Palm Coast Observer 11-4-21

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Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

VOLUME 12, NO. 40

Potato Bowl preview 15 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Will school growth be ‘extraordinary’?

Wary of population projections, County Commission delays vote on school impact fee increase. PAGE 2

Replacing the pier

One of the nation’s best More than a custodian, Buddy Taylor Middle School’s Ron Crowley is a mentor PAGE 12

Flagler Beach to replace pier with new $12.5 million concrete version PAGE 3

NOV. 11 Palm Coast, Flagler County to host Veterans Day events The governments of Palm Coast and Flagler County are partnering to offer a Veterans Day ceremony for the public followed by a free barbecue luncheon for veterans and their families.

The ceremony begins at 10 a.m.

Thursday, Nov. 11, at the Government Services Building at 1769 E. Moody Blvd., in Bunnell.

Veterans and their family members may then join the city of Palm Coast’s barbecue luncheon at Central Park, at 975 Central Ave., from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Flagler County ceremony at the Government Services Building requires no registration, but the luncheon, while free, requires tickets and pre-registration.

Veterans should pre-register for the luncheon with their veteran organization (a representative from your service organization may pre-register your entire group) or in person at the Palm Coast Community Center.

For more, email Palm Coast Recreation Specialist Jared Dawson at jdawson@palmcoastgov.com.

Ron Crowley gets the cafeteria ready for second lunch.

James Canfield and Art Dycke honored on Founders Day Palm Coast: from ‘country club atmosphere’ to a city of 90,000 with an innovation district.

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Bill Venne, Elaine Studnicki, Art Dycke, James Canfield and Kathy Reichard-Ellavsky.

BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Years before the city was incorporated, the man who would one day become mayor, James Canfield, received a gift, of sorts. ITT, the company that envisioned and created the community in 1970, was now leaving town and wanted to unload a bunch of boxes of founding documents and artifacts.

Soon, Canfield’s garage was full of the ITT boxes. “My wife was getting annoyed,” Canfield said during his speech on Oct. 29, 2021, as the city celebrated Founders Day. He explained that

after ITT left town and the city was later founded, on Dec. 31, 1999, the boxes were transferred out of his garage and into one makeshift City Hall after another, until they landed at the Palm Coast Historical Society at Holland Park, which is where he was now standing.

It was fitting, then, after the speeches commemorating the 51st anniversary of the city’s founding, that the building was renamed the James V. Canfield Museum. The room next door to the museum was also given an SEE COUNTRY CLUB PAGE 5

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County Commission delays vote on school impact fee increase HOW STEEP IS THE INCREASE?

Veterans Day Celebration Thursday, Nov. 11, 10am-1pm

Join the City of Palm Coast and Flagler County as we honor our veterans at a Veterans Day Ceremony & barbecue luncheon.

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SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES Current impact fee: $3,600 Proposed impact fee: $7,175

MULTIFAMILY HOMES

Current impact fee: $931 Proposed impact fee: $1,774

MOBILE HOMES Current impact fee: $1,066 Proposed impact fee: $5,279

The district is citing ‘extraordinary circumstances’ as it proposes doubling fees.

The County Commission isn’t ready to sign off on the district’s plan.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

The Flagler County School District predicts overcrowding in local schools, and wants to double impact fees on new homes to pay for new school construction.

Local building industry representatives are saying they don’t believe the district’s projections.

And the County Commission — which has the final say in the matter — doesn’t know who to believe, and opted during a meeting on Nov. 2 to delay a decision for up to 60 days.

“I really don’t understand why the builders are against this, because it is a pass-through, but

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I do understand that they believe the numbers are inaccurate,” County Commissioner Greg Hansen said. “Maybe those numbers need to be looked at a little closer.”

Echoing suggestions from locals who’d spoken earlier in the meeting, he suggested the commission table the impact fee proposal.

The commission is in an unusual position: Usually, an elected government board such as the School Board doesn’t need another elected board’s permission to raise impact fees, the one-time fees levied on new development to offset new homes’ effects on local infrastructure. The County Commission just raised the county’s own impact fees earlier this year.

But the statewide regulations for increasing impact fees or adding new ones changed this year, and any increase above 50% over four years requires that the entity enacting the increase claim “extraordinary circumstances” to do so. The County Commission has to sign off on that claim.

The commission has been critical of the school district’s plans ever since the district proposed them. The school district hasn’t changed impact fees since 2004.

At the meeting Nov. 2, building industry representatives said they believed the district is overestimating the number of new

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homes that would end up housing children, given the county’s demographics, and overestimating how many of those children would land in public schools, versus private schools or charters.

“These aren’t people with kids in schools,” said Mark Langello, representing the Flagler County Home Builders Association.

“These are your retirees who are coming here and paying cash. ...

We think the growth in students is nowhere near what they’re projecting.”

Raising the fees, he said, will burden people at the bottom of the home-buying ladder. He said the Home Builders Association wanted the commission to table the proposal, and was prepared to sue if the commission approved it.

District representatives, speaking at the meeting, said the reason the district hadn’t raised impact fees earlier was that enrollment had stayed fairly flat, so an increase wouldn’t have been justified.

But that’s no longer the case: The district contracted out for a study on predicted population trends in the area, consulted with the Property Appraiser’s Office, and evaluated already-planned developments.

All indicate significant growth, and, therefore, more students.

Meanwhile, the district has lost multiple funding streams since 2004, school district Coordinator of Planning and Intergovernmental Relations Patty Bott told commissioners at the meeting. Those sources of revenue had been 48% of the district’s funding in the past.

“The last 18 month is when that growth really hit us,” she said. “...

We need the impact fee funds in order to build for the capacity that’s coming.”

School board member Colleen Conklin noted that the county’s comprehensive plan bars the approval of new developments if there’s no school space available.

She suggested that the School Board and the county and local cities meet periodically to discuss growth, as they had during the last significant population boom.

School Board member Jill Woolbright added that schools are costly to build, in part because they must be constructed to be able to withstand Category 5 hurricane winds so that they can be used as shelters.

From critics of the district’s numbers, she said, “The only thing I’m hearing is gut feeling.”

The district’s growth projections have been conservative, she said. The district is also in the process of rezoning, shifting students and moving sixth grade from elementary schools to middle schools in order to open up more student stations.

“We are doing everything we can do as a board to provide seats for students,” she said. “Students are coming, and we have used conservative numbers. The numbers are quite obvious. They speak, obviously, that they’re coming.”

Commissioner David Sullivan wanted to go ahead and vote, but other commissioners disagreed, and chose to table the proposal with a 60-day deadline.

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Hurricane Matthew chopped off 160 feet from the end of the pier in 2016.

Once and future

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Flagler Beach to replace pier with new $12.5 million concrete version JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

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lagler Beach’s iconic wood pier will be replaced with a new, concrete one in the same footprint, city commissioners decided during a special meeting Oct. 27.

The new pier will be 800 feet long — the length the current one had been before Hurricane Matthew lopped 160 feet off its end in 2016.

“There’s $10 million in Tallahassee waiting for us to pull the trigger,” City Manager William Whitson said on Flagler Broadcasting’s “Free For All Friday” program Oct. 29.

To build the replacement, the city plans to use $10 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency grant money it had won after the hurricane. It will have to raise an additional $2.5 million from other sources.

The possibility of rebuilding the pier in concrete was the first of two options presented to the City Commission in a presentation at the meeting.

Called Option A, it will retain the first 100 feet of the original wood pier, then rebuild the rest

of the pier with concrete. It would take two to three years to build. It was the initial plan the city had presented to FEMA, and the one for which FEMA has offered $10 million.

The second option, Option B, would have retained the original pier but built a new concrete pier on state land to its south. That would have meant undergoing a new environmental review and submitting new plans to FEMA, with the risk they’d be denied.

The environmental assessment for Option B could add up to a year to the project, said Florida Division of Emergency Management Community Assistance Consultant Allison Taylor. The state of Florida might also refuse to grant the city land on which to build the new pier.

She warned that FEMA could revoke the grant money to the city if it feels the city isn’t making enough progress on the project.

An added delay could increase the risk of losing the funding.

“The further you get away, the ... more skeptical FEMA is of time extensions,” she said.

Flagler County Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord had similar concerns.

“Whatever occurred between then and now, nothing has really happened,” he told commissioners. Federal officials, he said, are likely to take note of that. “There might be valid reasons for it, but that’s still on there.”

As is, the city will have to request an extension.

There would also be another complication with Option B, Lord noted: If the project cost runs over the initial estimate, the city could appeal to recoup that cost if it went with the original plan, Option A, but not if it changed

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plans and went with Option B. “You have $10 million, for lack of a better term, in the bank,” Lord said. “If you don’t do the original planned project ... you can’t go back and ask FEMA for more.”

Commissioner Rick Belhumeur said he favored Option A so that the city could recoup money spent as a result of cost overruns.

“Having built a few houses over the last several years, the cost of materials is going nuts, and I’m assuming the cost of labor is going to skyrocket as well,” he said. “To do Option B and keep what’s there now is going to cost us an outright fortune to maintain insurance.”

Commissioner Ken Bryan, noting that he was a fisherman, favored Option A, with the shorter time to completion and less risk of losing the funding.

Whitson suggested that the new concrete pier would be easier to insure than the wooden one.

Commission Chairman Eric Cooley thought Option B would be too risky.

“Option B is a volatile option,” Cooley said. “You’re gambling.

You’re risking a lot. ... We just need to make sure we stay realistic with our expectations.”

The commission voted unanimously to proceed with Option A and to have the city manager seek out the remaining funding required. The project will then proceed to the bidding process and to construction.

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Option A — the one the commission selected — will retain 100 feet of original pier, then demolish the remaining footprint of original pier and build a new concrete one in its place.

Florida Division of Emergency Management Community Assistance Consultant Allison Taylor warned that FEMA could revoke the grant money if it feels the city isn’t making enough progress on the pier.

“The further you get away, the ... more skeptical FEMA is of time extensions,” she said.

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DEVELOPER PLANS 227-HOME COMMUNITY

BY THE NUMBERS

$220,000

cost to upgrade Palm Coast’s wireless network infrastructure from the existing 10-year-old Cisco hardware to new Rukus hardware. The change will give the city greater coverage, speeds and security, according to city documents.

$80,000

for new Faster Fleet Management software that will help the city of Palm Coast prepare for the electrification of the city’s fleet of work vehicles.

$8,000 or less

Townhomes 40 x 120 Homesites 50 x 120 Homesites

Citation Blvd

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The master plan for the Seminole Palms community, with an extended Citation Boulevard.

have three exits, including one added as a result of a suggestion by Councilman Eddie Branquinho, who advised the developer to add it for emergency access.

The City Council on Nov. 2 was dealing with only a portion of the property — 37.7 acres out of the 239.6-acre whole.

The 37.7-acre section had a Future Land Use Map designation of mixed use and canal, and the council voted 3-1, with Barbosa dissenting, to change those designations to “residential,” at the developer’s request. One of the council’s five members, Councilman Nick Klufas, was absent.

The council also approved a policy limiting development on the land to a cap three units per acre. The limit under a mixed-use designation would have been 15 units per

acre.

The council also voted 3-1, again with Barbosa dissenting, to change the zoning designation on the property from a combination of single family residential, general commercial and public/ semipublic to Master Planned Development.

Both the FLUM change and the zoning change won 6-0 votes of approval from the city’s Planning and Land Development Regulation Board at a meeting on Sept.

15.

Construction of the new development will begin with the Citation Boulevard extension, then the construction of townhomes, the community’s amenity center and the first 155 singlefamily homes.

Email Jonathan Simmons at jonathan@palmcoastobserver. com.

TURTLE NO. 15, ‘NORMAN,’ JOINS THE TURTLE TRAIL The 15th turtle sculpture on the local Turtle Trail will be unveiled at 4 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 6, at the Flagler County Health Department at 301 Dr. Carter Blvd. in Bunnell. The Turtle Trail is an initiative of the Palm Coast Arts Foundation. This turtle, Norman, was sponsored by the family of Dr. Orin Kaufman in his memory. It was created

by Ormond Beach artist Ron Lace. The unveiling is free and open to the public.

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proposed city of Palm Coast payment for plots of land near Old Kings Road, Oak Trails Boulevard, and Bleau Court. The land contains stormwater ditches, and the city plans to buy the land so that it can improve the ditches, which have eroded.

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A developer will build up to 227 homes on a 70-acre boomerang-shaped parcel of land approximately 2.5 miles south of State Road 100 on the east side of Seminole Wood Boulevard.

The City Council at a Nov. 2 meeting voted 4-0 to approve zoning and Future Land Use Map designation changes for the planned community, called Seminole Trails. Councilman Nick Klufas was absent.

The changes approved by the council on Nov. 2 convert the land’s zoning designation from Master Planned Development to single-family residential, and its FLUM designation from mixed-use to residential, while capping development at 227 units with up to three units per acre.

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A wooded plot of land south of the Flagler Executive Airport is slated to become a community of 529 homes, while Citation Boulevard will be extended so that emergency vehicles can reach the new homes and others nearby without the need for the city to construct an additional fire station.

The Palm Coast City Council voted at a Nov. 2 meeting in favor of a zoning change and Future Land Use Map change that will allow the development, called Seminole Palms, to move forward. It will be about 1.6 miles south of State Road 100 and just west of Seminole Woods Boulevard.

The developer will build the Citation Boulevard extension, and is conducing a land swap with the city in order to grant the city the property that will become the right-of-way for the extended portion of the road.

The development will have 451 detached single-family homes, plus 78 single-family attached townhomes.

Councilman Victor Barbosa said he would have liked the development to be gated — it won’t be — and was concerned by the small size of the community’s lots: The single-family home lots will be on lots of at least 40 feet by 120 feet, totaling 4,800 square feet, while the townhomes will be built on 2,000 square foot lots.

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official name: the Arthur E. Dycke Research Center, after the man who has been the city’s historian since 2000.

Founding City Council member Bill Venne also spoke to the crowd of a few dozen dignitaries and residents on Oct. 29, 2021. He recalled Palm Coast’s “country club atmosphere” from the early days. Ultimately, though, “people started to feel that we needed a little sovereignty.” He credited Canfied for leading the way to incorporation and for setting the tone of the city.

“If he was there with his tie and jacket, we had to be there in our tie and jacket, too. He ran a tight ship,” Venne said. “ … It was a great experience working with that bunch, getting the city off the ground.”

Joining Canfield and Venne on the original City Council were Ralph Carter, Jerry Full and James Holland. Carter and Holland both

THE EARLY DAYS Mayor David Alfin shared a history of the city during his Oct. 29 speech, at the Palm Coast Historical Society, noting that ITT built Palm Coast on “largely unpopulated swamp and pine forest.”

The community offered nine model homes, with home packages beginning at $13,000. Reportedly 8,000 home sites were sold the first year.

have city parks named for them.

More than 60% of the 12,000 voters opted for incorporation, according to Dycke’s book on the history of the city.

Fanny Herrera spoke after Venne at the Oct. 29, 2021, celebration. Her family moved to Palm Coast in 1976; her husband, Eddie, has a field named after him at the Indian Trails Sports Complex. She explained that, in an attempt to organize an international celebration, she flipped through the skinny phone book at the time and found all the names that seemed to be Polish or Hungarian, etc. About 13 people showed up. Eventually, the event would draw thousands.

The late Jon Netts was the city’s second mayor, from 2008 to 2016, and he was succeeded by Mayor Milissa Holland, who also spoke at the event on Oct. 29, 2021. She recalled that, before the city’s incorporation, her father told her that Canfield would make a good mayor because he had an understanding of the city’s history, a love for the community and a vision for the future.

“He led by example each and every day,” Milissa Holland said of Canfield. “ … Thank you for your incredible service.”

Like Venne, James Holland was not as excited about Canfield’s dress code in the early days of Palm Coast government. He ended up wearing clip-on ties to council meetings, Milissa Holland said, and he took them off as soon as the meetings were over.

Dave Studnicki, a member of a group of golfers known as the Sludgehammers, which includ-

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Kathy Reichard-Ellavsky, vice president of the Palm Coast Historical Society, poses at the James V. Canfield Museum with a vintage 1970s kitchen, salvaged from one of the original homes in Palm Coast.

ed some of the city’s founders, announced to the audience that the group had disbanded after 70 years of revolving membership. He donated a check to the Palm Coast Historical Society for the amount of the club’s leftover dues, $527.

Dave’s wife, Elaine Studnicki, is the society’s president. She unveiled the names of the museum and research center, as well as a mural-in-progress that will be dedicated to Netts’ memory.

Current Mayor David Alfin, the city’s fourth, praised each previous mayor’s leadership; he also praised Dycke’s efforts to record the city’s history, calling him

a “sweet, humble gentleman.”

Dycke has written a third book, available at the Canfield Museum.

Alfin noted how far the city had come since those first 8,000 homes were sold in the first year.

In 2021, the city has an Innovation District and 90,000 residents.

“Today, our Palm Coast Historical Society is paying tribute to five decades of the memories, leadership, triumphs and challenges that have shaped the foundation of our city,” Alfin said. “This is not just an anniversary, but an observance of our history and the people who’ve helped make it the wonderful place where we all live, work and play.”

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BRIEFS Developer plans 138 homes south of Executive Airport A property annexed into the city of Palm Coast in 2015 may be the future site of 138 single-family homes.

The property, known as Grand Landings North, is slightly over 70 acres and lies just south of the Flagler Executive Airport.

The Palm Coast City Council voted 4-1 on Nov. 2 to change the property’s old Flagler County zoning designations of industrial and Planned Unit Development to the city of Palm Coast zoning designation of single-family residential.

City Councilman Victor Barbosa — who’s expressed concerns about the rezoning of industrial property to residential, saying the city needs more industrial property — was the dissenting vote.

Councilman Eddie Branquinho asked where the ingress and egress routes would be for the property. A former police detective, Branquinho often urges developers to make sure they have enough entrances and exits for first responders, and recently convinced another developer to add an additional entrance.

But that’s not yet determined for Grand Landings North. “This is a very rough conceptual plan,” said Vincent Sullivan, an attorney representing the developer. “I can certainly talk with them ... and see if we can get a more detailed graphic image for you.”

Lots for the development will be at least 6,000 square feet each. The city’s planning board had voted unanimously in favor of the rezoning on Oct. 20.

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Q+A KHADY HARMON, REIGNING FLAGLER SCHOOLS TEACHER OF THE YEAR

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s an introvert and the daughter of a teacher, Khady Harmon decided from her youth that she would never be a teacher herself. But as she immigrated to the United States from Senegal to become a doctor, she changed her mind, and the students of Matanzas High School are reaping the rewards. Harmon, the current Flagler Schools Teacher of the Year until another is chosen in two months, spoke with the Palm Coast Observer recently about the power and responsibility of being a teacher.

I love working with teenagers.

It’s a fun part of life, that journey from puberty to being responsible. They have great conversations.

I think sarcasm makes things a little bit easier for me. You can say serious things, but you can play it off and still enjoy them as children.

Was your dad a good teacher?

What’s the mark of a good teacher?

My dad is 78 years old now, and he still has students that he had a long time ago still getting in touch with him, so I think he did a great job.

A great teacher, first of all, is one who knows the content and relates it very well. Just being smart it is one thing, but being able to relate to an audience of so many different personalities, so many different backgrounds, and also being able to pull gifts out of people, is the mark of a great teacher. I know it’s very cliche that teachers do that, but it’s reality, especially now, with this generation that’s been in front of a computer for so long.

What do you mean by “pull gifts out of people”?

A lot of kids don’t know what they can do. For example, you’ll have a child who’s been told all their life they can’t do math,

“Having a relationship with kids means you are going to change the way they think, the way they look at themselves, the way they look at the future.”

KHADY HARMON

and then you’ll say, “You’re very good at math,” and all of a sudden, they start believing that.

And once they do, it just takes off. It takes that one person to believe that you can.

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This summer you tweeted, “Teach like a champion, build relationships!” What does that mean to you?

Build relationships first. That is the No. 1 thing that gets me to school every day. In the parking lot, you’ll have kids start talking to you before you even put your books down. Teaching like a champion means that when you’re coming in, you’re meeting a human before you’re meeting students. Having a relationship with kids means you are going to change the way they think, the way they look at themselves, the way they look at the future.

You can change how someone looks at themselves. That sounds like a lot of pressure — a lot of power.

It is. It isn’t something we should take for granted.

Respecting the individual that’s in front of you is that power. You have that power to hear them and to make them feel like they matter.

As teachers, we are told that we are game-changers, but to have a child every day, and to see that child from freshman year to senior year, to see that growth, is amazing.

A lot of parents might be struggling to build relationship with their own teenagers. Do you have advice for them?

As a teacher, this is where you draw a boundary. I am their teacher; I am not their parent.

These people are human.

They’re precious to me, so I can’t even imagine how precious they

Watch the interview with Khady Harmon on the Palm Coast Observer’s YouTube channel.

are to their own parents. But it doesn’t matter how much they look like you; they are different people, and they are experiencing a pandemic right now. I didn’t experience a pandemic as a teenager; I don’t know how that feels. So just remember that human side and support them.

What other advice would you give to new teachers?

It gets better. Focus on the four walls of your room right now, and just remember that you’re there for your students, and every day will be different. There’s no such thing as embarrassment when you’re a new teacher because you’re still learning. It will get better.

If you were the queen, and if there is ever another COVID-19 wave, what would you do?

My job is to make sure these children are learning. They have to feel safe, they have to feel loved. They have to trust that the adult in the room is not chaotic.

I have seen poverty, I have seen tragedies, and I have to remember: What is it that I can do?

If I’m wearing a mask, it doesn’t prevent me from learning. Do what you can; don’t just let other people take the responsibility as a community. We’re all fighting this right now.

Having lived in Senegal before the United States, what is your perspective of the personality of this country?

I don’t think there’s just one.

You can be an individual.

You can work hard, you can succeed — maybe not at what you thought. I came here to be a doctor, and I’m a teacher now.

But I’ve succeeded in my own goals of becoming an adult of values, an adult that’s independent.

Look around: There’s all kinds of success.

What makes the United States what it is, are the immigrants.

The ones that are still coming today, the one that came before.

Be able to welcome differences and embrace them.

This is your 10th year in the classroom. How are you different now from when you first started?

When I was a first-year teacher, I was focused on academics. I wanted kids to learn chemistry. And then I realized, “Oh, these kids may not want to be in school.” I became a mom, and I realized, “These kids are not like you. They may not like what you do.” From the time I became a teacher to now, I became a mom, and I became a foster mom, from 8 to 2:15. So I am a better teacher because I understood that learning is not academics. Learning is a journey of humans.

LET TER Here’s what libraries really mean to us in the 21st century Editor’s Note: The following letter was addressed and sent to the office of Rep. Paul Renner. It is republished here with permission.

Dear Rep. Paul Renner: I saw your remarks in the Palm Coast Observer regarding the funding for the Flagler County Public Library not being a high priority because “people can now buy books with one click.”

I realize that this may have been a flippant off-hand remark, and maybe it’s been a while since you’ve been in a public library, but libraries do a lot more than

provide books. Even if that was all they did there, I don’t know anyone who could afford to purchase the wide variety of books, audiobooks, magazines and more that people can check out, much less store them.

The public libraries offer assistance with tax forms, affordable printing and copying for those of us who don’t own printers, research assistance for those of us exploring special projects, public meeting space for local politicians, low-cost passport photos and application assistance, and provide space for safe voting polls — these are just some of the things I’ve personally done in the Palm Coast branch of the library in the last two years, in addition to check-

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.”

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ing out books and audiobooks.

Librarians offer help with job searches on the library computers, offer research and homework help for kids doing school projects, entertain and educate with read-alouds for young children, and help people find just the right book, audiobook, music CD, or movie to check out.

Libraries provide a quiet space for kids to study and have access to computers and research materials they might not have at home. They provide access to business resources that a budding entrepreneur might need to support their new business, or someone seeking a new career can find books, videos and have access to the computers to help them search job boards. How is

that not worthy of your support?

Maybe you can buy all the books you want with one click, but not all of us have that kind of budget.

When our local families have access to high-quality services like those the libraries provide, we all benefit. That, sir, is “reality in the 21st century.”

I’m asking you to reconsider your priorities with the local budgets and work to fund the libraries around the county, and if Bunnell needs a new one, build it.

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Eric Febles  Branch of military: U.S. Army Reserve and U.S. Navy (Retired)  Dates of service: 1984-2007  Rank/occupation: Petty Officer 1st Class  Hometown: Poncet, Puerto Rico Many veterans and their families will recognize Eric Febles from Flagler County Veterans Services, where he’s worked for more than 10 years helping them obtain Veterans Affairs benefits.

He’s a member of VFW Post 8696 and American Legion Post 115.

He also co-hosts the radio show “Veterans On Point,” on WNZF, 94.9 FM, at 9:30 a.m. Sundays.

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Keith Johansen gets life in prison for murder of his wife JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Palm Coast resident Keith Johansen will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of his wife, Brandi Celenza.

A Flagler County jury deliberated for slightly less than three hours Oct. 28 before finding Johansen, 39, guilty of first-degree murder for Celenza’s 2018 shooting death. Circuit Judge Christopher France sentenced him to life in prison without parole.

“A mother is murdered by her husband, and her 6-year-old child is left to suffer the consequences,” State Attorney R.J. Larizza said in a news release. “Life in prison gives little consolation for such a callous and brutal murder.”

Johansen had shot Celenza, then 25, twice in her chest on the morning of April 7, in the master bedroom of the couple’s home on Felter Lane, one room away from where her 6-year-old son sat watching television.

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After calling 911, he told dispatchers that he’d been in the shower when the shooting happened. He at first suggested to 911 dispatchers that Celenza had shot herself accidentally, but later said she may have been suicidal or that a neighbor or her own 6-year-old son may have shot her.

Johansen had had the inside of the house wired with surveillance cameras, but removed the one in the bedroom two days before the shooting. By the time the trial began on Oct. 25, he had a new story, this time saying he’d shot Celenza in self-defense.

His testimony did not convince the jury.

BRIEFS Three men, with 17 felony convictions between them, caught stealing car

Man steals work truck, dragging his victim 50 feet

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about a vehicle burglary at Waterfront Park on Oct. 25, and caught three men who have a combined 17 felony convictions between them.

The Real Time Crime Center was able to identify the suspect vehicle and aid in the apprehension of the three suspects, all from Daytona Beach.

The victims stated their vehicle was parked at Waterfront Park, and when they arrived back to the vehicle, the front passenger window was broken out and a wallet and a purse were stolen.

The victims advised deputies that their bank notified them of a declined charge for $504.94 from Walmart on a credit card that was stolen during the burglary.

Deputies located the vehicle leaving Walmart, arrested all three suspects and recovered the victim’s purse.

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about a carjacking near Kielb Road and State Road 100 in Bunnell Oct. 6.

The victim said he saw the suspect jump into his power company’s bucket truck and take off. The victim tried to grab the steering wheel and was dragged approximately 50 feet before releasing his grip and rolling into a ditch. He was not seriously hurt.

The victim said he and his coworkers had their tools in the truck. The FCSO’s Real Time Crime Center was able to track the location of the stolen vehicle and identify a suspect. FCSO deputies and the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office found the truck abandoned in Ormond Beach with $750 of equipment missing.

On Oct. 7, the suspect was located and arrested by VCSO. He told deputies he stole the vehicle because he “did not want to walk all the way back to Volusia County” where he resides. The suspect had many prior arrests.

Palm Coast man convicted for abuse that left 20-monthold boy with skull fracture, burns A Palm Coast man has been convicted on four counts of aggravated child abuse and neglect.

A Flagler County jury on Oct. 29 found Devian Toler, now 29, guilty of two counts of aggravated child abuse, one count of child abuse and one count of neglect of a child causing great bodily harm.

Toler had beaten his 20-monthold son so severely that he gave the child a skull fracture, burned the child with a washcloth dipped in boiling water, neglected to get medical treatment for the child’s burns, and beaten the child with a tree branch, leaving scars.

He told investigators he’d beaten the 20-month-old child to discipline him.

Toler will be sentenced on Jan. 7, 2022, by Circuit Judge Terence Perkins.

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More money for Flagler Schools teachers

School Board Old Dixie Hotel headache continues approves First Choice Investments is renovating the old more money hotel property but has fallen behind schedule. for bus drivers The county might sue.

Starting salaries for teachers will be $48,363.

Drivers will receive $15 a day when they exceed regular hours. Starting wages: $13.58 per hour with no experience.

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Starting teachers in the Flagler County School District will now earn $48,363. And the district’s salary schedule will increase by $1,150 for each yearly step.

The new starting teacher salary is an increase of $863 over the state mandated minimum starting salary of $47,500, which the district achieved last year.

At a special meeting Oct. 28, the School Board unanimously approved the proposed salary schedule, which had been ratified by the Flagler County Educators Association.

The new starting salary is in effect for the current school year, with the district retroactively adding increases back to July 1.

“This allows us to be ahead of all of our surrounding districts for starting salaries for teachers,” Bobby Bossardet, the assistant superintendent for academic services, told the board.

In addition, beginning next year, annual contract teachers will receive a performance pay salary increase of 1,078, if they are rated effective, and $1,438, if they are rated highly effective.

Most of the district’s teachers are performance pay/annual contract teachers. Only 280 teachers remain who chose to be grandfathered in under the previous professional services contract.

Each step increase on the salary schedule will be equalized at $1,150. According to new state law, salary increases must be 75% of the district’s largest step increase, which is currently $1,596. Raising the rate of increase would not be sustainable under the new law, Bossardet said.

“The district worked collaboratively with the union to develop a sustainable plan,” he said.

“We have looked at many different scenarios, and we ended up (with) a revised salary schedule that would equalize all steps,” Bossardet said.

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Flagler County school bus drivers who take on extra routes will be getting more money.

Many bus drivers have been taking taking on added routes due to the school district’s driver shortage.

Bus drivers will be paid $15 more a day for taking on extra routes.

Bus driver aides will receive $13 for extra routes.

The new compensation will be retroactive to Oct. 1.

At an Oct. 28 special meeting, the School Board unanimously approved the increases, which were agreed upon by the district’s collective bargaining team and the Flagler Educational Support Professional Association.

“It’s a great way to attract bus drivers and also compensate current drivers working extra hours,” said Bobby Bossardet, Flagler Schools’ assistant superintendent of academic services.

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

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BRIEFS Palm Coast will add mile markers to trails to more quickly find walkers during emergencies The city of Palm Coast will soon be installing signs that indicate

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Flagler County has already filed suit against the former owners of the derelict hotel property at 2251 Old Dixie Highway. Now it might sue the new owners as well.

Fi rs t Choice I n ve s t ments bought the property last May and proposed an aggressive timeline to construct a new hotel called The Henry, named after Henry Flagler. But they’ve fallen behind schedule.

They were expected to finish certain elements of the project by Aug. 20, or, if they were unable to, to give the county a $250,000 cash deposit. But they’ve done neither, Assistant County Attorney Sean Moylan told county commissioners Nov. 1.

The deposit was supposed to both incentivize the owners to complete the job, and to give the county money to use to demolish the building if the owners left it unfinished. First Choice Investments has submitted a new timeline and asked if the County Commission would be willing to reduce the $250,000 deposit.

The owners’ reasoning, Moylan said, is that they’ve already mitigated most of the nuisances associated with the former hotel building — for instance, by filling in the pool and removing litter and debris — and, therefore, the cost of demolition would be less than $250,000. They’ve proposed seeking a new demolition estimate from a contractor and using that amount as the deposit amount, Moylan said.

The County Commission isn’t interested.

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your current location in case of an emergency while traveling on the city’s 130 miles of trails.

“We know that accidents can happen, and that is really what this Emergency Trail System was designed to assist with,” said Palm Coast Parks and Trails Supervisor Wayne Douglas.

“When there is an emergency on a highway, you can easily reference a mile-marker when calling

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The hotel property partway through the renovation process.

lition part, but it doesn’t cover the incentive part,” Commissioner Greg Hansen said.

Commissioner David Sullivan said that the hotel First Choice Investments has said its building will be costly, and if a $250,000 deposit is causing problems, he’s concerned that First Choice won’t be able to follow through on its plans.

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tract requirements.

The county has an ongoing nuisance suit against the former owners of the property and could add the new owners to that suit with a claim for breach of contract, asking that the court require First Choice Investments to adhere to the contract’s requirements, Moylan said.

The commission instructed the county attorney’s office to move forward with that plan.

Flagler County Commissioners have opted not to reappoint planning board member and Captain’s BBQ co-owner Mike Goodman to his board position, saying his restaurant’s lawsuit against the county creates a conflict of interest.

Commissioners were tasked with reviewing Goodman’s and fellow Planning and Development Board member Jack Corbett’s seats as their terms expire.

They opted to reappoint Corbett but not Goodman.

Goodman owns the Captain’s BBQ restaurant with Chris Herrera. The restaurant operates on land at the county park known as Bings Landing, on the Intracoastal, and sued the county government in 2019 after the County

Commission initially agreed to replace the restaurant building with a bigger one, but then reneged on that commitment.

“Until that lawsuit is cancelled, you always have a possible conflict of interest,” Commissioner David Sullivan said after proposing that the commission reject Goodman’s reappointment.

Goodman said there is no conflict, and noted that he’s the only planning board member with an advanced degree in urban planning.

“Small minds think small. I have no conflict,” Goodman said.

“I believe in giving back. I do that on a host of issues ... because it’s the right thing to do.”

Sullivan’s motion to appoint Corbett but not Goodman passed 3-1, with Commissioner Greg Hansen dissenting and Commissioner Andy Dance abstaining due to a previous business involvement with Goodman.

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A

s Ron Crowley weaves through the full cafeteria, one student after another stops him.

“I voted for you,” one says.

“I voted for you, 2 Chainz,” says another.

Ron Crowley is the site coordinator for custodial services at Buddy Taylor Middle School.

He pushes a dust mop between lunches in the cafeteria. He supervises 10 custodians, but he won’t hesitate to tell you, “I am a working supervisor.”

“There is not a speck of trash on that floor,” said former BTMS principal Bobby Bossardet. “He takes a deep level of pride in what he does and how he does it.”

But taking pride in his job is not why Kenny Seybold, Flagler Schools’ custodial services director, nominated Crowley for the national Rock Star Custodian Award, presented by the Academy of Cleaning Excellence.

It was for going beyond his job.

“The big thing about Ron is his service to others,” Seybold said.

“Teachers, administrators, staff members, but more important, to students. He impacts their lives.”

Crowley is one of eight finalists for the award. The winner will be decided in an online vote, which is underway. Crowley and Donald Garner, of Hickory Tree Elementary School in St. Cloud, have been running neck and neck for the lead.

“One day he’s 1% ahead of me.

The next day I’m 1% ahead of him,” Crowley said.

Crowley might have an advantage over the other finalists. He is a lifelong resident of Flagler County. He grew up and still lives in Bunnell. He graduated from Flagler Palm Coast High School in 1987. And he has been a custodian at Buddy Taylor for 27 years. So not only are the school’s current students voting for him, their older brothers and sisters, their

parents and their stepparents are voting as well.

‘KIDS ARE DRAWN TO HIM’

They all remember him, even if he needs help recalling a name or a face.

“I go to the grocery store, and they’re saying, ‘Hey, Mr. Ron,’ and I turn and look, and I say, ‘I don’t know you.’ And they say, ‘Yes you to do. I went to Buddy Taylor Middle School 10 years ago, or 15 years ago,’” Crowley said.

So, he’ll get their name and the year they graduated, and he’ll look them up in the yearbook.

“I look at their picture, and their name, and I say, ‘Oh yeah, I remember.’ Because they change so much,” he said.

But kids don’t change, Crowley said. They have the same problems they had 27 years ago.

They need a word of encouragement, a smile, or they just want him to lend an ear.

“He’s an amazing person,” said BTMS Principal Cara Cronk.

“Yes, he’s a Rock Star Custodian, but there’s so much more to him.

He’s personally invested in our kids. The kids are drawn to him.

He’s quiet, but his smile is so disarming. He laughs with them.

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On Oct. 29, when the Observer tagged along with Ron Crowley at Buddy Taylor Middle School, it was Team Up Against Peer Pressure Day, a part of Red Ribbon Week, a drug-abuse awareness program.

Students, staff and administrators wore sports apparel for their favorite teams. Ron Crowley wore an Eagles shirt. A Buddy Taylor Middle School Eagles shirt, that is.

“This is his school, said BTMS Principal Cara Cronk.

“He’s invested here.”

He’s so humble. He’s genuine.”

When Bossardet, who is now the district’s assistant superintendent of academic services, was the school’s principal, he asked Crowley to take part in the school’s leadership meetings. At first Crowley was reluctant.

“I said, ‘Ron, you are the eyes and ears of this school. You know the kids who haven’t slept, or are hungry. You’ve built relationships with teachers, staff, administrators. Why wouldn’t I want you at the leadership meetings?’” Bossardet recalled. “He’s much more than a custodian, he’s one of the best mentors we have in Flagler County.”

Cronk said the staff can throw anything at him. They hand him a list, and he makes it happen. “He takes everything in stride. he has such pride in his work,” she said.

“Everyone in the district should spend a day with Ron Crowley,” Seybold said.

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Two years ago one morning, rain poured down, soaking students as they walked or rode their bikes to school. Crowley and Pat King, the student services secretary, collected their outerwear and dried them in the school’s industrial dryer, Bossardet said.

When BTMS had a program for students in Espanola and Bunnell, providing yard signs that read, “Changing the Game in Flagler Schools,” for students with grades above a 2.0 GPA and a plan for students below that threshold, Crowley knocked on doors asking parents and their students to attend the meeting.

“As we were leaving, we saw close to 40 or 50 signs out in the neighborhood,” Bossardet said.

“The next morning, seeing the smile on Ron’s face, to know it would not be possible if we didn’t have someone from that neighborhood representing the school, knocking on doors. Nobody asked him to do it. You don’t have to ask Ron to do something.”

HOW TO VOTE To vote for the Rock Star Custodian, go to https:// mailchi.mp/ academyofcleaning/rockstarcustodian.

Buddy Taylor Middle School’s Ron Crowley is one of eight finalists. He is the seventh finalist on the list. Voting is open until Dec. 15.

Crowley has a good head for dates. He was hired as a custodian at Buddy Taylor on Aug. 15, 1994.

In 2006, he became the school’s site coordinator. Around 2013, the students gave Mr. Ron a new nickname – 2 Chainz – because they thought he looked like the rapper of that name, who, like Crowley, has dreadlocks.

The nickname stuck.

Parents are constantly coming up to him, wanting to meet 2 Chainz. They say, “My kids talk about you all the time.”

“His influence is huge,” King said.

“He has such a good heart,” Cronk said. “He knows the struggles of some of these kids.

His passion is to be a positive role model. He tells them, ‘You’re here to get an education. Don’t waste your opportunities.’ He has a lot of wisdom.”

Crowley doesn’t like to talk about himself. He’ll relate stories, like the woman who tapped him on the shoulder in Walmart to tell him that her twin boys used to come home, talking about him.

“She said they live two streets behind me, and her kids are doing good. One is in college and the other is trying to get his life together,” Crowley said. “I said, ‘He’ll get it together. Just tell them I’m still at Buddy Taylor. If they ever need any positive advice, stop by and I’ll help them out as much as I can.’”

Nov. 22-24 – Fall Fun Camp – Monday to Wednesday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Palm Coast Community Center. Join us at the Community Center over Thanksgiving Break to enjoy games, activities, and fun! Open to students in grades K-8. $25/day.

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November 25 – Feet to Feast 5k Run/Walk – 7:45-11:30 a.m. at Daytona State College Palm Coast Campus, 3000 Palm Coast Parkway SE. Motivate your entire family to run before they feast!

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Nov. 27 – Tree Lighting Ceremony – 6 p.m. at Central Park.

BOB SNYDER ON THE PANDEMIC The American Association of University WomenFlagler will host its Robert Snyder, health officer for the Florida Department of Health-Flagler, at its general membership meeting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at Cypress Knoll Golf and Country Club, 53 Easthampton Blvd. He will share data and lessons learned about public health since the onset of the pandemic.

Lunch is available for $15 per person. For reservations and menu options, please contact Sally Smeaton by email: AAUWFlagler1984@ gmail.com or phone: 386447-4137 by Nov. 11.

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African American Cultural Society celebrates 30th anniversary The AACS has grown from 7 members to 354 and continues to preserve and perpetuate heritage of African Americans.

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Over 30 years, the African American Cultural Society in Flagler County has grown from seven founding members to its current 354 members.

The nonprofit’s mission for the past 30 years has been “to preserve and perpetuate the cultural heritage of African Americans through educational, artistic, intellectual, and social activities and services deemed to be in the best interests of the entire community.”

The AACS held a 30th anniversary celebration Oct. 24, at its Cultural Center, 4422 N. U.S. 1.

Flagler County officials celebrated with club members, and the Board of County Commissioners issued a proclamation declaring Oct. 24 “African American Cultural Society Day.” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly read the proclamation. U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, of California, was the keynote speaker, addressing the club virtually.

Lee’s mentor was Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and a former resident of Palm Coast.

Chisholm was also the first woman to seek the Democratic nomi-

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30th Anniversary Steering Committee: William Seeney, Richard Barnes, Jean Tanner, Geri Wright, Ralph Lightfoot, AACS President Joseph Matthews, master of ceremonies John Winston, Lynda Baten and board chairman Edmund G. Pinto.

Left: 30th anniversary chairperson Stephanie Matthews speaks to Rep. Barbara Lee virtually.

Right: James Sharpe’s children, James Sharpe III, Linda Sharpe Matthews and Mildred Sharpe Scott, attended the celebration, which included a tribute to their father, a founding member of the AACS.

nation for president in 1972.

In addition to celebrating the society’s 30th birthday, the AACS paid tribute to its last active founding member, James Sharpe, who died this year on June 19 — the day, know as Juneteenth, that commemorates the end of slavery.

Sharpe, was among the “Montford Point Marines” who received Congressional Gold Medals in 2012. He served in World War II

as one of the first African Americans in the Marine Corps, training at segregated Montford Point in North Carolina.

The AACS sold just 120 tickets to the celebration, due to social distancing, and was sold out in two weeks, said Stephanie Matthews, the 30th anniversary chairperson.

The AACS has programs celebrating Juneteenth and Kwanzaa. The Youth Black History

Reality Program celebrates Black History Month each February.

Youth dress up as famous African Americans and sing, dance, give speeches and put on plays. Over the years, the AACS has awarded about $100,000 in college scholarships to participants in the program, Matthews said.

The organization has an African studies group and presents cultural films three times a month.

The Cultural Center has a selec-

tion of African American art and artifacts donated over the years.

Matthews said the AACS purchased five acres of land on U.S. 1 and built the Cultural Center in 2001, paying off its $580,000 mortgage two years early through member donations and fund raisers.

A 30-year retrospective of the art of Bettie Eubanks will be on display and open to the public beginning Nov. 4 at the Cultural Center. The AACS has also been selected as a Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service site and will present its first exhibit in January: A Place for All People.

“We’ve been trying to perpetuate the African American diaspora throughout the community.

In other words keep our heritage alive, spread it and keep it going,” AACS President Joseph Matthews said.

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Dr. Maria Barbosa, Principal Greg Schwartz, Amber Johnson, Anniel Buchanan, Alexis Robles, Hailey Bovino, Vicky Eaton, John Saucier and Vinson Xavier.

The Flagler Palm Coast High School Key Club’s induction ceremony was held Oct. 14, at FPC. The officers are President Hailey Bovino, Vice President Tarah Bien Aime, Secretary Alexis Robles, Treasurer Amber Johnson and Historian Anniel Buchanan.

The club members make their community a better place through service. In doing so, they grow as individuals and as leaders by answering the call to lead, summoning the courage to engage and developing the heart to serve.

Vicky Eaton, FPC world history teacher, is the club’s adviser.

The Kiwanis advisers are John Saucier and Dr. Maria Barbosa.

FAMILIAR SONGS, NEW STORY From “Cabaret” to “Chicago,” the Flagler Playhouse presents a musical revue Nov. 4-14.

“And the World Goes ‘Round” is a revue of the songbook from the Tony Award-winning team Kander and Ebb. Many of their songs were performed by the one and only Liza Minnelli.

Filled with humor, romance, drama and nonstop melody, “And the World Goes ‘Round” is a celebration of life and the fighting spirit.

Five individuals find themselves careening through the world of love, babies and coffee. The nonstop hit-parade features unforgettable gems, including “Mr. Cellophane,”

“Maybe This Time,” “Cabaret” and “New York, New York,” seamlessly interwoven into a passionate, harmonious, uptempo evening of musical theater. But don’t expect to see these numbers as they were in the original Musicals for which they written — same music but a story is portrayed through each individual song.

The Flagler County Corvette Club held its annual show Oct. 9-10, at Central Park.

There were 125 participating cars, and many happy trophy winners. To learn more about the club, visit www.flaglercountycorvetteclub.com or attend a meeting. The club meets on the second Monday of each month.

Dinner is at 5:30 p.m., with the meeting beginning at 7 p.m., at Hilton Garden Inn. Email President@FlaglerCountyCorvetteClub.com

Best of Show among FCCC Club cars went to Luis Perez, for his 2017 Grey Z06 Corvette Coupe with custom striping.

SEE THE SHOW Nov. 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 at 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 7 and 14 at 2 p.m.

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Ethan Flinn (seventh grade), Mya Kelly (sixth), Principal Lisa O’Grady and Julian Liciaga (eighth).

On behalf of the nonprofit Women of Virtue, a Thanksgiving turkey giveaway will take place 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 23, at 237 Boulder Rock Drive, Palm Coast, the home of retired Lt. Hank Jackson, of the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.

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Dakwon Evans (3) has the ability “to extend plays and get out of trouble,” Matanzas coach Matt Forrest said.

Sophomores and freshmen will take center stage in the annual rivalry game.

The Potato Bowl is Friday, Nov. 5, at Matanzas.

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The Matanzas youth movement started on Day 1.

The Pirates graduated 26 seniors from coach Matt Forrest’s first team last year, and they knew patience would be key as their younger players gained experience.

Flagler Palm Coast had more veterans entering coach Robert Paxia’s first season at his alma mater. But like their rivals to the north, the Bulldogs (4-4) improved as their younger players gained experience and were able to provide depth.

When the two teams line up for the annual Potato Bowl game Friday, Nov. 5, at Matanzas, each team will be led by seniors, such as receivers Noah Cundiff and Tate Winecoff for the Pirates, and running back Dakoda Wagner, linebacker Jason Browning and lineman Nick Blumengarten for the Bulldogs.

But a load of freshmen and sophomores also will be playing major roles in the season finale.

“We start a multitude of sophomores,” Paxia said.

Sophomore linebacker R.J. Hill is among the Bulldogs’ tackle leaders. Elyjah Gilyard leads the team in interceptions. Daniel DeFalco has started all season at tight end.

And in recent games, freshmen

FPC AT MATANZAS When: 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 5 Records: FPC 4-4, Matanzas 3-6 FPC STAT LEADERS Rushing: Dakoda Wagner, 644 yards (5.1 yards per carry), 4 TDs; D.J. Murray, 226 yards (6.5 ypc).

Passing: Preston Roberts, 44 of 83, 589 yards, 4 TDs, 2 interceptions; D.J. Murray, 29 of 62, 278 yards, 3 TDs, 3 interceptions.

Receiving: Trenton Williams, 15 for 288 yards, 4 TDs; Landon Gonzalez, 17 for 222 yards, 1 TD. MATANZAS STAT LEADERS Rushing: Dakwon Evans, 321 yards (3.3 ypc), 5 TDs; Sho’Marion Gaines, 150 yards (5.0 ypc), 2 TDs. Passing: Dakwon Evans, 107 of 179, 961 yards, 7 TDs, 6 interceptions.

Receiving: Noah Cundiff, 25 for 375 yards, 4 TDs; Tate Winecoff 25 for 273 yards, 1 TD.

FPC sophomore Mareon Walker returns a kickoff.

have been earning more and more playing time for FPC: Zyquan Neal at weak-side safety; running back Marcus Mitchell, who has rushed for 117 yards in three games as Wagner’s backup; and Colby Cronk and Tra’Vele Adams on the defensive line.

Cronk is expected to start at defensive end against the Pirates.

The reason? Paxia points to a lone figure on the side field as most of the players walked to the locker room earlier this week.

“Every day, he works after practice,” Paxia said.

“I just work on my hand movement, and what my coaches tell me to practice on,” Cronk said.

“I definitely wanted to play with the elite, so I could get better. I got to learn a lot and experience a lot, playing against Seminole and Lake Mary (both ranked in the top 10 in the state in RPI). That’s my basis this year – just to learn.”

EVANS IMPROVES

The Pirates (3-6) started four freshmen last season, and they knew all four – Dakwon Evans, Jordan Mills, Cole Hash and Sho’Marion Gaines – would play major roles as sophomores this season.

“Last year, I was looked at as a rookie,” said Hash, a linebacker and receiver. “This year, a lot of guys are asking me questions and relying on me to do my job no matter what.”

Like FPC, Matanzas has played more freshmen as the season has progressed. But the player that has been most important to the team’s improvement has been Evans, who switched from slotback to quarterback before the

POTATO BOWL SCORES � � � � � � � � � �

Sept. 18, 2020: FPC 38, Matanzas 0 Aug. 23, 2019: FPC 42, Matanzas 19 Aug. 24, 2018: FPC 49, Matanzas 0 Aug. 25, 2017: FPC 35, Matanzas 14 Aug. 26, 2016: Matanzas 14, FPC 8 Aug. 28, 2015: Matanzas 14, FPC 7 Aug. 29, 2014: FPC 48, Matanzas 8 Aug. 30, 2013: FPC 59, Matanzas 13 Aug. 31, 2012: FPC 42, Matanzas 3 Sept. 12, 2011: FPC 38, Matanzas 20

season.

“We finished spring practice with Preston Roberts as our starting quarterback,” Forrest said.

“But when he transferred back to FPC in July, that opened the position back.”

Evans shared the quarterback spot the first couple of games, then won the position outright after Week 2.

The sophomore has matured with each game, improving his completion percentage from under 50% to 72% for the season.

“His athletic ability speaks for itself,” Forrest said. “He can extend plays and get out of trouble. But now when the defense tests him, he throws the ball on time and is fundamentally sound.

His shoulders are square to the target. His footwork is set. He’s almost perfect. He really has it all, and he’s so coachable. He’s a sponge. The last three or four games speak for themselves.”

Forrest said Evans, who has passed for 961 yards in eight games, is already getting noticed by college recruiters for his quarterback play.

They’ll have two more years to watch his progress.

Pickleball is all the rage, and those with a passion for it will have the opportunity to “Play with the Pros” on Saturday, Nov. 6, and receive tips to boost their game while providing support to the Flagler County Meals on Wheels program.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for beginner and advanced players to receive helpful tips from professional pickleball players Robert and Jodi Elliott,” said Flagler County Senior Services Program Manager Joanne Hinkel.

“The proceeds of the $5 ‘Challenge Tickets’ go to our Meals on Wheels program.”

“Play with the Pros” takes place from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. as part of the “Active After 50 Expo!” being held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Parkway NE — which is free of charge and offers free parking.

A variety of vendors focused largely on products and services to those over the age of 50 will provide information. There will also be live music and prize giveaways.

For enthusiasts of the sport of pickleball, the “challenge” will be the highlight. According to the Pickleballcentral.com blogsite, Jodi Elliott won Bronze at the 2014 USAPA Nationals, Women’s Doubles 35-plus division with Lydia Willis, and Robert Elliott won Gold in Men’s Doubles 19-plus division with Kyle Yates, as well as Gold at the Tournament of Champions Men’s Singles Masters.

“And for those who play, their passion for their support will overflow into doing a good deed for our homebound seniors,” Hinkel said. “They can get an extra raffle entry for pickleball paddles and gear by bringing a nonperishable food item that will be donated to Feeding Northeast Florida.”

In September, 35 volunteers delivered 1,940 meals to Flagler County residents through Meals on Wheels.

Senior Services also provides counseling, information and referrals, as well as an energy assistance program. Office hours are between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays. First-time callers with questions about programs and services should call 386-586-2324, ext. 324.

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Lucy Noble: 50-yard freestyle, 2nd at district (3rd seed at region), 24:28. 100-yard freestyle, 2nd at district (sixth seed), 53.83.

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Megan Hurley: 500-yard freestyle, 2nd at district (fifth seed), 5:08.16. 200-yard freestyle, 7th at district (17th seed), 1:59.16.

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lagler Palm Coast High School junior Megan Hurley likes long swims. Long drives don’t bother her, either. In fact, lately they’ve gone hand in hand.

Hurley joined the Blue Dolfins swim club in Oviedo at the end of May to concentrate on her longdistance training. Since then she’s been driving an hour and 20 minutes each way to swim practice.

“It gets kind of boring, but it’s proven to be worth it so far,” she said.

Hurley went undefeated in both the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events against Volusia and Flagler competition this year, helping lead the Bulldogs’ girls team to the Five Star Conference championship with easy victories in both events.

She finished second in the 500 free and seventh in the 200 free at the District 1-4A meet Nov. 29 in Ponte Vedra Beach to qualify for regionals in both events.

The district, which includes St. Johns County schools, is one of the toughest in the state. At least one St. Johns County team

Photos by Brent Woronoff.

Megan Hurley warms up with a kickboard in practice at the Belle Terre Swim & Racquet Club.

has finished among the top three teams in the state in each of the last four years.

“She dropped four seconds off her time (in the 500),” said FPC girls coach Suzanne Bott. “It was nice to see her have some competition. She was never challenged all season.”

Hurley said she has improved quite a bit since joining the Blue Dolfins.

“It has really helped to be in a distance-oriented group,” she said. “My old training was with sprinters. It’s a lot more endurance and pace training, longer sets and longer yardages.”

The long distances are fine with her. Indeed, the longer the race the better.

FPC junior Megan Hurley qualified for regionals in the 200- and 500-yard freestyle. She will also compete in two relay events.

“With her metabolism, she’s built for distance,” said FPC’s veteran boys coach Tom Gillin.

“But more important, she has the mindset for it.”

“I like the more endurance events,” she said. “I like testing my stamina.

“I’ve always liked being in water wherever I was.”

Hurley will also swim in a couple of short events at the Nov. 5 regional meet, which, like districts, will be at the Planet Swim Club in Ponte Vedra.

Hurley, Lucy Noble, Michelle Marinez and Malaina Bryant qualified in both the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays. With

Hurley leading off, and Noble anchoring, the Bulldogs finished second in the 200.

Noble also finished second in both the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events at district, and, like Hurley, will be swimming in four events at the regional.

The Bulldogs’ 200-yard medley relay team of Amelia Rowicka (backstroke), Julia Kurdziel (breaststroke), Malina Hreib (butterfly) and Mia Nielsen (freestyle) also qualified for the regional meet.

Jeffrey Serle will be the lone Bulldogs boys’ swimmer at regional after finishing 10th at district in the 100 backstroke.

200 freestyle relay: Megan Hurley, Michell Marinez, Malaina Bryant, Lucy Noble, 2nd at district (6th seed), 1:42.90.

400 freestyle relay: Hurley, Marinez, Bryant, Noble, 5th at district (10th seed), 3;48.47.

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Matanzas golfer Gazzoli advances to states BRENT WORONOFF STAFF WRITER

Matanzas golfer Alexandra Gazzoli is returning to the state championships.

The sophomore was the top individual qualifier and the overall runner-up at the Region 1-2A tournament Nov. 2 at Turkey Creek Golf Course in Alachua.

Gazzoli shot 2-over 74.

Gazzoli finished third last year at the Class 2A state championships with a 76-74--150.

The Class 2A state championships will be Nov. 12-13, in Howey-in-the-Hills.

Alexandra Gazzoli

While Gazzoli will be moving on, the Matanzas boys’ and girls’ seasons came to an end. The girls finished sixth among 12 teams in the region. Zoe Alred placed 25th out of 75 golfers despite an injury.

The boys’ team finished fifth on Nov. 1 at Golden Ocala. Marcos Defeo and Alek Libby each shot an 84 to tie for 21st place.

At the Region 1-3A tournament Nov. 1 at Hawkstone Country Club in Gainesville, individual qualifiers Carmella Carlisi and Kate Parsons of Flagler Palm Coast did not advance. Carlisi finished tied for 10th overall with a 75. Parson was 30th with an 84.

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Zach Spooner, pictured here running the 3,200 meters at the regional track and field meet May 1, 2021.

Matanzas junior Zach Spooner broke 16 minutes for the first time and won the District 2-3A cross country meet Oct. 30 at Ponte Vedra High School.

Spooner won the boys’ 5K with a time of 15 minutes, 58 seconds to better his personal record by 29 seconds. He won the firstplace medal by four seconds over runner-up James Snipes of Ridgeview.

“I think Zach has only scratched the surface of what he’s capable of,” said Matanzas coach Tim Kane. “Last year, he ran in the 18s.

From track season until now, he’s just become a different runner.”

Spooner led the Matanzas boys to a third-place finish. The Matanzas girls finished fifth.

Both teams advanced to regionals Nov. 6 in Panama City.

Flagler Palm Coast’s Jada Williams finished second in the girls’ race at the District 1-4A meet at the New World Sports Complex in Jacksonville.

Williams’ time of 18:46.8 was about 31 seconds faster than her time at last year’s state championships where she medaled with a 10th-place finish.

The FPC girls finished sixth, while the boys finished seventh

to advance to regionals Nov. 6 at Santa Fe College in Gainesville.

At the Ponte Vedra meet, 16 of the 19 Matanzas runners broke their personal-record times.

“The whole team ran well,” Kane said. “The temperature was in the 50s, and it was time to fly.”

Other scorers for the Matanzas boys were Jaden Smith (12th, 17:19), Andrew Hatten (20th, 17:40), Hunter Smith (21st, 17:41) and Nick Hyatt (25th, 17:45).

Mariah Mills led the Matanzas girls with a 20th-place finish (20:37). Other scorers included Nina Rodriquez (24th, 20:47), Sierra Howard (34th, 21:40), Lauren Marshall (41st, 22:01) and Maria Phillips (46th, 22:29).

Sean Gilliam led the FPC boys with a time of 17:19.2 to finish 35th in Jacksonville. Other scorers for the Bulldog boys were Barak Olago (48th, 17:33.1), Justin Gilliam (56th, 17:45.5), Jack Gilvary (66th, 18:09.3) and Braedyn Wormeck (74th, 18:20.3).

Also scoring for the FPC girls were Cassidy De Young (24th, 20:22.6), Savannah O’Grady (30th, 20:42), Genesis Epstein (35th, 20:53.6) and Annabelle Moore (54th, 21:37.7).

“I think Zach has only scratched the surface of what he’s capable of.”

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An approximately 16-acre plot of land in Flagler Beach, about a third of a mile north of State Road 100 and just west of Roberts Road, will be transformed into eight three-story apartment buildings, with a total of 240 units.

The Flagler Beach City Commission voted unanimously on Oct. 28 to approve a final site plan by the property’s developer, Preserve at Flagler Beach LLC. The development have a mix of one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom options, according to city records. It will also have a clubhouse, pool, pet grooming station and bike rental and repair station.

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There will be two entrances from Roberts Road, and 62% of the property will be left as open space for recreation. The development will be just north of the Publix Super Market at Beach Village.

There’s not currently a water line in the area, but the city of Flagler Beach expects to buy water from the city of Palm Coast and then run a water line to the new development, City Manager William Whitson said.

The developer plans to file permits by the end of November and close on a construction loan in January or February of 2022. The work is expected to take approximately 14 months.

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Florida Oral & Facial Surgical Associates and Operation Changing Lives are beginning their annual toy drive for children in Volusia and Flagler counties.

Operation Changing Lives Toy Drive started 14 years ago to help low-income families that struggle to give Christmas gifts to their children. Today, the staff at Florida Oral & Facial Surgical Associates partners with more than 10 local schools and guidance counselors to identify children in need of some holiday cheer.

Last year, Operation Changing Lives was able to provide toys for more than 4,000 elementary children. It hopes to double that this year. Toys will be collected starting on Nov. 1, until Christmas. Donations will be collected at the Daytona Beach, New Smyrna Beach and the Palm Coast Florida Oral & Facial Surgical Associates’ offices.

The Daytona Beach Office is at 549 Health Blvd. The New Smyrna Beach Office is at 429 North Causeway. The Palm Coast Office is at 21 Hospital Drive, Suite 180.

You can also drop off donations during the Operation Changing Lives 5K Run/Walk on Nov. 20. The race starts at 7:30 a.m. at Crabby Joes at 3701 S. Atlantic Ave., in Daytona Beach Shores. Toys will also be collected during The Daytona Beach Shores Christmas Parade on Saturday, Dec. 4. It starts at 2 p.m.

“This is our home. We live here and work here, and we see the struggles some families go through to give their children a great Christmas and we want to help,” said Dr. Curtis Schalit. “For us, it’s about the joy of seeing that smile on a child’s face when they get their toy.”

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Pine Lakes Maronda Homes LLC, of Jacksonville, sold 86 Woodside Drive to Edgardo Vega, of Palm Coast, for $264,900. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,867 square feet.

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

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Condos David and Susan Petersen, of Ormond Beach, sold 200 Bella Harbor Court, Unit 104, to Frank and Marilyn Glowczewskie, of Palm Coast, for $280,000. Built in 2006, the condo is a 3/2 and has 1,745 square feet. It sold in May for $246,000.

Sviatlana Kazlova, of Berlin, Maryland, sold 4600 Moody Blvd., Unit 14G, to Gregory and Denise Bard, of Bunnell, for $140,000. Built in 2005, the condo is a 2/2 and has 1,050 square feet. It sold in 2018 for $90,000.

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Lehigh Woods D.R. Horton Inc. Jacksonville, of St. Johns, sold 40 Raemoor Drive to Patrick Connerton, of Palm Coast, for $272,635. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,862 square feet.

Holiday Builders Inc., of Melbourne, sold 119 Ryberry Drive to Gianna and David Burke, and Jessica Burke, of Palm Coast, for $208,990. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,284 square feet.

Fred and Bonnie Jo Welter sold 12 Richland Lane to Donna Kidwell, of Palm Coast, for $195,000. Built in 1987, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,629 square feet.

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Matanzas Woods D.R. Horton Inc. Jacksonville, of St. Johns, sold 71 Lee Drive to Kelly Navarro, of Palm Coast, for $358,990. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/3 and has 2,368 square feet.

Not in Subdivision Maronda Homes LLC, of Sanford, sold 8 Fawn Haven Trail to Judith and Edward Krufky, of Ormond Beach, for $359,465.

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Palm Harbor Aaron Taylor and Carrie Vey, individually and as trustees, sold 40 Cleveland Court to The Fossas Revocable Trust, of Palm Coast, for $780,000.

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Antonio and Maria Amaral, individually and as trustees, sold 9 Cottonwood Court to James Barrett and Valrie Chambers, of Palm Coast, for $711,900. Built in 2001, the house is a 3/3 and has a fireplace, swimming pool, boat dock and 2,527 square feet.

Palma Vista Peter and Shannon Larsson, of Flagler Beach, sold 471 10th St. N. to Robert and Pamela Reed, of Duxbury, Massachusetts, for $900,000. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/3 and has 2,309 square feet.

Pine Grove Holiday Builders Inc., of Melbourne, sold 44 Pineapple Drive to Fusion Point Realty LLC, of Palm Coast, for $223,990. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,806 square feet.

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Sawmill Creek Maronda Homes LLC, of Jacksonville, sold 120 Oakleaf Way to Malgorzata Stobbe, of Palm Coast, for $365,900. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/2 and has 2,155 square feet.

Seminole Woods Holiday Builders Inc., of Melbourne, sold 26 Sea Trail to Joseph Fierro, of Palm Coast, for $200,490. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,284 square feet.

Quail Hollow Blue Water Homes Inc., of Palm Coast, sold 3 Zinnia Court to Victor and Dynel Miles, of Palm Coast, for $312,142. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,023 square feet.

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

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Winston and Mavis Hutchinson, of Lake Worth, sold 88 Wedgewood Lane to Nickie Grays, of Palm Coast, for $219,999. Built in 1990, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,247 square feet. It sold in 1992 for $73,000.

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