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COLUMBIA COUNTY Lake City 
Bill Gootee (NP)

Born Louisville, KY, November 8, 1946 Education KY public schools; Eastern Kentucky University, AA degree, Criminal Justice; Nova University; Florida Southern University; Southern Police Institute; Florida Department of Law Enforcement Academy; numerous other law enforcement academies Wife Bonnie Children Two Church Baptist Career Berea, KY Police Department, four years; Naples, FL Police Department, four years; National Automobile Theft Bureau, seven years; Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 19 years; elected Sheriff, Columbia County, 2004 Military US Army, two tours in Vietnam Honors and Affiliations North Florida Fugitive Task Force; cross sworn US Marshal; North Florida Domestic Security Task Force, with security clearance; Task Force on Parental Abducted/Missing Children; Security for the Governor; Association of Fugitive Investigators; North Florida Intelligence Unit; Florida Auto Theft Intelligence Unit, United Way Chairman, Florida State Employees Charitable Campaign, 2002-03; Campaign Chair, United Way for Columbia County, 2003-04; President & Vice President, Lions Club; Elks Club; Chamber of Commerce; Leadership, Lake City Columbia County, 2003; Present, Voice for Children (Guardian Ad Litem Baorad); Advisory Council Chairman, Safe & Drug Free School, 2001-04; committee member of Parents in the Know, local American Diabetes Walk, 2000-04 and American Cancer Society, 2003-04; American Legion Post 57, Masonic Lodge #6; director, local youth bowling organization, 1990-2000.