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Stores have solid back-to-school salesThe back-to-school season may be off to a rousing start, but retailers may be

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Florida man gets five years in loan scamA Florida man was sentenced to five years in federal prison on charges he

scammed 47 investors out of more than $3.9 million.

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INDEXAdvice ............................. 6ABriefing ........................... 2AClassified/Legals .......... 10AComics ............................ 6AHoroscope ...................... 6ALottery............................. 9AObituaries ....................... 7AOpinions ......................... 4ASports ............................. 8ASudoku ........................... 5A

WeekendHappenings

River City Players ‘Cinderella Waltz’7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. and

7 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Larimer Arts Center, 216 Reid St., Palatka. Reservations: (904) 377-5044.

Third Friday Street Party

6-10 p.m., 300 block of St. Johns Avenue, Palatka. Live entertainment by Catch the Groove. Beer, wine and food vendors; members art and crafts show at the Tilghman House, 324 River St. Details, 329-0100 ext. 333.

Museum Open House and Running of Palatka LayoutRailRodeo model trains,

1-4 p.m. Saturday, Historic Union Depot, 222 N. 11th St., Palatka. Hosted by the Palatka Railroad Union Station Preservation Society. Details: Marvis Champion, 328-0305.

Sleek in Concert

7 p.m. Saturday, Palatka Riverfront Amphitheater. Part of the Arts Council of Greater Palatka’s Spring and Summer Concert Series. The concert is open to the public. Bring chairs, blankets or sit on the natural seating of the amphitheater. For details, call 328-8998 or visit artsinput-nam.org.

West Putnam Tools for School

Backpack and school sup-ply giveaway, 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Hawthorne Library, 6640 SE 221st St. Sponsored by the Youth Training Program. Free back-packs and school supplies for K-12 students. free Dr. Seuss tote and supplies to all Head Start students. Students must be present.

CHAMBER TAKES TOP AWARD

Putnam County Chamber of Commerce

Board Chairman

Kelley Smith stands in front

of the chamber of commerce

building on Reid Street

Thursday afternoon.

2014 Chamber of the YearBY ASIA AIKINS

Palatka Daily News

The Putnam County Chamber of Commerce was named the 2014 Chamber of the Year by

the American Chamber of Commerce Executives.

“This is a huge reward for all of the chamber staff, members, vol-unteers and local residents,” Putnam Chamber President Dana Jones said. “It’s a direct reflection of the great relation-ship we have with our communi-ty.”

The Putnam chamber was invited to apply for the award after the ACCE conducted its annual survey, which Jones said

is the initial tool used to narrow down chambers that would quali-fy.

“The application was very detailed and lengthy,” Jones said. “It asks ques-tions about every aspect of your organiza-tion.”

In addition to the application, the chamber was required to sub-mit a synopsis of two programs that “make your chamber shine above the rest,” Jones said. Putnam chamber staff and board members decided to write about

the chamber’s 2013 goal to attract more large-scale events and its work to establish a full-time posi-tion for a Small Business Development Center agent.

“The result of us trying to attract large-scale events is obvi-ous. We had the Bassmasters Elite tour and Bike Florida event that had a $3 million economic impact on our community,” Jones said. “I think we’re the only chamber in Florida that has a full time SBDC position instead of sharing someone with other counties. It’s great to have Cheryl (Lynch, SBDC analyst) available 40 hours a week or more for our small businesses.”

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The Brown’s Landing boat ramp is seen Thursday morning following a fatal accident there Wednesday night.

Man drowns when his car enters river at boat ramp

BY PETE SKIBAPalatka Daily News

An 80-year-old Palatka man died after he drove his white Ford Escort into the St. Johns River at the Brown’s Landing boat ramp before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.

His passenger, 57-year-old Anita Darlene Craig, survived the crash, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.

The report added that the driver “failed to stop at the end of the road-way, which leads to a boat ramp at the St. Johns River.”

While the Escort sank, Craig got out through the right front passenger window and swam to safety, the report stated. The driver tried to get out through the window on his side, but sank with the car.

Six Putnam County Sheriff’s Office dive team members responded to the crash site, said Sgt. Hancel Woods. They located the driver’s body less than five minutes after the search began.

“He was in approximately 6 feet of water right off the very end of the con-crete boat ramp,” Woods said. “They located him at 1:32 a.m. (Thursday).”

FHP Sgt. Dylan Bryan said that the man’s name would not be released until relatives are contacted.

Neighbors said that Brown’s Landing Road is very dark at night with no streetlights. Jewell Hoyt, who has lived on the road her entire life, said this wasn’t the first time a car ended up at the road’s dead end in the river.

“It is like they don’t know the river is there. They need more and better signs,” Hoyt said. “There are no lights at all. At night it is pitch black.”

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Kiwanis honors woman who saved 2 kids’ livesBY PETE SKIBA

Palatka Daily News

Showing grace under pressure sometimes requires instant action.

Kayla Johnson ’s courage kicked in when she pushed two children at a school-bus stop out of the way of an oncoming, out-of-control pickup in December. They all survived, but with injuries.

The life-saving act touched Local Kiwanis Club of Palatka member Tajaro Dixon. She nomi-nated Johnson for the Kiwanis Robert P. Connelly Medal of Heroism.

“Our club is all about children, and when I read about her and all she has to deal with, my heart just went out to her,” Dixon said. “We decided to nominate her. It is a K i w a n i s I n t e r n a t i o n a l Foundation award, a pretty big deal.”

Dixon submitted the nomina-tion in February and received a letter approving the award dated Aug. 6.

“Thank you for sharing Kayla’s story with the foundation,” wrote Julie Taylor, program manager. “Please extend our congratula-tions and deepest appreciation for her heroic efforts to save the lives of the two children in her care.”

With her typical thoughtful-ness, Johnson took time from vis-iting her grandmother in the hos-pital to say she appreciated the award.

“It makes me feel good that people think I did a good thing,” Johnson said. “Every now and then I see a kid on the road and I think about it.”

A white pickup driven by a 75-year-old man left the road, hit

PETE SKIBA / Palatka Daily News

Kayla Johnson was on her way home from one of her many physical therapy sessions when she paused for a photo. Resurfacing

project starts on SR 207

BY BRANDON D. OLIVERPalatka Daily News

The state began work this week to resurface nearly five miles of highway in East Putnam County.

As a result of the work, state Department of Transportation offi-cials said there would be lane closures to allow for the asphalt removal and repaving, transportation spokeswom-an Laurie Sanderson said in a state-ment.

The state agency hired Preferred Materials Inc. of Jacksonville to repave State Road 207 from just west

FIRST DAY OF EARLY PRIMARY VOTING

CHRIS DEVITTO / Palatka Daily News

American Legion Post 45 Commander Charles Gauthier greets voters at the Putnam County Supervisor of Elections offices during early voting that began Thursday.

County renews probation contract

BY BRANDON D. OLIVERPalatka Daily News

Putnam County officials on Tuesday voted to renew a contract between the county and the company that has been handing local probation supervision ser-vices for nearly three decades.

During their meeting on Tuesday morn-ing, the county commissioners voted unan-imously to extend the contract with Human Resources Development Service Inc. to Aug. 31, 2016.

Though having originally signed its cur-rent contract with the county in 2004, the development services group has been in

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PALATKA

Palatka train layout will operate on Saturday

A museum open house and the running of the Palatka Layout and RailRodeo model trains will be from 1-4 p.m., Saturday, Historic Union Station, 222 N. 11th St. Sponsored by the Palatka Rail Road Union Station Preservation Society.

Details: Marvis Champion at 328-0305.

Horsemen’s Club Game Series to begin Sept. 27

The Palatka Horsemen’s Club 2014-15 game series begins Sept. 27.

The competition is at the club’s arena off State Road 19. Sign up is at 6 p.m. with game time at 7 p.m. Competition is open to everyone. Members fee is $10and nonmembers fee is $20. Spectators are free; con-cessions will be available. Details: 546-8489 or 312-0241.

Survivors Art Show seeks entries

The Lee Conlee House Inc. Annual Survivor’s Art Show is seeking art-work submissions for the show to be held Oct. 11-17 at the Palatka Art League, Historic Tilghman House, 324 River St.

The goal of the show is to raise awareness about domestic violence and sexual assault while giving sur-vivors a platform to express the feel-ings associated with their experi-ence. Advocates and supporters of the movement to end violence are also encouraged to submit their artistic expressions of this vision.

Submissions must be made by Sept. 30. Call to discuss submission of pieces larger than 11x13 due to space and ability to transport larger pieces safely.

Artwork submitted with be for dis-play only and will be returned to the artist after the show.

Details: Leah Emberton, preven-tion coordinator at 325-4447 or embertonl@leeconleehouse.org.

Palatka Pride Project needs volunteers, material

The Palatka Pride Project is seek-ing help from churches, scouts, busi-nesses and residents to help the city become more beautiful. A public meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Monday at the Price Martin Center, 220 N. 11th St. Volunteers and supplies are needed.

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Boy dead following dog attack

Authorities say a little boy is dead following an apparent dog attack at his father’s South Florida home.

Miami-Dade police say officers responded to the home Wednesday morning after 4-year-old Javon Dade Jr. was reported missing. His body was found a short time later in his father’s backyard, along with three terrier-boxer mixed puppies, two adult female terrier-boxer mixes and an adult male pit bull.

Police say the child appeared to have been mauled, but it wasn’t clear which dog or dogs participated in the attack. All the dogs were turned over to the county’s animal services department.

Police were interviewing the boy’s father Wednesday to determine if negligence was involved the fatal mauling.

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Florida foreclosure rate drops; still leads nation

Foreclosure activity in Florida has decreased by 30 percent from the same t ime last year , but the Sunshine State continues to have the nation’s highest foreclosure rate.

Foreclosure figures released Thursday by the research firm RealtyTrac show that 1 out of 469 Florida homes had a foreclosure fil-ing last July.

That’s more than two and a half times the national average.

Florida cities had eight out of the 10 highest metro foreclosure rates in July.

In the top spot was Ocala, followed by Orlando, the Space Coast , Lakeland, South Florida, Port St. Lucie, Tampa and Fort Myers.

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1 arrest, another sought in Sanford fires

Officials say they’ve arrested one man and are seeking his half-brother for questioning about almost a dozen recent fires in the Sanford area.

State Fire Marshal Jeff Atwater said Wednesday that Curtis Smith was arrested for a mobile home fire in Sanford. He was charged with attempted murder and first-degree arson.

Atwater also said authorities want to question Smith’s half-brother, Steven Angle, about the other fires.

Since late last month, 11 fires have been set in Sanford and the surrounding area.

This week, a series of fires also were set in nearby Daytona Beach and also downtown Orlando.

Atwater also serves as Florida’s chief financial officer.

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Mother charged with child abuse

A central Florida mother was arrested after police say she left her four children alone for several hours to go to a food bank.

Ashley Richardson is facing four counts of negligent child abuse with-out bodily harm.

Police said the children, ranging from 6 to 8 years old, walked almost half a mile from their home and were playing in a park Tuesday when a Winter Haven police officer noticed they were alone.

The officer watched the children for several minutes until one waved her over in their direction. When the officer got to the children, the 8-year-old had his leg stuck in a swing designed for toddlers.

Firefighters had to take the swing off its frame to free the boy.

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Today we will see partly cloudy skies with a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms, high temperature of 91º, humidity of 74%. Light winds. The record high temperature for today is 97º set in 1957. Expect mostly cloudy skies tonight with a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms, overnight low of 73º. Light winds. The record low for tonight is 68º set in 1967. Saturday, skies will be partly cloudy with a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms, high temperature of 90º, humidity of 70%.

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91 / 73Precip Chance: 50%

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90 / 73Precip Chance: 40%

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89 / 74Precip Chance: 40%

Monday Scat'd T-storms

91 / 73Precip Chance: 50%

Tuesday Isolated T-storms

92 / 73Precip Chance: 30%

Wednesday Isolated T-storms

90 / 72Precip Chance: 30%

Thursday Isolated T-storms

89 / 71Precip Chance: 30%

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Farmer's Growing Degree Days

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Farmer's Growing Days

Precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.29"Normal precipitation . . . . . . . 1.61"Departure from normal . . . . .-0.32"

Average temperature . . . . . . . 81.1ºAverage normal temperature . 82.5ºDeparture from normal . . . . . . -1.4º

St. Johns River Tides This Week

City Hi/LoDaytona Beach . . . 90/76 tGainesville. . . . . . . 91/73 tJacksonville. . . . . . 91/75 tKey West . . . . . . . . 91/84 sMiami . . . . . . . . . . 90/80 tNaples . . . . . . . . . . 89/78 tOrlando . . . . . . . . . 93/77 tPanama City . . . . . 90/76 sPensacola. . . . . . . . 90/76 sPort Charlotte. . . . 92/76 tTallahassee . . . . . . 93/72 tTampa . . . . . . . . . . 90/77 tW. Palm Beach . . . 91/77 t

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Gator Football SeaSon ticketS DrawinG

Linda Gillen, volunteer with the Humane Society of Norheast Florida holds the University of Florida Gator football season tickets that will be given away to one lucky winner in a drawing this month. The tickets are for the north end zone, section 22, row 24, seats 17-18. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. A minimum purchase of $5 is required. To order tickets, email hsnefl.conations@gmail.com with your name, address, phone number, number of tickets and the amount and method of payment. You can also visit the shelter’s thrift store in Palatka on State Road 19 in the Sears plaza to pay by cash or check. Ticket orders can also be mailed to the HSNEFL, P.O. Box 188, Hollister, FL 32147. Orders and payment must be received by Aug. 24 and clearly marked Gator raffle. For more details, call Sherry at 336-1238 or the shelter at 325-1587. The prize includes seven home game tickets for 2; a prize valued at $690. The winner will be notified and posted on www.hsnefl.org. Tickets will be overnighted to the lucky winner and will be received by Aug. 28 before the first home game on Aug. 30 where the Gators will play the University of Idaho Vandals at the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville.

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Murder suspect testifies he last saw victim alive

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By Jason DearenAssociated Press

GAINESVILLE — Taking the stand in his own murder trial on T h u r s d a y , P e d r o B r a v o s a i d University of Florida student Christian Aguilar was still alive the last time he saw him.

Bravo took the stand shortly after the prosecution rested its murder case against him. He faces murder, kidnap-ping and other charges related to the slaying of Aguilar, 20, in September 2012.

At many times smiling and looking at jurors while he described his own disturbing suicidal thoughts, the 20-year-old from Miami said he was “breaking apart piece by piece” when he and Aguilar got together to talk about Bravo’s depression.

“I have scars both on my neck and wrists from near attempts in moments where I was pushed to the edge,” he

told jurors about his lifetime of suicid-al thoughts.

Prosecutors have painted a picture of Bravo as a jealous ex-boyfriend who fol-lowed his ex, Erika Friman, to Gainesville to win her back, only to find she was dating Aguilar.

Bravo said he came to Gainesville seeking a fresh start.

“I wanted to go to Gainesville … maybe a fresh start would help me erase everything in my slate,” he said. “And at the same time I wanted to see if I could get back together with Erika.”

After learning that Friman and Aguilar, both of whom he had attended high school with in Miami, were dating, Bravo requested a meeting with Aguilar to talk it out.

Aguilar’s remains were discovered weeks after the men’s talk, buried in a shallow grave in a wooded area.

“I’m suicidal,” Bravo said about why he wanted to talk to his friend, Aguilar. “It’s not because of Erika but all these

other things that are adding up.”Bravo and Aguilar went to a fast food

restaurant and an electronics store before stopping for about two hours in a Walmart parking lot.

Prosecutors say that’s where Bravo used a strap to strangle Aguilar – Bravo said he and his friend got into a heated exchanges.

Bravo said they left the Walmart lot, but got into a physical fight while he was driving and he pulled over.

“He comes up and went for my head. I got mad and I pushed him … I swept him off his feet,” Bravo said. He said he fell on top of Aguilar and hit him in the face repeatedly.

“He didn’t get up right away, but he was still moving.”

Bravo said he left Aguilar there on the ground, and never saw him again.

Later that night, he said he drank a bottle of Gatorade mixed with sleep-ing pills and pesticide in an effort to kill himself.

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a r t i s t R o b e r t Rauschenberg’s foundation i s a p p e a l i n g a F l o r i d a judge’s decision to award $16 .6 mi l l i on in f ees t o t h r e e f r i e n d s c h o s e n t o oversee his estate before he died in 2008.

R a u s c h e n b e r g ’ s s o n Christopher is the chairman of the foundation’s board of directors. He said the fees awarded aren’t reasonable

and reduce the resources available for the founda-tion’s charitable pursuits.

Lee County Judge Jay Rosman on Aug. 1 awarded the trustees $24.6 million, m i n u s $ 8 m i l l i o n t h e y already had collected in fees from the foundation. The trustees’ attorney, Michael

Gay, says the foundation “seems determined to con-tinue wasting its resources through an appeal.”

T h e t r u s t e e s i n i t i a l l y sought $60 million in com-pensation for administering the artist’s trust. The law-suit dragged on for years before trial ended in June.

By Joe MandakAssociated Press

PITTSBURGH — A Florida man was sentenced Thursday to five years in federal prison for his role in an overseas loan scam that cost 47 investors on four continents more than $3.9 million.

The criminal case against Fotios Geivelis Jr., 34, of Fort Myers, was prosecuted in Pittsburgh because one of his v i c t i m s w a s i n w e s t e r n Pennsylvania. But Assistant U.S. Attorney Leo Dillon told the sentencing judge the case involved “an enormous world-

wide fraud,” with victims in the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Japan and Australia.

The federal indictment in Pittsburgh grew out of a Securit ies and Exchange Commission investigation of Geivelis and a 70-year-old Miami attorney, Bernard Butts. Geivelis lived in New Jersey and Florida while run-ning the scam through a Florida-based business called Worldwide Funding III Ltd., from April 2012 through September.

Dillon told U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer

that Geivelis solicited poten-t i a l b o r r o w e r - i n v e s t o r s through Internet ads promis-ing a quick return on invest-ments of $60,000 to $90,000. Clients were told that fee would enable Geivelis to secure overseas loans of up to 10 million euros, or about $13.4 million.

But instead of investing the money, Geivelis and Butts split about 90 percent of it — 10 percent went to some Florida brokers who acted as middlemen — with Geivelis spending his share on cocaine, casinos, strip clubs, luxury automobiles and other lavish

expenses, Dillon said. The investors were kept in the dark with false documents and promises that their money was safe and the transactions carefully regulated.

The inves tors weren ’ t named or described in court documents, though Dillon said one man was from Perth, Australia, and lost $60,000 trying to finance a community education center for local youth.

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Jurors not turned away due to dress codesA judge has debunked a claim by defense attorneys that pro-

spective jurors in mortgage fraud case were turned away because of dress code violations at the federal courthouse in Orlando.

U.S. District Judge John Jarvey told defense attorneys John Bergendaghl and Richard Klugh on Wednesday that jurors weren’t turned away by the U.S. Marshals Service because of their wardrobes.

In seeking a new trial the attorneys initially said “a number of” prospective jurors were turned away. Last month they told Jarvey only one juror was turned away. Jarvey requested an affidavit from a witness, who turned out to be a private investi-gator for Bergendahl. Jarvey hasn’t ruled on a new trial.

Jim Sotolongo and Stephanie Musselwhite were convicted on fraud charges on April 28.

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State will speed up several road projectsFlorida is speeding up six major road projects across the

state.Gov. Rick Scott said Thursday that the state will push up the

timing of $806 million worth of highway construction projects across the state.

State transportation officials were able to speed up the proj-ects because how much money state legislators set aside for roads in this year’s budget.

One of the biggest projects is a $255 million project to widen Interstate 95 in Volusia County on the state’s east coast. The project will be moved up to 2015. It had been scheduled to begin in 2020.

The list also includes work for Interstate 295 in Duval County, Interstate 75 in Hernando County, U.S. 98 in Bay County and State Road 821 in Miami-Dade County.

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Man fatally shot while being served warrantAuthorities say members of a U.S. Marshals Task Fugitive

Force fatally shot a 24-year-old man while trying to serve a warrant at a rural north Florida home.

Corey Levert Tanner was the primary suspect in the July 23 death of a Flagler County man. Flagler County Undersheriff Rick Staly says the task force was called and had tracked Tanner to Espanola, where the shooting occurred on Wednesday.

The shooting happened at the home of Tanner’s sister-in-law.Tanner was facing attempted first-degree murder and aggra-

vated assault and battery charges.Tanner’s step-father Ernest Williams told the News-Journal

authorities could have “done it in a different way.”The U.S. Marshals Service released few details about the

incident.

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State panel accuses judge of misconductA Florida judge accused of punching an assistant public

defender during an altercation is facing misconduct charges.The state Judicial Qualifications Commission filed a proba-

ble cause finding Thursday with the Florida Supreme Court.It alleges Brevard County Judge John C. Murphy made belit-

tling remarks from to the bench to an assistant public defender and then challenged him to a fight. Murphy allegedly hit the attorney outside the courtroom.

The charges also allege that Murphy later acted on seven cases even though there was no one from the public defender’s office representing the defendants.

State Miami Lakes mayor acquitted of corruption chargesBy Curt anderson

Associated Press

MIAMI — Suspended Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi was acquitted Thursday in a federal corruption case in which he was accused of accepting bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as shady businessmen.

A Miami federal jury cleared Pizzi of all seven counts after deliberating for parts of two days following a month-long trial. Pizzi attorney Ben Kuehne, who represented the mayor along with Ed Shohat, said he has already asked Gov. Rick Scott to reinstate Pizzi as mayor of the Miami suburb.

“From day one, I always said I was innocent,” a jubilant, fist-pumping Pizzi told reporters outside the downtown courthouse. “Today, I have been vindicat-ed and I have been exonerated.”

Pizzi was accused of accepting $6,750 in payments between 2011 and 2013 from the undercover agents in exchange for his help in obtaining federal grant money for both Miami Lakes and the nearby town of Medley, where he was the city attorney. The agents, pretending to be businessmen, told Pizzi they intended to keep the hundreds of thousands of dol-lars in grant money for themselves.

Pizzi’s lawyers, however, portrayed him as honest and the victim of entrap-ment by overzealous FBI agents looking to make a high-profile arrest.

“It is impossible that Mike Pizzi could have corrupt intent,” Shohat said in a closing argument.

Miami U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer said he was disappointed but respects the jury’s verdict. A lobbyist also charged in the case, Richard Candia, previously pleaded guilty and testified against Pizzi.

Candia is awaiting a September sentenc-ing date.

Pizzi, who had faced up to 50 years in prison if convicted, is one of several Miami-area mayors to face corruption charges in recent months.

The same FBI sting operation resulted in corruption charges against former Sweetwater Mayor Manuel Marono, who pleaded guilty and is now imprisoned along with another lobbyist.

Earlier this year, former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina was acquitted in a federal tax evasion case unrelated to the Marono-Pizzi sting. The former mayor of Homestead, Steve Bateman, is awaiting trial on state corruption charges and North Miami’s suspended mayor, Marie Lucie Tondreau, has pleaded not guilty in federal court to participating in an $11 million mort-gage fraud scheme.

Florida man gets 5 years in Pennsylvania loan scam case

Appeal filed in Rauschenberg trust lawsuit

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By Dr. richarD carmona

Since the birth of our nation and the quest for independence and freedom, we have relied on brave men and women to carry

out our nation’s national defense policies, often at great danger to their own bodies and minds. Eventually, our warriors transition to become veterans, and because of their selfless service to the nation, we have promised them health care and disability support that first began before we were a nation, with the Pilgrims in 1636 and then the Continental Congress of 1776. Since then, in numerous declared wars and other engagements through four centuries, our nation has progressively strengthened its commitment to our veterans, culminating in the establishment of the Veterans Administration in 1930 and numerous subse-quent policies like the GI Bill signed in 1944.

This long legacy of veterans’ care and bene-fits is a sacred obligation from a grateful nation made to the minority of citizens who, through conscription previously or volun-teerism, put country before self. Our uni-formed service members sometimes return to society less than whole. Others only return to their loved ones as a memory. Independence Day, Veterans Day or any other holiday we cel-ebrate would not be possible without the often anonymous, selfless service and sacrifices dis-played by the men and women of our seven uniformed services of the United States.

As a disabled Army veteran myself, I received care through the VA after returning from combat. Years later as a medical student, I rotated through VA facilities to learn and provide care to veterans, and later, as a uni-versity professor I provided care to veterans and taught students and residents at VA facili-ties. In each experience, I always considered it a privilege to be around fellow veterans and to hear their stories and learn more than medi-cine from them. They were a source of inspira-tion for me.

At times, over the years, the VA system has demonstrated excellence and best practices in many areas, to include their electronic medical records and implementation of quality stan-dards. Unfortunately, more recently, we have heard a growing incidence of apparent repeat-ed breaches of responsibility by people entrust-ed with this sacred obligation of caring for our fellow citizens we call veterans. We are now learning that wait times for our veterans’ care can be many months. Meanwhile, we witness and seek to prevent the great tragedy of veter-ans’ suicide rates – which currently exceed the combat losses. This situation is unforgivable and requires an in-depth and rapid VA system assessment in order to hold those responsible accountable for their dereliction of duty and possible criminal actions.

In the interim, we must move forward expe-ditiously to clear the backlog of veterans wait-ing for disability evaluation, expedite all care to those veterans waiting for care and – once all veterans are evaluated – provide a clear picture to Congress of the veterans’ disease and economic burden the nation has inherited after two wars lasting over a decade. The immediate cost of war is often exceeded by the

post-war cost – as we experi-enced after Vietnam and other wars. However, what the German philosopher Georg

Hegel said two centuries ago and seems to be true today as well is, “what we learn from his-tory is that we learn nothing from history.” We will be paying for these wars for over a half-century more, since many of the veterans who have returned less than whole physically and or psychologically are still in their youth today.

Some in leadership have suggested that privatizing the VA system would be a solution to the current crisis in the VA. Although well intended, I don’t believe that this option is a viable alternative other than for those veter-ans who are geographically displaced. It is not uncommon that the average non-veteran citi-zen has to wait weeks or longer for a primary care appointment, and specialty appointments can take months. In the interim, these non-vet-eran patients go to an urgent care center or emergency room where they may wait many hours for any episodic care. In addition, the veteran culture is unique and best understood in the context of other veterans and in a sys-tem that is dedicated to veterans. Shifting vet-erans with complex physical or psychological problems to an unprepared civilian health care system that is already overburdened and has long wait times will only fragment their care and exacerbate the veterans’ health care crisis.

However, there is a potential solution. Selected VA facilities nationally could remain open seven days a week, 24 hours a day until the backlog of veterans’ evaluations and care is cleared. Additional clinical and support staff-ing could be provided by the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and National Guard and Reserve Units activated for this purpose. As federal employees, once activated, their liability insurance is covered and licen-sure portability is not an issue.

By taking these straightforward and neces-sary steps, the public and our veterans would see a clear and demonstrated exceptional response by the government, and my fellow veterans would be pleased to be cared for by our men and women in uniform who bring to this endeavor a unique understanding of the experiences and concerns of our veteran.

As our nation continues to painfully observe democracy unfolding in a hyper-partisan fash-ion, this is an opportunity for Congress to rise above all that they disagree on and come for-ward immediately, not only with support and funding that our veterans have earned, deserve and have been promised – but also with a specific detailed plan to address the unmet needs of all our veterans.

As I reflect on my time in combat and the troops I had the privilege to serve with, it is noteworthy that I never knew a political party affiliation for any of them. We were all there in harm’s way as Americans.

The nation now owes us a timely American solution.

Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS. The author was the 17th Surgeon General of the United States, is

also a veteran of the Vietnam Conflict and Purple Heart recipient.

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Lawmakers can’t

get it right Florida legislators were called into

special session Aug. 7 after a circuit judge ruled the congressional dis-trict map that they had drawn up

and adopted in 2012 failed to meet the requirements of the state Constitution.

The judge specifically called District 5 and District 10 unconstitutional. District 5 includes a portion of Putnam County within its nine-county, north-to-south corridor as it stretches from Jacksonville to Orlando with a side excursion to Gainesville.

The district was drawn not only to include a voter base that was more than 50 percent African American, but to rope off those same voters from several adjoining districts, making those districts safer for Republican candidates, or so the judge ruled.

Lawmakers had a chance to set it right over the past eight days; they even had a plan in hand suggested by the successful plaintiffs that would redraw District 5 to extend westward from Jacksonville in a more compact and contiguous fashion.

Instead, voting mostly along party lines, our lawmakers came up with something that looks a lot like the old District 5, only wider.

It still rambles from Jacksonville to Orlando and includes Gainesville’s east side. It’s difficult to tell from the published maps exactly where county lines, cities and dis-trict boundaries fall, but it appears they’ve eliminated Sanford from District 5 and included much more of Putnam County – everything west of the St. Johns River, in fact.

Many people in rural and central Florida don’t much think they ought to be grouped with urban Jacksonville when it comes to federal representation, but to our Republican lawmakers, including state Rep. Charles Van Zant, who’s supposed to be sticking up for Putnam County, that means nothing. Politics trumps geography.

The Legislature-approved maps are to be submitted to the judge today. On Monday, lawmakers and the plaintiffs – the League of Women Voters of Florida – can submit briefs supporting or opposing the maps. On Wednesday, Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis expects to hold a hearing on whether to accept or reject the maps.

The League of Women Voters has already expressed its opposition to the new maps.

“We are disappointed to see that the remedial map approved this week by the Florida Legislature looks suspiciously like the map that Judge Lewis ruled unconstitu-tional, and the fact that it was drawn behind closed doors only adds to the suspicion,” League President Deirdre Macnab said Thursday in a written statement. “The Legislature continues to make a mockery of the process, destroying public trust and con-fidence in our democracy. Until the Legislature can restore that trust, Floridians must continue to look to the courts to hold lawmakers accountable.”

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We need real repaving, not cosmetics

Waste of taxpayers money!A few years ago, Strickland

Road in the Interlachen area was paved – but, to save money, someone decided to not put a

base, and of course, with rain, trucks, buses, etc., the road is in very bad shape. Hence, the coun-ty decided to repave it (Oops! Resurface the existing mess!).

Mind you, this road runs between Interlachen Elementary School on CR 315 and Keuka Road (city road 310A). The road is used for heavy sand trucks, school buses and more. Then,

when State Road 20 in Interlachen gets four lanes, Strickland Road will be a great by-pass!

Isn’t anyone listening? We were promised repaving, a decent road, not a one and a half inch asphalt topping!

Dorothy FieldsInterlachen

todAy’s HigHligHt in History:On August 15, 1914, the

Panama Canal officially opened as the SS Ancon crossed the just-completed waterway between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

on tHis dAte:In 1057, Macbeth, King of Scots,

was killed in battle by Malcolm, the eldest son of King Duncan, whom Macbeth had slain.

In 1483, the Sistine Chapel was consecrated by Pope Sixtus IV.

In 1812, the Battle of Fort Dearborn took place as Potawatomi warriors attacked a U.S. military garrison of about 100 people. Most of the garrison was killed, while the remainder were taken prisoner.

In 1935, humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post were killed when their airplane crashed near Point Barrow in the Alaska Territory.

In 1939, the MGM musical “The Wizard of Oz” opened at the Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

In 1944, during World War II, Allied forces landed in southern France in Operation Dragoon.

In 1945, in a radio address, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced that his country had accepted terms of surrender for ending World War II.

In 1947, India became indepen-dent after some 200 years of British rule.

In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York.

ten yeArs Ago: Residents left homeless by

Hurricane Charley dug through their ravaged homes, rescuing what they could as President George W. Bush promised rapid delivery of disaster aid. In Athens, the U.S. men’s basketball team lost 92-73 to Puerto Rico, only the third Olympic defeat ever for the Americans and the first since add-ing pros.

Five yeArs Ago: A wedding tent fire in Kuwait

claimed the lives of 55 women and children. Virginia Davis, 90, who’d appeared in Walt Disney’s pio-neering “Alice” films in the 1920s, died in Corona, Calif.

one yeAr Ago: President Barack Obama

scrapped plans for joint military exercises with Egypt, where spi-raling violence in and around Cairo were claiming hundreds of lives. A powerful car bomb ripped through a crowded southern Beirut stronghold of Hezbollah, killing at least 27 people.

todAy’s BirtHdAys: Actress Rose Marie is 91.

Political activist Phyllis Schlafly is 90. Actor Mike Connors is 89. Civil rights activist Vernon Jordan is 79. Actor Jim Dale is 79. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is 76. U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is 76. Author-journalist Linda Ellerbee is 70. Songwriter Jimmy Webb is 68. Britain’s Princess Anne is 64. Philanthropist Melinda Gates is 50. Country singer Angela Rae (Wild Horses) is 48. Actor Peter Hermann is 47. Actress Debra Messing is 46. Actor Anthony Anderson is 44. Actor Ben Affleck is 42. Singer Mikey Graham (Boyzone) is 42. Actress Natasha Henstridge is 40. Actress Nicole Paggi is 37. Figure skater Jennifer Kirk is 30. Latin pop singer Belinda is 25. Rock singer Joe Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 25. Actor-singer Carlos Pena is 25. Actress Jennifer Lawrence is 24. Rap DJ Smoove da General (Cali Swag District) is 24.

tHougHt For todAy:“Forgiveness is the key to action

and freedom.” — Hannah Arendt, American author and philosopher (1906-1975).

F Y IIf taking care of a grassy lawn means lots of water,

fertilizers and mowing, consider converting to a green-er and softer alternative: moss. Not only will you have a green lawn year-round, it’s self-maintaining and needs little to zero help to thrive. A moss lawn works best where you already have trouble growing grass, in shady and damp areas. Use clumps of sheet moss (available online) and “plant” it in sections where you want it to grow. Over time, it will spread by releasing spores; it will also encourage native mosses to cultivate on their own. And even if you have grass, moss doesn’t prevent grass from growing; it spreads only where grass doesn’t grow, which can help give you a fuller, greener lawn.

tHis dAy in PutnAm:In 1914, of interest to every-

one—The steamer Ancon was the first ship to pass through the newly opened Panama Canal. It passed from ocean to ocean in just ten hours.

In 1941, Sen. Claude Pepper, along with the U. S. Rivers and Harbors Commission, supported building a ship canal across north-ern Florida, partly using the St. Johns and Ocklawaha rivers.

In 1961, the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association said the value of Florida pulpwood for 1960 was $42,008,000. Leading coun-ties were Putnam, $2,312,800, Hamilton, $2,058,620; and Nassau, $2,038,960.

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of Cracker Swamp Road in East Palatka to the St. Johns County line.

In addition to the repaving, workers will also widen turn lanes to accommodate new bike lanes and restripe the existing 5-foot-wde shoulders along the outside travel lane for bike lanes, according to the transportation agency.

“Construction also includes adding new signs with flash-ing yellow lights near Cracker Swamp Road to warn motor-ists of cross traffic,” Sanderson said.

W e a t h e r p e r m i t t i n g ,

Preferred Materials should have the road work completed by the spring of 2015, she said.

There will be lane closures, Sanderson said, and for the most part, those closures will occur during daylight hours. But there is a chance there could be lane closures during nighttime hours, she said.

“The posted speed limit will remain during construc-tion,” Sanderson said in the statement. “However, speed-ing fines are doubled when workers are present.”

F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h i s o r o t h e r D e p a r t m e n t o f Transportation projects in the Northeast Florida area, visit nflroads.com.

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a mailbox, bounced off and headed across the road toward children at a school bus stop before 8:30 a.m. Dec. 13.

Without thinking, 19-year-old Johnson pushed the chil-dren out of the way as far as she could. The pickup hit Johnson, tearing into muscles and tendons. It also fractured her spine, requiring surgeries.

Abby Thompson, a 9-year-old twin suffered minor inju-ries and her nightmares con-t i n u e . T h e b o y t w i n , Christopher, suffered critical injuries and lived.

“We still go to therapy once a week and he has leg braces,” said the twins’ mother, Taura Thompson. “They’re doing well and adjusting. I think it is wonderful that Kayla is get-ting the award. She saved their lives.”

Plans have not been set yet for the local formal presentation of an engraved crystal plaque to Johnson along with a $500 check from the foundation.

“I’ll probably use it for med-ical bills,” Johnson said. “I graduated from physical ther-apy, but I still have bills.”

A donation fund to support Johnson’s medical bills was established at VyStar Credit Union in Palatka for those who wish to help her out.

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The ACCE announced the award winner Wednesday, following a final on-site inter-view Tuesday with Jones and chamber Board of Directors chair Kelley Smith. The inter-view was conducted by a panel of five judges, Jones said, and was the final step of the application process for the Chamber of the Year award.

“It was very intense,” Jones said. “But I was feeling very optimistic after the inter-view.”

Smith, who has been a chamber member for more than 40 years, agreed that the application process and interview was very intense for chamber staff and board members. But he said the award belongs to the entire Putnam County community.

“If people only knew how hard that l i tt le chamber works,” he said. “To have the national prestige is truly a recognition of the chamber staff, board of directors, mem-bers, volunteers and partners throughout the community.”

Smith said the Putnam chamber has worked with him over the years, helping to promote his business and establish partnerships with

new businesses in the area. “I think the business pros-

pects coming in to our area can look at this award and say ‘they’ve got it together,’” he said. “I’m so happy and really proud for our chamber.”

This is the second time the Putnam County Chamber of Commerce has received the Chamber of the Year award from ACCE. The Putnam chamber was also recognized in 2007 for the award and was chosen as one of the top finalists in 2013.

The Putnam chamber will be allowed to use a special logo, recognizing the accom-plishment for a year. Jones said the chamber would cele-brate during its board meet-

ing at noon on Monday. “This award is because of

our great people in Putnam County. I mean all of our great peop le , ” she sa id . “When 10,000 people pour out from al l over the county because we needed a crowd for ESPN cameras … we have great people all over.”

Smith said he thinks the award should raise the com-munity’s level of confidence and pride.

“There’s no doubt about it,” he said. “We seldom get rec-ognized for our accomplish-ments and this is a hard-working community. It feels good.”

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the county since the 1980s, said President Vicky Weaver.

“We have actually provided misdemeanor probation ser-vices in this county since 1 9 8 6 , ” W e a v e r s a i d . “Originally under contract with the judge, later the state came through and said that any county that had a popula-tion of over 70,000 people, it was necessary for the commis-sion to take over the contract with the agreement of the judge and the judicial system.”

Along with supervising peo-ple on probation, the business also handles contracts for the pretrial release program and pretrial diversion programs, Weaver said.

Open five-and-a-half days a week, the development servic-es group works closely with Clerk of Court Tim Smith and the judicial system, she said.

And one of the many bene-fits the company providing its services to the county, Weaver said, is the money that it

saves local taxpayers.“Since 1986, the taxpayers

of Putnam County have paid no money for the operation of the misdemeanor program in this county,” Weaver said. “So it is all paid for by those indi-viduals who are in need of the Putnam County probation department. So the taxpayers are paying no dollars for any-thing.”

C o m m i s s i o n e r N a n c y Harris said that the Public Safety Advisory Council, a board o f which she and Weaver are members, is fre-quently assisted by the devel-opment group.

The business’ participation in the pretrial justice system allows many people awaiting trial the opportunity to get out of jail before the trial as long as they work with the develop-ment group, she said.

And in all the time that the business has been contracted with the county, Harris said, she had nothing but positive reviews.

“We each get a monthly report from them, and they give a lot back to the commu-nity,” Harris said. “I’m just very pleased that we can part-

ner with them and certainly would be pleased to make a nomination whenever you’re ready that we accept this.”

County Attorney Russ Castleberry said that the great reviews from Smith and others in the judicial system has been a primary reason why the county’s contract with the development services group has been in place for a decade.

“ W e h a v e j u s t s i m p l y renewed it based on the con-versations (with judicial offi-

cials), and there were no objec-tion from the judicial system,” he said. “I’m not aware of any-one else around who provides these services.

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Stores have a solid start to back-to-school seasonBy Anne D’InnocenzIo

Associated Press

NEW YORK — The back-to-school shopping season is off to a promising start, but retailers may be sacrificing profit for sales.

The National Retail Federation expects the average family with school-aged chil-dren to spend $669.28 for back to school items, up 5 percent from last year. That would be the second-highest amount since the industry trade group started tracking spending in 2004.

But major retailers like Wal-Mart and Macy’s are discounting merchandise and increasing spending to upgrade their stores and websites just to grab the attention of U.S. shoppers during the sec-ond biggest shopping period of the year. All that discounting and investing has worked to start the season off strong, they say, but it also hurts their bottom lines.

“Stores are going to have to invest in price and e-commerce aggressively in order to be competitive,” said Ken Perkins, president of RetailMetrics LLC, a retail research firm. “The pie is not growing, and they’ve got to do everything

they can to keep them from losing market share.”

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, says it’s been investing in several ways to attract shoppers this season. The compa-ny cut prices on 10 percent more back-to-school items compared with last year. It also increased the number of back-to-school products sold on its website by 30 percent to 75,000 this year from last year.

The company also has made some long-term investments. Wal-Mart said earlier this year it plans to open 270 to 300 small stores during the current fiscal year — double its initial forecast— to compete with dollar chains. And it has increased its spending on its e-commerce opera-tions to compete with online competitors like Amazon, a move that contributed to it slashing its annual profit outlook.

“In an environment where customers have so many choices about where to shop and how to buy, and many of them are feeling pressure on their budgets, we have to be at our best,” said Wal-Mart’s CEO Doug McMillon in a pre-recorded call Thursday.

But all that investing has hurt its results. On Thursday, Wal-Mart reported that its profit in the latest quarter was

virtually flat during the latest quarter.Kohl’s Corp. also reported flat profit in

its latest fiscal quarter on Thursday, as it cut prices, revamped its beauty depart-ments, and spent on services such as one that enables it to ship online orders directly to shoppers from its stores.

The department-store operator also has started to roll out a loyalty program where shoppers get one point for every dollar they spend, with them receiving a $5 reward for every 100 points.

The retailer is hopeful its moves will boost business during the back-to-school shopping season: Kohl’s said that in July it had its first gain in revenue at estab-lished stores in several months.

“I believe our customers will be excited by the newness that they find in our stores and when shopping online this fall,” Kohl’s CEO Kevin Mansell told investors Thursday.

Still, Mansell says the period is not a predictor of how shoppers will spend dur-ing the winter holiday shopping season in November and December, which tradi-tionally is the biggest shopping period of the year. “Last year, we had a really good back-to-school business and then busi-ness died mid-September,” he said.

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Dear Harriette: My 16-year-old daughter has been going to school with the same kids since kindergarten, but has recently informed me how some of her peers are bullying her. They are incredibly rude to her, physically push her in the hallways and constantly make fun of her. She tries to play off the situation in a mature way and says it does not bother her. However, whenever she comes home from school, she looks upset. She has made friends from other schools now and is spending more time with them, but she still has to see the mean kids at her school. I know I need to help her. What should I do? — Protecting My Child, Denver

Dear Protecting My Child: Tell your daughter that you want to help her through this diffi-cult situation. Ask her to tell you about as many different scenarios as she can recall where she has been bullied. Get her to name names, dates, locations and times to the best of her ability. Tell her you want to speak to her school’s

authorities about the other stu-dents’ behavior. Ask if she would like to join you in the conversa-tion. The reason you want to let her know up front is that you do not want to risk embarrassing her unnecessarily by having her learn that you are advocating on her behalf without her knowledge.

Whether she agrees to go or not, schedule a meeting with the principal and explain what has been happening. Bring the list you made with your daughter, and describe the various incidents with the principal. Ask for sup-port. You want these children to stop harassing your daughter, and if the school authorities will not help you, the next stop may be the police department.

Dear Harriette: My nephew is coming to stay with my fam-ily for a couple of months, and I want to make sure that we have a comfortable experience. I already know that he is some-what of a slob. (I have seen his room at home and know that his parents struggle with him to

keep it clean.) I want to set house rules for when he is with us, and at the same time, I don’t want to come off like a drill sergeant. What should I do? — Inspiring Tidiness, Atlanta

Dear Inspiring Tidiness: When your nephew arrives, wel-come him warmly. Show him his room. Let him get comfortable, and then invite him to join you for a family meeting. Tell him the lay of the land, including what spaces are common areas, which are off-limits and what his chores will be. Clarify how you like your house to be tended, and what you expect his role to be in honoring that. Talk to him about how you expect him to keep his room and make it clear that you will check. Since he is not neat, you may want to allow him a little leeway in that private space — as long as he keeps the rest of your home tidy. Get him to agree to your terms. If you find him slipping, tell him right away. Being pro-active will prevent unnecessary drama later.

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Mitch Hedberg, a stand-up comedian who died in 2005, said, “I would imagine that if you could understand Morse code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.”

In a few bridge deals, the defenders can lead declarer

through a merry dance by tap-ping him — leading side-suit winners to make declarer ruff in one hand or the other. This is usually done either to make declarer lose trump control, or to strand a long suit so that declarer cannot establish and run it.

This deal occurred during a social game and the auction is given as it happened. After the first round, I think South should have made a negative double to show his heart suit, not responded one no-trump without a sure spade stopper. North did not know what to do over two spades. Not expecting his partner to have four hearts, North won-dered about three no-trump and five clubs. So he cue-bid three spades to ask South if he really could control spades. Now South

tried four hearts, which North, reading correctly, passed. Yes, perhaps he should have chosen five clubs, an easy contract to make.

Against four hearts, West led an imaginative spade king. South ruffed in the dummy and should have immediately played on clubs. But before leading the club king, he drew two rounds of trumps, leaving the ace on the board.

East erred by winning with his club ace. Yes, ducking risks South’s having only a singleton, but declarer would surely have played a club at trick two in that situation. If East had taken the second club and led another spade to tap the dummy, the contract would have gone down in flames.

For Friday, August 15, 2014

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By AdriAnA Gomez Licon

Associated Press

SANTOS, Brazil — Brazil’s presidential race is in stunned disarray after one of the top three contenders was killed on the campaign trail when a small plane carrying him and aides crashed into a residen-tial area in this port city.

Socialist politician Eduardo Campos and the six other peo-ple aboard the aircraft died in the accident Wednesday, which came less than two months ahead of the Oct. 4 presidential election.

President Dilma Rousseff, who opinion polls say leads the race, declared three days of offi-cial mourning for Campos and said she was suspending her campaign during that time. The other main candidate, Aecio Neves, also said he was putting his campaign on hold.

“Brazil is in mourning and reeling from a death that took the life of a promising young politician,” Rousseff said in a solemn address. She said Campos had had “an extreme-ly promising future ahead.”

The 49-year-old scion of a powerful political family from the northeastern state of Pernambuco, Campos was a fixture on the Brazilian politi-cal scene since his youth, hav-ing served as state and federal representative and also as Pernambuco’s governor. He had been allied with Rousseff and her Workers Party but

broke away ahead of the presi-dential campaign. Opinion polls had said Campos was running in third place, behind Rousseff and Neves.

Campos was married to his high school sweetheart and the two had five children, the youngest of whom was born in January with Down Syndrome.

The candidate, four mem-bers of his campaign staff and two pilots were traveling from Rio de Janeiro to the city of Guaruja when the Cessna 560XL went down in nearby Santos around 10 a.m.

Aeronautical officials said the plane was trying to land in bad weather, although the Globo television network broadcast interviews with witnesses who said the aircraft was in flames before it crashed among apart-ment buildings. An investiga-tion has been opened to deter-mine the exact cause, Brazil’s aeronautical agency said.

Television stations broadcast images of the crash site on a con-tinuous loop, showing a smol-dering pit littered with debris and what appeared to be plane parts and emergency workers picking through the wreckage.

Daniel Onias, a civil defense officer on the scene, said the victims’ bodies were “disinte-grated.” Five people on the ground at the time of the crash were slightly injured, he said.

The accident sent shock waves through Brazil’s politi-cal class and had pundits speculating about how it might affect the election.

Campos’ running mate, for-mer Environment Minister Marina Silva, is widely seen as one of Brazil’s most popular politicians and a potential political threat to Rousseff. Brazilian law gives parties 10 days to choose a substitute in the case of a candidate’s death, and it was thought like-ly that the Brazilian Socialist Party would choose Silva to step in for Campos.

Silva herself didn’t give any hints about her political future. In a brief statement to reporters in Santos, a shaken Silva spoke solely about Campos and her relationship with him. Silva, who got 20 percent of the vote in the 2010 presidential election, joined Campos’ ticket last October after she was unable to set up her own party in time to run against for president.

“During these 10 months of partnership, I learned to respect him, admire him and feel confidence in his attitudes and his ideals in life,” she said in a soft, wavering voice. “This is, without a shadow of a doubt, a tragedy which plung-es us into a profound sadness that I know that every single Brazilian is sharing with each and every one of us.”

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GoLdenBerGAssociated Press

CAIRO — Palestinian offi-cials voiced cautious optimism Thursday, hinting at progress in Egyptian-mediated negotia-tions with Israel to bring an end to the fighting in Gaza and secure new arrangements for the war-battered territory.

But with the sides’ demands still seemingly irreconcilable, that optimism may be prema-ture and a deal not so close in the making.

I srae l and Hamas are observing a five-day cease-fire which began at midnight Wednesday, in an attempt to allow talks between the sides in Cairo to continue. The nego-tiations are meant to secure a substantive end to the month-long war and draw up a road-map for the coastal territory, which has been hard-hit in the fighting.

Israeli officials have largely kept quiet about the negotia-tions. But militant groups rep-resented in Cairo said prog-ress was being made toward a deal — a stark turnaround from earlier posturing.

“The war is now behind us, and the chances for an agree-ment on a lasting cease-fire are encouraging,” Ziad al-Nakhaleh, deputy leader of the Islamic Jihad militant group, told The Associated Press. “Though we didn’t get all that we wanted, there was progress here and there.”

Israeli government spokes-man Mark Regev would not comment Thursday on the Cairo talks.

Beyond demands for a sea-port and airport, Hamas is also seeking an end to a crip-pling blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt in 2007, when Hamas seized control of the coastal strip. The blockade has greatly limited the move-ment of Palestinians in and out of the territory of 1.8 mil-l i on peop le . I t has a l so restricted the flow of goods into Gaza and blocked virtual-ly all exports.

Israel says the closure is necessary to prevent arms smuggling, and officials are reluctant to make any conces-sions that would allow Hamas to declare victory.

I s r a e l , m e a n w h i l e , i s demanding that Hamas be disarmed, or at the very least, be prevented from re-arming, a term that is a virtual non-starter for the militant group.

Hamas has recovered from previous rounds of violence with Israel, including a major three-week air and ground operation in January 2009 and another weeklong air offensive in 2012. It still has an arsenal of several thousand rockets, some with long rang-es and relatively heavy pay-loads.

The sides are studying an Egyptian proposal which calls for easing parts of the Israeli blockade of Gaza, bringing some relief to the territory.

But the proposal leaves the key areas of disagreement, including Hamas’ demand for a full lifting of the blockade and Israeli calls for Hamas to disarm, to later negotiations.

On Wednesday, as the head of the Palestinian delegation Azzam al-Ahmad announced the cease - f i re had been extended for an additional five days, he also noted that there had been “significant prog-ress.” But, highlighting the devil-in-the-details nature of the negotiations, he also said disagreements remained over wording regarding security arrangements, reconstruction efforts for the Gaza Strip and the permissible fishing area.

“There is a real opportunity to reach an agreement, but (Israel) must stop the maneu-vers and playing with words,” said senior Hamas negotiator Khalil al-Haya, without elabo-rating.

“We are not interested in more destruction for our peo-ple. We are not interested in more bloodshed,” he said.

Al-Haya told reporters in Cairo that Hamas would seek international guarantees to en force any agreements reached with Israel. He said t h a t t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e Palestinian Authority, which runs the West Bank and with which Hamas formed a unity government earlier this year, the militant group would expect to play an important role in rebuilding Gaza.

The “national unity govern-ment is required to carry out its duty with regard to recon-struction,” he said.

While the cease-fire was largely holding, it got off to a rocky start, highlighting the fragility of the talks and the risk of slipping back into con-flict.

Violence briefly spiked as the extension of a previous, 72-hour truce was announced shortly before midnight on Wednesday. The extension is to last until midnight on Monday.

Israel’s military said eight rockets were launched at Israel but that the firing stopped early Thursday morn-ing. Israel retaliated with air-

strikes on rockets and rocket-launching sites in Gaza, the military said.

Gaza police said 17 Israeli strikes were carried out, but that no one was killed or wounded.

The current cease-fire is the longest to be declared since the war broke out last month in the Gaza Strip. The fighting has so far killed more than 1,900 Palestinians, the major-ity of them civilians, according to Palestinian and U.N. offi-cials. Israel has lost 67 people, all but three of them soldiers.

Early Thursday afternoon, Hamas negotiators flew from Cairo to Doha for consultations with Hamas leaders in Qatar.

It was the first time that Hamas figures were allowed to fly directly from the Cairo air-port since a military-backed government took over in Egypt last year, replacing an Islamist president whose Musl im Brotherhood group was closely al l ied with Hamas. That appeared to reflect recognition on Egypt’s part of Qatar’s importance in the talks.

Egypt has positioned itself as the key mediator, but its tough anti-Hamas policies could limit its effectiveness. The tiny Gulf Arab nation of Qatar is seen as a conduit for Hamas demands. It hosts sev-eral senior Hamas leaders and has staunchly opposed the Egypt-Israel blockade of the Palestinian coastal strip.

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Carl C. Clifton Sr.Carl Covington Clifton Sr.,

80, of Bardin, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014 at Putnam Community Medical Center.

A native of Statesville, N.C., he resided in Putnam County s ince 1985, coming from Jacksonville. Carl worked as a roofer. He en joyed f ishing and hunting and was an avid F S U a n d Atlanta Braves fan.

He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Callie Clifton of Bardin, two sons, Coleman Clifton of Palatka and Carl Clifton Jr. of Bostwick, three daughters, Cindy Salmon and Caren Herr, both of Bostwick and Carla Johnson of Palatka, three brothers, Donald Clifton and Steve Fletcher Clifton, both of Norfolk, Va. and John Curtis Clifton of Memphis, Tenn., two sisters, Jeannie Cofer and Roxanna Clifton, both of Virginia Beach, Va., 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16 at Providence Baptist Church in Bardin with Pastor Eric Botley officiating.

Memories and condolences may be sent to the family at Carl’s Book of Memories Page at www.JohnsonOverturf funerals.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of Johnson-Overturf Funeral Home in Palatka.

Azzie R. LewisAzzie Ree Lewis, 71, of

Palatka, entered the sunset of life on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014 a t S h a n d s H o s p i t a l , Gainesville.

A z z i e w a s b o r n o n Thursday, Nov. 12, 1942 to late Willie Lewis Sr. and Nancy (Proctor) Lewis in

Shellman (Randolph County), Ga. She was educated in the Shellman Georgia School District. Azzie graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in sociol-o g y f r o m F l o r i d a A & M University in 1975. Azzie was employed with and retired from the Florida Department of Children and Families in 2002 after rendering 28 years of dedicated service. She was a faithful member at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Palatka under the leadership of the Rev. Frederick T. Demps.

Azzie was preceded in eter-nal rest by her parents; three sisters, Mary Lewis, Sarah Powell and Rether Dell Lewis; and four brothers, Robert Lewis, Johnny Frank Lewis, Ulysses Lewis, and Willie Lewis Jr.

Those who will cherish her legacy: son, Raul V. (Tiffany) Lewis, Jackson, Miss.; two grandch i ldren , Kenneth Jerome Carroll and Jaden Carroll of Jackson, Miss.; sis-ter, Gloria (Joe) Anderson, Albany, Ga.; and a host of nieces and nephews; 14 grand-nieces and nephews and an abundance of great-grand-nieces and nephews; other rel-atives, church family, and car-ing friends.

The memorial service will be Saturday, Aug. 16 at 2 p.m. at the Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, 322 N. 10th St., Palatka, with the pastor, the Rev. Frederick T. Demps, officiating.

Please visit and post com-ments to the guestbook at www.ewlawson.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of the E.W. Lawson & Son Funeral Home.

Ray MillerAlver Ray Miller, 67, of

Interlachen, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014 at his home follow-ing an extend-ed illness.

A native of Jacksonville, Ray resided in Inter lachen since 1980, coming from Jacksonville. H e w a s a U . S . A r m y veteran of the Vietnam War and had worked 20 years as plant manager with Florida Rock Industries. Ray was a

member of VFW post 10164 and had attended Bethel A s s e m b l y o f G o d i n Interlachen. He enjoyed hunt-ing, singing, dancing and restoring old cars.

Ray is survived by his wife of 35 years, Ann Miller of Interlachen, his mother, Ruby Ritter of Hilliard, two sons, Elton Ray Miller of Florahome and Alver Ray Miller Jr. and wife Vanessa of El Paso, Texas, a daughter, Mary Margaret Dalton of Delta, Pa., two sisters, Joann Hand and husband Gordon and Paulette Blystone and husband David, all of Folkston, Ga., six grand-children, Jimmy Raby Dalton, Justin Ray Dalton, Joshua Ryan Dalton, Miranda Nichole Miller, Noah Austin Miller and Alyse Jade Miller, a great-grandson, Dustin Jay Dalton and several nieces and neph-ews.

Services were at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14 at Johnson-O v e r t u r f C h a p e l i n I n t e r l a c h e n w i t h A d a m George and David Rye having officiated. The family received friends on Thursday from 6 p .m. unt i l the serv i ces . Graveside services and burial will be Friday, Aug. 15 at 2 p.m. at Sharpe Cemetery in Toombs County, Ga. with the U.S. Army conducting mili-tary honors.

Flowers are grateful ly accepted or memorial dona-tions may be sent to Hospice of Citrus and the Nature Coast, 927 S. State Road 19, Palatka, FL 32177. Memories and condolences may be expressed to the family at Ray’s Book of Memories Page at www.JohnsonOverturf funerals.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of Johnson-Overturf Funeral Home in Interlachen.

Herman T. NolesHerman T. Noles, 65, of

Satsuma, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014 at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center following an extended illness.

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 J o h n s o n -Overturf Funeral Home in Palatka.

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Palestinians optimistic as Israeli truce holds

Presidential hopeful dies in crash

“The chances for an agreement on a lasting cease-fire are encouraging.”Ziad al-Nakhaleh, deputy

leader of militant group

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ANDY HALL Sports Editor 312-5239

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ANDY HALL

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For only the second time since 1967, a school year is about to unfold without a McCool involved in athletics at a

Palatka high school.Palatka Senior High alum Jim

McCool returned as a coach for Billy Bennett in the fall of ’67 and led boys basketball, baseball, weightlifting and football teams at Palatka Senior, Palatka South and Palatka High through the end of the 2003-04 school year, having served the last 21 sea-sons as head football coach. During that same stretch, brother Terry McCool was a coach and athlete at Palatka schools (later entering administration), sons Matt and Lee were baseball standouts, daughter Jini starred in softball and Terry’s son Jeff and daughter Michelle were both three-sport athletes. Matt and Lee McCool are former Putnam County baseball players of the year (1988 and ’97, respectively), Jini is a softball player of the year (1991), Jeff football player of the year (1994) and future WWE women’s champion Michelle co-player of the year in vol-leyball (1996).

There were no McCools involved in Palatka High sports in 2004-05, but then Matt took over as baseball coach in 2005-06 (having previously been an assistant at PHS and Crescent City) and had the job seven seasons before Lee took over in 2013. Matt was also athletic director the last five years here before leaving this sum-mer for the same job at Nease High School.

Now there are two McCools involved in St. Johns County pro-grams – Lee is a volunteer baseball assistant at St. Joseph Academy – and zero in Putnam County.

It may be a long time before anoth-er McCool is involved locally on a coaching or administrative level, but the influence will last a long time. Three of the county’s four head foot-ball coaches – Randy Hedstrom at Palatka, Al Smith at Crescent City and Jason Morris at Peniel Baptist Academy – played football for the Panthers during the time Jim McCool was either head coach or assistant.

n Congratulations to the county’s new athletic directors, Palatka’s Bobby Humphries and Crescent City’s Will Dettor, both on the job since last month and worthy replace-ments for Matt McCool and Pat Lovell.

Peniel’s Terry Goodwin is the dean of the county’s athletic directors, fol-lowed by Ron Whitehurst at Interlachen.

Gentlemen, consider this your notice to send us the fall sports sched-ules.

n Best of luck, too, to Kyle Rice, back in coaching this fall after three luckless seasons as Palatka’s head football coach. A big winner at Tallahassee Lincoln, where he led a state runnerup team (and had been an assistant for former Crescent City head coach David Wilson), Rice was 5-26 with the Panthers from 2009-11 before giving way to Willie Offord.

Rice has become offensive coordina-tor for his alma mater in Middleburg.

n Menendez is getting flavor-of-the-month treatment in preseason high school football circles, a senti-ment based on an 8-3 season that included a bowl victory last year – but overlooking the fact that Palatka beat the Falcons 35-7 in 2013 and returns all but one player who touched the ball on offense, along with several key defenders.

n Flagler College recently pub-lished its 2013-14 Athletic Year in Review, duly noting among the achievements that two-time Putnam County Player of the Year Jerrell Oxendine tied a men’s basketball record with his 12-for-12, single-game performance from the free-throw line. That helped him break the single-season free throw percentage record, finishing at 89.8 percent.

Baseball turns to new commissionerManfred elected, will succeed Selig in 2015

By Ronald BlumAssociated Press

BALTIMORE — Rob Manfred was elected baseball’s 10th commis-sioner Thursday, winning a three-man race to succeed Bud Selig and given a mandate by the tradition-

bound sport to recapture young fans and speed play in an era that has seen competition increase and atten-tion spans shrink.

The 55-year-old Manfred, who has worked for Major League Baseball in roles with ever-increasing author-ity since 1998, will take over from the 80-year-old Selig on Jan. 25. It’s a generational change much like the NBA undertook when Adam Silver, then 51, replaced 71-year-old David Stern as commissioner in February.

And like Silver, Manfred was his boss’s pick.

Manfred beat out Boston Red Sox Chairman Tom Werner in the first contested vote for a new commis-sioner in 46 years. The third candi-date, MLB Executive Vice President of Business Tim Brosnan, withdrew just before the start of balloting.

“I am tremendously honored by the confidence that the owners showed in me today,” Manfred said. “I have very big shoes to fill.”

Selig has led baseball since September 1992, first as chairman of the sport’s executive council fol-lowing Fay Vincent’s forced resigna-tion and as commissioner since July 1998. After announcing his inten-tion to retire many times only to change his mind, he said last September that he really, truly planned to depart in January 2015.

One baseball executive who

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Kelvin Benjamin scores for FSU against Florida in 2013.

Newton bonding with rookie from FSUPanthers made Kelvin Benjamin their top pick

By Steve ReedAssociated Press

CHARLOTTE, N .C . — Cam Newton has a new best friend — and a new favorite target.

Newton has forged a close rela-tionship on and off the field with wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin, the Panthers’ first-round draft pick from Florida State.

Together the duo has been lighting it up in practice, connecting regular-ly on crossing routes and deep balls. When they’re not playing pitch and catch, they’ve been practically insep-arable, even spending time together recently boating on Lake Lanier out-side of Atlanta, Georgia.

Newton said from the moment he first talked to Benjamin “there was a connection.”

It all started a few hours after the Panthers selected Benjamin with the 28th pick.

Benjamin, who wore No. 1 at Florida State, called Newton and

teased the two-time Pro Bowl quar-terback about wanting to wear No. 1 for the Panthers — the same number Newton wore the previous three sea-sons in Carolina.

Newton said he “didn’t know Benjamin from Ronald McDonald” at the time and wasn’t sure what to make of the kid.

“He tells me, ‘Man, the league be tripping. They don’t let receivers get single-digit numbers,’” Newton said. “I said, ‘Well, you’ve got two prob-lems, then. First, you’ve got the

Driver hitby Stewartcar buriedNASCAR star won’t race in Michigan this weekend

By maRy eSchAssociated Press

TURIN, N.Y. — They came to grieve and share stories about Kevin Ward Jr., who was born into a racing family and buried with racing flags in his cas-ket.

A high school auditorium over-flowed with friends, family and racing enthusiasts Thursday in tribute to the 20-year-old driver, who was hit on a dirt track by a car driven by NASCAR champion Tony Stewart.

With Ward in an open casket piled with orange flowers, his family’s team colors, mourners wept and laughed at favorite stories about the boy who began racing not long after he began walking. The 90-minute service was held at the South Lewis Senior High School to accommodate crowds from this tight racing community in central New York.

“Even if he had rough day, he always had a smile,” a tearful Dylan Swiernick said of his best friend and car-obsessed buddy. “We were just two small-town boys trying to make it in the big world. He was always working on something. It was unbelievable how smart he was. He never got down on himself when things weren’t going his way.”

Ward, a 2012 South Lewis graduate, was buried in his nearby hometown of Port Leyden, 55 miles from Syracuse.

“He was an amazing sprint car driv-er and had a family like no other,” cousin Amanda Ward said in a eulogy. “We used to tell him before every race, ‘Drive it like you stole it.’ He never let us down.”

Sister Kayla Herring said the orange and white lapel ribbons worn by family and friends were to signify that the team colors would remain bright, even in the darkest times.

After the service, as Ward’s casket was taken to the hearse for the short trip to the cemetery, mourners let loose helium balloons in orange, white and black.

Ward died Saturday night at a track 140 miles away in Canandaigua, where Stewart was riding a day before the Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen. Stewart did not race at Watkins Glen and said Thursday he won’t race this weekend at Michigan.

The accident touched off debates as video of the crash circulated online, with fans questioning whether Stewart, known for his hot temper, tried to send his own message by buzz-ing Ward, or whether Ward recklessly stepped onto a dark track clad in black.

JOHN STUDWELL / Special to the Daily News

Pictured during last Friday’s win over Tampa Bay, Blake Bortles completed 11 of 17 passes for 160 yards for the Jaguars Thursday night in Chicago.

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Sharp in DefeatHenne, Bortles shine for Jaguars before Bears rally

By andRew SeligmanAssociated Press

CHICAGO

Chad Henne did all he could to keep the starting quarterback job with the Jacksonville Jaguars. First-round pick Blake Bortles was just as good — or better.

Henne passed for 130 yards and a touch-down, and Bortles threw for 160 in relief before backup quarterback Jordan Palmer rallied the Chicago Bears to a 20-19 preseason victory over the Jaguars on Thursday night.

Palmer, trying to beat out Jimmy Clausen for the No. 2 job, led Chicago to two fourth-quarter touch-downs. Senorise Perry scored on a 5-yard run with

50 seconds left, and C.J. Wilson intercepted a pass to seal the win after Henne and Bortles picked the Bears apart.

Jared Allen made his first appearance for Chicago. The star offseason defensive acquisition finished with one tackle for a loss on an otherwise quiet night. He sat out last week’s opening win over Philadelphia after he missed practices because his wife had a baby.

Henne showed mobility in the pocket and com-pleted 12 of 17 passes before leaving with a 13-7 lead in the second quarter.

Bortles looked sharp again after an impressive showing last week in a victory over Tampa Bay.

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CALENDARNOTE: Schedules are submitted by schools, leagues and recreation departments and are subject to change without notice.

FRIDAY, August 15No events scheduled.

SATURDAY, August 16No events scheduled

TIDESPalatka City Dock

High LowAug. 15 7:55A,8:29P 2:50A,3:14PAug. 16 8:48A,9:25P 3:52A,4:11PToday 9:44A,10:24P 4:55A,5:09P

St. Augustine Beach High LowToday 12:07A,12:37P 6:17A,6:52PAug. 16 12:58A,1:30P 7:12A,7:53PAug. 17 1:50A,2:25P 8:08A,8:53P

NOTICESRegistration

PUTNAM COUNTY FALL SOCCER Registration is underway for the upcoming Putnam County Parks & Recreation fall soccer season. Registration is currently $25 until Aug. 22. On Aug. 25, it goes to $30 and after Sept. 2, it’s $35. There will be an end of the season tournament on Dec. 6. A coaches meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 9 with the season beginning Sept. 29 and going until Nov. 21. The league is for age groups 4-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 11-14. To pick up a registration form, you can go to parks and recreation building on 120 Carter Road or fill one out online at activenet3.active.com/putnamcounty. For questions, call 329-1268.

PALATKA BABE RUTH Palatka Babe Ruth has opened its Web site to online registration for its fall baseball season. Online signup is through midnight, Aug. 29 at palatkababeruth.baberuthon-line.com. The fee is $50 for those who sign up online or $60 for those who reg-ister at the walk in dates on Aug. 26 and Aug. 28 at Bates & Hewett Insurance, 3400 Crill Ave., Suite 2, Palatka. The program is for youths who turn 4 by April 30, 2015, up to age 15. The fall baseball season will be Sept. 29-Oct. 30. For more details, email pal-atkababeruth@gmail.com.

ClinicsSJRSC SOFTBALL

St. Johns River State College will hold a free youth softball clinic on Aug. 30. Girls between the ages of 7-13 are welcome to attend. The clinic will be held from 8:30 a.m.-noon on the SJR State softball field located on the Palatka campus. Registration begins at 8 a.m. An event T-shirt and lunch will be provided. Pre-registration is recommended to ensure space and T-shirt size availability. Instruction on the fundamentals of softball will be provided by SJRSC’s softball players and coaches. Participants are required to bring their own glove and should wear cleats or tennis shoes. Participants must also download and complete a participant release form located on SJR State’s athletic website at SJRvikings.com. For more information or to pre-regis-ter, contact Coach Katie Brosky at 312-4163 or by email at KatieBrosky@SJRstate.edu.

LOCAL BOWLINGFUNTIME SENIORS

9-PIN NO TAP LEAGUEAt Putnam Lanes

July 30 Standings: Opened Again, 29-19; Twisted Sisters, 28-20; Pin Balls, 28-20; Aces, 26-22; Beach Bells, 24-24; 3 Aces, 24-24; Trident Force, 23-25; Odd Balls, 23-25; Pin Pals, 22-26; Ruth’s Boys, 1-7. High scratch game, team: 3 Aces, 608; Pin Pals, 570; Trident Force, 566. High handicap game, team: 3 Aces, 792; Pin Pals, 784; Odd Balls, 746. High scratch series, team: Pin Pals, 1,612; 3 Aces, 1,605; Trident Force, 1,534. High handicap series, team: Pin Pals, 2,254; Opened Again, 2,196; 3 Aces, 2,157. High scratch game, men: Wesley Vaughn, 270; Nick Straniero, 240; Mike Howland, 232. High handicap game, men: Wesley Vaughn, 306; Mike Howland, 302; Nick Straniero, 290. High scratch series, men: Wesley Vaughn, 735; Mike Howland, 668; Nick Straniero, 597. High handicap series, men: Mike Howland, 878; Wesley Vaughn, 843; Nick Straniero, 747.

High scratch game, women: Marj Pulley, 191; Ruth Vickers, 189; Jean Brewer, 188. High handicap game, women: Carol Brusseau, 280; Teresa Gray, 279; Marj Pulley, 270. High scratch series, women: Ruth Vickers, 539; Carol Brusseau, 484; Joyce Cowan, 477. High handicap series, women: Carol Brusseau, 775; Ruth Vickers, 755; Teresa Gray, 734. Splits converted: Martina Stinson, 3-10; Chet Cowan, 5-7; Ruth Vickers, 2-7; Manny Salinas, 2-7; Sim Suter, 3-10; Joan Holley, 3-9-10; Nancy Suter, 5-7.

WNBAEASTERN CONFERENCE W L PCT GB x-Atlanta 18 14 .562 – Chicago 15 17 .469 3Indiana 15 17 .469 3 Washington 15 17 .469 3 New York 13 19 .406 5Connecticut 12 20 .375 6 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L PCT GB x-Phoenix 27 5 .844 – x-Minnesota 24 8 .750 3 x-Los Angeles 15 17 .469 12 San Antonio 14 18 .438 13 Seattle 12 20 .375 15 Tulsa 12 20 .375 15 x-clinched playoff positionWednesday’s GamesChicago 72, Washington 69 Atlanta 96, Phoenix 82Thursday’s GamesIndiana 76, New York 63

Friday’s GamesWashington at Connecticut, 7 p.m.Tulsa at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.Minnesota at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Seattle at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

NFLExhibition Glance

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Jets 1 0 0 1.000 13 10Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 33 35Miami 0 1 0 .000 10 16New England 0 1 0 .000 6 23South W L T Pct PF PATennessee 1 0 0 1.000 20 16Jacksonville 1 1 0 .500 35 30Houston 0 1 0 .000 0 32Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 10 13North W L T Pct PF PABaltimore 1 0 0 1.000 23 3Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 39 41Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 12 13Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 16 20West W L T Pct PF PADenver 1 0 0 1.000 21 16Kansas City 1 0 0 1.000 41 39San Diego 1 0 0 1.000 27 7Oakland 0 1 0 .000 6 10NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Giants 2 0 0 1.000 37 29Washington 1 0 0 1.000 23 6Dallas 0 1 0 .000 7 27Philadelphia 0 1 0 .000 28 34

South W L T Pct PF PAAtlanta 1 0 0 1.000 16 10New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 26 24Carolina 0 1 0 .000 18 20Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 10 16North W L T Pct PF PAChicago 2 0 0 1.000 54 47Detroit 1 0 0 1.000 13 12Minnesota 1 0 0 1.000 10 6Green Bay 0 1 0 .000 16 20West W L T Pct PF PAArizona 1 0 0 1.000 32 0San Francisco 0 1 0 .000 3 23Seattle 0 1 0 .000 16 21St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 24 26Thursday, Aug. 14Chicago 20, Jacksonville 19Friday, Aug. 15Philadelphia at New England, 7:30 p.m.Tennessee at New Orleans, 8 p.m.San Diego at Seattle, 10 p.m.Detroit at Oakland, 10 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 16Green Bay at St. Louis, 4 p.m.Baltimore at Dallas, 7 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Indianapolis, 7 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.Miami at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.Atlanta at Houston, 8 p.m.Arizona at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.Sunday, Aug. 17Denver at San Francisco, 4 p.m.Kansas City at Carolina, 8 p.m.Monday, Aug. 18Cleveland at Washington, 8 p.m.

Bears 20, Jaguars 19Jacksonville 13 3 3 0—19Chicago 0 7 0 13—20First QuarterJax—FG Scobee 49, 11:11.Jax—FG Scobee 25, 4:47.Jax—Lee 6 pass from Henne (Scobee kick), :52.Second QuarterChi—Marshall 4 pass from Cutler (Gould kick), 10:46.Jax—FG Scobee 43, 1:31.Third QuarterJax—FG Redfern 29, 8:23.Fourth QuarterChi—Carey 1 run (Gould kick), 7:55.Chi—Perry 5 run (pass failed), :50.A—60,649. Jax Chi First downs 21 26Total Net Yards 393 312Rushes-yards 28-92 26-79Passing 301 233Punt Returns 3-11 3-7Kickoff Returns 4-89 6-133Interceptions Ret. 1-8 1-0Comp-Att-Int 26-40-1 24-33-1Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 1-9Punts 5-44.4 6-46.0Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-1Penalties-Yards 14-141 7-65Time of Possession 27:44 32:16INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING—Jacksonville, D.Robinson 6-34, Gerhart 6-19, Todman 8-18, Johnson 5-14, Bortles 2-6, Henne 1-1. Chicago, Carey 13-36, Draughn 3-33, Perry 4-13, Clausen 1-0, Palmer 1-(minus 1), Forte 4-(minus 2).PASSING—Jacksonville, Bortles 11-17-0-160, Henne 12-17-0-130, Morris 3-6-1-18. Chicago, Clausen 11-15-1-94, Cutler 7-9-0-75, Palmer 6-9-0-73.RECEIVING—Jacksonville, Hurns 4-74, Lee 4-27, Taylor 3-54, Brown 3-49, M.Lewis 3-46, Todman 3-24, Johnson 3-20, Gerhart 1-8, R.Barden 1-3, Jensen 1-3. Chicago, Mulligan 4-39, Morgan 3-41, Forte 3-22, Perry 2-30, Jeffery 2-24, Bellamy 2-21, Draughn 2-12, Mastrud 2-10, Bennett 1-25, Edwards 1-10, Marshall 1-4, Spurlock 1-4.MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

BASEBALLAL Standings

East Division W L Pct GBBaltimore 69 50 .580 —Toronto 63 59 .516 7½New York 61 58 .513 8Tampa Bay 60 61 .496 10Boston 55 65 .458 14½Central Division W L Pct GBKansas City 66 54 .550 —Detroit 65 54 .546 ½Cleveland 60 60 .500 6Chicago 57 64 .471 9½Minnesota 54 65 .454 11½West Division W L Pct GBOakland 73 48 .603 —Los Angeles 70 49 .588 2Seattle 65 55 .542 7½Houston 50 72 .410 23½Texas 47 74 .388 26Wednesday’s GamesBoston 5, Cincinnati 4Minnesota 3, Houston 1San Francisco 7, Chicago White Sox 1Cleveland 3, Arizona 2, 1st game

Arizona 1, Cleveland 0, 12 innings, 2nd gameBaltimore 5, N.Y. Yankees 3Detroit 8, Pittsburgh 4Tampa Bay 10, Texas 1Kansas City 3, Oakland 0L.A. Angels 4, Philadelphia 3Seattle 2, Toronto 0Thursday’s GamesDetroit 5, Pittsburgh 2Kansas City 7, Oakland 3Boston 9, Houston 4Tampa Bay 6, Texas 3Friday’s GamesBaltimore (W.Chen 12-4) at Cleveland (Kluber 13-6), 7:05 p.m.Seattle (Paxton 2-0) at Detroit (Porcello 13-7), 7:08 p.m.Houston (Keuchel 10-8) at Boston (Buchholz 5-7), 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (McCarthy 4-1) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 7-6), 7:10 p.m.Oakland (Hammel 1-4) at Atlanta (A.Wood 8-9), 7:35 p.m.L.A. Angels (Richards 12-4) at Texas (N.Martinez 2-8), 8:05 p.m.Kansas City (D.Duffy 7-10) at Minnesota (Nolasco 5-7), 8:10 p.m.Toronto (Stroman 7-3) at Chicago White Sox (Noesi 6-8), 8:10 p.m.

NL StandingsEast Division W L Pct GBWashington 66 53 .555 —Atlanta 61 60 .504 6Miami 60 61 .496 7New York 57 65 .467 10½Philadelphia 53 68 .438 14Central Division W L Pct GBMilwaukee 67 55 .549 —St. Louis 64 56 .533 2Pittsburgh 64 57 .529 2½Cincinnati 60 61 .496 6½Chicago 52 68 .433 14West Division W L Pct GBLos Angeles 70 53 .569 —San Francisco 63 57 .525 5½San Diego 57 63 .475 11½Arizona 52 69 .430 17Colorado 47 74 .388 22Wednesday’s GamesBoston 5, Cincinnati 4San Francisco 7, Chicago White Sox 1Cleveland 3, Arizona 2, 1st gameSan Diego 5, Colorado 3Arizona 1, Cleveland 0, 12 innings, 2nd gameDetroit 8, Pittsburgh 4Atlanta 3, L.A. Dodgers 2St. Louis 5, Miami 2Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 2Chicago Cubs 4, Milwaukee 2L.A. Angels 4, Philadelphia 3Thursday’s GamesL.A. Dodgers 6, Atlanta 4Detroit 5, Pittsburgh 2Milwaukee 6, Chicago Cubs 2Miami 5, Arizona 4, 10 inningsWashington 4, N.Y. Mets 1St. Louis 4, San Diego 3Colorado 7, Cincinnati 3Friday’s GamesPittsburgh (Morton 5-11) at Washington (Roark 11-7), 7:05 p.m.Arizona (Cahill 2-8) at Miami (Hand 2-4), 7:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 7-9) at N.Y. Mets (Za.Wheeler 7-8), 7:10 p.m.Oakland (Hammel 1-4) at Atlanta (A.Wood 8-9), 7:35 p.m.San Diego (T.Ross 11-10) at St. Louis (Lynn 12-8), 8:15 p.m.Cincinnati (Cueto 14-6) at Colorado (F.Morales 5-6), 8:40 p.m.Milwaukee (J.Nelson 2-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 12-8), 10:10 p.m.Philadelphia (Hamels 6-6) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 13-9), 10:15 p.m.

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Tampa Bay 022 020 000—6Texas 000 200 010—3LOB—Tampa Bay 6, Texas 3. 2B—Andrus (27). HR—Longoria (15), Forsythe (5), G.Soto (1), Odor (5). SB—Guyer (5). IP H R ER BB SOTampa BayOdorizzi W,9-9 7 4 2 2 1 7Beliveau 1-3 1 1 1 0 1Boxberger H,13 2-3 0 0 0 0 0McGee S,13-14 1 0 0 0 0 1TexasRoss Jr. L,2-5 4 1-3 8 6 6 2 3Klein 2 2-3 0 0 0 0 5Mendez 1 1 0 0 0 1Claudio 1 1 0 0 0 1WP—Ross Jr. 2.Umpires—Home, Gabe Morales; First, Alan Porter; Second, Joe West; Third, Marty Foster.T—3:02. A—28,904 (48,114).

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AUTO RACINGNoon Fox Sports 1 NASCAR Sprint Cup practice for Pure Michigan 400, at Brooklyn, Mich.1:30 p.m. Fox Sports 1 NASCAR Truck practice3 p.m. Fox Sports 1 for Careers for Veterans 200, at Brooklyn, Mich.4:30 p.m. Fox Sports 1 NASCAR Sprint Cup pole qualifying for Pure Michi- gan 400, at Brooklyn, Mich.

BOXING9 p.m. ESPN2 Lightweight bout between Rustam Nugaev and De- nis Shafikov, at Santa Ynez, Calif.

GOLF9:30 a.m. Golf Channel European PGA Made In Denmark, second round, at Farso, Denmark12:30 p.m. Golf Channel LPGA Wegmans Cham- pionship, second round, at Pittsford, N.Y.3 p.m. Golf Channel PGA Wyndham Cham- pionship, second round, at Greensboro, N.C.6:30 p.m. Golf Channel Champions Dick’s Spor- ting Goods Open, first round, at Endicott, N.Y. (tape)8:30 p.m. Golf Channel U.S. Amateur Chmpion- ship, quarterfinal matches, at Atlanta (tape)

LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES1 p.m. ESPN South Vancouver, Canada vs. Guadalupe Linda Vis- ta, Mexico, at S. Williams- port, Pa.3 p.m. ESPN Philadelphia Taney Youth BA, Pa. vs. South Nash- ville, Tenn., at S. Williams- port, Pa.5 p.m. ESPN2 Tokyo Kitasuna, Japan vs. Maracaibo Coquivacoa, Venezuela, at S. Williams- port, Pa.8 p.m. ESPN Pearland East, Texas vs. Cumberland America, R.I., at S. Williamsport, Pa.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL7 p.m. FS Florida Diamondbacks at Marlins7 p.m. Sun Sports Yankees at Rays7 p.m. WGN Cubs at Mets7:30 p.m. MLB Network Athletics at Braves

NFL EXHIBITION7:30 p.m. NFL Network Eagles at Patriots10:30 p.m. NFL Network Chargers at Seahawks (joined in progress)

MLS SOCCER9 p.m. NBC Sports Philadelphia at Houston

TENNIS11 a.m. ESPN2 ATP World/WTA Western & Southern Open, men’s and women’s quarterfi- nals, at Cincinnati7 p.m. ESPN2 ATP World Western & Southern Open, men’s quarterfinals, at Cincinnati

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Courtesy Putnam County Parks and Recreation Department

Francis Baptist Church Team A – ‘B’ Tournament Champions. From left: Tanner Olgesbee, Kyle Stecher, Richard Adams, James Johnson, Gil Rivera, Debbie Wilkinson, Nicole Trembly, Dan Fearns, Amber Robbins, David Hager, Virgil Wheeler

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Burford’s Tree Service – ‘B’ Tournament runnerup. Bottom, from left: Javin Mitchell, Haleigh Kwaak, Robert Stewart, Jesse Hylton, Austen Glisson. Back row: Brian Glisson, Mike Kwaak, Scot Siverling, Angel Siverling, Josh Best, Timmy Glisson, Wynna Bosley.

Courtesy Putnam County Parks and Recreation Department

Renegades – ‘A’ Tournament Runnerup. Bottom, from left: Jack Tennant, Delvin Haskel, Besty Freeman, Kelsy Woolridge, Kaley Brosky. Back: Bryan Helms, Ashley Burney, Jason McDonald, Adam Posey, Ricky Surrency, Mike Renner.

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FLORIDA LOTTERY MIDDAY CASH 3 4-3-9EVENING CASH 3 5-7-3

MIDDAY PLAY 4 5-4-3-0EVENING PLAY 4 6-7-7-0 FANTASY 5 1-8-18-22-35THURSDAY

n A recent Associated Press report examining the decline of dog racing brought Sand Cut to mind.

Back in 1974, when this newspaper published a periodic dog racing column, Sand Cut was big news – a locally trained (or bred, possibly both) dog with an impressive record. Can’t remember if Sand Cut raced in Orange Park or Jacksonville or Daytona Beach, but Sand Cut created quite a buzz.

That’s all I’ve got on Sand Cut. I never saw the dog and haven’t been to a track in more than 30 years. Anyone remember more about Sand Cut?

Andy Hall is sports editor of the Palatka Daily News.

GOLF

Thompson, Lee share LPGA leadPITTSFORD, N.Y. — Tall and fit with all those

Instagram photos to prove it, long-hitting Lexi Thompson figured she might have an edge on the LPGA Championship’s new course.

She did.Thompson and South Korea’s Meena Lee shot

6-under-66 on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s fourth major championship of the season.

“It’s all about confidence,” Thompson said. “You just have to go into every shot just telling yourself you’re going to pull it off.”

Thompson, the Kraft Nabisco winner in April for her first major title, and Lee each made eight birdies and a pair of bogeys at Monroe Golf Club to finish a stroke ahead of ahead of Brittany Lincicome, Colombia’s Lisa McCloskey and Canadian rookie Jennifer Kirby.

–Associated Press

The No. 3 pick in the draft, he went 11 for 17, but the Jaguars came away with the loss.

Chicago’s Jay Cutler completed 7 of 9 passes for 79 yards and called it a night after throwing a 4 -yard t ouchdown pass t o Brandon Marshall early in the second quarter.

Jimmy Clausen got the first call after Cutler left the game, with Palmer serving as the second man in relief in a flip from the pre-season opener. But Clausen took a

step back after a strong perfor-mance last week.

The former Notre Dame star and Carolina Panther went 11 of 15 for 94 yards. He also had a pass intercepted by Josh Evans early in the third quarter off line-backer Telvin Smith’s deflection.

Palmer started the fourth quar-ter and threw for 73 yards, com-pleting 6 of 9 passes.

Martel lus Bennett had a 25-yard catch after being sus-pended by the team last week for an altercation in practice with cornerback Kyle Fuller, who left this game after injuring his ankle on the opening possession.

Jacksonville’s Toby Gerhart

ran for 19 yards in his first appearance with the Jaguars. The former Minnesota Vikings backup had missed nearly two weeks because of a hip flexor injury.

Marqise Lee, a standout in camp, caught four passes for 27 yards and a touchdown after struggling against Tampa Bay. Mercedes Lewis had 46 yards on three receptions.

The Jaguars scored on all three first-quarter possessions while grabbing a 13-0 lead, with Josh Scobee kicking a pair of field goals and Henne hitting Lee with a 6-yard touchdown pass after another special-teams gaffe by Chicago.

After giving up a 102-yard kick-off return to Philadelphia’s Josh Huff, this time it was a fumble by Eric Weems on the kickoff after Scobee’s second field goal — a 25 -yarder . Wi l l B lackmon stripped him, Jacksonville took over on the Chicago 23, and Henne connected with Lee after a third-down sack by Trevor Scott earlier in the drive got wiped out by an illegal contact call against Kelvin Hayden.

The Bears cut it to 13-7 early in the second quarter, when Cutler hit Marshall with a 4-yarder to cap a 10-play drive. But a 43-yard field goal by Scobee late in the half made it 16-7.08/14/14 23:38

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league to worry about to get No. 1 — and (then) you’ve got me to worry about.’”

Benjamin laughs about it now.“Yeah, I asked him for No. 1

and he was like, ‘No!,” Benjamin said. “But it was a little joke just to break the ice.”

The ice is plenty broken.It’s rare these days when you

don’t see Newton and Benjamin together. They stretch together. They watch drills in practice

together. They eat lunch togeth-er.

There’s a connection on the field, too.

Newton always seems to be looking for Benjamin, perhaps because he’s so hard to miss. At 6 - f o o t - 5 a n d 2 4 0 p o u n d s Benjamin is the only receiver on Carolina’s roster who comes close to matching Newton’s chiseled 6-foot-5, 245-pound physique.

“They’re kind of the same guy off the field — both like to joke around and are very confident in what they do,” said backup quar-terback Derek Anderson.

Panthers coach Ron Rivera

describes the relationship as a “big brother, little brother thing.”

Newton agrees.Newton said he’s trying to

teach Benjamin the NFL ropes.“I’m like, dude, what I went

through, I’m just going to share with you. If you take it, good. If not, still good. Because at the end of the day I’m your quarterback. At the end of the day, I’m your homeboy,’” Newton said.

Newton said the two are relentlessly pushing each other — as two brothers often do.

He’s quick to poke at Benjamin when he misses a catch or doesn’t run a route correct ly . And

Benjamin, who at 24 years old is more mature than most rookies, isn’t shy about giving it right back when Newton throws a pick.

“We respect each other enough to be able kick it with each other, but also push each other to be great,” Newton said. “We’ve got that unique relationship that we hold each other to a standard.”

When asked why the two have bonded so quickly, Benjamin replied, “I think the competitive edge in both of us wanting to win.”

Both know what it’s like to win.

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attended the meeting, speaking on condition of anonymity because details of the 4 1/2-hour ses-sion were not to be divulged, said Manfred was elected on approximately the sixth ballot. The ini-tial vote was 20-10 for Manfred, three short of the required three-quarters majority.

His total increased to 21 on the second and 22 on the third. While teams put written ballots into envelopes, keeping their choices secret, from team official speeches it was evident that Tampa Bay’s Stuart Sternberg and Milwaukee’s Mark Attanasio likely switched, the person said.

Manfred’s total dropped to 20, then increased back to 22 before a dinner break. He got the need-ed 23rd vote on the next, apparently from Washington. Owners then made the final vote unanimous. The person said it appeared Arizona, Boston, the Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati, the Los Angeles Angels, Oakland and Toronto had been the final holdouts.

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I N R E : E S T A T E O FT H O M A S A L B E R TMCGLASHING, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORSTO ALL PERSONS HAV-I N G C L A I M S O R D E -MANDS AGAINST THEABOVE ESTATE:

You are hereby notifiedthat an Order of SummaryAdministration has beenentered in the estate ofT H O M A S A L B E R TMCGLASHING, deceased,File Number: 14-17-CP, bythe Circuit Court for Put-nam County, Florida, Pro-bate Division, the addressof which is Post Office Box758, Palatka, FL 32178; thatthe decedent's date ofdeath was 2 June, 2013;that the value of the estateis $10,361.25 and that thenames and addresses towhom it has been as-signed by such order are:

Sarah Jane McGlashing121 West Strickland RoadInterlachen, FL 32148

ALL INTERESTED PER-S O N S A R E N O T I F I E DT H A T :All creditors of the de-cedent and persons hav-ing claims or demandsagainst the estate of thedecedent' other than thosefor whom provision for fullpayment was met in the Or-der of Summary Adminis-trat ion must f i le theirclaims in this court WITH-IN THE TIME PERIODS SETF O R T H I N S E C T I O N733.702 OF THE FLORIDAPROBATE CODE.

ALL CLAIMS AND DE-MANDS NOT SO FILEDW I L L B E F O R E V E RB A R R E D .

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYOTHER APPLICABLE TIMEPERIOD, ANY CLAIM FILEDWITHIN TWO (2) YEARSOR MORE AFTER THE DE-C E D E N T ' S D A T E O FD E A T H I S B A R R E D .

The date of first publica-tion of this Notice is Au-gust 15, 2014.

KEYSER & WOODWARD,P.A.Attorneys for Beneficiary/s/ TIMOTHY KEYSERF l o r i d a B a r N u m b e r :1 8 1 7 4 0Post Office Box 92Interlachen, Florida 32148(386) 684-4673 fax: (386)684-4674serve@keyserandwood-ward.com

BENEFICIARY/ s / S A R A H J A N EM C G L A S H I N G121 W. Strickland RoadInterlachen, Florida 32148

8/15/14, 8/22/14Legal No. 00026259

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE SEVENTH JUDICIALCIRCUIT OF FLORIDA INA N D F O R P U T N A MC O U N T YGENERAL JURISDICTIONDIVISION

CASE NO. 2013-CA-000085-53

SEATTLE BANK,Plaintiff,

vs.

SOPHIA JORDAN, AN-GELA SMITH ADAMS,SHANCERRAE L. JORDAN,THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OFTHE ESTATE OF COR-NELL LEWIS SMITH A/K/AC O R N E L L J O R D A N ,U N I T E D S T A T E S O FAMERICA DEPARTMENTOF THE TREASURY - IN-TERNAL REVENUE SER-VICE, CALVARY PORTFO-L I O S E R V I C E S , L L C ,CLERK OF THE CIRCUITCOURT, IN AND FOR PUT-NAM COUNTY, A POLITIC-AL SUBDIVISION OF THES T A T E O F F L O R I D A ,MCKINNON FURNITURE,INC. A/K/A MCKINNONHOME FURNITURE, INC.,OLD DOMINION INSUR-ANCE COMPANY, UNITEDSTATES OF AMERICA ONBEHALF OF THE SECRET-ARY OF HOUSING ANDURBAN DEVELOPMENT,CASSANDRA JORDAN,STATE OF FLORIDA DE-PARTMENT OF REVENUE,UNKNOWN TENANT INP O S S E S S I O N 1 , U N -KNOWN TENANT IN POS-SESSION 2, UNKNOWNSPOUSE OF CASSANDRAJ O R D A N , U N K N O W NSPOUSE OF SHANCER-RAE L . JORDAN, UN-K N O W N S P O U S E O FSOPHIA JORDAN, UN-KNOWN SPOUSE OF AN-GELA SMITH ADAMS,Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOS-URE SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENpursuant to a Summary Fi-nal Judgment of Foreclos-ure filed July 30, 2014,entered in Civil Case No.2013-CA-000085-53 of theCircuit Court of the SEV-ENTH Judicial Circuit inand for Putnam County,Palatka, Florida, the Clerkof Court will sell to thehighest and best bidder forcash at the south door ofthe Putnam County Court-house, 410 St. Johns Ave.,Palatka, FL 32177 in ac-cordance with Chapter 45,Florida Statutes on the 4thday of September, 2014, at11:00 AM on the followingdescribed property as setforth in said Summary Fi-nal Judgment, to-wit:

Lot 40, BELL ADDITION, asper plat thereof recorded inMap Book 5, Page 83, ofthe Public Records of Put-nam County, Florida.

Any person claiming an in-terest in the surplus fromthe sale, if any, other thanthe property owner as ofthe date of the Lis Pen-dens, must file a claimwithin 60 days after thesale.

Dated this 1st day of Au-gust, 2014.

CLERK OF THE CIRCUITCOURTAs Clerk of the Court

By: /s/ Kelly PurcellDeputy Clerk

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 Administration, 125E. Orange Ave., Ste. 300,Daytona Beach, FL 32114;(386) 257-6096. Hearing orvoice impaired, please call1(800) 955-8770.

8/8/14, 8/15/14Legal No. 00026051

IN THE CIRCUIT CIVILCOURT OF THE SEVENTHJUDICIAL CIRCUIT OFFLORIDA, IN AND FORPUTNAM COUNTYCIVIL DIVISION

Case No. 2013-CA-000276-53Division 53

DLJ MORTGAGE CAPITAL,INC.

Plaintiff,

vs.

JOSEPH FELDPAUSCH,AMBER FELDPAUSCHA N D U N K N O W NT E N A N T S / O W N E R S ,Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE

Notice is hereby given, pur-suant to Final Judgment ofForeclosure for Plaintiffentered in this cause onJuly 30, 2014, in the CircuitCourt of Putnam County,Florida, I will sell the prop-erty situated in PutnamCounty, Florida describedas:

LOT 21, PENNY ACRESRANCHETTES, UNRECOR-DED: A PARCEL OF LANDLYING AND BEING A PARTOF THE NORTHEAST 1/4OF SECTION 23, TOWN-SHIP 12 SOUTH, RANGE 26EAST AND ALL BEINGMORE PARTICULARLY DE-SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:B E G I N N I N G A T T H ENORTHWEST CORNER OFTHE NORTHEAST 1/4 OFTHE NORTHEAST 1/4 OFS A I D S E C T I O N 2 3 ,THENCE NORTH 89 DE-GREES 42 MINUTES 04.3SECONDS EAST, ALONGTHE NORTH LINE OF THENORTHEAST 1/4 OF THENORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAIDSECTION 23, 247.864 FEET.THENCE SOUTH 00 DE-GREES 20 MINUTES 10SECONDS WEST 666.989FEET TO A POINT IN THESOUTH L INE OF THENORTHWEST 1/4 OF THENORTHEAST 1/4 OF THENORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAIDSECTION 23. THENCESOUTH 89 DEGREES 56MINUTES 19 SECONDSW E S T , A L O N G S A I DSOUTH LINE, 247.867 FEETT O T H E S O U T H W E S TCORNER OF THE NORTH-WEST 1/4 OF THE NORTH-EAST 1/4 OF THE NORTH-EAST 1/4 OF SAID SEC-TION 23. THENCE NORTH00 DEGREES 20 MINUTES1 0 S E C O N D S E A S T ,ALONG THE WEST LINEOF THE LAST MENTIONEDFRACTIONAL PARCEL,665.962 FEET TO THEPOINT OF BEGINNING ANDTO CLOSE, ALONG ANDT O G E T H E R W I T H A NEASEMENT OVER ANDACROSS THE SOUTH 25.00FEET THEREOF FOR IN-GRESS, EGRESS ANDUTILITIES PURPOSES ASRECORDED IN OFFICIALRECORDS BOOK 403 ATPAGE 923 OF THE PUBLICRECORDS OF PUTNAMCOUNTY, FLORIDA.TOGETHER WITH THATCERTAIN 2001 PANTHERDOUBLE WIDE MOBILEH O M E , V I N ( S )FLHMBFP159746264A ANDFLHMBFP159746264B.

and commonly known as:126 GORBUTT ROAD,C R E S C E N T C I T Y , F L32112; including the build-ing, appurtenances, andfixtures located therein, atpublic sale, to the highestand best bidder, for cash.Sales are held on the southfront entrance of the Put-nam County Courthouse,on September 4, 2014, at11:00AM.

Any persons claiming aninterest in the surplus fromthe sale, if any, other thanthe property owner as ofthe date of the lis pendensmust file a claim within 60days after the sale.

Dated this 1st day of Au-gust, 2014.

Clerk fo the Circuit CourtTim Smith

By: /s/ Kelly PurcellDeputy Clerk

8/8/14, 8/15/14Legal No. 00026052

IN THE CIRCUIT CIVILCOURT OF THE SEVENTHJUDICIAL CIRCUIT OFFLORIDA, IN AND FORPUTNAM COUNTYCIVIL DIVISION

Case No. 2013-CA-000519-53Division 53

MIDFIRST BANK,Plaintiff,

vs.

CARMEN D. SERRANO,UNKNOWN HEIRS, DE-VISEES, GRANTEES, AS-S I G N E E S , L I E N O R S ,CREDITORS, TRUSTEESOF NILDA MARTINEZ, DE-CEASED AND UNKNOWNTENANTS/OWNERS,Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE

Notice is hereby given, pur-suant to Final Judgment ofForeclosure for Plaintiffentered in this cause onJuly 30, 2014, in the CircuitCourt of Putnam County,Florida, I will sell the prop-erty situated in PutnamCounty, Florida describedas:

FROM A POINT ON THESOUTH L INE OF THERIGHT OF WAY OF STATEROAD #20, WHERE SAMEINTERSECTS THE EAST-ERLY LINE OF A COUNTYCLAY ROAD WHICH WASFORMERLY THE OLD PAL-ATKA, FRANCES AND IN-TERLACHEN CLAY ROAD,RUN EASTERLY, ALONGTHE SOUTH LINE OF SAIDSTATE HIGHWAY, A DIS-TANCE OF 520 FEET TOTHE POINT OF BEGIN-NING OF THIS DESCRIP-TION. THENCE RUN EAST-ERLY, ALONG THE SOUTHLINE OF SAID STATEH I G H W A Y , 1 0 0 F E E T ;THENCE TURN AT A RIGHTANGLE TO SAID STATEROAD AND RUN SOUTH-EASTERLY 200 FEET;THENCE TURN AT A RIGHTANGLE AND RUN WEST-ERLY AND PARALLEL TOSAID STATE HIGHWAY,100 FEET; THENCE TURNAT A RIGHT ANGLE ANDRUN NORTHWESTERLY200 FEET TO THE POINTOF BEGINNING; SAME BE-ING ALL IN SECTION 17,TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH,RANGE 26 EAST, PUTNAMCOUNTY, FLORIDA.

and commonly known as:113 STATE RD 20 W, PAL-ATKA, FL 32177; includingthe building, appurten-ances, and fixtures locatedtherein, at public sale, tothe highest and best bid-der, for cash. Sales areheld on the south front en-t rance of the PutnamCounty Courthouse, onSeptember 4, 2014, at11:00AM.

Any persons claiming aninterest in the surplus fromthe sale, if any, other thanthe property owner as ofthe date of the lis pendensmust file a claim within 60days after the sale.

Dated this 1st day of Au-gust, 2014.

Clerk fo the Circuit CourtTim Smith

By: /s/ Kelly PurcellDeputy Clerk

8/8/14, 8/15/14Legal No. 00026053

ANNOUNCEMENTS

100

EMPLOYMENT

200

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to drive for StevensTransport. NO EXPERI-

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$900/wk + Benefits!Carrier covers cost! Betrained & based locally!

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GeneralThe Town of Inter-

lachen is accepting ap-plications for a mainten-

ance position. Applic-ants must possess a

valid Florida Drivers Li-cense, and general

knowledge of lawn careand building mainten-

ance. Applications maybe picked up at the In-terlachen Town Officelocated at 311 AtlanticAvenue, Interlachen,Florida, between thehours of 8:00 am and

5:00 pm, Mondaythrough Friday. Dead-line for submission ofapplications is 12:00noon on August 22,

2014. The Town of Inter-lachen is an Equal

Employment Opportun-ity/Affirmative Action

employer, a Drug Freeworkplace and tests allapplicants. Applicants

must pass an extensivebackground search andonly United States cit-izens and lawfully au-thorized alien workerswill be considered for

employment or hired bythe Town. If applicant

needs accommodationsdue to disability in orderto participate in the ap-plication selection pro-cess, please notify theTown in advance of aninterview. Violence in

the workplace will not betolerated by the Town.

The Town of Inter-lachen reserves the right

to reject any and allapplications.

FT College/University,Construction/BusinessMajor, to work & studywith Certified General

Contractor. General Con-tractor Lics./Intern studysensitive. Will work with

schedule. GPA pay sens-itive. 3.15 GPA to qualify& maintain through PostGrad. in Field. Construc-tion/Landscape/House-keeping most helpful.

Call 828 226 4150 withBrief Resume to sched-

ule interview.

Pre-K & after-schoolteacher needed for child-care facility. 40hrs req.

Apply @ 405 Pine St. faxresume to 326-1612

Experienced lawn careworker needed.

References & valid DLrequired. 386-538-0931

FINANCIAL

300

LEGALS

350

Legal Notices

IN THE CIRCUIT CIVILCOURT OF THE SEVENTHJUDICIAL CIRCUIT OFFLORIDA, IN AND FORPUTNAM COUNTYCIVIL DIVISION

Case No. 2013-CA-000276-53Division 53

DLJ MORTGAGE CAPITAL,INC.

Plaintiff,

vs.

JOSEPH FELDPAUSCH,AMBER FELDPAUSCHA N D U N K N O W NT E N A N T S / O W N E R S ,Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE

Notice is hereby given, pur-suant to Final Judgment ofForeclosure for Plaintiffentered in this cause onJuly 30, 2014, in the CircuitCourt of Putnam County,Florida, I will sell the prop-erty situated in PutnamCounty, Florida describedas:

LOT 21, PENNY ACRESRANCHETTES, UNRECOR-DED: A PARCEL OF LANDLYING AND BEING A PARTOF THE NORTHEAST 1/4OF SECTION 23, TOWN-SHIP 12 SOUTH, RANGE 26EAST AND ALL BEINGMORE PARTICULARLY DE-SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:B E G I N N I N G A T T H ENORTHWEST CORNER OFTHE NORTHEAST 1/4 OFTHE NORTHEAST 1/4 OFS A I D S E C T I O N 2 3 ,THENCE NORTH 89 DE-GREES 42 MINUTES 04.3SECONDS EAST, ALONGTHE NORTH LINE OF THENORTHEAST 1/4 OF THENORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAIDSECTION 23, 247.864 FEET.THENCE SOUTH 00 DE-GREES 20 MINUTES 10SECONDS WEST 666.989FEET TO A POINT IN THESOU TH L INE OF THENORTHWEST 1/4 OF THENORTHEAST 1/4 OF THENORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAIDSECTION 23. THENCESOUTH 89 DEGREES 56MINUTES 19 SECONDSW E S T , A L O N G S A I DSOUTH LINE, 247.867 FEETT O T H E S O U T H W E S TCORNER OF THE NORTH-WEST 1/4 OF THE NORTH-EAST 1/4 OF THE NORTH-EAST 1/4 OF SAID SEC-TION 23. THENCE NORTH00 DEGREES 20 MINUTES1 0 S E C O N D S E A S T ,ALONG THE WEST LINEOF THE LAST MENTIONEDFRACTIONAL PARCEL,665.962 FEET TO THEPOINT OF BEGINNING ANDTO CLOSE, ALONG ANDT O G E T H E R W I T H A NEASEMENT OVER ANDACROSS THE SOUTH 25.00FEET THEREOF FOR IN-GRESS, EGRESS ANDUTILITIES PURPOSES ASRECORDED IN OFFICIALRECORDS BOOK 403 ATPAGE 923 OF THE PUBLICRECORDS OF PUTNAMCOUNTY, FLORIDA.TOGETHER WITH THATCERTAIN 2001 PANTHERDOUBLE WIDE MOBILEH O M E , V I N ( S )FLHMBFP159746264A ANDFLHMBFP159746264B.

and commonly known as:126 GORBUTT ROAD,C R E S C E N T C I T Y , F L32112; including the build-ing, appurtenances, andfixtures located therein, atpublic sale, to the highestand best bidder, for cash.Sales are held on the southfront entrance of the Put-nam County Courthouse,on September 4, 2014, at11:00AM.

Any persons claiming aninterest in the surplus fromthe sale, if any, other thanthe property owner as ofthe date of the lis pendensmust file a claim within 60days after the sale.

Dated this 1st day of Au-gust, 2014.

Clerk fo the Circuit CourtTim Smith

By: /s/ Kelly PurcellDeputy Clerk

8/8/14, 8/15/14Legal No. 00026052

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The publisher reserves the right to correctly classify and edit all copy.

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Please check your ad the first day it runs to see that all of the information is correct. This will insure that your ad is exactly what you want the reader to see.

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CREDIT POLICYRate charges are quoted at time of ad place-

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CANCELLATIONSPrivate Party ads sold at a flat rate can be can-

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REGULAR CLASSIFIED4 LINES - 5 DAYS4 LINES - 5 DAYS

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

100

EMPLOYMENT

200

FINANCIAL

300

LEGALS

350

PETS & SUPPLIES

550

LIVESTOCK & SUPPLIES

560

FOR RENT REAL ESTATE60

0

MERCHANDISE

400

FOR RENT REAL ESTATE60

0ANNOUNCEMENTS

100 EMPLOYMENT

200 FINANCIAL

300

FOR SALE REAL ESTATE

700PETS & SUPPLIES

550MERCHANDISE

400 RECREATIONAL

800 TRANSPORTATION

900

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Historically, finance companies have offered rates as high as 29% to offset what they consider risk factors. In the event they gauged risk to be in excess of what the state of Florida would allow rates to yield they have charged loan discounts that often added significant cost to dealers which resulted in higher

prices. That meant huge rates and larger prices-- not fair! Especially for those of us who could use some help during challenging times. Chrysler Capital is finally trying to do something about it.

Here’s how it is designed. Subvention (provision for financial support) by the manufacturer toward the purchase of a new vehicle to the finance company offsets risk factors. With many manufacturers there are optional offers that allow for either a rebate or a subvented APR. Historically customers without perfect credit history are not eligible for subvented rates. With this new program even those who have had significant challenges can qualify for subvented rates. Chrysler pays depending upon model to offset risk and allow APR’s as low as 0%. What this means is many customers can now own more car for less money.

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FEDERAL TRUTH-IN-LENDING DISCLOSURESANNUAL

PERCENTAGERATE

The cost of your credit as a

yearly rate.

18.99%

FINANCECHARGE

The dollar amount the credit will

cost you.

$19,104.48

TOTAL SALE PRICE

The total cost of your purchase on credit, including your down

payment of

$0.00 is $47,08728

TOTAL OF PAYMENTS

The amount you will have paid after you have made all pay-

ments as scheduled.

$47,087.28

AMOUNTFINANCEDThe amount of credit provided

to you or on your behalf.

$27,982.80

Your payment Schedule Will Be:Number of Payments

72

Amount of Payments

$653.99

When Payments Are Due

Monthly beginning 8/31/2014

FEDERAL TRUTH-IN-LENDING DISCLOSURESANNUAL

PERCENTAGERATE

The cost of your credit as a

yearly rate.

1.90%

FINANCECHARGE

The dollar amount the credit will

cost you.

$1,647.36

TOTAL SALE PRICE

The total cost of your purchase on credit, including your down

payment of

$0.00 is $29,630.16

TOTAL OF PAYMENTS

The amount you will have paid after you have made all pay-

ments as scheduled.

$29,630.16

AMOUNTFINANCEDThe amount of credit provided

to you or on your behalf.

$27,982.80

Your payment Schedule Will Be:Number of Payments

72

Amount of Payments

$411.53

When Payments Are Due

Monthly beginning 8/31/2014

or as follows

n/a

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RecreationalVehicles

'03 Class A 36ft MotorHome, 496 Vortex, 58Kmi., 2 slides. Too many

extras to list! Selling dueto illness. $33K OBO.

386-325-9406

Car Dolly, excellentcondition, new tires,$500. 386-684-0126

TRANSPORTATION

900

Cars &Accessories'06 Dodge Charger. Nomoney down, take over

pymts, $327/m. Payoff is$9,134. 386-227-3554

'07 Buick Lucerne CXS.V8, 1 owner, White, tanint., sunroof, 94K miles,$9950. 386-325-4253

1999 Mercury GrandMarquis LS. 91,300miles, $2,800 OBO.

386-937-8284

Trucks &Accessories2002 Dodge Dakota, 4-drpickup truck. 5-spd, coldAC, very clean. $4K cash

firm. 386-972-3133

SUVs &Accessories'03 Ford Explorer SportV6, good condition, full

cab, 4-dr, $5,600.386-328-3686

Van &Accessories'99 Chevy Venture Van$1,100 OBO. Sold as-is.

386-350-0202

Mobile HomeWith Land

Bardin – 3BR/2BA DWon approx. 1.5 acre.Priced for quick sale.

$59,900. 386-328-0671

Bucksprings Rd. Bardinarea, 4 acres, 3BR/2BA,pole barn. Asking $98K.

Motivated seller.386-684-4758/916-9147

Fixer-upper 2/1 '98 SWon 0.22 ac., 304 Down-hill Tr, Satsuma, $15.9K

cash. 386-937-0617

Interlachen area:2BR/1BA on Cooper

Lake off Hwy 20, CH/A,fenced, deck. Sell: $49KPoss. owner fin. Rent:$550/m 352-317-5880

Interlachen, Satsuma,Owner fin., low down

pymt. Starting @$25K, 386-559-0660

RECREATIONAL

800

Boats & Accessories14ft Jon Boat, tiller steer-

ing, 30HP Evinrude,electric start, trolling mo-tor, 2 gas tanks, depth

finder. In the water,ready to go! With new

(unused) trailer. $2,500.386-649-9738

19ft Hurricane deck boat,'88, bimini top, on

galvanized trailer, 150Yamaha, missing foot,$2,500. 386-467-8300

Outboard motors & partsfor sale, many sizes,

good prices. We trade!Pomona Park 336-1544

Outboard & I/O Motorsfor sale and 1000s of

used parts, Pomona Prk386-336-1544

Motorcycles /ATV /Accessories

2009 350 Grizzly 4-wheeler, auto., 2WD,excellent condition,$3K. 386-972-5764

Westover Mobile HomePark 2BR/1BA @

$450/m & 3BR/2BA@ $550/m Call:407-222-8988

FOR SALE REAL ESTATE

700

Acreage / LotsRecently Foreclosed,

Special Financing Avail-able, Any Credit, Any In-

come, Vacant Land,located at 178 JimBryant Rd., East

Palatka. $17K. Visitwww.roselandco.com/BXM.

Drive by, then call(866) 937-3557.

HomesCrescent City, 1600sf re-modeled home, w/com-

mercial on 1st floor.$95K OBO. 336-1544

Florahome, Santa RosaSt., $79K. 2BR/1BA

Single-family home, tonsof potential! Lease orcash. Call for details:

855-664-8357

Homes for sale Palatka,E. Palatka, Owner fin.,low dn pymt. Starting@ $40K, 386-559-0660

River Villas - 55+ Com-munity - 2004 3BR/2BA,access to river & pool,$84.5K. 352-989-1830

Mobile Homes'03 32x56, 4BR/2BA,firepl., den, back deck

$85K. '91 4BR/2BA, den,LR, frt porch $75K. Bothon canal. 386-329-9478

For Sale or Rent2/1 $450/m + $400 sec

or $13.9K 904-687-7212

Updated 2BR/2BA w/FLroom on 2.97 acres, 108Hamilton Rd. Satsuma,off CR 309, $59,900.

386-649-5491

Waterfront Property3BR/2BA DW San MateoDouble boat dock w/lift.$90K OBO. Call for info& appt.: 904-626-5239

904-725-3514

LivestockDeer corn, $5.95/bag.

New crop. Quantitydiscount. Florahome.

386-972-2001

Free Animals"Baby" needs a home!

5yr old neut. adult M cat.Lived w/elderly couple.

Indoor/outdoor. 336-2510

Free 7 mo. old male Ter-rier pup to good home.Needs fenced yard. No

cats. 386-336-0633

Free Siamese &Hemingway mix kittens,

blue eyes, 6 toes,405-209-0012

Free to good homes: 2male Chihuahua mixpups. 386-559-9232

or 516-463-1752

Lost & FoundAnimals

If you've LOST a Pet.check out the Dogs &

Cats being held atPutnam County Animal

Services @http://animal.pcso.us

386-329-0396

FOR RENT REAL ESTATE60

0HomesSuper clean 3BR/2.5BAw/2 masters, perfect loc-ation, garage. $1,145/m

+Dep. 386-983-5843

Palatka 3BR/2BA, insideutility, fenced yd, carport,$800/m + sec., credit ck

& ref., 386-972-9000

Mobile Homes3BR/2BA Cracker

Swamp Rd. $550/m +Security Deposit.

386-546-1116

Furn. SWMH, 2BR/2BA,$600/m +$600 dep.

Service animals only.386-546-9526 lv msg

Office chair, beige incolor w/ blue & red

checks, arm rests, $20OBO. 386-328-3162

Orchid Tree $15, purple,8ft, 116 Nashua Ave.

Satsuma. 386-467-2247

PVC pipe, 4 varioussizes, 10ft long, all for

$20. Hawthorne352-481-5799

Red Finger Coralnecklace, 19" w/2.5"extender, $25, new.

386-530-0271

Stephen King books, 5hard covers. Call for list.All in good cond., $25 for

all. 904-571-5524

Sporting GoodsGenuine 1860 Civil War

Rifle. Complete w/bayon-et, scabbard, other ac-

cess., $1K 386-326-0991

PETS & SUPPLIES

550

Pets & Supplies8 wk old ADBA

registered pit bullpuppies, $150 each.

386-983-9924

Four 8-wk old Yorkiepups, 2 M & 2 F. 1 Tea-cup w/health certs. $450

each. 386-972-0937

Full Blooded Shih TzuPups Now Taking De-

posit Only 386-350-0202

Mini Dachshunds, CKCregistered, health certs,shots, 13 wks old, $350

each. 386-328-9594

Mini Dachshunds. Fat &sassy! Red, black & tan.$200 each. Leave msg.

386-325-4309

LIVESTOCK & SUPPLIES

560

Moving Sale Fri & Sat9a-3p 215 St. Johns Ave.

E. Pal. Furn., tractors,medical, hshld, tools, etc.

Moving Sale Fri & SatAug. 15 & 16, 108

Orient St. Interlachen.Everything must go!

Sat. 9am 4610 FrederickSt., Flagler Estates.

Misc. tools, hshld goods,clothing, shoes, etc.

Thurs, Fri & Sun 8a-4p111 Easement Ln.

Welaka. 2-ton enginehoist $95. Double axle

flatbed trailer $350.Harley parts, lightly used

Cuisinart toaster ovenconvection broiler $125.

Many other items!

Lawn & GardenPoulan riding mower

w/cart, no mower deck,17HP Briggs & Stratton,

$99. 207-460-5527

Items $25 or Less

20ft long alum. ladder,non-slip pads on bottom,

$25. Hawthorne352-481-5799

10 plastic gourds - purplemountain gourd houses -all for $25. 386-326-0943

100 paperback books,misc. titles from 1940s-

1970s, all for $25.386-684-9190

16 hunting tapes,some never used,

$20 for all.386-698-2226

1960s school desk w/at-tached seat. Good cond.Great for home schooler,

$25. 904-571-5524

5 wrought iron tikitorches, $25 for all.

386-326-0943

50 clear glass Rossi wine1 liter jugs, all for $12.50.

386-684-9190

Antique meat grinder.Clamps to table. Makeyour own burger! $15.

904-616-1815

Antique wooden windowframe, 8 panes. Rustic,

but good cond., $20.904-616-1815

Firearms engravingtapes, $25 for all.

386-698-2226

Large Staghorn, $20.116 Nashua Ave.

Satsuma.386-467-2247

New blue & greenbaby bath tub, $5.

386-325-9787

New green animal printbaby play mat, $5.

386-325-9787

Auctions/ FleaMarkets

Estate Auction 8/16 @10am, 119 Quail Lane,

Off Skeet Club Rd,Col. T. Haring

AU4107 AB2966tandaauctioncompany.com

Fruits &Vegetables116 Nashua Ave. U-pickgrapes. 8am in Satsuma.

386-467-2247. Closedon Mondays.

GRAPES, GRAPES!Muscadines. U-Pick/We

Pick. Lilly's Vineyard.728 Coral Farms Rd.

Florahome. Open everyday 7a-7p. Picking now!

386-659-2152or 386-546-1082.

Furniture &UpholsteryMattresses: Thick plushpillow-top or tight-top, allsizes. Cheapest prices!Pomona Park 336-1544

Qe Bed w/ frame $50,Kitch Tbl $30, Trundle

Bed $50, Microwave $25,321-205-3350

Garage Sales4-Family Sale Sat. 8am2603 Gillis St. Palatka

Big 2-Family Sale Fri 7-1Nice clothes, hshld, lotsmore! 108 Peeples Ln.by Kelley Smith School.

Big Sale 3624 WhithallSt. (dead end S Palm

Ave) Th, Fr 8-?. Clothes,furn., snacks, hshld, etc

ESTATE SALEEVERYTHING MUST

GO! 50x50 aircrafthangar loaded w/tools.

Also have furn., kitchen-ware, gun cabinet, mo-torcycle, bedding, toys,

nicknacks, paintings, pic-ture frames, antiques,

electronics, CD players,speakers & much more.8905K Hastings Blvd @

Hastings Airport. Look forsigns & pink balloons.

Fri & Sat 8a-4p

Fri & Sat 8/15 & 8/168a-2p. 106 MyrtlewoodPoint Rd. E. Palatka.

Fri. & Sat. 8:30a-2p,139 Douglas Ave.

Hollister. Antique sofa& lots of new stuff!

Huge Yard Sale! 3 Famil-ies Sat. 8a-12p 574 W.Peniel Rd. Hshld items,

tons of clothes!

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEET-ING AND BUDGET HEAR-ING

The Florida GovernmentalUtility Authority ("FGUA")announces a public meet-ing and public hearing towhich all interested per-sons are invited. The FGUAis a legal entity and publicbody created pursuant tothe provisions of Section163.01, Florida Statutes,and an Interlocal Agree-ment among Citrus County,Florida; DeSoto County,Florida; Hendry County,Florida; Pasco County,Florida; Polk County, Flor-ida, Lee County, Florida;and Marion County, Flor-ida. The meeting and pub-lic hearing will be held at1:00 p.m. on September 18,2014 at West Pasco Gov-ernment Center Commis-sion Chambers located at7530 Little Road New PortRichey, Florida 34654. TheFGUA Board will addressgeneral operating issues ofthe FGUA. The meeting willalso include a public hear-ing to consider adoption ofthe annual budgets andcapital improvement pro-grams for the water andwastewater systems ofAqua Unified Utility Sys-tem (former Aqua Utilities)and the FGUA GeneralFund annual operatingbudget. All customers ofthe FGUA, affected prop-erty owners, tenants or oc-cupants, and all other inter-ested persons, shall havean opportunity to be heardconcerning the proposedannual budget and capitalimprovement programsand to file written com-ments with the FGUA. If aperson decides to appealany decision made by theFGUA with respect to anymatter considered at thehearing, such person willneed a record of the pro-ceedings and may need toensure that a verbatim re-cord is made, including thetestimony and evidenceupon which the appeal is tobe made. In accordancewith the Americans withDisabilities Act, personsneeding special accom-modations or an interpret-er to participate in this pro-ceeding should contact theClerk to the FGUA Board at(877) 552-3482, at least twobusiness days prior to thedate of the hearing. If youhave any questions, pleasecontact the Clerk to theFGUA Board at (877) 552-FGUA.

8/8/14, 8/15/14Legal No. 00025962

MERCHANDISE

400

Appliances40 gal Whirlpool Water

heater, Natural gas. Aprx2yrs old $150 OBO

904-806-4592

Arts & Crafts /Hobbies

For Sale: Lionel trainspost-war and other O

gauge. Large collection.386-326-0991

Legal Notices

IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR PUTNAM COUNTY,FLORIDA

CASE NO: 2014-CA-149DIVISION: 53U N C :532014CA000149XCIC I

U . S . B A N K , N . A . A STRUSTEE ON BEHALF OFMID-STATE TRUST IV BYGREEN TREE SERVICINGLLC, A FOREIGN LIMITEDLIABILITY COMPANY AU-THORIZED TO DO BUSI-NESS IN THE STATE OFFLORIDA AS SERVICERWITH DELEGATED AU-THORITYPlaintiff,

vs.

IZELL M. HENDRIETHA/K/A IZELL HENDRIETH,et al,Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF ACTION

TO THE FOLLOWING DE-FENDANTS:MINNIE HENDRIETH, De-ceasedWHOSE CURRENT AD-DRESS IS UNKNOWN

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that anaction to foreclose a mort-gage on the following prop-erty in PUTNAM County,Florida:

LOTS 4 AND 5 OF BLOCK15 OF PINEHURST, A SUB-DIVISION OF PART OFSECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 10SOUTH, RANGE 26 EAST,ACCORDING TO THE PLATTHEREOF RECORDED INPLAT BOOK 3, PAGE 61O 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 .

has been filed against youand you are required toserve a copy of your writ-ten defenses, if any, to iton the attorney for thePlaintiff:

G I B B O N S , N E U M A N ,BELLO, SEGALL, ALLEN &HALLORAN, P.A.3321 HENDERSON BLVDTAMPA, FL 33609EMAIL FOR THIS FILE:FORECLOSURE@GIBBLAW.COM

on or beforeSeptember 15, 2014, orwithin 30 days of the firstpublication of this notice ofaction, and file the Originalwith the Clerk of this Courteither before service onPlaintiff's attorney or im-mediately thereafter; other-wise a default wi l l beentered against you for therelief demanded in tehComplaint.

DATED on August 8, 2014.

TIM SMITHClerk of the Circuit Court,PUTNAM CountyPALATKA, FL 32178-0758

By: /s/ Ruth MilliganDeputy Clerk

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 Administration 125E. Orange Ave., Ste. 300Daytona Beach, FL 32114(386) 257-6096. Hearing orvoice impaired, please call711.

8/15/14, 8/22/14Legal No. 00026228

NOTICE is hereby giventhat the City Commissionof the City of Palatka, Flor-ida, during regular sessionon June 12, 2014, adoptedthe following entitled Or-dinance No. 14-13: AN OR-DINANCE OF THE CITY OFP A L A T K A , F L O R I D A ,CLOSING, VACATING, ANDABANDONING A PORTIONO F S E C O N D S T R E E TRIGHT-OF-WAY LYINGBETWEEN REID STREETAND ST. JOHNS AVENUE(APPROXIMATELY 127SQUARE FEET) AS DE-SCRIBED HEREIN, WITHINTHE CITY OF PALATKA,FLORIDA; AND PROVID-ING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.Said proposed ordinance iseffective as of July 12, 2014and may be inspected bythe public at City Hall dur-ing regular hours of busi-ness. This notice is givenin accordance with F.S.166.041.P L E A S E G O V E R NYOURSELVES ACCORD-INGLY.

/s/ BETSY J. DRIGGERSCITY CLERK

8/15/14Legal No. 00026328

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