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Putnam Countysince 1885

VOL. 127 • NO. 125 PALATKA, FLA.

Public Notices on Page 7A

INDEXAdvice ............................. 2BBriefing ........................... 2A

Classified/Legals ............ 8AComics ............................ 2BHoroscope ...................... 2BLottery............................. 7A

Obituaries ....................... 5AOpinions ......................... 4ASports ............................. 6ASudoku ........................... 7A

Waste board tosses committee selection in trashW H AT D O YO U T H I N K ?

Email thoughts about who you think should collect Putnam County’s waste in the form of a Letter to the Editor to [email protected]. Letter writers must include full name, daytime phone number and address. There is a 350-word limit.

8-member Solid Waste Collection and Disposal District elects to negotiate with second-lowest bidder

BY BRANDON D. OLIVERPalatka Daily News

A landfill company denied the chance to purchase the Putnam County Central Landfill a year ago was blocked once again Tuesday from working for the county.

Deciding against a selection com-mittee’s recommendation, the Solid Waste Collection and Disposal District board decided against Republic Services of Florida as the county’s garbage, recyclable material, bulky waste and yard waste collector.

Despite Waste Pro, the current

solid waste collector, bidding more than a dollar per household per month more than Republic, no one seconded County Commissioner Nancy Harris’ motion to accept Republic Services’ proposal.

“Cost being a big factor, services is also a big factor,” Interlachen Mayor

Ken Larsen said. The collection and disposal district

board, made up of the five county commissioners and the mayors of Crescent City, Interlachen and

BY PETE SKIBAPalatka Daily News

With a shuffle, the new school year plans to have a couple changes in administration.

Vice principals Montez Wynn and Mike Tucker are scheduled to take over principal positions as the former principals from Ochwilla Elementary and C.L. O v e r t u r f J r . S i x t h G r a d e Center move on.

P u t n a m County School Superintendent Phyllis Criswell s a i d J o e Theobold will m o v e f r o m O c h w i l l a Elementary to Mellon Elementary School as principal.

Tonya Whitehurst, former principal at C.L. Overturf Jr., moves to a position with the dis-trict as director of secondary education.

“Principal Theobold did such a good job on student growth in science and math at Ochwilla,” Criswell said, “that we hope he will do the same at Mellon.”

Criswell: Principals

on the moveSchool leaders shuffle

schools, move to district office

Criswell

See WASTE, Page 10A

See PRINCIPALS, Page 10A

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Lela Lewis wipes the face of her daughter, Jasmine Lewis, as she, her husband, Danny Lewis, and Mary Linn enjoy the shade of a tree Tuesday at Palatka’s Riverfront Park.

PARK PLACE

BY PETE SKIBAPalatka Daily News

If a call comes in to collect utility bill money, call law enforcement. It is a scam.

Palatka Police reported sev-eral phone calls to businesses from fake utility company rep-resentatives trying to collect money on overdue bills.

“The victim is instructed that the bill needs to be paid within a short period of time or the electricity wil l be

turned of f , ” Pol ice Chief James Griffith said. “The utility compa-nies do not conduct business in this man-ner.”

Representatives of C l a y E l e c t r i c C o o p e r a t i v e a n d Florida Power and Light agreed. If some-one calls to request payment or say they will disconnect power, it should show a big red flag to

the consumer. Wayne Maddox said

any customer of his c o m p a n y , C l a y Electric, getting that call should hang up and call his company at 800-224-4917 and as law enforcement.

Representing FPL, Marie Bertot said about the same thing. The number her cus-tomers should call is

on the bottom of their bill.

Bertot added that custom-ers should also inform the fed-eral government through the website consumer.ftc.gov. That information greatly helps consumer protection.

Various scams have been around for years. Griffith out-lined how the latest works.

Once told the electric bill was overdue, the victim is given a short time to pay up or

Offi cial: Utility company scam makes its way through Palatka

See SCAM, Page 10A

Griffith

ART ON DISPLAY

Photos by CHRIS DEVITTO/Palatka Daily News

ABOVE: Dan Askew, an art instructor at the Florida School of the Arts, stands by a piece of artwork created by one of his students, Caitlin Davis, at a student art exhibition at 105 North Third Street on Tuesday morning. Askew and several of his students got the inspiration and some of the items used in the art after spending time on Horn Island off the coast of Mississippi. The gallery will be open to view or purchase the art from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday. RIGHT: “Glass and Steel” will be on display Friday at the gallery.

P O O L P A R T YPutnam County Aquatic Center to host

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Weather Trivia

Peak Fishing/Hunting Times This Week

In-Depth Local Forecast

Local Almanac Last Week

Local UV Index

Sun & Moon

State Cities

Today we will see partly cloudy skies with a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms, high temperature of 96º, humidity of 70%. Southwest wind 3 to 7 mph. The record high temperature for today is 101º set in 1952. Expect mostly cloudy skies tonight with a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms, overnight low of 73º. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph. The record low for tonight is 64º set in 2003. Thursday, skies will be partly cloudy with a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms.

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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.

Do hurricanes spawn tornadoes? ?

Answer: Yes, indeed, this phenomenon is quite common.

3 50 - 2 4 6 8 107 9 11+

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7-Day Local Forecast

Farmer's Growing Days

Precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.15"Normal precipitation . . . . . . . 1.46"Departure from normal . . . . .-1.31"

Average temperature . . . . . . . 85.2ºAverage normal temperature . 81.5ºDeparture from normal . . . . . +3.7º

St. Johns River Tides This Week

City Hi/LoDaytona Beach . . . 92/75 tGainesville. . . . . . . 95/74 tJacksonville. . . . . . 96/78 tKey West . . . . . . . . 89/81 sMiami . . . . . . . . . . 87/81 sNaples . . . . . . . . . . 89/76 tOrlando . . . . . . . . . 95/76 tPanama City . . . . . 89/80 tPensacola. . . . . . . . 93/79 tPort Charlotte. . . . 92/74 tTallahassee . . . . . . 96/77 tTampa . . . . . . . . . . 91/77 tW. Palm Beach . . . 89/79 s

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Palatka Palmetto Bluff

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Full7/1

Last7/8

New7/15

Weather (Wx): cl/cloudy; pc/partly cloudy; mc/mostly cloudy; ra/rain; rs/rain & snow; s/sunny; sh/showers; sn/snow; t/thunderstorms

PALATKA DAILY NEWS WEATHER REPORT

JUNE 23NAME CLOSE CHANGE

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2A morning briefingWEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 , 2015

“All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.”

— Ambrose BierceAmerican Author

(born in 1842, disappeared in 1914)

Today in HistoryToday is Wednesday, June 24, the

175th day of 2015. There are 190 days left in the year.

TODAY IN PUTNAMIn 1881, the settlement of

Johnson, west of Interlachen, was founded.

In 1944, First Baptist Church of Palatka raised $37,500 to pay off the indebtedness of the church built in 1925 at a cost of $100,000.

In 1976, Gov. Rubin Askew pro-claimed this day William D. Moseley Day. Moseley was Florida’s first state governor and is buried in Palatka’s Westview Cemetery.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORYOn June 24, 1975, 113 people

were killed when Eastern Airlines Flight 66, a Boeing 727 carrying 124 people, crashed while attempt-ing to land during a thunderstorm at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.

ON THIS DATEIn 1509, Henry VIII was crowned

king of England; his wife, Catherine of Aragon, was crowned queen consort.

In 1793, the first republican con-stitution in France was adopted.

In 1983, the space shuttle Challenger — carrying America’s first woman in space, Sally K. Ride — coasted to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

TEN YEARS AGO Despite growing anxiety about

the war in Iraq, President George W. Bush refused to set a timetable for bringing home U.S. troops and declared, “I’m not giving up on the mission. We’re doing the right thing.” Officials said tests con-firmed the second case of mad cow disease in the United States. Ventriloquist Paul Winchell died in Los Angeles at age 82.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Actor Al Molinaro is 96.

Comedian Jack Carter is 93. Rock musician Jeff Beck is 71. Rock sing-er Colin Blunstone (The Zombies) is 70. Musician Mick Fleetwood is 68. Actor Peter Weller is 68. Rock musician John Illsley (Dire Straits) is 66. Actress Nancy Allen is 65. Reggae singer Derrick Simpson (Black Uhuru) is 65. Actor Joe Penny is 59. Reggae singer Astro (UB40) is 58. Singer-musician Andy McCluskey (Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark) is 56. Actor Iain Glen is 54. Rock singer Curt Smith is 54. Actress Danielle Spencer is 50. Actress Sherry Stringfield is 48. Singer Glenn Medeiros is 45. Actress Carla Gallo is 40. Actress-producer Mindy Kaling is 36. Actress Minka Kelly is 35. Actress Candice Patton is 30. Actress Kaitlin Cullum is 29. Singer Solange Knowles is 29.

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TALLAHASSEE

Court upholds crackdown on beach weddings

A Florida appeals court is siding with county officials who cracked down on beachfront weddings held at property located in a popular beach resort area in the Panhandle.

The First District Court of Appeal ruled Monday that Walton County officials were permitted to fine the property owners for violating county development codes.

The owners of the Santa Rosa Beach property along the popular 30-A highway started renting out a triplex and an accompanying lawn near the beach for weddings and other parties. Neighbors started complaining about the number of wedding parties that went on. One neighbor complained that revelers cut off his air-conditioning unit and urinated under his building.

The property owners, however, maintained that county officials vio-lated their due process rights and that the zoning code was ambiguous about non-residential uses.

JACKSONVILLE

Police label house fire death as suspicious

Investigators say the death of a Jacksonville man in a house fire is sus-picious.

Firefighters on Monday afternoon found a man in his 30s or 40s dead in a home that had been badly damaged by smoke.

The victim was Angelo Andrews, who worked as a certified nursing assistant and lived alone.

Police say they suspect foul play in the death, but were unsure if the house had been forcibly entered. They say most of the damage done to the dwelling was from smoke.

BUNNELL

Woman arrested after fight over chicken, biscuits

Deputies say a woman has been charged with domestic battery after she and her mother got into an argu-ment over chicken and biscuits.

Kristin Michelle Howard, 31, was arrested Friday. Authorities say the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office was called to a mobile home park in Bunnell around 11:30 p.m. Deputies say Howard’s mother, Kimberly

Miller, accused her of coming home drunk and angry and making a plate of chicken and biscuits.

Authorities say Miller and Howard argued over who owned the food and Howard punched her mother in the face and threw tea on her.

Court records show this is Howard’s sixth battery arrest since February 2008. She has since been released from jail.

It is unclear if Howard has a lawyer.

DELAND

Girl, neighbors help deputies track suspects

Sheriff’s deputies credit an 11-year-old girl for helping to scare away two suspected burglars.

The child was alone at her home in DeLand on Monday morning when she heard a noise and yelled when she saw a man coming through a window. The girl was not injured, and she grabbed a knife for protection until help arrived.

Neighbors heard the commotion and spotted two men getting into a vehicle. Deputies quickly found the vehicle an arrested both men.

Deputies recovered stolen items and are continuing to investigate.

Officials say 20-year-old Xavier Bahena and 22-year-old Kelvin Kelly face multiple charges.

Submitted photos

The Arts Council of Greater Palatka will present the photographic work of Florida School of the Arts instructor Charles Marsh, inset photo, for the July gallery exhibit “Circle of Life.” It will be hosted at the Larimer Arts Center at 216 Reid St., Palatka. Marsh, a resident of Interlachen, came to FloArts in 1999 as an instructor of graphic design and photography. Now an instructor of drawing, photography, printmaking and painting, his work focuses on nature and the circle of life with its various transitional stages: birth, life, metamorphosis, death and rejuvenation. Marsh’s photography centers on abstracts in nature and its hidden treasures, which are the small, obscure aspects people routinely overlook, in looking without actually seeing. Gallery chairman is Evelyn Snyder. An opening reception is from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday with light refreshments. Admission is free. The exhibit will be on display through July 24. Gallery hours at the Larimer are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and during concerts and other special events. The Arts Council of Greater Palatka is the designated local arts agency for Putnam County and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. For details, visit www.artsinputnam.org or call 328-8998.

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As the summer recreational boating season gets into full swing, the Florida Fish and W i l d l i f e C o n s e r v a t i o n Commission is ramping up its efforts as part of a national cam-paign to stop boating under the influence.

The annual three-day cam-paign, Operation Dry Water, focuses on deterring boaters from boating under the influ-ence of alcohol or drugs.

From Friday through Sunday, law enforcement agencies nationwide will be out looking for boaters operating under the influence and removing them from the water. The purpose of increased messaging about the dangers of boating under the influence and officers identify-ing impaired operators is to drastically reduce the number of accidents and deaths due to impaired boating.

“We want everyone to have an opportunity to safely enjoy Florida’s waterways. It is our job as law enforcement to identify and remove impaired boaters from the water so that everyone else can continue to have an

enjoyable boating season and not become a victim of boating under the influence. Protecting the public is a critical mission,” said Col. Curtis Brown, director of FWC’s Division of Law Enforcement. “Our agency is participating in Operation Dry Water and joining thousands of law enforcement officers nation-wide to decrease the number of accidents, injuries and deaths that come as a result of boaters who choose to boat impaired.”

In Florida it is illegal to oper-

ate a vessel with a blood alcohol content level of .08 or higher, just as it is for operating a vehi-cle. FWC wants to remind boat-ers to stay safe this summer by staying sober on the water. Alcohol use is one of the leading contributing factors in recre-ational boater deaths. During the national weekend of height-ened awareness and high-visi-bility enforcement, boaters can expect to see increased messag-ing about this dangerous and preventable crime.

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Why not float around on an inflatable raft while watching cinema’s newest inflatable hero?

The first of Putnam County Aquatic Center’s Float In movie nights, featuring Disney’s “Big Hero 6,” takes place Friday.

“Why do we do this?” Pool Manager Kevin Stevens said. “Because it’s awesome.”

For at least the last 10 years, Stevens said, the center has hosted one or more movie nights each summer.

Families are invited to bring their own floaties, foldout chairs and food as they relax in or around the pool and watch a

movie together. Gates open at 7 p.m. Friday

for the first of two summer movie nights. Big Hero 6 will begin about 8:30 p.m., or when-ever it’s dark enough to see the screen, Stevens said.

Children who want to swim during the movie will be asked to take a swim test. Those who pass the test are allowed to swim in the big pool. Those who don’t pass the test are given a yellow band and asked to stay in the smaller pool.

Children do not have to be accompanied by an adult while they swim.

“It’s good to bring your own chairs because we only have seating to accommodate 30-40 people,” Stevens said. “We usu-

ally have 100-200 people show up.”

Stevens said about eight staff members will monitor the pool during the float in. The movie screen will be set up at the end of the big pool.

The second float in is July 31, and features DreamWorks’ “How to Train Your Dragon 2.”

“This is probably the funnest (sic) community, family event we have in town,” Stevens said. “There’s no alcohol, no smoking, no bad language. It’s just a good time for families.”

For questions about the float ins or weather concerns, call the Putnam County Aquatics Center at 312-2221.

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Parents and children swim in the pool at the Putnam County Aquatic Center before watching a movie during last year’s Float In.

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The last time I spoke with the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, I am thankful to say I left him laughing.

As you know, Pastor Pinckney was mur-dered in cold blood last week while leading Bible study at his Charleston, S.C., church.

Ten years ago, I knew him as my state senator, in South Carolina’s poorest dis-

trict, sometimes referred to as the “Corridor of Shame” because of the appall-ing conditions and extreme poverty to be found there.

At the time, I was publishing two week-ly newspapers in the South Carolina Lowcountry. One was in Hampton, and the other in Ridgeland, Pastor Pinckney’s hometown. Both were part of what was known as the old

Beaufort district, and he represented both counties.

Each year, Hampton hosts the annual Hampton County Watermelon Festival, one of the oldest such events in the state.

One of the highlights is the annual Watermelon Parade. It’s always been a must-attend event for the state’s top office holders and candidates, ever since the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond proclaimed it so. It was said that Ol’ Strom never missed a Watermelon Festival.

One year, I was shooting photos near the start when Pastor Pinckney’s legisla-tive aide spotted me and told me the sena-tor had just called and would not be able to make it in time for the parade.

Would I do a favor and toss out candy

along the parade route, she asked?And so it came to pass that I was chauf-

feured through the heart of Hampton, S.C., smiling, waving and tossing candy from an SUV window above a sign on the passenger side door that read, “Clementa Pinckney, State Senator.”

Folks waved and smiled back. I had a blast.

When I next saw him, I couldn’t resist a good-natured jab.

“Pastor,” I said. “I rode that whole parade route, and I couldn’t tell if anyone knew it was me and not you throwing candy. We both might ought to get out a little more, if people can’t tell us apart.”

He laughed, that rich, deep booming laugh that I had come to appreciate in the several years I knew him, and I laughed along with him.

I left the area soon after that to accept a job at another paper, and had not given Pastor Pinckney much thought in several years.

Last week, I was shocked and horrified to learn some little punk – “nobody trying to be a somebody” – entered Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, was invited by the Rev. Pinckney to join in Bible study, then cold-bloodedly murdered nine people, apparently stopping to reload his gun five times in the process.

What a sick, depraved, warped, coward-ly little nothing, I thought. I immediately hated him for what he had done, and felt in my heart he deserved the cruelest, slow-est, most painful punishment that could

be devised, even though it would not even come close to making atonement for his crime.

Then, I saw the footage of the shooter’s preliminary hearing. I’m not using the punk’s name. He does not deserved even that little bit of respect.

I was amazed – and profoundly touched – when family members of his victims stood up one by one and, through tears and broken hearts, said they loved this vil-lain and that they forgave him.

Folks, I don’t know what your religion is or how you practice it, but here are some folks who really live their religious teach-ings. They don’t just pay lip service.

The Rev. Pinckney and I were business acquaintances. We knew each other by our first names and spent time making small talk whenever we bumped into each other. But we weren’t relatives, or even close friends.

Yet, I felt as though I had lost a family member when I learned of his death.

Those who actually suffered the pain of losing their own flesh and blood called not for revenge, but for forgiveness and mercy.

And in so doing, they denied the Devil the victory he was hoping for. A church, a community, a state and even a nation have been drawn together, not pulled apart, by this terrible tragedy.

The Rev. Pinckney was a political and religious leader his entire adult life.

So strong was his influence that even in death, he served as an inspiration and example of courage.

The Lord welcomed his good and faith-ful servant home last week. We mourn his loss, and the fact yet another American leader was cut down in the prime of life by an assassin’s bullets.

Wayne Knuckles is publisher of the Daily News. [email protected]

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Our View: Fireworks show should continueOn the Fourth of July,

the city of Palatka should host its annual fireworks

show.It should also make clear to

residents this show could be the last.

As reported in Tuesday’s Palatka Daily News, city com-missioners will decide wheth-er to allocate public money for the fireworks show.

According to documents provided by the city, the annu-

al fireworks show costs $18,000. As of Monday, the city had secured a little more than $2,000 in private dona-tions to conduct the show.

If that number holds up, the city – using your tax dollars – will be forced to foot the remaining bill.

Last year, the city paid $11,000 to cover the cost of the fireworks show after receiving about $6,800 in pri-vate donations.

We’re in favor of a fireworks

show at the city dock. We think a fireworks show is a family-friendly event that reveals and emphasizes Palatka’s patriotism and love for the U.S.

But, we also want our city commission to be good stew-ards of taxpayer money.

Earlier this month, city com-missioners received the city’s annual audit. The bad news from the audit was the city’s dwindling general fund bal-ance, which is essentially the

city’s extra cash in case of emergency.

According to the auditors, the city had enough money to cover government expenses for 1.2 months. The auditor recommended having at least two months worth of expenses covered by the general fund.

Operating a small govern-ment means making tough decisions and necessary cuts.

So while we’d love to see the fireworks show continue in the future, the city of Palatka

and its commissioners should develop a long-term plan that reduces the cost or generates the necessary funds to pay for the show without using public money.

This close to the Fourth of July, city commissioners would be wise not to cancel the show.

They should make it clear to city residents that if they want to celebrate our nation’s birth with pyrotechnics, they need to pony up a few dollars.

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Charleston home to me, too

I am deeply thankful for editor Scott Bryan’s column, “Pray for Charleston,” in Friday’s Palatka Daily News.

Charleston is my home, too. I grew up in Hanahan, about 10 miles north of the city and reside in Goose Creek, which is just on the other side of I-26 from Scott’s home in Ladson. It’s as he says; we’re from Charleston. But I spend as much time as possible here in Satsuma, where I tell my Charleston friends I live “about 15 miles south of Palatka Highway 17, go into a bend and the St. Johns River runs right through it.” It’s where I am at peace.

It’s where I mourn this unspeakable tragedy in solitude, thankful to be here

and ashamed for being grateful I am not there. There is no hiding from the horrible reality in Charleston, regard-less of where we are in this world. The deed will not be forgiven.

Rose HutchinsonSatsuma

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My husband and I would like to express our appreciation to the current Putnam County waste collection agen-cy, Waste Pro.

We are pleased with our service and sincerely hope the county will continue/renew the contact with Waste Pro. The contact provides garbage pickup, recy-clable pickup and yard waste (which is

important). This company provides excellent service, and we hope their contract will be renewed.

Karen RobertsHawthorne

More to AGAPE than letter reveals

Recently, a letter appeared by Lloyd Harris, County Commissioner Nancy Harris’s husband, that depicts APAGE as some fly-by-night pipe dream that’s too good to be true. He said the county could easily go bank-rupt over the failed idea of plasmafica-tion. I need to set this straight for those uniformed.

First, APAGE is not asking for any-thing from county commissioners other

than their support for the project. The investors are not willing to fight a county and only want to know they are welcomed before beginning the project. APAGE will use their own money to purchase county property that will be placed back on the tax rolls. The county would receive money from the sale, as well as yearly tax income. They would also receive $3 million worth of reve-nue from taxes on the sale of products produced at their factory, including diesel fuel and a special insulating material very much in demand by industry and the military.

This comes along with direct employment of more than 450 people hired and trained locally to perform the tasks required at the plant. In no way is this proposal a pipe dream or unproven. The only objections com-missioners have are related to pro-

cesses that are not even comparable to this advanced plasma process. Lesser processes have failed for a multitude of reasons, but none using this process has failed for any reason. This Westinghouse Plasma and Alter NRG design is exactly like two plants in England being commissioned now.

For the record, I am not an employ-ee of APAGE. I am an inventor/experi-menter and have several plasma pat-ents in process. I have worked with plasma for about 10 years. If a plant is built in Florida, I will likely work there as there are only a handful of people in this country like myself. I fully support this process, and I know it will work out for our county creating jobs and helping to lessen the impact of our anemic tax base.

Robert BleyPomona Park

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P Y O N G Y A N G , N o r t h Korea — Nor th Korea ’ s Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced two South Koreans to life in prison with labor after finding them guilty of spying for Seoul.

K im Kuk-g i and Choe Chun-gil were convicted of state subversion and, under North Korean law, their sen-tences are final and cannot be appealed.

North Korea ’ s o f f i c ia l Korean Central News Agency said prosecutors had sought the death penalty. State media earlier said the two were detained last year for allegedly collecting confidential state information and attempting to spread a “bourgeois lifestyle

and culture” in the North at the order of South Korea’s spy agency and the U.S.

Analysts saw the sentences as retaliation against South Korea for the opening Tuesday of a U.N. office in Seoul tasked with monitoring human rights in North Korea. The North has repeatedly called the office a grave provocation.

South Korea’s Unification Ministry expressed regret over the verdicts and urged North Korea to immediately r e l e ase t h e men . South Korean officials have denied the two men were involved in espionage.

Analysts say past deten-tions of South Koreans and Americans on spying charges were attempts by the impover-ished North to wrest outside

concessions. But Tuesday’s sentences may have been con-nected to the opening in Seoul of the U.N. office.

“North Korea thinks South Korea is applying pressure on Pyongyang with the U.N. office so it’s responding by (sentencing) these South Korean nationals,” said ana-lyst Cheong Seong-chang at the private Sejong Institute think tank in South Korea.

South Korean officials said Monday that North Korea cited the new U.N. human rights office last week when it announced a decision to boy-cott next month’s University Games in South Korea.

The U.N. office, the first of its kind, was proposed in a ground-breaking U.N. commis-sion of inquiry report last year

on North Korea’s rights record.I n W a s h i n g t o n , S t a t e

Department spokesman John Kirby on Tuesday voiced deep U.S. concern over “threaten-ing” North Korean comments about the opening of the office, saying that would not help security and stability on the Korean peninsula. He said in the future the office could potentially help hold account-able those responsible for rights abuses. “That is a good thing,” Kirby told reporters.

By PaBlo GorondiAssociated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Balking at European Union rules, Hungary will tempo-rari ly not take back any asylum seekers who regis-tered in Hungary but moved elsewhere in Europe before t h e i r r e q u e s t s w e r e resolved, the government said Tuesday.

Accord ing to the EU’s Dublin regulation, refugees can be sent back to the coun-try where they first requested asylum.

Hungary has become a point of entry into the bloc for tens of thousands of migrants from Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

While many migrants travel first through Greece, Serbia, Macedonia and other EU member or candidate coun-tries, the bloc has expressed concerns about their safety in those places.

Government spokesman Zol tan Kovacs sa id that Hungary had informed 14 m o s t l y E U c o u n t r i e s — including Austria, Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Norway — that it will sus-pend taking back asylum seekers it registered because its refugee infrastructure is overloaded.

“In the spirit of EU solidar-ity, Hungary has asked the member states of the Dublin system to cancel their pre-planned transfers and not to plan new transfers for the time being,” Kovacs said in a statement. “The Hungarian authorities are working on the enlargement of the neces-sary capacity, but this takes time.”

The government said that po l i ce had apprehended 60,620 people who entered the country illegally, nearly all from Serbia, so far this year, compared with some 43,000 all of last year.

“Hungary has exhausted the resources at its disposal,” Kovacs said. “The situation calls for prompt action and … Hungary must take mea-sures before the EU adopts its decisions on the matter.”

Hungary’s plan to build a 13-foot high fence along its 109-mile border with Serbia to stem the flow of migrants has drawn much criticism from neighboring countries and human rights groups, b u t e v e n s o m e o f t h e m acknowledged that Hungary is facing an extraordinary challenge.

“When numbers are so high … the EU and the internation-al community need to help the Hungarian system,” said Gabor Gyulai, refugee pro-gram coordinator at the H u n g a r i a n H e l s i n k i Committee.

Hungary can cope “only because the vast majority of asylum seekers move on to the West. If they remained, the Hungarian system would col-lapse in a minute.”

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.

Irma B. AusburnIrma Bainbridge Ausburn,

79, a native of Palatka, passed away peacefully at her home in Tucson, Ariz.

Irma was born Sept. 1, 1935 to Charles Emery and Dorothy Kennard Bainbridge. She was a graduate of the 1954 class o f P a l a t k a High School. I r m a s p e n t her career as a legal secre-t a r y i n P a l a t k a , Jacksonville and Tucson, Ariz. She was an avid gardener, who enjoyed reading and crosswords. In her time she also enjoyed square dancing and traveling the United States and the world with family. She also volunteered with Mobi le Meals of Tucson.

She was preceded in death b y h e r h u s b a n d , O m a r Douglas Ausburn, deceased in 1979 in Tucson, Ariz., and sib-lings, Barbara Bainbridge McCorkel, Allan W. Bainbride and Donald Bainbridge.

She leaves to cherish her memories, daughter, Terri Lynn Hendricks (Tim) of Tucson, Ariz., loving stepchil-dren, Doug Ausburn (Myong) of Aurora, Colo., Mary Jane Dickinson (Steve) Peoria, Ill., Gail Ausburn of E. Peoria, Ill. and Aggie Shults (Brian) of Golconda, Ill.; her grandchil-dren, Dominic Rullo (Nicole) a n d N o a h H e n d r i c k s o f Tucson, Ariz.; siblings, whom thought of Irma as their “Little Momma,” Margaret Bainbridge Drewes (Stanley) o f K e y s t o n e H e i g h t s , K a t h e r i n e B a i n b r i d g e D i c k i n s o n ( H a n k ) o f J a c k s o n v i l l e a n d D a v i d Bainbridge of St. Augustine Beach. Many nieces, nephews, great- and great-great-nieces and nephews who loved and cherished the time spent with their Aunt Irma. She also had many lifelong friends who will miss her very much.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 27 at Masters Funeral Home in Palatka with Dr. Benny Reynolds officiat-ing. Burial will follow at Peniel Cemetery. A gathering of friends and family will cele-brate Irma’s life at Grandin Lake after the services.

Messages of encourage and sympathy may be expressed on her online guestbook at www.themasters funeral -homes.com.

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

Eleanor L. LevinEleanor L. “Norny” Levin,

76, entered the sunset of life on Monday, June 15, 2015.

Eleanor was born Jan. 4, 1939, in Philadelphia to the l a t e D a v i d and Eleanor El l iott . She w a s a n Inter lachen resident for the past 14 y e a r s a f t e r retiring as a r e g i s t e r e d nurse. She was a 1961 gradu-ate of Northeastern School of Nursing and Pennsylvania State University. She worked in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, south New Jersey and St. Petersburg. She considered her greatest accomplishment taking care of such celebrities as Yul Brynner and Van Johnson. She also worked for the American Red Cross in Los Angeles, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

She is survived by her hus-b a n d , R i c h a r d L e v i n o f Interlachen; a sister, Joy (Ed) Marquart of Whiting, N.J.; two stepdaughters, Robyn (Paul) Healy and Amanda ( J o s h u a ) S p i n d l e r o f Philadelphia; and a grand-daughter, Dawn Healy. She is also survived by two nieces, Amy Olsen (Dav id ) and Jennifer Raio (Scott), three great-nieces and three great-nephews.

In lieu of flowers, donations c a n b e m a d e t o F i r s t Congregational Church of Interlachen or Hospice of Citrus and Nature Coast.

A celebration of life service will be Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 11 a.m. at First Congregational Church of Interlachen, 415 Washington

Lane, with Lynn Dawson offi-ciating.

She will be interred in a pri-vate ceremony at Newtown Cemetery, Newtown, Pa.

Frank MatteaF r a n k M a t t e a , 8 0 , o f

P a l a t k a , p a s s e d a w a y Saturday, June 20, 2015 at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center following a brief ill-ness.

H e w a s b o r n i n Philadelphia and moved to Interlachen in 1972, com-i n g f r o m M y s t i c Islands, N.J., a n d l a t e r m o v e d t o Palatka. He o w n e d a n d o p e r a t e d Park Manor Bui lders in Palatka from 1972 to 2010 and built many homes and bus i nesses i n the a rea , including the Best Western Motel and the Crill Pointe Plaza and Sunset Point Car Wash in East Palatka. He was a real estate broker and owned and operated the Putnam County Real Estate Center in Palatka. In his ear-lier days he enjoyed boxing, and in his later, days he enjoyed watching boxing, traveling and doting on his grandchildren. He was a Christian.

He was preceded in death b y h i s w i f e , R o s e m a r i e Mattea; his son, Tony Mattea; and his parents, Jack and Rose Mattea.

Survivors inc lude four daughters and sons-in-law, Debra and Robert Wilson of Palm Beach Gardens, Renee a n d G r e g W i l l i a m s o f Palatka, Christina Mattea ( N i c k C a r p e n t e r ) o f S t . Augustine Beach, and Traci a n d J o h n S p r o u l l o f Brunswick, Ga.; six grand-children, Michael Mattea (Jen Nesci) of New Jersey, Vincent and Amy Mattea of New Jersey, Mark Mattea ( M a r i a L e y t o n ) o f N e w Jersey , Lyndsi Wi l l iams (Joel Rife) of Palatka, Taylor a n d M i c h a e l H e l m s o f Palatka, and Simone Sproull of Brunswick, Ga.; and four great-grandchildren, Logan Mattea, Georgia Mattea, E m e r y R o s e R i f e , a n d Scarlett Mattea.

Funeral services will be 6 p.m. Friday, June 26 at the Masters Funeral Home in Palatka with Brother Darrell Williams officiating. The fam-ily will receive friends from 4 p.m. until the beginning of the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be sent to Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center, 6400 St. Johns Ave., Palatka, FL 32177. Messages of sympa-thy and encouragement may be expressed in his online guestbook at www.themas-tersfuneralhomes.com.

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

William B. Browder Sr.William B. Browder Sr., 88,

o f U m a t i l l a , p a s s e d o n Sunday, June 21, 2015 in Lakeland.

Watts Funeral Home and Cremation Center is entrust-ed to the arrangements.

Charles H. LindbergCharles H. Lindberg, 88, of

Satsuma, passed at his home Saturday, June 20, 2015.

Watts Funeral Home and Cremation center is entrusted to the arrangements.

Robert PlummerRobert Plummer, 57, of

Pomona Park, passed on Friday, June 12, 2015 in Gainesville.

Watts Funeral Home and Cremation Center is entrust-ed to the arrangements.

Kenneth StevensKenneth “Steve” Stevens,

69, of Bostwick, passed away Monday, June 22, 2015 at the Putnam Community Medical Center in Palatka 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 M a s t e r s Funeral Home of Palatka.


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playbook

To prepare rookies for life as professionals, the NFL is again providing a crash course filled with seminars, testimo-

nials and advice on how to navigate the pitfalls of fame and fortune.

All the league really had to do was have the new players look at Commissioner Roger Goodell’s appointment book Tuesday.

If Tom Brady can step out of bounds, anyone can.

While New England’s superstar quarterback was in New York appealing a four-game suspension for using underinflated footballs in the AFC title game, the conference’s rookie draft class, including the Titans’ Marcus Mariota, continued a four-day symposium designed to get them ready for the NFL and beyond.

“That’s why we’re here,” said Mariota, the Heisman Trophy win-ner from Oregon taken with the No. 2 overall pick by Tennessee. “They provide us information that will help us not only on the financial side of stuff, but on the field and off the field. And as we go forward, we’ll take this information to hopefully help ourselves.”

Now in its 17th year, the sympo-sium is viewed by the league as a vital first step for its players, a springboard toward success. Panel discussions feature current and for-mer players, who talk candidly about their experiences, whether it’s being bilked by a financial adviser or a life-altering legal mistake.

Former wide receiver Donte Stallworth spoke to the group about the consequences of his DUI man-slaughter conviction for hitting and killing a man in 2009.

“It just something that opens your eyes and makes you realize life it too important,” Browns offensive tackle Cameron Erving said. “It makes you realize that life it too short to cut it short off something that is easily fixed.”

With its red-white-and-blue shield stained last season by the Aaron Hernandez murder case and Ray Rice’s domestic abuse situation, the NFL is trying to be more proactive in supporting its players with pro-grams meant to help them and poli-cies that will weed out the biggest troublemakers.

Goodell has displayed a strong, swift hand with discipline, and the league has implemented a new con-duct policy that calls for a six-game suspension for a first-time domestic violence offense and a lifetime ban for a second.

Charles Way, the league’s new vice president of player engagement, said the emphasis during this year’s symposium is on actions, not words.

“We tell them, you don’t have to learn from others’ mistakes, but you can learn from others’ successes,” said Way, a fullback with the New York Giants from 1995-99. “It’s just being more positive, saying you don’t have to be labeled as a bad guy because this isn’t what this league is, this league is about values, respect, integrity, responsibility, resiliency and how if you use those values how it can lead to a success-ful life not just on the field, but off the field.”

“It’s educating these guys and inspiring these guys and empower-ing these guys to be great men. Not just good football players, but great men.”

With their symposium winding down — the NFC rookies will be in later this week — the AFC players took a break Tuesday to play football with area school kids, some not much younger than the new pros.

Mariota and his Titans team-mates, including wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham, whose involvement in a domestic abuse case ultimately led to his dismissal at Missouri, broke a sweat running around inside the Browns’ indoor training facility. It was a welcome break from the serious discussions the past few days and a chance to process a lot of information.

For Ravens tight end Maxx Williams, much what he heard dur-ing the symposium was familiar. His father, Brian, played center for the Giants from 1989-99, and has briefed his son on what to expect in the NFL. Still, the younger Williams said it was good to have the lessons fortified.

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NASCAR uneasy with Confederate flagDistances itself from symbol after murders

By Mark LongAssociated Press

Confederate flags are as easy to find at NASCAR races as cutoff jeans, cowboy hats and beer.

They fly over motorhomes. They adorn clothing. They are regular f i x t u r e s , j u s t l i k e F o r d a n d Chevrolet, and that is unlikely to change any time soon.

NASCAR probably would like to

see them go away.The sanctioning body for the

motorsports series backed South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s call to remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds in the wake of the Charleston church massacre. NASCAR issued its statement Tuesday, the same day South Carolina lawmakers agreed to discuss removing the flag and one day after Haley said “the time has come” to take it down. And that is as far as NASCAR appears willing to go for now.

“As our industry works collec-tively to ensure that all fans are

welcome at our races, NASCAR will continue our long-standing policy to disallow the use of the Confederate flag symbol in any o f f i c i a l N A S C A R c a p a c i t y , ” NASCAR said. “While NASCAR recognizes that freedom of expres-sion is an inherent right of all citi-zens, we will continue to strive for an inclusive environment at our events.”

International Speedway Corp., NASCAR’S sister company that owns a majority of the tracks, echoed the sanctioning body’s response.

“We join NASCAR in support of

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s position on the Confederate flag,” ISC President John Saunders said in a statement. “ISC strives to ensure all fans are welcome to enjoy our events and maintains an inclusive environment at our facili-ties nationwide. ISC will continue our long-standing practice to pro-hibit the sale of Confederate flag material on our property.”

Saunders declined a request by The Associated Press for further comment. Other tracks did not respond to requests for comment.

How It’s Done

CHRIS DEVITTO / Palatka Daily News

Palatka Municipal pro Paul Trettner talks about approach shots at a junior clinic last week.

Playing for a friendO

ver the years, Dan Lipko has devoted an untold amount of time and energy towards the betterment of the

Municipal Course.Now it’s time for local golfers

to step up and say thanks to Lipko, who is bat-tling serious health issues.

Towards that end is Saturday’s Dan Lipko Appreciation Golf Tournament.

With proceeds earmarked to assist Dan and his family, the four-person scramble will handi-cap each player. A player gets 20 percent of his handicap deducted, B player 15 percent, C player 10 percent and D player 5 percent.

A member of the Palatka Men’s Golf

Association Hall of Fame, Lipko over the years has served as both president and board member of the association.

“The thing that I remember most about working with Dan is that he would always do any-

thing for the benefit of the club,” says former Municipal Course pro Greg Bacon.

“It didn’t matter what the event was you could always count on Dan being at the course ready to do whatever was needed for it to be successful,” adds Bacon, noting that Lipko’s wife Debbie was a fixture at tournaments as well, always ready to pitch in and help.

LOCAL GOLFDANNY HOOD

Bradyhearinggoes 10hours

By racheL cohenAssociated Press

NEW YORK — After a 10-hour hear-ing, Tom Brady now must wait to find out if his appeal of a four-game suspen-sion carried any weight with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

Brady was suspended by the league for his role in the use of deflated foot-balls in the AFC championship game win over Indianapolis. He arrived at the NFL’s Park Avenue offices Tuesday morning, as did attorney Jeffrey Kessler, who is leading Brady’s defense.

It was growing dark when Goodell left the league headquarters after he heard Brady and representatives from the players’ union during the lengthy meeting. League security said Brady also had left.

No details of the hearing were imme-diately available.

“I think we put in a very compelling case,” Kessler said, adding that no timetable on a decision by Goodell had been given.

Kessler said he would have no fur-ther comments Tuesday night, and nei-ther the union nor the league immedi-ately commented.

This was the latest step in the pro-tracted “Deflategate” scandal, and no decisions were expected Tuesday.

Indeed, it is uncertain how soon Goodell will announce anything; he could decide to keep the suspension as it is, reduce it or completely wipe it clean.

With training camps set to open in five weeks, the commissioner has some time to consider the evidence presented at the hearing. But the Patriots also can’t finalize training camp practice plans for the quarterback position until they know Brady’s availability for the 2015 season.

Should Goodell keep the four-game ban — or even if he reduces it but doesn’t dismiss it totally — Brady could go to court. That could delay any solu-tion for months.

On Tuesday, as Goodell was hearing a myriad of testimonies, Brady sup-porters were outside, some wearing “Free Brady” T-shirts. At least until the rains came, that is.

Some reporters joked that the meet-ing lasted so long because a summer storm was hitting the city and no one wanted to leave the building in such weather.

But just past 8:30 p.m. EDT, the principles headed out.

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See GOLF, Page 7A

See BRADY, Page 7A

Virginia blanks Vandy, forces deciding CWS Game 3By eric oLson

Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb. — Surprise starter Adam Haseley and Josh Sborz com-bined on the shutout, senior utility man Thomas Woodruff drove in two runs, and the Cavaliers defeated Vanderbilt 3-0 on Tuesday night to force a winner-take-all game in the College World Series.

For the second year in a row, these two teams will go the distance i n t h e b e s t - o f - t h r e e f i n a l s . Vanderbilt (51-20) will be playing for a second straight national title on Wednesday. Virginia (43-24) will be looking for its first.

Haseley, the Cavaliers’ regular center fielder, hadn’t pitched since May 23. The freshman gave coach Brian O’Connor all he could have

hoped for, working into the sixth inning for his longest outing and turning over a scoreless game to Sborz (7-2).

Sborz, who picked up his third career win in the CWS, hasn’t allowed an earned run in 27 consec-ut ive innings. He was tested Tuesday, with Vanderbilt getting its leadoff batter on base in the fifth, sixth, seventh and ninth innings.

The ninth was especially tense for Sborz after Bryan Reynolds singled and Will Toffey walked. But Sborz struck out Jeren Kendall, got Karl Ellison to fly out and struck out Nolan Rogers to end the game.

Virginia broke through against Vandy starter Phil Pfeifer (6-5) for three unearned runs in the sixth after he had retired the first two batters.

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

WEDNESDAY, June 24No events scheduled.

THURSDAY, June 25SUMMER BASEBALL

Palatka at Daytona Mainalnd, TBA

TIDESPalatka City Dock

High LowToday 9:47A,10:31P 5:15A,5:32PJune 25 10:36A,11:24P 6:08A,6:15PJune 26 11:29A,--------- 7:00A,6:58P

St. Augustine Beach High LowToday 1:59A,2:41P 8:33A,9:08PJune 25 2:48A,3:33P 9:20A,10:01PJune 26 3:40A,4:26P 10:07A,10:53P

BASEBALLAL Standings

East Division W L Pct GBTampa Bay 41 32 .562 —New York 38 33 .535 2Baltimore 37 33 .529 2½Toronto 38 35 .521 3Boston 31 41 .431 9½Central Division W L Pct GBKansas City 40 27 .597 —Minnesota 38 33 .535 4Detroit 37 34 .521 5Cleveland 32 38 .457 9½Chicago 31 39 .443 10½West Division W L Pct GBHouston 41 31 .569 —Texas 37 34 .521 3½Los Angeles 36 35 .507 4½Seattle 32 39 .451 8½Oakland 32 41 .438 9½Monday’s GamesPhiladelphia 11, N.Y. Yankees 8Detroit 8, Cleveland 5Toronto 8, Tampa Bay 5Minnesota 13, Chicago White Sox 2L.A. Angels 4, Houston 3Kansas City 4, Seattle 1Tuesday’s GamesPhiladelphia 11, N.Y. Yankees 6Baltimore 6, Boston 4Detroit 7, Cleveland 3Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 3Oakland 8, Texas 6Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 2Houston at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.Kansas City at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesDetroit (Farmer 0-1) at Cleveland (Carrasco 8-6), 12:10 p.m.Toronto (Estrada 5-3) at Tampa Bay (Karns 4-3), 12:10 p.m.Philadelphia (Hamels 5-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 0-0), 1:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Sale 6-3) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 5-6), 1:10 p.m.Houston (McCullers 3-2) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 4-5), 3:35 p.m.Baltimore (B.Norris 2-5) at Boston (Buchholz 4-6), 7:10 p.m.Oakland (Graveman 3-4) at Texas (W.Rodriguez 4-2), 8:05 p.m.Kansas City (D.Duffy 2-3) at Seattle (Elias 4-4), 10:10 p.m.

NL StandingsEast Division W L Pct GBWashington 38 33 .535 —New York 36 36 .500 2½Atlanta 35 36 .493 3Miami 30 42 .417 8½Philadelphia 26 47 .356 13Central Division W L Pct GBSt. Louis 46 24 .657 —Pittsburgh 40 30 .571 6Chicago 39 30 .565 6½Cincinnati 32 37 .464 13½Milwaukee 26 46 .361 21West Division W L Pct GBLos Angeles 39 33 .542 —San Francisco 38 33 .535 ½Arizona 34 36 .486 4San Diego 34 38 .472 5Colorado 31 39 .443 7Monday’s GamesPhiladelphia 11, N.Y. Yankees 8

Chicago Cubs 4, L.A. Dodgers 2Tuesday’s GamesPittsburgh 7, Cincinnati 6Washington 3, Atlanta 1Philadelphia 11, N.Y. Yankees 6St. Louis 4, Miami 3Chicago Cubs 1, L.A. Dodgers 0, 10 inningsMilwaukee 3, N.Y. Mets 2Colorado 10, Arizona 5San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.Wednesday’s GamesPhiladelphia (Hamels 5-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 0-0), 1:05 p.m.Atlanta (S.Miller 5-3) at Washington (Zimmermann 5-5), 7:05 p.m.Cincinnati (Leake 4-4) at Pittsburgh (G.Cole 11-2), 7:05 p.m.St. Louis (Jai.Garcia 2-3) at Miami (Latos 2-4), 7:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 4-2) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 2-3), 8:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 9-5) at Milwaukee (Nelson 3-8), 8:10 p.m.Arizona (Webster 1-1) at Colorado (Hale 2-2), 8:40 p.m.San Diego (Kennedy 4-5) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 5-5), 10:15 p.m.

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Pillar cf 3 0 1 0 Elmore 1b 4 0 0 0Goins 2b 1 0 0 0 Rivera c 4 0 0 0Smoak ph 1 0 0 0 Kawsk 2b 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 3 4 2 Totals 30 4 9 3Toronto 000 010 101—3Tampa Bay 010 020 01x—4E—Pillar (2), Elmore (4). DP—Toronto 2. LOB—Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 8. 2B—Kiermaier (14). HR—Encarnacion (14), D.Navarro (2), A.Cabrera (5). SB—Souza Jr. (10). S—Goins. IP H R ER BB SOTorontoDickey L,3-7 7 8 3 3 3 2Delabar 1 1 1 1 1 0Tampa BayArcher W,9-4 8 3 2 1 1 7Boxberger S,19-21 1 1 1 1 0 2HBP—by Dickey (Longoria, Forsythe). WP—Dickey. PB—Ru.Martin 2.Umpires—Home, Rob Drake; First, Ben May; Second, Joe West; Third, Kerwin Danley.T—2:14. A—11,474 (31,042).

NBADraft Order

The order for the 2015 NBA Draft, which is to be held on Thursday night at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.

FIRST ROUNDPick Team 1 Minnesota2 LA Lakers3 Philadelphia4 New York5 Orlando6 Sacramento7 Denver8 Detroit9 Charlotte10 Miami11 Indiana12 Utah13 Phoenix14 Oklahoma Cty15 Atlanta16 Boston17 Milwaukee18 Houston19 Washington20 Toronto21 Dallas22 Chicago23 Portland24 Cleveland25 Memphis26 San Antonio27 LA Lakers28 Boston29 Brooklyn30 Golden St.

SECOND ROUND31 Minnesota32 Houston33 Boston34 LA Lakers35 Philadelphia36 Minnesota37 Philadelphia38 Detroit39 Charlotte40 Miami41 Brooklyn42 Utah43 Indiana44 Phoenix45 Boston46 Milwaukee47 Philadelphia48 Oklahoma Cty49 Washington50 Atlanta51 Orlando52 Dallas53 Cleveland54 Utah55 San Antonio56 New Orleans57 Denver58 Philadelphia59 Atlanta60 Philadelphia

COLLEGEBaseball World Series

Saturday, June 13Virginia 5, Arkansas 3Florida 15, Miami 3Sunday, June 14TCU 10, LSU 3CS Fullerton vs. Vanderbilt , ppd., rainMonday, June 15 Vanderbilt 4, CS Fullerton 3Miami 4, Arkansas 3 (Arkansas elimi-nated)Virginia 1, Florida 0Tuesday, June 16 LSU 5, CS Fullerton 3 (CS Fullerton eliminated)Vanderbilt 1, TCU 0Wednesday, June 17 Florida 10, Miami 2 (Miami eliminated)Thursday, June 18 TCU 8, LSU 4 (LSU eliminated)Friday, June 19 Florida 10, Virginia 5 Vanderbilt 7, TCU 1 (TCU eliminated)Saturday, June 20 Virginia 5, Florida 4 (Florida eliminat-ed) World Series FinalsVanderbilt vs. Virginia June 22 Vanderbilt 5, Virginia 1June 23 Virginia 3, Vanderbilt 0(Series tied, 1-1)Tonight Virginia vs. Vanderbilt, 8 p.m., ESPN

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NFL

Jaguars mascot retiresJACKSONVILLE — For the second time in

franchise history, the Jacksonville Jaguars are looking for a new mascot.

Or at least someone new to wear the “Jaxson de Ville” costume.

Curtis Dvorak, who has been “The Cat” since the mascot’s inception in 1996, announced Tuesday that he is retiring after 19 seasons.

The 39-year-old Dvorak entertained and often mesmerized fans with his fearless and creative stunts, which most notably included bungee jump-ing from the top of scoreboards and light fixtures. He donned the suit for 192 games, including 37 preseason and three postseason.

His tenure also included some controversy. The NFL changed its rules regarding mascot behavior in part because of Jaxson’s sideline and end zone antics in the late 1990s, and the cat made head-lines last fall after using the Ebola epidemic to mock the Pittsburgh Steelers.

BASEBALL

Six straight for Rays’ ArcherST. PETERSBURG — Once again, Chris Archer

made it look easy against the Toronto Blue Jays.The young Tampa Bay pitcher improved to 3-0

this season against the Rays’ AL East rivals, limit-ing the high-scoring Blue Jays to three hits over eight innings in a 4-3 victory Tuesday night that extended the 26-year-old’s personal-best winning streak to six straight decisions.

The Blue Jays lead the major leagues in runs scored by a wide margin, but have had an especial-ly tough time stringing together hits against Archer, who is 6-1 in 12 career starts against them.

In three games against Toronto this year, the right-hander has allowed two runs and seven hits while striking out 25 over 22 innings. He walked one and struck out seven Tuesday night, and only one of Toronto’s two runs off him was earned.

“With a pitcher like that, I feel like I’m bored because he’s striking out everybody. Nobody’s hit-ting ground balls to the shortstop,” Tampa Bay’s Asdrubal Cabrera said. “I’m enjoying it when he’s on the mound.”

Stanton up in All-Star voteNEW YORK — Major league home run leader

Giancarlo Stanton has moved back into position to start in next month’s All-Star game.

The Miami slugger rose from fourth to second among NL outfielders in totals announced Tuesday, with San Francisco’s Nori Aoki dropping out of the top three.

More than 420 million votes have been cast, top-ping the previous mark of 391 million set two years ago. Each fan is allowed to vote up to 35 times.

The game in Cincinnati is July 14.Washington’s Bryce Harper leads NL outfield-

ers with 9.2 million votes, followed by Stanton at 4.8 million, injured St. Louis star Matt Holliday at 4.7 million and Aoki at 4.3 million. Harper’s total is a record for NL players, topping the 7.6 million for San Francisco’s Buster Posey in 2012.

Posey opened a 1.25 million vote lead at catcher over St. Louis’ Yadier Molina, up from 400,000 last week.

Other leaders include Arizona first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, Miami second baseman Dee Gordon, St. Louis shortstop Jhonny Peralta and Cardinals third baseman Matt Carpenter.

Voting runs through July 2, and starters are likely to be announced July 5.

NBA

Jackson has room to rebuildGREENBURGH, N.Y. — Had Phil Jackson been

discussing his six championships with Chicago, nobody would argue.

If he meant the five more he won coaching the Lakers, he’d have been correct.

But when he said Tuesday he did a “great job,” he was referring to last season, his first as president of basketball operations for the New York Knicks.

That’s a 17-65 season that was the worst in fran-chise history, for any Knicks fans who’ve been try-ing to forget.

It was bad enough to make anyone wonder if Jackson, whose 11 championships are the most of any NBA coach, was cut out for the job of executive.

Now he can prove he is.With the No. 4 pick in the draft and another $25

million or so to spend in free agency, the Knicks are in position to be offseason winners.

To Jackson, that started with last season’s losing.“I did a great job last year shedding things, get-

ting us in position where we have this flexibility,” he said.

COLLEGE ATHLETICS

O’Leary interim AD at UCFORLANDO — University of Central Florida

football coach George O’Leary has been named the school’s interim athletic director.

School officials said Tuesday that O’Leary will serve as interim athletic director through the end of the year. The position became open after UCF athletic director Todd Stansbury took a job with Oregon State.

O’Leary will remain the football coach, a job he has had for almost a dozen years. Under O’Leary’s leadership, the team became nationally ranked, and he led the Knights to their biggest victory with a win in the 2014 Fiesta Bowl.

His tenure hasn’t been without controversy. A football player died after a conditioning drill in 2008, and the athletic program was hit with recruiting sanctions by the NCAA. UCF appealed the sanctions and later won.

–Associated Press

“Dan’s a good man and he total-ly deserves all the support the golf community here can provide,” says Bacon.

Cost is $65 per player. This includes golf fees and prizes, lunch after play, cash prizes for first place…paying first through third places, closest to the pin prizes and 50/50 raffle.

Play begins with a 9 a.m. shot-gun start…

Memorial Match play reach-es finals. A couple of familiar

names in tournament play are slated to go at it as the Memorial Match Play has reached the finals at the Municipal Course.

Representing the Nicklaus Flight is Randy Werkheiser, who has won two of the last three Match Play events, as well as earning the last two Player of the Year Awards from the Palatka Men’s Golf Association.

Werkheiser meets Palmer Flight champ, Lucas Bennett. The Palatka High golf coach, Bennett is no stranger to high fin-ishes in numerous tournaments.

Werkheiser’s road to the finals includes wins over Ray Spofford (2-up), Rodney Webb (3 and 2),

Jimmy Moody (6 and 4) and Ron Mullis (4 and 3).

Bennett , meanwhile , has recorded victories over Paul Flateau (1-up, 19 holes), Travis Wilkinson (3 and 2), Marty McCullough (3 and 2) and Art Lanier (3 and 2).

Twilight Scramble results. Ron Taylor, Jim Keeley, Lee Link, Randy Werkheiser and Travis Wilkinson carded 9 under par to win last Thursday’s Twilight Scramble.

The nine-hole scramble is held every Thursday at the Municipal Course. Play begins around 5:30 p.m. Cost is $20…

South Putnam News. Fran

Mara, Larry McKenzie, Donna C u m m i n g s a n d D o n Fesperman shot 32 to win the June 12 scramble at Fruitland’s The Oaks Golf Club.

Rosemary Dreesen, Steve Hink, Bob Stites and Susan Blizzard all shared CTP honors on No. 13.

P a t F r e e m a n , C h u c k Mancino, Don Frazee and Randy Peterson won the June 19 scramble.

Debbie Peterson was closest to the pin on No. 2.

Danny Hood’s golf column appears every Wednesday in the

Palatka Daily News.

GolfCONTINUED FROM PAGE 6A

“I tried to take away from all of it, from the financial stuff, knowing

how to set yourself up for the future and learning from veterans on how I should prepare my body,” he said. “I’ve heard it from my dad, but it’s always better to hear it from some-one in the league, a teammate. It reinforces everything he always said

to me.”Mariota seems to have a head

start on some of the other rookies. Unlike many in his generation, he’s abstaining from social media, a new distraction for today’s players and a place where the misuse of a word or

photo can have major repercussions.“You’ve got to be careful,” Mariota

said. “I like to keep my personal life private.”

Tom Withers writes for The Associated Press.

WithersCONTINUED FROM PAGE 6A

Nine people were slain last week at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Dylann Storm Roof, 21, is charged with murder. The white man appeared in photos holding Confederate flags and burning or desecrating U.S. flags, and purportedly wrote of fomenting racial violence.

Big retailers like Wal-Mart, Amazon, Sears, eBay and Etsy all said they would remove Confederate merchandise from their stores or websites and pol-iticians across the South called for various steps to move away from the symbol that many associate with racism.

NASCAR has faced criticism over the years for var ious issues, often involving sponsors. A decade ago, there were ques-tions when hard liquor compa-nies emerged as potential spon-sors for a sport built around fast cars and a series whose found-ing in 1948 gave ex-moonshin-

ers a place to race. More recent-l y , t h e N a t i o n a l R i f l e Associat ion drew attention when it struck a sponsorship d e a l w i t h T e x a s M o t o r Speedway not long after the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting in Connecticut.

Confederate flags have been flown by fans at NASCAR races f o r y e a r s . F o r N A S C A R ’ s Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, a two-and-a-half-hour drive north of Charleston, a Confederate flag theme was part of poster merchandise from the 1950s into the late ’70s.

Tracks have long and detailed rules for fans, but none involv-i n g t h e c o n t e n t o f f l a g s . Although NASCAR has elimi-nated the use of Confederate flags in any official capacity, it could take things a step further and include language in sanc-tioning agreements that would ban them altogether at tracks.

But that would be difficult to enforce at tracks with hundreds of acres of infield space and sometimes more than 100,000 fans.

“There’s only so much that

you can do with an issue like this if you’re NASCAR,” said Brad Daugherty, a former NBA star and current co-owner of JTG Daugherty Racing.

“But I will tell you, being an African-American man going to the racetrack and seeing the Confederate flag - and I’m a dif-ferent egg or a different bird because I’m a Southern kid, I’m a mountain kid, I hunt and fish, I love racing,” Daugherty said Tuesday on Sirius XM radio. “But to walk into the racetrack and there’s only few that you w a l k i n t o a n d s e e t h a t Confederate flag - it does make my skin crawl. And even though I do my best to not acknowledge it or to pay any attention to it, it ’s there and it bothers me because of what it represents.”

In 2012, NASCAR and track officials canceled plans to have pro golfer Bubba Watson drive the car from the television series “The Dukes of Hazzard” a t P h o e n i x I n t e r n a t i o n a l Raceway, which is owned by ISC. Officials cited concerns about a negative reaction to an image of the Confederate flag on

the roof of the “General Lee.”“The image of the Confederate

f lag i s not something that should play an official role in our sport as we continue to reach out to new fans and make N A S C A R m o r e i n c l u s i v e , ” NASCAR spokesman David Higdon said at the time. Watson said he didn’t “stand for the Confederate flag” and noted that NASCAR was “built on moonshining,” an occasional theme in the TV show.

Former “Dukes” actor and ex-Georg ia Congressman Ben Jones criticized that decision.

“As a cast member of ‘The Dukes of Hazzard ’ and the owner of several ‘General Lees,’ I can attest that the car and our show reflect the very best of American values , and that Hazzard County was a place where racism was not tolerat-ed,” said Jones, who played the mechanic Cooter on the show. “This action by NASCAR is a provocative and unnecessary overreaction to a problem that doesn’t exist. It is a disgraceful and gratuitous insult to a lot of very decent people.”

FlagCONTINUED FROM PAGE 6A

The NFL Players Association had asked Goodell to recuse himself from hearing the appeal because he could not be impartial and might be called as a witness. But Goodell said it was his responsibility to oversee the hearing to protect the integrity of the league.

Based on the league-sanctioned Wells report, Brady was suspended and the Patriots were fined $1 mil-lion and docked a pair of draft picks.

Among the key elements of Brady’s appeal: who ordered his four-game suspension and whether science supports the league’s find-ings about deflated footballs.

The NFL says Goodell autho-rized the discipline that was imposed by league executive Troy Vincent, who signed the letters sent to Brady and the Patriots informing them of the penalties. The NFLPA challenged Vincent’s power to issue punishment, citing Article 46 of the league’s collective bargaining agreement.

Goodell dismissed the union’s claim.

“I did not delegate my disciplin-

ary authority to Mr. Vincent; I con-curred in his recommendation and authorized him to communicate to Mr. Brady the discipline imposed u n d e r m y a u t h o r i t y a s Commissioner,” Goodell said in his letter to the union on June 2. “The identity of the person who signed the disciplinary letter is irrelevant.”

The penalties were announced after investigator Ted Wells found that the Super Bowl champions illegally used under-inflated foot-balls in the AFC title game.

Goodell issued punishments to Greg Hardy, Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice in recent, high-profile cases involving players violating

the league’s personal conduct poli-cy. The league doesn’t consider Brady’s case similar because it involved rules of the game.

Scientific arguments also were a major part of Brady’s defense. Brady’s lawyers tried to shoot down the findings of an independent firm hired to provide scientific analysis of the air pressure inside the foot-balls used by the Patriots and Colts during the AFC title game.

Brady’s side claimed:n The evidence collected in the

Wells report doesn’t prove Brady violated any NFL rules.

n The punishment is harsher than for similar violations.

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Special to the Daily News

Florida School of the Arts recent-ly bid farewell to 36 graduates now on their way to pursue careers in art galleries, on stage

or behind the scenes in the entertain-ment industry.

Many will continue their education at universities before finding their niche in the arts. The college honored students who received their associate degrees in the visual and performing arts at the St. Johns River State College Palatka campus.

The commencement speech was given by Aaron Paley, president and co-founder of Community Art Resources, a Los Angeles based orga-nization that creates opportunities to engage culture with the community.

Paley has 30 years of experience in production, administration and plan-ning for the arts. He has combined his passion for urban planning and archi-tecture with his endeavors in the arts to create a body of work, which cham-pions public space and the performing arts as catalysts to create a stronger civic fabric, including the reuse of his-toric structures and the integration of artists and art organizations into our daily lives.

Outstanding graduates were also recognized during the ceremony.

The award for Outstanding Graduate in Design and Technical Theatre was presented to Tobias Evans.

The award for Outstanding Graduate in the Performing Arts went to Chloe Cordle.

Awards for Outstanding Graduate in the Visual Arts and Outstanding Academic Achievement went to Leda Balch.

Florida School of the Arts graduates are as follows: Nicole Acosta, Kayla Allen, Kelsey Angles, Leda Balch, Brittany Bauer, Emily Rose Blanton, Jennifer Broadbent, Aris Bursell, Jade Campbell, Cassidy Canova, Chloe Cordle, Kristem Cuestas, Jordy Diaz, Clinton Dickinson, Tobias Evans, Rozalyn Finch, Krissy Garcia-Santiago, Carlysle Garland, Molly Hannigan, Sydney Harber, Alexandria Holloway, Benoit Lamoureux, Jordan Leggett, Dwight Leslie, Jr., Kelsey Martin, Robert McGurn, Lynona McKinzie, Amber Nelson, Cole Nowacki, Ashlee Philpott, Ryan Plappert, Linda Ruiz, Ariel Ryals-Trammell, Briauna Shope, Nicolas Silvestris and Jamie Tidwell.

Florida School of the Arts is part of the academic and administrative structure of SJR State and awards the two-year associate degree in the fol-lowing areas of study: visual art, stage management, dance performance, the-ater technology, acting and musical theater.

The school serves the state of Florida. Admission is based on an audition or portfolio review, an inter-view with the faculty and admission to SJR State. Students produce and perform in about four visual arts exhi-bitions and 10 performances each year.

For information about Florida School of the Arts, call 312-4300 or visit online at floarts.org.

Submitted photos

FloArts instructors Patricia Crotty, left, and Robert O’Leary, right, present the award for Outstanding Graduate in Design and Technical Theatre to Tobias Evans, center.

Dean of Florida School of the Arts Alain Hentschel, left, presents the award for Outstanding Graduate in Academic Achievement to Leda Balch, who also received the award for Outstanding Graduate in the Visual Arts.

FloArts instructor Stephanie Masterson, left, presents the award for Outstanding Graduate in Performing Arts to Chloe Cordle.

Florida School of the Arts honors graduates

Special to the Daily NewsSt. Johns River State College crimi-

nal justice academy cadets were recent-ly recognized during a graduation cere-mony. Cadets representing Putnam, St. Johns, Clay, Duval, Flagler and other counties received their certificates of completion for the law enforcement and corrections basic recruit programs.

Orange Park Police Chief Gary Goble addressed the graduates as the guest speaker.

Special recognition in the basic law enforcement class went to Carl Yost of Clay County, who received the “Medallion Award” for highest overall achievement, as well as John DellaPorta and Brant Clouser of St. Johns County for “Highest Academic Achievement.”

Special recognition in the corrections class went to Putnam County residents Ray Johnson for “Highest Academic Achievement” and Joshua Parcher for the “Medallion Award.”

Law enforcement basic recruit grad-uates from Putnam County: Jared Bradley and Kyle Simmons.

Law enforcement basic recruit grad-uates from St. Johns County: Brant Clouser, Nicholas Coin, Thomas Dame, John DellaPorta, Jacob Fuller, Sean Holmes, Joseph Jones, Jonathan McKeithen, Matthew McRee, John Newman, Tyler Smith and Wayne Tichy.

Law enforcement basic recruit grad-uates from Clay County: Evan Green,

Robert Nelson, Stephen Ventura and Carl Yost.

Law enforcement basic recruit grad-uates from Duval County: Jeremy Clark, Thomas Jowers and Jared Livingood.

Law enforcement basic recruit grad-uate from Flagler County: Dale Tanguilig.

Law enforcement basic recruit grad-uates other counties: Dillon Cornn and David Elliott.

Corrections graduates from Putnam County: Ray Johnson and Joshua Parcher.

Corrections graduates from St. Johns County: James Gray, Kyle Liedtke, Joseph Newton and Joseph Smallwood.

Corrections graduate from Duval County: Jonathan Clermont.

The ceremony was held at the Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts. The Thrasher-Horne Center is owned

and operated by SJR State College and is on the Orange Park campus.

The criminal justice certificate pro-grams provide job-related training to prepare cadets for entry-level employ-ment in their career field.

Cadets who complete the certificate programs will be eligible to take the state certification exam. The certifi-cates also provide credit hours to be transferred into SJR State’s associate in science degree in criminal justice technology. The program is located on the St. Augustine campus.

Applications are currently being accepted for 2015 enrollment. Day classes for the law enforcement pro-gram will begin July 8, with evening classes beginning in August.

Classes for the corrections officer program will begin in September. For information about SJR State’s criminal justice programs, call 904-808-7490 or visit the website at SJRstate.edu.

SJR State law enforcement and corrections cadets recognized

Submitted photos

Special awards are presented to corrections cadets at the SJR State criminal justice graduation ceremony. The “Medallion Award” for highest overall achievement is presented to Putnam County resident Joshua Parcher, left, and recognition for “Highest Academic Achievement” is presented to Putnam County resident Ray Johnson, right.

Special awards are presented to law enforcement cadets at the SJR State criminal justice graduation ceremony. SJR State instructor Dan DeCoursey, right, presents the “Medallion Award” for highest overall achievement to Clay County resident Carl Yost.

SJR State instructor Dan DeCoursey, center, presents the award for “Highest Academic Achievement” to St. Johns County residents John DellaPorta, left, and Brant Clouser, right.

SJR State honors adult education graduates

Special to the Daily NewsBeyond the family cheers and camera flashes, the adult educa-

tion graduation at St. Johns River State College represented more than just the passing of an exam – it represented countless indi-vidual achievements, struggles and challenges that are the very fabric of every GED diploma.

During the ceremony, Anita Anderson, Sammie Bootle and Emily Vaughn were awarded SJR State scholarships based upon their test scores, individual academic and career planning goals, and an essay.

The commencement speaker for the event was SJR State President Joe Pickens, who congratulated graduates on their courage to step out of their comfort zones and take great strides to better their futures.

During his address, Pickens shared his “Top 10 Qualities of Leadership” with the graduates, highlighting the importance of serving others and leading by example. Pickens also stressed the importance of giving others the opportunity to lead as well as pos-sessing blind faith.

“What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?” he asked the graduates.“Someone once believed we could invent a horseless carriage. Someone once believed we could find a cure for polio. Someone once believed we could send a man to the moon.”

“As you embark on new opportunities, this may be the most important aspect to remember. You have what it takes; you can do it,” Pickens said. “Great things happen because people believe beyond their fears. Don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone, and you will be amazed at what might happen.”

Graduate and scholarship recipient Anita Anderson couldn’t agree more. “I decided to get my GED because I knew that if I wanted to get into a successful field in any kind of industry, I would need that diploma under my belt,” she said. “It feels abso-lutely gratifying to walk across the stage with my cap, gown and tassel and receive a diploma many people might give up on. I was simply overwhelmed.”

Anderson was excited to receive an SJR State scholarship. “When I heard my name being called for the scholarship, I instantly started crying,” she said. “I had hoped I would receive it, and I feel so lucky and grateful to have this opportunity,” she said. Anderson plans to pursue an associate’s degree in nursing and has high hopes for the future. “Who knows what doors could open now?” she said.

SJR State’s adult education program is available for individu-als who wish to improve their skills and/or prepare to earn a Florida high school diploma through the General Educational Development (GED) program. The program consists of self-paced and computer-assisted instruction, use of textbooks and hand-outs, and dedicated, qualified instructors.

As of January 2014, the General Education Development (GED) exam is delivered computer-based and is administered on the SJR State Palatka campus. There are four subject areas to the test, and test-takers may take up to two subject areas per day.

The GED test is administered at SJR State’s Palatka campus on Mondays from 9 a.m. to noon and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Registration and payment is available online or by telephone at 877-392-6433. The cost of the exam is $32 per subject area. For information, call the adult education department at 312-4080 or visit the website at www.SJRstate.edu.

Submitted photo

Three SJR State students receive SJR State scholarships based upon their test scores, individual academic and career planning goals, and an essay. From left, SJR State board member Brian Keith, Emily Vaughn, Anita Anderson, SJR State board member Marlene Lagasse, Samuel Bootle and SJR State president Joe Pickens.

Submitted photo

The Useless Animal Farm Sanctuary Inc. in Palatka for the sixth year had its fundraiser drawing recently for a summer vacation for three nights in Kissimmee plus tickets for four to Disney World. Satellite Beach’s Elizabeth Vanderbilt’s name was drawn by Kia Williams, left, and Kattie Rawlerson, right. Vanderbilt gifted the prize to Buddy and Lolly Klepper of Port Orange. The fundraiser for the local farm animal sanctuary raised $3,005. The prize drawing was valued at $1,150. For details on the sanctuary, visit the website at uselessanimalfarm.org, call 325-8289 or email [email protected]. Donations to the sanctuary can be made to Useless Animal Farm Sanctuary Inc., Attn: Ode Spear, director, 7451 Crill Ave., Palatka, FL 32177.

And The Winner is?

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9 A C L ASS I F I E D S • PALATKA DAILY NEWS • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 , 2015

Acreage / Lots1.89 Ac. off W River Rd.partially treed, creeks runback of property, dead-

end street, very peaceful.$15K, possible owner

finance. SunstateRealty 386-916-8328

3.5 acres, 165 SE 5thAve., Interlachen. $8KOBO. 386-756-0979

HomesHomes for sale Palatka,E. Palatka, Owner fin.,low dn pymt. Starting@ $40K, 386-559-0660

Mobile HomesAffordable living, quiet,Senior park, $3,500-

$19,000, 386-698-3648lakecrescentflorida.com

Repos: SW starting @$16.9K & DW starting @$29.9K. Make offer! We

also buy used SW & DW!386-328-4681

Mobile HomeWith Land'07 3BR/2BA DW cornerof Folklore & 309, Sat-

suma. Utility bldg,cement drive, 312'x110'lot, $73.5K OBO. Call for

appt.: 386-649-2375

Interlachen, Satsuma,Owner fin., low down

pymt. Starting @$25K, 386-559-0660

Waterfront3BR/2.5BA 2780SF,

CH/A, 100ft waterfront,340ft deep, boathouse &

dock, bulkhead, pooloverlooking St. JohnsRiver. $395K OBO.

386-312-6363

Riverfront, 155ft w/bulk-head & dock, 2 masterBR, 2 reg. BR, 3 full BA

(1 w/walk-in tub). 2-story,3 out bldgs, fruit trees,paved drive, sprinklersys. Appr. @ $460K.

Price neg. 386-546-7464

RECREATIONAL

800

Boats & Accessories18ft 1995 pontoon boatw/75 motor, needs TLC

& trailer. Best offer.Pomona Pk 336-1544

24ft fiberglass pontoonboat deck, good for dockw/or w/out trailer. Best

offer. Pom. Pk. 336-1544

Outboard motors, lg &sm, all serviced & readyto go! Pomona Pk. Wecan install. 336-1544

Campers /Travel Trailers

2014 29ft Forest RiverRV. Sleeps 6-8.

Electrical awning, lift,hitch & sway bars incl'd.$19.5K. 386-649-6731

Motorcycles /ATV /Accessories

Suzuki DR 650, newcondition, 268 miles,

$4,200. 386-937-6423or 386-325-0416

Yamaha 250, 2WD,utility 4-wheeler,

good cond., $1,395.386-972-1333

TRANSPORTATION

900

Van &Accessories

'99 Dodge extra-longwindow van, A/C, auto.,

$2,100 OBO. Pomona Pk386-336-1544

L shaped sectional sofa,brown, $25

386-972-1948

Sporting GoodsEZ Go electric 4-seatergolf cart, good cond.,w/charger, $1,395.

386-972-1333

Trailers12'x7' lawn trailer w/new

floor, ext. ramp gate,mower lift on side,$7,500. 16' trailer

w/ramp, surge brakes,dual axle, $500.386-649-9789

PETS & SUPPLIES

550

Pets & SuppliesMorkie Baby Boy!

(Maltese Yorkie), 11months. A little sweetie!

Shots & wormed,$229. 386-546-4545

Yorkie puppies,CKC reg., 8 weeks old,

$500. 386-916-1461

LIVESTOCK & SUPPLIES

560

Free Animals4 free kittens togood homes.386-336-0633

Free kitties to goodhomes. 386-336-1480

Free kittens: 1 male,1 female, fixed, 12 weeks

old, 386-983-4345,

FREE kittens to goodhomes, both female,

1 calico & 1 tabby386-624-5075

Lost & FoundAnimalsLost M. Golden Retriev-er. The kids miss him!Help bring him home!

Call/text 386-336-0343

Lost: Long-haired greymale cat, Satsuma,Yancey Circle area.

386-559-0911

FOR RENT REAL ESTATE60

0

ApartmentsBarrington AptsOffering 1 & 2BRs

386-325-0512www.barringtonapartments.org

Palatka Oaks AptsNow leasing studio &

1BR apts. For more info:386-328-6483;

200 College Rd.

Mobile Homes2BR/1BA & 3BR/2BA

for rent in different loc-ations, $450/mo andup, call 386-559-0660

3BR/2BA InterlachenLake Estates, good

cond., $700/m + $700dep. 561-389-6526

View of Crescent Lake!2/1 furn., scrn porches,50+ community, $750/m

+ F/L 386-546-5281

FOR SALE REAL ESTATE

700

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 7TH JUDICIAL CIR-CUIT, IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDA.C A S E N o .1 3 0 0 0 6 2 4 C A A X M X

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,SUCCESSOR BY MERGERTO BAC HOME LOANSSERVICING, LP F /K /ACOUNTRYWIDE HOMELOANS SERVICING, LP,Plaintiff,

vs.

MACE, GARY, et. al.,Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOS-URE SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to an Order or Fi-nal Judgment entered inC a s e N o .13000624CAAXMX of theCircuit Court of the 7TH Ju-dicial Circuit in and forPUTNAM County, Florida,wherein, BANK OF AMER-ICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BYMERGER TO BAC HOMELOANS SERVICING, LPF / K / A C O U N T R Y W I D EHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP, Plaintiff, and, MACE,GARY, et. al., are Defend-ants, clerk will sell to thehighest bidder for cash at,www.putnam.realforeclose.c o m , a t t h e h o u r o f11:00AM, on the 14th dayof July, 2015, the followingdescribed property:

LOT 109, BLOCK 12, OFTHE TOWN OF MARINERSLAKE (FORMERLY THETOWN OF ANDERSON) BE-ING A SUBDIVISION OFTHE SOUTH 1/2 OF THENORTHWEST 1 /4 ANDSOUTH 1/2 OF SECTION 03AND NORTH 1/2 OF SEC-TION 10; EXCEPT NORTH-EAST 1/4 OF NORTHWEST1/2 THEREOF; ALL INTOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH,RANGE 24 EAST, AS SUR-VEYED AND PLATTED BYCAPTAIN H.E. ANDERSON,AND RECORDED IN MAPBOOK 1, PAGE 67, OF THEOFFICE OF THE CLERK OFTHE CIRCUIT COURT, PUT-NAM 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 claim with-in 60 days after the sale.

DATED this 8th day ofJune, 2015.

GREENSPOON MARDER,P.A.TRADE CENTRE SOUTH,SUITE 7001 0 0 W E S T C Y P R E S SC R E E K R O A DFORT LAUDERDALE, FL33309Telephone: (954) 343 6273Hearing Line: (888) 491-1120Facsimile: (954) 343 6982Emai l 1: kar [email protected] m a i l 2 :[email protected]: /s / Kar issa Chin-Duncan, Esq.Florida Bar No. 98472

IMPORTANTIf you are a person with adisability who needs anyaccommodation in order toparticipate in this proceed-ing, you are entitled, at nocost to you, to the provi-sion of certain assistance.Please contact the Clerk ofthe Court's disability co-ordinator at 125 E OR-ANGE AVENUE, SUITE 300,DAYTONA BEACH, FL32114- , 386-257-6096. atleast 7 days before yourscheduled court appear-ance, or immediately uponreceiving this notification ifthe time before the sched-uled appearance is lessthan 7 days; if you arehearing or voice impaired,call 711.

6/17/15, 6/24/15Legal No. 00034321

The monthly board meet-ing held by the Palatka GasAuthori ty at 518 MainStreet, Palatka, FL 32177,normally held on the firstThursday of the month willbe held on Thursday July09, 2015 at 7:00pm. Gener-al Business will be dis-cussed.

6/24/15Legal No. 00034664

MERCHANDISE

400

Air / HeatingWindow AC unit, works

good, $50. 386-546-2574

Fruits &Vegetables

Blueberries! U-pick$3/lb, or we pick,daylight to dark,

7 day/wk 386-328-3909

Furniture &UpholsteryMattresses: Thick plushpillow-top or tight-top, allsizes. Cheapest prices!Pomona Park 336-1544

Office desk w/matchinghutch & printer table,

good cond., $99.386-916-8451

Lawn & GardenAntique 1949 John

Deere tractor w/60inbelly mower, trailer &

more. Runs good. Makeoffer. 386-698-3083

Machinery &ToolsCraftsman 18" gas chain-

saw, used only once,$100. 386-684-3018

386-643-8344

Honda pressure washer,like new $250. 20ft ext.ladder $60. 3/4HP floor-

mount grinder $100.386-698-2226

Items $25 or Less

2 men's TommyBahama silk shirts - size

L - exc. cond., $10.386-684-4390

4 men's Tommy Ba-hama Hawaiian silk shirts

- size XL - exc. cond.,$20. 386-684-4390

5 large, hearty ferns,grows well under oaks,$12 for all. 325-7649

Bissell upright baglessvacuum cleaner, exc.

cond., $25. Interlachen386-336-7635

Blooming now!Rose of Sharon,$6.95. 325-7649

Blue pedestal sinkwith faucet, $15.386-698-1539

Box of light oak laminateflooring, 10 pieces, $15.

386-698-1539

Dining Room table & 4chairs, Very Nice, Mapletop Beige legs $25 for all

386-972-1948

Glass top end table,white legs, decorative

knobs, $25. Interlachen.386-916-2104

Hewlett Packard copymachine, works good,

$25 firm. 904-418-2510or 386-916-9330

FLORIDANotice of Public Sale

Notice is hereby given thatChampion Self Storage willsell the contents of thestorage units listed belowat a public auction to satis-fy a lien placed on the con-tents (pursuant to Chapter83 of the Florida Statutes).The sale will take place atChampion Self Storage,4001 Reid Street, Palatka,FL 32177 on Thursday, Ju-ly 9, 2015 at 9:00 am. Thesale will be conducted onwww.StorageStuff.Bid un-der the guidance of Chris-topher Rosa and LegacyAuction Services (AU4167 -AB2825) on behalf of thefaci l i ty ’s management.Contents will be sold forcash only to the highestbidder. A 10% buyer’spremium will be charged aswell as a $50 cleaning de-posit per unit. All sales arefinal. Seller reserves theright to withdraw the prop-erty at any time before thesale or to refuse any bids.No one under 16 years oldis permitted. The propertyto be sold is described as“general household items”unless otherwise noted.

Unit/NameA032 Billy Fowler, JrA074 Brenda StapletonA079 Alice WilliamsC001 Leman NixonF008 Mary HunterF011 Jane BlossI002 Deana L Dodson-CampbellI002 Deana Dodson Camp-bellI005 Kismet B ClarkI061 Janice D EdgeN008 Misty DavisP002 William FoxP003 Gary L DouylliezQ014 Tiffany HarrisQ022 Sabrina BomberryQ023 Joenita PetersonQ028 Wayne L Crowe

6/17/15, 6/24/15Legal No. 00034158

IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR PUTNAM COUNTY,FLORIDA PROBATE DIVI-SION

File No. 2015-69-CPDivision 53

IN RE: ESTATE OF FLOYDANDERSON PARRISH JR.,Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORSThe administration of theestate of FLOYD ANDER-SON PARRISH JR., de-ceased, who was founddead on January 8, 2015, ispending in the CircuitCourt for Putnam County,Florida, Probate Division,the address of which is 410St. Johns Avenue, PalatkaFL 32177. The names andaddresses of the personalrepresentative and the per-sonal representative's at-torney are set forth below.

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

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

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

NOTWITHSTANDING THETIME PERIODS SET FORTHABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILEDTWO (2) YEARS OR MOREAFTER THE DECEDENT'SD A T E O F D E A T H I SB A R R E D .

The date of first publica-tion of this notice is June24, 2015.

Attorney for Personal Rep-resentative:/s/ John KeyJohn Key, Esq.F l o r i d a B a r N u m b e r :1 3 6 4 2 5KEY LAW OFFICES, P.A.415 St. Johns Avenue,Suite 2Palatka, FL 32177Telephone: (386) 385-3646Fax: (386) 385-3644E-Mail: [email protected]

Personal Representative:/s/ Charles A. ParrishCHARLES A. PARRISH135 Williamsburg LaneAthens, GA 30605

6/24/15, 7/1/15Legal No. 00034601

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 7TH JUDICIAL CIR-CUIT, IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDA.C A S E N o .1 3 0 0 0 6 2 4 C A A X M X

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,SUCCESSOR BY MERGERTO BAC HOME LOANSSERVICING, LP F /K /ACOUNTRYWIDE HOMELOANS SERVICING, LP,Plaintiff,

vs.

MACE, GARY, et. al.,Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOS-URE SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to an Order or Fi-nal Judgment entered inC a s e N o .13000624CAAXMX of theCircuit Court of the 7TH Ju-dicial Circuit in and forPUTNAM County, Florida,wherein, BANK OF AMER-ICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BYMERGER TO BAC HOMELOANS SERVICING, LPF / K / A C O U N T R Y W I D EHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP, Plaintiff, and, MACE,GARY, et. al., are Defend-ants, clerk will sell to thehighest bidder for cash at,www.putnam.realforeclose.c o m , a t t h e h o u r o f11:00AM, on the 14th dayof July, 2015, the followingdescribed property:

LOT 109, BLOCK 12, OFTHE TOWN OF MARINERSLAKE (FORMERLY THETOWN OF ANDERSON) BE-ING A SUBDIVISION OFTHE SOUTH 1/2 OF THENORTHWEST 1 /4 ANDSOUTH 1/2 OF SECTION 03AND NORTH 1/2 OF SEC-TION 10; EXCEPT NORTH-EAST 1/4 OF NORTHWEST1/2 THEREOF; ALL INTOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH ,RANGE 24 EAST, AS SUR-VEYED AND PLATTED BYCAPTAIN H.E. ANDERSON,AND RECORDED IN MAPBOOK 1, PAGE 67, OF THEOFFICE OF THE CLERK OFTHE CIRCUIT COURT, PUT-NAM 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 claim with-in 60 days after the sale.

DATED this 8th day ofJune, 2015.

GREENSPOON MARDER,P.A.TRADE CENTRE SOUTH,SUITE 7001 0 0 W E S T C Y P R E S SC R E E K R O A DFORT LAUDERDALE, FL33309Telephone: (954) 343 6273Hearing Line: (888) 491-1120Facsimile: (954) 343 6982Emai l 1: kar [email protected] m a i l 2 :[email protected]: /s / Kar issa Chin-Duncan, Esq.Florida Bar No. 98472

IMPORTANTIf you are a person with adisability who needs anyaccommodation in order toparticipate in this proceed-ing, you are entitled, at nocost to you, to the provi-sion of certain assistance.Please contact the Clerk ofthe Court's disability co-ordinator at 125 E OR-ANGE AVENUE, SUITE 300,DAYTONA BEACH, FL32114- , 386-257-6096. atleast 7 days before yourscheduled court appear-ance, or immediately uponreceiving this notification ifthe time before the sched-uled appearance is lessthan 7 days; if you arehearing or voice impaired,call 711.

6/17/15, 6/24/15Legal No. 00034321

ANNOUNCEMENTS

100

GeneralServicessecurityproductsrus.comWe install HD security

cameras for yourprotection - home

garage, office, property.386-937-3977

ElderlyCaretaker ServiceCNA-15 yrs exp. I wantto care for your loved

one! Dr's, cooking, lightcleaning. 386-213-0527

EMPLOYMENT

200

DriverDRIVER TRAINEES!

GET PAID CDLTRAINING NOW! Learn

to drive for StevensTransport. NO EXPERI-

ENCE NEEDED!New Drivers can earn$900/wk + Benefits!

Carrier covers cost! Betrained & based locally!

Now Offering NewRegional Routes in FL!

1-877-214-3624

PT & FT driver needed,CDL required. Apply @220 N. 11th St. Palatka.

MedicalImmediate opening

for FT certifiedmammography tech forprivate radiology office.

Fax resume to352-331-2044.

Medical Biller neededw/3 years min. exp.

Fax resume to:386-698-1099

GeneralBlueberry pickers

needed: Apply in personat: 123 S. ProvidenceChurch Rd., Palatka.

Exp. concrete finisher.Must have drivers

license. 386-325-7071

Granite Fabricators& Installers forPalatka office.904-838-6030

Self Storage ReliefManager/Maintenance

Persons Wanted:We are looking for self-motivated individuals for

a part time position atAmerican Mini Storage.Weekends are required.

Time will be splitbetween running the of-fice and maintaining the

grounds. Basic com-puter skills needed aswell as light mainten-

ance. Pay will be $10.00.No phone calls please.

Interested applicants canapply in person at Amer-ican Mini Storage 100 N

Hwy 17 Palatka, FL32177. Applications ac-cepted through 6/25/15.

FINANCIAL

300

LEGALS

350

Legal Notices

FLORIDANotice of Public Sale

Notice is hereby given thatChampion Self Storage willsell the contents of thestorage units listed belowat a public auction to satis-fy a lien placed on the con-tents (pursuant to Chapter83 of the Florida Statutes).The sale will take place atChampion Self Storage,4001 Reid Street, Palatka,FL 32177 on Thursday, Ju-ly 9, 2015 at 9:00 am. Thesale will be conducted onwww.StorageStuff.Bid un-der the guidance of Chris-topher Rosa and LegacyAuction Services (AU4167 -AB2825) on behalf of thefaci l i ty ’s management.Contents will be sold forcash only to the highestbidder. A 10% buyer’spremium will be charged aswell as a $50 cleaning de-posit per unit. All sales arefinal. Seller reserves theright to withdraw the prop-erty at any time before thesale or to refuse any bids.No one under 16 years oldis permitted. The propertyto be sold is described as“general household items”unless otherwise noted.

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Palatka, voted 5-3 to reject Republic Services’ proposal of $11 .97 per month , w i th H a r r i s , C o m m i s s i o n Chairman Karl Flagg and Palatka Mayor Terrill Hill vot-ing against the rejection.

Commissioner Chip Laibl made a motion to accept Waste Pro’s proposal of $13.31 per month but later rescinded the motion in an attempt to get a lower bid.

All of the collection and dis-posal district members said Waste Pro has provided great service since they began work-ing for the county in 2004.

But Hill said because Waste Pro bid above the current $12.62 rate – the district should try to get a lower price since they chose not to go with, Republic Services, the lowest bidder.

“I believe that what would be proper would be to reject that proposal as well as go into renegotiations with the exist-ing company if our true pur-pose is to try to get the num-bers down,” Hill said. “But to accept the proposal as it stands without making any attempt to lower the price, to me, makes absolutely no sense to agree to raise the price of the current carrier.”

Waste Pro Regional Vice President Tim Dolan said his company was amenable to renegotiations but didn’t say for sure whether a lower bid would be offered.

“We would be more than happy to enter into good faith negotiations to see what we could do under the current agreement to try to get the assessment down,” Dolan said.

The solid waste assessment per household in unincorpo-rated areas is $395, but the B o a r d o f C o u n t y Commissioners has continual-ly expressed interest in decreasing the assessment.

County Administrator Rick Leary said the proposed assessment recommendation for the next fiscal year would be $351. But prior to the col-lection and disposal district

making its ruling, Solid Waste Director Larry Gast said the assessment could have been as low as $334 had the district selected Republic services.

Gast said the two compa-n i e s , a s w e l l a s W a s t e Management and Advanced Disposal, had great service records, so cost became the major factor when the selec-tion committee – made up of him, Leary and Financial Director John Jones – made its recommendation.

“The cost was the major issue,” Gast said. “The selec-tion committee ranked the proposals that were received, with Republic being No. 1, Waste Pro be ing No . 2 , Advanced being No. 3 and Waste Management being No. 4.”

C o m m i s s i o n e r L a r r y Harvey said price should not be the determining factor.

Waste Pro has a long histo-ry of pristine service to the county, he said, and service records always trump price.

“I’m a little concerned that we’re entering into a situation that won’t be beneficial,” Harvey said, referencing Republic Services’ conflicts

with some clients, including Hernando County. “People are always looking for the best price. It’s the service that we get. That’s what we’re really looking for.”

Gast said all of the compa-nies that submitted bids have complaints from some of their clients, and most of those com-plaints have been because of management in those areas.

Laibl said the distr ict should put its focus on the landfill operation and not selecting a new waste collec-tor.

T h e c o u n t y s h o u l d n ’ t “change apple carts” when it’s struggling to make its landfill operation profitable.

“I’m going to be not support-ive of making any changes now that would create addi-tional challenges to us getting a handle on that landfill and the assessment – the high assessment – that our taxpay-ers are paying at this point,” Laibl said. “I think it’s foolish; it’s not good business.”

The selection committee will be responsible for negotia-tion with Waste Pro.

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Whitehurst got the C.L. Overturf Jr. center off to a good start two years ago.

T u c k e r w o r k e d w i t h Whitehurst during the C.L. Overturf Jr. center’s first cou-ple of years, Criswell said. That assures a smooth transi-tion, which is important where children are concerned, she added.

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By Gary FineoutAssociated Press

TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday ended the state’s biggest budget crisis in more than two decades by signing a more than $78 billion budget into law, but he may have cre-ated another divide with some of his fellow Republicans.

Scott signed the budget just days after the Florida Legislature approved it during an unusual June special session. State government would have been partially shut down if a new budget had not been in place by July 1.

But before he signed the budget into law the GOP governor used his line-item veto power to slash more than $461 million in projects ranging from pay raises for the state’s forest firefight-ers to money used to hand out orange juice to visitors to the state’s welcome centers. He cut money for trails, muse-ums, health care clinics, and eliminated increased rates for pediatricians who treat chil-dren in the Medicaid program.

The deep round of vetoes drew the ire of legis-lators from both parties.

Scott defended the vetoes, saying he targeted projects that either bypassed normal procedures used to evaluate them or that they lacked a statewide purpose. He said he had “absolutely not” retaliated against legislators who crossed him. The governor had trouble winning approval of key parts of his agenda this year due to the

protracted budget fight.“I go through the budget, and I try to find out

what’s best for all of our citizens,” Scott said. “This is their money. It’s not government money.”

But Senate President Andy Gardiner, who clashed with Scott and House Republicans this year over health care spending, contended the governor’s vetoes hit those who need the most help, citing as one example the veto of $8 million for a new program intended to help children with

disabilities attend college. He said the governor’s veto list was “more about politics than sound fiscal policy.”

“It is unfortunate that the messaging strategy needed to achieve the Governor’s political agenda comes at the expense of the most vulnerable peo-ple in our state,” the Orlando Republican said in a written statement.

Scott also jettisoned other top priori-ties of Gardiner, including $15 million for a proposed downtown campus for the University of Central Florida.

Gardiner was not alone in criticizing Scott. Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, a potential candidate for governor in 2018, said he was “profoundly disappointed” Scott axed a planned pay increase for firefighters and others who work in the state’s forestry division.

Putnam, who is also a Republican, said the governor was not consistent since he left intact a pay bump for highway troopers who work in a handful of counties and for some employees in the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

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Dear Harriette: I cannot make my son be independent. He is 29 years old and has made his father and me pay for his college education, only to drop out months before he gets a degree. Our son was a month away from receiving his engi-neering degree, only to switch over to design and begin again. Three months before his gradua-tion from that school, he decides to switch over to construction management. I want him to get a degree in something he truly loves, but I am sick of his reluctance to be independent. University is not cheap, and I want him to go on, get a job and flourish as an adult. How can I make my son mature and do something with his life without pushing him away? — Getting Him to Grow Up, San Diego

Dear Getting Him To Grow Up: Perhaps your toughest job is before you. In order to help your son become independent, you have to cut the proverbial cord. If he hasn’t figured out

how to complete his education yet, your willingness to keep paying for him to figure it out is doing him no favors.

Cut off all financial support. If your son lives with you, explain that he needs to find a job and start contributing to the house-hold expenses immediately. Tell him that if he wants to continue his education, he has to find the money on his own. Your son is almost 30. It’s past time for him to step up. As long as you continue to catch him whenever he falters, he may never fully understand his responsibility.

Dear Harriette: I am worried about my son. His fiancee is a body builder, and he has been sucked into this lifestyle as well. I love health and have a Ph.D. myself, but their crash dieting for competitions worries me. They do not even drink water for days at a time. I support activi-ties for couples, but I think they go too far in this quest for physi-cal perfection. Should I bring this up to them or hope it is a

phase that will fade away? They have been doing this together for years now. — Worried Mom, Racine, Wisconsin

Dear Worried Mom: A par-ent’s role when children are adults can seem precarious. On one hand, you know that you need to give your son space to learn and grow as an adult. On the other, when you see behavior that concerns you, it is only natural that you want to step in and provide direction. In this case, it sounds like you may have waited longer than is healthy to step in and say something.

Talk to your son. If you think he will hear you better if you talk to them together, you can try that. Express your concern that they sometimes go to the extreme in their fitness regimen and that you are worried about them. Suggest that your son get a complete physical. That should at least give him — and you — peace of mind.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman statesman, lawyer, schol-ar, poet, philosopher and orator who died in 63 B.C., said, “A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.”

I wonder if he owned a pet crocodile.

In today’s deal, each side might shed crocodile tears for the other side, depending upon how the play proceeds. South is in four spades. After West leads his diamond queen, what should happen?

Note that North’s jump to four spades is not, per se, a signoff. The higher North raises spades, the stronger his hand. If South can envision a slam, he may pro-ceed higher.

Declarer seems to have only three losers: one spade and two clubs. He would probably take the first trick with dummy’s dia-mond ace and lead a trump. Now the spotlight falls on East. He knows that South has the dia-mond king, so the defenders are getting no red-suit tricks. East

needs his partner to have some-thing useful in clubs.

East, sine mora (without delay), must win with his spade ace and shift to the club two, his low card guaranteeing at least one honor in the suit.

Now South is center stage. If he guesses to put up his club king, he can collect an over-trick. (He draws trumps, cashes his red-suit winners, then leads a club to endplay West, who must concede a ruff-and-sluff.) But if South finesses his club jack, West wins with his queen and returns his second club. East takes that trick and leads the suit for a third time, West’s ruff being the fourth defensive trick.

Who knows what South will do?

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