Palm Coast Observer 11-25-21

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VOLUME 12, NO. 43

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Next stop: December Holiday Gift Guide gets you ready for holiday events PAGES 19-32

Let’s talk again soon Jim Manfre among six favorites for next city manager role.

Top leaders in Flagler Schools BTMS’ Cara Cronk is Principal of the Year, Neuenfeldt top AP PAGE 10 INSIDE BOOK DEBATE

Flagler Schools libraries should aim higher, not lower, than Hollywood, Editor Brian McMillan writes.

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COOK SAFELY

Fire Chief Jerry Forte shares tips on kitchen safety — and crumb cake.

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DOUBLE CAPACITY Bunnell hopes to double wastewater plant capacity.

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Q+A

INSIDE GAF ARTIST

Dex Westphal named 2021 Gargiulo Art Foundation Artist of the Year

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DRIVE-IN EVENT

Josh Crews Writing Project turns to ‘Christmas Vacation’ to celebrate 11 years PAGE 11

FESPA Gobble Baskets help Flagler Schools’ support professionals have a ‘jolly Thanksgiving’ Flagler Education Support Professional Association President Brun Hudson

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Supporting supporters BRENT WORONOFF STAFF WRITER

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ne by one, paraprofessionals, school bus drivers, cafeteria employees and other Flagler Schools support staff arrived at the Government Services Building on Thursday, Nov. 18, rode the elevators to the third floor and were greeted by Flagler Educational Support Professional Association vice president Lakisha Ayers-White.

“On behalf of FESPA, I want you to know how much we appreciate you,” Ayers-White declared to each one.

Finally, volunteers placed “FESPA Gobble Baskets” in union members’ vehicles — 47 in all.

The food and gifts provided a complete Thanksgiving meal for the union members and their families who had signed up: turkey, sides, drinks, desserts, plates, cups, napkins, utensils, plus a $35 Winn-Dixie gift card

and a set of paparazzi jewelry.

All of it, including the bags themselves, was donated by community members and businesses, said Ayers-White, who organized the event, which she had been planning, in one form or another, for the past two years.

“I always hear how FESPA members, who are the support staff for Flagler Schools, are working two to three jobs to

Mad Dogs Flag Football ends fall season with championship weekend PAGE 16

GIRLS HOOPS

FPC and Matanzas girls teams return to the basketball court PAGE 13

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“Living on the edges, in the margins, people hide. I find that same kind of issue is prevalent with people in recovery: You don’t want people to see you poor, to have people gaze at you while you’re getting a free meal. You want to feel like you’re part of a family.”

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Team Feed Flagler supports 1,285 families for Thanksgiving OBSERVER STAFF

Team Feed Flagler, at Grace Community Food Pantry, had a goal this year to provide $35 gift cards to 1,200 families in Flagler County. Thanks to donations from community members and local businesses, the team exceeded the goal and will be able to support 1,285 families. The hot meal sites will feed around 400 people for Thanksgiving.

Seventy-five gift cards were also donated for Flagler County Senior Services and Flagler County veterans. A donation from Women United Flagler provided gift cards to 200 Flagler Schools students.

On Nov. 19, members of Team Feed Flagler picked up food for this year’s event from Winn-Dixie.

The hot meals were scheduled to be served at Hammock Baptist Church, First United Methodist Church of Bunnell and Palm Coast United Methodist Church.

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Dottie Colletta; Deborah Snedeker; Sam Colletta; Bob Storms, Winn Dixie Store Manager; David and Susan Jackson with their granddaughter Susie Tuton; Diane and Larry Dieter

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WHO ARE THE SIX? JAMES MANFRE

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Of the 86 people who submitted resumes for the position of Palm Coast City Manager, 18 earned a vote of support from one or more council members during a Nov. 17 special council meeting, six of those earned a vote from two or more of the city’s five council members, and only one — local attorney and former Flagler County Sheriff James Manfre — had the support of three council members.

The six with two or more votes of support — Manfre, Vince Akhimie, Anthony Carson, Shawn Henessee, Patrick Marsh and Scott Moye — will move forward to the next step of the city’s selection process, which will include a nationwide background check and then invitations for interviews.

“We are looking to be a cohesive and unanimous body in our decision for the next city manager,” Mayor David Alfin said at the meeting.

“The is one of the top duties and functions of this council, and appointing the next city manager will be for the future of Palm Coast.”

The Nov. 17 meeting was the council’s first formal consideration of the applicants.

The meeting was brief and the discussion solely about procedure, not about the merits of individual candidates.

Council members each arrived at the meeting having reviewed binders containing application materials from everyone who’d applied. Each councilman had selected five top choices.

At the meeting, city staff members gave each councilman a form listing all the applicants. Each councilman placed marks next to their five choices and returned the forms to city staff members, who then created and printed a list of all of the candidates who’d been chosen by at least one candidate, noting which candidates had been chosen by two, or, in the case of Manfre, three: He’d been selected by council members Nick Klufas, Victor Barbosa and Ed Danko.

Alfin, after the tallies were counted, invited other council members to comment on

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Flagler County Prescribed Fire Program Supervisor Michael Orlando last week shared his expertise in the field as one of 15 instructors who taught basic wildland fire training at Wekiwa Springs State Park in Apopka on behalf of the Central Florida Prescribed Fire Council.

“I am very passionate about what I do, and I love teaching others who have a budding interest in fire management fighting wildfires,” Orlando said. “We depend on each other so much when we are working together out in the field, so I’m happy to do whatever I can to prepare fellow wildland fire professionals.”

Twenty-one students from nine different organizations across the state of Florida participated in the training.

The combined coursework — officially S-130/190 and L-180, created and offered through the National Wildfire Coordinating Group — is designed to provide entry-level firefighter skills, and is often required for participation in prescribed burning activi-

Manfre, a local attorney, served two stints as Flagler County’s sheriff: From 2012 to 2017, and from 2001 to 2005. He was previously an attorney in private practice, specializing in real estate development and corporate law, and has served with law firms in Florida and New York. He worked for the Town of Babylon, New York, from 1988 to 1996, as deputy counsel for the Industrial Development Agency and as deputy town attorney, according to his resume.

He was previously assistant district attorney for Suffolk County, New York. He earned his law degree at St. John’s University School of Law, and his bachelor’s from Fordham University.

He’s served on multiple local boards and committees, including the Flagler Palm Coast Chamber of Commerce, Flagler County Rotary and the Florida Hospital Flagler Foundation Board.

VINCE AKHIMIE A civil engineer, Akhimie served as the former assistant city manager of Avon Park, Florida, from October 2019 to August 2020, according to his resume. He’d formerly been the director of utilities for the city of Daytona Beach from 2015 to 2017, and held previous director-level utilities and public works positions in the Florida communities of Riviera Beach, Oviedo, DeSoto County, Pole County and Miami Beach, as well as similar posts in

communities in Washington, Illinois and Connecticut. He has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Washington and is a PhD candidate at Florida State University’s interdisciplinary Public Administration, Planning, and Engineering program, having completed all requirements but the dissertation. He has also earned the Certified Public Manager (CPM) designation through FSU’s Center for Public Management.

ANTHONY CARSON Carson was most recently the city manager of Forney, Texas, a city with a population of 23,455, according to 2020 census results.

He was in that role from 2018 to 2021, according to his resume. He was previously city manager or town administrator for communities in Illinois, Ohio, Maryland and Delaware, and was county administrator for Trumbull County, Ohio. He holds a Master of Public Administration from Valdosta State University and a bachelor’s in general studies from Kent State University. He is an International City/County Manager Association (ICMA) Credentialed Manager.

SHAWN HENESSEE Henessee was county manager of Clark County, Washington from July 2018 to March 2020. Clark County had 503,311 residents as of the 2020 census. An attorney by training — he received his law degree at the University of MissouriKansas City — Henessee was previously city manager or county administrator of the city of Pleasant Hill, Marinette County, and Jackson County, all in Missouri, according to his resume. His resume cites a background in Geographic Information System mapping. He holds a master’s degree in

political science from the University of Kansas, with an additional 42 graduate hours in urban planning.

PATRICK MARSH Marsh, currently a consultant, was the city administrator of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, from September 2015 to January 2021. The city had 29,609 residents as of the 2020 census. He was previously city manager and economic development director of Monona, Wisconsin; village administrator of Coal Valley, Illinois; assistant city manager of Eldridge, Ohio; director of operations for iPower Distribution Group and senior planner for the State Regional Commission in Rock Island, Illinois, according to his resume. He is an ICMA Credentialed Manager with a master’s degree in public administration from Northern Illinois University and a bachelor’s in business/ public administration and political science from Augustana College.

SCOTT MOYE Moye is the city manager of Ware County, Georgia.

Ware County had a population of 331,449,281 as of the 2020 census. Moye was previously the procure-topay operations coordinator for the Mayo Clinic Health System in Waycross, Georgia, according to his resume. Former government roles include a stint as city administrator of Blackshear, Georgia; deputy and interim city manager of Fernandina Beach; and administrative and financial director of the Southeast Georgia Regional Development Center. He holds a Master of Public Administration from Georgia Southern University and a bachelor’s in business administration from Georgia College. He became a Certified Public Finance Manager through ​Georgia State University this past July.

their choices and choose their top pick from the list, so that the council could narrow the list to five applicants before moving to the next phase of the selection process.

But Councilman Eddie Branquinho noted that only six candidates had received support from two or more

council members.

He suggested moving forward with those six, and other council members agreed.

Councilman Ed Danko asked if the council would be able to consider names aside from those six if it finds itself unable to converge around one of the six shortlisted can-

didates.

Alfin suggested that would be a possibility.

City staff will have a private firm conduct background checks on the six candidates’ civil, criminal employment history, as well as media coverage and social media activity.

ties. Participants will receive federally-recognized certificates for the training.

“We are fortunate in Flagler County to have someone on the team with his depth of experience, and passion for educating others about fire management,” said Public Lands and Natural Resource Manager Michael Lagasse.

Orlando’s most recent deployment was in August spent working the “Monument Fire” near Willow Creek, California.

Within Flagler County, his experience serves the annual ecological burning goals on county-owned conservation lands such as Princess Place Preserve, Haw Creek Preserve, and others.

“My motto has always been: Seek more training,” Orlando said. “This allows you to be the best you can be every day.”

ney General Ashley Moody for a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order against the federal rule.

Moody’s office filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the rule and sought an injunction or temporary restraining order before the vaccination requirement takes effect Dec. 6.

Rodgers, however, wrote that Florida had not shown “irreparable harm” to justify an injunction or temporary restraining order. In part, the state contended that rule would affect state-run facilities, such as veterans’ nursing homes, and exacerbate health-care staffing shortages.

The lawsuit came after Florida also challenged other vaccination mandates issued by the Biden administration — and was filed the same day that the Republicancontrolled Legislature passed a law designed to block such mandates.

The order does not end the lawsuit, which remains pending.

economic approach to the Biden White House, DeSantis said the approximately 25-cent-a-gallon “gas tax relief” proposal could save the average Florida family up to $200 over a five- to six-month period, while reducing state revenue by more than $1 billion. DeSantis wants lawmakers to approve it during the legislative session that starts Jan. 11.

Judge refuses to block health care vaccination rule A federal judge has quickly rejected Florida’s request to block a Biden administration requirement that workers at hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care providers be vaccinated against COVID-19.

U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers issued an 11-page order Saturday, Nov. 20, denying a motion by Attor-

DeSantis pitches ‘gas tax relief’ To confront inflation, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday, Nov. 22, he will ask lawmakers next year to temporarily “zero out” state gas taxes.

Continuing to contrast his

Lawmakers back moving away from OSHA Florida lawmakers on Nov. 17, passed a measure that could lead to the state taking over regulation of worker safety and health issues, ending oversight by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

The Republican-controlled House voted 76-38 along almost straight party lines to pass a bill directing Gov. Ron DeSantis to develop a plan for the potential change. The Senate gave final passage in a 23-13 party-line vote.

The proposal came after OSHA this month issued a COVID-19 vaccination rule that would apply to employers with 100 or more workers. Those workers would have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or test negative at least once a week and wear masks.

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Q + A CHARLES SILANO, OF GRACE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY

‘It’s about being there’ theories that are not adding to their building blocks. This idea that you can do whatever you want without consequences — it doesn’t play out in real life.

Most every person needing to be set free from addiction has lacked structure. They don’t react to it right away in a great way, but then they catch on, and a few months down the road, they’re loving it.

Young people love truth because they’re being lied to everywhere else. The songs they’re listening to aren’t giving them real-life situations, not building them up in anyway.

The idea that you can coach somebody by talking down to them is not going to work. You need to teach them what positive behavior looks like, and what the results are.

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hen he arrived for an interview with the Palm Coast Observer, Charles Silano was wearing a red polo shirt with a “Big Johns Appliances” logo. It’s not what Silano is most known for in Flagler County (he’s also a pastor and the leader of Grace Community Food Pantry, which is one of the biggest in the state), but it’s indicative of the depth of his commitment to this community. Big Johns Appliances is a store in Bunnell that sells discount appliances and, more importantly, hires people who are working on addiction recovery. For Silano, everything has a higher purpose.

What are you thankful for?

In light of everything we do for the community, I’m really grateful for the community in which we live.

During the year of COVID, last year, we saw our food pantry increase, in volume of visitors, 40%. We didn’t really know what we were going to do; we trusted God through it. It was amazing.

The community started to show up. They saw the lines, and they reacted. We had people drive up and drop off checks, drop off food, people on bicycles — because they saw the line. Businesses started doing fundraisers for us. The community jumped in. We had up to about 6,000 visitors every month, and we were able to supply them. We made extra dates for the school district so they wouldn’t have to stand in line.

We do a backpack program, and the parents of those children were families who needed some help, so we were glad to do it. I’m so proud of our volunteers.

If someone said, “I have a lot of problems in my life, and I don’t feel thankful for anything,” how would you respond?

1 Thessalonians 5:18: “In all things be thankful.” It’s kind of a decree.

He doesn’t say, “Be thankful for all things.” He says, “Be thankful in all things.”

Situations change. We all experience that growth process in Christianity as we find ourselves in circumstances that are not to our liking. I’m not grateful if I’m sick; I’m not grateful if my house burns down; I’m not grateful for that. But I’m going to remember who my God is, and that he’s still up there, and he’s got a plan for me, and I’m going to come out of this. He saw this coming. We try to keep our focus on what he’s doing, regardless of our circumstances.

You are the leader of the Grace Community Food Pantry, one of the biggest in the state. What has the pantry taught you about people, and what principles have you learned about managing a large operation?

If you’re there helping on a con-

sistent basis, I find that people begin to trust you with other things in their life, whether they’re in a bad situation at home, or whether they’re in a bad situation themselves — they trust you more, even, for spiritual matters. It’s about being there. We haven’t had to intrude on anybody’s life; they come to you. So it’s very rewarding.

You also learn to forgive a lot. Not everybody is going to be a forthright person sometimes. People do work the system. There’s a small percentage in the industry across the nation, maybe 10%-12% will work the system. But if they’re willing to do that, they must really need the food, or maybe they’re selling it — I don’t know what they do. If they were honest with us, we’d still be willing to help them. You run into that, and you have to let that go. I’m not going to invent another program for the 12%; I’m going to focus on the 88, what’s more convenient for them.

I also remember that it’s the goodness of God that leads to repentance, not the judgment of God that leads to repentance.

I’ve had people bring back food, on several occasions: “I don’t need this, pastor. I was here, I took it, I have enough, I’m sorry I did it.”

As far as management goes, you rely on people. And you serve.

We’re a 100% volunteer situation.

You lead by service. You don’t just put people in positions and tell them what to do. Show them what you’re going to be entrusting them with, but work harder than anybody else, and you’ll inspire that volunteer to step forward.

Feed Flagler will help provide Thanksgiving dinner to hundreds of families this year. Why is family mealtime so important?

It’s really about community at the end of the day. Living on the edges, in the margins, people hide. I find that same kind of issue is prevalent with people in recovery: You don’t want people to see you poor, to have people gaze at you while you’re getting a free meal. You want to feel like you’re part of a family. That does a lot to alleviate that awk-

“It’s the goodness of God that leads to repentance, not the judgment of God that leads to repentance.”

CHARLES SILANO

You’re also chairman of the Open Door Re-entry and Recovery Ministry, which provides housing to help people overcome substance addictions. Is the program succeeding?

Charles Silano

wardness. They look down instead of looking at you straight in the eye.

That’s how we get refreshed, right? We go home, we have dinner with family. There’s acceptance there; you talk about things, you get a chance to see what problems they may be having, but you also get a chance to extend a hand up in such a way, not just with food, but, “What other areas of your life? Do you have your GED, for instance, or what’s your skill set like? Can I help you get a job? Can we navigate you to services that might help to alleviate the stress in your life?”

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Lakisha Ayers-White directs volunteers.

“The idea that you can coach somebody by talking down to them is not going to work.

You need to teach them what positive behavior looks like, and what the results are.”

You’re also a pastor of Grace Tabernacle Ministries. When is that role most frustrating, and when is it most fulfilling?

If we’re honest, it can be frustrating (Laughs). We’re commanded to love one another, as Jesus loved us, and you grow in that process.

The last fruit of the spirit is self control. While you’re exercising the other ones — love, peace, joy, long suffering — you’re developing self control, until finally you get to a point where you can be somewhat stable in it. Early on, I’ll be honest, I would pull my hair out every once in a while, and I’d say, “How do I handle this?”

I went to someone that called me because of a domestic issue — this was very early on in my pastoring — and I really didn’t know what to do. I was just going to be there for support. The wife came over to me, and she was looking for help. And she looked at me, and she said, “You don’t know what you’re doing, do you?” (Laughs) So at that point in time, I took a course in counseling.

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make ends meet,” said Ayers-White, who is a Flagler Schools bus driver. “I wanted to do something to help and show them FESPA appreciates them and recognizes their hard time.”

Originally, Ayers-White thought about a food pantry in her garage.

That idea was quickly nixed by her husband, she said. Eventually, she came up with the idea of putting together Thanksgiving baskets for union members who signed up.

The idea was put on hold last year because of COVID-19.

“This means a lot,” said Matanzas High School ESE paraprofessional Orville Cunningham, as he signed in. “This will make a jolly Thanksgiving.”

Volunteers included the Old Kings K-Kids Club and the FPC Starlets; Angie Bush, the district’s food service director; Brun Hudson, FESPA’s president; Dontarrious Rowls, transportation director; and School Board

CHARLES SILANO

What can churches do to help teenagers and young families?

You’ve got to be relevant. That doesn’t mean you change the message to make it favorable to them; you don’t have to do a rap song.

Reaching the youth is really a challenge, but they’re no different from you or I; they are attracted to truth.

It may be foreign to them immediately when presented to them, but they are looking for answers.

Teenagers who are not well schooled in the home or churches are prone to just drift to all kinds of

Yes, it is. We had to close down because of COVID, and we started over again about five months ago.

We have five women in the house with a supervisor, and they are loving it. They are completely different women.

The men? Same thing.

Not everyone is successful; if you don’t want it, I can’t help you. If you just want a roof over your head, I can’t help you. If a person goes in, and they’re going to be given a car for completing the program, they’re probably not going to make it, because they’re doing it for some reason other than themselves.

You have to realize that you can’t use, because you have this nature, and you’re going to go on a rip and run, and you are going to overdose and you may even die. You’ll either end up in prison, or you’ll die, or you’ll run out of drugs, and none of that ends well.

We have 100% success rate for those who apply the program. The five-year mark is where recovery truly takes place, and we’re probably running about 65%. We’re careful about who we take in. If they don’t assimilate into the culture of the house, it’s going to be difficult for them to remain there.

What is your secret to productivity and time management?

A lot of people ask me that. No. 1, I love what I do.

Most Mondays, I want to quit.

You’ve geared up your whole week for church services, and I have to take a day to review. I don’t do much thinking on Monday; I try not to make decisions (Laughs).

But I structure my day. I live by a schedule, and then I have to make quick decisions when something happens. The food pantry operates like this: “I have a truck for you, and it’s coming now.” So I have to make adjustments there.

I live by the four A’s. You have appointments, assignments, you make adjustments, and then you have an assessment. You have to be very honest with yourself.

FESPA GOBBLE BASKET DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS DONORS Carmen Lynn, of Flagler Parents Patricia and Rich Gianzero Roxy and Frank Deluca Sharliea White-Oxendine, Virgolicious Creations Kendall Acques Donna Bunn and family Thomas Kavan Geeta Harripersad and family James Snow Emil Egasan Mary Quinci-Suwinski Dontarrious Rowls Florida Education Association Jason Joseph, FEA Publix Winn-Dixie Ricardo Resto

member Cheryl Massaro.

“I am so humbled and overwhelmed by the love everyone showed to make this event go

Laura Schiller and Old Kings Elementary School K-Kids Club Wadsworth Elementary School Bunnell Elementary School Cheryl Massaro, Flagler School Board Colleen Walsh-Conklin, Flagler School Board Nancy Rahme Jessica Pasqueralli Tracy and David Morris Maryann Mayo Hilton, FPC teacher Sabrina Crosby, administrative coordinator of communications and special projects Angela Tagliaferri, paparazzi jewelry

so well,” Ayers-White said. “It really got me when members were so thankful and emotional upon receiving their basket.”

VOLUNTEERS Nicole Chavannes-Paris Brun Hudson David Morris Denise Barger Denis Hale Doug Gesek Johnathan White and Lakisha Ayers-White FPC Starlets: Madyson, Olivia, Melody, Mikayla and Frankie Angela Bush Tina Piasecki Dontarrious Rowls Tracy Morris Vicky Claypoole Cheryl Massaro Joseph Schneider Debra Dobrosky

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CITY WATCH

Chief shares tips on kitchen safety — and crumb cake Fire Chief Jerry Forte stood behind a counter laid out with bowls of flour, melted butter and brown sugar.

“This is Jerry Forte with the Palm

Coast Fire Department. If you’re tuning in thinking you’re going to get a healthy treat for the holidays that’s good for you, you clicked on

CHIEF FORTE’S CRUMB CAKE INGREDIENTS

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Chief Jerry Forte receives award Palm Coast Fire Chief Jerry Forte has been recognized by the The Knights of Columbus Corpus Christi Assembly 2810 and Santa Maria Del Mar Catholic Church with the Tony Gasparino “Lest We Forget” Award.

Forte, who started his fire service career with Palm Coast’s fire department as a volunteer in 1990, has been the city’s fire chief since 2018. Over the last few months, he’s also served as the interim assistant city manager.

“Chief Forte is an asset to this organization and to this community as a whole,” Mayor David Alfin said. “It would be difficult for me to think of someone who so openly and graciously cares for the people of Palm Coast and Flagler County more than Jerry. He is more than deserving of this award, and we are appreciative to the Knights of Columbus for recognizing him.”

Forte holds a master’s degree in public policy, is an honors graduate of Daytona State College’s fire science program and earned the Chief Fire Officer designation in 2017.

CRUMB MIX 7.5 cups flour 3 cups regular sugar 1 cup brown sugar 3 tablespoons vanilla 6 cups melted butter Powdered sugar to dust the top of the cake after baking BATTER 2 standard boxes yellow cake mix 6 eggs 2 cups water 1 cup oil RECIPE Preheat the over to 350 degrees.

In a mixing bowl, make the batter: Mix the two boxes worth of cake mix, six eggs, two cups of water and a cup of oil.

Grease or butter a standard 13-by-18-inch sheet pan and flour it (or use parchment paper), then add batter to the pan until the batter is evenly spread about half an inch deep.

Make the crumb mix: Mix the flour, regular sugar, brown sugar, vanilla and melted butter thoroughly in a mixing bowl. (Do not add it to the cake yet.)

Bake the batter at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes, then remove the pan of batter from the oven and spread the crumb mix on top of the cake.

Return the cake to the oven, turn the temperature down to 300 degrees, and bake for 30 minutes.

Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool. Dust the cake with powdered sugar before serving.

the wrong channel,” he said with a smile.

In the city’s 8 minute and 30 second video, Forte showed viewers how to make coffee cake, or crumb cake.

“It’s a very simple recipe, it works great for Thanksgiving, it works great for Christmas, or if you just want something for the weekend,” he said.

The video was the fire chief’s way of highlighting cooking safety ahead of the holiday season.

As he prepared the cake, he noted a series of kitchen safety tips: — Keep children and pets away from the kitchen while cooking — Keep work spaces clean while cooking, and maintain plenty of space to move around the kitchen — Keep flammable objects away from hot surfaces — Wear protective gear to avoid burns when handling hot items — Set a timer while cooking to avoid distractions — Make sure hot appliances and are turned off when you’re done — Have a fire extinguisher (type 2A or 10 B:C) for emergencies.

Kitchen fires are common during the holiday season. The city offers free home safety inspections for

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office’s Vacation Watch program offers free home security checks for residents who are out of town.

The city of Palm Coast has partnered with the FCSO to create a new Public Service Announcement video to create awareness of the program ahead of the holidays. (View it at https://youtu.be/RP9xjNfg-aQ.) The PSA stars FCSO Cmdr. Mike Lutz and Community Engagement Coordinator Shannon Sandberg as a Palm Coast couple who are planning to go out of town on vacation.

Lutz tries to assure Sandberg that his home-made “security system” of “Home Alone”-inspired booby traps will keep their home safe, but Sandberg suggests they use the FCSO’s

Vacation Watch program instead.

After a mishap with one of his traps, Lutz agrees, and the video tells the viewer how to sign up for it.

“The Vacation Watch program is a wonderful tool to have at our residents’ disposal, not just during the holiday season, but all year round,” Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin said.

“Our communications team did a wonderful job putting this PSA together, and I hope that after seeing it, more residents will take advantage of this excellent and free program.”

The checks are performed by uniformed FCSO Citizen Observer Patrol members, who notify homeowners if a security breach is observed.

“The Vacation Watch program is

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FCSO Commander Mike Lutz in the Vacation Watch program's Public Service Announcement.

made possible due to the tremendous efforts of our C.O.P.s, who really go above and beyond to give back to their community,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “While the Vacation Watch program cannot guarantee the safety of your home or guarantee no damage while you are away, it is a preventative measure that would serve as a way of detecting damage or a security breach sooner rather than later.”

To sign up, visit the FCSO’s Palm Coast District 2 Office at 14 Palm Harbor Village Way, or go to www. flaglersheriff.com and click the “C.O.P. Vacation Watch Request” tab on the lefthand side of the screen.

Email jonathan@palmcoastobserver.com.

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FDOT’s wildflower program BRIEFS County beautifies road shoulders Flagler creates 250 jobs Local sites include dotted horsemint, partridgepea and blanketflower.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

The city is applying for a $12 million loan for the work.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

The city of Bunnell is applying for a State Revolving Fund loan to fund the expansion of the city’s wastewater treatment plant.

At a city meeting on Nov. 22, the City Commission voted unanimously in favor of a resolution authorizing the loan application and an agreement with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

State funding for the wastewater treatment plant project was one of three requests the city of Bunnell made to state legislators during a Flagler County legislative delegation meeting at the county’s Government Services Building on Oct. 2. (The others are funding for the grant program the city hopes to use to restore the historic coquina city hall, and funding for the extension of Flagler Central Commerce Parkway from the Government Services Building complex out to U.S. 1).

The SRF, at a public meeting on Aug. 11, had authorized an allocation of $12 million for the city’s wastewater project, with $4 million in loan

forgiveness, and adopted a Fiscal Year 2022 Water Pollution Control SRF Priority List that includes the Bunnell wastewater plant expansion.

The loan would run for 20 years and be repaid using utility operating revenues, and the expansion would be designed by the architecture and engineering firm CPH. The wastewater treatment facility on Tolman Street, west of U.S. 1 and south of State Road 100, is currently permitted for 0.6 million gallons a day worth of annual average flow. It had exceeded 50% of its capacity by 2014 and is expected to exceed its permitted capacity by 2024 if it isn’t expanded. The proposed expansion would increase its capacity to 1.2 million gallons per day.

The upgrades will also equip the plant with a biological nutrient removal process that will make the effluent advanced wastewater treatment standards, benefiting Haw Creek, the waterway where it’s discharged. Some of the effluent is already used for irrigation, including at the Grand Reserve Golf Course, according to the city’s website.

The city will also construct a new operations building if funding is still available.

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FDOT wildflower sites are marked with brown signs, like this one on U.S. 1.

The department created the program in 1963, and it’s active in sites around the state along Florida’s approximately 12,000 miles of state-managed roadways.

District 5 has both naturalized locations, where wildflowers reseed themselves largely without FDOT involvement, and planted locations which are seeded by FDOT. “Generally, both types of wildflower locations are signed as such and extensive coordination occurs with the Department’s aesthetics partners to not mow during certain times of the year,” Ottaviano said.

The FDOT is looking for other potential wildflower areas and takes suggestions from the public and local wildflower organizations, Ottaviano said.

“FDOT looks forward continuing this program and preserving these wonderful natural resources,” she said.

To learn more about the FDOT w i l d f l o we r, go to https:// flawildflowers. org/fdot-wildflower-program/.

There is an FDOT wildflower site on U.S. 1 near Royal Palms Parkway.

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If you’re driving on State Road A1A in northern Flagler County, you could be forgiven for not even noticing the landscaping on the transportation department’s right of way beside the road — the ocean does tend to steal the show.

But the Florida Department of Transportation, which has jurisdiction authority over A1A, has been implementing a landscaping program that may make the area even prettier while lowering maintenance costs associated with mowing.

On two stretches along the road — near Flagler County’s Varn Park and near the town of Marineland — FDOT is using native wildflowers, rather than more standard landscaping vegetation like turf grass, to adorn the shoulder of the road.

“Not only is there an aesthetic benefit to the program, but it also increases driver safety, as these areas where wildflowers grow are closely monitored for any debris that could be driven over by motorists wishing to pull over,” said Jessica Ottaviano, FDOT’s public information director for FDOT District 5.

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Flagler County’s unemployment rate remained at 4.4% in October, according to the latest data release from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. This is the second consecutive month that Flagler’s unemployment rate remained below the pre-pandemic low of 4.5% in February 2020.

“Flagler County continues to grow jobs, with 250 more residents finding work last month,” said Greg Blosé, President and CEO of the Palm Coast-Flagler Regional Chamber of Commerce. “It’s also an encouraging sign to see the unemployment rate remain at a low 4.4%.”

Flagler County employment grew from 46,500 in September 2021 to 46,745 in October 2021, an increase of 245 jobs. Meanwhile, the labor force increased with 48,648 in September 2021 to 48,911 in October 2021, an increase of 263 Flagler County residents. The number of unemployed residents in Flagler County rose slightly from 2,148 in September 2021 to 2,166 in October 2021, an increase of 18 residents.

“We hope to see job growth continue as we head into the holiday shopping season. We encourage all Flagler County residents to shop our local businesses this holiday season,” Blosé said.

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MY VIEW

Schools should aim higher, not lower, than Hollywood

The word ‘equity’ signifies reform and should be part of school goals

The fact that teens are already surrounded by Rated-R material is a bad argument for supplying even more at school libraries.

BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

FlaglerLive Editor Pierre Tristam and I are, in many ways, kindred spirits: We share a love for books and ideas. I think he would join me in saying that if I could, I would love to quit society and become a fulltime reading hermit. Unfortunately, no one is hiring full-time reading hermits.

Pierre and I differ in at least one important way, however: While he has developed acrobatic agility with the F-word, as he demonstrated in his recent column about my views on “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” I avoid profanity whenever possible. Some might call me puritanical, but I do have some company: The Associated Press standard is to avoid profanity; when it seems necessary in a quote, use hyphens, like this: f - - -. Professional basketball players know that if they say the F-word to a referee, they could get a technical foul. Singers on “Saturday Night Live” censor the F-word from their own songs. Radio stations don’t play the F-word; they can be fined if they do. If a respectable adult accidentally lets an F-word slip in front of a child at a social gathering, that adult will often apologize to the child’s parents. If a Hollywood movie contains more than one F-word, it’s Rated-R, and, therefore, anyone under age 17 can’t buy a ticket without a parent.

Pierre points out that teens hear the F-word at school from their peers all the time anyway. Yes, I know. It was like that at my high school, too, and, as my teenage sons remind me, that was back in the 1900s.

The fact that teens are surrounded by profanity, though, is a bad argument for supplying even more.

And just because George M. Johnson’s “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” which

LETTERS Allow books to ‘Speak’ to youth who need them Dear Editor: When my husband was in the seventh grade at a middle school in Pennsylvania, the mother of one of his classmates came into class one day with a giant box of papers. For weeks, the class helped revise and gave feedback to this mother about a manuscript she was working on. That mother was Laurie Halse Anderson. That book is “Speak” and is currently being brought up for review by Flagler Schools.

In 2007, I picked up that same book in my school library in Florida.

I was 16, and I was, as kids put it today, really going through it. That book provided me with a voice. I now knew I was no longer alone in my extremely big, intense feelings, thanks to the bravery of Anderson, and to my husband’s class who years before gave Anderson insight on the reality of being a teenager.

People want to challenge “Speak,” saying it’s too graphic for youth; the fact is that youth were heavily involved in editing the book.

Children are not fragile, ceramic dolls sitting away in a protective case, only to suddenly be thrust into the real world when they are 18.

They are humans right now before they hit that magic age of 18, hungry for knowledge and living real life experiences daily; experiences that you might not even be aware of.

Instead of shielding them away from the lived reality of the millions of people who came before them

“only” contains five F-words, contains visionary ideas, doesn’t mean it should be blindly added to a high school shelf.

A high school library should be a refuge. Teens should feel confident that the books in front of them have been carefully selected so that they will not be full of F-words and graphic sexual material. If that means some otherwise great works of literature are removed or are put on a restricted shelf, so be it.

Compared with Hollywood or “Saturday Night Live,” the high school library’s standards should be higher, not lower.

Setting the F-word aside, the graphic sexual material of “All Boys Aren’t Blue” also should disqualify it from high school libraries.

We don’t have a rating system for books like we do for movies, but if we did, Johnson’s sexual descriptions would certainly make “All Boys Aren’t Blue” Rated-R. Pierre says my comparing of books with Rated-R movies is “sloppy” logic because a movie is the director’s vision, independent of the book author’s. But if a page is dedicated to describing a sex scene in detail, the author certainly intends for the reader to visualize it — to experience it. Pierre would agree with me that reading is often a more profoundly personal experience than watching, which means that books should be even more carefully scrutinized than movies.

The only way Gabrielle Union will be able to make a TV-14 version of Johnson’s book is to skip the graphic descriptions. That is what we should expect the library to do also.

I will not weep if fewer F-words and graphic sexual material are available on high school book shelves. I will weep, though, for students who simply can’t talk to their parents about sexuality and might feel that their only comfort is in books like “All Boys Aren’t Blue.”

Those students need more love, more support, more understanding.

How will they get it?

Books are a good place to start.

But who are the writers of the future? Will they be likely to write important books that are appropriate for high school students? Not if they’re constantly told now by adults that F-words and graphic sexual material are perfectly fine, even in a high school library.

What’s your take? Email editor@ palmcoastobserver.com.

in the name of “protection,” if you see a child with a book, why not ask questions? Ask why the child chose the book he or she is reading. Ask for his or her thoughts on the main characters and the plots. If you’re a parent and there are heavy topics, hold space for them and be there for them to ask you questions about those topics. Youth are desperate to connect and share experiences with their caregivers. Books can be a form of that connection and a way for our youth to share their world with us.

I wish my parents engaged with me about the books I read; maybe I would have told them some things earlier, rather than 10 years later when it was too late and we missed that chance at connection.

“All Boys Aren’t Blue” isn’t a book that just any child is going to pick up and read. It is tailored to a specific audience — the kids who need that book — in the same way I needed to hear Melinda’s voice in “Speak.” The experiences the narrator lives through in “All Boys Aren’t Blue” are experiences that not everyone lives through, but he so eloquently puts into writing.

That book might give another person the courage to speak their truth, the courage to keep on living — all because they now know they are no longer alone in their feelings on this big planet, where days pass by too fast and life can be overwhelming.

Astrophysicist Carl Sagan described books perfectly in his series, “Cosmos”: “Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof

SHELLEY RAGSDALE FLAGLER NAACP PRESIDENT

(Editor’s Note: The following was initially presented as a public comment to the School Board.)

The Flagler County School Board discussed earlier this month the removal of the word “equity” from its strategic goals. It was stated that “equity” would be replaced with “student success,” or possibly “student support.” To my knowledge, this stemmed from controversial public statements that were not fact-based.

I am here to talk about equity in education, and to respectfully ask the School Board to reconsider your decision to remove the word “equity” from the Flagler County Public Schools’ Strategic Goals.

Equity in education is a key term widely utilized across the U.S. and beyond. Equity is much more than just saying student success and/ or student support. The National School Board Association defines educational equity as “the intentional allocation of resources, instruction, and opportunities according to need, requiring that discriminatory practices, prejudices, and beliefs be identified and eradicated.”

Equity in education is the process of reforming practices, policies and procedures at the school and district levels to support academic fairness and inclusion and ensure that every child has the resources, teachers, interventions and supports they need. Equity is about ensuring that everyone receives what they need to thrive — even if that differs across racial or socioeconomic lines.

According to American University’s School of Education, “educational equity ensures that the needs of individuals from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds, individuals with disabilities, and other disenfranchised minorities are provided with educational tools, resources and support that are individualized to a student’s educational needs. Achievement gaps and disparate outcomes have shown that educational equality

that humans are capable of working magic.”

Why should children, especially high school aged children that are nearing legal adulthood, be deprived of that magic at the hands of bickering adults?

ELISABETH GUSTAFSON Palm Coast

Let parents grant access to restricted books Dear Editor: There’s been a lot of debate back and forth about the book “All Boys Aren’t Blue.” Some feel it belongs in the school libraries, other do not. Right now, the Flagler Schools policy has not been updated to account for new Florida Statutes, including the Parent’s Bill of Rights.

Here’s my proposal: 1. Place the book “All Boys Aren’t Blue” in a restricted status. Allow parents to “opt in” their child for restricted media.

2. Any new media that arrives in any Flagler Schools media center is automatically placed in a restricted status until reviewed. If it’s deemed appropriate for unrestricted reading, it receives the unrestricted status. If not, it simply remains in restricted status.

3. Any material that is challenged is immediately placed in a restricted status until reviewed. If the challenge fails, the title is placed back on unrestricted status.

I feel this process strikes a balance between parents’ rights and providing age-appropriate material to kids. It prevents the outright ban of media and allows for access if a

(the attempt to treat every student the same) has failed students from certain backgrounds, while the evolution to educational equity (addressing each student’s individual needs) can improve education for students who have been neglected. With a growing demand for professional educators, the US education system is recognizing the need for professionals to advance equity in education.”

We strongly recommend that the Flagler County School Board continue to use the term “equity” in its goals as it is recognized within the school system and within our community as acknowledged by, I believe, one of your board members. It is recognized amongst U.S. educators and global bodies, and it is a guiding principle within the Florida statute which requires Flagler Schools to provide an Annual Equity report (similar to equity reports utilized by other school systems across this country).

In closing, the pursuit of educational equity is key to the sustainability and evolution of education systems in the U.S. and abroad. The impact of educational inequity is felt most clearly at the classroom level and ripples its way throughout school districts.

Equity in education is necessary for economic mobility (i.e., improved economic status).

Without it, the economy will suffer from an achievement gap between groups in society. Because some students aren’t prepared to achieve their working potential, it creates income inequality, which, in turn, forms a wealth gap.

If you as board members believe that an educational system should cater to all students through a high-quality educational experience in which each student has the opportunity to receive the support and resources they need to achieve their educational goals, this is support for equity in education.

It has been documented that Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt and the School Board agreed as recently as last August that, “the term equity is critically important to all of us.” I concur. I implore you to reinstate the term “equity” into your Strategic Plan. Strategic goal achievement in equity in education places Flagler Schools on a continuum to becoming “the nation’s premier learning organization.”

Shelley Ragsdale is president of the Flagler County branch of the NAACP.

parent feels the material is appropriate for their kids.

RANDALL BERTRAND Palm Coast

Citizen task force could review debated books Dear Editor: I don’t favor censorship nor editing a book that has been copyrighted. I do, however, favor parents having a voice or veto over what material is presented to their children.

I applaud School Board member Jill Woolbright for having the courage to force this dialogue. If the viewpoint of educators differs from the viewpoint of many of the parents in the community they serve, the viewpoint of the parents must prevail. I believe this to be such an instance.

A task force of citizens could review books in a list to be available in the schools. Some of the books could be flagged as requiring parental approval to be shared with the students. Everyone’s rights and opinions would thus be preserved and respected.

GENE PEREZ Palm Coast

Banning books is merely political grandstanding Dear Editor: The School Board once again is kicking up controversy. This time its theatrics are about student library books, and the hysteria is

Observer “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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led by Jill Woolbright, who has appointed herself the guardian of literary propriety.

Ms. Woolbright is clamoring for banning four books that apparently don’t suit her, and, in a drama-filled performance, she actually made a criminal referral and submitted as “evidence” to our Sheriff’s Office an award-winning book, considered a “teacher’s pick” by booksellers. Woolbright, viewing through a Victorian-era eye and with a dubious legal assessment, concluded in her opinion that the book was obscene and criminal, although it is unclear exactly where the criminality lies and who the perpetrator is.

The books, three of which were written by Black authors, cover fiction and non-fiction matters relating to racial discrimination and its history, gender identity, LGBTQ+, sexuality and bullying and, according to booksellers and book clubs, were for teens and young adults.

Woolbright is clearly parroting the efforts that have ramped up this year by mostly conservative-led school boards seeking to remove books that teach and tell inspiring and important stories. For Woolbright and others, this isn’t really about kids, or SEE LETTERS PAGE 8

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Book’s presence was Danko did not breach law not a crime, sheriff says or City Charter, report states ‘This matter should have been addressed by the School Board and its district leadership before being submitted to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office as a criminal complaint,’ Staly said.

MELISSA MORREALE FCSO PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER

Flagler Schools employees committed no crime by allowing “All Boys Aren’t Blue” in media centers, and no crimes were committed during the subsequent protests, a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office investigation found.

On Nov. 9, the FCSO received a complaint by Flagler County School Board member Jill Woolbright, about a book titled “All Boys Aren’t Blue” being available in some Flagler County school media centers, alleging the book was pornography under Florida law.

Woolbright alleged that two chapters of the book contain sexually explicit material and making it available to children in school media centers was a violation of Florida law.

She believed that Flagler Schools media centers or employees should be held criminally accountable.

The FCSO Investigative Services Division reviewed the complaint.

In consultation with FCSO’s general counsel’s legal opinion, it was determined there was no evidence suggesting the book was purchased outside of the normal procedures or procurement processes established by the Flagler County School Board, nor did a review of the facts, in this case, meet the elements of a crime under Florida law.

“As indicated by our investigators’ review of this particular case, this

An investigator’s report recommends training, stating that further incidents could ‘create liability.’ complaint does not rise to the level of criminal activity,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “The Sheriff’s Office does not determine what material is appropriate for the students of Flagler County.

The Flagler County School Board has the constitutional duty and responsibility to determine the content of all materials used in the classroom and made available in the school library.

The board is responsible for developing proper policies and procedures to evaluate and purchase these materials. The board’s policies and practices permitted the purchase and circulation of the book in question.

“The determination of whether the book is appropriate for school libraries rests on the shoulders of the Flagler County school district leadership,” Staly continued. “This matter should have been addressed by the School Board and its district leadership before being submitted to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office as a criminal complaint. Our review concluded the allegations did not meet the threshold of a criminal offense and therefore are not a matter to be investigated by the Sheriff’s Office.

While I have my personal opinion on this issue, I am sworn to uphold Florida law and not my personal opinion.”

FCSO also reviewed allegations of “threats” made during various protests, counter-protests, and on social media platforms. While the behavior and language of some individuals was discourteous, there were no comments made that rose to the level of a threat under Florida law.

The comments and the manner they were made were protected by the First Amendment.

NEWS EDITOR

City Councilman Ed Danko did not break the law or create a hostile work environment when he spoke “aggressively” to city staff members, according to an investigation by a labor law firm hired by the city.

A report by the firm’s investigator refers to Danko’s behavior toward staff on specific instances as “rude” and “unpleasant,” but not illegal. Still, the Investigative Executive Summary report concludes with a suggestion that Danko undertake training regarding employee rights, adding that “further incidents” could create liability for the city.

Danko called the investigation politically motivated.

“Clearly, I’ve been vindicated,” Danko said. “And obviously, it was nothing more than a political hatchet job that was conducted during an election. Politics as usual.”

The investigation had been initiated under former City Manager Matt Morton’s administration by midMarch of 2021. Former Mayor Milissa Holland and Morton resigned in May, and the investigation was set aside until Interim City Manager Denise Bevan contracted with Allen Norton & Blue P.A.’s Winter Park branch to complete it, paying $12,347.50.

In a written statement provided to Allen Norton & Blue attorney Shannon Kelly, who handled the investigation, Danko wrote that he believed the complaints were an attempt by Morton to influence the mayoral race “by launching this political hit job” against Danko because Danko was an adviser

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to mayoral candidate Alan Lowe.

Kelly investigated three allegations concerning Danko’s conduct — that he’d created a hostile work environment, violated the City Charter by interfering with staff duties, and engaged in retaliation — and found that his behavior had not met the legal threshold for any of them.

Creation of a hostile work environment would require that Danko mistreated employees based on a protected characteristic like gender or race. But, Kelly wrote, “It did not appear Danko targeted employees due to any legally protected status.”

An allegation that Danko had interfered with the duties of city staff in violation of the City Charter by “aggressively” questioning City Clerk Virginia Smith about council proclamations was also unfounded, the firm found: Danko’s exchange with Smith was “arguably for the purpose of ‘inquiry and information,’” and council members are permitted to speak with staff for those reasons.

Danko was accused of retaliation because he’d told Bevan to close out the complaints against him without an investigation, and had called for her termination during a July 6 council meeting after she declined to do so.

His actions did not constitute retaliation under the law, Kelly wrote.

Kelly’s report recommended training. The city’s spokeswoman noted that Mayor David Alfin had said at a recent council meeting that the whole council could benefit from training. Staff members are seeking out training for the council based on that request, she said.

Florida is a leader among the states seeking to prevent workers from being fired for refusing vaccination and protect parents’ ability to send their children to school without masks, Florida State Rep. Paul Renner, a Republican from Palm Coast, said on Flagler Broadcasting’s “Free For All Friday” on Nov. 19.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has challenged the federal government’s requirement that health care workers receive a COVID-19 vaccine and the OSHA rule that large employers require employees to receive a vaccine or undertake regular COVID tests.

The OSHA vaccination-or-test requirement for employers with 100 or more employees is on hold while a lawsuit by Florida and other states works its way through the courts.

Renner said that case could go to the Supreme Court, and he’d expect the federal government to lose.

“I think they’ve tried to shortcircuit the democratic process by not going through the Congress, to pass what they want to do,” he said.

Florida’s legislation on workplace COVID-19 vaccination, he said, allows for exemptions based on medical conditions or religious beliefs, or for people to wear masks in lieu of getting vaccinated.

“We give a list of options that are flexible for the individual, that they’re comfortable with, and really bring maximum flexibility and protections to workers, across the board,” he said.

He added later, “We’re just simply saying in this legislation that we’re going to protect workers, we’re going to protect parents when it comes to rules in the schools on their children, and that’s the right thing to do. ... And so we struck, I believe, a balance, and that’s protecting our workers and our parents and standing up for medical freedom.”

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even about students’ education, it’s about their bias and political grandstanding. And purging schools of material that simply doesn’t suit a cultural or political agenda has the specter of 1933 Germany.

Ironically, and what apparently these cultural warrior school boards fail to consider, is that any such book banning efforts will surely backfire because there is little doubt that the best way to get students to read a book is through the notoriety that it has been banned.

ROBERT GORDON Palm Coast

So, what’s next? Will the cowards on the School Board allow Moms for Liberty to burn books that they believe are “anti-American,” like, perhaps, “Catcher in the Rye,” “Ulysses,” “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” “The Adventure’s of Huckleberry Finn,” and anything by Toni Morrison? Will the frightened board members light the torches?

The School Board has shamed itself, embarrassed our county and disadvantaged our children. Equity must be restored to our educational goals, and the rational majority will fight back until this is done.

MIKE COCCHIOLA Palm Coast

Democrats aren’t the ones trying to ban books

Restore ‘equity’ and ignore radicals Dear Editor: So, there will be no “equity” in Flagler Schools. The intellectual cowards on the county’s School Board, with a single exception, caved into the fringe anti-knowledge zealots, Moms for Liberty, and removed the word “equity” from its strategic goals.

I sincerely doubt that anyone from Moms for Liberty — the most activist of the knowledge deniers — can even define the term “equity” in the context of academic goals. For that matter, I very much doubt anyone from this radical cult could define Critical Race Theory, which they find equally offensive.

But let’s focus on equity today and go with the official definition: “Educational equity is the intentional allocation of resources, instruction, and opportunities according to need, requiring that discriminatory practices, prejudices, and beliefs be identified and eradicated.” How is this offensive to anybody?

With the exception of School Board member Colleen Conklin, it seems the entire School Board Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt were more than willing to toss this essential goal out of our school system simply to mollify a radical fringe group.

Dear Editor: If opponents of critical race theory bothered to actually read the materials, they would see it doesn’t teach anyone to hate anyone. It teaches the indisputable facts our history. No, liberals and Democrats are not trying to erase history; quite the opposite.

There are transgender people in the world. That is a fact. Nobody is teaching anyone how to be transgender, but everyone, including children, have to deal with the reality that they exist.

It isn’t liberals or Democrats who are trying to ban books.

It is ironic that the same people saying mask and vaccine mandates threaten their freedom are the ones trying to ban books. Parents have a right to control what their children read; they don’t have a right to control what other parents’ children read.

Lastly, you don’t see statues of Hitler or Goebbels in Europe. Yes, they are part of history, but they don’t glorify them with monuments.

Lastly, it was appalling to see adults yelling obscenities at young people exercising their First Amendment rights at the recent School Board meeting. And no, the ones yelling were not liberals or Democrats.

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MAN ‘SOLICITING BUSINESS’ FLASHES RESIDENT WHO TOLD HIM TO GET LOST 6:07 p.m. Palm Coast B-Section Unlawful solicitation, exposure of sexual organs. A man opened the door to his home recently when someone knocked. The knocker, a man with head tattoos, said he was seeking customers for his pressure washing business.

But when the resident asked him to leave, the tattooed man started arguing, said he wanted to “scrap,” then, from across the street, lowered his pants and flashed the resident before leaving on a bike.

The resident contacted a deputy.

The deputy also spoke to a witness who’d heard the commotion and said he’d seen the tattooed man expose himself.

Deputies found the tattooed man riding a bicycle, with headphones on and a beer in his pocket.

He said he’d been out on his bike soliciting business, and that he’d gotten one customer. He admitted to arguing with the complainant. He was arrested.

Residential burglaries and car burglaries have both trended downward in Flagler County since 2016, with residential burglaries showing a drop of 78% from 2016 to 2020 while car break-ins showed a decrease of about 62% over the same time period.

In the case of residential burglaries, last year’s number may be exceeded by this year’s: There were 63 residential burglary cases last year, and have been 61 this year through the end of October.

For car break-ins, the downward trend continues: There were 188 last year, and 104 this year.

Over the course of the calendar year, neither crime has shown much of a pattern. Monthly residential burglaries have ranged from zero (in June) to 11 (in September); car break-ins had a high of 14 (in April) and a low of six (in October).

New ‘Google Voice Scam’ surfaces The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office wants to make residents aware of a new type of scam circulating call the “Google Voice Scam.” This scam targets people who are trying to make extra income selling items online.

Many online sellers have turned to platforms such as Facebook Marketplace, “Swip Swap” sites, and Craigslist. The “Google Voice Scam” is presented similarly as an online sale.

Typically, after an item is posted, the scammer will reach out to the poster and ask if the item is still available.

The scammer generally reaches out via Facebook Messenger, advising the seller that they would like to purchase the item. The scammer will then tell the seller that they need to ensure the seller is not a scammer, and the scammer will ask for the seller’s cell phone number to verify via text.

Once the scammer has the seller’s number, they will send the seller a “Google Voice Mail.” While the mes-

NO HURRY 3:29 a.m. Intersection of Belle Terre Boulevard and State Road 100 A deputy on patrol noticed a man walking toward a wooded lot between businesses. The deputy knew the land owner had been having problems with homeless people trespassing and had given the Sheriff’s Office permission to remove them from the property.

The deputy tried to get the man’s attention and showed at him to stop, but the man kept walking, then said, “I had to use the bathroom.”

The man disappeared into the woods, but the deputy found him laying under some bushes, and discovered that he had multiple open arrest warrants.

The man said he “was going to turn himself in, in a few days.” The deputy arrested him.

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sage itself will instruct the seller not to share it with anyone else, the scammer will ask for it specifically. The purpose of this scam is so the scammer can get access to the seller’s information and use it for identity theft, and tie the seller’s information to future scams.

The Identity Theft Resource Center and the Federal Trade Commission offer many up-to-date resources for citizens and consumers.

Visit https://www.idtheftcenter.org/ google-voice-scam-tries-to-trickyou-while-you-are-selling-items-online/ or https://www.consumer.ftc. gov/features/scam-alerts/ to learn how you can avoid scams and what to do if you believe you are a victim.

Toys for Tickets starts in Flagler Beach The Flagler Beach Police Department’s annual “Toys for Tickets” safety campaign will be repeated for the 2021 holiday season. Citizens who receive a written warning for a traffic infraction or a parking offense can volunteer to participate in a program that benefits the youth of our community. Citizen participation in this program is 100% voluntary.

Continuing through Friday, Dec. 10, Flagler Beach police officers, at their discretion, will be issuing “toy waivers” along with written warnings for non-criminal state traffic and/or city parking offenses. The toy waiver provides motorists with information on how to donate a new, unwrapped toy to the Police Department. At the end of the campaign the Police Department will turn over all donated toys to our partner in this initiative: Christmas Come True.

Motorists who voluntarily choose to participate in the program will be instructed to drop off a new, unwrapped toy at the Flagler Beach Police Department.

“We started this program in 2015, and we’ve been blessed each year with overwhelming generosity,” said Flagler Beach Police Chief Matt Doughney. “We’ve created positive memories for many families in need during the holidays, and the success of this initiative is due to the kind and generous hearts of our community.”

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Cara Cronk is Principal of the Year, Neuenfeldt top AP Cities plan Both administrators will now represent Flagler Schools for statewide honors.

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Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt took the Flagler Schools “Prize Patrol” on the road the morning of Nov. 19, to surprise a pair of deserving school administrators. After the two stops, the district’s Principal and Assistant Principal of the Year have been named.

CARA CRONK, TOP PRINCIPAL

Cara Cronk, principal at Buddy Taylor Middle School is the Flagler Schools Principal of the Year. She’s held her current position since last year, after serving two years as an assistant principal at BTMS and two years as an assistant principal at Matanzas High School.

“I just feel like this is a great testament to my team,” says Cronk. “I could not do this without all the people behind me, our entire leadership team. They are amazing, they support me. ... We are constantly looking for new things to do for our kids here at Buddy Taylor.”

Mittelstadt praised Cronk for the work she’s done. “Unchartered

waters when she came in last year.

We still had students working from home and in our classrooms. She was able to keep the staff motivated.

She and her team did some amazing things keeping students engaged through the spring and into the summer. Cara has done a tremendous job in providing support to all Buddy Taylor teachers, employees, staff, and most importantly, the students.”

Cronk attended Florida Atlantic University for her undergraduate degree in education. She earned her Master’s in Educational Leadership and Administration from American College of Education. She’s worked with Flagler Schools since August 2004. She was named Flagler Schools Assistant Principal of the Year in 2018.

“Cara has done a tremendous job in providing support to all Buddy Taylor teachers, employees, staff, and most importantly, the students.”

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holiday events JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt led the Prize Patrol to recognize Amy Neuenfeldt.

“Schools are living, breathing organisms with their own heartbeat, and without Mrs. Neuenfeldt, our school and its success would not be the same.”

AMY NEUENFELDT, TOP ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Amy Neuenfeldt is the Flagler Schools Assistant Principal of the Year. She has been an assistant principal at Indian Trails Middle School since 2017. Neuenfeldt has worked with Flagler Schools since 2003.

She too cites “teamwork” for her success over the years. “I’m very surprised and very honored. It goes back to all the teams I’ve worked with over the past 19 years,” she said. “It’s a collaborative effort so I’m very proud to represent Flagler Schools.”

Of Neuenfeldt, Mittelstadt said, “Amy is one of our shining stars on our administration team. She is respected by everyone on the ITMS campus and everything she does is to help those Mustang Scholars excel.

She has a passion for reaching out to those students who may need a little

RYAN ANDREWS, Indian Trails principal

extra assistance in finding their footing in school.”

Ryan Andrews, principal of Indian Trails Middle School writes in his nomination letter, “Schools are living, breathing organisms with their own heartbeat, and without Mrs. Neuenfeldt, our school and its success would not be the same.”

Neuenfeldt is a 2003 graduate of Flagler College, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education, Deaf Education. She earned her Master of Educational Leadership from the University of West Florida in 2014. Neuenfeldt has been a teacher, reading coach, and teacher support colleague in Flagler Schools over the past 18 years in the district.

Both administrators will now represent Flagler Schools for statewide honors.

A lineup of favorite community holiday events is coming up, and some will occur in new forms this year.

The city of Palm Coast will open the holiday celebrations with its annual tree lighting ceremony, which will be held a 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27, in Town Center. The event will be the opening night for the city’s annual Fantasy Lights show in Town Center, as well.

“This is our 16th year. … It’s just growing and getting better and better every year, and more people are recognizing it,” Flagler County Rotary Club member and Fantasy Lights organizer Bill Butler said on Flagler Broadcasting’s Nov. 19 edition of “Free For All Friday.

Butler organized the city’s first Fantasy Lights event in 2006 to honor his daughter, Tiffany, who’d died of a heart condition.

Flagler Beach will hold a First Friday event at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 3 in Veterans Park, with the city’s Starry Night lights show following at 6 p.m. with the lighting of the Flagler Beach pier, Mayor Suzie Johnston said on the radio program.

This year, the city is adding a new feature: “Deck the Chairs,” which adorns the city’s life guard towers.

The next day — Saturday, Dec. 4 — will feature the Holiday at the Beach Parade, which will begin at 1 p.m. on North Sixth Street and work its way toward South Sixth Street. As in past years, this year’s event will feature Santa Claus skydiving to the beach.

Palm Coast will hold a Starlight Festival this year, rather than the usual Starlight Parade. It will be from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11, in Town Center. There will be live performances in front of the Christmas tree.

Organizing the event as a festival, rather than a parade, means the city will only have to close one major local road, rather than seven.

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The Flagler County Education Foundation hosted a drive-in movie event to support Josh Crews Writing Project spread a love of creative writing in schools.

The veteran cast will perform ‘Blithe Spirit’ in costume and accompanied on stage by sound effects.

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he Josh Crews Writing Project, which promotes creative writing in Flagler Schools, celebrated its 11th year with a free drive-in movie and “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”-themed party to match, on Friday, Nov. 19, outside Epic Theatres, in Town Center.

In years past, the Flagler County Education Foundation has always supported Josh Crews with a party that followed a theme from a book, but due to the pandemic, the organizers decided to try something outdoors, and a drivein movie was selected. As restrictions were relaxed in recent weeks,

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a VIP tent was added.

Carla Cline, one of the organizers, was pleased with the turnout and how the program has grown over the years.

“The writing program has grown so much and is in every school in the county,” she said. “Two schools have had to add additional teachers in order to accommodate the students.”

To learn more about the Josh Crews Writing Project and its upcoming events and how to participate, visit https://www.flagleredfoundation.org.

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Annie Gaybis says Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” is a wonderful play to get somebody in the mood for the holidays.

To find out how a story about an eccentric psychic bringing back a cantankerous writer’s deceased first wife to haunt him will get you in the mood for the holidays, you’ll just have to go see the City Repertory Theatre’s staged reading of the classic British comedy.

Gaybis plays the deceased first wife, Elvira, while fellow veteran actors Earl Levine and Victoria Page play writer Charles Condomine and medium Madame Arcati.

Julia Truilo plays Condomine’s current wife, Ruth, who can’t see or hear the spirit of Elvira.

The reading is fully wardrobed and performed with British accents.

A Foley sound man is on stage with the actors producing sound effects.

“Instead of smashing a dish, I will mime smashing a dish and he will create the sound,” Gaybis said.

But that doesn’t mean there are no props. Gaybis is lending her crystal ball for the performance. Unlike Coward’s story, Gaybis said she does not use the crystal ball for seances.

The cast and director John Sbordone are dedicating the production to actor/director Anne Kraft, who died in May. “Everyone in the play has worked with her,” Gaybis said.

Kraft directed Gaybis in the last play she was in, “Two for the Seesaw,” which was digitally filmed because of COVID-19 and made available online only.

“She also co-starred with me in ‘The Women,’ one of the last plays I did at the City Repertory Theatre,” Gaybis said. “She directed me in many shows outside of this area.”

Sbordone has taken a role in “Blithe Spirit,” — Condomine’s friend, Dr. Bradman — which is something he never does, Gaybis said.

Joanne Van Zyl plays Mrs. Bradman, while Jen Chidekel plays Edith, the maid.

“It’s such a great play to get somebody in the mood for the holidays,” Gaybis said. “It’s such a fun play.

There are no bad words in it. It’s wonderful for any teenager. It’s a great thing for them to see. Noel Coward is not normally done around here.

“It’s funny, witty and well-performed by excellent actors, who have made it their lives’ career.”

The show will run Dec. 2 to Dec. 5 at City Repertory Theatre in City Marketplace. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students.

‘BLITHE SPIRIT’

Doug Glasco speaks with Carla Cline about the event.

Megan Convery and Kelly Enterkia.

Left: School Board Vice Chair Colleen Conklin.

Right: Jody Prince listens to Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt.

School Board members Cheryl Massaro and Colleen Conklin enjoy the dinner party.

What: Staged reading of Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” Where: City Repertory Theatre in City Marketplace, 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite B207.

When: Dec. 2 to Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Tickets: $20 adults, $15 students. Order at crtpalmcoast. com or call 386-585-9415.

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Dex Westphal named 2021 Gargiulo Art Foundation Artist of the Year Paintings by Westphal and fellow Artist of the Year nominees Paul Beaulieu and Andy Sovia are on display at the Grand Gallery through Jan. 9.

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Dex Westphal has been ill, and it has been a challenge for her to get into the art studio and paint.

But she has managed to get it done, and she has some new works in the latest Grand Gallery show featuring the Gargiulo Art Foundation’s Artist of the Year nominees.

Westphal, who was also an Artist of the Year nominee in 2018, was named the 2021 GAF Artist of the Year at the show’s reception Nov. 21.

“It’s a thrill,” said Westphal. “A great honor.”

Westphal has a new dowel dot painting, entitled “Paisley,” in the show. She also has a new sumi-e Japanese painting on display in the show at the Grand Gallery at Grand Living Realty, 2298 Colbert Lane.

“People keep saying they hope I do more of the dowel paintings, but they take a long time to do,” she said.

The other Artist of the Year nominees, whose works are in the show, are Paul Beaulieu and Andy Sovia.

“It’s a good show,” said Tom Gargiulo, who founded the Gargiulo Art Foundation 29 years ago with his partner, Arlene Volpe. “Paul is a naturalistic artist, Andy is more surreal and Dex goes from representational to totally abstract.”

Gargiulo said all three nominees are not only exceptional artists but have also contributed a great deal to the Flagler art community.

“It’s not enough that you’re a good artist. All of the nominees are actively involved in the community,” he said.

Westphal, who moved to Palm Coast nine years ago, is the 22nd GAF Artist of the Year. Her abstract and dowel paintings were also featured in a show at the Grand Gallery last spring.

She taught art for 10 years at the Community College at Baltimore County and continued to teach after she moved to Palm Coast.

Sovia has been painting with oils since he was 12 and has studied at numerous art institutions.

His paintings have been featured in Manhattan galleries, and his art has been critiqued by LeRoy Neiman, Peter Max and Andy Warhol, among other notable artists.

“To me, art is drama. I like reac-

GAF’S BEST OF THE BEST What: Works by the Gargiulo 2021 Artist of the Year nominees Dex Westphal, Andy Sovia and Paul Beaulieu.

Where: The Grand Gallery at Grand Living Realty, 2298 Colbert Lane.

When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday, through Jan. 9.

Admission: Free of charge.

Dex Westphal, sitting in front of her sumi-e piece, is the Gargiulo Art Foundation’s 2021 Artist of the Year.

“It’s not enough that you’re a good artist. All of the nominees are actively involved in the community,” TOM GARGIULO

Above: Dex Westphal’s abstract painting, “Over the River.”

Left: Dex Wesphal’s most recent dowel painting, “Paisley,” is in the show at the Grand Gallery.

Andy Sovia poses next to one of his paintings.

he said. “Some people would say I’m a realist.”

Beaulieu founded a design firm in Boston in 1968 after graduating from the Swain School of Design. He sold the firm in 2010 and moved to Palm Coast. Beaulieu, who has been painting since he was 16, furthered his art studies at the Florence (Italy) Academy of Art. Sovia and Beaulieu have painted turtles on the Palm Coast Arts Foundation’s Turtle Trail.

At the show’s reception, Gargiulo also announced that the Gargiulo Art Foundation will be teaming up with J.J. Graham’s Salvo Art Project to host art shows at Watson Realty, 1410 Palm Coast Parkway NW. “It will be another space to give artists more exposure,” Gargiulo said.

The works by the Artist of the Year nominees will be on display at the Grand Gallery through Jan. 9.

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He also writes books, mostly novels that have been self-published, and he says he collects rejection slips from publishers along with those from art galleries.

While many of Westphal’s paintings are intuitive abstracts, and some of Sovia’s are whimsical, Beaulieu’s show entries are landscapes and still lifes.

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FPC and Matanzas girls teams return to the basketball court

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Matanzas girls basketball coach Brittany Marts is not sure what kind of a team she has yet.

Three of her players have transferred from Flagler Palm Coast this year.

“We’re still learning a lot about ourselves, a lot about each other,” Marts said.

And Marts is learning, too. This is her first year as a head coach. She

MATANZAS GIRLS BASKETBALL Record: 1-1 SCORES Nov. 16: Matanzas 57, Pine Ridge 29 Nov. 19: Fleming Island 72, Matanzas 28 Nov. 22: Matanzas at Fleming Island LEADING SCORERS Kaitlyn Rose 12.0 points per game Na’Riya Perry 7.5 ppg Karolina Simkus 7.0 ppg UP NEXT Nov. 30, at Seabreeze Dec. 2, at New Smyrna Beach

was an assistant coach with the Pirates the past two seasons and was promoted when former head coach Eric Guerrero resigned last spring.

Marts also was an assistant coach and head JV coach at a high school in Middletown, Ohio.

“I’m young. I’m hungry. I have a great group of girls, and I’m excited about what we’re going to do this year,” she said.

Helping a program that hasn’t had much success in the past is one reason why junior Kaitlyn Rose decided to transfer from FPC in October.

“I know this program is hungry,” she said. “We have a new coach, and we want to make a name for ourselves.”

Rose was the Bulldogs’ thirdleading scorer last year at 9.4 points per game. Her sister, Sara Rose, has joined her at Matanzas and is the only freshman on the team.

Grace Norris transferred to Grace Norris drives down the lane.

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Flagler Palm Coast’s Remi Montgomery knows she’s not the same basketball player she was last year.

“I was very quiet, timid and slow last year,” said the 5-foot-9 wing. “I feel like I’m starting to break out of my shell.”

Indeed, Montgomery has become a regular extrovert on the court. She certainly is not someone opponents can ignore.

Montgomery scored 34 points in the Bulldogs’ first two games this season, including 21 in a 57-42 victory Nov. 19 at Orange City University.

In 20 games last season, Montgomery scored a total of 74 points.

She’s nearly halfway to matching that already.

As FPC’s only returning starter, the senior knows a lot is expected of her this season, and she’s ready to deliver.

“I did a lot of change-of-direction and change-of-speed drills (in the offseason). And I worked on limiting my dribbles,” she said.

“Last year I couldn’t read plays, I couldn’t get to the basket. Now I’m going straight to the basket and drawing the foul, instead of taking two wasted dribbles.”

Point guard Brynn Gifford added 13 points against University, while Shyleigh LeBlanc scored 10 as FPC evened its record to 1-1 after falling to Oviedo 32-31 in its season opener the previous night at the Bulldogs’ gym.

Trailing 31-28, FPC turned the ball over with 1:05 remaining against the Oviedo Lions. With a foul to give, FPC fouled to force Oviedo to inbounds with 13.8 seconds left. But the Bulldogs were called for a technical foul for

Lexie Jarvis at the free throw line.

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touching the ball while the inbound passer still had it in her hands.

Oviedo’s Samantha Male made one free throw to put the visitors up by four. FPC’s Eimy Ayala hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer — her only basket of the game. The ending could have demoralized the Bulldogs, but it seemed to have the opposite effect.

“I think we did what we needed to do offensively and defensively,” Montgomery said after the game.

“We’re growing a lot.”

The team has already had a lot to SEE FPC PAGE 14

“Last year I couldn’t read plays, I couldn’t get to the basket. Now I’m going straight to the basket and drawing the foul, instead of taking two wasted dribbles.”

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Matanzas from FPC at the start of the school year.

“I’ve played with a lot of these girls in AAU,” Kaitlyn Rose said. “We’re all really good friends. We’re all committed. This is my junior year, so this is a big season for me.

“It was a really hard decision for me to leave FPC, but you have to put yourself in the best situation to succeed.”

Kaitlyn Rose scored a team-high 19 points in the Pirates’ opener, a 57-29 victory against Pine Ridge, on Nov. 16.

But the Pirates found out in their home opener three days later that they still have a lot to work on. Fleming Island sank 11 3-point shots on the way to a 72-28 rout. The Golden Eagles scored 29 straight points in the second quarter.

“Every time they threw something up, it went in,” Marts said. “They had some incredible shooters.”

Victoria Noble led Fleming Island with six 3-pointers and 22 points.

Avery Cannon added 18 points with three treys.

Na’Riya Perry led Matanzas with 10 points, including a 3-pointer at the first-quarter buzzer that pulled the Pirates to within 9-4.

“We did a lot of adjusting on the fly,” Marts said. “But we didn’t start hitting shots until the fourth quarter.”

Matanzas girls basketball coach Brittany Marts.

FPC coach Anthony Wagner talks to his squad during a timeout.

Shyleigh LeBlanc looks for an opening.

overcome. Longtime coach Javier Bevacqua resigned a week into the school year. Two players, including last year’s leading scorer, Lauren Stewart, transferred at the beginning of the school year. Two more players transferred last month.

And on Sunday evening, Nov. 14, four days before the season opener, a valve broke on a hot water tank in the gymnasium, flooding the court with gallons of water.

“It was gushing out from under the door. There was standing water on parts of the floor,” said coach Anthony Wagner, who happened to be in the building at the time. Maintenance workers spent four hours pumping the water out that night, Athletics Director Steve DeAugustino said. Days later, blowers set up against the walls continued to dry under the floor.

“We’ve gone through a lot of adversity already,” Wagner said after the opening loss. “But I’m happy with the effort. The girls didn’t quit.”

The Bulldogs had 11 days to savor their first win. After Thanksgiving break, they resume their season Nov. 30 at Oviedo Hagerty.

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Injuries catch up to FPC girls soccer team in loss to Seabreeze BRENT WORONOFF STAFF WRITER

Seabreeze’s girls soccer players weren’t just playing for themselves against Flagler Palm Coast on Saturday, Nov. 20. They were also playing for dozens of their predecessors.

The Sandcrabs’ 5-0 victory at FPC’s Sal Campanella Stadium was their first against the Bulldogs in 11 seasons.

“This is a big deal for us,” said Emily Myers, who scored two goals

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“The game is dictated by confidence. And Seabreeze took it over. That’s what goals do: They build your confidence up and you take chances.

They were hungry.”

for Seabreeze (2-2).

“This year, we were really prepared for this game,” Myers said. “We came in knowing that whoever scored the first goal, that’s where the momentum was going.”

Sure enough, after an even battle for much of the first half, sophomore Kylie Watson scored off a drop ball in the corner, and, minutes later, Myers made it 2-0 with a shot that curved into the upper left corner of the goal.

Myers then made it 3-0 early in the second half off a corner kick.

“Our objective is to score at the beginning and end of each half,” Myers said.

The game was the finale of the FPC Soccer Showcase, although officially it was not part of the event.

PETE HALD, FPC soccer coach

FPC’s Savannah Strickland

FPC’s Emma Swearingen (10) tries to dribble past Seabreeze players.

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The game was rescheduled from Nov. 15 and added to the weekend’s slate after Showcase participant Vero Beach had a conflict and could not play a second game.

“They weren’t part of the Showcase,” FPC coach Pete Hald said of the Sandcrabs. “But the way they played, they should have been.”

The Showcase featured three reigning state champs in Bartram Trail, Ponte Vedra and Lakeland Christian. A fourth Showcase team, Jacksonville Bolles, lost in the regional finals last season but had won state championships from 2018 to 2020.

The purpose of the event, Hald said, besides providing a showcase for area soccer connoisseurs, is to increase the strength of schedule for the Bulldogs and other participating teams.

Strength of schedule is one of the criteria for rankings that decide at-

FPC SOCCER SHOWCASE NOV. 19 Bolles 3, Vero Beach 0 Ponte Vedra 4, FPC 0 Bartram Trail 2, Lakeland Christian 0 NOV. 20 Lakeland Christian 3, Bolles 0 Bartram Trail 2, Ponte Vedra 1 Seabreeze 5, FPC 0

large berths into the playoffs after the season.

On the first day of the Showcase, Ponte Vedra defeated FPC 4-0, handing the Bulldogs (3-2-1) their first loss of the season. FPC played the two games without several injured players. Freshman goal-

keeper Saige Strickland was playing in her first varsity games after starter Kaitlyn Holley suffered a concussion against DeLand on Nov. 16.

The win was the second in a row for the Sandcrabs, who shut out Gainesville 4-0 on Nov. 16 for their first victory.

“We’ve been picking up momentum,” said Seabreeze coach Eli Freidus.

That was evident during the contest as Seabreeze dominated the second half, with Isabella Castillo and Nickole Dane adding goals.

“Our defense was on point. Our midfield was winning all the balls,” Seabreeze goalkeeper Avery Dellinger said. “I had nothing to do in the second half.”

“The game is dictated by confidence,” Hald said. “And Seabreeze took it over. That’s what goals do: They build your confidence up and you take chances. They were hungry.”

Since 2010, Seabreeze had tied FPC several times and lost some close games, including a 1-0 decision last season, but the Sandcrabs had not won in 18 straight contests between the two Five Star Conference rivals.

“This is just the beginning,” Myers said.

“We’re looking forward to a really good season,” Dellinger added.

The Sandcrabs will have a tough road match against Ponte Vedra on Monday, Nov. 29. FPC (3-2-1) will try to regroup again host Orange City University on Nov. 29.

Email Brent Woronoff at brent@ palmcoastobserver.com.

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Mad Dogs Flag Football crowns champions of fall season The championships were held under the lights at Matanzas High School’s football stadium.

MICHAEL SCHOTTEY GUEST WRITER

Mad Dogs Flag Football of Palm Coast has completed its fall 2021 season with its championship weekend festivities Nov. 13, at Matanzas High School.

Following its first season working with Flagler Schools, Mad Dogs was proud to give its young players a chance to experience playing on a high school field under the lights.

Each season, Mad Dogs (a 501c3 nonprofit) serves around 300 boys and girls ages 5-15 with a flag football experience. Mad Dogs was formed to give Palm Coast and Flagler County a locally owned and operated league that was invested in the community and the future of its children.

Mad Dogs uses local vendors whenever possible.

Following a competitive regular season and an exhilarating championship night, the following champions were crowned: 6-and-Under: Raiders, coached

by Donnie Veit.

Cooper Jones.

Jaden Buckmaster.

The Lions won the 12U title.

8U: Vikings, coached by Eric Thompson.

10U: Buccaneers, coached by Tommy Ascone.

12U: Lions, coached by Michael Schottey.

15U: Vikings, coach by Vuthy Try. Championship games were not only notable for numerous first-time winners, but also because four of the five championships were decided by one touchdown or less with many going down to the final moment or into overtime.

The night also included an appearance from the Lady Jaguars Cheer and Dance Organization of Flagler County. League DJ Irv Nyce and Director of Development Michael Schottey shared master of ceremony duties.

Honorary captains for the night, who participated in pre-game ceremonial coin tosses, included Dr. Jen Thornton (president of the Fla-

Photos by Kyla Sabate

8U Saints run onto the field.

gler County Education Foundation and former Mad Dogs board member), Matt Forrest (Matanzas head football coach and Mad Dogs board member) and Kyle Johnson (Matanzas assistant football coach and former NFL player).

Mad Dogs’ next season will start in January. Registration is open for the next two weeks at https://maddogsfootball.net Mad Dogs is planning its firstever 17U season this winter, pending sign-up interest.

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Closed sales of single-family homes statewide totaled 88,592 in the third quarter of 2021, down 1.1% from the third quarter of 2020 level; closed sales of condo-townhouse properties totaled 37,876, up 13% compared to the same quarter a year ago, according to data from Florida Realtors Research department in partnership with local Realtor boards/associations. Closed sales typically occur 30 to 90 days after sales contracts are written.

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months, as well, but the median price for single-family home sales in the third quarter was still up 18.4% year-overyear (to $355,000), while the median condo and townhouse price was up 18.6% (to $254,900) compared to a year ago.”

He added, “The inventory of homes on the market increased during the quarter, which was welcome news, but the latest data show that the pace of this increase has slowed considerably. That’s just another reminder that we have a long way to go in terms of supplying enough homes for sale to satisfy the continued high level of demand.”

The share of closed sales that were all-cash purchases rose in the third quarter of 2021 compared to the previous year: Single-family existing home sales paid in all cash increased by 45.5% yearover-year, while all-cash sales of condo-townhouse units rose by 33.2%.

In the third quarter of 2021, the median time to a contract (the midpoint of the number of days it took for a property to receive a sales contract during that time) was 10 days for single-family homes and 15 days for condo-townhouse properties.

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Expansion projects are proposed for two communities that may bring almost 1,300 new homes to the area around Old Kings Road.

The Eagle Lakes community on the west side of Old Kings Road, south of Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park, may expand northward into a 401-acre Planned Unit Development-zoned parcel plus a 210-acre parcel that is currently zoned agricultural and listed on the county’s Future Land Use Map as agricultural/ timberland.

The agricultural land is vacant, aside from a shed and storage container and cattle feeding and watering stations, according to an environmental assessment summary.

The property owner, Venture 8, is seeking to have the agricultural parcel rezoned to a Planned Unit Development designation to facilitate the expansion, proposing up to 451 single-family detached units in the 210-acre parcel, plus 742 units of senior adult housing in the 401-acre parcel, for a total of 1,193 units.

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two parcels, if the agricultural one is rezoned to PUD, would generate a combined 660 p.m. peak hour vehicle trips and 7,439 daily trips, whereas maintaining the existing zoning would generate 620 p.m. peak hour trips and 5,956 daily trips, according to a technical memorandum by Lassiter Transportation Group.

The other proposed development is just to the south on Old Kings Road, near the Flagler-Volusia County line.

The owners of that land are also seeking a rezoning from an agricultural designation to a Planned Unit Development designation, in this case for a 39-acre parcel that would become a community called Wexford Reserve Flagler, with up to 81 upscale single-family homes on lots of at least 75 feet by 125 feet.

It would be a northward expansion of the existing Volusia County Wexford Reserve, with which it would share an existing Wexford Reserve entrance on Acoma Drive. The developer is working with the Florida Governmental Utility Authority and Volusia County government to secure Volusia County utility services.

The proposals for both developments are currently undergoing Flagler County’s technical review process, and the county’s Technical Review Committee has not issued any findings at this time, according to a county spokeswoman.

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house in Hammock Dunes was the top real estate transaction for the week of Oct. 14-20 in Flagler County in the Multiple Listing Service. Peter and Susan Dessing, of Kirkland, Washington, sold 4 Cordoba Court to Jacobo Rispa, of Palmetto Bay, for $839,000. Built in 1994, the house is a 4/2.5 and has a fireplace, swimming pool and 3,442 square feet. It sold in 2014 for $592,500.

WAYNE GRANT REAL ESTATE EDITOR

Condos William and Judith Bernhard, of Adirondack, New York, sold 800 Canopy Walk Lane, Unit 825, to Kenneth and Elizabeth Grafe, of Palm Coast, for $398,375. Built in 2004, the condo is a 3/2 and has 1,712 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $320,000.

Robert and Penelope Dibenedetti, of Columbus, New Jersey, sold 42 Club House Drive to Mira Pahlic, of Palm Coast, for $179,000. Built in 1977, the condo is a 2/2 and has 986 square feet. It sold in 2008 for $142,500.

Artesia Jocelyn and Lynn Dube, of Palm Coast, sold 10 Sanchez Ave. to Gary and Nancy Burns, of Blue Ridge, Georgia, for $501,250. Built in 2006, the house is a 3/2/2 and has 2,774 square feet.

Belle Terre Ann Thomas, of Palm Coast, sold 354 Parkview Drive to Dawn Dorey, of Palm Coast, for $299,900. Built in 1987, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace and 1,681 square feet. It sold in 1991 for $48,000.

Cypress Knoll Ken Mazzie and Donna Heiss, of Palm Coast, sold 109 Edward Drive to James and Esther Kolasinski, of Palm Coast, for $610,000. Built in 2006, the house is a 3/2.5 and has a fireplace, swimming pool and 2,586 square feet.

Indian Trails Johnnie and Judy Overton, as trustees, sold 122 Berkshire Lane to Heather Jimenez, of Palm Coast, for $289,500. Built in 1981, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,063 square feet.

Lehigh Woods D.R. Horton Inc. Jacksonville, of St. Johns, sold 10 Ripplet Place to Justin Berkey, of Palm Coast, for $283,635. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,862 square feet.

to Henry Meregildo and Eudari Ramos, of Palm Coast, for $254,990. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,552 square feet.

Matanzas Woods Richard and Sarah Arkin, of Palm Coast, sold 9 Lee Drive to Paula Tuon, of Palm Coast, for $305,000.

Built in 2004, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace and 2,041 square feet. It sold in 2008 for $135,000.

Palm Harbor Phillip and Debra Anninos, individually and as trustees, sold 25 Creek Court to Glenn Scheid and Charles Hastings, of Jacksonville, for $821,000. Built in 1999, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace, swimming pool, boat dock, boat house and 2,421 square feet.

David and Patsy Melvin, of Palm Coast, sold 22 Flametree Court to Michael LeFiles Jr., of Palm Coast, for $710,000. Built in 1987, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace, boat dock and 2,662 square feet. It sold in 1997 for $222,500.

Judith Wickis, of Fort Worth, sold 12 Corona Court to Zakari and Lara Smith, of Palm Coast, for $545,000.

Built in 2002, the house is a 3/2.5 and has a fireplace, swimming pool, boat dock and 2,384 square feet.

Thomas and Bhama Payyapilli, of Fairport, New York, for $460,000.

Built in 1993, the house is a 4/3.5 and has a swimming pool and 3,116

square feet. It sold in 1996 for $225,000.

LAS Holdings LLC, of Madison, sold 75 Cimmaron Drive to John and Barbara Houston, of Palm Coast, for $410,000. Built in 1989, the house is a 4/3 and has 2,102 square feet. It sold in March for $250,000.

George and Nancy O’Dell sold 20 Fellowship Drive to Damir and Anna Armstrong, of Palm Coast, for $375,000. Built in 2017, the house is a 4/2 and has 2,198 square feet. It sold in 2017 for $229,600.

Ellis Group Holdings LLC, of Orlando, sold 1 Cooper Lane to David Livingston and Joyce Duncan, of Palm Coast, for $289,250.

Built in 1972, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,470 square feet.

Roy Powell, of Flagler Beach, sold 31 Fleetwood Drive to Thomas Smeed and Jodi Stoiber, of Palm Coast, for $285,000. Built in 1980, the house is a 2/2 and has a fireplace and 2,043 square feet. It sold in 2013 for $127,000.

Pine Grove Brite Properties of Florida LLC, of Orlando, sold 36 Pitt Lane to Anthony Valente Jr., of Farmingville, New York, for $332,399.

Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,983 square feet.

Amaral Custom Homes Inc., of Palm Coast, sold 16 Pinelark Lane

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to Felix and Caridad Delgado, and Faray Delgado, of Palm Coast, for $302,000. Built in 2008, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,786 square feet.

Pine Lakes Volusia Operating Co. LLC, of Daytona Beach, sold 11 Winterberry Place to Diane Gelles, of Palm Coast, for $399,900. Built in 2001, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,129 square feet. It sold in June for $119,500.

Quail Hollow Sonia Hoponick, individually and as representative, sold 9 Zanzibar Court to Jaime and Karla Villarreal, of Santa Ana, California, for $260,000. Built in 1994, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,224 square feet. It sold in 2017 for $148,000.

Toscana Douglas and Marie Thompson, as trustees, sold 13 New Oak Leaf Drive to Bruce Freedman, of Palm Coast, for $625,000. Built in 2010, the house is a 4/3 and has a fireplace and 2,687 square feet. It sold in 2013 for $335,000.

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

RH Asset Holdings LLC, of Orlando, sold 43 Robinson Drive to Dion and Lee Hinskey, of Sebring, for $265,900. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,500 square feet.

Rufino T. Co., of Highland, California, sold 14 Renfro Lane to Alphonso and Pamlian Jefferson, of Palm Coast, for $260,000. Built in 2004, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,832 square feet.

Holiday Builders Inc., of Melbourne, sold 33 Renworth Lane

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The top transaction features a swimming pool and sold for $839,000.

I just got my new hearing aids...now what? ecause of the advertising and messaging around hearing aids and hearing care in general, many people tend to think of hearing aids like a commodity, in which regardless of where or how you get one, which one you get, the outcome is much the same. “One size fits all”, right?

Actually, that’s NOT right. When it comes to treating your hearing loss, it is not that simple. To be properly fit with hearing aids, there are four key steps that need to be taken. 1- A comprehensive hearing evaluation, 2- Selection of the “right” hearing aid, 3- Accurate and appropriate fitting, verified to your prescription, of the correct hearing aid, and 4- Comprehensive aural rehabilitation and follow-up after the hearing aid fitting.

Last month we covered the importance of an accurate fitting hearing aid. This month we are going to talk about how important it is to receive comprehensive aural rehabilitation and follow-up after you have been fit. When you first get your hearing aids, many patients cannot get fit to the full prescription strength at the initial fitting appointment. If you have not been hearing normally, possibly for years; then regaining all that hearing sensitivity all in one shot can be overwhelming, especially if you have a more severe hearing loss.

Your audiologist should fit your hearing aids to your prescription, then reduce the strength of that

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prescription to a level that is beneficial but still comfortable. The goal is to reach your full prescription as soon as possible, by making gradual increases to the prescription strength in the programmed settings in your hearing aids; but that timeline can vary from 2 weeks to 1 year or more. The timeline is different for everyone, depending on the amount of damage you have to your auditory system and the severity of the hearing loss. These visits are considered “follow-up visits” and are very important as your audiologist will measure your progress and make adjustments to the settings in your hearing aids as your brain changes and improves in its ability to understand speech. Understand-

ing speech is not only about whether you can “hear” it (that’s what the hearing aid does for you), but also the processing that your brain does to understand what is being heard.

Aural rehabilitation is the other component of a plan of care. Your audiologist will use counseling and educational strategies to help you improve your communication skills. In fact, hearing is only one of the 5 keys to communication success. Communication is dependent on the speaker, the listener, the environment, technology, and practice. The aural rehabilitation portion of your care plan will focus on designing and teaching you and your family strategies and skills that

will help you maximize the benefit you get from your hearing aids. It is an important component of hearing care and is often missing when patients purchase hearing aids.

Today’s technology is amazing in what it can do for hearing impaired individuals, but at the end of the day, it is the human brain that must process the sounds heard and convert them into meaning. Aural rehabilitation, provided by an experienced and appropriately trained hearing professional, is the missing link for many people who struggle hearing, even with their hearing aids.

Go to www.newsmyrnahearingcenter.com/blog. If you already have hearing aids, and you aren’t hearing well, call and schedule an appointment to have real-ear measures performed on your current devices. If you are considering treating your hearing loss, make sure you ask “Do you provide aural rehabilitation

with your hearing aid fittings? Is there a comprehensive care plan?

And where did you get your training?” At Palm Coast Hearing Center, our mission is to not only provide the best quality hearing care possible, but also to educate the community and help all patients make informed decisions so they can get the care they need and deserve.

Visit our website, www.palmcoasthearingcenter. com to learn more and schedule an appointment. We also have locations to serve you in Ormond and New Smyrna Beach, at www.ormondhearingcenter.com, and www.newsmyrnahearingcenter.com.

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Tanger Outlets Daytona Beach is once again offering extended Black Friday hours: Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 25) CLOSED Friday, Nov. 26: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Some stories will remain closed in the early hours.)

Saturday, Nov. 27: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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At 6 p.m. at Central Park in Town Center, 975 Central Ave. Kick off the holiday season at the city of Palm Coast’s annual Tree Lighting Ceremony and the first night of Fantasy Lights around the lake. Join Santa Claus, the Palm Coast City Council and the Rotary Club of Flagler County in the countdown to the lighting of a beautiful tree. Children can visit with Santa, do fun crafts, and drop off their letter to Santa. Free. For more information visit www.palmcoastgov.com/events. More info: 386-986-2323.

HANUKKAH CELEBRATION NOV. 28 AND 29

Temple Beth Shalom (40 Wellington Drive, Palm Coast) hosts a Menorah Lighting Service on Sunday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. Rabbi Rose Eberle invintes attendees to bring their own Menorahs to light the first night candle together as a temple family. The temple choir will sing, with refreshments will follow. To protect members, proof of vaccination is required. Masks are

optional for the vaccinated.

On Monday, Nov. 29, at 5 p.m., Rabbi Levi Ezaqui, of Chabad of Palm Coast, will welcome crowds to European Village for a Grand Menorah Lighting on a specially built 8-foot high Menorah. Mayor David Alfin and Sheriff Rick Staly have accepted an invitation to attend.

MAGIC OF LIGHTS NIGHTLY, TILL JAN. 1

Buckle up the kids and enjoy the Magic of Lights at Daytona. At the kickoff to the drive-thru on Nov. 19, at Daytona International Speedway, Speedway President Frank Kelleher presented the AdventHealth Daytona Beach Foundation a ceremonial check for $29,776, as a result of the success of the traditional event a year ago.

Back for its fifth year at the World Center of Racing, Magic of Lights will provide six weeks of magical spectacles, dazzling displays, and more than 1 million twinkling, sparkling lights. Advanced tickets are on sale at www. magicoflights.com/daytona.

Magic of Lights runs through Jan. 1, 2022.

The festive and winding drive-thru on the grounds of the Daytona International Speedway, will be open from 6-10 p.m. nightly except for Thanksgiving weekend (Nov. 25-28) when hours of operation will be 7-10 p.m. Ticket prices include: Advanced Pricing through Dec. 9: $20 per standard vehicle in advance or $30 at the gate weekdays (Monday through Thursday), or $35 on weekends (Friday through Sunday).

Advanced Pricing Prime Season from Dec. 10 to Jan 1: $25 per standard vehicle in advance or $35 at the gate weekdays (Monday through Thursday), or $40 on week-

ends (Friday through Sunday).

Oversized vehicles such as limousines or vans for 15 passengers or more will be $40 per vehicle in advance, $50 per vehicle at the gate and $55 on weekend dates (Friday through Sunday).

Every Tuesday (excluding Dec 21st) is Double Drive Through Night – drive through the lights two times, with the purchase of one vehicle ticket.

New this year will be the “Illuminating Mega Tree,” which stands 40 feet tall, complete with dancing lights synchronized to favorite holiday tunes. Other new displays include the 12 Days of Christmas and Prehistoric Christmas. Favorite, festive traditional scenes are returning such as the notorious Enchanting Tunnel of Lights, 12 Days of Christmas, 200-foot Candy Cane Lane, Sports Row and Toyland.

A portion of the proceeds from the Magic of Lights at Daytona International Speedway will again benefit AdventHealth local hospitals.

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Please bring a favorite ornament in remembrance of your loved one to decorate our Tree of Remembrance.

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THE CASEMENTS GUILD’S 43RD-ANNUAL CHRISTMAS GALA FRIDAY, DEC. 3, 6-9 P.M.

Where: Rockefeller Gardens, 26 Riverside Drive, Ormond Beach Details: Tree and Casements lighting at 6 p.m; photos with Santa 6-9 p.m.; free train rides, face painting and cookie decoration 6-8 p.m.; gourmet shop, craft shop and gift shop 6-9 p.m.

SATURDAY, DEC. 4 NOON TO 6 P.M. Where: Rockefeller Gardens Details: Free train rides and face painting 2-4 p.m.; gourmet shop, craft Shop and gift shop 12-6 p.m.; photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus 12-6 p.m.

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Where: The Casements, 25 Riverside Drive, Ormond Beach Details: Gourmet shop, craft shop and gift shop 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.The Casements has been called “The Jewel of Ormond Beach” for its stately beauty on the banks of the Halifax River. The Casements Guild will host the 43rd-annual Christmas Gala from Friday, Dec. 3 to Sunday, Dec. 5.

Christmas celebrations kick off at The Casements with the Ormond Beach Christmas Tree Lighting at Rockefeller Gardens. The tree lighting is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 3, and will include carols, a special visit by Santa and the Snow Queen, and photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus.

Every year Ormond Beach welcomes the Christmas

season with the beautiful decorations that light up The Casements, the winter home of John D. Rockefeller, and the huge city Christmas tree glittering in Rockefeller Gardens.

The Casements Guild spend an entire week decorating the mansion inside and outside as a gift to our beloved Ormond Beach citizens and throughout December, the beautiful lights decking The Casements and the tree glittering in Rockefeller Gardens will be just as beautiful as always.

There will be food trucks and Guild Gourmet shop for tasty treats. The Guild Crafters have been busy making lovely gifts for sale and the Guild Gift Shop is open for traditional and those one-ofa-kind gifts

STARRY NIGHT FRIDAY, DEC. 3

Flagler Beach will hold a First Friday event at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 3 in Veterans Park, with the city’s Starry Night lights show following at 6 p.m. with the lighting of the Flagler Beach pier, Mayor Suzie Johnston said on the radio program.

This year, the city is adding a new feature: “Deck the Chairs,” which adorns the city’s life guard towers.

FLAGLER BEACH’S HOLIDAY AT THE BEACH PARADE SATURDAY, DEC. 4, 1 P.M.

Flagler Beach will hold its annual “Holiday at the Beach” parade on Saturday, Dec. 4, at 1 p.m. The holiday parade in 2020 was canceled due to COVID-19, and this year’s parade will be slightly shorter in length than previous parades, as a precaution for the delta variant.

Flagler Beach Mayor Suzie Johnston stated: “This year will be magical in Flagler Beach, as we have all been

waiting to return to normalcy.

I am very excited for the Holiday at the Beach Parade, and I know the residents and visitors are too. Everyone looks forward to kicking off the holiday season with a skydiving Santa!”

This year’s holiday parade will be organized by the Rotary Club of Flagler Beach. The parade will be limited to 50 entrants, and registration for the parade can be done online at the following website: https:// www.needsconnector.com/ holidayatthebeach For any questions with regards to registration for this year’s parade, please contact Sues Alexander at 770-9100359.

Cindy Dalecki, public relations chair for the Rotary Club of Flagler Beach, said: “The Rotary brings people together and the Rotary Club of Flagler Beach members are all in and excited about bringing the community back together to celebrate the holidays this year with the Flagler Beach Holiday parade! The parade is part of what makes Flagler Beach unique and gives it that home town feel.”

For additional information regarding this year’s parade, call 386-517-2024.

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memory of a loved one. The ornament will be placed on a 15-foot Christmas tree that stands in the Garden of Memory Mausoleum. The decorating of the Christmas tree starts at 5 p.m., and the candlelight service starts at 6 p.m. Live entertainment and light snacks will be provided.

The Garden of Memory Mausoleum is located at 511 Old Kings Road S.,Flagler Beach.

“We hope this event gives friends and family that have lost loved ones comfort during the holiday season,” said Sal Passalaqua, Craig Flagler Palms area manager.

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Celebrate the holiday season with your friends and neighbors at the city of Palm Coast’s Starlight Festival in Central Park. The free event will be held 4-9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11.

The Starlight Festival will look a little different from previous years. Instead of a parade, the floats will park along Central Park. Guests can view the floats at their leisure while merrily strolling through Town Center. The new layout will only require one street to be closed and

will give visitors the freedom to come for the fun and leave when they are done.

All live entertainment performances will be scheduled in front of the Christmas tree in Central Park. This gives proud friends and relatives a designated time to come and cheer for their entertainer.

Food trucks will be on site in order to allow visitors to purchase food and beverages.

And have no fear, Santa will still be there! Bring a camera for pictures with Santa.

To register your float or performing group for the Starlight Festival, please visit www.palmcoastgov.com/ events.

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Celebrating Hanukkah in Palm Coast MARYLYNNE NEWMARK GUEST WRITER

Unlike Holy Days such as Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur that are fervently observed by Jews around the world, Hanukkah is a festive funpacked holiday.

Hanukkah, which means “Dedication,” commemorates a jubilant victory in 164 B.C. when the Maccabees, a small band of Jewish warriors, defeated the great Syrian army that had invaded Judea and destroyed the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.

In the cleanup process after the Syrians left, it was discovered that the highly refined oil needed to keep the Eternal Light glowing near the Holy Ark had been defiled and poured out. It would take eight days to purify a new supply. Matisyahu, the high priest, noticed a minute amount of oil remaining in the meniscus of one jar. He instructed that even this small amount of oil should be lit by the ark for as long as it would last. The significance of the victory became even more joyous as those few drops of oil kept the Eternal Light burning for the full eight days that were needed to complete the purification process.

So, the story of these miracles of Hanukkah were passed down thousands of years from generation to generation signifying that The Holy One, Blessed Be He, was with the people, reminding us that great miracles happened there and still can happen everywhere.

This year, beginning Sunday, Nov. 28, celebrations will commence around the world with Jewish families lighting the first of their eight candles, eating yummy oily foods like potato pancakes (latkes) and jelly doughnuts (sufganiyot) along with brisket or chicken dishes. Although it is traditional to give charity and gifts of holiday money (Hanukkah gelt), kids today receive toys, books, dreidels and other joyful playthings.

Communitywide celebrations begin here in Palm Coast with a

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Hanukkah-in-a-Box pickup at Temple Beth Shalom on Sunday and Monday, Nov. 28 and 29. The box includes latkes prepared by Rabbi Rose Eberle, her family and temple members along with sour cream and appllesauce, as well as doughnuts, chocolate Hanukkah gelt and some other surprises. However, Hanukkah-in-a-Box must be pre-ordered at the Temple Beth Shalom office (386-445-3006) with a donation payable to the temple for $18 per box

by Friday, Nov. 20.

Also at Temple Beth Shalom on Sunday evening, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m., Rose will host a communitywide Menorah Lighting Service during which attendees are invited to bring their own Menorahs to light the first night candle together as a temple family. The temple choir will sing Hanukkah songs that are traditional, as well as humorous upbeat songs introduced in recent years by comtemporary Jewish vocalists.

Attendees will be encouraged to join in. Refreshments will follow. To protect members, proof of vaccination is

required. Masks are optional for the vaccinated.

On Monday, Nov. 29, at 5 p.m., Rabbi Levi Ezaqui, of Chabad of Palm Coast, will welcome crowds to European Village for a Grand Menorah Lighting on a specially built 8-foot high Menorah. Mayor David Alfin and Sheriff Rick Staly have accepted an invitation to attend.

“This is a special outdoor celebration for everyone to enjoy,” says Ezaqui. “There will be fun for all. We will have live entertainment with music and a spectacular comedy magic show on center stage. Kids can enjoy riding around the village on our mini-train. There will be face painting, balloon twisting, as well as visiting with the small animals from alocal petting zoo.”

In addition, Ezaqui says that Starbucks will be on the premises to warm the soul while attendees enjoy free latkes and doughnuts supplied by event sponsors Palm Coast Pharmacy and Virtual Homes Realty.

“We welcome the entire Palm Coast community to share in the fun

of this fabulous holiday,” says Ezaqui. “Our event is open to everyone.

There is no charge to attend.”

In addition, Ezaqui would like the community to know that any family in need of Hanukkah menorahs, candles, supplies or food for the holiday should contact him at 386-225-4941 or by email at info@chabadpalmcoast.com .

Celebrations do not stop there. On Wednesday night, Dec. 1, Rebbitzen Tzivie Ezaqui will host a Ladies Hanukkah Party for Fourth Night Fun as Barbra Gary, local certified ZenTangle instructor will awaken artistic skills while leading attendees through a process of ZenTangle artistry to create unique Hanukkah Menorahs. Freshly fried latkes and doughnuts will follow. RSVP is required and there is a cover charge of $20 per person. For more information, contact tzivie@chabadpalmcoast.com.

Continuing in the holiday spirit, the Men’s Club of Temple Beth Shalom is sponsoring a Hanukkah Shmoozer for members on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 10 a.m. At this event, bagels, cream cheese and lox will be served along with (you guessed it) jelly doughnuts.

“As much fun as we have during Hanukkah,” says Robert Arkin, president of Temple Beth Shalom, “there is a deeper message behind this holiday. The Maccabees were a handful of men, but they were determined and had faith they could succeed. With only a few drops of oil, the high priest said that whatever we had would be a dedication of renewal until we could produce what we could.

“They had determination, faith and trust in The Almighty. As a result, miracles happened. Looking back at history,” continued Arkin, “perhaps determination, faith and trust is a formula that could apply to solving some of the fractured issues confronting us today. Who knows?

It might bring on some prime time miracles.”

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PALM HOLIDAY BOAT PARADE SATURDAY, DEC. 18, 6 P.M.

Palm Coast’s Priscilla Nets will join Linda Cole, “The Queen of Jazz,” and Flagler Broadcasting General Manager David Ayers for live coverage of the 38th-annual Palm Holiday Boat Parade, considered the largest boat parade in Central Florida. Coverage on KOOL-FM, 100.9, begins at 6 p.m.

Dec. 18.

Marked by festive parties and gatherings all along the Parade route, the parade will be accompanied by boats from the Flagler Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Service, and TowBoatUS. Grand Marshalls will be Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly and David Alfin, Mayor of Palm Coast.

Departing from the Cimmaron Basin, the parade will pass the Tidelands, Marina Cove, the Hammock, Yacht Harbor Village, and the Palm Coast Legacy Vacation Resort. It will then proceed under the Hammock Dunes Bridge along St. Joe’s Walkway and Canopy Walk, pass by Island Estates, Waterfront Park, and Grand Haven before dispersing at the Clubhouse Waterway.

This year spectators will not have access to parking at Waterfront Park due to a city construction project to enhance water-based activities.

Parking is available near European Village for viewing along St. Joe’s Walkway, Canopy Walk, and at Waterfront Park.

Promotional assistance for the parade has been provided by the Florida Inland Navigational District, Flagler Broadcasting, and the Palm Coast Observer.

Registration for boaters is required and is free. Club membership is not required. For registration forms contact Parade Captain Robert Ulis at 386-283-5166 or at srulis00@gmail.com. Forms and details about the parade are also available at the Palm Coast Yacht Club website at www.palmcoastyachtclub.com and on Facebook.

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