PALATKA DAILY NEWS www.mypdn.com WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 $1 Few T-storms 30% chance of rain 92 | 74 For details, see 2A By mail, 2 sections The Voice of Putnam County since 1885 VOL. 127 • NO. 178 PALATKA, FLA. Public Notices on Page 8A INDEX Advice ............................. 2B Briefing ........................... 2A Classified/Legals ............ 8A Comics............................ 2B Horoscope ...................... 2B Lottery............................. 7A Obituaries ....................... 3A Opinions ......................... 4A Sports ............................. 6A Sudoku ........................... 9A BY BRANDON D. OLIVER Palatka Daily News The Putnam County Board of Commissioners took the first step in the process to either mod- ify or eliminate the local prefer- ence option when choosing con- tractors for county projects. Near the end of Tuesday’s morning session, Commission Chairman Karl Flagg suggested revisiting the issue, citing the lack of competitive bids from companies from in and out of county. Flagg suggested discussing the issue at a commission work- shop to determine which direc- tion the county should take, and commissioners agreed. “I think here lately, it seems like we’ve been having to rebid some things because the bids come back high because we don’t have as many people bidding as we had at one time,” Flagg said. “And I think that’s kind of alarming.” In 2013, the board amended Ordinance 2015-35, allowing companies in Putnam County to rebid for county projects if their bids came within 10 percent of the lowest bidder of an out-of- county company. Commissioners amended the ordinance to provide more oppor- tunities to local contractors. But officials said Tuesday the local preference option is putting BY ASIA AIKINS Palatka Daily News W hen Putnam County residents visited the Palatka City Dock on Tuesday to catch shrimp, they found a mess. Palatka City Manager Terry Suggs said city employees are supposed to mon- itor the cleanliness of Palatka’s river- front properties daily. “There was probably a lot more users out there this weekend,” he said. City offices were closed Monday for Labor Day. BY ASIA AIKINS Palatka Daily News Palatka city commissioners will discuss changes to the 2015-2016 fiscal budget Thursda during the first of two September budget hearings. The budget must be finalized before the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30, and commissioners still have to discuss budget cuts. Last week, with commis- sion consen- sus, Mayor Terrill Hill said the city should con- sider selling or leasing the city-owned golf club. He said city offi- cials should hold a public workshop to discuss the idea some time during the budget process. That workshop is expected to be scheduled during Thursday’s meeting. The com- mission will also see a new general fund budget Thursday, after commis- sioners expressed concerns about a 10 percent water and sewer rate increase built in the proposed budget. The increase was expected to create $388,000 in revenue. Without the rate increase, Palatka Finance Director Matt Reynolds, said the utility fund would have a deficit of more than $350,000. The deficit would be covered by the city’s general fund. Reynolds said the 10 percent rate increase would only keep the utility fund afloat. “We don’t want to cut posi- tions to fill that gap,” City PCSO releases more info on shooting BY ALLISON WATERS-MERRITT Palatka Daily News After Saturday’s shooting death of Keith Gravitz, 29, in Florahome, authorities from the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said officers were placed outside the alleged shooter’s residence until Tuesday morning. “We still have increased patrols,” Capt. Gator DeLoach said. A sheriff’s office report said James Cueno admitted to 911 dispatchers he shot Gravitz outside his resi- dence. DeLoach said prior to Saturday’s incident, he was not aware of any Changes possible in budget process Palatka’s first hearing set for 6 p.m. Thursday See BUDGET, Page 5A Hill Reynolds Suggs County Commission considers changing in-county bidding process Flagg See COUNTY, Page 10A WHAT A MESS Photos by CHRIS DEVITTO/Palatka Daily News A pile of garbage lies near an overflowing trash can at Palatka’s City Dock on Tuesday afternoon. Labor Day weekend resulted in more people visiting the Palatka riverfront than normal. City manager says staff will clean up riverfront today See MESS, Page 10A No charges filed after death of 29-year-old Florahome resident Keith Gravitz; investigation continues, authorities say See SHOOTING, Page 10A OUR VIEW: 4-YEAR-OLD’S DEATH A CALL TO ARMS FOR STATE AGENCY, 4A 0090915a1.indd 1 9/8/15 7:28 PM
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners took the first step in the process to either mod-ify or eliminate the local prefer-ence option when choosing con-tractors for county projects.
Near the end of Tuesday’s morning session, Commission
Chairman Karl Flagg suggested revisiting the issue, citing the lack of competitive bids from companies from in and out of county.
Flagg suggested discussing the issue at a commission work-shop to determine which direc-tion the county should take, and commissioners agreed.
“I think here lately, it seems
like we’ve been having to rebid some things because the bids come back high because we don’t have as many people bidding as we had at one time,” Flagg said. “And I think that’s kind of alarming.”
In 2013, the board amended Ordinance 2015-35, allowing companies in Putnam County to rebid for county projects if their
bids came within 10 percent of the lowest bidder of an out-of-county company.
Commissioners amended the ordinance to provide more oppor-tunities to local contractors.
But officials said Tuesday the local preference option is putting
BY ASIA AIKINSPalatka Daily News
When Putnam County residents visited the Palatka City Dock on Tuesday to catch shrimp, they found a mess.
Palatka City Manager Terry Suggs said city employees are supposed to mon-
itor the cleanliness of Palatka’s river-front properties daily.
“There was probably a lot more users out there this weekend,” he said.
City offices were closed Monday for Labor Day.
BY ASIA AIKINSPalatka Daily News
Palatka city commissioners will discuss changes to the 2015-2016 f i sca l budget Thursda during the first of two September budget hearings.
The budget must be finalized before the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30, and commissioners still have to discuss budget cuts.
Last week, with commis-sion consen-sus , Mayor Terril l Hill said the city should con-sider selling or leasing the c i t y - o w n e d golf club. He said city offi-cials should hold a public workshop to discuss the i d e a s o m e time during the budget process. That workshop is expected to be s c h e d u l e d d u r i n g Thursday ’ s meeting.
The com-mission will also see a new general fund b u d g e t T h u r s d a y , after commis-s i o n e r s expressed concerns about a 10 percent water and sewer rate increase built in the proposed budget.
The increase was expected to create $388,000 in revenue. Without the rate increase, Palatka Finance Director Matt Reynolds, said the utility fund would have a deficit of more than $350,000. The deficit would be covered by the city’s general fund.
Reynolds said the 10 percent rate increase would only keep the utility fund afloat.
“We don’t want to cut posi-tions to fill that gap,” City
PCSO releases more info on shootingBY ALLISON WATERS-MERRITT
Palatka Daily News
After Saturday’s shooting death of
Keith Gravitz, 29, in Florahome, authorities from the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said officers were placed outside the alleged shooter’s
residence until Tuesday morning.“We still have increased patrols,”
Capt. Gator DeLoach said.A sheriff’s office report said James
Cueno admitted to 911 dispatchers he shot Gravitz outside his resi-dence.
DeLoach said prior to Saturday’s
incident, he was not aware of any
Changes possible
in budgetprocess
Palatka’s first hearing set for 6 p.m. Thursday
See BUDGET, Page 5A
Hill
Reynolds
Suggs
County Commission considers changing in-county bidding process
FlaggSee COUNTY, Page 10A
W H A T A M E S S
Photos by CHRIS DEVITTO/Palatka Daily News
A pile of garbage lies near an overflowing trash can at Palatka’s City Dock on Tuesday afternoon. Labor Day weekend resulted in more people visiting the Palatka riverfront than normal.
City manager says staff will clean up riverfront today
See MESS, Page 10A
No charges filed after death of 29-year-old Florahome resident Keith Gravitz; investigation continues, authorities say
See SHOOTING, Page 10A
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252nd day of 2015. There are 113 days left in the year.
TODAY IN PUTNAMIn 1847, Putnam County held its
first election. Fifty-six people voted for five commissioners, clerk of cir-cuit court, sheriff-tax collector, tax assessor and a surveyor.
In 1852, South Carolina lawyer Benjamin Hopkins bought land from Jacob Souls in the Crescent City area and sold 585 acres to George Oliver, who is believed to be the earliest permanent settler.
In 1921, brick was the choice material to build roads in Putnam County. The cost of putting down a mile of brick road on a stabilized base eight feet wide was between $53,000 and $55,000 per mile. Some still exist, many merely covered with pavement.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORYOn Sept. 9, 1965, Sandy Koufax of
the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a perfect game against the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium. Final score: 1-0.
ON THIS DATEIn 1776, the second Continental
Congress made the term “United States” official, replacing “United Colonies.”
In 1850, California became the 31st state of the union.
In 1893, Frances Cleveland, wife of President Grover Cleveland, gave birth to a daughter, Esther, in the White House. It was the first – and, to date, only – time a president’s child was born in the executive man-sion.
In 1926, the National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) was incor-porated by the Radio Corp. of America.
In 1956, Elvis Presley made the first of three appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYSActress Sylvia Miles is 81. Actor
Topol is 80. Rhythm-and-blues sing-er Luther Simmons is 73. Singer Inez Foxx is 73. Singer Dee Dee Sharp is 70. Rock singer-musician Doug Ingle is 69. Country singer Freddy Weller is 68. College Football Hall of Famer and former NFL player Joe Theismann is 66. Rock musician John McFee (The Doobie Brothers) is 65. Actor Tom Wopat is 64. Actor-comedian Charles Esten (formerly Chip) is 50. Actress Constance Marie is 50. Actor David Bennent is 49. Actor Adam Sandler is 49. Model Rachel Hunter is 46. Actor Eric Stonestreet is 44. Actor Henry Thomas is 44. Pop-jazz singer Michael Bublé is 40. Country singer Joey Martin (Joey + Rory) is 40. Actress Michelle Williams is 35. Country singer-song-writer Hunter Hayes is 24.
PALATKA
Environmental groupto meet Thursday
The Putnam County Environmental Council will meet Thursday at the Edgar Johnson Senior Center, 1215 Westover Drive.
Board meeting begins at 6 p.m., with the program to follow at 7 p.m. Guest speaker is Mary Catherine Alford of the Sustainable Design Group. She will present Downsizing Your Home: More with Less.
The meeting is open to the public.
Putnam County baseball camp starts Sept. 20
Putnam County Baseball Camp is 1–4 p.m. Sept. 20 at the Azalea Bowl on Twigg Street across from Ravine Gardens State Park.
For ages 5-14. Cost is $40 per partici-pant. Led by Palatka High School coach Alan Rick and Dunnellon High School coach Tommy Boss.
All aspects of the game will be cov-ered. Kids will participate in drills for hitting, pitching, defense and base run-ning. At the end of the camp, players will participate in a home run derby and a slip-n-slide sliding practice.
To register: www.nonstopcoaching.
com/events. Details: Rick at 937-1083 or Boss at 352-427-9735.
CRESCENT CITY
Dinner show hosted by Christian service center
The Let Us Entertain You baked
chicken dinner and variety show will be Oct. 7 at Howe Memorial Fellowship Hall, 252 S. Summit St.
Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m., with a show at 7 p.m. Advance tickets only available until Sept. 30. Tickets for dinner are $12 each.
Performances will be by Ladies in Harmony, the Crescent City Junior-Senior High School Instrumental Group, vocalist Margie Nelson, come-dy act Lit’l T, a line dancing group and more.
There is a grand door prize, 50/50 drawing and gift basket opportunities.
Hosted by the South Putnam Christian Service Center. Tickets: 467-2061.
INTERLACHEN
Rainbow Garden Club meets today
The Interlachen Rainbow Garden Club will meet at 2 p.m. today at St. Andrews Episcopal Church meeting room, 111 S. Francis St.
Guest speakers are Evelyn “Prissy” Fletcher of UF/IFAS Extension Residential Horticulture Agent and Tony LaPlaca with Identifying and
Controlling Invasive Plants. Open to the public.
Details: Viv Bly at 684-2490.
Sept. 6Richard L. Cooper, 74, Interlachen:
failure to appear.Darrell Kenneth Williams, 36,
Palatka: selling cocaine.
ST. AUGUSTINE
City celebrates its 450th anniversary
America’s oldest city marked its 450th anniversary with a long weekend of free concerts and events.
St. Augustine was founded by the Spanish in 1565. The city kicked off its weekend of festivities with Spanish music in its historic downtown.
A Spanish galleon is on display in the city’s harbor area near the Castillo de San Marcos, a fortress built in the 17th century.
Authorities estimated nearly 65,000 people came to downtown St. Augustine on Saturday for concerts and other events. Large crowds also filled the city Sunday.
Submitted photo
The Arts Council of Greater Palatka will host a special painting class with instructor Keith Martin Johns, inset, Sept. 18-19 at the Larimer Arts Center, 216 Reid St., Palatka. The two-day oil painting landscape workshop will teach the principles of the Old Masters with the speed of a contemporary method of painting. The workshop is for adults and high school-age youth and is a beginner level class for students who have little to no experience. Hours are 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Cost is $195 per student, and a $100 deposit is due with registration. The instructor is known for his romantic landscapes of Florida’s natural wilderness, according to a news release from the Arts Council. For information on the class, call the arts council at 328-8998, visit www.artsinputnam.org, call Johns at 850-360-4908, visit www.keithmartinjohns.com or email [email protected].
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BALTIMORE — The par-ents of Freddie Gray reached a tentative $6.4 million settle-m e n t w i t h t h e c i t y o f Baltimore, nearly five months after their 25-year-old son was critically injured in police cus-tody, sparking days of protests and rioting.
T h e d e a l , a n n o u n c e d Tuesday, appeared to be among the largest settlements in police death cases in recent years and happened just days before a judge is set to decide whether to move a trial for six officers charged in Gray’s death.
Gray’s spine was injured April 12 in the back of a pris-oner transport van after he w a s a r r e s t e d . G r a y , a 25-year-old black man, died at the hospital a week later. I n t h e a f t e r m a t h , G r a y became a symbol of the con-tentious relationship between pol i ce and the publ ic in
Baltimore, as well as the treatment of black men by police in America.
The settlement still needs the approval of a board that oversees city spending. That board will meet today.
“The proposed settlement agreement going before the Board of Estimates should not be interpreted as a judg-ment on the guilt or inno-cence of the officers facing t r ia l , ” Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said in a news release. “This settle-ment is being proposed solely because it is in the best inter-est of the city, and avoids costly and protracted litiga-tion that would only make it more difficult for our city to heal and potentially cost tax-payers many millions more in damages.”
Rawlings-Blake refused to comment further on Tuesday at an unrelated news confer-ence.
The settlement does not resolve any factual disputes,
and expressly does not con-stitute an admission of lia-bility on the part of the city, its police department or any of the officers. The settle-ment has nothing whatsoev-er to do with the criminal p r o c e e d i n g s , t h e p r e s s release said.
In July, New York City set-tled for $5.9 million with the family of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died after being put in a white police officer’s chokehold. The city of Chicago settled in 2001 a wrongful death lawsuit by t h e f a m i l y o f L a T a n y a Haggerty, who was shot to death by police, for $18 mil-lion.
By adam BeamAssociated Press
GRAYSON, Ky. — The Kentucky county clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples was released Tuesday after five days behind bars, emerging to a tumultuous hero’s welcome from thousands of supporters waving large white crosses.
“I just want to give God the glory. His people have rallied, and you are a strong people,” Kim Davis told the crowd after stepping outside, her arms raised like a victorious boxer, to the blaring “Rocky”-sequel theme song “Eye of the Tiger.”
Her lawyer refused to say whether she would defy the courts again.
“Kim cannot and will not violate her conscience,” said Mat Staver, founder of the Liberty Counsel, the Christian law firm representing Davis. As for whether she will issue licenses, Staver said only: “You’ll find out in the near future.”
The Rowan County clerk whose defiance has made her a hero to the religious right walked free after the federal judge who ordered her locked up lifted the contempt ruling against her, saying he was satisfied her deputies were fulfilling their obligation to grant licenses to same-sex couples in her absence.
But U.S. District Judge David Bunning also warned Davis not to interfere again, or else she could wind up back in jail.
Davis, 49, refused to resign her $80,000-a-year job. As an elected official, she can lose her post only if she is defeated for re-election or is impeached b y t h e s t a t e G e n e r a l Assembly . The la t ter i s unlikely, given the legisla-ture’s conservative slant.
As the surprise news of h e r i m p e n d i n g r e l e a s e spread, a crowd of dozens of supporters who had gath-ered on the jailhouse lawn for a previously scheduled rally swelled to thousands. They broke into “Amazing G r a c e ” a n d “ G o d B l e s s
America” and waved signs, flags and crosses.
Cries of thanks to Jesus echoed through the crowd as D a v i s e m e r g e d n e x t t o Republican presidential can-didate Mike Huckabee and her husband, Joe, who was in overalls and a straw hat. Huckabee and fellow GOP White House candidate Sen. Ted Cruz visited her at the jail just after the decision came down.
“If somebody has to go to jail, I’m willing to go in her place,” said Huckabee, a for-mer Baptist minister and Arkansas governor. “She has shown more courage than any politician I know.”
Natal ie Ferguson, who came to the rally from Elora, Tenn., said: “We have to stand because if we sit back and be quiet, you know then as a Christian community we’re going to get run over.”
Davis was locked up on Thursday for the boldest act of resistance by a public official yet to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that effectively legalized same-sex marriage across the nation. Citing “God’s authority” and her belief that gay marriage is a s in , Davis , an Aposto l i c Christian, stopped issuing all marriage licenses.
Two gay couples and two heterosexual ones sued her. Bunning ordered Davis to issue the licenses, and the
Supreme Court backed him. But she still refused and was held in contempt of court and hauled off to jail in handcuffs, igniting protests from reli-gious conservatives. They ral-lied for days at her office, at the jail and outside the judge’s home.
The timing of her release after just five days came as something of a surprise. Last week, Bunning said he might reconsider his decision to jail her in a week.
Five of Davis’ six deputy clerks — all except her son, Nathan — agreed to issue licenses to gay couples with Davis behind bars. In lifting the contempt order, Bunning asked for updates on the clerks’ compliance every two weeks.
On Tuesday, Staver, Davis’ l a w y e r , m a i n t a i n e d t h e licenses issued by her depu-ties are invalid. But the Kentucky attorney general’s office said it believes other-wise.
Dan Canon, an attorney for the couples who sued, said they will ask the judge to again hold Davis in contempt if she returns to work and blocks her deputies from dis-pensing licenses.
“We are hoping she is going to comply with it. We’ll have to see,” Canon said. “But if experience is a teacher, Ms. Davis just doesn’t believe that court orders apply to her.”
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Larry D. BartonLarry David Barton, 68, of
Hollister, passed away Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, at his home fol-lowing an extended illness.
He was a native of Ansted, W.Va., and lived in Hollister for the past 12 years, coming from Marmet, W.Va. Larry honorably served in the U.S. Air Force and was a Purple Heart recipient. He worked as a truck driver, enjoyed play-ing games and puzzles on the computer and enjoyed keeping up with his friends and family on Facebook.
He is survived by his wife of 18 years, Carolyn Barton of Hollister; sons, Gabriel Barton of Hollister and Teddy Barton o f K a n s a s ; d a u g h t e r s , Amanda Ellis (Anthony) of Hollister, Amy Marquardt, Kathy Salyer and Marsha Glessner ; s is ters , L inda Simonton of Lynchburg, Va., and Karen Hardtke of San Antonio; 12 grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
Memorial services were held Sept. 6 at the Interlachen Church of God in Interlachen with Pastor E.J. Nichols and Brother Jerry Hall officiating. The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard rendered honors.
Memories and condolences may be expressed to the fami-ly at Larry’s Book of Memories page at www.johnsonoverturf-funerals.com.
Arrangements are under the direction of Johnson-Overturf Funeral Home in Interlachen.
Shirley J. JonesShirley Jean Shelton Jones,
74, of Palatka, passed away Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, at her residence due to natural causes.
Shirley was a native of Hot Springs, N.C., and coming from Hot Springs to seek a b e t t e r l i f e , she was a res-ident of this area for the past 57 years, l i v i n g i n H a s t i n g s , East Palatka and Palatka. In 1999, she retired as a quality assurance technician at Georgia-Pacific in Palatka after 30 years of service. She was a member of the Women of the Moose, Chapter 1915 in Palatka, and she was a Baptist.
Preceding her in death were her parents, Mamie and Ben Shelton, and a brother, Guy V. Shelton.
Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, Michael and Alice Holt of Palatka and Nathan and Rachel Holt of Palatka; a daughter and son-i n - l a w , D o n n a a n d T i m Holloway of East Palatka; an a u n t , E l l a H e n s l e y o f Marshall, N.C.; three broth-ers, Robert Shelton of Hot Spr ings , N .C . , Evere t te Shelton of Asheville, N.C., and Ralph Shelton of Morganton, N.C.; a sister, Flodia Burke of Maryland; nine grandchildren a n d s p o u s e s , R i c h a r d Holloway, Clifford Holloway, Misty and Jared Cooper, Mathew Holt, Jenna Holt,
Tommi Fields, William Ellis, Nicholas Ellis, and Jeannie and Julian Benson; three great-great-grandsons; and numerous nieces and neph-ews.
The family will receive f r i e n d s f r o m 6 – 8 p . m . Thursday, Sept. 10 at the Masters Funeral Home in Palatka. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11 at the funeral home with Pastor Mike Patterson officiating. In honor and celebration of Shirley’s life, a video tribute will be shown. Burial will fol-low in Palatka Memorial Gardens.
Friends may sign the online guestbook at www.themas-tersfuneralhome.com.
Masters Funeral Home of Pa la tka i s in charge o f arrangements.
Dorothy L. ConradDorothy Louise Wilkinson
Conrad, 92, of Vero Beach, for-merly of Palatka, passed away Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, at VNA Hospice in Vero Beach.
A r r a n g e m e n t s w i l l b e a n n o u n c e d b y M a s t e r s Funeral Home of Palatka.
Gloria GramGloria Gram, 91, of Dowling
Park, passed away Sept. 7, 2015.
Watts Funeral Home & Cremation Center of San Mateo is entrusted with sim-plicity cremation arrange-ments – wattsfuneralhomes.com.
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ideas & opinions
I’ve read about people who claim to unplug from time to time.
I think that means they turn off the television, computer and cellular devices to shut out the never-ending drumbeat of information that rides the airwaves and flows through our brains on a daily basis.
To be able to unplug sounds wonderful, and I thought I was going to have the opportunity to do that last week.
I figured tromping through the Black Hills of South Dakota with a brother I had not seen in 10 years would be about the closest I am destined to get to tuning out the rest of the world and news of all sorts.
To use a phrase I often have to repeat, boy, was I wrong about that.
First of all, despite poor to nonexistent wireless connectivity, I was still able (and eager) to read my Palatka Daily News from cover to cover, scan a half-dozen other news sites and keep up with my office email.
Second, my brother is also in the news-paper business, so no matter how hard I tried to not be informed about what was happening in the world around me, he did not share that goal, so I was exposed to events through his news outlets in addi-tion to my own.
It sure was a crazy week for news.Hurricane Erika was looming large
when I left, to the point I almost canceled my trip and half expected to have to fly home early. Thankfully, neither was nec-essary. And even more thankfully, we were spared the ordeal of cleaning up storm damage.
Gov. Rick Scott had Palatka on his itin-
erary when I left. I was disappointed he wasn’t able to make it but glad to hear he will reschedule his visit. We need his help and support.
Donald Trump was leading all Republicans in the race for the presiden-tial nomination when I left. I see he still leads. Though some polls show his margin is not as large as it once was, it was inter-esting to see a poll showing he would beat Hillary Clinton if the election were held today.
Speaking of Clinton, she seems to be sinking deeper by day into the quicksand she created for herself with her personal email server. Aides have promised she’s going to start displaying the warm and playful side of her personality. They real-ize her defense of her highly questionable email practices make her look defensive and, well, kind of grumpy, to be honest. I didn’t know she had another side. This should be interesting.
And Vice President Joe Biden, once thought to be marking the days on his cal-endar until he could retire from political life, seems like a man on a mission these days. Though he says he hasn’t decided whether or not he wants to seek the Democratic presidential nomination, his body language certainly suggests someone
who is leaning that way.Meanwhile, up in my birth state of
Kentucky, Rowan County Court Clerk Kim Davis found herself behind bars after a federal judge found her in contempt of court for defying his order that her office issues marriage licenses to same-sex cou-ples.
I admire anyone having the courage of their convictions, but I think there’s more to this story than that alone. Apparently a lot of folks agree, because there has been incessant news coverage both nationally and internationally. Some stories strike a universal chord, and this appears to be one of them.
I could prattle on and on about any one of these news topics, but I have taken up most of my space just doing the capsule summary of them.
Instead, I want to close by reminding everyone Patriot Day is the coming Friday.
Events marking the occasion run most of the day in Putnam County, starting with a morning vigil at the County Government Complex and a special com-munity prayer service Friday evening at Mt. Tabor First Baptist Church.
It’s good to travel, but it’s even better to come home.
Especially when home is Putnam County, where patriotic pride and love of God and country are as big as the open skies of the Great Plains I recently visited.
As an extra added bonus, I hear the shrimp are running strong, too.
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Our View: A catalyst for changeThe details surrounding
4-year-old Braydan Trahern’s death were released late last
month and chronicled in Saturday and Tuesday’s editions of the Palatka Daily News.
The report uncovered new circumstances previously unre-ported, and it confirmed a nag-ging suspicion many had from the start: The 4-year-old was in a home, in a situation, that was untenable, and the state Department of Children and Families should have done more
to protect Braydan.The Critical Incident Rapid
Response Team Report revealed an understaffed agency that failed, far too often, to provide the necessary care and support for Braydan.
On Sept. 2, Department of Children and Families Northeast Regional Director David Abramowitz resigned and gave no reason for his immediate departure. He served four years in the leadership post. Anybody who read the Daily News’ arti-cles about Braydan’s death or
the agency’s incident report is not upset by Abramowitz’s departure.
The report documented a lengthy history of agency involvement in Braydan’s care, as well as the care of the 11-year-old accused of stran-gling Braydan.
The report said danger threats impacting the children were sig-nificant and clearly observable throughout multiple interven-tions with the family, the Daily News reported.
The report also reveals agency
staff relied on self-reports and failed to move quickly when new information was filed with the agency.
The report also addressed concerns with the agency’s organization. New staff mem-bers and vacant positions were also cited. The report was criti-cal of the agency’s communica-tion skill with other agencies.
The report revealed the Department of Children and Families’ weaknesses and offered solutions.
It’s important the agency fol-
lows through with the recom-mendations. It’s also important an outside agency investigates the Department of Children and Families to ensure the agency isn’t responsible for the tragic death of another young person.
Braydan’s legacy shouldn’t be about his tragic death. Braydan should be remembered for sparking the necessary changes needed in the Department of Children and Families.
A 4-year-old died. It shouldn’t have happened. It should never happen again.
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By Thomas BeaumonTAssociated Press
LACONIA, N.H. — Jeb Bush wanted to run for president as a joyful front-runner, above the fray of the pack. Instead, he heads into the fall campaign as a fighter with a foil: Donald Trump.
There’s a new urgency in Bush’s tone as a candidate. It’s moved from frustration and annoyance with Trump’s con-stant needling to a willingness to confront the brash billionaire and call him out for his antics.
And though he still relies on the policy-driven arguments that suit his wonkish style, the son and brother of former presi-dents is also acknowledging what’s powered Trump’s rise:
outrage with the political class his family embodies. Such anger alone, he says, cannot prevail.
“I believe that a conservative can win, campaigning with his arms wide open, with joy in his heart, speaking about the hopes and aspirations of the people, being on the side of the people that right now don’t see their lives in the future being better than what they have today,” Bush told a crowded hall in New Hampshire late last week.
Bush’s aides argue there was no “aha!” moment for the for-mer Florida governor that trig-gered a shift in strategy. Instead, they say, the threat posed by Trump — who has held steady atop polls national-ly and in the early voting states
for the past six weeks — has awakened an instinctive sense of drive.
“It’s something about Jeb’s makeup,” said spokesman Tim Miller. “He is an extremely competitive person, in all aspects of life. He recognizes that this is a race he has to earn.”
Bush remains viewed by many in the party — as well among his opponents — as the most likely candidate to emerge from the unwieldy GOP field to win the nomination.
That’s due in large part to the more than $114 million Bush has raised for his cam-paign and allied super PAC — far and away the most of any 2016 White House effort — and the television advertising that
money buys. The super PAC is scheduled to begin $21.8 mil-lion in advertising in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina this month.
“He’s still the front-runner, though others could compete” said veteran GOP presidential adviser Charlie Black, who isn’t aligned with any 2016 candi-date. He predicted the ads will change public opinion.
Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton often mentions Bush by name, although she has taken to talk-ing about Trump more often in recent weeks. In doing so, she’s tried to link Bush to Trump’s policies on immigration — an issue on which the two men have vastly different ideas.
And while Trump is an equal
opportunity belittler, fighting back against anyone he deems
“not nice,” he, too, focuses more often than not on Bush.
Manager Terry Suggs said. “We will be prepared to discuss any options the commission might suggest.”
While the project hasn’t been funded, Reynolds also provided information with the utility fund budget about the cost to improve the wastewater treat-ment plant. The utility fund’s reserves would need to have enough money in it to make loan payments if an improvement project is approved.
“It’s just something to think about,” he said. “We’ve got to do something about the (aging) wastewater treatment plant.”
Hill suggested last week the city consider giving the Palatka Gas Authority oversight of the utility fund. Suggs said he spoke “briefly” with the authority’s board of directors about combin-ing utility services.
“I didn’t get any feedback,” Suggs said. “I wanted them to start thinking about it in case the commission decides they want to go in that direction.”
Commissioners will also con-sider an ordinance Thursday that would end city-provided burial services at city-owned cemeteries.
If passed, the ordinance would create burial permits for a fee of $150 per burial, allowing funeral homes to conduct buri-als at city-owned cemeteries. The city would issue the burial permit and mark the location of the grave. The provider would take care of opening and closing the grave site, setting and clos-ing the vault, setting up and breaking down tents and chairs and would assume liability for all burial-related events.
According to city documents, Cemetery Department costs will be cut to about a quarter of what they are in the current fiscal year.
The general fund includes the city commission, city manager,
city clerk, finance department, facilities maintenance, fire department, police department, cemetery, cultural services, parks and recreation and Price-Martin Center budgets.
Reynolds said the general fund, including reserves, would be about $10.2 million of the $25.3 million city budget.
The Palatka City Commission will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at Palatka City Hall, 201 N. Second St.
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A beautiful magnolia tree blooms in Melrose earlier this year.
An operation by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Street Crimes Unit led to the arrest of four people in one vehicle after a traffic stop Friday afternoon.
Bryce Parker, 26, Milton Tyre, 44, Danielle Christy, 27, and Rylan Appling, 34, were arrested and charged with first-degree felony of traffick-ing in methamphetamine.
Parker was arrested after deputies confirmed he knew he was driving a vehicle without a valid license, a sheriff’s office report said.
A K-9 search alerted officers of narcotics in the vehicle, the report said.
The report said officers found
14.7 grams of pseudoephedrine in various brand names and a bottle of lighter fluid.
The report said because of the significant amount of alleged drugs found in the vehi-cle, all four people in the vehi-cle were charged with traffick-ing methamphetamine and taken to the Putnam County Jail.
Parker, Tyre and Appling were released on $2,504 bond. Christy was released on $1,004 bond.
Melrose man killed riding lawn mower
MELROSE — A 54-year-old Melrose man driving a lawn mower was struck and killed by a vehicle early Tuesday morn-ing.
A state Highway Patrol release said an unidentified man was riding a lawn mower traveling westbound on Baden Powell Road.
A Jeep Wrangler driven by Dawn Smith, 55, of Hawthorne was also traveling westbound on Baden Powell Road, striking the back of the lawn mower, the report said.
Smith told investigators at the scene she did not see the lawn mower, which was travel-ing in an unlit portion of the roadway, the report said.
The report said speed was not a factor in the crash. Highway Patro l has not released the name of the driver of the lawn mower pending notification of the family.
PCSO: Pregnant woman attacked
I N T E R L A C H E N — A 32-year-old Interlachen woman was arrested and charged with aggravated battery of a preg-nant woman.
The pregnant victim said her cousin, Jennifer Jones, 32, tried to prevent the victim from leav-ing Jones’ house, a report from the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said.
The victim told deputies as she began walking away from t h e h o m e , t h e s u s p e c t approached her, and yelled and attacked her, leaving scratches on her neck.
The suspect told deputies a different version, saying she called 911 to report her medica-tion stolen.
The report said a dispatch supervisor reviewed calls taken in the time period given by the suspect, but no one reported stolen medication. When a dep-uty asked the suspect to pro-vide a call history to show when she contacted the sheriff’s office, the suspect could not.
The victim said she contact 911 for assistance but did not speak to anyone because she was scared. The victim gave the deputy her cellphone, which showed a call to 911, the report said.
Jones was arrested and charged with second-degree fel-ony of battery of a pregnant vic-tim. She was taken to the Putnam County Jail and released on $2,504 bond.
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Trump surge forces Jeb Bush to switch from optimist with ‘joy’ to one with bite early in primary battle
State NewsTALLAHASSEE
Florida projected to have budget surplus next year
Florida is expected to have another budget surplus in the coming year, but it doesn’t appear there is enough money for Gov. Rick Scott to cut taxes as deeply as he promised on the campaign trail.
The annual forecast released Tuesday shows the state is expected to bring in enough money in 2015 to meet its spending needs for schools and health care.
But that forecast shows the state’s budget surplus will be about $635 million during the fiscal year that starts in July 2016. Most of that money, however, is a one-time windfall, so it would be hard to use it for any ongoing tax cuts.
Group sues FSU over policy banning guns in cars at games
A gun rights group is suing Florida State University over a policy banning people from keeping guns locked in their cars during football games and while on campus.
Florida Carry Inc. said Tuesday the policy violates state law. They are suing on behalf of a student Rebekah Hargrove, who wants to keep her gun in her car during this Saturday’s foot-ball game against University of South Florida.
She also wants to be able to keep her gun in her car while on campus taking classes.
Florida Carry Executive Director Sean Caranna said Florida law allows concealed weapons permit holder to keep their guns locked in their cars while on state university campuses.
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Tampa homeless charity to be shut down over violations
A homeless charity that filed a federal lawsuit resulting in the partial overturning of Tampa’s
panhandling ban will be shut down.Officials for the city and the charity said
Homeless Helping Homeless was shut down Tuesday.
Code enforcement officials told the shelter’s owner he had five days to clear out the homeless men and women from a makeshift shelter behind the nonprofit’s headquarters.
ST. PETERSBURG
Students scramble as school districts dumps Wi-Fi
Students returning to Pinellas County schools found they no longer have access to WiFi on their personal devices.
Over the summer, the school district replaced one of the wireless networks shared by staff and students with two new networks. One is exclu-sively used for staff and their personally-owned devices. The other is for district-owned wireless devices.
A third password-protected network will be used by guests and vendors. Administration at each school may also give user information to students. But the password is changed monthly or on an as-needed basis.
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Owner of missing cobra cited for delaying escape report
Officials said the owner of a king cobra that escaped a home last week is being cited for not immediately reporting it.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported Mike Kennedy realized the snake escaped from its cage Sept. 2 after returning from a two-day trip. Court docu-ments said Kennedy spent about 24 hours searching for the cobra before reporting it missing.
The misdemeanor charge carries a $366 fine, though Kennedy can request a hearing to contest it.
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Can’t say that Texas State was much of a test for a rebuilding Florida State football team, but the Seminoles were
impressive in areas where they were not expected to shine.
First, Everett Golson established himself as a strong replacement for Jameis Winston. Taking his 6,000 yards experience from Notre Dame, the graduate student threw for 302 yards and four touchdowns. Sharp, targeted passing is hard to coach. Golson also proved himself as a lead-er, even though he joined the team late in the preparation for 2015.
Golson’s play solidified Coach Jimbo Fisher’s choice over hard-luck redshirt junior Sean Maguire. Maguire, who won his only game as a start-er (against Clemson) and sat behind Winston only to lose his job to the Golson transfer. Maguire was in line because of the transfer of Jacob Coker to Alabama.
Maguire was relegated to mop-up duties. Coker was pedestrian in his first start for the Crimson Tide. And maybe the off-the-field issues with Winston and De’Andre Johnson will not be the opening sentence for every FSU story with Golson’s lead-ership.
Better yet, the offensive line did better than expected. A junior left tackle, Roderick Johnson, with little experience and left guard Kareem Are, a junior college transfer, direct-ed a team with almost no missteps. Dalvin Cook and Mario Pender com-bined for 248 yards or a 7.5 average.
Also, a defense that dropped off in all stats from the national champi-onship season two years ago, showed signs of recovery. Two quarterback hurries, one sack and a pass rush stymied the visiting Bobcats. Defensive ends DeMarcus Walker and Josh Sweat pressured the QB, and defensive tackle Giorgio Newberry also found his way into the backfield. Redshirt sophomore Tyrell Lyons recorded seven tackles including one for a loss. Consider too the fact that nine true freshman
KERRY DUNNING
With only one match played to date, action in the Donald Ross 4-Ball Tournament is sure to pick
up steam.Moving on to round two is the pair
of Jim Keeley/Allen Wells, who turned back John Salmon/Jeff Raulston, 3 and 2, a few days back.
Match play for the twosomes is the format for the long-running event, which bears the name of famed golf course designer Donald Ross, who designed the Palatka Municipal Course in 1925.
Here’s how the rest of the first-round matches look: Ian Wilson/Paul Trettner vs. Copeland West/Jim Santo; Dan Blumenstock/Michael Hudson vs. Jeremy Feagin/David Hawkins; Jeff
McClellan/Curtis West vs. Ron Mullis/David Perkins; Ray Spofford/Kevin Orr vs. Lucas Bennett/Rodney Webb; Jim Roach/John Garrett vs. Jim Moody/Jeff Elledge; Howard Sheeks/Bill Luke vs. Jim Reynolds/Art Lanier; Kyle Coleman/Brian Weldon vs. Bob Porch/David Cox; Tanner Tipton/Clint Dixon vs. Randy Werkheiser/Travis Wilkinson and Daniel Wilhite/Joe Boatwright vs. Hal Sullivan/Marty McCullough.
Defending champs are Mullis and Ron Jerin. …
Labor Day tourney draws a crowd. Some 20 teams showed up at the MC Sunday for what organizers hope will be a first-Sunday-of-each–month event from now on.
The game was two-man blind draw (Nassau) playing best net score with skins and closest to the pins thrown in.
Taking the front and overall was the pair of Eric Handleman/Jeff Malandrucco. Winning the back nine honors were Bill Mutchie/Ed Pierce. Collecting skins were Trettner (Nos. 3 and 9), Jerrry Broadrick (No. 1), Randy Day (No. 8), Kevin Keith (No. 12) and Craig Twigg (No. 17). ...
Lee Conlee House event com-
ing Sept. 19. The first tournament of the busy fall season is one that has become a mainstay on the Municipal Course calendar.
The Lee Conlee House hosts its 15th Annual Golf Classic on Sept. 19.
The event, with proceeds ear-marked to the local home for victims of domestic violence, begins with a 9 a.m. shotgun start. Cost is $60 per person.
Registration forms can be had at the Municipal Course or by calling 325-4447. ...
October tourney calendar. A few weeks after the Conlee tournament – Oct. 10 – the annual St. Johns River State College Athletic Association holds its annual competition. St. Monica
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Hot toget fansoff sofas
Little kids bounce around on inflatables. Teenagers rock to a local band. Huge screens showing sports from around
the country, and celebrities signing autographs.
A fair or theme park? Try MetLife Stadium before an NFL game.
Many hardcore NFL fans prefer watching at home or in sports bar, where they can watch multiple games on huge screens and keep track of their fantasy stats or gambling results. The league is trying to bring more people to stadiums by turning games into all-day events.
“We have a tremendous TV product and it has been getting better over a long period of time, so the great news for the NFL is to be competing with ourselves,” says Brian Lafemina, the league’s senior vice president of club business development. “Teams have been innovating and creating better game-day experience over the past several years. We’ve stopped thinking about programming a football game and instead we’re focusing on making it a five-to-six-hour, driveway-to-driveway experience.”
It’s particularly important families who want to get their money’s worth out of expensive tickets.
“This is a great draw to come in to the stadium early; it will motivate people to want to do more than tail-gate and then go into the game,” says Jets fan Duane Tomaszewski of Albertson, N.Y. “Meeting ex-Jets, the playground for kids, it’s sure better than having them dodging cars in the parking lot.”
The New Jersey stadium used by the Jets and Giants was built with the fans in mind. Between the park-ing lot and the seats, fans walk through MetLife Plaza, where they can eat, play, dance and watch big screens.
“We have a huge parking area where the fans tailgate, some of them right until game time, and that’s always been a big part of the experi-ence,” Jets President Neil Glat says.
“But we encourage them to spend time in the plaza, particularly if they are bringing along children. We have the kids’ area, ESPN broadcasts, food sampling of all kinds.”
The other 30 NFL teams are trying to create similar experiences.
Baltimore has the Ravens Walk, which has become so popular that some fans without tickets will come to the stadium simply to take part, then head elsewhere to watch the game. Fans can talk to cheerleaders, listen to bands or get a photo “Poe” the mas-cot. Sponsors set up booths, including Verizon so fans can recharge their devices and stay connected.
“It’s really special to a lot of us who endured life without football for 13 years, and to now have this game-day experience we didn’t have for those years,” says Ravens season ticket holder Francis Preroff of Towson, Maryland. “It’s like a celebration of football, with music, vendors, activi-ties.”
When Baltimore plays a late game, the Ravens will put earlier contests on jumbo screens.
“I was speaking with one of our fans on Saturday,” says Brad Downs, the Ravens’ vice president of market-ing. “He and a group of people make the three-hour drive from Ocean City, and they arrive early and it’s become a ritual to be a part of what we have.”
Since 2013, Jacksonville fans have enjoyed the “Prowl.” The team walks through a wall of fans from the locker room to the field for pregame intro-ductions.
Once fans get inside any of the NFL’s 31 stadiums, they obviously want their team to win. But they want much more on the way to that victory. Even in Dallas, with an inno-vative stadium and one of the biggest screens in the world, fans always expect more.
“How do we create an authentic, unique experience that can’t be rep-licated at home?” asks Charlotte Jones Anderson, the Cowboys’ execu-tive vice president and chief brand officer. “Our big board did most of that for us, it really reinvented the way you experience a game as an engaging interactive. But our pro-gramming we start from the time you park your car. We even direct you to avoid the traffic and to the best location for your parking area with our app.”
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LOCAL GOLFDANNY HOOD
U.S. TENNIS OPEN
Serena outlasts Venus in 3-set thriller
See GOLF, Page 7A
Ross 4-Ball tourney set to pick up steam
Younger Williams sister advancesto semis in quest for Grand Slam
BY HOWARD FENDRICHAssociated Press
NEW YORK – If Serena Williams would feel sympathy for any opponent standing in the way of her pursuit of tennis’ first true Grand Slam in 27 years, it might very well be her sister Venus.
Still, no way was Serena going to let anyone, or anything, stop her on this night, even if she found herself in a mid-match lull while facing her older
sibling in the U.S. Open quarterfinals.Moving two matches from history, top-seeded
Serena got all she could handle from 23rd-seeded Venus before moving onto the semifinals at Flushing Meadows with a 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 victory Tuesday in the 27th installment of the unique Williams vs. Williams rivalry.
When it ended, they met at the net for a hug, with a smiling Venus wrapping both arms around Serena.
“She’s the toughest player I’ve ever played in my life and the best person I know,” Serena said in an on-court interview. “It’s going against your best friend and at the same time going against the greatest competitor, for me, in women’s tennis.”
Serena is 16-11 in their matches, taking seven of their last eight meetings. She leads 9-5 in majors and 3-2 at the U.S. Open. Of greater sig-nificance is this: Serena can still become the first player since Steffi Graf in 1988 to collect all four Grand Slam titles in a calendar year.
And if she can win what would be her fourth U.S. Open in a row, and seventh overall, she would equal Graf with 22 major championships, the most in the professional era and second-most ever behind Margaret Court’s 24.
Well-known folks such as Donald Trump – who was booed when shown on video screens – Oprah
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A LOOK INTO 2015 WITH JACKSONVILLE
JOHN STUDWELL / Special To The Daily News
Jacksonville Jaguars coach Gus Bradley, left, and running back Dennard Robinson (16) are joyous after Robinson scored a touchdown in a win last season against the Cleveland Browns. Big things are expected this season from the Jaguars in their third year under Bradley.
Takin’ ‘Ownership’Jags feel this year could be year to control AFC South
He consistently and somewhat bor-ingly talks about getting better every
day, believing in victory and maintaining a steady approach despite success or adversity.
So Bradley raised eyebrows when he deviat-ed from his safe zone last week and offered a glimpse into how he really feels about his team following a massive overhaul that included three years of draft picks and about $200 mil-lion in free-agent upgrades this spring.
“We had a team meeting when we initially started training camp and we talked, ‘Our objective is to build a team that owns the AFC
CALENDARNOTE: Schedules are submitted by schools, leagues and recreation departments and are subject to change without notice.
WEDNESDAY, September 9HIGH SCHOOL
Girls GolfAt Palatka Municipal Golf Course
Menendez vs. Palatka, 3 p.m.
THURSDAY, September 10HIGH SCHOOL
VolleyballPalatka at Crescent City, 6 p.m.Peniel Baptist at St. Augustine Florida Deaf & Blind, 6:30 p.m.
Boys GolfAt Palatka Municipal Golf Course
Gainesville Buchholz, Menendez vs. Palatka, 3:30 p.m.
Cross CountryCrescent City, Interlachen, Palatka, Florida D&B at Pierson Taylor, 4 p.m.
SwimmingAt The Palatka ARC
Menendez vs. Palatka, 4:30 p.m.
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PREP FOOTBALLState Polls
The Associated Press Top 10 Florida high school football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records, rating points and previous rankings:
CLASS 8A Record Pts Prv1. Apopka (18) 2-0 188 12. Pembroke Flanagan (1) 2-0 164 23. Miami Columbus 2-0 146 34. Kissimmee Osceola 2-0 131 45. Orlando Dr. Phillips 2-0 113 56. Vero Beach 2-0 87 67. Winter G. West Orange 2-0 76 78. Delray Atlantic Comm. 2-0 53 89. Bradenton Manatee 1-1 27 910. Fort Pierce Central 2-0 24 NROthers receiving votes: Mandarin 11, Plantation 9, South Dade 6, Miami Southridge 4, Miramar 2, Oak Ridge 2, Coral Gables 2.
CLASS 7A Record Pts Prv1. Ft. L. STAQ (19) 2-0 190 12. Lakeland 2-0 170 23. Orange Park Oakleaf 2-0 151 34. PB Gardens Dwyer 1-0 131 45. Venice 2-0 115 56. Bradenton Braden Riv. 2-0 85 T67. South Fort Myers 2-0 64 98. Tampa Plant 1-1 54 89. Winter Haven 2-0 45 1010. Lake City Columbia 2-0 13 NROthers receiving votes: First Coast 12, Sickles 7, Mater Academy 4, South Fork 3, Viera 1.
CLASS 6A Record Pts Prv1. Daytona Mainland (18) 2-0 198 12. Seffner Armwood 1-0 165 23. Miami Central (2) 1-1 155 34. St. Augustine 2-0 140 55. Choctawhatchee 2-0 97 76. Pensacola Escambia 2-0 63 NR(tie) Naples 1-1 63 88. Pensacola Tate 2-0 59 109. Navarre 3-0 39 NR10. Niceville 1-1 34 4Others receiving votes: Heritage 28, Charlotte 21, Miami Norland 19, Miami Carol City 8, Brandon 5, Clearwater 4, Dillard 1, Pine Forest 1.
CLASS 5A Record Pts Prv1. Hallandale (8) 2-0 187 22. Plantation Am. Her. (11) 1-1 175 13. Orlando Bish. Moore (1) 2-0 168 34. North Marion 2-0 141 45. Tallahassee Rickards 2-0 119 56. Tallahassee Godby 1-0 91 67. Crawfordville Wakulla 1-1 68 98. Coconut Creek 1-1 50 89. Tampa Jesuit 2-0 32 NR10. Live Oak Suwannee 1-1 28 10Others receiving votes: Clay 23, Miami Jackson 4, Jefferson 3, Crystal River 2, Bay 2, Merritt Island 2, Ponte Vedra 2, West Florida 1, Lakewood 1, Palm Bay 1.
CLASS 4A Record Pts Prv1. Cocoa (20) 2-0 209 12. Jacksonville Bolles (1) 2-0 187 23. Miami Washington 1-1 164 34. Jacksonville Raines 2-0 152 45. Bushnell South Sumter 2-0 115 5Others receiving votes: Glades Central 7, Clewiston 6.
CLASS 3A Record Pts Prv1. Jax Trinity C. (19) 2-0 190 12. Lakeland Christian 2-0 163 33. Clearwater C. Cath. 2-0 143 54. Delray Amer. Heritage 1-1 141 25. Tampa Catholic 2-0 96 NROthers receiving votes: Oxbridge Academy 21, Westminster Christian 6.
CLASS 2A Record Pts Prv1. Jax University (19) 2-0 190 12. Tallahassee NFC 2-0 166 33. St. Pete Northside Chr. 2-0 133 NR4. Dade Christian 2-0 131 55. Moore Haven 2-0 68 NROthers receiving votes: Victory Christian 40, Glades Day 24, Carrollwood Day 8.
CLASS 1A Record Pts Prv1. Fort Meade (15) 2-0 194 1
2. Port St. Joe (4) 1-0 174 23. Pahokee (1) 1-0 156 44. Trenton 2-0 128 NR5. Union County 2-0 105 NROthers receiving votes: Dixie County 24, Vernon 7, South Walton 6, Newberry 6.
WNBAEASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GBNew York-x 22 9 .710 –– Chicago-y 20 12 .625 2.5 Indiana-y 18 14 .562 4.5 Washington-y 17 15 .531 5.5 Connecticut 14 18 .438 8.5 Atlanta 13 18 .419 9 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota-x 22 11 .667 –– Phoenix-y 19 13 .594 2.5 Tulsa-y 17 15 .531 4.5 Los Angeles-y 14 18 .438 7.5 Seattle 9 23 .281 12.5 San Antonio 7 26 .212 15x-conference championy-clinched playoff berthMonday’s GamesNo events scheduled.Tuesday’s GamesWashington 76, Indiana 72Minnesota 73, Seattle 67Tulsa 74, San Antonio 64Wednesday’s GamesConnecticut at New York, 7 p.m.Los Angeles at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
BASEBALLAL Standings
East Division W L Pct GBToronto 79 59 .572 —New York 77 60 .562 1½Tampa Bay 67 71 .486 12Baltimore 66 72 .478 13Boston 65 73 .471 14Central Division W L Pct GBKansas City 83 55 .601 —Minnesota 71 67 .514 12Cleveland 67 70 .489 15½Chicago 66 71 .482 16½Detroit 64 74 .464 19West Division W L Pct GBHouston 75 63 .543 —Texas 72 64 .529 2Los Angeles 69 68 .504 5½Seattle 66 72 .478 9Oakland 59 79 .428 16Monday’s GamesN.Y. Yankees 8, Baltimore 6Detroit 5, Tampa Bay 4Boston 11, Toronto 4Cleveland 3, Chicago White Sox 2
Oakland 10, Houston 9Texas 3, Seattle 0Minnesota 6, Kansas City 2L.A. Dodgers 7, L.A. Angels 5Tuesday’s GamesBaltimore 2, N.Y. Yankees 1Detroit 8, Tampa Bay 7, 13 inningsToronto 5, Boston 1, 10 inningsKansas City 4, Minnesota 2Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 4Houston at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.Texas at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.Wednesday’s GamesBaltimore (U.Jimenez 10-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-9), 7:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-8) at Detroit (Lobstein 3-6), 7:08 p.m.Toronto (Hutchison 13-3) at Boston (J.Kelly 9-6), 7:10 p.m.Cleveland (Tomlin 4-1) at Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 9-11), 8:10 p.m.Minnesota (Pelfrey 6-9) at Kansas City (Medlen 3-1), 8:10 p.m.Houston (McHugh 15-7) at Oakland (Brooks 1-2), 10:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-9) at L.A. Angels (Richards 13-10), 10:05 p.m.Texas (M.Perez 2-4) at Seattle (Nuno 0-2), 10:10 p.m.
NL StandingsEast Division W L Pct GBNew York 77 61 .558 —Washington 71 67 .514 6Miami 58 81 .417 19½Atlanta 55 84 .396 22½Philadelphia 54 85 .388 23½Central Division W L Pct GBSt. Louis 87 50 .635 —Pittsburgh 82 55 .599 5Chicago 79 57 .581 7½Milwaukee 61 77 .442 26½Cincinnati 57 80 .416 30West Division W L Pct GBLos Angeles 79 58 .577 —San Francisco 71 67 .514 8½Arizona 66 72 .478 13½San Diego 65 73 .471 14½Colorado 57 80 .416 22Monday’s GamesN.Y. Mets 8, Washington 5Milwaukee 9, Miami 1Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 1Chicago Cubs 9, St. Louis 0Colorado 6, San Diego 4Arizona 6, San Francisco 1Atlanta 7, Philadelphia 2L.A. Dodgers 7, L.A. Angels 5Tuesday’s GamesPhiladelphia 5, Atlanta 0N.Y. Mets 8, Washington 7Miami 6, Milwaukee 4Pittsburgh 7, Cincinnati 3Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.San Francisco at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.Colorado at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.Wednesday’s GamesChicago Cubs (Lester 9-10) at St. Louis (C.Martinez 13-7), 1:45 p.m.Atlanta (Teheran 9-7) at Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 2-7), 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (deGrom 12-7) at Washington (Strasburg 8-6), 7:05 p.m.Milwaukee (A.Pena 1-0) at Miami (Koehler 8-13), 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Happ 4-1) at Cincinnati (Sampson 2-3), 7:10 p.m.Colorado (Rusin 5-7) at San Diego (Shields 10-6), 9:10 p.m.San Francisco (Heston 11-9) at Arizona (Godley 4-1), 9:40 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-9) at L.A. Angels (Richards 13-10), 10:05 p.m.
NFLAMERICAN CONFERENCEEast W L T Pct PF PABuffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0y-New England 0 0 0 .000 0 0N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0South W L T Pct PF PAHouston 0 0 0 .000 0 0y-Indianapolis 0 0 0 .000 0 0Jacksonville 0 0 0 .000 0 0Tennessee 0 0 0 .000 0 0North W L T Pct PF PAx-Baltimore 0 0 0 .000 0 0x-Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0y-Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 0 0West W L T Pct PF PAy-Denver 0 0 0 .000 0 0Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast W L T Pct PF PAy-Dallas 0 0 0 .000 0 0N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 .000 0 0Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 0 0Washington 0 0 0 .000 0 0South W L T Pct PF PAAtlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0y-Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0New Orleans 0 0 0 .000 0 0Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0North W L T Pct PF PAChicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0x-Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0y-Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0West W L T Pct PF PAx-Arizona 0 0 0 .000 0 0San Francisco 0 0 0 .000 0 0y-Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0St. Louis 0 0 0 .000 0 0x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched divisionThursday’s GamePittsburgh at New England, 8:30 p.m.Sunday’s GamesGreen Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m.Kansas City at Houston, 1 p.m.Seattle at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Indianapolis at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Miami at Washington, 1 p.m.Carolina at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.New Orleans at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.Detroit at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.Cincinnati at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.Baltimore at Denver, 4:25 p.m.Tennessee at Tampa Bay, 4:25 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Monday’s GamesPhiladelphia at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.Minnesota at San Francisco, 10:20 p.m.
S C O R E B O A R DTODAY ON TELEVISION
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL1:30 p.m. MLB Network Cubs at Cardinals7 p.m. ESPN Mets at Nationals7 p.m. FS Florida Brewers at Marlins7 p.m. Sun Sports Rays at Tigers10 p.m. ESPN Dodgers at Angels
U.S. OPEN TENNIS11 a.m. ESPN Women’s and men’s quar-8 p.m. ESPN2 terfinals, at New York
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S P O R T S B R I E F S
Once parked, fans have plenty of choices. A music corral with live bands, a play area and, of course, the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.
The players control the out-come of the game, but team offi-cials want fans to enjoy the day no matter what the score.
“We’re absolutely focused on the best experience in our stadi-um, but the first thing the fans want is to see a Giants win,” says Giants vice president of sales and marketing Kevin Frattura. “We can’t control that, but we can control what is avail-able around the stadium, what they are doing during breaks and timeouts, and before they come through the gates.”
This summer, before pre-season games and even prior to a
Jets evening practice, MetLife Plaza was packed well before kickoff. Perhaps the most popu-lar spot was the Snoopy statue, where fans stopped to take pho-tos.
Scott and Kathleen Riker of Hawthorne, N.J., and daughters Alexa and Melissa have created a tradition by using Snoopy as a measuring stick.
“I’ve watched her grow up with the team and the stadium,” mom says of 9-year-old Alexa.
“Every year, she takes a picture with Snoopy and we can see how much she is growing.”
Frattura watches such sights with a wide smile.
“Whatever we can provide as an enhancement that is part of the tradition of the Giants, we do,” Frattura says, “so that the fan, young or adult, asks, ‘When can we come back?’”
Barry Wilner covers the NFL for The Associated Press.
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Catholic Church is right behind with its Oct. 17 Youth Benefit Golf Classic, and closing out the month will be the Third Street Charities tour-ney on October 24. …
PWGA ready to crank it up. The Palatka Women’s Golf Association begins its 2015 sea-son tomorrow at the Palatka Course. Any lady with some golf experience and who would like to play regulation golf are more than welcomed to join in. You must have a USGA handicap to be a part of the fun.
Participants are asked to be at the course at 8:30 a.m. Play begins at 9 a.m. …
Twilight Scramble results. Daniel
Wilhite, Jeremy Hawkins, Earl Wendel, Will Papooshka and Ed Pierce carded seven under par to win last Thursday’s Twilight Scramble.
The nine hole scramble is held every Thursday at the Municipal Course. Cost is $20 and play begins around 5:30 p.m.
Danny Hood’s golf column appears every Wednesday in the Palatka Daily News.
played, including Sweat. Nine redshirt freshmen also had playing time.
All in all, Florida State played with fewer mis-takes and more rhythm, except for the area where Seminole fans expect perfection – the kicking game.
Roberto Aguayo, arguably one of the best college kickers ever, put two kickoffs out of bounds. FSU muffed two punts, and lost one. The Seminoles also allowed a first down on a fake punt that led to Texas State points. Cason Beatty continued his up-and-down performance as a punter. Honestly, the best news was the Seminoles didn’t fair catch every punt. In fact, they set up Golson and company with a 42.3-yard average return.
Now FSU has to turn its attention to South Florida, going from a night game to a very rare 11:30 a.m. start this Saturday. The Bulls won their opener against Tallahassee’s other team, FAMU.
Kerry Dunning covers Florida State for the Palatka Daily News.
Winfrey and Kim Kardashian dotted the teeming stands, and the action under the lights in Arthur Ashe Stadium often was of high quality.
The sisters combined for 57 winners (Serena had more, 35) and only 37 unforced errors (Venus had fewer, 15).
Both pounded serves fast, very fast, each topping 120 mph. Both returned well, oh so well, each managing to put into play at least
one serve at more than 115 mph by the other.
Venus often attempted to end baseline exchanges quickly. Serena showed tremen-dous touch by using drop shots, one paired with a backhand passing winner, another with a perfectly curled lob.
Serena took control of the opening set, grabbing its last four games. Suddenly, though, she showed some jitters early in the second, dumping a slow-for-her second serve into the net to fall behind 3-1, part of a five-game run for Venus to even the match at a set apiece.
They had played 63 intense minutes, so
aware of each other’s tactics and tendencies, and now it was going to all come down to one set.
At 35, the oldest woman to enter the tour-nament, Venus had her own reasons for wanting to win, of course. She hadn’t reached the semifinals at any Grand Slam tournament since the 2010 U.S. Open, and might have considered this her last, best chance to collect an eighth major singles championship of her own.
True to her word, their mother, Oracene Price, did not attend the match. And neither of her daughters betrayed much in the way of emotion.
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PREP ROUNDUP
Raiders take out Warriors in straight setsPalatka Daily News
Kirby Mida was on top of her service game, delivering eight aces, and Dionna McCoy added three aces and nine kills as visiting Crescent City improved to 2-1 with a 25-5, 25-18, 25-11 victory over Peniel Bapist Academy at Jenkins Middle School on Tuesday.
Larissa Addison put up eight kills and seven assists, Nadia Ghousaini aadded six kills and Savanna Lepanto had five aces and 10 assists in a dominating performance against the win-less Warriors (0-7). The win was the 391st in the career of longtime coach Holly Pickens.
For the Warriors, Ashley Spedden had five aces, two service points, two assists and five digs, Lamiya Alridge added two points, one block and one kill, Elsie Cambers had a kill and a block and Kristen Flateau delivered an ace.
n Even when it looks like a year an experi-
enced Interlachen can beat rival Keystone Heights, the Indians show why they may have a spell on the Rams.
Host Keystone Heights delivered an emphat-ic 25-16, 25-17, 25-11 District 4-4A victory over the Rams, dropping Interlachen to 3-2 overall and 0-1 in the district.
Kaedi Gillman had nine kills, one assist, 15 digs and an ace, Miranda Polk put up a kill, 11 digs and an assist and Torri Gravelle had a kill, 12 digs and two service points for the Rams.
CROSS COUNTRYn The Palatka High boys took second out of
three teams in a meet at Jacksonville Ed White High School. Ed White won with 29 points, followed by 48 from Palatka and Jacksonville Paxon third at 50.
Peyton Snyder was the top Palatka High runner, taking sixth in 21:32. Also, Daytwan Shivers was seventh in 21:40, Taylor Parson
was 10th in 22:42, Lavarus Smith took 12th in 23:53, Cameron Chandler was 13th in 24:08 and Chase Ratlif was 16th in 24:57.
The top Palatka girl was Michelle Dampier, who was 10th in 30:40. Artanza McCrae was 14th in 37:58 and Cameryn Tucker was 15th in 38:07.
GOLFn The second day of the two-day Highway
20 Cup between Palatka and Gainesville Eastside was postponed until at least next week, according to Panther coach Lucas Bennett, when Eastside’s home, Ironwood Golf Club, had unplayable conditions after being hammered by rain.
Palatka, which hosts Menendez and Gainesville Buchholz at Palatka Municipal Golf Course on Thursday, was leading the two-day Cup event, 5-2, after last week’s first day.
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South,’” Bradley said at a kickoff luncheon inside EverBank Field. “And that means year-in and year-out, we’re owning the AFC and the South division. That was our mindset.
“And I said, ‘This year, we built the team. It’s built and it’s time,’ and our players need to have that men-tality.”
The Jaguars have reasons to be optimistic heading into Sunday’s season opener against Carolina.
Quarterback Blake Bortles looks much more like a franchise quarterback in his second season. After resting his arm, tweaking his mechanics and honing his footwork in the offseason, Bortles showed consid-erable better accuracy and consistency during train-ing camp and the preseason. He completed 65 per-cent of his passes for 461 yards, with a touchdown and no turnovers. He also ran for 42 yards and a score.
The third overall pick in the 2014 draft, Bortles was supposed to watch and learn as a rookie. But he was thrust into the starting lineup in Week 4, sur-rounded by first- and second-year players and strug-gled on a weekly basis. He completed 59 percent of his passes for 2,908 yards, with 11 touchdowns and 17 interceptions. He also was sacked 55 times.
He has shown more patience, poise and precision in his sophomore season.
“Not that it comes easy, but you’ve seen more,” Bortles said. “You’re seeing things again rather than last year you’re seeing stuff for the first time a little bit. I’ll still see things for the first time this year, but you have a little bit more of a memory bank.”
Bortles also has more talent around him.The Jaguars signed two-time Pro Bowl tight end
Julius Thomas, right tackle Jermey Parnell and cen-ter Stefan Wisniewski in free agency. They also drafted Alabama running back T.J. Yeldon in the second round. Although Thomas is expected to miss the first three games while recovering from a broken right hand, all four new additions should help improve an offense that ranked 31st in the league last season.
“It’s been good,” Bortles said. “We’ve been able to make a first impression of who we want to be and who we want to be viewed as, as far as attacking the run and the rest of our offense stemming off of that. I think we’ve done a good job there.”
COLLEGE ATHLETICS
UF O-Dome to be renovatedGAINESVILLE – The O’Connell Center is back on
track for a significant renovation.Florida announced new plans for the facelift
Tuesday, with a projected price tag of $64.5 million. That’s nearly $20 million more than the initial esti-mate last year.
The Gators delayed the remodel in February, cit-ing a change in construction companies. The project had been scheduled to begin in March.
Florida has since signed a construction authoriza-tion contract with Brasfield & Gorrie. Portions of construction are scheduled to begin this fall, but the O’Dome will remain fully operational until the reno-vation phase begins in March 2016.
The project, which includes luxury boxes, chair-back seating throughout the lower bowl and upgrad-ed amenities, is scheduled to be done in time for fall commencement in December 2016.
SEC puts 10 teams in football pollThe Southeastern Conference has a record 10
teams ranked in the first Associated Press college football poll of the regular season.
Ohio State remained a unanimous No. 1 after pull-ing away 42-24 at Virginia Tech on Monday night.
The SEC already held the record for most teams from one conference in the Top 25 with eight, a mark it matched in the preseason. After the conference went 12-1 to open the season, No. 16 Texas A&M and No. 25 Mississippi State moved into the poll to go with the eight teams already there.
Alabama moved up a spot to No. 2. The rest of the SEC roll call is: No. 6 Auburn, No. 10 Georgia, No. 14 LSU, No. 17 Mississippi, No. 18 Arkansas, No. 20 Missouri and No. 23 Tennessee.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Realmuto, Marlins trip BrewersMIAMI – J.T. Realmuto has rare speed for a
catcher, and he showcased it Tuesday night.Realmuto hit two home runs, including an inside-
the-parker, to help lead the Miami Marlins to a 6-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT,SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIR-CUIT, IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO: 2015-000143-CA
WILSON ENTERPRISES IN-TERNATIONAL, INC., aFlorida corporationPlaintiff,
vs.
DENNIS E. O'BRIEN if liv-ing, and if dead, the un-known spouse, heirs, de-visees, grantees, assign-ees, l ienors, creditors,trustees and al l otherparties claiming an in-terest by, through, under oragainst DENNIS E. O'BRI-EN and any of the above-named defendants; AN-GELA M. O'BRIEN LIND-SEY, MARY ANN O'BRIENFANELLI, VERONICA F.O'BRIEN, and DEBORAH F.O'BRIEN; UNITED STATESOF AMERICADefendant(s)
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby give thaton the 1st day of October,2015, at 11:00 A.M. atwww.putnam.realforeclose.com, the undersignedClerk will offer for sale thefollowing described realproperty, together with allimprovements locatedthereon:
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The aforesaid sale will bemade pursuant to the De-fault Final Judgment ofForeclosure entered inC iv i l Case No . 2015 -000143-CA now pending inthe Circuit Court in Put-nam County, Florida.
DATED this 3rd day ofSeptember, 2015.
/s/ Charles T. Douglas, Jr.CHARLES T. DOUGLAS, JRDOUGLAS & HEDSTROM,P.A.601 St. Johns AvenuePalatka, FL 32177Telephone: 386-328-6000E m a i l :[email protected] e c o n d a r y :[email protected] Bar No. 0025896Attorney for Plaintiff
A tract of land, lying andbeing a part of Lots 11 and12 of FORT GATES SUBDI-VISION, according to platthereof recorded in PlatBook 1, Page 68 of thePublic Records of PutnamCounty, Florida, and beingmore par t icu la r ly de -scr ibed as fo l lows:Commence at the Southw-est corner of Lot 14 of saidFORT GATES SUBDIVI-SION and thence run S. 68degrees 53'21"E. along theNortherly line of Lot 8 ofsaid FORT GATES SUBDI-VISION a distance of 600.00feet to the Point of Begin-ning of this description. (1)Thence continue S. 68 de-grees 53'21"E. along theNorth line of said Lot 8, adistance of 150.00 feet. (2)Thence run N. 00 degrees01'16"W. parallel with theWest line of said Lot 14 ofFORT GATES SUBDIVI-SION, a distance of 1545.00feet, more or less, to thewater's edge of the St.Johns River. Return to thePoint of Beginning of thisdescription. (3) Thence runN. 00 degrees 01'16"W. par-allel with the West line ofsaid Lot 14, a distance of1541.00 feet, more or less,to the water's edge of theSt. Johns River. (4) Thencerun southeasterly, alongthe water's edge of the St.Johns River, a distance of150 feet, more or less, tothe end of Call #2 and toclose. TOGETHER WITH:An easement for the pur-pose of ingress, egressand utility purposes, 30feet in width, lying 20.0 feetNortherly and 10.0 feetSoutherly of the followingdescribed line, to-with: Fora point of reference com-mence at a point on theSouth line of Lot 9 of theFORT GATES SUBDIVI-SION, at a distance of61 8.33 feet North and2101.32 feet East of U.S.Forestry corner stamped"Southeast corner of SW1/4 of SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 ofSection 26, Township 12South, Range 26 East(1971)" said point being themost Westerly corner oflands described in OfficialRecords Book 421, Page 79of the Public Records ofPutnam County, Florida;thence run N. 30 degrees58'45"E. along the West-erly line of said lands de-scribed in Official RecordsBook 421, Page 79, a dis-tance of 224.47 feet to thePoint of Beginning of saideasement line: (1) Thencerun N. 57 degrees 47'38"W.70.98 feet; (2) thence run N.8 7 d e g r e e s 5 1 ' 1 5 " W .126.23; (3) thence run N. 72degrees 23'35"W. 1362.71;(4) thence run S. 68 de-grees 03'35"W. to the West-erly line of Lot 14 of saidFORT GATES SUBDIVI-SION and the terminationof said 30 foot easement.TOGETHER WITH : Aneasement for the purposeof ingress, egress and util-ities, being more particu-larly described as follows:Being a part of Govern-ment Lot 3, Section 26,Township 12 South, Range26 East, West of St. JohnsRiver and being more par-ticularly described as fol-lows: Commence at theSouthwest corner of Lot14of FORT GATES SUBDI-VISION, as recorded in PlatBook 1, Page 68 of thePublic Records of PutnamCounty, Florida, for thePoint of Beginning; thencerun S. 89 degrees 26'29"W.a distance of 25.12feet to apoint; thence run S. 68 de-grees 03'35"W. a distanceof 57.44 feet to a point;thence run N. 72 degrees12'05"W. a distance of605.43 feet to the West lineof the South 1/2 of the East1/2 of Government Lot 3;thence run N. 00 degrees17'43"W. along said Westline of the South 1/2 of theEast 1/2 of said Govern-ment Lot 3, a distance of24.23 feet to the Northwestcorner of said South 1/2 ofthe East 1/2 of Govern-ment Lot 3; thence run N.88 degrees 37'22"E. alongthe North line of the South1/2 of the East 1/2 of saidGovernment Lot 3, a dis-tance of 130.83 feet; thencerun S. 72 degrees 12'05"E.a distance of 465.53 feet toa point; thence run N. 68degrees 03'35"E. a dis-tance of 87.24 feet to apoint on the West line ofFORT GATES SUBDIVI-SION; thence run S. 00 de-grees 00'21"E. along theWest line of FORT GATESSUBDIVISION, a distanceof 81.02 feet to the Point ofBeginning and to close.
9/9/15, 9/16/15Legal No. 00036411
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE:ST. JOHNS AUTO BODYINC. gives Notice of Fore-closure of Lien and intentto sell these vehicles on09/21/2015, 12:00pm at1609 ST JOHNS AVE PAL-ATKA, FL 32177-4438, pur-suant to subsection 713.78of the Florida Statutes. ST.JOHNS AUTO BODY INC.reserves the right to ac-cept or reject any and/or allb i d s . 1 9 9 9 P O N T I A C1 G 2 W J 1 2 X 3 S F 2 7 2 3 7 59/9/15Legal No. 00035971
The St. Johns River WaterManagement District (Dis-trict) gives notice of re-ceipt of the following Indi-vidual Consumptive UsePermit (CUP) permit applic-ation(s):
One Ninety StreamlineLLC, Consumptive UsePermit application #50194-6. The applicant proposesto use 0.021 million gal-lons per day of groundwa-ter for the irrigation andfreeze protection of 4.0acres of fern. The with-drawals used by this exist-ing project consist ofgroundwater from the Up-per Floridan Aquifer via 1act ive wel l in PutnamCounty, located in Section:15, Township: 12 South,Range: 27 East, known asStreamline Road.
The file(s) containing thepermit application(s) areavailable for inspectionMonday through Friday, ex-cept for District holidays, 8a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Dis-trict's Headquarters, 4049Reid St., Palatka, FL 32177-2529. You may also viewfiles at one of the District'sservice centers, but youshould call service centerstaff in advance to makesure that the files are at aspecific service center.Service center contact in-formation is available on-l i n e a tfloridaswater.com/contac-tus/offices.html. Addition-ally, most permit applica-tion file documents can beviewed online at f lori-daswater.com/permitting/index.html. To obtain inform-ation on how to find andview permit application filedocuments, visit f lori -daswater.com/permitting/index.html and select thetopic of choice from the"Find permits and applica-tion" heading, and then fol-low the directions providedunder "How to find a Tech-nical Staff Report (TSR) orother application file docu-ments."
The District issues twotypes of Individual con-sumpt ive use permits(CUPs) ñ staff-issued CUPs(where the proposed con-sumptive use does not ex-ceed 500,000 gallons perday on an average annualbasis) , and GoverningBoard-issued CUPs (wherethe proposed consumptiveuse exceeds 500,000 gal-lons per day on an aver-age annual basis or theDistrict receives a timelysubstantial objection). De-cisions on applications fora staff-issued IndividualCUP will be made at theDistrict's service centerwhere the application isprocessed, unless the ap-plication is upgraded to anapplication for a Govern-ing Board-issued Individu-al CUP as explained below,in which event the Govern-ing Board will consider theapplication at a noticedBoard meeting. The Gov-erning Board normallymeets on the second Tues-day of the month.
A substantial objection toan application for a staff-is-sued Individual CUP mustbe made in writing andfiled with (received by) theDirector, Bureau of Regu-latory Support, P.O. Box1429, Palatka, FL 32178-1429, or by e-mail at [email protected],within 14 days of notifica-tion of the application.Please include either thePermit Application Num-ber or the Project Name inthe objection. Notificationof the application is eitherthe fifth day after the dateon which the written no-tice is deposited in the U.S.mail (for those personswho receive actual noticeby U.S. mail), the date onwhich the notice is e-mailed (for those personswho receive actual noticeby e-mail), or the date thenotice is published in thenewspaper (if actual noticeis not provided by U.S. mailor e-mail). A "substantialobjection" means a writtenstatement directed to theDistrict that identifies theobjector, concerns hydro-logic or environmental im-pacts of the proposed con-sumptive use, and relatesto applicable rule criteria. Atimely substantial objec-tion will cause an applica-tion for a staff-issued Indi-vidual CUP to be con-sidered an application for aGoverning Board-issuedIndividual CUP. If the Dis-trict receives a timely sub-stantial objection from you,then you will receive writ-ten notice of the District'sintended decision on thepermit application.
Decisions on applicationsfor a Governing Board-is-sued Individual CUP will bemade by the District's Gov-erning Board. Notice of In-tended District Decisionwill be provided to per-sons who have requestedindividual notice. A re-quest for individual Noticeof Intended District De-cision on an application fora Governing Board-issuedIndividual CUP must be re-ceived by the Director, Bur-eau of Regulatory Support,prior to the date the Noticeof Intended District De-cision is generated. Forthose applications, you areadvised to notify the Dis-trict within 14 days of noti-fication of the application ifyou have questions, objec-tions, comments or inform-ation regarding the pro-posed consumptive use. Ifyou make a written re-quest to the District for ad-ditional information regard-ing a specific permit ap-pl icat ion, you wi l l beprovided an opportunity toobtain the available inform-ation. Please note that fil-ing a written objectiondoes not entitle you to aChapter 120, Florida Stat-utes, administrative hear-ing.
Margaret Daniels, BureauChiefBureau of Regulatory Sup-portSt. Johns River Water Man-agement District4049 Reid StreetPalatka, FL 32177-2529(386) 329-4570
9/9/15Legal No. 00036392
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE SEVENTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO. 2015-178-CA-53
RANDALL S. MATHEWS,Plaintiff,
vs.
BEVERLY SCHERM, andUNKNOWN TENANTS,Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALENotice is hereby given that,pursuant to a Final Judg-m e n t o f F o r e c l o s u r eentered in the above-styledcause, in the Circuit Courtof Putnam County, Florida,the clerk will sell the prop-erty situated in PutnamCounty, Florida, describedas:
Lots 18 and 19, Block 237,INTERLACHEN LAKES ES-TATES, FREDERICK TOWNUNIT #16, according to theplat thereof recorded inMap Book 5, Page 4 of thePublic Records of PutnamCounty, Florida.
TOGETHER WITH that cer-tain 1999 Gene double-wide mobile home, locatedthereon. Ident i f icat ionN u m b e r s -GMHGA1159923822A andGMHGA1159923822B. TitleNumbers - 77798146 and77798148.
at publ ic sale , to thehighest bidder, for cash, inan online sale at www.put-nam.realforeclose.com, be-ginning at 11 a.m. on Octo-ber 1, 2015, any personclaiming an interest in thesurplus from the sale, oth-er than the property owner,must file a claim within 60days after the sale.
By: /s/ DAVID K. MINACCIAttorney for Plaintiff
9/2/15, 9/9/15Legal No. 00036252
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT,SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIR-CUIT, IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO: 2015-000143-CA
WILSON ENTERPRISES IN-TERNATIONAL, INC., aFlorida corporationPlaintiff,
vs.
DENNIS E. O'BRIEN if liv-ing, and if dead, the un-known spouse, heirs, de-visees, grantees, assign-ees, l ienors, creditors ,trustees and al l otherparties claiming an in-terest by, through, under oragainst DENNIS E. O'BRI-EN and any of the above-named defendants; AN-GELA M. O'BRIEN LIND-SEY, MARY ANN O'BRIENFANELLI, VERONICA F.O'BRIEN, and DEBORAH F.O'BRIEN; UNITED STATESOF AMERICADefendant(s)
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby give thaton the 1st day of October,2015, at 11:00 A.M. atwww.putnam.realforeclose.com, the undersignedClerk will offer for sale thefollowing described realproperty, together with allimprovements locatedthereon:
S E E E X H I B I T A A T -TACHED HERETO AND BYREFERENCE MADE APART HEREOF
The aforesaid sale will bemade pursuant to the De-fault Final Judgment ofForeclosure entered inC iv i l Case No . 2015 -000143-CA now pending inthe Circuit Court in Put-nam County, Florida.
DATED this 3rd day ofSeptember, 2015.
/s/ Charles T. Douglas, Jr.CHARLES T. DOUGLAS, JRDOUGLAS & HEDSTROM,P.A.601 St. Johns AvenuePalatka, FL 32177Telephone: 386-328-6000E m a i l :[email protected] e c o n d a r y :[email protected] Bar No. 0025896Attorney for Plaintiff
A tract of land, lying andbeing a part of Lots 11 and12 of FORT GATES SUBDI-VISION, according to platthereof recorded in PlatBook 1, Page 68 of thePublic Records of PutnamCounty, Florida, and beingmore par t icu la r ly de -scr ibed as fo l lows:Commence at the Southw-est corner of Lot 14 of saidFORT GATES SUBDIVI-SION and thence run S. 68degrees 53'21"E. along theNortherly line of Lot 8 ofsaid FORT GATES SUBDI-VISION a distance of 600.00feet to the Point of Begin-ning of this description. (1)Thence continue S. 68 de-grees 53'21"E. along theNorth line of said Lot 8, adistance of 150.00 feet. (2)Thence run N. 00 degrees01'16"W. parallel with theWest line of said Lot 14 ofFORT GATES SUBDIVI-SION, a distance of 1545.00feet, more or less, to thewater's edge of the St.Johns River. Return to thePoint of Beginning of thisdescription. (3) Thence runN. 00 degrees 01'16"W. par-allel with the West line ofsaid Lot 14, a distance of1541.00 feet, more or less,to the water's edge of theSt. Johns River. (4) Thencerun southeasterly, alongthe water's edge of the St.Johns River, a distance of150 feet, more or less, tothe end of Call #2 and toclose. TOGETHER WITH:An easement for the pur-pose of ingress, egressand utility purposes, 30feet in width, lying 20.0 feetNortherly and 10.0 feetSoutherly of the followingdescribed line, to-with: Fora point of reference com-mence at a point on theSouth line of Lot 9 of theFORT GATES SUBDIVI-SION, at a distance of618.33 feet North and2101.32 feet East of U.S.Forestry corner stamped"Southeast corner of SW1/4 of SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 ofSection 26, Township 12South, Range 26 East(1971)" said point being themost Westerly corner oflands described in OfficialRecords Book 421, Page 79of the Public Records ofPutnam County, Florida;thence run N. 30 degrees58'45"E. along the West-erly line of said lands de-scribed in Official RecordsBook 421, Page 79, a dis-tance of 224.47 feet to thePoint of Beginning of saideasement line: (1) Thencerun N. 57 degrees 47'38"W.70.98 feet; (2) thence run N.8 7 d e g r e e s 5 1 ' 1 5 " W .126.23; (3) thence run N. 72degrees 23'35"W. 1362.71;(4) thence run S. 68 de-grees 03'35"W. to the West-erly line of Lot 14 of saidFORT GATES SUBDIVI-SION and the terminationof said 30 foot easement.TOGETHER WITH: Aneasement for the purposeof ingress, egress and util-ities, being more particu-larly described as follows:Being a part of Govern-ment Lot 3, Section 26,Township 12 South, Range26 East, West of St. JohnsRiver and being more par-ticularly described as fol-lows: Commence at theSouthwest corner of Lot14of FORT GATES SUBDI-VISION, as recorded in PlatBook 1, Page 68 of thePublic Records of PutnamCounty, Florida, for thePoint of Beginning; thencerun S. 89 degrees 26'29"W.a distance of 25.12feet to apoint; thence run S. 68 de-grees 03'35"W. a distanceof 57.44 feet to a point;thence run N. 72 degrees12'05"W. a distance of605.43 feet to the West lineof the South 1/2 of the East1/2 of Government Lot 3;thence run N. 00 degrees17'43"W. along said Westline of the South 1/2 of theEast 1/2 of said Govern-ment Lot 3, a distance of24.23 feet to the Northwestcorner of said South 1/2 ofthe East 1/2 of Govern-ment Lot 3; thence run N.88 degrees 37'22"E. alongthe North line of the South1/2 of the East 1/2 of saidGovernment Lot 3, a dis-tance of 130.83 feet; thencerun S. 72 degrees 12'05"E.a distance of 465.53 feet toa point; thence run N. 68degrees 03'35"E. a dis-tance of 87.24 feet to apoint on the West line ofFORT GATES SUBDIVI-SION; thence run S. 00 de-grees 00'21"E. along theWest line of FORT GATESSUBDIVISION, a distanceof 81.02 feet to the Point ofBeginning and to close.
9/9/15, 9/16/15Legal No. 00036411
Crane Operator - Heavylifting required. Palatka
granite factory. Se hablaEspañol. 904-838-6030
Granite Fabricators& Installers for Palatka
office. Se habla Español.904-838-6030
Needed: Roofers& Laborers.
Experience PreferredCall 386-325-2023
CAD Programmer& Quality Control personwanted for Palatka Gran-ite factory 904-838-6030
Se habla Español.
Se solicita empleadoAprendices para fabricade mármol y granito, serequiere poder levantar
piezas pesadas.Interesados por favor
llamar al (904)222-4051
Someone needed PTw/computer exp. for
small business. PomonaPark. 386-336-1544
Wilkinson & Sons Plas-tering is hiring scaffoldsetters (100 ft. high),
lathers, plasterers, andlaborers. Apply inperson at 305 N.Pine St., Palatka.
FINANCIAL
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Legal Notices
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 7TH JUDICIAL CIR-CUIT, IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDACIVIL DIVISION
CASE NO.: 2013-499-CA-53
S P R I N G L E A F H O M EEQUITY, INC., FORMALLYKNOWN AS AMERICANGENERAL HOME EQUITY,INC.,Plaintiff,
vs.
JACQUELINE L. BARRY, etalDefendants.
NOTICE OF FORECLOS-URE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to Final Judg-ment of Foreclosure datedthe 26th day of August2015, and entered in CaseNo. 2013-499-CA-53, of theCircuit Court of the 7th Ju-dicial Circuit in and for Put-nam County , F lo r ida,where in SPRINGLEAFH O M E E Q U I T Y , I N C . ,FORMALLY KNOWN ASA M E R I C A N G E N E R A LHOME EQUITY, INC is thePlaintiff and JACQUELINEL. BARRY; LYNN A. HOFF-MAN; UNKNOWN TENANT#1; UNKNOWN TENANT #2are defendants. The Clerkof this Court shall sell tothe highest and best bid-der for cash at www.put-nam.realforeclose.com,11:00 AM on the 8th day ofOctober, 2015, the follow-ing described property asset forth in said Final Judg-ment, to wit:
LOT 54, BLOCK 48, UNIT 2,ST. JOHNS RIVERSIDE ES-TATES, HIGHLANDS SEC-TION 2, AS RECORDED INPLAT BOOK 5, PAGE 43O F T H E P U B L I C R E -C O R D S O F P U T N A MC O U N T Y , F L O R I D A .TOGETHER WITH THATCERTAIN DOUBLEWIDEMOBILE HOME KNOWN AS2 0 0 6 D Y N A S T YI D # H 8 1 8 3 2 7 G R A N DI D # H 8 1 8 3 2 7 G L .
ANY PERSON CLAIMINGAN INTEREST IN THE SUR-PLUS FROM THE SALE, IFANY, OTHER THAN THEPROPERTY OWNER AS OFTHE DATE OF THE LISPENDENS MUST FILE ACLAIM WITHIN 60 DAYSAFTER THE SALE.
If you are a person with adisability who needs an ac-commodation in order toaccess court facilities orparticipate in a court pro-ceeding, you are entitled,at no cost to you, to theprovision of certain assist-ance. To request such anaccommodation, pleasecontact Court Administra-tion in advance of the datethe service is needed:
Court Administration125 E. Orange Ave., Ste.300Daytona Beach, FL 32114(386) 257-6096Hearing or voice impaired,please call 711.
Dated this 2nd day ofSeptember, 2015.
By: /s/ Orlando Deluca,Esq.Bar Number: 719501
9/9/15, 9/16/15Legal No. 00036403
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE SEVENTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO. 2015-178-CA-53
RANDALL S. MATHEWS,Plaintiff,
vs.
BEVERLY SCHERM, andUNKNOWN TENANTS,Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALENotice is hereby given that,pursuant to a Final Judg-m e n t o f F o r e c l o s u r eentered in the above-styledcause, in the Circuit Courtof Putnam County, Florida,the clerk will sell the prop-erty situated in PutnamCounty, Florida, describedas:
Lots 18 and 19, Block 237,INTERLACHEN LAKES ES-TATES, FREDERICK TOWNUNIT #16, according to theplat thereof recorded inMap Book 5, Page 4 of thePublic Records of PutnamCounty, Florida.
TOGETHER WITH that cer-tain 1999 Gene double-wide mobile home, locatedthereon. Ident i f icat ionN u m b e r s -GMHGA1159923822A andGMHGA1159923822B. TitleNumbers - 77798146 and77798148.
at publ ic sale , to thehighest bidder, for cash, inan online sale at www.put-nam.realforeclose.com, be-ginning at 11 a.m. on Octo-ber 1, 2015, any personclaiming an interest in thesurplus from the sale, oth-er than the property owner,must file a claim within 60days after the sale.
By: /s/ DAVID K. MINACCIAttorney for Plaintiff
9/2/15, 9/9/15Legal No. 00036252
ANNOUNCEMENTS
100
GeneralServices
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Special Notices
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General
Police Chief Palatka, Florida
The City of Palatka,Florida is recruiting anexperienced law en-
forcement professionalto fill the position of
Chief of Police. This per-son manages the opera-
tion of the Police De-partment, which has
thirty-two (32) sworn of-ficers, one (1) Code En-forcement Officer, andeight (8) administrative,technical and mainten-ance personnel with a
FY 2015 budget of$3.67 million.
Minimum Qualifications:Bachelorʼs Degree froman accredited University
in Criminal Justice orPublic Administration, or
closely related field.Must have a valid LawEnforcement Certifica-tion from the state of
residence and be able toobtain one from the
State of Florida. A min-imum of ten years of
progressive experiencein law enforcement with
at least five of thoseyears at a Sergeant orhigher rank. Must pos-sess a valid driverʼs li-cense and a satisfact-ory motor vehicle re-
cord. Any combinationof education, experi-
ence, and training thatmeets the minimum
qualification will be con-sidered.
Go to the Cityʼs websiteat www.palatka-fl.gov fora complete job advert-
isement and job descrip-tion. Resumeʼ with cov-er letter accepted until
9/30/15 at City Hall, 201N. 2nd Street, Palatka32177, ATTN: Terry
Suggs, City Manager, orby email to [email protected]. Salary range$75,000 - $90,000 plus
benefits. DOQ.EOE/DWFP
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buyers and sellersevery day.
Palatka Daily NewsClassifieds312-5200
WEDNESDAY.indd 1 9/8/15 4:39 PM
9 A C L ASS I F I E D S • PALATKA DAILY NEWS • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 , 2015
FOR SALE REAL ESTATE
700
Acreage / Lots1.89 Ac. off W River Rd.partially treed, creeks runback of property, dead-
end street, very peaceful.$15K, possible owner
finance. SunstateRealty 386-916-8328
149 Hernando Dr.,Florahome, 0.34 acres,
vacant/residential.$180K. 561-964-9042
Two half-acre lots, back-to-back, close to MirrorLake, Interlachen, $2K
each 386-972-0952
Business /Commercial
Tire Store for Sale!Turnkey operation. Ask-ing $80K. 386-937-3030
HomesHomes for sale Palatka,E. Palatka, Owner fin.,low dn pymt. Starting@ $40K, 386-559-0660
River Villas 2BR/2BA,screen porch, carport,new AC, crn lot, $60K.
For appt: 386-649-6817
Mobile HomesSatsuma 3br/2ba Goodcondition, Good Area on1 ac, $55k386-467-2224
546-5944/546-4757
Mobile HomeWith Land
2BR/2BA SW, Inter-lachen Lake Estates. Lgscreened back porch, lgcovered front porch, 4
lots, shed, shade trees,$25K. 828-216-4639
2 MHs ON 5+ ACRESMust sell! 3BR/2BA &2BR/1BA, fully fenced,
Hollister, $48K. Possibleowner fin. Sunstate
Realty 386-916-8328
Interlachen, Satsuma,Owner fin., low down
pymt. Starting @$25K, 386-559-0660
RECREATIONAL80
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Boats & Accessories17' Stumpknocker w/ or
w/out trailer. Needs TLC.$750. Pomona Park.
386-336-1544
1996 Wellcraft 18ft fish-erman w/200 Evinrude,
$6K. Pomona Park.386-336-1544
7 nice outboard motors,ready to go, good prices.
Also, 1000s of motorparts available. PomonaPk. We trade! 336-1544
TRANSPORTATION
900
Cars &Accessories$3500 '94 Ford MustangGT convertible, new radi-
ator, hoses & brakes,112k mi. 386-546-0531
SUVs &Accessories'97 Ford Explorer, goodcond., 1-owner, 82K mi.,
Sporting GoodsClub Car golf cart, 48V,w/hitch, fold-down rear
seat/ cargo area, $1,300OBO 386-283-9018
PETS & SUPPLIES
550
LIVESTOCK & SUPPLIES
560
LivestockBlack & white paint mare,14.3, 11 years old, UTD
on everything, $650.386-916-0186
Deer corn, $5.95/bag.New crop. Quantity
discount. Florahome.386-972-2001
Hay - Fertilized, Barn-Stored. Large Rolls $40
to $55. Pomona Parkarea 386-546-4466
Free Animals2 black & white bow-tied
kitties, 6 months old,free to good homes.
386-559-7823
Free half-Himalayankittens to good homes.
386-350-0173
Lost & FoundAnimals
Found: Large malemixed breed dog, UnionAve., Crescent City area.
386-848-2354
Found: Male Husky,West Peniel, Palatkaarea. Call to identify:
386-937-2993
Found: Small female dogin East Palatka. Call toidentify: 386-385-3063
FOR RENT REAL ESTATE60
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ApartmentsBarrington Apts
Offering 1BR & 2BRs.386-325-0512
Business /Commercial
Fully equipped barber/beauty shop in Palatkafor rent, $600/m. Info:
386-937-9471
Duplexes2BR/1BA CH/A, kitchen
equipped, $625/m +$625 Security386-325-4979
2BR/1BA $600/m F/L/SSkeet Club Rd. Service
animals only. Non-smoking. 904-813-8441
Mobile Homes2BR/1BA & 3BR/2BA
for rent in different loc-ations, $450/mo andup, call 386-559-0660
Interlachen near PostOffice: 2BR $400/m &
up; 3BR $550/m386-546-5335
NOTICE OF APPLICATIONFOR TAX DEED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that ASCOT CAPITAL LLC -3 the holder of the follow-ing certificate has filed saidcertificate for a tax deed tobe issued thereon. The cer-tificate number and year ofissuance, the descriptionof the property, and thenames in which it was as-sessed are as follows:
Certificate Number 0080397Year of Issuance 2013Description of Property:
PT OF NE1/4 OF NW1/4OR320 P 1460PARCEL NUMBER 14-10-23-0000-0073-0000
Name in which assessedPERRY PAUL C IV + DIAH/W.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that Florida CommunityBank NA CLTRLASSG theholder of the following cer-tificate has filed said certi-ficate for a tax deed to beissued thereon. The certi-ficate number and year ofissuance, the descriptionof the property, and thenames in which it was as-sessed are as follows:
Certificate Number 0084844Year of Issuance 2013Description of Property:
PT OF NW1/4 OF SW1/4 OFSE1/4 OR442 P685 SUB-JECT TO OR511 P1260EASEMENTPARCEL NUMBER 02-10-26-0000-0630-0014
Name in which assessedY A R B O R O U G H F R E DWAYNE + KIMBERLY B.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
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NOTICE OF APPLICATIONFOR TAX DEED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that CAP ONE AS COLLASSN RMCTL2013 theholder of the following cer-tificate has filed said certi-ficate for a tax deed to beissued thereon. The certi-ficate number and year ofissuance, the descriptionof the property, and thenames in which it was as-sessed are as follows:
Certificate Number 0064249Year of Issuance 2013Description of Property:
ST JOHNS RIVERSIDE ES-TATES RIVER RIDGE SEC-TION MB4 P130 BLK 1 LOT8 ( M A P S H E E T3 2 / 4 3 B / 4 4 / 4 5 A )PARCEL NUMBER 43-10-27-8255-0010-0080
Name in which assessedBALDWIN ROBERT J +JACQUELINE H/W.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that Florida CommunityBank NA CLTRLASSG theholder of the following cer-tificate has filed said certi-ficate for a tax deed to beissued thereon. The certi-ficate number and year ofissuance, the descriptionof the property, and thenames in which it was as-sessed are as follows:
Certificate Number 0068580Year of Issuance 2013Description of Property:
TUCKERS ADDITION OFPALATKA HEIGHTS MB2P40 BLK E LOTS 1 2 + 3PARCEL NUMBER 12-10-26-9050-0050-0100
Name in which assessedHIGGINBOTHAM R SPEN-CER HEIRS OF LORI HHOFFMAN.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that CAP ONE AS COLLASSN RMCTL2013 theholder of the following cer-tificate has filed said certi-ficate for a tax deed to beissued thereon. The certi-ficate number and year ofissuance, the descriptionof the property, and thenames in which it was as-sessed are as follows:
Certificate Number 0076983Year of Issuance 2013Description of Property:
PT OF N1/2 OF NW1/4OR844 P100PARCEL NUMBER 06-09-24-0000-0030-0170
Name in which assessedD E O C A M P O C A R I N AECED NELLIE ROCHA.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that ASCOT CAPITAL LLC -3 the holder of the follow-ing certificate has filed saidcertificate for a tax deed tobe issued thereon. The cer-tificate number and year ofissuance, the descriptionof the property, and thenames in which it was as-sessed are as follows:
Certificate Number 0080397Year of Issuance 2013Description of Property:
PT OF NE1/4 OF NW1/4OR320 P 1460PARCEL NUMBER 14-10-23-0000-0073-0000
Name in which assessedPERRY PAUL C IV + DIAH/W.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that CAP ONE AS COLLASSN RMCTL2013 theholder of the following cer-tificate has filed said certi-ficate for a tax deed to beissued thereon. The certi-ficate number and year ofissuance, the descriptionof the property, and thenames in which it was as-sessed are as follows:
Certificate Number 0045917Year of Issuance 2013Description of Property:
DICKS MAP OF PALATKAMB2 P46 BLK 34 PT OFLOT 1 OR111 P177PARCEL NUMBER 42-10-27-6850-0340-0012
Name in which assessedM U R R A Y A M O SJ R + R U T H A M R E V O CTRUST RUTHA M MURRAYTRUSTEE.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that CAP ONE AS COLLASSN RMCTL2013 theholder of the following cer-tificate has filed said certi-ficate for a tax deed to beissued thereon. The certi-ficate number and year ofissuance, the descriptionof the property, and thenames in which it was as-sessed are as follows:
Certificate Number 0046869Year of Issuance 2013Description of Property:
PALATKA DEVELOPMENTCO S/D REPLAT MB2 P32BLK 254 LOT 1 (EX BK139P350) LOT 2 (EX BK229P391)PARCEL NUMBER 42-10-27-6850-2540-0100
Name in which assessedOAK STREET LAND TRUSTMICHAEL A MONIZ TRUST-EE.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that CAP ONE AS COLLASSN RMCTL2013 theholder of the following cer-tificate has filed said certi-ficate for a tax deed to beissued thereon. The certi-ficate number and year ofissuance, the descriptionof the property, and thenames in which it was as-sessed are as follows:
Certificate Number 0046934Year of Issuance 2013Description of Property:
PALATKA HILLCREST MB2P42 1/2 BLK 262 LOT 6PARCEL NUMBER 42-10-27-6850-2620-0060
Name in which assessedMILLER IVETTA D.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that CAP ONE AS COLLASSN RMCTL2013 theholder of the following cer-tificate has filed said certi-ficate for a tax deed to beissued thereon. The certi-ficate number and year ofissuance, the descriptionof the property, and thenames in which it was as-sessed are as follows:
Certificate Number 0064249Year of Issuance 2013Description of Property:
ST JOHNS RIVERSIDE ES-TATES RIVER RIDGE SEC-TION MB4 P130 BLK 1 LOT8 ( M A P S H E E T3 2 / 4 3 B / 4 4 / 4 5 A )PARCEL NUMBER 43-10-27-8255-0010-0080
Name in which assessedBALDWIN ROBERT J +JACQUELINE H/W.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that US BANK AS CUSTFOR MOONSTONE LIENthe holder of the followingcertificate has filed saidcertificate for a tax deed tobe issued thereon. The cer-tificate number and year ofissuance, the descriptionof the property, and thenames in which it was as-sessed are as follows:
Certificate Number 0017414Year of Issuance 2012Description of Property:
PT OF SE1/4 OR500 P320PARCEL NUMBER 06-09-26-0000-0010-0200
Name in which assessedWILKINSON DONALD L.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that ROBINSON JACK MAND SHELBY A the holderof the following certificatehas filed said certificate fora tax deed to be issuedthereon. The certificatenumber and year of issu-ance, the description of theproperty, and the names inwhich it was assessed areas follows:
Certificate Number 0019431Year of Issuance 2012Description of Property:
PT OF LOTS 1 + 2 BLK 2DIV 2 ST JOHNS MANORACRES TRACT 869 OR344P715PARCEL NUMBER 05-11-26-0000-8888-0869
Name in which assessedKNIZEL ANTHONY J.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that RONNIE A OR HENDE-RSON BROCK the holderof the following certificatehas filed said certificate fora tax deed to be issuedthereon. The certificatenumber and year of issu-ance, the description of theproperty, and the names inwhich it was assessed areas follows:
Certificate Number 0035110Year of Issuance 2013Description of Property:
LAKE GEORGE MANORMB5 P24 AREA F LOT 119(SUBJECT TO SUBSUR-FACE RIGHTS 06-13-27-4910-7777-0002)PARCEL NUMBER 06-13-27-4910-0060-1190
Name in which assessedBRATHWAITE ANTHONY +SONIA E IRVING.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that Florida CommunityBank NA CLTRLASSG theholder of the following cer-tificate has filed said certi-ficate for a tax deed to beissued thereon. The certi-ficate number and year ofissuance, the descriptionof the property, and thenames in which it was as-sessed are as follows:
Certificate Number 0045764Year of Issuance 2013Description of Property:
DICKS MAP OF PALATKAMB2 P46 BLK 16 PT OFLOT 1 BK236 P541PARCEL NUMBER 42-10-27-6850-0160-0011
Name in which assessedGUARANTY TITLE CO OFPALATKA.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that DEEL SCOTTY L theholder of the following cer-tificate has filed said certi-ficate for a tax deed to beissued thereon. The certi-ficate number and year ofissuance, the descriptionof the property, and thenames in which it was as-sessed are as follows:
Certificate Number 08842Year of Issuance 2011Description of Property:
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that US BANK AS CUSTFOR MOONSTONE LIENthe holder of the followingcertificate has filed saidcertificate for a tax deed tobe issued thereon. The cer-tificate number and year ofissuance, the descriptionof the property, and thenames in which it was as-sessed are as follows:
Certificate Number 0007969Year of Issuance 2012Description of Property:
LAKE GEORGE MANORMB5 P24 AREA C LOT 83PARCEL NUMBER 36-12-26-4910-0030-0830
Name in which assessedFIELDS JEFFREY G.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that US BANK AS CUSTFOR MOONSTONE LIENthe holder of the followingcertificate has filed saidcertificate for a tax deed tobe issued thereon. The cer-tificate number and year ofissuance, the descriptionof the property, and thenames in which it was as-sessed are as follows:
Certificate Number 0012670Year of Issuance 2012Description of Property:
PLANTATION PINES I IWHISPERING PINES SEC1ST ADD REPLAT MB5 P94BLK D LOT 20PARCEL NUMBER 05-13-27-7226-0041-0200
Name in which assessedBROWN DAVID H + STEVED WELLS JT/RS.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that US BANK AS CUSTFOR MOONSTONE LIENthe holder of the followingcertificate has filed saidcertificate for a tax deed tobe issued thereon. The cer-tificate number and year ofissuance, the descriptionof the property, and thenames in which it was as-sessed are as follows:
Certificate Number 0017414Year of Issuance 2012Description of Property:
PT OF SE1/4 OR500 P320PARCEL NUMBER 06-09-26-0000-0010-0200
Name in which assessedWILKINSON DONALD L.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
Without regard for the pub-lic’s right and need toknow, Putnam County con-tinues to pay for half of taxdeed sales notices to bepublished in the DailyNews and pay for the otherhalf to be published inCrescent City’s weeklynewspaper. As a result ofthis legal but flawed sys-tem, many notices have notappeared in the neighbor-hood where the at-riskproperty is located. To fixthis problem, the DailyNews will publish tax deedsale notices as assignedand, at no charge to thecounty, publish a sum-mary of the other notices.This month’s summary asfollows:
Certificate Number 0011049PARCEL NUMBER 12-10-26-6850-3910-0110Name in which assessedTRENTHAM MARK T.
Certificate Number 0011063PARCEL NUMBER 04-12-27-7020-0020-0060Name in which assessedFOOR JAY M LIFE ES-TATE.
Certificate Number 0016219PARCEL NUMBER 39-11-26-9230-0060-0060Name in which assessedBELCHER CHARLES E.
Certificate Number 0017524PARCEL NUMBER 03-09-27-0000-0073-0420Name in which assessedSERGER PATRICK GER-ARD.
Certificate Number 0018890PARCEL NUMBER 33-10-26-0000-8888-0726Name in which assessedMAXSON GLENDOLYN SMISTY MAXON.
Certificate Number 0045575PARCEL NUMBER 13-10-26-6790-0000-0160Name in which assessedHARRIS RHODA.
Certificate Number 0046359PARCEL NUMBER 42-10-27-6850-0730-0101Name in which assessedJONES WILLIE L + YVETTEA H/W.
Certificate Number 0057437PARCEL NUMBER 14-10-26-8070-0040-0030Name in which assessedSPATCHER SHIRLEY M.
Certificate Number 0057591PARCEL NUMBER 12-10-26-8101-0000-0180Name in which assessedWITHEM ESTHER.
Certificate Number 0065568PARCEL NUMBER 08-12-27-8619-0000-0350Name in which assessedBAAR THOMAS + SERENAH/W.
Certificate Number 0066875PARCEL NUMBER 22-10-26-9000-0080-0020Name in which assessedBLUE SKY CONTRACTINGINC.
Certificate Number 0074613PARCEL NUMBER 04-08-27-0000-0120-0000Name in which assessedWEST CLAUDE R + LILA BTIM R WEST.
Certificate Number 0076935PARCEL NUMBER 04-09-24-0000-0031-0140Name in which assessedPEEPLES W FORREST +LISA M H/W.
Certificate Number 0079575PARCEL NUMBER 48-09-27-0000-0420-0010Name in which assessedJONES MARY O.
Certificate Number 0083106PARCEL NUMBER 21-10-24-0000-0040-0000Name in which assessedGONZALEZ LAZARO.
Certificate Number 0085921PARCEL NUMBER 13-10-26-0000-0760-0000Name in which assessedSTRUNK WYLINE E.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober 2015, at 10:00 A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust 2015.
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
By: /s/ Donna WheelerDeputy Clerk
(SEAL)
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
9/9/15Legal No. 00036168
NOTICE OF APPLICATIONFOR TAX DEED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that Kastle Robert & Bar-bara the holder of the fol-lowing certificate has filedsaid certificate for a taxdeed to be issued thereon.The certificate number andyear of issuance, the de-scription of the property,and the names in which itwas assessed are as fol-lows:
Certificate Number F420Year of Issuance 2008Description of Property:
SW 1/4 OF NE 1/4 OF NE1/4, S 1/2 OF NW 1/4 OF NE1/4, N 1/2 OF SW 1/4 OF NE1/4, S 1/2 OF NE 1/4 OF NW1/4, S 1/2 OF S 1/2 OF NW1/4 OF NW 1/4, N 1/2 OF S1/2 OF NW 1/4 (EX OR400P1941 OR400 P1943 OR402P401 OR413 P763 OR416P535 OR422 P685 OR422P686 OR424 P240 OR425P655 OR425 P656 OR425P657 OR426 P1411 OR426P1412 OR426 P1413 OR430P984 OR430 P985 OR432P305 OR437 P1201 OR439P288 OR439 P289 OR442P824 OR455 P364 OR470P1414 OR473 P864 OR483P1115 OR504 P170 OR556P1484 OR567 P1759 OR569P162 OR572 P367 OR575P1791 OR578 PP658 663OR622 P1333 OR622 P1590OR624 P1761 OR652 P1629OR778 P1269 OR779 P1560OR801 P783 OR844 P333OR875 P1620 OR883 P398OR964 P247 OR985 P426OR993 PP1233 1235 OR994PP1512 1516 OR994 P1890OR1002 P1838 OR1100P133 OR1186 P253)PARCEL NUMBER 35-10-24-0000-0060-0000
Name in which assessedRODRIGUEZ ANGEL R.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that DEEL SCOTTY L theholder of the following cer-tificate has filed said certi-ficate for a tax deed to beissued thereon. The certi-ficate number and year ofissuance, the descriptionof the property, and thenames in which it was as-sessed are as follows:
Certificate Number 08842Year of Issuance 2011Description of Property:
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober, 2015, at 10:00A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust, 2015
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
(SEAL) By: /s / DonnaWheelerDeputy Clerk
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
The Putnam County BetterPlace Plan Committee willm e e t o n W e d n e s d a y ,September 16, 2015 at 4:00P.M. in the County Com-missioners' ConferenceRoom, located in the Put-nam County GovernmentComplex, 2509 Crill Aven-ue, Suite 200, Palatka.
Dated this 1st day ofDecember, 2014.
BOARD OF COUNTY COM-MISSIONERSPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
By: Shannon M. Burge,MSBU Assess. Coord.
9/9/15Legal No. 00030059
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 7TH JUDICIAL CIR-CUIT, IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, FLORIDACIVIL DIVISION
CASE NO.: 2009-CA-000581
C I T I B A N K , N . A . , A STRUSTEE FOR CHASEF U N D I N G M O R T G A G ELOAN ASSET-BACKEDCERTIFICATES, SERIES2003-2,Plaintiff,
vs.
RUTH C. HANKERSON;CITIFINANCIAL EQUITYSERVICES, INC . ; UN-KNOWN SPOUSE OF RUTHC . H A N K E R S O N ; U N -KNOWN TENANT(S) INPOSSESSION OF THESUBJECT PROPERTY,Defendants.
NOTICE OF FORECLOS-URE SALENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to Final Judg-ment of Foreclosure datedthe 6th day of May, 2015,and entered in Case No.2009-CA-000581, of the Cir-cuit Court of the 7th Judi-cial Circuit in and for Put-nam County , F lo r ida ,wherein CITIBANK, N.A.,AS TRUSTEE FOR CHASEF U N D I N G M O R T G A G ELOAN ASSET-BACKEDCERTIFICATES, SERIES2003-2 is the Plaintiff andRUTH C. HANKERSON;CITIFINANCIAL EQUITYSERVICES, INC . ; UN-KNOWN SPOUSE OF RUTHC . H A N K E R S O N ; U N -KNOWN TENANT(S) INPOSSESSION OF THESUBJECT PROPERTY aredefendants. The Clerk ofthis Court shall sell to thehighest and best bidder forc a s h a twww.putnam.realforeclose.com, 11:00 AM on the 22ndday of September 2015, thefollowing described prop-erty as set forth in said Fi-nal Judgment, to wit:
NORTH 260 FEET OF THEWEST HALF OF SOUTHW-EST 1/4 OF SOUTHEAST1/4 OF SOUTHEAST 1/4 OFSECTION 10, TOWNSHIP10 SOUTH, RANGE 24EAST, TOGETHER WITH AGRANT OF EASEMENT INO F F I C I A L R E C O R D SBOOK 846, PAGE 1142, OFTHE PUBLIC RECORDS OFPUTNAM COUNTY FLOR-IDA. TOGETHER WITH AMOBILE HOME, PERMAN-ENTLY AFF IXED ANDS I T U A T E D T H E R E T O ,UPON THE REAL PROP-ERTY DESCRIBED ABOVE.
ANY PERSON CLAIMINGAN INTEREST IN THE SUR-PLUS FROM THE SALE, IFANY, OTHER THAN THEPROPERTY OWNER AS OFTHE DATE OF THE LISPENDENS MUST FILE ACLAIM WITHIN 60 DAYSAFTER THE SALE.
If you are a person with adisability who needs an ac-commodation in order toaccess court facilities orparticipate in a court pro-ceeding, you are entitled,at no cost to you, to theprovision of certain assist-ance. To request such anaccommodation, pleasecontact Court Administra-tion in advance of the datethe service is needed:
Court Administration125 E. Orange Ave., Ste.300Daytona Beach, FL 32114(386) 257-6096Hearing or voice impaired,please call 711.
The Town of Hastings Mu-nicipal Code EnforcementBoard will meet Monday,September 14, 2015 at 6:00p.m. in the room desig-nated as the Town Com-mission Room located at6195 South Main Street.Town Commission meet-ing will follow at 7:00 p.m.
9/9/15Legal No. 00036410
Tax Deeds
ADDITIONAL TAX DEEDS
Without regard for the pub-lic’s right and need toknow, Putnam County con-tinues to pay for half of taxdeed sales notices to bepublished in the DailyNews and pay for the otherhalf to be published inCrescent City’s weeklynewspaper. As a result ofthis legal but flawed sys-tem, many notices have notappeared in the neighbor-hood where the at-riskproperty is located. To fixthis problem, the DailyNews will publish tax deedsale notices as assignedand, at no charge to thecounty, publish a sum-mary of the other notices.This month’s summary asfollows:
Certificate Number 0011049PARCEL NUMBER 12-10-26-6850-3910-0110Name in which assessedTRENTHAM MARK T.
Certificate Number 0011063PARCEL NUMBER 04-12-27-7020-0020-0060Name in which assessedFOOR JAY M LIFE ES-TATE.
Certificate Number 0016219PARCEL NUMBER 39-11-26-9230-0060-0060Name in which assessedBELCHER CHARLES E.
Certificate Number 0017524PARCEL NUMBER 03-09-27-0000-0073-0420Name in which assessedSERGER PATRICK GER-ARD.
Certificate Number 0018890PARCEL NUMBER 33-10-26-0000-8888-0726Name in which assessedMAXSON GLENDOLYN SMISTY MAXON.
Certificate Number 0045575PARCEL NUMBER 13-10-26-6790-0000-0160Name in which assessedHARRIS RHODA.
Certificate Number 0046359PARCEL NUMBER 42-10-27-6850-0730-0101Name in which assessedJONES WILLIE L + YVETTEA H/W.
Certificate Number 0057437PARCEL NUMBER 14-10-26-8070-0040-0030Name in which assessedSPATCHER SHIRLEY M.
Certificate Number 0057591PARCEL NUMBER 12-10-26-8101-0000-0180Name in which assessedWITHEM ESTHER.
Certificate Number 0065568PARCEL NUMBER 08-12-27-8619-0000-0350Name in which assessedBAAR THOMAS + SERENAH/W.
Certificate Number 0066875PARCEL NUMBER 22-10-26-9000-0080-0020Name in which assessedBLUE SKY CONTRACTINGINC.
Certificate Number 0074613PARCEL NUMBER 04-08-27-0000-0120-0000Name in which assessedWEST CLAUDE R + LILA BTIM R WEST.
Certificate Number 0076935PARCEL NUMBER 04-09-24-0000-0031-0140Name in which assessedPEEPLES W FORREST +LISA M H/W.
Certificate Number 0079575PARCEL NUMBER 48-09-27-0000-0420-0010Name in which assessedJONES MARY O.
Certificate Number 0083106PARCEL NUMBER 21-10-24-0000-0040-0000Name in which assessedGONZALEZ LAZARO.
Certificate Number 0085921PARCEL NUMBER 13-10-26-0000-0760-0000Name in which assessedSTRUNK WYLINE E.
All of said property beingin the County of Putnam,State of Florida.
Unless such certificate orcertificates shall be re-deemed according to lawthe property described insuch certificate or certific-ates will be sold to thehighest bidder in the Meet-ing Room, located at 107North Sixth Street, Palatka,Florida, on the 14th day ofOctober 2015, at 10:00 A.M.
Dated this 28th day of Au-gust 2015.
TIM SMITHCLERK, CIRCUIT COURTPUTNAM COUNTY, FLOR-IDA
By: /s/ Donna WheelerDeputy Clerk
(SEAL)
You can find more informa-tion online at www.putnam-fl.com/taxdeeds/list.html
9/9/15Legal No. 00036168
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the county at a disadvantage, because out-of-county companies – which might charge lower prices – won’t do business with the county because of the local preference.
“It has caused some problems,” Commissioner Walton Pellicer said. “I know we’ve got some out-of-town con-tractors who just flat out won’t even
consider us.”When the board voted in 2013 to
modify the ordinance, other counties with loca l pre ference options mandated local companies come within 5 percent or 10 percent of the lowest out-of-county bidder.
C o u n t y Administrator Rick Leary on Tuesday said the ordinance was modified two years ago to stimulate
the local economy, but the local prefer-ence no longer works in the county’s favor.
“It’s kind of out-lived it’s usefulness because it’s become counterproductive,” Leary said. “And we may not be getting the total number of competitive bids that we could otherwise get.”
If changes are to be made, the board should discuss the
matter and decide whether to narrow the local preference percentage or elimi-nate it all together, Leary said.
Commissioner Nancy Harris said if the board wants to make changes to the ordinance, the matter needs to be dis-cussed at a workshop and then brought back to a regular meeting for a public hearing.
Commissioners agreed, saying a change with the local preference must be made.
Flagg said he didn’t want to put local workers at a disadvantage, but some-times, the county has to explore other
options to receive the greatest benefit. But when making bids on projects,
Flagg said, local companies must make competitive offers.
“I think that some people fail to understand that we will not have every-thing in our county,” Flagg said. “We want to keep the local people working. But at the same time, we can’t afford not to have competitive bids coming in on these big projects.”
While he said there were no complaints about the riverfront properties as of Tuesday afternoon, Suggs said city employees would clean up the mess “first thing” Wednesday morning.
In August 2014, city crews placed “No Shrimping” signs along the riverfront.
At the time, former City Manager Michael Czymbor said he noticed a lot of trash left behind by people catching fish and shrimp overnight.
City Clerk Betsy Driggers said the city could set the rules at the riverfront park because the city owns the property.
discourse between the two men.“I believe Mr. Gravitz had only been here a short
time,” DeLoach said.Michael Heeder, spokesman for Gravitz’s widow,
said Saturday evening started as an enjoyable family evening.
Heeder said in addition to a widow, Gravitz was tak-ing care of three teenage step-children and recently took custody of his nieces, who are 5 and 15 months-old.
Tempers flared after the shooting, with Gravitz’s brother threatening to harm the shooter if he was not arrested.
However, Heeder said the family is grateful to the sheriff’s office for its response Saturday evening.
“The family is extremely pleased with the response of the sheriff’s office, especially Deputy (Kagen) Butts,” Heeder said. “The family is concerned with the process, but they know and understand it’s a marathon, not a sprint.”
Authorities have not charged the shooter, and the case is still under investigation.
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Dear Harriette: I was invited on a first date with a really nice guy. We met at a coffee shop near my job and have talked when we’ve seen each other there several times. I am excited about going out with him. I have a bit of a challenge, though. We are going out to dinner — clas-sic date, I know. But I have a ton of food allergies. I really don’t want to get into my food stuff on a first date, but I’m nervous that he may choose a restaurant that will be hard for me.
Should I recommend a safe restaurant or ask him where we are going in advance? Or do I just spill the beans and tell him all about my issues? — Allergy Date, Chicago
Dear Allergy Date: If pos-sible, don’t go into the allergy details before or during your first date. Keep things light if at all possible. How? By all means, ask what restaurant you will be going to. Knowing the name, you can call and find out what the evening’s menu is and what
foods you need to avoid. Don’t sweat it even if you don’t find out until you get to the restau-rant. You can excuse yourself from the table and go to the maitre d’ or waiter, give them a list of your food allergies (best if already printed on a card) and ask for recommendations for what you can order. With that information, you can be ready to order as you and your date look over the menu.
If it naturally comes up that you have food allergies, do not avoid the conversation. It is part of who you are, and he will have to learn soon enough.
Just do your best not to make it the dramatic conversation of the night.
Dear Harriette: I was asked to help a couple get some things together for their wedding. I did help them some, but I wasn’t able to be there on the day of the ceremony due to work and fam-ily conflicts. I know they were disappointed that I couldn’t join them, although I let them know
in plenty of time. What can I do to make sure they know how much I care about them? They are not close friends, but we like each other a lot. — Celebrating Nuptials, Jackson, Mississippi
Dear Celebrating Nuptials: Send the couple a congratu-latory card that acknowledges their union.
Also, go to their gift registry and select something on the list that you can afford. Have your gift sent to them. After things settle down, if you like, you can check in with them to see how they are doing. Newlyweds appreciate hearing from loved ones.
You will need to decide if you want to cultivate a relation-ship with the married couple. If so, let them know you want to spend time with them. Invite them to dinner or to an outing with you.
If you are not trying to insert yourself into their life, the card and gift are plenty.
ADVICE BY HARRIETTE COLECROSSWORD
Yesterday’s Answer
BRIDGE
Don’t ignore food allergies
COMICS
Donatella Versace said, “I have worked with wool all my life as a designer. There’s so much more to it than knitwear — it’s an amazingly versatile material and can be used in so many different ways from chic to rustic.”
When declarer is in trouble, he should try to pull the wool over the opponents’ eyes, in the hope that they will misdefend.
What sheepish play should South try in this deal? He is in three no-trump. West leads the spade six, and declarer takes East’s 10 with his king.
This was not, per se, a deal in which using Stayman had a major effect. If North had just raised to three no-trump, West would still have led the spade six. The only drawback of North’s employing Stayman was that the defenders knew South had started with only two or three spades.
Declarer began with eight top tricks: one spade (trick one), three diamonds and four clubs.
He needed to get a heart trick.South adopted his best line.
He played a club to the dummy and called for the heart jack, try-ing to look like someone about to finesse East for the queen. If a sleepy East had thought that, he would have played second hand low and the contract would have made. But an awake East had applied the Rule of Eleven at trick one. Six from 11 is five. So there were five spades higher than the six in the North, East and South hands combined, and East had seen them all at trick one. So, West’s spades were ready to run. East grabbed the third trick and returned his spade jack to defeat the contract.
