Public Notices

NOTICE TO RECLAIM ABANDONED PROPERTY
TO: The owner and all persons with a lawful interest in the property described below:
These vehicles were seized as evidence by the Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement and all proceedings relating to said seizure. This property must be reclaimed within 60 days of the date of this publication or interest in the vehicle will revert to the seizing agency pursuant to Chapter 705, Florida Statutes. The owner/claimant will be liable for all costs of towing, storage, and publication of notices. Any person(s) with the ability to demonstrate lawful ownership of this vehicle is/are directed to contact the investigator named below immediately.
•unknown year white 53’ Vanguard dry van semi-trailer bearing no lawfully assigned identification numbers (license plate, vehicle identification number).
•unknown year white 53’ Wabash dry van semi-trailer bearing no lawfully assigned identification numbers (license plate, vehicle identification number).
•unknown year white 53’ Wabash dry van semi-trailer bearing no lawfully assigned identification numbers (license plate, vehicle identification number).
•unknown year white 53’ Great Dane dry van semi-trailer bearing no lawfully assigned identification numbers (license plate, vehicle identification number).
•unknown year white 53’ Utility dry van semi-trailer bearing no lawfully assigned identification numbers (license plate, vehicle identification number).
•unknown year white refrigerated 53’ Utility semi-trailer with a Thermo King refrigeration unit, bearing no lawfully assigned identification numbers (license plate, vehicle identification number).
•unknown year white refrigerated 53’ Utility semi-trailer with a Carrier refrigeration unit, bearing no lawfully assigned identification numbers (license plate, vehicle identification number).
•unknown year white refrigerated 53’ Vanguard semi-trailer with a Carrier refrigeration unit, bearing no lawfully assigned identification numbers (license plate, vehicle identification number).
•unknown year white refrigerated 53’ Great Dane semi-trailer with a Thermo King refrigeration unit, bearing no lawfully assigned identification numbers (license plate, vehicle identification number).

Lt. Michael Jones, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement. (386) 234-6005.

812408
April 24, 2024
May 1, 2024

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing,
Plaintiff,
Case No: 22024CA000041
vs.
Jessica L. McLaughlin, et. al.,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF ACTION
TO:
Jessica L. McLaughlin
230 NW Venice Gln,
Lake City, FL 32055
Unknown Spouse of Jessica L. McLaughlin
230 NW Venice Gln,
Lake City, FL 32055
Jessica L. McLaughlin
40 Memorial Hwy Apt 17Q
New Rochelle NY 10801
Unknown Spouse of Jessica L. McLaughlin
40 Memorial Hwy Apt 17Q
New Rochelle NY 10801
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS STATED, CURRENT RESIDENCE UNKNOWN
and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under the above-named Defendant(s), if deceased or whose last known addresses are unknown.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose Mortgage covering the following real and personal property described as follows, to wit:
LOT 9, BLOCK B, OAKHAVEN UNIT II, A SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 5, PAGE 86-86A, PUBLIC RECORDS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA.
has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Anthony Vamvas, Esq., Lender Legal PLLC, 1800 Pembrook Drive, Suite 250, Orlando, Florida 32810 and file the original with the Clerk of the above-styled Court on or before 30 days from the first publication, otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
WITNESS my hand and seal of the said Court on the 16 day of April, 2024.
JAMES M. SWISHER, JR.,
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
By: Breanna Pruett
Deputy Clerk
(COURT SEAL)
Publish In:
Lake City Reporter at classifieds@lakecityreporter.com
Bill to:
Lender Legal PLLC
1800 Pembrook Drive, Suite 250
Orlando, Florida 32810

811835
April 20, 27, 2024
May 4, 11, 2024

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY,
FLORIDAPROBATE DIVISION
IN RE: ESTATE OF
Case No. 12-2024-CP-000023
KAREN LEAH MILSTEIN,
Deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
(summary administration)
TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE:
You are hereby notified that an Order of Summary Administration and Determination of Homestead and Exempt Property has been entered in the estate of KAREN LEAH MILSTEIN, deceased, Case No. 12-2024-CP-000023, by the Circuit Court for Columbia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 173 NE Hernando Avenue, Lake City, Florida 32055; that the decedent’s date of death was July 3, 2023; that the total value of the estate is $14,480.00 and that the names and addresses of those to whom it has been assigned by such order are:
Creditors:
Joshua Robert Milstein, 767 SW Grandview St, Lake City, FL 32025
Beneficiaries:
Joshua Robert Milstein, 767 SW Grandview St, Lake City, FL 32025
Melissa Maia Milstein, 123 SE 16th Ave - Apt. K104, Gainesville, FL 32601
Kathryn Hannah Milstein, 123 SE 16th Ave - Apt. K104, Gainesville, FL 32601
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT:
All creditors of the estate of the decedent and persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent other than those for whom provision for full payment was made in the Order of Summary Administration and Determination of Homestead and Exempt Property must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702. ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
The date of first publication of this Notice is 4/20/2024.
Attorney for Person Giving Notice:
/s/ Ernest A. Sellers, Jr.
ERNEST A. SELLERS, JR.
Florida Bar No. 0092649
P.O. Box 837
Sparr, Florida 32192-0837
Telephone: 352/575-0734
Email: esellersjr@gmail.com
Attorney for PetitionersPerson Giving Notice:
/s/ Joshua Robert Milstein
Joshua Robert Milstein
/s/ Melissa Maia Milstein
Melissa Maia Milstein
/s/ Kathryn Hannah Milstein
Kathryn Hannah Milstein

812293
April 20, 27, 2024

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
FIRST FEDERAL BANK OF FLORIDA,
PLAINTIFF
CASE NO: 2022CA000092
SECTION NO.
vs.
UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES,
DEVISEES, CREDITORS, GRANTEES,
ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THE ESTATE OF ROY LOOKER, DECEASED,
DEFENDANTS.
CLERK’S NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS GIVEN that, in accordance with the Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered on March 12, 2024 in the above-styled cause, I will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash on May 15, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. (EST), at the Third Floor of the Columbia County Courthouse, 173 N.E. Hernando Avenue, Lake City, FL.
BEGIN AT THE SW CORNER OF THE SOUTH ONE HALF OF THE NE ONE QUARTER OF THE NE ONE QUARTER OF THE NW ONE QUARTER OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 17 EAST, COLUMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA AND RUN THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 55`07" EAST, 657.13 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 46`00" WEST, 332.31 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 45`27" WEST, 657.14 FEET TO THE NW CORNER OF SAID SOUTH ONE HALF OF THE NE ONE QUARTER OF THE NE ONE QUARTER; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 46`01" EAST, ALONG THE WEST LINE THEREOF, 330.46 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO AND TOGETHER WITH AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THE WEST 30.00 FEET OF THE NE ONE QUARTER OF THE NE ONE QUARTER OF THE NW ONE QUARTER OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 17 EAST, COLUMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. LESS AND EXCEPT: BEGIN AT THE SW CORNER OF THE SOUTH ONE HALF OF THE NE ONE QUARTER OF THE NE ONE QUARTER OF THE NW ONE QUARTER OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIPS SOUTH, RANGE 17 EAST, COLUMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA AND RUN THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 55`07" EAST, 657.13 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 46`00" WEST 166.16 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 50`17" WEST 657.14 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 46`01" EAST 165.23 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH A 2007 NOBI MANUFACTURED HOME WITH VIN NUMBERS N813286A AND N813286B, WHICH HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY AFFIXED TO SAID LAND
Property Address: 1850 Southwest Buckley Lane, Lake City, FL 32024
ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE SURPLUS FROM THE SALE, IF ANY, OTHER THAN THE PROPERTY OWNER AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PENDENS MUST FILE A CLAIM BEFORE THE CLERK REPORTS THE SURPLUS AS UNCLAIMED
Dated: April 18, 2024
JAMES M. SWISHER, JR., CLERK, CLERK
COLUMBIA COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
By: Susan HeimerDeputy Clerk
(Court Seal)
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, 173 NE Hernando Avenue, Room 408, Lake City, Florida 32055; (386)758-2163 or complete the ADA Request form located at https://courtadmin.wpenginepowered.com/ada-accommodation-request/ at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired call 711.

812221
April 20, 27, 2024

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY,
FLORIDAPROBATE DIVISION
IN RE: ESTATE OF
GEORGE A. SMOLENSKY
Deceased.
File No. 2024-117-CP
Division Probate
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the estate of George A. Smolensky, deceased, whose date of death was December 11, 2023, is pending in the Circuit Court for Columbia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 173 NE Hernando Avenue, Lake City, Florida 32055. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative's attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
The date of first publication of this notice is April 20, 2024.
Attorney for Personal Representative:
John J. Kendron
Robinson, Kennon& Kendron, PA
582 W Duval Street
PO Box 1178
Lake City, Florida 32056
Telephone: (386) 755-1334
Fax: (386) 755-1336
E-Mail: jjk@rkkattorneys.com
Secondary E-Mail: mad@rkkattorneys.com
Personal Representative:
Claudia Smolensky
2954 NW Suwannee Valley Road
Lake City, Florida 32055

812039
April 20, 27, 2024

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY,
FLORIDAPROBATE DIVISION
IN RE: ESTATE OF
JAMES ALVIN RICHARDSON, JR.
Deceased.
File No. 2024-079-CP
Division PROBATE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The administration of the estate of JAMES ALVIN RICHARDSON, JR., deceased, whose date of death was January 20, 2024, is pending in the Circuit Court for COLUMBIA County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 173 N.E. Hernando Avenue Lake City, FL 32055. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative's attorney are set forth below.
All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM.
All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE.
ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
The date of first publication of this notice is April 17, 2024
Attorney for Personal Representative:
O’CONNOR LAW FIRM
/s/PATRICK M. O’CONNOR
Patrick M. O’Connor, Esq.
Florida Bar Number: 622427
Adam T. Rauman, Esq.
Florida Bar Number: 85296
Attorneys for the Petitioner
2240 Belleair Road, Suite 115
Clearwater, FL 33764
Phone: 727-539-6800
Fax: 727-539-5936
E-mail: eservice@yourpersonalattorney.com
Personal Representative:
JANIE WARD RICHARDSON
522 NW Club View Circle
Lake City, Florida 32055

811621
April 20, 27, 2024

Gilbane Building Company, serving as the Construction Manager for the Columbia County School Board, is solicitating proposals for the Niblack Elementary School Redesign project. Competitive Bids will be considered for the following packages: 01A Environmental Monitoring, 01B Materials Testing, 01C Final Cleaning, 01D Surveying, 02A Building Demolition, 02B ACM Abatement, 03A Concrete, 04A Masonry, 05A Miscellaneous and Structural Steel, 06A Architectural Millwork & Tops, 07A Roofing, 07B Waterproofing & Sealants, 07C Applied Fireproofing, 08A Doors, Frames, and Hardware, 08B Windows & Storefront, 08C Overhead Coiling Doors, 09A Drywall, Framing, and Stucco, 09B Flooring, 09C Ceilings, 09D Painting & Wall Coverings, 09E Epoxy Flooring, 10A Specialties, 10B Signage, 10C Aluminum Canopies, 11A Kitchen Equipment, 11B Playground Equipment, 11C Stage Curtain, 11D Kiln, 12A Window Treatments, 14A Elevators, 21A Fire Protection, 22A Plumbing, 23A HVAC, 26A Electrical Systems, 31A Sitework & Utilities, 32B Landscape & Irrigation, and 32C Fences & Gates. Plans will be available on April 29, 2024, and a Pre-Bid Meeting is scheduled for May 7, 2024, at 10:00AM. The Bid Date for all packages is May 16, 2024, at 2:00PM EST, sealed proposals shall be delivered to Gilbane’s office at 10201 Centurion Parkway N., Suite 500, Jacksonville, FL 32256. All M/WBE certified firms are encouraged to participate in this bidding process. Any questions should be directed to Mark Harvey at mharvey@gilbaneco.com and Michael Jenkins at mjenkins@gilbaneco.com.
All bidders, shall complete the online self-registration for analysis at https://compass-app.com prior to submitting the proposal.

809098
April 20, 2024

PUBLIC NOTICE
ON
INVITATION TO BID
ITB-011-2024
Annual Contract for Asphalt
Sealed bids will be accepted by the City of Lake City, Florida, 205 N Marion Avenue, Lake City, Florida 32055 until May 17th at 2:00 P.M. after which all bid tabs will be made available.
The City is accepting bid submissions. Bidders shall select create a FREE account with OpenGov by signing up at: https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/lcfla.
Here is the link for upcoming and current bids:
https://www.lcfla.com/procurement/page/bids or you may use the direct project link here: https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/lcfla/projects/89484
Contact the Procurement Department at (386) 719-5818 or (386) 758-5407 for additional information.

812018
April 20, 2024

PUBLIC NOTICE
ON
INVITATION TO BID
ITB: 013-2024
Annual Contract for Oaklawn and Memorial Cemetery Landscape and Maintenance Services
Sealed bids will be accepted online only for the City of Lake City, Florida, 205 N Marion Avenue, Lake City, Florida 32055 until May 17, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. after which all bid tabs will be made available.
A pre-bid (mandatory) meeting will be held on April 26, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. 1st location of meeting will be at Memorial Cemetery and 2nd location we be at Oaklawn Cemetery. It will be mandatory that Bidders attend the pre-bid conference.
The City is accepting electronic bid submissions. Bidders shall select create a FREE account with OpenGov by signing up at: https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/lcfla
Here is the link for upcoming and current bids:
https://www.lcfla.com/procurement/page/bids or you may use the direct project link here: https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/lcfla/projects/91072 Contact the Procurement Department at (386) 758-5407 for additional information.

812040
April 20, 2024

Public Auction
American Towing and Wrecker Services, Inc
3720 SW Sisters Welcome Rd, Lake City Fl 32024
Columbia County
386-515-5274
May 3, 2024 8AM

2010 FREIGHTLINER
1FUJGHDV3ALAU1206
2006 CHEVROLET
1G1ZT51F86F113112

812232
April 20, 2024