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Shellac: The Real Deal
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Feb 22,2012 at 7:24 AM EST


JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Karen Swinson swears by it.

That's why you'll find the Orange Park realtor at Salina Nails Salon in Fleming Island every 2 weeks like clockwork.

Sure, the service is great.

However, it's the shellac that keeps her coming...more back.

"There's no chipping or flaking -- there's nothing!" Karen explains with excitement.

She's right.

Since the hybrid nail polish, created by Creative Nail Design (CND), first hit the market, copycat products have emerged offering similar services.

This morning (2/22/12), The Good Morning Jacksonville team takes a closer look at the hottest nail product on the market, and how you can be sure you're getting the product you ask for at your local salon.

After the newscasts, watch GMJ's special report here on this web
Green Cove Springs, Middleburg, Orange Park

Eight Students Injured in School Bus Crash
Feb 22,2012 at 8:05 AM EST

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A school bus crash with multiple injuries shut down two northbound lanes of Roosevelt Boulevard at Collins Road for nearly two hours.

At least eight students on the bus, which was heading to Chimney Lakes Elementary, are being treated for minor injuries,...more according to Jacksonville Fire and Rescue spokesperson Tom Francis.

There were originally no injuries reported in this crash, according to District Chief D.K. Hooten, who said JFRD was called to the scene only to clean up fluid from the accident.

Hooten said the Assistant Principal of Chimney Lakes Elementary arrived at the crash site, and after checking with students, called for medical assistance. JFRD then transported the eight students to Shands, Baptist, and Orange Park Medical Center.

The accident happened around 7:30 a.m. and blocked two northbound lanes on Roosevelt Boulevard, which reopened just before 9:15 a.m.
Orange Park

Home Destroyed by Fire, Dog Helps Get Family Out
Feb 21,2012 at 8:32 AM EST

MIDDLEBURG, Fla. -- Firefighters with the Clay County Fire Rescue Department were called to a residential structure fire in Middleburg early Tuesday morning.

According to Clay County Fire Rescue, they responded shortly before 5:00 this morning to a home on Lightning Lane.  People...more living inside the house told Fire Rescue they were able to escape the fire because the family dog had awakened them.

According to a news release, eleven units and approximately 20 firefighters responded to the home.  Fire crews arrived on scene 9 minutes after the initial 911 call, however the home was on stilts and well involved prior to their arrival.

No firefighters and no one inside the home was injured.

Fire crews reported the fire under control around 5:30 this morning.  The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Clay County Fire Marshall.  At this time it is not being considered suspicious.

The people who live at the home will not be able to
Middleburg

Fellow Army Veterans Remember David White
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Feb 20,2012 at 3:54 PM EST
Middleburg, FL -- Fellow Iraqi veterans of fallen Clay County Deputy David White remember him with honor and praise.

Community Says Goodbye to White at Funeral
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Feb 20,2012 at 2:20 PM EST

MIDDLEBURG, Fla. -- A steady stream of mourners paid their respects to a North Florida detective killed while investigating a tip about a meth lab.

SLIDESHOW: David White's Funeral Procession

Monday morning Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler said "David was a hero, a man among...more men."  At today's funeral service a poem that David wrote to his wife Jennifer was read to mourners.  It said in part, "she found me and has never let me go.  For this I am ever grateful."

"This may sound strange, but David did not die," said First Baptist Church of Middleburg Pastor Alan Floyd.  "He is present with the Lord.  He simply changed residences."

Florida Governor Rick Scott, who also attended the service, said the hearts of 19 million Floridians go out to White's family.

 

A day earlier, friends and family formed a long line for a viewing at the Russell Haven of Rest Funeral Home in Green Cove Springs for Clay County Sheriff's Detective David
Green Cove Springs

Hundreds Line Funeral Procession Route
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Feb 20,2012 at 10:52 AM EST

MIDDLEBURG, Fla. -- Hundreds of people, perhaps thousands, lined the streets of Clay County to honor Det. David White.
See also:

Community Says Goodbye to White at Funeral
Saying Goobye to a Hero | SLIDESHOW

His funeral at Middleburg First Baptist Church...more lasted about an hour, then a funeral procession left. Along Blanding Blvd., some people held flags, everyone standing at attention.

White was shot and killed while investigating a meth lab last Thursday in Middleburg.

The procession was miles long, with deputies and police officers from across Florida attending.
Middleburg

Visitation for Detective Killed Attracts Hundreds of Mourners
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Feb 19,2012 at 9:48 PM EST

PENNEY FARMS, Fla. -- The visitation for Detective David White attracted hundreds of mourners to a funeral home in Clay County Sunday.

Members of the Clay County Sheriff's Office, officers from surrounding counties, family and friends attended the visitation, three days after a meth...more lab suspect shot and killed White Thursday night in Middleburg.

Sheriff Rick Beseler described the scene inside, where family members are greeting everyone who walks through the doors.

On Monday, officers from surrounding counties will handle calls for service so members of the Clay County Sheriff's Office can attend the funeral.
Green Cove Springs

David White's Funeral Procession | Slideshow
Feb 20,2012 at 8:39 AM EST

A funeral is being held today in Middleburg for slain Clay County Sheriff's Detective David White followed by a burial in Green Cove Springs.
STORY COVERAGE: 
Community Says Goodbye to Slain Clay Sheriff's Deputy David White at Funeral
Clay County Detective funeral to be Held...more Today
Visitation for Detective Killed Attracts Hundreds of Mourners
Database: Documented Illegal Drug Labs in Northeast Florida
Middleburg

Fleming Island 4A Boys Soccer State Champions
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Feb 18,2012 at 3:16 PM EST
TAMPA, Fla. -  The Fleming Island Golden Eagles needed double overtime to win the first sports state championship in the school's history beating Seminole 2-1.

Clay County Mourns the Loss Of Detective David White
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Feb 18,2012 at 8:35 AM EST

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. -- There's been a buzz all day at First Class Barbers.  "People are mostly appalled about all this that there's a shooting in Clay County that involved police," barber Thomas Dutcher said.  Dutcher and Kevin Perce have given 30 haircuts today.  They say customer after...more customer, they have been talking about the shooting.  "They've just been expressing their sympathy, pretty sad situation, I've heard one of the officers had two kids and was fairly young," Perce said.

Signs of a big loss are everywhere throughout Clay County.  Flags at half-staff, businesses paying tribute with display signs remembering Detective David White.

Lauren Wahl is a pizza hostess by night and flower clerk by day.  She said flower orders spiked today as people learned of the shooting.  "Police stations from other cities and Jacksonville and everywhere else are really coming together to support a fallen officer here in Clay County," Wahl said.

Pat Dobbs was a
Green Cove Springs, Middleburg

Funeral Arrangements for Slain Deputy
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Feb 17,2012 at 2:20 PM EST

MIDDLEBURG, Fla. -- Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler this afternoon announced funeral arrangements for Detective David White.

A police motorcade transported White's body from Shands Jacksonville hospital back home to Clay County Friday evening.

Beseler said Detective White's...more viewing will be Sunday, February 19th, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The viewing will take place at Russell Haven of Rest Home in Green Cove Springs.

The funeral for Detective White will be held Monday, February 20th, at 10 a.m.

The funeral will be held at the First Baptist Church of Middleburg.

The burial is open only to family and fellow law enforcement members and will have a private reception to be held afterwards.

There is an account set up for anyone wishing to donate money to the families affected.

The account is under the name Sheriff's Humanitarian fund at the Heritage Bank of North Florida located at 794 Blanding Blvd. in Orange Park.
Middleburg

FDLE Combs Middleburg Home Following Fatal Cop Shooting
Feb 17,2012 at 12:38 PM EST


MIDDLEBURG, Fla. -- State law enforcement investigators are
combing a home that housed a meth lab where a Clay County detective was fatally shot and another officer
wounded.

Detective David White was a
nine year veteran with the department, leaving behind a wife and...more two young children.

Detective Matt Hanlin is recovering from his gunshot wound.

On Friday, Florida Department
of Law Enforcement teams in white protective suits spent hours in the 16
year-old home located at 4874 Alligator Boulevard located south of Middleburg.

Ray Sutton who lives a block
away heard the gunfire Thursday night.

"I could not tell how many
shots and there were sheriff's officers all over in just a minute just
everywhere" said Sutton who has lived in the area 22
years.

Sutton says he thought the home
had been abandoned, but noted people were staying there with a lot of traffic in
and
Middleburg

Funeral Arrangements Announced for Slain Deputy
Feb 17,2012 at 1:19 PM EST
Detective David White's viewing will be Sunday. His funeral is scheduled Monday at First Baptist Church of Middleburg.

Clay Detective First Killed in Line of Duty By Suspect Since 1913
Feb 17,2012 at 5:06 AM EST

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. -- The Clay County detective shot and killed Thursday night is the first officer killed in the line of duty in almost 100 years.
Detective David White was killed by a suspect while investigating a possible meth lab, sheriff's office spokeswoman Mary Justino...more said.
SEE ALSO: 
- Body of Slain Clay Detective Move to Jacksonville M.E.'s Office
- Meth: Up Close and Behind the Scenes
- Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler: "Darkest Day in the History of This Agency"
- Clay Detective First Killed in Line of Duty by Suspect Since 1913
- Cleaning Up Meth: What It Takes
- Database: Documented Illegal Drug Labs in Northeast Florida
 
Sheriff Theodore Cherry was the last officer killed by a suspect in Clay County. It happened on July 6, 1913, when Sheriff Cherry was shot by a suspect during an interview.
Sheriff Charles Wilson was shot and killed by a suspect during an arrest attempt aboard a train in 1906. Sheriff Josephus
Middleburg, Orange Park

Two Deputies Shot, One Killed in Meth Lab Bust
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Feb 17,2012 at 5:06 AM EST

MIDDLEBURG, Fla. -- A Clay County deputy is dead and another is in the hospital after a meth lab bust went badly Thursday night.

A news release from Mary Justino with the sheriff's office says Detective David White was shot and killed while approaching a home at 4874 Alligator Blvd....more in Middleburg at about 6:25 p.m.

White died on the way to the hospital, the release says.

The 35-year-old narcotics detective was married and left behind two toddler-aged children, Sheriff Rick Beseler said in a news conference. 

SEE ALSO: 

-Meth: Up Close and Behind the Scenes

-Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler: "Darkest Day in the History of This Agency"

-Clay Detective First Killed in Line of Duty by Suspect Since 1913

-Cleaning Up Meth: What It Takes

White had been with the sheriff's office for nine years and served in patrol and detective units before moving to narcotics. Prior to becoming a deputy, Beseler said
Middleburg