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A LEGACY OF SERVICE 3 JULY 2021

VOLUME 7, NO. 12

Jerry Cameron steps down Heidi Petito to become Flagler’s interim county administrator; Jorge Salinas will remain second-in-command. PAGE 2

Officer shooting suspect arrested Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young said Othal Wallace was found in a treehouse.

JARLEENE ALMENAS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The 29-year-old suspect who shot a Daytona Beach Police officer was arrested at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 26, said Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young in a press conference.

Othal Wallace, who DBPD reports shot Officer Jason Raynes in the head just before 9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23, while Raynes was investigating a suspicious incident at 133 Kingston Ave., was found hiding in a treehouse in a wooded 3-acre property outside Atlanta, Georgia. Young said that the property is affiliated with the Not F------ Around Coalition, a black nationalist paramilitary organization.

Wallace will be extradited to Daytona Beach where he has been charged with attempted first degree murder on a law enforcement officer.

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Synchro Belles compete in Junior Olympic Championship PAGE 6 Photo by Michele Meyers

Girls in air, left to right: Mariia Nosenko and Paityn Lawrence. Lifters, left to right: Molly Anderson and Carlysle Kline.

Local ham radio clubs test emergency capabilities

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Field Day Operations in Flagler County

Local amateur radio operators represented our community in the American Radio Relay League’s annual Field Day. Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio's science, skill and service to our communities and our nation.

It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event.

The local effort included hams from the Daytona Beach Ama-

teur Radio Association, the Flagler Emergency Communications Association and the Flagler Palm Coast Amateur Radio Club.

They gathered at the Hammock Community Center at 79 Mala Compra Road to operate multiple ham radio stations for 24 hours starting at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 26.

The public is welcome to visit this local Field Day site to learn more about ham radio, local clubs and hams in our own neighborhoods. Opportunities will be available to operate radios under the supervision of Federal Communications Commission licensed radio amateurs.

The relatively new emphasis

on STEM—science, technology, engineering and math — in education made this effort even more important as part of the focus of Field Day was to attract more young people to the hobby.

Last year, more than 10,000 amateur radio stations participated in our weekend emergency exercise.

With predictions for a more active hurricane season, the American Radio Relay League Field Day will help local radio amateurs make sure they’re ready to operate under difficult conditions.

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Heidi Petito to become Flagler’s Observer interim county administrator Jorge Salinas will remain second-in-command.

JERRY CAMERON TO STEP DOWN

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Heidi Petito, previously Flagler County’s General Services director, earned a unanimous County Commission vote June 21 to become the county’s interim county administrator as County Administrator Jerry Cameron steps down.

“I think that we’ve got a great team, an extraordinary team, and I look forward to continuing to move the organization in that direction, even if it is only in an interim capacity,” Petito said at a County Commission meeting June 21.

That was not the expected transition: Cameron’s second-incommand, Jorge Salinas, has been trained for the tasks associated with the administrator position, and had been the expected pick.

But Salinas, Cameron said at a June 21 commission meeting, had decided to stay in his current position as chief of staff and was backing Petito for interim administrator.

“Flagler County is indeed fortunate,” Cameron said. “We have two people that are ready and could take over any organization this size tomorrow, and do a great job. ... I agree with him that Heidi has a longstanding record of accomplishment here. She has grown up the ranks; she under-

Heidi Petito

stands every portion of what we do here.”

Cameron proposed that the commission appoint Petito for a three-month interim position, ending Sept. 30, then make a decision on whether to retain her as regular county administrator or conduct a search.

“That will give you three months, will give Heidi months, to assess what that position is and what her abilities are,” Cameron said. “You will effectively have a three-month interview.”

Petito had indicated that, should the commission decide to conduct a search after the interim period, she’d be wiling to stay on while that happens, Cameron said.

Commissioner Andy Dance suggested that county staff “work in the background to prepare search parameters,” so that if the commission ultimately decides to conduct a search after Sept. 30, it can do so quickly.

Commission Chairman Donald O’Brien noted that Petito will be the county’s first female county administrator.

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staff and financially secured the county’s future by building up its reserves.

He mentioned a number of the initiatives Cameron had undertaken, including planning for a new Sheriff’s Operations Center and the federal dune renourishment project.

“One by one, he’s been just knocking them off, and that was his mission,” O’Brien said. “ ... and I think we’re almost there.”

Cameron is technically the county’s interim administrator: Although commissioners opted to keep him on indefinitely after initially selecting him for the interim position in February 2019, as a St. Johns County resident, he was ineligible under state law to be appointed to the regular, non-interim Flagler County administrator post unless he moved to Flagler County.

Cameron, in comments at the end of the June 21 meeting, credited staff and the commission.

“It has been truly a privilege for me to be associated with people who genuinely have such interest in this community,” he said.

County Administrator Jerry Cameron’s last day of work for the county will be July 2.

County Commissioners said their farewells at a June 21 commission meeting — Cameron’s last before he steps down.

Commission Chairman Donald O’Brien said Cameron has managed many complicated projects, built an esprit de corps among the county’s

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Volusia to keep ban on dogs on the beach Dogs are only allowed at Smyrna Dunes Park and Lighthouse Point Park.

JARLEENE ALMENAS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

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Ormond Beach resident Rich Cooper will soon assume the role of governor of Rotary International’s District 6970 for 2021-2022.

Ormond Beach Rotarian selected as organization’s district governor

Serve to change lives JARLEENE ALMENAS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

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or Ormond Beach resident Rich Cooper, community service runs through his veins.

His father was the president of the Rotary Club of Ormond Beach from 1989 to 1990. Cooper held the same position from 2012 to 2013. And likewise, his father was president of the Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce from 1993 to 1994, and Cooper took the helm from 2019 to 2020.

Now, Cooper will take his leadership a step further: He will soon assume the role of governor of Rotary International’s District 6970 for 2021 through 2022.

“It’s in the blood,” Cooper said.

“I love community. I love to be a part of what’s going on in the community.”

With Rotary International having over 1.2 million members worldwide, District 6970 spans 12 counties in northeast Florida.

It’s composed of 63 clubs, two satellite clubs, 15 Rotaract clubs and 44 Interact clubs with over 3,300 men and women, according to a press release. Effective July 1, Cooper will succeed past governor Rich Turnbull, who actively supported Rotary’s commitment to eradicate polio worldwide. In addition, under Turnbull’s leadership, District 6970 became one of the most successful fundraising regions in the world.

MISSION TO SERVE

In the last three years since Cooper’s nomination for governor was accepted, he’s been preparing for the role. Cooper, a former firefighter and paramedic, first joined Rotary in 2002. He felt Rotary gave him an opportunity to help people, and as the executive vice president of Halifax Insurance Partners, community service isn’t quite in the forefront of his career as it once had been when he was a firefighter.

However, it wasn’t until he became the president of the club

in 2012 that he truly saw how international Rotary was. He was sent to the international convention, which was held that year in Bangkok, Thailand. There he met Rotarians from 200 countries, he recalled, and he decided he wanted to be more involved with Rotary.

“You have this melting pot of all these people from all around the world, and it was just amazing,” Cooper said.

He was later asked to be an area governor for the Ormond Beach and Flagler County clubs, and he filled that role for three years before moving on to serve in other positions within the district. Through the years, he and fellow members orchestrated hospital improvement programs in underserved areas of the world, raised over $700,000 for projects and Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign and installed safe water access and piping systems for people in third world countries, a press release details.

One of the most memorable projects for Cooper was when he and five other Rotarians traveled to Nicaragua in 2017 to help install water towers and pipes and in three different communities to help the residents receive running water in their homes.

“I like being around other people that want to do that kind of stuff,” Cooper said. “It’s hard work, but being around other people that are philanthropic and shareable and want to help others — it’s the caliber of people that you meet when you volunteer. Some of the best people in the world.”

The club is also one of the few remaining that consist of all men.

Will that change in the future?

Cooper said that about 35-40% of all Rotarians are women, and that there is currently a big push for diversity.

“When you go to a club, you want to see colors and different ages and sexes,” Cooper said.

“You want to see all of it.”

LITTLE CLUBS, BIG WORK

Rotary International’s theme for

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District Governor Rich Cooper and past district governor Rich Turnbull.

2022 is “Serve to change lives.”

“To me, it means that we serve to change the lives of others, and I think that’s the outward meaning of it, but it also changes our lives,” Cooper said.

Being a Rotarian has been a “growing experience,” Cooper said, and as much as he’s been able to touch other people’s lives, meeting them has also made an impact on his life.

But not all projects take Rotarians around the globe to lend a hand. Oftentimes, the work happens in their very community.

The Ormond Beach club doesn’t publicize their community service projects very often, but they are a presence in the community. It’s about the simple things, Cooper said, like putting a fence around the Pace Center for Girls, building a retention wall for the Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce and hosting a beer fest for the community. The club also awards a scholarship every year to a deserving graduating senior.

As district governor, Cooper said he’s looking forward to meeting all the Rotarians in the district.

“I see amazing things being done all over northeast Florida,” Cooper said. “Little clubs doing big, big work.”

“It’s in the blood. I love community.

I love to be a part of what’s going on in the community.”

RICH COOPER, Ormond Beach resident and newly appointed governor of Rotary International’s District 6970

No paw prints allowed on most of Volusia County's shoreline.

On Tuesday, June 22, as the Volusia County Council examined whether to open sections of the beach to dogs, the council voted 5-1 to keep its current dog access to the beach as is: only at Smyrna Dunes Park in New Smyrna Beach and Lighthouse Point Park in Ponce Inlet. County Councilman Fred Lowry was absent during the vote due to a recent knee replacement surgery.

Staff presented four options to the council, one of which was to allow dogs on the beach in a halfmile area between Bicentennial Park and Al Weeks North Shore Park in Ormond-by-the-Sea. In April, the council directed staff to bring them options to consider.

However, after reviewing them, the majority of the council felt none were well suited.

“The way we’ve talked about these options, I don’t find any of them making me feel comfortable to bring my dog,” Volusia County Councilwoman Barb Girtman said.

The other areas suggested were a .3-mile section of beach between the Daytona Beach boardwalk and International Speedway Boulevard, and opening all sections of the beach to dogs. A suggestion was also presented by Daytona Dog Beach Inc. to open up a halfmile area of beach between Zelda and University boulevards. The organization stated in an email that they have continuously reached out to the council and county staff to collaborate with them on viable solutions.

This isn't the first time Volusia County has discussed the issue; in 2014, the council considered allowing dogs on the beach for a trial period, but this was never pursued further.

Initially, some of the council members expressed interest in exploring the option to open the area near Bicentennial Park to dogs but testimony from area residents dissuaded them. The concerns about this option included the dense sea turtle nesting areas and the safety issues that come from crossing A1A from the offbeach parking lot.

Chair Jeff Brower was open to exploring a trial period for dogs on a drivable area of the beach with licenses for dogs. He suggested the trial period take place outside sea turtle nesting season.

“Sometimes you have to try things,” Brower said.

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Volusia County does not allow pets on most beaches.

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Completion date for new Sheriff’s Operations Center pushed back The 51,615-square-foot Operations Center was initially expected to be finished in November 2021.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

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The new Operations Center will be about twice the size of the old one.

ties for the sheriff, and had created the former Ops Center from the bones of an old hospital that sat empty for years before the county renovated it for the Sheriff’s Office’s use in 2015.

When FCSO employees began reporting bizarre medical symptoms, staff members pressed for an evacuation, saying the structure was a sick building. The county government conducted multiple rounds of environmental testing on the building, but ultimately decided to get rid of it and start over — leaving the FCSO temporarily homeless.

As they wait for their new Operations Center, FCSO staff members have been divided between the county courthouse and an administrative facility at the county jail.

Staly and Clerk of Courts Tom Bexley have both pressed the County Commission to act swiftly to shift the FCSO’s staff to a more workable location.

Commissioner Andy Dance asked about the reason for the delay.

Ajax Operations Manager Lon Neuman replied that design and pricing issues had delayed com-

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Construction of the planned $19 million Sheriff’s Operations Center is now expected to end almost a year later than previously anticipated.

The County Commission, late last year, approved a construction timeline that was expected to end with completion in November 2021. But a new guaranteed maximum price contract approved by the County Commission at a June 21 meeting listed a completion date of October 2022.

County Administrator Jerry Cameron said COVID-19 had affected materials and labor.

“I think that it is incredible that we maintained as much of a schedule as we did, with everything shutting down during COVID,” Cameron said at the meeting. “The great news here is that this portion of the contract is coming in exactly on budget.”

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly and his staff have been displaced since the summer of 2018, when the agency evacuated its previous Ops Center on State Road 100 due to concerns that mold or other contaminants were responsible for staff members’ illnesses.

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The contract approved at the June 21 meeting, for $2.91 million, covers the first phase of the work: site work and utilities. Ajax will return to the county in September with another guaranteed maximum price contract for the rest of the project.

The two-story, 51,615-squarefoot Operations Center will be built on 8.4 acres near the county’s Government Services Building on State Road 100.

“I think that it is incredible that we maintained as much of a schedule as we did, with everything shutting down during COVID.” JERRY CAMERON, Flagler County administrator

Economists uncertain about tax holiday’s impacts

University board sets rules for athlete pay

State economists acknowledge the upcoming “Freedom Week” tax holiday is uncharted territory when it comes to estimating reductions in tax revenue.

Lawmakers approved the first-of-its-kind tax holiday, which will run from July 1 through July 7, to help spur people to get out and enjoy activities after being cooped up at home during the coronavirus pandemic.

During the holiday, people will be able to avoid paying sales taxes on tickets purchased for such things as live music, athletic contests, in-theater movies, cultural events and entrance to museums and state parks. Tickets could be purchased during the week for events that occur later in the year, including annual passes. The holiday will also provide sales-tax exemptions for such outdoor equipment as tents, grills, bicycles, kayaks and fishing supplies.

Economists initially projected the period would reduce state and local revenue by $54.7 million. The Freedom Week holiday was part of an overall $196.3 million tax package that also included more-traditional tax holidays for back-to-school shoppers and people buying hurricane supplies.

One question posed by state economists is whether the tax break will cause people to rush out and buy kayaks and other sporting goods or tickets for events. A second, and bigger wild card, is whether businesses and shoppers know about Freedom Week.

Preparing for changes approved by lawmakers, the state university system’s Board of Governors on Wednesday, June 23, adopted regulations about athlete compensation and student disciplinary proceedings.

Gov. Ron DeSantis last year signed a measure that will permit student athletes to profit from their names, images and likenesses. The regulations approved Wednesday will help carry out the law, which will take effect July 1.

Under the regulations, athletes will be able to hire agents and will be required to disclose to the universities any contracts for compensation. The law will require universities to provide a “financial literacy and life skills workshop” for athletes.

“Grant-in-aid to studentathletes cannot be revoked or reduced as a result of the studentathlete earning compensation or obtaining professional representation” under the law, information published on the Board of Governors’ website said.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association, the main governing body for college sports, hasn’t ruled on whether college athletes can profit from the use of their names and images. But Florida, California and other states have crafted their own rules.

“The ones who, frankly, have the biggest question marks are our foreign student athletes,” said David Coburn, Florida State University athletic director. “The visas that they’re on do not permit them to earn income while they’re in the country.”

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Synchro Belles performed at Junior Olympic Championship

Michelle Pu

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MICHELE MEYERS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

T Paityn Lawrence and Gabi Jordan Spence

he Synchro Belles artistic swim team arrived at the University of Florida June 11 with hair “knoxed” and ready to compete in the 42nd annual Sunshine State Games.

The duet team of Carlysle Kline and Molly Anderson and the Junior Olympic team — which already qualified to compete at the national championship — left the campus with one gold medal each.

The duet captured the wild card and performed their routine at the Junior Olympic Championship held in Colorado Springs from June 26 to July 3.

Competitive swimmer Isabella Vasconcellos founded the synchronized swim team 21 years ago and was recognized as the United States Developmental Coach of the Year in 2008. Her daughter, Carolyne Vasconcellos, has since taken over as head coach.

Coach Vasconcellos focuses on developing body awareness in the initial stages of training. The sport also requires a high level of strength and endurance, which can be daunting for the girls.

To avoid the trauma that can be associated with executing rigorous drills while working in, and — a large percentage of time — upside down underwater, she never forces the girls to do anything they are uncomfortable with, allowing

them to go at their own pace.

A gradual and consistent introduction to the fundamentals of synchronized swimming and the support of teammates are key elements to an athlete’s success in the sport.

“We would not be able to do this sport if it wasn’t a team sport,” Vasconcellos said. “We never make them do anything they don’t want to do. It’s really encouragement from the girl next to them: They can be sitting there coughing up the water that they were swimming in, but they always stand up, ready for the next one, thanks to that girl.”

After losing an entire season to COVID, the athletes, who were under 15 at the time, participated

Girls in lift, left to right: Mariia Nosenko and Paityn Lawrence. Lifters left to right: Molly Anderson and Carlysle Kline.

in virtual workouts and socially distanced practices.

Undeterred by the unusual circumstances, they went on to qualify for the Junior Olympics.

The eight girls qualified to perform in the team event during the championship are: Kayla Palomado, Aryanna DiFatta, Mariia Nosenko, Molly Anderson, Paityn Lawrence, Jordan Spence, Carlysle Kline and Michelle Pu. Emerson Kline will join the eight athletes for their combo event performance.

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fter coaching at six high schools during the past nine years, Robert Paxia thought he had finally found a place where he and his family could put down roots.

But then the vagabond football coach got a chance to come home.

On May 24, Flagler Palm Coast High School hired Paxia to replace Travis Roland as its head football coach.

Paxia graduated from FPC in 2008. He played football for the Bulldogs and won a state weightlifting championship. He met his wife at FPC and began his coaching career there while still in college.

Leaving Lakeland Lake Gibson after posting a 22-3 record over the past two seasons was difficult. But returning to FPC? That was a dream come true.

“This has been one of my goals since I started coaching football,” Paxia said. “Flagler impacted me a ton when I was a young man.”

Paxia applied for the FPC job after the 2016 season. Instead, the Bulldogs hired Roland, who went on to lead FPC to four straight playoff appearances and an undefeated regular season in 2017.

Ironically, Roland decided to leave FPC in April to take the vacant head coaching job at his own alma mater, Mainland High.

As a senior linebacker, Roland helped lead the Bucs to the Class 5A state championship in 2003.

“When I didn’t get the job in 2016, I figured Travis would be there as long as he wanted to be,” Paxia said. “At that point, I put it out of my mind. I figured I’d find my place and do as good a job as possible.”

WINDING ROAD TO FPC

Paxia played on the offensive line at FPC and won a state weightlifting title in the 238-pound class. After a torn ACL ended Paxia’s freshman season at Webber International University, his

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A dream come true Robert Paxia hired to replace Travis Roland as head football coach at Flagler Palm Coast High School

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Robert Paxia, new FPCHS football coach.

high school coach, Steve Allen, convinced him to come back to FPC to coach.

“I learned so much that first spring from Coach Allen and all those guys I played for,” he said.

He was on FPC’s staff for four seasons while completing a bachelor of applied science degree in supervision and management at Daytona State College.

Over the next few years, Robert and his wife Alexandra got to know the U-Haul operators in several towns: In 2013, Paxia became offensive coordinator at Brooksville Central. In 2014, he moved to Bradford High as the defensive coordinator. He moved again the following season to Plant City, where he was the offensive coordinator in 2015 and the head coach in 2016, compiling a 6-3 record.

After losing out on the FPC job that offseason, he became an assistant coach at Villa Rica High outside of Atlanta.

“It’s actually refreshing to see how he grew from four years ago to now,” FPC Athletics Director Steve DeAugustino said. “Robert always has been goal-oriented.

He’s always trying to improve.”

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Paxia’s coaching philosophy is based on building relationships.

“The kids won’t care what you know until they know how much you care,” he said.

His FPC head coaching tenure began on June 7 when the Bulldogs started their summer lifting program.

“Our kids are going to be coached well, be physical and have really good film,” he said.

The Paxias have two children, ages 7 and 1. Robert and Alexandra’s parents live in Flagler County, and having all four of their children’s grandparents nearby was the No. 1 factor in their decision to leave Lakeland, he said.

“I had no intention of leaving Lake Gibson,” Paxia said. “But Flagler is home.”

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We open the door to an extraordinary audience of potential buyers that are being marketed to visit Plantation Bay. We advertise specifically for Plantation Bay, marketing your home locally, as well as, extensively in the Midwest and NE US.

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We have the unique ability to allow buyers the ability to experience Plantation Bay as its residents would, with full access to all amenities.

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