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Rep. Chuck Brannan is pictured next to a rendering of the new Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park museum during the groundbreaking ceremony Friday at the park. (COURTESY)

Members of the Kiwanis Club of Lake City doanted $12,500 to the Foundation of Florida Gateway College on Tuesday to endow a career and technical education scholarship. The scholarship will be named in honor of Sandy Swilley, a longtime Kiwanis Club officer. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

The Columbia County COmmission will decide Thursday whether to complete the purchase of the old TD Bank building in downtown Lake City to house the Tax Collector's Office. (FILE)

Lake City Mayor Noah Walker and Blue-Grey Army Commanding General Tony Buzzella (center) share a laugh during the opening ceremony of the 47th annual Olustee Festival on the banks of Lake DeSoto at Wilson Park. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

James Carter and Eddie Kurtz are presented their prizes after winning the Lake City Garden Club's annual Scrabble Tournament. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Bellamy Beaver gets his teeth brushed by Brandy Hunt, dental hygienist with the Columbia County Health Department, as the mascot visited vendor stands during Bellamy’s Big 4th Grade Field Day. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Lake City Garden Club members Pam Kalich (left) and Sandra Foreman replant flowers in a downtown planter on Wednesday afternoon. The recent cold snap killed plants that were planted earlier in the year, forcing the club to install new plants before the Olustee Festival. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

The net that has been wrapped around Lake City Hall since 2018 as a safety precaution to prevent bricks from falling on pedestrians has reached the ‘end of its life.’ The Lake City Council is considering awarding a bid to have the mortar of the bricks and window lintels repaired. (FILE)