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One Palm Coast: Mayor on the State of the City Announcement: New tool Palm Coast Connect will go live in May. PAGE 3

Bryan Denker asks, why is there no such thing as a variance on house color?

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CHIUMENTOS: Q+A ON 45 YEARS

Father and son built their offices in Town Center when it was poised to grow. Now that vision may be about to come true.

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IT’S AN EGGSTRAVAGANZA

It’s about that time for children to gather their Easter baskets and prepare for the ultimate egg hunt Saturday, April 20, at Central Park in Town Center. PAGE 30

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Palm Coast resident Maverick Salyerds (middle) enjoys the roller coaster.

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The executive director of tourism development in Flagler County will be investigated. PAGE 5

NO DECISION ON CAPTAIN’S BBQ

The Flagler County Board of County Commissioners did not come to a decision regarding the fate of Captain’s BBQ at Bings Landing on April 3.

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Master gardeners share plant expertise at Palm Coast Arts Foundation luncheon

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Lisa McDevitt’s legacy lives on at Flagler Auditorium Gala.

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Palm Coast residents Linda and William Hellings, Hayes Jackson and PCAF Trustee Awilda Hamilton.

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Distracted driving concerns Your new city manager: Matt Morton Today in Florida, a deputy can’t pull over someone for texting, but the person can be pulled over for weaving or speeding, and then given a second ticket for distracted driving where appropriate, Staly said.

That isn’t a strong enough response, Holland said.

“I’m on the road a lot for my job, and I can tell you that it’s alarming when you see someone texting and driving with their knees on the steering wheel,” she said.

This year, Staly predicted, “there’s a good likelihood” that a distracted driving ban will pass.

And, according to the News Service of Florida, the State Affairs Committee recently supported House Bill 107, which would “shift texting while driving from a ‘secondary’ offense to a ‘primary’ offense.” The bill goes to the Rules Committee next.

BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Distracted driving has been upgraded from a secondary to a primary offense in Tempe, Arizona, meaning police officers can cite drivers simply “for holding, typing on or operating a mobile device while driving,” according to a report of a March 1 meeting of the Tempe City Council, on tempe.gov. Should Palm Coast do the same?

Palm Coast resident Celia Pugliese addressed the Palm Coast City Council during the public comment portion of the April 9 workshop and asked the council to be a “pioneer” among cities and pass a similar ordinance.

Pugliese was in a car crash while she was waiting at a red light in the past, she told the City Council. “‘Boom’ from behind,” she said, “somebody was texting and hit me.”

Mayor Milissa Holland asked the city attorney to examine the Tempe ordinance. She also spoke about the issue at the March 19 City Council meeting, Sheriff Rick Staly gave an update on statewide efforts.

Giving deputies more authority to enforce a ban on texting while driving is the Florida Police Chiefs Association’s No. 1 legislative priority this year, Staly told the council on March 19. It was also a priority last year, but action was delayed because attention was diverted, appropriately, to respond to the shooting in Parkland, he said.

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Norbert Nielebock, of Palm Coast, asked for an update on efforts to solve homelessness.

“It’s a sad, sad situation,” he said during the public comment portion of the workshop, adding that the government needs to get the churches involved.

Holland said the city and county are working closely to work on the issue, through the Public Safety Coordinating Council. She said that as of that day, April 9, “they have brought in the churches to that dialogue. ... We will be seeing some progress on that issue. ... We need to move forward with compassion.”

‘My aim is to hit the ground running,’ he said.

CINDI LANE GUEST WRITER

In “It’s a Wonderful Life,” George Bailey proclaims, “I’m going to build things! I’m gonna build airfields, I’m gonna build skyscrapers a hundred stories high, I’m gonna build bridges a mile long ... ” That declaration inspired a young Matthew Morton. When his friends were outside playing, he’d be in his backyard building “cities.” It sparked a career interest in planning and public service. He majored in geography in college and became a local government planner, working his way up to become city administrator in two cities in Washington state.

On Monday, April 8, Morton started a new chapter in his career when he became the city of Palm Coast’s new city manager. He spent his first day mostly in meetings, learning about issues and services and getting to know staff from every department.

“I’ve been doing my homework, reading codes and ordinances, listening to the council meetings, studying Palm Coast’s history, talking with council members, and getting a feel for the vision,” Morton said. “My aim is to hit the ground running.”

Morton has already fallen in love with Palm Coast — and he’s excited to meet residents out

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Matt Morton was introduced at the State of the City address on April 8.

in the community and help the Palm Coast City Council maintain the community’s quality of life and achieve its vision for the future. There’s always a new challenge in local government, he said, and he believes in finding solutions in partnership with the stakeholders.

“Residents are our best tactical strategists. They have a passion and knowledge,” he said. “I love to hear people’s ideas, but also their ideas for solutions.”

As city manager, Morton is Palm Coast’s CEO, managing day-to-day operations, putting together a budget for the City Council and implementing the priorities and direction of the City Council. The directors of 10 city departments report to Morton.

“Matt brings a unique and positive approach,” Mayor Milissa Holland said. “I am very excited to welcome him.”

Morton comes to Palm Coast with more than 20 years of experience in local govern-

ments. Most recently he served as city administrator in Duvall, Washington, and prior to that as city administrator in Cle Elum, Washington.

He grew up in Florida, California and Washington, earning his undergraduate degree in geography from Central Washington University. He earned an Executive Master of Public Administration degree from the University of South Dakota. He completed the Harvard Kennedy School’s Senior Executive in State and Local Government program in 2017, and before that attended the Walt Disney Institute to learn the Disney approach for leadership and customer service engagement.

Morton and his wife, Wendy, have two children. In his free time, he enjoys urban hiking – a perfect fit for Palm Coast’s 130 miles of connecting, tree-lined trails!

Cindi Lane is the communications manager for the city of Palm Coast.

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Mayor Milissa Holland on the state of the city

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One Palm Coast The following is a lightly edited transcript of a speech delivered by Milissa Holland,

Palm Coast mayor, at the State of the City event April 5, at the Palm Coast Community Center.

View the concluding video presentation online at PalmCoastObserver.com.

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hank you, John Walsh and the Palm Coast Observer, for partnering with us — giving us a chance to showcase this very special place, the place we call home: the city of Palm Coast. Thank you to all of the sponsors who helped make today possible.

I want to recognize the elected and appointed officials from our community who are here with us today. n First, my fellow council members: Eddie Branquinho, and Vice Mayor Nick Klufas; council Members Jack Howell and Robert Cuff could not be here. n Sheriff Rick Staly n Flagler County Commissioner David Sullivan n Flagler County Interim Administrator Jerry Cameron n Flagler County School Board members Maria Barbosa, Andy Dance, Janet McDonald, and Trevor Tucker n Superintendent James Tager n Flagler Beach City Manager Larry Newsom And former mayors and council members who have served the city of Palm Coast in the past. n Jason DeLorenzo I also want to express my gratitude to city staff for their efforts in serving our citizens. I would also like to welcome our new city manager, Matthew Morton, who will help carry out the City Council’s vision for Palm Coast.

We are here today to celebrate the State of our City. This is a very important year for Palm Coast.

We have been a “place” on the map for 50 years, and on Dec. 31, 2019, we will celebrate our 20th anniversary as a city! Our population has nearly tripled over these past two decades — with 86,516 residents strong.

Mayor Milissa Holland and co-founder of Coastal Cloud Sara Hale hug.

Above: Matanzas High School choir student Raizel Peters sings the national anthem.

The Palm Coast Fire Department Honor Guard presents the colors.

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Our theme this year is “One Palm Coast.”

I’ve been thinking about connection a lot lately — how we are all connected, past, present and future, as “One Palm Coast.”

When I first became mayor, I sat in my office and gazed out the window over Central Park and our future downtown and thought about the possibilities and the connections that would be necessary to move Palm Coast forward.

I then looked around the room and thought about the things that I wanted to be surrounded by, to help inspire me, remind of the connections that brought me to this point, and forge ahead with the connections necessary to make “One Palm Coast.”

I then asked our team for a collection of Palm Coast photos, and

Holland presents Sheriff Rick Staly with the Public Service Award.

I was very intentional about my selections for my office. The pictures in my office are reminders of the connections possible in Palm Coast and the truly exceptional quality of life found here. In our latest Citizen Survey, completed in February, Palm Coast earned high rankings for quality of life and overall appearance. We asked citizens what they consider our

greatest assets to be, and to no surprise, the top 3 were natural habitat, beautiful appearance and recreational opportunities.

The images in my office reflect our greatest assets and drive me every day to move Palm Coast forward.

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Deputy will repaint house, but questions code Bryan Denker asks, why is there no such thing as a variance on house color?

BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Bryan Denker is a deputy with the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

He’s a medically retired Air Force staff sergeant. He also recently made a big mistake: He painted his house the wrong color.

And he knows it. He went to the March 19 Palm Coast City Council workshop and waited for five hours — from 9 a.m. to about 2 p.m. — in a suit and tie, for a chance to ask the council for leniency.

When he got his chance, he told Mayor Milissa Holland and the rest of the council that his home had been donated to him by Building Homes for Heroes. That same organization later paid for renovations, including having his house painted. But the contractor he hired was from Port Orange, and no one verified that the house color was within the appropriate range of LRV, or light reflectance value, for the city of Palm Coast.

For walls and garage doors, Palm Coast requires an LRV of 80 or greater, which means light or pastel colors. The Land Development Code also allows “earth tones,” which are “shades of brown, brown-taupe or sandytaupe, beige, terra cotta, olive, sage and gray. Acceptable earth tone shades shall have a LRV of 25 or greater.” Also prohibited: “colors that are deemed loud, clashing or garish, as determined by the Land Use Administrator.”

Blue is not mentioned.

Denker’s house was painted a blue color with an LRV of 15, he said, which is one row of paint tiles too low on the SherwinWilliams display from which he chose it.

Denker was told at the March 19 meeting that staff, not the council, had the authority to enforce the code, and he was not given a variance. In fact, no variances are ever given, according to city spokeswoman Cindi Lane. But, Denker did get an extra month to come into compliance.

Repainting, he said, will cost him about $2,000. Building Homes for Heroes was kind enough to offer to fix the problem, but Denker declined.

“I’m not going to have them repaint my home,” he said. “That’s embarrassing.” He’s the one who

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The experience has three raised questions in Denker’s mind about code enforcement.

First, why is the city so strict about appearances?

“Code should be about health and safety, not opinions,” he said in an April 9 interview outside his home. “Objective, not subjective.” He feels that the city acts too much like a homeowners association and that many people who move into the city wouldn’t ever think there would be rules governing things like the color of a home.

Holland said in an April 9 interview that Denker’s error isn’t cause to change the rules on house colors.

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“Residents chose to live here because they liked the restrictions.

They like that you can drive around, and you get a sense of uniformity.”

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The water tower also continues to irk Denker. Its shade of blue is too dark, according to the code. Why is that allowed?

According to Lane, it’s grandfathered in because it existed before the code went into effect. So when it was repainted in 2017, it was allowed to retain its distinctive blue color. It’s a great color in Denker’s opinion. He liked it so much that he picked one very similar for his home — only his is a bit lighter.

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tions,” she said. “They like that you can drive around, and you get a sense of uniformity.”

Second, why is there no such thing as a variance?

As a sheriff’s deputy, he said, he has discretion as to whether to write someone a ticket. “How can my City Council have no discretion in color?” he asked.

Third, why are anonymous calls allowed?

“That’s what bothers me the most,” he said. “There’s no victim. Somebody was just offended by my color.”

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failed to double check the color, so he’ll pay for it himself, he said.

Holland has reached out to Denker and hopes to raise private money to help him pay for it because she respects his work as a first responder and as a veteran. But Denker responded that he’d prefer any money raised be donated to Building Homes for Heroes instead.

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Bryan Denker said his house was painted a blue color with an LRV of 15, which is one row of paint tiles too low on the Sherwin-Williams display. (The city requires an LRV of 25 on earth tones, though blue is not listed as a possible choice.) It was his mistake, but he says the city is too strict.

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County: No decision on Bings

Dunn, county’s tourism leader, on administrative leave

The Flagler County Board of County Commissioners did not come to a decision regarding the fate of Captain’s BBQ at Bings Landing, a county park, at the April 3 workshop.

Commissioners listened to two proposals to the situation: The first would be to rebuild the existing structure. The second would be to move the restaurant closer to the water in the place of the existing pavilion there, with Captain’s BBQ covering the expenses.

The county is not willing to repair the existing restaurant at its own expense.

“I’m not willing to spend $733,000 on the park in Bing’s Landing. Option No. 1, as presented, is not a possibility for me because I also worry about how much taxes the taxpayers have to pay,” Commissioner Dave Sullivan said.

“I don’t see that we’ve got an extra $733,000 available right now with the other problems we have going on in the county.”

“I think we do have liability here,” Commissioner Donald O’Brien said. “I just don’t know what it is. My first instinct would be to try to negotiate out the lease and let it run its course and be done.”

Many members of the audience clapped and cheered in support until O’Brien quieted them down.

A more “firmed up” plan will be drawn up and presented at the first meeting in May. “We’re certainly not ready to vote today on this,” Commissioner Greg Hansen said.

Matt Dunn, the executive director of tourism development in Flagler County, was put on paid administrative leave on the morning of Thursday, April 4, according to Interim County Administrator Jerry Cameron.

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office was advised by Flagler County that they had information concerning the possible misappropriation of public funds by Dunn.

After reviewing preliminary information and consulting with the State Attorney and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Sheriff’s Office has turned the case over to FDLE to investigate.

The Sheriff’s Office will have no further comment as it is an active investigation.

Dunn did not respond to a phone call requesting comment.

Palm Coast is a Smart City finalist Two staff members are representing Palm Coast as one of 10 finalists for the Smart Cities Readiness Challenge. Five winners will be announced April 16 at Smart Cities Week San Diego.

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Transparency to amendments Two bills would bring an end to Florida’s confusing constitutional amendments.

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t’s about time.

Finally, state lawmakers have realized Florida’s constitutional amendment process needs serious reforms — reforms that will shine the light of transparency on the often vague constitutional amendments that appear every four years on Florida’s statewide ballots and will simplify proposed amendments.

Take the 2018 Florida elections. There were 12 constitutional amendments on the ballot, and it’s a good bet the 8,305,329 Floridians who cast votes didn’t have much of a clue of who was behind each amendment; the back story behind the amendments; who favored and opposed the amendment; who funded the initiative and the advertising for or against; or the consequences if the amendment passed or was rejected.

When voters read their ballots, they read 50- to 75-word explanations of measures that, in most cases, would change the Florida Constitution forever, some in dramatic ways.

But for decade upon decade, many Floridians have lamented the Florida Constitution has become a dumping ground for what amounts to special-interest legislation. The one glaring example of this is the infamous pig confinement amendment in 2002, making it unconstitutional to confine a pregnant pig in a crate or cage that prevents the pig from turning around freely.

Pregnant pig crates a constitutional matter? C’mon.

Surely, when you think of a constitution, you think of the U.S. Constitution, which articulates our fundamental rights and how we’re governed. For good reason, it’s extraordinarily difficult to amend.

This is the way the Florida Constitution should be as well.

But it’s not. And the reason is Florida, like many states, has a voter initiative process whose basic requirement is to obtain enough verified voter signatures on petitions — 8% of total voters in the last presidential election — to put a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot.

Various interest groups use this process either to avoid having their idea go through the Legislature, where the measure can be modified or killed; or they use it precisely because the Legislature refuses to take up their cause.

There is a second route to proposed constitutional amendments. Every 20 years Florida convenes a Constitution Revision Commission, which is

charged with evaluating the constitution and proposing fixes.

Out of this process, the commission placed eight amendments on the 2018 ballot. And complicating matters was the fact that four of the Constitution Revision Commission’s amendments contained multiple issues.

They overwhelmed and confused voters.

Two pieces of legislation moving slowly through this session of the Legislature can provide dramatic remedies to this annoying and frustrating problem for voters.

Sen. Rob Bradley, R-Orange Park, proposed a Senate Joint Resolution that would restrict the Constitution Revision Commission to proposing only one-subject amendments. If you recall, one amendment on the 2018 ballot contained three different subjects.

Recall, too, that everyone else who proposes a constitutional amendment is restricted to one subject. This resolution would eliminate special treatment for the revision commission.

That measure should pass unimpeded.

More dramatic are House Bill 7111 and Senate Bill 7096. These two bills would bring strong rays of sunlight and transparency to a dark and well-cloaked process.

Rep. Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, as chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. James Grant, R-Tampa, sponsored House Bill 7111, while the Senate Judiciary Committee proposed Senate Bill 7096.

Overall, nine of the bills’ 11 provisions would be beneficial to voters. For instance: n It would allow “interested persons” to submit position statements — pro or con — underneath the proposed amendments on the Department of State Division of Elections website. Surely you would like to see who supports or opposes amendments. n It would require on the ballot an analysis and financial impact statement by the Financial Impact Estimating Conference, specifying any estimated increase or decrease in revenues or costs to state or local governments, as well as the estimated economic impact on the state and local economy.

All of this information will be published by the state online in its entirety and sent to Florida’s 67 supervisors of election. The supervisors would be required to make this information available at every polling place.

While this sounds laborious and involved, such measures would contribute enormously to transparency and voter knowledge. Hardly any of this information is easily accessible to voters now. n This next requirement would be especially useful and is the most valuable provision of the bill: Requiring the names of sponsors of proposed amendments on the ballots and the percentage of donations the sponsor from in-state donors.

This information is almost

STEPS TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TRANSPARENT, SIMPLIFIED The following 11 provisions are from House Bill 7111, which would require more disclosures to Florida’s amendment initiative process: n Require a petition-gatherer

to attest that he or she is a Florida resident n Allow interested persons to submit position statements for publication on the Department of State website n Extend the time for the Financial Impact Estimating Conference to complete its analysis n Require the analysis to summarize the impact to the state and local economy n Require each supervisor of elections to include a copy of the summary in the publication or mailing required by FS 101.20 n Require the name of the sponsor of an initiative to appear on the ballot with the percentage of donations received from certain in-state donors n Require a statement to appear on the ballot if the amendment is estimated to increase costs, decrease revenues or have an indeterminate impact

priceless. Surely you want to know who is backing a particular amendment. That helps you understand motivations for the amendments and helps you decide how to vote.

How many of you, for instance, knew in 2018 on the proposed amendment to require 60% voter approval for casino gambling that Disney and the Seminole Indians contributed $36.4 million of the $37.6 million to lobby in favor of passage of the amendment? In effect, these two businesses wanted this amendment passed to protect themselves from competitors.

The Seminoles now have a votersanctioned monopoly on casino gambling in Florida.

That would have been useful to know beforehand. n Here’s another valuable piece of information to have before voting: a statement indicating whether the Legislature can enact and implement the proposed amendment. Seldom do voters think about the fact many of the proposed amendments actually would be better if they became law by statute.

Here’s why: Rarely do voters repeal measures from the Constitution. Again, consider 2018: Two constitutional amendments — one from 1885 and one from 1926 — were repealed. Two bad laws in the constitution for 133 and 94 years.

As with any legislation, HB 7111 and SB 7096 have their passionate opponents. Democrats, the American Civil Liberties Union and left-leaning mainstream media see these two measures as attempts to snuff out the voices of the people.

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pear on the ballot indicating whether the policy proposed by a constitutional amendment can be implemented by the Legislature n Require the attorney general to make specified requests of the Supreme Court relating to proposed amendments n Require a copy of proposed amendments to be provided in each voting booth n Prohibit compensation for initiative petition-gatherers based on the number of petitions gathered.

SINGLE SUBJECT AMENDMENT Constitutional Amendment Article XI, Section 2 Establishing single-subject limitation for Constitution Revision Commission proposals — Proposing an amendment to the state Constitution to require that any proposal of a revision to the state Constitution, or any part thereof, filed by the Constitution Revision Commission with the custodian of state records for placement on the ballot be limited to a single subject and matter directly connected to such subject.

and news reports have quoted sources essentially saying the evil Republicans are just putting up higher obstacles to thwart voter will.

But as previously noted, nine of the 11 provisions are clearly voter-friendly. They will give us valuable information.

Only two of the provisions fall under the category of making the process more difficult: n Require signature gatherers to be Florida residents and to register with the state. n Prohibit compensation for petition-gatherers to be based on the number of petitions gathered.

These provisions should be struck from the bills.

The first appears to be an obvious attempt to prevent out-of-state activists (e.g.

George Soros’ MoveOn.org, Tom Steyer’s NextGen or, say, the National Rifle Association) from swooping into Florida with hired signature gatherers to get their national marijuana, climate change or firearm proposals into the Florida Constitution.

Let’s be honest: Nobody likes strangers coming into the neighborhood and forcing their views on you and everyone else.

But does it really matter who gathers signatures or how they are paid? Those are akin to private business transactions.

What voters really need to know are the who — who is behind the amendments — and how much — who’s contributing the money.

HB 7111 and SB 7096 are not life-and-death bills. But they are dramatic opportunities to help make Florida voters smarter and keep Florida’s Constitution far more sacred than it has been.

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Readers react to affordable housing How about just some quality smaller homes? Not everyone wants to buy a house and not everyone wants or needs a four bedroom house. If we’re using teachers as an example, that profession can be very transient (especially for the first 10 years). There are plenty of single young teachers who would happily occupy a small two bedroom house or apartment.

— Mark Woods No, they need to raise the pay to a livable amount. How do they expect to have quality teachers and first responders if they can’t afford to live in the county that they are serving.

— Patrice Koch LOL.....if one can’t live on $40k a year as a 22 year old they have serious problems. Most military members earn much less, there is no such thing as overtime pay, and most are of very good if not better quality than any teacher.

— Robbie J Carroll

Dear Editor: Previous letter writer Mike Cocchiola clearly doesn’t know Sheriff Rick Staly or his style.

With Don Fleming rejected in the primary in 2016, Staly was the only viable candidate.

Does Staly consider Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood and former sheriff in Arizona Joe Arpaio to be productive, powerful role models? Likely yes, and that’s a good thing. Do these likely role models preen and strut? The real question should be does that add or detract from their public image and effectiveness?

Is Staly tougher on staffers than never-a-career-lawman Jim Manfre, whom he beat?

I’ve asked a dozen current detectives and higher staffers; all said yes and insist tough rules that must be followed are far better for overall department success.

Here are official facts: Arrests by calendar year are up from 2,732 in 2016 to 3,206 last year. Average daily jail population was 129 in 2016; it’s 202 in 2018.

Under Staly, crime rates are substantially down — by 22% for 2018. That is great for all of Flagler’s non-Green Roof Inn candidates!

I personally love the Green Roof Inn sign. It was created with zero budget. An amazingly high percentage of Flagler residents, both never arrested and those with a demon like excessive drink, drugs and uncontrolled anger know what its message conveys. That’s not disdain, it is humor used

effectively.

This past week an extremely well attended open first meeting was held with briefings by a couple of Green Roof Inn’s great former tenants who have been “clean” for many months because they are taking new meds to permanently conquer their past demon. I’m really proud of these first-time public speakers for their willingness to help others by standing up and telling their experiences and success path. Sheriff Staly attended to learn new ways to help his jail tenants beat their demons. What better way to show respect and care for Green Roof tenants?

To clarify, Staly and I greet each other at meetings, but don’t socialize.

Just one item to convey his fast reactions: At a huge turnout supper meeting, a lady sitting about three tables away from each of us choked on her food and couldn’t breathe. A half dozen of us reacted. Staly already was successfully giving her the Heimlich maneuver.

For 15+ years, I’ve volunteered to help local homeless.

Maybe 20% are blessings from the Lord. Maybe 40+% are serious challenges. I know about our jail and its residents because of that stressful effort.

ED CAROE

with her observation that our schools are being starved by Tallahassee lawmakers who refuse to adequately fund the public schools that have helped create our great country. Those lawmakers are too busy sending our tax dollars, this year $873,565,674 of our hard-earned money, to private, mostly religious schools around the state through the Florida Corporate Tax Credit Scholarship scheme.

These funds go, for example, to schools like Delphi Academy, in Clearwater, to be used to teach the principles, beliefs, practices and values of Scientology.

If the Florida Corporate Tax Credit Scholarship scheme is halted in its tracks, as it should be, and the funds the state of Florida gives away under the scheme redistributed to public schools on a per pupil basis, Flagler Schools would receive an extra $4.1 million to pay our highly deserving teachers a decent wage and help attract more high quality applicants to fill vacancies.

Let’s raise our voices together to end the Florida Corporate Tax Scholarship scheme.

MERRILL SHAPIRO Palm Coast

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Dear Editor: I just wanted to thank Toby Tobin for his extremely informative letter on the “Illusion of affordability” and the Palm Coast Observer for publishing it.

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Housing is becoming extremely expensive for people just entering the workforce and it isn’t just Section 8. The rules and regulations allowing Palm Coast to bypass affordable housing coupled with the ‘NIMBYism” of the residents smacks of selfishness and snobbery. It’s almost as if Palm Coast was one big country club.

I can only pray that people will read this and change their attitudes and soften their hearts.

LET T ERS

After publishing Toby Tobin’s analysis of the affordable housing market, we asked this question on the Palm Coast Observer’s Facebook page: Does Palm Coast need affordable housing? Here a few responses:

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Letter policy is too restrictive Dear Editor: In your April 4 edition, you reiterated the Palm Coast Observer’s policy about letters regarding Donald Trump, stating you only want matters of local interest. Restricting dialogue is, of course, your prerogative, but we regularly see letters commenting on, critiquing or applauding local and state politicians and policies. Sure, these may be of local interest, but so are national politicians and national issues that impact every local resident. These issues are the one’s a lot of us are equally or probably more interested in. We have very controversial national politics now in play, and we should not be precluded from a healthy respectful discussion about them, as well.

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Teen arrested after posting threats of school shooting Deputies arrested a 17-year-old male student of Flagler Palm Coast High School after the teen made written threats to conduct a school shooting, according to a news release by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

A visitor at the Flagler County Fair on Thursday, April 4, informed a deputy about a video circulating on Snapchat showing several rounds of ammunition and magazines with the caption “I’m ready to shoot up the school,” with emojis of a face crying while laughing.

Deputies tracked the social media account to a 17-year-old

resident of Palm Coast. The suspect later admitted to posting the video but claimed it was a joke. Deputies spoke with the suspect’s father, who said that there were no firearms or ammunition in the residence.

“As we have said many times before, this is not a joke, and these threats will only get you in serious trouble,” Sheriff Rick Staly said in a release. “A special thank you to the fair visitor that reported the Snapchat posting. Cell phones and social media are a part of every child’s life these days and it is more important than ever for parents to pay attention to what their children are doing online. Let them know that if they make the wrong choice, they will face

serious consequences. We have a zero tolerance policy for threats in Flagler County.”

The suspect was taken to the Flagler County Jail and charged with written threats to conduct a mass shooting.

During the screening process, he made comments that required him to be placed under a Baker Act. Once he is medically cleared, he will be turned over to the Department of Juvenile Justice in Daytona.

Arrest: Sexual battery of minor Deputies arrested a man who allegedly sexually abused a 7-year-old and the child’s

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to a woman’s health clinic for an abortion, according to the report.

Over the next month and a half, FCSO detectives discreetly gathered multiple recordings of the suspect admitted to the abuse. On April 4, the Major Case Unit had gathered enough evidence to secure a warrant for Wiley’s arrest, charging him with witness tampering and sexual battery by a person in familial or custodial authority.

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Try sunscreen and sprinklers instead Dear Editor: It’s no mystery that Palm Coast can’t solve the simplest of problems without relying on money as the first resort. Now we are going to spend $2 million on splash pads at Holland Park so the little darlings keep cool. It isn’t enough the will also have a canopy for shade! Poor babies!

How about sunscreen? Ever hear about that? As for $2 million to keep them cool? My parents solved that problem years ago so $20: They bought a garden hose and a sprinkler!

Problem solved.

RICHARD CALDERWOOD Palm Coast

Firefighters helped my family in need Dear Editor: I have received the most amazing help from three gentlemen in the Palm Coast Fire Department.

I called the nonemergency number for some help my husband and I needed.

The competent young lady said “yes,” took my address and told me she would relay the message to the department. Within 15 minutes, three firefighters were at my door, and solved the situation.

The three — Lt. Don Driscoll

and firefighters Angelo D’Souza and Anthony Pederson — could not have been more efficient, kind and competent. I am so appreciative of their help.

And, come November when it’s time to pay real estate taxes, I hope to remember the kindness, efficiency and competency of these firemen and maybe not complain about paying taxes!

BETTY BEVERIDGE Palm Coast

Lend teachers a hand Dear Editor: I have noticed that many local business establishments offer discounts to various groups, such as veterans and first responders. I think that this is a very generous and appreciative gesture by these establishments and hope that the number of businesses making these offers will continue to grow.

However, I would really love to see one additional profession added to this group. It’s a group of people who have been given the task of planting the seeds of knowledge into the minds of the children who will be leading our country in the years to come.

These people choose their profession because of their love of educating our children and, as pointed out during the past midterm elections, certainly not for the salary. I could drone on for pages about the overcrowding, the outdated materials, the having to use their own money to supply their classrooms, but we are already too familiar with

these topics.

You may say that our veterans and first responders risk their lives in carrying out their duties and are therefore more deserving; sadly, we have come to a place in time when our teachers are also encountering armed assailants while in their daily routines and subsequently forced into situations where they must protect themselves and their charges.

I’m sure that by making it financially easier for these folks to make a purchase or to go out for a family meal would go a long way in promoting good will and in expanding the customer base of any business willing to show their appreciation. The old adage of, “if you can read this, thank a teacher,” still rings true.

DAVE NICKLES Palm Coast

Light the turn signs in on Palm Coast Parkway Dear Editor: How many times have I witnessed vehicles traveling on Belle Terre North make an illegal right-hand turn onto Palm Coast Parkway West? Instead of a painted sign for no right-hand turn, a sign that’s lighted 24/7 needs to be the reminder.

Don’t tell me they ran out of lighted no right-hand turn signs.

The incidents are a great way for me to test if my horn still works.

GLENWRICK ELLIOTT Palm Coast

Act of kindness Dear Editor: Many people have written regarding issues that trouble most of us these days. It is most difficult to find a true act of kindness that restores one’s faith in the goodness that is all too often hidden from all too many.

On a recent Friday decided to go to Metro Diner. A couple was seated at the table next to mine.

They are young (well, 60s is young in my book), and the wife turned to me, and we began talking about our places of origin, and that became our connection; the cities were different but life’s experiences with “eateries” were the same.

The time flew by and we laughed and talked endlessly – what fun. A moment later, the check that had been put on my table by the waitress was scooped up by my new friends. I was so surprised and tried very hard to make them reconsider their generosity to a total stranger. After much back and forth, I asked the husband why they were doing this for me, and his response was, “Because we can.” Hers was, “Because we love you.”

We hugged upon leaving and, although we did not exchange personal information, I know that one evening we shall meet again. I would love to reciprocate their kindness – but if that never happens face to face, I would like those reading this note to know how their random act of kindness affected my belief in the fundamental goodness in mankind – and they are the best in all of us.

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About 90% of the devices have been removed so far, and Palm Coast Utility expected to have them all removed by mid-week.

The city anticipates delivery of replacement backflow prevention devices this week.

“I want to assure Palm Coast Utility customers the water is perfectly safe to drink and has been safe all along — even at the houses where the wrong device was installed,” said Utility Director Richard Adams.

“We apologize for this mistake,” Adams said. “We are committed to replacing these devices at affected residences right away and have already changed our procedures to ensure this will never happen again.”

At issue is the amount of lead content in the brass components of the devices. Prior to 2014, brass components used in any part of the water system were allowed to contain up to 8% lead.

The regulations were updated in 2014 to limit the allowable amount to 0.25%.

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One Palm Coast ing tree canopies connect us, and I’m proud that we now have more than 130 miles of connecting pathways and bicycle lanes with the addition of the Lakeview Drive pathway. We’re just wrapping up two sections on Sesame Boulevard in Seminole Woods, and we have another project — on Citation Parkway — now in design. Thanks to our gorgeous weather, our parks and our location near the beach, we are fortunate to have an active outdoor lifestyle year-round.

Our shared experiences with friends, neighbors and family members connect us. This beautiful Palm Coast Community Center has been open for a year now, and already thousands of connections have been made through social activities, recreational and wellness programming for seniors and toddlers and teens and children and active adults. The number of recreational programs we offer has more than doubled. In the past year we offered more than 1,300 activities and had 822 reservations for weddings, birthday parties and family reunions.

Last summer, we hosted 1,337 summer campers!

Holland Park is another exceptional amenity for us as a community to come together to connect.

I am excited to announce that construction of the second phase of Holland Park will begin in just a few weeks. This will make Holland Park even more exceptional, with improved amenities, includ-

ing kids play and splash zones, activity lighting and more shade coverings.

Both of these projects were paid in full by sales tax dollars — with no need for us to take on debt — and this is one way our citizens can assist us with new capital projects. When we buy our gas and groceries here, shop at our local retailers and dine at Palm Coast’s restaurants, it helps our local economy. But it also directly benefits our residents because a portion of the sales tax is returned to the City of Palm Coast for two purposes — to keep taxes down and to fund capital projects such as sidewalks, street improvements and parks.

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TALENTED YOUTH

With our focus on an active lifestyle, we are fortunate to have a dozen beautiful parks, a sports complex, and our world-class golf course and tennis center. This year was our 10th year hosting a USTA professional tennis tournament at the Palm Coast Tennis Center.

In 2015, we were thrilled to have Palm Coast’s very own Reilly Opelka play in the tournament, and later that year he won the Junior Wimbledon tournament at the age of 17. Reilly grew up playing at Grand Haven and other local courts. Obviously he got really good — former pro tennis player and coach Tom Gullickson helped in his development.

During my term, I have been

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Mayor Milissa Holland presents the Mayor’s Next Generation Award to George Opelka, who accepted it for his son, Palm Coast native, Reilly Opelka, who won the Junior Wimbledon at age 17.

most inspired by our talented youth who truly are our future.

I have watched Reilly grow up and become one of the top tennis players in the world, recently winning his first major tournament, the New York Open. Today he is ranked 56th in the world. I truly could not be more proud of him and how he carries the Palm Coast banner to the tennis world.

Reilly Opelka is a shining example of the potential of the youth in our community. He shows us that you really can achieve anything if you work hard for it. For that reason, I have selected him to receive the Mayor’s Next Generation Award.

His father, George Opelka, is here with us today to receive the award on Reilly’s behalf — George, please join me — and please let him know how Palm Coast Proud we are of him!

PROGRESS IN 2018

The city’s mission is to provide our residents, visitors and business community with exceptional services to improve your quality of life, grow the local economy and protect the natural environment through a planned, integrative approach using available technology. This year we had many accomplishments to support our six overarching goals.

Our Annual Progress Report and a summary of our budget is being provided to each of you. I will highlight just a few.

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major roadways — and we have just completed installation of 42 streetlights on Lakeview Boulevard and Belle Terre Parkway is under design.

We improved intersections at Belle Terre and State Road 100 and also at Seminole Woods and State Road 100 to improve safety.

We are in our third phase for traffic signal optimization to improve traffic flow.

The Florida Department of Transportation has funded the first phase of our No. 1 transportation project — the widening of Old Kings Road from Palm Coast Parkway north toward Matanzas High School — and construction will begin next year on the first phase.

Following the last few years of unprecedented rain events, a big project we have launched this year is a comprehensive stormwater management plan to address drainage issues across Palm Coast.

Using the latest technology, you will see a brand new approach to improving stormwater flow in our ditches and canals, so swales ultimately drain better. We’ve already started two major projects in the W- and E-sections, and there’s so much more to come over the next few years — to ensure our homes and property are protected from flooding.

CRIME IS DOWN

Public safety continues to be a major focus for us. With the retirement of Mike Beadle, we swore in a new fire chief — Jerry Forte. To date, 10 fire volunteers have become full-time career firefighters through the department’s innovative Internship Program. We are providing hands-on experience and training to the students in Flagler Palm Coast High School’s Fire Leadership Academy.

And Palm Coast Fire Department has become a leader in strategies to reduce firefighters’ exposure to cancer risks — a particular occupational hazard in firefighting.

For law enforcement, we are fortunate to have a strong connection with the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Rick Staly recently reported to the City Council that crime dropped 22% in 2018. We funded five additional deputies for traffic enforcement, and the number of fatal accidents decreased 42%.

Sheriff Staly restructured community policing to reflect the three

distinct and unique communities of Flagler County — the beaches, Flagler West and Palm Coast — to allow deputies the ability to familiarize themselves with each area in order to build partnerships with the residents and businesses there. School safety is also a top priority, with a deputy in every school and two in the high schools.

Eighty-two percent of our residents surveyed said they feel safe in their neighborhoods and rate our law enforcement services as excellent or good. I have worked closely with Sheriff Staly over the past two years and have been incredibly impressed by his commitment to our citizens and to his efforts to decrease crime and to improve safety.

Today I would like to honor Sheriff Staly for his service. Sheriff, would you please come forward to receive the 2019 Mayor’s Public Service Award?

TECH ADVANCES

So many accomplishments and achievements in one year! And yet, there is so much more to come. While the pictures in my office remind me of how special Palm Coast is and continues to be, peering out the window reminds me of the possibilities and the connections necessary to move “One Palm Coast” forward.

In 2018, the City Council charted a new course to transform Palm Coast into a Smart City — using technology to improve people’s lives — and to attract more hightech businesses to our city. And we are already seeing positive results and building momentum.

We are expanding our technology infrastructure and have launched a Kick Start incentive program to attract new development to Town Center so we can achieve a true, vibrant downtown community for Palm Coast.

One of our top priorities is to maximize the potential for our fiber optic network for highspeed data services. FiberNet already connects City facilities, Flagler Schools and some businesses with its 60 miles of conduit — generating $600,000 in revenue for the city every year and saving us over $3 million in datarelated expenses since it started nine years ago. It has more than paid for itself.

But it has the potential for so much more — especially as we recruit high-tech businesses to Palm Coast that need this kind of

Photo by Paige Wilson

Coastal Cloud consultant Trevor Wilson demonstrates and explains Palm Coast Connect, which launches in May.

technology. Eventually we hope to bring FiberNet to residences as we all become more wired and need more and more high-speed connections.

The City Council has approved a new broadband business plan, and now the city is seeking a public-private partnership to assist us in our goals of expanding FiberNet. We are hoping to name that partner this summer.

We are improving cell phone service across the city. Our first new cell tower has just gone up on Palm Coast Parkway west of Belle Terre. AT&T has antennas on the tower and other cell providers are being recruited. Two other cell towers will soon go up — one at the Palm Coast Tennis Center and one at Fire Station 24 on Palm Harbor Parkway.

We are expanding our digital city services — including online permitting, advanced meter reading and a pilot program for smart manholes to help us prevent sewage overflows during major rain events. This year we started a drone program for maintenance of the stormwater system and other infrastructure and for use during emergencies. We are currently working on high-tech solutions for security at city parks and facilities.

“Palm Coast Connect will allow citizens to be truly connected to their city, with the ability to access city services, resources and information using their smart phones, tablets or computers.”

MILISSA HOLLAND

PALM COAST CONNECT

The city has partnered with Coastal Cloud, a local technology company, to build a world-class citizen engagement platform. I am excited to announce that Palm Coast Connect will go live in May!

Palm Coast Connect will allow citizens to be truly connected to their city, with the ability to access city services, resources and information using their smart phones, tablets or computers.

Previously, citizens could report various issues — such as broken equipment at a city park or a pothole or a code violation that needs attention. But there was no efficient way for us to stay in touch with the resident as the problem was corrected. Palm Coast Connect will provide twoway communication so that citizens can remain connected to the city as the issue is resolved.

On the backend, Palm Coast Connect will allow city departments to automate work orders — and consolidate the many software systems our departments use currently. The technology uses GPS functions and geo-coding to allow city crews in the field to respond to reported issues quickly, in the same part of the city where they’re already working. And all of this will occur while also communicating the progress back to customer service and the affected residents.

Today, you will be the first to see what we can all expect. Trevor Wilson, a consultant at Coastal Cloud, will come up to give you a demo to show you how it’s going to work.

(Video presentation) Won’t this be an exciting new way to stay connected to our citizens using cutting-edge technology?

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“We have a laser focus — or I should say a fiber-optic focus — on becoming a Smart City, and the City Council is determined to fast-track those efforts.

We have the backbone for the technology. This is the window of opportunity to accomplish our goals — and we’re going for it.”

MILISSA HOLLAND, mayor

should say a fiber-optic focus — on becoming a Smart City, and the City Council is determined to fast-track those efforts. We have the backbone for the technology.

This is the window of opportunity to accomplish our goals — and we’re going for it.

We need to be able to compete in a global market to be successful with our goals for the Innovation District and Town Center, the expansion of our fiber optic network as an economic development driver, and the use of technology to improve our residents’ lives.

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

None of this would be possible without the support of key stakeholders. We have aligned with strategic partners in an effort to connect and collaborate on these important initiatives and in doing so, our vision for downtown will become a reality. I want to take a few minutes to highlight some key

strategic partnerships.

Flagler Schools is on the cutting edge of developing the workforce of tomorrow through their innovative Flagship programs for classroom-to-career success. We could not carry out our vision for our downtown without a worldclass K-12 education system. And Flagler Schools is the keystone in our success. In fact, this fall we are partnering with the i3 program at Flagler Palm Coast High School to design a visual rendering of our future downtown.

We’re fortunate to have strong leadership representing us in Tallahassee, as well. Representative Paul Renner and Senator Travis Hutson are outstanding leaders for us at the state level, and they share our vision for the future of Palm Coast as a hub of innovation and economic growth.

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Now, I want you all to look out my office window and see the possibilities of our Town Center as a hub for innovation, technology and growth — a bustling center where residents can connect, live, work and play.

Close your eyes and visualize: sleek offices abuzz with software engineers and small-batch manufacturing entrepreneurs overlooking the lake at Central Park; young professionals and retired neighbors sharing coffee in the sun on the patio next door; medical researchers testing advancements in knee replacement surgery, just a mile down the road; and high school students participating in a hack-a-thon in partnership with a top university. This hack-a-thon will bring together programmers, technologists, and others to our downtown to collaborate and develop a technology solution to solve a problem in an intense and exciting event.

A mix of high-tech companies, housing, the park, cultural arts, coffee shops, entrepreneurs and retail in a walkable neighborhood.

This is our vision for Town Center and the future of our city!

We are attracting new investment through an Opportunity Zone designation, and this year we launched an Innovation District and kick-started a development incentive program that provides qualified projects a reduction in their utility impact fees. We already have our first two projects approved to bring upscale but affordable housing for teachers, nurses, firefighters and future employees in Town Center.

Innovation Districts are a

fusion of business incubators, hospitals, schools and universities and high-tech companies.

These creative firms and workers crave proximity so that ideas and knowledge can be transferred quickly and seamlessly. They are highly wired and share space supported by coffee shops and restaurants, public parks, clean industry, nearby housing and retail shops. Innovation Districts have the unique potential to spur productive and inclusive economic development. They provide a strong foundation for the creation and expansion of firms and jobs by helping companies, entrepreneurs and investors coinvent and co-produce new discoveries for the market.

Our Town Center has the perfect ingredients to join this movement — over 1,600 acres of highquality development area near the interstate, health care facilities, high-performing schools and a master developer eager to help us realize our vision. Palm Coast has attributes that many in the hightech, innovation world are looking for: easy access to the beach, amazing weather, exceptional quality of life and affordability.

This vision is why it’s so important to expand FiberNet and upgrade our wireless infrastructure: to truly become a Smart City.

Our new priorities and strategies are already paying off! Palm Coast has been named a finalist in the 2019 North American Smart Cities Readiness Challenge and will be competing against other forward thinking communities, such as Dallas, Baltimore, and San Diego, to help Palm Coast turn our smart city vision into reality.

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investment in the development of our community. We are fortunate to have Allete Properties as our largest single investor and proud of the vision they created for Palm Coast Town Center. And we are especially thankful for their continued dedication and investment to ensuring our high standards for quality of life as they continue building in Town Center and throughout Palm Coast. Allete’s development team, Douglas Property and Development, has been an outstanding partner for us as we position our downtown for the future. I’m sure you have already seen the positive momentum and development activity that is currently taking place in our Town Center.

The arts play an instrumental role in Town Center, and I see great promise for how they will help shape our future. For the first time, there’s a larger conversation taking place with several art groups. They are working collaboratively to plan for a vibrant arts district in the downtown.

The Palm Coast Arts Foundation is working on its Performing Arts Center and already offers high quality programming that brings activity to Town Center. We are so pleased by the Gargiulo Art Foundation’s recent gift to start a Sculpture Garden at Central Park to add to our Art in Public Places program. I’m looking forward to watching all of these partners come together to enrich our cultural arts experience.

AdventHealth Palm Coast is not only a great provider in delivering cutting-edge medical services, but is also a great partner in helping realize our vision for the future of downtown. The hospi-

tal has invested millions of dollars into medical technology and robotics found in few other places in Florida. And their footprint will only grow as they build out their master plan in the coming years, providing additional medical access to excellent healthcare, bringing more employment opportunities, medical professionals and people looking to have state-of-the-art procedures completed in Palm Coast.

Recently the hospital announced a $25 million project for a freestanding emergency department coming to north Palm Coast — providing even more access to high-quality medical care for our community.

AdventHealth Palm Coast also enriches us through its outreach programs and community education. One initiative I’ve learned about as Mayor is the AdventHealth Foundation’s Palm Coast DiaBEATes Alliance. The purpose of the Alliance is to raise awareness for the prevention and treatment of this life-threatening disease and to expand education, support and resources within our community.

CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

One member of the Foundation’s board is especially passionate about diabetes education and awareness — and she has been the driving force behind the work of the DiaBEATes Alliance.

Laura Gilvary is especially driven in her mission because her husband, John Gilvary, has Type 1 diabetes, the form of the disease in which the body does not produce insulin.

Laura and the Foundation Alliance are working tirelessly to connect with our residents to promote better health and well-

Mayor Milissa Holland gives a warm welcome to the Mayor’s Citizen of the Year Award recipient Laura Gilvary.

ness. It’s personal for Laura, but this mission is making a major impact on the overall health of our community — and in the process, they are literally saving lives.

Laura, to honor your leadership and dedication to helping others in our community, would you please come forward to receive the Mayor’s Citizen of the Year for 2019?

A BRIGHT FUTURE

Connections — they are all around us. Amazing citizens like Laura Gilvary, Sheriff Staly and Reilly Opelka. Our public servants.

The civic organizations that give us our heart and soul. The businesses that drive our economic engine. Our strategic partners as we plan for the future for our downtown.

In conclusion today, I would like to go back to the theme of this year’s State of the City: “One Palm Coast.” The key word being “one.”

We come together with a purpose — for the future of our community.

All of us — business owners, civic leaders, government employees, elected officials and all citizens of Palm Coast — have a stake in the future of our community. It is of utmost importance that we continue working together to keep Palm Coast progressing in a positive way for future generations — so that we are a robust, wellrounded community that is always stretching, reaching and growing.

We are poised for something big — for our residents and, above all, for the children who will be the future leaders of Palm Coast.

I especially look forward to our connections with Allete Properties, Douglas Property and Development, Flagler Schools, AdventHealth Palm Coast, PCAF, the Garguilo Art Foundation, our state partners, and others that are joining us to complete exciting projects in our downtown.

Please stay tuned, as I am sure many exciting developments are to come in 2019 and beyond.

In just a moment, we’re going to end with a short video to help you see the possibilities through my window and inspire you to join with us. But before that, I just want to tell you how honored I am to be your mayor and how much I appreciate the chance to be part of this occasion.

I’m proud of the State of the City today and I am excited about our bright future ahead. Thank you for attending and thank you for being part of our future. We are One Palm Coast.

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SEMINOLE WOODS PATH Distance: 6.1 miles Completed: August 2018 With a goal of safely connecting neighborhoods to parks, schools, shopping and Town Center, the Seminole Woods Pathway project in its entirety is almost complete with the construction of the last 1.7-mile Sesame Boulevard segment underway along with the Citation Boulevard design and construction in the near future.

LAKEVIEW PATH Distance: 1 mile Completed: November 2018 The Lakeview Path project is a critical addition to the overall network. It now connects the Matanzas Woods neighborhood to existing trails along Matanzas Woods Boulevard, U.S. 1, Belle Terre Boulevard, and beyond. The path addition will also bring the installation of 42 street lights.

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Flagler Palm Coast girls lacrosse freshman Kylie Terrell and sophomore Katie Kornacki are representing FPC and Flagler County in the U.S. Lacrosse National Tournament in Maryland. Tryouts were on March 31, and they were selected to play on the North Florida Team. The U.S. Lacrosse Tournament is one of the largest women’s lacrosse events, with 60 teams competing, and one of the oldest.

FPC’s Jacob Miley approaches the finish line in the 4x400-meter relay.

Photos by Ray Boone

FPC’s boys team won by a total of 66 points.

FPC’s Marcus Freeman does the high jump at districts.

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The Bulldogs’ baseball team beat rival Seabreeze 4-1 on the night of Friday, April 5, at Seabreeze High School.

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ith his heart pounding, his legs aching, the Bulldogs’ Jacob Miley could hear the crowd roaring as he entered the back stretch of the last leg of the 4x400-meter relay.

He could hear fans shouting from the bleachers at Sal Campanella Memorial Stadium. He could hear his teammates screaming for him to finish strong. And he could hear the piercing whistle of his head coach, David Halliday, calling him to the finish line.

“I just knew I had to push through,” Miley said.

The Bulldogs completed the relay in 3:17.81. Mandarin finished in second place with a time of 3:22.46.

The Bulldogs' Verneal Henshaw winds up for the discus throw at the district meet.

“It felt great,” Miley said. “There was major competition. For us to compete how we did, with such a big lead at the end, was amazing. We’re going to blow people out of the water at regionals.”

Flagler Palm Coast’s boys t ra c k te a m blew away the competition at the 4A District 1 meet on Tuesday, April 9. The Bulldogs took first place with a total score of 168, which was 66 points ahead of second place Buchholz. The Bulldogs’ girls team finished in third behind Mandarin and Fleming Island.

The regional meet is on April 27 in Winter Park.

The Bulldogs are in the infamous “Region of Death,” where the co m p e t i t i o n to qualify for the state meet in fierce.

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Matanzas’ track team had several top 10 finishers at Friday Night Spikes on April 5 in Jacksonville. Sofja Paukova took fifth in the high jump and seventh in the triple jump.

Aubrey Kravantka finished seventh in the javelin. Mason Krenz finished fifth in the javelin. Richard Rigby finished ninth in the javelin. And Skyelar Williams-Michaud finished seventh in the shot put.

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FPC football player Trenton Steward, a former running back at rival Matanzas, committed to play football at Ohio Northern University. The Polar Bears, NCAA Division III program, compete in the Ohio Athletic Conference.

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regional meet outright. That’s not necessarily the goal, however.

“All we want to do is qualify as many people as we can for the state championships, so we can score as many points as we can,” he said. “We took our first step today.”

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Bulldogs outlast Hawks 13-6 FPC’s Breaza Robinson scored a touchdown late in the fourth quarter to help lead the Bulldogs to victory.

Above: FPC’s Demetra Kasttritis returns an interception against Spruce Creek.

FPC’s Breaza Robinson runs the ball against Spruce Creek.

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With the Bulldogs leading 13-6 in the final moments of the fourth quarter, Spruce Creek had one last chance to tie or win the game. The Hawks’ quarterback launched the ball down the field toward a receiver, but Bulldogs defensive back Demetra Kasttritis jumped the route, intercepting the pass.

She was full of excitement and energy as she sprinted down the field toward the end zone at Flagler Palm Coast High School. In her second year of playing flag football, it was Kasttritis’ firstever interception.

It took her a brief moment to realize she was going the wrong way.

“I noticed my whole sideline pointing in the other direction,” Kasttritis said with a laugh after FPC’s win over the Hawks on the night of Thursday, April 4. “I was so happy and proud of myself.”

The Bulldogs were coming off a four-game losing streak and had only scored three touchdowns in the first five games of their season.

They made a switch at quarterback on Thursday night, opting to install team captain Breaza Robinson, who had never played the position previously, as the team’s signal caller.

“She handled it really well,” Bulldogs head coach James Gambone said. “She made good plays.

She made good decisions.”

The Bulldogs led 7-6 for much of the game.

Midway through the fourth quarter, however, FPC’s Marisa Kong hauled in a deep pass on third down that put the Bulldogs within 15 yards of the goal line.

Robinson made a leaping grab over a defender for a touchdown two plays later.

In addition, Kong, a transfer from rival Matanzas High School, had only played on offense prior to this season. She recorded two interceptions against the Hawks.

“I’m an aggressive person, and I like competition,” she said. “I never give up.”

And she, like the rest of the team, hasn’t given up on the Bulldogs’ chances in the playoffs.

“We have a lot of talent on this team, and I think we deserve to make it,” she said.

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“I think we’re on a roll now.

That was a good team we played against.

We were able to outlast them.”

JAMES GAMBONE, FPC coach

FPC’s Breaza Robinson attempts to dodge a pair of Spruce Creek defenders.

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Matanzas' Alyssa Payne throws a ball to first base for an out.

“Next station!” Matanzas coach Sabrina Manhart shouts during a softball practice one afternoon at Matanzas High School. The girls — some hitting, some catching, some throwing — quickly shift gears.

There’s no wasted motion, no slowing down, no messing around.

The Pirates’ softball practices have been like this since day one of the 2019 season, Manhart’s first with the team.

Manhart, who was previously the head coach at Daytona State College for the past 12 years, knew what she was getting in a Pirates team that learned discipline under former head coach Sarah Novak, who stepped down from the position

before the start of the 2018 season.

The girls quickly bought into Manhart’s approach.

“There’s just so many teachable moments to take advantage of.

It’s part of what I enjoy the most about coaching,” she said. “And I feel like they’re really hearing what I’m saying.”

The fruits of the buy-in were immediate: The Pirates run-ruled Seabreeze 10-0 in their season opener on Feb. 20 at the Ormond Beach Sports Complex.

And they kept winning.

They toppled DeLand. Blasted St. Augustine and Mainland. And they dethroned Deltona, who ousted the Pirates from the playoffs a year prior.

With each win, their confidence grew. But so did the target on their backs.

“We became the team to beat,” Pirates senior outfielder Alyssia Paiz said. “Everyone is bringing their ‘A’ game against us.”

Their first scare was against a

team they’d already beaten earlier in the season.

The Sandcrabs were at the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning down one run on April 3 at Matanzas High School. Then freshman pitcher Emma Wood, who struck out seven hitters against the Sandcrabs, stepped up to preserve a 3-2 win for the Pirates.

Throughout the Pirates’ struggles against the Sandcrabs, Manhart was stoic. There were no furious outbursts or fiery words.

But the intensity, the seriousness of it all, was still there.

Despite winning their 12th game in a row, Manhart spoke to her team well after the final out was called. This game was another “teachable moment.”

“I’m intense, for sure, but I’m very reasonable at the same time,” she said. “There’s so much to learn. There’s opportunities to grow after every game. I get their attention, and I make sure that they learn it then and there.”

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Matanzas recently earned a right to compete in the Kissimmee Klassic, an invitation-only tournament that features some of the top softball teams in the state, on April 4-5.

It was an eye-opening experience.

The Pirates were blown out by Tate 13-2 in their opening game.

After beating Lecanto 4-2 in Game 2, the Pirates suffered a 3-2 defeat to Coral Reef in Game 3 before surviving Okeechobee 6-5 to close out the tournament.

It was their first time dealing with the sting of defeat and the anxiety of playing from behind.

“We may be one of the top teams in the area, but once we go deeper into the postseason, we know there’s going to be a lot tougher teams we’re going to have to face,” Paiz said. “And we’re going to have to figure out how to beat them.”

But was their also a sense of relief in finally losing a game?

“Yes,” Wood said. “It would have been nice to be undefeated, but you’re not going to be perfect every single game. It’s going to happen.”

With only four games left in the regular season, postseason play is on the horizon. The Pirates have never been more than an early exit team, but in this first season under Manhart, it’s quite clear that expectations are different.

“I would not be surprised if we see this team in the Final Four,” Manhart said. “I think we can get there.”

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TOP FINISHERS GIRLS: Pole vault: Ekatereena Kouzina, 2.74 meters (first) Prosperity Wright, 5.09 meters (second) Shot put: Anisa Zwolinski, 10.49 meters (second) Triple jump: Prosperity Wright, 11.31 meters (first) Discus throw: Ryan Montgomery, 31.88 meters (first) 300-meter hurdles: Jahlia McCaskell, 48.16 (first) 200-meter dash: Susann Kaufmann, 27.20 (second) BOYS: Long jump: Tyquarious Jenkins, 6.65 meters (second) Discus throw: Verneal Henshaw,

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the Palm Coast Coin Laundry; feeding the homeless; joining the Tears Foundation Rock and Walk event. They reached over 700 people through these acts, according to a press release.

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Home Is Where, a Palm Coast band, released its EP titled “Our Mouths to Smile“ on March 23 on bandcamp.

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Home Is Where, a Palm Coast band, released its EP titled “Our Mouths to Smile” on March 23 on bandcamp. Recorded in St. Augustine with Cole Helman, the EP consists of five melodic punk rock songs about subjects like World War I and spending rent money on Bob Dylan bootlegs. Before recording the EP, the band took these songs on an East Coast/Midwest tour in the fall 2018 with The Ned — another homegrown band, which Home is Where guitarist Trace George and drummer Joe Gardella are also in.

Home Is Where became a band in 2017 and is made up of Gardella, George, Brandon MacDonald as the lead singer, playing harmonica and singing saw, and Connor “Fat Slaps” O’Brien on bass.

Home Is Where’s EP can be found at https://homeiswhere. bandcamp.com/album/ourmouths-to-smile.

AMERICAN LEGION MEMBERS INDUCTED Seven veterans were inducted into the Flagler American Legion Post 115 at its general meeting Monday, April 8, at the Veterans of Foregin Wars Post 8696.

Post Commander David Hammond led the initiation.

The new members are: Armand Dupuis, Tanya Whitaker, Ron Dean, John O’Meally, Mike Greene, John Diaz and ThomasMahan.

Celebrate Earth Day by enjoying nature at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, 6400 N. Oceanshore Blvd. at 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 27.

Experience beautiful gardens, live music, and children’s performances. $5 cash per car park entrance fee. Environmentally oriented exhibitors will be on hand, as well as various vendors. There will be a wide variety of Florida friendly plants for sale, for guests to plant in their gardens. The event will be hosted by the Friends of Washington Oaks Gardens.

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Calvary Christian Center dream team members Alexis Richards and Adele Salerno paid for locals’ coin laundry.

A group of 101 people from Calvary Christian Center’s Dream Team went around Flagler County to conduct “Random Acts of Kindness” on Saturday, April 6. Calvary Christian Center is a new church in Flagler County, launching Easter Sunday at 6 p.m. in Matanzas High School.

This past Saturday, the church’s dream team was at 10 different locations serving the community in unique ways: Free face painting and making balloon animals at Wadsworth Park and the Indian Trails Sports Complex; providing a free lunch to the Palm Coast firefighters at Stations 23 and 24 and the Flagler County’s Sheriff’s Department; grilling free hotdogs at Holland Park; paying for people’s laundry and providing refreshments at

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Palm Coast Parks and Recreation is offering a new adaptive recreation programs for spring: Chair Zumba, which is offered to youth and adults with intellectual disabilities.

Chair Zumba provides easy movements to increase strength and flexibility in your arms, legs and core muscles. It will be offered 9-9:45 a.m. Friday, April 12, for ages 13 and up at the Frieda Zamba Swimming Pool classroom, 339 Parkview Drive. Visit parksandrec.fun/ wellness to register.

EQUAL PAY DAY IN FLAGLER COUNTY Mary Ann Clark, Public Policy director for American Association of University Women Flagler announced she would step down from AAUW Flagler’s Board; but, not before her final “swan song.” Through her efforts, AAUW Flagler emphasized the importance of Equal Pay Day 2019 through a series of events, beginning with a proclamation presented by the

FPC STUDENT ARTIST OF THE MONTH FINDS INSPIRATION IN NATURE Flagler Palm Coast High School art teacher Angela Biggs nominated junior Nicholas Gerry to be the Student Artist of the Month for April.

He said while his interest in photography only started about two years ago, he find’s constant inspiration in nature.

“There’s something about nature that inspires me to want to capture its natural beauty and share it,” Gerry said.

Biggs said she has seen his work grown “leaps and bounds” this year.

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2018. The final celebration, the branch’s annual “Un-Happy Hour,” was held at High Jacker’s restaurant. In addition to its co-presidents Susan Baird and Theresa Owen, the event was attended by AAUW Florida President Patricia Ross, Flagler County Commissioner Charlie Ericksen and newly elected Bunnell City Commissioner Jan Reeger.

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The eighth-annual Pellicer Creek Raid Civil War Reenactment took place April 6 and 7, at the Florida Agricultural Museum.

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The top winners were: of the show were: Diana Mier Patterson, First of show; Hanneke Jevons, Best of Show; Emma Fleischer, Third of Show; and Liz Monaco, Second of Show. Jevons was formerly of the art department at Flagler Palm Coast High School.

The Flagler Sportfishing Club will host its 23rd-annual Spring Classic on April 27. Registration and a silent auction will be April 26, at 5:30 p.m. at Beach Front Grille, 2444 S. Ocean Shore Blvd. Over 120 anglers will be vying for over $8,000 in cash prizes and merchandise for the tournament April 27. There is a mandatory captain’s meeting 7 p.m. April 26.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2019

Lisa McDevitt’s legacy lives on at Flagler Auditorium Gala The 27th-annual gala returned to Palm Coast this year.

PAIGE WILSON COMMUNITY EDITOR

A little more than two months after Flagler Auditorium Executive Director Lisa McDevitt’s Celebration of Life was held at the auditorium, the 27th-annual gala reminded everyone that her legacy still lives on.

The auditorium gala returned to Palm Coast for a formal evening at Channel Side, after being held in Halifax Plantation the last few years, said event chair Debra Naughton.

“I’m a personal friend of Lisa’s, and I got involved with the gala about five years ago decorating,” Naughton said. “And she’s the spirit in me that made me do all this tonight.”

About 100 gala tickets were sold for $80 each, to benefit the

auditorium’s capital improvement building fund, said Naughton, who added that attendance was higher than the previous few years.

“It’s been a long journey to get this thing going,” she said.

Naughton said that she’s already received positive feedback about the venue, so they’re hoping to hold it at Channel Side again.

Five Flagler Palm Coast High School students who help run the tech in the auditorium were sponsored to attend the gala as guests, thanks to Hammock Beach Resort, TAG Venture, Florida Power and Lighting and Tomoka Eye. Live music was performed

by Traces of Gold, and guests enjoyed a silent auction, as well.

Visit https://flaglerauditorium.org.

Photos by Paige Wilson

Lisa McDevitt’s daughter Jackie McDevitt and her fiance, Marc Gilliland.

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“I’m a personal friend of Lisa’s, and I got involved with the gala about five years ago decorating. And she’s the spirit in me that made me do all this tonight.”

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Flagler Beach man sponsors YPG Putt Crawl to honor father The Young Professionals Group of Flagler County sixth-annual Putt Crawl will be April 13.

PAIGE WILSON COMMUNITY EDITOR

Flagler Beach resident Chris Doyle will be thinking of his father when he takes his first putt-putt stroke at the Young Professionals Group of Flagler County sixth-annual Putt Crawl on Saturday, April 13.

The Doyle Family is one of the two primary sponsors of the event this year, donating $500 in memory of Charlie Doyle, Chris’ father, who attended every Putt Crawl through spring 2016, before he died at the end of 2016.

Chris Doyle said his dad enjoyed the golfing, drinks and the family reuniting every year around his birthday in April for the Putt Crawl.

In 2017 and 2018, Chris Doyle’s mother, Sylvia Doyle, carried on the tradition to attend the Putt Crawl, while wearing her late husband’s wedding band and U.S. Navy ring on a chain around her neck.

“My mom, she’s like, ‘You know what? Your father loved to do this. I have a good time. I’m still going to come up and do it,’” Chris Doyle recalled. “So, it became kind of this ‘in honor of my dad’ we’re going to get together and do the putt crawl.”

To honor him this year, the words “In memory of Charles Doyle” will be on the drink cups participants will use at each of the Putt Crawl locations. Chris Doyle said this will be quite the surprise for his mom.

Chris, Charlie, Jimmy and Brian Doyle at the YPG Putt Crawl in 2016.

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Sylvia Doyle, carried on the tradition to attend the Putt Crawl, while wearing her late husband’s wedding band and U.S. Navy ring on a chain around her neck.

Charlie Doyle putts a hole in 2016.

“That’ll be kind of cool — knowing that everybody that is going to be participating will have in memory of my dad on all their cups,” Chris Doyle said.

The Putt Crawl was created as

a fundraiser when YPG was asked to take over the Youth Leadership Flagler Program six years ago.

The first hole will be at Veterans Park, where registration is.

The eight participating locations after that are: Break-Awayz, The

Gold Lion Cafe, Finns Beachside Pub, Vessel Sandwich Co., the Flagler Beach Historical Museum, The Anchor, Whaam Burger and Tortugas Florida Kitchen and Bar. “When we learned that the Doyle family was interested in using the Putt Crawl as a tribute to their father, it was very humbling to know someone’s family was affected in such a positive way from this event,” said Hallie Hydrick, the event coordinator and YPG’s Socials Committee chair.

Chris Doyle said what he enjoys most about the event is the opportunity to reunite with friends and family.

“The ability to walk around town, visit local establishments, play a little putt-putt, meet tons of people out having a good time — I’ve never lived in a place like this, in a town that has this much community to it,” he said. “And this is just one event that shows how cool the community is and how it comes together.”

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n When: 1-7 p.m. Saturday, April 13 n Where: Flagler Beach, beginning at Veterans Park n Cost: for YPG members, $20 early registration, $25 day of event; for non-YPG members, $25 early registration, $30 day of event n Details: Putt Crawlers will make their way up A1A with nine holes of putt-putt golf at participating Flagler Beach restaurants. Admission includes a commemorative putt crawl mug, complimentary beverage at each participating restaurant, nine holes of putt putt golf and entry to the YPG Putt Crawl After Party. Prizes are awarded for most honest score and best overall score.

Search for “YPG Flagler’s 6th Annual Putt Crawl in Flagler Beach” on Facebook or visit http://www.flaglerchamber.org/pages/ypgputt-crawl.

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Friday, April 12

MOVIES IN THE PARK

When: 8 p.m.

Where: Central Park in Town Center, 975 Central Ave. Cost: Free Details: Watch “Peter Rabbit.”

Bring snacks, blankets, lawn chairs and bug spray.

Saturday, April 13

FCSO SAFETY EXPO

When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Where: European Village Cost: Free Details: The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office will host its first-ever Safety Expo to help residents have information and resources to stay safe and avoid becoming a victim of crime. The event will include child fingerprinting, emergency response vehicles to explore, the FCSO SWAT, K9 and Marine Units, resource booths and activities for the kids.

BLESSING OF THE FLEET

When: 3 p.m.

Where: departing from Cimmaron Basin on the Intracoastal Waterway Cost: Free Details: Palm Coast’s traditional Blessing of the Fleet will return, hosted by the Palm Coast Yacht Club. Open to all vessels, motorized or non-motorized, large or small. Gather at Cimmaron Basin at 2:40 p.m., south of the Hammock Dunes Bridge. Captains are asked to monitor Channel 68 for instructions. Visit https:// palmcoastyachtclub.com.

BLACK AND WHITE MASQUERADE BALL

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When: 6 p.m.

Where: Elks Lodge, 53 Old

Kings Road Cost: Donation of $25 per person, by check only Details: The Ladies Auxiliary of Palm Coast Elks Lodge No. 2709, 53 Old Kings Rd is sponsoring the ball fundraiser for members and their guests.

Cocktails at 6 p.m. Dinner at 7 p.m. Entertainment by Frank Saffi. Tickets available at the lodge 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday to Friday or call Karen at 2256975. Formal attire requested; semi-formal attire required.

ART AND POETRY SHOW

When: 6-8:30 p.m.

Where: Flagler County Art League, 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite 208A Cost: Free Details: The Flagler County Art League will host its eighthannual Spring Art Show and Poetry Competition. The art will be judged by Jan Miller of St Augustine. Winners will be announced and will read their winning entries at FCAL’s upcoming opening on April 13. In addition, winners will be invited to read their winning poems on Surf 97.3 FM. The art and poetry will be exhibited until May 7.

VETERANS FUNDRAISER

When: 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Where: Hammock Wine and Cheese, 5368 N. Oceanshore Blvd., Palm Coast Cost: $20 Details: Gratitude America will host a “Raise a Glass for Veterans” fundraiser at the restaurant, featuring music by country artist Jack Gafford.

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Saturday, April 20

EGG’STRAVAGANZA

When: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Where: Central Park in Town Center, 975 Central Ave. Cost: Free Details: It’s about that time for children to gather their Easter baskets and prepare for the ultimate egg hunt.

More than 10,000 candy- or toy-filled eggs will be scattered in a dedicated egg patch at the park. In addition Tuesday, April 16

FOOD TRUCK TUESDAY

When: 5-8 p.m.

Where: Central Park in Town Center, 975 Central Ave. Cost: price of food Details: Purchase and enjoy cuisine from food trucks situated along Park Street. Free entertainment. Visit www. palmcoast.gov.com/foodtruck or call 986-2323.

to the Easter egg hunts for children up to age 11, there will also be other activities, such as balloon art, carnival games, hay maze bunny trail, face painting, refreshments and pictures with the Easter Bunny.

Here’s the lineup of the egg hunt schedule by age: n Photo Booth Patch – Fun Hunts for children 2 and under n 10:15 a.m. for 3-5 year olds

n 11:15 a.m. for 6-8 year olds n 12:15 p.m. for 9-10 year olds n 12:45 p.m. last call

The Easter Bunny will arrive around 10:15 a.m. and will be available until 12:30 p.m. inside City Hall. Families can take their own pictures for free or pay $2 for a Polaroid picture. Also at the event will be Sheldon (the Daytona Tortugas mascot) and the Chick-fil-A cow in character stations at the event.

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your longevity?

Mike: A good friend of mine said, “It only takes 20 years to be an overnight success.” When we’re here at night, or we’re coming in here on a Saturday, you’re out of the house, so it’s difficult. You couldn’t do it without the acceptance of your spouse. In that regard, both Michael and I are extremely fortunate. Also, no matter how good you are, no matter how hard you work, if you don’t surround yourself with good support staff, you won’t be successful. We treat them with respect.

A successful business is not necessarily generational unless you have a good succession plan in place. Most family businesses fail when you get to the second and third generation. I’m very

proud that my successor is my son, Michael. We hit the recession, we both worked hard. I see a lot of companies and kids going into family businesses, and they turn out to be schmucks.

Michael: I have a couple factors that come to mind. One is value: What is your value to the client and their problem? Hard work is obviously No. 1. In a way, a little bit of fear — fear of not succeeding for your client, fear of not having the positive feelings from your client. It’s a healthy fear that motivates you to go work on Saturday and Sunday when you want to sit around and do weekend things.

Q: What do you like and not like about representing developers?

Michael: After 20 years, both emotionally and intellectually,

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going up the ladder that you do coming down the ladder, so treat everybody with respect and empathy.

Empathy and ‘healthy fear’: reflecting on 45 years at law ike Chiumento started a law firm 45 years ago, predating the incorporation of Palm Coast by a quarter century, and it has grown to 13 attorneys and 18 staff members, including several who have been with the company for more than two decades: Paralegal Michele Hurd, for example, started with the firm when she had small children; now they’re graduating high school. Chiumento’s son, Michael Chiumento III, joined the firm in 2001 and is a partner today, along with Marc Dwyer, Ron Hertel, Andrew Grant and Erum Kistemaker.

Mike and Michael reflected on 45 years in the business recently, at their offices in Town Center.

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Michael III joked that his father, Mike Chiumento, has gone into semiretirement by working only 40 hours per week.

Mike: We built a balcony off my office so we could sit back there and have our cigars and scotch at the end of the day like they do in “Boston Legal.” We haven’t done it since. We go out there, but it’s not like we wind down each down commiserating on the day’s events and having a scotch.

Michael: We go home to football practice, and doing algebra II till 10 o’clock at night.

If the community’s doing well, we’re doing well.

Mike: In the early days, it was a very small, close-knit community, and you had nowhere to go but to participate in the various civic associations. I’m proud because our law firm is the longest-tenured member of the Chamber of Commerce, as far as I’m aware, and both of us, father and son, were chairmen.

Your community is where you draw your natural resources: your clients. And you need to be out and about, developing the community, making it a better place for you to raise your families. And you become very empathic, and you are thankful for your success and realize that the community is a major part of your success, so you’ve got to give back.

Q: What motivates you to be

Q: What is the best advice you

Michael: We have now 30 people in the firm, and everybody is pretty much involved.

Michael: Surround yourself with smart people and work hard. Bring value.

Mike: You meet the same people

it’s satisfying to know that I had a significant part in the development of Town Center, Palm Coast Park, and lots of others.

To see that success, that vision come to fruition, is fun. You’ve been part of something, built something.

Q: How is practicing law in real life different from TV?

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ever got?

Michael: After a large, two-year project, we took a piece of property from a value of X dollars to 10 times that. Clients are thrilled and ecstatic. Four months later, Tuffy’s was being built — just a Tuffy’s. We lost, and it infected my brain for weeks. And Bruce Page says, “You hate losing more than you like winning.” There’s a running joke in the firm: “Don’t come back unless you win.” Winning — in some form or another — is expected. That’s what people come to us for. Losing is an expensive and emotionally taxing proposition for our clients.

So losing is multiple times worse than the benefit of winning.

Q: What happens to the firm in the next decade?

Michael: We’ve got a lot of partners that are the same age and that are going into the second half of their careers. How do we ensure that the firm continues to grow, to meet the needs of the people and the businesses in the community? We’re fortunate to be surrounded by people who share those visions.

Mike: Legal zoom, and those things that are out there to the run-of-the-mill type of client, that’s going to make it harder.

The pressures on the economics are going to continue to drive the cost of legal services up, and we just need to be careful that we don’t price ourselves out of the range of the general population.

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two-story house in Hammock Beach was the top real estate transaction for the week of Feb. 28 to March 6 in Flagler County. Richard and Mary Bowman, of San Diego, California, sold 89 Queen Oaks Lane to Michael and Donna Joyce, of Tallahassee, for $1,450,000. Built in 2008, the house has four bedrooms, four baths, two half-baths, two fireplaces, swimming pool, fountain and 5,455 square feet. Following is a partial list of other sales for the week.

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Condos Guillot Investment Holdings LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 600 Cinnamon Beach Way, Unit 544, to Karen Scott, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, for $445,000. Built in 2004, the condo has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,682 square feet. It sold in 2004 for $760,000.

Jon Pettigrew, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, sold 2001 Palm Drive, Unit C-103, to Sean and Denise Francis, of Commerce Township, Michigan, for $206,500. Built in 2005, the condo has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,598 square feet. It sold in 2016 for $184,000.

sold in 2006 for $251,000.

Margarita Sanchez, of Palm Coast, sold 7 Royal Tern Lane to Marilyn Ruado, of Palm Coast, for $172,900. Built in 2003, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,304 square feet. It sold in 2005 for $165,500.

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A Hammock Beach home was the top real estate transaction.

Alain Donahue, of Suwanee, Georgia, sold 75 Riverview Bend, Unit 1634, to Robert Bischoff, of Palm Coast, for $175,000. Built in 2006, the condo has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,283 square feet.

Belle Terre Bernard and Rachel Pierro, of Palm Coast, sold 82 Pilgrim Drive to Frederick Wallace and Pamela Tracy-Wallace, of Palm Coast, for $267,000. Built in 2006, the house has four bedrooms, two baths, a swimming pool and 1,811 square feet. It sold in 2014 for $139,000.

Alexander McDonald, individually and as trustee, sold 24 Panorama Drive to Neftali and Lilly Mena, of Palm Coast,

for $175,000. Built in 1985, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,911 square feet.

Cypress Knoll Holiday Builders Inc., of Melbourne, sold 30 Eastmoor Lane to Ryan Healy, of Palm Coast, for $228,790. Built in 2018, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,637 square feet.

Fuquay Austin Collins, of Del Mar, California, sold 1843 S. Daytona Ave. to Gloria King, of Flagler Beach, for $259,000.

Built in 1971, the house has two bedrooms, two baths and 840 square feet. It sold in 2014 for $185,000.

Grand Haven Darlene Michener, of Palm

Coast, sold 149 Waterside Parkway W. to Joseph Hanzel Jr. and Judy Bedell, as trustees, for $217,500. Built in 2005, the house has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,619 square feet. It sold in 2005 for $200,500.

Grand Reserve and Golf Club D.R. Horton Inc. Jacksonville, of St. Johns, sold 116 Grand Reserve Drive to Bernard and Rachel Pierro, of Bunnell, for $275,700. Built in 2017, the house has four bedrooms, 2.5 baths and 2,042 square feet.

Lehigh Woods Vitaly and Nina Berger sold 15 Raintree Circle to Richard and Sharon Friese, of Palm Coast, for $210,000. Built in 2006, the house has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,950 square feet. It

Model Land Debra and Scott Rome, of Margate City, New Jersey, sold 1301 Central Ave. N. to James Antal and Rebecca Aguirre, of Flagler Beach, for $336,000. Built in 1955, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,489 square feet. It sold in 1988 for $88,000.

Palm Harbor Rachel Snead, individually and as trustee, sold 4 Cute Court to Charles and Debra Connally, of Palm Coast, for $332,000.

Built in 2000, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace, swimming pool and 1,906 square feet. It sold in 2006 for $556,500.

Jose and Maria Veloso, of Brookfield, Connecticut, sold 63 Fanshawe Lane to Cardoso Family LLC, of Amboy, New Jersey, for $300,000. Built in 2014, the house has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,242 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $203,000.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2019

RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

FEB. 28 TO MARCH 6

Pine Lakes David, Steven and Daniel Hunt, and Tracy Dullimore, of Middlebury, Connecticut, sold 70 Westchester Lane to Lenora Ashford, of White Lake, Minnesota, for $272,500. Built in 2000, the house has three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a swimming pool, fountain and 2,230 square feet. It sold in 2005 for $269,900.

Nicholas and Ashlee Clark, of Palm Coast, sold 37 Woodborn

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Plantation Bay Guy and Christina de Luca, of Ormond Beach, sold 672 Southlake Drive to Robert and Jane Flynn, of Ormond Beach, for $520,000. Built in 2015, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a swimming pool and 2,624 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $471,800.

Seminole Woods Karen New, of Kent, England, sold 29 Seward Trail to Angelina Polley and Robert Hall, of Carlsbad, California, for $235,000. Built in 2003, the house has three bedrooms, two

baths and 1,399 square feet.

Yacht Harbor Don and Lana Steimle, of Ocala, sold 16 Spinaker Circle to Edward and Diana Paterniti, of Palm Coast, for $835,550.

Built in 2017, the house has three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a swimming pool, elevator and 2,893 square feet.

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Quail Hollow Adams Homes of Northwest Florida Inc., of Gulf Breeze, sold 61 Llama Trail to Deborah Walters and Brandi Gnindek, of Palm Coast, for $241,430.

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Elizabeth Bowdoin and Joseph Huber, individually and as trustees, sold 3 Campbell Court to Bruce and Wendy Ackinson, of Palm Coast, for $175,000. Built in 1974, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,029 square feet. It

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Engracia Gomez, of Palm Coast, sold 45 Fieldstone Lane to Richard and Deborah Cardoza, of Palm Coast, for $294,300. Built in 2004, the house has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,466 square feet.

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