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City to resume adding street lights PAGE 10 YOUR TOWN Marine veteran’s home severely damaged in fire The home of local Marine veteran Robert Detherow and his family at 38 Folcroft Lane sustained “extensive damage” in a house fire March 15, according to a news release from the city of Palm Coast.

No one was injured.

The Palm Coast Fire Department and Flagler County Fire Rescue responded to the scene and found “heavy fire” coming from the garage. The fire may have started with a motorcycle parked inside.

“Our firefighters knocked down the flames from the front of the garage and then made an aggressive interior fire attack to get a good stop on the fire and save a good portion of the contents of the residence,” Palm Coast Fire Department Engine 24 Capt. Kyle Berryhill said in the news release.

No people or pets were injured, but the Detherow family — five people — has been displaced. They are in touch with the Red Cross.

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County raises tourist tax 1% to fund beach work The county will raise the tourist tax by 1%, and direct $2 million to beach restoration in the first year after the change.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Flagler County will raise its tourist tax by 1% and direct $2 million in tourist tax money to beach restoration, tweaking the formula by which the tax revenue is allocated, and pulling $500,000 out of a tourism capital improvements fund.

The current tourist tax rate in Flagler County is 4%. The additional 1% is expected to bring in an additional $500,000 that could be used to help the county qualify for state or federal matching grants to repair beach damage caused by Hurricane Matthew.

The proposal to raise the tourist tax — a tax applied to hotels, SEE TAX PAGE 3

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FPS GOING TO STATES Teams from Flagler County district schools are heading to Orlando March 2629 to take part in the state Future Problem Solvers competition.

To follow the action, follow @FlaglerFPS on Twitter

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Among the groups going to the state competition is Open for Business. Members include: Daniel Wolcott, Madelynn Oliva, Kenneth Logan, Sean Gilliam, Hope Romaine, Isabella Colindres and Reina Robinson.

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Brush killed by saltwater flooding creates 1,200-acre fire hazard The county is considering strategies to prevent the dead brush along State Road A1A from fueling a conflagration.

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Large swaths of seaside plants that were washed over with salt water during Hurricane Matthew are now dead, dry and a fire hazard, according to county staff.

“Sea water has desiccated or killed a large portion of the vegetation,” Flagler County Land Manager Tim Telfer said. “Nobody’s quite sure what is going to happen from this point forward.”

Most of it, he said, will probably not regrow anytime soon.

To reduce the fire risk, Flagler County has started a project with the Florida Forest Service to create “defensible space” on county land on the barrier island, separating vacant county land from people’s homes.

But there’s a problem: Some of the areas that create the greatest fire risk are on private land, and the county doesn’t have a mechanism to clear that land or to get

property owners to do it.

Meanwhile, the county has gotten complaints from concerned residents who want the county’s code enforcement officers to cite property owners who don’t do get rid of dead vegetation on their properties, Telfer said.

The affected area covers about 1,200 acres on the barrier island, as far south as MalaCompra Park and as far north as Marineland, Telfer said.

The county is also seeking a $50,000 grant to install 27 miles of fire defense lines throughout the county, and could speed that process if it gets the grant — and cooperation from landowners.

The county, he said, has four options: n Have vegetative abatement officers go out and proactively cite problem properties, creating a process similar to the process used for code enforcement; n Have urban foresters respond to complaints about properties

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The gray area is dead brush — a wildfire hazard.

and begin an abatement process, but without proactively searching for problem properties; n Do a one-time survey of the barrier island to identify “properties of concern,” then send the landowners a nonpunitive letter urging them to correct the problem, or; n Continue on its current path of outreach with the

Florida Forest Service, without implementing new programs.

The first two proposals would require adding staff. County staff is recommending that the county move forward with the third option — sending a nonpunitive letter.

The letter would also notify landowners that if they remove trees the county considers a fire

risk, they would not be at risk of being fined or having to provide a replacement tree.

The acres and acres of dead brush are a particular problem because the county is exiting a weak La Niña period, Telfer said, meaning that the county has had a warmer and drier winter than normal, and lower humidity.

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Tax money to fund beach restoration

“We do not want them going across the dunes to get to the beach.

This is your $2 million investment.”

GEORGE DE GOVANNI, president Hammock Dunes Homeowners Association

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More than 200 trucks, each carrying 18-cubic yards of sand, are pulling into Varn Park each day as part of the Hammock Dunes restoration.

Hammock Dunes pays for its own dune repairs With Florida DEP’s approval, Hammock Dunes will be prepared for 2017 hurricane season.

JACQUE ESTES COMMUNITY EDITOR

When Hurricane Matthew blew out of town, the 2.3-mile stretch of dunes on the Hammock Dunes Beach was left destroyed.

The storm that crept along the coast Oct. 7, 2016 left just enough of the dunes to protect the homes in the gated community from the Atlantic Ocean.

While the community lost about 15 feet of dune depth, the only structure damage was to the 53 walkovers that were broken off and swept away by the cresting waves. George DeGovanni, president of the Hammock Dunes Homeowners Association, said there were four minor breaches that cut through the dunes.

Not ones to tempt fate, DeGovanni and community managers Jeff Annon and Travis Houck have decided to do their best to have the first phase of the dune restoration project completed by May 1, so that residents and their property are ready for the upcoming hurricane season, which officially begins on June 1.

May 1 is the beginning of turtle nesting season, and shouldn’t be a concern since the restoration work is ahead of schedule.

But if the Florida Department of Environmental Protection gives the community an extension to restore walkovers and replant the dunes past the May 1 turtle nesting season deadline, the HOA plans to have the area’s licensed turtle patrol handle any possible nest relocations.

DeGovanni said he doesn’t want to have to relocate any nests, but wants to be able to move them out of harm’s way.

“The county is trying to get money to restore the rest of the county dunes and beach,” DeGovanni said. “We don’t know when that is going to happen, and we can’t risk our community going past turtle season and into the next hurricane season.”

Residents have been supportive of the decision to incur a $2 million loan from Intracoastal Bank and have their dues increase to protect their assets. The community has applied for FEMA reimbursement. If the reimbursement is awarded, the money would be used to pay up to 75% of the loan.

Repairing dunes is serious business in Florida and has to be performed under the auspices of the Florida Department of Environmental Management.

Flagler County has granted access to the HOA and closed Varn Park to allow the transportation of more than 200 trucks carrying 18 cubic yards of sand per truck, each day.

The beach is fenced off and closed between Varn Park and Jungle Hut Road while the construction is underway. DeGovanni said that hasn’t stopped some beachgoers from going around the fences and walking among the large trucks.

Halifax Paving has a contract with a sand quarry off Colbert Lane to meet DEP requirements for sand compatible with the existing sand on the beach, and

Photo by Jacque Estes

Hammock Dunes HOA President George De Govanni sits in front of a map of Hammock Dunes. The 2.3 miles of beachfront dunes were destroyed by Hurricane Matthew.

the company has also provided a prototype of equipment that can be used on the beach without getting stuck.

DeGovanni said that while the sand is being unloaded down the beach, a bulldozer is “sculpting” the restored dunes to at least 18 feet high and 5 feet deep.

Residents are asked to stay off the closed area of the beach and dunes. Those who don’t will be charged with trespassing, and the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office will be called.

“We do not want them going across the dunes to get to the beach. This is your $2 million investment,” DeGovanni said.

motels and campgrounds — to pay for beach restoration was proposed in February and presented to the County Commission.

County Commissioner Donald O’Brien noted that the initial proposal raised the amount of money to be allocated to beach restoration, but also significantly raised the money that would be set aside for the county’s promotions fund: 60% of the money would go to promotions, with the remaining money going to beach restitution in the first year, then being divided between beach restoration and a capital improvement fund in following years.

O’Brien suggested reversing that, and having 60% of the money — $1.5 million — go to beach restoration in the first year, and $1 million to the promotions budget. The promotions fund has a surplus, and could maintain its budget for a year without the additional income, he suggested.

“My sole thought in this whole process was to find every dollar that we could to offset the matching that we know we’re going to need,” he said at a joint workshop between the County Commission and the Tourist Development Council March 20.

County staff also proposed pulling $500,000 from the capital improvement fund and adding it to the beach restoration fund this year, bringing the total allocation for the beach to $2 million.

Over three years, the proposal will collect $2.75 million for beach restoration, county tourism chief Matt Dunn said. The county expects that it will need a $7.5 million match for beach restoration grants.

Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland, who sits on the Tourist Development Council, said she was concerned about pulling money out of the capital projects fund, which has been used to pay for renovations at sports fields in Palm Coast in the past.

“I am in agreement for shifting towards the beach restoration fund, because that is critical,” she said. “But … we need to make investments in our capital improvements fund.”

But the TDC approved the proposal by a unanimous vote in a special meeting after the joint workshop, and the County Commission approved it unanimously during a commission meeting later the same day.

“My sole thought in this whole process was to find every dollar that we could to offset the matching that we know we’re going to need.”

DONALD O’BRIEN, Flagler County Commissioner

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Flagler County officials plan to tell the state that they don’t support the new vacation rental bills proposed in the Florida House and Senate — not even with an amendment proposed by Sen. Travis Hutson.

“The amendment will cost you more money in enforcement,” County Administrator Craig Coffey told county commissioners at a workshop March 20.

The proposed bills would bar municipalities from regulating vacation rentals. That would return counties to the legal landscape that existed between 2011 — when the state passed a law barring local regulation of rentals — and 2014, when Flagler County lobbied successfully to have the 2011 law repealed.

Hutson proposed an amendment to the current pending Senate bill that would allow vacation rentals to be regulated, but only “provided such regulation applies uniformly to all residential properties without regard to whether the property is used as a vacation rental.” Hutson’s amendment also bars municipalities from banning

vacation rentals or regulating their duration or frequency.

That would mean that to regulate vacation rentals without inviting accusations of selective enforcement, Coffey explained, the county would need to subject all rentals — apartment buildings, single-family homes rented out on year-long leases, condos — to the same regulatory requirements as vacation rentals that are rented out to 20 vacationers at a time.

“You will be inspecting a lot more apartments, condos and things like that,” Coffey said.

“You’re going to regulate a ton of people. … You’re back to the 2011 law. It’s a little bit better, but you’re going to face issues in court.”

If the county tried to regulate all rentals equally in order to curb nuisances associated with the vacation rentals, Coffey said, that would require adding staff members to handle the extra work.

And the state politicians debating the bills, he said, don’t have any experience with being sued over vacation rentals — unlike Flagler County, which had to defended its ordinance in court after vacation rental owner Steve Milo challenged it— and are hearing from people and entities who stand to gain from a repeal of the 2014 legislation.

“As far as being at the table, we are not at the table,” Coffey said.

“Airbnb is at the table, big money is at the table, there’s a lot of folks at the table, but if you think Fla-

was born on October 3, 1966 in Vidalia, Georgia to Frank Quarterman, Sr. and Betty Cooper-Quarterman who preceded him in death.

Don, affectionately known as Juan, attended Todd Grant Elementary and Middle schools, Darien, GA, Bay Point Elementary and Middle schools, St. Petersburg, FL. Juan received his diploma from Corllins University in 1984 with a G.P.A of 3.2.

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gler County’s at the table — we are on the outside looking in on this thing.”

County Attorney Al Hadeed said the bills, even with Hutson’s amendment, would make it near impossible for the county to defend any regulation of the rentals in court.

“They are leading local government down a trap,” he said. “I’m telling you, it’s bad. We might as well have the 2011 law.”

The county’s ordinance on vacation rentals, passed after the 2014 law, was intended to be “scalpellike,” regulating the short-term rentals without affecting longterm rentals like condos or singlefamily homes leased to long-term tenants, Hadeed said.

Under the proposed bills, he said, the county would not be able to inspect vacation rental properties to enforce state requirements for fire safety or pool safety. The state doesn’t do that job either.

Hadeed suggested that if the bills advance, the county could fight them “tooth and nail.” If it does, he said, it will have allies.

“There is a rising groundswell against what they are doing,” he said. “More and more communities are becoming aware of this.

There’s a large number of lobbyists that have been retained to handle this. It’s going to be a fist fight.”

County Commissioner Greg Hansen agreed with Hadeed, saying he believed the county should prepare to fight the bill, and ask

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Juan was employed by Hornbeck, Hornbeck Offshore, Tidewater and Crowley Marines. While training and pursuing a career with the Merchant Marines, Juan met Cheryl Duval of Patterson, LA who later became his wife.

He leaves a host of family and friends to mourn his passing.

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Ann Beasanski, field manager for Vacation Rental Pros, checks the outdoor grill as part of her safety and cleanliness inspection of a rental property in Flagler Beach.

She has lived in Palm Coast for the past four years, an example of someone who benefits from the 300,000 jobs created by the vacation rental industry in Florida.

“We abide by the rules, and we try to do everything right,” she said, adding that statements of rentals causing trouble in neighborhoods have been “blown out of proportion.”

Steve Milo, owner of Vacation Rental Pros, agrees. He said the state should be in charge of regulating vacation rentals, not local governments, because often the owners of the rental properties don’t live locally and therefore are being regulated without representation.

“These people pay more taxes, use less services and have no voice at the local level because they’re not registered to vote,” Milo said.

“It’s a property rights issue.”

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WHERE DOES FLAGLER COUNTY STAND?

Here are the positions Flagler County is taking on pending state legislation:  On Enterprise Florida — Retain and continue to fully fund the state program.  Visit Florida — Retain and continue to fully fund the state program.  Home Rule Authority – Oppose loss of ordinance and regulations currently in effect in Flagler County.  Short-Term Vacation Rental — Retain local zoning authority.  Department of Transportation District — Flagler County to remain in District 5.  Tax Increase — Additional Reporting Requirement and Public Notice Requirements  Local Option Taxes — Oppose required referendum to increase property tax, local option taxes and new tax supported debt.

The county will send a letter to members of the Flagler County Legislative Delegation, Executive Director of the Florida Association of Counties and Florida City County Management Association stating its positions.

future legislative session, to move back to home rule ... like it ought to be.”

He pointed out that Hutson had proposed the 2014 bill when he was a House member, along with then-Sen. John Thrasher. “This 2014 bill belongs to Mr. Hutson.

It’s his baby,” McLaughlin said.

“I think he’s very invested in keeping it alive. And if he says we need this canister on the back of the ship, I’m going to support him.”

Even with the Huston amendment, Hadeed said, the county would not be able to enforce safety regulations, and it would not be able to enter residences for inspection without a search warrant.

The commission voted unanimously at its meeting the evening of March 21 to urge Hutson to withdraw the amendment and to oppose the vacation rental bills.

Coffey will send a letter stating the county’s position on the vacation rentals bills and other proposed state bills to members of the Flagler County Legislative Delegation, the Executive Director of the Florida Association of Counties and the Florida City County Management Association.

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Hutson to withdraw his amendment. “He’s trying to save something for Flagler County, but he’s wrong,” Hansen said. “I think I’m in Al’s camp that we’ve got to tell him no.”

Commissioner Donald O’Brien agreed.

Hadeed said there are benefits to opposing the bill entirely, even if it passes anyway. “That is a powerful message that’s going resonate within that Senate chamber of how important that issue is,” he said. “If there is a fire and people die or are seriously injured, that’s on their watch. Because they allowed it to happen.”

Coffey said he thought the county should ask Hutson to withdraw the amendment and oppose the bills.

Commissioner Nate McLaughlin urged caution, comparing Hutson’s amendment to the emergency life raft canisters on the back of ships.

“I am in full favor of let’s go for the jugular … but I think if we come out of this thing with nothing, we’re going to wish we had that canister on the back of the boat,” McLaughlin said. “It will give us a foundation to move forward, in a

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For whom is the American dream alive?

‘You could be the police,’ the man said.

‘You could be anything.’

BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

As I walked along Bacher Street in Bunnell on a cool evening last week, with the sun drawing long shadows outside the Housing Authority office, I became aware that I was an outsider — a white guy walking around a black neighborhood.

This is one of my least favorite sensations because I prefer to think that we are living in a post-racial society in which no one feels like an outsider — white or black. I like to think Martin Luther King’s dream has been realized, a place where little children play with each other, not thinking of race at all. But race seemed to lead the conversations I had with people in the neighborhood that day.

On a porch across the way, a woman hollered in my direction, asking, “You HUD?” I walked across the lawn and introduced myself. No, I told her, I’m not HUD but merely a newspaper reporter.

I explained that I was hoping

to take a photo for the Palm Coast Observer for a story we were planning to publish about the lack of affordable housing in Flagler County (which we did in the March 16 edition).

The woman, who declined to tell me her name, thought it was a great idea to draw attention to the problem, but she was skeptical. What difference would it make to write a newspaper story?

She was friendly but declined to let me take a picture of her home, so I walked down a couple more streets.

I saw a vibrant community, people of all ages enjoying the weather, a basketball hoop with a torn net, a barrel-sized wire cage full of aluminum cans, music blaring from competing car stereos.

I met a man sitting on his porch outside his apartment.

He looked about 45 years old, a tall man with broad shoulders and bright white teeth. I asked if it was OK for me to take photos of the apartments near where he lived.

“Sure, you can do whatever you want,” he said.

“Well, I just don’t want to make anyone uncomfortable, walking around, taking pictures.”

“You could be the police,” he said.

“Nope, not the police, just a newspaper reporter.”

Again, I was mistaken for someone in authority, ostensibly just because I was white.

“You could be anything,” he said.

“And you couldn’t?”

“No, I couldn’t. You could,

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The Housing Authority Office, on Bacher Street, in Bunnell.

but I couldn’t.”

“Just because I’m white and you’re black?” I said.

“You can go as far as your education will take you.”

I sat next to him and talked for a few minutes, and I took the photo that would appear on the front page of the March 16 edition, a row of apartments with window air-conditioning units jutting over plastic lawn chairs. It’s a picture of “the projects” in Bunnell — a place I assume many people in Palm Coast don’t know exists.

In the days since, I’ve thought a lot about those few moments with the man on the porch. He was not under the illusion that we were in a postracial society. Because, while Martin Luther King’s dream of integration has been achieved as far as the courts are con-

cerned, the American dream of upward mobility, of hard work resulting in economic opportunity regardless of race, was something this man had lost faith in, if he ever had it.

Maybe some are tempted to lecture this man, and maybe he deserves it. What opportunities had he already squandered in his life? What effort was he making to improve his situation now?

The brief exchange I had with him didn’t answer those questions. But it did serve to identify another question to which, if we could find an answer, could change a lot of lives in public housing: How can we help this man believe in the American dream again?

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Don’t let vacation rentals dodge local rule If passed, two bills being considered in the state Legislature will have destructive consequences to our neighborhoods.

RON BOYCE GUEST WRITER

The Florida Vacation Management Association, along with AirBNB, Home Away and VRBO, are intensely lobbying our Legislature this session to pass bills that will benefit their business models but take away home rule from our local municipalities. Those bills are 2017 Florida House Bill 425 and Senate Bill 188.

Home rule was removed from our counties, cities and towns as it relates to regulating a transient public lodging business (vacation rentals) back in 2011 when Senate Bill 883 was passed. This bill also removed our local zoning to regulate these dwellings, eliminated the requirement for sprinklers, required no life safety inspec-

tions prior to licensing them, and appointed a representative from the vacation management industry to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. In addition to those changes, it also renames these transient public lodging establishment from a resort dwelling to a vacation rental.

Why would the vacation industry change the name of this transient public lodging establishment? The fact is they are not rentals or leases. They use a license agreement just like a hotel, motel or bed and breakfast. All of these businesses are transient public lodging establishments. All of these businesses are subject to local zoning and regulations.

So why are vacation rentals treated differently?

When Senator John Thrasher helped passed Senate Bill 354 in 2014, our local officials where able to pass an ordinance to deal with our local issues. Since all counties, cities and towns have different issues, and one size does not fit all, this approach is the right one. SB 354 does not prohibit vacation rentals. Even Gov. Rick Scott said our tourism industry is doing great.

So why are the vacation industry pushing these bills?

They do not like to be regulated.

The bills that they are trying to get passed will have

destructive consequences to our neighborhoods. Our Legislature talks about property rights for all homeowners. But they were not concerned about our property rights when they removed local zoning from our single-family neighborhoods in 2011.

If I was to apply for a license to convert my one-family dwelling to a bed and breakfast, which is a transient public lodging establishment, I would not be able to operate in a neighborhood zoned for single-family residences. Bedand-breakfast establishments are also required to be inspected for life safety semiannually and to install sprinklers in most cases, be ADA compliant and change their certificate of occupancy to reflect their new use, which is transient.

So why is a vacation rental treated differently?

Our representatives must acknowledge that these dwellings are no longer homes. They are licensed businesses, and all businesses should be regulated locally.

I am asking all Florida residents to stand up an defend local home rule authority.

Visit homerulefl.com for more information.

Ron Boyce lives in Ocean Oaks Lane, in a subdivision of Hammock Beach. He drives by a vacation rental on his street every day.

WHY FLAGLER COUNTY’S OFFICIALS OPPOSE HB 425 AND SB 188 House Bill 425 and Senate Bill 188 remove local municipalities’ ability to regulate vacation rental companies. Here’s why the Flagler County Board of County Commissioners voted on March 6 to ask our local state legislators to oppse the bills: It is essential for the protection of singlefamily and duplex neighborhoods within designated areas to be protected from the potentially adverse effects of unrestrained short term vacation rentals The current county ordinance protects the life safety of visitors to the county who use shortterm vacation rentals There has been no demonstration that Flagler County should be deprived of its constitutional home rule powers, or specifically its land use development powers

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Deputies arrested Jerald Medders (who also spells his first name “Gerald”) March 15 after the victim reported the crimes to a counselor March 9, saying that she had been having sex with an adult.

Medders, who was known to the victim’s family, had sex with the victim three times on his property, in the yard, the garage, and, on the most recent occasion, his daughter’s bedroom, according to a charging affidavit.

The Sheriff’s Office gathered the girl’s clothing to test for forensic evidence.

In a forensic interview, the victim told a member of a child protection team that Medders had been telling her since she was 13 that he was attracted to her.

IN JAIL He would come to her house, Medders is speak with her parents and then being held at become “touchy-feel” with her, the county jail she said. on a combined He blamed the girl for the rapes, $300,000 bond and told her “that it would be her on three charges fault if they were caught,” accordof sexual battery ing to the affidavit. on a child over He’d spoken with her by phone the age of 12. in the past about the fact that he’d

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When the girl told Medders she thought her parents might figure out that they’d had sex, he said, “Well we can stop that (profanity) ... and be friends.”

March 14, the Sheriff’s Office sent the victim to Medders’ home wearing a wire. She told him she was afraid she’d become pregnant.

Medders, swearing, said he didn’t think he’d gotten her pregnant. The girl said, “Did we not sleep together? It’s only you. It’s only been you! Did we not!?”

Medders said “yes” several times, and said he would get her a pregnancy test when he had the money.

Deputies reviewed the tape and arrested him March 15.

In a letter to a Sheriff’s Office deputy, the victim’s mother wrote that her daughter had asked Medders, “How do you look my parents in their face and talk to them after knowing what we’ve done?” and that he’d replied, “I feel bad, but I do it anyway.”

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If you build low-income housing, you’re asking for trouble Dear Editor: It seems like the city of Palm Coast is contemplating rezoning a property, allowing for the addition of low-income rental housing. In my opinion, that represents a grave and irreversible mistake.

As anyone who has ever lived in a large urban environment knows, the concentration of low-income residents into any community brings with it a host of problems which become a permanent fixture — problems such as drug trafficking, gun violence, gang affiliations and a whole host of crime, which destroys quality of life, property value and wreaks havoc on the surrounding community.

The warehousing of lowincome residents into apartment complexes is a failed experiment that has brought irreversible blight not just into the complexes themselves but into the surrounding area as well.

Palm Coast should learn from these mistakes and not even consider bringing that in.

Lets take a look at an example, the Gardens of Daytona apartments, which, according to a 2015 Daytona Beach News-Journal article, receives approximately $2 million per year in rent subsidies as well as close to $400,000 in annual utility subsidies. From January 2012 through June 2016, 5,000 police calls were made to the development to cover a multitude of crimes such as armed robbery, carjacking, narcotics,

Vacation rental legislation must be stopped Dear Editor: Sen. Travis Hutson, my wife and I voted for you, in large part, because of your 2014 position on allowing for local communities to regulate short-term vacation rentals. This year’s Senate Bill 188 would take home rule away, but as chairman of the Regulated Industries Committee, you can stop the bill by not placing it on the agenda. I strongly urge you to do so.

In 2011, the Florida Legislature created a totally unregulated short-term rental industry. We saw 8-plus bedroom houses built as short-term rentals without the minimum safety and fire standards required in commercial lodging faciligun shootings, disturbances, assault, etc.

I can't think of anyone who would want to live in such an environment or anywhere near it. Nobody builds dilapidated and run-down "ghetto" housing, but that is what they become when you concentrate low-income residents.

As for businesses not wanting to locate in Palm Coast because we lack so-called affordable housing, I simply cannot fathom any such business unless you are talking about for-profit private prisons.

For those who complain about the lack of affordable housing,

way and as far as any elected official who is in favor of lowincome developments, build them in your back yard but keep it out of mine!

ties. The local government could not oversee the shortterm rentals, and the state would not.

While Sen. Greg Steube wishes to return to this era, he uses emotional arguments not based upon fact.

Since local rule was established, travel and tourism have flourished in our communities, while the property rights of all Floridians have been preserved.

Flagler County’s top legislative priority the last two years was short-term rentals. This bill is an attack on home rule. The current political climate mandates local control of local issues, not state control. Please stop this legislation from moving forward.

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I believe you live where you can afford. I personally would love to live in a beautiful house on the beach, but I can't afford it, so I live where I can afford.

Granted, we do have people in need and who should receive assistance, but these programs have created a cycle of dependency which is continually perpetuated.

A good education and a job work wonders for lifting people out of poverty and into the mainstream of American society.

People move into Palm Coast for its beauty, good schools and quality of life. Let us keep it that

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In February, United Way of Florida released the updated ALICE report, detailing the plight of the working poor. The rates of households within the poverty and ALICE thresholds in Flagler and Volusia counties were unchanged and in some cases improved. But the challenges remain for those struggling to provide for their families.

The ALICE Report is designed to call attention to these families that make more than the federal poverty guidelines, but less than enough to survive. One way to help stabilize these families is to provide them with educational opportunities in managing and maintaining a budget.

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Palm Coast is resuming a project to add street lights on its darker roads.

The announcement that the project will resume came during a City Council meeting March 21, when City Councilwoman Heidi Shipley asked about the program’s status.

The city has long fielded complaints from residents about dark streets being unsafe for pedestrians, and those complaints increased after a 16-year-old Matanzas High School student, Michelle Taylor, was struck by a car and killed while walking alongside Lakeview Boulevard March 2.

The city used to have a continuous street lighting program to eliminate dark areas, but it was cut by a previous City Council during the economic downturn.

That program is being revived.

“We’re moving forward with that this year,” City Manager Jim Landon said during the meeting.

Even while the continuous street lighting program was stalled, the city maintained a program that allows residents to request the installation of street lights on residential streets. But that program does not cover nonresidential areas like the wooded area where Taylor was struck.

The city is proceeding with design for additional lighting on Belle Terre Parkway from Palm Coast Parkway to State Road 100, Landon said, and could add other areas to the list.

“We have some other areas such as Whiteview, Lakeview, etc., that are also on our list,” Landon said.

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The Flagler County jail was placed on lockdown after a natural gas leak was discovered just before 11 a.m. March 14.

The jail’s 139 inmates were on lockdown for about two hours as the leak was investigated, according to a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office news release. No one was injured.

Firefighters and the jail’s gas company supplier investigated the leak, which turned out to be coming from the jail’s water heater system.

“I’m grateful that nobody was injured and that this incident occurred in an area that’s removed from the general inmate population,” Sheriff Rick Staly said in the news release.

“We have systems in place to make sure everyone remains safe.”

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Surveillance video shows deputies approaching the empty SUV with caution after the woman and her son have exited.

Flagler County deputies responded to a tense situation outside the Flagler County courthouse the afternoon of March 21 when a young man was found with a replica handgun in what deputies believe may have been an attempt to commit “suicide by cop.”

The incident happened just before 2:30 p.m., according to a Sheriff’s Office news release.

A deputy working at the courthouse heard an argument in a moving Nissan SUV in the courthouse parking lot, and approached the driver’s side.

The woman who was driving yelled to the deputy that her son was in the car with a gun. The deputy got behind cover, drew his firearm and was issuing commands, according to the news release, when the woman grabbed the gun from the man and threw

it out the driver’s side window toward the deputy.

The woman and her son, a 21-year-old, both stepped out of the car with their hands in the air, and deputies took the son into custody under a Baker Act to get him mental health treatment.

The gun was a Sig Sauer handgun replica without the orange markers that are usually used to differentiate replicas from real firearms.

The mother told deputies that she’d been driving around the courthouse parking lot trying to get the attention of a law enforcement officer because she was concerned about her son.

The 21-year-old’s statements to deputies led them to believe that he may have intended to flash the replica weapon to get them to shoot him.

Lane closures begin on Matanzas Woods Parkway Lane closures began March 13 on the westbound lane of Woods Parkway, west of Belle Terre Parkway, for construction of a city of Palm Coast wastewater collection project.

The periodic lane closures occur between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. and will continue for several months, according to a city of Palm Coast news release.

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Inmates earn food handling certification Inmates Scott Graves, 30, and Ryan Walker, 27, will leave the Flagler County detention facility with ServSafe Certificates, certifying that they have met the requirements for food safety and sanitation.

The certificates are a requirement for restaurant workers.

Sheriff Rick Staly and Food Services Director Art Bordine congratulated the two.

“I congratulate both of you,” Staly told Graves and Walker.

“We want to end the cycle of revolving doors here. This will help you find a job. I commend you for taking advantage of this opportunity.”

Vacant U.S. 1 land may become age-restricted development A proposed development on the west side of U.S. 1 just south of Palm Coast Parkway may help Palm Coast increase its limited supply of senior housing.

The 50-acre parcel is now used for equestrian activity, with the northern portion of the parcel left vacant.

PC Farm Partners II LLC is under contract to purchase the land, and would like to develop it into “Winds Chant Country Manor,” an age-restricted 55+ community, independent living facility and assisted living facility with an attached medical facility.

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The next step for the developer, Palm Coast Senior Planner Bill Hoover said, will be to present a preliminary master plan to the city’s Planning Board for approval.

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The woman, 61-year-old Jeanmarie Baker, had left her car parked next to an access road, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.

An engineer on the southbound train saw the car off to his right, about 2,097 feet from the railroad crossing on Florida East Coast Railroad’s property, according to the FHP report.

The engineer then saw a woman step out of the car and run toward the tracks. The engineer applied the brakes, but could not stop the train in time.

Baker’s boyfriend had reported earlier in the day to the Port Orange Police Department that Baker was suicidal, according to the FHP report.

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Prisoners, beware! Sheriff Staly to round up community leaders in fundraiser ‘sting’ Arrestees must rely on friends to get released in the ‘jail and bail’ fundraiser.

COLLEEN MICHELE JONES COMMUNITY EDITOR

More than a dozen upstanding members of the Flagler County community will be arrested on March 31 in a “sting operation” that Sheriff Rick Staly has been planning for several months now.

The prisoners will be tracked down at their places of employment, transported to a waiting “jail cell” and provided bread and water, until — and only if — their individual bail amounts are met, at which time they will be released on their own recognizance.

The build-up to the historic roundup of this group of civic leaders has already created buzz on the streets. The event, held the day before the Relay for Life to raise money for the Daytona Beach division of the American Cancer Society, will contribute money for the same cause.

Before his election this past

November, Staly told his friend Steve Canfield, a local resident and the former fire chief of St. Johns County, that if Staly won election, he’d help bring a “jail and bail” to Flagler, just as he’d done when he was the undersheriff in Orange County years ago. Canfield is serving as the organizer of the event.

The way it works is that for a nomination fee, people can arrange to have themselves or others — a friend, neighbor, boss — “arrested” by Staly sometime between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Friday, March 31. Prisoners will then be brought to a mobile “jail cell,” which in this case will be set up on the property of the Flagler Chrysler Jeep Dodge sales lot on State Road 100. Arrestees are encouraged to bring a mobile phone so they can contact enough friends willing to contribute to meet their set bail. Those who meet their bail before the time of their arrest will be issued a “Get out of jail free” card.

“They’ll have to work their phones to get out of jail,” Canfield said.

So far, 13 participants are signed up to have warrants issued for

WANT TO GET ARRESTED? To issue a warrant for someone’s arrest, go online to http://relayforlife/flaglerfl, or contact Steve Canfield directly at 931-0209.

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The “Get out of jail free” card that prisoners can redeem if they meet their bail by the time of their arrest.

their arrest, among them Flagler Schools Superintendent Jacob Oliva; county commissioners Donald O’Brien, Charlie Erickson, Nate McLaughlin, and David Sullivan, as well as fire chiefs and business leaders, including Cindy Dalecki of Marketing2Go. Dalecki — who as of now is the only woman among the group — said she was happy to participate.

“I’ve never been arrested before, so it should be fun,” Dalecki said with a laugh.

Organizers hope to see even more people sign up before March 31. “It’s just a fun way to raise some money for a good cause,” Staly said.

Panera Bread is donating bread and water for the refreshment of the prisoners, and a “judge” will be on hand, wearing a full black gown, to read the arrest warrants.

“The idea is to create some excitement around the main event the next day,” Canfield said.

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Sheriff Rick Staly stages the arrest of Steve Canfield, organizer of the Jail and Bail fundraiser.

The Relay for Life event will take place Saturday, April 1 from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Palm Coast Town Center.

To issue a warrant for someone’s arrest, go online to relayforlife.org/flaglerfl, or contact Steve Canfield directly at 931-0209.

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Superintendent search nets 26 candidates COLLEEN MICHELE JONES COMMUNITY EDITOR

Twenty-six superintendent candidates have applied for consideration in the Flagler Schools’ nationwide search for its next top administrative leader. Fourteen of the applicants are from Florida, including one internal candidate, Vernon Orndorff, the district’s executive director of leadership development.

Current Superintendent Jacob Oliva is stepping down to take an administrative position with the Florida Department of Education at the end of the school year.

The School Board is aiming to hire Oliva’s successor by May 2.

The district is conducting the search with the help of paid consultants with the Florida School Board Association, as well as a broad-based citizens advisory committee, encompassing parents, students, and community leaders. The deadline for the national advertisement for the

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superintendent opening closed on March 17.

Under the timeline set down by the board, the committee hopes to have whittled down the field of 26 applicants to five finalists

by April 11, with interviews and a meet-and-greet with the public set for the following week.

“I think we have a good applicant pool going forward,” Bill Vogel, a consultant with the FSBA, told the board at a March 21 work session.

According to Vogel, the majority of candidates have all the professional requirements the district is looking for, including superintendent or assistant superintendent experience, a master’s degree and a minimum of 10 years in public education.

But as Vogel’s partner, John Reichart acknowledged, “You can have the resume, but the personal leadership qualities of a superintendent are so important.”

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School Board chops one day off 2017-18 calendar, adjusts bell times In a split 3-2 vote, the board opted to add more cushioning in case of emergency days.

COLLEEN MICHELE JONES COMMUNITY EDITOR

Students and staff at Flagler Schools will have one less day of instruction under the 2017-18 calendar adopted by the School Board at its March 21 meeting. The adjustment also impacts school start and end times, adding 15 minutes to the day for middle and high school students and pushing the start and end times back 10 minutes at elementary schools.

In a split 3-2 vote, the board voted to approve a 179-day calendar, with School Board Chairman Trevor Tucker and board members Andy Dance and Janet McDonald favoring the measure; Colleen Conklin and Maria Barbosa voted against it.

“I still have some reservations at how this will all happen at the elementary schools,” McDonald acknowledged, adding, however,

that she believed it was in the best interest of the district, and that she hoped the additional classroom time would be used effectively.

The Flagler County School District is currently built around a 180-day calendar. At the school board’s suggestion, a committee was charged last fall with studying a 179-day option in order to build in potential buffer time should there be any emergency closures like those experienced with Hurricane Matthew. It was that committee’s recommendation, and Superintendent Jacob Oliva’s, that the change be made.

Under the new calendar, students begin classes on Aug. 10 and end the 2017-18 school year on May 25, 2018. The calendar also allows for the possibility of three hurricane makeup days.

With one less calendar day, however, more time must be add-

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The School Board decided on a 179-day school calendar at the March 20 board meeting.

ed to the daily schedule of secondary-level students to meet the state’s requirement for 900 hours of instruction. Because the district’s transportation plan is based on a tiered system, it was decided that the only way to add 15 minutes per day for middle and high school students and to avoid the cost of additional buses would be to have elementary schools start and end 10 minutes later. The times vary according to school.

The board has wrangled around the issue of the school calendar for the last several months. In February, the 179-day option came up for a vote, but Dance wanted to table it, saying he wasn’t against

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At the March 21 meeting, Dance said he hoped the calendar issue would also prompt future discussion about the idea of block scheduling and possibly adding more teacher planning time back into the school day.

Conklin said she didn’t support the 179-day calendar because with the district considering other issues that could affect scheduling, such as rezoning, “There will be tremendous impact for most, if not everyone.”

Barbosa agreed with Conklin that keeping the calendar the way it was for now made more sense.

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SPORTS ‘Mound up’: These softball pitchers are dominant

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With bases loaded, Alex Lanning nails a single that sends a runner home to put the Pirates up 4-3.

Pirates hold on for win Matanzas’ win was its first over FPC at the Dog House.

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atanzas hasn’t beaten Flagler Palm Coast since 2010, and has never beaten FPC on the road — until now.

The Pirates beat the Bulldogs 13-10 Tuesday, March 21, at FPC. “It’s great to beat our crosstown rival and even better to win on the road,” coach Jim Perry said.

“They’re not in our district, but, when you’re only about 10 miles away and grew up playing with each, it always makes for an exciting game.”

After a tied ball game at 3-3, Matanzas picked up nine runs in the third inning to pull away from the Bulldogs.

FPC fought back, scoring sev-

en runs in four innings to make the seventh inning interesting at 12-10.

But the Pirates scored again and held the Bulldogs off to secure the victory.

“We were fortunate to have the leave that we had at the beginning,” Perry said.

When asked if this win will serve as a confidence booster, Perry said, “We’ll see, because we have another road game against New Smyrna Beach, which is a district game.”

The Bulldogs will look to rebound against Deltona at 7 p.m.

Thursday, March 23, at FPC. Email Jeff Dawsey at jeff@ palmcoastobserver.com. Follow @PCOsports on Twitter.

Trevor Meaney slides to third base for a triple that sent two base runners home.

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“They’re not in our district, but, when you’re only about 10 miles away and grew up playing with each, it always makes for an exciting game.”

JIM PERRY, Matanzas baseball coach

 J. J. Sousa went 4-for-5 with four hits, three runs and two RBIs.  Owen Cuthbert went 1-for-4 with two runs.  Corey Betts went 1-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs.  Bobby Sparling went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a run.

know I run with the minority when I say I enjoy pitching a lot more than hitting. It’s a sound of beauty to hear that “thoomph,” when the ball hits the catcher’s mitt for a strike.

I would rather watch a 2-1 game with only three hits than see a 6-5 final with 15 hits and even a couple of home runs.

That’s good for me, because the softball teams I cover — Flagler Palm Coast, Mainland, Matanzas and Seabreeze— all have high-level pitchers.

FPC’s Tiana Hernandez and Mainland’s Abagaile Killian may be the best pitchers in the area.

Hernandez has posted a 7-2 record (as of Monday) with a 0.71 ERA. She has struck out 56 batters in 59 innings pitched, while allowing only six earned runs for the season. Most impressively, she has pitched a no-hitter this season.

Killian has won and lost four games while pitching almost 50 innings. She has struck out 103 batters while only walking three (a 34.3 strikeout per walk ratio). That’s insane! Killian has allowed 28 hits and has a 0.70 ERA. What makes these two even more impressive is they are also the top hitters on their team.

Killian leads the Bucs in batting average, RBIs, and is second in hits, and Hernandez also leads the Bulldogs in batting average, RBIs and hits and is second in runs.

Madison Bodin has led the Pirates to their best start in program history with a 6-2 record while pitching 49 innings. She has struck out 47 batters while only walking 14 and allowing seven earned runs. She has a 0.98 ERA. The Sandcrabs have used two pitchers — Danielle Spaulding and Marlana Sutton. Both girls have struck out 12 batters a piece while sharing a combined 3-2 record. Sutton has a 0.93 ERA, and Spaulding has a 1.70 ERA. Most of these girls have faced off against and have beaten one another.

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“After I first returned, I would ask out when the game got aggressive, because I was scared I was going to get hurt again.”

CLAIRE SLAMKA

SIGNED Claire Slamka will continue the soccer career she once considered quitting.

JEFF DAWSEY SPORTS EDITOR

Photo by Jeff Dawsey

Slamka finished with seven goals and 10 assists — as a defensive midfielder — in her senior season.

If Matanzas senior Claire Slamka had her way after the 2015 season, her soccer career would have ended. But, thanks to her mother, Stacey, and club coach Teddy Mayer, Slamka will continue her career at Coker College in Hartsville, South Carolina.

As if a 2015 region final 1-0 loss wasn’t rough enough, Slamka tore every ligament in her knee in the final minutes of that game.

Slamka had gotten interest from several Division I colleges before her injury, but, after her recovery took a lot longer than expected, colleges became less interested, and Slamka strongly considered quitting.

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Claire Slamka helped the Lady Pirates win a region championship and two district titles.

“I ran cross country and track the following year, but I couldn’t run more than a mile,” she said.

“So, I was like, ‘I can’t do this anymore.’”

Even when she returned to the soccer field, Slamka felt it was time to give up the game she had loved since playing as a 4-yearold.

“After I first returned, I would ask out when the game got aggressive, because I was scared I was going to get hurt again,” Slamka said. “I would tell the coach that I felt pain in my knee. I really didn’t want to go through that pain again and all the therapy and stuff.”

While Slamka was on the brink of quitting soccer, her mom and club coach continually pushed her to persevere through her fears, which she did.

After signing her letter of intent, Slamka credited her mom, saying, “I wouldn’t be getting signed if it wasn’t for her. She literally pushes me every single day.”

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Fourth time’s the charm?

Doreen Chase is headed to New Zealand to try to win Fastpitch softball gold in the 2017 World Masters Games.

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plishment,” said Chase, who says her first bronze medal is the biggest accomplishment in her life of competition thus far. “If I get gold, it would be a perfect exit.”

She didn’t have any expectations 12 years ago as a first-time World Gamer. But, after getting so close on three consecutive trips, Chase says she would gladly accept silver — or even bronze again — but neither is a focus.

“Gold is what I’m most looking forward to on this trip,” Chase said. “I can’t wait to see some of my friends and the New Zealand scenery, but winning gold is what I’m ultimately striving for.”

Since joining a World Games softball team that consists of American and Canadian players, Chase has enjoyed many worldwide friendships along the way, including a special bond with Australians. Almost all of the Australian softball team flew to America to attend her wedding.

Chase began playing softball at 6 years old. Though she also played other sports, only softball stuck with her. After a Little League, middle, high school and college career, Chase found other avenues — such as Flagler County co-ed softball — to maintain her sports addiction.

When she began her softball career at the World Games, Chase said she experienced butterflies for the first time in a long time.

“The excitement was overwhelming and still is,” she said.

“I don’t usually get those.”

Chase constantly works to sustain a healthy lifestyle in order to compete as an all-around player on the field. She spends a lot of time at the gym, playing softball and even skiing.

Now, in her 50s, Chase knows her World Games career is drawing to a close. When asked for a news story four years ago if she would compete this year, she said she would, if she was physically able. If Chase can’t win gold this year, she has not given up the possibility of making a potential fifth run at a title.

“You never say never,” Chase said. “But the older you get, the body parts don’t move as well.

Fortunately, I feel good, and, after four years, if I’m able, we’ll see.”

JEFF DAWSEY SPORTS EDITOR

Palm Coaster Doreen Chase has journeyed to three continents in the last 12 years, trying to win a World Games Fastpitch Softball championship. Next month, she will head to New Zealand for what might be her final attempt at a gold medal.

Having finished with bronze in Canada (2005), Australia (2009) and Italy (2013), Chase, 53, hopes she can complete her conquest and call it a lifelong career at this year’s World Master Games April 21-30 in Auckland, New Zealand.

“It would be a huge accom-

WORLD GAMES? The World Masters Games is an international multisport event. It is governed by the International Masters Games Association, and the event is open to sports people of all abilities and most ages — with the minimum age being between 25 and 35, depending on the sport. Many past Olympians compete in the World Masters Games.

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Doreen Chase hopes she can finish her softball career as a World Games gold medalist this year.

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John Robak, not present for the awards, took best in show for his work “Backwater.”

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While the use of black and white is commonplace in photography, the stark contrast of the two colors can be just as visually stunning when seen in other art media. That is the theme of “Black and White and a Touch of Grey,” the first-show of its kind by the Flagler County Art League Gallery.

The exhibit, which opened March 11, features works ranging from oil to colored pencil, photography to sculpture. It is currently

on display at the Art League’s gallery. Stripped of color, it’s a study in both subtlety and drama. The works boast deftness of imagination and execution in a variety of media juxtaposing the two tones.

The result: many striking, powerful two- and three-dimensional monochromatic creations to dazzle visitors.

At the opening reception, awards were given out to local artists who were judged by J.J. Graham of the Salvo Art Project.

The winners and Graham’s comments are above and at right.

Winners at the opening reception, left to right, Bill Shoemaker, Marilyn Leverton, Robert Rohrich, Trish Vevera, Louise Stotz, Tom Silvey, Marilyn Masters, and Janet Bernardini. Not pictured: John Robak.

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Judge’s comments: “Excellent use of foreground, middle ground, and background in composition. Flawless use of hatching technique.

Balance of quiet and busy areas in the composition as well as dynamic areas of contrast and subtle transitions.

Exquisite!”

IF YOU GO The Flagler County Art League Gallery n Where: City Marketplace, 160 Cypress Point Parkway n When: Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 12 to 4 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. n Info: 986- 4668. For a complete schedule of shows, classes and workshops, visit FCAL online at www.flaglercountyartleague.org.

THIRD PLACE OF SHOW: “Girl in a Headdress,” clay sculpture, by Marilyn Leverton. Judge’s comments: “The expression of the face longs to be elsewhere, as well as the exaggeration of the feet that want to carry her to the place that she holds in her mind. She clings to her body and covers it, as if it were her last possession. It takes courage as an artist to attempt to evoke something intangible. This work does just that.”

THE TEN TENORS: TWO SHOWS n When: Saturday, March 25; 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. n Where: Flagler Auditorium, 5500 E. State Road 100 n Details: The Power of TEN is a celebration of the unique sound for which The Ten Tenors are now world-renowned. In this new show, The Ten Tenors take on the most dynamic songs, soaring through rock and pop anthems.

This electrifying night of worldclass entertainment truly shows that the “Vocal Wonder from Down Under” can sing anything, with beloved classics by Puccini and Verdi and artists as eclectic as David Bowie, Bruno Mars and the Everly Brothers. n Tickets: $45.50 for adults; $38.50 for kids CRACKER DAY n When: Saturday, March 25; Rough Rider events begin at 8 a.m.; rodeo begins at noon n Where: Flagler County Fairgrounds, 150 Sawgrass Road, Bunnell n Details: 62nd annual Cracker Day, featuring bull riding, steer riding, steer saddlin’, sack races, jackpot barrel racing, chute doggin’, ribbon ropin’, chicken chase, pig chase, boot race. Bar-B-Que lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (included with admission). Register up to one prior to events. n Tickets: $10 per person; children 3 and under are free FAMILY SEINING DAY n When: Saturday, March 25, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. n Where: Guana Dam, 505 Guana River Rd., Ponte Vedra Beach n Details: Join the GTM Research Reserve staff and volunteers for a guided family seining activity.

Visitors will get the chance to pull a seine net through Guana Lake, collecting species of fish, crabs and more, and then learn about the animals and their roles in the habitat. All necessary gear including waders and boots will be provided. n Cost: $3 parking fee per vehicle to the park n Contact: 904-823-4500 ANNUAL PLANT AND BOOK SALE n When: Sunday, March 26, noon to 5 p.m. n Where: Temple Beth Shalom, 140 Wellington Drive. n Details: Come browse through a variety of home and garden plants available for purchase.

Meet local author, and select from new and used books. Admission is free.

STUFF BUS LUNCHEON AND GAMES n When: Wednesday, March 29, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. n Where: Flagler Woman’s Club, 1524 S. Central Ave., Flagler Beach n Details: The Flagler Woman’s Club invites you to support the “STUFF BUS” by attending the Education Committee luncheon with games and bridge. You are asked to bring a dish and donate $10.00 at the door. n To register: Reservations must be made by Monday, March 27 by calling Mary Bowe for games (439-3635) and Jane Cate (4394375) or Dotty Hodge (4392968) for bridge.

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Flagler Schools partners with community to prepare students for 21st century Progressive philosophy, collaboration with local stakeholders makes the district a model for others.

COLLEEN MICHELE JONES COMMUNITY EDITOR

In my last column, I talked a little bit about Leadership Flagler, a really great program sponsored by the Flagler Chamber of Commerce that pulls together professionals from across the county with the goal of discovering how they each individually, and together as a group, can help make Flagler a better place to live and work.

Now in its 24th year, the initiative helps foster understanding of different sectors of the community — from business to education, social services to law enforcement — and how those groups intersect. Just a month in, it’s already been an eye-opener, even for those in my class who are natives of the area.

For me — a New York girl new to Northeast Florida — it’s been an invaluable experience, an amazing overview for a reporter still getting her feet

under her in Palm Coast.

In a recent session, for example, our group toured schools in the district, and I left the day with some distinct impressions and observations: n Financial challenges are an issue for a majority of families with children in the district: With 69% of students on the free or reduced lunch program, teachers worry not only about kids who show up to school with torn sneakers but also how those same kids are faring at home, outside of the school day, in getting basic needs met. Programs like the STUFF Bus, funded by the Flagler County Education Foundation, help fill in some of the gaps, providing needed supplies and clothing to lowincome students and families, but the problem is a very real one. Interestingly, the district has the sixth highest millage rate in the state for property taxes but is the 64th lowest funded district, setting up a cost differential between what the schools are subsidized for and what taxpayers actually pay toward the district budget annually. n The district is considered a model for progressiveness, particularly in its

use of technology: Every student in Flagler Schools is issued a take-home device. In grades 4-6, it’s an iPad; in grades 7-12, it’s a MacBook laptop. The ‘one-to-one’ digital classroom initiative is designed to integrate technology into learning at a grade-appropriate level.

Students in the aviation program at Buddy Taylor Middle School, for example, regularly teleconference with the Mars Society to learn about biospheres in the Southwest. The district also offers an iFlagler program, a virtual classroom option for students who may learn better that way. n Flagler Schools’ “Classroom-to-Careers” program is arming students with 21st century skills: Emphasizing

the idea of choice in school programs, Flagler allows students and their families to choose from a variety of schools with individual flagship programs that allow them to explore and prepare for potential career paths. These include agriculture, aerospace, green technology, health sciences, logistics/ manufacturing, marine sciences and more. In deciding upon these fields, school administrators met with area municipal and business leaders to hone in on targeted industries with the hopes of creating a pipeline of skills that might feed back into the local economy, or, in other words, create a pool of homegrown talent — graduates who might choose to continue to live and work in Flagler County.

n Local businesses and institutions see themselves as stakeholders and partners in the success of the district’s schools: Companies and higher-learning facilities across the region actively seek out ways to work with the district and its students to help ensure better outcomes in the community.

Colleges and universities have become partners with the district: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University sponsors students for certified pilots’ licenses, and Daytona State College offers a dual enrollment option for high school students. Other businesses also offer their expertise, such as Florida Hospital Flagler, which has created a medical lab at Rymfire Elementary School, and Aveo Engineering, which has set up a drone program in the schools. n The role that the Flagler County Education Foundation plays in the schools is essential: Through marketing and fundraising, the Education Foundation helps fill many gaps, supporting enrichment programs, initiatives and scholarships that exceed what the district can provide, especially with increased school mandates and other budgetary constraints.

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The nonprofit, founded in 2001, originally had a facility where it could house women and children who needed shelter but lost it in 2011, after donations dried up.

Now, Samaritan Ministries is closing in on its goal of $120,000 to purchase a property in Bunnell, thanks to a $75,000 donation the group received from a local resident who wishes to remain anonymous. That puts the organization at about $93,000 toward reaching its benchmark.

“This donation is truly a huge stepping stone for our ministry’s goal of purchasing a home,” said Lorraine Vickery, founder and executive director of Samaritan Ministries. “We are unbelievably blessed.”

And with several upcoming fundraisers, meeting that goal could happen sooner rather than later, according to Vickery.

One event, on Saturday, March 26, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., is being hosted by another area

charity, Trades of Hope, which was begun by two Palm Coast women and their daughters in 2010 and works with women artisans in impoverished countries to sell their jewelry worldwide through a home party business model. The fundraiser, to be held at Shepherd of the Coast Lutheran Church, 101 Pine Lakes Parkway S., includes lunch. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased in advance only, at Aimee’s Hallmark, Island Walk Shopping Center, 250 Palm Coast Parkway NE. Samaritan Ministries was begun to serve Flagler County’s single mothers and women in transition. The organization provides advocacy, training, mentoring, support groups, budget counseling, car care, food, free seminars and social gatherings.

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The organization is run by Vickery, four other volunteers and a board of directors.

“There are no judgements here, just acceptance and encouragement,” said Vickery, adding that her own experience as a struggling single mother inspired her to begin her work with Samaritan Ministries. “I know a lot of the pitfalls you can run into when you’re trying to make things work.”

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When Centerstate Bank opened its first branch in Palm Coast Jan. 9, it wanted to show its commitment to the community by sponsoring a fundraiser to area charities. It asked residents to pick their five favorite nonprofits to be beneficiaries, each of which would receive $500, including Grace Community Food Tabernacle, Flagler County Education Foundation, Flagler Habitat for Humanity, Flagler County Police Athletic League, and Flagler Humane Society. It then asked community members for its first choice, which residents picked as the Flagler Humane Society, donating an additional $3,000 to the organization.

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BEAUTIFUL GEM IN CYPRESS KNOLL 3/2 home that has been kept in pristine condition. Kitchen has granite counters, tile back splash and an Osmosis water treatment system under the sink. Other features include: security system, trey in the master, walk-in closet in the master and new carpet. Outside is a beautiful tiled Florida room that overlooks the fenced back yard. There is also a shed in the back for extra storage. MLS#228162$202,000

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Plantation Bay home sells for $495,000

RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

FEB. 8 TO FEB. 15

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Palm Coast Plantation Maryann Marquardt, individually and as trustee, sold 87 Heron Drive to Peinan and Meizi Le, of Palm Coast, for $420,000. Built in 2015, the house has three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a fireplace and 2,496 square feet.

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he top seller for the week of Feb. 8-15 is in Plantation Bay. Leo and Donna Mauricio, of Ormond Beach, sold 965 Stone Lake Drive to Samuel and Janis Higgins, of Ormond Beach, for $495,000. Built in 2006, the house has four bedrooms, three baths, a swimming pool and 2,698 square feet. It sold in 2006 for $430,700.

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The top selling house is located in Plantation Bay.

PALM COAST Condos John and Elayne Byrd, individually and as trustees, sold 900 Canopy Walk Lane, Unit 924, to Robert Binsfield and Kimberly Kouris, of Acme, Michigan, for $299,000. Built in 2004, the condo has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,712 square feet. It sold in 2004 for $324,000.

Belle Terre Wells Fargo Bank, of Frederick, Maryland, sold 55 Perrotti Lane to Paluhs Integrity Home Buyers LLC, of Palm Coast, for $135,000. Built in 2000, the house has six bedrooms, 3.5 baths and 2,099 square feet. It sold in 2004 for $200,000.

Daytona North Floyd and Elizabeth Binkley, of Bunnell, sold 1116 Balsa St. to Sandra Schumacher, of Flagler Beach, for $182,000. Built in 1981, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace and 1,792 square feet.

Indian Trails Everlast Homes Inc., of Jacksonville, sold 5 Big Bear Lane to Randy Crosby Jr., of Palm Coast, for $256,000. Built in 2016, the house has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,342 square feet.

Hammock Dunes Thomas and Mary Ann Richason, of Austin, Texas, sold 6 Via Capri to Karl Brown, of Palm Coast, for $300,000. Built in 1997, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,927 square feet. It sold in 2003 for $318,000.

Lehigh Woods Anthony and Kristin Martino, individually and as trustees, sold 27 Royal Palm Lane to Charles and Beverly Howington, of Palm Coast, for $187,900. Built in 2003, the house has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,099 square feet. It sold in 2003 for $118,400.

Pine Grove Jessica Falcone, of Flagler Beach, sold 23 Pier Lane to Cory Hoff, of Palm Coast, for $140,000. Built in 2003, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,180 square feet. It sold in 2016 for $137,900.

Palm Harbor Debra Smith, of Jacksonville Beach, sold 40 Flower Hill Lane to Courtney Aldridge and Deborah Wilson, of Bunnell, for $170,000. Built in 1985, the house has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,066 square feet. It sold in 2003 for $137,000.

Pine Lakes Paula Marks, of Palm Coast, sold 6 Whittle Place to Willie Miller Jr., of Palm Coast, for $243,000. Built in 1997, the house has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,510 square feet. It sold in 1997 for $140,000.

Plantation Bay Samuel and Janis Higgins, of Ormond Beach, sold 801 Westlake Drive to Robert and Tamala

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Geiger, of Ormond Beach, for $380,000. Built in 2004, the house has four bedrooms, three baths, a swimming pool and 2,368 square feet. It sold in 2007 for $523,700.

Katherine Dougherty, as cotrustee, sold 32 Treetop Circle to Vernon and Martha Martens, of Ormond Beach, for $200,000. Built in 1986, the house has three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a fireplace and 2,700 square feet. It sold in 1986 for $118,800.

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Sugar Mill Plantation Robert and Suzanne Goldberg, of Flagler Beach, sold 2 Audubon Lane to Joyce Bonifacic, of Flagler Beach, for $379,900.

Built in 2001, the house has four bedrooms, 3.5 baths, a fireplace, swimming pool and 3,012 square feet. It sold in 2004 for $421,900.

Tidelands Ronald Prettyman, of Parkton, Maryland, sold 30 Longview Way N. to William and Denise Klipp, of East Islip, New York, for $353,000. Built in 2003, the house has three bedrooms, three baths, a swimming pool and 2,498 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $315,000.

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Sea Colony James and Betty Cox, of Flagler Beach, sold 7 Bedford Lane to John and Mary Anne Kouba, of Piney Flats, Tennessee, for $232,000. Built in 1989, the house has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,006 square feet. It sold in 2005 for $220,000.

Seminole Woods Adams Homes of Northwest Florida Inc., of Gulf Breeze, sold 67 Sentinel Trail to Rodney and Samantha Novak, of Palm Coast, for $232,650. Built in 2016, the house has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,265 square feet.

Woodlands Susan Bussinger, of Daytona Beach, and Diane Peckham, of Orlando, sold 7 Black Oak Court to Michael Paleczny and Fang Wang, of San Jose, California, for $133,000. Built in 1989, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,504 square feet. It sold in 2005 for $168,000.

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Confirmed panel guests include: Pat Rice from the Daytona Beach News-Journal, David Ayres from WNZF News Radio, Brian McMillan from the Palm Coast Observer, Brittany Jones from Central News 13 and Pierre Tristam from Flagler Live.

Cost for chamber members to attend is $20 with advance payment, or $30 the day of the event. Guests may attend for $40 the day of the event. Call 437-0106.

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Chipotle Mexican Grill was issued a development order by the city of Palm Coast on March 10, for a 3,405-square-foot restaurant at 5860 State Road 100, west of the existing Panera restaurant. The new Chipotle will feature outdoor seating, requiring an additional 2,423 square feet.

A second tenant is also planned in the same building, but the tenant is not known at this time.

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n Watson Realty Corp recently recognized Bob and Barb Johanson as the top listing team in their Palm Coast office for February. n Jack Corbett was the top sales agent for February at Coldwell Banker Premier Properties, at the Palm Coast office.

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March 30, at the Grand Haven Golf Club, 500 Riverfront Drive, for a panel discussion as part of its upcoming Common Ground Breakfast.

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FLAGLER BEACH MARINE MECHANICS, INC. 115 Lehigh Ave., Flagler Beach, FL. This is an exceptional turn-key opportunity to be in the Marine repair business (w/ hall out to 18,000 lbs - 34’) established 29 year business. The property is 17,625 sf and consists of two buildings 1,200 sf and 789 sf. The boat yard services all marine engines and has a canvas shop. Owner would like to retire, call for full details $800,000 305 N. Oceanshore Blvd. Furnished 3/3 - 1,924 sf renovated in 2016. Sleeps 10 or live in this Oceanfront property which overlooks the Flagler Beach Pier and miles of sandy beach. Property ideal for weekly rentals and have many bookings after only one week on the market.

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Garage/Moving/Estate Sales SATURDAY MARCH 25th, 51 Barrister Ln, 8am2pm. Furniture, tools, kitchen, clothes, Vera Bradley bags, china dishes, pots& pans, etc.

Glass top Coffee & 2 end tables scroll black iron base tables good condition $100 (386) 597−6747

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2 GAL Igloo Water Jug White, Red Top, Insulated, Clean, Good Condition $10 (386) 316−9990

NOTICE UNDER Fictitious Name Law Pursuant to Section 865.09, Florida Statutes

BEDROOM SET 6 piece queen size bedroom set.

Good condition. $200 (386) 313−1164

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of Christ Church at Flagler Beach located at 204 Moody Blvd in the County of Flagler in the City of Flagler Beach Florida 32136 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, FL. Dated at Palm Coast, Florida, this 23rd day of March, 2017

2-LONG METAL folding tables, $25/each. Card table, $10. Small guitar amplifier, $12.

386.437.3441 48” ROUND opaque glass patio table w/4-high back chairs. $80. Good condition. call 386.445.0584 BALDWIN PIANO, tuned, in perfect condition, bench & lamp included, no delivery, $200.

386.597.7661 CARGO RACK w/taillights, 60”w, used twice, 2” receiver, $65. 347.893.4760 COUCH & love seat, never used, selling for $200, paid much more. 386.864.1381 HEAVY-DUTY CHAIN & come along, 50-lbs. $30.

386.627.4797 KIDS BIKE $10, 2 scooters/Razor $5 each, Tea cart $8. 814-574-6387 LA-Z-BOY LEIGHTON sofa, cream tweed, 1 year old, $200. 386.283.5216 Light Oak Cabinet 80Hx42Wx18D, 4-shelves and storage area with sliding doors. Like new. $125.

386.447.1365 LITTLE EARTH NEW YORK license plate barrel hand bag with shoulder strap. Excellent condition $50. 386.265.1432 MECHANICS CRAFTSMAN topbox & roller cabinet w/tools. 2-nuts & bolts filled small cabinets. $110. 386.206.9006 MEN'S BLACK Harley-Davidson Jacket size XL. ln new condition. A gift at $100. 386.264.6121 MIAMI SUN adult trike type bike, $100. Aquascape pump, SFA 300, $100. 203.560.6066 MISCELLANEOUS POWER tools-yard & carpentry, under $100. 386.446.8048 RED KOHLER cast iron sink, overall dimensions 33"x22". $75.(386)445-7323 STORE CLOSED. Electronic cash drawer, $30.

Receipt printer, $25. Canon fax/phone, $35.

386.446.9663 TWIN BED, headboard, frame, mattress, boxspring, $50. Excellent condition, 386.864.3168

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BELL 3−BIKE Trunk Rack, Cantilever 300, Good Condition, $35 (386) 316−9990 BLACK LEATHER Vest, $30 Chaps, $75 Long Coat, $95. 386−445−0004 BOAT ANCHOR w/line $50, Krups expresso machine $35, cordless drill $30 (386) 445−9842 COOLER LG with ice pack 17" high $35 3864454736

Flagler Bible Fellowship, Inc.

DINING ROOM table Round wood and iron table and four chairs $125 (386) 316−0014 DISNEYQUEST ADMISSION Tix reg$45; good any day & time park is open $35 (386) 316−9990

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ELECTRIC RANGE Kitchen Aid chrome Blk glass top range−−− Conv oven $200 (386) 585−2036

Successful Executive yearn to LOVE & CHERISH your baby. FLBar42311, Expenses paid.

1-800-552-0045 Y Laura & Scott Y

GARAGE WORKMAT 4’ x 6’ x 1/2" rubber anti− fatigue for concrete floors; $60 (386) 316−9990

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OIL PAINTING 30"x30" $25, queen bed frame $20, Longaberger baskets $7, (386) 986−7540

PALM COAST PSYCHIC Readings $20 Readings by Ms. Sibins 1102 E. Moody Blvd, Bunnell 386-302-8918 Spiritual Counselor/Advisor Help w/all aspects of life

PEDAL GO−CART Adult. Adjustable seat and steel frame. Handbrake. $100. 386−445−6893 SPRINKLER HEADS New Commercial Rainbird Falcon 6540 Rotor 11 units; $19. each. 523−7201 TV STAND Fits up to 65" TV − new out of box − fully assembled. Oak finish. $200 (386) 206−6361 TWIN BED Frame 2 Twin Bed Frames $35.00 Each (386) 313−6547

Business/Office Equipment OFFICE DESK Wooden desk with five drawers, good condition, approximately six feet long, and three feet wide.

Perfec for business. $100 (954) 614−0562

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STAY STRONG by Timothy B. Parker 98 Pharmacist’s mashing tool 101 Success advice from the wise (Part 3) 108 Not rural 109 Ruler of the past 110 Vote into office 111 “___ on Down the Road” 112 Little brooks 113 Devours 114 Adjust shoelaces 115 Work out in a boxing ring 116 Opposite side, in war 117 Song performed by two 118 Passover meal 119 It can cause painful blinking

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31 Bachelor’s or master’s 32 Manor VIP 1 Front door welcomers 33 Type of wolf or star 5 Archaeologists’ finds 34 Finishes completely 10 Indian tribe of Arizona 35 Thing one can do to 14 Monastery head one’s loins 19 “___ Rhythm” 36 Data transfer rate unit 20 Right on the button 37 Relaxation station with 21 Mary Kay competitor mud baths 22 Creature known for 40 County agricultural laziness exhibitions 23 “Queen ___ Day” (old 43 “___ Tread on Me” game show) 44 Queen’s mate 24 Prefix meaning four 45 Negative answers 25 Animal parks 46 Flock member 26 Poetry division 47 In every way 27 Success advice from the 52 Period of history wise (Part 1)

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56 Cadbury treat 57 A single unit 58 “... to ___ and to hold” 59 Sec’s big brother 60 Success advice from the wise (Part 2) 69 Some movie ratings 70 Crosby or MacDonald 71 Wife of Lennon 72 Before, of old poetry 73 Monetary unit of India 76 Dove sounds 77 Ablaze 80 Bother persistently with

trivial complaints 81 Feature of the very strong 85 “Land of the free” 86 Animal fur 87 Exhalation of relief 88 Word with history or hygiene 89 Artist’s stand 91 Another flock member 92 Gauge on a dash 93 Numbskull 94 Jacket fastener, sometimes 96 ___ up (become energized) 97 Herringlike fish

1 Offend slightly 2 “___ man is hard to find” 3 Longtime Yankees manager Joe 4 Arrange alternately 5 Placed wagers 6 Some daisies 7 Defense grp. based in Brussels 8 Cream shade 9 Some mimicking birds 10 Source of danger 11 Eggplant shape 12 Game that begins with a break 13 Things that reduce the transmission of heat or sound 14 Begin mountaineering 15 Nonchalantly unconcerned 16 Quite gaunt 17 Sgt. Snorkel’s pooch 18 $1,000, in slang 28 ___ & Young (accounting firm) 29 Sally of comic strips 30 Far from smooth 35 Joint malady 36 Auction participant 37 Far from sweet 38 Wooden hat “hangers” 39 Tennis legend Arthur 40 Lets loose 41 Pirate’s cry, in stereo-

types 42 Insect stage 43 Ameche or Larsen 44 Roguish guy 45 Opposite of everybody 48 They provide applause 49 One with big regrets 50 Qatar resident 51 Huge horned animal 57 Olympian gymnast Korbut and namesakes 58 “That’s an interesting thought ...”

59 French Impressionist 61 Underdog’s victory 62 “Stop already!”

63 Freeloader 64 “While” lead-in of old 65 Spelling of TV and film 66 First name in women’s tennis 67 Clear the chalkboard 68 Fit for a 44-Across 73 It may need a fitting 74 Turn over ___ leaf 75 Not currently working 76 Played a certain British sport 77 Some dictionary editors 78 Italian automaker 79 Sick 82 Industry bigwigs 83 Resident Hawkeye 84 Baking riser 90 Appropriateness or relevance 92 Tiny 93 Parchment?

94 Coined money 95 Tidier 96 One of 150 in the Bible 97 Glide on ice 99 Was a bounder?

100 Writing class assignment 101 Heal 102 Land o’ blarney 103 With the ability 104 Son of Isaac 105 School club for singers 106 Like some very old generals (Abbr.)

107 Dried up and withered

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Each letter in the cipher stands for another.

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Puzzle Two Clue: S equals F

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Puzzle One Clue: J equals P

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SUDOKU

Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

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