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Joe Rizzo helps students overcome any obstacle ‘How do we get better?

By learning from people,’ Joe Rizzo says.

BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Hours before the interview for this story was scheduled to take place at the Government Services Building, Joe Rizzo got a text message. A student had arrived at an elementary school that morning in slippers; the student didn’t own a pair of shoes that fit.

Rizzo, as executive director for the Flagler County Education Foundation, dropped everything and contacted his team.

This was an emergency.

This was why the Ed Foundation exists: to give students the tools they need to succeed.

Within 30 minutes, Operations and Database Specialist Shelley Wheeler had gone to the store, bought a pair of shoes and a jacket — “I figured if he was just wearing slippers, he probably didn’t have a jacket, either,” she said — and arrived at the school to make the delivery.

“Identifying the problems and solving them is one thing my team does best,” said Rizzo, praising Wheeler and his two other staff members: Assistant Director Rebecca Bower and Student Services Coordinator Christy Butler.

To make any organization succeed, he said, “You’ve got to find people who are better than you.

How do we get better? By learn-

Community Paramedic Caryn Prather speaks to a resident at Flagler County’s COVID-19 vaccination site.

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VACCINE SHORTAGE New allotment of COVID-19 vaccines announced Jan. 19, but all appointments filled in 7 minutes.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Flagler County received another allotment of COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday, Jan. 19. All those doses were scheduled to be given out in appointments on Jan. 20-21.

No appointment slots remain.

“Appointments filled quickly after the county contacted individuals on its 6,000-name call back list, as well as more than 100 people whose appointments for Jan. 11 had been canceled,” the Florida Department of Health-

Flagler announced on Jan. 19.

“The balance of appointments were filled seven minutes after county sent out a text message to its FLAGLERCOVID subscribers.”

Officer Bob Snyder said on Flagler Broadcasting’s “Free For All Friday” radio program Jan. 15 that another shipment is expected to arrive on Friday, Jan. 22, containing second doses for people who’ve already received their initial dose. Those will be available to Florida residents who received their first dose in Flagler County, even if they live in a different

Florida county.

At this time, only people 65 and older and healthcare workers are eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines in Florida.

Studies are showing that the first dose of the Moderna vaccine — the one that’s been distributed in Flagler — provides significant protection, DOH-Flagler Medical Director Dr. Stephen Bickel said, citing a recent study of 1,000 people.

“They found that starting at

Cherry Drops, One More Time, and Linda Cole performing with alumni from Flagler Schools. All events will follow CDC guidelines.

To purchase tickets, visit www.FlaglerAuditorium.org or call 386-437-7547. The Jan. 29 program will begin at 5:30 p.m. outside the Auditorium with an outdoor exhibition, “Rock Your Business,” showcasing local shops and businesses, followed by a multimedia presentation inside the auditorium and the perfor-

mance by “Absolute Queen.” The live concert begins at 7:30 p.m.

Subsequent shows will honor the Flagler County Education Foundation and Flagler Technical College, the Palm Coast Professional Business Network, the Flagler Beach Historical Museum, the Palm Coast Historical Society, and many service organizations.

The Auditorium has a new heating and air conditioning system using CDC-approved Global Plasma Clean Air technology.

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Flagler Auditorium announces shows A series of six live shows will celebrate the county and its heroes, beginning Jan. 29.

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Flagler Auditorium pays tribute to the vibrant Flagler County community with a special line-up of programs celebrating its history, artists, service organizations and heroes. Six special shows will combine multimedia presentations with live performances beginning Jan. 29 with tribute band “Absolute Queen.”

Other programs will feature local musicians including Traces of Gold, Captain Nick and The

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Lovie Haley, Matanzas softball player

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‘She made sure she met that goal that she set for herself,’ Lovie’s mother said. ‘It came from a place from within.’

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Lovie Haley always finishes all her homework.

Always.

“I can’t sleep at night if I haven’t done the homework,” she said in a recent interview with the Palm Coast Observer. “If I didn’t finish, I would feel bad about myself because I know I can do it.”

That inner drive has led Haley to an impressive resume, grade point average and, most recently, a scholarship to play softball at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

According to her mother, Vicky, Haley has known since she was about 10 years old that she wanted to play college softball. She learned what it would take as far as grades and softball skills, and she went for it, taking extra pitching and hitting lessons for years, working long hours on the field.

“If she didn’t want to, she could jump off that path,” Vicky said, “but she made sure she met that goal that she set for herself.

It came from a place from within.

Nobody can make you do that.”

Lovie Haley, with ERAU coaches Bianka Bell and Kelsi Dunne

Haley is the Standing O athlete from Matanzas High School this year because of her excellence on the field as well as her character off it.

MHS Athletics Director Zach Rigney called Haley “a model student-athlete.” Coach Sabrina Manhart said Haley also has great school spirit and leads visitors on enthusiastic tours.

Among Haley’s high school accomplishments are her 4.9 grade point average and her role as president of the National Honor Society. She is on track to graduate in 2021 with both a diploma from MHS and an associate degree from Daytona State college. She also earned a presidential scholarship and a Woman of Excellence Award from ERAU. But it doesn’t stop there. She has volunteered with Feed Flagler and Palm Coast Little League.

She has racked up more than 400 volunteer hours without counting

the weekly work she has put into the social media account for the Florida Fast Pitch Forum.

If that weren’t enough, she also has a part-time job at Dunkin’ Donuts to help pay for college.

“She’s always busy,” Vicky said.

“I do things back-to-back-toback,” Haley added. She credits her mother for managing her schedule and helping her carve out time for family and friends.

“She’s my mom-ager,” Haley said.

But perhaps the person most responsible for helping her bridge the gap to ERAU is Manhart, who is beginning her third year as Matanzas’ coach.

Manhart met Haley at a tournament when Haley was in middle school.

“She came right up and introduced herself to me, which was pretty impressive for a kid so young,” Manhart recalled. “She’s got that unique name that makes her stand out, and it’s so impressive that she can back it up.”

Manhart said Haley’s versatility will serve her well on the college field. Haley played seven positions out of nine in her freshman year and is a pitcher on travel teams.

“I can move her anywhere on the field,” Manhart said. “One game she had to move from first to second base, and we didn’t skip a beat — she was diving for balls and making plays. … She’s somebody we trust.”

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14 days after the first shot, there were almost no cases before the second shot,” he said. “... That’s true, actually, with booster vaccines in general; usually there’s a level of protection with the first and then you get kind of turbocharged with the second dose.”

There are approximately 36,000 people over the age of 65 in Flagler County.

Meanwhile, Snyder said, a state appointment program is expected to become operational within a month, and local Publix stores are receiving allotments of vaccine weekly and setting appointments for people 65 and older.

And although demand for the existing Moderna and Pfizer vaccines currently far outstrips the supply, that will likely change as Johnson & Johnson and Astra Zeneca come out with their own vaccines in coming weeks, Bickel said.

“We’re going to go from rags to riches,” he said.

Once that happens, Snyder said, the health department will transition from its focus on testing and contact tracing to a focus on vaccination, sending teams of nurses out to vaccinate residents at sites around the community at a rate of about 1,000 people per day.

But Snyder and Bickel warned residents to remain cautious in the meantime, as the virus surges.

“Until these numbers start coming down, people need to be just hyper-vigilant,” Bickel said. “ ... People are getting more desensitized to it, but there’s just a ton of cases.”

Long term care planning the elephant in the room

From our experience, people will generally start to think about long term care (LTC) costs once they reach their late 50s and 60s. A frequent trigger is that they see someone else go through this process. They watch as friend or loved one moves out of their home into nursing care, or hires in-home care, and they see how this affects them financially and emotionally.

When it comes to LTC benefit needs, we are talking about the 6 Activities of Daily Living (6 ADL’s): bathing, dressing, eating, transferring, tolieting and continence. If a loved one needs two of the six activities listed above, they can often begin to use the benefits of their LTC coverages (if applicable) after a 90-day waiting period.

Here are three reasons LTC planning is important: • LTC offers protection from significant long term care expenses which may impact your retirement income stream.

• LTC helps pay for services that may not be fully covered by private insurance or government programs.

• LTC provides choices for how and where you receive care As financial advisors, we have seen clients spend upwards of $7,000+ per month for memory care in local facilities.

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Whispering Meadows Ranch provides equine therapy

WHY WE NOMINATED WHISPERING MEADOWS RANCH

“The guests are provided with opportunites to plant gardens, ride and groom horses, take pictures, and walk-in-the-woods experiences.”

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Richard and Helen Davis and Kristine Aguirre, along with nearly 40 others, volunteer their time at the ranch.

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There’s no sign on the road for Whispering Meadows Ranch, so if you miss the number on the mailbox you might drive right past, not knowing that this is where miracles happen.

Helene and Richard Davis opened Whispering Meadows Ranch with their daughter Kristine Aguirre 13 years ago. The five-acre ranch off John Anderson Highway is a 100% volunteerbased nonprofit that provides equine therapy for children and adults with special needs.

Helene, Kristine and an army of nearly 40 volunteers introduce horsemanship to kids with a wide-range of disabilities from behavioral issues such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and brain injuries.

The ranch is a Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International center. Helene and Kristine first learned about PATH International when they volunteered at Marion Therapeutic Riding Association, in Ocala.

“We just went over there one day,” Helene said. “We fell in love

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Richard and Helene Davis, who own Whispering Meadows Ranch, and their daughter Kristine Aguirre, the ranch’s programs director.

with just the whole concept of working with these kids and how the horses empower them and how it helps them in every single part of their body.”

Kristine said: “It was just breathtaking to see what they were doing over there and realizing that we had nothing like it in this county or adjoining counties to serve this community.”

They enrolled in a two-year program to become certified instructors. They had to volunteer while learning about disabilities as well as the horses and equipment and becoming profi-

cient at riding.

Once they were certified, Helene and Richard decided to transform their five acres of undeveloped property into the ranch.

“This was all covered with trees,” Helene said, sweeping her arm toward the property. “Someone donated a horse to us. We had no place to put it, so my husband got the tractor out, cleared a little bit of area, put some fencing up, and shortly after another horse came and then another horse, so he kept on working, expanding.”

They now have four horses and

a pony, a riding arena and interactive trails with chalk boards, magnetic boards and various games.

“As soon as the word got out, it spread like wildfire,” Helene said.

“We had somebody donate the labor for the ramp and somebody else donate the lumber, so we could help people in wheel chairs get on the horse.”

Everyone who works at the ranch is a volunteer, including Helene, Kristine and Richard. All money goes back into the ranch.

Children are scheduled once a week with no more than three to a session. They ride for 30

minutes and they interact with their horse for an additional 15 minutes, building a relationship.

They learn horse grooming.

“Every session incorporates a riding skill and a life skill,” Kristine said. “A life skill might be just following instructions. We may have a pattern where they have three stops, so they’re going to practice walking and whoaing and steering their horse, and their life skill will be following the pattern. ...

“One of the biggest things we see is when the kids come here they may be shy and some of them are very sad or withdrawn, and after one or two visits they’re opening up and they’re sharing.”

Helene said they have seen non-verbal children speak their first words — giving their horse the command to “walk on.” And she said they have seen children take their first steps.

Helene, who is 73, had a window treatment business in Bunnell for 27 years. She finally closed it five years ago.

“We didn’t sell it, we just walked out the door. I loved my job, I loved my customers, but this was where my heart was,” she said.

“My parents retired, and this is their way of giving back to the community that has been good to them,” Kristine said. “We’ve been very blessed with this program.

Everyone who comes here says this place is different, because we do it for love. We love everyone who comes here.”

Stephanie Ear helps manage DOH’s contact tracing in schools Ear, the health department’s school health coordinator, helps manage contact tracing efforts in local schools.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

In a normal school year, Florida Department of Health-Flagler Nursing Specialist Stephanie Ear helps manage student vaccination efforts, makes sure children are checked for conditions like scoliosis, teaches school staff how to administer emergency medications and helps ensure school clinics are running smoothly.

But this year, she’s been tasked with managing the health department’s effort to keep COVID-19 from spreading through the school system.

“Now, everything is about COVID,” she said.

Ear, who began working for the health department in 2013, coordinates the department’s contact with school staff and parents on COVID-19. She’s often the one who calls parents to tell them their child has been exposed to the virus and must quarantine.

“Of all our employees, Stephanie interacts with other organi-

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“It is an amazing amount of work, and she is always pleasant and willing to take a minute to educate.”

BONNIE WELTER, nursing director, Florida Department of HealthFlagler

zations — in this case, the school district and our largest partner — more than anyone else in our health department,” DOH-Flagler Health Officer Bob Snyder said. “The role she plays and benefit she makes to two organizations — us and the school system, and community at large — is beyond words.”

Any positive case involving a school-age child results in a message to Ear, who manages a contact-tracing effort.

“One case takes a lot of time,” she said. “A lot of parents — with

the shock of hearing that, they’re angry.”

She’s had to get used to being yelled at on the phone.

“I just let them vent and scream and yell, and then most of the time they call me back and apologize, and they’re like, ‘You caught me off guard,’” she said. “I find that if you give them a little time … that they kind of calm down.”

The angriest parents are often the ones whose children’s sports activities must end because of a quarantine. But they do comply, she said.

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Stephanie Ear.

Knowing who should quarantine can be tricky. In younger grades, if one student is infected, that might mean the entire class should quarantine, because young children have trouble with social distancing.

In older grades, contact tracing means talking to teachers and staff members about who a child has been in close contact with. (“Close contact” is defined as being within 6 feet for at least 15 minutes.)

It’s toughest when an infected student has been taking a bus or is in a class with a substitute teacher, since bus drivers can’t always know where the kids are sitting, and subs often don’t know them well enough to remember who was sitting where or interacting with whom.

“If [staff members] don’t know or are not sure, I’ll have to quarantine the whole class, because I’d rather be safe,” Ear said.

Calling parents can take much of the evening — sometimes ending as late as 10 p.m. when they’re hard to reach — and the work can continue seven days a week.

Not reaching a parent might mean that a child who was exposed to the virus ends up at school the next morning and must immediately be moved to the school clinic before they expose — and potentially infect — other children or staff members.

But by reaching the right people at the right time, Ear can help protect others from getting sick.

“A friend of mine asked me, ‘Do you like your job?’ You know what? I love my job,” Ear said.

“This part of my job is very challenging, but it’s also very fulfilling. Yes, it’s stressful, but it’s making a difference. It helps other people; it’s not about me. And if I can just be an extra hand to help out parents or staff or teachers, that is fulfilling to me.”

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Patty Mercer, behind the scenes Volunteering gives Mercer purpose. ‘When you volunteer, you feel like you’re really contributing,’ she says.

WHY I NOMINATED PATTY MERCER

With more than 13,000 hours of volunteering since 2005, Patty Mercer is “a great help.”

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A lot of the volunteer work Patty Mercer does for AdventHealth Palm Coast is behind the scenes.

It’s important work: corporate compliance paperwork, taxes, licenses, filing annual reports.

But because of the pandemic she hasn’t been able to volunteer at the hospital since mid-March.

“I just really miss that we’re not able to be there,” she said. “One day a week was my duty day at the visitors’ information desk. I was greeting people and talking to people and helping them. You know, it really gave me a purpose.”

Needing a sense of purpose is what impelled Mercer to join the hospital’s volunteer auxiliary about 15 years ago.

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A Colorado native, she retired at age 50 in 2003 and moved to Halifax Plantation a year later with her husband, Michael.

“We got the opportunity to retire early,” she said. “We were DINKs — double income, no kids. My brother-in-law lives in Palm Coast, so we had come down to visit him a few times.”

They moved in June 2004, and it didn’t take long for them to have second thoughts.

“That was the beginning of that horrendous hurricane season,” she said. “I thought, ‘What have I done?’ I left all my friends, all my family, a job that I absolutely loved. It was quite the adjustment.”

Mercer had worked in water rights management and administration for Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

“My job took me all over the state,” she said. “In remote places we went on horseback, we went on ATVs, we went on hikes.”

Adjusting to a life of leisure in Florida wasn’t so easy. One day, while trying to find a doctor, she went to the hospital and spoke to a couple of volunteers. Shortly

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Joe Rizzo has increased the reach and the financial stability of the Ed Foundation since 2017.

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Patty Mercer, a volunteer with AdventHealth Palm Coast auxiliary, holds her 2011 Volunteer of the Year award from Flagler Volunteer Services.

thereafter she joined the auxiliary, at first doing administration work in the office and then volunteering at the nurse’s station, the ER and the information desk.

“I’m really more of a people person,” she said. “So I started venturing out to other departments.”

After less than a year a couple of auxiliary board members invited her to join the board. She served two terms as second vice president in which one of her duties was keeping track of volunteer hours which gave her a chance to get to know all of the 200-plus volunteers. In 2010-11, she served as board president. She is currently a board member at-large.

When she was the board president she delegated many duties that the president always did to other board members.

“People like to have something.

They like to have a purpose. They like to take ownership with what they’re involved in,” she said.

But most of the day-to-day volunteer work – support in the ER, nurse’s stations, same-day surgery, the information desk, the gift shop, courtesy cart drivers – are currently on hold.

“I’ve been thinking, when can we go back and volunteer?” Mer-

cer said. “I’ve been waiting, waiting, waiting. When you volunteer, you feel like you’re really contributing to the community, making a difference. Somebody walks in the front door and they’re freaking out because a family member has just got taken to ER. You talk to them, find out what’s going on, you walk them down the hall to ER, make sure you hand them off to someone who can take care of them, calm them.

“You’re worth something when you feel like you’re contributing,” she said. “What you’re doing is worthwhile.”

VOLUNTEERING AWARD

Mercer was given the 2011 Volunteer of the Year award from Flagler Volunteer Services. The inscription to the plaque says this: “By demonstrating the values that we stand for, your everyday work, you have become a true leader in our organization. You have taken it upon yourself to lead the way with great tact and dependability. You stand out, you motivate others to perform at their best leading the entire team toward ultimate success. Thanks for pointing us the right direction.”

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ing from people.”

Rizzo was nominated for a Standing O this year by Lynette Shott, the recently retired Flagler Schools executive team member.

“Joe is a passionate and dedicated advocate for the entire Flagler community,” she wrote in an email to the Palm Coast Observer. “His roots go deep here, as he graduated from FPC and has raised his family here. He looks for ways to assist the people of Flagler County tirelessly.”

Among Rizzo’s contributions, Shott said, are organizing distribution of food for hurricane relief, coordinating the graduations at the Daytona International Speedway in 2020, helping to find housing for a homeless student, and building partnerships with the business community to provide resources for Classroom to Careers programs.

“He never sees any barrier as impossible to surmount,” Shott said.

In response to the pandemic, Rizzo and the Ed Foundation have raised $35,000 to help provide masks and other equipment for students and classrooms.

Volunteer Executive Committee President David Alfin praised Rizzo for continuing with fundraising despite the obstacles presented by the pandemic. The foundation had an endowment of $1.4 million in February 2017, when Rizzo came on board, and

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“Joe is passionate and dedicated. He looks for ways to assist the people of Flagler County tirelessly.”

LYNETTE SHOTT

now it’s at $2.6 million. Rizzo has been the fiscal conservative who made it happen.

“We’ve been tempted to spend today at the expense of tomorrow, but you have stayed the course,” he said to Rizzo during the interview.

Why does he do it?

Rizzo had a successful career in the restaurant business, but he felt like he was “constantly chasing that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.” He was often working till 9 or 10 p.m.

Thanks to the encouragement of then-Superintendent Jacob Oliva, Rizzo took the job as executive director at the Ed Foundation, which necessitated a lifestyle change: smaller house, fewer toys. But, more time with his own children and wife.

He’s happier now, and he knows when he wakes up every day that he’s making an impact in students’ lives.

“Instead of chasing that dollar, I found something that I was passionate about,” he said.

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condo in Hammock Dunes was the top real estate transaction for the week of Dec. 10-16 in Flagler County in the Multiple Listing Service. Compass Trading Co. LLC, of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, sold 28 Porto Mar, Unit 701, for $1.7 million. Built in 2007, the condo is a 4/4.5 and has 4,283 square feet.

wood Drive to Linda Oliveira and Dominick Marquez, of Palm Coast, for $235,900. Built in 2020, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,463 square feet.

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Following is a partial list of other transactions for the week.

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Condos Edward and Lynda Samuels, of Palm Coast, sold 65 Ocean Crest Way, Unit 822, to David and Lynnette Tewksbury, of Palm Coast, for $425,900. Built in 2005, the condo is a 3/2.5 and has 1,859 square feet.

Robert Quertermous, individually and as trustee, sold 4 Magnolia Dr S., Unit 4, to Roman Berenblit and Marina Jarova, of Ormond Beach, for $190,000.

Built in 1986, the condo is a 2/2 and has 1,300 square feet. It sold in 1986 for $86,500.

Belle Terre WJHFL LLC, of Norcross, Georgia, sold 15 Perkins Lane to Lisa Kavlick and Daniel Twomey, of Palm Coast, for $189,990. Built in 2019, the house is a 3/2.5 and has 1,246 square feet.

The condominium features four bedrooms, four bathrooms and a halfbath.

Grand Haven Felix and Linda Silva, of Palm Coast, sold 10 North Park Circle to Matt and Cheryl Stephenson, of Palm Coast, for $465,000. Built in 2006, the house is a 3/3 and has a fireplace, swimming pool and 2,955 square feet. It sold in 2017 for $400,000.

Timothy Hall, Individually and as trustee, sold 21 Eastlake Drive to Rodney and Linda Russell, of Palm Coast, for $400,000. Built in 2005, the house is a 4/2 and has 2,670 square feet. It sold in 2004 for $372,000.

Robert and Patricia Campbell, of Palm Coast, sold 8 St. Andrews Court to Elizabeth Frisella, of Palm Coast, for $273,500. Built in 2011, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,556 square feet. It sold in 2013 for $226,000.

Grand Reserve and Golf Club D.R. Horton Inc. Jacksonville, of St. Johns, sold 29 Birdie Way to Yvonne Epley, of Bunnell, for $$267,900. Built in 2019, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,799 square feet.

Indian Trails Arthur and Maria Pinto, of College Station, Texas, sold 55 Bassett Lane to Barbara and Czeslaw Brzakala, of Palm Coast, for $298,000. Built in 2020, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,912 square feet.

RH Asset Holdings LLC, of Orlando, sold 65 Bradmore Lane to Joseph and Meredith Prisco, of Palm Bay, for $228,990. Built in 2020, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,500 square feet.

Lehigh Woods LGI Homes Florida LLC, of The Woodlands, Texas, sold 6 Ramsey Place to Walter and Estafania Curry, of Palm Coast,

for $260,900. Built in 2020, the hose is a 4/2 and has 1,851 square feet.

Matanzas Woods Peter Bourque and Heather Boss-Bourque sold 96 Lee Drive to Luz Oyola, of Palm Coast, for $230,000. Built in 2005, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,149 square feet.

Palm Harbor Stephanie Kirejevas and Medwin Nazif, of Palm Coast, sold 9 Carry Court to George and Janet Link, of Palm Coast, for $490,000. Built in 1995, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,304 square feet.

Antonio and Aurora Coelho, of Palm Coast, sold 17 Fernmill Lane to Patricio Rodriguez, of Palm Coast, for $300,000.

Built in 2019, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,804 square feet.

LGI Homes Florida LLC, of The Woodlands, Texas, sold 3 Fleet-

Pine Grove Mark and Susan Berrios, of Matawan, New Jersey, sold 78 Park Place Circle to John and Kathleen Johnson, of Palm Coast, for $298,000. Built in 2019, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,946 square feet.

Daniel Gallagher and Alicia Vizuet, of Tilton, New Hampshire, sold 25 Park Place Circle to William and Connie Wilson, of Palm Coast, for $265,000.

Built in 2018, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,875 square feet.

Pine Lakes Vintage Estate Homes LLC sold 38 Whitcock Lane to Zhivonnie Edwards, of Palm Coast, for $269,116. Built in 2020, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,906 square feet.

Seminole Woods Sally Cunningham, of Palm Coast, sold 2 Slogan Place to Alexander and Cassandra Maceo, of Palm Coast, for $255,000. Built in 2003, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,070 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $143,500.

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lagler Beach author Tim Baker, who is also executive producer of Blindogg Productions, has officially started filming for a promo featuring what he hopes will become a TV series, “Unfinished Business.”

The series is based on Baker’s novel of the same name and will be directed by Alan J. Levi, who has been directing TV episodes since the 1970s, including “JAG” and “NCIS.” Published in 2013, the book is just one of more than a dozen books Baker has written. Born in Warwick, Rhode Island, he moved to Palm Coast in 2006 (then Flagler Beach in 2019). About a year after moving to Florida, Baker had a dream about two of his old friends that inspired him to pick up writing to “figure out the rest of the story,” as Baker phrases it in his biography. His first manuscript, which became the novel “Living the Dream,” was completed only a year later.

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“What happens to your to-do list when you die?” from the novel ‘Unfinished Business,’ by Tim Baker

Executive producer and author of “Unfinished Business,” Tim Baker, with executive producer Stephanie Mazzeo.

DIRECTOR’S CREDITS Alan J. Levi, the director of “Unfinished Business,” has an extensive Hollywood resume, with 73 directing credits.

Among the TV shows he’s directed are the following, according to IMDb: n NCIS: Los Angeles (1 episode, 2010) n NCIS (5 episodes, 2003-2004) n ER (2 episodes, 2002-2003) n JAG (22 episodes, 1997-2000) n Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (10 episodes, 1994-1996) n Quantum Leap (6 episodes, 1989-1993) n Columbo (3 episodes, 1990-1992) n Magnum, P.I. (9 episodes, 1982-1987) n Miami Vice (1 episode, 1984) n Battlestar Galactica (3 episodes, 1978)

Blindogg Productions LLC films a promo shoot for the series "Unfinished Business" pilot episodes at the Golden Lion Cafe in Flagler Beach.

filmed a quick promo for the TV series at the Flagler Tea Company and the Golden Lion Cafe in Flagler Beach. The Golden Lion is one of several locations in the Flagler area frequently mentioned in the lives of the fictional characters from the book.

“Unfinished Business” is the story of character Meg Seabury, a mortician who finds herself intuitively knowing the dying thoughts of those she embalms. She feels compelled to act out the last wishes of the deceased.

The series will star Margot Demeter as Meg Seabury, along with Sondra Currie, John Byner, Annie Gaybis and Michael Laboska, with screenplay by Paul Conway.

Currie, who will play Marie Seabury, also played Linda in all three “Hangover” movies.

The crew plans to start filming the pilot episode, “Kilroy Was Here,” in

Flagler Beach, as soon as summer 2021.

“We will be filming the actual show throughout Flagler, Volusia and St. Johns counties,” said Co-Executive Producer Stephanie Mazzeo.

“Truthfully, I’ve read countless synopses and treatments for series in my career at MGM, Universal, Paramount and Warner Bros., but none better constructed for a series as this book,” Levi said. “A grand premise with never-ending fascinating story possibilities for sure.”

The pilot will be independently released, and is being funded by grants, private investors and a campaign created by Baker on GoFundMe. To offer support, visit gofundme. com/f/unfinished-business-theTV-Series. For more information visit www.blindoggproductions. com, and follow the series on the Blindogg Facebook page.

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Second Firehouse Subs opens in Palm Coast, on SR 100 EMMAJEAN LIVINGSTON PUBLIC RELATIONS, FIREHOUSE

Firehouse Subs announced the grand opening of its second location in Palm Coast, at 5615 State Highway 100 E., Suite 112. The restaurant opened its doors to the public on Jan. 11, under the ownership of Firehouse Subs Franchisee David Hause.

This is the fifth restaurant for Hause, who opened his first Firehouse Subs in Palm Coast in 2003.

Prior to becoming a franchisee, he joined Firehouse Subs in 1998 as general manager of a restaurant in Jacksonville before being promoted to district manager overseeing six area restaurants. He moved to Palm Coast in 2005 and loves its small town feel and the local community.

“I’ve wanted to open a Firehouse Subs restaurant at this end of town for a long time and am excited to do so 17 years after I opened the first one,” said Hause. “I look forward to welcoming new and loyal guests in to try our hot and hearty subs while we continue to give back locally through the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation.”

The Palm Coast Firehouse Subs restaurant opens at 10 a.m. seven days a week and closes at 9 p.m.

Sunday through Thursday and at 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

The restaurant offers hot subs via online ordering, call-in phone orders or takeout at the counter.

Hause shares the brand’s commitment to giving back through

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Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation, which has granted more than $1.2 million in Central Florida.

Founded by former firefighting brothers, the restaurant décor reflects the founding family’s decades of fire and police service with gear and photos donated by local fire departments. It boasts a custom, hand-painted mural

by Chief Mural Artist Joe Puskas, featuring Flagler County Fire Rescue’s emergency helicopter hovering over David’s scenic backyard pool overlooking a golf course where Melinda Hause, in honor of her loving memory and the nearly 30 years of marriage she shared with David, is with their six grandchildren. Since the opening of the first Firehouse in 1994, Puskas and his team have painted more than 1,185 murals from his studio in Jacksonville.

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“We’re starting 2021 off right by presenting some of the wonderful kids we have in Flagler County with the Sheriff’s Great Kid awards,” said Sheriff Staly. “The kids getting these awards today are all doing great things in our community and their schools. We want them to know that we appreciate their hard work and we’re here to help and support them to reach their goals.”

Sebastian Baker is a student at Rymfire Elementary School. He is a very respectful student who looks after others. His honest, caring ways and the support that he provides to others is a great representation of the students at Rymfire Elementary.

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Even before a global pandemic, there was an increasing need for health care workers. A 2018 report from global health care staffing consultancy Mercer determined that the U.S. needs to hire 2.3 million new health care workers by 2025 to meet the demand of its aging population.

In Florida — which has the second-highest percentage of residents 65 and older, according to the Population Reference Bureau — the need is felt even stronger. A 2020 study from RegisteredNursing.org found that Florida will have the “highest disparity of nursing supply and demand” by 2030, lacking over 57,000 nurses.

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Palm Coast City Council recently approved investing $2.5 million to add a regional campus of Jacksonville University to Town Center. The University of North Florida Mednexus is also building a satellite presence there to provide a pathway for students seeking jobs in healthcare and medicine.

“These strategic alliances create high-paying jobs that keep families here while meeting the service needs of the existing people,” said Jeff Douglas, president of Douglas Property Development, Inc. “That keeps the community healthy, vibrant, and growing, and takes the pressure off increases in taxes.”

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Douglas believes that by providing education for the future healthcare workforce in the area, Palm Coast can fill the gap of keeping young talent and meeting the increasing demand of high-quality healthcare. And by doing so, making Palm Coast a healthier community.

“Let’s capitalize on what we are and who we are,” Douglas said. “Obviously, our big age group is a high consumer of medical services. I’m a consumer of the health services here as well, and so is our family.

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‘Sometimes, I see what is not there at the moment, but could be,’ she wrote about struggling students.

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ndian Trails Middle School Teacher of the Year Lori Scarpa von Diezelski is inspired by building lasting connections with students — the kind that leads students, years later, to say, “Thank you for not giving up on me.”

“I like to believe that this feeling of empowerment and success comes from weeks of encouragement, listening and being at their side through failures and what seems like fatal road blocks,” von Diezelski wrote in her Teacher of the Year application statement.

“In reality, inspiration leads to success by building the will to push forward.”

Von Diezelski’s commitment to struggling students has drawn the attention of her peers and supervisors.

“She goes above and beyond,” ITMS Principal Paul Peacock wrote in a letter of reference for von Diezelski’s Teacher of the Year application. “Recently, she arranged for a scholar to receive a bicycle so that he was able to get to school on time. There are

countless stories where she has seen a need and has stepped up to meet it.”

Peacock gave another example: When the school decided it needed something more restorative than a “detention room,” and the right person to help lead it, colleagues thought of von Diezelski.

“The scholars that come to her room learn to trust her, and many become leaders,” he wrote.

Von Diezelski began her career as middle school French and English teacher in New York in 1990 before moving to Flagler in 1998.

When classes went online because of the pandemic, she helped make sure students didn’t fall behind.

ITMS teacher teacher Dana Hausen said, “She has become the go-to person for any student who is academically behind. ...

She finds ways to connect with these students in ways others simply cannot. ... Her impact on struggling students is profound.”

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Arien Striplin Striplin helps her kindergarten students grow by forming lasting relationships.

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ften, Arien Striplin’s students do their best learning when they don’t realize they’re learning at all. That’s the thing about teaching kindergartners: The lessons that are the most fun are often also the stickiest.

“Many times, my students ... come into the classroom not knowing their letters, sounds, and how to write their names,” Striplin, Old Kings Elementary School’s Teacher of the Year, wrote in her Teacher of the Year application statement. “They. They leave the classroom at the end of the year reading and writing paragraphs.”

Striplin was hired at Old Kings Elementary in 2015. She serves on the school’s leadership team, mentoring fellow teachers.

Tyler Gonce first met Striplin in 2003, when Striplin went by the last name Baker. It was Striplin’s first day as a teacher. It was Gonce’s first day of kindergarten.

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Gonce recalled in a letter of reference for Striplin, everything seemed fine until it was time for mom and grandma to leave — then, the tears started flowing.

“Ms. Baker came to my rescue to comfort me and made me feel safe and secure as my family left,” Gonce wrote. “... Before I knew it, Ms. Baker had turned kindergarten into something I loved.”

By 2018, Gonce was a sophomore in college studying elementary education. And, 15 years after the first day of kindergarten, she found herself back in Striplin’s class — this time earning her field hours by watching Striplin work.

“It is because of her that I decided to pursue my true passion of becoming an elementary school teacher, maybe even a kindergarten teacher like her,” Gonce wrote.

All students deserve support and positive role models, Striplin wrote. “If students are given this, they will be successful learners throughout their schooling, and you will see them grow into responsible, independent adults,” she wrote.

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TEACHERS OF THE YEAR A teacher of chemistry and French, Harmon strives to create intellectually stimulating lessons that foster lifetime applications.

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MATANZAS HIGH chemistry students passed the notoriously tricky AP chemistry exam with three (out of five) or above — much higher than the state average of 48.1% or the global average of 54.4%.

Harmon, who immigrated to the U.S. from Senegal and became the first woman in her family to earn a college degree, teaches French as well as chemistry.

She focuses on crossover skills, teaching her chemistry students note-taking, organization, independent study skills and expository writing skills.

In her French language classes, Harmon helps students recognize the bevy of loan words hat have come into English from French — so that they can integrate words like “cuisine” and “expatriate” into their everyday vocabulary, a skill that will also help them on standardized tests like the SAT. Sometimes, her former students come back to tell her how glad they are that they’d taken her class in high school.

“They sometimes remind me of the most trivial lessons as their most meaningful moments,” Harmon wrote in her Teacher of the Year application statement. “...

I take great pride in my student success as a harvest of modeling hard work, patience, diligence and the importance of cultivating solid work ethics.”

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“As a chemistry teacher, I am aware that my class is often the first exposure to true critical thinking skills and mathematical applications,” Harmon wrote in her Teacher of the Year application statement. “Although rather comical, the ‘torture’ reference acknowledges the rigor associated with the subject of chemistry. Just as a culinary chef strives to present his best curated meal, I aspire to deliver lessons that are intellectually stimulating, pragmatic that will foster lifetime applications.”

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