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Homeless camp: Not out of the woods yet Divided council picks Morton as city manager

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JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

After about an hour and a half of debate during a special meeting to select Palm Coast’s new city manager, the City Council rejected its internal candidate, interim City Manager Beau Falgout, and chose Matthew Morton, who was most recently the city administrator of Duvall, Washington.

Mayor Milissa Holland said during the meeting that she had been very impressed with Morton and wanted the new approach that an outsider might bring.

Councilman Nick Klufas was most interested in Donald Kewley, who is operations manager for the city of Ashland, Oregon, and previously was a senior project manager for Pacific Gas and Electric.

Councilman Jack Howell thought Kewley “lacked force”; he wanted to select Beau Falgout, SEE MORTON PAGE 2

INSIDE WHAT’S ON THE CITY’S LIST? Palm Coast City Council reviews progress on city priorities. PAGES 10-11

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A Community Problem Solvers group held themed days to encourage students to be kind.

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Sixth-grader Dalton Dickinson (left) tutors kindergartner Shawn Pingshaw.

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City hires Morton over Falgout MORTON FROM PAGE 1

the city’s interim city manager and the former assistant city manager under former manager Jim Landon.

“Matt [Morton], without a doubt, has a lot of talent, but he doesn’t have the experience that we need for a city of our size,” Howell said. “With Beau, he’s been here for nine years, he knows our system and he has been smart enough to distance himself from anything that Mr. Landon had imposed. ... I’d rather work with a known entity and give him a shot.”

Klufas didn’t disagree with Howell’s remarks about Kewley lacking force, but said that he thought that description applied to Falgout, as well.

Klufas challenged Howell: “You didn’t sit down with these individuals one on one,” Klufas said.

“I didn’t have to,” Howell said.

“Didn’t have to, son.” Howell had spoken openly in the past in favor of Falgout.

Councilman Eddie Branquinho, like Holland, was leaning toward Morton, but was also inter-

ested in Falgout.

Councilman Bob Cuff didn’t think Kewley had a broad enough background to be city manager.

He liked Morton’s enthusiasm, but was put off by Morton’s use of jargon in his interviews and didn’t think Morton’s had as much relevant experience as Falgout.

“To lose Beau because we want to get somebody who’s new and flashy and shiny would be a mistake,” Cuff said.

Cuff also liked candidate Robin Hayes — the city manager of Mount Dora and former city manager of Oviedo — but didn’t know that she would “get us anything that we don’t already have,” he said.

With Falgout, Cuff said, “I see a person in the prime of his career who is committed to the community ... and has something invested here in Palm Coast as a place and as city, not just as another line on their resume.” With three strong candidates, Cuff said, “I’m going to go with the one that I think has demonstrated their commitment to Palm Coast, not just as a paycheck but as a place to live.”

The debate soon became Falgout versus Morton.

Holland, responding to Howell’s remarks about Falgout, said she felt that Falgout had learned from one individual — Landon — “and he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know,” she said.

She mentioned some frustrations she’d had with Falgout, largely concerning what she saw as the city government’s inefficiency and lack of responsiveness to the public: Shortly after becoming interim manager, he’d taken a long time, she said, to create an interlocal agreement over tree issues with the Grand Haven community, frustrating Grand Haven’s leadership. She also had not been impressed with Falgout’s handling of the permitting process for the Tuscan Gardens assisted living facility.

“I don’t think we are going to become business friendly, or perceived business friendly, overnight, but I do think it is going to take a new approach to do that,” she said. “I have not seen anything that would provide me comfort that Beau would offer a different approach than Jim Landon provided as a manager.”

Cuff said he’d liked Morton’s answers to a lot of questions, but,

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he said, “I can’t help but think if he’d been here 180 days innovating, we wouldn’t be any further along.”

“I don’t see a fundamental skill set in Matt that’s as good as Beau’s” Cuff said. “I don’t see him as the game changer, I guess. ... In my mind, go with somebody who’s demonstrated their investment in Palm Coast.” And, he said, “the cities he’s managed in Washington state are far smaller than Palm Coast. ... I don’t see what we’re getting other than that new-car smell by hiring somebody from out of town.”

Klufas again made a pitch for Kewley, saying Kewley stood out from the other candidates and could be an innovator. But when Klufas made a motion to select

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With the council divided between Falgout and Morton, Klufas backed Morton. Only a few members of the public spoke during the meeting’s public comment period. The council voted 3-2 to select Morton, with Howell and Cuff dissenting. Both said afterward that they would fully support Morton in his role as city manager.

Morton, speaking after his selection, said he did not yet know when he would start work with Palm Coast.

“I’m very pleased to be selected; it’s a dream come true,” Morton said. “Palm Coast is such a phenomenal place. ... I am very grateful and excited to get started and get to know people and get to work.”

The four candidates — Falgout, Morton, Kewley and Hayes — had been shortlisted by the council, then interviewed by council members at length March 7-8.

The council began searching for a new manager, using the assistance of recruiting firm Strategic Government Resources, after it voted unanimously to fire Landon in September 2018. Falgout served as interim city manager since Landon’s firing.

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THE CLEARING Cleanup effort begins in the homeless camp behind the library.

BY RAY BOONE SPORTS EDITOR

B

y 6:30 a.m. each day, Holly Albanese makes her way through the parking lot to open the doors at the Flagler County Public Library. Almost every morning, several homeless people are propped up against the doors or walls, fast asleep.

The homeless population that inhabits the woods on the library’s 19-acre property has grown considerably in recent years. Albanese, who has been the library’s director for 12 years, recalled that two years ago there were only a couple of tents. The population of the camp has since swelled to about 40 people.

Albanese and her staff have found discarded needles and other drug paraphernalia.

Albanese once found a small plastic bag of what was believed to be crack (which was promptly handed over to Flagler County deputies for disposal). Staff have scrubbed off human feces and blood from the floor and walls of the library’s bathrooms. They’ve broken up fights between the homeless. And they’ve called law enforcement and emergency medical technicians for help on multiple occasions.

Albanese and her staff have had enough, but they also feel they aren’t getting a voice in the attempted solutions, which have caused at least one elected official to question how the situation has been handled.

NOTICE TO VACATE

The debris and camping sites at the library property are in violation of city of Palm Coast code.

After residents complained, the city told the county it had 30 days before the city would issue a formal citation.

On March 2, the county notified the homeless that the homeless are responsible for packing up their tents and other belongings and vacating the area.

About 15 copies of a “notice to vacate” were posted by county staff in and around the library to

Photos by Ray Boone

Robert Howell (right) and another homeless man haul garbage out of the homeless camp in the woods behind the library. Some of the homeless have helped in the county’s effort to clean the area.

spread the word that the county, which would be clearing brush and debris some time in the coming days, would provide transportation to Russell Landing — located nearly 22 miles away from the library in a remote section of Bunnell — on Thursday, March 7.

A press release from the county’s administration stated that the county was “taking action that will improve the difficult living situation for the homeless” camped on the property. Russell Landing would provide showers, restrooms and electricity, plus daily bus rides to and from Bunnell.

But after facing criticism from the community, county officials agreed to let the homeless remain on the property while the brush and debris are being cleared.

Interim County Administrator Jerry Cameron, formerly an assistant county manager for community services in St. Johns County, said the idea of moving the homeless to Russell Landing was never the final plan.

Behind the scenes, he said,

the county considered moving the homeless to other countyowned properties, but they were discounted “for one reason or another.” The plan to allow the homeless to remain at the library developed late on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 5. Officials also contemplated collaborating with the Church on the Rock in Bunnell. However, after a meeting with Bunnell City Manager Alvin Jackson and Police Chief Tom Foster, it was determined that doing so would violate Bunnell’s city codes.

Cameron praised his staff.

“They kept working toward a solution that didn’t create more problems than it solved,” he said.

After the Palm Coast Observer reported on the county’s Russell Landing plan, Cameron said any miscommunication happened because “the media got involved.”

Meanwhile, District 4 County Commissioner Joe Mullins posted a video to Facebook, saying, “We have decided to leave [the homeless] where they are. This is in response to a lot of the people who were concerned on the west side. …

“We will, from here on out, start talking and communicating better than this. This is not something that I’ll tolerate as your county commissioner.”

A SEAT AT THE TABLE

Library staff: ‘We have no voice’ Director Holly Albanese said the decision makers aren’t “on this property every day. We’re the ones dealing with this on a daily basis.”

But while county officials debated the best course of action, library staff felt left behind.

“None of them are on this property every day,” Albanese said. “We’re the ones dealing with this on a daily basis.”

The library’s staff do not feel safe. They no longer use the employee parking lot on the west side of the building, which is near one of the trailheads to the camp.

‘I was just going to sit here until they made me move ... ’ Robert Howell and two other men sit around a steel drum with a fire crackling inside.

Howell, with a Busch beer can in one hand and a lit cigarette in the other, is enjoying the nice weather that the morning of Thursday, March 7, has to offer. Clear skies. A gentle breeze circulates through the woods that surround the public library.

Howell, who has been homeless for about 15 years, has lived in the woods for over a year.

He was distressed at the thought of having to vacate the property, at the county’s order.

“That was a bunch of crap,” he says. “I was just going to sit here until they made me move — or until they took me to jail.”

They fear walking to their cars at night.

“My staff had hope that this was going to be taken care off and that they could feel safe again.

So they’re sort of putting the pressure on me to do something about it,” Albanese said. “And I’m not sure what the answer is because I’m not sure I feel as though we have a say in anything that happens here. I’m not getting a seat at the table. I’m not part of the conversation.”

Jacqueline Brown, who has been an assistant at the library for six years, isn’t sure how many fights she and the rest of the library staff have broken up — it seems like a weekly occurrence.

The fights usually originate in the west parking lot. Sometimes at the entrance of or even inside the library. There hasn’t been a physical altercation between the homeless and staff yet, but staff are worried it’s a possibility.

“Policing it ourselves has been commonplace now, and it’s pulling ourselves away from being regular employees,” Brown said. “We shouldn’t be having to do this. We’re not trained in that department. We don’t want to see people get hurt.”

Jessica Robayo has worked at the library for three years. In SEE CLEARING PAGE 4

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THE CLEARING addition to the fights, she’s seen homeless either intoxicated or high on drugs. She’s seen them pass out inside the library. And in mid-February, she witnessed a young homeless woman collapse due to a seizure and didn’t know what to do.

“I’m just a library assistant,” she said. “I’m not a medical professional.”

She added: “We’ve become desensitized.”

The library staff hit peak frustration on the afternoon of Thursday, March 7. They met with Cameron and Mullins to finally voice their displeasure.

As a result, Cameron added armed security at the library to address the safety concerns. Mullins said he paid pay for the security out-of-pocket for Friday, March 8, and Saturday, March 9, and the county was going to take over on Monday, March 11.

“This isn’t to tell the homeless that they can’t come in the library. I don’t support that at all,” Mullins said. “This is to help the library staff if they have a bad situation.”

While the staff and the library’s

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Douglas H. Gregg passed away on February 20, 2019 and was born in Nashville, TN on January 27, 1943. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, was self-employed and married to Sharon Skowfoe Gregg.

He enjoyed going to the beach, going on road trips, golfing, and watching Fox News.

He was a member of the Elks Club, VFW, American Legion and the Moose Lodge.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Steve Gregg; sisters, Mary Breeding & Pat Roberts.

He is survived by his wife, Sharon Skowfoe Gregg; brothers, Jim, John and Jerry Gregg; sisters, Sue Beale and Carlene Lewis; a host of nieces and nephews; godchildren, Trinity Collier and Thomas Gregg.

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patrons might feel safer, many of the staff don’t believe the problem ends there.

“We will be able to focus on our jobs for once,” Robayo said; but, she added, “It’s a Band-Aid solution.”

‘I WILL KILL YOU!’

After the security was addressed, another incident at the library yet again unsettled staff on Saturday, March 9, when bathroom graffiti appeared, saying, “I will kill you!” A machete was found near two homeless people, Jennifer R. Vega, 40, and Shawn C. Baisden, 38, when officials arrived, and the two were trespassed from the library.

“This wasn’t the first time the woman had threatened our custodian,” Albanese told a county spokeswoman. “I had given her a warning just last week, and I told her that she would be trespassed if it happened again.”

The custodian fears that the message was intended for her, according to a press release from Flagler County.

Baisden was also trespassed.

Vega — his girlfriend and “tent mate” — had filed a “no contact” order against Baisden, so he was also in violation of that order.

Vega later told the Palm Coast Observer that she and Baisden were happy together.

“We face problems daily,” Albanese said. “There had been a third person with them, but he left before the deputy arrived. There was a machete at their feet, but it isn’t clear who it belonged to.”

Vega contacted the Observer to give her side of the story, and she said the machete was not near their feet but was in the woods.

She said Baisden had been using the machete to clear brush, after

“I have a lot of hope. Flagler County has finally acknowledged that we have homeless people. ... This is an opportunity for us to come together.”

SUE BICKINGS, vice chairperson

a branch had fallen and cut a hole in the tent. She said she was not responsible for the graffiti.

Vega has been homeless in Palm Coast for about five months, she said. She’s from New York, where she feels confident she could find resources to help her, but here, she hasn’t had any luck.

She said she is an educated woman, a former CNA and dog groomer. In Flagler County, she has been arrested multiple times on drug charges, according to the Sheriff’s Office’s website, and she was also Baker Acted recently, she said.

Being homeless, she said, “is a total nightmare. ... When it’s cold, I can’t feel my fingers in the morning. You can’t sleep because you hear your stomach eating itself. … How am I going to survive? I don’t know the first thing about being homeless.”

She said law enforcement and library staff are at times harsh with her and curse at her, and other times they are gentle and appear eager to help her. But what would really help is if the Church on the Rock, in Bunnell, was involved in a long-term solution. Already, the church helps the homeless a great deal.

“They’re loving, they’re wonderful, and they’re always worried about us,” Vega said. Because the county and the city of Bunnell rejected that as a potential solution, she feels the county wants “to take away the one thing we do have. The Church on the Rock —

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CLEARING THE CAMP

Two days after Vega and Baisden were warned to stay off the property, Flagler County began clearing underbrush and trash from the woods that surround the library.

A bulldozer plowed through the vacated area, while a team of Flagler County Jail inmates helped haul limbs, trash and other debris off the library’s property. In addition, several homeless people made efforts to remove trash, as well, and several residents said on Facebook that the homeless’ help was admirable.

County officials expect the project to last at least a week.

Two off-duty Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies continue to work security, through the county’s contract with Allied Universal Security Services.

The cleanup, according to a county official, is only “tangentially related” to the homeless.

Another purpose is to clear brush and pine needles that make the area a risk for wildfire.

Flagler County sent its specialized employees and other governmental agency representatives to inspect the property and provide reports on its status, the county reported. These included the county’s deputy fire chief, the county’s Code Enforcement supervisor, the county’s land manager, the environmental administrator of the Florida Department of Health in Flagler

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County, and the county’s Animal Control Office. The county also requested the city of Palm Coast’s fire chief and Code Enforcement manager to inspect the site for their official observations under the applicable city codes.

All of the reports — county, city and state — were in agreement that the encampment needed a cleanup and a substantial reduction of safety and health hazards, the county reported.

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Roberta J. “Bobbie” Wrassmann, 92 of Winter Garden, formerly of Palm Coast died March 6, 2019 at Golden Pond Assisted Living.

Mrs. Wrassmann was born January 12, 1927 in Greenville, Ohio, a daughter of Benjamin G. & Orpha Mae Schaner Armstrong.

She was a retired school teacher. She was a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church, Old Kings Highway of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Former Regent, Colonial Dames of 17th Century, Decedents of Valley Forge, and the University Women of Flagler.

She was a former member of Westwood United Methodist Church in Ohio. She enjoyed playing bridge, and reading.

Her husband of 65 years, Alan J. Wrassmann, whom she married July 23, 1949, died August 16, 2014.

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But most importantly for one volunteer who helps the homeless regularly, it’s prompted action by those in charge.

“It’s about time [the county] admitted that we have a problem,” said Vicky Le Tellier, the facility manager of The Shelter Tree, when she was asked about the library situation during a recent fundraiser event (see the box above). “And now, they have no choice but to look at it. We’re not always going to have an answer, but I’m glad their heads are finally out of the sand and that they’re going to address the problem. It’s not going to go away.”

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“There are lots of people in Flagler County who are one step away from losing their home,” said Bickings, the shelter’s chairperson.

Vice Chairperson Martin Collins added: “It’s not all about alcohol or drug abuse.

It’s also about people leaving domestic violence, lack of affordable housing, mental and physical disabilities, an unstable family situation. And some times, alcohol and drug abuse is a symptom of homelessness rather than a cause.”

Terry Wines has been the pastor at First United Methodist Church of Bunnell for the past four years. He says society’s homeless problem is likely unsolveable. But that doesn’t stop him, or others like him, from trying.

“Our job is to help the people who have lost hope by providing that hope for them,” Wines said. “That begins by providing them with a place to lay their head, a place where they can feel safe. ... As far as I’m concerned, that’s part of what’s needed to help make disciples.”

Sue Bickings used to be a teacher and counselor at Buddy Taylor Middle School and Bunnell Elementary School. She recalls seeing multiple families struggle over the years: Parents who worked but couldn’t make ends meet. Kids who arrived to school hungry, in tattered clothes and without school supplies.

Bickings, a member of the First United Methodist Church of Bunnell, felt she had to act. She has been involved with The Sheltering Tree, a cold weather shelter at First United Methodist used by the homeless in Flagler County, since 2009.

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Through tears, Vega said, “I’m not a monster. I have no help, and I have no friends. Out here, it’s sink or swim, and I’m treading water. I’m trying to stay afloat.”

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Dear Editor: I’m responding to the very shortsighted and ill-informed letter titled “We don’t want low-income housing here” printed in your Feb. 21 edition. First of all, I don’t know if Mr. Danko has a mouse in his pocket but, if not, I object to the use of the word “we.”

Second, I’d like to know if Mr. Danko ever enjoys eating out at local restaurants?

Does he stop into the “quickie marts” to pick up lottery tickets or buy gas? And what about emergency services staffed by police and firefighters — ever need any of those, sir? Where do you expect these people to live? Workforce housing is just that — housing for our low to moderately paid workers.

St. Johns County has ignored the need for workforce housing for years and is now suffering the consequences in the form of huge staffing problems for service workers and other working poor. In just one example, there has been a sign posted on a restaurant that has done business in the county for at least a decade reading “Closed indefinitely — can’t find staff.”

St. Johns’ infrastructure is also suffering since so many of those working in the county are forced to commute from other, more moderately priced areas. Another specific example: Several hard-working employees in the construction business are actually living behind the St. Augustine Record’s building on State Road 312, and their supervisor picks them up there each morning for work. They simply don’t earn enough to find housing.

“Madam Mayor” is right on target: Flagler County needs workforce housing, and the “not in my backyard” attitude is reactionary and detrimental to the community.

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Howell won’t attract high wages with lowincome housing Dear Editor: During the Palm Coast Observer’s interview with Palm Coast City Councilman Jack Howell, he presented

Why is Travis Hutson protecting plastic straws over the environment?

Dear Editor: Our state Sen. Travis Hutson has introduced a bill in the Florida Senate that would prohibit local governments from banning singleuse plastic straws — at least until a Department of Environmental Protection study is completed in 2024.

Sen. Hutson’s plastic straw bill (SB 588) presents particularly clear and present harm to voters in St. Johns, Flagler and Volusia counties. The fact that the bill prohibits local governments from banning plastic straws will allow a serious and completely unnecessary pollutant to continue to injure our sea life, litter our beaches and infiltrate our land and water.

Our counties are home to some of the last few clean natural areas in Florida.

Multiple marine and estuarine biology research and rescue institutions reside here. We are home to a thriving fishing industry and depend on tourism. We have no red tide. Our beaches are usually clean. We have spent countless hours and dollars to protect our sea turtle nests.

his grand idea of attracting high paying “aviation jobs” to Palm Coast (simply because we have a runway?).

He touted the concept that these highly skilled jobs would bring good salaried folks to the area, which they undoubtedly would. Airplane engineers and mechanics do well and can afford most homes in Palm Coast.

In contrast, Councilman Howell is also a big supporter of the low-income subsidized housing project in Town Center and seems to think this will attract businesses. Yet this and other low-income subsidized housing projects certainly won’t be utilized by aviation engineers. At best it will house minimum or lowwage workers. And the types of businesses in need of these workers most likely won’t be aviation manufacturing.

Councilman Howell’s priorities seem conflicted and not well thought out. You are not going to attract highly paid skilled workers with the

To see how plastic debris in the ocean affects sea turtles, watch the removal of a plastic straw from the nose of a sea turtle: https:// bit.ly/2ENIhYl. The internet offers similar videos with other plastic utensils.

Voters must have the ability to ban plastic straws on a local level if the state will not act to do so. The environment is a bipartisan issue, as demonstrated by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ support for water clean up and Congress’ recent land conservation bill.

Individual liberty to use or provide plastic straws is the reason for the bill given by the sponsor of the companion House Bill 603, Rep. Anthony Sabatini. This confuses individual liberty with a right to harm the environment with garbage. We all know no such right exists.

Indeed, the ability to regulate plastic garbage if state government does not take care of the pollution is also a Home Rule issue.

For several years, Florida legislation has been treading on the rights of counties and municipalities to self-govern in the absence of state or federal law. It continues to

promise of a low income housing project to live in.

ROB GORDON Palm Coast

Editor’s note: The Palm Coast Observer reported the following on Feb. 5: “City Councilman Jack Howell said he wanted to make it clear to the public that ‘affordable housing’ and ‘workforce housing’ do not refer to HUD programs like Section 8. ‘Workforce housing is for the new police officer, the new fireman, the young professional who’s getting their start,’ he said.”

Observer’s headline was misleading Dear Editor: I have to say that, unfortunately, the Palm Coast Observer is the only “newspaper” in a town of over 70,000 people.

Should I settle for less quality because it is free? While the actual articles are OK, the

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constant misleading information by the editor is sad.

One such example was in the Feb. 28 edition. On the front page, the headline states “County to clear homeless camp. See Page 2.” This is misleading information accomplishes nothing. When you read the article, there is nothing related to “... clear the homeless camp.” The county is “clearing” the underbrush, not the camp.

This is just one of the many misleading headlines in what has become a weekly tabloid.

Editor’s Note: My thought was this: The camp had to be cleared of people before the camp could be cleared of brush, so clearing the camp was still the end result. But I can see your point.

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do so. One other example is the repeated introduction of legislation barring locales from prohibiting short-term rentals.

Impinging on local Home Rule is contrary to fundamental Republican principles of Federalism. Thomas Jefferson said, “The government closest to the people serves the people best.”

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We support a state ban that would prevent grocery stores, restaurants and other businesses that sell food from using plastic carryout bags and providing singleuse plastic straws in SB 502 introduced by Sen. Kevin Rader. But if no state ban passes, voters should have the liberty to ban them on a local government level.

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A former Bunnell Police Department officer jailed in 2016 for impersonating a local teen girl online to solicit nude photos from teen boys spent three years in prison, was released Feb. 11, and then — 15 days later — was arrested for parole violation. Now he’s being charged with additional crimes for impersonating the 2014 victim’s younger sister.

The parole violation charge came after deputies learned that Michael Stavris, 34, had created a Facebook profile under a false name. The terms of his parole forbid him from using social media.

The crime came to the FCSO’s attention after the victim’s mother found out about the fake Facebook account Stavris had created using her younger teen daughter’s name and image.

Stavris, posing online as the girl, had also made comments referring to stickers that had recently been placed on the back of the girl’s car. The girl’s mother had noted a suspicious vehicle near the home.

“For this reason, [the victim’s mother] believes that her daughter is being followed, and that the family is in danger,” an FCSO charging affidavit states.

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Detectives reviewed one of the message exchanges screen-captured by the recipient. In a charging affidavit, a dective wrote that it was “clear” that Stavris was using another person’s identity without consent and that it could cause the victim mental harm.

When FCSO detectives and Florida Department of Law Enforcement officers showed up at Stavris’ home Feb. 22 and checked his cell phone, he first admitted it was his, then denied it was his and instead said it was his mother’s, then again admitted that it was his, and, further, admitted that he’d impersonated the victim on Facebook.

A further search of Stavris’ cell phone March 7 showed that he’d made Google searches for law enforcement personnel’s social media accounts and for their spouses’ social media accounts, and for child pornography, according to a news release from the FCSO. He is charged with felony fraudulent use of personal identification of a minor, felony child abuse and misdemeanor stalking, according to the news release.

The investigation has not been completed, and more charges may be added.

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Spangler, in his appeal, wrote that the checks had been for campers who registered late, and that parents had made out the checks to him, rather than the city, mistakenly. He wrote that he’d deposited them, but had then written personal checks to the city as reimbursement, and had placed the reimbursement checks into a finance invoice bin at the golf club.

He didn’t know where they went after that. The city never received them, according to the city.

“At no time was there ever intent to steal money from summer camps,” Spangler wrote. “I had proper documentation covering all bases for the checks and the finance bin was empty so in my assumption the documents had been delivered to the proper location. The definition of stealing is to take (another person’s property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it. That never happened in this instance.”

Falgout did not agree.

“You indicated that staff had been trained on the proper way to enroll citizens or their children,” Falgout wrote in a response to Spangler’s appeal. “However, you did acknowledge that you cashed the checks made out to you but you did not follow-up with finance, or during the budget process, or your bank, to ensure that your ‘reimbursements’ processed and that the city received the appropriate payment.”

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Palm Coast has fired its golf pro over allegations that he stole city money. He appealed, saying he was innocent, but interim City Manager Beau Falgout signed off on his dismissal.

The city hired golf pro Tim Spangler in August 2017 as general manager of Palm Harbor Golf Club, the city’s municipal course.

The allegations of theft surfaced when someone reported them through the city’s internal reporting process, city spokeswoman Cindi Lane said.

The city placed Spangler on administrative leave for the investigation Feb 1. It found three checks that were for campers in the city’s golf camp, but had been made out to Spangler personally, according to an investigative report.

He’d deposited the checks, totaling $485, and had not reimbursed the city, according to the report. He’d not registered the students through the city’s camp registration software, leaving the city no record of their attendance.

He also, violating investigators’ instructions, spoke to other employees during the investigation and in at least one instance asked an employee not to tell the truth, according to the report.

The city notified Spangler on Feb. 7 that it planned to fire him.

It did so Feb. 12. Falgout rejected Spangler’s appeal and upheld the termination Feb. 19, according to

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Palm Coast reviews progress on city priorities As the city prepares to shift to new a new city manager, the City Council reviewed city staff’s actions on city priorities.

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In a workshop held immediately after Palm Coast’s City Council voted in a special meeting to select the city’s new city manager, City Council members reviewed a report on staff members’ progress on the council’s stated priorities.

They did so despite the fact that interim City Manager Beau Falgout had proposed tabling that discussion because the newly-chosen manager, Matthew Morton, was not present.

But Mayor Milissa Holland did not want to wait, especially since it might take weeks for Morton, a resident of Washington state, to start work.

“I do not want us to prolong our City Council priorities,” she said.

“That is our council priorities.

That is how we define our vision and what we’d like to see in the city.” She challenged Falgout on his proposal to delay the discussion.

“I would like to have this discussion before we walk into our one-on-one meetings so I can get a sense of where we are,” she said.

The city is now tracking 56 staff performance measures that are related to 11 City Council priorities over eight categories: workforce, amenities, infrastructure,

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smart city, downtown, shop local, safety and security, and customer convenience and satisfaction.

Some performance measures are routine — for instance, “maintain stormwater system elements” — and others are less so, like: “Develop a comprehensive public policy to address failing sea walls.”

The council reviews its priorities annually and has progress reports quarterly. To the right is a sampling of some city performance measures and the city’s progress on achieving them, according to a city report.

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n Create programming for the

Innovation District to encourage and attract development in the Innovation District: In Progress: nThe Palms 88-unit project to break ground in March n Events & programming: In Progress: nDrone Day, FPC visual contest, hackathon, TEDx Talk n Analysis of funding opportunities: In Progress: nApplied for Smart Cities Readiness Challenge nExploring HTC, OZ and other federal opportunities

SHOP LOCAL n Identify ways to educate citizens to shop local including signage and brochures: On Target: n Shop local brand established in quarter one n Rack cards updated (second order placed) and window clings distributed to businesses n Social media/advertising ongoing with expansion of campaign beyond Palm Coast n Investigate options to install and maintain informational kiosks at high-volume shopping locations: On Target: n Local stores contacted, supporting information provided by vendors

INFRASTRUCTURE n Develop a comprehensive pub-

lic policy to address sea walls: In Progress: n Completed evaluation of like

municipalities on their approach n Evaluating methods of inventorying condition of all seawalls along saltwater canals n Ongoing discussion underway regarding PACE program eligibility

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n Provide an inventory of park

camera locations and extent of viewable area to determine if additional cameras are necessary: On Target: n Guidepost Solutions, Inc. contract approved by City Council on Feb. 5 n Kick-off meeting set for March 22 n Collecting information for kick-off nImplement custom, mobile-first website to promote amenities and events for citizens to use with their smart phones and tablets: On Target: n Draft design approved by Brand Plus Team n Coding, graphics design underway n Will be integrated into Citizen Platform

SMART CITY FIBER BUSINESS MODEL nRevising City’s business model

on Feb. 5 n Magellan Advisors conducted a Kick-off Meeting during last week of February nTarget Partnerships: On Target: n Evaluating expansion of Fiber as part of Utility expansion n Submitted as a State Legislative Appropriation Request

through a private-public partnership: On Target: n Magellan study completed that included interviewing local technology companies for marketing strategies n A presentation provided to City Council on Aug. 14, 2018 n Magellan Advisors Work Order approved by City Council

n Solicit bid for FiberNet Mainte-

nance and installations: Completed n Evaluate the feasibility of requiring new construction to incorporate a committed fiber port through Florida Building Code regulations: On Target: n Initial legal review completed for Land Development Code n A Local Ordinance will be required since Florida Building Code and National Electric Code does not have fiber optic connection requirements n Proactively encouraging developments to consider FiberNet conduit n Evaluate opportunities to incorporate fiber into City infrastructure: On Target n Master Plan completed n Water Treatment Plant #2 n S.R. 100 Signalization Optimization Phase 3 n Develop a plan for emergency communication upgrades: On Target n Presentation provided to City Council on November 27 n Nearing completion of BDA Ordinance

SAFETY AND SECURITY n Continuous street lighting plan:

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CITY OF PALM COAST’S PERFORMANCE MEASURES The following are some additional city staff performance measures linked to City Council priorities: n Update the 10-year Capital Improvement Plan with an emphasis on maintaining existing infrastructure with a pay as you go philosophy n Complete analysis and create a plan for phase 3 of the Signal Optimization Project that includes the future implementation of adaptive traffic light control n Investigate the viability of implementing a maintenance program for vacant lot frontages n Evaluate fiber initiative with the University of Florida Whitney Lab facilities to determine mutually beneficial opportunities n Identify potential infrastructure enhancements needed to ensure the city is prepared for technology enhancements (i.e. fiber, autonomous vehicles, etc.) n Conduct an evaluation to identify grant opportunities for all capital projects n Identify weaknesses in current communication services n In coordination with Utility, through advanced metering project, integrate services to real time usage monitoring n In coordination with City Clerk’s office, evaluate Opportunities to improve public facing “public records” search capabilities n Inventory existing opportunities for the use of volunteers n Implement custom, mobile-first website to promote amenities and events for citizens to use with their smart phones and tablets. nComplete city-wide facility security master plan to include parks and all other City facilities. n Evaluate opportunities to work with citizens along Florida Park Drive to improve landscaping along the roadway n Develop a plan for emergency communication upgrades in consultation with Flagler County and other partners n Work with County Technology Team on emergency communications to identify solutions for areas with poor or no reception n Investigate potential methods of incorporating succession planning into organization structure nImplement communication program for solid waste services.

n Master Plan completed n Lakeview design completed n Conduit installed; light pole

installation underway by FPL n Belle Terre Parkway design underway.

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Relief planned for nuisance home JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

A home on Powderhorn Drive that has frustrated neighbors for years might soon be fixed up.

The house has been the site of repeated code violations — so many that the city of Palm Coast foreclosed on it for unpaid fines, taking over the home from the out-of-state owners. But there was a problem: The tenants still lived in the house, even as the city sold it in a tax sale to a new owner.

They may not be there for long.

“We heard just this morning that the court granted the new property owners’ motion for possession, and it will become effective this Friday,” City Attorney Bill Reischmann told the Palm Coast City Council during a council workshop March 12. “Hopefully in the very near future that will become much less of a problem for that neighborhood.”

The new owners will likely evict the tenant early in the coming week, Reischmann said.

“I just want to make sure we’re staying on top of that,” Mayor

Milissa Holland said. “The sooner they get out of there, the better, but also that we prescribe some time limits to clean up the property once the tenants are removed.”

Reischmann replied that the city has already initiated code enforcement action against the new owner, and could fine the new owner for code enforcement violations if the property isn’t quickly cleaned up.

“So, they are motivated,” Reischmann said. “They know that if they don’t get this cleaned up that the process will continue; fines will run against these new owners.”

MATANZAS INTERCHANGE TURN CONCERNS COUNCIL

Councilman Jack Howell has spoken to multiple residents concerned about visibility problems at the northbound left turn off-ramp at the Matanzas Woods Parkway and Interstate 95 interchange.

Mayor Milissa Holland said its already being dealt with.

“We have addressed it, because Representative [Paul] Renner,

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who often travels that roadway, brought it to my attention how scary it was to not have the line of sight,” Holland said.

“So, what our staff had brought to [the Florida Department of Transportation] was some very serious safety concerns,” Holland continued. “They went out and did their famous needs analysis and determined that there wasn’t a need for a stoplight there. “ The city and county can not alter the intersection without FDOT’s approval.

“I’d hate to have to think that we have to have a fatal accident here,” Howell said. “But I understand the bureaucracy.”

He also had another concern: He’d heard that trucks are bypassing the highway weigh stations by getting off the highway at the Matanzas Interchange exit, then driving down to Belle Terre Parkway before getting back on the highway. “We need to take a look at that,” Howell said.

That has also been a problem in the city for a long time, Holland said. She suggested bringing it to the Sheriff’s Office’s attention.

(34.04%) won by Daisy Henry.

The third candidate, Tina-Marie Schultz, received 88 votes (31.21%).

The Supervisor of Elections Office had sent out a news release March 6 stating that one provisional ballot was outstanding and would be counted March 8, and, if the provisional ballot had been for Henry, it would have narrowed the two-vote gap between Henry and Reeger to one vote and to within the 0.5% gap that requires a recount. The ballot turned out to be for Schultz.

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Deputies arrested 58 year-old Michael Bennett March 9 after they determined that he was driving under the influence with his 14-year-old grandson as a passenger, according to a news release by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies stopped Bennett’s car after someone called 911 to report a car that was weaving all over the road. Deputies saw the car swerving into the median and oncoming traffic, according to the news release.

A three-way Bunnell City Commission race that was down to a two-vote margin when polls closed March 5, with one provisional ballot outstanding, has been won without the need for a recount.

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All-American Namiah Simpson, a former sprinter and hurdler at Flagler Palm Coast High School, won the Birmingham-Southern Invitational title in the 400-meter hurdles and set a new new school record at Southeastern University with a time of 1:03.03. Her time qualifies her “A” standard for the NAIA Outdoor Nationals in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

Matanzas’ T.J. Gillin, Quenteen Robinson, Lawrence Russo, S.J. Culbreth and John White.

Mat Men Matanzas’ Sean Culbreth, Quenteen Robinson and Lawerence Russo each placed at the state high school wrestling championship.

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hen Matanzas’ Shaun Culbreth stepped on the mat for his first match of the 2019 FHSAA wrestling state tournament, he was wasn’t dazed by the thousands of spectators, screaming coaches or skilled grapplers who packed Silver Spurs Arena.

He had been here before — a year ago as a first-time varsity wrestler.

Although he didn’t place at last year’s meet — he lost in the blood round, which is right before wrestlers are eligible to place — the experience prepared him for what was to come this season.

He was focused on each match.

Culbreth, a junior, finished in sixth place in the 113-pound weight class, joining fellow junior Quenteen Robinson and senior Lawrence Russo as the three Pirates to place at this year’s tournament, which took place on March 8-9 in Kissimmee.

Robinson took fifth in the

170-pound weight class, and Russo finished in sixth in the 132-pound weight class.

“The excitement that I felt when I knew I was going to be in the semifinals was awesome,” Culbreth said. “And watching my teammates place was even better.”

The Pirates’ success at the state tournament was the final touch on a season decorated with quality performances and program firsts.

Matanzas made history on Jan. 17, becoming the first Flagler County wrestling team to qualify for the FHSAA dual wrestling state championship.

The Pirates steamrolled rival Flagler Palm Coast, traditionally one of the top teams in the state, 51-24 on Jan. 23. It was the Pirates’ first win over the Bulldogs in 10 years.

The Pirates went back-to-back to claim in the district championship on Feb. 20, with six individual champions. And on March 3, the Pirates made history again, finishing second at the regional tournament, with nine wrestlers qualifying for the state meet — a

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“It’s just the little things that can make a difference. I expect our underclassmen to be higher on the awards stand next year now that they know what it takes.”

JOHN WHITE, Matanzas coach

program record.

Robinson, who joined the Pirates’ wrestling team a year ago after moving from Pennsylvania, thought back to this past summer when asked to reflect on the team’s success this season. He remembered all the running, lifting and hard practices that helped build the team.

“Matanzas wrestling has come a long way,” he said. “We took the area by storm this year.”

Matanzas coach John White said this season was the culmination of four years of hard work and dedication and that this season was not “a one-time deal.”

“Coach T.J. Gillin came to our program four years ago, and this was one of the things that he predicted: In four years, we’re going to be a contender,” White said.

“These guys have been busting their butts, and we’re finally starting to see the benefits of all that.”

What’s expected: continued success.

“People are going to see the kind of team we’re becoming,” Robinson said, “and they’re going to want to be a part of it.”

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Matanzas’ girls weight lifting team was honored as one of the recipients of the academic team champions award from the FHSAA.

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FPC’s boys track and field team took first place at the Five Star Conference Championship on Saturday, March 9, at FPC High School. The Bulldogs’ Nathan Farrell ran a U.S. No. 1 of 37.50 in the 300-meter hurdles. The girls team finished in third place, as well.

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Matanzas lacrosse’s Bryson Foxwell signed his national letter of intent to play college lacrosse for Wingate University. The Bulldogs are a Division II program that plays in the South Atlantic Conference.

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Matanzas’ softball team improved to 7-0 on the season with a 10-2 win over area powerhouse Deltona on March 7.

The Pirates also run-ruled Mainland 15-0 the day prior.

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CHARMETTES LUNCHEON n When: noon to 2 p.m. n Where: Willie Galimore Center, 399 Riberia St., St. Augustine n Cost: $10 n Details: The St. Johns-Putnam-Flagler Co. Chapter of The Charmettes Inc. will honor this year’s Flagler County recipient who is coping with challenges: Renee Barnes, of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Palm Coast.

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You’ve got a PAL in me Rymfire’s Community Problems Solvers group held themed days to encourage students to be kind and make friends.

PALS group members Marion Clayton, Jack Wronowski, Kade Manley, Samantha Newell, Kyleigh Brown, Anna Gimbel and Halley Londono.

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ymfire Elementary students are doing their part to make sure everyone has PALS. The Community Problem Solvers group “PALS” stands for Positive Acts Lift Students.

The group, which is made up of seven fifth- and sixth-graders, dedicated February as “Be a Pal Month.”

“We decided to combine all our ideas we came up with and make one big month of celebration to make kids feel less lonely,” group member Kade Manley said.

On “Smile at Someone Day,” PALS showed that even a simple gesture like smiling at their peers around campus could make a big impact.

“It felt good going to people’s classrooms to tell them to have a good day,” Kyleigh Brown said.

“Some people actually smiled and some laughed.”

The group’s “lunch buddies” initiative encouraged students to notice if other students were sitting alone and then sit with them instead. It’s an act that Marion Clayton wants his peers to start to do too.

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PALS members sit on one of the “buddy benches.” Back row: Marion Clayton, Kyleigh Brown and Samantha Newell. Front row: Jack Wronowski, Anna Gimbel and Kade Manley.

“What we’re trying to do is teach students how to go up to someone,” Marion said. “We’re going to try to put people who we have trained to do this — how to go up to someone and be like, ‘Would you like to come over and sit with us?’”

The idea for PALS began when Samantha Newell’s mother told her that when she was a kid, sometimes she was lonely at school.

To add to the positivity in the cafeteria, PALS created a “nice notes board,” which they’ve noticed students looking at throughout lunch.

“We hung up a big piece of paper under the windows in the cafeteria, and then the students were given a sticky note and they’d write something nice like ‘You got this,’ ‘You rock,’ and then they’d stick it on the board,” Kyleigh said.

PALS also partnered with Flagler Palm Coast High School’s construction students to make six wooden “buddy benches” to put outside for students at recess if they don’t want to be alone.

“If someone is feeling lonely, they could sit there; then someone could join them,” Jack Wronowski said.

While the students in PALS have been friends since kindergarten, they know that some of their peers would benefit from these intentional, positive acts.

The group held a “Queen Read Day,” when Mrs. Corporate America Rachel Arazashvili visited Rymfire to read a book about autism in classrooms.

Marion said that he doesn’t want people to avoid others who are different from them.

“I feel like it’s something that’s helping the whole community,” Marion said. “It’s not something that’s just in the school. This is a problem around the world and in our community.”

PALS will present their project at the Future Problem Solvers statewide Affiliate Competition this month.

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RET. GENERAL TO SPEAK n When: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. n Where: Channel Side, 1 Yacht Club Drive n Cost: $15 for club members n Details: Flagler Tiger Bay Club will welcome U.S. Army Ret. General Ernest “Ernie” C. Audino.

Speaker topics will include: Middle East and our Kurdish Partners. Visit www.flaglertigerbayclub.com.

PURIM CELEBRATION n When: 6 p.m. n Where: Temple Beth Shalom, 40 Wellington Drive n Cost: Free n Details: Congregants and the public are invited to come in costume to listen to the retelling of the story from scrolls similar to those used at the time. Visit http://www.tbspalmcoast.org, or call the Temple office 445-3006.

DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S CLUB SOCIAL n When: 6-8 p.m. n Where: Moonrise Brewing Co., 101 Palm Harbor Parkway in European Village n Cost: No host beverages, no charge n Details: All are welcome at the Democratic Women’s Club of Flagler County for a Spring Social to welcome new members and have fun and fellowship.

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PURIM IN ISRAEL n Where: Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Parkway NE n When: 5:30 p.m. n Cost: Free n Details: The festival of Purim is celebrated every year on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar. It is observed by public readings of the Megillah, or Scroll of Esther, to recount the story of the Purim miracle, sending food gifts to friends, giving gifts of money to the poor and enjoying a festive Purim meal.

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Community Problem Solver group ‘Bulldog Patrol’ initiated the partnership between FPC and FCSO.

There will soon be dogs — other than student Bulldogs — on campus at Flagler Palm Coast High School.

As part of a Community Problem Solvers group called Bulldog Patrol, students have coordinated with the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office to have K-9 units sniff around inside and outside of the school periodically in an effort to increase school safety.

When the idea first came to a group of six FPC students who formed the Bulldog Patrol, they surveyed about 380 students and community members affiliated with the school and

Sgt. John Welker and K-9 Jax.

found that school safety was a concern.

Once FPC senior and project member Katia Martynuk started digging into school shooting statistics, she said the gravity of preventing one here hit home.

The Bulldog Patrol formed a security council that meets once a month to discuss concerns and plan regarding the student’s wellbeing on campus.

While security council participants vary each month, they’ve included Sheriff Rick Staly, Superintendent James Tager, Executive Director of Leadership Development Dr. Earl Johnson, FPC’s Fire Leadership Academy, representatives from the Embry-Riddle Aeronauti-

cal University on-campus program at FPC, teachers, parents and students.

Staly said the department will provide the K-9 units (of which the department has five K-9 teams) periodically as part of regular, on-duty K-9 training.

FCSO K-9 Sgt. John Welker, a parent of five children who are in Flagler Schools, said he’s in favor of collaborations with the Sheriff’s Office to keep students safe at school.

“Where the dogs come into play is their nose. Their ability to seek out odors, specific odors that we train them for, is at such a greater level than those of the human capacity,” he said. “And the presence of a K-9 truck on campus is just a huge deterrent.”

The K-9 units patroling will be in addition to the normal two school resource deputies stationed at FPC, which were assigned when Senate Bill 7026, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, was put into place following the school shooting in Parkland in February 2018.

“I think it is great that students are participating in making their school safe,” Staly said in an email. “One of the perspectives that has been missing from most initiatives is understanding and input from the students that are affected. The students probably know the vulnerabilities of the campus better than most adults.”

In addition to K-9s, Bulldog Patrol made survival kits, filled with first aid items like gauze and tampons to soak up bullet wounds, that were given to each teacher at FPC to use in case of an emergency. The group made 210 kits with $800 of the $1,000 donation that Flagler School District Safety Director Winnie Oden and her sister, Eileen Grogan, made to the group.

“I have been passionate and dedicated to school safety my whole professional career,” Oden said. “I can’t think of anything better to give to.”

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“It’s really pretty impactful for students to create something to help our school become a little safer,” Leon said.

FPC students Will Patin, Gabby Jackson and Abbigail Carver round out the Bulldog Patrol. The group is now working to create an informative video with FPC-TV, as well as continued partnerships with the school’s ERAU program’s students and drones for surveying from the sky.

The Bulldog Patrol hopes to expand some of the safety tactics to other schools in the district in the future, if all goes well at FPC. “The more we can spread this to other schools is a huge preventative measure — just spurring that talk of what might happen, just getting people to watch others and be more aware of their surroundings,” Martynuk said. “And it’s even about our school culture. If we can take that element of ‘Oh it could never happen here,’ if we can eliminate that feeling, it would be a lot easier to go about this.”

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During a staff meeting over winter break, teachers participated in first-aid training, hosted by the FCSO, to learn how to use the survival kits.

Bulldog Patrol members are getting ready for a pitch competition held by United Way FlaglerVolusia Counties to earn a grant that they’d use for more survival kits and other preventive safety measures.

“At first, I thought, ‘It can’t happen here. It’s just FPC; it’s not going to happen here.’ But then I realized it could happen here,” FPC freshman and group member Nick Blumengarten said, “and that this project should be in place so that it doesn’t happen here and that we know what to do in case something should happen.”

FPC sophomore and group member Sydni Leon said the school’s mantra for the year, “If not you, then who,” is helping to inspire people to say something to an adult if they see something

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ARTIST DONATES TO CANCER PATIENTS Internationally acclaimed artist Paul Baliker donated $800 to the AdventHealth Palm Coast Foundation while at the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fortune Group Properties at European Village on March 2, according to a press release.

Baliker and his mother, Joan, recently held an art show and gave a portion of those proceeds to the AdventHealth Palm Coast Foundation. This donation will specifically support the hospital’s breast cancer fund and the Judith C. Macko Cancer Resource Center, which provides free wigs, turbines, drainage vests, and many other items to anyone undergoing cancer treatment, even if they aren’t being treated at an AdventHealth facility.

“Party Rallies” and take a test which in turn can earn them up to 3 college credit hours.

The American Legion Flagler Post 115 interviewed male applicants on Feb. 19 choosing delegates Nicholas Anane and Dylan Otte and alternate Christian Mosey, from Flagler Palm Coast High School. For the girls: Michelle Bereznyak was the FPC student chosen to attend the conference. Alyssa Santore, an FPC student, is the alternate.

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AUXILIARY STATE STUDENTS SELECTED The Girls and Boys American Legion Auxiliary State programs are a week-long comprehensive leadership and government seminar where students from around the country learn about and simulate the runnings of government from city level mayors and commissioners all the way up governor.

The delegates write and lobby for resolutions, participate in

The city of Palm Coast will hold the Find Your Florida 2019 Photography Contest now through July 6. Prizes will be awarded, and photographs submitted for the contest will be used by the city for marketing, promotional and public relations purposes.

The theme of the contest is “Find Your Florida in Palm Coast.” Winning photos will illustrate what makes Palm Coast special.

First, second and third place will be awarded, plus a special award for a new category,

“Special Events,” and for the Best Photo taken by someone age 17 or younger.

For the second time, a concurrent photo contest on Instagram will be held, and prizes will be awarded for the best Instagram photos. To enter via Instagram, be sure to use the hashtag “PCpics2019” and include the photo location in the caption.

Photographers may submit up to 20 entries. It is free to enter. Entries must be submitted no later than midnight July 6.

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Seated: American Legion members Mary Beck, Rosemarie Delbene and Bina Leahy. Standing: Karen Smith, of the American Legion, students Michelle Berez, Diana Cuervas-Tovar and Alyssa Santore, and Judy Hennenlotter, of American Legion.

The Friends of the Library, an independent, not-for-profit support group, for the Flagler County Library nearly met an untimely end at the beginning of this year.

With the passing of Terry Jones, who served 14 years as president of the Friends, and then the passing of Terry’s husband Ken a month later in 2018, the board of directors was at a loss. Ken Jones was the organization’s treasurer.

Longtime fellow board members, who would normally step in to fill the gaps were also experiencing health issues and could not take over the ambitious standard set by the Jones.

“Without a board the Friends would be unable to operate and in effect cease to exist,” Library Director Holly Abanese said in a press release. “Fortunately, a nominating committee came up with a group of talented people

who were willing to take on the task of administrating the Friends,” Albanese said.

At a meeting of the Friends on Saturday, Jan. 19, a new board of directors was elected.

New board: Carl Laundrie, president; Peggy Mattingly, vice president; Mark Breidenstein, treasurer; Ron Pokigo will continue to serve as assistant treasurer; Ann Breidenstein, secretary; Keith Mattingly, technical director; and Dan Malueg, government liaison.

To join the Friends of the Library, pick up a membership application at the library at 2500 Palm Coast Parkway NW or at the branch library in Bunnell. You can also email folfc@flaglerlibraryfriends.com.

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WOMEN ARTISTS’ WORK ON DISPLAY The Florida Women’s Arts Association is currently presenting a group exhibition featuring 29 artists, including photographers, sculptors, painters and mixed media creators.

“The World According to Women,” a judged exhibit, will run from March 9 to April 9 at the Flagler County Art League, 160 Cypress Parkway, Suite A208, in City Market Place.

Winners of the judged competition are: Best of Show: “Bubbles” by Randa Mayers First place: “The Light on the Stairs” by Kathleen Pruett Second place: “Blooming Bromeliads” by Jill Beecher Matthew Third place: “Feels Like Flying” by RoAnn Elias

The Flagler Sportfishing Club announced the annual winners of its year-long Fishing Tournament. The winners were awarded at the monthly meeting at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8696. The tournament ran from Jan. 1, 2018, to Dec. 31, 2018.

Male Angler of the Year for 2018 is Captain Bruce Bachman and the Lady Angler of the Year for 2018 is Karen Dougherty.

Both anglers accumulated the most points at the end of the year for the 23 species of fish that the club tracks. All fish are turned into designated weigh stations throughout the year and each month the data is gathered and totaled to track the progress. This year, the club awarded 19 species winners with club jackets, shirts or gift certificates of the winner’s choosing.

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Community Problem Solver group LEAD Children, which

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LEAD Children currently consists of students Hok and Katherine Bereznicki, who founded the event and hosted it for the first time in 2017, partnering with Flagler Schools Student and Community Services and the George Washington Carver Community Center.

This year, 18 organizations participated in the fair, which was an increase from 14 last year.

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LEAD Children will soon compete for a United Way grant.

ROTARY DONATES TO SPREAD SMILES On Tuesday, March 5, the Rotary Club of Flagler County presented a check for $1,000 to the Rotary Club of Winter Park to support its partnership with AdventHealth’s Sharing Smiles program.

AdventHealth Sharing Smiles, formerly SHARES International, provides healing and hope to needy children in developing countries. Collaborating with onsite medical professionals and Rotary Clubs ensures these children receive the ongoing care needed to help them do what they do best — smile.

The donation will be matched fifty cents to the dollar, bringing the total contribution to $1,500.

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‘FLAGLER READS TOGETHER’ The Friends of the Library is presenting the annual “Flagler Reads Together” program celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.

A free program entitled “Astronomy for Everyone: Size and Scale of the Universe,” will be presented 6-8 p.m. Monday, March 18, at the Flagler County Public Library, 2500 Palm Coast Parkway NW. Kevin Manning, a well-known public speaker and astronomer will present the program.

The series will conclude with an open discussion of the book by Jeffery K. Smith, “The Eagle Has Landed” at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, at the library.

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TALK holds 45-minute tutoring sessions — with interactive games and activities — before school on Tuesdays and Fridays, in different six- to eight-week sessions throughout the year.

Small huddles of two to three students sat in a classroom on Tuesday, March 5, as older students encouraged them in activities that focused on sight words, phonics and phonemic awareness.

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PALM COAST Condos Thomas and Donna Scardino, of Ormond Beach, sold 200 Riverfront Drive, Unit C303, to Thomas and Susan Rooney, of Palm Coast, for $270,000.

Built in 2006, the condo has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,762 square feet. It sold in 2017 for $245,000.

Grand Haven Jason and Keli Harrison, of Flagler Beach, sold 33 Osprey Circle to Cedric Dorcas, as trustee, for $455,000. Built in 2005, the house has four bedrooms, 3.5 baths, a fireplace, swimming pool and 2,838 square feet. It sold in 2017 for $449,900.

Dean and Lisa Troester, of Lincoln, Nebraska, sold 25 Ocean Crest Way, Unit 1234, to GBM R.E. Investment LLC, of Delray Beach, for $245,000. Built in 2004, the condo has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,264 square feet. It sold in 2013 for $217,500.

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Built in 2005, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,101 square feet. It sold in 2005 for $367,385.

Kramer, of Palm Coast, for $256,000. Built in 2003, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a swimming pool and 1,986 square feet. It sold in 2004 for $169,000.

Hammock Beach Thomas and Candace Hart, and Helen Mazloum, of Palm Coast, sold 71 Ocean Oaks Lane to Starcevich Family Trust for $950,000. Built in 2016, the house has four bedrooms, 4.5 baths, a swimming pool and 3,688 square feet.

Rita Oettinger sold 168 Boulder Rock Drive to Sandy Beckmann, of Palm Coast, for $209,000. Built in 1988, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace, swimming pool and 1,979 square feet.

Robert and Carol Giannitti, of Bolton, Connecticut, sold 79 Hammock Beach Circle N. to Richard Sebion, of Lake in the Hills, Illinois, for $834,000.

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Lehigh Woods Jeff and Natalia Goykhman, of Palm Coast, sold 11 Riverview Place to Joshua and Brittany Robbins, of Palm Coast, for $246,000. Built in 2004, the house has four bedrooms, 2.5 baths and 2,918 square feet. It sold in 2004 for $170,700.

Patrick and Bonnie Lennon, of Port Orange, sold 9 Ryder Place to Kurt Berberich, of Brooklyn, New York, for $196,000. Built in 2003, the house has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,923 square feet. It sold in 2003 for $136,400.

Matanzas Woods George Currie and Dorothy Currie, individually and as trustees, sold 17 Lake Success Place to Michael and Carol Wierzba, of Brentwood, Tennessee, for $299,000. Built in 2002, the house has four bedrooms, two baths, a swimming pool and 2,894 square feet. It sold in 2005 for $415,000.

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Lakeside at Matanzas Shores Julia Parrish, of Scottsdale, Arizona, sold 87 San Juan Drive to Joel Bridges and Cassandra Tomlinson-Bridges, of Palm Coast, for $303,000. Built in 1995, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,844 square feet. It sold in 1995 for $156,000.

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Seascape William Welker and Jessica Miller, of Palm Coast, sold 48 Seascape Drive to Ronald and Gail Henson, of Palm Coast, for $563,325. Built in 2005, the house has four bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a fireplace, swimming pool, elevator and 2,675 square feet. It sold in 2007 for $850,000.

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19 Enticing smell 20 Multicolored horse 21 Big name in watches 22 Nurse’s “Immediately!”

23 *Famous Hollywood eatery (unscramble letters 3-8!)

25 Excedrin alternative 26 Prime Japanese protein

28 Comedian Carvey 29 Attire 31 Noggin 32 Championship games 34 Have a TV dinner, say 35 Hit the ceiling 38 Dom Perignon name 39 Astronomical distance 41 Wear away 42 *Big burger side (4-8) 45 Motorist’s org.

48 Hardy heroine 49 Small drum 50 “The Maltese Falcon” actor Peter 51 “Squawk Box” network

52 NYC boutique neighborhood 53 Jason’s ship 54 Myopic Mr. 55 “Awesome!”

56 Like Bob Dylan’s voice 58 Enthusiastic review 59 Salt additive 60 Sometimes-yellow vehicle 63 Ambivalence, or a hint to the starred answers’ hidden parts 67 Newspaper VIPs 68 It has a Prime service 70 Actor Epps

71 Psychic’s deck 73 Kids learn to tie them 74 Wise people 76 Plucked instrument 77 Attire for Judge Judy 81 Polo brand 82 Bitter 83 Yearned 84 Sits in an oak barrel 85 Marshy area 86 *Railroader of song (5-7) 88 Get rid of 89 Picturesque cave 92 Corrida cries 93 Croissant seller

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Peter and Paula Straub, of Leeds Point, New Jersey, sold 51 Folson Lane to Antonina Allen, of Palm Coast, for $154,900. Built in 1987, the house has two bedrooms, two

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Puzzle One Clue: K equals C

Palm Harbor Terrance Jordan, of Woodbury, New Jersey, sold 89 Covington Lane to Apaarjcet Chopra, of Mashpee, Massachusetts, for $302,000. Built in 1985, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace, swimming pool, boat dock, boat house and 1,566 square feet. It sold in 2018 for $160,000.

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BID SOLICITATION: INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY MAINTENANCE DREDGING; FLAGLER, FLORIDA The Florida Inland Navigation District (District) will receive sealed bids for the construction of the District’s Intracoastal Waterway (ICWW) maintenance dredging project at its offices at 1314 Marcinski Road, Jupiter, Florida 33477 until 2 PM, local time April 11, 2019 and then, at said office, will be awarded to the qualified, responsible, and responsive Bidder presenting the lowest Bid. Bids will be opened at a public meeting and read aloud.

This project generally entails dredging approximately 185,200 cubic yards of sandy sediment from Reach I of the ICWW in Flagler County, Florida. The ICWW maintenance dredging area extends from ICWW Cut F-2 STA 32+00 through ICWW Cut-F10 STA 12+52. This maintenance work will include excavation of the ICWW channel to target elevations of -14 feet (ft) mean lower low water (MLLW) (project depth of -12 feet and 2-foot allowable overdredge). Material shall be dredged via the use of either a mechanical or hydraulic dredge to remove all material (inclusive of all inchannel debris) feasible from the dredge template.

All dredged material shall be offloaded at the ±44acre dredged material management area (DMMA) FL-3 located in Palm Coast, Florida. The Contractor will have 180 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed to complete the project. Construction of the project is funded and administered by the Florida Inland Navigation District.

The District will hold a MANDATORY pre-bid meeting at 1:00 PM on March 27, 2019. Attendees shall meet at the intersection of Dupont Road and North Old Kings Road in Palm Coast for a briefing on the project scope and a visit to the project’s dredged material management area. Prospective bidders are required to RSVP (with the name of all attendees) to Bill Aley, P.G. (Baley@Taylorengineering.com) no later than 2 calendar days (March 18) prior to the date of the meeting. Project plans and specifications can be downloaded for free from the FIND webpage: http://www.aicw.org/studies_and_information/bids _files_plans_logos/bids.php

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