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Hundreds attended last year’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Olustee Park. This year’s event is set for Sunday. (FILE)

Jean and Keith Frost were named the Citizen of the Year on Tuesday at the Lake City-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce’s Business Excellence Award ceremony at The Blanche Hotel. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Tim Zimmerman and The King’s Brass will be performing a Christmas concert Friday at Florida Gateway College’s Levy Performing Arts Center as part of the Community Concerts of Lake City. (COURTESY)

Graduates applaud during a previous Florida Gateway College commencement ceremony. The college’s fall commencement is set for Dec. 12 with around 150 graduates expected to particpate, making it one of the largest in school history. (COURTESY FLORIDA GATEWAY COLLEGE)

Chris Cuadras, the new aquatic director for the Columbia County School District, applies some Cool Deck paint to the concrete around the pool Monday. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Lake City Councilwoman Tammy Harris said without reducing the fines or removing the liens on a pair of properties, they would never be developed and the city would never collect taxes on those parcels in her district. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Lake City HR Director BillieJo Bible said a four-day work week would benefit the employees and lead to increased productivity during a presentation to the Lake City Council on Monday. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Erica Mayo shows off the e-Fly bike and scooter models that will be used in her upcoming rental business that’ll debut in downtown Lake City in late December. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)