Palm Coast Observer 5-19-22

PALM COAST

Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

DEFENDING ROE PAGE 10A

VOLUME 13, NO. 16

THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2022

$900 in jeopardy for some teachers Unions urge Flagler County School Board to keep insurance rebate in place for employees PAGE 4A

R Section debate Not incompatible so far, Ryan’s Landing takes a step forward

5K for a cause Palm Coast hosts first Tunnel to Towers PAGE 1B

PAGE 2A NEWS CHASING DOLLARS Grant application breathes new life into hopes for Visitor Experience Center PAGE 3A

ADOPTED

Dog that was shot in the face in April finds forever home with FCSO employee PAGE 8A

NEW LEADER

Teresa Rizzo succeeds her late husband at helm of Ed Foundation PAGE 12A

SPORTS END OF AN ERA

Wood’s final game a bittersweet farewell for Matanzas softball players PAGE 1C

Mayor David Alfin walked with retired firefighter Robert MacDonald to honor Sept. 11 heroes.

Photo by Danny Broadhurst

STATE TRACK

FPC boys relay and FPC triple jumper Gerod Tolbert finished among the top four.

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SO LONG, CAMPY

Toe-tapping finale to school year

FPC’s ‘Singin’ in the Rain’

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Anthony Campanella retires PAGE 3C

WHITE’S LEGACY John White steps down PAGE 4C

Humane Society turns 40

ONLINE

Gimme shelter: Flagler Humane Society turns 40 this year

SPECIAL SESSION PREVIEW Florida’s Biggest Economic Crisis in History

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The state’s $3.6 trillion property insurance market is in collapse.

Incoming House Speaker Paul Renner of Palm Coast will play a key role in whether the Legislature will rescue Floridians or cave once again to the state’s plaintiff attorneys.

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INDEX

Business....................PAGE 12B Calendar..................... PAGE 2B Cops Corner............... PAGE 6A The Fine Arts.............. PAGE 4B Letters.......................PAGE 12A Public Notices.............PAGE 7C Real Estate................. PAGE 5C Veterans....................PAGE 12A

Keep Palm Coast clean

Volunteers collected nearly over 900 pounds of trash, on May 14.

Aiden Wise, Molly Maresca and Seth Kirk

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CITY WATCH

BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Consultant for trash contract After the city’s difficulties with the last trash contract, the City Council approved, on May 17, the hiring of NewGen Strategies and Solutions LLC to help prepare the next contract, for about $25,000.

City makes BEAC appointments Each City Council member appointed a member to the Beautification and Environmental Advisory Committee, which advises the council. Mayor David Alfin appointed Sabrina Rinaldi; Eddie Branquinho appointed Robert Branin; Nick Klufas appointed Kevin Saint; John Finelli appointed Mary Vasilevsky; and Ed Danko appointed Ronald Silvers.

Citation Blvd extension update The City Council approved an agreement to create the 1.6-mile Citation Boulevard extension. The developer of the 529-home Seminole Palms community is Kolter Land Acquisitions LLC, and currently there are no homes along the wooded path of the planned road, south of the Flagler Executive Airport.

Not incompatible so far, Ryan’s Landing moves ahead A zoning modification of Ryan’s Landing, a proposed SeaGate development just north of Royal Palms Parkway, received unanimous City Council approval May 17 on first reading. Many more steps are required before any homes would be built, and the City Council hopes to have some of the concerns of the neighbors — 100 people signed a petition against the development — resolved before granting full approval.

With the zoning modification, SeaGate Communities Inc., represented by attorney Jay Livingston, aims to build 95 age-restricted, single-family homes in the triangular, 28-acre parcel, up from the currently allowed 69 homes.

Residents and council members questioned Livingston on several points, including why there is only one entrance planned, why SeaGate wants to trade park land with the city, and whether the increased density is compatible with the neighborhood.

(The city’s planning board recommended approval of the rezoning by a vote of 6-1.)

Ryan’s Landing is a proposed SeaGate development on 28 acres.

ONE ENTRANCE?

SeaGate is planning just one entrance to Ryan’s Landing, directly onto Ryburn Way, which, city staff predicts, will minimize impacts to traffic on Ryan Drive. A second, unpaved entrance would be for emergency vehicles only; Palm Coast Fire Chief Jerry Forte said that would suffice, although a ladder truck may have to make a two-point turn before entering; some other developments have similar arrangements.

Livingston said that a second paved entrance for residential use would be too close to blind turns (exacerbated by landscaping requirements) and would only lead deeper into the “maze of the R Section” anyway, so a second entrance didn’t make sense.

Still, residents were unconvinced, and that issue will be explored further.

PARK TRADE?

Part of the original plans for Ryan’s Landing, which predate the city’s incorporation, included a stipula-

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Mayor David Alfin felt that there wasn't a reason to deny the zoning modification but wants to learn more before the next steps for the development.

tion that the developer must donate 5 acres of land for a park before building any homes. However, city staff, represented by Jose Papa and Ray Tyner at the meeting, said the city doesn’t needs park land in the R Section, since that neighborhood is close enough to Ralph Carter Park on Rymfire Drive.

Instead, SeaGate wants to build more homes on those 5 acres (the top corner of the triangular parcel) and donate 4.5 acres to the city adjacent to Seminole Woods Neighbor-

hood Park. The developer would also waive impact fee credits.

Mayor David Alfin asked why 4.5 acres was a good trade for 5 acres, and whether SeaGate could be persuaded to help build the park expansion, not just donate the land in Seminole Woods.

But Livingston pointed out out that the developer was already donating more than was necessary. The city’s Comprehensive Plan only requires 1.82 acres of recreation area for the number of residents Ryan’s Landing is expected to house.

“So we’re far exceeding the requirement of the development,” Livingston said.

Residents were not convinced that Ralph Carter Park is close enough to count. Why is SeaGate being allowed to dodge the requirement to provide recreation within the development itself?

TOO DENSE?

The homes proposed for Ryan’s Landing would be on smaller lots than the surrounding neighborhoods, which, some residents argued, violates the Comprehensive Plan. City staff and Livingston found the plans to be compatible with the neighborhood, considering there are similar pockets of development — called reserve parcels — in the R Section (Riviera Estates and RiverGate).

But John Clark, who lives at 68 Renshaw Drive, presented an analysis that City Council members felt warranted more discussion.

Clark pointed out that 48% of the homes on Ryan’s Landing’s 28 acres would be on 6,000-square-foot lots.

“That is 40% less footage than homes along Ryan and Ryapple Lane, whose lot sizes are consistently 10,000 square feet, or 1/4 acre,” he said. “ …. Of the 95 lots proposed, only five lots — just five — are greater or equal to 1/4 acre, and those are pie-shaped, along the corner curves.”

Is that “compatible”?

“The applicant stated the lots were consistent with the neighborhood, which is just not true,” Clark added.

He told told the City Council, “There is a reason the applicant is requesting rezoning: simply because 95 homes is more profitable than 65 or 50. Your responsibility is to the community at large. This is your one chance to get it right here.”

Clark also said that when nonbuildable areas, such as ponds or roads, are eliminated from the calculation, only 16 acres are developable, not the full 28. That means there are 5.93 homes per acre, rather than the developer’s calculation of 3.42.

But, Livingston pointed out, the Comprehensive Plan doesn’t eliminate nonbuildable land when calculating density. Instead, “it’s a gross calculation,” he said.

Alfin noted that reviewing the Comprehensive Plan is on the City Council’s priority list, but so far, he saw no reason the development had to be denied at this rezoning stage.

Councilman Ed Danko said he plans to visit the area to see for himself how the area might be impacted.

Councilman Nick Klufas said he was concerned with the single point of entry and wanted to see more evidence that it wouldn’t reduce the level of service from the Fire Department.

A second reading of the rezoning is the next step, followed by a preliminary plat and then a final plat. Each of those steps will need City Council approval.

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B Section resident to get $163,364 in federally funded home repairs Normally capped at $100,000 total, the funds are available through Palm Coast’s CDBG and Flagler County’s SHIP programs.

LYDIA HAMEL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A Palm Coast resident whose B Section home was damaged by a tree falling into the roof more than two years ago has requested $163,364 from federal funds to assist roof replacement, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, new

doors and windows, and other rehabilitation work to address health and safety issues. The funds come from two sources, one controlled by the city of Palm Coast, the other by Flagler County, and both municipalities approved an increase to the maximum allowed — normally a total of $100,000 — to help the resident.

The City Council approved its half of the amount requested, a Community Development Block Grant, at the business meeting on May 17. Jose Papa, the city’s senior planner, said on May 10 that the Local Housing Assistance Plan, which was adopted by the City Council in 2013, establishes a maximum limit of $50,000 per housing unit to meet the needs

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The homeowner, in Palm Coast’s B Section, would also receive $3,000 for temporary relocation. The repairs could take six months.

“The funds that are coming down are federal dollars, so there’s no local impact on the community,” JOHN FANELLI

Photo by Brian McMillan

City Council member John Fanelli asked whether it was paying for such expensive repairs. Staff said the home would be worth more than double the cost of the repairs, which fits in the CDBG guidelines.

of very low- and moderate-income households and to expand the production of affordable housing.

The County Commission approved its half of the $163,364, from the Flagler County SHIP Program (State Housing Initiatives Partnership) on the consent agenda on May 16.

The city will also provide, through CDGB, $3,000 to make a temporary living arrangement.

City Council member Nick Klufas said, “I think that this is absolutely causing blight in the area. I’m sure that the neighborhood is impacted by this residence.”

He then asked Papa how long construction would take, suggesting that $3,000 might only be enough to cover the homeowner’s living arrangements for about two months.

Papa said the construction was estimated to take six months. “We ask the homeowner to find their accommodations,” he added.

After receiving the federally funded home improvements, the homeowner would not be able to sell the home without penalty for five years.

After that, there would be a penalty, in decreasing amounts, for five more years.

“There is a 10-year clawback period for the city and the program,” Papa said.

City Council Member John Fanelli asked whether it was worth spending so much money to fix the home in the first place.

“A hundred and sixty-three thousand dollars is a lot of money,” he said. “Is there a recovery point where the home is in such disrepair that it

is not worth investing that sum of money?”

If the home repairs are going to exceed over 50% of the home value, CDBG recommends demolishing the home and building a new one, Papa said. When the repairs are finished, the home is expected to be worth over $320,000.

Mayor David Alfin asked whether this would set a precedent, and Papa acknowledged this was only the second time an expenditure of this amount would be approved.

Last year, the SHIP program received $350,000; this year, it will receive $1 million, Papa said. The majority of the funds are spent in the city of Palm Coast.

“The funds that are coming down are federal dollars, so there’s no local impact on the community,” Fanelli pointed out, and Papa concurred, adding that all applicants who qualified this year received funding.

“All of the improvements are health and safety improvements,” Papa said. “We are not putting granite counter tops in the home as part of this program, we are just bringing it up to a habitable condition.”

During the program there will be a mortgage put on the home, and there will be required insurance once the CDBG completes the work.

“It’s definitely going to be a lifesaver for the resident,” Klufas said.

“Not only the resident will be benefiting, but the neighborhood, I’m sure, will also benefit,” Alfin said.

Brian McMillan contributed to this story.

Grant application breathes new life into vision for a visitor center The Friends of A1A earned Flagler County’s and Palm Coast’s written support to pursue the grant. A location for a proposed Visitor Experience Center is TBD. BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

The Friends of A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Byway organization has eyes on $3.6 million in federal grant money that could boost the chances of a Visitor Experience Center becoming a reality in Flagler County. The County Commission, which already committed tourism dollars to support the proposed Visitor Experience Center to the tune of $1.1 million, voted on May 16 to support the Friends of A1A’s application.

The governor would have to approve it before it’s sent to the Federal Highway Administration.

“This is like a godsend to actually make this happen,” County Commissioner Dave Sullivan said. “ …

We have to keep the pressure on and hope we get the grant.”

A proposed Visitor Experience Center has been a vision in the county since November 2019, when the Flagler County Tourism Strategic Plan identified it as a priority to boost economic activity along A1A and enhance the experience of visitors in the community.

The Friends of A1A, led by Executive Director Danielle Anderson, has been working with Flagler County Tourism Director Amy Lukasik for more than a year to find funding sources, and one was discovered: In March 2022, the FHA announced that $22 million would be available for National Byways. But by the time the Friends of A1A became aware of it, there wasn’t much time left to submit a letter of intent. Lukasik said some of the research that had been completed for the plans for the new Bunnell library was used in the FHA grant application.

“We initially asked for $500,000, and that seemed like a lot of money to me,” Anderson told the County Commission. But a representative from the Florida Department of Transportation saw promise in the project and advised the Friends of A1A to go for a lot more: $3.6 million.

Lukasik and Anderson were joined in their presentation to the County

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Flagler Beach, seen here in an image from visitflagler.org, is one potential location for the proposed Visitor Experience Center.

Commission by Sallie O’Hara, a former byway administrator who is now executive director of Vilano Beach Main Street and an A1A consultant.

Palm Coast city manager appoints new director of Parks and Rec Department BRITTANY KERSHAW PALM COAST DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

Palm Coast City Manager Denise Bevan announced that she has appointed James Hirst as the new director of the Parks and Recreation Department.

Hirst joined the city of Palm Coast in June 2014 as an aquatics superviser and has risen through the ranks, achieving outdoor recreation manager in September 2018. As outdoor recreation manager, Hirst managed and oversaw the Palm Coast Aquatic Center, 14 city parks, 130 miles of outdoor trails, two dog parks, the Tennis Center and 23 city athletic fields.

Hirst has already demonstrated leadership skills in overseeing three supervisors, 23 full-time parks maintenance staff and 18 seasonal and part-time workers. He was an integral part of the creation of a departmentwide emergency action plan and a 10-year capital improvement plan.

“James is not only a strong advo-

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Palm Coast City Manager Denise Bevan and the new director of the Parks and Recreation Department, James Hirst

cate for sporting activities and recreational options in our city, but he is a team player and mentor to each member of his staff,” Bevan said.

“His passion for this community and his vision for the future made him a great candidate for the position of Parks and Rec director. James and his team will take our already treasured

parks and incredibly successful programs to the next level.”

Hirst plans to put his focus on his staff for his first 120 days as director.

“My primary objective is to continue to build upon the successes of the department, but also to instill my leadership philosophy as we continue to grow and create more opportunities for our residents,” Hirst said.

“My goals for the next 120 days will be concentrate on fostering staff development, continue creating lifelong experiences for our residents, and enhance a positive and exciting work environment.”

Hirst holds a bachelor’s degree in sports management from the University of Akron, in Ohio. He is certified as a lifeguard instructor, a water safety instructor, aquatic facility operator, and a CPR/AED/first aid instructor by the American Red Cross. He is also certified as a U.S. Masters Level 2 swim coach.

Hirst grew up in Maclean, Australia, but has been a resident of Palm Coast since 2014. He is married and has two cats and one dog. In his free time, he enjoys surfing and darts.

She has overseen close to $4 million in National Scenic Byway Program grants in the past, according to Anderson.

BRIEFS

FLAGLER COUNTY’S BOB PICKERING EARNS STATE AWARD Emergency Management Specialist Bob Pickering received the Distinguished Service Award on May 12 at the Governor’s Hurricane Conference in South Florida for being a jack of all trades within his department.

“I nominated him for a weatherreporting based award,” said Flagler Beach Fire Department Capt.

Stephen Cox. “I’ve taken part in the Governor’s Hurricane Conference for some time, so I knew about the awards. I got a call from the awards committee, and they told me they

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Bob Pickering

The connection between the Tourism Department and the Friends of A1A is an example of a private partnership that should help solidify the mission and success of the proposed center, said County Commissioner Andy Dance, adding that further details, including funding, will stilled to be “ironed out.”

There is no location set for the proposed center. Lukasik said it doesn’t have to be on A1A, just “adjacent.”

County Commission candidate Denise Calderwood suggested that the county consider the land on which the A1A Center now stands, in The Hammock.

“This is a great deal for the county,” said Rick Belhumeur, who is a board member of the Friends of A1A and former Flagler Beach city commissioner. “Hopefully we can find a place to put this building. … This [potential grant] will take us leaps and bounds toward getting it done.”

The Palm Coast City Council also heard a presentation on the grant, on May 17, and voiced support for the grant application. City Council member Nick Klufas is the city’s representative on the Tourist Development Council.

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decided to present him an upgraded award. I am thrilled.”

Pickering – known to most as B.P. – has worked for Flagler County 28 years as of July 5, when his duties fell under Civil Defense. That changed in 1995 when Civil Defense became Emergency Management and moved into the county’s first Emergency Operations Center.

He is well known for the hyperlocal weather reports he researches and coordinates with the National Weather Service in Jacksonville, but his wide array of tasks and responsibilities go well beyond that.

“It would be close to impossible to replace him,” said Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord. “He has a staggering amount of institutional knowledge of Flagler County and the emergencies that befell it – every consequential weather event, wildfires, you name it – and the willingness to do anything that will help our community.”

The Governor’s Hurricane Conference was established in the mid-1980s to share lessons learned and other important information to public and private officials, especially local emergency management professionals and those involved in preparedness, planning, response and recovery.

“His actions, his work, speaks for itself,” Cox said. “B.P. is a phenomenal human being. He’s always there for us no matter what we need.”

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Unions urge School Board to keep deal in place for insurance rebate The rebate of up to $900 would come from a $4.6 million reserve fund.

BRENT WORONOFF STAFF WRITER

Katie Hansen said in her 12 years as president of the Flagler County Educators Association, the school district had never pulled back on an agreement.

But she said the School Board did just that earlier this month, and members of the FCEA and the support staff union wore red in unity, filled up the board chambers and vented their displeasure at the May 17 School Board meeting.

At issue was a tentative agreement between the school district’s negotiating team and the unions regarding a one-time health insurance rebate.

The district’s insurance committee supported the proposal, which would disburse a portion of the district’s insurance reserve fund to employees on the insurance plan.

According to Brown and Brown, which administers the district’s self-insured plan, the reserve fund is currently sitting at $4.6 million.

Hansen, who is a member of the insurance committee as well as the union’s bargaining team, said Brown and Brown told her the district needs to maintain at least two months’ worth of claims in the reserve fund — about $1.2 million.

The rebate plan would refund district employees $100 for every year they have been insurance plan members. The insurance plan has been in effect for nine years, so the largest rebate would be $900.

With about 1,200 employees who pay the district insurance premiums, many of whom have been plan members for less than nine years, Hansen estimates that the rebates would total about $800,000, leaving $3.8 million in the reserve fund.

“The district’s team was singing our praises as a great way to put money back in the pockets of employees who take insurance,” Hansen said.

But in an executive session on May 9, the School Board nixed the plan.

“That’s the definition of bad faith bargaining,” Hansen said. “For them to go back on their word eats away at the relationship I’ve tried to build.”

In public comments at the end of the May 17 meeting, several FCEA members and members of the Flagler Educational Support Professional Association echoed that sentiment.

“I’m disappointed on your reneging,” Laura Gollon told the board.

“I’m left to speculate on why you went back on your word. If you’re saving for a rainy day, let me inform you, it’s pouring.”

In their closing comments, board members said they are not allowed to discuss executive sessions because bargaining is ongoing.

“I appreciate everyone coming out tonight,” School Board member

FCEA and FESPA members wear red shirts at the May 17 School Board meeting.

“That’s the definition of bad faith bargaining. For them to go back on their word eats away at the relationship I’ve tried to build.”

BY THE NUMBERS As reported by Brown and Brown at a May 17 School Board workshop:

KATIE HANSEN, FCEA president

$4.6 million

Amount in the school district’s insurance reserve fund.

76%

Total insurance funding by the School Board, with 24% by employees.

15%

Employee contribution increase in 2019, followed by a 7% increase in 2020 and none last year.

3.7%

Contribution increase by the School board in 2021 after consecutive years of School Board increases of 5%.

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Colleen Conklin, filling in for School Board Chair Trevor Tucker, who was out of town, listens to teachers and support professionals urge the board to reconsider an insurance rebate agreement.

Jill Woolbright said. “I have paid into Flagler County insurance since 1991. Many of the things you have said tonight are true. I see you, I hear you, and I feel you. We are limited in what we can say, because we are in negotiations. I do need to correct some misinformation. The School Board does not appoint the bargaining committee. The superintendent appoints the committee. We did not renege on the agreement, because we did not agree to anything.”

At a board workshop earlier in the

day, Brown and Brown presented an insurance plan renewal overview. At the end of the discussion, the board scheduled another executive session for May 25.

“We learned about it today from Brown and Brown,” Woolbright said in her closing comments at the board meeting. “We will be negotiating, and I am confident there will a resolution and agreement that we’ll all be happy with.”

After the meeting, Hansen said it was unfortunate if the board learned about the numbers that day, because the insurance committee finalized the rebate proposal on March 23.

“That was ample time for this information to be brought up before the board, so they can make informed decisions. That’s not the employees’ fault. That’s an internal leadership issue,” Hansen said.

She said the FCEA and FESPA are scheduled go back into negotiations

next week.

“They’re going to have executive sessions (May 25), so I hope it’s good news, and they’re willing to stand behind the agreement they signed,” she said.

One agreement the School Board did approve at the May 17 meeting, that would put have put more money in some teachers’ and staff members’ pockets, was rescinded by the unions before the end of the meeting. The memorandum of understanding would have doubled compensation for professional learning over the summer to $200 for six hours of inservice and $100 for three hours.

Hansen told the board the item was prematurely put on the agenda because the unions are currently in negotiation on a compensation package, and professional learning is part of that package.

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Warning: Hurricane season heading our way Know your zone and sign up for alerts MIA STRIEGEL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

In his May 16 presentation to the Flagler County Board of Commissioners, in preparation for the beginning of hurricane season on June 1, Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord stressed the importance of transitioning away from the state’s naming of evacuation zones (A, B, C, D, E, F) during hurricanes to avoid confusion with the city of Palm Coast’s naming of neighborhoods (B Section, C Section, etc.).

The goal is to make the transition in 2023. In order to ease the transition, both zone let-

ter and neighborhoods will be used in 2022.

“It’ll make sure people better understand what we’re asking them to do and potentially also reduce … evacuating people we don’t have to evacuate,” Lord said.

Although 96% of major hurricanes happen in midAugust through mid-October, hurricane season lasts from June 1 to Nov. 30. Last year, there were 21 named storms.

This year’s forecast from Colorado State University predicts 19 named storms.

That’s five more than the 30-year average. Later this week, the National Hurricane Center will release its own forecast.

But, Lord said, “To me, the forecast doesn’t matter.” Every organization could

predict the quietest season ever, but one storm could go through and devastate the entire county. The community should be prepared regardless of the forecast, he said.

To get ready for the hurricane season, the Flagler County Emergency Management met with all the personnel who might be assigned to the Emergency Operations Center. There will also be another meeting at the end of the month with all disaster partners to go over updates.

Lord also prepared for the hurricane season by purchasing 100 cots for shelters last year using state grant funds.

“We can never have enough cots,” he said. “In general, shelters aren’t guaranteed to have cots; we’re very lucky here that we have quite a few.”

While there are shelters available, Lord said they should be a last resort and having a primary plan in place is highly encouraged. Emergency Management partners with the Flagler school district to provide more shelter facilities. Emergency Management partners with the Florida Department of Health to help with the special needs shelters. With an increasing population, access to these school facilities is crucial, Lord said. In addition, a training class is going to be held next week to train community volunteers to support the shelters.

The Disaster Preparedness Outreach is held year-round, with a goal of advising the community to get a hurricane kit of basic supplies, such as

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This year’s forecast from Colorado State University predicts 19 named storms, but forecasts don’t matter much, just how many actually strike, Flagler County Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord said.

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“We need to remember to take these things serious when ... governments and emergency services say a hurricane is coming,” County Commission Chairman Joe Mullins said.

Florida’s tax-free holiday on certain hurricane supplies is May 28 to June 10. Items such as flashlights for $40 or less, batteries for $50 or less, generators for $1,000 or less, and, new this year, many pet supplies.

To receive emergency notifications on weather alerts, install the free app, ALERTFlagler.

A program that educates volunteers about disaster preparedness, the Community Emergency Response Team, has re-emerged since COVID-19. Training for volunteers is held three times a year. Email eoc@ FlaglerCounty.gov or call 386-313-4200.

Three-story storage facility OK’d Budget deficit predicted for VCS Also, Hunter’s Ridge CDD dissolved, and Plantation Bay will add 131 homes BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Two communities that straddle the Volusia-Flagler County line continue to grow.

The developer of Hunter’s Ridge earned Flagler County Commission approval for a planned unit development plan on May 16, enabling the owner, U.S. Capital Alliance LLC, to build a three-story, 102,000-square-foot storage facility in the community. The land had long been zoned industrial — “since the beginning of time,” according to the developer’s representative — but it’s the first industrial development in Hunter’s Ridge, and many residents had protested the proposed facility at the planning board level.

As a result of those protests, the developer was given a number of stipulations for how the storage facility could look and be operated.

For example, there must be a vinyl fence at least 8 feet tall around the building, with landscaping on the outside of the fence; all outdoor lighting must point downward; operations are limited to 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Still a handful of residents cordially asked for further commitments from the developer, such as to make the building only two stories tall, rather than three. One man requested that the planned wet retention pond be moved.

Chuck Merenda, assistant director of growth management for Flagler County, said, “We’re looking forward to this project; it’s much needed in

that area.”

The developer’s representative pointed out that the land could have been developed with a more intense use, but the storage facility was chosen because it was the most compatible.

“This just comes down to a property rights issue,” County Commissioner Andy Dance said. “It’s an allowable, permitted use, and the owners have accommodated by adding some additional buffers. I think it’s been vetted.”

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The County Commission also approved a request to dissolve the 964-acre Hunter’s Ridge Oaks Community Development District, which is just a portion of the overall Hunter’s Ridge development. The CDD had been established in 2016 and could have been used to borrow money for community improvements, but it never collected any money from residents, and it never borrowed any money.

The CDD “just existed on paper,” county attorney Al Hadeed said.

As part of the dissolution process, city staff contacted the government staffs in Ormond Beach and Volusia County, and Ormond Beach responded with a letter to express concern about how water and wastewater services would be handled in the Flagler County portion of Hunter’s Ridge. The developer, U.S. Capital Alliance, has had an agreement to for utility services with the city of Ormond Beach since 2017.

To allow for further input from the city of Ormond Beach, this agenda item will be given a second reading on June 6.

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“This just comes down to a property rights issue,” County Commissioner Andy Dance said. “It’s an allowable, permitted use, and the owners have accommodated by adding some additional buffers.”

on May 16, also granted U.S. Capital Alliance’s request to remove its obligation to reserve space for a school to be built in the boundaries of the Hunter’s Ridge. Instead, the developer will pay Flagler Schools $2 million in impact fee credits and another $1 million as a donation. Medium density residential can now be built on that 45-acre property, instead.

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About 48 acres in Plantation Bay have been approved for more homes.

The parcel is located south of Old Dixie Highway, between U.S. 1 and Interstate 95. WL Residential Land was granted approval of a preliminary plat for 131 single-family homes.

Many of the proposed lots have dimensions of 60 feet by 144 feet, and the new homes won’t have backyard neighbors.

The development will have multiple access connections to Stirling Bridge Drive, which curves around Unit 12A, according to county documents.

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Federal coronavirus relief dollars are helping Volusia County Schools have a balanced budget next fiscal year, but those funds will run out.

JARLEENE ALMENAS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Federal coronavirus relief dollars are boosting Volusia County Schools’ budget, but come fiscal year 2026 when those dollars are no longer available, the district will need to have a new funding source in place to cover operational costs.

VCS is stretching the estimated $223.5 million in ESSER funds for the next couple of years, but if it wasn’t for those funds, Lisa Snead, the district’s chief financial officer, said during a workshop with the School Board on Tuesday, May 10, that they would be facing a financial problem — a -9.92% financial condition ratio, a result of a $79.7 million budget shortfall.

“However, since we do have the emergency relief dollars and we are utilizing them to help with that scenario,” Snead said. “You can see that, although we’re only required to set up a budget for one year, we’re projecting outwards that we can position ourselves for how we should deal with this and we’ll be keeping a close pulse on what our enrollment looks like.”

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Congress passed three stimulus bills in 2020 and 2021 that, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, provided almost $190.5 billion dollars to the Elemen-

tary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund, which in turn provided coronavirus aid dollars to states for distribution to its school districts and other education agencies. Volusia’s share amounts to $15.3 million in ESSER I funds, $64.1 million in ESSER II funds, and $144.1 million in ESSER III funds, per the Florida Department of Education.

And while Volusia is receiving about $39.5 million more in Florida Education Finance Program funding next fiscal year, the majority of those funds — $31.7 million — have to go toward the Family Empowerment Scholarship program. With over $14.8 million of FEFP funds earmarked for items such as specialized academic instruction, class size and teacher salary enhancement, the district will have a FEFP funding deficit of just over $7 million.

Despite this, because of the ESSER funds, the district does have a balanced budget set out for next year. School Board Chair Ruben Colon said the ESSER funds were meant to help meet the needs of students because of learning loss due to the pandemic, and they are using them for such purpose.

“The needs are greater and the reality is that we have to spend the money,” Colon said. “... I’m glad to hear that for the first time as far as I can remember, we’re not talking about a deficit, and that is a plus.”

Snead explained that the district could sustain itself through fiscal year 2025, one year past when the ESSER funds are budgeted to run out, but by fiscal year 2026, the district is predicting a $53.3 million budget deficit.

This is because ESSER dollars are being used on reoccurring costs such as staffing,

which accounts for over 80% of fiscal year 2023’s overall expenses.

“Since the majority of our budget is people, when we provide compensation to our people, that’s a direct benefit to the students because we are keeping and retaining quality people to provide education to our students,” Snead said.

Some of the staffing expenses impacting next year’s budget include $7.7 million to add 24 schools to the custodial in-house program and $2.6 million to increase all employee wages to $15 an hour by October.

School Board member Jamie Haynes said she wants to focus on staffing classrooms above all other positions. She recalled working at the district during the 2008 recession and seeing teachers with under three years of experience be fired, as well as principals tasked with covering two schools, and said she didn’t want the district to do that again.

“I don’t want anyone sitting here in [fiscal year] 26 and the bottom falls out,” Haynes said.

“We’re not being financially and fiscally responsible if we don’t already have a plan.”

Colon agreed with Haynes.

“If we know that we have this many vacancies at a certain point, then at some point we need to say, ‘What are the positions that can meet the criteria of that classroom position?’ and make a determination on whether or not the district can do without,” Colon said.

Snead said her report was preliminary and that she would be coming back to the board in June with more numbers.

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He watched as one of the individuals, a 32-year-old Palm Coast man, ignored a fellow deputy’s directives to either sit down or remain in place as the man moved freely throughout the picnic area. According to the man’s arrest report, he was “actively attempting to maintain distance and objects between him” and the deputy.

When the reporting deputy began to approach him, the man moved away as if to run or fight and the deputy drew his taser. The man became compliant and was secured for the investigation.

While speaking with another detained individual on the scene, the man began shouting across the pavilion, asking if law enforcement had called him by a racial slur. The deputy noted multiple people were trying to fish next to the pavilion or utilize the picnic area while this was going on.

He resisted deputy’s attempts to place him in the patrol car, and once inside, he kicked the vehicle panels.

Later during a struggle at the Flagler County inmate facility, the man broke a deputy’s $40 wristwatch. He was transported to the hospital for evaluation.

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CUSHION THIEF 10:02 a.m. — 200 block of North Nova Road, Ormond Beach Burglary. A local wine bar manager called police after he noticed something missing from the patio: two couch cushions, each valued at over $200.

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report, surveillance footage showed a suspect break into the gated area of the patio around 4:40 a.m. that morning. He selected two of the cushions, each off a different couch, and left the patio.

The manager wished to press charges.

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FAMILY FEUD 6:45 p.m. — 600 block of Springdale Drive, Flagler Beach Battery. A man called police to inform that his nephew, a 25-year-old Flagler Beach man, was extremely intoxicated and had thrown a picture at him. The victim wished to press charges.

Officers made contact with the man at the front door of the home and asked to come inside. The man granted them entry, and officers noted he was visibly intoxicated, according to his arrest report.

The reporting officer asked him what was going on that night, and the man replied that it wasn’t nighttime yet; that it was 3 p.m.

This was incorrect. It was, indeed, the early hours of the evening.

The officer asked the man if he had gotten into an argument with his uncle, and the man said no. After some further questioning, the man began answering with either a thumbs up for “yes,” or a thumbs down for “no.” He denied throwing anything at his uncle.

The man’s mother told police that he did throw something at his uncle, but that she didn’t see what. The man then said he and his uncle had been arguing about his drinking and that he threw “gang signs at him,” the report states. He claimed his uncle had made the story up and alleged everything was fine.

His mother then showed police the object that had been thrown: a cardboard picture measuring about 6 inches by 4 inches. The man told officers that he didn’t mean to hit his uncle; he had meant to throw the object at the wall. He was arrested.

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“This event was much needed in the world of growing technology,” North said.

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BAD WITH FACES 9:31 p.m. — 900 block of South Nova Road, Ormond Beach Stolen vehicle. A 69-year-old Ormond Beach man notified police that his car had been missing for about a week.

He said the had lent it to a man for a couple hours, and that initially the suspect did return with his car, but advised the victim before leaving again that he would be right back with it. He never came back.

The victim told police he attempted to call the suspect multiple times but it always went to voicemail. A few days later, he received a call from the suspect’s girlfriend, who said the suspect was out of town. Police worked to identify the suspect and came up with a man who fit the victim’s description, but when they showed it to him, the victim said he wasn’t sure if that was him. “I’m not good with faces,” he told police. The reporting officer asked if he would recognize the suspect if he saw him again, and the man said, “maybe,” according to the incident report.

He wished to press charges.

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According to the incident report, upon the reporting officer’s arrival, he spotted the pair by a vehicle with the hood up. The man took off running once he spotted police, running behind a nearby apartment complex. He was unable to be found after that.

The woman, 19, told police that she wasn’t sure why the man ran. She only knew his first name, and said they had been sitting together in the car when the battery died. A teenage girl was also inside the car. The two were driven home by the girl’s guardian.

Elk Grove, California, FCSO’s team took part in seeing, sharing, learning and comparing practices being utilized in RTCC’s across the country.

The four-day conference brought together 42 agencies from around the nation.

“This kind of educational opportunity allows us to better serve our community,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “Our crime analysts and RTCC have played an important role in reducing crime, quickly solving crimes, and preventing crimes of opportunity since we use the latest technology.”

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BRIEFS Home near Ormond painted with swastika One resident on John Anderson Drive awoke on Wednesday, May 11, to find his garage door had been spray-painted with a swastika and the words “Get out,” according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

According to an incident report, the residence was vandalized sometime between the hours of 10 p.m. the night of Tuesday, May 10, and 7 a.m. Wednesday, May 11. The homeowner told deputies that he had found construction nails in his driveway on April 25, and that his wife has received harassing phone calls from an unknown number.

According to the VSO’s Facebook page, the damage to the garage was estimated to be more than $200 and less than $1,000, and deputies believe the crime was “prompted by the victim’s ethnic origin.”

This is not the first antisemitic crime that has recently occurred in or near the city of Ormond Beach. In late February, antisemitic flyers were distributed to homes on Riverside Drive, and in December 2021, two men were arrested by Ormond Beach Police in relation to a series of vandalism incidents that caused the city over $2,000 in damages and labor. Neither were convicted; One was ordered to serve 36 months of probation, the other 24.

Anyone with information should contact Volusia sheriff’s Detective Lecates at 386-804-9083 or via email, CLecates@vcso.us. For a potential reward of up to $5,000, and to remain anonymous, the public may also submit a tip to Crime Stoppers at 888-277-TIPS (8477), or through the P3 Tips app.

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Pro-wrestler’s bond revoked A former pro-wrestler who caused a fatal three-car crash on U.S. 1 in Ormond Beach in March has had her bond revoked and will remain in jail until her trial, the State Attorney’s Office announced on Friday, May 13.

Tamara Lynn Sytch, a WWE Hall of Famer, was arrested on May 6, after toxicology results showed she was drunk driving at the time of the March 25 crash, which killed Julian Lafrancis Lasseter, of Daytona Beach Shores. The 49-year-old was released on a $227,500 bond shortly after her arrest last week.

Sytch is facing eight DUI-related charges. She was also charged with one count of causing death while operating a vehicle with a suspended or revoked driver’s license,

Daytona man jailed for threatening worker A 36-year-old Daytona Beach man is now facing a felony charge for threatening to kill a city of Daytona Beach employee with a piece of electronic equipment assigned to that employee as part of his daily duties.

Kevin J. Sbrusch bonded out of Volusia County Jail shortly after officers with the Daytona Beach Police Department took him into custody Wednesday, May 11, at his Boylston Avenue home. Sbrusch was booked at on one charge of corruption by threat against a public servant, according to Neighborhood Services Captain Scott Lee. “Unfortunately, these types of negative encounters are somewhat common for my neighborhood services inspectors,” Lee added.

“However, we’re not going to tolerate anyone making death threats

against anyone else for doing their job. We will respond swiftly and appropriately to ensure our employees are protected while performing their duties.”

Body camera footage from the victim – Neighborhood Services Inspector Kevin Yates — shows Sbrusch confronted him while he was documenting illegally parked vehicles found on Sbrusch’s property for an upcoming court hearing.

During that confrontation, Sbrusch threatened to snatch the tablet Yates was using to take photos and beat him to death with the tablet.

Sbrusch’s initial bond amount was set at $2,500, per the arrest report.

FCSO patrols lead to drug dealer arrests Late-night patrols by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office this week have resulted in getting several drug dealers off the streets.

It started Tuesday night, May 10, when a pair of dealers, who have been jailed a combined 25 times over the past 14 years, were involved in a traffic stop in Bunnell.

Arrested was 32-year-old James Wesley Moore, of South Daytona, who is being held on no bond, after drugs, a stun gun and $6,480 was recovered. Moore has been behind the bars of the Flagler County facility 17 times in the past 15 years.

During those stays, he has faced a combined 21 felony charges.

Moore’s 33-year-old passenger, Chris Tyrone Brown Jr., of Bunnell, was also arrested on drug charges; he was released on $5,500 bond.

Brown has been booked at the jail eight times on 13 different felony charges. He also served more than five years in state prison for cocainerelated charges.

In the early hours of Wednesday May 11, deputies conducted a traffic stop on a Daniel Josue Senatus, of West Palm Beach. During the investigation deputies searched the vehicle which yielded nearly 15 pounds of pot and .9 grams of cocaine.

When deputies asked why he was in possession of so much marijuana, he claimed it was for personal use and he bought it in bulk to avoid having to buy it so often. Senatus has faced 11 felony charges in South Florida over the past nine years.

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Officers spoke with several other people in the area who were unable to provide any details about the incident. The investigation is ongoing, as officers review privately owned video cameras and conduct a neighborhood canvass. Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 1-877-277-TIPS.

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A dog who was shot in the face in April has started his next chapter, thanks to a city of Palm Coast employee who helped arrange for the dog’s care, and a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office employee who decided to adopt the dog, named Rocky.

A Saturday afternoon call early last month led deputies to uncover a young dog who was suffering in his kennel with a gunshot wound to his face. Detectives arrested the previous owner on felony animal cruelty charges and the dog was turned over to the custody of Palm Coast Animal Control while receiving medical care.

Upon hearing the story of Rocky, one of FCSO’s employee’s decided to adopt him, where he’s made great progress since his trauma.

“This was a really tragic situation that could have had an even more horrific outcome,” Palm Coast City Manager Denise Bevan said. “Our Animal Control officers respond to traumatic calls with animals on a routine basis, but this one was exceptional. I want commend Kasey Hagan and our entire Animal Control division for the incredible work they did to give Rocky a second chance at life. I also want to thank the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office for their efforts in protecting all Palm Coast residents, even the four-legged ones.

On behalf of our entire city staff we want to say, ‘Welcome Home Rocky!’”

On April 5, Rocky’s adopter was working when FCSO received multiple calls about an animal crying in the S Section of Palm Coast, and was invested in the case for more than work reasons. His family has been seeking another dog and when he saw pictures of Rocky, he fell in love.

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“He’s able to put weight on his leg now, but still hops when he tries to move quickly,” his adopter said.

“He’s very playful, loves his toys, is great with our other dog, and loves everyone he meets. He’s never even growled at us, unlike his previous family claimed. A little love goes a long way.”

Rocky is enjoying his new home.

His wounds are still healing but he is on his way to making a full recovery.

“I’m glad to see this innocent animal is recovering and thriving,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “This poor animal has had a rough start to life, suffering abuse no animal should go through.

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Defending Roe

“I love seeing everybody stand up for each other,” Quinn said.

“Because, here’s the thing: If they take away women’s rights ... then they are also not going to stop with that.”

People in Ormond Beach and Flagler marched for women’s rights to safe abortions last weekend.

Photo by Jarleene Almenas

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Louisa Gralla, Judy Eaton and Mima Eaton take part in the “Bans off our Bodies” rally.

CHRISTINA QUINN, Organizer

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

A woman raises her fist in a crowd gathered at the base of the Granada Bridge in Cassen Park. She begins a chant: “Women’s rights are human rights.”

About 200 people participated in a “Bans off our Bodies” Women’s March in Ormond Beach, one of over 450 events happening on the same day throughout the country to defend abortion access and Roe v.

Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gave women the liberty to have abortions without government restrictions. A recent leaked draft opinion revealed the ruling could be reversed in the near future.

In nearby Flagler Beach, hundreds also took part in a rally that began at Wadsworth Park and crossed over the bridge.

Daytona Beach resident Christina Quinn again organized this year’s event in Ormond Beach; she led the Women’s March rally at the bridge in October 2021.

She spoke to the demonstrators prior to beginning the march across the bridge, and said she loved seeing the diversity among the crowd — men, women, children.

“I love seeing everybody stand up for each other,” Quinn said.

“Because, here’s the thing: If they take away women’s rights ... then they are also not going to stop with that.”

Quinn told the demonstrators that she chose never to have children, and she’s never had an abortion. This march isn’t for her, she said, but for girls like her 13-year-old niece. It’s about teaching girls like her to stand up for their rights, Quinn said, and preventing them from perhaps one day seeking an illegal abortion out of desperation and risking their lives.

“I don’t want that for her,” Quinn said. “I don’t want that for your children, your grandchildren, or anybody, because I’m not leaving this world backwards from where it used to be.”

Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Nancy Neeb, of Ormond Beach, holds up a sign at the base of the bridge

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Virginia Atkins waves an American flag

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Women march the Granada Bridge.

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Protestors with signs.

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Sally Hirst. president of the Flagler Beach Democratic Club, with supporters

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Protestors with signs in Flagler Beach.

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Organizer Christina Quinn marches in the “Bans off our Bodies” rally, in Ormond Beach

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Gimme shelter: Humane Society turns 40 in 2022 AMY WADE-CAROTENUTO FHS DIRECTOR

Where were you in 1982? Some of you may have been wearing your Reebok high tops, listening to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album.

1982 also brought something pretty special to Flagler County: the opening of our shelter, then called Flagler County Humane Society.

(The word “county” was removed from our name in the early 2000s because it confused people who thought we were a government agency.)

The Humane Society was incorporated on Sept. 15, 1980, by a small but mighty group of animal lovers, who obtained tax exempt status, began fundraising and visited other animal shelters for ideas. Agreements to provide animal control and care services were drawn up with the cities of Flagler Beach and Bunnell and what was then the Palm Coast Service District.

The first board of directors included Hanneke Frederik, Ken Dawson, Marie Dawson, David Siegal, Judith King, Judge William Atack, Bettie Schaffer, Irwin Connelly, Robert Schroeder, James Cooksey, Kenneth Petrie, Norm Tepper, Gertrude Vance, Dr. John Bass, Herb Brattlof, Curt Ridgard, Robin Full and Katherine Watson.

On Dec. 14, 1981, ITT Development Corp. donated an acre of land on U.S. 1. Herbert Bratloff, owner of H Bratloff Construction C., contracted to build the shelter, during the course of which he fronted monies until the shelter raised enough for the building.

The tiny shelter, with 16 indoor/ outdoor kennels, a roughly 100-square-foot cat room, an office large enough for one desk and a laundry closet opened to care for homeless animals on Sept. 15, 1982.

The shelter was run almost completely by volunteers, with just one staff person for the first several months.

In December 1982, Dr. Don Walker opened his veterinary practice in the upstairs of the shelter. He would

LETTERS Ed Danko’s refusal to support ethics statement speaks volumes Dear Editor: There was a recent discussion and debate by the Palm Coast City Council about whether to ask candidates to sign a “Statement of Ethical Campaign Practices” document, in essence, a simple promise to be truthful when campaigning for public office. Although it’s been known for ages that, unfortunately, ethics and politics exist in different worlds, the document sure seemed to be a welcome way of connecting public service campaigning to ethical and truthful behavior — something that should be self-evident.

However, as too often happens during council meetings, Councilman Ed Danko opted not only to make the topic contentious but actually referred to the ethics docu-

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Amy Carotenuto poses with Smokey, who is about 10 years old and is looking for a place to call home.

act as the shelter’s veterinarian for the first five years until he moved to his own practice, Community Animal Clinic in 1987.

When Walker’s practice moved, shelter manager Linda Smith Hampton moved into a renovated upstairs apartment over the shelter and provided round-the-clock security for the shelter animals.

In the fall of 1988, the facility expanded to include two new cat rooms. The former cat room was turned into a manager’s office.

A low cost spay/neuter certificate program began in 1991 thanks to local veterinarians. In 1993, Flagler County began offering a $25 rebate to incentivize pet sterilization.

This program still exists. Affordable spay-neuter is a huge reason that shelter euthanasia has dropped exponentially over the years.

Another expansion included a small infirmary, laundry room,

wash room for bathing dogs and a food prep room, so the office would no longer smell like dirty blankets and dog food.

The 1990s was a busy decade for the shelter. We were handling more animals than ever. We expanded hours and were open seven days a week. The Brinkley Puppy Mill abuse case received international attention; the courts awarded 517 dogs to our custody, and the abusers were jailed.

In 1998, Flagler County was under siege by wildfires. We evacuated the shelter and fled to the fairgrounds, where we accepted pets of owners who were evacuating.

When Sheriff McCarthy called for the entire county to evacuate (the first ever countywide evacuation in the U.S.), we transported several hundred animals to neighboring counties.

Soon Palm Coast Holdings would

donate more land, and a fundraising campaign began to build the facility that we are in now. I still call it the “new” building.

Over the years, our programs have expanded. We have veterinarians on staff. We have a wellness clinic, a pet food bank and programs to help pets remain in their homes. We have partnerships with pet supply stores where our animals are showcased for adoption. We have a successful thrift store. We host summer camp for kids and work to strengthen animal protection laws. We have a weekly radio show and a large social media following.

So what might the next 40 years bring? At the rate we are going, there might not be a need for an animal shelter. We have a staff of 39 now, and we all would gladly be out of work if that meant that all the animals had permanent, loving homes.

ment as garbage. Consistent with his well-known behavior during a previous campaign, Danko apparently wants to remain unrestrained in spreading campaign-related falsehoods as he sees fit.

In his opposition to recognizing the document, during the council meeting, Danko posed the question of “who decides what’s an untruth,” seemingly suggesting the dodgy and illogical existence of “alternative facts.” Danko’s question could also be seen as an offhanded insult to the intelligence of voters and the ability of the press to distinguish fact from fiction.

Councilman Danko, every public servant, and every candidate should embrace the notion that being ethical and truthful is an attribute rather than a handicap to being elected. A “Statement of Ethical Campaign Practices” should be a no-brainer, principles to accept without reservation, a promise to proudly acknowledge and sign off on, and indeed not something to

be condemned and discarded as garbage.

Given Councilman Danko’s position on this matter of a campaign ethics promise, it may warrant an elevated level of fact-checking scrutiny by voters and the media into any future political campaigning he may be involved in.

to humbly represent the 5K run to the Twin Towers that Stephen Siller did on 9/11 while he carried his 60 pounds of firefighting equipment to save innocent lives. Although he himself did not make it back out of the towers, his selfless heroism did.

He represents what all firefighters, paramedics and law enforcement went through that unimaginable yet unforgettable day.

Although we did not carry 60 pounds of equipment, our large crowd of people representing all walks of life did run, jog or walk the distance, and we did so with respect and honor for all that serve and have served to protect our way of life and keep us safe.

Thank you to the organizers and all others that made this, what I hope becomes an annual event, happen!

FLAGLER COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION

The Flagler County Education Foundation Board of Directors has selected Teresa Rizzo as the new executive director, succeeding her late husband, Joseph Rizzo, who had been the executive director since February 2017. Teresa Rizzo will be the fourth executive director in the foundation’s history.

The Ed Foundation is a directsupport organization for Flagler Schools, dedicated to generating financial support and enhancing programs that benefit students, families and teachers.

The search committee included Dr. Jennifer Thornton, the current Board president, as well as Ann Marie Zweifel, Victoria Tiehen, Maria LavinSanhudo, Jennifer Ames and Ronald Tortelli.

Teresa Rizzo comes to the Ed Foundation after becoming a state regional literacy director for the Florida Department of Education in 2021.

She was a teacher in Flagler Schools for 14 years before discovering her passion for instructional coaching and educational leadership. In 2019, she accepted a position as a literacy instructional coach at Wadsworth Elementary with the aspiration of one day joining the Florida Department of Education working with struggling schools across the state to close the achievement gap.

“I am honored to be chosen to continue and elevate the remarkable legacy of the Flagler County Education Foundation that flourished under

ROBERT GORDON Palm Coast

Tunnel to Towers event was unforgettable Dear Editor: Every once in a while, there is an event in Palm Coast that really shows that our city and the people that make up our community can put all differences aside and come together for a singular purpose.

The Tunnel to Towers Stephen Siller Memorial Run held May 14 was just such a moment.

I am told over 300 of us registered

Teresa Rizzo

“If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.”

Friedrich Hayek “Road to Serfdom,” 1944

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Editor’s Note: Alan Lowe is a candidate for Palm Coast City Council.

Teresa Rizzo succeeds late husband at helm of FCEF Joseph Rizzo had been the executive director since February 2017. His wife, Teresa, will carry the baton.

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the adored Joe Rizzo,” Teresa Rizzo said. “The kids of Flagler County are our future. The foundation’s mission will continue to expand and provide opportunities kids might not have been afforded without the support of the foundation.”

Teresa Rizzo earned a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education with a concentration in Sports Medicine. Upon graduating, she pur-

sued her senior internship at Flagler Palm Coast High School. She then became a graduate student in the Educational Leadership program at Stetson University in 2019. During her time there, she was nominated by her professors for the Stetson Vibrant Leadership Award and to deliver the commencement address at her graduation.

In a phone interview with the Observer, Flagler County School Board Chair Trevor Tucker commended the board’s selection.

“She knows a lot of the donors already,” Tucker said. “And she knows more about the education side than Joe did, so I think it’s a good fit.”

The Ed Foundation will hold a meet-and-greet for the community on May 24, at the Government Services Building to welcome Teresa Rizzo.

Visit FlaglerEdFoundation.org, or email rizzot@flaglerschools.com.

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VETERAN OF THE WEEK

Daniel V. Hughes

 Branch of military: U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)  Dates of service: 1954-1957  Rank/occupation: Corporal / Rifleman  Hometown: Penns Grove, New Jersey Daniel Hughes enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1954 and was assigned to the Fleet Marine Force and did a tour working in a prison for the U.S. Retraining Command, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

He fell ill in his final year of active duty and was ultimately medically retired. He went on to attend drafting school, then work in the family boat and marina business, before working for the Environmental Protection Agency, and then as a union carpenter building casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He retired to Palm Coast with his wife, Sue, in 1992. Since that time, he has been a member of the American Legion, VFW Post 8696 (twice commander), Marine Corps League Detachment 876 (commandant), and the Disabled American Veterans.

From 2001 to 2015 he served as the chairman of the National VA Cemetery Committee, in Jacksonville, Florida. This is where he really made his mark, as he was instrumental in the inception and realization of the VA National Cemetery in Jacksonville. It was a project he doggedly saw through, and it took the better part of 24 years. Hughes has received several awards over the years, and most recently was inducted into the Florida Veterans Hall of Fame, class of 2021. Hughes will also be recognized at the Flagler County Memorial Day Ceremony on May 30, in front of the Government Service Building.

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An estimated 300 people joined the walk/run.

A race to

Photo by Danny Broadhurst

Palm Coast hosts first Tunnel to Towers

remember Mayor David Alfin and Robert MacDonald.

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Carol Appolonia, Cynthia Hadley, Sahaquira Moye and Michael Appolonia

Above: US Army veteran Lisa Lynch toted a 50-pound backpack for the run.

She served in the U.S. Army from 1992 through 2000 as a small arms repairer.

Right: Dorian, Penelope and Vincent Becerra, with Sergio the pooch

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unnel to Towers was such a success on Saturday, May 14, in Palm Coast, that the City Council intends to make it an annual event.

The nationwide 5K run/walk is inspired by the story of firefighter Stephen Gerard Siller, who, at 34 years old, was assigned to Brooklyn’s Squad 1 on Sept. 11, 2001. He had just finished his shift when he learned of the attack on the World Trade Center. According to t2t.org, “He drove his truck to the entrance of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, but it had already been closed for security purposes. Determined to carry out his duty, he strapped 60 pounds of gear to his back and raced on foot through the tunnel to the Twin Towers, where he gave up his life while saving others.”

He is survived by his wife and five children.

Author and family friend Jay Price wrote: “Every momentous event, even a tragedy, has its symbolic figures. September 11 was no different; it just had a few more of them. Rudy Giuliani, Father Mychal Judge, the four guys on United Flight 93 … a hundred more … a thousand. None bigger than Stephen Siller, whose stature only grows with time as New Yorkers and people from around the world follow his footsteps.”

The Tunnel to Towers event inspired many in Palm Coast, as well.

Robert MaDonald, who is a retired firefighter from Bergen County, New Jersey, and uses a walker after a heart attack he suffered in February, was determined to walk — in his firefighting gear.

After Mayor David Alfin spoke to begin the event, along with other dignitaries from the city, Palm Coast Fire Department, veterans, Flagler County Sheriff’s Office and color guard, Alfin walked alongside MacDonald.

MacDonald reported his experience at the May 17 City Council meeting, thanking Alfin.

“He walked step by step with me,

Palm Coast Fire Department’s Tim Wosey sounds the bell.

and there’s no way in the world that I’m ever going to be able to thank him for what he did — not because he walked, but because he took the time to walk with me,” MacDonald said. “We didn’t walk very far, and, in fact, at one point, I took a trip and fell, but I got up and finished as far as I could go.”

He continued: “So I want everybody in this whole city to know what kind of a guy he is, and if you don’t have something to do someday, call him and he’ll sit down for an hour and he’ll talk to you, and when you’re all done, you’re going to find out that you’re a much better person.”

City Council candidate Alan Lowe also attended and praised Tunnel to Towers, asking the City Council to make it an annual event. His wife, who used to be a runner in Germany until she had health problems, walked in the 5K with Lowe, her first event since her time in Germany.

Alfin agreed, and the City Council asked for the matter to be added to the next city agenda.

Danny Broadhurst contributed to this story.

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HR Yacht Club turns 126 The Halifax River Yacht Club will celebrate the occasion with an anniversary ball on Saturday, May 21.

JARLEENE ALMENAS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The Halifax River Yacht Club is celebrating its 126th anniversary on Saturday, May 21, an occasion that will be marked with an anniversary ball full of music, food and tradition.

A receiving line of past commodores will greet guests as they arrive, said HRYC past First Lady Kelly Wagner. There will be photos of the club featured in the ball, dating back to its founding in 1896. The club is the oldest continuously operating yacht club on the East Coast that remains in its original location (331 S. Beach St., in Daytona Beach).

“We call it the heaven on the Halifax,” Wagner said.

The anniversary ball will be a time for everyone to come together and celebrate the club’s rich history. It was founded after 13 sailing enthusiasts got together, deciding that they would create a yacht club and name it the “Halifax River Yacht Club” and that their first commodore would be Victor Vuillaume.

While the club initially met in a building across the street, after the completion of a pier, they began meeting in the new clubhouse on the

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Commodore JR Redigan has been a member of HRYC since 2004.

river on Feb. 10, 1897.

For current Commodore J.R. Redigan, leading a club with such a long history is exciting. A retired lieutenant colonel with the U.S. Air Force, he has been a member of HRYC since 2004, and was on the board of directors for three years before becoming a rear commodore two years ago.

He served as vice commodore last year, and said that having held the different positions over the years has helped him gain the knowledge needed on the club’s operations and activities.

“Being the commodore is like being the CEO of a company,” Redigan said. “There’s a lot of responsibilities.”

The demographics of the club have also been changing recently, he added. While it used to be known as an “older” club, new younger members are coming in and thus the club has broadened its focus for activities to include families. The club has refurbished its pool, added kayaks, pedal boats and canoes in its marina, and hosted events such as karaoke nights.

“It’s a happy place,” Redigan said.

“People are very welcoming to new members and guests, and I just like to keep that attitude and that environment going.”

As commodore, Redigan said he is hoping to oversee the renovations of the club’s docks, increasing service staff, extending outside bookings and improving its dining service, including extending the hours of the club’s tiki bar. He also oversees the junior sailing camp.

The club is expecting over 200 people to attend its upcoming anniversary ball.

Being part of HRYC evokes a feeling of pride, Wagner said. When she and her husband, who served as commodore in 2016, moved to the area 20 years ago, they didn’t know anyone. The yacht club changed that, and she hopes new members also feel welcome.

“It’s a time to come in and rejoice and celebrate new members that have joined, and tell stories,” Wagner said.

To learn more, visit hryc.com or contact Membership Director Freddie Friend at freddie@hryc.com or at 386-255-7459.

LOCAL EVENTS FRIDAY, MAY 20

CMT PRESENTS: ‘SEUSSICAL JR.’ When: 7 p.m. on Friday, May 20; 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, May 21; and 1 p.m. Sunday, May 22.

Where: Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center, 399 N. U.S. 1, Ormond Beach Details: Children’s Musical Theatre Workshop, Inc. presents “Seussical Jr.” featuring a cast of local young actors. The show will transport audiences from the Jungle of Nool into the Circus McGurkus as the Cat in the Hat narrates the story of Horton the Elephant, who discovers a speck of dust containing tiny people called the Whos. Tickets cost $17.50. The PAC’s box office is open TuesdayFriday from noon to 5 p.m. Tickets can also be purchased online at ormondbeach.org/267/PerformingArts-Center

SATURDAY, MAY 21

HANG 8 DOG SURFING COMPETITION When: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: Fifth Street South, Flagler Beach Details: $20 donation to surf, $10 donation for costume contest, free for spectators. Individual surfers will compete in either a small dog or a large dog class. The competition benefits the Flagler Humane Society, Safe Pet Rescue and K9s for Warriors.

WEEKI WACHEE: CITY OF MERMAIDS When: 10-11 a.m.

Where: Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Parkway NE, Palm Coast Details: Presented by the Palm Coast Historical Society, this Speaker Series lecture will tell the history of Weeki Wachee Springs through vintage photographs of the mermaids from their earliest days performing silent ballets, to the heyday when they performed in a million-dollar theater. This free event is made possible through a grant partnership with Florida Humanities.

Call 386-986-2323.

GENEALOGY IN THE LIBRARY When: 1-4 p.m.

TRIBUTES

TOUCH-A-TRUCK IS BACK IN PALM COAST The city of Palm Coast Public Works Department will present its second Touch-a-Truck event on May 21 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. along Park Street in Central Park featuring more than 75 vehicles from multiple agencies.

The event is free, in celebration of National Public Works Week, with the theme #ReadyandResilient.

Kids of all ages will have the chance to not only touch, but hop into the driver’s seat of a dump truck, loader, pontoon excavator, signal bucket truck, fire ladder truck, SWAT vehicle, helicopter and more! To create a great experience for all attendees, the first hour of the event will be designated as “horn free” from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Vendors will include: Kona Ice, Cool Beans, Lovin O-Van, Golden Glory Café, Andreas Italian Ice, Wittle Weenie Wagon, Wicked Good Mini Donuts, Arepa Life,

Where: Ormond Beach Regional Library, 30 S. Beach St. Details: This free, one-on-one research assistance program is offered

by Halifax Genealogical Society volunteers to anyone who is interested in researching their family history.

Explore how the library’s genealogical databases can help find your ancestors. Convenes in meeting room 3 of the library. To register, contact halifaxgensociety@gmail.com

MONDAY, MAY 23

DEFEND THE LOOP MEETING When: 5:15-6:45 p.m.

Where: Ormond Beach Public Library auditorium, 30 S. Beach St., Ormond Beach Details: Attend this meeting sponsored by Dream Green Volusia. There will be discussion on the current issues pertaining to the Loop and the Defend the Loop campaign. The public is welcome.

RAMON PERALTA When: 3 p.m.

Where: Daytona State College, Palm Coast Campus Details: The Palm Coast-Flagler Regional Chamber of Commerce announced that TedX Speaker and

James (Jeff) E. Flammer, Sr. 1947-2022

George Anthony Libonate 1938-2022 George Libonate passed away peacefully Thursday, April 28, surrounded by loved ones in his home in Palm Coast at the age of 84.

Born in NJ in 1938, he was the son of George and Vera Libonate. A graduate of Abraham Clark HS, Roselle, NJ, he served in the Marine Corps, and then went on to attend Monmouth College in NJ. A lifelong educator, he taught and coached in Pt. Pleasant, NJ and Allentown, NJ while earning his Master’s degree from Columbia Teacher’s College. He then went on to earn his Ph. D. in Education from Rutgers University whereupon he served as curriculum coordinator in the Sterling NJ School District and then Principal and Assistant Superintendent of Schools in Ridgewood NJ until his retirement.

George was an avid sailor and had many adventures exploring the bays and harbors of NJ and Long Island in the 1970’s and 1980’s with his sons Scott and Timothy.

Upon his retirement in the early 1990’s, he purchased the Phoenix IV and cruised up and down the East Coast before settling in Palm Coast in the late 1990’s. There he turned his passion to local politics, art, and tennis. He was actively involved in the development of the Palm Coast Tennis Center and in

Tropical Tastee, Taqueria Don Ramon, Cajun Cravins To Go and For Any Event LLC. Plus, the Flagler Humane Society will showcase pets that need a forever home.

Park Street, Lake Ave and part of City Place will be closed for the event.

For more information, contact Palm Coast Public Works Workforce Data Analyst Benny Cope at bcope@palmcoastgov.com.

author Ramon Peralta will be holding a book signing immediately following the free workshop at Daytona State College— Flagler/Palm Coast Campus. For more information on the chamber’s Small Business Bootcamp, visit palmcoastflaglerregionalchamber.com.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25

BOATING CLASS When: 7-9 p.m.

Where: Halifax River Yacht Club, 331 S. Beach St., Daytona Beach Details: America’s Boating Club, Daytona Beach Sail and Power Squadron is offering Navigation I (Piloting). This is an eight to 10 week course beginning on May 25, and running through the end of July. It covers inland and coastal navigation, charts and a solid introduction to GPS and electronic navigation. Class size will be limited, so you must reserve your seat. Visit www.abcdb. club, or call Don Roman at 386-4536456.

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EXPLORE VOLUSIA: HALIFAX RIVER PADDLE When: 9-11 a.m.

Where: Sanchez Park, 329 Sanchez Ave., Ormond Beach Details: View local wildlife and natural Florida during this free leisurely paddling trip, which is one of Volusia County’s Explore Volusia programs. Paddlers may encounter marine mammals. Bring a canoe, kayak, or stand-up paddleboard, along with a life preserver and whistle. Registration required. Call 386-736-5927.

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Her most recent work draws attention to defining the American Dream. Flynn gathers inspiration from abstract expressionism, Romare Beardon, Wolf Kahan, and the Bay Area Figurative Movement.

researching and writing a chronicle of the history of tennis in Palm Coast. As his years progressed he focused his attention on his writing and artwork, which now adorns the walls of many households. By the time of his passing he had compiled his family history into many humorous and insightful stories which are now enjoyed by family and friends alike.

George was a loving, devoted partner, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friend, story-teller, and family advisor. He was the anchor of his extended family and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. He is survived by his partner Nancy Skadden; his Son and Daughter-in law, Scott and Merry Ann Libonate; his four Grandchildren, Casey, Samantha, Tyler, and Zach; and his sisters Mary Anne Coll, and Elaine Word.

He was predeceased by his youngest son Timothy.

A celebration of life will be held Sunday May 29, 2022 at 3pm for friends and family at his home at 6 Crow Ct, Palm Coast FL 32137.

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James (Jeff) E. Flammer, Sr. was called to our lord on May 8th, he was 75 years old.

He is survived by his devoted wife of 32 years, Judi and so very proud of his four sons, James, Jr. (Andrea), Brandon (Christie), Jason (ToniAnn) and Eric (Rebecca). He loved his grandchildren, Logan, Lauren, Landon, Justus & Ella.

He is also survived by his brother Lee (JoAnn) and his sisters Jackie Thierwechter (Bob) and Jill Cahill (Joe) and preceded in death by his brother Warren.

Jeff was honored to have served in the United States Coast Guard & for being a decorated Suffolk County, NY police officer.

He loved motorcycle riding and being a member

of The Elks #2709, The Blue Knights XXII, The American Legion Riders Post 964, The Flagler County FOP and The Flagler Gun Club.

Jeff will always be remembered as a very caring, strong man with the best sense of humor who loved his family, friends, God & Country.

In lieu of flowers please make donations to the Brotherhood for the Fallen, Sufflok Co., NY, Tunnels to Towers, Stewart Meyer Hospice House or St Jude’s Hospital for Children.

Condolences may be sent to www.craigflaglerpalms. com

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FLORIDA WOMEN’S ART ASSOCIATION PRESENTS ‘COLLECTIVE WISDOM’ When: Through May 31 Where: The Art League of Daytona Beach, 433 S. Palmetto Ave. Daytona Beach Details: See the latest art exhibition by the Florida Women’s Arts Association. Visit flwaa.com MOAS EXHIBITIONS When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday Where: Museum of Arts and Sciences, 352 S. Nova Road, Daytona Beach Details: Want to spend a day looking at fine art? The Museum of Arts and Sciences has the following shows on display: “The Color of Rain: From the Florida Women’s Art Association” (through May 22); “Diamond, Sapphire, Ruby and Emerald: Clear and Colored Glass Traditions in the Collection”; “A River Runs Through It: Hudson River School and Other Landscapes from the Collection” ; “Beyond the Plate: Murals and Other Ceramics from the Kendall Art Center”; “Child’s Play: Historical Toys and Games from the Collection”; and “The Bitten Line: Etchings from the Collection.”

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Rob and Stacy Wood, with Palm Coast Songwriters Festival chair Garry Lubi.

The Palm Coast Songwriters Festival, which began in 2018 with nine songwriters, this year featured 35 of the best songwriters with over 125 No. 1 hits to their credit, not to mention hundreds of additional charted songs. With attendees from 16 different states, multiple cities within a 200-mile radius in Florida, and many residents from Flagler, St. Johns and Volusia counties, the festival, which was held April 28 to May 1, enjoyed its most successful attendance ever.

On Friday, April 29, the fes-

Brett Jones, songwriter and founder of Gold Star Mentors.

tival helped raise over $8,400 for the Gold Star Mentors Foundation with the auction of a guitar autographed by major artists including Collin Raye, Billy Currington, Daryl Worley, Aaron Tippin and Sammy Kershaw.

The mission of Gold Star Mentors is to give guitars and teach children and young adults to play them who are grieving the death of a military loved one. Visit https:// goldstarmentors.com.

Then on Sunday, May 1, festival organizers raffled off another autographed guitar at the amphitheater show, raising $3,000 for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library/ Early Learning Coalition for Flagler and Volusia Counties.

The second guitar was autographed by all the songwriters performing at the four-day festival.

Additionally, the festival helped raise $8,100 for the Daytona State College Foundation in November of 2021 in conjunction with the Plantation Bay Community, ICI Homes, Flagler County Insurance Agency, and Total Comfort at a fundraiser/dinner/ Songwriters Round held at the Plantation Bay Country Club.

For more information about the Palm Coast Songwriters Festival and tickets for the 2023 festival, May 4-7, visit www.palmcoastsongwritersfestival.com, and connect with the Festival at PalmCoastSongFest on Facebook, PalmCoastSongFest on Instagram, and @PalmCoastFest on Twitter.

Robert A. Taylor (age 80) Robert Augustus Taylor, US Army (Retired) and resident of Palm Coast, FL, died unexpectedly on Sunday, May 1, 2022, at the age of 80 while visiting his fiancée in Cebu City, Philippines.

Robert “Bobby” Taylor was born in Newport News, VA on September 8, 1941.

Robert will be deeply missed by his family, friends and all who knew him. Robert is survived by his children, Donna Taylor, Robyn Taylor and Crystal Taylor; his grandchildren Nicholas Taylor, Lauryn Taylor-Piazza, Taylor Torres and Greyson Torres; and his fiancée Jennifer M. Sta. Ana and daughter Mary Jean S. “Chen Chen” Helacio; and Robert’s

Emcee Shawn Parr with Pamela Roberts, at the Palm Coast Songwriters Festival.

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half-sisters and brother, nieces, nephews and cousins. Robert is predeceased by his beloved Grandma Alberta Hundley, his daughter Anna Marie Taylor, his father John R. Hundley, and brother John Hundley, and biological mother Helen M. Taylor. An online Celebration of Life is scheduled for Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 8:00am pacific (11:00am eastern). Please visit https://www.remember.lightenarrangements. com/robert-taylor-memorial-webpage for more information.

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Robert will be deeply missed by his family, friends and all who knew him.

Born in Albany, she was the daughter of the late Donald and Terre Joan Welch. Tara grew up and attended school in Albany.

She enjoyed horses, Saratoga Race Track, her dog Gator, and rooting for Notre Dame football. Tara was the loving caregiver for both of her parents in the last years of their lives. She is survived by her siblings Don Welch (Diane), Bryan Welch (Beverly), Maria Welch (Roger), Victor Welch (Barbara), Steven Welch (Melanie) and Kyle Welch. Tara had a special love for her nieces and nephews Christopher, Rebecca,

She enjoyed horses, Saratoga Race Track, her dog Gator, and rooting for Notre Dame football.

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“My interest lies in the human form,” Leverton wrote on her website.

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Program honors FPC’s military recruits Aryanna Romero and Brendan Buckles received $180,000 Naval ROTC scholarships.

BRENT WORONOFF STAFF WRITER

Flagler Palm Coast seniors Aryanna Romero and Brendan Buckles received a couple of oversized checks May 11 at a program honoring the school’s students who will soon be entering military service.

Romero and Buckles, who plan to be future Marine officers, each received a four-year $180,000 Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps scholarship.

Only seven of the scholarships were awarded in a region stretching from Valdosta, Georgia, to Altamonte Springs, Marine Staff Sgt. Jerad Lucero said.

“It’s very rare to see two scholarship winners from the same high school,” Lucero said. “Their mental aptitude, physical fitness test and officer interviews were all above average.”

Recruiters from the Army, Navy and Marines presented stoles and certificates to 21 FPC seniors who will be entering the military at a cer-

Flagler County Veteran Services Officer David Lydon speaks at the program.

emony at the school’s Bistro.

“Recognizing these students in this way was awesome and overdue,” said FPC Air Force Junior ROTC senior instructor Lt. Col. Melvin Baskerville. “We do these types of commitment ceremonies for scholar athletes, which is well-earned, but to do this for young men and women who elect to serve their country is also very meaningful.

“There are multiple ways to succeed in life. Military service is one of those options,” he said.

Buckles has been accepted to the University of Florida’s NROTC program. Romero will participate in the NROTC program at Jacksonville University, where she has received a second scholarship worth $108,000.

Romero and Buckles are both cadets in the school’s AFJROTC pro-

gram. Romero is the cadet lieutenant colonel director of staff. Buckles is the cadet second lieutenant athletics officer.

“It’s deeply gratifying to see two of my cadets, Aryanna Romero and Brendan Buckles, receive $180,000 scholarships to further their education, and one day become an officer in the United States Marine Corps,” Baskerville said. “This is a very proud moment for our program.”

The ceremony was spearheaded by school counselor Sue Howell.

Flagler County Veteran Services Officer David Lydon, FPC principal Greg Schwartz and Baskerville were among the speakers. Of the 21 recruits, nine will be entering the Marines, three the Navy, seven the Army, and two will be entering the Air Force.

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"We do these types of commitment ceremonies for scholar athletes, which is also well-earned, but to do this for young men and women who elect to serve their country is also very meaningful."

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Surprise! FPC female team wins National JROTC Fitness Challenge After a tabulation error was corrected, the team was surprised with the trophy on awards night.

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The Flagler Palm Coast female fitness team was mistakenly awarded the runner-up trophy at the All-Ser-

vice National JROTC Fitness Challenge on April 15 in Daytona Beach.

When instructors Lt. Col. Melvin Baskerville and Master Sgt. Gardner Holland were informed a few days before the school’s Air Force JROTC

awards ceremony that the FPC team had actually won the championship, they decided to surprise their team.

They presented the trophy at the April 30 awards ceremony.

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“Nobody knew,” senior Giva Clavizzao said. “This was my last competition, and I wanted us to get first place. At the awards ceremony, we found out we did win the championship.”

FPC’s male team finished third at the Fitness Challenge.

A tabulation error had the girls leaving the competition thinking they runners-up for the second year in a row. Last year, they lost the title by five points after they were penalized 15 seconds because of an obstacle course violation.

That made the surprise even sweeter.

“We worked very hard for the entire year for that trophy,” junior Ava Houstoun said.

There were 41 female teams in the competition. The five events included a 5K beach run and the obstacle course on the beach behind the Plaza Resort & Spa, and a power throw, flexed arm hang and standing broad jump at the Ocean Center. In the 5K race, the team had to finish together, all holding hands.

“Everyone motivated each other.

Our teamwork played a big part in us winning,” sophomore Kaylee Nevico said.

The other members of the team were Jerica Pitts, Genesis Epstein, Amelia Rowicka, Mia Nilsen, Madilyn Winternheimer and Kaylee Briggs.

“This was the fourth year of the competition, and each year we made improvement,” Baskerville said.

“They’ve come a long way. I’m very proud of them.”

The members of FPC’s male team were Noah Soumokil, Zackary Soares, Gavin Stites, AJ Dayton, Theodore Winternheimer, Eduardo Rodriguez-Torres, Jakob Miller, Brendan Buckles, Moises Jorge, Noah Davis, Cody Fain and Joshua Fallon.

In the male division, the teams do pull-ups instead of flexed arm hangs, and in the 5K, they carry poles.

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he City of Palm Coast Public Works Department hosted its second biannual “Keep Palm Coast Clean” litter pick-up event on Saturday, May 14 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

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Sheriff, Bike Men donate Mural honors Netts, Palm Coast history to Ukrainian refugees ELAINE STUDNICKI

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The FCSO also shipped 21 surplus bullet-resistant vests and 11 helmets to support Ukrainian military.

ASHLEIGH TAYLOR FCSO PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER

A couple of kids who recently fled Ukraine with their mothers got a welcome gift from Sheriff Rick Staly and the Bike Men of Flagler County.

The four of them have only been in Palm Coast a few weeks but already feel at home. They left Ukraine with just a couple of suitcases. Now, they have some new bikes. Staly joined Joseph Golan, The Bike Men of Flagler County, to give Timur, Masha and their mothers bikes late last week.

Golan says he was contacted by Staly after a neighbor reached out to the sheriff about the kids being new to the area. The neighbor saw them moving into a nearby house. Turns out, it was their uncle’s house they were moving into. The four of them will stay there indefinitely.

However, their dads stayed in Ukraine to fight for their country.

Staly was able to tell the family he would be donating bullet-resistant

vests and helmets to the Ukrainian military. The vests are out of warranty and can’t be reissued to FCSO deputies but are still usable. FCSO shipped 21 vests and 11 helmets last week after the National Sheriff’s Association sent out a plea to Sheriff’s Offices across the country to provide surplus vests and helmets to the Ukrainian military.

“Getting to see the looks on Timur and Masha’s faces when they received their bikes was just priceless. They’ve been through so much the past few months and they are still in good spirits,” Staly said. “As for the vests FCSO is donating, I’m glad to be able to help and show support in any way we can. The process to destroy out of warranty protective vests is complicated so I’m glad we are able to donate them to a useful cause.”

The National Sheriff’s Association reached out to Sheriff’s Offices across the country seeking donations of surplus protective gear that could be used by the Ukrainian military forces. The vests are expected to reach Ukraine in a couple of weeks.

Staly’s life was saved early in his career when the vest he was wearing stopped a bullet to his chest, so he knows first-hand just how important a vest can be.

On Saturday, May 14, the Palm Coast Historical Society and friends gathered at the museum in Holland Park to unveil and dedicate the first history mural in Palm Coast to Jon Netts.

Netts was our second mayor and left us too early in 2021 due to COVID-19.

Netts was a fierce protector and advocate for all good things in Palm Coast. He loved the arts, having a witty conversation, and the water.

He was everywhere in the city, but many of his important projects went unseen by the public. A good example is the millions of dollars brought into the city via his work as commissioner on the Florida Inland Navigational District. He is truly missed by all and his was a life well lived. You can read more about his legacy at the mural. (See a future edition of the Observer for an image of the mural.)

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Art Dycke, Randy Stapleford, Mayor David Alfin, Greg Hansen, former Mayor Milissa Holland, PCHS President Elaine Studnicki, Priscilla Netts, Joe Mullins

The vibrant mural illustrates Palm Coast history and the ITT presidents and city mayors who established the community we enjoy today. The artist, Bill Stead, designed and painted the 10-by-8-foot arched mural to fit between the museum and office.

With the help of city staff, PCHS volunteers, and public support this mural is a piece of our history. You can visit it any time to pick out those community features that you remember and have a conversation with the person next to you.

YOUR TOWN GARDEN CLUB HONORS FOUR MEMBERS The Garden Club at Palm Coast held its annual Arbor Day Memorial Tree Planting Ceremony on May 13, along the St. Joe Walkway in Linear Park off Colbert Lane. This program honors members who died the previous year, by planting a tree and placing a bronze plaque engraved with their names alongside the tree. However, due to COVID-19, there has not been a ceremony since 2019. This year four members were honored: Angela Ricci (2019), Shirley Stubbendick (2020), Joseph Fontaine and Jane Culpepper (2021).

The city assisted the club with a location and suggested the butterfly garden in Linear Park, as Jane Culpepper aided the planting of the garden in 2012. The city planted a bottlebrush and Japanese blue-

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berry tree on May 10. Club members renovated the original garden and added 25 butterfly and native plants donated by a member of the Club.

The ceremony was held Friday, May 13, and members and friends of those being remembered met at the facilities building for the memorial service and afterwards visited the newly planted garden. Speakers included Denise Garcia, the newly installed 2022-2023 club president; Robert Tabit (a past president) led the Pledge of Allegiance; Pastor Jack Pladdys (Palm Coast Bible Church)

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gave the Invocation; and Palm Coast City Manager Denise Bevan spoke.

Members of the club gave their personal remembrances of those that passed. Refreshments were served after the ceremony.

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Fuzion: an indoor space for children, in Ormond Ashley Rodriguez said community is at the core of her business.

JARLEENE ALMENAS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

When it comes to her business, Ashley Rodriguez said she wants to bring families together.

On April 8, she opened Fuzion, an indoor play space designed to make its users feel like they’re in their own living room. Located at 254 N. Nova Road, Unit 266, in The Trails Shopping Center, in Ormond Beach, Fuzion has been two years in the making.

Rodriguez said she originally sought to open an escape room, but with the challenges brought forward by the COVID-19 pandemic, she decided to pivot.

And hearing the stories from the families she’s met since has positively reinforced that decision.

“It’s a space that’s actually making an impact, and we’ve only been open a month,” Rodriguez said.

A mom of two, the Ormond Beach resident noticed the need for indoor playgrounds in the city. She searched for a commercial unit for about a year, and then once she found the spot at The Trails Shopping Center, it took another six months to renovate and be ready to open.

Fuzion is open for children 6 months to 13 years old, with a main open play space for children up to 10 years old, storytimes and plans to soon add a rock wall in its

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TOM COOK JEWELER WELCOMES NEW MASTER BENCH JEWELER Stan Sullivan, a master bench jeweler with 30 years of experience, has joined Tom Cook Jeweler, which has been located on Beach Street in Daytona Beach since 1947.

Newly relocated to the area from Mississippi, Sullivan has handled manufacturing, repairs, sizing and stone setting for such well-known retailers as McRae’s, Parisians and Saks department stores.

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JOBLESS CLAIMS LOW, GAS PRICES HIT HIGH Florida continues to see unemployment claims roll in at a pre-pandemic pace as new data showed aspects of inflation possibly slowing.

But that trend has not been reflected at gas pumps, where the average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Florida was $4.40 on Thursday, May 12 — a record high, according to the AAA auto club.

The average price Thursday was 22 cents higher than a week earlier and topped the previous high of $4.38 a gallon on March 11, AAA said in information posted online.

“Gasoline futures soared to a new record high last week,” AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said in a recent statement. “The increase is attributed to a combination of factors, including steady weekly declines in gasoline supplies and expectations that summer fuel demand will far outpace what we saw last year.”

AAA is projecting a surge in summer demand for travel. Though that could affect gas prices, it might be a good sign for Florida’s hospitality and

Fuzion owner Ashley (third from right) with some of Fuzion’s patrons.

4,000-square-foot facility. Because Rodriguez couldn’t entirely forget her wish to open an escape room, Fuzion also offers one for the older children. The business also hosts special events for various ages and offers a date night drop-off option for its members.

Rodriguez, who is an Army veteran, said they opened with 20 found-

leisure industry, which took a huge hit early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republicans have seized on inflation and high gas prices to criticize President Joe Biden’s economic policies.

“There’s not really an end in sight the way it’s going, and I’m very concerned about the energy this summer because the gas I’ve not seen it under $4 in Florida for unleaded in a long time,” DeSantis said Wednesday while in the Lafayette County town of Mayo.

DeSantis signed a bill last week that will suspend the state’s roughly 25-cent-a-gallon gas tax in October, one of two months historically with the lowest tourism counts. The Legislature approved the one-month break after agreeing to use $200 million in federal stimulus money to make up for lost gas-tax revenue, which goes toward transportation projects.

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, a Democratic candidate for governor, issued an emergency rule Wednesday that allows the additional sale of gasoline containing 15 percent denatured anhydrous ethanol, or what is known as E15.

While projected to cut the price on gas with E15 by about 10 cents a gallon, such fuel is offered at fewer than 200 of the more than 9,000 gas stations in Florida.

The U.S. Department of Labor released a report this week that said the consumer-price index was up 8.3% for the year, down from 8.5% in March.

The downturn was the first in nine months, but the level remains near a 40-year high.

A separate report Thursday from the Labor Department estimated that 4,202 first-time jobless claims were filed last week in Florida.

That was down from a revised count of 5,221 claims for the week ending April 30 and put the average over the past four weeks to 5,083 claims.

Florida’s jobless rate in March was 3.2%.

FLORIDA SEES RECORD TOURISM Florida attracted a record number of tourists during the first three months of 2022, surpassing totals from similar quarters before the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the hospitality and leisure industry.

Visit Florida, the state’s tourismmarketing agency, posted information Friday showing that 35.982 million people traveled to the state between the start of January and the end of March.

ing members and have since grown to about 70. Fuzion will max out at a membership of 400, though it is not a membership-only facility. Patrons can pay per play session.

“It doesn’t replace outdoor play,” she said. “We need vitamin D, we need our sun, but it’s a good option especially for grandparents, stay-athome parents, homeschoolers, to be

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able to use the space indoors.”

In order to make it more comfortable for parents, Rodriguez has added a lounge space for them to utilize while their children are playing.

Fuzion also has a youth employment program, and his hiring teens 14 and older. Rodriguez has hired four teens so far.

Now is the time for community,

said Rodriguez.

“We’re a space that we drive community, we drive events, we work with our nonprofit partners,” she said. “Now is the time to connect with each other, help each other and really bring this space to life.”

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ADVENTHEALTH DAYTONA PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY ROOM TURNS 5 Mary Scheid was visiting Central Florida from her home in Virginia, taking care of her grandchildren for the Labor Day weekend, when she noticed her grandson was having trouble breathing.

“I’m a respiratory therapist, and I don’t fool around with stuff like this,” said Scheid, noting that 2-year-old Colton has asthma and wears a pacemaker because of an unrelated heart condition.

Scheid was advised to bring Colton to the pediatric emergency room at AdventHealth Daytona Beach.

“I walked in and right away the tech came up and helped me, took his vitals and wheeled him into a room,” Scheid said. “The whole team was on him, giv-

ing him medicine and asking the right questions.”

The team was able to stabilize Colton, while making both him and Scheid feel at ease.

“At first he wouldn’t wear the oxygen mask; he was scared and fighting me,” she recalled. “They told me to sit on the stretcher with him, so I did. And I just held him and he felt safe.”

Today Colton is doing well, and Scheid remains grateful for his care team. “The nurse was so sweet; she gave Colton and his little sister Olivia a little toy,” she said. “And they both still play with them in the bathtub.”

Colton is one of more than 96,000 children to be treated in the pediatric ER, which is part of the AdventHealth

for Children care network, since the beginning of 2021. As well as nurses, the ER team includes two ER physicians board certified in pediatrics, a nurse practitioner, a physician’s assistant, and Child Life specialists, who use play to help kids navigate their care experience. And having pediatric hospitalists on staff in the hospital’s inpatient pediatric unit means children who once would have been transferred can stay right in Daytona Beach for inpatient treatment.

The two sister units recently celebrated their fifth anniversary with a “birthday” party. Team members and patients celebrated with mascots from the Daytona Tortugas and EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University.

WASTE PRO CREW PREVENTS HOUSE FIRE IN PALM COAST Two Waste Pros are being hailed as heroes for stopping a fire from spreading at a home in Palm Coast last week.

Driver Ron Oliver and helper Jon Kippax were on their usual route Friday, May 13, when they noticed flames coming from the flowerbed of 89-yearold Doris Bryson’s home. Bryson lives alone and had no idea there was a fire.

Luckily, Oliver and Klippax were there to put the fire out with a fire extinguisher that is equipped on all Waste Pro trucks. As they notified Bryson of the fire, a neighbor called 911 and later called the Waste Pro office to tell Oliver and Klippax’s manager about their actions.

“I visited Ms. Doris a few hours after this happened, and she was very kind and thankful for Ron and Jon,” said Palm Coast Division Manager Heather Badger-Felmet. “Ron and Jon never even told us about it — to them, it was just something they needed to do while they happened to be working. We are incredibly proud to have them on our team.”

As a thank you, Oliver and Klippax were each awarded Waste Pro’s Franklin Award of $100 for employees who go above and beyond.

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SPORTS Cheers and tears Above; Seniors Samantha Alfano and Jennifer Rumplick.

Below: Lauren Sampselle, right, consoles Alyssa Lugo after the loss.

Final game a bittersweet farewell for Matanzas softball players Tears were shed as Matanzas coach Sabrina Manhart talks to the team after Paxon knocked the Pirates out of the playoffs.

BRENT WORONOFF STAFF WRITER

Emma Wood swung the bat just once in her final high school softball game.

The Matanzas senior drove that pitch to the center field wall for a leadoff triple in the first inning of a Region 1-4A quarterfinal game May 11 at Daytona State College.

Jacksonville Paxon intentionally walked Wood her next three times at bat and scored six runs in the top of the seventh inning to defeat the Pirates 7-1.

“Emma Wood ripped one in the first inning,” Paxon coach Steve Brown said. “She’s hitting .642, and she showed why. There’s no way I was letting her hit again. I’m not going to let one kid beat us.”

Matanzas coach Sabrina Manhart wondered why more teams didn’t adopt that strategy this season.

“I have to say, they were smart,” Manhart said. “I’d have done the same thing. I’m surprised people didn’t walk her more.”

Wood’s numbers were ridiculous this season. She finished the year with a .647 batting average, 37 runs in 68 at bats, eight doubles, six triples, three home runs, a .706 onbase percentage and a 1.780 OPS. Wood scored the Pirates’ only run in the first on Emily Warren’s twoout grounder to third base that was ruled an error.

“It was very frustrating,” Wood said of being automatically sent to first base on three straight at bats.

“It’s difficult because I want to help my team with my bat, just to kind of get things started, get it rolling.”

Matanzas freshman Leah Stevens, who had pitched a total of five innings in the previous 10 games because of hip tendinitis, mowed down the Golden Eagles for five innings before she began to tire. She struck out 12 batters and did not allow a hit through 4.2 innings until Hayley Hinds got on base with a badhop single.

“Leah went above and beyond,” Manhart said. “She gave us every-

“She got behind the plate when we needed her.

She was willing to come out of her comfort zone. It’s come full circle with Emma teaching the five freshmen our traditions.”

SABRINA MANHART, Matanzas coach

Matanzas senior Samantha Alfano (27) runs to first on a sacrifice bunt.

thing she could.”

Paxon scored an unearned run in the sixth to tie the score and then Hinds, Addison Brown and Jaela Palmer belted triples in the seventh to put the game away.

“I haven’t pitched seven innings in a month and half,” said Stevens, who pitched 6.1 innings. “I was wearing out. I felt I pitched as well as I could for as long as I could.”

Said Wood: “I think we let it get in our heads a little and let the runs take over. It was like a domino effect.”

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Emma Wood (1) slides home in the first with Matanzas’ only run of the game and checks to see if her teammate is safe.

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Junior Chloe Baker had one of Matanzas’ four hits in the Region 1-4A quarterfinal against Paxon.

The Pirates ended their season with a 14-10 record and a district championship. While the Golden Eagles got on their bus quickly for the drive home, the Matanzas players lingered on the DSC field where Manhart had coached for 12 years.

Tears flowed, but the players also clowned around. Manhart held on to outfielder Myracle Pigninelli as two other players dumped a Gatorade cooler full of water on the senior.

“It’s nice to see everyone come together, even though we lost,” Wood said. “We’re one big family.”

The Pirates wiped away their tears and posed for one final team photo.

“It all hit me,” Wood said. “I didn’t expect to cry tonight.”

Wood played in every single inning of every game during her high school career, Manhart said. Next year, Wood will be hitting and pitching for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

“Emma and I came to Matanzas at the same time,” Manhart said. “She stepped on the field, and in the circle, at the right time. We had a group of seniors that had great leadership, and they rallied around her. They knew she could help them get where they wanted to be.”

The Pirates went 21-5 that season.

The makeup of this this year’s squad was similar with five seniors and five freshmen, including Stevens, playing key roles. Wood stepped out of the circle for Stevens, a rising star who struck out 129 batters in 66.1 innings.

Wood played wherever the team needed her this season: catcher, outfield, infield and back in the circle when Stevens was injured.

“She got behind the plate when we needed her,” Manhart said. “She was willing to come out of her comfort zone. It’s come full circle with Emma teaching the five freshmen our tradi-

tions.”

“I’m really grateful I got to play with them,” Wood said. “Helping my team anyway I could was nice.”

With just three juniors and no sophomores on the team this season, the Pirates will be dominated by sophomores next year.

“We have five freshmen on varsity, and almost our entire JV team is made up of freshmen,” Stevens said.

“The freshmen on JV now will have to step it up.”

“We’re going to be in good hands the next few years,” Manhart said.

EMMA WOOD’S CAREER STATS 2019 Batting: .370, 2 doubles, 3 triples, 0 homers, 19 runs, 12 RBIs Pitching: 10-3, 0.76 ERA, 83 strikeouts 2020 (season shut down after six games) Batting: .421, 1 double, 4 triples, 0 homers, 5 runs, 5 RBIs Pitching: 2-2. 5.78 ERA, 32 strikeouts 2021 Batting: .424, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 6 homers, 24 runs, 19 RBIs Pitching: 12-9, 3.05 ERA, 139 strikeouts 2022 Batting: .647, 8 doubles, 6 triples, 3 homers, 37 runs, 17 RBIs Pitching: 6-4, 2.41 ERA, 67 strikeouts

Matanzas Principal Jeff Reaves congratulates senior Emma Wood (1) after presenting her with the Female Athlete of the Year Award.

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Future UNF teammates Chandler and Williams shine in 800 at state meet Seabreeze girls relay, FPC boys relay and FPC triple jumper Gerod Tolbert also finished among the top four.

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Seabreeze’s Ella Chandler and Flagler Palm Coast’s Jada Williams will be track and field teammates at the University of North Florida next year. They closed out their high school careers with top-5 finishes in the 800-meter runs at the state championships in Gainesville.

Chandler finished fourth at the Class 3A championships on May 13 with a personal-record 2 minutes, 13.70 seconds. Williams placed fifth at the Class 4A championships on May 14 with a 2:17.07, which was her personal record.

They were among 10 area individuals and relay teams to finish among the top eight in their events to claim a medal and be awarded first-team all-state honors.

Chandler placed third in the 800 last year, but this year she was up against three runners from South Florida, who all finished between 2:08.35 and 2:08.84.

“This was the first time she PR’d this year,” said Seabreeze coach Jen-

na Meyers-Sinett. “I’ve never seen Ella tired before. She ran the first split in 63 (seconds), which was a little fast. In the last 100, she was a little gassed.”

Williams specializes in the 1,600 and 3,200 distance runs, but COVID and a leg injury delayed her season for about six weeks and her endurance was lagging, so she switched to the 800. Her time was the second fastest in school history.

“Between getting sick and injured, Jada closed out a fantastic career,” said FPC coach Dave Halliday. “She was in the lead for about two-thirds of the race. She fought hard.”

It was the second medal Williams won as a senior. She placed sixth at the Class 4A cross country championships in November. Chandler took home two medals on May 13.

Seabreeze’s girls 4x800 relay team of Ariana Roy, Mackenzie Roy, Nickole Dane and Chandler placed third, blowing their PR out of the water with a time of 9:24.85. They ran 9:40.56 the previous week at regionals. But they switched up their order in preparations for state, and it made a dramatic difference.

“Pretty much all of their splits were PR’s,” Meyers-Sinett said. “We moved Ella (from first) to the last leg to have people to chase, and she ran a 2:17. We trained Ariana to run the first leg, so she would have people

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Ella Chandler ran a personal record to finish fourth in the 800 meters

to push her, and she ran a 2:20 flat.

Mackenzie ran second. Nickole is mainly a long, long runner — 5K’s and 10K’s — and we worked on her bio-mechanics to make her faster, and she killed her 800 time with a 2:24.”

FPC junior Gerod Tolbert, a firstyear track and field athlete, finished fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 44 feet, 3.5 inches. FPC’s 4x400 relay team of Vijay Weeden, Monte Curry, D.Z. Steward and D.J. Murray also placed fourth with a time of 3:19.29. Murray also made the medal

FPC 4x400 boys relay team of Vijay Weeden, Monte Curry, D.Z. Steward and D.J. Murray finished fourth.

Jada Williams closed out her high school athletic career with a fifth-place finish in the 800 meters

stand in the 400 run with an eighthplace finish at 49.03 seconds.

Halliday said Murray’s calf tightend up on him in the 400 race and it affected him in the final relay.

“He slipped back to fifth place but then got us back to fourth,” Halliday

OTHER RESULTS CLASS 4A BOYS Shot put: Jake Blumengarten, FPC, 13th place, 47 feet, onequarter inch.

4x100 relay: FPC (Gerod Tolbert, D.J. Murray, Monte Curry, Vijay Weeden), 10th place, 42:33.

300 hurdles: Isaiah Joseph, FPC, 15th place, 40.40.

GIRLS Shot put: Maya Tyson, FPC, 18th place, 34 feet, 6.25 inches.

CLASS 3A BOYS 100 meters: Jordan Porter, Mainland, 16th place, 11:04.

Discus: Bradyn Cox, Matanzas, 11th place, 142 feet, 7 inches.

110 hurdles: Jonathan Williams, Mainland, 9th place, 14.53.

High jump: Zavier Mincey,

said.

FPC’s Zeli Hayworth placed eighth in javelin with a throw of 167 feet, 9 inches. Hayworth broke Daniel DeFalco’s school record, which was set earlier this season.

Mainland’s Nate Davis placed seventh in the 100 at the Class 3A meet with a time of 10.76 seconds. The Bucs’ 4x100 relay team of Eziaih Shine, Davis, Devin Franklin and Jordan Porter placed sixth with a 42.06.

Father Lopez’s Victoria Woods finished fourth in the high jump at the Class 1A championships on May 11 with a jump of 5 feet, 1.75 inches.

She had finished fifth at state last year.

Among FPC’s boys’ state qualifiers, only Weeden is a senior, and there are younger runners ready to take his spots on the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams, Halliday said.

“We had a young group of kids who needed to be under pressure at a state meet, see how it feels with all those fans cheering,” Halliday said. “We’ll be in it next year. I’m excited, and I think the kids are excited too.”

Mainland, 11th place, 5 feet, 11.5 inches; Nick Antoine, Mainland, 13th place, 5 feet, 11.5 inches.

Long jump: Zavier Mincey, Mainland, 10th place, 21 feet, 4.75 inches.

GIRLS 800 meters: Sierra Howard, Matanzas, 14th place, 2:21.33.

4x400 relay: Mainland (Marin Hawriluk, Taliyah Nixon, Alexa Wilson, Kiera Williams), 16th place, 4:12.21.

CLASS 1A GIRLS Javelin: Jailey Bruce, Father Lopez, 9th place, 106 feet, 4 inches.

400 meters: Katherine Seabers, Father Lopez, 16th place, 1:02.25.

4x100 relay: Father Lopez, 16th place, 52:05.

BOYS 4x800 relay: Father Lopez, 18th place, 8:50.54.

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Anthony Campanella steps away after 29 years as baseball coach Campanella, who was Seabreeze’s head coach for 24 years, led FPC’s baseball team the past three seasons.

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So much has changed since Anthony Campanella was named the head baseball coach at Seabreeze in 1994.

There were no cellphones. There was no social media.

Campanella, who considers himself “old school,” is retiring after 29 years of coaching high school baseball, 27 as a head coach.

He thought he was retiring in 2017 when he stepped down as Seabreeze’s head coach after 24 seasons. But he was lured back a year later, and was an assistant coach for one season at Flagler Palm Coast before taking over the team the past three seasons.

“I’m sorry to see him step down,” said FPC athletic director Steve DeAugustino.

He has posted ads for a head baseball coach and two assistants.

“When you know it’s time, it’s time,” said Campanella, who will continue to teach at FPC and coach with the Orlando Scorpions baseball travel club.

Campanella, 53, compiled a record of 456-268 with the two schools.

He led Seabreeze to seven district championships, 16 playoff appearances, and three final four appearances including state runner-up in 2001. His Seabreeze teams made the playoffs in 10 of 11 seasons from 1998 to 2008.

He coached eight players who went on to play professional baseball.

“I love the game, but it’s time for someone else to take the reins,” he said. “My body aches from years of throwing batting practice and hitting fungoes. As coaches, we’re doing the same things the players do, and over time your body breaks down. I’d like to wake up one day and not have my elbow bark at me.”

After sitting out the 2018 season, Campanella got a teaching job at FPC, where his uncle, Sal Campanella, had once been the principal, and he joined Jordan Butler’s coaching staff.

“I missed baseball. I missed being around the kids,” Campanella said.

Butler, who is now the athletic director at Matanzas, was looking to get into administration and was hoping Campanella would take the team over for him, which he did a year later, when Butler became director of the Flagler County Youth Center.

“I don’t know how I sweet-talked him into coming out of retirement,” Butler said. “I’ve known Campy for a long time, and his record speaks for itself. He’s one of the most successful coaches ever in Volusia and Flagler counties.”

FINAL FOUR MEMORIES

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Anthony Campanella led Seabreeze to seven district championships and three final four appearances.

Campanella’s first team at FPC went 8-1 in 2020 before the season was shut down because of the pandemic. The past two seasons have been rebuilding years for the Bulldogs, but this year they advanced to the district championship game after rallying for seven runs in the seventh inning to defeat Jacksonville Mandarin 7-5 in the semifinal.

“I’m going to miss the relationships,” Campanella said. “You know a kid better than his parents know him, because you’re around him so much. The game is something we all love. But the best part about coaching is developing baseball players and good citizens to go out out into society.”

“I’m going to miss the relationships.

The game is something we all love. But the best part about coaching is developing baseball players and good citizens to go out out into society.”

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Anthony Campanella said he remembers his three final-four appearances with Seabreeze as if they were yesterday.

In 1999, Seabreeze had perhaps its best team with J.R. House, who is now the Cincinnati Reds third base coach; Ben Hall, who is now he head baseball coach at North Carolina A&T State University; and Bo Hall, no relation, who reached the Triple-A level in the minor leagues.

But the Sandcrabs faced Jacksonville Englewood's Brett Meyers, who went on to win 97 games over 11 seasons in the majors.

Englewood won the game 3-1 and went on to win the championship.

"He was throwing 97 (mph) in the seventh inning," Campanella said of Meyers. "But that season was so memorable. We had close to 30 wins."

In 2001, the Sandcrabs fell to Tallahassee Godby 5-1 in the state championship game after defeating Cape Coral 6-2 in the semifinals.

But the game that still stings the most, Campanella said, was the semifinal in 2003 when Seabreeze fell to Fernandina Beach 4-3. Brian Kelley, of the country duo Florida Georgia Line, came in to pitch in the sixth inning for the Sandcrabs, but he was getting no help from the umpire, Campanella said. Fernandina scored four runs with two outs in the seventh, with two runs coming on an outfield error.

"That was a heartbreaker," Campanella said. "The umpire was squeezing us big time. It was bad."

But Campanella said reaching the final four three times in five seasons was a testament to the players he had and the hard work they put in.

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Dynamic duo: Linebackers Hill and Bracewell to lead FPC defense The two college prospects possess size and speed.

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Rodney Hill can be a happy-go-lucky guy, but when he gets on the football field, he’s all business, Flagler Palm Coast defensive coordinator Norris Lightsey said.

Hill has a lot to be happy about.

The rising junior didn’t earn a starting spot until late in the season last year, but he turned heads at the Miami Under Armor Camp in February, where he was named Linebacker MVP. Since then, offers from teams in Power Five conferences have been rolling in.

“Rodney gets a lot of attention from colleges, so they’re able to see us too, and that gives exposure to all of the players,” said rising senior Ashton Bracewell.

Bracewell has been raking in a number of offers himself, including Navy, Florida Atlantic, Toledo and Akron.

Hill and Bracewell will be lining up next to each other this fall, with the 6-foot-4, 215-pound Bracewell playing middle linebacker and the 5-11, 205-pound Hill playing strong-

FPC defensive players Ashton Bracewell, Zyquan Neal, Rodney Hill, Ely Gilyard and Benjamin Laurore.

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“Last season, he didn’t really start, but every game he made a play. To the left side of the field, to the right side of the field.

It didn’t matter where the ball was, he was getting it.”

SPRING GAMES Seabreeze: May 19 at Winter Park (Showalter Field), 7 p.m..

Flagler Palm Coast: May 19 at Sanford Seminole jamboree with Seminole, Lake Brantley, 6 p.m. (game originally scheduled May 20).

Matanzas: May 20 at Atlantic, vs. Atlantic (one half) and Sebastian River (one half), 6 p.m.

Mainland: May 20 vs. West Orange and Palm Bay Bayside (two quarters each) at Daytona Stadium, 7 p.m.

Head coach Robert Paxia and defensive coordinator Norris Lightsey watch the Bulldogs practice.

The Bulldogs run a play at spring practice.

side linebacker.

“The linebacker corps is probably our most experience group, probably our most talented group,” Lightsey said. “Ashton can play a number of positions. He made some great plays as a hybrid strong safety/linebacker last year. We’re going to take advantage of his versatility.”

Hill can play just about anywhere

too.

“Last season, he didn’t really start, but every game he made a play,” Bracewell said. “To the left side of the field, to the right side of the field, it didn’t matter where the ball was, he was getting it.”

The rest of the defense is young with the line dominated by first-year starters. Ely Gilyard and Eddy Luna

will likely play cornerback. Benjamin Laurore, a transfer from Boca Raton St. Andrew’s will likely play outside linebacker or strong safety.

“We’re going to be very good if we get everybody on the same track, everybody doing their job,” Hill said.

Hill said he surprised himself at the Under Armor Camp.

“I earned MVP. I didn’t think I could do it, but I did it,” he said. “It pushed me to work harder and take

ASHTON BRACEWELL on Rodney Hill

things more seriously.”

“He’s got God-given ability and the mindset of a football player,” Lightsey said. “When he gets between the lines, he’s ready to play.”

Hill and Bracewell like the idea of lining up next to each other this season.

“You can’t run away from us,” Hill said. “We’ll catch you.”

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Athletic awards Matanzas principal Jeff Reaves personally delivered the Pirates’ Female Athlete of the Year award to Emma Wood on May 11 at Daytona State College’s softball field.

Wood was playing in the Pirates’ regional quarterfinal game and was unable to attend the awards banquet earlier that evening.

Wood had outstanding seasons for the Pirates’ volleyball and softball teams.

Tyson Mills, was named Male Athlete of the Year. Mills was a state wrestling runner-up who also played football and ran track. Tate Winecoff and Karissa Jackson were named the Pirates’ Male and Female Scholar Athletes of the Year.

FPC weightlifter Dom Bennett and cross country/ soccer/track athlete Jada Williams were named the Bulldogs’ Male and Female Athlete of the Year at FPC’s athletic banquet on May 16.

Bennett won two state titles to lead the Bulldogs to the Class 4A state weightlifting championship. Williams, Gavin Gotera (baseball), Anniel (Annie) Buchanan (weightlifting) and Maddie Oliva (blowing) won Scholar Athlete Awards. Giva Clavizzao won the Service Above Self award.

White leaves lasting legacy John White, the last remaining original coach at Matanzas High School, is stepping away from athletics.

White has coached wrestling and other sports since the school opened in 2005. He became head dean halfway through the current school year, and his schedule made it difficult to continue coaching, he said. He also wants to spend more time with his wife, Viki; and his children, Alex, Stone and Riley. He wants to watch his daughter, Riley, wrestle in college, and visit his son, Alex, who is in the Army and stationed in Oklahoma.

“He leaves a big hole,” Matanzas athletic director Jordan Butler said.

“Since the school opened, he’s put his blood, sweat and tears into the athletic program. He did a lot of great things for this program, and not just with wrestling. If they had trouble finding a coach early on, he stepped up and did it.”

In 2013, White took a team or an individual to the state finals in every season. He coached boys and girls cross country in the fall, wrestling in the winter and girls tennis in the spring.

“That was the toughest year of our marriage,” he said.

But White said without Viki’s support, he never would have been able to coach for 17 years. And Matanzas wrestling wouldn’t be what it is today.

He established the school’s wrestling program, but perhaps his most lasting legacy will be what he did for girls wresting at Matanzas and statewide. With support from the admin-

"He leaves a big hole. Since the school opened, he's put his blood, sweat and tears into the athletic program. He did a lot of great things for this program, and not just with wrestling. If they had trouble finding a coach early on, he stepped up and did it."

JORDAN BUTLER, Matanzas athletic director

File photo by Michele Meyers

John White talks to his girls team at the state wrestling championships March 5, 2022 at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee.

istration, he established a girls wrestling team at Matanzas in 2019, and he was on the advisory committee that pushed the FHSAA to sanction girls wrestling as a sport.

In girls wrestling’s first season as an official high school sport this school year, White’s Pirates finished third overall at the state championships, one point behind secondplace Ponte Vedra. Freshman Tiana Fries won a state title and three other Matanzas wrestlers won medals.

It all started in 2015 when one girl, Mikayla Wilder, wanted to join the Matanzas wrestling team. Then Angelina Bermudez came aboard.

The next year, White had four girls wrestling with the boys, including his daughter, Riley.

“From there, it kind of grew. Three or four more the next year, then three or four more. The next thing you knew, we had 15 to 20 girls in the room, learning the sport. It just blossomed.” said T.J. Gillin, who was hired as White’s assistant coach in 2015.

In the 2018-2019 season, White began taking the girls to tournaments and let Gillin take over the

boys squad when events conflicted.

Gillin said there are not many head coaches who would give that kind of autonomy to a young assistant.

“During that time, he really helped me develop as a coach,” Gillin said.

The following year, White became the girls wrestling coach when very few schools had a girls team, and Gillin became the head boys coach.

The girls program will continue with a new coach, and the boys and girls will continue to train together as one team, as they always have, Gillin said.

White said he will continue to attend every Matanzas home wrestling match next season and support the programs he started.

“I wouldn’t have been able to do this for 17 years if I didn’t have the support of so many people,” White said. “All three of my kids grew up in the Matanzas weight room. So many families — the Wilders, the Nieves, the Dennis family, the Goodmans — sent multiple kids through our program. A lot of people believed in me and my program, and I’m grateful.”

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Sanford steps down at FPC Zach Sanford is stepping down as Flagler Palm Coast’s head wrestling coach, athletic director Steve DeAugustino said.

“He did a great job here,” DeAugustino said. Sanford is leaving education, said DeAugustino.

Sanford took over one of the most accomplished wrestling programs in the state. But when he arrived in 2018, the Bulldogs were in rebuilding mode. They returned just two varsity wrestlers and they started nine freshmen in his first season.

This past season, when those 2018-2019 freshmen became seniors, the Bulldogs advanced to the state duals tournament for the first time, advancing to the semifinals.

They won district and region championships in both the duals and individual bracket tournament seasons. FPC sent nine wrestlers to the state tournament and finished 11th in the Class 3A team standings.

Big year for Bella Sophomore Bella DeJulio led Mainland to the state softball playoffs. DeJulio batted .600 with 11 extra-base hits and had a 0.79 earned run average with 221 strikeouts in 106.1 innings pitched. The Bucs lost to Deltona in both the district championship game and regional quarterfinals to finish the season at 11-9.

Sports physicals AdventHealth is offering free sports physicals to Flagler school district students 5-9 p.m. May 24 at Matanzas and May 25 at Flagler Palm Coast.

Registration is required, at FSSportsPhyscials.com.

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Condos Alharna LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 160 Avenue De La Mer, Unit 1901, to Donald and Ellen Paris, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, for $625,000.

Built in 2006, the condo is a 3/2.5 and has 2,014 square feet.

Florence Frazier, of Abington, Pennsylvania, sold 6 Oxford Lane to Kevin, Pamela and Kyle Nevers, of Flagler Beach, for $205,000. Built in 1983, the condo is a 2/2 and has 1,098 square feet.

Belle Terre Aleksandr Ashkinazi, of Brooklyn, New York, sold

Daytona North Zander Property Group LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 1478 Hickory St. to Mark and Jennette Gardner, of Bunnell, for $348,000. Built in 2000, the house is a 3/2 and has a barn and 1,892 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $120,000.

Indian Trails George Druttman, of Palm Coast, sold 14 Big Horn Drive to Daniel Herrmann and Phoebe Risher, of Palm Coast, for $419,000. Built in 2004, the house is a 4/2 and has a swimming pool and 2,236 square feet. It sold in 2008 for $165,000.

William Zoumas, of Orlando, sold 4 Bird of Paradise Place to Anton Millaiev and Ganna Millaieva, of Princeton, New Courtesy photo

A condo within steps of the beach topped the sales list in Flagler Beach, selling for more than $2 million.

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Marianne and Ryan Allen, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, sold 362 Riverside Drive to James Parsons and Carrie Quinn, of New York, for $1.5 million. Built in 1969, the house is a 4/3 and has two bathrooms, a boat dock, boathouse and 3,724 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $1.19 million.

Edward and Analuisa Jermano sold 163 Country Club Drive to James and Linda Pascale, of Ormond Beach, for $475,000. Built in 1963, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,676 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $339,000.

Charles and Lisa Lewellen, of Rockledge, sold 28 Oak Ave. to Laurie and Eric Ankrom, of Bar Harbor, Maine, for $415,000. Built in 1974, the house is a 3/2 and has a swimming pool and 2,005 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $299,000.

Ashley Smith, of Holly Hill, sold 206 Greenwood Ave. to Matthew Aguilar, of Ormond Beach, for $310,000. Built in 1958, the house is a 4/3 and has 1,523 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $150,000.

Better Real Estate LLC, of New York, sold 387 Grove St. to Dax and Amy Thompson, of Ormond Beach, for $285,000. Built in 1953, the house is a 2/1 and has 910 square feet. It sold in 2019 for $150,000.

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Cheryl and Michael Ciccarelli, of Schaghticoke, New York, sold 1320 Avenue D, to Michael Fanning, of Ormond Beach, for $130,000. Built in 1996, the manufactured home is a 2/2 and has 924 square feet.

Breakaway Trails Ronald and Sharon Denson, of Port Orange, sold 17 Crescent Lake Way to Hollis and Pamela Kendall, of Flagler Beach, for $620,000. Built in 1993, the house is a 5/3.5 and has a fireplace and 3,259 square feet.

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The house at 29 Winding Creek Way sold for $466,000.

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Cypress Knoll OP SPE TPA1 LLC sold 8 Elliot Place to Zachary Marciano, of Palm Coast, for $382,500. Built in 1991, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace and 1,867 square feet. It sold in 2021 for $365,000.

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Cochran Place Carmen Guercio, of Flagler Beach, sold 808 N. Central Ave. to Laura Gilvary, of Palm Coast, for $385,000. Built in 2001, the house is a 2/1.5 and has 1,041 square feet.

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n oceanfront house was the top real estate transaction in Ormond Beach and Ormond-by-the-Sea for the week of April 3-9 in the Multiple Listing Service. Stephen and Stacie Minor, of Ormond Beach, sold 301 Ocean Shore Blvd. to Paul Terzani and Linda Bammann, as trustees, for $4,468,750. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/4.5 and has a fireplace, swimming pool and 5,998 square feet.

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condo in Hammock Dunes was the top real estate transaction for the week of April 7-13 in Flagler County in the Multiple Listing Service. Michael and Samantha Pirkowski, of Longwood, sold 28 Porto Mar, Unit 503, to Jonathan Hall, individually and as trustee, and Cornelia Hall, for $2,098,000.

Built in 2007, the condo is a 4/4.5 and has 3,847 square feet.

49 Pepper Lane to Terry and Ellen Bell, of Pickering, Ohio, for $339,900. Built in 2003, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,059 square feet.

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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS Pine Lakes Iouri Metelkine, of Staten Island, New York, sold 27 Woodstone Lane to Hans and Angela Schermerhorn, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, for $535,000. Built in 2006, the house is a 5/3 and has a fireplace, swimming pool and 2,839 square feet.

Valentina Leonte sold 81 Brewster Lane to Dustin and Kristen Zamastil, of Dupont, Colorado, for $270,000. Built in 2001, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,125 square feet.

Lehigh Woods Mark and Jennette Gardner, of Bunnell, sold 11 Reybell Lane to Tracey Baker, of Palm Coast, for $349,900. Built in 2009, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,861 square feet. It sold in 2009 for $160,000.

Natalya Mikhaylova, of Smithtown, New York, sold 23 Royal Leaf Lane to Luis and Amelia Arroyo, of Palm Coast, for $310,000. Built in 2005, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,807 square feet.

Matanzas Woods Welllife Physician Consulting P.C., of Levittown, New York, sold 2 Lyons Place to Andrew and Nicole Barbier, of Palm Coast, for $332,000.

Built in 2006, the house is a 4/2 and has 2,272 square feet.

Not in Subdivision Frank and Catherine Hilbert, of San Marcos, California, sold 107 Captains Walk to Gordon and Constance Johnson, of Palm Coast, for $310,000. Built in 1989, the condo is a 2/2.5 and has 1,565 square feet. It sold in 2006 for $225,000.

The house at 617 Elk River Drive sold for $650,000.

Palm Coast Plantation Igor Palnikov sold 25 Emerald Lake Court to Daniel and Kanako Braxton, of Ormond Beach, for $715,000. Built in 2011, the house is a 4/3 and has a boat dock and 2,820 square feet. It sold in 2011 for $512,100.

Palm Harbor Thomas and Joann Eurell, individually and as trustees, sold 11 Cottonton Court to Jill and Chris Bierwagen, of Palm Coast, for $930,000. Built in 2013, the house is a 4/2 and has a swimming pool, boat dock, boathouse and 2,907 square feet.

Ian and Carole Lewis, of Palm Coast, sold 28 Century Lane to Eduardo Deleon and Emily Reading, of Palm Coast, for $330,000. Built in 1986, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,416 square feet. It sold in 2019 for $193,000.

Rur LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 56 Flamingo Drive to Matthew Notier, of Palm Coast, for $240,000. Built in 1975, the house is a 2/2 and has 1,225 square feet.

Pine Grove Joann Cobb, of Cocoa Beach, sold 10 Pickcane Lane to Chad Herrin and Stephanie Maxwell, of Palm Coast, for $350,000. Built in 2019, the house is a 4/2.5 and has 2,045 square feet. It sold in 2019 for $197,000.

Vladimir Yakubov and Irina Voitik sold 5 Wainwood Place to Robert Howell and Dolores Gomez, of Palm Coast, for $430,000. Built in 1990, the house is a 3/2.5 and has a swimming pool and 1,948 square feet. It sold in 2021 for $275,000.

Plantation Bay Janet Scott, of Ormond Beach, sold 617 Elk River Drive to David and Jeri Stone, of Ormond Beach, for $650,000. Built in 2018, the house is a 3/2 and has a swimming pool and 1,996 square feet. It sold in 2021 for $530,000.

Quail Hollow Brandon Cassata sold 80 Zaun Trail to Edward Boyle, of Palm Coast, for $350,000.

Built in 2016, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,578 square feet.

It sold in 2016 for $169,500.

Seminole Woods FIN Homes LLC, of Jacksonville, sold 9 Seathorn Path to Dominique and Procoro Hernandez, of Palm Coast, for $415,000. Built in 2005, the house is a 4/3 and has 2,442 square feet. It sold in January for $300,000.

Halifax Plantation D.R. Horton Inc., of Orlando, sold 3012 Kenmare St. to Gloria and Jose Barreiro, of Ormond Beach, for $412,475.

Built in 2022, the house is a 4/3 and has 2,133 square feet.

Hunter’s Ridge Mark and Tammy Dunn, of Ormond Beach, sold 4 Stagden Look to Leslie and Kara Williams, of Ormond Beach, for $605,500. Built in 1995, the house is a 5/3 and has a fireplace, swimming pool and 2,589 square feet.

Pine Trails Florin and Gina Periat sold 8 Pine Trail Circle to Janice Lytton, of Ormond Beach, for $367,500. Built in 2003, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace and 1,767 square feet.

Plantation Bay Anna Hein, of Ormond Beach, sold 1246 Crown Pointe Lane to Karen Saunders, of Ormond Beach, for $410,000. Built in 2005, the

Peter and Ellen Roach, of Hamilton, Massachusetts, sold 692 Aldenham Lane to Larry Haines, of Green Valley, Arizona, for $362,000.

Built in 2018, the house is a 2/2 and has 1,510 square feet.

It sold in 2020 for $245,000.

Tomoka Oaks Katherine Stewart, of Ormond Beach, sold 34 Pebble Beach Drive to Robert and Karen Bolles, of Ormond Beach, for $901,000. Built in 2007, the house is a 6/3.5 ad has a fireplace, elevator and 4,091 square feet.

Jimmy and Charlotte Hogan, individually and as trustees, sold 2 Nottingham Drive to Raymond and Ivette Chavez, of Gold Canyon, Arizona, for $450,000. Built in 1979, the house is a 5/3 and has a fireplace, swimming pool and 2,667 square feet.

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Sharon Logan, individually and as representative, sold 151 Riverwalk Court to Joshua and Lindsey DeSoto, of Geneva, for $375,000. Built in 1987, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,618 square feet.

William and Letizia Rachmiel sold 3370 Ocean Shore

David Nugent and Tonia Schmidt, of Ottawa Lake, Minnesota, sold 3360 Ocean Shore Blvd., Unit 1020, to Mary Hale and Russell Taylor, of Astor, for $355,000.

Built in 1983, the condo is a 2/2 and has 1,275 square feet.

It sold in 2015 for $155,000.

Laura Anderson, of Bethpage, New York, sold 2480 Ocean Shore Blvd., Unit 123, to Natalie Bennett and John Nace Jr., of Robesonia, Pennsylvania, for $350,000. Built in 1998, the condo is a 2/2.5 and has 980 square feet.

Edward and Analuisa Jermano sold 2750 Ocean Shore Blvd., Unit 19, to James and Linda Pascale, of Ormond Beach, for $325,000. Built in 1963, the condo is a 3/2 and has 1,676 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $339,000.

Johanna Rodriguez, of Ormond Beach, sold 154 Laurie Drive to Steven and Kara Whitmer, Jeffrey and Kimberly Rietkerk, and Ryan and Kristal Stippich, of Ormond Beach, for $292,000. Built in 1957, the house is a 2/2 and has 726 square feet. It sold in 2009 for $95,000.

Elizabeth and Henry Lind, of Novi, Michigan, sold 5500 Ocean Shore Blvd., Unit 73, to Karissa and Michael Chou, of San Marcos, California, for $204,500. Built in 1973, the condo is a 2/2 and has 1,214 square feet.

WJHFL LLC, of Norcross, Georgia, sold 26 Selborne Path to James Hayden Jr., of Daytona Beach, for $254,990.

Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,272 square feet.

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Blvd., Unit 4020, to Pony Farm Real Estate LLC, of Fort Mill, South Carolina, for $366,000. Built in 1987, the condo is a 2/2 and has 1,350 square feet. It sold in 2014 for $174,900.

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WJHFL LLC, of Norcross, Georgia, sold 18 Breeze Hill Lane to Beverly and Clarence Mallory, of Palm Coast, for $282,990. Built in 2021, the house is a 5/3 and has 2,274 square feet.

Charles and Suzanne Stein, of Maitland, sold 29 Winding Creek Way to Dwight and Janice Stigler, of Ormond Beach, for $466,000. Built in 1987, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace and 2,222 square feet.

house is a 3/2 and has 1,617 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $271,000.

Puzzle Two Clue: Z equals F

Jersey, for $355,000. Built in 2022, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,721 square feet.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2022 CP 000215 IN RE: ESTATE OF WILLIAM HARPER PARKER, SR. Deceased.

The administration of the estate of WILLIAM HARPER PARKER, SR. , deceased, whose date of death was October 31, 2020, is pending in the Circuit Court for Flagler County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Flagler County clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller, Kim C. Hammond Justice Center, 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Bldg. 1, Bunnell, FL 32110. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is May 19, 2022.

Personal Representatives: William Harper Parker, Jr. 1700 Shasta Court Winter Park, FL 32792 Attorney for Personal Representatives: Adele Small Harris, Attorney Florida Bar Number: 669946 THE KARP LAW FIRM PA 2875 PGA Boulevard, Suite 100 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 Telephone: (561) 625-1100 Fax: (561) 625-0060 E-Mail: efiling@karplaw.com Secondary E-Mail: aharris@karplaw.com May 19, 26, 2022 22-00061G

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No.: 2022 CP 000063 Division: 48 IN RE: ESTATE OF DALE LAVERN HOLLENBACK, Deceased.

The administration of the estate of DALE LAVERN HOLLENBACK, deceased, whose date of death was January 9, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Flagler County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is, 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Bldg. #1, Kim C. Hammond Justice Center, Bunnell, FL 32110.

The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, on whom a copy of this notice is served, must file their claims with this court WITHN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this Notice is May 19, 2022.

Attorney for Personal Representative: Marc J. Gold Law Offices Florida Bar Number 360848 Admiral Building at The Cove 1645 S.E. 3rd Court Suite 101 Deerfield Beach, Florida 33441 Telephone: 954-698-0039 May 19, 26, 2022 22-00062G

NOTICE OF FORFEITURE A 2003 Beige Ford F-250, Florida tag #IX21NH (VIN: 3FTNX20603MB38548) and a Remington Model 870 Shotgun (Serial#: 1146430X) was seized for forfeiture by the Flagler County Sheriff on April 24, 2022. The items were seized at or near N. State St. and E. Palm St. Bunnell FL. 32164. The Flagler County Sheriff is holding the property for purposes of a current forfeiture action #2022 CA 000306 in the 7th Circuit Court.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2022 CP 277 Division 48 IN RE: ESTATE OF MATTHEW BELKIN Deceased.

The administration of the estate of Matthew Belkin, deceased, whose date of death was March 10, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Flagler County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Bunnell, FL 32110. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is May 12, 2022.

Personal Representative: Valentina Belkin 15 North Park Circle Palm Coast, Florida 32137 Attorney for Personal Representative: Diane A. Vidal, Attorney Florida Bar Number: 1008324 CHIUMENTO LAW 145 City Place, Suite 301 Palm Coast, FL 32164 Telephone: (386) 445-8900 Fax: (386) 445-6702 E-Mail: DVidal@legalteamforlife.com Secondary E-Mail: proserv@legalteamforlife.com May 12, 19, 2022 22-00058G

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2022 CP 036 Division 48 IN RE: ESTATE OF MAUREEN LAMSON Deceased.

The administration of the estate of Maureen Lamson, deceased, whose date of death was October 27, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Flagler County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 1769 E Moody Blvd, Building #1 - Kim C. Hammond Justice Center, Bunnell, FL 32110. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is May 12, 2022.

Personal Representative: James Lamson 78 Chapel Hill Plantsville, Connecticut 06479 Attorney for Personal Representative: Diane A. Vidal, Attorney Florida Bar Number: 1008324 CHIUMENTO LAW 145 City Place, Suite 301 Palm Coast, FL 32164 Telephone: (386) 445-8900 Fax: (386) 445-6702 E-Mail: dvidal@legalteamforlife.com Secondary E-Mail: proserv@legalteamforlife.com May 12, 19, 2022 22-00059G

SECOND INSERTION NOTICE OF FORFEITURE $1,252.05 is US Currency and a 2019 Nissan Maxima bearing Florida tag #PIZK42 (VIN# 1N4AA6AVXKC378476) was seized for forfeiture by the Flagler County Sheriff on April 11, 2022. The items were seized at or near 56 Wellesley Lane, Palm Coast, Florida. The Flagler County Sheriff is holding the property for purposes of a current forfeiture action #2022 CA 000269 in the 7th Circuit Court.

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FIRST INSERTION Notice Under Fictitious Name Law According to Florida Statute Number 865.09 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the Fictitious Name of Damisty Estates LLC located at 800 Belle Terre Parkway in the City of Palm Coast, Flagler County, FL 32164 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida.

Dated this 20th day of May, 2022.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Summary Administration) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2022 CP 000168 Division 48 IN RE: ESTATE OF RONALD MICHAEL ENCINAS Deceased.

TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE: You are hereby notified that an Order of Summary Administration has been entered in the estate of Ronald Michael Encinas, deceased, File Number 2022 CP 000168, by the Circuit Court for FLAGLER County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Bunnell, FL 32110; that the decedent’s date of death was January 3, 2022; that the total value of the estate is $74,000.03 and that the names and addresses of those to whom it has been assigned by such order are: Name Lena Encinas Address 5 Ramsgate Place Palm Coast, FL 32164 ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT: All creditors of the estate of the decedent and persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent other than those for whom provision for full payment was made in the Order of Summary Administration must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702. ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this Notice is May 12, 2022.

Person Giving Notice: Lena Encinas 5 Ramsgate Place Palm Coast, Florida 32164 Attorney for Person Giving Notice Diane A. Vidal, Attorney Florida Bar Number: 1008324 CHIUMENTO LAW 145 City Place, Suite 301 Palm Coast, FL 32164 Telephone: (386) 445-8900 Fax: (386) 445-6702 E-Mail: dvidal@legalteamforlife.com Secondary E-Mail: proserv@legalteamforlife.com May 12, 19, 2022 22-00057G

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Dated this 11th day of May, 2022.

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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE $2,691.00 is US Currency and a 2003 Chevrolet Corvette (VIN 1G1YY32G535132534) was seized for forfeiture by the Flagler County Sheriff on March 19, 2022. The items were seized at or near 6100 SR100E, Palm Coast, Florida.

The Flagler County Sheriff is holding the property for purposes of a current forfeiture action #2022 CA 000231 in the 7th Circuit Court.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No.: 2021-CP-000732 Division Probate IN RE: ESTATE OF JEAN A. BLYTHE Deceased.

The administration of the estate of JEAN A. BLYTHE, deceased, whose date of death was July 19, 2020, and whose social security number is XXXXX4130, is pending in the Circuit Court for Flagler County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Building #1, Bunnell, FL 32110. The name and address of the personal representative and attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is May 12, 2022.

Attorney and Personal Representative: Aaron J. Tracy, Esq. Florida Bar Number: 0940151 P.O. Box 2759 Sarasota, Florida 34230 Telephone: (941) 405-9156 Fax: (941) 296-7657 E-Mail: aaron@tracy-law.com May 12, 19, 2022 22-00056G

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2022 CP 154 Division 48 IN RE: ESTATE OF WALTER A. LAWRENCE, JR. Deceased.

The administration of the estate of Walter A. Lawrence, Jr., deceased, whose date of death was January 7, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Flagler County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Bunnell, FL 32110.

The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is May 12, 2022.

Personal Representative: Nathan Lawrence 3 Sandman Court Fleetwood, Pennsylvania 195222 Attorney for Personal Representative: Diane A. Vidal, Attorney Florida Bar Number: 1008324 CHIUMENTO LAW 145 City Place, Suite 301 Palm Coast, FL 32164 Telephone: (386) 445-8900 Fax: (386) 445-6702 E-Mail: dvidal@legalteamforlife.com Secondary E-Mail: proserv@legalteamforlife.com May 12, 19, 2022 22-00060G

NOTICE OF ACTION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO. 2022 CA 000001 DIVISION: 49 TERRI CAPPELLO, individually, and as beneficiary of the Terri Cappello Trust, dated February 24, 2012, Plaintiff, vs.

ROBERT NEWSHOLME, individually, and as Trustee of the Terri Cappello Trust, dated February 24, 2012, Defendant.

TO: Defendants, ROBERT NEWSHOLME, Individually and as Trustee of the Terri Cappello Trust dated February 24, 2012; and any unknown heirs, devisees, grantees, creditors, and other unknown persons or unknown spouses claiming by, through and under any of the above- named Defendants, YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Removal of Trustee and Appointment of Successor Trustee has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on William J. Bosch, Esq., attorney for Plaintiff, whose address is CHIUMENTO LAW, PLLC, 145 City Place, Suite 301, Palm Coast, FL 32164, on or before 5/27/2022, and file the original with the clerk of this Court at Kim C. Hammond Justice Center, 1769 East Moody Boulevard, Building 1, 2nd Floor, Bunnell, FL 32110, before service on Plaintiff or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request.

Dated this 4/19/2022.

TOM BEXLEY, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT (SEAL) By: Amy Perez Deputy Clerk William J. Bosch, Esq. attorney for Plaintiff CHIUMENTO LAW, PLLC 145 City Place, Suite 301 Palm Coast, FL 32164 May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2022 22-00052G

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION CASE NO.: 2022-10865-PRDL DIVISION: 10 IN RE: ESTATE OF RAYMOND J. DEL GATTO a/k/a RAYMOND GENNARO DELGATO a/k/a RAYMOND GENARO DELGATTO a/k/a RAYMOND J. DELGATO a/k/a RAY J. DEL GATTO a/k/a RAYMOND G. DEL G Deceased.

The administration of the estate of Raymond J. Del Gatto, deceased, whose date of death was March 5, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 101 North Alabama Avenue, DeLand, Florida 32724. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is May 19, 2022.

Personal Representative: Nicole C. Del Gatto 6453 Nona Court Port Orange, Florida 32128 Attorney for Personal Representative: Thomas J. Upchurch, Esquire Florida Bar No. 0015821 Upchurch Law 1616 Concierge Blvd., Suite 101 Daytona Beach, Florida 32117 Telephone: (386) 492-3871 Email: service@upchurchlaw.com 2nd Email: clutes@upchurchlaw.com May 19, 26, 2022 22-00037I

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2022-10760 PRDL Division 10 IN RE: ESTATE OF GERALD GEORGE SCHEID A/K/A GERALD G. SCHEID, Deceased.

The administration of the estate of GERALD GEORGE SCHEID A/K/A GERALD G. SCHEID, deceased, whose date of death was April 10, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is P. O. Box 6043, DeLand, FL 32721-6043. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served, must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is: May 19, 2022.

Signed on this 16th day of May, 2022.

KURTIS J. SCHEID Personal Representative 2541 Glenwood Drive New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168 R. KEVIN KOREY, ESQUIRE Attorney for Personal Representative Florida Bar No. 89108 ROBERT KIT KOREY, ESQUIRE 595 W. Granada Blvd., Suite A Ormond Beach, FL 32174 Telephone: (386) 677-3431 Email: Kevin@koreylawpa.com Secondary Email: Michele@koreylawpa.com May 19, 26, 2022 22-00039I

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2022-10594 PRDL Division 10 IN RE: ESTATE OF DOROTHY JANE SCHOLZ A/K/A DOROTHY J. SCHOLZ/ Deceased.

The administration of the estate of DOROTHY JANE SCHOLZ A/K/A DOROTHY J. SCHOLZ, deceased, whose date of death was January 14, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is P. O. Box 6043, DeLand, FL 32721-6043. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served, must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is: May 19, 2022.

Signed on this 12th day of May, 2022.

RICHARD KERSHAW Personal Representative 214 River Bluff Drive Ormond Beach, FL 32174 ROBERT KIT KOREY, ESQUIRE Attorney for Personal Representative Florida Bar No. 147787 ROBERT KIT KOREY, P. A. 595 W. Granada Blvd., Suite A Ormond Beach, FL 32174 Telephone: (386) 677-3431 Email: Kit@koreylawpa.com Secondary Email: Michele@koreylawpa.com May 19, 26, 2022 22-00036I

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2022-10746 PRDL Division 10 IN RE: ESTATE OF JUANITA S. HILL, Deceased.

The administration of the estate of JUANITA S. HILL, deceased, whose date of death was May 18, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is P. O. Box 6043, DeLand, FL 32721-6043. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served, must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is: May 19, 2022.

Signed on this 11th day of May, 2022.

KAREN SELLERS Personal Representative 342 Emory Lane St. Pauls, NC 28384 ROBERT KIT KOREY, ESQUIRE Attorney for Personal Representative Florida Bar No. 147787 ROBERT KIT KOREY, P. A. 595 W. Granada Blvd.

Suite A Ormond Beach, FL 32174 Telephone: (386) 677-3431 Email: kit@koreylawpa.com Secondary Email: michele@koreylawpa.com May 19, 26, 2022 22-00035I

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE 7th CIRCUIT COURT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO. 2022 10329 PRDL IN RE: ESTATE OF Paul M. Dipuppo, Deceased.

The administration of the Estate of Paul M. Dipuppo, Deceased, whose date of death was May 17, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court in and for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, File Number 2022 10329 PRDL; the address of which is 101 N Alabama Ave, DeLand, FL 32724. The name and address of the Personal Representative and of the Personal Representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the Deceased, and other person, who have claims or demands against Deceased’s Estate on whom a copy of this Notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the Deceased and other persons having claims or demands against Deceased’s Estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN THREE (3) MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEASED’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. THE DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE IS: May 19, 2022 PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: MAUREEN DIPUPPO 1992 MAIN STREET NARVON, PA 17555 ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: JOSEPH P. MULLEN FLORIDA BAR NO. 224601 MULLEN & BIZZARRO, P.A. 2929 E. COMMERCIAL BLVD., SUITE #PH-C FT. LAUDERDALE, FL 33308 TELEPHONE: (954) 772-9100 JPMULLEN@ MULLENBIZZARRO.COM May 19, 26, 2022 22-00038I

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Notice is hereby given that on 6/3/2022 at 10:30 am, the following mobile home will be sold at public auction pursuant to F.S. 715.109 1971 BUDD HS BF3097E . Last Tenants: GRACE S BELLE-ISLE AND DAVID J COX and all unknown parties beneficiaries heirs . Sale to be at COLONIAL COLONY INC DBA COLONIAL COLONY NORTH, 1100 EIGHTH STREET, DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32117. 813-241-8269.

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FIRST INSERTION SWI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NOTICE OF AUDIT SELECTION COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING The Board of Supervisors (“Board”) for the SWI Community Development District will hold an Audit Selection Committee meeting and its regular Board of Supervisors meeting on Friday, May 27, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. in the Cobb Cole Center located at 149 South Ridgewood, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114. The Audit Committee will review, discuss, and establish the minimum qualifications and evaluation criteria that the District will use to solicit audit services.

The regular Board meeting will take place prior to the Audit Committee meeting where the Board may consider any other business that may properly come before it.

The meetings are open to the public and will be conducted in accordance with the provision of Florida Law for Community Development Districts. The meetings may be continued to a date, time, and place to be specified on the record at the meeting. A copy of the agenda for these meetings may be obtained from the District Manager located at 3501 Quadrangle Boulevard, Suite 270, Orlando, Florida 32817 or by calling (407) 723-5900 during normal business hours.

There may be occasions when one or more Supervisors or staff will participate by telephone. Pursuant to provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations at this meeting because of a disability or physical impairment should contact the District Office at (407) 723-5900 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1, or 1-800955-8771 (TTY) I 1-800-955-8770 (Voice), for aid in contacting the District Office.

A person who decides to appeal any decision made at the meeting with respect to any matter considered at the meeting is advised that person will need a record of the proceedings and that accordingly, the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, including the testimony and evidence upon which such appeal is to be based.

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SUBSEQUENT INSERTIONS SECOND INSERTION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. CASE No. 2019 11574 CIDL REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

LUCILLE WHEATLEY AKA LUCILLE MURRAY WHEATLEY, et. al., Defendants.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to an Order or Final Judgment entered in Case No. 2019 11574 CIDL of the Circuit Court of the 7TH Judicial Circuit in and for VOLUSIA County, Florida, wherein, REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC, Plaintiff, and, LUCILLE WHEATLEY AKA LUCILLE MURRAY WHEATLEY, et. al., are Defendants, Clerk of Court, Laura E. Roth, will sell to the highest bidder for cash at, WWW.VOLUSIA.REALFORECLOSE. COM, at the hour of 11:00 AM, on the 30th day of June, 2022, the following described property: LOT 10, BLOCK 733, DELTONA LAKES, UNIT 32, A SUBDIVISION ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 27, PAGES 101-118, INCLUSIVE, PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, must file a claim per the requirements set forth in FL Stat.

45.032.

IMPORTANT If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to access court facilities or participate in a court proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance.

To request such an accommodation, please contact Court Administration in advance of the date the service is needed: Court Administration, 125 E. Orange Ave., Ste. 300, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, (386) 257-6096.

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DATED this 9th day of May, 2022.

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SECOND INSERTION NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO. 2020 11256 CIDL WELLS FARGO BANK N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL OR BANKING CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR GREEN TREE 2008MH1, Plaintiff, vs.

JAMES E. ROBERSON, JR.; PATRICIA ANN ROBERSON; BRENDA GAIL PURVIS; GLENDA KAY KANGAS; JEFF CALVIN ROBERSON; UNKNOWN TENANT NO. 1; UNKNOWN TENANT NO. 2; and ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING INTERESTS BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST A NAMED DEFENDANT TO THIS ACTION, OR HAVING OR CLAIMING TO HAVE ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY HEREIN DESCRIBED, Defendant(s).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to an Order or Summary Final Judgment of foreclosure dated April 29, 2022, and entered in Case No. 2020 11256 CIDL of the Circuit Court in and for Volusia County, Florida, wherein WELLS FARGO BANK N.A., NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL OR BANKING CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR GREEN TREE 2008-MH1 is Plaintiff and JAMES E. ROBERSON, JR.; PATRICIA ANN ROBERSON; BRENDA GAIL PURVIS; GLENDA KAY KANGAS; JEFF CALVIN ROBERSON; UNKNOWN TENANT NO. 1; UNKNOWN TENANT NO. 2; and ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING INTERESTS BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST A NAMED DEFENDANT TO THIS ACTION, OR HAVING OR CLAIMING TO HAVE ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY HEREIN DESCRIBED, are Defendants, LAURA E ROTH, Clerk of the Circuit Court, will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash www.volusia.

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realforeclose.com, 11:00 a.m., on June 28, 2022 , the following described property as set forth in said Order or Final Judgment, to-wit: PARCEL I: BEING A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN GOVERNMENT LOT 1, SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 17 SOUTH, RANGE 29 EAST, ACCORDING TO MAP IN MAP BOOK 4, PAGE 2, PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE EASTERLY RIGHTOF-WAY LINE OF THE COUNTY ROAD AS IT NOW EXISTS AND THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 24, THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LINE A DISTANCE OF 932.2 FEET TO A POINT, SAID POINT BEING THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 7 OF SAID SUBDIVISION; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 7 A DISTANCE OF 449.8 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE WESTERLY AND PARALLEL WITH THE FIRST CALL HEREIN A DISTANCE OF 932.2 FEET TO A POINT IN THE EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID COUNTY ROAD, THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 449.8 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, EXCEPT THE NORTH 449.8 FEET OF SAID LOT 7, PLAT OF GOVERNMENT LOT 1, SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 17 SOUTH, RANGE 29 EAST, ACCORDING TO MAP IN MAP BOOK 4, PAGE 2, PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. PARCEL II: THE NORTH 449.8 FEET OF LOT 7, PLAT OF GOVERNMENT LOT 1, SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 17 SOUTH, RANGE 29 EAST, AC-

NOTICE

SECOND INSERTION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. CASE No. 2019 30705 CICI REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THE ESTATE OF RUFUS JEWELL AKA RUFUS CLAYTON JEWELL, DECEASED, et al.

Defendants.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to an Order or Final Judgment entered in Case No. 2019 30705 CICI of the Circuit Court of the 7TH Judicial Circuit in and for VOLUSIA County, Florida, wherein, REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC, Plaintiff, and, UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THE ESTATE OF RUFUS JEWELL AKA RUFUS CLAYTON JEWELL, DECEASED, et al., are Defendants, Clerk of Court, Laura E. Roth, will sell to the highest bidder for cash at, WWW. VOLUSIA.REALFORECLOSE.COM, at the hour of 11:00 AM, on the 1st day of July, 2022, the following described property: THE NORTHERLY THIRTY (30) FEET OF LOT SIXTEEN (16) AND THE SOUTHERLY TWENTY-FIVE (25) FEET OF LOT FIFTEEN (15), BLOCK 1, HILLCREST HOMESITES, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 11, PAGES 215 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, must file a claim per the requirements set forth in FL Stat.

45.032.

IMPORTANT If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to access court facilities or participate in a court proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance.

To request such an accommodation, please contact Court Administration in advance of the date the service is needed: Court Administration, 125 E. Orange Ave., Ste. 300, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, (386) 257-6096.

Hearing or voice impaired, please call 711.

DATED this 9th day of May, 2022.

GREENSPOON MARDER LLP TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309 Telephone: (954) 343 6273 Hearing Line: (888) 491-1120 Facsimile: (954) 343 6982 Email 1: Michele.Clancy@gmlaw.com Email 2: gmforeclosure@gmlaw.com By: /s/Michele Clancy, Esq. Michele Clancy, Esq. Florida Bar No. 498661 58341.0007 / JSchwartz May 12, 19, 2022 22-00033I

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CORDING TO MAP IN MAP BOOK 4, PAGE 2, PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA; SAID PARCEL ALSO BEING KNOWN AS THE EAST 242.22 FEET OF THE LANDS DESCRIBED IN OFFICIAL RECORDS BOOK 2280, PAGE 507, PUBLIC RECORDS OFVOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. TOGETHER WITH AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS, EGRESS AND UTILITIES OVER THE NORTH 20 FEET OF SAID LANDS DESCRIBED IN OFFICIAL RECORDS BOOK 2280, PAGE 507, PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, SAID EASEMENT RUNNING FROM THE WEST LINE OF OFFICIAL RECORDS BOOK 2280, PAGE 507, EASTERLY TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY. TOGETHER WITH 1985 CONCORD MOBILE HOME SITUATED THEREON. VIN NO. 3354465250A AND 3354465250B. ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE SURPLUS FROM THE SALE, IF ANY, OTHER THAN THE PROPERTY OWNER AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PENDENS MUST FILE A CLAIM BEFORE THE CLERK REPORTS THE SURPLUS AS UNCLAIMED. THE COURT, IN ITS DESCRETION, MAY ENLARGE THE TIME OF THE SALE. NOTICE OF THE CHANGED TIME OF SALE SHALL BE PUBLISHED AS PROVIDED HEREIN. Pursuant to Florida Statute 45.031(2), this notice shall be published twice, once a week for two consecutive weeks, with the last publication being at least 5 days prior to the sale.

REQUESTS FOR ACCOMMODATIONS BY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provi-

sion of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, 125 E. Orange Ave., Ste. 300, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, (386) 257-6096, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.

THESE ARE NOT COURT INFORMATION NUMBERS SOLICITUD DE ADAPTACIONES PARA PERSONAS CON DISCAPACIDADES Si usted es una persona con discapacidad que necesita una adaptacin para poder participar en este procedimiento, usted tiene el derecho a que se le proporcione cierta asistencia, sin incurrir en gastos. Comunquese con la Oficina de Administracin Judicial (Court Administration), 125 E. Orange Ave., Ste. 300, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, (386) 2576096, con no menos de 7 das de antelacin de su cita de comparecencia ante el juez, o de inmediato al recibir esta notificacin si la cita de comparecencia est dentro de un plazo menos de 7 das; si usted tiene una discapacidad del habla o del odo, llame al 711.

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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST sought by AdventHealth Palm Coast in Palm Coast, FL, to be responsible for performing various routine or special clinical lab tests to obtain data for use in diagnosis & treatment of diseases, for lab testing procedures, analytical testing of blood &/or other human biological specimens, & pre-& post-analytical work processes; performing, documenting, monitoring, interpreting, evaluating & reporting on QC testing & trends & assurance findings to lab manager; performing & documenting instrument maintenance, & calibration; implmtg improvement measures; verifying validity of test methods to incl patient preparation, & pre- & postanalytic phases of testing & results reporting; performing Immunohematology procedures to ensure safety of blood transfusions, & also Phlebotomy, when needed. Reqmts: Bach's deg (or foreign equiv) in Clinical Lab, Chemical or Biological Science, or equiv. State of FL Clinical Lab Technologist License.

Mail resume to Lauren Pattison at 900 Hope Way, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714

Help Wanted Chez Paul’s Restaurant Daytona Beach openings available busboy and dishwasher, part-time, evenings.

Call 386-679-4040 for an appointment.

Marina caretaker handy person, live on your own boat 24/7 email resume to houseboat145@gmail.com

386-447-9723

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Requirements “Experience with Point-of-sale System preferred, Will Train, Able To Pass Background and Drug Test 36-40 Hours per Week Oversee multiple staff, Money Handling, Daily/Weekly Reports, Inventory, Comply with all VFW Rules and Regulations Must be able to be Fingerprinted and Obtain Server’s License Pay Commensurate with Experience Call Ron Stark at 386-446-8696 or Apply In Person 47 Old Kings Road N. Palm Coast, FL 32137

NOW HIRING 3-4 newspaper delivery carriers for Ormond Beach and/or Palm Coast.

Wednesday Night and/or Thursday day routes available.

Address specific delivery. Must have reliable car, valid driver’s license, and current car insurance.

Hammock Community Church is a non-denominational church in Palm Coast. For details please email hammockchurch@gmail.com or call 386-446-3343

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Call 386-338-5080 for interview

Auto Service

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Quality Work at Affordable Prices S & D Construction and Maintenance, Inc.

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Lawn Care

Plumbing

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Any Job, Big and Small We do them all

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Licensed • Insured Master Plumber CFC1426001

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2 Generations Family Owned & Operated

Power Washing

Roofing

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PRESSURE WASHING • House • Driveway

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• Pool Enclosure • Property Maintenance

Shingle | Tile | Metal | Flat | Re-Roof Structural Repair | Skylights

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YARD MASTERS LLD

Rick's Power Washing

Backyard Clean Up • Hedge Trimming • Weed Maintenance Palm Tree Trimming • Mulch/Rock Installation Clean Outs • Gardening • Pressure Washing

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Of Flagler County

Painting

• New Roofs • Replacements • Repairs • FREE Estimates • FREE Roof Inspections & Minor Repairs

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WE PAINT HOUSES, POOL DECKS, DRIVEWAYS & DOCKS

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Residential Roofing Specialist

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CBC ROOFING COMPANY

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Licensed Commercial

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Licensed

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THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICE IMMEDIATE DISPOSAL SALE OF 500 BANK VEHICLES

PAY ONLY ONE DOLLAR DOWN And Take Over Payments From

THE BANK!

THIS WEEKEND ONLY

Palm Coast Ford has over 500 vehicles on their lot to dispose of immediately! All you have to do is pay one dollar down (to make it legal) and take over the payments directly from the bank. These are Brand New Ford vehicles plus over 300 Pre-Owned vehicles, brought here courtesy of the bank that Palm Coast Ford has been contracted with to sell immediately.

ONE DOLLAR DOWN IS ALL YOU PAY TO TAKE OVER THE PAYMENTS FROM THE BANK! Do you want a $129 payment with $1 down? Do you want a $150 payment with $1 down? Do you want a $199 payment with $1 down?

Pick the vehicle that fits your budget!

The bank owns these cars, trucks and vans - Palm Coast Ford is the site that have selected to sell them. Remember, THESE ARE NOT BANK REPOS! These are brand new and preowned vehicles shipped here from around the country, made possible by the bank, to dispose of immediately! Bring ONE DOLLAR for the bank and bring your trade to our store!

All prices on new or pre-owned vehicles are plus tax, tag and $899 dealer fee.

Palm Coast Ford 1150 Palm Coast Pkwy, SW Palm Coast, FL 32137 - (386) 447-3380

Visit Us Online at: PalmCoastFord.com

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IS THE EXCLUSIVE DEALER IN THE COUNTY FOR THIS EVENT!

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