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Toby Tobin: Palm Coast’s Comprehensive Plan says quality housing should be available at all income levels. Here’s why it’s not happening.

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PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER 100 Design of $1.5 million and construction of $6.4 million funded entirely by grants. PAGE 5

FLAGLER: 9TH HEALTHIEST

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STATE OF THE CITY

An address by the mayor, and a first appearance by the new city manager, on April 5. See palmcoastgov.com.

PAINT THE TOWN TEAL To raise awareness for Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April, the Family Life Center is holding a contest: Paint the Town Teal. Businesses can use teal paint to decorate their store fronts and be entered to win an award and free advertising on the FLC’s social media in May. Call 263-3084 or email candi@familylifecenterflagler.org.

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A mother’s dying wish Kindred Hospice patient with breast cancer gets to see children from the Philippines.

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SOS project members Ryan Giovary, DeErra Jones and Aliyah Acevedo.

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One improved indicator was that driving deaths related to alcohol were down from 40% of driving deaths in 2018’s report to 31% in this year’s report.

Still, the state average is 25%, so it’s an area to improve. Some specific health behaviors – obesity, smoking, better nutrition and physical inactivity in Flagler County – continue to trend higher than the state average and showed little improvement over the past year.

“We need to keep making strides to ensure our community members have access to the medical health they need,” said Carrie Baird, executive director for Flagler Cares who also facilitates both the Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan for Flagler County. “We need more physicians, we need more dentists, and, as we know all too well, we need many more mental health providers.”

“Growth for sexually transmitted diseases is an issue that we continue to address through our clinics,” said DOH-Flagler Medical Director Dr. Stephen Bickel. “STDs pose complex and daunting challenges for public health. ... The challenge is not only in treating patients ... but reaching the community at risk to educate and motivate them to adopt safe sex prevention practices.”

Bickel described DOH-Flagler’s approach to health as population-based, and to address local issues, the department has launched clinics to treat HIV, Hepatitis C, tuberculosis and Hepatitis A over the past few years. Most recently, the department introduced a diabetes self-management education program and diabetes prevention program to help patients manage and prevent the chronic disease.

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The trouble with homelessness Two citizens say response to homelessness is inadequate. County says staff is doing all it can.

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Flagler County continues to seek options for helping individual homeless people, as well as finding a long-term solution for homelessness as a whole, but with how much success? It depends on whom you ask.

Mike Cocchiola, president of the Palm Coast Democratic Club, addressed the County Commission in a public comment on April 1. He said cleaning up the woods behind the library is a “small start.”

“Even though you clean the woods, they are still homeless,” he said. “I want to see a plan from the county to start a process of dealing with it.”

Legally, the county can’t tell the homeless to move unless it also provides a safe alternative to sleeping in the woods, according to Interim County Administrator Jerry Cameron.

“We are working with homeless people to place them in facilities that do exist,” he said. “Our social services outreach is doing all they can. … The long-term solution is to find a community partner, and we are addressing that.”

But, given the complications of the Plantation Bay water situation and the Sheriff’s Operations Center, it’s not the top priority. “I will give it more attention as soon

as we clear the deck on some of the more pressing issues that we have,” Cameron said.

“It’s often overlooked how much Janet Nickels does and how much she helps,” said Commissioner Greg Hansen, referring to the director of the county’s Human Services Division. He added: “She can help those — and does help those — that want the help.” (See sidebar to the right.)

Commissioner Charlie Ericksen Jr. also responded and was unhappy with recent comments made by Commissioner Joe Mullins, though Mullins was not named (he was absent from the April 1 meeting).

“We had a meeting where certain comments were made that the churches didn’t have any business helping the homeless, and I thought that was a bad choice of words,” Ericksen said.

Over the years as he has observed the Sheltering Tree, at the First United Methodist Church of Bunnell, more and more families need help, as opposed to

“I think we’re making some progress, but it’s hard to measure.”

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just single men who are homeless, Ericksen said.

Thanks to county staff, along with Flagler Cares Executive Director Carrie Baird, “I think we’re making some progress, but it’s hard to measure,” Ericksen said.

That wasn’t enough for Denise Calderwood, a volunteer with Family Matters of Flagler.

“My phone’s been ringing off the hook,” said Calderwood, who said she has been functioning as a case manager for many of the homeless people in the area.

“I’ve had nothing but negative comments about Flagler County social services. … They have a great way of ignoring people.”

A press release sent by the county last month details many of the efforts of the Human Services Division, led by Nickels. The division organizes a Homeless Outreach Team that meets with people in need at the library twice a month. The team consists of the Flagler County Health Department Outreach Nurse, SMA Healthcare, the Volusia-Flagler County Coalition for the Homeless, the Florida Department of Children and Families, and the Flagler County Division of Human Services. (See the sidebar at the bottom right for more.)

Calderwood remains critical.

She accused the county commissioners on April 1 of putting their “heads in the sand.” “You are responsible,” she said. “If it keeps happening, there will be other action.”

FLAGLER COUNTY HOMELESS WOMAN TRANSITIONING INTO HOME IN DELAND Flagler County Human Services, with the assistance of partner agencies, has helped transition six homeless people to permanent, supportive housing in the past two months, according to a news release by the county.

Marjorie Jones, or “Apple” or “Mom,” as her fellow homeless campers know her, was one of those people. Apple, who has been homeless for 5 1/2 years, made the decision a week before she turned 61.

“Finding housing that meets Apple’s needs was a process that took time and effort in bringing together the appropriate partners and resources,” said Janet Nickels, Human Services Division director.

There was collaboration between Human Services, the Flagler County Library, the Flagler County Department of Health, AdventHealth, the Sheltering Tree, the VolusiaFlagler County Coalition for the Homeless, the Neighborhood Center and Flagler Cares to make this happen.

Apple used to be a sketch artist who once managed an art gallery in Flagler Beach. A change in Apple’s family structure led to her homelessness.

“It will take time for Apple to successfully make this transition,” Nickels said. “As she set off to begin her new journey, Apple expressed grief at having to leave the people behind who she has come to consider her family.”

However, before she was able to move to her new home in DeLand, Apple broke her left hip after tripping over a chair leg at Firehouse Subs in Palm Coast in early March. She’s

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Denise Calderwood, volunteer with Family Matters of Flagler, has been functioning as a case manager for many homeless people. She told the County Commission on April 1 that social services were inadequate here.

PALM COAST RESIDENTS FRUSTRATED When Janelle Wadman was growing up in Palm Coast, she rode her bike alone and always felt safe. As an adult, she bought her first home in the B-section and hopes to live here for a long time.

But, she told the Palm Coast City Council on April 2, “I just don’t feel safe anymore.”

And that, she said, is because of the presence of the homeless at the Flagler County Public Library on Palm Coast Parkway.

Wadman’s mother, Bea, also spoke and asked the City Council, “What’s going to be done about it?”

A third resident also spoke in the public comment section to

begin the meeting. Katherine Werzanski called homelessness an “epidemic” in the city. She was “shocked” that the council did not even mention homelessness in the previous city meeting, even though social media is abuzz with the issue.

“Do you think it’s impacting our property values?” she asked.

“What is going to be done?”

“The city is part of this discussion,” Mayor Milissa Holland responded. “But we are not the land owner.” (The county owns the library property.) Homelessness, like other complex issues that cross municipal lines, needs a countywide solution, she added.

Councilman Jack Howell, who represents the city on the Public Safety Coordinating Council, also attended the Volusia/Flagler County Coalition for the Home-

less recently.

“I was not overly impressed with what I saw,” he said, “ … and I’m going to take charge. … It needs to be done my way, because they’re spinning around, and they’re not doing what has to be done.”

He said he had flown over other homeless camps in Palm Coast (he is a flight instructor) and said the private property owners need to be notified so they can post “no trespassing” signs. That hasn’t been successful so far, but, he said, “I have ways. We’re going to get that done.”

Churches should play an important role in solving homelessness, and he said he would do everything he could personally.

“You have my word,” he said.

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Flagler County Human Services collaborates with Volusia and St. Johns agencies, such as St. Francis House, EPIC Behavioral Healthcare, Family Matters, Family Renew, Salvation Army, Solutions by the Sea, and Hope Place.

The county and State Housing Initiatives Partnerships also participate in, and assist with, The Housing and Homeless Task Force run by Carrie Baird of Flagler Cares.

“Through our outreach efforts over the years, Flagler County Human Services has provided prescription assistance, dental assistance, as well as medical or surgical assistance to our homeless,” Human Services Director Janet Nickels said in a Flagler County press release. “We also help disabled individuals seeking Social Security Disability by providing ongoing medical case management and assistance with applying online for Social Security Disability.”

Flagler County Human Services also works with local agencies, such as Flagler Schools, to assist with its Families in Transition Program that strives to get families out

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Apple, who has been homeless for 5 1/2 years, will transition into a home in DeLand in mid-April.

recuperating at an assisted living facility in Longwood and will be there until she’s able to put weight on her leg. She’s expected to transition to her new home in mid-April.

She expressed some frustration with the county.

“I feel like they can do a lot more, and they don’t,” she said.

“They’re looking to just get rid of their problem, slipping it under the rug.”

Apple doesn’t have an income yet, and an expired driver’s license is her only form of identification.

“I’m happy, but it’s taking some adjustments,” she said.

“I’ve been off the grid for so long.”

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of hotels and cars and into homes by identifying affordable housing, and/or providing a rent or mortgage payment. It also provides financial support through grants to support mental health programs, after school programs, and programs for survivors of domestic violence.

“We also grant funds to agencies such as The Children’s Home Society, who provide safe residential group homes for children that cannot live at home,” Nickels said.

Additionally, Human Services offers weekly outreach to inmates through a program called STRIDE, which stands for Skills, Transitional Support, Integrity, Direction, and Employment. Inmates are interviewed to determine their needs upon release, and are matched up to the resources that will best meet those needs.

“Over the years, the most successful way for us to operate has been one person at a time,” Nickels said. “As slow as that is, not everyone is ready (to change) just because we want them to be.”

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Council member Eddie Branquinho was given a certificate of completion from the Florida League of Cities on April 2 for attending the Institute for Elected Municipal Officials in January. He told the audience that he had learned a lot about the Sunshine Law, which, among other things, forbids elected officials from talking about official business outside of public meetings.

He joked that, after he took the institute, he saw Mayor Milissa Holland at the grocery store the next day. He was so focused on the Sunshine Law that he avoided her. He said quickly, “Hi, Mayor, bye, Mayor!” and left. That’s how seriously he takes the Sunshine Law, he told the audience after he accepted his certificate.

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Although, as Jack Howell pointed out, it’s free to splash in the ocean, the city of Palm Coast voted 3-2 to move forward with a $2 million plan to build splash pads at Holland Park. Fellow City Council member Nick Klufas argued for the splash pads because they are one of the few amenities in the city directed to parents with small children.

Several residents spoke at the April 2 meeting about a different amenity that was cut from the $5.6 million phase 2 of the Holland Park plan: dedicated pickleball courts. Supporters argued that pickleball is a fastgrowing sport that can attract tourists and that the city should build them at Holland Park, near where many players live. The City Council’s vote included six courts at Ralph Carter Park instead, for $600,000.

Councilman Eddie Branquinho began the discussion by criticizing the city staff’s “astronomical” projected costs for bocce court shade coverings and pickleball courts.

“It’s a lot of money, and I don’t think we should go forward,” he said, especially considering the city is struggling to find money to pay for improvements to the Public Works facility.

Howell began his comments by saying, “I have a major issue with the splash park.” In his career, he supervised Ocean Rescue in Jacksonville, and his staff also dealt with a splash park there.

“It was a nightmare,” he said.

The splash park got muddy, and kids had bathroom accidents that caused the pool to be shut down for three hours at a time. Considering so many families have pools at their homes, and considering the ocean is free, “I don’t think this is needed.”

“If I’m the Grinch, I’m the Grinch,” he added. “I’m thinking to myself, ‘I remember running through the sprinkler system.

That was a big deal.’”

Klufas said Howell had good points, but regarding the ocean, he countered: “You need those areas that aren’t as dangerous. An ocean can take away that little one very quickly.”

“You’re right about that,” Howell said, with a pause. Then he said, “But it’s called parenting. …

Take them down to the ocean and watch them.”

The crowd applauded Howell’s parenting comment until Mayor Milissa Holland smacked the gavel to quiet them.

Seven residents commented on the agenda item. One E-section resident said 20-30 people play pickleball at a time at Belle Terre Park, and courts at Ralph Carter would be a welcome addition to the southern part of the city.

One resident said the city should gather data on who uses what before spending so much money on amenities. Another said pickleball courts will be used all year and all times of the day, whereas a splash park won’t.

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Branquinho and Howell voted against.

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While the Sheriff’s Operations Center remains clouded by reports of mold, the Flagler County Commission voted 4-0 to build a temporary solution for storage of evidence.

The commission voted in 2017 to buy about 8 acres of land on Justice Lane near the jail to be used as a qualifying range and training classrooms for both deputies and firefighters. On April 1, 2019, the commission agreed to expedite the construction and use it first as an evidence storage area. Once a long-term solution is found for the Sheriff’s Operations Center, the storage area can be converted to classrooms as was originally intended.

Commissioner Dave Sullivan, who previously opposed the plan because it was shortsighted, voted in favor on April 1.

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A-frame design for grant-funded pedestrian bridge over 100 BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

A pedestrian bridge, funded entirely by grants, will be built over State Road 100 in Flagler County in the coming years, and the design will resonate with Flagler Beach’s landmark A-frame on the pier. The bridge will become part of the Lehigh Trail-Graham Swamp Trail system.

The $1.5 million design is to be funded with federal grants through the Florida Department of Transportation this year, with $6.4 million in construction funded in fiscal year 2021. The grants are dedicated for parks

and trailheads and can’t be used for any other purposes, according to County Engineer Faith Alkhatib. Amy Kennedy is the project manager for the county.

Kissinger Campo and Associates drafted the bridge design.

A “paper-clip turn” exiting the walkway on the south side of State Road 100 was of concern to County Commissioner Charlie Ericksen Jr., an avid bicyclist, but engineers said the ramps have a gentle, 5% slope and satisfy FDOT regulations.

A future phase could add photovoltaic panels to the side of the A-frame walkway, allowing for self-sustained lighting.

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The A-frame design should remind people of the Flagler Beach pier.

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The Flagler County Commission declined to respond to a petition signed by more than 125 Plantation Bay residents, despite continued attempts by Jane GentileYoud to bring it to commissioners’ attention in two public comment portions of the April 1 meeting.

The petition, first brought forward by Gentile-Youd at the March 18 meeting, asks the county for a moratorium on the issuance any permits for construction that would connect to the troubled Plantation Bay wastewater treatment and water facilities, until all regulatory requirements are satisfied.

Donald O’Brien, commission chairman, ignored GentileYoud’s comment on the petition the first time on April 1. When she brought it up the second time later in the meeting, he said, “I don’t care to comment.” He asked if other commissioners would like to respond, and they also declined or were silent (Dave Sullivan, Greg Hansen and Charlie Ericksen were in attendance; Joe Mullins was absent).

“The lack of response is your answer,” O’Brien told the Palm Coast Observer after the April 1 meeting. “I’m not interested in responding to what they had in the petition. I haven’t even read the darn thing. But it had to do with a moratorium on any additional permits or hookups, which means you can’t build, and I’m not interested in that.”

Gentile-Youd, who lost in her bid to be elected to the commis-

sion in 2018, often sends accusatory emails expressing her “disgust” at officials. She made some good points in some of her comments April 1, O’Brien said, and he tries to consider carefully her main points regardless of her delivery. She and others who signed the petition do deserve to be heard, he said, adding: “They voted for us, and they want us to do our best.”

But in a recent training for being a commission chairman, he said he was told not to “engage” when public comments get confrontational. His view now is, “Don’t engage when it gets like that,” he said. “It’s not going to serve anybody any positive purpose.”

Also after the meeting, the Palm Coast Observer asked Commissioner Dave Sullivan how he would feel if he had brought forth a petition that wasn’t addressed.

“I probably wouldn’t be happy,” he said. “I’d say, ‘Hey, they aren’t

UNTREATED WASTEWATER LEAK A sewer force main broke at one of the new subdivision developments in Plantation Bay on March 27, according to Interim County Administrator Jerry Cameron.

Although the utility lines were located and marked, the contractor hit the existing force main, which resulted in about 6,000 gallons of untreated domestic wastewater to leak within a 40-by-10-foot hole.

The waste was removed, and the area was treated with hydrated lime and covered with soil.

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Given a second opportunity to respond to the petition, he said a moratorium is too drastic.

He has visited Plantation Bay in the past, and, he said, “I do think there is a question arising … as to what is the real status and are we in danger of having a catastrophe at the actual plant. I don’t think we’re at that point yet.”

Staff has assured Sullivan that “anything can happen, but the probabilities are that it’ll hold until we can get that fixed.”

Phase 1 of repairs on the wastewater treatment plant are scheduled to be completed this year.

The commission voted on March 18 to pursue design of phase 2.

Aero-Mod, a Kentucky-based firm that some Plantation Bay residents hope will provide a less expensive and quicker fix for the wastewater, is meeting with staff and Interim County Administrator Jerry Cameron on April 15.

public health danger, according to a report by Cameron. Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins maintained that this kind of accident is not uncommon.

“I’ve seen it happen at thousands of construction sites through the years,” he said.

However, some Plantation Bay residents were upset, including Joan Affatato, who recently signed a petition to have the FDEP stop all construction until Plantation Bay increases wastewater capacity.

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Illusion of Affordability Palm Coast’s Comprehensive Plan says quality housing should be available at all income levels. Here’s why it’s not happening.

TOBY TOBIN GUEST WRITER

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he Housing Element section of Palm Coast’s Comprehensive Plan says, “Citizens of all income levels shall have the opportunity to obtain quality housing at a reasonable cost.”

Further, it finds: “The cornerstone of a City’s quality of life is its housing stock. Citizens of all income levels desire safe, secure, good quality housing at a reasonable cost.” And, “the public sector plays a role in helping to ensure that the housing needs of all citizens are met by attempting to balance the cost of housing with the income levels of available jobs in the community.” The affordability goal remains unfulfilled.

A Palm Coast family with the city’s median household income of $51,208 can afford a monthly housing budget (rent or mortgage, taxes, insurance) of $1,280 (at 30% of earnings). Flagler County’s median income is $51,049, carrying with it a maximum monthly housing budget of $1,276. That means that half of the local population cannot afford a $200,000 home. Yet: The median selling price for a single-family home (2019 yearto-date) in Flagler County is $241,500, affordable only for those earning more than 38% above the county median household income.

Only 31.3% of homes sold countywide were within reach of those with a median household income. In the city, the affordable homes rise to 36.8%.

Of nearly 900 county homes listed for sale by the Multiple Listing Service, only 12.3% have a listing price below $200,000. By the same standard, only 16.4% of Palm Coast homes are affordable.

TWO TYPES OF NEED

Most people conflate the two sides of affordable housing. On one side is the very difficult and seemingly intractable issue of housing for those who are, or should be, in the social welfare system: the homeless, the men-

tally ill, the disabled, the indigent, those simply down on their luck, etc.

This commentary addresses the second side of affordable housing, dealing with the segment of society that is employed or employable. Simply put, the housing stock in Flagler County and Palm Coast is inadequate to suit the needs of the bottom half of the earnings ladder.

To have a meaningful discussion about affordable housing, one must understand its two sides. Whether I call it affordable housing, workforce housing, or entry-level housing, nearly everyone reflexively jumps to the conclusion that I’m talking about the social welfare side of affordable housing. They dig their heels in, citing the dark side of Section 8 housing and using euphemisms like “those kinds of people.”

ENTRY-LEVEL HOUSING

Flagler Schools is the county’s largest public sector employer.

The starting pay for teachers and first responders is roughly the same: under $40,000 per year, well below the median household income. Their maximum monthly housing budget is about $945 (30% of earnings). Their house hunting is limited to homes selling for no more than $150,000, or only 4.5% of the homes sold yearto-date and only 1.2% of all county homes listed for sale. On a particular day in March, for example, there was only one Palm Coast home listed below $150,000.

The rental side is similarly bleak. MLS lists a total of 95 homes, duplexes, apartments and condos available as longterm rentals. Only two are listed for $950 or less. Only 24 meet the budget of the median household income family. The median rent is $1,450.

The lack of available housing options hinders efforts to recruit employees. Our largest private sector employer is our growing hospital. Entry-level health care workers face the same housing affordability dilemma as teachers and first responders. Hospitality, service, and retail workers, at the heart of our county’s economy, are even more challenged. Housing stock is one of the criteria evaluated by companies contemplating a move to our location.

An exhibit at the National Building Museum, based on data from Fannie Mae, reveals that nuclear families account for only 20% of American households, down from 43% in 1950. Singles, living alone, account for nearly 30% of today’s households. U.S. housing has not kept up with these trends.

IS A $150,000 HOME LEGAL?

Palm Coast has roughly 15,000 undeveloped (but buildable)

COST OF BUILDING THE SMALLEST HOME PALM COAST WILL ALLOW (1,200 SQUARE FEET) Land (existing Palm Coast infill lot) $20,500 Park System Impact Fee $849 Fire and Rescue Impact Fee $223 Education Impact Fee $3,600 Transportation Impact Fee (for infill lots) $1,632 Water & Sewer Connection Fees $10,144 Building and Permitting Fees $865 Construction at $120/SF (including landscaping and driveway) $144,000 Total Cost (exclusive of builder/developer profit) $181,813

10,000-square-foot lots which can be purchased for a median price of $20,500. This is less than half of what a developer will pay to develop a community of lots from raw land, but I’ll talk about that later.

Assume the minimum-sized single-family residential home allowed in Palm Coast (1,200 living square feet with a two-car attached garage). In the list of costs in the box below, all but a small percentage of the permit and inspection fees are fixed.

The two most expensive rooms in a house are the kitchen and baths. Adding another bedroom or two, a foyer, a flex room or a den/study costs less per square foot, encouraging builders to build larger homes so they can amortize the lot cost, water and sewer connection fees, and impact fees over a larger space, thus lowering the overall cost per square foot. This discourages builders, as a matter of policy, from building smaller, less expensive homes Even if the land is free, we can’t realistically build a new singlefamily home in Palm Coast for a starting teacher or first responder. And there is a dearth of affordable existing home inventory.

NEW DEVELOPMENT

Is new development, either an undeveloped parcel within Palm Coast or elsewhere in the county, a better option for affordable housing? Not really. It costs nearly $600 per lot frontage foot to build a road and infrastructure with buildable lots, assuming a double-loaded road (homes on both sides of the road). Double that number if the road is single loaded.

That puts the raw lot cost of a 60-foot lot at roughly $35,000.

Add to that the cost of the raw land, the cost of engineering, wetland mitigation, surveying, platting, rezoning, entry features, amenities, additional sewage lift stations, etc. Realistically, the final cost of the lot approaches $50,000. Additionally, the city transportation impact fee for non-infill lots is $1,349 higher per house.

WHAT CAN WE DO?

There are several impediments to affordable housing. Not the least of them is the institutionalized NIMBYism of Flagler residents (not in my backyard). Everyone wants their pizza delivered expeditiously, but they want the pizza delivery person to live in Putnam, Volusia or St. Johns counties, or at least in the Mondex. This feeling is visceral. It is powerful. It is also irrational.

Who among us has never lived in rental housing, a one-bath home, a home without a garage, or a home smaller than 1,200 square feet? Are we saying that we do not want to live near our 25-year-old selves?

Palm Coast City Council recently ignored a nearly unanimous (6-to-1) recommendation by the Planning and Land Development Regulation Board to reduce the minimum requirement for a permitted single-family home to a one-car attached garage from the currently required twocar attached garage.

Does a single teacher or nurse need a two-car garage?

Such a change would affect only SEE ‘WE CAN’ PAGE 10

CONSIDER THIS ...

Who among us has never lived in rental housing, a one-bath home, a home without a garage, or a home smaller than 1,200 square feet? Are we saying that we do not want to live near our 25-yearold selves?

AND THIS The abundance of cars parked in driveways (and swales) on your street is less due to the lack of garage space than to the lack of affordable housing. Homes designed to be single-family residences are now housing multigenerational families.

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Why are the lights not in sync in Palm Coast?

Dear Editor: Our traffic signals are out of sync; that is becoming dangerous for drivers and pedestrians.

Example: Turning left from Palm Coast Parkway onto to Old Kings Road North, 40 or more cars are trying to turn. They go one block and are stopped by a red light; then cars are backed up onto Palm Coast Parkway. Same problem at Palm Coast Parkway and Cypress Point and Belle Terre.

The signals should turn green to keep traffic flowing. I was told several months ago that a study was being done. I also contacted the mayor and city manager about this problem.

Just how long does it take to study traffic signals in a small town like Palm Coast ?

BILL FLOHR Palm Coast

Editor’s Note: We asked the city your question, and here is the response, through spokeswoman Cindi Lane: “The signals on Palm Coast Parkway are tied to one another, so adjustments to one affect the rest. ... State Road 100 is on a coordination plan, and in that case, if you change one you have to change them all.

“State Road 100 is the only place currently undergoing a formal traffic signal study, and that is being done by the Florida Department of Transportation.

We anticipate that study being completed this spring.

“The city is now implementing the third phase of its traffic signal optimization program. ... Motorists will at times have to wait for a second cycle to make it through major intersections, but the wait it not typically longer than that.”

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September 21, 1928 - March 24 , 2019 Sylvia Mottel of Palm Coast passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, March 24 th 2019.

Sylvia was born on September 21, 1928 in New York City to Esther and Morris Fox. She was married to Sam Mottel who preceded her in death in 2006. They were married in 1951 in El Paso, Texas where Sam was stationed in the army.

After the army, they returned to New Jersey to start a family and raise their two daughters.

Sylvia and Sam retired to Lake Worth, Florida and then moved to Palm Coast in 2004 to be closer to family. Sylvia loved reading, movies, attending theater and music performances, dining out and traveling. She and Sam traveled the world together and Sylvia continued to travel after Sam passed away. She was a history buff and her knowledge about World War II was amazing. Above all, her greatest pleasure was spending time with family and friends. Sylvia is survived by her two daughters, Gail Hoenig and her husband David of East Brunswick, NJ; Joy Mottel and her husband Ray Smith of Palm Coast; her two adored grandsons Eitan Hoenig and his wife Carey; Tomer Hoenig and his wife Debbie and her brand new great grandsons born one month ago; Max and Sam. The family would like to express their deepest appreciation to Sylvia’s special caregiver family- Betty Allen, Lisa Rice and Ashley Bennett. They were all very special to her. Our thanks to each of them for helping Sylvia truly enjoy the last several years.

The family would also like to thank the wonderful, caring staff at the Windsor of Palm Coast, her home for the past 5 years. She was happy she moved to the Windsor and thoroughly enjoyed every day while living there. A private inurnment will take place where she will be with her husband Sam. A celebration of life will be held in New Jersey at a later date. Arrangements are in the care and trust of Craig-Flagler Palms Funeral Home.

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Patricia Vickers, 85, of Palm Coast, passed away on March 28, 2019. Pat was born in East Rockaway, New York in 1933. Her husband, Don, passed away in 2007.

They were married in 1956 and have five children: Frank, Cathleen, Stephen, Marie and Grace. She has two grandchildren, Cindi and Rose, and one great granddaughter, Lucy. She and her husband moved to Palm Coast in 1994.

They previously lived in South Florida. They were parishioners of the Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Palm Coast, and she was an active member of the knitting and craft club. She also loved the beach, baking, reading, and gardening.

The funeral service will be 3:00 p.m., Saturday, April 6, 2019 at Clymer Funeral home in Palm Coast. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

The family of Mrs. Vickers has entrusted arrangements to Clymer Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.clymerfuneralhome.com

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Dear Editor: Like many states across the country this year, Florida hasn’t been able to recruit enough new educators to fill all of our classrooms. This school year started with 4,000 teaching vacancies throughout the state, and that number is expected to explode to an alarming 10,300 teaching vacancies by the start of the next school year.

Educator shortages are the symptom of a larger problem that has plagued Florida’s public schools for years: a lack of resources due to chronic underfunding.

I have been an educator in the classroom of Flagler County Schools for over 15 years, and during that time I have seen lawmakers starve our public schools and let educator salaries slide to 46th in the nation, as compared to 29th in 2005-2006. That’s why I was so excited to see the education budget bill introduced in the Florida Senate, which makes the first real increase to per-pupil funding in our public schools in a decade.

The authors of the Senate education budget bill understand that the students we are educating today are the business owners and thought leaders of Florida’s tomorrow. Anyone who believes in public education should support this bill and fight against efforts to weaken it or reduce funding for public education.

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FCSO charges 18 drug dealers (two library transients) After numerous undercover operations within the past year, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office’s Special Investigations Unit was able to obtain felony arrest warrants for 18 different subjects for various narcoticsrelated drug dealing charges, according to a news release by the FCSO. About $15,000 worth of controlled substances were seized, including fentanyl, oxycodone, heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, cannabis and THC oil.

Tony Lanning and Gina Howard, known residents of the homeless camp in the woods behind the Flagler County Public Library, were arrested for drug sales. Detectives conducted several undercover operations, which led to a sale of synthetic cathinones, also known as bath salts or “Molly,” from Lanning.

Detectives were also able to purchase heroin, which contained fentanyl, from Howard.

The presence of fentanyl in heroin has become a common occurrence, as upper-level

at the jail and were turned over to the Special Investigations Unit by an FCSO employee who thoroughly inspects all incoming and outgoing mail. Nine letters were intercepted between March 20, 2018, and April 13, 2018. Detectives suspected that the letters contained suboxone sublingual films concealed within the seals of the envelopes.

The evidence was sent to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement laboratory for analysis and confirmed its contents. A fingerprint analysis also confirmed that the mail was sent by Bovino to George Wood, who was an inmate at the jail at the time.

“Selling drugs in Flagler County is one way to get the attention of law enforcement, and our detectives did a fantastic job on following up on all leads and getting these poison peddlers off the streets,” Staly said. “Thank you to all of the members of the community who followed our ‘see something, say something’ initiative and notified us when they saw suspicious activity or knew of drug deals in our county.”

Tony Lanning

distributors will use fentanyl as a cutting agent for heroin to increase volume and potency.

Heroin laced with fentanyl has reportedly resulted in the deaths of several drug users in Flagler and neighboring counties.

Sheriff Rick Staly said Lanning and Howard’s drug sales took place on library property.

“Through the investigations, our detectives confirmed allegations of drug sales being conducted at problematic areas inhabited by transients in what can only be described as an open-air drug market,” Staly said in a release.

In addition, Samantha Bovino was charged with the introduction of contraband into the Flagler County jail.

Several suspicious mail documents were sent to an inmate

Man flees from deputies, swims across canal A man deputy crashed his car, ran from the scene and jumped into a canal in order to escape law enforcement in Palm Coast on Sunday, March 31, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

A deputy was attempting to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle after observing a traffic violation. However, the vehicle sped away, crashing into an AT&T box off Rae Drive. The driver, later identified to be 22-year-old Palm Coast resident Tyler Sweeney, ran.

The deputy saw Sweeney run through a wooded area and jump into a canal, where he swam across to Raintree Circle.

Deputies responded to Sweeney’s address on Rainbow Lane where Sweeney admitted to running from deputies because he did not have a valid driver’s license.

Back at the crash site, a deputy noticed a very strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. A search of the vehicle was conducted, and four oxycodone pills were found in

Tyler Sweeney

a pill container along with two bags of marijuana and a mason jar of marijuana. The weight of the marijuana was a total of 249 grams. A firearm with the serial number scratched off was also discovered.

Sweeney was booked at jail, where he is being held on a $12,000 bond. He was charged with driving with a suspended license, leaving the scene of a crash with property damage, among other charges.

“If you run from us, we’re going to find you, so you might as well save your energy,” Sheriff Rick Staly said in a release. “In this case, this guy went to jail very tired and wet with more charges than if he had just stopped. Great work by our deputies in quickly apprehending him.”

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TRUMP LETTERS

Promises kept Dear Editor: Below is just a partial list of the many “Promises Made, Promises Kept” by President Donald Trump. Not enough space here to list all of them, but this should help to educate Ms. Edith Campins, who apparently is unaware of President Trump’s many accomplishments. n Historically low unemployment rates for all, including whites, blacks and Hispanics. n Tax cuts for most Americans in every income bracket, and doubling the standard deduction. n Replaced NAFTA. n Withdrew from the worthless Paris Accord. n Withdrew from the horrible Trans-Pacific Partnership. n Ended the appalling Obama Iran deal. n Moved U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. n Disastrous Obamacare tax penalty eliminated. n No North Korean missiles

being fired. n Prescription drug initiative projected to reduce Medicare’s payments for drugs by 30% over five years. n Rolling back Obama’s legacy by revoking countless Obama Executive Orders. n Huge needed increase in defense spending. n Appointment of two conservative Supreme Court Justices. n Signed new law providing our brave military veterans more private health care choices. n Signs State of Emergency to build the wall.

Most importantly, let’s not forget that the last stronghold of the ISIS caliphate in Syria has just been destroyed.

Another promise made and kept!

Not bad, and all done in just slightly over two short years, with Democrats dragging their feet, kicking and screaming along the way, while Robert Mueller pursued what we now know to be a pointless witch hunt. Ms. Campins, in case you’ve missed it, the long, national nightmare is over, and President Trump has been vindicated. The corruptly created and constitutionally abusive Mueller investigation failed to find any evidence to support the big lie that the Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government.

It’s possible that Ms. Campins was unaware of this, along with all the amazing accomplishments by President Trump, especially if she’s been getting her liberal talking points from the fake news media, so I would like to invite

her, along with everyone else, to visit us at Flagler4Trump.

Club to learn about President Trump and our Trump club. We have a brand new “Come Join Us” video that I just finished producing on our website. I sincerely hope Ms. Campins will watch it, and perhaps even come join us to support the president. Every Trump supporter, regardless of voter party registration, is welcome!

And, before liberals out there start bashing me for slamming their favorite fake news friends in the media, let me tell you I spent 40 years in network TV news – NBC, CBS, and I finished my career in 2016 as a CNN news producer, retiring early because I couldn’t take another second of the overwhelming unbalanced liberal bias that now makes up the dishonest mainstream media in our country.

Finally, the Flagler Trump Club greatly appreciates all of the honking, thumbs-up, and flag waving we see from supporters as they drive by our rallies. However, we would request that those few remaining Obama-Clinton supporters who want to tell us that “we’re No. 1” please use an index finger instead of a middle finger.

Keep it classy, Palm Coast!

ED DANKO Palm Coast

No need to attack Dear Editor: The recent letter to the editor, about Trump supporters missed the most important

point. Those people were expressing their opinion as is everyone’s right. You took it upon yourself to bully a woman doing nothing but exercising her freedom. Completely lost to you is the fact that even with your tirade, her only response was “God bless you.” No attack, no bullying, no verbal abuse. Everyone, including you, is entitled to their opinion. My opinion is that you and the liberal left are all accepting of everything except anyone who disagrees with you.

MIKE HEDRICK Flagler Beach

What about his lies?

Dear Editor: In a previous edition of the Palm Cosat Observer, Edith Campins did a great job of pointing out what Donald Trump has not done (the promises not kept) and was baffled as to why some folks, including those she spoke with at the small Palm Coast Trump gathering, continue to be supporters, but not seeming to be in touch with the issues.

In addition to what he has not done, it’s worth pointing out a few things that he unfortunately has done.

There is a litany (thousands) of well documented outright untruths he constantly expounds. There has been proven mass corruption within his cabinet and administration.

He is the subject of a significant number of fraud-related investigations involving his charitable foundation, taxes, business loans and insur-

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ance. He will likely be indicted on federal campaign finance violations.

He ran Trump University, an apparent fraudulent enterprise. He repeatedly denigrates a deceased decorated war hero veteran, yet he has incredulously claimed he has bone spurs and avoided the draft.

He has alienated most of our global allies with his rhetoric and actions. He has clearly exhibited a lack of respect for women. And there is good evidence that he cheated on his wife and lied about secretly paying off the women involved.

Sadly, he has also clearly exacerbated divisions in our already divided country.

These are just a few factual tidbits (not fake news) of the controversies swirling around Trump, yet his supporters mysteriously seem to remain loyal. Do these supporters actually follow and understand what the president says and does? Are they not following the news and the facts and are oblivious to what’s going on, or do they simply not care?

If they’re not paying attention, they should. If they don’t understand the issues, learn.

An uninformed electorate is a danger to a democracy. And if they don’t care, well, that is just frightening.

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Editor’s Note: The Palm Coast Observer’s policy is to publish letters of general interest about local issues. Letters regarding President Trump are not in line with that policy, as Jean Sbertoli pointed out in the March 28 edition. These letters below are being published in response to Edith Campins’ letter in the March 21 edition, but further letters will need to be in line with the Observer’s policy.

Thank you. — Brian McMillan, editor

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a small percentage of new homes but would reduce that home’s cost by roughly $15,000. There are hundreds of pre-Land Development Code single-car garage homes in Palm Coast. They go unnoticed because they are, well, unnoticeable.

We can allow greater density.

Until this week, there had been no building permits issued in all of Flagler County for multifamily construction in over four years. With a maximum allowable density of only 12 units per acre, Palm Coast has effectively discouraged apartment development. Apartments are so scarce that apartment rents rival single-family and duplex housing rents.

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The median age of Flagler County residents rose from 47.2 in 2010 to 50.3 in 2017. That’s 5.3 months per year. More than 30% of Flagler’s population is 65 or older, making it demographically one of the oldest counties in the country. Don’t think that this rather dramatic shift is not the result, at least in part, of our inaction on affordable housing.

Some of the new apartments in the permitting cycle should begin construction this year. At least some of the rents are projected to be less than $1,000 monthly.

These are made possible by subsidies available through Palm Coast’s Opportunity Zone and Innovation District within Town Center. Yet their arrival is being met with much-anticipated NIMBYism.

On the single-family home side, narrower lots will require fewer linear feet of new roads and reduce stormwater management needs (and costs). Smaller lots will reduce environmental impact and the need for landscape irrigation. Smaller footprint homes will lower construction costs and reduce stormwater runoff.

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Modular homes are the product of a more efficient method of construction, built in an environmentally controlled factory rather than on-site. Modular homes meet Florida building codes and are not prohibited as a class in Palm Coast. Yet there are no modular homes here.

The reason lies within the city’s own rules. The Comprehensive Plan states that the city “shall establish a mobile/manufactured home (bearing the HUD approval insignia) zoning district, which is not subject to the same architectural and aesthetic regulations as applied in the City’s other residential zoning districts. The

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Inaction affects not only the quantity but the quality of our available labor force. Those earning below the median household income are more likely to be transportation-impaired (without reliable transportation or without the income to cover long commuting expenses). The best workers, especially in these times of full employment, will find work near home. Less qualified employees will have to seek employment farther away. By limiting nearby affordable hous-

ing, Flagler County is lowering both the size and the quality of its available labor pool.

LIVING UP TO THE PLAN

The Comprehensive Plan was not created by a third party. It was not thrust upon an unwilling City Council. It was not a preemption document emanating from Tallahassee. It was written locally and adopted by the City Council. It should not be treated as something to hang on the wall to put your benevolence on display. It should find itself not only in the text but also in the spirit and implementation of the Land Development Code.

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But the Architectural Design Regulations of the LDC make it nearly impossible for a modular home community to be built in the city. Requirements dealing with pitched roofs, massing requirements, articulation, fenestration, shutters and awnings tend to be incompatible with modular construction standards.

In other words: “Not In My Back Yard.” Palm Coast has neither mobile home communities nor modular homes. This is akin to red-lining. It is exclusionary zoning.

Lack of action is far-reaching.

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in the Comprehensive Plan, and the reality of their action is most stark. It’s also because Palm Coast represents nearly 80% of the county population and therefore, its housing stock. It is the “gorilla in the room,” a moniker of which they are generally proud.

But my commentary is aimed at everyone — both elected officials (in other municipalities and at the county) and residents. It is a connected world. There are lots of moving parts to affordable housing. For instance, the abundance of cars parked in driveways (and swales) on your street is less due to the lack of garage space than to the lack of affordable housing.

Homes designed to be singlefamily residences are now housing multi-generational families.

Many residents are renting extra rooms to non-family members to help cover the cost of their own housing.

As the Comprehensive Plan says, “The cornerstone of a City’s quality of life is its housing stock.

Citizens of all income levels desire safe, secure, good quality housing at a reasonable cost.” And, “the public sector plays a role in helping to ensure that the housing needs of all citizens are met by attempting to balance the cost of housing with the income levels of available jobs in the community.”

Prompt action is required. The health of our local economy and our quality of life depend on it.

Toby Tobin publishes real estate news at www.gotoby.com. This article was republished with his permission.

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Palm Coast resident Laurel Kasco was in an abusive relationship when she was in her 20s. She had to take the risk of getting off her strong anti-seizure medication to get away from the relationship, with help from church leaders. The experience gave her the desire to help other women find freedom.

“When I got away, I went to police and told them my whole story and so, for me, it’s like full circle,” said Kasco, now the administrator of new Flagler County nonprofit, The Ruth Home.

The organization is “dedicated to helping young women, ages 18-28, find freedom from life-controlling issues, such as unplanned pregnancy, sexual abuse and sex trafficking,” its website states.

Donna Sallee, founder and president of The Ruth Home, said that Kasco has been her righthand woman in the establishment of the nonprofit.

Sallee moved to Palm Coast in 2015, and recently celebrated the launch of The Ruth Home with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Days Inn in Palm Coast on Saturday, March 30.

“We just prayed and asked God

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Front row: Debra Wood, Donna Sallee Priscilla Rogers, Laurel Kasco and Pat Rackcliff. Back row: Kallai Santana, Tara Sallee, Lori Merschdorf, Darla Leon and Judge Judy Campbell.

to send us where he wanted us, and he sent us here,” Sallee said.

“I was invited to go to the humantrafficking task force, and that’s where God really showed me the need for housing for these girls.”

Sallee said her passion for helping women affected by abuse comes from her experience being abused as a child.

“Because of working with Circuit 7, the Freedom 7 Human Trafficking Task Force, I know where the gaps are, and this is one of the major gaps: housing,” Sallee said.

Family Life Center Executive Director Trish Giaccone attended the ceremony. The Family Life

Center’s mission, according to its website, is “to provide essential support services to individuals and families to end domestic violence and sexual violence in Flagler County.”

Giaccone said the FLC is funded by an annual state grant of $43,271 to run its sexual violence programs, support of $27,500 annually from Flagler County and personal donations. The Ruth Home is solely funded by donations, Sallee said.

“We’re totally different ministries. We’re not the same at all,” Sallee said about Family Life Center.

The Ruth Home is a next-step recovery home that will be able to house six women — from anywhere in the nation — for six to nine months in a program, where they will recover and be taught life skills. To be accepted into the program, the women cannot be drug addicted, which is something Kasco said can be common with victims of sex trafficking and sexual abuse.

“We do heavy vetting before the girls come,” Sallee said. “They’re going to have to go through two hours of an interview on the phone, paper interview, digital interview and then we’re going

to have the trauma therapists work together to decide if they are going to be accepted into the program.”

Giaccone said The Ruth Home could be a good partner for Family Life Center, for women to transfer into the Ruth’s extended program, if it’s available to them after finishing at the Family Life Center.

“I’m always excited when there are new programs to assist victims of rape, as well as victims of domestic violence,” Giaccone said. “But I always proceed with caution because I know the care and the tenderness of the victims, and we want to make sure that we’re providing the best care.”

Giaccone said she hopes there will be enough community generosity for both nonprofits to continue their missions without financial issues.

“But frankly, I don’t know,” Giaccone said. “It’s a cause for pause. I have to pause and go, ‘I hope so,’ but I just don’t know.”

The Ruth Home will be run as a “doing business as” under the umbrella of Sallee’s Fresh Hope Ministries, which holds the 501c3.

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“We just prayed and asked God to send us where he wanted us, and he sent us here.”

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FPC’s Dominique Bennett and Matanzas’ Skyelar WilliamsMichaud and Will Lam won their respective weight classes in the regional meet March 30.

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Bulldogs lifter Dominique Bennett won first place in the 119-pound class.

he Bulldogs’ Dominique Bennett was nervous as he approached his final lift in the boys weightlifting regional meet on the afternoon of Saturday, March 30, at Flagler Palm Coast High School.

He was neck-and-neck with rival Spruce Creek’s Trajan White in the 119-pound weight class.

Bennett topped out at 185 pounds in the bench press, while White benched 180. They both hit 155 on their opening clean-andjerk attempts. White hit 160 on his second attempt, while Bennett lifted 165.

With the crowd and his teammates roaring around him, Bennett clean-and-jerked 170 pounds for a 355-pound total, 10 pounds more than White, to win a regional title, becoming the first freshman boys lifter to advance to the FHSAA weightlifting state championship under Bulldogs coach Duane Hagstrom.

“I was very confident, yet very

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tired. But I had to push through it,” Bennett said. “I stayed confident, and that’s all that really mattered.”

FPC and Matanzas were both well represented at the meet, with the Bulldogs finishing fourth as a team and the Pirates taking fifth. While Bennett was the only Bulldogs lifter to win his weight class, two Pirates earned auto-

REGIONAL PLACERS FLAGLER PALM COAST: 119: Dominique Bennett, first place (185 bench, 170 clean-and-jerk); Blake Keefer, third place (160 bench, 170 clean-and-jerk).

129: Kevin Olmedo, fourth place (215 bench, 190 clean-and-jerk).

154: Tucker Granam, fifth place (220 bench, 250 clean-and-jerk).

219: Tristan Carl, sixth place (260 bench, 260 clean-and-jerk).

Heavy Weight: Miguel Correia, third place (345 bench, 260 clean-and-jerk).

MATANZAS: 169: Will Lam, first place (355 bench, 290 clean-and-jerk).

183: Richard Knowles, second place (320 bench, 285 cleanand-jerk).

219: Skyelar Williams-Michaud, first place (340 bench, 295 clean-and-jerk).

matic bids to the state meet: Skyelar Williams-Michaud and Will Lam won their respective weight classes.

Williams-Michaud won his second-straight regional title. He took the top spot last year in the 199-pound weight class.

This year, he benched 340 and clean-and-jerked 295 to win the 219-pound class.

Will Lam bombed out in the district meet in the 154-pound class last season, scratching out in all of his clean-and-jerk attempts.

This year was all about redemption.

He won the 169-pound weight class Saturday with a 355 bench and a 290 clean-and-jerk.

“It’s overwhelming,” Lam said.

“It feels good to be going to states — especially for my senior year.”

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“This whole year has been about redemption for me.”

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Matanzas’ boys lacrosse team solidified the second seed in District 7 with an 18-10 victory over Pedro Menendez on the night of March 29. The Pirates’ Korvin Brey tallied 10 total points.

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Matanzas softball beat New Smyrna Beach 8-3 on March 28 for their 11th straight victory. The Pirates have zero losses on the season. The Pirates’ leading hitters were Lovie Haley (2-for-4, 2 RBI), Alyssia Paiz (2-for-4, 2 RBI), Nikolena Perrine (2-for-3, 2 RBI) and Savannah Evans (2-for3).

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FPC track and field’s Jacob Miley, finished fifth in the 800-meter run at the Pepsi Florida Relays on March 28-30 in Gainesville. Miley, a Florida Gators track and field signee, finished with a time of 1:53.26. The 4x800-meter relay team took third place with a time of 7:58.18.

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FPC’s boys tennis team won the Five Star Conference Championship on March 28.

Matanzas’ Will Lam, center, won the 169-pound class.

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FPC, Matanzas players shine in East Coast All-Star Game Pirates senior wing Angelo Alvarez scored a game-high two goals.

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The Pirates’ Brandt Herron fist bumps a referee after the game.

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Flagler Palm Coast and Matanzas both had players selected to compete in the event. Nick De’Morias, Chrystian Orren, Baron Pedro and Will Patin represented the Bulldogs. And Brandt Herron, Angelo Alvarez and Trent Stanley represented the Pirates.

Matanzas head coach Rich Weber, along with Pirates assistant coach and former FPC head coach Reg Monsanto, helped organize the event.

“It’s been great,” Weber said.

“It’s all for the kids. That’s why we do it.”

Alvarez was the top performer from Flagler County.

The speedy wing scored two goals: The first was a chip shot over Seabreeze goal keeper Cameron Bowling in the first half, and the second was a straight forward kick after the opposing goal keeper fell down while diving to break up a pass.

“This was a lot of fun. I’m happy I was able to be here,” Alvarez said. “It was pretty competitive.

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We just had fun with it. It’s just a game for us to all come together.”

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He liked the culture of the team. The energy was electric, and they felt like family — just like at Matanzas. They also won the South Atlantic Conference Championship two years in a row.

Foxwell wants his Pirates team to advance to the district final for yet another year. The Pirates lost a 9-8 heartbreaker to bitter rival St. Augustine in 2018.

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“We hate them. Probably a little too much,” Foxwell said. “I just want us to play like I know we’re capable of.”

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“It’s up to me to stop goals. I’m the last line of defense,” he said.

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“He epitomizes what it means to be a Matanzas lacrosse player. He’s willing to make sacrifices to achieve his goals. He works hard on and off the field. And he works tremendously hard in the classroom. If he wants something, he gets it.”

Pirates coach Efrain Gutierrez said Bryson Foxwell is the ‘backbone’ of Matanzas High School lacrosse’s defense.

atanzas boys lacrosse coach still remembers the game Pirates goal keeper Bryson Foxwell “found himself.”

Foxwell had just moved from Baltimore County, Maryland, and joined the junior varsity lacrosse team when he enrolled at Matanzas High School. He was talented, but relatively timid and easily angered after giving up a goal.

When the Pirates traveled to Gainesville to face Buchholz in spring 2016, Gutierrez pulled his young goalie aside and gave him some advice during warmups.

“Listen,” Gutierrez said, “no matter what you do, just be aggressive. Be aggressive on the ball.”

Foxwell had over 20 saves that night, leading the Pirates to a 2-goal win over the Bobcats.

That night was the key that unlocked Foxwell’s potential.

Three years later, he’s now a twoyear starting goalie for the varsity squad, a team captain, a soonto-be college lacrosse player and what Gutierrez calls “the backbone” of the Pirates’ defense — a

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What matters most Kindred Hospice patient with breast cancer gets to see children from the Philippines.

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With doctors giving her just months more to live, Lexie Peck’s final wish has come true: to reunite with her children after 1 1/2 years apart.

The Bunnell resident is a hospice patient with stage 4 breast cancer.

In May 2005, when she was 32, she was first diagnosed with breast cancer. At the time, she was in the Philippines. She had a mastectomy and was then in remission for 12 years.

As a single mother of three children, Lexie Peck couldn’t make ends meet with the wages in the Philippines, so she made the decision to travel to the U.S. in late 2016 to work and send money back to her children.

In January 2017, doctors said her cancer — this time, stage 2b — had returned. After treatment, she was given a clean bill of health.

She ended up falling in love and got married in May 2018 to Craig Peck, of Bunnell. The two were only a few months into their marriage when Lexie Peck was diag-

nosed with breast cancer, for the third time, in October 2018.

As stage 4 breast cancer, it had metastasized in her brain, lungs and bones, she said.

In December 2018, she became a patient with Kindred Hospice, of Palm Coast, whose manager Pamela Connor made it her personal mission for Lexie Peck’s children to be able to see their mother again before it was too late.

Connor applied for a humanitarian parole visa for Lexie Peck and called every office number she could find for U.S. Sen.Marco Rubio, she said.

Lexie Peck’s children were granted approval for a twomonth visitation. On March 12, they were reunited with tears of joy in Orlando. Through Kindred Hospice’s Dream Foundation, the family was able to go to four Orlando theme parks, which is something Lexie Peck always wanted to experience with her children.

“That was her wish: to continue to do what she came here to do, to fulfill her purpose,” Craig Peck said.

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Kenneth Ramirez, Lexie Peck, Chelsea Ramirez and Julia Martizon enjoy spending time together after having been apart for 1 1/2 years.

“I’m thankful being they’re all good kids. They’re all together. I’ve never seen them going in a bad way. They protect each other, and they’ve learned how to become independent.”

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“I know that, whatever the Lord’s will is, at least I’m at peace that there are many people who will look after them and who will love them.”

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“That’s my only wish.

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MEET ‘MARC-SEA’ The newest turtle sculpture on the Public Sculpture Turtle Trail, “Marc-Sea,” was dedicated Monday, March 25, at the Village Center of the residential community of Grand Haven.

Inspired by the Marc Chagall Peace Windows at the United Nations building in New York, sponsor Dr. Mark Vogel chose this theme of peace. Artist Paul Beaulieu beautifully recreated these stained glass works onto the turtle now named “MarcSea.” Dr. Steve Davidson, president of the CDD accepted this sculpture on behalf of Grand Haven which is the first residential community to have a turtle.

Other turtles on the trail include “Claude,” a Monetinspired turtle located by Palm Coast Arts Foundation outdoor stge and “Tiff,” inspired by stained glass art nouveau artist Louis Comfort Tiffany, at the Long Creek Nature Preserve.

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LEGION CELEBRATES 100 YEARS The American Legion Post 115 celebrated the American Legion’s centennial with the post’s 12th-annual Spaghetti Dinner on Saturday, March 30 at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8696. Over 150 members and guests joined in the celebration, according to a press release.

The annual fundraising event had a special significance this year honoring the 100th birthday of The American Legion.

Members of the American Expeditionary Force convened in Paris for the first American Legion Caucus March 15-17, 1919. Volunteers from Matanzas High School JROTC assisted serving food.

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The Palm Coast City Council, the city of Palm Coast’s Beautification and Environmental Advisory Committee, the Arts Commission and the Gargiulo Art Foundation dedicated the first piece of the Sculpture

Garden — a nearly 10-foottall, cast bronze sculpture “Burro with Bird on Shoulder” — next to the lake at a public ceremony 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 26, at Central Park, 975 Central Ave.

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above and below their reading level in order to improve their reading fluency.

Flagler County Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart and her team helped to set up the election process by providing an online balloting software system to be used at the voting booths. Each student also got a unique voter ID and an “I Voted!” sticker.

The winning books for each category for the state will be announced on April 15.

It’s Sunshine State Young Readers Association election time at Rymfire Elementary school.

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The newest turtle sculpture on the Public Sculpture Turtle Trail, “MarcSea,” was dedicated March 25 at the Village Center in Grand Haven.

The Women United Flagler is celebrating 10 years serving the Flagler County community. The chapter was launched in 2009 by a group of local women concerned with the welfare of women and children in need in Flagler County.

The group’s mission is to create positive, measurable, long-term change in the lives of women and children by focusing on root causes and pooling resources to increase impact.

They are most well known in the community for their “Chicks with Cans” program initiative. It is estimated the group has collected approximately 60,000 pounds (30 tons) of food since its inception. With the help of over 40 volunteers and Publix Supermarkets, the women were able to bring in and donate over $15,428 worth of food in 2018.

In 2018, the group distributed $34,182 in food and grants to local agencies, such as; the Family Life Center, Family Promise, Samaritan Ministries, Early Learning Coalition, Reading Pals, The Flagler Education Foundation, Teens-In-Flight, Children’s Home Society, Christmas Come True, Dolly Parton Imagination Library, Early Learning Coalition of Flagler-Volusia, Feed Flagler, Sally’s Safe Haven, as well as provided high school scholarships to both Flagler Palm Coast High School and Matanzas High School students.

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ISTC’s Electro-Lions team. Back: Canon Mullen, Jared Foley, Ethan Mincey, Hunter Allen, Brooklyn Njok and Isaac Trawick. Front: Haley Luckett-Ryman, Prathna Patel, Arwen Frye, Miranda Confer and coach Kristen Cook.

students work together as a team and how they use their skills and knowledge outside of robotics.

“In my opinion, the Core Values is one of the hardest coaching elements when competing with FLL,” said Coach Kristen Cook in the press release. “Each team member has their own way of solving problems and to throw 10 students a challenge and have them all settle on one idea and one solution can be challenging.”

To help the Flagler County students get to the Razorback Invitational, contact coach Kristen Cook at Imagine School at Town Center: Kristen.cook@ imagineschools.org or 5861000. GoFundMe: https://www. gofundme.com/imagine-schoolrobotics.

Staff from the AdventHealth Palm Coast imaging department donated nearly $1,000 to support the fight against breast cancer locally on March 27, according to a press release.

Since 2013, the hospital’s imaging team has hosted an annual candy sale with all proceeds benefitting the AdventHealth Palm Coast Foundation’s Breast Cancer/Pink Army fund. This year’s event raised 30% more than last year’s fundraiser.

“The hospital’s imaging department is one of the very first steps in catching breast cancer early, when it tends to be more easily treatable. Our staff are the ones who perform the mammograms and other breast cancer screenings,” Dawn Durso, AdventHealth Palm Coast director of imaging services, said in the release.

ing the many family members and children touched by the women’s path to recovery.

PRIZES OFFERED FOR WATER CONSERVATION Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland is joining mayors across the country in asking residents to take or renew their pledges to manage water resources more wisely by taking part in the annual National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation. This year’s “Stop the Drops” campaign runs through the end of April.

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BUNNELL LOCATIONS ON HISTORIC LIST Secretary of State Laurel M. Lee announced March 27 that the Bunnell City Hall and Bunnell Water Tower, located in Flagler County, have officially been listed on the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places, according to a press release.

ROTARY DONATES TO OPEN DOOR MINISTRY The Rotary Club of Flagler Beach recently donated $6,250 to Open Door Re-Entry and Recovery Ministries, according to a press release.

“The money will go to pay for a roof at the new Women’s Recovery Center that is set to open in Bunnell later this spring,” Flagler Beach Rotary Club President Sean Palmer said in the release.

The donation is a result of a grant written by the Rotary Club of Flagler Beach. The recovery center for women is expected to serve at least 12 women every year, with a possible impact on more than 300 women over the 25-year life of the roof, not includ-

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The Electro-Lions team from Imagine School at Town Center received a bid to the Florida State Invitational on April 6 and a bid to the worldwide event, The Razorback Invitational, at the University of Arkansas May 16-19.

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Problem Solvers aim to ‘Save Our Skin’ at Bings Landing The Community Problem Solvers group SOS installed a sunscreen dispenser for public use.

PAIGE WILSON COMMUNITY EDITOR

After installing a sunscreen dispenser at Bings Landing, Frank Celestino lathered his face with sunscreen SPF 30 from the dispenser.

It’s his first time in 61 years wearing sunscreen, said Celestino, a Flagler County General Services Department employee.

He thanked the Bunnell Elementary School students in the Community Problem Solvers group “SOS,” which stands for Save Our Skin, who gathered at Bings on the morning of Friday, March 29.

SOS is made up of six sixthgraders at BES: Ryan Giovary, DeErra Jones, Aliyah Acevedo, Austin Ziegler, Ella Bredstrep and Darian Miroshnik.

The students raised about $1,000 from school fundraisers and at a First Friday event to purchase sunscreen pouches for the 10 sunscreen dispensers that Sunstation USA donated to their project.

The first dispenser was installed at Bing’s Landing, on the wall of the restrooms by the dock. The second was designated for Wadsworth Park in Flagler Beach. The students previously presented their idea to Flagler County commissioners to get approval.

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Flagler County Commissioner Donald O’Brien with Future Problem Solvers Aliyah Acevedo, DeErra Jones and Ryan Giovary and teacher/CmPS coach Jerri Berry.

encouraged to come up with their own project that is important to them, and there were one or two members who had personal experience with family members who had been affected by having surgeries to remove various skin cancers,” Bunnell Future Problem Solvers coach Jerri Berry said.

Aliyah said that this project was important to her because her grandfather died after having skin and colon cancer.

“People can get skin cancer from over exposure to the sun, but with having sunscreen, they can use it and cause less people to get skin cancer,” Aliyah said.

DeErra said she hopes other states will catch on with park sunscreen dispensers so that the most common cancer in the U.S., skin cancer, won’t affect so many people.

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Flagler County Parks and Recreation Manager Frank Barbuti installs a sunscreen dispenser.

Flagler County General Services Department employee Frank Celestino applies sunscreen from the newly-installed dispenser.

Donald O’Brien applauded the students’ efforts.

“I’m just really proud of you guys for taking the initiative to do

this, and I’m really glad the county can be a part of this by having the dispensers at our different locations,” O’Brien said. “There’s

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not a person in our country that can’t relate to the fact that skin cancer is something that’s real for everybody, and so, this does its part to help that.”

The future sunscreen dispenser locations are still being determined, but some areas being considered are Jungle Hut, the Flagler Beach Pier, MalaCompra Park and Varn Park.

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During the first Social Innovation Fund Pitch Competition, four Flagler Palm Coast High School student groups had five minutes each to present their Future Problem Solvers/Community Problem Solvers projects to the United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties’ Generation IMPACT board members and audience at the grant competition on Tuesday, March 26.

After the presentations and some private deliberation, the Generation IMPACT Board members announced that all four projects received funding. In total, the group awarded $9,500 in Social Innovation Fund mini grants, which are for projects that address social needs in Volusia and/or Flagler counties.

In October 2018, Generation IMPACT invited local high school and college students to submit project proposals for the Social Innovation Fund. The board narrowed the field to the four finalists featured at Tuesday’s event.

“Juuls are for Fuuls,” a project that aims to provide teens and children with “factually accurate information about the harmful effects of e-cigarette,” was awarded a $500 grant. As the student presenters explained, a survey that they conducted earlier in the year

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showed that 26% of their peers use e-cigarettes. The group proposed using the grant to build a model that demonstrates the negative health lung effects of vaping.

The two co-creators of “LEAD Children” were awarded $2,000 to host the project’s fourthannual Child Fair, which connects low-income families with infants and toddlers to early childhood developmen, to allow parents to become the best possible “first teachers” for their children.

“FPC Bulldog Patrol,” a proactive school safety initiative that incorporates safety kits, videos, faculty training, drones and K-9 patrol into FPC’s emergency procedures, received a $3,000 grant, which will help purchase advanced supplies for the safety kits and expand the model to other areas. The group will present their project to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Commission in April.

“Root to Rise,” a project developed by senior Ekatereena Kouzina, received a $4,000 grant. The

project introduces mindfulness in the classroom to improve student success and mental health. The grant will be used to expand the program (which already serves four target student populations within FPC) to the entire school — and, as Kouzina explained during her presentation, hopefully to the district. Kouzina will soon meet with Flagler County Schools officials to discuss district-wide expansion.

“It was inspiring how quickly and emphatically our community embraced the Social Innovation Fund,” Ryan Page, Generation IMPACT Chair and United Way Board member, said in a press release. “The innovative and sustainable projects the students are working on should motivate us all to get involved in our community.”

Courtney Edgcomb, vice president of Community Impact at the United Way, said United Way looks forward to funding more projects in the future as well.

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When: noon to 3 p.m.

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HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT When: 1-5 p.m. on April 10; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 11-13 Where: Old Dixie Park, 1250 Old Dixie Highway, Bunnell Cost: Free Details: Flagler County Horseshoe Pitching Club will host the state’s 59th-annual Championship Tourney. Spectators welcome.

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When: 11 a.m.

Where: Pine Lakes Golf Club, 400 Pine Lakes Parkway Cost: lunch is $17 Details: American Association of University Women Flagler explores answers to the topic, “Microplastics: What’s the Big Deal?” with Dr. Maia McGuire. Contact Kathy Burns at kjburns211@ gmail.com or 693-5125 by April 10.

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house in Flagler Beach was the top real estate transaction for the week of Feb. 21-27 in Flagler County. Joseph Massaro, of Flagler Beach, sold 3010 Painters Walk to Angela and James Franklin, of Flagler Beach, for $557,000. Built in 2004, the house has three bedrooms, three baths, an elevator, boat house, boat dock and 3,090 square feet. Following is a partial list of other sales for the week.

Mark and Katherine Eidman, of Palm Coast, sold 61 Bickford Drive to Ronald and Rena Schrein, of Palm Coast, for $275,000. Built in 1996, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a swimming pool, boat dock and 1,784 square feet.

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baths and 1,481 square feet. It sold in 2018 for $140,000.

Joyce Pritchard, individually, and Roy Ross, individually and as trustee, sold 700 Canopy Walk Lane, Unit 723, to Daniel and Karin Gallagher, of Daytona Beach, for $222,500. Built in 2004, the condo has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,283 square feet. It sold in 2011 for $156,200.

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PALM COAST Condos Cornwell Holdings L.P., of Newport News, Virginia, sold 15 Avenue de la Mer, Unit 2704, to Richard Patrick, of Palm Coast, for $410,000. Built in 1996, the condo has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,453 square feet. It sold in 2004 for $500,000.

David and Terri Lamont, of Evansville, Indiana, sold 102 Yacht Harbor Drive, Unit A462, to William Mayer Jr. and Stephanie Kenyon, of Waterford, Virginia, for $310,000.

Built in 2006, the condo has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,918 square feet. It sold in 2006 for $634,000.

Cypress Knoll Maronda Homes Inc., of Jacksonville, sold 49 Esperanto Drive to James Ezekiel and Ruby Thomas, of Palm Coast, for $298,040. Built in 2018, the house has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,427 square feet.

Belle Terre Holly Waldhauer, of Palm Coast, sold 35 Prince Anthony Lane to Roger and Deborah McAlister, of Palm Coast, for $290,000. Built in 1999, the house has four bedrooms, three baths and 3,202 square feet.

Eagle Rock Ranch Fannie Mae Association, of Dallas, sold 40 Winchester Road to Chris and Jessica Rudy, of Ormond Beach, for $320,000. Built in 1981, the house has four bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a fireplace and 2,386 square feet. It sold in 2005 for $400,000.

Giuseppe Montano, of Palm Coast, sold 12 Princess Dolores Lane to Daniel and Lacey Niemann, of Palm Coast, for $157,000. Built in 1988, the house has three bedrooms, two

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Grand Reserve and Golf Club D.R. Horton Inc. Jacksonville, of St. Johns, sold 110 Grand Reserve Drive to Deborah Buker, of Bunnell, for $238,990.

Built in 2017, the house has three bedrooms, two baths ad 1,799 square feet.

D.R. Horton Inc. Jacksonville, of St. Johns, sold 133 Fairway Court to Elijah and Brittany Cogar, of Bunnell, for $204,990. Built in 2017, the house has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,862 square feet.

Indian Trails Clifford and Maxine Josey, of Palm Coast, sold 103 Bridgehaven Drive to Richard and Pearl Jones, of Cypress, Texas, for $280,000. Built in 2004, the house has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,470 square feet.

Russell and Mara Noe, of Palm Coast, sold 40 Burning Bush Drive to Dmitry and Olga Vodonos, of Ormond Beach, for $244,000. Built in 1994, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,268 square feet. It sold in 1998 for $155,000.

Lakeside at Matanzas Shores Louis and Eileen Maccarino, of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, sold 11 San Jose Drive to James and Scarlet Oberfeitinger, of Elmwood City, Pennsylvania, for $280,000. Built in 1992, the house has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,614 square feet. It sold in 2013 for $215,000.

Lehigh Woods Adams Homes of Northwest Florida Inc., of Gulf Breeze, sold 7 Roxbury Lane to John and Migdalia Nicholson, of Palm Coast, for $246,700. Built in 2018, the house has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,169 square feet.

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Adams Homes of Northwest Florida Inc., of Gulf Breeze, sold 18 Fellowship Drive to Peter Philips, as trustee, for $267,886. Built in 2017, the house has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,557 square feet.

Curtis and Patricia Boice sold 10 Fanwood Court to Kent Pealy, of Palm Coast, for $262,500. Built in 1977, the house has two bedrooms, two baths, a swimming pool and 1,842 square feet. It sold in 2004 for $210,000.

From 1996 to 1999, Fries starred as a wrestler at FPC under the tough but encouraging direction of Coach Steve DeAugustino.

After winning second place at the state competition his first two years, he earned two back-toback state championships to close out his junior and senior years.

Fries went back to school at Daytona State College and earned his Bachelor of Arts in Exceptional Student Education in 2016.

When he started teaching special education at Seabreeze, he didn’t think he would be coaching at all.

When Seabreeze Principal Rawlings asked him to be the girls flag football head coach, Fries said he was a nervous.

“I had never coached girls before, never was the head coach of anything before and never really coached flag football,” he said.

“But it really turned out to be one of my favorite things to do.”

His relationships with the JV and varsity teams at Seabreeze are simple. During practice, laughs are thrown into the mix, but when game time comes, it’s all business.

“I’ll yell; I’ll scream; I’ll push them,” Fries said. “If they make a mistake, I let them know it was a mistake. But they understand I’m doing it out of love.”

In his classroom, a handwritten note on an index card is pinned up on his bulletin board. It reads “Thanks for the tough love” and is complete with a drawing of a flexing emoji arm muscle and a heart.

Fries’ star quarterback, Bailey McQuarrie, who wrote the note, stuns him with her talent, even being only a sophomore.

“I’ve loved having him as a coach for two years,” McQuarrie said. “He’s been one of the

Nancy Persichilli, of Trumbull, Connecticut, sold 103 Colechester Lane to Carl Heilman, of Naples, for $255,000. Built in 1987, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,850 square feet.

best coaches I’ve had since he’s really tough on us. He doesn’t let anything just slide. He gets on us about everything, which makes our playing a lot better.”

The team’s flag football game on Tuesday, March 20, was cancelled due to impending inclement weather, but while Fries sat in his classroom before the school day was over, he said he bet at least two of his players — McQuarrie and Grace Remey — would be out on the field, practicing for themselves during seventh period.

Remey postponed graduation to play another year of flag football with the Sandcrabs.

Sure enough, the pair and sophomore Kara Haas were spotted on the field throwing a football around until the thunder rang too loud and pushed them inside.

“He makes it fun, but we’re still learning everything that we need to learn,” McQuarrie said about practices. “And then at game time, there’s no laughing on the sidelines or anything. We’re serious.”

Fries said the Varsity Sandcrabs have set high standards this year, scoring 73 points total for the two regular season games so far, while also keeping the opposing teams from scoring any points.

“I love coaching girls,” he said.

“They learn so quick. They push themselves so hard. They kind of adapt to my personality and want to go out there and succeed in everything that we do.”

Last season, the Sandcrabs ended 8-2. While Fries is optimistic about this season, he’s keeping his girls level-headed — with their game faces at the ready.

“I’ll yell; I’ll scream; I’ll push them. If they make a mistake, I let them know it was a mistake.

But they understand I’m doing it out of love.”

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THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018

Grace Lucille Lippert

MICHAEL FRIES, Seabreeze girls flag football head coach

April 15, 1932 March 13, 2018

Grace Lucille (Winge) Lippert died on March 13, 2018 at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck, North Dakota surrounded by her loving family. Grace was born on April 15, 1932 atTrinity Hospital in Minot, North Dakota, the fourth child of Albert Nicolai and Mabel Caroline (Gregerson) Winge. She grew up on the farm that was homesteaded by her father in 1913 in Van Hook, North Dakota where she did her fair share of chores in the barn with her father and chores in the house with her mother. She attended Van Hook Public School and graduated in 1950. During the winter months she was transported to school by horse and sleigh with her father at the reins, keeping her feet warm with bricks taken from the cookstove.

She enjoyed Glee Club during her school years. After graduating from high school she entered the school of nursing at Trinity Hospital in Minot. She worked for a short period of time in the hospital in Rugby, North Dakota. In the fall of 1951 she entered Minot State Teachers College, now known as Minot State University, where she studied to become an elementary school teacher. On July 29, 1953 she graduated with her standard diploma in elementary education.

1953 was a very significant year for the entire Winge family as their farm was taken by right of eminent domain to accommodate Lake Sakakawea, the lake that would be formed by the building of the Garrison Dam on the Missouri River. The family moved to a farm in Litchville, North Dakota where Grace taught 3rd and 4th grade in the Litchville Public School for two years, 1953 - 1954 and 1954 - 1955. After two years in Litchville she accepted an offer to teach 3rd grade at Washington School in Fargo, North Dakota which involved a significant pay increase, from $2,500 per year in Litchville to $4,300 per year in Fargo. She taught in Fargo for three school years, 1955-1956, 1956-1957 and 1957-1958.

During her years in Fargo she shared an apartment with her younger brother Royce who was studying at North Dakota State University, watching out for him as a big sister often would. She enjoyed her time teaching, guiding children and developing their minds. She also enjoyed the colleagues with whom she worked. While in Fargo she experienced more life changing events. Her mother died very suddenly of a massive cerebral hemorrhage on July 18, 1956. Grace also met the man who would become her husband, Wilbur Eugene Lippert. He was a student at North Dakota Agricultural College, now North Dakota State University. He graduated in 1957, they got engaged and he accepted a job offer in Chicago, Illinois. Grace, always being the cautious one, suggested he try the job for a year before they got married. Grace continued to teach in Fargo and Wilbur began his career in Chicago. On a very hot June 28, 1958 Grace and Wilbur were married at First Lutheran Church in Litchville, ND.

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Wilbur and Grace honeymooned in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada before establishing their home in Elmhurst, Illinois where Grace taught reading to students in elementary schools in Lombard, Illinois during the 1958-1959 school year.

She then switched careers, becoming a mother to Muriel Jean on February 10, 1960 and Nancy Ann on July 31, 1962. She loved being a mother and was a very loving and devoted mother, always cheering on her girls.The Lippert family became lifelong fans of Roberto’s Pizza in Elmhurst, Illinois as a result of Grace’s work as a cashier at Roberto’s from 1963 - 1967.

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Grace returned to her first love, medicine, and began a 30-year career when she started working as an aide in the surgery department at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital in Elmhurst, Illinois in 1967. In 1970 she completed classes and passed her national certification exam to be a Certified Surgical Technologist. As she studied, her children also learned many medical terms. In 1990, she completed certification in Sterile Processing and helped set up the new Sterile Processing unit at the hospital. She moved to the Endoscopy Unit in 1992 from which she retired in 1997 completing 30 years of service.

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the community, but also to help celebrate the

As the years went on she welcomed 5 grandchildren with great joy and spent much time with them after retirement. Whether visiting Emma and Eric in North Dakota or Lauren, Alex and Maureen in Florida or them visiting she and Grandpa in Elmhurst, every moment spent with them was a treasure to her. She was delighted to become a great grandmother on May 8, 2017.

In the late 1990s they were able to purchase a second home in Palm Coast, Florida and have enjoyed spending time there in the winter, being close to Nancy and her family and making new friends. Grace frequently checked on her neighbors at Kings Colony, whether she was in Florida or back in Elmhurst. They considered her a blessing.

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Grace and Wilbur have both been grounded in their faith in God, being active members of Epiphany Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, IL their entire married life. They both have a deep sense of call to serve others. They have often welcomed others to live in their home with them and have worked for the benefit of others in many and various ways their whole lives. Whether it be driving someone to a dentist appointment or the grocery store or serving up some coffee and cookies or banana bread along with a listening ear, they have both always had a heart that cares about others. Jesus said “I came not to be served, but to serve” and they have followed Jesus’ example.

Grace is survived by her loving husband of almost 60 years: Wilbur Lippert; two daughters and their families: The Rev. Muriel J. Lippert of Williston, ND and her children - Emma Bernice (Michael) Berg of Wilton, ND and Eric Paul Schauer of Fayetteville, Arkansas; Nancy (John) Walsh and their children - Lauren Aileen (Byron) Lewis of West Melbourne, Florida, Alexander James Walsh & Fiancée Christine Ghlain of Atlanta, Georgia, Maureen Grace Walsh of Palm Coast, Florida and one great granddaughter - Harper Aileen Lewis. Two brothers: Ralph (Jane) Winge of Valley City, ND and Royce Winge of Ames, Iowa. Nephews: Vernon Winge, Alan Winge. Nieces: Carol Winge, Joyce Winge, Julia Winge

Tune in Saturday mornings at 9:30am on WNZF News Radio 1550AM/106.3FM for “Live, Shop, Play in Flagler.” Joe Mullins will discuss a variety of topics affecting Flagler County.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her father and mother in law - Dick and Emma Lippert; her brother Dr. Herbert C. Winge; her sister Lois Winge; her brother and sister in law Jim and Bernice Lippert; sisters in law Alice Winge and Jeanette Winge.

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Palm Harbor Frederick and Maria Garelli sold 20 Colorado Drive to Greg and Richelle Wedyck, of Palm Coast, for $452,200. Built in 2001, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a swimming pool, boat dock, boat house and 2,018 square feet.

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Adams Homes of Northwest Florida Inc., of Gulf Breeze, sold 29 Fielding Lane to Alvin Collins Jr. and MaryAnn Reiter, of Palm Coast, for $259,150.

Built in 2018, the house has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,330 square feet.

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Naranja, for $249,900. Built in 2004, the house has five bedrooms, three baths and 2,383 square feet. It sold in 2005 for $285,000.

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Rio Mar Gwendolyn Gueterman, individually and as trustee, sold 1527 Central Ave. N. to John and Veronica Cubit, of Flagler Beach, for $370,000. Built in 1994, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace and 1,683 square feet. It sold in 1998 for $138,000.

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17 FT. canoe, 3 seats great for long trips or carry extra gear $200 (386) 263-2102.

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LAWN SPREADER, large, Scotch brand, like new, steal it for $25, 386-445-6533.

APARTMENT SIZE refrigerator $25, ice cube maker $40, sm. gas generator $50 386-864-1381.

FRONT DOOR, white, w/6 panels, window top center, 36” x 80”. security hole $50 386-437-2513.

LEATHER JACKET, Fighter Pilot style, size XL, made in U.S. $45, Palm Coast 386-246-4275.

BICYCLE 10 SPEED, new tires, new seat, grocery basket, reflectors, garage kept $150 386-214-6208

GARDEN TILLER, Front tine, Gear drive, $175 (937) 470-2631

MEN’S BICYCLE, 26”, new $85, 386-586-8745.

BLACK BOOKCASE, 27” x 72” with six shelves, very good condition $20 386-437-3146.

CEMENT DESIGNER landscape and garden curbings, $2.50 each 386-437-7058.

COMIC BOOKS $1-$10 each an assortment of super heros and horror 386-597-9220.

DEMCO RV tow bar, $50 386-290-1555.

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GEN7PETS G7 Jogger/Pet Stroller, folds flat, pet tether for safety, new, $150 386-503-4064.

GUITAR BOOKS, 50 Yr Fender Strat Limited Edition,50 Yr Gibson Les Paul $20 &up 386-882-5952.

HO TRAINS, Eighty (80) freight cars $50, (386) 446-8391 LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION sprinklers $75, 8’ ladders $50 ea. carpet cleaner $50 908-456-4790.

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ROBOT ROOMBA vacuum $50, two Sentinel gun cases $150 for both 386-569-8323.

TABLE SAW, Pro-Tech 10” $45, Greenfield Top & Die Set, 1/4”-1” $135, call cell 203-560-6066.

TEAK ROCKING Chairs for outside, good condition, $75 for pair. Call 386-986-4220.

TWO 18 speed beach bikes, $60 each, indoor exercise bike , $40, 386-673-6905.

TWO MINI Cooper tire rims, brand new, for models 2014 & up, $200 for both 386-446-5793.

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