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YOUR TOWN TRICK-OR-TREATING IN PLANTATION BAY As Plantation Bay has gotten younger over the years, trick-ortreating has increased on Halloween, according to Access Control Manager Steve Clair. Some residents who aren’t used to trickor-treaters might be surprised to hear someone knock on their doors, so all should be aware.

Clair said he has noticed that many who plan to give out candy make it known on www.nextdoor. com so that trick-or-treaters can plan ahead. He is not aware of a trunk-or-treat being organized at any of the common areas, but he said that would be welcome for the Plantation Bay community — at Prestwick Park, for example.

All residents should be aware of trick-or-treaters as they drive through the neighborhoods. He also recommended that trick-ortreaters carry a flashlight or wear a glow stick.

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There will be a trip down memory lane in honor of Bruce Rossmeyer, seated dinner, drinks, silent and live auctions and a performance by Rockabilly Hall of Fame inductee Landon Lane. On Oct. 6, hundreds of motorcyclists will take a police-escorted ride from Destination Daytona to Camp Boggy Creek in Eustis for lunch and festivities with the campers.

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Carol and Gary Shepherd serve ice cream to Owen and Jessica Blumenfeld during the 30th-annual Family Renew Ice Cream Social.

Three decades of service Family homelessness continues to be a problem, and fundraisers like this help the nonprofit continue to service families.

Family Renew Executive Director Tony Deobil

JARLEENE ALMENAS NEWS EDITOR

On Sept. 18, Family Renew Community celebrated its 30th anniversary of helping families lift themselves out of homelessness, and, with a current 96% success rate, the nonprofit hopes to continue its mission for another 30 years.

As families indulged in ice cream for Family Renew’s ice cream social event at St. James Episcopal Church, in Ormond Beach, Executive Director Tony Deobil reflected on what the milestone represented. Three decades ago, Family Renew was formed after several churches got together and decided to take action regarding the local homeless problem.

“And here we are, 30 years later, and it’s even worse than it was 30 years ago,” Deobil said.

Family Renew is doing what it can to help.

Deobil said the nonprofit isn’t a housing program but a restoration program. While families can stay in the program for up to 18 months — during which they’re given a stable place to live while the parents are assisted in becoming self-supporting — most stay six or seven months. Family Renew helps teach them basic life skills, and tries to help them find and become qualified for jobs that pay above the minimum wage.

Deobil remembers an 8-yearold girl who once told him she wanted to have babies when she grew up because her grandmother

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told her she could then get a check from the government. That same little girl later told him she wanted to be a nurse, and Family Renew got her a play nursing kit and had real nurses talk to her. At the end, before her family graduated, the little girl told Deobil that her brother had gotten sick. She took care of him, and she loved it.

“Break the cycle, you know?”

Deobil said. “And that’s what we try to do at Family Renew.”

It costs Family Renew $9,600 to put a family through their program, and these funds are often raised locally.

Recently, Family Renew held its $30 for 30 years raffle, where it sold 299 of the available 300 tickets. It is also hosting its first art show at The Casements, in Ormond Beach, on Nov. 7.

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Volusia County slashes budget Flagler County spends $425,000 on Dorian by $3.6 million, OKs tax hike Because the storm did COUNTY OKS MILLAGE RATE The tentative millage is 0.1044 lower than the one proposed in July.

JARLEENE ALMENAS NEWS EDITOR

While Volusia residents will still see a tax increase, it won’t be as high as anticipated due to $3.6 million in county budget cuts.

The County Council voted 6-0 to approve a general fund ad valorem tax rate of 5.59 mills, which will increase taxes for residents by 4.83%. Councilman Fred Lowry was out sick with pneumonia.

Back in July, the council had voted 5-2 to adopt a maximum millage rate of 5.6944, with Council members Lowry and Heather Post voting against.

County Budget Administrative Services Director Tammy Bong said the reduction included a change in the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office budget and the rejection of two new deputy positions, as well as a lowering of emergency reserves by $233,000.

However, Bong said, this still kept reserves at 9.3% and would move the county in the direction of its 10% goal.

Several people attended the budget hearing to thank the council for funding, including county library representatives, the ECHO board chairman, and Easter Seals.

Carol Johnson, of the Friends of the Ormond Beach Library, said libraries are one of the places residents can see where tax money is spent, and how that benefits a community. People come for events, hold organizational meetings.

“It’s the center of our community,” Johnson said. “We say that a lot — we say libraries are a lot more than books.”

Johnson said libraries are doing more today on a smaller budget, and asked that the council consider granting libraries more money in the future.

Council Chair Ed Kelley thanked the speakers for their thoughts. There was no other council discussion about the budget.

“We so appreciate you participating in this part of government,” Kelley said.

The next budget hearing is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 23, at 6 p.m. in the County Council Chambers in the Thomas C. Kelly Administration Building in DeLand.

“We so appreciate you participating in this part of government.”

ED KELLEY, council chair

not lead to a disaster declaration, Flagler may not be eligible for FEMA reimbursement.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Flagler County spent approximately $425,000 on expenses related to Hurricane Dorian, including the manpower costs associated with keeping the county’s Emergency Operations Center staffed around the clock for several days.

When the county dealt with Hurricanes Matthew and Irma, it was able to apply for federal reimbursement for such expenses through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA. But this time, it may not be able to do that because unlike the previous two storms, Dorian did not lead to a formal disaster declaration. The situation has left many Florida counties, including Flagler, unsure of whether they’ll get that emergency preparation money back.

County Commission Chairman Donald O’Brien said he expected that Flagler County will be pursuing all available avenues to seek reimbursement. If the county can’t get reimbursed, though, the money will be drawn from the county’s general fund or reserves.

“If we have to rearrange some spending to accommodate this, then that’s what we need to do,” O’Brien said.

The situation has led Florida

The Flagler County Commission in September approved the county’s 2020 tentative millage rate: 8.2547 mills, or $8.2547 per $1,000 of taxable value.

The millage rate is an increase of 4.41% from the rollback rate — the rate that would have brought in the same overall dollar amount of tax money as last year — of 7.9059 mills, Financial Services Director John Brower said, and includes 0.1250 mills in voter-approved environmentally sensitive land funding. But it is a reduction in the actual aggregate millage rate, which has been 8.7247 for fiscal year 2019.

Before the commission unanimously approved the millage rate and tentative budget, Commissioner David Sullivan noted how fortunate the county had been with Dorian.

“I would say that we were extremely lucky at this point after

Gov. Ron DeSantis to write to President Donald Trump requesting assistance for the state.

DeSantis’ letter, dated Sept.

4, noted that Trump had already issued an emergency declaration and authorized Department of Homeland Security and FEMA assistance, and that the declaration had also allowed for additional designations to be made in the future.

“Given the very real threat that Hurricane Dorian posed to Florida, I submit this request

what could have happened with the hurricane that just passed, Dorian, given it was just a few miles off the coast,” he said.

“If it had been what Matthew did, I think I’d be standing here saying we need to re-look at the budget, because if we had those kind of expenses we had for Matthew, we’d have to probably take a different look at where we have to go. So again, I think we’re extremely lucky that we can be here tonight and be able to go forward with this slight millage decrease.”

He also noted, before commissioners unanimously approved the county’s special assessment rolls, that special assessment money had been used to add seawall protection in the Painters Hill area. That work, along with dune restoration work, helped protect the land during the storm.

“I think they’ve proved their worth in the last week,” he said.

for financial assistance for eligible Category B expenses under FEMA’s Public Assistance program for the State of Florida and twenty-four counties,” DeSantis wrote. The 24 include Flagler.

The state, DeSantis wrote, had incurred approximately $157.6 million in Category B emergency protective measures, while counties had incurred approximately $39.7 million.

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Fighting the violence in our homes Beacon Center hosts two events in October for National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

JARLEENE ALMENAS NEWS EDITOR

For over four decades, the Beacon Center in Volusia County has been lighting the way for victims of domestic violence.

Formerly known as the Domestic Abuse Council until its 2017 rebranding, the organization has served 465 women, men and children, both in-shelter and through its outreach, in six months from July 2018 to February 2019 — more than it served in the previous 12 months, from July 2017 to June 2018.

Chief Executive Officer Angie Pye said it’s proof of the center’s outreach efforts. Aside from basic core services, like running an emergency shelter, providing counseling, case management and support groups, the Beacon Center has also increased its advocates (including Spanish speakers), attorneys and amount of financial literacy aid, such as helping victims search for jobs, learn how to write resumes and find housing.

With October being National Domestic Violence Awareness month, Pye said it’s important to remember domestic abuse is a crime that touches all in some way. She herself is a survivor, having grown up in an abusive household, and she hopes the community will come together to take a stand against abuse.

“We see domestic violence as an

oppressive crime,” Pye said. “It’s a hate crime, essentially. It’s a crime that’s rooted in sexism.”

This means it generally impacts the female population, Pye said.

In 2018, there were 4,328 reported cases of domestic violence in Volusia County, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Ormond Beach ranked fourth in the county with 248 cases reported to Ormond Beach Police. Volusia County Sheriff’s Office was first, with 1,564 cases, followed by Daytona Beach Police with 1,389 cases. DeLand Police reported 294.

People have a hard time understanding domestic violence, Pye said. In her 23 years of working with survivors, she’s always asked: “Why do women stay?”

That’s the wrong question, she said; people should be asking instead, “Why are the perpetrators reoffending, and why do they think they can harm their partner and children?”

Pye said a system needs to be built that focus around the choices a perpetrator makes to commit the abuse. It’s true that victims sometimes don’t want to press charges or prosecute, she added. They may be worried about what happens if the perpetrator doesn’t go to jail.

“The survivors tend to think about their safest choice, and sometimes their safest choice is not participating in prosecution,” Pye said.

At the Beacon Center, the main goals are safety and justice, she said. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence reports that, in Florida, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner.

With numbers like that, Pye said everybody knows someone who is in an abusive relationship, even if they’re not aware of it.

“If the Wawa was getting robbed at the rate women are being beaten in this county, there would be outrage,” Pye said. “We should have that kind of outrage when we hear about women and children being beaten in their own homes, and being abused in their own homes.”

Need to talk? Call the Beacon Center’s 24/7 hotline at 386-2552102.

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When prayer and government

School Board Chairman Janet McDonald would like to invite individuals affiliated with local social and faith communities to open board meetings with messages about what they do to support students — and with invocations, in the instances in which invited guests would like to provide them. The board is split on the idea.

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chool Board Chairman Janet McDonald would like to invite individuals affiliated with local social and faith communities to open School Board meetings with messages about what they do to support students — and with invocations, in the instances in which invited guests would like to provide them.

Other board members, speaking during the board’s Sept. 17 workshop, were less sure that’s a good idea, and asked for board attorney Kristy Gavin to gather more information to present to the board during a future workshop. Only one local government board within Flagler County — the Bunnell City Commission — regularly features invocations. (Ten out of 10 recent regular Bunnell City Commission meeting videos posted to Bunnell’s YouTube channel feature Christian prayers.)

School Board members had been surprised at an Aug. 20 board meeting when a pastor invited by McDonald had delivered an invocation at the start of the meeting.

Board member Andy Dance called the invocation “kind of a major shift,” and one the board

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should discuss.

McDonald, in her comments at the Sept. 17 workshop, didn’t frame her intent as establishing a tradition of prayer, specifically.

The idea, she said, was for “community organizations, faith groups, social groups, that have links to our community” to have a chance to speak about what they do, and, in particular, about “how they do a prevention leg of our mental health initiative, not just a response to emergencies.”

Dance suggested the board’s first step should be to consider whether it’s even interested in entertaining invocations or prayers.

“I would prefer we stay with the way that we were running the meetings, without reference to an invocation or prayer,” he said. “So if there are two others that would like to continue with tradition we’ve had moving forward, we can eliminate that from discussion and then talk about ways to do proper recognitions.”

He added that board meetings already have a regular feature that could be used to recognize community organizations at the beginning of each meeting.

“We recognize people at every meeting during spotlights for things that they contribute to the

school district,” he said. “That’s what that’s available for.”

McDonald said her proposal could be included as a spotlight, but Dance replied that a spotlight is different from an invocation.

“A spotlight is just highlighting what they’re doing,” he said.

“So we have that already as an avenue.”

Dance continued: “I think the other thing that just needs to be touched on, which led to a lot of the confusion, was agenda changes that aren’t part of our agenda review process,” he said. “We have to make a conscious effort to follow the procedures that we have and avoid issues like this. This all could have been avoided if we had followed the proper procedures that we painstakingly went through to set up how we gauge appropriateness for our meetings, by vetting them through our agenda review process.”

“Thank you, I appreciate that; I had asked for it to be put on the agenda several times,” McDonald said. “The fact that it didn’t get put on; I’m sorry it didn’t get it put on.”

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS

Board attorney Kristy Gavin told board members the board would

be within the law if it establishes invocations.

“School districts do it; it may not be called an invocation,” she said. “Even Duval County does it; they don’t call it an invocation.”

The Duval County School Board’s process, involving a “thought for the day” that may or may not be religious, has drawn complaints from the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

Gavin said that the legal precedent pertaining to prayer at legislative bodies is different from the precedent concerning the permissibility of prayers at school functions such as graduations.

“That’s where they say you can’t do that,” she said. “But school board meetings have been treated akin to legislative meetings. And so, as long as you make sure ... you’re not saying there are groups that we would be excluding, then you’re fine.”

‘AN INVOCATION THAT IS UNIVERSAL’

Board member Colleen Conklin wasn’t entirely sure what McDonald was requesting.

“So it’s not, if I’m hearing correctly — is it an actual invocation?

Or ... it could be an invocation, could be a thought of the day?”

Conklin said.

It could be either, McDonald said.

Board member Trevor Tucker asked about the particulars of the procedure for inviting invocations.

Gavin said they would be prearranged. One school district, she said, called organizations listed in the phone book and asked if they’d offer an invocation.

“It sounds like that’s more staff time, so I’m going to say I’m not for it,” Tucker said.

McDonald said she didn’t think there would be any need to go through a list of community services.

Conklin said she’d like to hear more about how it could work.

“Because what I’m hearing is not a straight prayer,” she said.

“I don’t even know if it would be something called an invocation.”

Conklin said that she’d asked for a transcript of the invocation delivered at the previous board meeting, and had intended to read it during her comments at the conclusion of the Sept. 17 board meeting. (She did not end up doing so.)

“There was nothing that was stated in those comments that I can imagine anyone in the world disagreeing with. ... It was very universal,” she said. “Having someone from Kiwanis come to give the thought of the day, to me, is not a problem. To have someone come, whether it’s a rabbi or a pastor, provide a thought of the day or an invocation that is universal, I don’t see the harm in that. ... I’m curious to see what other districts are doing in that area.”

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Epic Church, the “church for people who don’t do church,” celebrated its 10th anniversary Sunday, Sept. 15.

The church, which meets every Sunday at Buddy Taylor Middle School, is looking forward to a bright future, now with a decade of community service to look back on.

Executive Pastor Tim Jones said membership has swelled to more than 700. He said the church recently signed a contract to buy land located on the fourth lot behind the RaceTrac gas station on Seminole Woods Boulevard.

Money will be raised over several months to buy the 16 acres.

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continue to help the county even more,” Jones said. He intends to establish a care network with which the church can help people access county resources, such as the food pantry for the hungry, the Family Life Center for those seeking shelter from abuse.

Florida Rep. Paul Renner and U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, and that both were on board.

Kwiatkowski says he has so far emailed The Home Depot, McDonald’s, Publix and Winn-Dixie, all of which expressed interest and told him the idea would be brought to their main offices.

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Top seller goes for $875,000

Volusia Residential Construction LLC, of Daytona Beach, sold 895 Creekwood Drive to Richard and Louise Roos, of Ormond Beach, for $636,741. Built in 2019, the house has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,665 square feet.

Volusia Residential Construction LLC, of Daytona Beach, sold 874 Creekwood Drive to Steven and Victoria Colligan, of Ormond Beach, for $489,000.

Built in 2019, the house has three bedrooms, 2.5 baths and 2,740 square feet.

Volusia Residential Construction LLC, of Daytona Beach, sold 868 Creekwood Drive to Jack and Janet Smith, of Ormond Beach, for $452,465. Built in 2019, the house has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,500 square feet.

Edward and Moira Kriete, of Westport, Connecticut, sold 1312 Dovercourt Lane to Roger and Sandra Sparry, of Ormond Beach, for $525,000. Built in 2005, the house has three bedrooms, three baths, a swimming pool and 2,823 square feet. It sold in 2013 for $485,000.

Volusia Residential Construction LLC, of Daytona Beach, sold 910 Creekwood Drive to Salvatore and Diana Mistretta, of Ormond Beach, for $399,999.

Built in 2018, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,157 square feet.

Ralph and Mena Malmros, of Las Vegas, sold 592 Aldenham Lane to James and Debra Bland, of Ormond Beach, for $395,000.

Built in 2016, the house has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,498 square feet. It sold in 2017 for $350,000.

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RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

house on Dovercourt Lane was the top seller for June 20 to Aug. 3 in Plantation Bay. Natalie Owens and Cameron Miller, of Ormond Beach, sold 1320 Dovercourt Lane to Jerry and Dorothy Kemp, of Ormond Beach, for $875,000.

Built in 2007, the house has four bedrooms, three baths, a fireplace, swimming pool and 4,622 square feet. It sold in 2013 for $549,900.

Following is a partial list of other sales.

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two baths, a fireplace, swimming pool and 2,106 square feet.

It sold in 2018 for $341,000.

Volusia Residential Construction LLC, of Daytona Beach, sold 807 Creekwood Drive to Patricia Lowry and Jeffrey Ruttenberg, of Ormond Beach, for $354,830.

Built in 2019, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,115 square feet.

Michael and Marianne DelPercio sold 1233 Hampstead Lane to Stephen and Jodi Barr, and Joann Fisher, of Ormond Beach, for $325,000. Built in 2003, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a swimming pool and 1,931 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $267,500.

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The top real estate transaction was $875,000.

Robert and Vivian Burbridge, individually and as trustees, sold 8 Kingsley Circle to Jack and Sheryl Kockentiet, of Ormond Beach, for $375,000.

Built in 1988, the house has four bedrooms, 3.5 baths, a fireplace, swimming pool and 2,748 square feet. It sold in 2016 for $314,000.

pool and 2,376 square feet. It sold in 2012 for $292,500.

Eric and Tracy Roelofsen, of Sweden, sold 1301 Harwick Lane to Patrice and Sandra Gosselin, of Alberta, Canada, for $370,000. Built in 2007, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace, swimming

Jennifer and Samuel Vanderwarker, of Ormond Beach, sold 1293 Harwick Lane to Christopher and Sarah Aronovici, of Lutherville Timonium, Maryland, for $360,000. Built in 2012, the house has three bedrooms,

Volusia Residential Construction LLC, of Daytona Beach, sold 809 Creekwood Drive to John and Susan Evans, of Ormond Beach, for 368,259. Built in 2019, the house has three bedrooms, 2.5 baths and 2,094 square feet.

Amanda and Justin Rasik, and Mary Boyle, of Ocoee, sold 716 Dolphin Head Lane to Mark and Sandra Trunzo, of Ormond Beach, for $295,000. Built in 1995, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace, swimming pool and 2,021 square feet. It sold in 2018 for $286,000.

Lee Shilts sold 1147 Kilkenny Lane to Robert and Maritza Perea, of Ormond Beach, for $285,000. Built in 2006, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,910 square feet. It sold in 2013 for $202,500.

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

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