long the physician recommends the medical use of marijuana for the patient. A physician certification may only be provided after the physician has conducted a physical examination of the patient and a full assessment of the patient’s medical history.(10) “Qualifying patient” means a person who has been diagnosed to have a debilitating medical condition, who has a physician certification and a valid qualifying patient identification card. If the Department does not begin issuing identification cards within nine (9) months after the effective date of this section, then a valid physician certification will serve as a patient identification card in order to allow a person to become a “qualifying patient” until the Department begins issuing identification cards.(c) LIMITATIONS.(1) Nothing in this section shall affect laws relating to non-medical use, possession, production or sale of marijuana.(2) Nothing in this section authorizes the use of medical marijuana by anyone other than a qualifying patient.(3) Nothing in this section allows the operation of a motor vehicle, boat, or aircraft while under the influence of marijuana.(4) Nothing in this law section requires the violation of federal law or purports to give immunity under federal law.(5) Nothing in this section shall require any accommodation of any on-site medical use of marijuana in any place of education or employment, or of smoking medical marijuana in any public place.(6) Nothing in this section shall require any health insurance provider or any government agency or authority to reimburse any person for expenses related to the medical use of marijuana.(d) DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT. The Department shall issue reasonable regulations necessary for the implementation and enforcement of this section. The purpose of the regulations is to ensure the availability and safe use of medical marijuana by qualifying patients. It is the duty of the Department to promulgate regulations in a timely fashion.(1) Implementing Regulations. In order to allow the Department sufficient time after passage of this section, the following regulations shall be promulgated no later than six (6) months after
the effective date of this section:a. Procedures for the issuance of qualifying patient identification cards to people with physician certifications, and standards for the renewal of such identification cards.b. Procedures for the issuance of personal caregiver identification cards to persons qualified to assist with a qualifying patient’s medical use of marijuana, and standards for the renewal of such identification cards.c. Procedures for the registration of Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers that include procedures for the issuance, renewal, suspension, and revocation of registration, and standards to ensure security, record keeping, testing, labeling, inspection, and safety.d. A regulation that defines the amount of marijuana that could reasonably be presumed to be an adequate supply for qualifying patients’ medical use, based on the best available evidence. This presumption as to quantity may be overcome with evidence of a particular qualifying patient’s appropriate medical use.(2) Issuance of identification cards and registrations. The Department shall begin issuing qualifying patient and personal caregiver identification cards, as well as begin registering Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers no later than nine months (9) after the effective date of this section.(3) If the Department does not issue regulations, or if the Department does not begin issuing identification cards and registering Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers within the time limits set in this section, any Florida citizen shall have standing to seek judicial relief to compel compliance with the Department’s constitutional duties.(4) The Department shall protect the confidentiality of all qualifying patients. All records containing the identity of qualifying patients shall be confidential and kept from public disclosure other than for valid medical or law enforcement purposes.(e) LEGISLATION. Nothing in this section shall limit the legislature from enacting laws consistent with this provision.(f) SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this section are severable and if any clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this measure, or an application thereof, is adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction other provisions shall continue to be in effect to the fullest extent possible.
No. 3C O N S T I T U T I O N A L AMENDMENTARTICLE V, SECTIONS 10, 11(Legislature)
Ballot Title:Prospective Appointment of Certain Judicial Vacancies
Ballot Summary:Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution requiring the Governor to prospectively fill vacancies in a judicial office to which election for retention applies resulting from the justice’s or judge’s reaching the mandatory retirement age or failure to qualify for a retention election; and allowing prospective appointments if a justice or judge is not retained at an election. Currently, the Governor may not fill an expected vacancy until the current justice’s or judge’s term expires.
Full Text:ARTICLE VJUDICIARY
SECTION 10. Retention; election and terms.—
(a) Any justice or judge may qualify for retention by a vote of the electors in the general election next preceding the expiration of the justice’s or judge’s term in the manner prescribed by law. When If a justice or judge is ineligible for retention or fails to qualify for retention, a prospective vacancy is deemed to occur at the conclusion of the qualifying period for retention for the purpose of appointing a successor justice or judge, and a vacancy shall exist in that office upon the expiration of the term being served by the justice or judge. When a justice or judge so qualifies, the ballot shall read substantially as follows: “Shall Justice (or Judge) ...(name of justice or judge)... of the ...(name of the court)... be retained in office?” If a majority of the qualified electors voting within the territorial jurisdiction of the court vote to retain, the justice or judge shall be retained for a term of six years. The term of the justice or judge retained shall commence on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January following the general election. If a majority of the qualified electors voting within the territorial jurisdiction of the court vote to not retain, a prospective vacancy is deemed to occur immediately following the general election for the purpose of appointing a successor justice or judge, and a vacancy shall exist in that office upon the expiration of the term being served by the justice or judge.(b)(1) The election of circuit judges shall be preserved notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) unless a majority of those voting in the jurisdiction of that circuit approves a local option to select circuit judges by merit selection and retention rather than by election. The election of circuit judges shall be by a vote of the qualified electors within the territorial jurisdiction of the court.(2) The election of county court judges shall be preserved notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) unless a majority of those voting in the jurisdiction of that county approves a local option to select county judges by merit selection and retention rather than by election. The election of county court judges shall be by a vote of the qualified electors within the territorial jurisdiction of the court.(3)a. A vote to exercise a local option to select circuit court judges and county court judges by merit selection and retention rather than by election shall be held in each circuit
and county at the general election in the year 2000. If a vote to exercise this local option fails in a vote of the electors, such option shall not again be put to a vote of the electors of that jurisdiction until the expiration of at least two years.b. After the year 2000, a circuit may initiate the local option for merit selection and retention or the election of circuit judges, whichever is applicable, by filing with the custodian of state records a petition signed by the number of electors equal to at least ten percent of the votes cast in the circuit in the last preceding election in which presidential electors were chosen.c. After the year 2000, a county may initiate the local option for merit selection and retention or the election of county court judges, whichever is applicable, by filing with the supervisor of elections a petition signed by the number of electors equal to at least ten percent of the votes cast in the county in the last preceding election in which presidential electors were chosen. The terms of circuit judges and judges of county courts shall be for six years.
SECTION 11. Vacancies.—(a)(1) Whenever a vacancy occurs in a judicial office to which election for retention applies, the governor shall fill the vacancy by appointing for a term ending on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January of the year following the next general election occurring at least one year after the date of appointment, one of not fewer than three persons nor more than six persons nominated by the appropriate judicial nominating commission.(2) Whenever a prospective vacancy occurs in a judicial office for which election for retention applies, the governor shall fill the prospective vacancy by appointing a justice or judge from among at least three persons but not more than six persons nominated by the appropriate judicial nominating commission. The term of the appointment commences upon the expiration of the term of the office being vacated and ends on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January of the year following the next general election.(b) The governor shall fill each vacancy on a circuit court or on a county court, wherein the judges are elected by a majority vote of the electors, by appointing for a term ending on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January of the year following the next primary and general election occurring at least one year after the date of appointment, one of not fewer than three persons nor more than six persons nominated by the appropriate judicial nominating commission. An election shall be held to fill that judicial office for the term of the office beginning at the end of the appointed term.(c) The nominations shall be made within thirty days from the occurrence of a vacancy or prospective vacancy unless the period is extended by the governor for a time not to exceed thirty days. The governor shall make the appointment within sixty days after the nominations have been certified to the governor.(d) There shall be a separate judicial nominating commission as provided by general law for the supreme court, each district court of appeal, and each judicial circuit for all trial courts within the circuit. Uniform rules of procedure shall be established by the judicial nominating commissions at each level of the court system. Such rules, or any part thereof, may be repealed by general law enacted by a majority vote of the membership of each house of the legislature, or by the supreme court, five justices concurring. Except for deliberations of the judicial nominating commissions, the proceedings of the commissions and their records shall be open to the public.
8/26/14, 9/23/14Legal No. 00022376
E N M I E N D A S C O N S T I T U C I O N A L E S PROPUESTAS SOBRE LASQUE SE VOTARÁ EL 4 DE NOVIEMBRE DEL 2014AVISO DE ELECCIÓN
Yo, Ken Detzner, Secretario de Estado del Estado de la Florida, por el presente notifico que se llevarán a cabo elecciones en cada condado de la Florida, el 4 de noviembre del 2014, para la aprobación o el rechazo de una propuesta de modificación de la constitución del Estado de la Florida.
No. 1E N M I E N D A CONSTITUCIONALARTÍCULO X, SECCIÓN 28(Iniciativa)
Título de la boleta:Conservación de aguas y tierras: dedicar fondos para adquirir y restaurar tierras objeto de conservación y recreación en el Estado de Florida
Resumen de la boleta:Provee fondos para el Fondo Fiduciario de Adquisición de Tierras con el fin de adquirir, restaurar, mejorar y administrar tierras objeto de conservación, entre ellas pantanos y bosques; el hábitat de peces y vida silvestre; tierras que protegen los recursos hídricos y las fuentes de agua potable, incluidos los Everglades, y la calidad del agua en ríos, lagos y arroyos; playas y costas; tierras de recreación al aire libre; establecimientos agrícolas y ganaderos en actividad, y emplazamientos históricos o geológicos. Para ello se dedicará el 33% de los ingresos netos obtenidos del impuesto especial existente sobre documentos durante 20 años.
Declaración sobre impacto financiero:Esta enmienda no incrementa ni reduce los ingresos estatales. El ingreso estatal limitado para los propósitos especificados en la enmienda se estima en
$648 millones para el año fiscal 2015-16 y aumenta a $1.268 mil millones hacia el vigésimo año. Si eso traerá como consecuencia gastos estatales adicionales depende de futuras acciones legislativas y no puede determinarse. De la misma manera, tampoco puede determinarse el impacto sobre los ingresos de gobiernos locales, si los hubiera. No se prevén costos de gobiernos locales.
Texto completo:ARTÍCULO XVARIOSSECCIÓN 28. Fondo Fiduciario de Adquisición de Tierras.—a) Con vigencia el 1° de julio del año posterior a la aprobación de esta enmienda por parte de los votantes y durante un período de 20 años a partir de esa fecha de entrada en vigor, el Fondo Fiduciario de Adquisición de Tierras recibirá no menos del 33% de los ingresos netos derivados del impuesto especial existente sobre documentos, tal como se define en los estatutos vigentes al 1° de enero de 2012, enmendados de tanto en tanto, o de cualquier impuesto sucesor o de reemplazo, después de que el Departamento de Hacienda deduzca primero un cargo de servicio con el fin de pagar los costos de recopilación y aplicación del impuesto especial sobre documentos.b) El dinero del Fondo Fiduciario de Adquisición de Tierras se empleará únicamente con los siguientes propósitos:1) Como lo establece la ley, para financiar o refinanciar: la adquisición o mejora de tierras, áreas de agua y derechos inmobiliarios relacionados, entre ellos las servidumbres de conservación y los recursos para tierras objeto de conservación, como, por ejemplo, pantanos, bosques y hábitat de peces y vida silvestre; áreas de administración de vida silvestre; tierras que protegen los recursos hídricos y las fuentes de agua potable, entre ellos las tierras que protegen la calidad y cantidad del agua en ríos, lagos, arroyos, manantiales, y tierras que brindan recarga de agua subterránea y sistemas acuíferos; tierras en el Área agrícola de los Everglades y el Área de protección de los Everglades, como están definidas en el Artículo II, Sección 7(b); playas y costas; tierras de recreación al aire libre, incluidos senderos recreativos, parques y espacios abiertos urbanos; paisajes rurales; establecimientos agrícolas y ganaderos en actividad, emplazamientos históricos o geológicos; junto con la administración, restauración de sistemas naturales y mejoramiento del acceso público o disfrute recreativo de las tierras objeto de conservación.2) Para el pago del servicio de la deuda sobre los bonos emitidos conforme al Artículo VII, Sección 11(e).c) El dinero depositado en el Fondo Fiduciario de Adquisición de Tierras, tal como se define en los estatutos vigentes al 1° de enero de 2012, no estará mezclado ni se mezclará con el Fondo de Ingresos Generales del Estado.
No. 2ENMIENDA CONSTITUCIONALARTÍCULO X, SECCIÓN 29(Iniciativa)
Título de la boleta:Uso de marihuana para algunas enfermedades
Resumen de la boleta:Permite el uso médico de la marihuana a las personas con enfermedades debilitantes, según lo determine un médico autorizado por el Estado de Florida. Permite a los cuidadores asistir a los pacientes en el uso médico de marihuana. El Departamento de Salud deberá inscribir y regular los centros que producen y distribuyen marihuana con fines médicos y deberán extender tarjetas de identificación a pacientes y cuidadores. Se aplica únicamente a las leyes del Estado de Florida. No autoriza infracciones de la ley federal ni ningún uso, posesión o producción de marihuana con fines que no sean médicos.
Declaración sobre impacto financiero:El aumento de costos generado por esta enmienda para el gobierno estatal y los gobiernos locales no puede determinarse. Habrá actividades adicionales de regulación y aplicación asociadas a la producción y venta de marihuana con fines médicos. Las tarifas compensarán al menos en parte los costos de regulación. Si bien el impuesto sobre la venta se aplica a las compras, los cambios fiscales no pueden determinarse de manera razonable, dado que, si no existe una acción legislativa o administrativa estatal, no está claro en qué medida la marihuana con fines médicos estará exenta de impuestos.
Texto completo:ARTÍCULO XVARIOSSECCIÓN 29. Producción, posesión y uso de marihuana con fines médicos.—(a) POLÍTICA PÚBLICA.(1) El uso médico de marihuana por parte de un paciente calificado o un cuidador personal no está sujeto a responsabilidad ni a sanciones penales o civiles conforme a las leyes del Estado de Florida, excepto según se indica en esta sección.(2) Un médico autorizado por el Estado de Florida no estará sujeto a responsabilidad penal o civil ni a sanciones, conforme a las leyes del Estado de Florida, por extender un certificado médico a una persona diagnosticada con una enfermedad debilitante de conformidad con esta sección.(3) Las acciones y el comportamiento de un centro de tratamiento de marihuana con fines médicos inscrito ante el Departamento, o sus empleados, según se contempla en esta sección y en cumplimiento de las reglamentaciones del Departamento, no estarán sujetos a responsabilidad ni a sanciones penales o civiles conforme a las leyes del Estado de Florida, excepto según se indica en esta sección.(b) DEFINICIONES. A los
fines de esta sección, las siguientes palabras y términos tendrán los siguientes significados:(1) «Enfermedad debilitante» significa cáncer, glaucoma, estado positivo del virus de inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH), síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida (SIDA), hepatitis C, esclerosis lateral amiotrófica (ELA), enfermedad de Crohn, enfermedad de Parkinson, esclerosis múltiple u otras enfermedades para las cuales, a criterio del médico, los beneficios del uso médico de la marihuana probablemente serían superiores a los riesgos potenciales para la salud de un paciente.(2) «Departamento» significa el Departamento de Salud o su agencia sucesora.(3) «Tarjeta de identificación» significa un documento emitido por el Departamento que identifica a una persona que tiene un certificado médico o a un cuidador personal de por lo menos veintiún (21) años de edad que ha aceptado asistir a un paciente calificado en el uso médico de marihuana.(4) «Marihuana» tiene el significado otorgado al cannabis en la Sección 893.02(3) de los Estatutos de Florida (2013).(5) «Centro de tratamiento de marihuana con fines médicos» significa una entidad que adquiere, cultiva, posee, procesa (incluido el desarrollo de productos relacionados tales como alimentos, tinturas, aerosoles, aceites o ungüentos), transfiere, transporta, vende, distribuye, despacha o administra marihuana, productos que contienen marihuana, suministros relacionados o material educativo a pacientes calificados o a sus cuidadores personales y que está inscrito ante el Departamento.(6) «Uso médico» significa la adquisición, posesión, uso, entrega, transferencia o administración de marihuana o suministros relacionados por parte de un paciente calificado o un cuidador personal para ser usados por un paciente calificado para el tratamiento de una enfermedad debilitante.(7) «Cuidador personal» significa una persona de por lo menos veintiún (21) años de edad que ha aceptado asistir a un paciente calificado en el uso médico de marihuana y tiene una tarjeta de identificación de cuidador emitida por el Departamento. Un cuidador personal no puede asistir a más de cinco (5) pacientes por vez. Un empleado de un proveedor de cuidados paliativos o de un centro médico o de un hogar de ancianos puede actuar como cuidador personal para más de cinco (5) pacientes calificados, según lo permite el Departamento. Está prohibido para los cuidadores personales consumir marihuana obtenida para el uso personal y médico del paciente calificado.(8) «Médico» significa un médico autorizado por el Estado de Florida.(9) «Certificado médico» significa un documento por escrito firmado por un médico, en el que se indica que, en la opinión profesional del médico, el paciente sufre de una enfermedad debilitante, que los beneficios potenciales del uso médico de la marihuana probablemente sean superiores a los riesgos para la salud del paciente, y se indica durante cuánto tiempo el médico recomienda el uso médico de marihuana para el paciente. Un certificado médico sólo puede extenderse después de que el médico haya realizado un examen físico del paciente y una evaluación completa del historial médico del paciente.(10) «Paciente calificado» significa una persona a la que se le ha diagnosticado una enfermedad debilitante, que tiene un certificado médico y una tarjeta de identificación válida de paciente calificado. Si el Departamento no comienza a emitir tarjetas de identificación dentro de los nueve (9) meses posteriores a la fecha de entrada en vigor de esta sección, un certificado médico válido servirá como tarjeta de identificación de paciente para permitir que una persona se convierta en «paciente calificado» hasta tanto el Departamento comience a emitir tarjetas de identificación.(c) LIMITACIONES.(1) Nada de lo contenido en esta sección afectará a las leyes referidas al uso no médico, posesión, producción o venta de marihuana.(2) Nada de lo contenido en esta sección autoriza el uso de marihuana con fines médicos a cualquier persona que no sea un paciente calificado.(3) Nada de lo contenido en esta sección permite la operación de un vehículo de motor, embarcación o aeronave mientras se está bajo la influencia de la marihuana.(4) Nada de lo contenido en esta sección requiere que se infrinjan las leyes federales o pretende otorgar inmunidad conforme a las leyes federales.(5) Nada de lo contenido en esta sección requerirá adaptación alguna para el uso médico de marihuana en ningún lugar de educación o trabajo, ni para fumar marihuana con fines médicos en ningún sitio público.(6) Nada de lo contenido en esta sección requerirá que ningún proveedor de seguros de salud u organismo o autoridad del gobierno reembolse a ninguna persona por los gastos relacionados con el uso médico de marihuana.(d) OBLIGACIONES DEL DEPARTAMENTO. El Departamento deberá emitir reglamentaciones razonables y necesarias para la implementación y aplicación de esta sección. El propósito de las reglamentaciones es garantizar la disponibilidad y el uso seguro de marihuana con fines médicos por parte de los pacientes calificados. Es obligación del Departamento promulgar reglamentaciones de manera oportuna.(1) Implementación de reglamentaciones. Con el objeto de otorgarle al Departamento tiempo suficiente después de la aprobación de esta sección, las siguientes reglamentaciones deberán promulgarse a más tardar seis (6) meses después de la fecha de entrada en vigor
de esta sección:a. Procedimientos para la emisión de tarjetas de identificación de paciente calificado a las personas portadoras de certificados médicos, y estándares para la renovación de dichas tarjetas de identificación.b. Procedimientos para la emisión de tarjetas de identificación de cuidador personal a personas calificadas para asistir a un paciente calificado en el uso médico de marihuana, y estándares para la renovación de dichas tarjetas de identificación.c. Procedimientos para la inscripción de Centros de Tratamiento de Marihuana Con Fines Médicos, que incluyan procedimientos para la emisión, renovación, suspensión y revocación de inscripciones, y estándares para garantizar la seguridad informática, el mantenimiento de registros, análisis, etiquetado, inspección y seguridad.d. Una reglamentación que defina la cantidad de marihuana que podría considerarse un suministro adecuado y razonable para el uso médico de los pacientes calificados, sobre la base de las mejores pruebas disponibles. Esta presunción referida a la cantidad puede contrarrestarse con pruebas del uso médico apropiado por parte de un paciente calificado en particular.(2) Emisión de tarjetas de identificación e inscripciones. El Departamento comenzará a emitir tarjetas de identificación de paciente calificado y cuidador personal, y también iniciará la inscripción de Centros de Tratamiento de Marihuana Con Fines Médicos a más tardar nueve (9) meses después de la fecha de entrada en vigor de esta sección.(3) Si el Departamento no emite las reglamentaciones, o si el Departamento no comienza a emitir tarjetas de identificación y a inscribir a Centros de Tratamiento de Marihuana Con Fines Médicos dentro de los plazos establecidos en esta sección, cualquier ciudadano del Estado de Florida tendrá derecho a valerse de recursos judiciales para obligar al cumplimiento de las obligaciones constitucionales del Departamento.(4) El Departamento deberá proteger la confidencialidad de todos los pacientes calificados. Todos los registros que contengan la identidad de los pacientes calificados deberán ser confidenciales y estar exentos de divulgación pública excepto con fines médicos o referidos al cumplimiento de la ley válidos.(e) LEGISLACIÓN. Nada de lo contenido en esta sección limitará a la legislación para promulgar leyes coherentes con esta disposición.(f) DIVISIBILIDAD. Las disposiciones contenidas en esta sección son divisibles, y si cualquier tribunal competente declara la invalidez de cualquier cláusula, oración, párrafo o sección de esta medida, o su aplicación, las demás disposiciones continuarán vigentes en la mayor medida posible.
No. 3ENMIENDA CONSTITUCIONALARTÍCULO V, SECCIONES 10, 11(Asamblea Legislativa)
Título de la boleta:Nombramiento Eventual para Ciertos Cargos Judiciales Vacantes
Resumen de la boleta:Proponer una enmienda a la Constitución del Estado en la que se establezca que el Gobernador debe cubrir las vacantes eventuales en los cargos judiciales que estén sujetos a elecciones de retención cuando los jueces o magistrados se encuentren por cumplir la edad legal para jubilarse o en el supuesto de que no califiquen para la elección de retención; y permitir los nombramientos eventuales si un juez o magistrado no se retiene en su cargo en una elección de retención. En la actualidad, el Gobernador no puede cubrir una vacante prevista hasta que termine el mandato del juez o magistrado actual.
Texto completo:ARTÍCULO VPODER JUDICIAL
SECCIÓN 10. Retención; elección y mandatos.—
(a) Cualquier juez o magistrado puede calificar para la retención, la cual se produce mediante el voto de los electores en la próxima elección general que sea anterior a la conclusión del mandato del juez o magistrado por las causas establecidas por ley. Cuando Si un juez o magistrado no esté habilitado para ser retenido o no cumple con los requisitos para la retención, se producirá una vacante eventual al finalizar el periodo de calificación de retención a fin de nombrar un juez o magistrado sucesor, y se producirá una vacante en ese cargo judicial a la finalización del mandato cumplido por el juez o magistrado. Cuando un juez o magistrado califique como tal para la retención, en la boleta se deberá leer claramente lo siguiente: “¿Deberá el Magistrado (o Juez) ...(nombre del juez o magistrado)... de la...(nombre de la corte)... ser retenido en el cargo judicial?” Si la mayoría de los electores calificados que votan dentro de la jurisdicción territorial de la corte eligen retenerlo, entonces, el juez o magistrado continuará ejerciendo sus funciones durante un periodo de seis años. Este mandato del juez o magistrado que ha sido retenido comenzará el primer martes luego del primer lunes de enero siguiente a la elección general. Si la mayoría de los electores calificados que votan dentro de la jurisdicción territorial de la corte eligen no retenerlo, una vacante eventual se producirá inmediatamente luego de la elección general con la finalidad de nombrar a un juez o magistrado sucesor, y se producirá una vacante en ese cargo judicial a la finalización del mandato cumplido por el juez o magistrado.(b)(1) Se deberá mantener el método de elección de jueces de circuito sin perjuicio de las disposiciones de la sub-sección (a), excepto que la mayoría de los votantes
en la jurisdicción de dicho circuito aprueben la opción local de elegir a los jueces de circuito mediante el sistema de selección por mérito y elecciones de retención en lugar de mediante una elección. La elección de los jueces de circuito deberá realizarse mediante el voto de electores calificados dentro de la jurisdicción territorial de la corte.(2) Se deberá mantener el método de elección de los jueces de la corte del condado, sin perjuicio de las disposiciones de la sub-sección (a), excepto que la mayoría de los votantes en la jurisdicción de dicho condado aprueben la opción local de elegir a los jueces del condado mediante el sistema de selección por mérito y elecciones de retención en lugar de mediante una elección. La elección de los jueces del Condado deberá realizarse mediante el voto de electores calificados dentro de la jurisdicción territorial de la corte.(3)a. En la elección general del año 2000 se deberá votar en cada jurisdicción territorial de circuito y de condado para decidir si el modo de elegir a los jueces de circuito y a los jueces del condado será mediante el sistema de selección por mérito y elecciones de retención en lugar de mediante una elección. Si los electores votan por no ejercer esta opción local, esta opción no podrá someterse a votación de los electores en esa jurisdicción hasta que hayan transcurrido al menos dos años.b. A partir del año 2000, cada circuito puede presentar la opción local de elección por mérito y elecciones de retención o de la elección de jueces de circuito, según corresponda, al presentar una solicitud ante el encargado de los registros estatales. Dicha solicitud deberá estar firmada por un número de electores igual a por lo menos el diez por ciento de los votos emitidos en la jurisdicción de ese circuito en la última elección presidencial efectuada.c. A partir del año 2000, cada condado puede presentar la opción local de elección por mérito y elecciones de retención o la elección de los jueces del condado, según corresponda, al presentar una solicitud ante el supervisor de las elecciones. Dicha solicitud deberá estar firmada por un número de electores igual a por lo menos el diez por ciento de los votos emitidos en el condado en la última elección presidencial efectuada. Los mandatos de los jueces de circuito y los jueces de condado serán de seis años.SECCIÓN 11. Vacantes.—(a)(1) Siempre que se produzca una vacante en un cargo judicial sujeto a la elección de retención, el gobernador deberá cubrir la vacante mediante el nombramiento de una persona entre al menos tres y no más de seis personas nominadas por la comisión judicial de nombramientos correspondiente, por un periodo que finalizará el primer martes luego del primer lunes de enero del año siguiente a las próximas elecciones generales que se efectúen al menos un año después de la fecha del nombramiento.(2) Siempre que se produzca una vacante eventual en un cargo judicial sujeto a la elección de retención, el gobernador deberá cubrir esa vacante eventual mediante el nombramiento de un juez o un magistrado de entre al menos tres personas y no más de seis personas nominadas por la comisión judicial de nombramientos correspondiente. El plazo del nombramiento comienza cuando finaliza el plazo del cargo que quedó vacante y concluye el primer martes luego del primer lunes de enero del año siguiente a la próxima elección general.(b) El gobernador deberá cubrir cada vacante de una corte de circuito o de una corte de condado, en donde los jueces sean elegidos por mayoría de votos de los electores, al nombrar a una persona entre no menos de tres y no más de seis personas nominadas por la comisión judicial de nombramientos correspondiente, por un periodo que concluye el primer martes luego del primer lunes de enero del año que sigue a elección primaria y general que se efectúe por lo menos un año después de la fecha del nombramiento. Se deberá realizar una elección para cubrir ese cargo judicial por el periodo del cargo que comienza al finalizar el periodo del cargo por nombramiento.(c) Los nombramientos se deberán realizar dentro de los treinta días desde que se ha producido la vacante o vacante eventual, excepto que el gobernador extienda el período por un lapso que no podrá exceder los treinta días. El gobernador deberá realizar el nombramiento dentro de los sesenta días desde que los nombramientos hayan sido certificados ante el gobernador.(d) Tal como lo establece la legislación general, deberán existir diferentes comisiones judiciales de nombramientos para el Tribunal Supremo, para cada tribunal de apelación de distrito, y para cada circuito judicial en todos los juzgados de primera instancia del circuito. Las comisiones judiciales de nombramientos deberán establecer reglamentos de procedimiento uniformes en cada nivel del sistema judicial. Tales reglamentos, o cualquier parte de ellos, podrán ser derogados por las leyes generales promulgadas con la mayoría de votos de cada cámara de la Asamblea Legislativa, o por el Tribunal Supremo de Justicia con el voto concurrente de cinco magistrados. A excepción de las deliberaciones realizadas por las comisiones judiciales de nombramientos, los procedimientos de las comisiones y sus registros deberán estar abiertos al público.
8/26/14, 9/23/14Legal No. 00022377
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Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places?
Call 386-312-5200Find your answer in the Palatka Daily News Classifieds!
PETSADORABLE PUGGLE. 2 years old. Looking for a loving home. Call Gina 555-3210.
FL Divisions of Elections Amend 082614.indd 1 8/25/14 4:11 PM
1 1 A C L ASS I F I E D S • PALATKA DAILY NEWS • TUESDAY, AUGUST 26 , 2014Fruitland 2BR/1BA MH.
Corner lot, $32,500Debbie Berry, Realtor.Adams Cameron & Co.Realtors 386-983-0288
Appointment only.
Rent to Own: 2BR/2BA55+ Senior Park, San
Mateo. $13.5K386-312-6363
Updated 2BR/2BA w/FLroom on 2.97 acres, 108Hamilton Rd. Satsuma,off CR 309, $59,900.
386-649-5491
Waterfront Property3BR/2BA DW San MateoDouble boat dock w/lift.$90K OBO. Call for info& appt.: 904-626-5239
904-725-3514/595-5083
Mobile HomeWith Land
Bardin – 3BR/2BA DWon approx. 1.5 acre.Priced for quick sale.
$59,900. 386-328-0671
Bucksprings Rd.Bardin area, secluded 4ac., 3br/2ba, pole barn,tool shed, condo stand,est feeder. Asking $92Kor best reasonable offer
386-684-4758
Fixer-upper 2/1 '98 SWon 0.22 ac., 304 Down-hill Tr, Satsuma, $15.9K
cash. 386-937-0617
RECREATIONAL
800
Boats & AccessoriesReduced to $2K: 14ft Jon
Boat, tiller steering,30HP Evinrude, electric
start, trolling motor, 2 gastanks, depth finder. In thewater, ready to go! With
new (unused) trailer.386-649-9738
19ft Hurricane deck boat,'88, bimini top, on
galvanized trailer, 150Yamaha, missing foot,$2,500. 386-467-8300
Outboard motors & partsfor sale, many sizes,
good prices. We trade!Pomona Park 336-1544
Motorcycles /ATV /Accessories'04 Yamaha V Star 1100
classic. Nice shape.13,870 miles. Asking
$3,500 OBO. 325-6795
RecreationalVehicles
'03 Class A 36ft MotorHome, 496 Vortex, 58Kmi., 2 slides. Too many
extras to list! Selling dueto illness. $33K OBO.
386-325-9406
TRANSPORTATION
900
Cars &Accessories'06 Dodge Charger. Take
over pymts WAC, NOowner fin. $327/m. Pay-off: $9,145. 227-3554
'07 Buick Lucerne CXS.V8, 1 owner, white, tanint., sunroof, 94K miles,$9,450. 386-325-4253
Trucks &Accessories'84 Ford F-150, 302 V8,brand new carburetor, allnew distributor parts, ACworks great, full toppermatches truck, 142K
orig. miles, great cond.$2,500 cash only.
386-467-9541
'92 Ford flare-side F150& flatbed trailer, price ne-gotiable. 386-684-1137
Found, Lake Como area:Black/tan female,
possible long-hairedDachshund. 649-8876
Found: Black DachshundS. Palm Ave. Palatka.
Call to identify,386-328-3233/336-3835
If you've LOST a Pet.check out the Dogs &
Cats being held atPutnam County Animal
Services @http://animal.pcso.us
386-329-0396
FOR RENT REAL ESTATE60
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Business /CommercialProven location in Inter-lachen, SR 20, 1.5 acres
w/office, $500/m. CallCT: 386-227-4511
Duplexes2BR/1BA CH/A, kitchen
equipped, $600/m +$600 Security386-325-4979
Homes3Br/1Ba For Lease: East
Palatka area, $750/mF/L/S & bkgd check
required 386-328-3373
Mobile HomesInterlachen lg studio,
private corner, availableSeptember 1st, $425/m
386-336-6626
Satsuma - Nice, clean,quiet 2BR/2BA $500/m
1st & Sec. 386-649-9091
September Move-In Special! Westover MHPark 2BR @ $400/m &
3BR @ $500/m407-222-8988
FOR SALE REAL ESTATE
700
Acreage / LotsRecently Foreclosed,
Special Financing Avail-able, Any Credit, Any In-
come, Vacant Land,located at 178 JimBryant Rd., East
Palatka. $17K. Visitwww.roselandco.com/BXM.
Drive by, then call(866) 937-3557.
3 cleared lots, BrownTrout & Harbor Dr. Lot57, 69 & 70. Artesian
well, septic tank, $18Kfor all. 386-325-2162
5.73 AC @ 175 BeecherSprings Rd., Pomona
Park. Beautifully treed,zoned AG, 620' paved
Rd. frontage, nearequestrian trail riding in
the Welaka State Forest,5 minutes from WelakaBoat Ramp, St. JohnsRiver, $37,500. Owner
fin. 386-972-2690
HomesCrescent City, 1600sf re-modeled home, w/com-
mercial on 1st floor.$95K OBO. 336-1544
Florahome, Santa RosaSt., $79K. 2BR/1BA
Single-family home, tonsof potential! Lease orcash. Call for details:
855-664-8357
Rent-to-Own 4BR/3BAFixer-Upper $49.9K620 Oak St. Palatka.
386-972-1333
Mobile HomesFurnished Home with
covered deck/carport, 2storage buildings on 1.5Acres in Mountains with
spring branch. All im-provements. 1.5 miles
from Blueridge Parkway.$39,500. 336-452-1355
or 386-937-2373
2 sturdy dining roomchairs, $20 for both.
386-916-7955
2 sturdy dining roomchairs, $20 for both.
386-916-7955
27" Zenith TV - Cable-ready or video games,
guaranteed, $20. 8a-5p:386-329-2080
5-blade ceiling fan,oil-rubbed bronze,
$25. 325-5591
50" computer desk, lighttan, like new, you haul,$25. Call Gloria or Ruth:
386-684-0372
Antique meat grinder.Clamps to table.Good cond., $15.
904-616-1815
Antique wooden windowframe, 6 panes. Great
for crafters, good cond.,$20. 904-616-1815
Free-standing tall basket-ball hoop w/backboard &net, you haul, $25. Call
Gloria or Ruth: 684-0372
Glass top for desk,30x60, $20.
386-325-2695
Hoover vacuum w/heated cleaning,
moving & don't need,$25. 386-649-5990
King-size headboard,$25. 386-325-2695
Quasar Bounty 12-speedmountain bike, new seat,good cond. 1st $25 takes
it. 386-649-5990
Stationary exercisebike, must sell, $25.
386-244-4167
Stephen King books, 5hard covers. Call for list.Good cond., $25 for all.
904-571-5524
Toilet & vanity w/sink,$25. 386-325-5591
Sporting GoodsDeer corn, whole cob,
$50/Bobcat scoop,$6/50lb bag. Bulls Hit
Ranch & Farm M-F 7-5
PETS & SUPPLIES
550
Pets & Supplies8 wk old ADBA
registered pit bullpuppies, $150 each.
386-983-9924
Four 8-wk old Yorkiepups, 2 M & 2 F. 1 Tea-cup w/health certs. $450
each. 386-972-0937
LIVESTOCK & SUPPLIES
560
Free Animals2 male dogs free to goodhomes: Chow mix & pitbull mix. Call for info.
386-983-5116
"Baby" needs a home!5yr old neut. adult M cat.Lived w/elderly couple.
Indoor/outdoor. 336-2510
Free male Poodle/Terrier mix, very small,
house-broken. Nokids. 386-916-0875
Free to loving homes: 1male cat, 8 yrs, 1 fem.Siamese, 7 yrs. Bothfixed. 547-606-4024
Lost & FoundAnimals
Found large black dog,corner of Palm &
Augusta Ave. Palatka.386-937-6277
Found near Crestwood &Cedar St.: Brindle
female Boston Terrier,328-3607/336-3497
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE SEVENTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDAGENERAL JURISDICTIONDIVISIONC A S E N O .542011CA000218CAAXMX
GMAC MORTGAGE LLC,Plaintiff,vs.JERRY L. HACKNEY; RUTHA. HACKNEY; INTER-L A C H E N L A K E SLANDOWNERS ASSOCI-ATION; UNKNOWN TEN-ANTS, Defendant(s).
NOTICE OF FORECLOS-URE SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to a Final Judg-ment of Foreclosure datedJuly 28, 2014, and enteredi n542011CA000218CAAXMXof the Circuit Court of theSEVENTH Judicial Circuitin and for Putnam County,Florida, wherein GMACMORTGAGE, LLC is thePlaintiff and JERRY L.HACKNEY; RUTH A. HACK-N E Y ; I N T E R L A C H E NLAKES LANDOWNERS AS-SOCIATION; UNKNOWNTENANTS are the Defend-ant(s). Tim Smith as theClerk of the Circuit Courtwill sell to the highest andbest bidder for cash at theSouth Front Door 410 St.Johns Ave., Palatka, FL32177, at 11:00 AM, onSeptember 11, 2014, thefollowing described prop-erty as set forth in said Fi-nal Judgment, to wit:
LOT 5, BLOCK 4, INTER-LACHEN LAKES ESTATES,UNIT NO. 19, ACCORDINGTO PLAT THEREOF AS RE-CORDED IN MAP BOOK 5,PAGES 20-A AND 20-B OFTHE PUBLIC RECORDS OFPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA.
Any person claiming an in-terest in the surplus fromthe sale, if any, other thanthe property owner as ofthe date of the lis pen-dents must file a claimwithin 60 days after thesale.
Dated this 19th day of July,2014.
Tim SmithAs Clerk of the Court
By: /s/ Kelly PurcellAs Deputy Clerk
If 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 at least 7 days beforeyour scheduled court ap-pearance, or immediatelyupon receiving this notific-ation if the time before thescheduled appearance isless than 7 days; Court Ad-ministration, 125 E. Or-a n g e A v e . , S t e . 3 0 0 ,Daytona Beach, FL 32114;(386) 257-6096. Hearing orvoice impaired, please call1 (800) 955-8770.
8/26/14, 9/2/14Legal No. 00026478
NOTICE OF PUBLICAUCTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENTHAT ON 19 SEPTEMBER,2014, 8:00 A.M. THE FOL-LOWING VEHICLES WILLBE SOLD:
2001 JEEP1J4GW48S61C676313
1985 MERZWDBBA45C1FA021456
2005 NISSAN1N4BL11E15N467590
SALE TO BE HELD ATJOHNSON’S TOWING &RECOVERY, 253 HIGH-WAY 17 NORTH, PAL-ATKA, FL 32177, PUTNAMCOUNTY. JOHNSON’STOWING & RECOVERY RE-SERVES THE RIGHT TOBID.
8/26/14Legal No. 00026595
REQUEST FOR BIDS –TWELVE (12) VEHICLESFOR THE POLICE DEPART-MENT
The City of Palatka will re-ceive sealed bids for thepurchase of TWELVE (12)VEHICLES for the PoliceDepartment. Sealed pro-p o s a l s m a r k e d “ 1 2Vehicles – Police Depart-ment” are due at PalatkaCity Hall, Attention: CityClerk, 201 N. 2nd Street,Palatka FL, no later than1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oc-tober 14, 2014. Bids re-ceived after that date andtime will not be considered.
Specifications are avail-able to view and downloadfrom the City of Palatkawebsite , www.palatka-fl.gov. All questions re-garding the proposal canbe directed to Captain MattNewcomb, via email [email protected] by phone at (386) 329-0115. The City of Palatkareserves the right to rejectany and /or all bids orwaive any irregularities,EOE, DFWP.
8/26/14Legal No. 00026572
The quarterly meeting ofthe Putnam County Trans-portation DisadvantagedLocal Coordinating Boardwill take place at 10 a.m.,Monday, September 15,2014, at the Putnam CountyGovernmental Complex,2509 Crill Avenue, Palatka,Florida, 32177.All inter-ested persons are invitedto attend. The NortheastFlorida Regional Counciladheres to the Americanswith Disabilities Act andwill make reasonable modi-fications for access to thismeeting upon request. Re-quests should be receivedat least 72 hours in ad-vance of the meeting in or-der to allow time to providethe requested service. Formore information, contactthe Northeast Florida Re-gional Council at (904) 279-0880 between the hours of8 a.m.-5 p.m., Mondaythrough Friday.
8/26/14Legal No. 00026233
MERCHANDISE
400
Fruits &VegetablesFrozen blueberries $4/qt.
U-pick or I-pick grapes$1.50/lb. No pesticidesused, Satsuma. For dir-ections: 386-467-2247
GRAPES, GRAPES!Muscadines. U-Pick/We
Pick. Lilly's Vineyard.728 Coral Farms Rd.
Florahome. Open everyday 7a-7p. Picking now!
386-659-2152or 386-546-1082.
Furniture &Upholstery2 matching swivel rock-
ers, dark brown, 6months old, new cond.,$225 ea. 386-328-4118
or 904-347-9474
Catnapper lift chair,brown, good cond. Paid$900, asking $400 OBO.
386-649-0800
Items $25 or Less1960s school desk w/at-tached seat. Good cond.Great for home schooler,
$25. 904-571-5524
2 new cushions for 2-seated outdoor sofa,blue, $10 for both.
386-649-6114
2 pair black & golddrapes w/2 pr sheers,
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE SEVENTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDAGENERAL JURISDICTIONDIVISIONCASE NO. 2010-00630-CA-52
CITIMORTGAGE, INC.,Plaintiff,vs.JEWELL MICHELE TURN-E R A / K / A J E W E L LMICHELLE TURNER A/K/AJEWELL TURNER; TONYLAMAR TURNER A/K/ATONY TURNER; JOHNDOE; JANE DOE; MORT-GAGE ELECTRONIC RE-GISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AC-C R E D I T E D H O M EL E N D E R S , I N C .Defendant(s).
NOTICE OF FORECLOS-URE SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to a Final Judg-ment of Foreclosure datedJuly 28, 2014, and enteredin 2010-00630-CA-52 of theCircuit Court of the SEV-ENTH Judicial Circuit inand for Putnam County,Florida, wherein CITIMORT-GAGE, INC. is the Plaintiffand JEWELL MICHELETURNER A/K/A JEWELLMICHELLE TURNER A/K/AJEWELL TURNER; TONYLAMAR TURNER A/K/ATONY TURNER; JOHNDOE; JANE DOE; MORT-GAGE ELECTRONIC RE-GISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AC-C R E D I T E D H O M ELENDERS, INC. are the De-fendant(s). Tim Smith asthe Clerk of the CircuitCourt wi l l se l l to thehighest and best bidder forcash at the South FrontDoor 410 St. Johns Ave.,Palatka, FL 32177, at 11:00AM, on September 11,2014, the following de-scribed property as setforth in said Final Judg-ment, to wit:
A PARCEL OF LAND LOC-ATED IN THE COUNTY OFPUTNAM, STATE OF FLOR-IDA, AND DESCRIBED ASFOLLOWS:
LOTS 1, 2 AND 3 IN OAKHILL CAMPSITES, FROMTHE NORTHEAST CORNEROF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4OF SECTION 30, TOWN-SHIP 12 SOUTH, RANGE 26EAST, RUN NORTH 89 DEG48'31” WEST 1003.4 FEETTO THE POINT OF BEGIN-NING, FROM POINT OF BE-G I N N I N G T H U S D E -SCRIBED RUN SOUTH 0DEG 16'16” EAST 169.0FEET; THENCE NORTH 89DEG 48'31” WEST 115.0FEET; THENCE NORTH 00DEG 16'16” WEST 169.0FEET TO THE SAID NORTHBOUNDARY LINE OF THESOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SEC-TION 30; THENCE SOUTH89 DEG 48'31” EAST 115.0FEET ALONG THE SAIDNORTH BOUNDARY LINETO THE POINT OF BEGIN-NING. SUBJECT TO ANEASEMENT 10 FEET INW I D T H A L O N G T H ENORTHERLY AND EAST-ERLY BOUNDARIES HEREO F F O R I N G R E S S ,EGRESS AND UTILITIES.
ALSO LOT 4 IN OAK HILLCAMPSITES FROM THENORTHEAST CORNER OFTHE SOUTHEAST ¼ OFSECTION 30 TOWNSHIP 12SOUTH, RANGE 26 EAST,RUN NORTH 89 DEG 48'31”W E S T 1 0 0 3 . 4 F E E T ;THENCE SOUTH 0 DEG16'16” EAST 169.0 FEETTO THE POINT OF BEGIN-NING. FROM THE POINTOF BEGINNING THUS DE-SCRIBED CONTINUE TORUN SOUTH 0 DEG 16'16”EAST 53.0 FEET; THENCENORTH 89 DEG 48'31”WEST 115 FEET THENCENORTH 0 DEG 16'16' WEST5 3 . 0 F E E T ; T H E N C ESOUTH 89 DEG 48'31”EAST 115.0 FEET TO THEPOINT OF BEGINNING.SUBJECT TO THE EASE-MENT 10 FEET IN WIDTHALONG THE EASTERLYBOUNDARY HERE FOR IN-GRESS, EGRESS ANDUTILIT IES.
Any person claiming an in-terest in the surplus fromthe sale, if any, other thanthe property owner as ofthe date of the lis pendensmust file a claim within 60days after the sale.
Dated this 19th day of Au-gust, 2014.
Tim SmithAs Clerk of the Court
By: /s/ Kelly PurcellAs Deputy Clerk
If 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 at least 7 days beforeyour scheduled court ap-pearance, or immediatelyupon receiving this notific-ation if the time before thescheduled appearance isless than 7 days; Court Ad-ministration, 125 E. Or-a n g e A v e . , S t e . 3 0 0 ,Daytona Beach, FL 32114;(386) 257-6096. Hearing orvoice impaired, please call1 (800) 955-8770.
8/26/14, 9/2/14Legal No. 00026470
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE SEVENTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDAGENERAL JURISDICTIONDIVISIONC A S E N O .542010CA000264CAXXXX
BAC HOME LOANS SERVI-CING LP,Plaintiff,vs.GEORGE S. JAMES A/K/AGEORGE JAMES; JOAN P.B R O W N A / K / A J O A NB R O W N ; U N K N O W NSPOUSE OF GEORGEJAMES A/K/A GEORGE S.J A M E S , U N K N O W NSPOUSE OF JOAN BROWNA/K/A JOAN P. BROWN,Defendant(s).
NOTICE OF FORECLOS-URE SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to a Final Judg-ment of Foreclosure datedJuly 28,, 2014, and enteredi n542010CA000264CAXXXXof the Circuit Court of theSEVENTH Judicial Circuitin and for Putnam County,Florida, wherein US BANKNATIONAL ASSOCIATION,AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALFOF GRA LEGAL TITLET RUST 2013 -1 i s thePlaintiff and GEORGE S.JAMES A/K/A GEORGEJAMES; JOAN P. BROWNA/K/A JOAN BROWN; UN-K N O W N S P O U S E O FGEORGE JAMES A/K/AGEORGE S. JAMES, UN-KNOWN SPOUSE OF JOANBROWN A/K/A JOAN P.B R O W N a r e t h eDefendant(s). Tim Smith asthe Clerk of the CircuitCourt wi l l se l l to thehighest and best bidder forcash at the South FrontDoor 410 St. Johns Ave.,Palatka, FL 32177. at 11:00AM, on September 11,2014, the following de-scribed property as setforth in said Final Judg-ment, to wit:
LOTS 7, DUNN CREEKFOURTH ADDITION, TOSAN MATEO ESTATES, OFRECORD IN MAP BOOK 4,PAGE 122, PUBLIC RE-C O R D S O F P U T N A MCOUNTY, FLORIDA ANDTHAT CERTAIN 2008 SCTBDOUBLEWIDE MOBILEHOME WITH VIN#'S SB-HGA1290702771A & SB-HGA1290702771B
Any person claiming an in-terest in the surplus fromthe sale, if any, other thanthe property owner as ofthe date of the lis pen-dents must file a claimwithin 60 days after thesale.
Dated this 19th day of Au-gust, 2014.
Tim SmithAs Clerk of the Court
By: /s/ Kelly PurcellAs Deputy Clerk
If 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 at least 7 days beforeyour scheduled court ap-pearance, or immediatelyupon receiving this notific-ation if the time before thescheduled appearance isless than 7 days; Court Ad-ministration, 125 E. Or-a n g e A v e . , S t e . 3 0 0 ,Daytona Beach, FL 32114;(386) 257-6096. Hearing orvoice impaired, please call1 (800) 955-8770.
8/26/14, 9/2/14Legal No. 00026473
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE SEVENTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDAGENERAL JURISDICTIONDIVISIONC A S E N O .542011CA000218CAAXMX
GMAC MORTGAGE LLC,Plaintiff,vs.JERRY L. HACKNEY; RUTHA. HACKNEY; INTER-L A C H E N L A K E SLANDOWNERS ASSOCI-ATION; UNKNOWN TEN-ANTS, Defendant(s).
NOTICE OF FORECLOS-URE SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to a Final Judg-ment of Foreclosure datedJuly 28, 2014, and enteredi n542011CA000218CAAXMXof the Circuit Court of theSEVENTH Judicial Circuitin and for Putnam County,Florida, wherein GMACMORTGAGE, LLC is thePlaintiff and JERRY L.HACKNEY; RUTH A. HACK-N E Y ; I N T E R L A C H E NLAKES LANDOWNERS AS-SOCIATION; UNKNOWNTENANTS are the Defend-ant(s). Tim Smith as theClerk of the Circuit Courtwill sell to the highest andbest bidder for cash at theSouth Front Door 410 St.Johns Ave., Palatka, FL32177, at 11:00 AM, onSeptember 11, 2014, thefollowing described prop-erty as set forth in said Fi-nal Judgment, to wit:
LOT 5, BLOCK 4, INTER-LACHEN LAKES ESTATES,UNIT NO. 19, ACCORDINGTO PLAT THEREOF AS RE-CORDED IN MAP BOOK 5,PAGES 20-A AND 20-B OFTHE PUBLIC RECORDS OFPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA.
Any person claiming an in-terest in the surplus fromthe sale, if any, other thanthe property owner as ofthe date of the lis pen-dents must file a claimwithin 60 days after thesale.
Dated this 19th day of July,2014.
Tim SmithAs Clerk of the Court
By: /s/ Kelly PurcellAs Deputy Clerk
If 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 at least 7 days beforeyour scheduled court ap-pearance, or immediatelyupon receiving this notific-ation if the time before thescheduled appearance isless than 7 days; Court Ad-ministration, 125 E. Or-a n g e A v e . , S t e . 3 0 0 ,Daytona Beach, FL 32114;(386) 257-6096. Hearing orvoice impaired, please call1 (800) 955-8770.
8/26/14, 9/2/14Legal No. 00026478
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE SEVENTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDACIVIL DIVISION
C A S E N O . :542013CA000092CAAXMX
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,N.A.Plaintiff,
vs.
LAWRENCE NEARHOOD,et alDefendants.
NOTICE OF FORECLOS-URE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to a Final Judg-ment of foreclosure datedJuly 30, 2014, and enteredi n C a s e N o .542013CA000092CAAXMXof the Circuit Court of theSEVENTH Judicial Circuiti n a n d f o r P U T N A MCOUNTY, Florida, whereinJPMORGAN CHASE BANK,N.A. , is P la int i f f , andLAWRENCE NEARHOOD,et al are Defendants, theclerk will sell to the highestand best bidder for cash,beginning at 11:00am atPUTNAM County Court-house, South Entrance, 410St. Johns Avenue, Palatka,FL 32177, in accordancewith Chapter 45, FloridaStatutes, on the 7th day ofOctober, 2014, the follow-ing described property asset forth in said Final Judg-ment, to wit:
Lot 5 and 6, Block 41, IN-TERLACHEN LAKES ES-TATES UNIT NO 9, accord-ing to plat thereof as recor-ded in Map Book 4, page(s)119, of the public recordsof Putnam County, Florida.TOGETHER WITH a 1987"SANT" Double Wide Mo-bile Home; I.D. Numbers:KH4426D3FB8520GAA andKH4426D3FB8520GAB,Title Numbers: 43514388and 43517239.
Any person claiming an in-terest in the surplus fundsfrom the sale, if any, otherthan the property owner asof the date of the lis pen-dens must file a claim with-in 60 days after the sale.
Dated at Palatka, PUTNAMCOUNTY, Florida, this 12thday of August, 2014.
Tim SmithClerk of said Circuit Court
By: /s/ Kelly PurcellAs Deputy Clerk
If 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.
8/19/14, 8/26/14Legal No. 00026365
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE SEVENTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, INA N D F O R P U T N A MC O U N T Y
CASE NO 08-436-CA
BEVERALY M. WELLMAN,Plaintiff,
-vs.-
WARREN D. WILLIS, et ux.,Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat pursuant to FinalJudgment of Foreclosureof Mortgage of Plaintiffentered in this cause onJune 27, 2014, in the Cir-cu i t Cour t o f PutnamCounty, Florida, I, the un-derstand Clerk of the Cir-cu i t Cour t o f PutnamCounty, Florida, will, onOctober 2, 2014, at 11:00a.m. at public sale at thePutnam County Court-house, 410 St. Johns Aven-ue, Palatka, Florida, sell tothe highest bidder for cashthe following describedreal property:
Part of the South 240 feetof the North 275 feet of theWest 335 feet of the East360 feet of the NW 1/4 ofthe SW 1/4 of Section 29,Township 11 South, Range27 East, Putnam County,Florida. Being part of par-cels 5 and 6 as more partic-ularly described on surveymade by Long & Asso-ciates Job #B-78. Said par-cel more particularly de-scribed as follows:
105 Franklin Avenue con-sisting of the West sectionof Lot #6, 140' on the Westside, 175' on the Southside, 140' on the East side,175' on the North side,Franklin Avenue, being140' x 175'. Also, the Westsection of Lot #5, 100' onthe West side, 135' on theSouth side, 100' on theEast side, 135' on the Northside being 100' x 135.Being the West section oflots 5 and 6, survey madeby Long & Associates, Job#B-78.Together with a 1998 SIESsinglewide mobile homeI D # 2 8 6 1 0 2 4 8 G , T i t l e#66214899, permanently af-fixed thereon.The parcel number for thisproperty is Parcel ID: 29-11-27-0000-0360-0010
Any persons claiming aninterest in the surplus fromthe sale, if any, other thanthe property owner as ofthe date of the lis pendensmust file a claim within 60days after the sale.
DATED this 12th day of Au-gust, 2014.
TIM SMITH, CLERK
By: /s/ Ashley DarbyDeputy Clerk
8/19/14, 8/26/14Legal No. 00026366
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE SEVENTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDAGENERAL JURISDICTIONDIVISIONCASE NO. 2010-00630-CA-52
CITIMORTGAGE, INC.,Plaintiff,vs.JEWELL MICHELE TURN-E R A / K / A J E W E L LMICHELLE TURNER A/K/AJEWELL TURNER; TONYLAMAR TURNER A/K/ATONY TURNER; JOHNDOE; JANE DOE; MORT-GAGE ELECTRONIC RE-GISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AC-C R E D I T E D H O M EL E N D E R S , I N C .Defendant(s).
NOTICE OF FORECLOS-URE SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to a Final Judg-ment of Foreclosure datedJuly 28, 2014, and enteredin 2010-00630-CA-52 of theCircuit Court of the SEV-ENTH Judicial Circuit inand for Putnam County,Florida, wherein CITIMORT-GAGE, INC. is the Plaintiffand JEWELL MICHELETURNER A/K/A JEWELLMICHELLE TURNER A/K/AJEWELL TURNER; TONYLAMAR TURNER A/K/ATONY TURNER; JOHNDOE; JANE DOE; MORT-GAGE ELECTRONIC RE-GISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AC-C R E D I T E D H O M ELENDERS, INC. are the De-fendant(s). Tim Smith asthe Clerk of the CircuitCourt wi l l se l l to thehighest and best bidder forcash at the South FrontDoor 410 St. Johns Ave.,Palatka, FL 32177, at 11:00AM, on September 11,2014, the following de-scribed property as setforth in said Final Judg-ment, to wit:
A PARCEL OF LAND LOC-ATED IN THE COUNTY OFPUTNAM, STATE OF FLOR-IDA, AND DESCRIBED ASFOLLOWS:
LOTS 1, 2 AND 3 IN OAKHILL CAMPSITES, FROMTHE NORTHEAST CORNEROF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4OF SECTION 30, TOWN-SHIP 12 SOUTH, RANGE 26EAST, RUN NORTH 89 DEG48'31” WEST 1003.4 FEETTO THE POINT OF BEGIN-NING, FROM POINT OF BE-G I N N I N G T H U S D E -SCRIBED RUN SOUTH 0DEG 16'16” EAST 169.0FEET; THENCE NORTH 89DEG 48'31” WEST 115.0FEET; THENCE NORTH 00DEG 16'16” WEST 169.0FEET TO THE SAID NORTHBOUNDARY LINE OF THESOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SEC-TION 30; THENCE SOUTH89 DEG 48'31” EAST 115.0FEET ALONG THE SAIDNORTH BOUNDARY LINETO THE POINT OF BEGIN-NING. SUBJECT TO ANEASEMENT 10 FEET INW I D T H A L O N G T H ENORTHERLY AND EAST-ERLY BOUNDARIES HEREO F F O R I N G R E S S ,EGRESS AND UTILITIES.
ALSO LOT 4 IN OAK HILLCAMPSITES FROM THENORTHEAST CORNER OFTHE SOUTHEAST ¼ OFSECTION 30 TOWNSHIP 12SOUTH, RANGE 26 EAST,RUN NORTH 89 DEG 48'31”W E S T 1 0 0 3 . 4 F E E T ;THENCE SOUTH 0 DEG16'16” EAST 169.0 FEETTO THE POINT OF BEGIN-NING. FROM THE POINTOF BEGINNING THUS DE-SCRIBED CONTINUE TORUN SOUTH 0 DEG 16'16”EAST 53.0 FEET; THENCENORTH 89 DEG 48'31”WEST 115 FEET THENCENORTH 0 DEG 16'16' WEST5 3 . 0 F E E T ; T H E N C ESOUTH 89 DEG 48'31”EAST 115.0 FEET TO THEPOINT OF BEGINNING.SUBJECT TO THE EASE-MENT 10 FEET IN WIDTHALONG THE EASTERLYBOUNDARY HERE FOR IN-GRESS, EGRESS ANDUTILIT IES.
Any person claiming an in-terest in the surplus fromthe sale, if any, other thanthe property owner as ofthe date of the lis pendensmust file a claim within 60days after the sale.
Dated this 19th day of Au-gust, 2014.
Tim SmithAs Clerk of the Court
By: /s/ Kelly PurcellAs Deputy Clerk
If 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 at least 7 days beforeyour scheduled court ap-pearance, or immediatelyupon receiving this notific-ation if the time before thescheduled appearance isless than 7 days; Court Ad-ministration, 125 E. Or-a n g e A v e . , S t e . 3 0 0 ,Daytona Beach, FL 32114;(386) 257-6096. Hearing orvoice impaired, please call1 (800) 955-8770.
8/26/14, 9/2/14Legal No. 00026470
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 7TH JUDICIAL CIR-CUIT, IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDA
C A S E N O .1 3 0 0 0 4 9 7 C A A X M X
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGELLC D/B/A CHAMPIONMORTGAGE COMPANY,Plaintiffvs.THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE,H E I R S , D E V I S E E S ,GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES,LIENORS, CREDITORS,TRUSTEES AND ALL OTH-ER PARTIES CLAIMING ANINTEREST BY, THROUGH,UNDER OR AGAINST THEE S T A T E O F D A L T O NZETTWOCH AKA DALTONL E E Z E T T W O C H , D E -C E A S E D , e t a l . ,Defendents
NOTICE OF ACTION
TO:THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE,H E I R S , D E V I S E E S ,GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES,LIENORS, CREDITORS,TRUSTEES AND ALL OTH-ER PARTIES CLAIMING ANINTEREST BY, THROUGH,UNDER OR AGAINST THEE S T A T E O F D A L T O NZETTWOCH AKA DALTONL E E Z E T T W O C H , D E -C E A S E D130 PINE LAKE DRIVESATSUMA, FL 32189
AND TO: All persons claim-ing an interest by, through,under, or against the afore-said Defendant(s).
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTI-FIED that an action to fore-close a mortgage on thefollowing described prop-erty located in PutnamCounty, Florida:
LOT 16, BLOCK 2, BAYOUCLUB, UNIT 1-B, ACCORD-ING TO THE MAP BOOK 6,PAGE 60, OF TH PUBLICRECORDS OF PUTNAMCOUNTY, FLORIDA; TO-GETHER WITH A 1988PALM HARBOR MOBILEH O M E , S E R I A L # :PH065510A AND A 1989PALM HARBOR MOBILEH O M E , S E R I A L # :P H 0 6 6 5 1 0 B
has been filed against you,and you are required toserve a copy of your writ-ten defenses, if any, to thisaction, on GreenspoonMarder, P.A., Default De-partment, Attorneys forPlaintiff, whose address isTrade Centre South, Suite700, 100 West CanyonCreek Road, Fort Launder-dale, FL 33309, and file theoriginal with the Clerk with-in 30 days after the firstpublication of this notice,in the PALATKA DAILYNEWS, on or before Sept.25, 2014; otherwise a de-fault and a judgment maybe entered against you forthe relief demanded in theComplaint.
WITNESS MY HAND ANDSEAL OF SAID COURT onthis 18th day of August2014.
TIM SMITHAs Clerk of said Court
By: /s/ Ruth MilliganAs Deputy Clerk
IMPORTANTIn accordance with theAmericans with Disabilit-ies Act, persons needing areasonable accommoda-tion to participate in thisproceeding should, no laterthan seven (7) days prior,contact the Court's disabil-ity coordinator at 125 EORANGE AVENUE, SUITE300, DAYTONA BEACH, FL32114, 386-257-6096. Ifhearing or voice impaired,contact (TDD) (800) 955-8771 via Florida Relay Sys-tem.
8/26/14, 9/2/14Legal No. 00026469
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE SEVENTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDA
C A S E N O .542010CA000714CAXXXX
PHH MORTGAGE COR-PORATION,PLAINTIFF,
VS.
JOSEPH R. CRIBBS, ETAL.DEFENDANT(S).
NOTICE OF FORECLOS-URE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to the Final Judg-ment of Foreclosure datedJuly 28, 2014, in the aboveaction, I will sell to thehighest bidder for cash atP u t n a m , F l o r i d a , o nSeptember 16, 2014, at11:00AM, at South door ofcourthouse - 410 St. JohnsAve., Palatka, FL 32177 forthe following describedproperty:
BEING A PART OF THEWEST 412.5 FEET OF THEWEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTH-WEST 1/4 OF THE NORTH-EAST 1/4 OF SECTION1 6,TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH,RANGE 25 EAST, AND BE-I N G M O R E P A R T I C U -LARLY DESCRIBED ASFOLLOWS: BEGINNING ATT H E S O U T H W E S TCORNER OF THE SOUTH-WEST 1/4 OF THE NORTH-EAST 1/4 OF SAID SEC-TION 16 AND RUN EASTALONG THE HALF SEC-TION LINE 412.5 FEET TOA POINT; THENCE NORTH,PARALLEL TO THE WESTLINE OF THE SOUTHW-EST 1/4 OF THE NORTH-EAST 1/4 TO A POINT 200FEET SOUTH OF THESOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAYLINE OF STATE HIGHWAY#20, SAID POINT BEGINTHE POINT OF BEGIN-N I N G O F T H E L A N DHEREBY CONVEYED; (1)THENCE RUN NORTH 200FEET TO THE SOUTHRIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OFSTATE HIGHWAY #20 TO APOINT; (2) THENCE RE-TURN TO THE POINT OFBEGINNING AND RUNWEST PARALLEL TO THEHALF SECTION LINE ADISTANCE OF 130 FEET;(3) THENCE RUN NORTHPARALLEL TO THE WESTLINE OF THE SAID SOUTH-WEST 1/4 OF NORTHEAST1/4 TO THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAIDSTATE ROAD #20; AND (4)THENCE RUN SOUTH-EASTERLY ALONG THESOUTH L INE OF THERIGHT-OF-WAY OF STATEROAD #20 TO INTERSECTWITH THE END OF CALL(1) AND TO CLOSE. LESSAND EXCEPT THAT PIECECONVEYED TO THE STATEOF FLORIDA DEPART-MENT OF TRANSPORTA-TION IN OFFICIAL RE-CORDS BOOK 888, PAGE1496.
Any person claiming an in-terest in the surplus fromthe sale, if any, other thanthe property owner as ofthe date of the lis pendensmust file a claim withinsixty (60) days after thesale. The Court, in its dis-cretion, may enlarge thetime of the sale. Notice ofthe changed time of saleshal l be publ ished asprovided herein.
DATED: AUGUST 12, 2014
By: /s/ Kelly PurcellDeputy Clerk of the Court
If you are a person with adisability who needs anyaccommodation in order toparticipate in this proceed-ing, you are entitled, at nocost to you, to the provi-sion of certain assistance.Please contact Court Ad-ministration 386-257-6096,125 E. Orange Avenue,Suite 300, Daytona Beach,FL 32114 at least 7 daysbefore your scheduledcourt appearance, or imme-diately upon receiving thisnotification if the time be-fore the scheduled appear-ance is less than 7 days; ifyou are hearing or voiceimpaired, call 711.
8/19/14, 8/26/14Legal No. 00026298
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE SEVENTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDACIVIL DIVISION
C A S E N O . :542013CA000092CAAXMX
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,N.A.Plaintiff,
vs.
LAWRENCE NEARHOOD,et alDefendants.
NOTICE OF FORECLOS-URE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to a Final Judg-ment of foreclosure datedJuly 30, 2014, and enteredi n C a s e N o .542013CA000092CAAXMXof the Circuit Court of theSEVENTH Judicial Circuiti n a n d f o r P U T N A MCOUNTY, Florida, whereinJPMORGAN CHASE BANK,N.A. , is P la int i f f , andLAWRENCE NEARHOOD,et al are Defendants, theclerk will sell to the highestand best bidder for cash,beginning at 11:00am atPUTNAM County Court-house, South Entrance, 410St. Johns Avenue, Palatka,FL 32177, in accordancewith Chapter 45, FloridaStatutes, on the 7th day ofOctober, 2014, the follow-ing described property asset forth in said Final Judg-ment, to wit:
Lot 5 and 6, Block 41, IN-TERLACHEN LAKES ES-TATES UNIT NO 9, accord-ing to plat thereof as recor-ded in Map Book 4, page(s)119, of the public recordsof Putnam County, Florida.TOGETHER WITH a 1987"SANT" Double Wide Mo-bile Home; I.D. Numbers:KH4426D3FB8520GAA andKH4426D3FB8520GAB,Title Numbers: 43514388and 43517239.
Any person claiming an in-terest in the surplus fundsfrom the sale, if any, otherthan the property owner asof the date of the lis pen-dens must file a claim with-in 60 days after the sale.
Dated at Palatka, PUTNAMCOUNTY, Florida, this 12thday of August, 2014.
Tim SmithClerk of said Circuit Court
By: /s/ Kelly PurcellAs Deputy Clerk
If 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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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 7TH JUDICIAL CIR-CUIT, IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDA
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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGELLC D/B/A CHAMPIONMORTGAGE COMPANY,Plaintiffvs.THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE,H E I R S , D E V I S E E S ,GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES,LIENORS, CREDITORS,TRUSTEES AND ALL OTH-ER PARTIES CLAIMING ANINTEREST BY, THROUGH,UNDER OR AGAINST THEE S T A T E O F D A L T O NZETTWOCH AKA DALTONL E E Z E T T W O C H , D E -C E A S E D , e t a l . ,Defendents
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TO:THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE,H E I R S , D E V I S E E S ,GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES,LIENORS, CREDITORS,TRUSTEES AND ALL OTH-ER PARTIES CLAIMING ANINTEREST BY, THROUGH,UNDER OR AGAINST THEE S T A T E O F D A L T O NZETTWOCH AKA DALTONL E E Z E T T W O C H , D E -C E A S E D130 PINE LAKE DRIVESATSUMA, FL 32189
AND TO: All persons claim-ing an interest by, through,under, or against the afore-said Defendant(s).
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTI-FIED that an action to fore-close a mortgage on thefollowing described prop-erty located in PutnamCounty, Florida:
LOT 16, BLOCK 2, BAYOUCLUB, UNIT 1-B, ACCORD-ING TO THE MAP BOOK 6,PAGE 60, OF TH PUBLICRECORDS OF PUTNAMCOUNTY, FLORIDA; TO-GETHER WITH A 1988PALM HARBOR MOBILEH O M E , S E R I A L # :PH065510A AND A 1989PALM HARBOR MOBILEH O M E , S E R I A L # :P H 0 6 6 5 1 0 B
has been filed against you,and you are required toserve a copy of your writ-ten defenses, if any, to thisaction, on GreenspoonMarder, P.A., Default De-partment, Attorneys forPlaintiff, whose address isTrade Centre South, Suite700, 100 West CanyonCreek Road, Fort Launder-dale, FL 33309, and file theoriginal with the Clerk with-in 30 days after the firstpublication of this notice,in the PALATKA DAILYNEWS, on or before Sept.25, 2014; otherwise a de-fault and a judgment maybe entered against you forthe relief demanded in theComplaint.
WITNESS MY HAND ANDSEAL OF SAID COURT onthis 18th day of August2014.
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By: /s/ Ruth MilliganAs Deputy Clerk
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By Ian DeItchAssociated Press
JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of Israelis have fled their homes along the border with the Gaza Strip, reflecting growing fear and frustration over the war with Hamas and the Palestinian mortar fire raining down on their commu-nities.
With the school year fast approaching, the government began offering assistance to residents Monday in the first large-scale voluntary evacua-tion in nearly eight weeks of fighting.
Officials estimate that 70 percent of the 40,000 inhabit-ants of the farming communi-ties along the Gaza border have left, including hundreds on Monday.
Fields that once yielded vegetables and flowers are barren and pockmarked by Palestinian mortar shells. Streets are empty and most homes eerily silent.
The fighting has killed more than 2,100 Palestinians, according to Gaza officials, leveled thousands of buildings and left tens of thousands of people homeless.
The death toll on the Israeli side has been much lower, largely because of Israel’s net-work of air raid sirens, bomb shelters and the Iron Dome missile-defense system.
Yet Israel’s defenses have been large ly ine f f ec t ive against short-range mortar fire — a deficiency under-scored when a 4-year-old boy w a s k i l l e d F r i d a y b y a Palestinian mortar shell.
“The community is very close to the border, and we have almost no warning of incoming fire,” said Elazar Ashtivkar, a 30-year-old father of four who left Nahal Oz, the scene of the deadly attack, several weeks ago with his family.
He said the family is now staying in a nearby kibbutz, where he has 15 to 20 seconds to get to a shelter, which he said is an improvement.
He said nearly all of Nahal Oz’s roughly 400 residents have left. Only a few workers in charge of taking care of the cows along with some security personnel remain, he said.
“The agricultural fields were destroyed. There is noth-ing now,” he said.
He said he will return as soon as it is safe. “We just want quiet. We don’t want to be scared when our kids go to school,” he said.
The military says Gaza mil-itants have fired at least 1,400 mortars on the border commu-nities since the fighting began.
It is not the first time resi-dents have left their homes during the fighting. Several weeks ago, heavily armed Gaza militants tunneled into territory near their communi-ties, terrifying residents and sparking an exodus.
Only a few people sat down for lunch at the normally bus-tling dining room at Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha on Monday. The community was mostly devoid of people. Children’s swings swayed in the wind on the empty playground. Homes bore the marks of shrapnel
from Palestinian mortars.Elena Glass was among the
few residents who decided to stay.
“We are not going to move because this is our house and we have to defend this place,” she said. “I understand all the famil ies that moved out because of the children, but someone has to stay here. But it is not simple. I think of my children all the time because they are working outside with-out shelter.”
The government this week offered to help anxious Israelis close to the war zone leave their homes, the first time it has sponsored a large-scale evacuation.
“It is their right to leave, and we will assist them with temporary solutions,” Finance Minister Yair Lapid said in a TV interview Sunday.
But he stressed the evacua-tions were voluntary: “The state of Israel will not run away from terror organiza-tions. It fights terror organiza-tions.”
Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza, hailed news of the Israeli exodus. The group’s spokesman in Gaza, Mushir al-Masri, said the Israelis will not be allowed to return unless Hamas “allows it.”
Israeli education officials said the evacuated children will be absorbed by area schools. But Tamir Idan, a regional council head in south-ern Israel, said schools will not open as usual next week if rocket fire persists.
The fighting has caused even more disruption for stu-dents in Gaza, where U.N. schools have being used to shelter several hundred thou-sand people. Officials have delayed the start of classes, which were supposed to begin on Sunday.
Throughout the fighting, I srae l has charged that Hamas has exploited civilian installations to fire rockets. The military said Monday that the mortar shell that killed the 4-year-old Israeli boy last week was fired sever-al meters (yards) away from a school in Gaza.
The Israeli military said it carried out at least 65 air-strikes Monday, targeting a mosque it said was used to store weapons and another it said militants used as a meet-ing point. The military also said that Palestinian mili-tants fired more than 100 rockets into Israel.
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Dempsey: We will act if Islamic State militants threaten the U.S.By LoLIta c. BaLDor
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A B O A R D A U S M I L I T A R Y AIRCRAFT — Gen. Martin Dempsey says that once he determines the Islamic State militants in Iraq have become a direct threat to the U.S. homeland, he will recommend the U.S. military move directly against
the group in Syria.But the chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff said that right now, he still believes the group is still more a region-al threat and is not plotting attacks against either the U.S. or Europe.
Speaking on a military plane en route to Afghanistan Sunday, Dempsey pro-vided more detail into his thinking about the Islamic militants who have
stormed across Iraq, operating out of safe havens in Syria.
Dempsey did not rule out strikes for any other critical reasons, but listed a homeland threat as one of the key trig-gers for any military action in Syria.
So far, the Obama administration has restricted its military action against the militants to specific operations within Iraq, but concerns have increased as the
Islamic State group extended its reach, taking control of a swath of land stretch-ing from Syria across the border and deep into western and northern Iraq.
The group took over Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, in June, and has since declared an Islamic state, or caliphate, in territory under its control in Iraq and Syria.
Dempsey also told reporters he
believes that key allies in the region — including Jordan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia — will join the U.S. in quashing the Islamic State group.
“I think ISIS has been so brutal, and has wrapped itself in a radical religious legitimacy that clearly threatens everybody I just mentioned, that I think they will be willing partners,” said Dempsey, expressing optimism.
French government dissolves over economic policyBy LorI hInnant anD SyLvIe corBet
Associated Press
PARIS — President Francois Hollande is weighing his options after dissolving the gov-ernment on Monday over open feuding in the Cabinet about how much cutting — or spending — will revive the country’s stagnant economy.
Hollande is to announce a new government on Tuesday. The debate among French Socialists mirrors one taking place across Europe on whether to pursue a German-led model of fiscal austerity or use more govern-
ment spending to spur growth.Prime Minister Manuel Valls offered up his
Socialist government’s resignation after accus-ing France’s outspoken economy minister of crossing a line with his blunt criticism of the government’s policies. Hollande accepted the resignation and ordered Valls to form a new government by Tuesday.
Hollande has promised cuts to taxes and spending as well as reforms to make it easier for businesses to open and operate. The measures are meant to reduce the tax burden for compa-nies and also contain the government’s deficit.
Gaza attacks trigger Israeli exodus from border
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