Palm Coast Observer 10-7-21

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Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

VOLUME 12, NO. 36

MORE DRIVERS NEEDED Driver shortages push Flagler Schools to the limit, with delays and complaints PAGE 3

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Surrounded Palm Coast man’s home has lots being cleared for development on three sides at the same time.

BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

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ome might say, “Not in my backyard.” But

one resident of Lon-

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donderry Drive, whose backyard — and left yard

Palm Coast approves contract with Sheriff’s Office for 10 additional deputies PAGE 4

and right yard — have all

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COVID-19 case numbers drop, vaccination rate rises to 70%, testing shifts to new location PAGE 2

PETITO HIRED

County Commission opts to keep Heidi Petito as county administrator PAGE 2

CREEKSIDE 2021 Coming to Creekside: Pryor and Lee headline 2021 Flagler festival PAGE 12

been cleared of trees in recent weeks, says he’s “We got our sunsets back,” said Steve Ricke, who has lived in the home since 2001.

When he first moved in, he said, he could see U.S. 1 from his backyard because the 1998 fires had cleared away any underbrush and many trees. In fact, the power pole in front of his house still bears the charred scars of the fire about 12 feet up. After a few years, when he moved in, “It was beautiful, like an African savannah,” he recalled.

Today, SeaGate has cleared trees for 50 homes in a 17-acre SEE SURROUNDED PAGE 6

Steve Ricke’s home is now surrounded by dirt, instead of trees. This is the view from the left of his home.

YOUR TOWN HELP FEED FLAGLER FAMILIES THIS FALL With a focus on veterans, seniors and Flagler Schools students, Feed Flagler has a goal to provide 1,200 family meals for Thanksgiving this year. Make a suggested donation of $35 at www.gracecommunityfoodpantry.com. Click on the “Team Feed Flagler” tab.

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Makenna returns home BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

After spending eight days in the hospital in Jacksonville, 9-yearold Makenna Simon won her battle with pneumonia brought on by COVID-19, and she is excited to return to Palm Coast’s Belle Terre Elementary School on Thursday, Oct. 7.

Makenna, her three sisters and her parents got COVID-19 in the second week of September and quarantined together, but no one had severe symptoms, according to her father, Tristan Simon. They thought it was over, until Maken-

na’s cough returned.

The cough was mild, but then she got a 103-degree fever. Tristan Simon and his wife, Laurie, took Makenna to Centra Care in Palm Coast, where they were told she was likely getting COVID-19 again.

But something didn’t feel right, and they decided not to take any chances. Noting that her oxygen was lower than normal, the Simons drove her to Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville on Sept. 24.

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Makenna Simon has a twin and two older sisters, who were “ecstatic” to have her home.

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“The board’s been great to work with. I look forward to continuing what we have in store for Flagler County. We’ve got a great team and a great board, so I appreciate their support.”

HEIDI PETITO, county administrator

NEWS EDITOR

County commissioners have chosen Heidi Petito as Flagler County’s next county administrator.

Petito has served in that role in an interim capacity since July, when former interim administrator Jerry Cameron stepped down. At a County Commission meeting Oct. 4, commissioners decided unanimously to keep Petito on permanently, removing the “interim” designation from her title.

“I’m extremely humbled and honored to be considered for the position,” Petito said after the meeting. “The board’s been great to work with. I look forward to continuing what we have in store for Flagler County. We’ve got a great team and a great board, so I appreciate their support.”

The subject of the county administrator position wasn’t on the Oct. 4 meeting’s agenda, but Commissioner Greg Hansen brought it up toward the end of the meeting, making a motion to remove the interim designation from Petito’s title and direct the county’s HR department to develop a new contract for Petito.

“It’s time to do this,” he said.

Other commissioners agreed.

“I love what we’ve done, giving her a 90-day, kind of a trial period,” Commissioner Joe Mullins said.

“You’ve done a great job,” Mullins said to Petito. “Staff and everybody’s continued to be very

happy.”

Commissioner Andy Dance had reservations about the board making such a significant decision without putting it on a public meeting agenda so that the public would be able to comment.

“I’d rather have seen it come forward as an agenda item, and maybe even have some formal review so that she has some constructive thoughts moving forward,” Dance said.

He also suggested that the commission have its chairman, Commissioner Donald O’Brien, direct the creation of Petito’s new contract, rather than leaving it to the HR department.

“It puts HR in a difficult position to be putting forth a contract for their boss,” Dance said. “I think the chair would be in a better position to be able to negotiate the contract on our behalf.”

O’Brien noted that Petito’s contract itself will come before the commission for approval at a future meeting, which would allow for public input.

Dance asked who would be setting her salary. O’Brien said the commission would decide on salary and other contract details.

“My guess is it’s going to look very, very close to what we have now,” O’Brien said.

Dance suggested having County Attorney Al Hadeed, who answers directly to the commission rather than to the county administrator, oversee the creation of Petito’s contract. Other commissioners agreed.

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Also: Health department offers Pfizer booster shots.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

COVID-19 case rates in Flagler County continue to drop as the community pushes past the fourth wave of the pandemic.

Still, numbers remain higher than they were during previous waves.

“Things are certainly getting better,” Florida Department of Health in Flagler County Health Officer Bob Snyder said on Flagler Broadcasting’s “Free For All Friday” program on Oct. 1. “Total cases this week were 141, which was quite a decrease from last week, where we had 215 cases.”

The county had 22 COVID19-related hospitalizations as of Sept. 30.

“Keep in mind that we thought that was a pretty high number toward the end of the third surge from COVID,” Snyder said. “But it’s coming down from those high 90s that we experienced just a few weeks ago.”

So far, 120 school staff members have tested positive with COVID-19, as have 1,086 students, but the weekly positive case numbers are decreasing.

The department did recently uncover some unfortunate news: 11 Flagler County children have been hospitalized with COVID-19, a number higher than the handful of cases the department knew about previously.

Of the roughly 1 million people under 18 who were diagnosed with COVID-19 nationwide in August, Florida Department of Health in Flagler County Medical Director Dr. Stephen Bickel said, about 30,000 were hospitalized; last year, approximately 500 children died from COVID-19.

Vaccinations in Flagler County have increased recently, with 71,737 Flagler County residents — 70% of the eligible population — now vaccinated, Snyder said.

Pfizer booster shots are now available for people who are over 65 or have health conditions that place them at high risk for COVID-19. They will be offered at the health department’s vaccination sites starting Oct. 4.

People who’d like to get them should do so at least six months after their second shot of the Pfizer vaccine. (Moderna and Johnson & Johnson boosters will be offered once they’re approved.)

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BRIEFS District proposes reorganizing youth center personnel Flagler Schools is planning to reorganize positions at the Flagler County Youth Center.

Paul Peacock, chief of operational services, presented revised job descriptions and a proposed organizational chart to the School Board at an Oct. 5 agenda workshop.

The position of youth center director, last filled by Jordan Butler, who left to become Matanzas High School’s athletic director in August, would be replaced by a coordinator of community services and county interlocal agreements.

The coordinator would oversee the youth center and George Washington Carver Community Center programs and operations, supervise youth center staff and serve as a liaison to county government for community programs.

A youth services site manager would replace the job of assistant youth center director. Serving under the coordinator and youth services site manager would be two site assistants.

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The Flagler County school district is down 12 to 18 drivers.

Bus driver shortage pushes Flagler Schools to the limit

BRENT WORONOFF STAFF WRITER

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ontarrious Rowls knew what he was getting into when he became the director of transportation for Flagler Schools: bus driver shortages exacerbated by COVID-19; a pay scale that can’t keep up with driver options in neighboring counties; parents understandably upset about late-arriving buses, long walks to bus stops and doubling up bus runs.

The school district currently has about 64 school bus drivers, which is about 12 to 18 drivers below optimum efficiency, Rowls said in an interview on Oct. 1.

“Right now, I have drivers being stretched thin,” he said.

As a result, buses are late and drivers are doing double runs.

Rowls said his department has had 12 to 15 resignations from the start of the school year.

“We started the year down, but we had enough to get the job done. Now it’s even more stressful,” he said.

Rowls said some drivers are “terrified” to be working in confined environments because of the pandemic. Others are finding better paying jobs at Waste Pro, or transit authorities in neighboring counties or in other school districts.

The Jacksonville Transit Authority has offered $10,000 to $15,000 bonuses for drivers because of its own shortage.

Rowls said Flagler Schools pays

a starting salary of $13.58 an hour for drivers with no experience and $14.67 for drivers who come in with five years’ experience.

Other school districts pay more, he said. The St. Johns County School District pays a starting salary of $16 an hour for drivers with no experience, $17.94 for five years’ experience and a sliding scale that goes up to $23.93 for 14 years’ experience, according to the district’s website.

“Our goal right now is to stabilize our workforce,” said Flagler Schools Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt, speaking of employee shortages across the school district.

Mittelstadt said about 200 district employees make less than $15 an hour, which is scheduled to become the minimum wage in the Florida by 2026. Increasing their wages will cost the district hundreds of thousands of dollars per year, she said.

Rowls and Mittelstadt said the school district trains drivers to get their commercial driver’s license.

“We do pay training, we prepare them to get tested on equipment and we pay for testing,” Rowls said, referring to the state certified exam.

Drivers are also trained how to manage students and de-escalate situations, he said.

The training takes three to six weeks, depending on the individual, Rowls said. Right now there are three driver candidates in training, he said, but added, “It takes 30 seconds for someone to

“We started the year down, but we had enough to get the job done. Now it’s even more stressful.”

DONTARRIOUS ROWLS, Flagler Schools director of transportation

tell me, ‘I resign,’ and to replace them we’re looking at up to six weeks.”

Commenting on a recent post in the Facebook group, Flagler Parents, many parents praised their children’s bus drivers. Others noted that bus stops can be a long walk and through traffic for some children, and buses are often late.

“A bus shows up and then tells us that there will be another bus … wait and another bus doesn’t show up,” one parent said.

Rowls said the department is inundated with parents calling in that their child’s bus is late or didn’t show. Typically, the bus is late and parents are leaving before the bus arrives, he said.

Rowls said there are about 75 bus routes in the district in addition to field trips and after-school programs. For those routes there are 64 active drivers and four or five part-time drivers who work as needed. Rowls said he knows transportation has to fill in for nine routes every day. If drivers call in sick, nine routes can easily become 12 or 15, he said.

Children are arriving home late because some parents drive their children to school before they go to work but rely on the buses to take them home, Rowls said. With full loads in the afternoons, the buses will double up as needed, sending out a short-route first with that bus, then returning to school to take the longer route.

To save time sometimes smaller routes are combined on the same bus.

“We share with parents the situation we’re facing,” he said.

“We’re going to get children picked up. We can’t guarantee it’s going to be at the time on the route sheet. We just have to use all our resources and maximize them to the best of our ability to get the job done.

“If we can find funding to retain people that will stop the bleeding,” he said. “But it will not fix the problem.”

Explaining Colbert Landings decision

School Board member Jill Woolbright is concerned about public perception of the board’s decision to table a proportionate share mitigation agreement with the developer of Colbert Landings.

The board also tabled all negotiations involving similar agreements for developers to prepay impact fees pending the outcome of the district’s new impact fee proposal.

Woolbright said the appearance is that “we are pulling the rug out from someone when actually it’s because things have not been decided.” She would like to see the district try to clear the air.

Patty Bott, the coordinator of planning and intergovernmental relations, said the district could not guarantee the developer 104 student stations until the county approves a school impact fee that would fund school expansion.

“How can we guarantee a seat if we don’t have it?” she said.

“The timing happened to be wrong for them. … We need to find out where we stand.”

Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt said the intent was not to stall.

“I don’t believe there’s an understanding of our limitations (in raising revenue to provide for student growth),” Woolbright said.

State lawmaker proposes ‘minimum training wage’ With Florida’s minimum wage increasing Sept. 30 to $10 an hour — and eventually to $15 an hour — a Senate Republican has filed a proposal that would allow employers to pay a lower “training” wage. Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, said his proposal calls for allowing the Legislature to establish a “minimum training wage” that employers could pay to workers for six months after they are hired. If lawmakers approve Brandes’ proposal, it would go on the November 2022 ballot.

As a constitutional amendment, it would require approval from 60 percent of voters.

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City crews work 12-hour days to reopen Royal Palms Parkway City workers have completed a Royal Palms Parkway road repair weeks ahead of schedule, working 12-hour days to do so, according to a city government news release.

A stretch of Royal Palms Parkway between Belle Terre Parkway and Rickenbacker Drive closed Sept. 16 after a stormwater pipe beneath the road collapsed during maintenance work performed by a contractor. Traffic heading east from U.S. 1 was detoured to Rickenbacker Drive to reach Belle Terre Parkway.

Contractors weren’t available to fix the problem promptly, but the city’s Stormwater Pipe Crew was able to do the work. They estimated that it would take two weeks, and started on Monday, Sept. 27. The road re-opened on Friday, Oct. 1.

“The guys out here and their devotion has been very impressive,” Stormwater Pipe Supervisor Kevin Nelson said in the city news release. “The whole teamwork dynamic out here has been incredible.”

“We’re very proud of the team for coming together and taking on a project that could have taken up to a month to complete and accomplishing it in just five days,” Interim City Manager Denise Bevan said. “I think this is a great testament to the quality of individuals who serve the citizens of Palm Coast.”

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MAYOR RECOGNIZES EFFORTS ON CLEANUP

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly with deputies.

Over 15 city staff members contributed to this year’s annual Intracoastal Waterway Cleanup event, the city’s fourteenth.

“They spent a great deal of time organizing and actually attending on a Saturday, and there was a level of enthusiasm and support and energy throughout the residents that participated, at all ages,” Mayor David Alfin said. “It’s refreshing to see how our community can come together, and how neighbors can work together on a single effort to protect one of our most valuable amenities in the city of Palm Coast.”

Staff have already picked options for next year’s waterway cleanup mascot — a red snapper, the North Atlantic right whale and an osprey — and will present to local school children for a vote.

The Palm Coast City Council has ratified its decision to fund 10 new deputy positions for the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, approving a new contract with the FCSO at a meeting on Oct. 5.

The new contract with the FCSO will cost the city a total $467,976 per month starting this month, and $5,615,712 annually, up from the $4.4 million the city paid this fiscal year.

It provides for a total of 35 deputy sheriffs, one school resource deputy position (the other school deputies are funded through the school district), two corporals, three sergeants, and one commander, according to city documents.

The City Council had already opted when it approved the coming year’s budget and property tax rate to set aside money for the additional law enforcement officers.

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PALM COAST TO FUND VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS INITIATIVES Palm Coast will provide a total of $30,000 in grant funding to a dozen local organizations this year through its Cultural Arts Grant program.

The organizations are: the African American Cultural Society, the Choral Arts Society, City Lites, City Repertory Theatre, Family Matters of Palm Coast, the Flagler Auditorium, the Flagler Performing Arts Academy, the Gargiulo Art Foundation, the Palm Coast Arts Foundation, the Palm Coast Garden Club, the Palm Coast Methodist Church, and The Green Room.

All had requested $3,000 and were granted $2,600, with the exception of Family Matters of Palm Coast, which had requested $2,400 and was granted $1,400.

CITY PROCLAIMS CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK Palm Coast is recognizing the week of Oct. 1 through Oct. 7 as Customer Service Week, and the City Council approved the designation with a proclamation recognizing its own customer service staff during an Oct. 5 meeting.

The city’s 16 customer service representatives handle an average of 100,000 inquiries each year, according to the proclamation.

“Customer service, during these most difficult times over the last 18 or more months, has been a challenge that, certainly, our customer service area has never faced before, and they have really shined though the process,” Mayor David Alfin said. “... It’s a process that will continue to get better and better, but they’ve done a great job.”

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Library, Ag Museum funding, infrastructure top local requests to state Palm Coast also wants to state to make power companies prioritize power restoration to PEP tank areas after hurricanes.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Local elected officials and residents presented concerns and requests to Rep. Paul Renner and Sen. Travis Hutson at a legislative delegation meeting at the Flagler County Government Services Building the afternoon of Oct. 1.

The meeting, held annually, gives local government bodies a chance to present a set of priorities to legislators for the coming fiscal year.

Hutson and Renner listened to the requests and asked clarifying questions, but there was little back and forth during the meeting itself: Speakers had three minutes to make their case, and the meeting proceeded briskly so that each person who’d signed up to speak had a chance to do so.

“I just appreciate everybody coming out and providing information to us,” Renner said at the end of the meeting. “We’re still available, obviously, to chat as we go over to Tallahassee, and we’ll be in communication with you about your priorities, and hopefully have a good session.”

“I’d like to thank the county and all its staff and support for hosting us here today — everybody coming out, giving us your

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Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin and Flagler School Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt speak to Sen. Travis Hutson (left) and Rep. Paul Renner (right) after the Oct. 1 legislative delegation meeting.

priorities — we’ll continue to work for you,” Hutson said.

COUNTY’S PRIORITIES

This year, Flagler County’s top priorities include funding for a new county library branch building in Bunnell and the expansion of the Agricultural Museum.

The library project has ranked at the top of a state library grant program for six years in a row, but for each of those years, the state has opted not to fund the grant program, so the county hasn’t received the money, Flagler County Legislative Liaison Holly Albanese said at the meeting.

“These funds will allow us to provide the underserved portion of the county with expanded services,” she said.

The new building is being designed, and construction will begin in the fall of 2022, she said.

The county is also asking for the

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state’s support for the expansion of the Florida Agricultural Museum, which hopes to build a new visitor center and pioneer village.

The museum was moved to Flagler County from Tallahassee in 1997.

Jarrod Shupe, Flagler County’s chief information officer and 911 coordinator, asked the state to increase its 911 fee from 40 cents per device to $1.

The fee was enacted in 1985 at 50 cents per device, then reduced in 2015 to 40 cents, Shupe said. The money pays for equipment and training in 911 dispatch centers.

An increase to $1, Shupe said, “will allow the Florida 911 centers in all 67 counties ... to transition to next-generation 911 services as well as get some of the cost off of the General Fund.”

PALM COAST’S PRIORITIES

For the city of Palm Coast, the city’s pre-treatment efflu-

ent pumping (PEP) tank system — which holds residential sewage before it’s pumped to the city’s treatment centers — has the potential to exacerbate the damage caused by natural disasters: When the power goes out, the system’s pumps shut down, and sewage can back up into homes.

Palm Coast has about 34,600 such tanks — the largest PEP system area in Florida — and is asking the state to have power companies like FPL prioritize regions with PEP tanks among the critical infrastructure areas that are fixed first during outages, Mayor David Alfin said.

Several years ago, when the city was responding to hurricanes, PEP tank capacity was overwhelmed and the city spent $750,000 dispatching portage generators and pumping trucks to keep that from happening, Alfin said.

“Unfortunately, the resources could not reach all in need, and sewage backed up into homes — an event that is not acceptable,” he said. “We are asking that PEP system areas are deemed critical infrastructure, consistent with water and wastewater facilities. ... During emergency response of restoring power, PEP systems should be prioritized.”

Other city priorities include funding for the next phase of the Old Kings Road widening project and additional transportation corridors to access the undeveloped western areas within the city’s boundaries.

“We need to open up the western part of the geography,” Alfin said.

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BRIEFS County, School Board agree on district changes The Flagler County Commission and Flagler County School Board agree on how to redraw county electoral district lines to account for the latest census data.

The two elected board met in a joint meeting on Oct. 5 to discuss the redistricting process required under Florida law every 10 years after census results are released. The process is designed to smooth the population differences between electoral districts.

“The goal here is really to preserve the principle of one person, one vote, making sure that each district has as close to the same number of persons as possible,” County Administrator Heidi Petito said at the meeting.

Both county commissioners and School Board members are elected countywide, so new district boundaries won’t affect who can vote for which candidate.

For the joint meeting, county staff met with school district staff and came up with three proposals for district changes that would even out population differences and keep each district’s overall population with a few percent of the others.

Board members were presented with ballots listing all three, and selected the one they preferred. For six of the eight elected officials present, that was Option C, which would enlarge the geographic area of districts 1 and 5, shift the coverage area for District 3, leave district 2 as-is and slightly shrink District 4.

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triangle to the left and rear of Ricke’s home, stretching behind four other existing homes as well.

By coincidence, the lot on Ricke’s right was also recently cleared for a single-family home, leaving his fenced lot as a sort of peninsula surrounded by dirt on three sides, and Londonderry Drive in front.

Ricke said he opposed development in the area in previous years, but that was when apartments were proposed; now, they’re single-family homes. In the end, he said, it was “inevitable” that the land would be developed.

To ease his mind, he drove through a similar SeaGate neighborhood already built in the L-section and thought it looked great.

“You couldn’t ask for a better developer,” he said. “It should beautify the street.”

From Jan. 1 to Oct. 4, 2020, there were 877 single-family permits in the city of Palm Coast.

In the same period in 2021, there were 1,747.

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ID-19 had led to pneumonia, the doctors said, and they kept her on the maximum levels of oxygen, trying to avoid having to send her to the ICU. “She was coherent, but super scared, watching her oxygen numbers drop,” Tristan Simon said. “She’s a really tough kid. She powered through it all.”

While Makenna was in the hospital, she received cards and phone calls from people all around Florida, as well as about 15 teachers from Belle Terre.

“Everybody was on our side,” Tristan Simon said.

Still, he couldn’t help but feel frustrated at the lack of social distancing, mask-wearing and a Zoom-from-home classroom option at Flagler Schools this year. Could Makenna’s suffering have been avoided if last year’s precautions were still in place?

“They’ve given us nothing, or they’ve just taken away any safety precautions,” he said.

While observing Makenna in the ICU, the doctors were puzzled at her lack of progress, but then they discovered that further COVID complications necessitated a blood transfusion. The next morning, she was back to normal.

“She was like a new person,” Tristan Simon recalled. “It was the best feeling in the world. I can’t even even tell you the happiness we felt.”

She returned home to her three sisters, and they were “ecstatic.”

Makenna “was beyond herself to see and hug her sisters again,” he said.

According to Department of Health Medical Director Dr. Stephen Bickel, at least 11 children from Flagler County have been hospitalized due to COVID-19 complications since the pandemic began.

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LETT E RS Learn the codes and follow them Dear Editor: It was great hearing that the new mayor, David Alfin, recognizes, as he said, that “the parking code has served the city well in the past 20 years, reinforcing the curb appeal of our neighborhoods and contributing to the value of our homes.”

Hopefully, we can continue, as the signs say all around Palm Coast, to “keep Palm Coast beautiful.” We just need everyone to follow the other restrictions in the tiny 12-page booklet.

One of the main restrictions not being adhered to is trash pails, recycling bins and debris on driveways being kept out of sight! If you don’t have any idea about the booklet — which most people don’t because most real estate agents don’t tell you, as I confirmed by my own research when I asked many, many new people who have moved here — I suggest going online or going to the Code Enforcement office and ask for a booklet.

enlist the city to bully their neighbors in the interest of a “beautiful” Palm Coast with high property values aware that achieving this surface “beauty” tends to encourage below the surface an ugly prejudice toward many of its citizens?

Are property-value guardians aware that other people (including workers with commercial vehicles/trailers) just might value their property, too, but are not scandalized by a working neighbor (and also might just have better manners than to harass their neighbors, or have the city do it for them)?

Some Palm Coasters seem to have more respect for property values than people values.

That is the exact reverse of good sense.

Esthetics are in the eye of the beholder, and for the city to impose its will on the owner on such a uniquely personal matter is to claim a power inimical to property rights and personal liberty. The proper role of democracy is to preserve individual liberties, not to destroy them.

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Dear Editor: The great commercial-vehicle-in-the-driveway controversy is just one of the city code’s little rules, inspired by homeowners associations, that reflect the irresistible urge to control one’s neighbors. But it may be overdue for reconsideration, as follows: Are those who devote their lives to running other people’s lives (often in the name of “property values”) aware that the commercial vehicles they find so offensive are used to do the work (such as mowing lawns and cleaning pools) that maintains those property values? Let those lawns grow to the sky and those pools turn into swamps.

See what happens to those property values then!

Are those who would tolerate commercial vehicles only if they are somehow hidden away (can a vehicle feel shame?) aware of the following?

That the great commercial parking lot in the sky (where apparently all those things which offend one’s sight supposedly go to hide) is, like the elephant’s graveyard, a figment of the imagination; That the garages bequeathed us in Palm Coast are more suitable for holding kiddie cars with pedals than any serious adult vehicles (which is one reason why people fill their garages up with stored items instead); That a big tarpaulin is at least as ugly as a big commercial vehicle or trailer? Alas, Star Trek’s fabled Romulan cloaking device is, as yet, unavailable.

Are those people who would

Dear Editor: Palm Coast City Council, what are you doing? By accepting all these housing constructions, you are ruining this town! How many more cars do you want to put on these roads? Traffic is already horrible on Palm Coast Parkway and worse around Palm Harbor; can’t you see this mess ?

You just don’t care about the people, the wildlife, or the beauty of this town.

We need to save our trees and not having more concrete around us. Please, do your job: Save the environment now.

GHISLAINE JOIRIS Palm Coast

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More pie for me Dear Editor: I didn’t get this old (88) without a lot of help from medical science, although, back in my youth, we didn’t have vaccines for mumps, measles, whooping cough, polio or DDT for malaria.

You just caught whatever, went to bed for several days, got up, and went back to looking for something to eat. It was during the Depression.

I was in the U.S. Navy during the Korean police action, and they vaccinated me before we shipped out; we didn’t have a choice; it was, “Line up and get your shots, or else.”

When it came to the China virus, I chose to get vaccinated.

If you don’t want to get vaccinated, then don’t; it’s none of my business; it’s between you,

MINIMUM WAGE Florida Policy Institute (FPI) released the following statement from FPI CEO Sadaf Knight regarding the minimum wage increase effective Sept. 30: “More than one in four Sunshine State residents will benefit under the $15-per-hour minimum wage after it’s fully implemented

in 2026, including as many as 646,000 Floridians who should see their wages increase during the initial phase-in to $10 per hour. This will help lift households out of poverty and reduce pay inequities long experienced by women, people of color, and immigrants.

the Lord and the undertaker. If you catch the virus and you die, the only thing that I can think of that would have some bearing on me is: There will be more key lime pie available for me!

DOUGLAS R. GLOVER Palm Coast

Marine Corps graduation demonstrates unity Dear Editor: It is easy to feel out of sorts and maybe a sense of fear for the decline of our democracy, with all the negative events we experience — daily friends dying of COVID, national capital being attacked, and the inability to have a civil conversation with people who have a different part affiliation However, my faith In this country has been restored by a very simple ceremony. That ceremony was the graduation of 351 young men and women Into the United States Marine Corp.

The event I attended on Sept. 24 was not only beautiful and full of pageantry but was reassuring to me that this nation will stay on track.

My grandson was one of the 351 who made it through 12 weeks of intensive training and is now a United States marine.

They started out as 351 very different individuals and finished as one cohesive body.

The ceremony was one of simple yet elegant pageantry.

There were about 1,500 to 2,000 spectators. Before the ceremony began, there was the usual amount of talking to one’s neighbor, but, once the ceremony began, there was absolute quiet.

There were several commands given to the audience. The first was for everybody to stand for the national anthem and for men to remove any hats. It was heartwarming and reaffirming to see everyone stand as they were directed.

The recorded voice then told everyone to be seated at the end of the national anthem. Another command was for each section to stand when the colors passed their section. Again, there was absolute compliance. The only other command I recall was to hold applause until all award winners were named. Again, there was 100%. compliance.

One of the speakers talked about instilling teamwork in the recruits and that was clear by watching all 351 respond in unison’s to commands given.

Anyone who has an opportunity to view this simple ceremony, which is repeated weekly, should definitely attend.

JOHN BRADY Palm Coast

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Luciano Arce  Branch of military: U.S. Army’s 65th Infantry, 3rd Division, Company B  Dates of service: 1951-1953  City of residence: Palm Coast  What I learned: “A soldier’s true honor is to lead by example, even if it means sacrificing his own future to protect the future of the country he loves.”

In 2013, Arce met former commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James F. Amos, during the “invitation-only” 60th anniversary of the Korean War ceremony in Washington, D.C. In 2016, Arce was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in Orlando.

In his spare time, Arce enjoys spending time with his family: his three daughters, five grandchildren and his lovely wife of 65 years. He will celebrate his 90th birthday on Oct. 16.

PALM COAST DAV MEETING The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Chapter 86 will be holding its monthly meeting at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 12, at the VFW at 47 Old Kings Road North. Many volunteer opportunities are available to support Flagler County veterans.

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Domestic violence arrests are up 11% Sheriff Rick Staly and the men and women of the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office recognize October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic Violence Awareness Month first started nationwide in October 1987 to raise awareness for those working on domestic violence issues.

“Four years ago, we formed our first Domestic Violence Task Force in Flagler County after a series of domestic related homicides,” Staly said. “The community came together and developed a community-driven response that significantly lowered domestic violence. However, this year we are seeing a 4% increase in domestic violence cases and a 46% increase in offenders violating domestic violence injunctions. We believe this increase is related to the anger and pressures of COVID-19 in relationships. Arrests are also up 11%. If you abuse someone, you will be arrested.”

October is a month to re-

member and re-dedicate the community’s efforts to support victims of domestic violence and help victims escape the cycle of abuse.

Signs of Abuse n Jealousy n A bad temper n Cruelty to animals n Controlling behavior n Verbal abuse n Control of what the victim wears Domestic violence and abuse is often overlooked, excused or denied by the victim or friends. If you recognize yourself or someone you know is in a violent relationship, mentally or physically, call 386-313-4911 or the Flagler Family Life Center at 386-437-3505.

Fire Rescue saves two from drowning Flagler County Fire Rescue’s Marine Unit saved two people from drowning shortly before noon on Wednesday, Sept. 29, from the beach near the Hammock Resort.

The call to dispatch for a possible drowning came in at 11:31 a.m. “after employees of the

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Two of the good Samaritans realized they were not strong enough swimmers and returned to shore. The original gentleman and his would-be rescuer were both struggling.

Hardesty, with a floatation device, made it to the distressed swimmer, who was able to hold on to it unassisted and to remain afloat. The other gentleman said he didn’t need assistance. Marine Rescue Swimmer John Raffo and Hardesty guided and helped pull the two gentlemen through the surf and back to solid ground.

“The (initial) gentleman was put in a beach lounge chair where the paramedics looked him over extensively as we now fear a secondary type of drowning from aspirating too much salt water,” Hardesty said. “The gentleman was adamant that he was fine and did not want to be transported to the hospital, and just

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“Threats are not a joke and will always be taken seriously,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “We don’t like making these arrests, but we will come knocking on your door if your child makes any threat to harm someone. Florida law is black and white, and law enforcement has no flexibility, so I once again ask parents to be the sheriff of your home and help us prevent it by talking to your kids about the seriousness of getting mad and making stupid comments like this. Teach them the proper way to handle their anger as they will need those skills for a successful life as an adult.”

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County offers contract for dune property owners The owners are standing in the way of a dune restoration project.

OLD DIXIE MOTEL RENOVATION BEHIND SCHEDULE The new owners of the vacant Old Dixie motel property at 2251 Old Dixie Highway are running behind on their renovation schedule, according to the county government.

They have provided about half of their project plans so far.

The county is suspending the extension of water and wastewater facilities to the project until it’s back on track, County Attorney Al Hadeed said at an Oct. 4 commission meeting.

The vacant property was an eyesore for years under previous ownership. The new owners, First Choice Investments, had proposed an aggressive renovation schedule after buying the property this past May.

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Just two people are standing in the way of a $25 million Army Corps of Engineers project designed to create a protective beach dune along 2.6 miles of the coast in Flagler Beach.

Both are property owners whose property includes “remnant” parcels on the beach east of A1A. Nothing can be constructed on that land, aside from beach walkovers, but the Army Corps needs owners’ permission to access it to add sand to build up the dune, which prevents flooding during major storms.

If owners don’t grant the easements, the work can’t proceed across their property, leaving a gap in the project that could undermine the whole thing.

All but two property owners, who together own three remnant parcels, have signed agreements.

The county has 138 signed easements so far and hopes to avoid using eminent domain to gain access to the final three parcels.

One of the property owners, County Attorney Al Hadeed told county commissioners at an Oct. 4 meeting, indicated that he may be willing to sign an easement if

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Hadeed prepared a document that explicitly says the remnant property can not be used for any purposes other than the dune project and presented it before the commission for approval.

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Flagler Schools is considering eliminating the tennis courts and tearing down a 25-year-old portable building at the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club so that the property can accommodate school district programs now housed elsewhere, while keeping the popular pool itself open to the public, a district representative told county commissioners at a commission meeting on Oct. 4.

The plan, district chief of operations Paul Peacock said, is still conceptual.

“We’re just starting the process,” he told the commission.

The property currently has a pool, gym, sauna and tennis courts, and was given to the school district by the ITT corporation before the city of Palm Coast’s incorporation in 1999.

It has since become a burden for the district, bringing in limited membership money but requiring expensive repairs as it’s aged.

After the district considered closing it to the public several years ago, the facility’s most avid users successfully organized to prevent its closure, and the County Commission pledged that the county would support the property with an annual $25,000 donation.

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Those changes would community make the facility eligible for opportunities more funding from the state while opening up student sta- for [seniors] tions at Matanzas High School to be and Indian Trails Middle engaged and School, Peacock said.

A gym building next to the involved. pool could be reworked so that ... Our it could accommodate gym equipment for all ages, or intention is could be used for senior pro- to completely grams with crafts, games and technology instruction, Pea- continue cock said. with an “Some of those activities, organization all of those activities, none of those activities — it’s a work in that will progress with our board,” Pea- allow for cock said.

County commissioners usage by our didn’t voice objections to the citizens.” particulars of the proposal, but Commissioner Andy Dance, a PAUL PEAformer School Board member, COCK, Flagler said he’s seen a lot of shifts in Schools chief the School Board’s leadership of operations and hopes the current proposal can survive such changes if the districts chooses to implement it.

“I know this is quite an investment, so I hope it sees its duration and they don’t go changing things with the next leadership,” Dance said.

Peacock said he intends to see the plan through.

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hey met on “The Voice.” They got a record deal. Now they’re working with some of the best songwriters in country music, they have a new music video, and they’re releasing their first EP in November. Pryor and Lee are dreaming big, and they’re stopping at Creekside 2021 on Oct. 10, to perform under the majestic oaks at Princess Place Preserve. Pryor Baird and Kaleb Lee recently spoke with the Observer about their new songs and their creative process.

“Right Now” is your first song where you’re on the songwriting credits. What does that feel like?

KALEB LEE: That was a really

special song for us. We write as much as we can, but we’re always open to cutting the best song.

The best song always wins. We were writing the song with Josh Hoge and Chris DiStefano. We were going to write it as a demo, but it became the track we cut and released. We wrote it in June, and we were finalizing the EP at the time, which will be out in December, and this song snuck in and became the title track.

How do you decide what song to record?

PRYOR BAIRD: It just hits you.

You hear it, you know. And you get the reaction from other people. You can tell. It’s effortless, and everybody loves it.

KALEB LEE: Everybody’s different. The best song for us isn’t the best for the next group.

Writing is often seen as a solitary art, but country songs are often written in collaborations. Can you explain what the process is like?

PRYOR BAIRD: It’s fun, man. It

can be a solitary thing, too; you do it all the time by yourself, but then someone else will say, “What if you do it like this?”

Two minds are better than one.

KALEB LEE: That’s the magic of songwriting. You can never articulate how and why and when you get these same people in the room, they might write a hit one day and the biggest not-hit the next day. Lightning strikes, or you get that great idea that launches everyone’s brains in the same direction. As a song-

writer, you’ve been in the room enough when it doesn’t happen, that you can realize when it has.

Pryor plays guitar on the new music video for “Right Now.” What does that do for you, rather than having a studio musician add the guitar solo?

PRYOR BAIRD: I just think of the

guitar as another member of the band. All I do is play the guitar — that’s my first love.

KALEB LEE: I’ll speak for Pryor.

His guitar playing is one thing that really separates us from other duo artists and artists in general. This is not a knock on everyone else, but there are great songwriters, and great singers and guitar players, and very rarely do you get all of those things at once, and we just happened to luck out that we got two great vocals and a great guitar on stage. It adds to everything that is Prior and Lee, and it makes us stand out.

I’ve noticed that when Pryor is starting a solo, Kaleb looks like he’s having a lot of fun.

KALEB LEE: He’s got more to think

about in those moments. It’s like when a parent is looking at their kid, like, “That’s mine, that’s ours.” There’s another degree of specialness, looking at your duo partner and seeing him rip.

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Some of your songs are about weekend parties. What do you hope these songs do for your listeners?

KALEB LEE: We hope they play

it at their weekend parties.

(Laughs) I think our EP will give the most accurate picture of who Pryor and Lee are. Not every song is about a party. That’s the songs that people turn up loud and make memories to, but country music is about a lifestyle. We write songs that they relate to on Monday to Friday, and songs for Sunday, and songs they relate to on Friday nights.

I laughed out loud at, “Alcohol of Fame,” on YouTube, a song about a slacker who’s proud that he doesn’t do much overtime, and in fact, “I clock out at 39.” How important is it to have those kinds of ironic hooks?

PRYOR BAIRD: Those are what get

your attention.

KALEB LEE: We want to make songs that’a make people laugh, that make people cry, have a good time. That’s what it’s about for us: songs that connect with people.

What do you do when you’re not touring?

KALEB LEE: There’s not much

time for hobbies at this point.

I love it when it get to spend time with my kids, love to be in the woods, anything I can do to decompress.

You also co-wrote “I Don’t Bleed Red,” which is posted to your YouTube channel. Is it going to be on the upcoming EP?

You’re playing soon at Creekside Festival at Princess Place Preserve, surrounded by live oaks. What’s it like in an outdoor setting vs. in a bar or other music venue?

you asked about that; it’s a fun song that we wrote with Fred Wilhelm. That’s one in the back pocket, on the list of future opportunities.

ing some local faces. It’ll be an acoustic show for us.

PRYOR BAIRD: It’s a totally different feel, man. Being outside in nature, it’s a different sound.

KALEB LEE: No, but I’m glad

KALEB LEE: It’ll be fun see-

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CORVETTES AT CENTRAL PARK The Flagler County Corvette Club presents its 19th-annual Corvettes at Central Park, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10. For the first time, the event will be held at Palm Coast’s Central Park. There will be a DJ, food trucks, and multiple trophies awarded.

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Above: Marcos Phillips performing freestyle.

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Matanzas swim teams tune up for end of the season

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The girls finished with 102 points, while the Matanzas boys finished with 85 points.

Matanzas is scheduled to compete in the Flagler Palm Coast Senior Meet on Oct. 14 at the Palm Coast Aquatics Center with districts following. The Class 2A state meet is scheduled for Nov. 5 in Stuart.

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Mills keeps an eye on sons Jordan and Tyson when they are playing, but she is mindful to capture the best moments of every player, even the competition. Players from the opposing team cross the field after games to give Mills a big hug.

In addition to running up and down the sidelines for the entire game, it takes about eight hours to edit the footage to a short highlight reel.

“I’m grateful to do it and that they value it,” Mills said.

Hits on the Sunshine Mafia YouTube channel peak with each video posting and include viewers from all over the world.

“We have fans in Washington, Pennsylvania ... they order Matanzas Pirates merchandise,” Mills said. “We’ve even had a few show up on our doorstep.”

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The County Commission has — at least, for now — eliminated a proposed Land Development Code amendment that would have allowed marinas in the county’s commercial-2 zoning district. The decision is a victory for Hammock residents who’ve called the amendment a smokescreen designed to clear the way for a proposed 240-boat dry rack storage facility called Hammock Harbour on State Road A1A. The amendment wasn’t supposed to be about the dry boat storage facility, a project proposed years ago by developer Bob Million, who refers to it as a marina.

But the county’s staff had worked to amend the code to add marinas as a result of Million’s proposed project, the amendment is written to define marinas as including dry rack storage facilities, and locals who spoke at the commission meeting to oppose the amendment intermingled their criticism of the amendment’s language with criticism of Million’s proposal.

“This is an industrial operation being shoehorned into a socalled marina definition so that one builder can construct and operate a monstrosity in Flagler County’s most unique, beautiful

Hammock,” Hammock Community Association member Dennis Clark said at the meeting.

Just last year, it had looked like facility’s opponents had defeated it: The County Commission had approved the facility, but when the Hammock Community Association appealed, a circuit judge overturned the commission’s decision, finding that the commission hadn’t properly followed rules of procedure when making its decision.

At the time, Million wasn’t calling the dry rack storage facility a marina.

The county’s land development code doesn’t say anything about dry boat storage. But it explicitly bars warehouses in the A1A Scenic Overlay district that includes the property Million wants to use for Hammock Harbour, and Hammock community members argued that the dry boat storage facility is, in essence, a warehouse, and therefore shouldn’t be allowed there.

They made the same argument after the county’s planning staff drafted the marina amendment and presented it to the county’s planning board for consideration.

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undergo a special exception process that would involve review by the planning board and let the board impose requirements designed to limit the marina’s impact on neighboring properties.

At the Oct. 4 County Commission meeting, commissioners initially favored a simpler process for marinas, one that would not require a special exception process.

“My problem that I’m seeing when we put special exceptions and stuff is we’re putting confusion and chaos to developers, we’re putting it to the public, we’re putting it to future commissioners, and we’re kind of punting the problem down the road,” Commissioner Joe Mullins said. “... I think the clearer we get, the better it is.”

Commissioner Greg Hansen agreed.

“If we set the rules in writing, then everybody understands the

rules,” he said.

But when the commission asked for comments from members of the public, almost no one was happy with the amendment — including Million, who called it poorly written and said the issue should have been workshopped — and locals were even less happy with the idea of allowing marinas without the special exception process.

“There are 12 special exceptions in C-2,” resident Jody Bollinger said, referring to the county’s general commercial zoning district. “It’s not like it’s a new thing.”

John Russell, whose Hammock Hardware store is next to the property Million wants to use for the boat storage facility, presented the commission with a petition against the boat storage facility, saying it had been signed by 1,200 people who’d included their addresses and their email addresses along with their signatures.

Dennis Bayer, an attorney representing the Hammock Community Association, said that the county’s codes require special exceptions for plenty of uses,including dog kennels, and that the HCA had proposed some regulations — for instance, vegetative screening

requirements, square-footage limitations, and time-of-day limits on forklift operations — that the county’s staff hadn’t added to the proposed amendment.

After hearing the comments, commissioners rejected the amendment entirely.

“I think that the ordinance is not good — it’s not well written,” Hansen said. The Hammock Community Association, he said “had some really good ideas, and it appears none of them were considered.”

Hansen’s motion to reject the ordinance amendment passed 3-1, with Mullins dissenting and Commissioner Andy Dance abstaining due to a previous business involvement with Hammock Harbour.

“Any person with common else knows that a building used to store hundreds of boats on racks, which are moved around with a forklift, is a warehouse. Just because it sits along the water does not change that fact.”

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house in Morningside was the top real estate transaction for the week of Aug. 26 to Sept. 1 in Flagler County in the Multiple Listing Service. Robert and Linda Bryant, of Flagler Beach, sold 2530 Lakeshore Drive to Scott and Donna Chamberlain, of Mooresville, North Carolina, for $1.6 million. Built in 2008, the house is a 6/4.5 and has a fireplace, elevator, boat dock and 4,194 square feet. It sold in 2016 for $860,000.

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house is a 3/2 and has 1,500 square feet.

Pine Grove Mikhail Shkolaik, of Delray Beach, sold 53 Powder Horn Drive to Felicity Furtado, of Palm Coast, for $268,000. Built in 2004, the house is a 4/2 and has 2,089 square feet.

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

Condos George and Paula Fuciu, of Tucson, sold 20 Porto Mar, Unit 605, to Austin Miller and Sara Ditzel-Miller, of Palm Coast, for $899,000. Built in 2004, the condo is a 4/3.5 and has 2,950 square feet. It sold in 2008 for $1.14 million.

Eleanor McKay, of St. Augustine, sold 104 Surfview Drive, Unit 2605, to Kelley Lennon and Jill Dunn, of St. Petersburg, for $415,000. Built in 1992, the condo is a 2/2 and has 1,158 square feet. It sold in 2010 for $230,000.

Ann Traulsen, of Palm Coast, sold 101 Palm Harbor Parkway, Unit A302, to Yasars LLC, of Flagler Beach, for $180,000.

Built in 2005, the condo is a 2/2 and has 1,118 square feet.

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Cypress Knoll Holiday Builders Inc., of Melbourne, sold 48 Ethan Allen Drive to Beon and Shannah DeNood, of Palm Coast, for $346,326. Built in 2020, the house is a 4/3 and has 2,744 square feet.

Lakeside at Matanzas Shores Fabiola Armitage, of Ponte Vedra, sold 26 San Carlos Drive to James and Susan Granato, of Villas, New Jersey, for $377,000. Built in 1994, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,812 square feet.

Lehigh Woods George and Irene Pharmer, of Daytona Beach, sold 42 Rippling Brook Drive to Michael Grenier and Greta Walker, of Palm Coast, for $289,900. Built in 2007, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,839 square feet.

Benito Jeanty, of Margate, sold 37 Raintree Place to Franco and

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The top transaction features six bedrooms, an elevator and a boat dock.

Gloria Castella, of Palm Coast, for $282,000. Built in 2000, the house is a 4/3 and has 2,328 square feet.

Holiday Builders Inc., of Melbourne, sold 18 Red Barn Drive to Albert Kulbok and Judy Dailey-Kulbok, of Palm Coast, for $219,990. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,806 square feet.

Ocean Hammock Jose and Maria Deausen, and Joanne Saxour, of Daytona Beach, sold 92 Hammock Beach Circle N. to David and Kristine Martinez, of St. Simons Island, Georgia, for $835,000. Built in 2008, the house is a 4/4 and has 3,080 square feet.

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Palm Harbor Stuart and Marie-Claire Moreau, of Palm Coast, sold 55 Old Oak Drive S. to Ervin and Diana Aburto, of Palm Coast, for $555,000. Built in 2006, the house is a 4/3 and has a swimming pool and 2,849 square feet.

Hans King, of Palm Coast, sold 43 Florida Park Drive to Anne Wehler, of Killeen, Texas, for $420,000. Built in 1975, the house is a 2/3 and has a swimming pool, boat dock and 1,766 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $250,000.

Pine Lakes Rudy and Girlene Hruby, of Palm Coast, sold 124 White Hall Drive to Choeun Chea, Phan Sim and Top Chea, of Palm Coast, for $310,000. Built in 1996, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,095 square feet.

Plantation Bay John and Janet Pollinger sold 836 Creekwood Drive to James and Rhonda Smiechewicz, of Ormond Beach, for $625,000.

Built in 2019, the house is a 4/2.5 and has a fireplace and 2,485 square feet. It sold in 2019 for $441,800.

RH Asset Holdings LLC, of Orlando, sold 34 Fellowship Drive to Armen and Rosie Avedissian, of Palm Coast, for $242,900. Built in 2021, the

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Holiday Builders Inc., of Melbourne, sold 61 Pitt Lane to Kathy Lee and Barbara Guiler, of Palm Coast, for $266,990.

Built in 2021, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,806 square feet.

Toby Tobin, of gotoby.com, contributed to this report.

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Wholesale to the Public ‘03 Infinity Fx35 ................................................................ $2,900 ‘13 Ford Focus SE............................................................. $6,900

re ‘11 Lincoln MKZ Luxury ....................................................

20 mo e $7,900 os ‘04 BMW 24 Conv............................................................. $7,900 to cho ! m fro ‘07 Chevrolet Silverado .................................................... $8,900

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‘10 Chevrolet Equinox, 1LT edition .................................. $9,900

Wrangler Center ‘17 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Hard Rock ..........................$46,900 RARE ‘18 Jeep Wrangler Sahara (MUST SEE) ..........................$46,900

‘21 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon. ...........................................$54,900

OVER 75 CERTIFIED & PRE-OWNED TRUCKS TO CHOOSE FROM

‘14 Ford Focus Hatchback SE ........................................... $9,900

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‘20 Escape Hybrid, 6k miles ...........................................$35,900

19 Dodge Durango SXT, 25k miles ................................$36,900

‘18 Lincoln MKX, 23k miles ............................................$38,900

‘18 Ford F-250 XLT, Low low mileage.............................$54,900

‘20 Honda Odyssey Elite Pckg .......................................$47,900

‘19 Ford F-250 XLT, MUST SEE.......................................$58,900

‘19 Lincoln Nautilus Reserve ..........................................$49,900

‘17 Ford F-250 King Ranch .............................................$59,900

‘20 Lincoln Continental, 13k miles..................................$49,900

‘21 Ram 2500 Big Horn, 8k miles ...................................$63,900

‘17 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350, 7k miles ....................$58,900

‘21 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, 8k miles ..........................$69,900

‘20 Lincoln Continental, 13k miles..................................$49,900

‘20 F-250 LTD Edition, 6k miles ...........................Call for Pricing

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