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Pete Herrick, surrounded by friends and family, reacts after firing a breath-powered .308 rifle to set off a stack of cakes filled with Tannerite binary explosives Saturday during his ‘Alive Party.’ Herrick, a Fort White man, was seriously injured during Operation Iraqi Freedom 20 years ago today. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

David Young and Marshall Sova with the City of Lake City cardon off The Club House on Lake Isabella after closing the building Wednesday due to broken girders and trusses in the building’s attic. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

CHS Assistant Principal Mike Paphides (from left) and First Sergeant Trena Dettmer (Army Instructor), pose with Cadet Charli Lanfair (Team Captain), Cadet Kamden Spaziani, Cadet Ashley Mitchell, Cadet Chase Peisel, Cadet Justin Cranford, Cadet Timothy Bird, Cadet Wyatt Santos, Cadet Sigel Delsasso, Cadet Dakota Beichner, Cadet Elijah Deese, Cadet Caden Vreatt, CHS Principal Trey Hosford and Lieutenant Colonel Austin Akers (Senior Army Instructor). Not pictured is Cadet Joseph Hassett. (COURTESY)

Columbia County Manager David Kraus received mostly high marks from the county commissioners during his annual evaluation with will be presented at today’s meeting. (FILE)

Rylee and Adrianna McKenzie talk with Noelle Royster (right), who was helping to show the home near Lake Jeffery for IC Construction during the Parade of Homes. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia High School students received the ‘Dinner Plate Award’ on Monday from Catholic Charities and Florida Gateway Food Bank officials. CHS won the award for collecting the most food last fall during the Thanksgiving food drive. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Don Rosenthal, a former assistant county administrator in Pasco County, listens during a conversation at a meet and greet event Thursday at Lake City Hall. Rosenthal was selected as the city’s next manager by the Lake City Council on Friday. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)