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Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

FREE • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

VOLUME 8, NO. 4

Convicted, released Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood is asking people to email chief judge and state attorney to overturn bail decision. JARLEENE ALMENAS NEWS EDITOR

Just a month after he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a 2016 child sex abuse case, a 61-year-old Ormond Beach man is now out on bail. Mark Fugler, a former professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, was released from jail on Tuesday, Sept. 17, on a $200,000 bond as he awaits the completion of his appeals. Fugler was arrested by Ormond Beach Police on Nov. 4, 2016, after a 7-year-old girl’s mother reported to police that Fugler had made her daughter watch pornographic films with him, and that Fugler

Let’s talk sewage Can Ormond Beach handle the north peninsula’s sewage if it converts from septic tanks? The city says, No sweat. PAGE 3

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INSIDE DOMESTIC ABUSE AWARENESS Beacon Center increases domestic violence outreach efforts in Volusia County PAGE 4

MURAL, MURAL ON THE WALL

An aerial of the Ormond Beach Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Courtesy of the city of Ormond Beach

Ormond Beach approves first mural for downtown PAGE 5

HELPING THE HOMELESS

YOUR TOWN

Tony Deobil and Family Renew celebrate 30 years with 30th-annual ice cream social.PAGE 6

Friar Byars retires

INDEX

Business...............PAGE 12 Calendar............... PAGE 11 Cops Corner.......... PAGE 8 High 5.................... PAGE 9 Letters................... PAGE 6 Real Estate...........PAGE 13 Your Town.............. PAGE 4

School of rock

Osceola faculty surprised students with music,costumes. PAGE 11 Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Osceola Elementary’s Gay Greene and teachers Julie Via, Melody Rose and Melissa Heller

After almost 25 years of service as pastor of Holy Cross Eastern Orthodox Church, Friar Michael Byars is retiring. He was recognized at a recent Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross. Byars came to the parish in 1995, and remained through its growth from a small group to a flourishing congregation, according to an announcement from the church. The church’s new pastor is Friar Yuri Brubach. Visit hcaoc.org.


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