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WHAT’S NEXT?

BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Those who listen to the “Free For All Friday” radio show will be familiar with the approach: David Ayres and I interview local guests on WNZF, trying to keep things light but informative. On the evenings of July 14, 21 and 28, Ayres and I will team up to host three “Free For All” political forums at the Palm Coast Community Center, inviting candidates of one local race each night: City Council, County Commission and School Board. The public will be invited to watch the forums in person. Get to know the candidates, as well as their views.

Ayres, president of Flagler Broadcasting, said WNZF will broadcast the forums live on 94.9 FM radio and wnzf.com. As executive editor of the Palm Coast Observer, I will ensure that detailed coverage of the forums is published online as well as in print.

Local civic groups will be invited in advance to help ask questions of the candidates.

Readers are also invited to submit questions now: Email editor@ palmcoastobserver.com. We’ll sort through them and make sure we give candidates a chance to share their views on the topics of broadest interest to you.

So, candidates and undecided voters, mark your calendars. We hope you’ll join us. More details to follow.

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Does Palm Coast need more multifamily housing? Residents will be surveyed, as City Council members review the Comprehensive Plan.

INSIDE NO MCDONALD?

Three candidates — but not incumbent Janet McDonald — file for School Board District 2 PAGE 10

PROTEST RECAP

McDonald, Woolbright air issues with walkout PAGE 2

City Councilman Eddie Branquinho believes the city is adding too many apartment complexes.

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FEES TO INCREASE

County commissioners criticize district, but approve school impact fee increase PAGE 4

418 HOMES

View from the net

Planning board approves community on U.S. 1 PAGE 20

FPC lose to tough Creekside team in boys lacrosse

SPORTS

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BARGAIN HUNTING Dollar General on U.S. 1?

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FLAGLER HISTORY Espanola Schoolhouse, a segregation-era survivor, gets a facelift PAGE 11

Run, Matanzas!

Pirates win seven events at RunMatanzas Invitational

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Briefs............................. PAGE 8 Business......................PAGE 20 Cops Corner.................. PAGE 8 Letters...........................PAGE 6 Public Notices.............PAGE 23 Real Estate..................PAGE 22 Sidelines.......................PAGE 17 Your Town.................... PAGE 16 Veterans........................PAGE 6

Senior softball The 69+ league held its annual picnic, played three games and memorialized its players who have died in the past year.

A ball sneaks past FPC’s Steven Birdsong.

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McDonald, Woolbright air issues with walkout Jill Woolbright said she was frustrated that she couldn’t get information from the district on how it would handle the protest.

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One day after its triumph in finally getting a school impact fee approved by the Flagler County commission, the School Board in a March 22 workshop showed there were still some limits to its newfound unified front.

It started with tabling a procedure the board had agreed to in workshop and ended with comments about the district’s handling of the March 3 student walkouts about the state’s “Parental Rights in Education” bill, which critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

Board members McDonald and Jill Woolbright complained about the district’s handling of the Flagler Palm Coast and Matanzas high school walkouts.

“It’s been a very frustrating time since March 3,” McDonald said. “I really think we

“There are professional organizations, such as the Florida Bar and the Department of Education, to do proper investigations.”

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DISTRICT PRESENTS DRESS CODE RECOMMENDATIONS The Flagler County School Board seems poised to adopt a more liberal dress code for next school year.

At its information workshop on March 22, board members heard a staff proposal for revisions to the student dress code based on recommendations from students, parents and school staffers.

The board decided to add the issue to the April 5 agenda workshop and vote on a final proposal at a June board meeting.

The recommendations would allow any solid or patterned shirt that covers bicep to bicep, neckline to waist. Midriffs could not be seen when arms are raised.

need to tighten up part of our procedures.”

She said the students “had no idea what the legislation is about.”

McDonald said she witnessed the FPC protest.

“What I observed was very disappointing, watching immature adolescents thinking they made a statement.”

McDonald said sheriff deputies, administrators and

Currently, shirts must have a collar, and middle and elementary students are limited to specific colors.

Pants, shorts and skirts would be allowed with any solid color or pattern, no shorter than mid-thigh. Rips and tears above mid-thighs would not be allowed to expose skin. Currently, pants, shorts and skirts must be within four inches above the knee, and tears or holes in pants are not allowed.

Board member Jill Woolbright said some of the language in the recommendations seems vague, but added this is the perfect time to revise the dress code because the pandemic

instructional staff were forced to “watch kids acting out, not knowing what they were acting out about.” She added, “It was for the media, and our media helped promote the wrong image for Flagler Schools.”

Woolbright said she was also frustrated because she wasn’t getting information about how the district was going to handle the walkout.

“I don’t think I ever felt so frustrated,” she said. “The frustration is I don’t think I can get information. I hear a lot of questions from the public, and it saddens me that I can’t answer.”

She said board members finally got an email at 4:37 a.m. on March 3.

“At Matanzas, the kids were great,” she said. “But I have major safety concerns. I found out about fights (at FPC) from (the public).”

Board member Cheryl Mas-

caused schools to lose control of the current dress code.

“Once you lose control, you can’t go back,” she said.

“When we do get a dress code, kids will push the boundaries. I know it’s subjective, campus to campus.

We really need consistency.”

Marquez Jackson, the district’s director of student services, said children feel like they’re part of the school when they’re comfortable in their clothes.

“I think we have to keep in mind (students’) mental health state,” Jackson said.

“Some kids are not comfortable in their bodies. Some kids wear hoodies in 95-degree weather.”

saro said high school kids don’t “shed their rights at the school doors. They have rights first. We talked about the right to wear a mask or not wear a mask. Students also have rights. This is not the first time this happened in Flagler, and it was handled by professionals.”

Board member Colleen Conklin said the bill is seven pages long, and only one sentence refers to kindergarten through third grade instruction.

“I guarantee you 50% of these students knew exactly what was in the bill, and they have the right to express their opinion,” she said. “But, was (the protest) perfect? No.” “But let’s stick to this unity theme,” she added. “We have more in common than we don’t.”

Conklin spent most of her closing comments praising Education Foundation Executive Director Joe Rizzo, who died on March 6.

“We lost a giant of an advocate in this county,” she said.

“He loved Flagler County and he loved our schools, staff, teachers and students. A lot of folks are hurting, but nobody is hurting like his family. He will never be forgotten. His legacy will live on.”

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In a discussion about a procedure created to handle complaints against the superintendent or board attorney, Conklin declared she would vote against the new procedure. The board then voted 5-0 to table the item and send it back to workshop.

The board had agreed in a previous workshop to add the procedure to its manual.

But Conklin said that after speaking to community members, she changed her mind about the board hiring a third party to investigate complaints. She noted that Flagler County would be the only School Board in the state to establish such a procedure.

“There are professional organizations, such as the Florida Bar and the Department of Education, to do proper investigations,” Conklin said.

McDonald said a November complaint against school district attorney Kristy Gavin was a contract issue and should be handled by the board.

The proposed procedure describes a citizen’s complaint based on “a violation of a federal or state law, or regulation.”

Massaro suggested changing the wording to include taking a complaint to the appropriate regulatory group and bringing it back to the next workshop.

“Just because no other school district has it, doesn’t mean it’s not the right thing to do,” she said.

McDonald said she would like the new wording presented at the April 5 workshop, since the complaint that prompted the procedure was filed back in November.

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County commissioners criticize school district, but OK impact fee hike The impact fee increase is the district’s first since 2004, and raises school impact fees by more than 50%.

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Residents have pressed City Council to have the city’s saltwater canals dredged to maintain a navigable depth.

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What should Palm Coast look like 10 years from now?

What about 20, or 30? Palm Coast City Council members considered the city’s future, and how best to shape it, during a review of the city’s Strategic Actin Plan at a workshop on March 22. Here are some of their proposals.

SURVEY RESIDENTS ON THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT NEW MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS

As Palm Coast’s city staff conduct an evaluation of the city’s growth out to an updated planning horizon of 2045, the city plans to survey residents later this year about their views on multifamily residential construction.

The move was suggested by Councilman Eddie Branquinho, who’d in recent weeks proposed that the council institute a moratorium on multifamily housing east of U.S. 1.

Branquinho’s fellow council members hadn’t agreed with a moratorium, which could leave the city open to a lawsuit, but Mayor David Alfin suggested that he bring up his concerns with multifamily housing during the city’s review of its strategic action plan. Branquinho had agreed.

“Contrary to some of those ... organizations saying that I ‘flipped’ on the dais on this moratorium — I didn’t ‘flip,’” Branquinho said. “I don’t fold like a cheap wallet, and I want to make sure I say it clearly: When I believe in something, I believe in something. ... If we don’t agree with a moratorium, which I understand now that we don’t, I would like to see a survey, soon, that asks the people of Palm Coast regarding the way we’re growing.”

Alfin said he respected Branquinho’s concern. But he noted that an economist, earlier in the council workshop, had shared a report indicating that economic growth and population growth is coming to the city.

“We do look for balance, and we do need to provide the resources and the ability for those workers that we’re talking about to improve and grow economic growth, which may or may not include multifamily housing — I don’t know for sure,” Alfin said.

As the city updates its aging comprehensive plan, Alfin said, “We are

not only serving the resident that is sitting in the audience or listening today, but we have to better prepare ourselves for the many new residents which will be coming to the city of Palm Coast. So it’s a balance.”

“I would like to see a survey, soon, that asks the people of Palm Coast regarding the way we’re growing.”

RENAME A CITY FACILITY IN HONOR OF THE LATE MAYOR JON NETTS

City staff will inventory the city’s facilities to evaluate the possibility of renaming one of them in honor of the late Mayor Jon Netts.

“The significant members of our community deserve to be displayed as the forefathers,” Councilman Nick Klufas said.

There had been some discussion of renaming a local marina after Netts — an avid boater, Netts drove a tow boat for many years — but Branquinho thought the city should select something that’s guaranteed to remain city property — for instance, the city’s Community Center.

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DEVELOP A PLAN TO MAINTAIN THE CITY’S SALTWATER CANALS

City staff will create a plan to evaluate the cost of dredging and maintaining Palm Coast’s saltwater canals.

City Councilman Ed Danko has championed that issue, saying that residents increasingly have a difficult time navigating the city’s canal system at low tide as the canals silt in.

Branquinho agreed that the city should develop a plan.

“We need to know exactly how much we’re going to spend,” he said.

“Part of that plan, hopefully, is finding a source of income outside of Palm Coast — from the state, or from the feds,” Danko said.

Alfin asked if whatever plan the city comes up with will need to address all 26 miles of the saltwater canal network.

“I’m going to guess that it’s a much smaller number of miles of the canals that really require our attention,” Alfin said.

Danko said that would depend on whether the city decides to have a one-time dredging effort — for instance, through the Army Corps of Engineers — or if it instead decides to buy its own equipment to conduct regular canal maintenance.

CONSIDER BUYING LAND IN TOWN CENTER TO MEET FUTURE NEEDS

Branquinho suggested that the city consider buying land near City Hall in Town Center in case the city needs it in the future to hold events like Food Truck Tuesdays.

“I think that we should acquire certain properties that could be very valuable,” he said. “... I just think that we should start thinking about acquiring some of the land that we are going to need.”

“I think of it to some extent as a semi-blank canvas, where we can smartly manage, and smartly grow, and take advantage of both commercial, industrial and housing opportunities.”

DAVID ALFIN, mayor, on undeveloped land west of U.S. 1

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Does Palm Coast need more multifamily housing? The city will survey residents.

PREPARE FOR WESTWARD EXPANSION

Palm Coast asked its legislators this year for $3.14 million to extend the city’s major arterial roads — Matanzas Woods Parkway, Palm Coast Parkway, Whiteview Parkway and Royal Palms Parkway — west of the railroad tracks.

The state hasn’t come through with that money this year, but the city plans to keep pressing for it.

“We have a rare opportunity ahead of us with a local resident who is the speaker-elect of the House of Representatives in the state of Florida,” Alfin said, referring to Rep. Paul Renner. “This is our moment in time to move forward and plan our future, and a westward expansion is a chance.”

Palm Coast’s city boundaries, the mayor noted, extend to more than 26,000 acres west of the railroad tracks.

“I think of it to some extent as a semi-blank canvas, where we can smartly manage, and smartly grow, and take advantage of both commercial, industrial and housing opportunities,” Alfin said, “which would absolutely make us a regional destination.”

He added, “This is one of the ways you convert growth into something that becomes really important to the entire future, for the next 20 years, of Palm Coast.”

CREATE AN ARTS PROGRAM TO REPLACE THE CITY’S AGING NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRY SIGNS

Palm Coast will develop an arts program, with help of community partners, to transform the city’s old blue and white neighborhood entrance signs with public art.

The design will be modern, but easy to read.

The transformation was suggested

by Councilman Nick Klufas.

“I think it might be time that we, as a council, reassess how we want to display the entrance ways,” he said. “... There might be more opportunities to have more art involved in these signs. ... I just think it’s an opportunity to brighten up the entryways into our neighborhoods.”

Alfin suggested that city staff look around the world at signage that is current and modern, and try to define what kind of benefit — even if it’s artistic or cerebral — the city would gain from the new signs.

“In my mind, the question is, how does it directly benefit the taxpaying resident of the city of Palm Coast?”

Alfin said.

ADD MORE PARKING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER

There’s not enough parking at the city’s Community Center off Palm Coast Parkway to accommodate large events.

But the city does have options: It could consider making the basketball courts into additional parking, and may conduct an analysis of nearby city-owned land and facilities to see if any of them should be transformed into extra parking space.

Councilman Eddie Branquinho noted that the city’s nearby firehouse is due for an update, and asked if some of that land could be used, but Alfin said he believed that firehouse may have been the city’s very first.

LOOK INTO MAINTAINING A MORE ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE TO COMBAT RUMORS

To combat misinformation, the city may dedicate more staff time to maintaining the city government’s presence on social media.

Alfin gave an example: A number of people in one section of the city “suddenly felt that their utility bills were outrageously overpriced,” and that sentiment spread and alarmed people in other sections.

The city spend a good amount of staff time researching the issue, which, so far, seems to have stemmed from one home that had a problem, possibly a broken meter.

“If social media could have addressed the issue, perhaps, and spread the word — hopefully equally as fast as it did on its own — we could have saved taxpayer dollars,” Alfin said. “I would, over time, like the city staff to have a process, protocol, policy and procedure, and consider being more proactive in social media communication.”

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“You’re playing with our children’s future,” one resident told the County Commission. “I think you’re out of touch,” said another. “Do your job, gentlemen,” said a third.

The speakers were among over a dozen locals who showed up at a March 21 County Commission meeting to urge a reluctant commission to approve a proposal to raise school district impact fees — one-time fees assessed on new home construction to cover the cost of building new schools, or expanding existing ones —for the first time since 2004.

School impact fees are determined by the School Board, but require the County Commission’s approval.

Commissioners ultimately approved the increase, but when the meeting’s public comment period began, they had criticized the school district, and four of the five looked poised to vote against the impact fee hike in solidarity with the local residential construction industry association, which has opposed it.

That prompted the angry comments.

“How is it that you all are elected to represent us — the citizens who live here — and yet you are considering representing an unelected group of people who object to the impact fee raise?” said resident Leslie Johnson.

“I’m thinking you should be representing the people who elected you, because these people are not elected.”

“You work for us. Not the developers, not the bankers, not the real estate people,” resident Nick DeSantis said. “ ... I voted for every one of you up here. I’m ashamed to say that.”

“Schools don’t build themselves, as you well know,” resident Mike Martin said. “... You have an opportunity here to ensure that we will provide, in Flagler County, the best possible education for our children.

So I ask you to do the right thing.

You don’t have to be always thinking about saving developers money.”

Among the speakers were two opposing School Board candidates — Lance Alred and Courtney VandeBunte — who both supported the fee increase.

Only two speakers, one representing the Flagler Home Builders Association and one representing the local chamber of commerce, opposed the district’s proposed impact fee change.

County Commissioner Andy Dance, himself a former School Board member, proposed a compromise: The board could approve the impact fee increase, he suggested, while also arranging meetings to discuss another school funding mechanism that the local building industry group, the Flagler Home Builders Association, had criticized — “proportionate share mitigation payments,” the money that developers pay the district to fund new student stations when their developments would add students to schools that are already at capacity.

Commissioners agreed, voting for Dance’s proposal 5-0.

The new impact fees will go into effect in September. The impact fee for single-family homes will rise from $3,600 to $5,450 , the fee for multi-family homes will rise from $931 to $1,360, and the fee for mobile homes will rise from $1,066 to $2,150.

Those single-family impact fee, going forward, will also rise by $500

“We really, really need you to pass this impact fee for the future of our students and kids.”

TREVOR TUCKER, School Board member

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“I do believe we are growing very rapidly as a community, but ... I believe it is, and it will be, much more heavily weighted towards the older population.”

as student enrollment increases by intervals of 500 students.

EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES

The March 21 meeting concluded the school district’s months-long effort to get the commission to approve a fee increase.

The School Board, last August, had initially proposed a much steeper fee hike that would have increased impact fees for single-family homes from $3,600 to $7,175, multi-family homes from $931 to $1,774 and mobile homes from $1,066 to $5,279.

Under state law, districts are limited to impact fee increases that don’t exceed 50% spread over a four-year period — unless they cite “extraordinary circumstances” to justify the steeper increase.

The school district says it is experiencing “extraordinary circumstances” in the form of unprecedented expected student population growth, and needs impact fees that exceed a 50% increase in order to expand its schools and build new ones.

The district last year commissioned an impact fee study through the consulting firm Tischler Bise, and the firm projected a student population increase of 40% over the coming decade.

The district adjusted that number down to 23.3%, saying that doing so gave a conservative estimate of the funding needed, and used that lowered figure to develop its new proposed impact fee schedule.

But the proposal brought immediate complaints from the Flagler Home Builders Association.

FHBA representatives called the study’s projections unrealistic, and pointed out that student population numbers have stayed relatively flat over the last decade even as the county’s overall population has grown.

When the school district brought its initial proposed fee increase to the County Commission for approval in November, the commission refused to approve it.

Instead, commissioners directed

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the school district to negotiate with the FHBA and come to an agreement before returning to the County Commission for approval.

‘GET AN AGREEMENT’

The County Commission’s instruction that the school district negotiate its proposed fee increase with the FHBA gave the industry association an unusual degree of involvement in the school district’s process of setting its fees.

School Board member Colleen Conklin found that improper.

“The negotiations should have been between staff of the school district and staff of the county,” Conklin said at the March 21 meeting.

Industry groups often offer suggestions when elected government bodies consider changes that would affect their industry. But that input is generally confined to calling or emailing officials or speaking during the public comment period at government meetings.

In keeping with the County Commission’s request, the school district held special meetings with FHBA representatives, and, as talks proceeded, moderated its proposed fee increase.

But the FHBA was not satisfied with the district’s final proposal, questioning the Tischler-Bise study and arguing for a suspension of proportionate share mitigation payments.

“Here’s the ‘extraordinary circumstance’ we heard: Growth in the county,” FHBA representative Mark Langello said at the March 21 meeting. “Their own facts don’t support that that growth in the county means any more people going into

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school district. ... You can do the 50% [increase], but ‘extraordinary circumstances’ don’t exist.”

Greg Blosé, president and CEO of the Palm Coast-Flagler Regional Chamber of Commerce, also opposed the increase.

“If mitigation wasn’t an issue, I’d say, ‘Hey, let’s approve the [singlefamily impact fee increase to] $5,400 today,’” Blosé said. “... I love the builtin, phased-in approach that comes with counting how many students come in. I think that’s really good. But the mitigation is just insane.”

County Commissioner Greg Hansen, at the March 21 meeting, faulted the district for the FHBA’s unwillingness to agree to the fee increase.

“We asked the School Board to reach an agreement,” Hansen said.

“That was your job, and you failed to do it. And that’s why we’re in this mess today. If you had honestly participated in discussions on this, we could have solved this months ago.

But you didn’t. You failed to do your job. That’s all we asked you to do was come together and get an agreement, and you couldn’t do it because you insisted on your way or the highway.”

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Commissioners weren’t satisfied that the district had established extraordinary circumstances, and Mullins accused the district of ignoring the business community.

“All I asked is for some time to occur, that this board wanted the public to have input. You can not ignore business,” Mullins said. “...

That’s happening in our country right now, by shutting stuff down.

And we are seeing train wrecks all throughout the nation.”

He also levied another, seemingly unrelated, charge at the School Board, referring to a dispute about the presence of some LGBT-related titles in school media centers.

“The past year I’ve watched so many things happen in school boards,” Mullins said. “So many crazy things occur about books and stuff.”

Mullins said he didn’t oppose the impact fee increase, but was sympathetic to the home builders’ complaints about having to pay proportionate share mitigation payments, comparing the practice to making someone pay their taxes five or 10 years ahead of time.

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Commissioner Donald O’Brien didn’t trust the district’s study.

“I cannot agree with the findings in the Tischler-Bise study that we are at a point of extraordinary circumstances,” he said. “I disagree with the student growth projections. I do believe we are growing very rapidly as a community, but ... I believe it is, and it will be, much more heavily weighted towards older population than past data may have indicated.”

Dance said that if O’Brien — who’d expressed concern that public comments supporting the fee increase hadn’t been sufficiently fact-based — was challenging the study, O’Brien should have a fact-based argument to counter it.

O’Brien said the study’s projections were based on assumptions.

Dance said that the projections were based on data. The two couldn’t reach agreement.

Commissioner David Sullivan made a motion for a straight 50% fee increase, which would be spread over four years. His motion failed.

Dance made a motion to grant the school district’s proposed fee increase, but have the County Commission, through its existing interlocal agreement with the school district, coordinate discussions on the mitigation process in the future.

“I think that’s a logical solution,” O’Brien said. “... If this is the path to get us forward, I think I can understand that and then agree.”

Commissioners approved it 5-0.

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John Fanelli chosen to fill vacant council seat

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“I believe that the leadership opportunities that I’ve been afforded over the past 21 years in education have prepared me to represent the citizens of District 2.”

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got the administrative and operational knowledge.”

Fanelli, he added, could also “open a door” between the city and the School Board.

Councilman Ed Danko agreed.

“All of these people were wonderful,” Danko said. “... But I do agree with the educational door.”

Klufas initially echoed his fellow council members’ enthusiasm for Fanelli.

“I think he is one of the most genuine people that we, potentially, have in our community, that is the conduit for taking individuals from our education system and making them into members of our society,” Klufas said.

“That’s huge. And it’s genuine, and I have overall ‘good vibes’ when he’s up here speaking.”

But Klufas wondered about the practicalities of having a council

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John Fanelli takes the oath of office at a City Council meeting on March 22.

member who’s an employee of the school district, especially when the city and the school district may be in the position of negotiating over the future of the district-owned Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club.

Alfin supported Fanelli.

“My focus is on who brings the most for this relatively short period of time,” Alfin said. “It’s vitally important that we get best tools that we can for the process that we are about to begin.”

The councilmen praised the quality of the applicant pool, noting that the city had managed to get eight strong applicants for the vacant seat that would be filled by appointment, but that only three people have actually filed to run for the seat in the general election.

“It would be my hope that those that are not chosen today would certainly consider serving the city in some capacity,” Alfin said, “if not, perhaps, in the upcoming election ... certainly in some committee or in some other way.”

Fanelli was sworn in by City Clerk Virginia Smith after the vote, and took his seat at the dais for a City Council special budget workshop.

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Vote delayed on city manager’s contract The City Council at a March 22 meeting opted to delay a vote on a proposed new contract with City Manager Denise Bevan.

Bevan, by a unanimous council vote, was recently made the city’s regular city manager — a promotion from her previous post as interim city manager — but the city has not yet approved a new contract with her.

A proposed contract the council was scheduled to vote on at the March 22 meeting would have bumped her base salary from its current $145,000 to $175,000.

Councilman Ed Danko said he’d not had much time to review it, since council members only received it over the preceding weekend.

“I’d like to have a little more time,” Danko said. “... It’s no reflection on Denise at all.”

Other council members agreed.

BY THE NUMBERS

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Mayor David Alfin’s proposal that the City Council more than quadruple the salaries of council members and the mayor generated angry pushback from local residents at a City Council meeting on March 15.

Some were under the mistaken impression that the council had already approved the increases, which would raise council members’ pay from the current $9,600 to $44,670, and the mayor’s pay from $11,400 to $46,470.

One speaker, Sue Urban, said the issue should be decided by locals in a referendum.

“That is something you should be asking us for, not granting yourselves,” she said.

Others spoke similarly.

Only one council member — Councilman Eddie Branquinho, who’s opposed the proposed salary increase — spoke about it after the residents’ comments.

He reiterated his opposition.

“Any type of raises or anything at this moment, at this point, I don’t think is appropriate,” Branquinho said.

John Fanelli, Flagler Schools’ coordinator of student supports and behavior and a former local school principal, will fill the District 2 Palm Coast City Council seat vacated by former councilman Victor Barbosa.

“Over the years, I have grown up loving and utilizing all of the wonderful amenities that are available to us here in Palm Coast,” Fanelli said in a brief address to the City Council on March 22 before he was chosen for the seat. “I believe that the leadership opportunities that I’ve been afforded over the past 21 years in education have prepared me to represent the citizens of District 2.”

Fanelli will serve until November, when the winner of the upcoming regular election for that seat will be sworn in.

The City Council selected Fanelli in a 3-1 vote at a special meeting on March 22 after interviewing each of the eight people — Fanelli, Antonio Amaral Jr., Bob Coffman, Hung Hilton, Carl Jones, Larry Gross, Perry Mitrano and William Schreiber — who had applied.

Each gave the council their word that they would not run for the District 2 seat in November if the council chose them for the temporary position.

Council members, before the vote, had praised Fanelli’s leadership experience and said his connections with the school district presented an opportunity for the city to improve its relationship with the school system.

Councilman Nick Klufas was the dissenting vote: He’d spoken favorably of Fanelli, but expressed concern that Fanelli’s role with the school district might present a conflict with his position on the council.

One other applicant — Amaral, a local builder ­— had also made the City Council’s shortlist before Mayor David Alfin cast the deciding vote in favor of Fanelli.

Councilman Eddie Branquinho said he favored Amaral for his knowledge about the city, but was torn between Amaral and Fanelli.

“His resume is fantastic,” Branquinho said of Fanelli. “He has got one thing in common with me, which is a feeling toward education. He’s

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Increased council salaries are best for community’s future The average age of City Council members since the city was founded is over 65.

MAYOR DAVID ALFIN PALM COAST MAYOR

When I was sworn into office as your mayor, I vowed to “well and faithfully perform the duties of the office of mayor.” My oath promised you that I would be watchful of everything that pertains to the future quality of life we enjoy in Palm Coast.

I therefore want to go on record stating that I believe it is appropriate to consider increasing salaries for your City Council and also want you to know that I am paying close attention to your reactions to this compensation proposal.

My reasons and justifications are many. This is not about me or our individual council members’ needs.

This is about managing, planning for and protecting the future of Palm Coast with diverse, qualified leaders who have a smart management growth mentality. We should appeal to people who can afford to give us their time and talent — not only because they believe in service to their community, but also because they are suitably remunerated, based on their commitment and responsibility.

I believe that raising salaries would expand our pool of competent applicants, giving us a City Council we expect, need, and deserve.

Before I go further, I’d like to set the record straight about some of the misinformation floating around in our community. Here are three

LETTERS Suggestion for a new road in Town Center Dear Editor: I have a suggestion to circumvent the tremendous traffic problem which is developing in the Town Center area. The streets in this area have speed limits as low as 15 mph! And, recently, there are new apartment houses being built in this area, with hundreds of tenants and cars. To make matters worse, Central Avenue has to be the worst quality street in Palm Coast.

My suggestion to eliminate all of these problems is to put a new eastwest street (with a reasonable speed limit and limited access) north of Central Avenue. It should connect Belle Terre Parkway to Town Center Boulevard and Old Kings Road. It would have a connection to City Place/Bulldog Drive. At the west end of this new road, it can connect into Belle Terre where Central Avenue does now, and Central can be made branch off to the south from it.

It seems to me that this is a highly needed street, as the traffic on Central Avenue is becoming excessive.

JESSE STONER Palm Coast

There is still hope for Town Center Dear Editor: The future of Palm Coast’s Town Center District was the subject of a presentation during the Palm Coast City Council’s March 8 workshop.

Understandably, this development has been through quite a bit of reevaluation since the 2008 financial crisis and COVID-19 pandemic stalled investment to this mixeduse, residential, retail, and arts district.

Although currently made up of City Hall, a movie theater, one office building, several abruptly ending side streets, and multiple bulbed-out, pedestrian-friendly intersections – but no pedestrians – the city had the correct vision of

facts to consider: 1: Increasing salaries for City Council will not raise your taxes.

Remuneration would be equal to only about 0.07% of our already established annual budget.

Increased compensation will also not take funds away from any community service already determined in council’s strategic plan.

2: An improvement to finding and keeping qualified council members is a goal I’ve supported from the very beginning of my tenure. I have been advocating candidate development via effective succession planning at every local organization meeting that I’ve been invited to attend. This should be an ongoing process for community groups to purposefully identify qualified and suitable successors for future governance roles.

3: Our Charter states that City Council must establish its compensation via ordinance, not on a ballot. This proposed ordinance would be formally introduced at a scheduled City Council meeting and is required by law to be heard at two public hearings. Both meetings will be open for to the public for comment. The meetings are noticed per the Florida Statutes and are also posted to the web before council meetings.

With all that said, consider this: COMPENSATION IS BASED ON OUTDATED DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

Palm Coast was founded over 22 years ago with only 32,732 residents. Its population has tripled since. With the acquisition of the utility department, its budget has grown sevenfold.

It is not the salary percentage increase that is relevant, it is the salary itself. City Council service has become a full-time job with part-time pay. City Council is responsible for correcting lingering mistakes and providing the best possible resources.

using Central Park to anchor this mixed-use development.

However, moving forward, the city should be aware that stacking more apartment complexes into Town Center will push potential business further from reality, eliminating the entertainment in the entertainment district.

According to Jane Jacobs’s midcentury urban planning masterwork, “The Death and Life of Great American Cities,” neighborhoods are fragile, and it is difficult to strike the delicate balance that ensures their success and maintains their relevancy in a city’s urban ecosystem. Diversity is always the best way to weather a crisis such as an economic downturn.

Ultimately, it is up to the developers of the individual parcels, but the city should do everything within its purview to incentivize and attract viable businesses to Town Center, as Councilman Ed Danko suggested during the meeting. This mixed-use district will never be realized without the adjacent retail, restaurants, and other necessary profit-generators that drive economic growth.

Palm Coast has a real opportunity to construct a great, walkable retail district that will draw people from all over Flagler County. Let’s not squander its potential.

CASEY C. CHEAP Palm Coast

The truth about Florida’s Parental Rights bill Dear Editor: As many people have recently witnessed the outcry and walkouts staged at many public schools in Florida, I am dismayed by the lack of understanding/education of Florida HB1557. The publicity around this bill has been that it is a “Don’t Say Gay” bill; it is not that at all. It is the “Parental Rights in Education” bill.

This is one of the problems we are having with real academic education in our country today. The “cancel culture” is determined to take our educators’ eyes off education and instead would rather indoctrinate our children in things

COMPENSATION CURRENTLY ATTRACTS CANDIDATES WITH LIMITED DIVERSITY AND VISION.

Increased compensation for City Council members should attract candidates in future elections. More candidates are likely to offer more experience and a wider variety of skill sets necessary to “provide for the exercise of its powers and for the performance of all duties and obligations imposed on the city including all legislative and police powers provided by law.”

TASKS, TIME AND AND WORK HAVE INCREASED OVER THE LAST 22 YEARS.

Strategic planning, budget preparation, tax-millage rate approval, communication with the public, speaking engagements at groups or clubs, maintaining public records, hiring and supervising the city manager and city attorney, City Council meetings and workshops, and more are just a few examples of the duties and responsibilities of council members in 2022.

INCREASED COMPENSATION ALLOWS MORE DIVERSE CANDIDATES TO CAMPAIGN AND RUN FOR OFFICE.

Twenty-nine City Council members have served the city since incorporation. The average age is over 65 years old. The challenge of future growth requires understanding budgets, land development, comprehensive planning, land use planning, lobbying for state appropriations, regional and interlocal agreements, service contract language, negotiation and performance evaluation. The public is best served with the largest number of candidates available in order to select the best possible City Council members to serve the community at the highest level.

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that should never be focused on in public schools.

If parents really educate themselves and understand what is going on in public schools throughout the country, they should be thankful that there are those willing to stand up for their rights as parents. A couple of examples of inexcusable behavior at a couple of Florida public schools should serve as a lesson to parents as to what could happen with their children: The case involving the minor child of the Littlejohn family in Leon County. Mrs. Littlejohn is a licensed mental health counselor and mother of a middle school-aged child in the Leon County Public Schools. Mrs. Littlejohn’s daughter, along with her two best friends, questioned her gender during the pandemic. As a mental health specialist, Mrs. Littlejohn was working with her child to address her needs related to her alleged dysphoria and other challenges. They have a loving, caring relationship.

Behind her back, her daughter’s school entered her into a transition plan. The school asked the minor child if she wanted to start using the male bathroom – thus, putting her in the same bathroom as middle school males. The child found this request to be odd and immediately told her mother when she picked her up from school that day. The public school believed it knew better than the parent, and in this case a parent who is eminently more qualified than any individual in the middle school to recognize and treat children suffering with gender identity or other important issues.

Around this same time, the Perez family in Clay County learned of their middle school-aged child’s attempted suicide. Again, another public school district decided to enter a minor child into a transition plan without notifying the parent.

In this case the father of the young child is an attorney. Instead of engaging with the highly educated professional parent who, for at least as many years as the child had been on this Earth, supported, fed, and clothed his minor child, the public school hid vital information from him because it thought it knew better.

Parents should no longer allow

COMPENSATION SHOULD BE IN LINE WITH COUNTY COMMISSION, SCHOOL BOARD.

Palm Coast City Council members do not receive pensions, cost of living increases, health care or other service benefits like those received by county commissioners or School Board members. Annual salaries (not including expenses or benefits) for county commissioners is $54,746 and School Board members is $34,594.

CITY CHARTER DOES NOT DEFINE COUNCIL AS ‘PART-TIME.’

The term may linger from the distant past when minimal time and effort were required to approve city operations. Monthly workshops and business meetings, agenda analysis, City manager meetings, facility visits, public and municipal public appearances, and attendance at monthly appointed committee meetings in itself is a full-time job.

Council members offering their full share of skill, care, and diligence invest more than a full-time effort to the job.

INCREASED COMPENSATION IS A LOGICAL BUSINESS DECISION.

My business career spans nearly 50 years across 62 countries. The laws of supply and demand support the theory that hiring employees possessing valuable credentials are scarce and more demanded. Their employment is usually dependent on market or better compensation being offered.

The opinions I’ve described here are my own. My research and conclusions on this matter openly and authentically reflect my genuine concern for meeting the growing needs of a prospering community. Palm Coast was blessed with dedicated, thoughtful, pragmatic founders. Palm Coast deserves to attract the largest number of diverse and worthy candidates who fulfill their commitment to our community at the highest level.

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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The Citizen Survey isn’t an accurate reflection Dear Editor: The city of Palm Coast is heralding the results of its recent Citizen Survey as showing all the good things about how the city is doing.

But a closer look at the survey results and the survey itself show an entirely different picture.

The first thing to look at is the relevance of the survey as an indicator of the views of us, the residents of Palm Coast. The survey participants only amount to one half of one percent of the population of Palm Coast. This tiny number of respondents really makes any inferences about anything just little more than a guess.

The next is the combination of the categories “good” and “very good” percentages to artificially prop up the positives the city wants to emphasize over negatives. The survey actually asks participants to choose results on a scale of “poor,” “fair,” “good,” and “very good.” Knowing the breakdown of the two categories by separating the results for each would give us a better picture of what is exceptionally good and what is just one step above fair.

Finally, much of the survey responses say everything in the city is simply great and yet the categories of land use planning and zoning, code enforcement, and traffic issues are way down in comparison with previous surveys. What gives?

JEFFERY C. SEIB Palm Coast

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The teen was walking west on A1A, toward Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area, crossing the road. The report notes that there was no crosswalk at that area, and there are no streetlights.

The SUV struck the teen, and she was transported to AdventHealth to be treated for injuries. She was listed in critical condition. The FHP does not immediately release names of people involved in crashes.

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Later that day, the woman’s cell phone company found her phone though its GPS, and a cell company employee gave the deputy an address that was nearest to the phone’s GPS signal.

The deputy went to the address and found the car parked outside a house. The resident identified himself as a friend of the woman, and said she’d gone to his house for drinks the previous night after hanging out at the bar, and that he’d driven her home in his golf cart because she was too drunk to drive. The car was returned to the woman.

Office Motors Unit and Community Policing Division conducted a special St. Patrick’s Day traffic enforcement detail and reported making a total of 109 traffic stops resulting in 18 noncriminal citations, 20 warnings, and four citations for driving while license suspended.

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Locals ask court to stop BJ’s store proposed new storage facilities Residents of Hidden Lakes and Toscana join forces in the fight.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

In two successive days in January, Palm Coast approved plans for two new storage facilities on Old Kings Road, both of them near the singlefamily home communities of Hidden Lakes and Toscana.

Many residents of those communities don’t want them, and some of them are now asking the court to overturn the city boards’ decisions.

Nine locals from those communities on Feb. 17 filed a Circuit Court petition asking the court to quash a Jan. 18 Palm Coast City Council decision and a Jan. 19 Planning and Land Development Regulation Board decision that cleared the way for the proposed storage facilities.

“As a direct and proximate result of the approvals for the proposed self-storage facility near and proximate to their homes, petitioners will be adversely affected because the self-storage use is not compatible with their existing single family residences,” states the residents’ petition for writ of certiori.

The city, in a March 18 motion, asked the court to dismiss the case, arguing that the plaintiffs had combined distinct issues and parties “into one confusing petition.”

The City Council on Jan. 18 had approved a special exception application and a rezoning from office to commercial to allow for the construction of the Secure Space selfstorage facility, to be built on

the northwest corner of the intersection of Old Kings Road and Town Center Boulevard.

It would have 287 covered spaces for boats and RV, plus 95,500 square feet of interior self-storage units.

The planning board’s Jan. 19 vote had approved a special exception application for the RF2 storage facility, which would feature 127 boat and RV storage spaces and 698 storage units on a site on the east side of Old Kings Road, a mile north of its intersection with Town Center Boulevard.

Two residents who filed the court motion, Donna Csire and Darlene Shelley, also filed an administrative city government appeal of the planning board’s decision to approve the RF2 storage facility.

The residents alleged that the proposed facilities hadn’t been properly evaluated for their traffic impacts, that they were approved without the “competent substantial evidence” required by law in quasi-judicial proceedings, and that the residents weren’t properly informed of the plans.

RF2, the residents’ petition for writ of certiorari states, wasn’t analyzed for traffic impacts in conjunction with the expected impact of Secure Space, and locals in Toscana didn’t receive notice about the developments.

Attorneys representing the development companies have asked the judge to dismiss the case because the residents, according to the attorneys, have improperly joined multiple complaints and have gone to the court without first exhausting the city’s administrative appeal process.

The case is before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins, who has yet to rule on the motion to dismiss.

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The site would also include a fast casual restaurant, fast food, a variety store and tires.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

The wholesale club proposed for a planned commercial development on State Road 100 near the Flagler County Executive Airport is a BJ’s, county planning documents reveal.

Documents from a March 16 Technical Review Committee meeting show the BJ’s Wholesale Club as a 103,000-square-foot structure, including a liquor store and tire center, on the south side of S.R. 100 west of Seminole Woods Boulevard and an existing gas station.

The shopping center, called “Cornerstone at Seminole Woods” in county documents, is also expected to have a 10,700-square-foot variety store, a 6,500-squarefoot sit-down fast casual restaurant, a 7,800-square-foot tire store and a 3,500 squarefoot fast food restaurant with a drive-thru.

Altogether, they’re expected to generate 7,603 daily vehicle trips, with the BJ’s generating 4,373 of those, according to a traffic impact study performed for developer Matthew Development by LTG Engineering & Planning.

The nearest existing BJ’s are in Port Orange and Jacksonville.

What new stores have you noticed in town? Email editor@palmcoastobserver.com.

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Timothy Ryan Paytas 1989-2022

Three School Board candidates Courtesy photos

Sheriff Rick Staly with FSEAT board members Don Madden, and Frank DeAngelo.

Krysten Paytas brothers Wayne Paytas Jr Brandon Kyler Paytas James Cosgrove stepbrother 2 nephews Damien Paytas-Raffa and Phoenix -Sky Henry Chism Grandmother Joann Paytas and many Aunt Uncles and Cousins He is preceded in death by his Grandparents James and Linda DuPont and Robert M Paytas.

A celebration of life will be held Saturday April 2, 2022 at 1 PM Hershel King Park 1000 Grady Prather Jr. Cove, Palm Coast, FL 32137.

Please bring chairs and a cover dish to share Family will provide the BBQ, bring your pole and Fish For Tim. In lieu of flowers please make donation to, Flagler County Humane Society, https://flaglerhumanesociety.salsalabs.org/donate2021/index.html.

BRENT WORONOFF STAFF WRITER

FCSO PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER

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Nearly 300 guests attended the fourth-annual Sheriff’s Gala to benefit the Flagler Sheriff’s Employee Assistance Trust on March 19, at the Hammock Beach Resort.

This year’s Sheriff’s Gala was dedicated to fallen Detention DFC Paul Luciano.

“Our community and sponsors continue to impress me with their incredible generosity and support they have shown for the men and women of the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office through their donations and sponsorships,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “We mourned the loss of Detention Deputy First Class Luciano in August of 2021 after his lineof-duty death. FSEAT played an active role in providing financial assistance for his family and is a great example of the importance of the FSEAT mission.”

Staly created FSEAT in 2017

Crista Rainey – 2021 Law Enforcement Deputy of the Year.

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Gina Walters was the 2021 Citizen of the Year.

to provide financial assistance to FCSO employees during a personal crisis, in support of a fallen deputy’s family and to recognize and always remember FCSO deputies killed in the line of duty. In 2017, Staly appointed members of the community to the FSEAT Board, which is independently operated as a 501(c) (3) tax deductible charity. He recognized the work done by board members Frank DeAngelo and Don Madden.

AWARDS CEREMONY

Headlining the Sheriff’s Gala, Sheriff Rick Staly presented awards for officers, civilians and employees. n Crista Rainey – 2021 Law Enforcement Deputy of the Year n Nichole North – 2021 Civilian Employee of the Year n Gina Walters – 2021 Citizen of the Year n Michael Muller – 2021 Volunteer of the Year (See the story on Page 13.) n Agustin Rodriguez – 2020 Law Enforcement Deputy of the Year n Douglas Evans – 2020 Detention Deputy of the Year n McKenzie Davis – 2020 Civilian Employee of the Year n Evelyn Gomes – 2020 Volunteer of the Year For more details, see this story at www.palmcoastobserver. com.

FIRST INSERTION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF BUNNELL, FLORIDA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY OF BUNNELL, FLORIDA Planning, Zoning & Appeals Board will hold a public hearing as authorized by law at 6:00 P.M. on the 5th day of April 2022, in the First Floor Conference Room of the Government Services Building located at 1769 East Moody Blvd., Bunnell, FL 32110.

ORDINANCE 2022-XX AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BUNNELL, FLORIDA AMENDING THE CITY OF BUNNELL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED; PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE CITY OF BUNNELL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RELATIVE TO CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY CONTAINING 5± ACRES, OWNED BY TRUANT CONSTRUCTION, LLC, BEARING PARCEL ID: 21-13-310650-000D0-0042 LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 655 FEET SOUTH OF EAST TWIN LAKES ROAD ALONG A PRIVATE EASEMENT WITHIN THE BUNNELL CITY LIMITS FROM FLAGLER COUNTY “RESIDENTIAL: LOW DENSITY/RURAL ESTATE” TO CITY OF BUNNELL “AGRICULTURAL’; PROVIDING FOR LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT; PROVIDING FOR ASSIGNMENT OF THE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THE PROPERTY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ACTS OF THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION AND DIRECTIONS TO THE CODE CODIFIER AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE as may be legally permitted on the day of the meeting. Instructions on how to participate by electronic or other means if in person participation is not legally permitted can be found on the City of Bunnell’s website at www.bunnellcity.us by clicking on the banner on the City’s homepage. Questions regarding use of available technology to access the public hearing can be answered by calling (386) 437-7500. The public is advised to check the City’s website for up-to-date information on any changes to the manner in which the meeting will be held and the location. The failure of a person to appear during said hearing and comment on or object to the proposed Ordinance, either in person or in writing, might preclude the ability of such person to contest the Ordinance at a later date. A copy of all pertinent information this ordinance can be obtained at the office of the Bunnell Customer Service Office, 604 E. Moody Blvd. Unit 6, Bunnell, FL 32110. Persons with disabilities needing assistance to attend this proceeding should contact the Bunnell City Clerk at (386) 437-7500 x 5 at least 48-business hours prior to the meeting.

If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City Commission on this matter a recording of the proceeding may be needed and for such purposes the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record is made which includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is based. (Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes)

Three candidates have filed for the School Board District 2 seat that is currently held by Janet McDonald.

McDonald said she hasn’t ruled out running for another term, but she said she is encouraged that there is a strong candidate in the race now and would step down.

Candidate qualifying closes on June 17.

Two of the candidates who have filed, Lance Alred and Will Furry, filed in the past two months, while Courtney VandeBunte filed last June.

VandeBunte is a former Flagler County public school teacher, who took a break from teaching in 2017 to focus on her young family. Rather than return to the classroom, she said she thought she could make a larger impact on education as a School Board member.

“Education has always been a passion of mine. Being a parent, an educator and a community member will allow me to make a positive impact on our schools,” she said. “I worked at Marineland for a year as an education coordinator, but I preferred the public-school classroom, working with teachers and parents to make a better learning environment for our children.”

Her main goal, she said, is to bring unity back to the community after the pandemic and other issues pitted parents against each other.

“Both sides came together to support (school) impact fees,” she said. “We all want to bring a great learning environment to the classroom.”

VendeBunte campaign contributions have totaled $6,539, and her expenses have totaled $5,234.36.

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Atlanta for 11 years before the recession hit and then served six tours, totaling almost three years, in Afghanistan as a civilian contractor for the Department of Defense overseeing off-base construction.

Education has always been important to Alred. His father has been a teacher and coach in Palatka for 37 years. His mother is a retired guidance counselor and coach. And his wife, Brandie, is a teacher and the girls golf coach at Matanzas High School.

Alred, who owns a concrete pumping company, wrestled in high school and college and was a volunteer wrestling coach for 20 years. He is an elder at Trinity Presbyterian Church.

He said athletics and other extracurricular activities can be a “force multiplier” for students. He said he would also like to see schools focus more on math and science and critical thinking skills.

Alred’s contributions of $2,200 have come from a personal loan. He had no expenses as of March 22.

Furry filed on Feb. 22. He is a real estate agent and entrepreneur and has two children who attend Old Kings Elementary School.

“After seeing school boards’ questionable decision making, I decided to step up and get a seat at the table for my kids and all the kids in Flagler County,” he said.

For the past four years he has been a group leader in the middle school youth ministry at Epic Church. And he is a member of a local mission team that meets monthly to serve the needs in the community. He has also made several trips to Central America on humanitarian/medical missions.

Of Furry’s $6,300 in contributions, $5,000 has come from a personal loan.

Two of the candidates, Lance Alred and Will Furry, filed in the past two months, while Courtney VandeBunte filed last June.

FIRST INSERTION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Bunnell Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board will hold a public hearing to consider the following Special Exception Request: APPLICATION BY FIRST COAST ROLL OFFS, LLC FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW A SOURCE SEPARATED ORGANICS PROCESSING FACILITY LOCATED AT 10900 STATE HIGHWAY 100 W IN THE AGS, AGRICULTURE & SILVICULTURE DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY OF BUNNELL PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD will hold a Public Hearing at 6:00 P.M. on April 5, 2022 in the First Floor Conference Room of the Government Services Building located at 1769 East Moody Blvd., Bunnell, FL 32110 to consider the Special Exception Request.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE in person or as may be legally permitted on the day of the meeting or by available technology. Instructions on how to participate by electronic means can be found on the City of Bunnell website at www.bunnellcity.us or with the published agenda.

The failure of a person to appear or participate during the public hearing and comment on or object to the request, either in writing, in person as legally permitted on the day of the meeting or using available technology, may preclude the ability of such person to appeal the City of Bunnell Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board’s decision at a later date. . A copy of all pertinent information this ordinance can be obtained at the office of the Bunnell Customer Service Office, 604 E. Moody Blvd. Unit 6, Bunnell, FL 32110. Persons with disabilities needing assistance to attend this proceeding should contact the Bunnell City Clerk at (386) 437-7500 x 5 at least 48-business hours prior to the meeting.

NOTICE: If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City of Bunnell Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board on this matter, the person is responsible for obtaining a verbatim record from the recording of the public hearing, which includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is based. (286.0105Florida Statute)

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF BUNNELL, FLORIDA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY OF BUNNELL, FLORIDA Planning, Zoning & Appeals Board will hold a public hearing as authorized by law at 6:00 P.M. on the 5th day of April 2022, in the First Floor Conference Room of the Government Services Building located at 1769 East Moody Blvd., Bunnell, FL 32110.

ORDINANCE 2022-XX AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BUNNELL, FLORIDA PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING OF REAL PROPERTY TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 5± ACRES, OWNED BY TRUANT CONSTRUCTION, LLC, BEARING PARCEL ID: 21-13-31-0650-000D0-0042, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 655 FEET SOUTH OF EAST TWIN LAKES ROAD ALONG A PRIVATE EASEMENT WITHIN THE BUNNELL CITY LIMITS FROM FLAGLER COUNTY, “R-1, RURAL ” TO CITY OF BUNNELL, “AG, AGRICULTURAL”; PROVIDING FOR THE TAKING OF IMPLEMENTING ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF MAPS

BY REFERENCE; REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR NON-CODIFICATION AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE as may be legally permitted on the day of the meeting. Instructions on how to participate by electronic or other means if in person participation is not legally permitted can be found on the City of Bunnell’s website at www.bunnellcity.us by clicking on the banner on the City’s homepage. Questions regarding use of available technology to access the public hearing can be answered by calling (386) 437-7500. The public is advised to check the City’s website for up-to-date information on any changes to the manner in which the meeting will be held and the location. The failure of a person to appear during said hearing and comment on or object to the proposed Ordinance, either in person or in writing, might preclude the ability of such person to contest the Ordinance at a later date. A copy of all pertinent information this ordinance can be obtained at the office of the Bunnell Customer Service Office, 604 E. Moody Blvd. Unit 6, Bunnell, FL 32110. Persons with disabilities needing assistance to attend this proceeding should contact the Bunnell City Clerk at (386) 437-7500 x 5 at least 48-business hours prior to the meeting.

If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City Commission on this matter a recording of the proceeding may be needed and for such purposes the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record is made which includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is based. (Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes)

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Board member Janet McDonald is not planning to seek another term, for now.

MELISSA MORREALE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF BUNNELL, FLORIDA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY OF BUNNELL, FLORIDA Planning, Zoning & Appeals Board will hold a public hearing as authorized by law at 6:00 P.M. on the 5th day of April 2022, in the First Floor Conference Room of the Government Services Building located at 1769 East Moody Blvd., Bunnell, FL 32110.

ORDINANCE 2022-XX AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BUNNELL, FLORIDA AMENDING THE BUNNELL LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER 22 SITE PLAN REVIEW AND APPROVAL; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE MINIMUM STANDARDS OF CONSTRUCTION; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND APPLICABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE as may be legally permitted on the day of the meeting. Instructions on how to participate by electronic or other means if in person participation is not legally permitted can be found on the City of Bunnell’s website at www.bunnellcity.us by clicking on the banner on the City’s homepage. Questions regarding use of available technology to access the public hearing can be answered by calling (386) 437-7500. The public is advised to check the City’s website for up-to-date information on any changes to the manner in which the meeting will be held and the location. The failure of a person to appear during said hearing and comment on or object to the proposed Ordinance, either in person or in writing, might preclude the ability of such person to contest the Ordinance at a later date. A copy of all pertinent information this ordinance can be obtained at the office of the Bunnell Customer Service Office, 604 E. Moody Blvd. Unit 6, Bunnell, FL 32110. Persons with disabilities needing assistance to attend this proceeding should contact the Bunnell City Clerk at (386) 437-7500 x 5 at least 48-business hours prior to the meeting.

If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City Commission on this matter a recording of the proceeding may be needed and for such purposes the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record is made which includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is based. (Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes) March 24, 2022

District 2 School Board candidates Lance Alred, Will Furry and Courtney VandeBunte.

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Timothy Ryan Paytas age 32 from Flagler Beach, Fl. passed unexpectedly on February 26, 2022 at home.

He was born in Alexandria, Va. and grew up in Flagler Beach, Fl. He was a “Sweetheart” that cared more about others than himself; he enjoyed the simple things in life; he had a passion for writing songs; he enjoyed playing his guitar, surfing, fishing, cooking, reading his Bible, and spending time with his friends and family. He was funny, kind, and caring.

You couldn’t ask for a truer friend or Son. He will be truly loved and missed by all.

Till we meet again, our Punkin Forever in Our Hearts.

He is survived by Tressie Paytas Mother (Scott) Wayne Paytas Sr Father (Patty stepmom) sister

Gala raises $156,000 to help FCSO families

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Q+A KANDI LOWE, DJ FOR KIX

The writers of the songs, the voice of KIX BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

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he world’s best songwriters are coming to Palm Coast for the annual Palm Coast Songwriters Festival, April 28 to May 1, at the Daytona State College Amphitheater. These writers have collectively written hundreds of hit songs, many of which you’d recognize, even if you’re not a country music fan. Last week, I met up with Kandi Lowe, a KIX Country 98.7 DJ who has interviewed many of the songwriters for her own show that will be aired on KIX 6-7 p.m. Sundays through April 24, which is the Sunday before the festival.

You can get tickets to the festival on www.palmcoastsongwritersfestival.com. What follows is an edited transcript of the video Q+A. What are some of your favorite moments from these interviews with the songwriters?

One of my first stories that I heard was from a man named Kent Blazy, who discovered Garth Brooks.

Garth was selling boots and wanted to do demos in his studio. So they sat down and wrote together and shopped the songs around. Nobody wanted Garth; who wants to hear a guy named “Garth”? After shopping it around for a year, Garth Brooks played it one night at the Bluebird Cafe, and someone from Capitol Records was there. The rest, I guess they say, is history. So that became his first No. 1 song: “If Tomorrow Never Comes.”

And Kent Blazy is one of the people coming to the Songwriters Festival.

Yes, he’s coming back. He’s been here for a couple years. The first year we had a handful of songwriters, and it’s just grown every year.

A lot of them like to come back, and we’re adding new faces every year as well.

Who else have you interviewed for your show?

Brock Berryhill, Paul Overstreet.

We have Jeffrey Steele coming back; he has an incredibly long list of hits that he’s written. And I’m still actively talking to them for the shows, because our songwriters are still writing songs; their songs are still moving up the charts. It’s not one-and-done with them.

At the festival, you feel like you are in a living room with the songwriters, and they’re just telling you their stories, so it’s a different experience than hearing it on the radio.

Another song you mentioned when you’re prepping for this: “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy” (made famous by Kenny Chesney).

Paul Overstreet was telling me that he was with his wife and they were in the feed store. And she was a little bit all over him. And he’s kind of like, “What is your deal?

We’re at the tractor store.” So she gave him that little look, and as he walked out of there, he started singing, “She thinks my tractor’s sexy,” and he started singing it to her in the kitchen. He would sing it to his friends as a joke, and they all thought it was great. So it evolved

MELISSA MORREALE FCSO PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER

THREE MORE WAYS TO JOIN IN In addition to listening to Kandi Lowe’s show 6-7 p.m. Sundays on KIX, and of course going to the show (see www.palmcoastsongwritersfestival.com for tickets), you can also meet one of the songwriters at his book signing, win a guitar, and support a charity.

J.T. Harding (who wrote Jake Owen’s hit song “Alone With You”) has a new book out. It’s called “Party Like a Rockstar: The Crazy, Coincidental, HardLuck, and Harmonious Life of a Songwriter,” published by Twelve Books. Harding will be at a book release party 4-5 p.m.

April 30, at the book store on the campus of Daytona State College. (The festival is at the DSC amphitheater.)

According to festival founder Garry Lubi, there will also be a raffle during the festival for an autographed guitar. Proceeds benefit the Dolly Parton Imagination Library and the Daytona State College Foundation.

Finally, the songwriters are raising funds for Gold Star Mentors, a nonprofit founded

by Brett Jones (who wrote Justin Moore’s hit song “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away”) in 2017 to provide guitars and lessons to children and young adults who are grieving the death of a military loved one. Visit https:// goldstarmentors.com/.

Kandi Lowe said sometimes she is recognized just by her voice — even at a drive-thru. This photo was taken at the PMG Studio, where the video Q+A was produced.

from there into becoming a big song.

cousins at Christmas was country.

It’s ingrained in my DNA.

It seems like that’s a common theme: Songs turn into songs by accident.

The pandemic sent you and lots of other people home to work.

What’s that been like for you?

A lot of them will literally walk around with their phones or voice memos, and if something comes across their mind, they’ll mentioned that into their phone. And then later on when they’re trying to come up with something to write when they’re with some of these big stars, they’ll pull out some of this material, and some of it clicks right away. Some of it will take years to click.

Sometimes I’ll do the show in the KIX studio (in Bunnell). I live in St. Augustine, so during the pandemic, they helped me build a studio in my closet, just so that I wouldn’t have to go out if it wasn’t feasible. So yeah, you’re sitting in your closet, and you’ve got your clothes hanging here, and you’re talking to everyone and no one all at the same time.

What’s it like to be a DJ? Do people ever recognize you in a grocery store from your voice?

I do a lot of the production for the stations, and I was writing the promos for the songwriters show.

And we were looking at the massive number of hits that they have, the top 25s the top 5s, and it was just overwhelming. There’s no way we could get to all of them. But some of them are such good stories and such good songs that I decided well, let’s expand on that. So everything you hear on the show during that hour is written by one of our songwriters for the most part. They’re all at least a top 25 and above. But some of these people have literally hundreds of hits.

It has happened in drive-thrus.

They’re like, “That’s really you?

Well, I’ve got something extra special for you.” So in that aspect, it’s fun.

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James Slater has become a regular at the Palm Coast Songwriters Festival.

He’s written hit songs for Carrie Underwood among many other artists.

Jail launches HVAC training program for inmates

Do you like the music you play?

Do you secretly wish you were playing rock or rap instead?

Pretty much everyone likes a whole range of music. Country is always going to be part of my heritage.

I grew up in East Tennessee, and all the music that I heard with my

What gave you the idea to do your KIX show about the songwriters?

A partnership born two years ago with Flagler Technical College and the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility has officially launched its latest offering to help inmates gain new career skills so they are better prepared to successfully reenter everyday life in Flagler County: a six-month Pre-Apprenticeship Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning program for inmates.

The first classes are taking place in the jail with five student-inmates. A majority of the courses in the 150hour program will take place in a classroom setting in the jail. Supervised by a detention deputy, the inmates will also travel to the HVAC Technology Bin (lab) at FTC during the semester to put their classroom instruction to the test.

“The students get homework assignments, they have to review their chapter work and then be prepared for the next class,” Chief of Court and Detention Services Division Dan Engert said. “The classes meet twice a week from 8 a.m. to noon. It’s set up just like any other FTC trade course.”

The goal of Homeward Bound, which now offers HVAC, as well as a Vinyl Graphics Application Program, Restaurant Certification and Landscaping, is to help inmates learn new career skills skills to set them up for success once they are released back into the community.

“Programs which help meet the local workforce demands of our business community are always being explored,” said Sheriff Rick Staly.

“Our inmates, if properly trained, can eventually help satisfy them.

Serving time should be about more than just being locked up. These are inmates who will re-enter our community at some point in their life.

If we can get them back on track to become productive members of our community it helps strengthen not only them, but their families, our businesses and our community.”

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the HVAC field is expected to see a 13% job growth nationwide through 2028. The median salary for specialists in the field is $50,000.

Upon completion of the program, the inmates will earn a certificate from the Florida Department of Education that can help lead to admission into FTC’s HVAC Apprenticeship Program after their release.

“They really seem to want to work hard and put in the effort,” said FTC HVAC Instructor Frank Tasmarski.

“That’s so much of what this kind of career is about. Everybody deserves a second chance.”

When asked about the class and instructor, one student said, “He’s a good teacher. He really seems to know what he’s talking about. Once you find a trade like this, you’ll have a career anywhere you go.”

Espanola Schoolhouse, a segregation-era survivor, gets a facelift The structure served as a Black-only schoolhouse from 1950 through 1958.

RANDY JAYE GUEST WRITER

The historic one-room Espanola Schoolhouse located at 98 Knox Jones Ave., Bunnell, recently received a much needed facelift.

The structure was built in 1950, and is a scarce survivor of the Jim Crow racial segregation-era. It served as a Black-only schoolhouse from 1950 through 1958, and accommodated 30 or more students per school year.

During its time as a school within the Flagler County School District it did

Espanola Schoolhouse was for Blacks only from 1950 to 1958.

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not have an indoor bathroom or running water. A wood-burning stove provided heat on cold days. After its schoolhouse days, the building served as an independent kindergarten and then a storage facility. Today, it serves the Espanola community as the St. Paul Youth Center.

Work was completed by tradesman Mike Patrick and included stucco repairs, pressure washing, painting of the building and trim, replacement of the aluminum drip edge, soffit and fascia and a partial rebuild of the front porch roof. A new custom sign that reads, “Historic Espanola Schoolhouse, St. Paul Youth Center, The Only Minority Schoolhouse Still Standing in Flagler County,” was also installed.

The facelift is a cosmetic improve-

ment to the overall character of the building. The structural repairs have also increased the building’s stability and longevity. The work was funded by donations from Daytona Beach Chapter 154 of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors and The Mullins Companies.

Other improvements needed on the building include new windows and doors. Grants will be pursued to raise money to cover this work.

The Espanola Schoolhouse is the only one-room schoolhouse still standing in Flagler County.

It is also the first landmark in Flagler County associated to Black history that has been nationally recognized as it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 22, 2020.

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Cracker Day returns after two-year hiatus The event, which features a rodeo and barbecue lunch, is scheduled for March 26 at the Flagler County Fairgrounds.

BRENT WORONOFF STAFF WRITER

Cracker Day is back.

The popular event sponsored by the Flagler County Cattlemen’s Association will return to the Flagler County Fairgrounds on Saturday, March 26.

The event was canceled the past two years because of the pandemic.

“I think it’s going to be amazing,” said Pat Cody, the secretary of the cattlemen’s association. “People are just excited. They’re ready to gather again.”

The day begins at 8 a.m. with the Flagler County Rough Riders hosting barrel racing and pole bending.

The rodeo begins at noon with a

grand opening featuring the former Cracker Day queen riding her horse around the arena and the announcement of this year’s queen. The first event on the schedule is bull riding.

Other events include barrel racing, chute dogging, sack race, ribbon roping and steer saddling.

Free children’s events include a chicken chase, a pig chase and a boot race. Every competitor who catches a chicken or pig will receive $5, said Cody.

Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cody, who used to make all the baked beans and coleslaw, said cooks will be barbecuing 4,000 pounds of beef to go with 125 gallons of baked beans. She said 750 pounds of cabbage will be used to make the coleslaw.

Tickets to Cracker Day are $20 and include lunch.

This will be the 65th year of the event, said Cody, who has attended every Cracker Day since 1971.

“I believe we’re going to have an amazing turnout,” she said.

“People are just excited. They're ready to gather again.”

PAT CODY

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Senior bull rider Gordon Baggett competes at the last Cracker Day in 2019.

Showtime!

IF YOU GO: ‘THE DROWSY CHAPERONE’ When: 7:30 p.m. March 25, 26, 31, April 1, 2, 8, 9; and 2 p.m. April 3 and 10 Where: Daytona Playhouse, 100 Jessamine Blvd.

Details: See this loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, directed

by Daniel Mills. Tickets cost $25 for adults, $24 for seniors, and $15 for youth. Visit daytonaplayhouse.org or call the box office at 386-255-2431.

‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ opens at Daytona Playhouse on Friday JARLEENE ALMENAS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

For Melissa Cargile, the first time the orchestra and actors on stage come together is a special moment.

As the musical director for the Daytona Playhouse, it’s a moment the Ormond Beach resident and Creekside Middle School teacher sees with every show, but it doesn’t take away from its magnitude.

“There’s just nothing like that,” she said. “All that hard work, and then that moment when everything comes together and you realize that people are going to see this, and hopefully it’s going to be fun for them.”

The Playhouse’s upcoming production of “The Drowsy Chaperone,” opening at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 25, is no exception. Set in the 1920s, this show parodies the musicals of the Jazz age through the eyes of the character known as “man in chair,” as he listens to a record that brings a cast of characters to life on stage: two lovers about to marry, a desperate theater producer, two gangster pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and of course, an intoxicated chaperone.

“It’s part an homage, and it’s part poking fun at all those silly little things from the 1920s,” Cargile said.

One of the colorful characters in the show is Mrs. Tottendale, played

by Palm Coast resident Anji Brazell.

She’s been doing theater since she was in junior high, and first auditioned for a show at the Playhouse when she was a senior in high school in 1973.

“This has just been part of my life,” Brazell said. “My first love is my church, and my second love is my family, of course, but the Play-

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Anji Brazell, of Palm Coast, stars as Mrs. Tottendale. “The Drowsy Chaperone” opens at the Daytona Playhouse at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 25.

Melissa Cargile has been involved with the Playhouse for about 10 years.

house has a pretty big part of my heart.”

Now that she’s retired, she can spend more time doing what she loves. “The Drowsy Chaperone” will be her third show this season with the Playhouse, which is in its 75th season.

Brazell, who moved to New York earlier in her life to pursue acting before returning to raise her family in Palm Coast, said there is always quality entertainment at the Playhouse. The words of a former past president of the Playhouse, Jerry Doty, have stuck with her through the years since she moved back. He said: “I do far more acting in Daytona than they will ever do in New York.”

“The Drowsy Chaperone” will be Director Daniel Mills’ first production with the Playhouse. Prior to their dress rehearsal on Sunday,

March 20, he spoke with the cast about the play’s themes and the meaning it brings to theater. Their responses ranged from what the play meant to them as individuals to the overarching human tendencies it explores.

“We seek art that speaks to us,” Mills said. “Sometimes, it’s just people watching movies. Sometimes it’s live.”

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Mike, Pam Muller retire after 9 years on Citizen Observer Patrol Mike Muller was Citizen Observer Patrol chief for four years, adding beach, bicycle and marine units during his tenure.

“One time I went to a crash scene on Belle Terre, and there was one car flipped over and another in a ditch. Two women were hugging each other. They said, ‘We’re just lucky to be alive, so we hugged each other.’”

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When Mike Muller was promoted to chief of the Citizen Observer Patrol four years ago, about 15 COPs in leadership positions had just retired.

“I was the last guy with any kind of rank,” he said. “Just the week before, I was promoted to captain.”

Muller and his wife, Pam, are leaving the Flagler County Sheriff Office’s volunteer organization after nine years. Muller retired as chief on March 1. Pam is retiring as a commander on April 6.

Under Mike Muller’s leadership, the COP added three patrols — an ATV unit on the beach to help people who are injured; a bicycle unit with COPs patrolling the trails in pairs, and a marine patrol boat to provide aid to disabled boats.

He also expanded the COP’s traffic crash investigations from about 70 to 90 a year to about 80 a month.

The COPs who pass a Sheriff’s Office course investigate crashes, give citations for non-criminal violations and go to court if the citation is challenged.

“One time I went to a crash scene on Belle Terre, and there was one car flipped over and another in a ditch,” Mike Muller said. “Two women were hugging each other. They said, ‘We’re just lucky to be alive, so we hugged each other.’”

“(Mike Muller) always talked to everybody, asked for their opinions. It was a very wide-open give-and-take.”

MIKE GASKILL, former COP commander

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Pam with Mike Muller, who helped expand COP traffic crash investigations from 80 a year to 80 a month.

Later that day, he went on another call, and two men were fighting, although there was barely a scratch on each car. If a fight breaks out, the COP calls the Sheriff’s Office to send a deputy. In nine years, Mike Muller said he called for backup once.

The COPs also work parades and provide escorts from funerals. They have a house watch program where they will drive by and walk around a house if an owner requests when they are away. The COPs patrol in 13 marked Ford Fusion Hybrids, provided by the Sheriff’s Office.

Pam Muller works the front desk at the Palm Coast Sheriff’s Office

substation.

“The whole office is run by COPs,” she said. “We dispatch, we do we fingerprints and weapon, liquor and Realtor licenses.”

According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s website, “since 2005, the COPs have worked about 260,000 hours, saving the county about $4,806,000.”

During the last four years, Citizens Observer Patrol has averaged about 70 to 75 volunteers, Mike Muller said.

His leadership style was inclusive, said Cmdr. Mike Gaskill, who also retired in March.

“It was always a group effort,”

Gaskill said. “He always talked to everybody, asked for their opinions.

It was a very wide-open give-andtake. Pam was pretty much the same as Mike, utilizing everyone’s opinion. We’re all volunteers. We’re not going to do it if we don’t like it.”

‘IT WAS LIKE A FAMILY’

Mike, 68, and Pam, 67, have been married for 27 years. They have two children and two grandchildren.

Mike retired at 56 after the couple sold their travel agency. After working 12 to 14 hours a day together for many years, they were looking for

something new do. They moved from Chesapeake, Virginia, to Palm Coast.

“We went to the Rib Fest, and the Sheriff’s Office was asking for volunteers,” Mike said. “I had never been in the police business in my life, but I took an application. We decided, ‘Let’s give back to the community, even if this is not our community.’ I got to meet the mayor. I never saw the mayor in Chesapeake.”

This soon became their community.

“We met a lot of friends through the COPs,” Pam said. “It was like a family.”

Now, the Mullers — who worked 30 to 35 hours a week with the COPs — want to spend more time with their own family. They have an RV, and they want to travel.

When Mike Muller stepped down, his fellow COPs gave him a miniature baseball bat with the inscription, “Thanks for going to bat for us.” They also signed a large card, each adding a heartfelt message.

He read one out loud: “You have made a lasting impression in my life.”

“I couldn’t read the card without crying,” he said. “I got emotional.”

Geraldine Marsh, a retired dentist who joined the COPs after meeting Pam Muller, said she fell in love with the program.

“I met a gracious group of people from different professional backgrounds with the sole purpose to serve the community,” she said.

“Chief Muller and his wife have devoted with love a big part of their lives as retirees in supporting the sheriff’s department.”

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A brief history of jazz in Palm Coast starts with Muriel McCoy McCoy will be 92 on the day of an upcoming concert, sponsored by the Northeast Florida Jazz Association

BARBARA SALTER GUEST WRITER

On her 92nd birthday, Palm Coast resident Muriel McCoy will be doing what she loves best: listening to live jazz music by some of the best musicians around. She hopes you’ll be there, too.

Recently, McCoy and North

East Florida Jazz Association were thrilled to learn that its 2022 Jazz Appreciation Month show would go on, now that fears of the pandemic have subsided. Worldrenowned saxophonist Gary Bartz will be the headliner. A Grammy Award winner, Bartz has recorded 40 solo albums and more than 200 as a guest

musician or sideman. He has performed with Miles Davis, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, McCoy Tyner, and many other great jazz artists and is the head of the Jazz Studies Program at Oberlin School of Music. Accompanying Bartz will be the Doug Carn Trio featuring Carn on piano, John Lumpkin on drums and Lawrence Buckner on bass.

The concert will be at 2:30 p.m. on April 3 at the Daytona Beach Museum of Arts & Sciences. Tickets are $40 for members and $45 for nonmembers. You can get them at Chez Jacqueline’s in Palm Coast, on www.nefja.org, or by calling 386-445-1329.

McCoy has been leading the charge to keep jazz alive in Northeast Florida for more than 35 years.

WHEN JAZZ ARRIVED

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McCoy recognized Jackie Hamilton and Shara Rivera for Chez Jacqueline’s support over the years. Muriel was one of Chez Jacqueline’s first customers when the boutique opened in 2003.

In 1985, long before Palm Coast became an official city, McCoy and her late husband “Eugene” Jeep McCoy retired and moved to Palm Coast from Teaneck, New Jersey.

They loved everything about their new home with one exception: They missed attending live jazz performances. In New Jersey, their proximity to the Big Apple made it easy to catch live jazz.

McCoy credits Jeep with turning her on to jazz. “Other guys would bring flowers or candy, but Jeep wooed me with records,” she laughed.

“He’d bring me a new 45 every time he came over. I think he loved my record player (he didn’t have one) more than he loved me.”

After a short jazz-filled courtship, he proposed to her on the legendary A-train.

“One of the first things Jeep taught me about jazz is that there is nothing like live jazz,” McCoy said. “You’ll never hear the same tune played the same way twice. The artistic expression during a hot solo is electric, whether it’s a jazz

BEAT GOES ON The Northeast Florida Jazz Association brings people together who are interested in listening to jazz, supports young aspiring jazz artists, sponsors events that showcase local jazz artists, and provides affordable jazz events in the Palm Coast area.

According to President Muriel McCoy, “The lifeblood of NEFJA is our membership. Without their hard work and dedication, we could never have accomplished what we have.”

Here’s what some of those members have to say: Chip McCoy (Jeep and Muriel McCoy’s son, who has recently retired and is in the process of moving to Palm Coast): “I remember growing up in our house where jazz was played all the time. … Dad referred to jazz as ‘head music.’ He introduced me to many of the traditional jazz greats, and in turn, I was able to turn him on to some of my favorite jazz-fusion bands such as the Headhunters, Return to Forever, and Weather Report.”

Dee Cunningham: “Muriel is a wonder woman, a jazz aficionado to the ‘nth’ degree. She knows her Jazz and is tireless in her pursuit of keeping jazz alive.”

Tracey Rowell: “Jazz is America’s own music…it’s nice to see people coming together for a common interest.”

Jackie Hamilton and Shara Rivera (Chez Jacqueline Gift Boutique, members and supporters): “Muriel was one of our first customers. We opened in June 2003 and Muriel first stopped by in October 2003 and we’ve been supporting each other ever since.”

legend like Miles Davis or an unknown aspiring young musician possessing tremendous talent. It’s magic how the music comes together.”

In Palm Coast, the McCoys figured that if they were missing live jazz, there might be other kindred spirits in the area as well. They sent out a note to local organizations and businesses inviting jazz lovers to their home for a meeting to see if there was enough interest in starting a jazz organization.

More than 40 people showed up that night, and the North East Florida Jazz Association, popularly known as NEFJA, was born. Its mission was to help keep jazz alive by providing live performances to local audiences and by awarding scholarships to talented young music students enrolled in a jazz studies program at a Florida college or university.

In 1987, NEFJA began bringing live jazz concerts to the area.

“The very first concert was held in what is now the Daytona State College Amphitheater,” McCoy recalled. “We had the Stetson University Band, followed by bands from Bethune-Cookman, Daytona State College, Florida A&M and the University of North Florida.” Other early concerts featured talented military bands.

The McCoys were responsible for finding the entertainment. They made contacts wherever they went.

“Our search for jazz resulted in our meeting a number of musicians who performed for our concerts,” she explained.

“A restaurant in Daytona featured Dave Burke’s great band every Monday. They were very excited about the new jazz society and introduced Jeep and me to the always-large group of dancing regulars. We went every Monday and made many contacts. Burke’s band played for us several times.”

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Three Habits for Better Hearing Today Dr. Indira Álvarez, Clinical Director & Owner Palm Coast Hearing Center

Your habits may be sabotaging your hearing. In this article, discover how implementing exercise, hearing protection, and social interaction can help maintain your hearing even as you age.

Exercise The pandemic has caused several of us to forsake the gym and exercise in general. Have you heard of the “quarantine 15”? Obviously, several factors contribute to gaining 15 pounds during quarantine, but the greatest of these is lack of exercise.

This spring, let’s commit to get out there and enjoy the beautiful spring weather and in doing so, lessen our risk of hearing loss.

Data on risk factors related to hearing loss are limited, but several reputable studies suggest that changing our daily habits can affect our hearing. One of those studies, published by the American Journal of Medicine, states that people who participate in physical activity reduce their risk of developing hearing loss. According to the article, this reduced risk is especially true of women who walk more than 2 hours per week.

Interestingly, hearing loss is not caused by strenuous exercise, but exercise can help main-

tain healthy hearing despite one’s age. As an audiologist, I counsel patients regarding the common stigmas associated with hearing loss, such as aging. These studies affirm that hearing loss isn’t always directly caused by age.

Hearing Protection During the pandemic, a record number of people made improvements to their homes. Did you hear all the power tools running in your neighborhood?

Everything from in-home offices to backyard decks were and still are being constructed as the pandemic sparked various home-improvement projects.

Tools such as table saws, drills, and sanders can cause hearing loss, especially if the sounds they make are long, repeated, or reach at or above 85 dBA. Before you start that new home improvement project, make sure to purchase over-the-counter hearing protection such as earplugs or earmuffs; we carry several

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INTERESTING FACTS n A handheld belt sander can reach up to 103 dBA, depending on the quality and condition of the tool. n An average table saw can reach up to 100 dBA. n The normal handheld drill produces between 90 and 94 dBA, and hammer drills produce in excess of 100 dBA.

options are not suitable, visit us to obtain custom hearing protection. You will be surprised by the functionality and durability of professionally made hearing protection.

Social Interaction During this pandemic, you may have personally experienced

social isolation. My patients have told me they hadn’t interacted in-person with loved ones or friends for weeks, if not months.

As humans, we thrive on healthy social interactions.

Without them, your physical, mental, and cognitive health can suffer. According to a 2019 study led by Kassandra Alcaraz, Ph.D., MPH, a public health researcher with the American Cancer Society: “Our research really shows that the magnitude of risk presented by social isolation is very similar in magnitude to that of obesity, smoking, lack of access to care and physical inactivity.”

You might be thinking, “How can a lack of social interaction worsen my hearing?” While social isolation may not affect the level at which you can hear, it can affect your brain’s ability to process the information. Hearing is not just about your ears. Your brain plays a big role in how you process and understand sound.

As we age, our cognition can be affected by decreased social interaction. As our cognitive function declines, so does our ability to process information.

For many, this change may seem like hearing loss, but what is actually happening is the loss of the ability to process the information while the function of hearing remains the same.

As we emerge from the isolation that this pandemic has

caused, let’s focus on rebuilding those connections with our friends, neighbors and our community. Not only does engaging with our loved ones strengthen our psychological health, it also helps strengthen our brain and our ability to process what we hear.

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. Want to learn more about hearing health?

Visit our website at palmcoasthearingcenter.com and click the “About” button, then “Helpful Articles”. You can also schedule an appointment online. We also have a second location to serve you in Ormond Beach at www. ormondhearingcenter.com.

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City Hall eagle inspired by shipwrecks

umphs was booking the legendary jazz pianist Dorothy Donegan. The McCoys “met her on a jazz cruise, maintained contact and brought her here from California. She was fabulous!” McCoy said.

‘Chuluota’ is the given name to a public art piece donated by a local mixed-media artist named Ron Wallace.

HONORING JEEP

Jeep’s sudden passing in 2002 was a major blow to NEFJA. “We decided the best way to honor him would be to hold a musical celebration of his life,” McCoy said. “Doug Carn was a new member at the time, but he stepped up and organized it. It was held at the Flagler Auditorium. More than 700 people attended.

The musicians played their hearts out. It was amazingly heartwarming.”

The outpouring of love for Jeep and for jazz reinforced the importance of what NEFJA was doing and helped spread the word. It also energized the group and attracted new members. Determined to keep Jeep’s dream alive, Muriel McCoy agreed to serve as president, a position she has held for the past 20 years.

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The word chuluota has several meanings: “Isle of Pines,” or “Pine Island,” or “Land of Lakes and Pines” or “beautiful place,” depending upon whom you ask. The pronunciation is a derivative of the Creek Indian word chuluoto.

Here at City Hall, “Chuluota” is the given name to a public

SEE THE SHOW NEFJA’s latest concert will be at 2:30 p.m. on April 3 at the Daytona Beach Museum of Arts & Sciences. Tickets are $40 for members and $45 for nonmembers.

You can get them at Chez Jacqueline’s in Palm Coast, on www. nefja.org, or by calling 386-445-1329.

art piece donated by a local mixed-media artist named Ron Wallace.

Palm Coast resident Ron Wallace is an award-winning artist who uses primarily organic materials in all of his work. He is inspired by nature and mostly, by creatures of the sea.

“My art work is something that gives me a place to go and focus on nothing else, but what I am working on at the time,” he said. “I was a scuba diver for 35 years, diving old wrecks up and down the East Coast and around the world.

Those years left a big impression on the sights and critters I have seen, and I try to create my vision of them.”

Chuluota the eagle is a combination of welded steel, palm

tree fronds, epoxy, paint and glue. He sits upon a natural driftwood pedestal that was found in the canals of Palm Coast. This sculpture took approximately three weeks to complete.

Chuluota is currently located in the City Hall building hallway outside of the Community Development Department. Visitors are welcome during normal office hours.

You can find more his collection at Ron Wallace Studios or local art shows. His next exhibit will be featured at the 11th-annual Old Town Art Show in downtown St. Augustine at Francis Field on April 9 and 10.

For more on public art in the city, visit palmcoastgov.com/ artsdistrict.

Gary Bartz will headline the concert on April 3.

Appreciation Month concert.

“Jazz Appreciation Month has always been a great time for NEFJA to reach out to remind people of the beauty of America’s unique art form.

Having to cancel the JAM concert was beyond disappointing,” McCoy said.

The pandemic changed the organization, she added, “but we used the ‘down’ time to get stronger—and prepare NEFJA for the future.”

NEFJA held Zoom meetings, began updating its website, and kept members informed of live streaming concerts.

“Many of our scholarship winners have gone on to become professional jazz musicians and educators,” McCoy said. “This is an ongoing project. We’re posting the videos on the website as they’re completed. It’s a great way of showing how NEFJA is contributing to the future of jazz.”

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Flag flies for Kids Rock the Nation Anthony Wild’s organization has provided musical instruments to hundreds of students.

“We feel music is healing.

It gives kids a purpose.

It’s a great way to express your feelings in a positive form.”

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Palm Coast resident Anthony Wild has been providing the gift of music to kids around the nation for eight years. Now the nation has given back.

Thanks to the efforts of former Congressional staffer Joëlle Rice, an American flag flew over the United States Capitol in honor of Wild, the founder and executive director of Kids Rock the Nation.

The nonprofit has provided over 1,500 musical instruments to hundreds of children and schools locally and around the nation.

“We feel music is healing,” said Wild, a professional musician. “It gives kids a purpose. It’s a great way to express your feelings in a positive form.”

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Saturday, April 2. All boaters are invited to participate.

Open to all vessels, motorized or nonmotorized, large or small, the event will be administered by the Rev. Robert Goolsby, rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church of Palm Coast. He will be stationed on the long pier of Yacht Harbor Village on the east side of the Intracoastal Waterway just north of the Hammock Dunes Bridge.

Boats will gather on the ICW at 2:45 p.m. south of the Hammock Dunes Bridge. Captains are asked to monitor Channel 71 for instructions.

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York, by the end of the month, Wild said.

Many of the recipients over the years have gone on to have professional music careers.

Wild started Kids Rock the Nation in honor of a doctor who treated him for cancer and saved his life. The organization began by giving away guitars. Then it moved on to include other instruments — even a baby grand piano.

Rice, a friend of Wild’s, was so impressed by his story, she felt he should receive some recognition.

“What he’s done is remarkable,” she said.

Rice worked in the Capitol for 34 years before retiring with her husband to Palm Coast in 2001. She started her career as an aide to a California congressman and then became

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The blessing will be followed by a social gathering at the Yacht Harbor Village Marina Event Room. For reservations and further information call 386-931-2963.

The Palm Coast Yacht Club was established in 1979 and continues to welcome new members every month. The club’s many activities include fundraisers for local charities.

The club also hosts the largest community boat parade in Florida.

PLANTS, BOOKS, JUDAIC ITEM SALE Temple Beth Shalom is hosting its annual Plant and Book Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sunday, April 3. The Judaic Shop will also feature exciting new Passover items at the sale. Proceeds from this event help support the temple and its community outreach to local food banks, shelters and schools through the Jewish Federation of Flagler and Volusia Counties.

Plant contributions are welcome. Vendors who donate product will be promoted at

a bill clerk on the podium of the House Chamber.

Finally, she was appointed an assistant manager in the House Republican Cloakroom. The cloakrooms are the nerve centers for the House and Senate. Rice was the first woman to be appointed to such a post by either party.

She sought a Congressional commendation for Wild.

Ernie Audino, the district director for U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, offered to have the flag flown over the U.S. Capitol in Wild’s honor.

When Rice presented the flag and read the accompanying certification to Wild during the Kids Rock the Nation’s annual fundraising concert in December at the Bank & Blues Club in Daytona, Wild almost cried.

“I’m pretty humble about it,” Wild said of his organization. “There are so many more kids who need help, so much more work to do. We’ve just scratched the surface.”

the event and via the temple network. Plants, trees, hanging baskets, orchids and bonsai donations are welcome.

Experienced gardeners will be on hand to provide information on plant varieties and care in order to assist buyers with their selections.

A large selection of books will be on available, as well as new Judaic jewelry, gifts and prePassover items.

Admission is free. Temple Beth Shalom, an inclusive conservative community, is located at 40 Wellington Drive, Palm Coast. Since the temple is federally recognized as a religious Not-forProfit organization, checks for purchases made payable to Temple Beth Shalom are tax deductible. Visit www. tbspalmcoast.org.

FRANK ESPOSITO Frank Esposito died on Saturday, March 12. He is survived by his wife Diane; sons Michael, Marc and Jeffrey Esposito; and granddaughters Angelina and Cameron Esposito, who called him “Nono.”

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Each year for the past 20 years, the Palm Coast Decorative Painters have provided painted photo boxes to the foster children, from infants to 18-year-olds, of Flagler County. The boxes are distributed by Guardian ad Litem. In 2021, the group delivered 163 boxes to GAL. The group provides the boxes, which contain do-

nated personal items such as toys, note pads, crayons and socks, to the members, and each member chooses the design, paints the boxes at their home or at group gettogethers.

The boxes are given to the children when they are placed in a foster home.

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things the children have,” wrote Lana Raymond, chair of the painting group.

Meetings are held at 9 a.m. the first Saturday of every month (unless it’s a holiday) at the Flagler Woman’s Club, 1524 S. Central Ave., Flagler Beach. For samples of upcoming classes, visit palmcoastdecorativepainters.com.

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SPORTS CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

FPC’s Daniel Zsizsek (26) drives towards the goal against Creekside’s Zack Bender (26).

FPC Bulldogs lose to tough Creekside team in boys lacrosse

Photos by Jake Montgomery

UPCOMING GAMES 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 24, vs. Fletcher (Neptune Beach) 7 p.m. Monday, March 28, vs. Buchholz (Gainesville), a 2A-D3 game 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 31, at St. Augustine

Gavin Winkler (2) takes the ball upfield with Creekside putting pressure on him.

FPC’s Kevin Wolfe (20) takes the ball downfield after a ground ball recovery.

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lagler Palm Coast’s sixgame winning streak was snapped, as the Bulldogs fell to Creekside 13-5 on Tuesday, March 22. FPC is now 7-2.

“Creekside is a super talented team with several players already committed to D-1 schools,” coach Tom Morgello said. “Coming back from spring break made it tough. It was the little things like dropping passes and taking bad shots that hurt us. We have also struggled with penalties throughout the season.”

FPC had won its previous three games by a combined score of 63-3.

FPC senior Jesse Sustaita (13) rounds the net trying to set up a play.

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Steven Birdsong (30) makes the save.

Michael DeAugustino places fourth at NCAA wrestling Flagler Palm Coast grad reaches AllAmerica status for the second time.

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Michael DeAugustino

For the second time in three years, Flagler Palm Coast graduate Michael DeAugustino is an All-American.

The Northwestern University wrestler placed fourth in the 125-pound class at the NCAA Division I championships March 19 in Detroit.

He made the All-America team two years ago, but he didn’t get to

wrestle because the tournament was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19.

This time he got to stand on the podium.

“He’s happy, but he’s not completely satisfied,” his father, FPC athletic director Steve DeAugustino, said. “That’s what makes him good.”

Michael DeAugustino, who came into the tournament seeded 10th,

went 4-2. Both of his losses were to the same wrestler, second-seeded Vito Arujau of Cornell.

DeAugustino advanced to the quarterfinals and won two matches in wrestlebacks to advance to the third-place match. He decisioned fourth-seeded Brandon Courtney of Arizona State 10-6 in the consolation semifinals. Courtney was last year’s runner-up in the 125-pound class.

“He definitely stayed on the offense,” Steve DeAugustino said.

“He got a set of near-fall points, which always helps in a close match.

He wrestled extremely well. Those guys can score in five seconds. They don’t quit. It’s exciting. When you get in the top four area, you’re in an

elite group there.”

Steve DeAugustino said he and his wife, Renee, and their two other children, Jaclyn and Stephen, were all able to attend the tournament and get together with Michael.

Michael DeAugustino graduates in June, but he has two years of wrestling eligibility remaining. He plans to attend graduate school next year and wrestle again next season. This summer he plans to do an internship with the Big Ten Network, Steve DeAugustino said.

“When you get in the top four area, you’re in an elite group there.”

STEVE DEAUGUSTINO

SIDE LINES FPC flag football ranked 3rd in region FPC’s flag football team is ranked 35th overall and 22nd in Class 2A in the FHSAA’s first rankings of the season released March 18. The Bulldogs are the top-ranked team in their district and No. 3 in their region.

They were 1-0 heading into a March 23 road game against Spruce Creek. FPC will host the Five Star Conference tournament beginning March 26.

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Pirates win seven events at RunMatanzas Invitational Taylor Washington, Tyson Mills, Jordan Mills, Bradyn Cox, Peter Hopfe were among the champs.

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Matanzas’ Jordan Youngman finished third in the 100 hurdles and second in the 300 hurdles.

Photos by Brent Woronoff

Tyson and Jordan Mills practically stepped off the wrestling mat and onto the track.

The brothers, who each took home a second-place medal at the state wrestling championships on March 5, each won a hurdles event at the RunMatanzas Invitational on March 19.

“I don’t think they’ve had five practices with us,” said Matanzas track and field coach Tim Kane. “But they’re really good athletes and really good guys. They work really hard at whatever they do.”

Tyson Mills won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 17.58 seconds, a full second faster than younger brother Jordan, who finished second.

Jordan Mills won the 300 hurdles with a time of 43.02.

TOP PERFORMANCES Top local performances at RunMatanzas: BOYS 110-meter Hurdles: 1. Tyson Mills, Matanzas, 17.58. 2. Jordan Mills, Matanzas, 17.68.

100: 4. Sho’Marion Gaines, Matanzas, 11:52.

3,200: 1. Peter Hopfe, First Baptist Christian, 11:04.83.

40-yard dash: 1. Sho’Marion Gaines, Matanzas, 4.90.

300 Hurdles: 1. Jordan Mills, 43.02. 3. Brenden Dunn, Matanzas, 43.25.

Mixed relay: 2. Matanzas, 4:10.9.

Triple Jump: 3. Dandrick Legardye, Matanzas, 33 feet, 10 inches. 4. Jeffrey Powell, Matanzas, 33 feet, 7.25 inches.

Shot put: 4. Bradyn Cox, Matanzas, 33 feet, 7.5 inches.

Discus: 1. Bradyn Cox, Matanzas, 137 feet, 9 inches.

Javelin: 5. Bradyn Cox, Matanzas, 99 feet, 8 inches.

GIRLS 4x800: 2. Matanzas, 2:33.08.

800: 2. Sierra Howard, Matanzas, 2:33.72.

100 Hurdles: 1. Taylor Washington, Matanzas, 17:01. 3.

Jordan Youngman, Matanzas, 18:54.

100: 4. Tiyana Walker, Matanzas, 13.16.

400: 3. Karajah McCoy, Matanzas, 1:06.82. 4.

Madreeka Toussaint, Matanzas, 1:07.64.

40-yard dash: 1. Tiyana

Matanzas’ Tyson Mills (far, left) in red and teammates Sophathan Phan and Chandler Lane, in black jerseys, in the 110 hurdles.

Walker, Matanzas, 5.47. 2.

Jadence Reddin, Matanzas, 5.81.

300 hurdles: 2. Jordan Youngman, Matanzas, 52.62.

3. Taylor Washington, 53.19.

3,200: 3. Nina Rodriguez, 14:30.62.

High Jump: 1. Taylor Washington, Matanzas, 5 feet, 1 inch.

Shot put: 4. Janiyah Smith, Matanzas, 23 feet, 8.25 TEAM STANDINGS Boys: 1. Seabreeze 141. 2.

Matanzas 127. 3. Atlantic 103.

4.Winter Haven 93. 5. Father Lopez 69. 9. First Batpist Christian 16.

Girls: 1. Seabreeze 190.5.

2. Matanzas 150. 3. Winter Haven 106. 4. Father Lopez 85.5. 5. Menendez 64. 8. First Baptist Christian 1.

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Matanzas coach Tim Kane added fun events 40-yard dash and mixed 4x400 relay to the inaugural Run Matanzas Invitational.

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Matanzas finished second among 10 teams in both the boys and girls standings at the inaugural event, which also served as senior day for the Pirates. Seabreeze won both the boys and girls team titles.

All of the Pirates’ seniors wore red singlets at the meet.

Kane would like to make that a tradition for future senior days with seniors wearing a different color. But on this day, with Matanzas seniors wearing red — the same color as Seabreeze’s jerseys— it got confusing at times.

“I was rooting against a guy in a red shirt in hurdles,” Kane admitted. Fortunately, Tyson Mills won anyway.

Senior Taylor Washington won two events for the Matanzas girls — 100 hurdles (17.01) and high jump (5 feet, 1 inch). She set a school record in the high jump.

“This is her second year with us,” Kane said. “She transferred here last year, and she was good when she got here, but she’s been improving every meet.”

Washington also finished third in the 300 hurdles.

Matanzas’ Bradyn Cox won boys discus with a throw of 137 feet, 9 inches.

Peter Hopfe of First Baptist Christian Academy won the boys 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:04.83. Hopfe also finished sixth in the 1,600 meters.

Matanzas also swept the 40-yard dashes and finished second in the mixed 4x400 relay — two non-FHSAA events.

“Anything different is fun,” Kane said. “Ultimately, I wanted this to be a fun meet, before we get to the heaviness of districts. The football players were really excited about the 40-yard dash. But they ran into a pretty stiff headwind. The mixed 4x4 is an Olympic event, and you can set up the runners in any order you want.”

Football player Sho’Marion Gaines won the boys’ 40 with a time of 4.90 seconds. Tinaya Walker won the girls’ 40 with a time of 5.47 seconds.

Two girls (Jordan Young and Sierra Howard) and two boys (Aiden Langford and Jordan Mills) combined to run 4:10.9 in the mixed relay.

Kane said he would like to see Run Matanzas grow into a larger event in the future.

“It was a nice start,” he said.

“It’s nice to have teams come to Matanzas, and we can show off our campus. And it’s nice to have the community come watch and support us.”

The Volusia-Flagler Freshman/Sophomore Championships at Matanzas, which was rained out on March 9, has been rescheduled to Wednesday, March 23.

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Seniors of Spring Wadsworth Park Senior Softball, ages 69 and up, celebrates another year BRENT WORONOFF STAFF WRITER

The grass was green and the weather was perfect for the Wadsworth Park Senior Softball 69+ annual family picnic on March 17.

The green grass was appropriate for St. Patrick’s Day, and was thanks to the hard work of Christian Ginter of the Flagler County Parks and Recreation Department, who maintains the field.

“I’m glad the grass is green and we’re not looking up at the roots,” joked Jim Contreda, 72, who was

watching the first of three softball games played before the picnic lunch was served.

Contreda is a player/manager in the Flagler Senior Softball 65+ league and also plays in the Wadsworth Park league.

“I’ve been playing in the senior leagues for 13 years,” Contreda said.

“Of course, you wear out your parts,” he said, showing his scar from knee replacement surgery.

Charlie Corello, 81, is a founding member of the league. It started with eight to 10 players in 1995, he said.

“We didn’t have teams at that time,” he said. “In 1996 we finally had two teams.”

The league got so popular, a few years later it split off into the Flagler Senior Softball 65+ and 50+ leagues at the Flagler County Fairgrounds.

Beth and Charlie Corello

The Wadsworth Park 69+ league has grown to six teams with over 70 players.

Gary Hall, a league coordinator for Flagler Senior Softball, said the 65+ league has 10 teams, and the 50+ league has four teams.

“People don’t retire as young as they used to,” he said.

While a couple of women play in the Wadsworth Park 69+ league, others are behind the scenes, Beth Corello, Charlie’s wife of 61 years,

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ran the picnic. Cheryl Collura is the league’s assistant secretary and assistant treasurer. Her husband, John Collura, is the league secretary.

Al Duddleston is the treasurer.

John Bagg, the league’s commissioner, has played at Wadsworth for seven years. Before that, he played senior softball in St. Petersburg, home of the original senior softball league, Kids and Kubs, also known as the Three-Quarter Century Softball Club (age 75 and older), which started in 1930.

The oldest active player in the Wadsworth Park league is Frank Ussia, who will be 89 in September.

After lunch, the group held a memorial for their fellow senior softball members who died in the past year. They included Bob Seelig, who was one of the league’s founding members; John Morreale; Tom McNamara; and Pete Kuchinsky.

Each had an engraved wooden plaque added to the other plaques honoring players who have died over the years.

They are attached to roof beams lining the softball field’s picnic pavilion.

The league runs from mid-January to June 3, Bagg said. Summer is too hot to play, they say, so they are no longer “Boys of Summer,” but their passion for the game is as strong as ever.

WANT TO JOIN THE LEAGUE? If you’re interested in playing in the Wadsworth Park Senior Softball 69+ league, call Charlie Corello at (203) 981-7812.

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BUSINESS OBSERVER Development, real estate + business news

418-home community on U.S. 1 gets initial approval Planning board members expressed concerns about the small size of some of the lots in the development.

"There's a lot of people out there concerned about growth, and maybe that it's out of control."

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BILL HOOVER, Palm Coast senior planner

NEWS EDITOR

Palm Coast may get 418 new homes on U.S. 1: The city’s Planning and Land Development Regulation Board at a March 16 meeting approved a subdivision master plan for the community, to be called Somerset at Palm Coast Park.

But although the board voted for the development 5-1, with board member Sybil Dodson-Lucas dissenting, multiple board members expressed reservations about the small size of some of the proposed lots, or said they thought a presentation about the particulars of the proposed development during the meeting had been skimpy.

“It has a feeling that it’s just not necessarily a good product for our community, but it falls within the guidelines of what we as planning commission folks have to approve,” board member Suzanne Nicholson said after voting in favor of the development.

Board Chairman Clinton Smith said he agreed.

The development would be located on the west side of U.S. 1, about 2.2 miles north of Palm Coast Parkway and south of Peavy Grade, and would be constructed in three phases.

The homes would be single-family and would be part of the Palm Coast Park Development of Regional

The location of the proposed development, as shown in city planning board documents.

Impact and Palm Coast Park Master Planned Development, located on a 162-acre plot of land at a density of 2.59 homes per acre.

Board member James Albano, who’s been critical of small lots in the past, took issue with the lot sizes in the proposed development, which would be 40 or 50 feet wide with a minimum size of 4,000 square feet.

“Just making the recommendation to staff that we really look at these narrow lots,” he said. “I understand our hands are tied on this one because it does fall within the guidelines, and we can’t vote with our heart, but at some point, we’ve got to start looking at some better products.”

City Senior Planner Bill Hoover noted that locals had expressed con-

cerns about building density during a City Council meeting the previous evening.

“There’s a lot of people out there concerned about growth, and maybe that it’s out of control,” he said.

Under the city’s regulations, however, city staff, the planning board and the City Council have narrow grounds on which to deny a development application.

In the case of the Somerset at Palm Coast Park community, Hoover said, the master planned development had been amended a few years ago to allow for narrower lots. That would have been a time the city could have said no.

“Once the zoning is approved, and if it meets the standards, staff is sort of forced to recommend approval,” he said. “... If it’s meeting the Land Development Code, it’s meeting the MPD [master planned development] and the DRI [developement of regional impact], it makes things a little bit difficult. ... City staff’s going to be forced to recommend approval unless we can find something in the criteria where we’d say, ‘This isn’t really a good project, we can’t recommend approval.’”

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An outdoor, multivendor shopping experience, Shantytown opened during the pandemic, offering a place for entrepreneurs to showcase their homemade crafts.

Doyle said that during the past year, he’s learned to surround himself with positive people and to lead by example. His leadership style is to be “more of a mentor than a dictator.”

Shantytown Village is located at 10270 U.S. 1, St. Augustine. It’s open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, 11-5 Sunday. Visit https://shantytownvillage.com/.

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The crude oil market remains volatile because of global supply concerns related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent financial sanctions on oil-rich Russia. “Oil prices have been going up and down,” AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said. “Last week they went down, and that’s why gas prices are moving lower.”

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The store, with fresh produce, would be just north of Whiteview.

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Two years ago, Palm Coast approved a 120-day moratorium on dollar stores. The city, at the time, had six of them. Now it’s getting another: The city’s planning board on March 16 approved a special exception application for a new Dollar General on U.S. 1.

The board approved the new store 6-0, although one board member, Hung Hilton, expressed concern about whether the store could contribute to a “food desert” — an area where the kinds of fresh foods that aren’t generally stocked at dollar stores become difficult to find.

“Something I remember, when they had this moratorium a few years ago, was talking about food deserts, and creating spaces where people — especially low-income, or with limited mobility — depend on prepackaged and

processed foods in these kinds of stores because it’s not convenient to get to a grocery store,” Hilton said to city staff members at the March 16 meeting. “Are there any plans for other grocery stores or markets ... that would be nearby?”

A representative of developer HSC Palm Coast said that this Dollar General will include fresh produce, and that the store will be larger than a typical Dollar General as a result.

“The selection is one of the reasons why we chose to put that size store at this site, as there is no local grocery,” said Linda Biro, of HSC. “So we’ll have that offering.”

The nearest existing grocery store with fresh food would be the Aldi on Palm Coast Parkway, 3.5 miles away, Senior Planner Bill Hoover said.

The new Dollar General would be on the east side of the road just under half a mile north of Whiteview Parkway, and just north of the Alamo Self Storage facility. HSC Palm Coast is the same company responsible for the Dollar General on Matanzas Woods

A Dollar General site, just north of the Alamo Self Storage facility.

Parkway near its intersection with Belle Terre Parkway.

The new store would be 12,480 square feet, on a 3.5acre parcel. Its size — under 16,000 square feet — places it under the purview of a Land Development Code amendment the City Council passed during the 120-day moratorium.

The amendment allows “small box discount stores” such as dollar stores within the city’s commercial-2 and commercial-3 zoning districts, but requires that the developer complete a “special exception” application that must be reviewed by the Planning and Land Development Regulation Board if the store will be within 500 feet of residential property.

The new Dollar General will be within 500 feet of not-yet-developed land to its east that’s zoned multifamily residential, Hoover said. But when wetlands are accounted for, he added, the new store is likely to be more than 500 feet from any actual future homes.

“I think ... the special exception will work in this case,” he said. “We’ve seen other sites where people have talked about putting one of these and it’s surrounded by 100 homes within 500 feet, and it’s really not too appropriate in that case.”

City planner Estelle Lens said there would be a stormwater pond, some open space and wetlands between the Dollar General and the boundary line of the residential property to the east, which is expected to become a 256unit three-story apartment complex called Aviara Palm Coast, on a 91-acre site.

A traffic study completed by the Dollar General’s developer predicts that the new store would generate 794 daily trips.

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RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

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Ocean Hammock home tops $1 million

in 1984, the house is a 3/2.5 and has 1,904 square feet.

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RH Asset Holdings LLC, of Orlando, sold 12 Ferndale Lane to Edmond Petrossian, of British Columbia, Canada, for $274,900. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,500 square feet.

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Pine Grove Samuel and Larysa Movsesyan, and Andrey Krasnov sold 26 Pickcane Lane to Helen Aigen, and Victor and Alexandra Bodansky, of Brewster, New York, for $340,000. Built in 2005, the house is a 4/2 and has 2,022 square feet. It sold in 2017 for $183,000.

house in Ocean Hammock was the top real estate transaction for the week of Feb. 10-16 in Flagler County in the Multiple Listing Service. Glenn Hoffman and Marie Ranfone sold 30 Sandpiper Lane to Chryl Curtis, of Fayetteville, Georgia, for $1.2 million. Built in 2014, the house is a 5/6 and has a swimming pool, elevator and 3,951 square feet. It sold in 2018 for $810,000.

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Condos Thomas Finizio Sr., individually and as trustee, sold 200 Ocean Crest Drive, Unit 617, to Samuel and Melanie Smith, of Clifton, Virginia, for $700,000. Built in 2003, the condo is a 3/3 and has 1,676 square feet. It sold in 2019 for $400,000.

Laurie Beall, of Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, for $200,000.

Built in 2008, the house is a 3/1 and has 1,223 square feet. It sold in 2008 for $148,000.

Antonio Moisao and Joao Marques, of Bunnell, sold 12 Palm St. E. to Kelly Stone, as trustee, for $125,000. Built in 1956, the house is a 2/1 and has 1,090 square feet.

Jennie Trombetta, individually and as trustee, sold 59 Rivers Edge Lane, Unit 59, to Norbert Sluzewski and Grace Wong, of Palm Coast, for $270,000. Built in 1990, the condo is a 2/2 and has 1,020 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $207,000.

Cypress Knoll RH Asset Holdings LLC, of Orlando, sold 34 Elder Drive to Louby Innocent and Manoucheka Louis, of Decatur, Tennessee, for $357,500.

Built in 2021, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,904 square feet.

Belle Terre Brite Equities LLC, of Orlando, sold 19 Paul Lane to Igor Zakrjevskii and Natalia Zakrjevskaia, of British Columbia, Canada, for $369,900.

Built in 2022, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,779 square feet.

George Moody Rhonda Machnicki and Helen Kistler, of Ocala, sold 209 S. 5th St. to Harold Bolton and Victoria Roach, as trustees, for $550,000. There are two houses, a 2/1 with 832 square feet, and a 2/1 with 510 square feet. The property sold in 1995 for $62,000.

Imtiaz Crown, of Palm Coast, sold 82 Palmwood Drive to HP Palm Coast Holdings LLC, of Winter Park, for $300,000. Built in 2006, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,760 square feet.

Bunnell Isaac Fachner, of Grover Beach, California, sold 502 Moore St. S. to

Grand Reserve and Golf Club Michaela and Zachary Desruisseau, of Palm Coast, sold 17 Grand Par Court to Michael and Janet Brinkman, of Bunnell, for $350,000. Built in 2020, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,714 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $216,800.

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The five-bedroom house features an elevator and swimming pool.

Indian Trails Luisa Prisciandaro, individually and as trustee, sold 119 Beechwood Lane to John and Linda Judd, of Palm Coast, for $310,000. Built in 1990, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,607 square feet. It sold in 1990 for $67,600.

Lehigh Woods 3DRE LLC, of St. Augustine, sold 30 Ranwood Lane to Angela Jackson, of Palm Coast, for $325,000. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,601 square feet.

Matanzas Woods AM & OM Renovation LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 27 Louisville Drive to Ray Martin and Christina Gaitanos, of Palm Coast, for $455,000. Built in 1998, the house is a 3/2 and has a swimming pool and 2,209 square feet. It sold in 2021 for $355,000.

Canon Capital LLC sold 29 Louisburg Lane to J.B. and Deborah Washam, of Kansas City, for $360,000. Built in 2005, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,108 square feet. It sold in 2011 for $160,000.

North Peninsula Roger and Lynne Chiudzinski sold

10 Ocean Dune Circle to Harry and Judith Hamilton, of Palm Coast, for $870,000. Built in 1998, the house is a 3/3 and has 2,723 square feet.

Ocean Palm Roberta Voiret, of Port Saint Lucie, sold 204 Ocean Palm Drive to Noah and Cezerina Skinner, of Jacksonville, for $425,000. Built in 1985, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace and 1,674 square feet.

Palm Coast Plantation Rudolph and Angela Fyffe, of Miami, sold 66 N. Lakewalk Drive to Cass Collins, of Fort Lauderdale, for $685,000. Built in 2006, the house is a 4/4.5 and has a boat dock and 3,583 square feet.

Palm Harbor David and Michele Blackwell, of Palm Coast, sold 8 Conley Court to John and Susan Creech, of Palm Coast, for $600,000. Built in 1990, the house is a 4/3 and has a boat dock and 2,357 square feet. It sold in 2021 for $399,900.

Gary Davis and James Davis, of Scottsdale, Arizona, sold 13 S Flametree Court to Michael Grover, of Palm Coast, for $430,000. Built

Cedric and Elsa Binns sold 165 Pine Grove Drive to Susan and Michael Kollver, of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, for $210,000. Built in 1987, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,431 square feet.

Pine Lakes Precision Custom Builders of North Florida LLC, of Bunnell, sold 8 Waybourne Place to Michael and Frances Cuthbert, of Palm Coast, for $497,900. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/3 and ahs 2,430 square feet.

Quail Hollow Maryanne Trivingo and Margie Schmeda sold 12 Zorlou Court to William and Carolyn Kearns, and Alex and Hayden Gresham, of Palm Coast, for $299,999. Built in 2004, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,730 square feet.

Seminole Woods Mark and Leeann Germani, of Canton, Georgia, sold 83 Ullian Trail to Francesca Soto, of Palm Coast, for $363,000. Built in 2015, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,689 square feet. It sold in 2016 for $205,000.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO.: 2022 CP 000087 IN RE: ESTATE OF DAVID EUGENE SMITH, Deceased.

The administration of the Estate of David Eugene Smith, deceased, whose date of death was August 30, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Flagler County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 1769 E Moody Blvd, Bldg 1, Bunnell, FL 32110. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the Decedent and other persons having claims or demands against Decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the Decedent and other persons having claims or demands against Decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is March 24, 2022.

Personal Representative: Barbara P. Smith c/o: Bennett Jacobs & Adams, P.A Post Office Box 3300 Tampa, Florida 33601 Attorney for Personal Representative: Linda Muralt, Esquire Florida Bar No.: 0031129 Bennett Jacobs & Adams, P.A. Post Office Box 3300 Tampa, Florida 33601 Telephone: (813) 272-1400 Facsimile: (866) 844-4703 E-mail: LMuralt@bja-law.com March 24, 31, 2022 22-00028G

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Notice is hereby given that on 4/8/2022 at 10:30 am, the following mobile home will be sold at public auction pursuant to F.S. 715.109 1983 KOMF TT 1K72KTR28C1000739. Last Tenants: GERLAD DAVID ABELSON and all unknown parties beneficiaries heirs . Sale to be at MHC BULOW PLANTATION LLC, 3345 OLD KINGS RD, FLAGLER BEACH, FL 32136. 813-282-592

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Go Store It 4601 E Moody Blvd A7 Bunnell, FL 32110 hereby gives NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE of the storage space(s) listed below, containing household and other goods will be sold for cash on 4/15/22 at 2:00pm.

With the contents being sold to the highest bidder. Owner reserves the right to bid. The sale is being held to satisfy a landlord’s lien, in accordance with Florida Statutes Section 83.801-83.809, and will be held online at www.storagetreasures.com Galliher, Robert;127-Shannon, James;187Ennis, Hasani Rashero ;228-Roscoe, Ronald D ;204-Kinney, Christopher Aaron;150-Stephens, Lorraine;151-Mack, Deanna;220

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FIRST INSERTION NOTICE OF FORFEITURE $2,572.00 in cash has been seized for forfeiture by the Flagler County Sheriff on November 12, 2021 at or near 3 Kingswood Dr, Palm Coast, Florida. The Flagler County Sheriff is holding the property for purposes of a current forfeiture action #2022 CA 000134 in the 7th Circuit Court.

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Notice Under Fictitious Name Law According to Florida Statute Number 865.09 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the Fictitious Name of The Reserve at Brookhaven located at 101 Brookhaven CT N, in the City of Palm Coast, Flagler County, FL 32164 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida.

Dated this 22nd day of March, 2022.

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FIRST INSERTION Notice Under Fictitious Name Law According to Florida Statute Number 865.09 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the Fictitious Name of Morales Commercial Cleaning Company located at 138 S. Hummingbird Place, in the City of Palm Coast, Flagler County, FL 32164 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida.

Dated this 17th day of March, 2022.

Carlos Morales March 24, 2022

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Notice is hereby given that on 4/8/2022 at 10:30 am, the following mobile home will be sold at public auction pursuant to F.S. 715.109 1983 KOMF TT 1K72KTR28C1000739. Last Tenants: GERALD DAVID ABELSON and all unknown parties beneficiaries heirs . Sale to be at MHC BULOW PLANTATION LLC, 3345 OLD KINGS RD, FLAGLER BEACH, FL 32136. 813-282-5925.

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NOTICE OF RULEMAKING REGARDING THE RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE SEMINOLE PALMS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT A public hearing will be conducted by the Board of Supervisors of the Seminole Palms Community Development District (“District”) on Monday, April 25, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at 55 Town Center Blvd., Palm Coast, FL 32164.

In accord with Chapters 120 and 190, Florida Statutes, the District hereby gives the public notice of its intent to adopt its proposed Rules of Procedure. The purpose and effect of the proposed Rules of Procedure is to provide for efficient and effective District operations and to ensure compliance with recent changes to Florida law. Prior notice of rule development was published in the Palm Coast Observer on Thursday, March 17, 2022.

The Rules of Procedure may address such areas as the Board of Supervisors, officers and voting, district offices, public information and inspection of records, policies, public meetings, hearings and workshops, rulemaking proceedings and competitive purchase including procedure under the Consultants Competitive Negotiation Act, procedure regarding auditor selection, purchase of insurance, pre-qualification, construction contracts, goods, supplies and materials, maintenance services, contractual services and protests with respect to proceedings, as well as any other area of the general operation of the District.

Specific legal authority for the adoption of the proposed Rules of Procedure includes Sections 190.011(5), 190.011(15) and 190.035, Florida Statutes (2019). The specific laws implemented in the Rules of Procedure include, but are not limited to, Sections 112.08, 112.3143, 112.31446, 112.3145, 119.07, 119.0701, 189.053, 189.069(2)(a)16, 190.006, 190.007, 190.008, 190.011(3), 190.011(5), 190.011(15), 190.033, 190.035, 218.33, 218.391, 255.05, 255.0518, 255.0525, 255.20, 286.0105, 286.011, 286.0113, 286.0114, 287.017, 287.055 and 287.084, Florida Statutes (2019).

A copy of the proposed Rules of Procedure may be obtained by contacting the District Manager’s Office at DPFG 250 International Parkway, Suite 208, Lake Mary, Florida 32746 (“District Manager’s Office”).

Any person who wishes to provide the District with a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative as provided by Section 120.541(1), Florida Statutes, must do so in writing within twenty one (21) days after publication of this notice to the District Manager’s Office.

This public hearing may be continued to a date, time, and place to be specified on the record at the hearing without additional notice. If anyone chooses to appeal any decision of the Board with respect to any matter considered at a public hearing, such person will need a record of the proceedings and should accordingly ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made which includes the testimony and evidence upon which such appeal is to be based. At the hearing, staff or Supervisors may participate in the public hearing by speaker telephone.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations at this meeting because of a disability or physical impairment should contact the District Manager’s Office at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service at 1-800-955-8771 or 1 800-955-8770 for aid in contacting the District Office.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO. 2021-CP-000806 IN RE: ESTATE OF DOMINIC E. GUIDA DECEASED. The administration of the estate of Dominic E. Guida, deceased, whose date of death was November 9th 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Flagler County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Kim C. Hammond Justice Center, 1769 E. Moody Blvd, Bldg 1, Bunnell, FL 32110, File No. 2021-CP-000806. The names and addresses of the personal representatives and the personal representatives’ attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is March 17, 2022.

Personal Representative: Andrea M. Feagle 73 Selma Trail Palm Coast, FL 32164 Attorney for Personal Representative: /s/ Victoria C. Zinn Victoria C. Zinn, Esquire Attorney for Personal Representative Email Address: victoria@zinnlegal.com Florida Bar No. 1018293 P.O. Box 10016 Daytona Beach , FL 32120 Telephone: (386)256-9466 March 17, 24, 2022 22-00024G

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2022 CP 000107 IN RE: ESTATE OF TODD AYERS BANNER, Deceased.

The administration of the estate of TODD AYERS BANNER, deceased, whose date of death was December 8, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Flagler County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Kim C. Hammond Justice Center, 1769 E Moody Blvd, Bldg 1, Bunnell, FL 32110. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is March 17, 2022.

Personal Representative: /s/ Angela Banner (Docusigned By) Angela Banner 24 Red Fox Lane Flagler Beach, FL 32136 FRED B. SHARE, ESQUIRE Florida Bar No. 256765 1092 Ridgewood Avenue Holly Hill, FL 32117 Telephone: (386) 253-1030 Fax: (386) 248-2425 E-Mail: fredshare@cfl.rr.com 2nd Email: brobins@cfl.rr.com Attorney for Personal Representative March 17, 24, 2022 22-00025G

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Florida Statute 721.855, in accordance with a claim of lien filed with the Flagler County Clerk of Court in Book 2398 on Pages 1423 through 1424, the undersigned Trustee will on the 31st day of March, 2022, at the Internet Café at The Harbor Club Condominium, 98 Pal Coast Resort Boulevard, Palm Coast, Florida 32137 at 11 o’clock AM, at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, upon the properties located in THE HARBOR CLUB CONDOMINIUM, as listed in Exhibit “A,” and as indicated by the unit number and week and annual usage (“W” = Every Year, “E”=Even Years, “O”=Odd Years) in the column labeled “UNIT #/ WEEK” together with all appurtenances, according and subject to the Declaration of Condominium, as recorded in Official Record Book 0283, Pages 0281 through 0286, Public Records of Flagler County, Florida, and all amendments thereof and supplements thereto, if any (“Declaration”) subject to taxes for the current year and subsequent years, and all other matters of record.

According to Association records of the above described properties, the current owners are listed in Exhibit “A” and described as the following: Lien Balance described in the column labeled “LIEN BALANCE”; First Owner listed in column labeled “FIRST OWNER;” If two owners then second owner listed in column labeled “SECOND OWNER;” Address described in column labeled “ADDRESS:” City, State, and Zip Code described in column labeled “CITY, STATE, ZIP:” (f ) Country (other than USA) described in column labeled “COUNTRY;” as more particularly described to wit: SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT “A” EXHIBIT A Marina and Svetlana Plotnikova * 317 100th St., Apt. 3A, Brooklyn, NY 11209 * Floating property * 27,799.33 * Stanton H. and Elizabeth Stanton * 202 Andrew Street, Green Book, NJ 08812 * Floating property * 851.00 * Estelle Winkler * 6896 Easy St., Ocala, FL 32672 * Dated this 11th day of March, 2022. Any obligor may pay the lien by contacting the undersigned Trustee up to the date the trustee issues the certificate of sale. There are no per diem amounts accrued. /s/ BRIAN M. MARK Brian M. Mark, Esquire

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FBN: 134207 Brian Michael Mark, P.A. 111 E. Monument Avenue, Suite 510 Kissimmee, Florida 34741 Tel.: 407-932-3933 Fax: 407-386-7810 March 17, 24, 2022 22-00026G

SECOND INSERTION NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Notice is hereby given that on 4/15/2022 at 10:30 am, the following mobile home will be sold at public auction pursuant to F.S. 715.109 1985 FLEE HS FLFL1AF087008971 . Last Tenants: WILLIAM AUSTIN PEARL AND LINDA W FISHER and all unknown parties beneficiaries heirs . Sale to be at MHC BULOW PLANTATION LLC, 3345 OLD KINGS RD, FLAGLER BEACH, FL 32136. 813282-6754.

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SECOND INSERTION NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Notice is hereby given that on 4/8/2022 at 10:30 am, the following mobile home will be sold at public auction pursuant to F.S. 715.109 1983 KOMF TT 1K72KTR28C1000739. Last Tenants: GERLAD DAVID ABELSON and all unknown parties beneficiaries heirs . Sale to be at MHC BULOW PLANTATION LLC, 3345 OLD KINGS RD, FLAGLER BEACH, FL 32136. 813-282-592 March 17, 24, 2022

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SECOND INSERTION NOTICE OF ACTION CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE PROPERTY IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 2022 CA 000096 DONALD A. PRICE and TERRI L. PRICE, Husband and Wife, Plaintiffs, V. KELLY A. MORELLI, Defendant.

TO: KELLY A. MORELLI ADDRESS UNKNOWN AND ALL OTHERS WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: YOU ARE NOTIFIED that the abovenamed Plaintiffs have filed a Complaint to foreclose a Mortgage on the following property in Volusia County, Florida: Lot 8, Block 162, DAYTONA NORTH, according to the plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 10, Pages 1 through 15, Public Records of Flagler County, Florida, together with that certain 1989 Byrd Mobile Home ID#GDWVGA518843475A&B in the above-styled Court, and you are commanded to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, on Fred B. Share, Esquire, Plaintiffs’ attorney, whose address is 1092 Ridgewood Avenue, Holly Hill, FL 32117, on or before 4/15/2022 , 2022, and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiffs’ attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a Default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

WITNESS my hand and official seal of the Court at Bunnell, Flagler County, Florida, this 8 day of March, 2022.

TOM BEXLEY Clerk of Flagler County Margarita Ruiz Deputy Clerk March 17, 24, 2022 22-00027G

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR REMEDIATION OF THE HISTORIC COQUINA CITY HALL RFP 2022-01 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THE CITY OF BUNNELL IS ACCEPTING BIDS FOR REMEDIATION SERVICES FOR THE HISTORIC COQUINA CITY HALL. INTERESTED PARTIES MAY OBTAIN DETAILED RFP INSTRUCTION PACKETS AT WWW.DEMANDSTAR.COM, THE CITY OF BUNNELL WEBSITE AT WWW.BUNNELLCITY.US/BIDS OR

BY CONTACTING THE CITY OF BUNNELL CITY CLERK OFFICE. THE RFP SPECIFICATIONS WILL BE RELEASED MARCH 25, 2022. THE SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION TO POSSIBLE BIDDERS ON MARCH 29, 2022 FROM 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. YOU ARE HEREBY INVITED TO SUBMIT A SEALED PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE ALL INFORMATION REQUESTED IN THE PUBLISHED RFP SPECIFICATIONS TO THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF BUNNELL. DUE BY: Thursday, April 7, 2022 AT 10:00 AM EST after which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bid opening will be held at 10:30 AM EST at the Versie Lee Mitchell Community Center located at 405 E. Drain St., Bunnell, FL 32110.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS TO CONSIDER THE IMPOSITION OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 170.07 AND 197.3632, FLORIDA STATUTES, BY THE SEMINOLE PALMS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SEMINOLE PALMS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT In accordance with Chapters 170, 190 and 197, Florida Statutes, the Seminole Palms Community Development District’s (“District”) Board of Supervisors (“Board”) hereby provides notice of the following public hearings and public meeting: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS DATE: April 25, 2022 TIME: 11:00 a.m.

LOCATION: Hilton Garden Inn – Palm Coast 55 Town Center Blvd.

Palm Coast, Florida 32164 The purpose of the public hearings announced above is to consider the imposition of special assessments (“Debt Assessments”), and adoption of assessment rolls to secure proposed bonds, on benefited lands within the District, and, to provide for the levy, collection and enforcement of the Debt Assessments. The proposed bonds secured by the Debt Assessments are intended to finance certain public infrastructure improvements, including, but not limited to, stormwater management, water and sewer utilities, landscape, irrigation, lighting, and other infrastructure improvements (together, “Project”), benefitting certain lands within the District. The Project is described in more detail in the Engineer’s Report, dated February 2, 2022 (“Engineer’s Report”). Specifically, the Project includes a Capital Improvement Plan to provide public infrastructure benefitting all lands within the District, as identified in the Engineer’s Report. The Debt Assessments are proposed to be levied as one or more assessment liens and allocated to the benefitted lands within various assessment areas, as set forth in the Master Special Assessment Methodology Report, dated January 27, 2022 (“Assessment Report”). At the conclusion of the public hearings, the Board will, by resolution, levy and impose assessments as finally approved by the Board. A special meeting of the District will also be held where the Board may consider any other business that may properly come before it.

The District is located entirely within the City of Palm Coast, Florida, and covers approximately 239.63 acres of land, more or less. The site is generally located west of Seminole Woods Boulevard, east of Lloyd Trail, north of Grand Landings Parkway, and south of an existing drainage canal. A geographic depiction of the District is shown below. All lands within the District are expected to be improved in accordance with the reports identified above.

A description of the property to be assessed and the amount to be assessed to each piece or parcel of property may be ascertained at the “District’s Office” located at c/o DPFG Management & Consulting, LLC, 250 International Pkwy., Ste. # 208, Lake Mary, FL 32746, phone: 321-263-0132. Also, a copy of the agendas and other documents referenced herein may be obtained from the District Office.

Proposed Debt Assessments The proposed Debt Assessments are as follows:

The assessments shall be paid in not more than thirty (30) annual installments subsequent to the issuance of debt to finance the improvements.

These annual assessments will be collected on the County tax roll by the Tax Collector. Alternatively, the District may choose to directly collect and enforce these assessments.

The public hearings and meeting are open to the public and will be conducted in accordance with Florida law. The public hearings and meeting may be continued to a date, time, and place to be specified on the record. There may be occasions when staff or board members may participate by speaker telephone. Any person requiring special accommodations because of a disability or physical impairment should contact the District Office at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1, or 1-800-955-8771 (TTY) / 1-800-955-8770 (Voice), for aid in contacting the District Office.

Please note that all affected property owners have the right to appear and comment at the public hearings and meeting and may also file written objections with the District Office within twenty (20) days of issuance of this notice. Each person who decides to appeal any decision made by the Board with respect to any matter considered at the public hearings or meeting is advised that person will need a record of proceedings and that accordingly, the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, including the testimony and evidence upon which such appeal is to be based.

District Manager RESOLUTION 2022-26 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE SEMINOLE PALMS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DECLARING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS; DESIGNATING THE NATURE AND LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS; DECLARING THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE PORTION TO BE PAID BY ASSESSMENTS, AND THE MANNER AND TIMING IN WHICH THE ASSESSMENTS ARE TO BE PAID;

DESIGNATING THE LANDS UPON WHICH THE ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE LEVIED; PROVIDING FOR AN ASSESSMENT PLAT AND A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ROLL; ADDRESSING THE SETTING OF PUBLIC HEARINGS; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THIS RESOLUTION; AND ADDRESSING CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Seminole Palms Community Development District (“District”) is a local unit of special-purpose government organized and existing under and pursuant to Chapter 190, Florida Statutes; and WHEREAS, the District is authorized by Chapter 190, Florida Statutes, to finance, fund, plan, establish, acquire, install, equip, operate, extend, construct, or reconstruct roadways, sewer and water distribution systems, stormwater management/earthwork improvements, landscape, irrigation and entry features, conservation and mitigation, street lighting and other infrastructure projects, and services necessitated by the development of, and serving lands within, the District; and WHEREAS, the District hereby determines to undertake, install, plan, establish, construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, acquire, operate, and/or maintain the portion of the infrastructure improvements comprising the District’s overall capital improvement plan as described in the Engineer’s Report, dated February 2, 2022 (“Project”), which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the District to pay for all or a portion of the cost of the Project by the levy of special assessments (“Assessments”) using the methodology set forth in that Master Special Assessment Methodology Report, dated January 27, 2022, which is attached hereto as Exhibit B, incorporated herein by reference, and on file with the District Manager at c/o DPFG Management & Consulting, LLC, 250 International Pkwy, Suite 208, Lake Mary, Florida 32746 (“District Records Office”); NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE SEMINOLE PALMS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT: 1. AUTHORITY FOR THIS RESOLUTION; INCORPORATION OF RECITALS. This Resolution is adopted pursuant to the provisions of Florida law, including without limitation Chapters 170, 190 and 197, Florida Statutes. The recitals stated above are incorporated herein and are adopted by the Board as true and correct statements.

2. DECLARATION OF ASSESSMENTS. The Board hereby declares that it has determined to undertake the Project and to defray all or a portion of the cost thereof by the Assessments.

3. DESIGNATING THE NATURE AND LOCATION OF IMPROVEMENTS. The nature and general location of and plans and specifications for the Project are described in Exhibit A, which is on file at the District Records Office. Exhibit B is also on file and available for public inspection at the same location.

4. DECLARING THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE PORTION TO BE PAID BY ASSESSMENTS, AND THE MANNER AND TIMING IN WHICH THE ASSESSMENTS ARE TO BE PAID. A. The total estimated cost of the Project is $33,198,000 (“Estimated Cost”).

B. The Assessments will defray approximately $41,105,000, which is the anticipated maximum par value of any bonds and which includes all or a portion of the Estimated Cost, as well as other financing-related costs, as set forth in Exhibit B, and which is in addition to interest and collection costs.

On an annual basis, the Assessments will defray no more than $2,673,939 per year, again as set forth in Exhibit B. C. The manner in which the Assessments shall be apportioned and paid is set forth in Exhibit B, as may be modified by supplemental assessment resolutions. The Assessments will constitute a “master” lien, which may be imposed without further public hearing in one or more separate liens each securing a series of bonds, and each as determined by supplemental assessment resolution. With respect to each lien securing a series of bonds, the special assessments shall be paid in not more than (30) thirty yearly installments. The special assessments may be payable at the same time and in the same manner as are ad-valorem taxes and collected pursuant to Chapter 197, Florida Statutes; provided, however, that in the event the uniform non ad-valorem assessment method of collecting the Assessments is not available to the District in any year, or if determined by the District to be in its best interest, the Assessments may be collected as is otherwise permitted by law, including but not limited to by direct bill. The decision to collect special assessments by any particular method – e.g., on the tax roll or by direct bill – does not mean that such method will be used to collect special assessments in future years, and the District reserves the right in its sole discretion to select collection methods in any given year, regardless of past practices.

5. DESIGNATING THE LANDS UPON WHICH THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE LEVIED. The Assessments securing the Project shall be levied on the lands within the District, as described in Exhibit B, and as further designated by the assessment plat hereinafter provided for.

6. ASSESSMENT PLAT. Pursuant to Section 170.04, Florida Statutes, there is on file, at the District Records Office, an assessment plat showing the area to be assessed with certain plans and specifications describing the Project and the estimated cost of the Project, all of which shall be open to inspection by the public.

7. PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ROLL. Pursuant to Section 170.06, Florida Statutes, the District Manager has caused to be made a preliminary assessment roll, in accordance with the method of assessment described in Exhibit B hereto, which shows the lots and lands assessed, the amount of benefit to and the assessment against each lot or parcel of land and the number of annual installments into which the assessment may be divided, which assessment roll is hereby adopted and approved as the District’s preliminary assessment roll.

8. PUBLIC HEARINGS DECLARED; DIRECTION TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE HEARINGS. Pursuant to Sections 170.07 and 197.3632(4) (b), Florida Statutes, among other provisions of Florida law, there are here-

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SUBSEQUENT INSERTIONS by declared two public hearings to be held as follows: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS DATE: April 25, 2022 TIME: 11:00 a.m.

LOCATION: Hilton Garden Inn – Palm Coast 55 Town Center Blvd.

Palm Coast, Florida 32164 The purpose of the public hearings is to hear comment and objections to the proposed special assessment program for District improvements as identified in the preliminary assessment roll, a copy of which is on file and as set forth in Exhibit B. Interested parties may appear at that hearing or submit their comments in writing prior to the hearings at the District Records Office.

Notice of said hearings shall be advertised in accordance with Chapters 170, 190 and 197, Florida Statutes, and the District Manager is hereby authorized and directed to place said notice in a newspaper of general circulation within Flagler County (by two publications one week apart with the first publication at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the hearing established herein). The District Manager shall file a publisher’s affidavit with the District Secretary verifying such publication of notice. The District Manager is further authorized and directed to give thirty (30) days written notice by mail of the time and place of this hearing to the owners of all property to be assessed and include in such notice the amount of the assessment for each such property owner, a description of the areas to be improved and notice that information concerning all assessments may be ascertained at the District Records Office. The District Manager shall file proof of such mailing by affidavit with the District Secretary.

9. PUBLICATION OF RESOLUTION. Pursuant to Section 170.05, Florida Statutes, the District Manager is hereby directed to cause this Resolution to be published twice (once a week for two (2) weeks) in a newspaper of general circulation within Flagler County and to provide such other notice as may be required by law or desired in the best interests of the District.

10. CONFLICTS. All resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, superseded and repealed.

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11. SEVERABILITY. If any section or part of a section of this resolution be declared invalid or unconstitutional, the validity, force, and effect of any other section or part of a section of this resolution shall not thereby be affected or impaired unless it clearly appears that such other section or part of a section of this resolution is wholly or necessarily dependent upon the section or part of a section so held to be invalid or unconstitutional.

12. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Resolution shall become effective upon its adoption.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of February, 2022.

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Secretary/Asst. Secretary Chairman Exhibit A: Engineer’s Report, dated February 2, 2022 Exhibit B: Master Special Assessment Methodology Report, dated January 27, 2022

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2022-10282 PRDL Division 10 IN RE: ESTATE OF DAVID LEE DRUMMOND A/K/A DAVID DRUMMOND Deceased.

The administration of the estate of DAVID LEE DRUMMOND A/K/A DAVID DRUMMOND, deceased, whose date of death was October 7, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the.address of which is P. O. Box 6043, DeLand, FL 32721-6043.

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

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served, must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is March 24, 2022.

Signed on this 3rd day of March, 2022.

DOROTHY SUE DRUMMOND D. SUE DRUMMOND Personal Representative 751 Calle Grande Street Ormond Beach, FL 32174 R. KEVIN KOREY, ESQUIRE Attorney for Personal Representative Florida Bar No. 89108 ROBERT KIT KOREY, P.A. 595 W. Granada Blvd. Suite A Ormond Beach, FL 32174 Telephone: (386) 677-3431 Email: Kevin@koreylawpa.com Secondary Email: Michele@koreylawpa.com March 24, 31, 2022 22-00017I

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2022-10219 PRDL Division 10 IN RE: ESTATE OF FRANK LUMPKIN GAMMON, JR. A/K/A FRANK GAMMON Deceased.

The administration of the estate of FRANK LUMPKIN GAMMON, JR. A/K/A FRANK GAMMON, deceased, whose date of death was January 5, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is P. O. Box 6043, DeLand, FL 32721-6043.

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

All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served, must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is March 24, 2022.

Signed on this 16th day of March, 2022.

CAROLYN J. GAMMON Personal Representative 279 Jefferson Street Ormond Beach, FL 32174 ROBERT KIT KOREY, ESQUIRE Attorney for Personal Representative Florida Bar No. 147787 ROBERT KIT KOREY, P.A. 595 W. Granada Blvd., Suite A Ormond Beach, FL 32174 Telephone: (386) 677-3431 Email: Kit@koreylawpa.com Secondary Email: Michele@koreylawpa.com March 24, 31, 2022 22-00018I

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO.: 2022 10612 PRDL DIVISION: 10 IN RE: ESTATE OF DANIEL RICHARD MAC LEOD III, Deceased.

The administration of the Estate of Daniel Richard Mac Leod III, deceased, whose date of death was March 19, 2019, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 101 N. Alabama Avenue, DeLand, FL 32724. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

All creditors of the Decedent and other persons having claims or demands against Decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM All other creditors of the Decedent and other persons having claims or demands against Decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is March 24, 2022.

Personal Representative: Erin MacLeod c/o: Bennett Jacobs & Adams, P.A. Post Office Box 3300 Tampa, Florida 33601 Attorney for Personal Representative: Linda Muralt, Esquire Florida Bar No.: 0031129 Bennett Jacobs & Adams, P.A. Post Office Box 3300 Tampa, Florida 33601 Telephone: (813) 272-1400 Facsimile: (866) 844-4703 E-mail: LMuralt@bja-law.com March 24, 31, 2022 22-00019I

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Notice is hereby given that on 4/15/2022 at 10:30 am, the following mobile home will be sold at public auction pursuant to F.S. 715.109 1974 GREE HS 2162195AH & 2162195BH . Last Tenants: RICKEY ALLEN BESAW, SARAH BESAW, AND LIZA RAPUZZI and all unknown parties beneficiaries heirs . Sale to be at, MHC CARRIAGE COVE LLC ,5 CARRIAGE COVE WAY, DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32119. 813/282-5925.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE:

Notice Under Fictitious Name Law According to Florida Statute Number 865.09 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the Fictitious Name of Applied Wax Technology located at 6762 Ferri Circle, in the City of Port Orange, Volusia County, FL 32128 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida.

Dated this 21st day of March, 2022.

Steve Russell

March 24, 31, 2022

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Notice is hereby given that on 4/15/2022 at 10:30 am, the following mobile home will be sold at public auction pursuant to F.S. 715.109 1978 REDM HS 13001511A & 13001511B. Last Tenants: SANDRA JEAN MISSBACK AND THERESA MISSBACK and all unknown parties beneficiaries heirs . Sale to be at MHC PICKWICK VILLAGE LLC DBA PICKWICK VILLAGE, 4500 S CLYDE MORRIS BLVD, PORT ORANGE, FL 32129. 813-282-5925 March 24, 31, 2022

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Notice is hereby given that on 4/15/2022 at 10:30 am, the following mobile home will be sold at public auction pursuant to F.S. 715.109 1983 COMM HS 7516A & 7516B .

Last Tenants: EVERETT N DOYLE AND NANCY ANN DOYLE and all unknown parties beneficiaries heirs . Sale to be at MHC PICKWICK VILLAGE LLC DBA PICKWICK VILLAGE, 4500 S CLYDE MORRIS BLVD, PORT ORANGE, FL 32129. 813-282-5925

NOTICE OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING DATES SWI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 As required by Chapters 189 and 190 of the Florida Statutes, notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of the SWI Community Development District plans to hold its regular meetings for its 2022 fiscal year at the Cobb Cole Center, 149 South Ridgewood, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114 at 9:00 a.m. on the following dates: May 27, 2022 August 26, 2022 The meetings are open to the public and will be conducted in accordance with the provision of Florida Law for Community Development Districts. The meetings may be continued to a date, time, and place to be specified on the record at the meeting. A copy of the agenda for these meetings may be obtained from 3501 Quadrangle Boulevard, Suite 270, Orlando, Florida 32817 or by calling (407) 723-5900.

There may be occasions when one or more Supervisors or staff will participate by telephone. Pursuant to provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations at this meeting because of a disability or physical impairment should contact the District Office at (407) 723-5900 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1, or 1-800955-8771 (TTY) I 1-800-955-8770 (Voice), for aid in contacting the District Office.

A person who decides to appeal any decision made at the meeting with respect to any matter considered at the meeting is advised that person will need a record of the proceedings and that accordingly, the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, including the testimony and evidence upon which such appeal is to be based.

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FIRST INSERTION NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Notice is hereby given that on 4/15/2022 at 10:30 am, the following mobile home will be sold at public auction pursuant to F.S. 715.109 2001 JACO HS JACFL22319A & JACFL22319B . Last Tenants: DEBORAH ANN ROBERTS and all unknown parties beneficiaries heirs . Sale to be at MHC PICKWICK VILLAGE LLC DBA PICKWICK VILLAGE, 4500 S CLYDE MORRIS BLVD, PORT ORANGE, FL 32129.

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FIRST INSERTION NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Notice is hereby given that on 4/15/2022 at 10:30 am, the following mobile home will be sold at public auction pursuant to F.S. 715.109 1992 PALM HS PH095453AFL & PH095453BFL . Last Tenants: MARY ALICE RYAN : FRANK RYAN and all unknown parties beneficiaries heirs .

Sale to be at MHC PICKWICK VILLAGE LLC DBA PICKWICK VILLAGE, 4500 S CLYDE MORRIS BLVD, PORT ORANGE, FL 32129. 813-282-5925 March 24, 31, 2022

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NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED SALE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL ACTION CASE NO.: 2015 31616 CICI DIVISION: 31 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR SPECIALTY UNDERWRITING AND RESIDENTIAL FINANCE TRUST MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-BCI, Plaintiff, vs.

SCOTT MARCELLE, et al, Defendant(s).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Pursuant to an Order Rescheduling Foreclosure Sale dated February 2, 2022, and entered in Case No. 2015 31616 CICI of the Circuit Court of the Seventh Judicial Circuit in and for Volusia County, Florida in which U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Specialty Underwriting and Residential Finance Trust Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-BCI, is the Plaintiff and Scott Marcelle, Tonya Marcelle, Village Homeowners Association, Inc., are defendants, the Volusia County Clerk of the Circuit Court will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash in/on online at electronically/online at http://www.volusia. realforeclose.com, Volusia County, Florida at 11:00AM EST on the April 8, 2022 the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment of Foreclosure: LOT 92, THE VILLAGE SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 31, PAGES 181 AND 181A OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Notice is hereby given that on 4/1/2022 at 10:30 am, the following mobile home will be sold at public auction pursuant to F.S. 715.109 1977 PKWA HS 5071A & 5071B. Last Tenants: THOMAS ARTHUR DYKSMA AND MAE J BABCOCK, & ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES, BENEFICIARIES, HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS OF THOMAS ARTHUR DYKSMA & MAE J BABCOCK. Sale to be at CS1031 MAPLEWOOD ESTATES MHC, DST DBA MAPLEWOOD ESTATES, 1000 CHAMBERLIN BLVD, PORT ORANGE, FL 32127. 813-241-8269.

A/K/A 875 WILLOW RUN, ORMOND BEACH, FL 32174 Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim before the Clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed.

ATTENTION PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, 125 E. Orange Ave., St. 300, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, 386-257-6096, within 2 days of your receipt of this notice. If you are hearing impaired, call 1-800-955-8771; if you are voice impaired, call 1-800-9558770.

THIS IS NOT A COURT INFORMATION LINE. To file response please contact Volusia County Clerk of Court, 101 N. Alabama Ave., DeLand, Fl 32724, Tel: (386) 736-5907.

Dated this 09 day of March, 2022.

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PVC 4 chairs and 52" round table.

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Roofing

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Licensed and Insured

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CBC ROOFING COMPANY

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