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Cody Pritchard Jr. (from left), 6, and his sisters Graesyn Pritchard, 5, and Londyn Pritchard, 7, take a ride down the slides at Kiwanis Park on Friday afternoon. A shade structure was recently added to the park. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Cody Pritchard Jr. (from left), 6, and his sisters Graesyn Pritchard, 5, and Londyn Pritchard, 7, take a ride down the slides at Kiwanis Park on Friday afternoon. A shade structure was recently added to the park. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Made in the shade: Kiwanis Club adds structure to keep park cool.

TONY BRITT
Friday, April 22, 2022
While temperatures are heating up with summer approaching, the playground equipment at Kiwanis Park is fixing to stay cool. The Kiwanis Club of Lake City has erected a shade structure over the playground equipment, a key ingredient of about $20,000 worth of improvements made at the park.
Jones Edmunds engineer Jamie Bell (left) gives a presentation on the wastewater treatment facility proposed for the North Florida Mega Industrial Park alongside Brian Icerman, the company’s managing director of utility infrastructure. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Jones Edmunds engineer Jamie Bell (left) gives a presentation on the wastewater treatment facility proposed for the North Florida Mega Industrial Park alongside Brian Icerman, the company’s managing director of utility infrastructure. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

County to receive bids on wastewater facility

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Friday, April 22, 2022
Columbia County officials are set to receive bids for further construction efforts at the North Florida Mega Industrial Park.
First responders aid a Fort White High School student who was portraying an injured person during a mock crash demonstration Thursday at the school. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

First responders aid a Fort White High School student who was portraying an injured person during a mock crash demonstration Thursday at the school. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Mock crash alerts FWHS students to dangers of impaired driving

TONY BRITT
Thursday, April 21, 2022
FORT WHITE — Just days before celebrating prom, Fort White High School students were delivered a somber message. First responders held a mock crash at Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday, alerting students to the potential consequences of distracted, impaired or drunk driving.
Bill Frye, the president of the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, takes his turn during the 2018 Fins and Pins event at Lake City Bowl. (FILE)

Bill Frye, the president of the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, takes his turn during the 2018 Fins and Pins event at Lake City Bowl. (FILE)

Let the good times roll: CCSO hosting Fins and Pins fundraiser Saturday

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office is ready to let the good times roll once again. After having to curb some of the activities the past two years due to covid-19, the CCSO’s annual fundraiser for the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches , Fins and Pins, returns Saturday.
Chapter member Lucky Lloyd helps his niece, Leighton Todd, as she finds Easter eggs on April 15. (COURTESY)

Chapter member Lucky Lloyd helps his niece, Leighton Todd, as she finds Easter eggs on April 15. (COURTESY)

Egg-citing hunt comes to CHS

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
The Easter Bunny arrived slightly early for a group of Columbia County children. Columbia High School FFA chapters hosted their second Easter egg hunt on Friday, April 15, at the CHS campus. Kids participated in egg hunts, had their pictures taken in a photo booth and feasted on free snacks.