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BY ASIA AIKINSPalatka Daily News
A sign of the times was evi-dent Monday night as hundreds of local residents gathered in the Florida School of the Arts audi-torium, cell phones and tablets in hand, witnessing and record-ing the installation of three new members of the Palatka City Commission.
The Hon. James E.C. Perry, state Supreme Court justice, called the installation ceremony an “historic and momentous occasion” as he swore in new commissioners Justin Campbell and Rufus Borom and Mayor Terrill Hill.
All three commissioners defeated the incumbents in the November election.
“In Palatka we are a culture of different personalities, races, creeds and thought processes … but it’s all about hope,” Hill said. “With hope, we evolve into the greatness that this city will be. It will take a cohesive effort of citizens.”
Perry was the first African-American appointed to the 18th Judicial Circuit. He acknowledged the “spirit of democracy” shown by the crowd that gathered in sup-port of the newly elected offi-cials.
Campbell thanked his constit-uents for his election to office, creating his own rendition of the “I Have a Dream Speech” by Martin Luther King Jr.
BY PETE SKIBAPalatka Daily News
An inaugural consecration service ceremony for three newly elected Palatka City Commissioners packed a down-town church on Sunday after-noon.
The “One Palatka Under God” ceremonies had all the flavor and music of a Gospel revival meeting at Bethel AME Church, 719 Reid St.
The nearly two-and-a-half-hour function at the church resounded with prayers, hymns, a dance routine and expectations for the new commissioners and mayor.
To add words of inspiration, the program called for a friend of Hill’s, Volusia County School Board Vice Chairwoman Ida Wright.
“You can truly have one Palatka if you have leaders of integrity,” Wright said. “Elected officials should believe in God first and then everything else will fall into place.”
When it came their turn to speak, Commissioners-elect Rufus Borom and Justin Campbell as well as Mayor-elect Terrill Hill thanked their sup-porters, their families and kept their remarks short.
Hill spoke last, but his talk touched on the themes of the day, belief in God, hope, unity and progress. The three men all said their candidacies started with hope.
The hope began 11 months ago, Hill said, when the cam-paigns began to take shape. Now that the election is over, his hope
is to revive the city.Hill cited his hope that the
residents of Palatka will strengthen their resolve, become unified and help him take on issues such as education, recre-ation opportunities for youth,
public safety and more in the years ahead.
“This is all about hope,” Hill said. “It is my hope for growth in Palatka and it is based on
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A busy year on the Space CoastFlorida’s Space Coast anticipates as many as 24 rocket launches from Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station and new development at Kennedy Space Center.
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Scott to begin second termGov. Rick Scott plans to focus on the same objectives he
set out in his first term - cutting taxes and limiting government.
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INDEXAdvice ............................. 6ABriefing ........................... 2AClassified/Legals ............ 9AComics ............................ 6AHoroscope ...................... 6ALottery............................. 8AObituaries ..................... 10AOpinions ......................... 4ASports ............................. 7ASudoku ........................... 9A
Palatka to consider purchase of Laurel lots
BY ASIA AIKINSPalatka Daily News
Palatka city commissioners will be asked to reconsider the Palatka Housing Authority’s five-year plan Thursday as city officials plan to purchase the two recently acquired PHA properties on Laurel Street.
Commissioners will be asked to approve a letter of intent stating that the city plans to purchase the properties from PHA “in exchange for the actual purchase price paid for the property … and in addition the actual expenses paid by PHA in clearing the property of the structures and improvements.”
According to Putnam County Property Appraiser records, the PHA purchased 913 Laurel St. for $5,700 and purchased 923 Laurel St. for $6,900. The purchases were made in November and both prop-erties were occupied by fire-damaged houses at the time of the purchases.
City documents state that the price of the city’s purchase will be determined later.
Commissioners will also be asked to reconsider the PHA’a five-year plan, as commissioners approved the PHA’s five-year plan last month with the exception of language that outlined the PHA’s plans to develop four to six housing units on the site.
PHA Executive Director John Nelson said the new multifamily units were planned for development on the Laurel Street properties, which are located in Palatka’s South Historic District.
Palatka Planning Director Thad Crowe recommended that the city com-mission approve the five-year plan with the exception of the development of the units. He said the development of multi-family units in historic districts is not consistent with the city’s comprehensive plan.
According to a letter from Nelson dated Dec. 22, the five-year plan did not designate any particular site for the development of the units.
“As it now stands, the city commission is saying that we cannot develop any-where within the city of Palatka,” he said. “It is our request that this item be brought back to the city commission for reconsideration.”
The Palatka City Commission is asked to authorize the execution of the PHA’s annual forms, required by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Housing authority seeks reconsideration of development denial
NEW COMMISSIONERS SWORN INChickens on Interlachen council’s plate tonight
BY BRANDON D. OLIVERPalatka Daily News
INTERLACHEN – Town officials in West Putnam County will host a workshop tonight to hear residents’ opinions on whether livestock should be allowed within the town limits.
The Inter lachen Town C o u n c i l a n d t h e t o w n ’ s Planning Commission will attend the workshop, which takes place today at 5:05 p.m. at the Dickerman Building downtown.
Both parties will hear dis-cussions and determine if they should go forward with chang-e s t o t h e Z o n i n g B o a r d Ordinance 2012-1, said Pam Glover, the deputy town clerk.
“They’re going to discuss whether they are going to allow (owning livestock within town limits),” Glover said. “If they are going to allow it, we are going to have to change the ordinance.”
This evening’s gathering is a workshop, so neither the council nor the Planning Commission will decide today to allow or not allow livestock within the town limits.
But Glover said that they would decide how to proceed on the matter.
If it is decided that the town would go further with the issue, Glover said, February’s meeting is the earliest town council meeting where it would be able to be up for a vote.
Members of the Planning Commission will be in atten-dance tonight because they, too, must decide on about the ordinance change, she said.
“Any changes to the zoning ordinances have to go through the Planning Commission,” Glover said.
Today’s workshop is a result comments during December’s town council meeting from a resident who approached the council about allowing a num-ber of chickens within the town limits.
Workshop to address whether livestock could be allowed within town limits
SEARCH IS ON
CHRIS DEVITTO / Palatka Daily News
Putnam County Sheriff’s Office deputies and a K-9 deputy search the 700 block of St. Johns Avenue in Palatka on Monday for a suspect with outstanding warrants.
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Consecration service honors electees
Photos by CHRIS DEVITTO / Palatka Daily News
Palatka Commissioner-elect Justin Campbell, left, and Mayor-elect Terrill Hill stand and sing during ceremonies held at Bethel A.M.E. Church in Palatka on Sunday.
Putnam County and Palatka elected officials stand for a blessing during ceremonies held at Bethel A.M.E. Church in Palatka on Sunday.
Photos by CHRIS DEVITTO / Palatka Daily News
State Supreme Court Justice James E.C. Perry swears in Palatka Mayor Terrill Hill as his family members join him Monday at the FloArts auditorium on the campus of St. Johns River State College.
‘... We can start change today’
Palatka Vice Mayor Mary Lawson Brown passes the gavel to newly sworn-in Mayor Terrill Hill on Monday at the FloArts auditorium.
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Palatka
Environmental councilto host garden talk
At 7 p.m. Jan. 15, the Putnam County Environmental Council will host “The Surprising Role of the Hlome Garden” at the Edgar Johnson Senior Center , 1215 Westover Drive, Palatka. The pro-gram is open to the public. David Kennedy of Interlachen will lead a presentation on the expanding role of home food gardens in protecting the natural environment. The presenta-tion will show how the growing movement of savvy home gardeners can lead the way towards a more sus-tainable and nutritious food supply. Kennedy is the author of four books on gardening and nutrition. As founder and director of Leaf for Life, he has worked on innovative small-scale agriculture and food processing projects in 13 countries over the past 30 years.
Food distribution Wednesday at First Baptist
Farm Share in partnership with volunteers from First Baptist, First Presbyterian, St. James United Methodist, St. Mark’s Episcopal and St. Monica Catholic churches will have a mobile food pantry beginning at 9 a.m. until noon, or until food is gone Wednesday at the parking lot of First Baptist, 501 Oak St.
There will be fresh produce, frozen foods, dairy, bread, and bakery items. Check weather before coming to be prepared to wait in line com-fortably; bring a folding chair if you have a problem standing and empty b a g s o r c o n t a i n e r s f o r f o o d .Distribution numbers handed out beginning at 8 a.m. to those in line. First come basis.
Details: 325-9777.
Financial workshops offered at library
The Putnam County Library, in partnership with UF/IFAS Extension Office will provide people with tools for managing finances workshops with Wendy Lynch. Topics include: “Stretching and Managing Your Money,” “Where Does Your Money Go?,” “Stop Spending Leaks,” and “How Much Credit Can You Afford?”
The first workshop will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Putnam County Headquarters Library, 601 College Road. Participation and reg-istration is not required. Details: 329-0126.
Palatka High School talent show is Friday
The Panthers Got Talent Show will begin at 7 p.m. Friday at the Jim Pignato Theater at C.L. Overturf Sixth Grade Center, 1100 S. 18th St. The competition is designed to show-case the talents of students of Palatka High School and features a variety of student performers as they compete, as well as a guest concert from local band, Dytch.
Show is judged by local celebrities. Cost is $4 before the show at the cashier’s window at PHS, 302 Mellon Road or $5 at the door. Proceeds ben-efit the Panther Marching Band.
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Coffee talk, entertainment planned for Wednesday
The Artisans’ Way “Naborhood” Coffee Talk will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at 5910 Hampton St. This week’s performance will be Side Track of Jacksonville. Presented by Doris Nabors and June Beverly.
FElONY aRREStS
Jan. 2Darron Dewayne Bush , 24 ,
Satsuma: moving traffic violation.Brandon Leon Lewis, 21, East
Palatka: larceny.Wade Allen Milleson, 39, no home-
town given: obstructing justice.
Jan. 3Michael Karl Berry, 30, Palatka:
aggravated assault with a deadly weapon; possession of a weapon by a convicted Florida felon; fraud – swin-dle.
L u t h e r W a r d S a d l e r , 5 1 , Hawthorne: moving traffic violation.
Jan. 4Jacob Robert Harr ison , 19 ,
Interlachen: possession of cocaine.Willie Elmar Keeley, 35, Satsuma:
moving traffic violation.S t e v e n J a m e s P o n s , 3 1 ,
Hawthorne: battery.Ricky Terrell Young, 35, Palatka:
selling cocaine.
MaNatEE
Child dies in elevator shaft
A 12-year-old boy has died after he was crushed by an elevator.
The boy had crawled into the ele-vator shaft in his home Saturday morning to look for his pet hamster.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said the elevator crushed the child, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Boy nearly drowns in cruise ship wave pool
A 4-year-old boy is being treated at a South Florida hospital after nearly drowning in a cruise ship wave pool.
The incident happened on Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas on Saturday just after the ship departed from Port Everglades. The ship returned to the port Saturday evening.
According to emergency officials, the boy was swept underwater for between five and 10 minutes. He was immedi-ately treated by the ship’s medical team, but needed additional treatment.
PaNaMa citY bEach
Family creates foundation for toddler
The Burnham family has estab-lished a foundation to fund preschool scholarships for local children.
Two-year-old Wesley Burnham died Dec. 19 when he was struck by a car outside his home. church.
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Today we will see mostly sunny skies with a high temperature of 71º, humidity of 67%. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. The record high temperature for today is 90º set in 1982. Expect mostly clear skies tonight with an overnight low of 43º. West wind 3 to 7 mph. The record low for tonight is 24º set in 2001. Wednesday, skies will be sunny with a high temperature of 63º, humidity of 50%. Northwest wind 5 to 13 mph. Skies will be partly cloudy Wednesday night with an overnight low of 34º.
Tuesday Mostly Sunny
71 / 43Precip Chance: 5%
Wednesday Sunny63 / 34
Precip Chance: 0%
Thursday Mostly Sunny
49 / 35Precip Chance: 5%
Friday Mostly Sunny
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Saturday Partly Cloudy
64 / 52Precip Chance: 20%
Sunday Few Showers
73 / 54Precip Chance: 30%
Monday Partly Cloudy
70 / 52Precip Chance: 20%
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Sunrise today . . . . . . 7:22 a.m.Sunset tonight. . . . . . 5:42 p.m.
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Date Degree Days12/29 1612/30 1312/31 41/1 8
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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.
On average, how many hurricanes hit the U.S. coastline? ?
Answer: Approximately five over a three year period.
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11+: Extreme Exposure
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Farmer's Growing Days
Precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.08"Normal precipitation . . . . . . . 0.70"Departure from normal . . . . .-0.62"
Average temperature . . . . . . . 64.1ºAverage normal temperature . 56.5ºDeparture from normal . . . . . +7.6º
St. Johns River Tides This Week
City Hi/LoDaytona Beach . . . 75/49 pcGainesville. . . . . . . 69/42 sJacksonville. . . . . . 69/44 sKey West . . . . . . . . 81/70 pcMiami . . . . . . . . . . 79/70 pcNaples . . . . . . . . . . 80/64 pcOrlando . . . . . . . . . 75/54 pcPanama City . . . . . 62/45 sPensacola. . . . . . . . 61/40 sPort Charlotte. . . . 80/57 pcTallahassee . . . . . . 65/40 sTampa . . . . . . . . . . 74/56 pcW. Palm Beach . . . 79/66 pc
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PETE SKIBA / Palatka Daily News
After hiking 1.79 miles through Dunns Creek State Park, the “First Day” hikers posed for a group picture at the park’s entrance on New Year’s Day. Twenty five hikers took advantage of the ranger-supervised event that encourged participants to get in touch with nature.
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Busy year ahead for Space Coast with numerous projectsAssociated Press
CAPE CANAVERAL — Florida’s Space Coast is anticipating a busy 2015.
Numerous rocket launches and other projects are scheduled through-out the year.
SpaceX plans to kick off the year today with an early morning cargo launch to the International Space Station. Last spring, the company won a 20-year lease of a mothballed NASA launch pad. The company told the newspaper that it plans to finish outfitting the pad by midyear so that it can support launches of its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets.
Also planned for 2015, the renova-tion of two former shuttle hangars at Kennedy Space Center to house a secret Air force space plane program relocating from California. The Air force is expected to conduct a fourth
launch of its unmanned X-37V Orbital Test Vehicle from Cape Canaveral this year. As many as 24 rocket launches are scheduled this year from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Air Force said. Sixteen rockets were launched from the sta-tion in 2014.
Also planned for 2015, United Launch Alliance will start building a crew access tower near a launch pad, where Atlas V rockets will launch Boeing’s CST-100 capsule.
Space Florida recently announced plans for an unnamed commercial space company to take up residence at one of two state-run pads. Combined state and company invest-ment at the site is expected to total $34 million over five years and add 100 jobs.
After nearly 18 months of negotia-tion, NASA and Space Florida are
nearing a deal for the state to take over control of Kennedy Space Center’s three-mile shuttle runway.
“It really is the centerpiece of Florida’s next-generation commer-cial spaceport,” said Space Florida CEO and President Frank DiBello.
Space Florida hopes to attract commercial operations to the runway ranging from drones to a suborbital space plane XCOR Aerospace is developing to fly space tourists.
Swiss Space Systems could arrive late this year with an Airbus jet that will fly parabolic arcs to expose cus-tomers and researchers to brief peri-ods of weightlessness.
And Moon Express, a California startup developing a small robotic moon lander that is a contender to win the Google Lunar XPRIZE, will return soon to continue flight tests begun last year at the runway.
Three sisters dead after I-95 crash; six others injuredAssociated Press
ROCKLEDGE — Three sisters are dead after a four-car crash on Interstate 95 that also injured six other people.
According to Florida Highway, the crash early Sunday near Rockledge was triggered when a car left the north-bound lane and struck the guardrail in the median.
The Infiniti then struck a northbound Hyundai head-on, killing 64-year-old Kay Ferril of Rockledge, 66-year-old Willie Morgagne of Cocoa and 56-year-old Rose Neal of Cocoa.
Sgt. Kim Montes says the three women were sisters.
A fourth woman in the Hyundai was hospitalized in critical condition. Her relationship to the sisters’ was not immediately clear.
Neal’s husband said his wife and her sisters were returning from a trip to Miami.
“She was a caring, stay-at-home mother and was tak-ing care of my son, who recently got a kidney transplant,” Harvey Neal said. “My son is autistic and unable to care for himself. She was the only one who cared after him. She loved him. But she finally said she just wanted to get out. They were just coming back from this little gam-bling trip.”
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SPECIAL REPUBLICANPRIMARY ELECTION:Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Open to all registered Republicans in Putnam County
EARLY VOTING: January 17 thru January 24 • 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
in Palatka, Interlachen and Crescent City
Mail/Absentee Ballotsare now available
To update your signature, it must be submitted on a voter registration application. An updated signature is
very important should your mail/absentee or provisional ballot require presentation to the canvassing board.
Remember Their Sacrifice!Vote In Memory Or In Honor Of A Veteran.
CHARLES L. OVERTURF IIISUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
2509 Crill Avenue, Suite 900, Palatka, Fl. 32177386-329-0224
IMPORTANT ELECTION INFORMATIONFIRST PUBLIC HEARING NOTICEThe Town of Interlachen is considering applying to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) for a Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) of up to Six Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($650,000.00). These funds must be used for one of the following purposes:
1. To benefit low and moderate income persons; 2. To aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; or3. To meet other community development needs of recent origin
having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community and where other financial resources are not available to meet such needs.
The categories of activities for which these funds may be used are in the areas of housing, neighborhood revitalization, commercial revitalization or economic development and include such improvement activities as acquisition of real property, loans to private-for-profit business, purchase of machinery and equipment, construction of infrastructure, rehabilitation of houses and commercial buildings and energy conservation. Additional information regarding the range of activities that may be undertaken will be provided at the public hearing. For each activity that is proposed, at least 70% of the funds must benefit low and moderate income persons.
In developing an application for submission to DEO, the Town of Interlachen must plan to minimize displacement of persons as a result of planned CDBG activities. In addition, the Town of Interlachen is required to develop a plan to assist displaced persons.
A public hearing to receive citizen views concerning the community’s economic and community development needs will be held at the Town of Interlachen Town Hall on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible. For information concerning the public hearing contact: Ms. Pam Wilburn, Town Clerk, Town of Interlachen, 311 Atlantic Avenue, Interlachen, Florida 32148-4414. Telephone (386) 684-3811.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours-before the workshop by contacting: Ms. Wilburn at (386) 684-3811 or by e-mail at [email protected]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
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Space Coast bird festival educates visitorsVisitors to an annual Florida festival will learn how to spot
the state’s many bird species.The upcoming Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival will
include experts on the state’s numerous birds.Florida is among the top locations in the nation for bird-
watchers because it draws many species migrating away from cooler climates in the winter.
Since 1997, visitors have gathered at the festival that cele-brates more than 330 bird species including the Florida Scrub-Jay, Crested Caracara and Peregrine Falcon.
More than 5,000 birdwatchers are expected to enjoy bird-watching from Jan. 21 to 26 in sites including the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Canaveral National Seashore and St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge.
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RNC host committee marks final tallyThe last delegate left town more than two years ago, but the
Tampa Bay Host Committee for the 2012 Republican National Convention did not officially, go out of business until recently.
Oon New Year’s Eve, the nonprofit committee filed its final report with the Federal Elections Commission saying it had given away all the money it had left over after the convention. The last check was cut on Dec. 22 for $255.99 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, which had previously received $5,000.
To stage the convention, the local host committee raised about $55.3 million — $44.9 million in cash and $10.4 million in donated goods or services. Floridians and companies or groups based in the state contributed about 27 percent of the total.
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Officials identify bear that attacked teenagerAuthorities say they have identified a bear that mauled a
Florida Panhandle teenager while she was walking her dog.Six bears were captured in the Eastpoint area after 15-year-
old Leah Reeder was attacked Dec. 20. Four adult bears were euthanized and two clubs were relocated.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokes-woman Karen Parker said one of the adult bears matched DNA collected from the teen’s clothes. The female bear was captured and euthanized Dec. 22.
Leah suffered cuts to her head and face, along with bites to her right arm and left leg.
Wildlife officials euthanized seven bears in central Florida after a Lake Mary woman was attacked by a bear near her home in April.
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Grant awarded to plan for climate changeA Florida county has received a $10,000 grant to prepare for
the health effects of climate change.The Florida Department of Health awarded the grant to
Manatee County’s health department to develop plans to safe-guard public health against the effects of climate change.
Officials say some of those potential health effects include heat exposure-related illness from rising temperatures. They also worry about the spread of mosquito- and water-borne dis-eases resulting from higher temperatures and flooding.
County officials say they have to fine-tune emergency pre-paredness plans to account for the health effects of climate change.
The grant focuses on a five-step framework from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to incorporate climate change models into health departments’ routine planning.
dAde city
7-month-old killed when truck rolls into riverAuthorities have found the body of a 7-month-old boy who
was missing after a pickup truck rolled into a river.Pasco County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Melanie Snow
said the body of Elijah Wilson was found Monday morning not far from where the truck sank Sunday evening.
Authorities say Elijah was being held by his uncle in the bed of the parked truck when the vehicle rolled into the Withlacoochee River in Dade City.
According to the sheriff’s office, 46-year-old Jeffery Stock tried to escape the sinking truck, but he was pulled underwa-ter. His body was found Sunday pinned beneath the truck.
port orAnge
Motorcycle rider hit by patrol car diesAuthorities say a man who was rear-ended by a police cruiser
while riding a scooter-style motorcycle last month has died.The Florida Highway Patrol reports that 39-year-old Andrew
McIlvain died Sunday.FHP says 27-year-old Officer Silvio Portillo was driving his
marked patrol car Dec. 21 when the front of the vehicle hit the back of the motorcycle.
Scott to stress tax cuts, limiting government in speechBy Gary Fineout
Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Rick Scott plans to start his second term in office focusing on the same themes he stressed during his first four years in office, mainly limiting the size of govern-ment and cutting taxes to help Florida recover from the Great Recession.
The Republican chief executive will underscore those goals when he is sworn in on Tuesday.
“While we are focused on growing jobs in Florida, we must realize that positions our state as a fighter in a great move-ment against the silent growth of govern-ment,” according to an excerpt of Scott’s speech provided by his office. “Many states, like Florida, are fighting to limit the growth of government and grow opportunity instead.”
One of Scott’s top priorities is to cut taxes by $1 billion over the next two years. His speech also will include the argument that his push to cut taxes has helped increase the state’s population to the nation’s third-largest, the ranking
previously held by New York state.But as Scott is sworn in on the steps of
the Old Capitol, he is not expected to announce any large initiatives, or enact sweeping new policies like he did during his first few months in office. Instead, he is pledging to keep up his commitment to attract new businesses to the state and create jobs. As part of the inaugural cer-emonies, the governor plans to let four people who have gotten jobs or have started businesses since 2011 speak. He is also vowing to resume his effort to lure companies to Florida from other states such as New York and California.
“In addition to cutting taxes, we have an ambitious agenda to keep Florida working and become the global leader for job creation by the year 2020,” Scott said in the preliminary speech excerpt.
Four years ago Scott contended that taxes, regulations and lawsuits were cre-ating an “axis of unemployment” and that the state had enough money to meet its needs. A few weeks after making that declaration, Scott proposed massive cuts in state spending and large cuts in taxes.
Scott did cut taxes during his first
term, but nowhere near as much as he promised during his 2010 campaign. The number of state employees also dropped, as legislators cut state spending due to budget shortfalls — but when the econo-my began improving last year, Scott signed into law one of the largest state budgets ever.
Rep. Alan Williams, a Tallahassee Democrat, said he understands Scott’s push to limit the size of government, but he said the governor should reward state employees and make sure they are fairly compensated. State workers have only gotten one pay raise in recent years.
Practicing a bit of what he is preach-ing, Scott also has scaled back the tradi-tional size of the inauguration.
He is not holding a large black-tie inaugural ball or a parade through the capital’s streets, as has been the case in past years. Instead, he is holding a for-mal reception at the mansion, along with a prayer breakfast and an event honoring members of the military and their fami-lies. Scott also has held several informal barbecues at businesses around the state.
Judge who overturned ban weds same-sex couples MondayBy Curt anderson and
tamara LushAssociated Press
MIAMI — Lesbian and gay couples were wed in Miami on Monday by the same judge who approved their marriage licenses, hours before Florida’s coming-out party as the nation’s 36th state where same-sex marriages are now legal statewide.
The addition of Florida’s 19.9 million people means 70 percent of Americans now live in states where gay marriage is legal.
The cheers in the courthouse re f lect how much of the nation’s third-largest state has changed since the 1970s, when Anita Bryant, the former beau-ty pageant queen and orange juice spokeswoman, started her national campaign against gay rights in Miami.
“It’s been a long time com-ing,” said Cathy Pareto, who wed Karla Arguello, her part-ner of 15 years. “Finally Florida recognizes us as a cou-ple. It’s just -- I don’t know, sweet justice.”
Although same-sex mar-riage is now reality in Florida, Attorney General Pam Bondi is still pursuing appeals at both the federal and state lev-els. Her position — shared by
former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, now considering a run for pres-ident — is that marriage should be defined by each state.
Tellingly, however, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and then the U.S. Supreme Court refused Bondi’s request to extend an order blocking same-sex marriages beyond Monday, essentially giving the green light to the weddings taking place now. And Bondi’s office didn’t even appear at Monday’s hearing, telling the judge by phone that the state wouldn’t oppose issuing licens-es during the appeals process.
“The judge has ruled, and we wish these couples the best,” Bondi ’ s press secretary , W h i t n e y R a y , t o l d T h e Associated Press in an email.
Gay rights advocates called it a pivotal moment for the entire country. On Friday, Supreme Court justices will decide in private whether to rule on the merits of gay mar-riage during their current term.
“Florida is a bellwether state, and I can think of no more encouraging sign as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to decide whether to resolve this issue for the entire coun-try at its next conference on January 9,” said Shannon
Minter, legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
But signs of opposition were evident farther north, where more conservative Floridians live.
In Jacksonvi l le , Duval County Court Clerk Ronnie Fussell shut down the court-house chapel, saying no more marriage ceremonies – gay or straight – would be allowed there. At least two other coun-ties in northeast Florida did the same.
“Mr. Fussell said some of his people felt a little uncomfort-able doing it,” said his spokes-man, Charlie Broward. “It could cause discriminations down there (in the marriage license department) with those who are uncomfortable. We wanted to el iminate any unfairness.”
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Sarah Zabel cleared the way for the first same-sex weddings ahead of midnight, when U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle’s ruling was taking effect statewide.
Then, she presided over a dual ceremony, marrying Todd and Jeff Delmay moments after the lesbian couple in chambers packed with sup-porters and news media. The women work in investment
banking, and have an adopted 2-year-old son. The Delmays, together nearly 12 years, have a 4-year-old adopted son and operate an event-planning business.
Todd and Je f f l ega l l y changed their last names to Delmay — an amalgamation of their prior surnames — and have worn wedding rings on their right hands for years. On Monday, they switched them to the left.
“It’s such a journey we’ve been on. We’re just thrilled,” said Todd Delmay. “We’re thrilled for everybody. It’s such a transformative time.”
M o r e w e d d i n g s w e r e planned Tuesday in large-scale ceremonies in Orlando, T a m p a , K e y W e s t a n d Broward County. Palm Beach was preparing for a flood of applications, and a court-house in Delray Beach was opening Monday night to offi-ciate at a mass wedding after midnight.
“I think we’re going to have a huge turnout,” said Palm Beach County Clerk’s spokes-woman Kristina Ciuperger.
And Florida’s northern counties may see an influx of license applications by couples from other Southern states where marriage bans remain in place.
State Supreme Court rejects appeal for convicted murderer
Associated PressTALLAHASSEE — The
Florida Supreme Court is rejecting a last minute appeal from a man scheduled to die for murder ing a Flor ida Panhandle man.
Johnny Shane Kormondy is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Jan. 15.
Lawyers for Kormondy tried to assert the process used by
Gov. Rick Scott in determining who to execute violates the con-stitution.
Authorities say Kormondy and two accomplices forced their way at gunpoint into the Pensacola home of Gary McAdams and his wife one early morning in July 1993. The men repeatedly raped McAdams’ wife, and then Kormondy shot McAdams.
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I sorted through some of my notebooks to start the New Year afresh and found a few notes I wrote to myself
throughout 2014. I’m happy to report that I was able to keep my resolution for 2014—not to skydive, race in the Daytona 500 and climb Mt. Everest. This year I’m toning down my resolu-tions. One is not waste perfectly good notes so I’m passing them along for readers to think about.
Let’s start right here. Some of my notes were scribbled on a Gregg Shorthand note pad, but in longhand. Do they still make those note-books? In this modern communication age, do schools still teach shorthand?
Also, another year has passed without me finding any need whatsoever to use algebra for any purpose, or figure the square root of any-thing. I wonder if students today ever heard of a slide rule?
Each year, Forbes magazine prints a list of the wealthiest people in the United States. I didn’t make that list again in 2014. It was headed up by the Walton family (Wal-Mart) worth $111.5 billion. The next three are the Koch brothers, $78.1 billion; Bill Gates, $76.6 billion; Warren Buffett, $56.1 billion. The total wealth of the top ten amounts to $477.5 billion.
That’s a lot of money—more than the gross product of some small nations. But it compares little to what our government spends, oft-times foolishly. For instance, we spent $776 million training and equipping an army of Iraqi “police,” to protect that country after our troops pulled out. But when they were confronted with a bunch of ragtag ISIS troops they threw down their weapons and ran, abandoning trucks, tanks, rockets, and tons of ammunition. Thus, our blunder actually armed ISIS and I’ll bet no one was fired or even demoted for using terrible judgment.
One reason for our presence in Afghanistan, other than ousting the Taliban, was to elimi-nate the flow of opium coming into this coun-try. Growing poppies to produce opium was Afghanistan’s big money crop. We sent troops into those valleys with long poles to swat off the heads of fields of poppies and destroy them. That did nothing but cause the Afghan people to hate us for destroying their livelihood.
Did it slow down the opium trade? A United Nations report says opium production in
Afghanistan hit an all-time high in 2014. There are currently 741,000 acres of potent poppy plants growing in that country, a 36 percent increase from 2012.
Being proactive is most always less costly than being
reactive–plugging the hole before the leak becomes a deluge. We seem to wait until the dam breaks before recognizing there is a prob-lem. President Obama asked Congress for four billion dollars to either settle the 52,000 Hispanic children that suddenly flooded into this country last year from several Central American countries, or send them home. Do the math—$4 billion to send them home would be over $70,000 per child. That’s an expensive one-way ticket. Did he intend to take them home on Air Force One!
Most Anglo-Americans never dreamed that who is elected to run this country could be influenced by Hispanics, but it happened in the election of 2012 and could likely happen again in 2016. Hispanics are fast pushing African-Americans out of second place in the make-up of ethnic groups in this country, and due to the disparity in rate of births, soon will surpass Anglo-Americans. Amnesty for illegals would make that happen earlier.
Thought: The same people who are against deepening the channel at the mouth of the St. Johns River to allow larger ships to enter are the same people who would have opposed the building of the Panama Canal. With that mindset, ships would still be going around South America to get from one ocean to the other.
Someone needs to explain to the strug-gling middle class in America (which is still paying city, county, state and national taxes while trying to put food on their tables), how the stock market set new record highs last year, but the Gross Domestic Product of the country registered a 2.9 percent loss for the final quarter. That’s the lowest in the past 50 years. Wages and family income are still stagnant. Seems like all that corporate profit is being squirreled away in some off-shore bank and not getting recirculated among the American people from whence it came.
Jody Delzell is a former publisher of the Daily News. [email protected]
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Enough money spent
on testing fight
Florida has had as much success defending its drug-testing policies in federal courts as the Washington Generals have had defeating the
Harlem Globetrotters.Unlike the basketball exhibition, though,
nobody is paying Gov. Rick Scott to lose, nor is there any entertainment value in the exercise. Indeed, it’s the Florida tax-payer who is being forced to foot the bill for these tedious, quixotic efforts that are doomed to fail.
Earlier this month, a three-judge panel at the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta became the latest justices to strike down a 2011 law making a drug test man-datory before receiving public assistance. In keeping with legal precedents regard-ing such programs, the judges ruled that the state had failed to provide evidence that welfare recipients are more likely to be drug abusers than the general popula-tion; thus, the government had no grounds to institute a random, suspicionless test-ing program.
Scott reportedly is mulling whether to file yet another appeal in a case that already has cost taxpayers more than $400,000 in legal fees.
Scott similarly has been stymied by the courts regarding his 2011 executive order requiring all state employees to be drug tested. The 11th Circuit ruled last year that Scott could not constitutionally justi-fy drug testing for all types of state employees without a reason, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal. The Supreme Court previously has allowed government testing only in “exceptional circumstances” where gov-ernment can demonstrate “substantial special needs” (for instance, testing train engineers because on-the-job intoxication was a significant safety problem).
A federal judge in Miami forced the gov-ernor and the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, which represents a state workers’ union that has challenged the order, to negotiate which jobs should be eligible for testing and which should be exempt. Both sides appeared to have made progress in recent months when Scott and the ACLU agreed that employees in more than 900 types of jobs — such as accoun-tants, economists and translators — should not be required to undergo the drug screens without reason. They are continuing to refine the list.
However, earlier this month the gover-nor’s office opposed an effort by the ACLU to seek a judge’s final decision guarantee-ing that state workers already on the exempt list are not subject to suspicion-less drug testing. Scott does not want to concede that forcing those state employ-ees to undergo urinalysis is unconstitu-tional, even though he already has agreed those jobs don’t have significant safety issues and therefore don’t meet the con-stitutional standard for testing set forth by the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, the billable hours continue to mount. The employee-testing case has cost taxpayers more than $200,000 in legal fees. Perhaps ginning up business for lawyers was part of Scott’s “Let’s Get to Work” campaign to create jobs and juice the state economy.
The governor should cut his losses and stop wasting public dollars on legal fights he is destined to lose.
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Today is Tuesday, Jan. 6, the sixth day of 2015. There are 359 days left in the year.
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Disagrees with columnists’ viewpoint
Mr. Knuckles, how you love to crank us up!
You seem to have responded to the letter from a subscriber suggesting ‘Roberts and Roberts’ column could be replaced with something (almost anything) else; you position their piece, “It’s time to make a difference in Washington” above the fold!
Ms. Cokie doesn’t disap-point. Mitch McConnell is championed the “Chief Obstructer to the White House agenda” without a whisper of the 350-plus completed bills sitting in the ‘in box’ on Harry Reid’s desk never to see the light of day.
That gem is followed by excited utterance (?) that Republicans, now in “control” (really?) of both houses of Congress “could be in a better position to compromise with the president.” Is that the same president who made one, or was it two phone calls to that same Mitch McConnell (or Speaker Boehner?) in something like five years?
Probably so. The Roberts and Roberts spin doctors lec-
ture voters “want the party (GOP of course) to join the governing process” without mention of dire need for our president to do the same. Is it so easy to forget the anger vis-ibly ranging within Speaker Boehner after immersion in the ‘my way or the highway’ intransigent, feet in quick-sand, budget “talk” ‘negotia-tions with our president?
At least George Stephanopoulos was enter-taining as he made outrageous ‘spin’ arguments. Mr. publish-er/editor: are there no alterna-tive columnists available? Perhaps one who truly deserves the ‘above the fold’ position.
Tim HoughtalingSatsuma
thanks for supporting NYC police
I finished reading your arti-cle (via our online subscrip-tion) about members of the community, many veterans, displaying their support for the two New York City police officers who were slain recent-ly.
I am a retired New York
City detective who would like to express my sincere thanks for their support. As a former veteran myself, (U.S. Air Force 61-65) their actions were especially appreciated.
While I would have been proud to stand with them when they returned Monday at 5 p.m., I was driving down to Miami with another retired brother NYPD officer to attend a memorial for the offi-cers there.
If there is anyway that you could express my personal heartfelt thanks for their sup-port I would be most grateful.
Bill CarleSatsuma
toDAY’s HigHligHt iN HistorY:On Jan. 6, 1540, England’s King
Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. (The mar-riage lasted about six months.)
oN tHis DAte:In 1759, George Washington
and Martha Dandridge Custis were married in New Kent County, Va.
In 1838, Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail gave the first success-ful public demonstration of their telegraph in Morristown, N.J.
In 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state.
In 1919, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, died in Oyster Bay, N.Y., at age 60.
In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal of “Four Freedoms”: Freedom of speech and expression; the free-dom of people to worship God in their own way; freedom from want; freedom from fear.
In 1945, George Herbert Walker Bush married Barbara Pierce at the First Presbyterian Church in Rye, N.Y.
In 1950, Britain recognized the Communist government of China.
In 1963, “Oliver!,” Lionel Bart’s musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel “Oliver Twist,” opened on Broadway. “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” pre-miered on NBC-TV.
In 1974, year-round daylight saving time began in the United States on a trial basis as a fuel-saving measure in response to the OPEC oil embargo.
In 1975, the original version of “Wheel of Fortune,” hosted by Chuck Woolery and Susan Stafford, premiered on NBC-TV.
In 1987, the U.S. Senate voted 88-4 to establish an 11-member panel to hold public hearings on the Iran-Contra affair.
teN YeArs Ago: Attorney General-nominee
Alberto Gonzales, under scorching criticism at his Senate confirma-tion hearing, condemned torture as an interrogation tactic and promised to prosecute abusers of terror suspects. Congress certified President George W. Bush’s re-election.
Five YeArs Ago: James von Brunn, a 89-year-old
white supremacist charged in a deadly shooting at Washington’s Holocaust museum, died in North Carolina, where he was being held while awaiting trial.
oNe YeAr Ago: The U.S. Supreme Court stayed
a decision by a federal judge strik-ing down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage so that the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver could decide the issue. Former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear and her ex-husband, Thomas Henry Berry, were shot and killed and their 5-year-old daughter wounded after they’d resisted robbers by locking the doors of their broken-down car. No. 1 Florida State beat No. 2 Auburn 34-31 in the BCS National Championship Game.
toDAY’s BirtHDAYs: Pollster Louis Harris is 94.
Author E.L. Doctorow is 84. Former FBI director Louis Freeh is 65. Actor-comedian Rowan Atkinson is 60. World Golf Hall of Famer Nancy Lopez is 58. TV chef Nigella Lawson is 55. Movie composer A.R. Rahman is 49. TV personality Julie Chen is 45. NBA player Gilbert Arenas is 33. Actress-comedian Kate McKinnon (TV: “Saturday Night Live”) is 31.
tHougHt For toDAY: “Simplicity is an acquired taste.
Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.” — Katharine Fullerton Gerould, American author (1879-1944).
Jodydelzell
tHis DAY iN putNAm:In 1922, 200 volunteers turned
out to erect a big tabernacle to house the Bob Johnson evangeli-cal meeting in Palatka. It was con-structed at Oak and 11th Streets and was 675 feet wide by 112 feet long and had a seating capacity for 1,000. The Palatka Daily News reported that on the appointed time, “doctors, lawyers, ministers and merchants plied hammers and saws with a will and during the day a large number of colored volunteers gave perceptible impe-tus to the work, proving them-selves to be better carpenters than the white citizens and due to their efforts in a large measure, rapid progress was made by noon.”
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By DaviD KoenigAssociated Press
D A L L A S — T r i p s i n Europe or Asia should be cheaper for Americans this year.
Thank a stronger dollar.Since the middle of last
year, it has been gaining a g a i n s t t h e e u r o , t h e Brit ish pound, the Swiss franc, the Russian ruble, t h e I n d i a n r u p e e , t h e Japanese yen and o ther currencies.
That means do l lars go further in those countries, reducing the price of every-thing from a hotel room to a glass of beer.
“This is one of the best t i m e s f o r A m e r i c a n s t o travel in years,” says Matt
Kepnes, author of “Travel the World on $50 a Day” and other travel books.
WHY THE DOLLAR IS STRONGO t h e r e c o n o m i e s a r e
shaky, making their cur-r e n c i e s l e s s v a l u a b l e . Europe is barely growing. Japan is already officially i n r e c e s s i o n . C h i n a ’ s g r o w t h h a s s l o w e d . Meanwhile, the U.S. econo-m y h a s b e e n c h u g g i n g a long . Many economis ts expec t tha t s t eady U .S . g r o w t h w i l l c o m p e l t h e Federal Reserve to raise interest rates la ter th is year, making dollar invest-ments more attractive and leading traders to sell other currencies and buy dollars.
WHAT IT MEANSLet’s say that in June you
had a charming dinner for two in Paris for 75 euros. F i r s t , c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s . Second, it cost $103 then; t o d a y i t w o u l d b e $ 8 9 . Expensive countries may not be cheap, but at least they’re more affordable now.
BEST BARGAINSThanks to the pound ’s
decline, England is cheaper than it was six months ago. But the euro has slumped more, making most of conti-nental Europe an even bet-ter bargain. Travel writer K e p n e s s a y s G r e e c e i s a t t r a c t i v e r i g h t n o w because hote l s and tour operators have been slash-
ing prices to fill rooms. The same thing is happening in P o r t u g a l a n d p a r t s o f Spain.
“Be the contrarian trav-eler,” Kepnes says. “If you want to go to Europe, con-s ider eastern or centra l Europe, where prices are generally cheaper,” he says. He recommends going dur-ing the “shoulder season” — late spring or early fall — rather than in summer, which is peak season.
WHEN TO BOOK A FLIGHTDemand for travel is so
strong that most airlines don’t have to cut prices to sell seats.
“The summer fares are still very expensive,” says George Hobica, founder of
t r a v e l w e b s i t e a i r f a r e -watchdog.com. But airlines might cut prices this spring if the strong dollar discour-ages Europeans and Asians from flying to and from the U.S.
CONSIDER ALL THE OPTIONS
H o b i c a r e c o m m e n d s checking foreign airlines. H e s a y s E t i h a d , Q a t a r Airways, Turkish Airlines and others sometimes offer b e t t e r p r i c e s t o E u r o p e t h a n U . S . c a r r i e r s d o , although they could include a distant stopover.
“I have a dream that our children won’t be overshad-owed,” he said.
Campbell said he was the youngest commissioner ever elected to the Palatka City Commission. When Perry asked for a Bible to conduct C a m p b e l l ’ s s w e a r i n g - i n Monday evening, someone on the stage handed him a cell phone with a Bible app pulled up while someone went to find an actual Bible book.
Members of the audience held up their phones as well, recording each of the commis-sioners swearing into office.
Borom thanked his wife for her commitment to his cam-paign while upholding their home life. He said he and his wife would celebrate 18 years of marriage today. He also thanked his son and exchange student for recognizing the sacrifice that running for office requires at home.
“I will serve with integrity, respect and humility,” he said, quoting Proverbs 3:6. “In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.”
Borom asked the communi-ty to attend meetings, come to him with concerns and help find solutions to the problems in the city.
Hill was welcomed with an Omega Psi Phi fraternity chant as he approached the
podium after being sworn in as Palatka’s new mayor. Fraternity brothers and fellow attorneys Benjamin Crump and Daryl Parks presented Hill with a congratulatory gift f r o m t h e N a t i o n a l B a r Association.
Former state Sen. Anthony Hill, also an Omega Psi Phi fraternity brother, attended the ceremony as well. Mayor Hill presented the former sen-ator, Perry and former mayor Myers with a key to the city.
“I’ve seen you do this many times, but I’ve never seen someone do this for you,” Mayor Hill said to Myers. “Here’s a key to your city.”
Myers and former commis-sioner Allegra Kitchens both commended the city’s staff for their part in the economic revi-talization and knowledge of city government. They told the incoming commissioners to rely on the knowledge of city staff and said it was an honor to serve on the city commission. Former commissioner Phil Leary was not in attendance.
Vice Mayor Mary Lawson Brown presented Hill with the mayor’s gavel and said she was excited to serve with the n e w c o m m i s s i o n e r s . C o m m i s s i o n e r J a m e s Norwood Jr. presented the new commissioners with their badges and told them to wear the badges with pride.
“It’s going to take longer than four years, but we can start change today,” Hill said.
[email protected] else but faith in Jesus Christ.”
Campbell said he made histo-ry as one of the youngest candi-dates to be elected in the city. He thanked his family and every-one for their support in the elec-tion and the future. He added, “after all we are in a church,” and sung a gospel hymn.
Borom thanked his team for getting him elected and he would not fail the people of Palatka.
“Through God’s guidance, he assembled a team for me in this election,” Borom said. “I truly care about the citizens of the city.”
As a commiss ioner he planned to tackle three points hard: public safety, fiscal responsibility and economic growth with development.
Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners Karl
N. Flagg, also pastor of Mt. Tabor First Baptist Church, charged the newly elected offi-cials to carry on their jobs in a civil manner, no matter their differences.
Most of all, Flagg, a veteran of elected office and the bat-tles that can be waged, said he had one word to sum his charges up.
“The primary charge in one word is persevere,” Flagg said, “You must make a day-by-day decision that you will not give up on our city despite the
rough road ahead.”Pastor James McGriff, of
the host church, gave the clos-ing prayer and benediction. He said he hoped that the city’s ethnic diversity would be come ethnic cooperation.
McGriff concluded, “From this day forward, Palatka is going to be different.”
The official swearing-in for the newly elected city commis-sioners was held Monday at St. Johns River State College.
Development, certifying that they are consistent with the city’s comprehensive plan.
The proposed letter o f understanding states that the
PHA and the city agree that “none of said units will be located within any district of the city designated as a his-toric district and that the city shall have the right to approve the proposed locations in advance of lot acquisition or construction of improve-ments.”
Last month, Nelson said more
PHA units are needed as there are 921 families on the waitlist for public housing. He said 742 of those families on the waitlist are from Putnam County, while 523 are from Palatka.
Palatka City Commission meetings are held at 6 p.m. t h e s e c o n d a n d f o u r t h Thursday of each month at Palatka City Hall, 201 N.
Second St., unless scheduled otherwise.
C o u n c i l w o m a n J u d i Costanzo said in an email that people in certain zoning dis-tricts would be allowed a lim-i ted number o f chickens through a special exception.
Glover sa id that as o f Monday, she was not sure whether the town would pro-ceed with changing the ordi-nance to allow livestock in town.
She said there would be numerous factors that needed to be considered before mak-ing a decision, but she doubts that noise will be one of those factors.
“(The change) is for chicks only – not roosters,” Glover said. “I don’t foresee them allowing roosters.”
Since roosters crow loudly and at many times during the day, Glover said, it is unlikely that they would be allowed in
the town limits.Glover said that there have
been a few people on both sides of the issue who have made comments to town offi-cials.
She and Cos tanzo are encouraging more people to attend the workshop today to voice their opinion about
the matter. “We’ve had a few for and a
few against – just some com-ments,” Glover said. “We recently had someone come in front of the Zoning Board of Adjustment about owning horses.”
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DILBERT Scott AdamsBEETLE BAILEY Mort Walker
JUMPSTART Robb Armstrong
BLONDIE Dean Young & John Marshall
BABY BLUES Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE Lynn Johnston
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE Chris Browne
THE BORN LOSER Chip Sansom
GARFIELD Jim Davis
HOROSCOPE
Be mindful of and grateful for what you have. The information and assistance you receive from experienced allies will help you succeed. Every action spent fur-thering your goals will bring posi-tive results that will ease stress.
CAPRICORN(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Tell people where you stand. Unless you voice your opinions, you will be told what to do and when to do it. It’s up to you to maintain control of your life.
AQUARIUS(Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
Don’t let fear prevent you from heading in a new direction. If you are realistic and driven, you will accomplish some amazing things. Someone with experience will offer sound advice.
PISCES(Feb. 20-March 20)
Your partner, family and friends value your time. Be vocal about your feelings for the people you love. A note or phone call will be a kind and reassuring gesture.
ARIES(March 21-April 19)
If you share important infor-
mation, you will discover that a confidante has ulterior motives. Don’t disclose details that could be used against you. Listen and observe.
TAURUS(April 20-May 20)
Communicate with others and educate yourself. Upgrade your skills and apply for a better posi-tion. Keep abreast of current trends and take advantage of a changing job market.
GEMINI(May 21-June 20)
A heated discussion will cause a rift with someone you are close to. Keep your emotions under control in order to avoid alien-ation. Time is on your side, but diplomacy is required.
CANCER(June 21-July 22)
Set goals and talk to people who you think can contribute to them, but get promises in writing. Someone will try to take advan-tage of you if you aren’t precise.
LEO(July 23-Aug. 22)
Your personal life will benefit if you spend more time with the people who make you feel good. Consider a short trip or excursion.
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Someone in your circle will undermine you if you are too gen-erous and accommodating. If you believe everything you hear, you will make an impractical move. Get the facts before you react.
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state 29 Oodles
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Dear Harriette: I started a fitness regimen this summer and was doing pretty well, but I kind of slacked off when the cool weather came. I got an email from a colleague who had been doing something similar when I saw her this fall, and she told me that she has now lost 25 pounds. I have probably gained back half of what I lost. I am so bummed. I feel like a failure. I know my friend wasn’t trying to upset me, but her message really messed me up. I haven’t responded yet. I don’t want to come off wrong, but it’s hard for me to be happy for her. What should I say? — Heavyweight, Madison, Wisconsin
Dear Heavyweight: As hard as it seems right now, what you can do is turn your feelings around. Rather than being sad because your friend has made more progress than you, con-gratulate her and find out what she has been doing. Ask her what has kept her moving in the right direction. If you can,
be honest with her and tell her that you have been struggling. Perhaps she can be a sounding board for you, a source of sup-port.
Perhaps you can identify someone who can be a fitness buddy for you — it could even be this woman. Losing weight is difficult for most people. If you can team up with someone who can help keep you honest with yourself, that may be helpful.
Dear Harriette: It’s a new year, and I know it probably sounds corny, but I really do want to be a better person this year. I feel like I usually spend all of my time focused on my work. For the past few years, I have hardly made a second to see or talk to friends. I have been trying to make sure that I was doing everything right for my career. It has paid off, as I have risen in my com-pany. But I am lonely. I want to have meaningful friendships. I do have friends, but I have neglected them for so long that
I’m not sure how to get close to them again. What do you recom-mend? — Friendless, Jackson, Mississippi
Dear Friendless: Chances are, the people who you think are your true friends probably miss you as much as you miss them. Since it has not been your practice to make time for them, before you pick up the phone, take a look at your calendar. Pick one day a week that you can dedicate to personal mat-ters, and mark it on a physical calendar. Then, with clear inten-tion, reach out to the people who matter in your life. Send emails or call.
Do your best to schedule “dates” with them on your des-ignated day so that you reintro-duce friendship as a priority. You may also want to add a fun activity or hobby to your sched-ule once a month so that you are not relying on other people to expand your repertoire of ways to expand your experiences.
ADVICE BY HARRIETTE COLECROSSWORD
Saturday’s Answer
BRIDGE
Reader can’t be happy for friend
COMICS
Francesco Petrarch, a 14th-century Italian poet, said, “A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.”
At the bridge table, a short cut — a short suit — will make you wealthier if — an important if — you have a fit with partner.
Look at today’s North hand. After partner opens one spade, what should North respond?
If you count shortage points, add three for a singleton when you have at least a nine-card fit. So, the North hand is worth 11 support points, which is ideal for a three-spade limit raise.
If you count losers, the North hand has eight: two spades, two hearts, one diamond and three clubs. (No suit has more than three losers.) Eight losers is also the number for a game-invita-tional limit raise.
Then South, who knows that his excellent diamond suit will pro-vide discards, immediately uses Roman Key-Card Blackwood. North replies five hearts, show-ing two key-cards (two aces, or
one ace and the trump king) and denying the trump queen. Now South knows that six spades is high enough.
West leads the club queen. What should declarer do?
The play ought to be straight-forward. South should win with his club ace and draw two rounds of trumps. When they break 3-1, he turns to diamonds, dis-carding dummy’s last two clubs as quickly as possible. Declarer ruffs his fourth diamond in the dummy, cashes the heart ace, trumps a heart back to hand and ruffs his remaining club in the dummy. Then he can claim, his hand containing two trumps and a high diamond. West takes only one trump trick.
For Tuesday, January 6, 2015
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SIDELINES
ANDY HALL Sports Editor 312-5239
SPORTSwww.palatkadailynews.com TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2015 PAGE 7A
MARK BLUMENTHAL
Scott wasas cool asother sideof pillow
The top sports stories in anoth-er Weekend That Was:
5. The University of Florida’s men’s basketball
team has its NCAA Final Four rematch with Connecticut, and though the game is a lot closer than the last time, it still ends in a UConn 63-59 vic-tory in Gainesville on Saturday.
4. One of the number of unbeat-en men’s basketball teams in col-lege basketball is eliminated after Seton Hall defeats 13-0 and No. 6 Villanova, 66-61, on Saturday.
3. A long and lost season for the Florida Gators on the football field came to a happy ending with Florida winning the Birmingham Bowl against East Carolina, 28-20, on Saturday.
2. The sports world wakes up to the sad news of the death of ESPN longtime SportsCenter anchor and personality Stuart Scott, who loses his seven-year, on-and-off battle with can-cer at the age of 49.
1. The NFL playoffs see the Dallas Cowboys and Carolina Panthers in the NFC and Baltimore Ravens and Indianapolis Colts in the AFC advance to the NFL divisional playoff round this weekend.
Our topic of discussion: 2. The last swagger of Stuart Scott.
Anyone 35 years old or younger who watched ESPN’s SportsCenter knows who Stuart Scott was.
Scott wasn’t just that anchor guy who delivered the sports news to you each time out with the swagger and flair of a hip-hop artist or a rapper roll-in’ with the flava. Yeah, that he did. But he was more than that.
No, Stuart Scott made sports report-ing cool to all people.
That’s because he wasn’t going to allow himself to be as cookie cutter as the man or woman sitting next to him at that desk. So it was no surprise that when Scott lost that battle with cancer – a fight he had on three occasions beginning in 2007 – the outpouring of love from all over the sports world was like a tidal wave.
Two people who knew him rather well in their time at ESPN – Hannah Storm working SportsCenter and Rich Eisen, his longtime partner on SportsCenter between 1996-2001, now on the NFL Network – were the ones who had to deliver the news of Scott’s expected passing just six months before his 50th birthday on Sunday. Eisen did his best to report Scott’s passing while choking up, Storm near-ly lost it while delivering the news.
Yes, grown people cried over Stuart Scott’s passing. To them, he was family because he treated everyone that he knew like family.
SportsCenter was already a cool show on ESPN every night thanks to the people who delivered that news, from Dan Patrick to Bob Ley to Charlie Steiner to Keith Olbermann to Craig Kilborn. They all entertained us.
The one faction that may not have gotten it, though, was the African-American faction. So as soon as he hit ESPN in October 1993, working on the “Sports Nite” show on new channel ESPN2, Scott delivered the lines that would become his calling card for over a generation.
“Boo-yah!” “He must be the bus driv-er cuz he was takin’ him to school.” “Can I get a witness from the congre-gation?” “Don’t hate the player, hate the game.” “Drinking some ‘Hater-ade.’” My personal favorite was after a highlight of multiple blocked shots by a basketball player or a team, Scott would go, “He put on some old school Earth, Wind & Fire and had a block party.”
Yes, he was grating on the nerves of the “older, whiter generation.” I can attest for a few people I’ve been around in my life each time “DJ Stuey” came on TV. But I just laughed it off. I knew I was watching some different, even if at times it may have been grating. He was going after a faction of people out there and he succeeded.
AP CLASS 1A ALL-STATE FOOTBALL
Raider pair capture honors
See BLUMENTHAL, Page 8A
CHRIS DeVITTO / Palatka Daily News
Dadrian Ellis rushed for over 1,300 yards for District 8-1A champion Crescent City this fall.
Crescent City tackle Blue selected to1st team, while RB Ellis is on 2nd team
Palatka Daily NewsHard work and determination helped earn the
Crescent City Junior-Senior High School football team a District 8-1A championship for the second straight year this fall.
And that hard work turned up as a pair of Crescent City players were named to the 1A All-State team on Monday.
Raiders senior lineman Larry Blue, playing in the Florida-Georgia Game on Jan. 23, was honored with first-team honors, while star running back Dadrian Ellis, the recipient of Putnam County’s Player of the Year honor ,was given yet another award, collecting second-team honor.
The 6-foot-2, 300-pound Blue was a big reason why the Raiders ran for nearly 2,000 yards this season at his tackle position. Not only did Blue provide Ellis and other running backs with holes to get through, he pro-
vided the protection quarterback Ryne Beasley needed for Beasley to throw for 1,168 yards this season. Blue has been integral part of of the Raiders making it to the state tournament three straight years, the last two dis-
trict champs.“It’s a big testament for what
we’re doing at Crescent City,” said Raiders coach Al Smith, who was given his second Coach of the Fall season honor by the Daily News after Crescent City went 7-3 and won its second straight District 8-1A regular-season title. “When it comes to both Larry and Dadrian, a lot of it has to do with their work level, work attitude, work ethic ... anything involving work. It’s great for our younger guys who look up to
them and see that they made it as all-state players.”The 5-foot-10, 188-pound Ellis ran for 1,316 yards
and scored 26 touchdowns, one being a 98-yard score in
PreP Soccer
CHRIS DeVITTO / Palatka Daily News
On a tough angle, Palatka’s Christian Cedeno (7) gets ready to score a goal against Interlachen on Monday night as the Rams’ Tyler Hughes tries to defend. The Panthers won the game, 6-1.
Still Seeking 12 VictoriesCoach Gould, Panthers close in on season goal by downing Interlachen, 6-1
By Mark LongAssociated Press
GAINESVILLE – Florida’s issues go way beyond depth.
Yes, the Gators (7-6) have played short-handed much of the season, with guard Eli Carter, forward Dorian Finney-Smith, Duke transfer Alex Murphy and center Chris Walker missing games.
Coach Billy Donovan’s team, which lost four senior starters from last
year’s Final Four team, also has had, at most, just nine scholarship players available.
So bodies have been a problem.But it’s not that simple for the
Gators, who have blown double-digits leads in the second half against Miami, Kansas and Connecticut, and have their most losses heading into Southeastern Conference play since the 1974-75 season. Florida begins conference play Wednesday at South Carolina.
“There is still a lot of basketball left to play,” Donovan said Monday. “Things can change. But do I think this is doing to change this year based on what I’ve seen so far? I don’t know. I don’t know. Now, we’re going to keep cranking and working at it to get that mindset and try to change it and get them in a better place.
“But I think you’d all agree right now that what we’ve done up to this point has not warranted getting in the NCAA tournament. I don’t think any-
one here would disagree with that.”Florida played a challenging, non-
conference schedule that also includ-ed games against North Carolina and Georgetown.
But the Gators lost every mean-ingful matchup, leaving them ranked No. 144 in RPI heading into league play. That’s ahead of only Missouri (177) and Mississippi State (219) among the SEC’s 14 teams.
Struggling Gators have more troubles than depth
Palatka Daily News
Since the start of the season, Palatka High School boys soccer coach Pat Gould has felt his team could win 12 games.
It’s going to be close, but the Panthers at least have put themselves in a position to go after that goal.
On Monday night, the Panthers scored lots of goals to get closer to the 12-win mark.
Aitor Armas Garcia scored three goals and added two assists in leading the Panthers to a 6-1 home victory over Interlachen High.
“We’ve come together as a team,” Gould
said after his team improved to 7-11-1, pushing past the 6-win barrier the Panthers hit a year ago in Gould’s first year as coach. “No long are we individuals playing soccer. Our players are playing very good team soc-cer. I don’t want one person doing all the work. It’s multiple guys doing the scoring.”
For example, senior B.J. Williams had scored 10 goals in his last four games, but got held in check by the Rams defense. But it was Garcia who stepped up Monday night, as did the Herrington brothers with Hayden adding a goal and three assists and Caleb also dlivering an assist.
Christian Cedeno and and Vuke Strugar
also scored for the Panthers.“Robbie Wells (freshman defender) did a
terrific job on their main guy on the field (Ricardo Aviles),” Gould said. “And (center-back) Dillon Wells (no relation to Robbie) has come back from his (wrist) injury and been our leader, keeping guys in line. It’s really been fun and enjoyable to watch our guys evolve.”
Keontae Shack, one of eight freshmen on the roster, made three saves for the Panthers, who travel to Mount Dora on Wednesday and Newberry on Friday.
See SOCCER, Page 8A
See GATORS, Page 8A
Blue
See RAIDERS, Page 8A
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CALENDARNOTE: Schedules are submitted by schools, leagues and recreation departments and are subject to change without notice.
TUESDAY, January 6HIGH SCHOOLBoys Soccer
Orange City University at Crescent City, 7 p.m.
Girls BasketballSt. Augustine St. Joseph at Crescent City, 5:30 p.m.Starke Bradford at Interlachen, 6 p.m.
Boys BasketballCrescent City at Daytona Beach Mainland, 7 p.m.Palatka at Clay, 7 p.m.Starke Bradford at Interlachen, 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, January 7HIGH SCHOOL
Girls SoccerInterlachen at Palatka, 5:30 p.m.
Boys SoccerPalatka at Mount Dora, 6 p.m.Gainesville Oak Hall at Interlachen, 7 p.m.
Girls BasketballMenendez at Interlachen, 6 p.m.
TIDESPalatka City Dock
High LowToday 4:08A,4:30P 11:14A,11:52PJan. 7 4:47A,5:06P 11:53A,---------Jan. 8 5:25A,5:41P 12:29A,12:30P
St. Augustine Beach High LowToday 8:37A,8:55P 2:21A,2:55PJan. 7 9:15A,9:34P 3:00A,3:32PJan. 8 9:51A,10:13P 3:39A,4:08P
NOTESSignups
PALATKA BABE RUTH BALL Palatka Babe Ruth baseball and softball signups for youth ages 4-15 is now under way and will continue through Jan. 23. No late signups will be accepted. The cost is $60 plus $2.50 process-ing fee for those who sign up online at http://palatkababeruth.baberuthonline.com. Walk in signups will be Jan. 20 from 5:30-7 p.m. at Bates & Hewett Insurance at 3400 Crill Ave., Palatka. Cost for signups on this day will be $70. The first 13 players to signup will receive a free Chevy baseball team shirt. Coaches’ forms are also being accepted and are first-come, first-serve.
Travel SoftballPALATKA SYNERGY OPENINGS
The Palatka Synergy 11-under travel fastpitch team has openings for the spring season. The coaches will focus on the funda-mentals of the game and preparing your daughter for the next level. Girls must be born in 2003 or 2004 to qualify. Please contact Coach Clint if interest-ed at 530-2044.
PREP FOOTBALL1A All-State Teams
The Florida All-State Class 1A team as chosen by newspaper editors and reporters.FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB - Brycen Lee 6-5 180 Sr., Mayo LafayetteRB - Jarkiece Davis 5-9 190 Sr., Port St JoeRB - Julian Robinson 5-11 190 Jr., Cross City Dixie CountyRB - Keandre Lett 5-9 170 Sr., Bratt NorthviewWR - Alex Smith 5-10 170 Sr., Santa Rosa Beach South WaltonWR - Kayne Hurst 6-1 185 Jr., Mayo LafayetteOL - Teyler Sexton 6-2 270 Sr., BakerOL - Marlon Stephens 6-0 235 Jr., VernonOL - Larry Blue 6-2 300 Sr., Crescent City
OL - Chance Jowers 6-2 255 Sr., GracevilleOL - Tyler Corbin 6-2 250 Sr., Cross City Dixie CountyUT - Hamp Cheevers 5-11 155 Jr., TrentonK - Israel Grande 6-0 190 Sr., West GadsdenFIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL - Trey Simmons 5-11 250 Sr., Cross City Dixie CountyDL - Alden McClellan 5-11 180 Sr., Lake Butler Union CountyDL - Kade Rogers 6-0 200 Jr., TrentonDL - Steven Matthews 6-0 275 Jr., BlountstownLB - Montae Barto 6-1 220 Jr., BakerLB - Darrius Peterson 6-1 220 Jr., VernonLB - Cole Cryderman 6-0 205 Sr., Port St JoeLB - Marcel Johnson 6-0 215 Jr., Port St JoeDB - Austin Brown 6-4 200 Sr., VernonDB - Tim Fleming 6-1 170 Sr., Mayo LafayetteDB - Brooks Martin 5-11 175 Jr., TrentonUT - La’Marcus Webb 5-9 175 Sr., Jasper Hamilton CountyP - Dillon Bates 6-2 190 Jr., FreeportSECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB - Jonathan Ortner 6-1 185 Sr., Santa Rosa Beach South WaltonRB - Dadrian Ellis 5-11 190 Jr., Crescent CityRB - Braden Cross 5-10 170 Jr., JayRB - Lee Jones 5-10 225 Sr., Mayo LafayetteWR - Gunner Chaires 5-8 155 Sr., HilliardWR - Franklin Williams 6-2 175 So., Lake Butler Union CountyOL - Will Ramsey 6-2 215 Jr., Port St JoeOL - Riley Burke 6-0 300 Sr., Port St JoeOL - Hunter Hill 6-0 245 Sr., Jasper Hamilton CountyOL - Codie Habarek 6-2 240 Jr., FreeportOL - Tucker Harrington 6-2 280 Sr., JayUT - Kentwan Daniels 6-1 190 Jr., Jasper Hamilton CountyK - Freddy Galvan 5-9 145 Sr., Pierson TaylorSECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL - Joseph Merriex 6-2 265 Jr., Lake Butler Union CountyDL - Tre McCleese 6-1 215 Jr., TrentonDL - Corey Durden 6-4 250 Jr., NewberryDL - Josh Smith 5-10 270 Jr., Lake Butler Union CountyLB - Myles Byrd 5-10 185 Sr., Mayo LafayetteLB - James Horsley 6-1 175 Sr., Cross City Dixie CountyLB - Deangelo Robinson 5-8 205 Sr., Jasper Hamilton CountyLB - William Hayes 5-4 145 Sr., Bristol Liberty CountyDB - Joe Ledo-Massey 6-0 195 Sr., Santa Rosa Beach South Walton
DB - Isaiah Johnson 6-1 175 Jr., Lake Butler Union CountyDB - Jak Riley 5-10 175 Sr., Port St JoeUT- Jarrod Beckwith 6-1 175 Jr., Bristol Liberty CountyP — Bryce Jenkins 6-4 190 Jr., HilliardHONORABLE MENTIONQB Quantrezz Knight 6-1 180 Jr., West Gadsen; QB Caleb Cox 6-2 175 Sr., Lake Butler Union County; QB Jon Beck 6-3 180 Jr., Baker; RB Ja’Vontai Hall 5-8 160 So., Cottondale; RB Antwan Durn 5-10 185 Jr., Lake Butler Union County; RB Rashard Ranie 6-1 170 Sr., Wewahitchka; OL Hunter Harrison 6-4 290 Sr., Bristol Liberty County; UT James Bowers 5-10 225 Sr., Cross City Dixie County; K Marcus Mannerstedt 6-1 175Jr., Trenton; DL Ja’lin Parks 6-3 265 So., Newberry; DL Marquez Johnson 6-2 215 Sr., Port St Joe; LB Tyler Sistrunk 6-1 202 Sr., Bronson; LB Brandon Land 6-2 180 Sr., Cross City Dixie County; LB AJ Davis 6-3 230 Jr., Graceville; LB Anthony Wyrick 5-11 175 Sr., Blountstown; UT Aaron Paul 6-2 180 So., Port St Joe ; UT D’Vonta O’Neal 6-1 185 Sr., Vernon.
NFLPostseason Glance
Wild-card PlayoffsSaturday, Jan. 3Carolina 27, Arizona 16Baltimore 30, Pittsburgh 17Sunday, Jan. 4Indianapolis 26, Cincinnati 10Dallas 24, Detroit 20
Divisional PlayoffsSaturday, Jan. 10Baltimore at New England, 4:35 p.m. (NBC)Carolina at Seattle, 8:15 p.m. (FOX)Sunday, Jan. 11Dallas at Green Bay, 1:05 p.m. (FOX)Indianapolis at Denver, 4:40 p.m. (CBS)
Conference ChampionshipsSunday, Jan. 18NFC, 3:05 p.m. (FOX)AFC, 6:40 p.m. (CBS)
Pro BowlSunday, Jan. 25At Glendale, Ariz.Team Irvin vs. Team Carter, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Super BowlSunday, Feb. 1At Glendale, Ariz.AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m. (NBC)
NBAEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division W L Pct GBToronto 24 10 .706 —Brooklyn 16 18 .471 8
Boston 11 21 .344 12Philadelphia 5 28 .152 18½New York 5 32 .135 20½Southeast Division W L Pct GBAtlanta 25 8 .758 —Washington 23 11 .676 2½Miami 15 20 .429 11Orlando 13 24 .351 14Charlotte 12 24 .333 14½Central Division W L Pct GBChicago 25 10 .714 —Cleveland 19 16 .543 6Milwaukee 18 17 .514 7Indiana 14 22 .389 11½Detroit 10 23 .303 14WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division W L Pct GBMemphis 25 9 .735 —Dallas 26 10 .722 —Houston 23 11 .676 2San Antonio 21 14 .600 4½New Orleans 17 17 .500 8Northwest Division W L Pct GBPortland 26 8 .765 —Oklahoma City 17 17 .500 9Denver 15 20 .429 11½Utah 12 23 .343 14½Minnesota 5 28 .152 20½Pacific Division W L Pct GBGolden State 26 5 .839 —L.A. Clippers 23 11 .676 4½Phoenix 20 16 .556 8½Sacramento 14 20 .412 13½L.A. Lakers 11 23 .324 16½Sunday’s GamesDallas 109, Cleveland 90Miami 88, Brooklyn 84Detroit 114, Sacramento 95Milwaukee 95, New York 82Phoenix 125, Toronto 109L.A. Lakers 88, Indiana 87Monday’s GamesPhiladelphia 95, Cleveland 92Charlotte 104, Boston 95Dallas 96, Brooklyn 88, OTWashington 92, New Orleans 85Chicago 114, Houston 105Memphis 105, New York 83Denver 110, Minnesota 101Indiana 105, Utah 101L.A. Lakers at Portland, 10 p.m.Atlanta at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.Oklahoma City at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.Tuesday’s GamesPhoenix at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.Detroit at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
NHLEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAMontreal 39 26 11 2 54 108 89Tampa Bay 41 25 12 4 54 134 108Detroit 39 20 10 9 49 109 99Toronto 40 21 16 3 45 130 122Boston 40 19 15 6 44 104 108Florida 37 17 11 9 43 87 97Ottawa 38 16 15 7 39 102 105Buffalo 40 14 23 3 31 77 136Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAPittsburgh 39 24 10 5 53 118 94N.Y. Islanders 39 26 12 1 53 121 109Washington 38 20 11 7 47 112 99N.Y. Rangers 36 21 11 4 46 113 90Columbus 37 17 17 3 37 96 119Philadelphia 39 14 18 7 35 106 120New Jersey 41 14 20 7 35 90 117Carolina 39 12 23 4 28 77 102WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division GP W L OT Pts GF GANashville 38 25 9 4 54 116 88Chicago 39 26 11 2 54 124 85St. Louis 39 23 13 3 49 118 99Winnipeg 40 20 13 7 47 103 96Dallas 38 18 14 6 42 119 124Minnesota 37 18 15 4 40 104 106Colorado 39 15 16 8 38 101 117Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAAnaheim 41 26 9 6 58 115 110Vancouver 37 22 12 3 47 109 98San Jose 40 21 14 5 47 109 105Los Angeles 40 19 12 9 47 112 103Calgary 40 21 16 3 45 115 105Arizona 38 15 19 4 34 92 124Edmonton 40 9 22 9 27 88 135NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.Sunday’s GamesCarolina 2, Boston 1, SOAnaheim 4, Nashville 3, SOWashington 4, Florida 3
Tampa Bay 4, Ottawa 2Chicago 5, Dallas 4, OTColumbus 4, Colorado 3Edmonton 5, N.Y. Islanders 2Monday’s GamesSan Jose 3, Winnipeg 2Tuesday’s GamesBuffalo at New Jersey, 7 p.m.Ottawa at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.Carolina at Nashville, 8 p.m.San Jose at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Colorado at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Columbus at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.St. Louis at Arizona, 9 p.m.Detroit at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
COLLEGEAP Top 25 Basketball
MEN’S POLLThe top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Prv1. Kentucky (64) 13-0 1,600 12. Duke 13-0 1,535 23. Virginia 13-0 1,446 34. Wisconsin 14-1 1,397 45. Louisville 13-1 1,322 56. Gonzaga 14-1 1,275 77. Arizona 13-1 1,260 88. Villanova 13-1 1,089 69. Utah 12-2 1,059 1010. Texas 12-2 976 1111. Maryland 14-1 966 1212. Kansas 11-2 884 1313. Notre Dame 14-1 775 1414. West Virginia 13-1 712 1715. Wichita St. 12-2 686 1616. Oklahoma 10-3 674 1817. Iowa St. 10-2 663 918. North Carolina 11-3 591 1919. Seton Hall 12-2 448 —20. VCU 11-3 311 —21. Baylor 11-2 186 2222. Ohio St. 12-3 184 2023. Arkansas 11-2 103 —24. St. John’s 11-3 92 1525. Old Dominion 12-1 80 —Others receiving votes: N. Iowa 72, Iowa 63, Butler 53, LSU 50, George Washington 39, TCU 33, Temple 33, Colorado St. 31, Stanford 29, South Carolina 16, Washington 13, Wyoming 11, Indiana 9, Oklahoma St. 9, Georgetown 7, Cincinnati 6, Dayton 5, BYU 3, Xavier 2, Davidson 1, Hofstra 1.
WOMEN’S POLL The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in paren-theses, records through Jan. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s rank-ing: Record Pts Prv1. South Carolina (24) 14-0 864 12. UConn (7) 12-1 836 23. Texas (4) 12-0 815 34. Notre Dame 14-1 766 45. Baylor 12-1 709 66. Louisville 14-1 666 77. Tennessee 11-2 652 88. North Carolina 14-1 613 99. Texas A&M 14-2 595 510. Kentucky 13-2 546 1111. Oregon St. 11-1 509 1312. Maryland 11-2 499 1413. Duke 10-4 489 1014. Mississippi St. 17-0 431 1715. Stanford 9-4 405 1516. Oklahoma St. 10-2 289 1817. Iowa 11-2 274 2018. Arizona St. 12-1 255 2219. Nebraska 10-3 217 1220. Georgia 13-2 204 1921. Syracuse 10-4 124 2122. Princeton 15-0 107 —23. Minnesota 14-1 100 —24. Rutgers 10-4 94 1625. W. Kentucky 12-2 40 —Others receiving votes: Washington 39, St. John’s 38, Chattanooga 33, Florida St. 32, Washington St. 18, California 17, Seton Hall 17, Ohio St. 15, Northwestern 12, Green Bay 11, DePaul 10, Long Beach St. 10, South Florida 9, West Virginia 5, George Washington 3, James Madison 3, Arkansas 2, Texas Tech 2.
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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL7 p.m. ESPN Arkansas at Georgia7 p.m. ESPN2 Connecticut at South Florida7 p.m. FS Florida Virginia Tech at Florida St.7 p.m. ESPNews UCF at Houston7 p.m. ESPNU East Carolina at Cincinnati7 p.m. Fox Sports 1 Marquette at Georgetown9 p.m. ESPN Ohio State at Minnesota9 p.m. ESPN2 Oklahoma State at Iowa State9 p.m. ESPNU Auburn at Vanderbilt9 p.m. Fox Sports 1 Villanova at St. John’s9 p.m. FS Florida Pittsburgh at Boston Col- lege
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Eisen told the story a couple of times on Monday of working with Scott in the late 1990s and that was when “Seinfeld” was a huge success on TV and Eisen would give a “Seinfeld” reference during the highlights. Eisen said that after they went to the break, Scott would ask him what the reference was to. “It’s from ‘Seinfeld,’” Eisen said. “Brothers don’t watch ‘Seinfeld,’” Scott fired back.
Eisen, Patrick, Suzy Kolber all talked about Scott’s dedication to his craft and his competitiveness, always making every-thing into a competition, including sup-posed friendly games of touch football and
basketball.But Stuart Scott will also be known for the
battle he waged against cancer not once, not twice, but three times. And the speech he gave at the ESPYs last July when he was handed the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance named after the late, great Jim Valvano, will always be remembered.
“When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer,” Scott told the ESPY audience in Los Angeles. “You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live.”
And Stuart Scott lived life to the fullest until Sunday’s passing. He left behind two daughters, Taelor and Sydni, a girlfriend, two sisters, a brother and his mother and father.
In the end, he showed that even if cancer
does beat you, you still enjoy life the way you want to enjoy it. And on Sunday, a moment of silence took place before the two NFL wild-card games and six NBA games, the two sports he was most recognized for thanks to his work at ESPN.
Eisen said it best on Monday – when they made Stuart Scott, they broke the mold. And when the President of the United States pays tribute to you by putting out a state-ment in your honor, you know you were spe-cial.
You didn’t hate Stuart Scott. Maybe his “game,” but not him.
He was cooler than the other side of the pillow.
Mark Blumenthal is a writer for the Palatka Daily News. [email protected]
BlumenthalCONTINUED FROM PAGE 7A
Aviles did get the only goal for the Rams (5-6), while Logan White came up with the assist. Marc Lennartz was once again all over the net, stopping 19 shots for Interlachen.
n First-half goals by Jordan Nearing and Lauren Futch within the first 15:14 set the tone of the game and host Palatka cruised from there to a 3-0 home win over Interlachen.
Nearing added a second-half goal to push the Panthers to a 5-12-3 mark. Haley Nunley had an assist on Futch’s goal and goalie Courtney Mikell stopped two shots.
For the Rams (7-7-2), who will next face off with Keystone Heights in next week’s District 5-2A tournament, Brianna Spurgeon gave up the first two goals and made three saves, while Amanda Quinby stopped 18 shots and gave up the third goal.
SoccerCONTINUED FROM PAGE 7A
a win against Palm Coast Matanzas, another being an 82-yard score against Jacksonville Providence on a night he rushed for 212 yards in a 42-20 loss, dwarfed by the 402-yard, 41-carry night of another fellow top-notch junior running back, Jamauri Wakefield.
Ellis is being heavily looked at by coach Rich Rodriguez and his staff at the University of Arizona and recently, Smith said Clemson University has shown some interest.
“We’re going to run the Wing-T offense and the triple option next year,” Smith said of what to expect from his team and Ellis next year. “That’s one heck of a game a defense has to practice against. Dadrian is the most confident kid I’ve ever seen to the point where he’s not cocky. That gives me confidence that I can give him the ball more times (next year).”
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“It’s disappointing, but you know we are what we are right now,” sa id shoot ing guard Michael Frazier II, the team’s lone returning starter. “So the only thing we can do is move for-ward from where we are. We’re at this point and the only thing we can do is fix it.”
It might not be that easy for this group.
Here are some of the key con-
cerns:n Point guard Kasey Hill has
been mostly inconsistent, failing to reach double digits in points in 11 of 13 games and showing little, if any, improvement with his jump shot.
n Frazier’s 3-point shooting is down nearly 10 percentage points from his first two years, and although his rebounds and assists are up, he’s struggled to develop much more than an outside shot.
n Walker has fallen well short of expectations. Once considered an NBA lottery pick, the 6-foot-10 sophomore’s weaknesses become
more apparent the more he plays.n Carter has been more hob-
bled than helpful, missing time with a sprained foot as well as strep throat. Throw out one 21-point performance against Miami, and the Rutgers transfer has made 7 of 38 shots (18.4 per-cent) this season.
n M u r p h y a n d f o r m e r Michigan center Jon Horford have provided depth, but haven’t shown enough to be reliable options.
n Freshmen Chris Chiozza and Devin Robinson have shown potential, but like many newcom-
ers, have holes in their games.n And while walk-on Jacob
Kurtz, a former student manager, has been one of Florida’s most trustworthy options, he’s also the team’s most limited offensive threat.
“We have some challenges,” Donovan said. “We don’t have a low-post presence as far as throwing the ball down near the basket to get fouled. We don’t get to the free-throw line a lot. … Our defense has actually been pretty good. I think it can still get better. We’ve been inconsistent on offense.”
GatorsCONTINUED FROM PAGE 7A
Florida adds ex-Miami coach Shannon to staffAssociated Press
GAINESVILLE – New Florida football coach Jim McElwain added several assistants Monday, including former Miami coach Randy Shannon.
Shannon was hired as associate head coach, co-coordinator and linebackers coach. He served as Arkansas’ senior associate head coach and linebackers coach the last two years.
According to his contract at Arkansas,
Shannon has a $50,000 buyout if he leaves the Razorbacks for anything other than a Division I head coach or defensive coordinator position or a job in the NFL.
“Randy has a great reputation in the state of Florida, especially as a recruiter and a long-standing history as a football coach at Miami,” Arkansas coach Bret Bielema said Monday. “Enjoyed our two years with him. A lot of fun to be around and a really, really good guy. He had an opportunity to take what he felt was a
better opportunity with Florida in the other division in the path of his career and success. Wish him all the best.”
Shannon spent 17 years at Miami, where he played four years and then coached 14 players selected in the first round of the NFL draft.
McElwain added another coach with state ties, hiring Kirk Callahan to coach defensive backs. He rejoins Florida’s staff after coach-ing defensive backs at Central Florida the past three seasons.
S P O R T S B R I E F SCOLLEGE FOOTBALL
Driskell transfering to La. TechGAINESVILLE – Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel
is transferring to Louisiana Tech for his final year of college eligibility.
Driskel, who will be a fifth-year senior, will be eli-gible to play immediately under the NCAA’s gradu-ate transfer rule.
In a statement released by Florida, Driskel says, “I look forward to the upcoming chapter of my life. I have nothing but good things to say about the University of Florida and the football program there. … Although things did not play out on the field as I would have liked, I have no regrets on the choice I made to attend UF.”
Driskel completed 59 percent of his passes for 3,411 yards at Florida, with 23 touchdowns and 20 interceptions. He also ran for 644 yards and nine scores.
NFL
Saints sack leader arrestedNEW ORLEANS – New Orleans Saints lineback-
er Junior Galette was arrested Monday in a domestic violence case in which a woman says her face was scratched and her ear bloodied after an earring was ripped off.
Galette was booked with misdemeanor simple bat-tery stemming from the disturbance at the player’s house in Kenner, a New Orleans suburb. Prosecutors could later charge him. It is not clear if Galette, who left jail on $600 bond Monday afternoon, has a law-yer.
Officers arrested Galette after a 22-year-old woman called Monday morning, police spokesman Lt. Brian McGregor said. He said an arrest under Kenner Police policy was required because of visible injuries.
The woman contends Galette and cousin Terrance Banks, of Newark, New Jersey, forcibly removed her from the home during an argument that began when she demanded cab fare. Banks also was arrested and was released on $300 bond.
Workers begin stadium renovationMIAMI GARDENS – Workers have begun remov-
ing seats at the Miami Dolphins’ stadium in the lat-est phase of a $350 million renovation.
The first seats to come out Monday were in the upper deck. The lower bowl will be redesigned before the 2015 season, and a canopy over the stands will be erected next year. Upgrades of the suites and score-boards are also planned.
Work began last summer, but the bulk of the con-struction was delayed until after the Dolphins com-pleted their season last month. All work is to be fin-ished before the start of the 2016 season.
Rivera, family not hurt in fireCHARLOTTE, N.C. – Panthers coach Ron Rivera
has more to worry about this week than his team’s upcoming NFC playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks after an overnight fire at his home left his family displaced on Monday.
The Rivera family’s 7,000-square-foot, two-story Charlotte home sustained “significant” damage from an early morning blaze that spewed heavy smoke and fire from the attic two days after Carolina’s 27-16 playoff victory over Arizona.
No one was injured in the two-alarm blaze, which took about an hour to extinguish.
The Charlotte Fire Investigative Task Force deter-mined the cause of the “accidental fire” to be a fire-place inside the home and estimated the damages at approximately $500,000.
“The big thing is we’re all right,” Rivera said.– Associated Press
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IN THE COUNTY COURT,IN AND FOR PUTNAMCOUNTY, FLORIDA.
CASE NO. 14-SC-1135DIVISION 63
TIM SMITH AS CLERK OFTHE CIRCUIT COURT,Plaintiff,
vs.
MARY BLALOCK, if aliveand if dead, her unknownheirs at law and PUTNAMCOUNTY BOCC,Defendants.
NOTICE OF ACTIONTO DEFENDANT: Mary Bla-lockAddress unknown
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that aComplaint for Interpleaderon the following propertyin Putnam County, Florida:
Excess tax sale proceedsfrom Tax Deed Sale No.201114825
has been filed against youand you are required toserve a copy of your writ-ten defenses, if any, to iton John D. Mussoline,Plaintiffs' attorney, whoseaddress is 415A St. JohnsAvenue, Palatka, Florida32177 on or before Febru-ary 6, 2015 and file the ori-ginal with the clerk of thiscourt either before serviceon Plaintiffs' attorney orimmediately thereafter ;otherwise a default will beentered against you for therelief demanded in thecomplaint or petition. Per-sons with disabilities re-questing reasonable ac-commodations to particip-ate in this proceedingshould contact 1-800-955-8771 (Voice & TDD) or viaFlorida Relay Services at 1-800-955-8771.
WITNESS my hand and theseal of this court this 24thday of December, 2014.
TIM SMITHClerk of the Circuit Court
By: /s/ Diane M. ShulerDeputy Clerk
1/6/15, 1/20/15Legal No. 00030096
NOTICE OF PUBLICAUCTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENTHAT ON 30 JANUARY,2015, 9:00 A.M. THE FOL-LOWING VEHICLES WILLBE SOLD:
1994 DODGE1B4GH4434RX330101
1999 FORD1FMRU176XXLB55140
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.
1/6/15Legal No. 00030274
The Putnam County Boardof County Commissionerswill meet in regular ses-sions on Tuesday, January13, 2015 and Tuesday,January 27, 2015 at 9:00A.M. in the County Com-mission Meeting Room,located in the PutnamCounty Government Com-plex, 2509 Crill Avenue,Suite 100, Palatka.
Dated this 1st day ofDecember, 2014.
BOARD OF COUNTY COM-MISSIONERSPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
By: Shannon M. Burge,MSBU Assess. Coord.
1/6/15Legal No. 00029967
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE SEVENTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDACIVIL DIVISION
C A S E N O . :1 3 0 0 0 2 8 6 C A A X M X
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONPlaintiff,
vs.
RAMONITA M. ARBELLOA/K/A MONICA R. AR-BELLO, et a lDefendants.
NOTICE OF FORECLOS-URE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to a Final Judg-ment of foreclosure datedDecember 01, 2014, ande n t e r e d i n C a s e N o .13000286CAAXMX of theCircuit Court of the SEV-ENTH Judicial Circuit inand for PUTNAM COUNTY,Florida, wherein JPMOR-GAN CHASE BANK, NA-TIONAL ASSOCIATION, isPlaintiff, and RAMONITA M.ARBELLO A/K/A MONICAR. ARBELLO, et al are De-fendants, the clerk will sellto the highest and best bid-der for cash, beginning at11:00AM Putnam CountyCourthouse South En-trance, 410 St. Johns Aven-ue, Palatka, FL 32177, inaccordance with Chapter45, Florida Statutes, on the03 day of February, 2015,the following describedproperty as set forth insaid Final Judgment, towit:
Lot 11, Block 45 of ST.JOHNS RIVERSIDE ES-TATES SECTION, UNIT 2,according to the plat there-of as recorded in Map Book5, Page 43 of the Public Re-cords of Putnam County,Florida.
TOGETHER WITH a 2007Springhill Double Wide Mo-bile Home, Model # 4764H,2 8 X 7 6 , V I N #G A F L 7 3 4 A 8 0 3 3 7 S H 2 1T I T L E 9 8 9 4 7 2 5 5 A N DG A F L 7 3 4 B 8 0 3 7 7 S H 2 1T I T L E # 9 8 9 4 7 0 9 3
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 23rdday of December, 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, if you arehearing or voice impaired,call 711.
1/6/15, 1/13/15Legal No. 00030095
IN THE COUNTY COURT,IN AND FOR PUTNAMCOUNTY, FLORIDA.
CASE NO. 14-CC-1131DIVISION 63
TIM SMITH AS CLERK OFTHE CIRCUIT COURT,Plaintiff,
vs.
PAUL G. BISHOP, if aliveand if dead, his unknownheirs at law and GULFCOAST ASSISTANCE, LLC,Defendants.
NOTICE OF ACTION
TO DEFENDANT: Paul G.BishopAddress unknown
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that aComplaint for Interpleaderon the following propertyin Putnam County Florida:
Excess tax sale proceedsfrom Tax Deed Sale No.2010D018 has been filedagainst you and you are re-quired to serve a copy ofyour written defenses, ifany to it on John D. Mus-soline, Plaintiffs' attorney,whose address is 415A St.Johns Avenue, Palatka,Florida 32177 on or beforeFebruary 6, 2015 and filethe original with the clerkof this court either beforeservice on Plaintiff's attor-ney or immediately there-after; otherwise a defaultwill be entered against youfor the relief demanded inthe complaint or petition.Persons with disabilitiesrequesting reasonable ac-commodations to particip-ate in this proceedingshould contact 1-800-955-8771 (Voice & TDD) or viaFlorida Relay Service at 1-800-955-8771.
WITNESS my hand and theseal of this court this 22ndday of December 2014.
TIM SMITHClerk of the Circuit Court
By: /s/ Diane M. ShulerDeputy Clerk
1/6/15, 1/20/15Legal No. 00030045
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE SEVENTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTYGENERAL JURISDICTIONDIVISION
CASE NO. 2013CA000673
U.S. BANK NATIONAL AS-S O C I A T I O N A S S U C -CESSOR BY MERGER OFU.S. BANK NATIONAL AS-SOCIATION ND.,Plaintiff,
vs.
GAYLE EVA PRICE, JAMESMARSHALL PRICE,Defendants.
RE-NOTICE OF FORE-CLOSURE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to a Summary Fi-nal Judgment of Foreclos-ure entered September 22,2014 in Civil Case No.2013CA000673 of the Cir-cuit Court of the SEVENTHJudicial Circuit in and forPutnam County, Palatka,Florida, wherein U.S. BANKNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAS SUCCESSOR BY MER-GER OF U.S. BANK NA-TIONAL ND, is Plaintiff andGAYLE EVA PRICE, JAMESMARSHALL PRICE, are De-fendants, the Clerk ofCourt wi l l se l l to thehighest and best bidder forcash at the south door ofthe Putnam County Court-house, 410 St. Johns Ave.,Palatka, FL 32177 in ac-cordance with Chapter 45,Florida Statutes on the20th day of January, 2015at 11:00AM on the follow-ing described property asset forth in said SummaryFinal Judgment, to-wit:
Lots 18 & 19, in Block 21,RIVER RIDGE SECTION,ST. JOHNS RIVERSIDE ES-TATES, as filed in MapBook 4, Pages 130, 131 and132 of the Public Recordsof Putnam County, Florida.
Any person claiming an in-terest in the surplus fromthe sale, if any, other thanthe property owner as ofthe date of the Lis Pen-dens, must file a claimwithin 60 days after thesale.
Dated this 16th day ofDecember, 2014.
Deputy Clerk
CLERK OF THE CIRCUITCOURTAs Clerk of the Court
By: /s/ Ashley Darby
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 call1(800) 955-8770.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE SEVENTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDACIVIL DIVISION
C A S E N O . :1 3 0 0 0 2 8 6 C A A X M X
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONPlaintiff,
vs.
RAMONITA M. ARBELLOA/K/A MONICA R. AR-BELLO, et a lDefendants.
NOTICE OF FORECLOS-URE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to a Final Judg-ment of foreclosure datedDecember 01, 2014, ande n t e r e d i n C a s e N o.13000286CAAXMX of theCircuit Court of the SEV-ENTH Judicial Circuit inand for PUTNAM COUNTY,Florida, wherein JPMOR-GAN CHASE BANK, NA-TIONAL ASSOCIATION, isPlaintiff, and RAMONITA M.ARBELLO A/K/A MONICAR. ARBELLO, et al are De-fendants, the clerk will sellto the highest and best bid-der for cash, beginning at11:00AM Putnam CountyCourthouse South En-trance, 410 St. Johns Aven-ue, Palatka, FL 32177, inaccordance with Chapter45, Florida Statutes, on the03 day of February, 2015,the following describedproperty as set forth insaid Final Judgment, towit:
Lot 11, Block 45 of ST.JOHNS RIVERSIDE ES-TATES SECTION, UNIT 2,according to the plat there-of as recorded in Map Book5, Page 43 of the Public Re-cords of Putnam County,Florida.
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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 23rdday of December, 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, if you arehearing or voice impaired,call 711.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE SEVENTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTYGENERAL JURISDICTIONDIVISION
CASE NO. 2013CA000673
U.S. BANK NATIONAL AS-S O C I A T I O N A S S U C -CESSOR BY MERGER OFU.S. BANK NATIONAL AS-SOCIATION ND.,Plaintiff,
vs.
GAYLE EVA PRICE, JAMESMARSHALL PRICE,Defendants.
RE-NOTICE OF FORE-CLOSURE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to a Summary Fi-nal Judgment of Foreclos-ure entered September 22,2014 in Civil Case No.2013CA000673 of the Cir-cuit Court of the SEVENTHJudicial Circuit in and forPutnam County, Palatka,Florida, wherein U.S. BANKNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAS SUCCESSOR BY MER-GER OF U.S. BANK NA-TIONAL ND, is Plaintiff andGAYLE EVA PRICE, JAMESMARSHALL PRICE, are De-fendants, the Clerk ofCourt wi l l se l l to thehighest and best bidder forcash at the south door ofthe Putnam County Court-house, 410 St. Johns Ave.,Palatka, FL 32177 in ac-cordance with Chapter 45,Florida Statutes on the20th day of January, 2015at 11:00AM on the follow-ing described property asset forth in said SummaryFinal Judgment, to-wit:
Lots 18 & 19, in Block 21,RIVER RIDGE SECTION,ST. JOHNS RIVERSIDE ES-TATES, as filed in MapBook 4, Pages 130, 131 and132 of the Public Recordsof Putnam County, Florida.
Any person claiming an in-terest in the surplus fromthe sale, if any, other thanthe property owner as ofthe date of the Lis Pen-dens, must file a claimwithin 60 days after thesale.
Dated this 16th day ofDecember, 2014.
Deputy Clerk
CLERK OF THE CIRCUITCOURTAs Clerk of the Court
By: /s/ Ashley Darby
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 call1(800) 955-8770.
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By DaviD RisingAssociated Press
BERLIN — The square around the Cologne Cathedral was plunged into darkness Monday evening after the his-torical landmark in western Germany shut down its lights in a silent protest of weekly ral-lies in Dresden against the per-ceived “Islamization” of Europe.
The symbolic act came as thousands of Germans demon-strated in Cologne and several other cities against the ongo-ing protests by the group call-ing itself Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West, or PEGIDA, which attracted its biggest crowd yet in Dresden on Monday night.
Cologne Cathedral provost Norbert Feldhoff, told n-tv that shutting down the lights was an attempt to make the PEGIDA demonstrators think twice about their protest.
“You’re taking part in an action that, from its roots and also from speeches, one can see is Nazi-ist, racist and extrem-ist,” he said on n-tv. “And you’re supporting people you really don’t want to support.”
Only about 250 PEGIDA supporters showed up in Cologne, as compared to about ten times that number of c o u n t e r - d e m o n s t r a t o r s . Similarly in Berlin, police said some 5,000 counter-demon-strators blocked about 300 PEGIDA supporters from marching along their planned route from city hall to the Brandenburg Gate. Another 22,000 anti-PEGIDA demon-strators rallied in Stuttgart, Muenster and Hamburg, the dpa news agency reported.
But PEGEIDA’s main dem-onstration in the eastern city of Dresden, a region that has few immigrants or Muslims, attracted some 18,000, accord-ing to police. The demonstra-tions there have been growing from an initial few hundred in October to around 17,500 at a rally just before Christmas.
Carrying signs with slogans like “wake up” the crowd chanted “we are the people” and “lying press” as they passed television cameras on Monday.
In uncharacteristically frank words in her New Year’s address, Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans to stay away from the Dresden rallies.
When the PEGIDA demon-strators chant “we are the peo-ple,” Merkel said “they actual-ly mean ‘you don’t belong because of your religion or your skin.”
PEGIDA organizer Kathrin Oertel slammed the speech at the rally Monday, telling the crowd “in Germany we have political repression again.”
“Or how would you see it when we are insulted or called racists or Nazis openly by all the political mainstream par-ties and media for our justified criticism of Germany’s asylum seeker policies and the non-existent immigration policy,” she asked the cheering crowd.
PEGIDA has sought to dis-tance itself from the far-right, saying in its position paper post-ed on Facebook that it is against “preachers of hate, regardless of what religion” and “radicalism, regardless of whether religious-ly or politically motivated.”
“PEGIDA is for resistance against an anti-woman politi-cal ideology that emphasizes violence, but not against inte-grated Muslims living here,” the group said.
It has also banned any neo-Nazi symbols and slogans at its rallies, though critics have noted the praise and support it has received from known neo-Nazi groups.
Cem Ozdemir, co-chairman of The Greens party and him-self the son of a Turkish immi-grant, told n-tv that while he, too, was against any form of extremism, “intolerance cannot be fought with intolerance.”
“The line is not between Christians and Muslims,” he said. “The line is between those who are intolerant … and the others, the majority.”
In Berlin, anti-PEGIDA demonstrator Ursula Wozniak said she had joined the protest because she felt the PEGIDA group was abusing Germany’s democratic tradition.
“What is happening right now in Germany i s just extremely shocking,” she said.
PEGIDA was forced to call off its demonstration early in Cologne, after organizers reported being blocked from marching along their planned route, police said.
Other buildings, including several other churches and a museum, joined the Cologne Cathedral in shutting off their lights in support of the anti-PEGIDA demonstrators.
Obituaries are paid adver-tising written by funeral homes based upon information provided by families. Death notices are brief announce-ments published at no charge.
Randy BeaufordRandy Beauford, 47, of
Palatka, passed away unex-pectedly Thursday, Dec. 29, 2014 at his residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Palatka, having been born a t t h e f o r m e r P u t n a m M e m o r i a l H o s p i t a l . H e enjoyed hunting, fishing, being online, hanging around with his friends and bonfires.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Jim and Inez Beauford.
Surviving are a son, Devin Beauford; a sister, Sharon Beauford; and the mother of his son, Jolee Elgin, all of Palatka.
No services are scheduled at this time.
Memorial gifts may be sent to The Humane Society of Northeast Florida, P.O. Box 188, Hollister, FL 32147. Friends may leave messages of sympathy on his guestbook at www.themastersfuneral-homes.com.
Masters Funeral Home of Pa la tka i s in charge o f arrangements.
Madeline D. ProctorMadeline Dudley Proctor,
86 , o f East P a l a t k a , passed away Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015 at her home follow-ing an extend-ed illness.
A native of Phenix City, A l a . , s h e resided in Putnam County s ince 1948, coming from Phenix City. Madeline was a homemaker and was a mem-ber o f the First Bapt is t Church of Palatka where she
had been active in the WMU. In her leisure, she enjoyed Tole Painting, arts and crafts, and sewing.
She is survived by her hus-band of 66 years, Charles F. Proctor , four daughters , Charline Hughlett of East Palatka, Jane Whitten and husband Dee of Dumfries, Va., Beverly Sherouse and hus-band Craig of Richmond, Va., and Elaine Burnette and hus-band Don of East Palatka, a brother, Asa E. Dudley Jr. and wife Oma Jean of Brantley, Ala., a sister, Joyce D. Jackson of Birmingham, Ala., eight grandchildren, Heather Hoerl and husband Mike, Wesley Hughlett and wife Nikki, Allison Ashinhurst and hus-band Chris, Julianne Paxson and husband Matt , Alan Sherouse and wife Penny, Susan Snow and husband Jeff, Melissa DeRossett and husband Ron and Jennifer Crews and husband Adam, and 19 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8 at Johnson-Overturf Chapel in Pa la tka w i th Dr . K i rby Kennedy, Don Burnette, Craig Sherouse and Dee Whitten officiating. Burial will follow in Palatka Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 7 at the funeral home.
Flowers are grateful ly accepted or memorial dona-t i o n s m a y b e m a d e t o Alzheimer’s Treatment & Research Center, Ramsey Foundation, 640 Jackson St., St. Paul, MN 55101-9021. Memories and condolences may be expressed to the fami-ly at Madeline ’s Book of Memories page at www.john-
sonoverturffunerals.com.Arrangements are under
the direction of Johnson-Overturf Funeral Home in Palatka.
Robert P. ElkinsRobert Page Elkins, 60, of
Satsuma and Julian, W.Va., passed away Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015 at Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine after a brief ill-ness.
Masters Funeral Home of Palatka is in charge of local arrangements.
Annie C. JohnsonAnnie C. Mills Johnson, 59,
of College Park, Ga., formerly of Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015 at Southern Crescent Hospital f o r S p e c i a l t y C a r e i n Riverdale, Ga.
Arrangements are entrust-ed Karl N. Flagg Serenity Memorial Chapel.
Deborah KennedyDeborah Kennedy, 63, of
P a l a t k a , p a s s e d a w a y Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, at Palatka Health Care Center.
Masters Funeral Home of Pa la tka i s in charge o f arrangements.
Nettie E. Sheppard
Nettie E. Sheppard, 77, of Hollister, passed away on Monday, Jan. 5 , 2015 at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center following an extended illness.
A r r a n g e m e n t s w i l l b e a n n o u n c e d b y J o h n s o n -Overturf Funeral Home.
Jereline VarnesMrs. Jereline Varnes, 87,
lifelong resident of Hastings, transitioned from this life to her eternal home in Glory on Jan. 4, 2015 at Governor Creek Rehab in Green Cove Springs.
Coleman’s Mortuary will announce her celebration of life.
Audrey WelchA u d r e y W e l c h , 6 4 , o f
Gainesv i l l e , f ormer ly o f Federal Point, transitioned on Jan. 5, 2015 at North Florida Rehab Center in Gainesville.
Coleman’s Mortuary will announce her celebration of life.
Johnny WinnJ o h n n y W i n n , 7 5 , o f
Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Friday, Jan. 2, 2015 at UF Health in Gainesville.
Arrangements are entrust-ed to Karl N. Flagg Serenity Memorial Chapel.
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