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Jordan Regar, Lake City Humane Society Community Development manager, and Damen Modlinski, a humane society adoptions counselor, walk Misty, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, on property that will serve as the humane society’s dog park. Misty, an 18-month-old dog, was found at the corner to two intersections tied to a post, is available to foster for possible adoption. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Jordan Regar, Lake City Humane Society Community Development manager, and Damen Modlinski, a humane society adoptions counselor, walk Misty, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, on property that will serve as the humane society’s dog park. Misty, an 18-month-old dog, was found at the corner to two intersections tied to a post, is available to foster for possible adoption. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

A walk in the park: Humane Society planning for dog park addition

TONY BRITT
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Property owned by the Lake City-Columbia County Humane Society is going to the dogs — literally. Trees have been cleared and lands are being prepped on the western side of the Humane Society’s property for the addition of a dog park.

Fort White man wins $1M in lottery

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
FORT WHITE — Vernon Zinnermon couldn’t bring himself to believe it. Two weeks ago, driving home during a lunch break from his public works job with the Town of Fort White, Zinnermon stopped by the Shop Smart at 7692 Southwest U.S. Highway 27 and bought himself a $5 scratch-off lottery ticket.
Sherrie Thomas (clockwise from left), Tracy Duckett, and Tammy Hartley, Columbia County Tax Collectors Office employees, show Kyle Keen, Columbia County tax collector, information on the new ORION software Tuesday afternoon. The tax collectors office will be closed Monday while employees take a day of in-service training to learn the new system. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Sherrie Thomas (clockwise from left), Tracy Duckett, and Tammy Hartley, Columbia County Tax Collectors Office employees, show Kyle Keen, Columbia County tax collector, information on the new ORION software Tuesday afternoon. The tax collectors office will be closed Monday while employees take a day of in-service training to learn the new system. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Tax office employees spending holiday learning ORION system

TONY BRITT
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
For some, Presidents Day is an annual holiday, but for the Columbia County Tax Collector’s Office, it’s an opportunity for continued learning. Employees at the tax office will spend Monday in an all-day in-service training session on a new computer software program. “This year for Feb.
Firefighters with the Live Oak Fire Department battle a house fire on Lisle Ave. NE on Monday morning. The house sustained ‘considerable damage.’ (COURTESY SUWANNEE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE)

Firefighters with the Live Oak Fire Department battle a house fire on Lisle Ave. NE on Monday morning. The house sustained ‘considerable damage.’ (COURTESY SUWANNEE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE)

Fire inflicts ‘considerable damage’

JAMIE WACHTER
Monday, February 8, 2021
LIVE OAK — A house nearly 100 years old sustained “considerable damage” in a fire Monday morning. The Live Oak Fire Department responded to the call of a fire on Lisle Ave. NE near Duval St. around 9 a.m. Monday.

LSHA finalizes city land donation

JAMIE WACHTER
Monday, February 8, 2021
Finalizing the donation of 12 parcels of property to the city for a new Lake City Hall, the Lake Shore Hospital Authority retained access to the hospital campus on Monday.