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A First Coast Highlanders bagpipe player leads the procession of Florida Gateway College professors and graduation candidates into the gymnasium on Thursday evening for the school’s summer graduation ceremony. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Lake City Manager Don Rosenthal said Thursday the city was looking to buy the North Florida Mega Industrial Park sewer plant from Columbia County. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Taylor Tillotson requested the County Commission look into a low-cost spay and neuter program to help stop the overpopulation problem. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Staz Guntek, Columbia County’s legislative and intergovernmental affairs coordinator, said the top item on his list of policy items to push in next year’s legislative session revolves around a replacement for property tax revenue if the state pushes forward with plans to reduce or eliminate it. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Lake City Attorney Clay Martin gave a brief summary of the city’s involvement with the history of the Club House on Lake Isabella on Thursday. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia County Attorney Joel Foreman said the next year will give everybody a better idea if the North Florida Water Utilities Authority ‘experiment’ is going to work. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia County Commission Chairman Tim Murphy said at the end of Thursday’s board meeting that he will never vote to allow another county to haul its waste to the county’s landfill. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)