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Keep your distance to fight virus County declares local state of emergency for COVID-19, urges residents to avoid gatherings. PAGE 3

What you can do to help your neighbors

Clean Team

Support local businesses during virus outbreak PAGE 6 INSIDE FROM CITY HALL City declares local state of emergency PAGE 4

ANSWERS HERE COVID-19: A Q+A with DOH-Flagler Administrator Bob Snyder PAGE 5

TAKE IT OUT?

County to take action on derelict hotel building PAGE 12

Dems pick Joe Biden Presidential Preference Primary PAGE 2

Flagler Schools Custodial Services fight coronavirus during spring break. PAGES 10-11 Photo by Brian McMillan

Aziza Gozzo cleans tables while Ken Smith cleans the media center’s chairs at Buddy Taylor Middle School during spring break. The expectation is to clean every place a student might have touched.

SCHOOL UPDATE

Delivery options

Closed till April 15

Emilio’s Pizza celebrate six months in business on March 21, on Palm Harbor Parkway in Palm Coast.

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All Florida schools are closed through April 15. Remaining state tests are canceled. Required instructional hours may be reduced.

The state encourages schools to operate virtually or through other non-classroom-based means, and Flagler Schools is preparing its plan to implement distance learning. With one device per student, the district is prepared. Also, food is available for children up to age 18 from 10 a.m. to noon March 23-27 at four schools: Indian Trails, Buddy Taylor, Bunnell and FPC.

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Briefs..................... PAGE 8 Business...............PAGE 19 Calendar............... PAGE 17 High 5...................PAGE 13 Letters................... PAGE 6 Real Estate.......... PAGE 24 Your Town...............PAGE 7

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Flagler Dems pick Biden Biden won the backing of 68.7% of local Democratic Primary voters, according to unofficial results.

Democratic candidate Joe Biden took 68.7% of the Flagler County votes in the Democratic Presidential Preference Primary, with challenger Bernie Sanders receiving 17.58%, according to unof-

Palm Coast resident Margaret Knaggs cast her vote in Florida’s 2020 Presidential Preference Primary Election.

ficial results released on Election Day. Incumbent Republican President Donald Trump received 95.62% of the vote in the Republican primary.

Flagler County saw a decrease in voter turnout from 2016 to 2020 — but there was an increase in those who opted to vote by mail.

There are currently 66,035 registered voters in Flagler County and 21,986 ballots were cast.

There was a 49.12% turnout in 2016. This year, the turnout was 33.29%.

In addition, there were 6,345 votes by mail in 2016 and 9,505 votes by mail this year (with ballots still waiting to be counted).

The full unofficial results can be viewed at https://enr.electionsfl. org/FLA/2579/Summary/. Official results won’t be in for about 10 days.

“The election itself went very smoothly,” Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart said. “We had a perfectly good election ruined on Election Day by the coronavirus. It’s been a busy day, but we had a very smooth election. Voters were pleasant, and all of our poll workers came back with a smile. That’s all you can ask for.”

Sandy Paley, 65, had arrived at the Flagler County Public Library

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Husband and wife Nicholas Del Drago and Linda Waczkowski voted in Florida’s 2020 Presidential Preference Primary Election.

library voting site in Palm Coast with her young granddaughter in tow.

Paley, a lifelong Democrat, said she voted for former vice president and current Democratic candidate Joe Biden.

“Voting means a lot to me because I want Trump out of office,” said Paley, who has lived in Palm Coast for the past 20 years. “It’s my right to pick and choose.”

Terry Larkin, 69, has lived in Palm Coast since 1994. He showed up at the library to vote for current president Donald

“It’s been a busy day, but we had a very smooth election. Voters were pleasant, and all of our poll workers came back with a smile.”

KAITI LENHART, supervisor of elections

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“It’s about getting the right person in office,” said Larkin, a lifelong Republican. “The guy who’s getting the job done right now.”

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COVID 19: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW NOW Flagler County declares local state of emergency for COVID-19, urges residents to avoid gatherings.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Flagler County is urging residents to avoid social gatherings of more than 10 people, and encouraging restaurants to serve takeout only.

And while the county does not have any verified cases of COVID-19 as of the afternoon of March 17, some Flagler County residents are “under investigation.” Meanwhile, the school district is preparing to provide free lunches and breakfasts to students.

Local officials updated residents in a press conference the morning of March 17, streamed from the county’s Emergency Operations Center over Facebook Live. People entering the Operations Center were required to have their temperatures taken before entering.

“It’s times like this that test a community’s resolve; in fact, we even test our sense of community,” County Administrator Jerry Cameron said. “It is a time to put aside any differences we might have and unite for the purpose of stopping the spread of this potentially devastating disease.”

He encouraged people — including young people who aren’t worried about their own risk — to take warnings seriously.

“When you ignore the warnings that we have to remove yourself from that danger ... you may always have on your conscience that you traded someone’s life for a party or some social event,” Cameron said.

It is possible to have the virus and be without symptoms while still passing it to other people.

Meanwhile, the county is canceling all activities involving more than 10 people that were slated to be run by county staff or take place at county facilities, said Jonathan Lord, the county’s emergency management director.

(County parks remain open.)

“Avoid social gatherings and groups of more than 10 people, to include eating in restaurants and bars,” Lord said. Takeout is OK. If the directions to restaurants to stick to takeout are ignored, the county may have to look into enforcement procedures or a curfew, Lord said.

“I would rather use the soft arm of the law,” he said. “I would prefer not to have to issue curfews.”

“Also avoid discretionary travel,” Lord added. “This does not mean you can not go to stores for supplies, but please maintain social distancing while you do so.”

“Avoid social gatherings and groups of more than 10 people, to include eating in restaurants and bars.”

JONATHAN LORD, Flagler County Emergency Management director

FIRST RESPONDERS PREPARE

Flagler County and local cities’ first responders have adequate personal protective equipment and are taking steps to ensure that they don’t run out, Lord said.

AdventHealth Palm Coast has added a medical tent to screen people for the virus should that become necessary, and the state is working to ensure that enough ventilators will be available.

Residents who call 911, Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said, are now being asked a series of screening questions to determine if law enforcement officers responding to their emergency will need to take special precautions due to the virus, such as wearing face masks.

Deputies and law enforcement officers may also take additional social distancing measures when responding to calls, he said, such as standing further away from people than usual or asking people to exit their house to speak.

The Sheriff’s Office is also implementing steps at the county jail to protect staff and inmates from the virus, Staly said.

SENIORS AT HEIGHTENED RISK

The people most at risk from COVID-19 are seniors over 65 who have chronic conditions such as COPD, heart disease or diabetes, Florida Department of Health-Flagler Administrator Bob Snyder said.

“These are the folks that need

to stay home for sure,” he said.

And although none of the known COVID-19 cases in Florida were in Flagler County as of March 17, nine Flagler County residents were “under investigation” for the illness. Three of those so far have been tested and found to be negative, Snyder said.

By the end of the week, he said, the state will have the ability to test 625,000 people.

“Because of this ... we are going to see an uptick in the number of people who have the virus,” he said. “So we’ll get a clear idea as to the extent of the community transmission and spread.”

The criteria for testing is also becoming less restrictive, he said.

The state Department of Health also has a “COVID-19 data and surveillance dashboard” website, where it is posting the latest information on which counties have cases, and how many. (Go to https://bit.ly/2UkuY8q).

Once Flagler does have known cases, the Department of Health in Flagler County will engage in “contact tracing” —determining who the infected person has been in contact with for the previous 14 days, and then checking with those people to see if they’re ill.

“We know what to do,” Snyder said. “We do contact tracing on a weekly basis to stop the spread of STDs.” He thanked the county government and the local city governments for embracing social distancing.

“We are definitely suggesting that gatherings of more than 10 people be delayed,” he said. “This is so, so important.”

He encouraged people to follow guidelines for hand washing —lather for 20 seconds — and to “imitate Dracula” if they cough and sneeze, by coughing into an elbow.

SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE MEALS

Starting March 23, the Flagler County School District will be offering free meals to people 18 or younger, Superintendent James Tager said.

The grab-and-go meals will be served from 10 a.m. to noon at four locations —Bunnell Elementary, Wadsworth Elementary, Indian Trails Middle School and Flagler Palm Cast High School — and will include a lunch for that day, plus a breakfast for the following day.

The young person who is receiving the meal will need to be physically present at the service site in order to receive the food.

Local food banks are coordinating to offer food for adults, he said.

THE COUNTY RESPONDS Although Flagler County had no known cases of COVID-19 coronavirus when county commissioners held their regular meeting March 16, commissioners voted unanimously to declare a state of local emergency and urged residents to avoid large gatherings.

County Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord told the commission that President Donald Trump had recently advised people to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people.

The number of people that authorities are saying constitutes too many has changed rapidly — an example of how quickly recommended responses to the virus have shifted.

“Something I’ve told you is probably wrong by now because things are changing so quickly,” Lord said toward the end of his presentation.

“This time last week, the guidance was mass gatherings of more than a 1,000 should not occur,” Lord said.

“This weekend it became 250, as of the president on the news an hour ago, it is down to 10. ... He really wants people to stay home. He’s saying avoid bars, food courts, restaurants.”

The following was adapted from a press release by AdventHealth’s Central Florida Division Corporate Communications: AdventHealth is testing patients who meet evaluation criteria for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Florida.

The acquisition of three specialized testing devices allows AdventHealth to alleviate the testing burden from public agencies, while also providing patients and physicians expanded access.

Because of limited supplies and resources, the test will only be facilitated with a physician’s order for patients who meet the evaluation criteria as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Call the AdventHealth Coronavirus Information Line at 877-VIRUSHQ or visit www.CoronavirusSignsAndSymptoms.com.

Q: Where do I go if I want to be tested?

A: If you are sick and exhibiting symptoms (fever, cough, shortness of breath), you should seek treatment with your primary care physician or Centra Care. Physicians are stringently adhering to the testing criteria set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine if a patient qualifies for a COVID-19 test.

A doctor will likely test you for other illnesses, such as the flu, before ordering a COVID-19 test.

Please note: The public cannot come to an AdventHealth hospital, physician practice or Centra Care and order their own COVID-19 test.

Q: Should I go to the ER if I think I need a COVID-19 test?

A: The emergency department should be used only by those having a medical emergency, such as chest pain or shortness of breath.

Q: Are the results instantaneous?

A: No. The COVID-19 test takes up to seven days from the time of collection sample to results being shared with the patient.

During that time, patients will be instructed to follow CDC guidelines and isolate themselves.

Q: Does AdventHealth share results with the Florida Department of Health?

A: Yes. AdventHealth will share positive COVID-19 test results with the Florida Department of Health as required by regulation.

Q: Are the tents at AdventHealth hospitals for testing?

A: The tents are not currently in use and are part of our preparedness efforts. There are no drivethru testing sites at AdventHealth today.

Q: How are elective procedures and surgeries impacted?

A: AdventHealth has decided to continue performing all emergent and urgent procedures.

However, we are asking physicians to review their scheduled elective cases. Elective, nontime-sensitive cases should be deferred if possible, based on the patient’s needs and physician’s clinical judgment.

Patient safety, safety of the entire health care team and the ability to care for our community remain the tenets of our policies and directives.

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City closes rec facilities Palm Coast closed the Palm Coast Community Center, Palm Coast Tennis Center, Palm Harbor Golf Club, and Palm Coast Aquatics Center to the public on March 17. The closure will continue through at least April 30, according to a city of Palm Coast news release.

There was an exception on March 17 to allow for voting at the Community Center.

Non-emergency visits to fire stations are no longer allowed, and non-essential city meetings and city-run activities at city facilities are canceled.

City Hall and city parks and trails remain open.

Canceled events include: All Mayor’s 90/90 Challenge activities NCCAA Youth Sports Clinic – Saturday, March 21 Egg’Stravaganza – Saturday, April 4 State of the City – Thursday, April 9 Movies in the Park – Friday, April 10 Mayor’s Cup Golf Tournament – Saturday, April 18 Food Truck Tuesday – Tuesday, April 14 Spring Art Exhibition and Show – Wednesday, April 22 All Palm Coast Community Center activities All Palm Coast Tennis Center activities All Palm Harbor Golf Course activities All Palm Coast Aquatics Center activities

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BY THE NUMBERS

50%

Maximum seating capacity at which Florida restaurants are permitted to operate, per an executive order by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis concerning COVID-19 precautions, issued March 17 and continuing for 30 days.

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Maximum number of people permitted in a gathering, according to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order on March 17.

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Minimum distance permitted between groups on Florida beaches, according to the governor’s executive order on COVID-19.

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Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland signs a declaration of a local state of emergency.

With the state ordering restaurants to limit capacity to 50% and bars, pubs and nightclubs to close for 30 days starting March 17, the city is urging residents to follow the state’s direction, but support local businesses when possible by ordering takeout or shopping online.

“I realize these are unprecedented times, but it is imperative that we strictly adhere to these orders to help prevent the spread of COVID-19,” Mayor Milissa Holland said in a city of Palm Coast news release.

“They say a vaccine is a year away. So right now, the ball is in our court, and the court of every community in the country.”

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Q + A BOB SNYDER, DOH-FLAGLER ADMINISTRATOR

Testing, sneezing, and flattening the COVID-19 curve expected.

JONATHAN SIMMONS

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a silver lining in that. I’ve seen behavior change the last seven days, of people coughing and sneezing properly, washing their hands, trying not to touch their face.

ow has the coronavirus changed behavior in Flagler County? How does behavior still need to change?

The Department of Health in Flagler County’s administrator, Bob Snyder, and its communications manager, Gretchen Smith, offered their perspectives. contacts within the last 14 days. So that will become very resource intensive.

concerned about elderly folks who have the comorbidities. ...

These are the folks that we need to be very aware of, make sure that they get treatment, and if they are able to self isolate at home, they’ll be monitored by their doctor, or monitored by us.

Do you have enough people to do that if there’s a big surge?

SNYDER: We have about seven

What’s that monitoring look like, in practice?

SNYDER: We’ll monitor them

What about tests? Will there be a point where anyone who feels they have symptoms will be able to get one if they want it?

SNYDER: It depends on the

by telephone. We’ll stay in contact with them to make sure their condition doesn’t worsen. ... Another scenario might be, we have an uptick in cases here in Flagler. That’s when we, our public health nurses, they will initiate an epidemiology investigation. We’ll get a good sense of who have you been in close contact with, where have you been socially for the last 14 days … so we can make contact as best we can with those individuals and put them on alert, and monitor not just the positive case, but that person’s

or eight staff members now that are trained and doing the contact tracing, and if we need more resources there’s a number that we can call in Tallahassee.

supply. In essence, we had a triage in the beginning here, testing, by sticking to this [CDC] criteria because of that.

What’s the turnaround time for the tests?

SMITH: It depends. Apparently

Quest now has much more capability than they used to. ... They had been sending everything to the West Coast, to California, but now they have a facility in Tampa that’s online.

SNYDER: Quest can do 20,000

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DOH-Flagler Administrator Bob Snyder and DOH-Flagler Communications Manager Gretchen Smith.

a day in their commercial lab in Tampa. ... I would say two to three days.

respect HIPAA, and we respect the privacy and confidentiality of people who are sick.

I know that the Health Department, when someone tests positive, is just releasing their county of residence. ... But are they notifying locations that the person may have recently been? So, if the person’s been hanging out at a bar, does the bar get notified so they know to disinfect?

SNYDER: Yes.

Since this started, I’ve been noticing how often I touch things other people have touched and then end up transferring those germs to something I own and will touch later. For instance, using the touchpad at a gas pump and then touching my wallet and credit card. How much of an issue is that form of transmission versus, say, getting coughed on?

SNYDER: Let’s say someone

What’s the reasoning behind not releasing anything other than the county?

SNYDER: That is the

communication protocol. ... We will never share the whereabouts of a patient who’s tested positive, nor a person under investigation ... because we

sneezes and coughs while pumping gas, and they sneeze all over the pump. Well, yes, that next person — that virus can stay there, I understand, for up to four days.

SMITH: It’s a wakeup call that I don’t think any of us really

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SNYDER: Everyday household

cleaning products work. ... Lysol wipes are effective.

So, is this COVID-19 going to have a season like the flu, and then we’ll be seeing it again this time next year?

SNYDER: I am sure the

pharmaceutical companies and researchers ... around the world are all chiming in to try to figure that out. We just don’t know yet.

There’s been a lot of talk about curves — whether ours will look like China’s, or Italy’s. Do you have a sense of how it will spread?

SNYDER: It depends on us

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BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

The coronavirus has already impacted every community in our nation. But not every community will react in the same way. Is there anything we can do to help ours bounce back more quickly?

Yes. Let me propose two ways we can take action.

First, we can help our partners prosper. This is a phrase that is ingrained into every Palm Coast Observer employee; it’s part of our company’s mission statement.

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Matanzas Woods development could benefit residents Dear Editor: I’m not “Team A” or “Team B” when it comes to this particular development in Matanzas Woods, but I do want to see a middle ground where both sides work together for positive change.

Our area has been neglected for so long that I think people are reticent to trust this type of change, but a well-planned and truly collaborative development could go a long way to fixing some of the issues my neighbors and I have complained about for a very long time.

We’re the only neighborhood without any kind of dedicated green space. We drive six miles one way for bread and five miles for gas. We could all benefit from good, quality shopping opportunities.

The L-section has never received the same attention as other areas when city beautification projects come along.

My neighbors and I have serious flooding every time it rains, let alone in a hurricane.

To be entirely negative about projects like this is not only unreasonable but also unrealistic. Projected popula-

The Observer supports the interests of businesses in our community because that is the most direct way to promote the community’s wellbeing. As businesses thrive, breadwinners take home paychecks and can provide for their families.

Therefore, the more we can buy our groceries and other products and services from local companies, the more we will be helping our own neighbors. Consider finding ways to patronize local companies rather than turning to online orders from farflung corporations. If you’re not comfortable going to a store, call them and ask how you can work things out. That’s the beauty of a local company: Many owners are accessible by phone. Many places, including restaurants, are delivering. Others will explain to you how they are keeping their equipment and their hands clean. They want to earn your trust.

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Dear Editor: This is to clear up some understandable confusion many voters have about Republican organizations here in Flagler County.

The Flagler County Republican Executive Committee (FCREC) is a political organization operating under the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) and the Republican National Committee (RNC).

We represent all Flagler Republicans to RPOF and RNC. This Executive Committee is made up of elected precinct and state Republican commit-

SHARE YOUR STORIES What is inspiring you during the outbreak? What businesses are doing incredible things? Email your stories and photos to editor@palmcoastobserver.com.

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Their recovery — and our local economy — depend on it.

The second thing we can do is to inspire each other and be positive. That is our commitment at the Observer, and again, it’s something that comes naturally because it’s part of our mission statement: to inspire our community with extraordinary local content.

teewomen and committeemen. Committee members are elected to their Party Offices

by Flagler’s 37,000 Republican voters on a precinct by precinct basis.

Our Flagler Executive Committee is the largest per-capita committee in Florida, and one of the most effective in winning elections here, statewide and federal.

We support all Republican general election partisan candidates local, state and national. Our major 2020 election objective is to double our 2016 Flagler Trump and full-slate Republican ticket margins — we are well on the way to full funding and organization for that. Website: http://www.flaglergop.com/ The Flagler County Republican Club, one of Florida’s oldest most effective and influential of club charters, is chartered by the Republican Party of Florida with the concurrence of the Flagler County Republican Executive Committee.

The club supports the Republican Party overall, provides voting-public access to Republican candidates during election cycles, raises funding for branding, Republican efforts and continuously highlights our Republican electeds.

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In the upcoming weeks, we will also seek out the inspiring stories of businesses, organizations and your neighbors so that we can see the good in our community. Because even at a time like this — especially in a time like this — good news is happening all around us.

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can Club also serves really well as the political social entity thorough which many of its associates and members find their way into active roles in the party, and often in fulfilling their own political careers.

Website: https://www.flaglergop.org/ Flagler’s Teenage Republicans (TARS) operate on a Republican charter not affiliated with the Flagler Republican Executive Committee.

A great gang of polite, professional politically motivated young women and men.

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Lucas Wright accepts his award from Sheriff Rick Staly.

Danielle Cuccinello, Rosanne Cuccinello, School Resource Deputy Malheiros, Samantha Wozniak, Nicholas Cuccinello, Principal Marcus Sanfilippo and teacher Irana Rang pose with Isabella Cuccinello and Sheriff Staly.

GREAT KIDS RECOGNIZED BY FLAGLER SHERIFF Three students were given Great Kids awards Feb. 26 by Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly.

“This is a terrific tradition that we started in 2018, and it is something that we look forward to every month,” Staly said in a press release. “We hear too much in the media about kids who make bad decisions. It is an honor to present this award to these students and shine a spotlight on the kids in Flagler County who are working to make a positive impact.”

Bunnell Elementary student Isabella Cuccinello is motivated, positive and always willing to help.

Indian Trails Middle School student William Parker is respectful, caring and has the ability to relate to all students.

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Indian Trails Middle School student William Parker with his mother and Sheriff Rick Staly and Deputy Cooper.

School student Lucas Wright has accumulated 100 volunteer hours in 2019 and has been a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Explorer for 1.5 years. He is an Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp Cadet 2nd Lieutenant and also a volunteer assistant coach with Buddy Taylor

Middle School lacrosse team.

He maintains a 3.0 GPA and is a role model to his peers.

The Great Kid recipients are nominated monthly by school resource deputies and Flagler Schools.

FLAGLER SCHOOLS PRODUCT TYLER JARNIGAN PROMOTED AT CITY HALL Digital Media Associate Tyler Jarnagin, who has inspired many of the digital media productions for the city since last summer, has been promoted to Interim Communications Officer for the City of Palm Coast.

In his new role, Jarnagin will focus on community engagement and manage marketing campaigns such as Be Local Buy Local and lead the city’s communications team in promoting major city events such as the annual State of the City, which is scheduled for April 9.

One of his most significant projects has been modernizing the “Week in Review” into a magazine-style flip book. It will soon launch as a full website in the coming weeks, allowing

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Crime rate is lowest since 2005 The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office reported recently that since 2017 the crime rate has dropped 36%, including 17% last year.

The FCSO has submitted the 2019 uniform crime report to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The report shows all data collected for crimes that were reported in 2019 in FCSO’s primary jurisdiction in Flagler County. The crime statistics in the primary jurisdiction of the FCSO have again decreased significantly between 2018 and 2019. Total index crimes are down 17% from 2018. Violent crime (murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault) is down 14.2%, and property crime (burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft) is down 20.1%. The clearance rate of reported crime remains at 33%, similar to 2018.

“We have implemented many new programs and initiatives since I became sheriff three years ago, and between our team putting those programs into practice, utilizing intelligence led policing, and leverag-

ing the technology available at their fingertips, we are seeing great results,” Staly said. “We routinely check on probationers – both adult and juvenile; we have dedicated teams with a sole focus on problem areas and problem crimes and tackle them week in and week out; we have an expanded traffic unit that is present on high-crash roadways and conducts numerous driver safety campaigns throughout the year; we offer the S.T.R.I.D.E. program in our jails to help get inmates on the right track upon release; and we have the S.W.E.A.T. program that takes potentially troubled youth and shows them the path they are headed down if they don’t turn their lives around. We are not a complacent agency; we are an agency with innovative, forward thinkers and proactive enforcement and crime reduction.”

In addition to releasing the results of the 2019 crime data, FCSO has also compiled the 2019 annual report, which can be viewed here: http://www. flaglersheriff.com/2019-annual-report-2.

A semi-annual uniform crime report (January-June 2019) was

released by FDLE in December 2019 showing a statewide decrease in crime by 6.1%.

Jacksonville woman killed in crash on I-95 A 60-year-old Jacksonville woman died March 12 in a traffic crash on Interstate 95 in Palm Coast near the Palm Coast Parkway exit.

The crash occurred at approximately 6:16 p.m.

The woman, Deborah Perfetto, was driving northbound in a 2013 Toyota Tacoma when she struck the rear side of a 2007 Peterbilt tractor trailer that had run out of fuel and was stopped in the center lane of the road, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.

Perfetto died at the scene.

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Felon accused of kidnapping arrested in Flagler Convicted felon Carl Oxendine, 39, will be charged wtih kidnap-

ping and possession of a firearm, after a chase through two counties ended with a Flagler County arrest.

Putnam County Sheriff’s Office notified the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office to be on the lookout for Oxendine on March 16. PCSO detectives had begun searching for him on March 15 after a witness observed a woman beaten and then forced into a black vehicle in Palatka.

The victim’s purse was found at the scene and there was blood inside of her car.

The suspect vehicle, a Nissan Altima, was spotted on Monday, March 16, by the U.S. Marshal Task Force and was last observed traveling eastbound on State Road 100 entering Flagler County. The suspect and victim were identified in the car.

An FCSO deputy spotted the vehicle on County Road 13, and a chase ensued on 205. Multiple bystander vehicles had to swerve out of Oxendine’s way.

One bystander vehicle had to move off the roadway and became partially stuck in a ditch.

The driver was not injured.

Oxendine fled on State Road, where FCSO deputies used stop sticks to deflate his rear tires.

PCSO detectives were able to successfully preform a pit maneuver and bring Oxendine’s vehicle to a complete stop and arrested him.

Emergency services arrived on scene to assess the victim and she was taken to AdventHealth with minor injuries.

Oxendine’s had previously been arrested in 2009 by FCSO for driving with a suspended license and is considered a habitual traffic offender.

“I am glad that we were able to help rescue the victim,” Flagler Sheriff Rick Staly said.

“This was a wild and dangerous chase for law enforcement and drivers with a kidnapping suspect that was doing everything he could to get away.”

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Truth in sentencing Lowering the minimum mandatory sentencing requirement will make Florida more dangerous for our citizens.

RICK STALY FLAGLER COUNTY SHERIFF

On July 31, 1978, as a young Orange County deputy sheriff I was shot three times saving the life of a fellow deputy during a disturbance call. The suspect, Jackson LeGree Jr., was also shot and taken in to custody. The emergency room doctor told me I would not have survived the shot to my chest had my armor not stopped the bullet. I still have the scars on my chest and right arm from my assailant’s bullets.

The suspect also survived.

Almost two years later, the suspect went to trial. On May 27, 1980, after a full week of trial, the jury found LeGree guilty of three counts: attempted first degree murder, aggravated assault, and resisting arrest with violence. LeGree was sentence to 20 years, or so I was told and thought. However, LeGree was released on Sept. 1, 1988, after serving just 8.5 years, or about 40% of his sentence. The victim was never notified of his release.

Since his release he has been arrested for selling cocaine. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three months in the Orange County Jail with credit for 98 days, so in effect he was released upon pleading guilty. Less than two years later, he was arrested for misdemeanor possession of marijuana. He pleaded nolo contendere. Sentencing records show no jail sentence. Then, less than two years later, he was arrested for no driver’s license. Pleaded nolo contendere; adjudication was withheld, and he paid a total of $434 in court costs and fines.

Then in 2011 he was arrested for burglary, plea bargained down to trespassing, pleaded nolo contendere and was sentenced to two days in jail, which was actually time served, and 12 months’ probation.

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The difference is clear.

As you can see, this is a career criminal (maybe not by statute definition but from the eyes of a victim and law enforcement officer) and violent offender.

Since his release he continued committing crimes, but the court system treated him like a minor offender with no significant prior criminal history.

The 85% law was passed because of cases like mine. Florida has a 50-year low in crime partly because of tough sentencing. Many violent offenders have plea bargained their crimes to lower level offenses. Drug dealers, often found with firearms and gang associations, have their charges reduced to mere possession during plea bargains. Don’t be fooled by skewed offender records that don’t reflect the true facts of the crime committed.

In the guise of “smart justice,” lowering the mandatory sentencing requirements and claiming this is being done for “criminal justice reform” or the unspoken reason of reallocating Department of Corrections monies will be setting Florida on a path for higher crime rates and more victims.

As a victim of crime, a 45-year Florida law enforcement officer and current sheriff, lowering the minimum mandatory requirement will be disingenuous to the duty we all share for public safety and will make Florida more dangerous for our citizens, our visitors and for law enforcement officers protecting our cities and counties.

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Davontae Williams operates the electrostatic sprayer at Buddy Taylor Middle School.

The Clorox 360 chemical kills coronavirus in 30 seconds.

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TEST CASE: OLD KINGS

EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Two men in masks and goggles work in tandem, one navigating the extension cord and the other wielding an electrostatic sprayer, on March 16, at Buddy Taylor Middle School. One spray of mist aimed at the front of a row of bright purple, plastic chairs ensures that the backs of the chairs are also disinfected, as the negative charge of the electrostatic spray clings to the positive charge of the chairs and effectively wraps around each surface.

“It’s pretty cool technology,” said Chris Shudy, Flagler Schools Custodial Services director.

While students are at home during spring break and beyond, Flagler Schools Custodial Services is using two such sprayers among its staff of 144 employees to disinfect every facility — 2.3 million square feet — to fight the coronavirus and prepare the district for a safe return of students and staff. The return date is not yet set, but it will be sometime after March 30.

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Shudy, during on a media tour on March 16, said robust protocols and technology have been in place since 2017, when the district got its first electrostatic sprayer to implement the Clorox Total 360 System.

Typically, each school is sprayed two to three times per month on a rotating schedule.

Seven more sprayers are on order, which will give one per campus at Flagler Schools.

The Clorox 360 spray only has to remain wet on a surface for 30 seconds to kill coronavirus, Shudy said. By comparison, the HDQ Neutral disinfectant that is normally used would have to be kept visibly wet for 10 minutes to kill coronavirus on, for example, a doorknob. Using the more efficient and more effective sprayer allows the staff to clean up to 18,000 square feet per hour.

Shudy follows Environmental Protection Agency guidelines to determine which cleaner is effective against which virus and

In peak flu season, December 2018, Custodial Services used electrostatic sprayers to disinfect Old Kings Elementary School once. By comparison, the sprayers were used every week in December 2019.

The result: Student absenteeism dropped 53%.

“It’s a message we try to get out to our staff members throughout the year: We’re here for the students, for the teachers,” said Chris Shudy, Flagler Schools Custodial Services director. “The students can’t learn if they’re home sick, the teachers can’t teach.

Having a clan and safe environment for anyone who enters Flagler County schools is extremely important.”

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Aziza Gozzo cleans tables while Eduardo Jaime Martinez cleans the floor.

how long the cleaner needs to be applied for it to be effective.

Families can follow the same guidelines by reading the backs of cleaning bottles at home, he said.

“People are dying from this, and I think people are seeing it’s not a funny meme about a Corona beer.

It’s for real.”

EVERY TOUCH POINT

JASON WHEELER, Flagler Schools community information specialist

While some are using the sprayers at schools, other crews are cleaning the old fashioned way. They use rags and Clorox Disinfectant to wipe down all “touch points,” includes doorknobs and light switches, but also some hidden ones like the underside of a chair, where a student might touch to pull the chair in as he or she sits at a table.

Shudy praised the dedication of the custodial staff. One example was a man who volunteers with

the African American Mentor Program and recently attended a Doughnuts with Dads event as a surrogate father.

“They have pride in their school and always work with a smile on their face throughout the school year — no matter what is happening,” he said. “They come to work, and their ultimate goal is to keep the students and staff safe and healthy and reduce absenteeism.”

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from the staff members and students,” he said. “It’s amazing how the students embrace the custodial staff.”

While she was moved by the students’ attitudes, D’Ascheberg said the custodians’ work in cleaning the school also impacted her personally because her husband has a medical condition that could make him prone to coronavirus.

And so, although closing the schools is inconvenient for many people, she’s grateful the district decided to take the extra precaution.

“There are a lot of teachers and colleagues that do have underlying sicknesses, so it’s important to keep everyone safe,” she said. “We need to wash our hands, and I hope everyone stays safe over the break and takes it seriously.”

community information specialist, said it’s important to remember that even if you’re not at risk for getting sick, others are.

“We have a number of grandparents raising their grandkids,” he said. “We’re so interconnected in this county. It affects others. I don’t think this is a case of the media trying to make something more of it. As tests results come back, we’re going to see these cases go up exponentially.”

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Heather D’Ascheberg, second grade teacher at Old Kings Elementary School, recently tweeted photos of thank you cards created by her students.

“We were talking about how we should be community helpers, because that’s part of our social studies curriculum,” she said in a phone interview with the Palm Coast Observer.

Students — not the teacher — had the idea to thank the custodians for working so hard to keep everyone safe.

“Custodians have been all around the school,” D’Ascheberg said. “Every time we walk through the school, we see them wiping down the doors.”

Flagler Schools Custodial Services Director Chris Shudy said his staff appreciated the thank you notes.

“We get a lot of support

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County to take action on derelict hotel building Plan could lead to demolition of the building, near Plantation Bay. JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

The interior walls of the derelict Holiday Travel Park hotel building at 2251 S. Old Dixie Highway are coated in graffiti, visible through bashed-in windows. Scattered remnants of furniture litter the floors. A mottled blue-green ooze partially fills the swimming pool.

The building sits across from the main entrance to Plantation Bay, whose residents have complained for years that it attracts criminals, homeless people and drug abusers.

At a meeting Monday, March 16, the Flagler County Commission voted unanimously to take action — “up to and including demolition” — to solve the problem.

The vacant building has drawn consistent attention from law enforcement officers: Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies have conducted 40 security checks and responses to calls about criminal mischief or suspicious persons at the building since the start of 2020, according to FCSO records.

“A police burden of patrolling that and entering calls to that and making cases is a serious drain on the sheriff’s resources,” Flagler County Administrator Jerry Cameron told commissioners during the March 16 meeting.

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The old Holiday Travel Park is attracting drug use and crime, the sheriff said.

Cameron referred to the building as a public nuisance and a potential liability — the pool alone, he said, poses risks in two ways: as a mosquito breeding ground and as a drowning risk.

Sheriff Rick Staly thanked Cameron for taking the issue seriously.

“When things get dilapidated like this, it breeds crime,” Staly said.

The county government has historically had no luck getting the building’s owners to deal with it.

“This has been an enforcement problem for many, many years,” Cameron said. “The health department has given their maximum penalties for activities there, and still the owner has failed to comply with the safety of the pool. ... These neighborhoods should not be subjected to having that in their midst.”

If another attempt at getting the owners to comply fails, he suggested, the county could pursue a legal process that would turn the land over to the county, which could then demolish the building and sell the land to recoup the costs of the demolition.

The land would likely sell for approximately $200,000, and demolition is expected to cost less than that, Cameron said, citing a conversation with the county property appraiser.

The commission voted unanimously to instruct Cameron to deal with the issue, up to and including demolition.

PLANTATION BAY SECTION 2A-F, UNIT 8 PLAT APPROVED

A total of 97 residential lots on a 55-acre portion of Plantation Bay, on the western side of the community, got the county’s goahead as the County Commission voted unanimously on March 16 to approve a final plat and acceptance of performance bonds for the new section of Plantation Bay. The commission had also considered the matter at a March 2 meeting, but two commissioners were absent and the board voted 2-1 (with Commissioner Donald O’Brien dissenting) to table the matter until the whole fivemember commission was present, as it was on March 16.

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of all denominations including Christians, Jews, Moslems, Hindus, Buddhists, Wiccans and even adherents of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

When prayers are offered, only the legislators may be asked to rise and bow their heads. Others in attendance may remain seated and not participate if they so wish.

Finally, Danko and his colleagues might do well to hear the words of President John Adams, ratified by the Senate of the United States, “... the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.”

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Public meetings are wrong place for prayer Dear Editor: This is a public appeal to Ed Danko, candidate for Palm Coast City Council, to join us in calling upon City Council members to spend the 15 minutes prior to each meeting and workshop on their knees in solemn private prayer.

Hopefully, Danko will agree that such prayers should begin with a recitation of the Gospel According to St. Matthew, Chapter 6, Verse 6, “But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”

A public prayer, after all, will only seek to divide us into Christians, Jews, Moslems, Hindus, Buddhists, Wiccans and so on.

Hopefully Danko wishes to unite our community, not divide us.

Danko may believe, as he states in his letter of March, that “our country was founded on religion,” but our U.S. Constitution does not mention God and calls, in the First Amendment, for separation of church and state.

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Luis Corazon and Landon Stone, both stars on FPC’s boys soccer team, recently represented the Bulldogs at the North Florida All-Star Game, which features the top players from the area’s high school teams.

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hen Joseph Kiperberg joined Flagler Palm Coast’s track and field team during the 2016-17 season, he was instantly attracted to discus.

“There’s no running involved, so that’s the best part,” he joked. “And you get to use all of your strength.”

Kiperberg had never done track and field before. The learning curve was steep.

He was a 6-foot-4, 240-pound freshman and struggled to complete a pushup. When he first started throwing, he had difficulty getting past 20 meters.

“It was a struggle,” Kiperberg said of his freshman year. “But through the years, things have just gotten a lot easier.”

Now, as an 18-year-old senior, Kiperberg isn’t only the top thrower on the team. He’s one of the state’s best, ranked No. 2 in all of Class 4A. “It just took a lot of practice, being in the weight room every day and listening to my coach,” said Kiperberg, who now stands at 6-foot-7 and 280 pounds.

His primary inspiration: discus thrower Michael Peppin, who won a state title for FPC in 2017.

“He was my idol,” Kiperberg said. “I looked up to him a lot. I didn’t even know what discus was before I started, but once I saw him do it, I got more motivated to start doing it. He inspired me a lot.”

Kiperberg made the state tournament in 2018 as an at-large berth. However, he missed the tournament last season after he failed to get past districts.

“He really wanted to be there last year to help us win a state title,” FPC head coach David Halliday said. “Ever since then, that’s

been the motivation for his senior year.”

Kiperberg’s 2020 season began with a bang. He threw a personal best 50.39 meters at the 16thannual East Coast Classic on Feb. 28 at FPC High School. The school record, held by Peppin, is 50.74 meters.

“Every year he’s consistently gotten better,” said Steve Collier, who’s been the throwing coach at FPC for the past five seasons.

“He’s working every day at it.

He’s doing all the things that he needs to do to be able to get there.”

Kiperberg is a student of his craft. He lifts weights for about two hours almost every day after school and during the off season and also works on his flexibility. However, he spends the most time perfecting his throwing technique.

“You don’t really have to be super strong to be good at discus,” he said. “You can have great technique and out-throw most people.”

In his last semester of high school, winning a state title and breaking his former idol’s school record would mean all the world to Kiperberg.

“Not just for bragging rights,” he said. “but because it would show how much work I’ve put in over the years.”

“He’s always working on his craft. He’s a student of discus.”

DAVID HALLIDAY, Bulldogs track and field coach

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The Bulldogs’ girls tennis team defeated DeLand 5-2 on Wednesday, March 11. Singles: Allen (DeLand) def. Mauro (FPC), 8-3; Warren (FPC) def. Teixeira (DeLand), 8-2; Subachev (FPC) def. Trawick (DeLand), 9-7; Walls (FPC) def. McShane (DeLand), 8-4; Carlisi (FPC) def. Jensen (DeLand), 8-4. Doubles: Allen-Teixeira (DeLand) def. Mauro-Warren (FPC), 9-7; Subachev-Walls (FPC) def. Trawick-McShane (DeLand), 8-4.

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Matanzas’ softball team stomped Seabreeze 16-0 on March 10. Sophomore Emma Wood went 2-for-4 from the plate and had 4 RBIs, and junior Alyssa Payne went 3-for-4 with 2 RBIs.

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“If we clean up our game, we’ll be a really good baseball team this year.”

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Bulldogs survive 9-8 against Seabreeze Despite FPC’s 6-1 record, Bulldogs coach Anthony Campanella believes the team isn’t playing its best baseball.

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Flagler Palm Coast’s baseball team captured its sixth win of the season when the Bulldogs beat Seabreeze 9-8 the night of Thursday, March 12, at FPC High School.

The Bulldogs built an early lead behind clutch hitting and solid pitching from starting righthander Aedan Celestino, who struck out 10 batters against the Sandcrabs.

“Let’s just say my pitches were working,” Celestino said with a smile after the game.

The Bulldogs’ recorded 11 hits and seven RBIs against the Sandcrabs. FPC’s Joseph Alvarado, Ben Spiller and Christian Diaz had two hits each, and Matt Arnold went 1-for-3 from the plate and had two RBIs. Regardless, some of the Bulldogs’ coaches were not happy with how the game transpired.

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offensive outburst for the Sandcrabs, who scored four runs in the inning.

The Sandcrabs had the tying run on first base and the potential game-winning run at the plate in Jordan Ackerman. Alvarado, who pitched one inning for FPC, struck Ackerman out swinging.

“We’ve shown that even though we’re down, we have the ability to stay in the game,” said FPC head coach Anthony Campanella, who coached Seabreeze baseball for 24 years before retiring in 2017. “But we’re just not playing our greatest baseball. Yes, we’re 6-1, and that’s a great record for us, and I think that we’re building a lot of confidence. But we still need to play basic, fundamental baseball.

We’re losing our mental focus at times. That’s something that we’ve got to work on.”

To a degree, some of the players see the Bulldogs’ success, despite their struggles, as a positive.

“It just shows our potential,” Celestino said.

The Bulldogs believe they have more left in the tank.

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The event was planned for the final day before spring break, after assignments and tests are over.

“It gives students an opportunity to decompress,” said James Russell, principal. “The fourth quarter really rolls, with testing and year-end events. It’s a good kickoff to spring break.”

Student Government Association Public Relations Director Erik Toland agreed, but he also added: “Most of all, they just like being out of class.”

Alyssa Santore, senior class president, sees the value in the event because it brings the campus together on a large scale.

SGA President Isabella Scarcella says it fosters camaraderie.

“It amps up the school spirit.”

Cheryl Perry, activities director, attended but, for the first time in 25 years, did not have a role in planning the Positive Behavior Intervention Support event. Instead, it was led

by FPC’s Teacher of the Year, Evana Fretterd, the new adviser for SGA. “The idea is, if you reward them for doing the right things, the good behavior spreads,” Perry said.

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Pizza my heart Husband-wife duo of new Emilio’s Pizza met in a pizza shop Pick-up and delivery will be available even if the coronavirus causes a shut down of the restaurant.

The Paizes believe that sharing a parking lot with the gas station on Palm Harbor Parkway has increased foot traffic. They installed mesh on the windows to help make the interior feel more secluded.

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Pizza brought them together, and making pizza is now their occupation.

Melvin Paiz was working in Jan and Marco Cruz’s pizza place in Bunnell when he first met Carmen. They said hello and talked every now and then, when Carmen stopped in for lunch.

As they got to know each other, Paiz started attending Carmen’s kids’ soccer games.

“She got me,” Paiz recalled in a March 16 interview with the Palm Coast Observer. “Best thing that ever happened to me.”

The two were married 13 years ago.

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Melvin Paiz’s New York style crust is crispy and just right, he says.

When they dreamed up the idea to start their own pizza place, Carmen Paiz was uncertain. Her background was working with children; when they first met, she cared for infants of teen mothers at Flagler Palm Coast High School. She had never worked in a restaurant.

Once they decided to go for it, they settled on Unit A at the BP gas station on Palm Harbor Parkway. It had been a pizza place in the past as well, but they began

making it their own in July 2019, aiming for a Sept. 21, 2019, opening. They put up brick wallpaper, a New York skyline and put checkered table clothes on the tables. They added wicker benches, and, later a bar by the window for quick lunches. They added mesh to the windows to block the sun and make the dining area feel separate from the gas station. It all seemed to be working.

THE QUEST FOR THE PERFECT CRUST

But Melvin Paiz wanted the food to be something special before the opening. He stayed late at the restaurant during that time, trying out different combinations for subs and, especially, trying to perfect the crust.

He knew he wanted a New York style pie, with thin, crispy crust.

But in some places he’d eaten, the crust had to be “well done” to get crispy. He decided to experiment to find a dough that could be crispy without being burned. He didn’t do anything drastic, but he added half of a teaspoon more of this, a little less of that.

He still remembers the night, around 9 or 10 p.m.

“Finally, I tried it, and I said, ‘I think this is it,’” he recalled. “I celebrated by myself. I was here alone.”

Later, his friends and his children tried it, and they agreed.

This was it.

“It was really good,” Carmen Paiz recalled. “I’ve always loved

Carmen and Melvin Paiz have been married for 13 years.

They’ve been pizzeria owners for six months.

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“As you see, it’s very simple to make,” Stanachich says with an encouraging tone. “It’s simple, delicious and colorful.”

It’s a cooking show, of sorts, but it’s not in a studio or a fancy home kitchen. Stanachich is demonstrating a dish that was recently served where she works as an assistant kitchen manager — in the Belle Terre Elementary School cafeteria.

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Food services employees Kristie Landers and Robin Alverson pose with the Flagler County Emergency Operations Center team: Lea Tardanico, Laura Nelson, Bob Pickering, Jonathan Lord and Nealon Joseph.

future leaders of the community, and we’re all better off if they’re healthy, he said.

Free breakfast is available to every student in Flagler Schools.

Lunch is sold for about $2.60, and families can apply for reduced prices (40 cents) or free lunches, if they qualify. The more participation in lunch, the more confident the community can be that children are getting the food they need, Mounkes said. Also, more participation means more funding is available from the federal government, and that gives Food Services more flexibility in providing quality food.

And thanks to people like

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Stanachich — and a local company — the menu keeps changing.

Her stir-fry dish was made pos-

sible by a donation from Bunnellbased produce company Hollar and Greene. All the school cafeterias got locally grown cabbage to create their own dishes.

“Before I started working here, if I had kids, I’d be packing lunch for them,” said Mounkes, who recently helped the district celebrate National School Breakfast Week. “But it’s not like that anymore. We’re trying to change the mindset of people. If they want to send their students in with a lunch, that’s OK, but there are other options out there, and it’s not how it used to be.”

Email Brian McMillan at editor@palmcoastobserver.com.

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? SMART SLICE Domino’s has come a long way in providing a slice of pizza that fits the 2010 federal guidelines for school lunch, Mounkes said. At a recent taste test, Mounkes said, he couldn’t tell a difference in the crust. “They figured out how to play by the rules,” he said.

BETTER BURGER? Mounkes admits the Food Services burger “isn’t Red Robin.” But is there a way to

improve it? There are other contracts to explore, he said.

The goal is not to sell it better but to actually improve the product.

PHO A Vietnamese soup called pho was recently served at Matanzas High School, and there was a line of 20-30 students lined up to try it. “It’s grain, protein, veggies, and it’s really good, and it’s appealing to the eye,” Mounkes said. “When I tell people that, they’re like, ‘Where was that when I was in school?’”

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SGA EXECUTIVE BOARD  President Isabella Scarcella  Vice President Alyssa Santore  State Coordinator Trinity Gallo  Secretary Tessa Massebeau  Public Relations Director Erik Toland  Team Leaders Adien Miner and Sophia Vlassis  Adviser Evana Fretterd

Alyssa Santore, senior class president; Erik Toland, Student Government Association’s public relations director; and Isabella Scarcella, SGA president

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TRIBUTES The Observer is now offering

Marjorie Ina Frith Douwes, age 88, of Palm Coast, Florida, formerly of Brookfield, CT, passed away on March 18, 2019 after a short illness.

Her cheerful spirit and kindness are missed by all who knew her.

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Marjorie was born on December 27, 1930 in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of George Streeter Frith and Ina Jones Frith of Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies. On Grand Turk the ocean was in her backyard, and she grew up swimming, rowing, and attending church and picnics with family and cousins. She learned nearly every visible star and constellation in the sky. During World War II the women and girls of Grand Turk knitted socks and hats for British soldiers, and she received several commemorative pins for this work. There were also extended stays in New York with her mother’s sister.

Marjorie graduated from St. Andrew’s High School in Kingston, Jamaica with a Cambridge Overseas School Certificate.

She moved to Midland Park, NJ and worked for Agencia Marítima Hondureña SA and the United Fruit Company in New York City. In 1953 she met her future husband, Henry Bruce Douwes, and they were married at Christ Chapel in Midland Park.

They had 65 wonderful years together.

The family moved to Brookfield, CT in 1961. Marjorie was a den leader for Cub Scouts and a troop leader for Girl Scouts for

Her greatest gifts to her children and grandchildren were a curious mind and a love of reading, nature, gardening, and music. She always had a song in her heart. many years. On snow days she made hot chocolate for the kids in the neighborhood, as the big sledding hill was in the Douwes’s backyard. She was an active member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, living out her faith in service and with kind words for all, through the women’s group, vestry, Sunday School, Friendship Fair gift booth, and Bible study groups. She worked for Kast Payroll and Accounting Service for eight years. Marjorie and Henry moved to Palm Coast, FL in 1988, where she was an active member of St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church.

Marjorie was a skilled knitter who made

countless items for family and charity, and she also spent many happy hours untangling a vast and complicated web of family genealogy. She and Henry enjoyed taking the kids on camping adventures from Canada to Florida, tennis, and a few trips back to Grand Turk, Bermuda, and the Cayman Islands, where she had family and friends. Her greatest gifts to her children and grandchildren were a curious mind and a love of reading, nature, gardening, and music. She always had a song in her heart.

She is survived by her husband Henry and three children: Joan (husband Jim) Martin, Christopher, and Peter (wife Dorothy); and two grandchildren, Chris and Elisabeth Martin. She was predeceased by her parents, George and Ina Frith, brother Carl, and sisters Mary and Fannie. In lieu of flowers, please share a hug with a friend or neighbor. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

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Yacht Harbor home tops the list WAYNE GRANT REAL ESTATE EDITOR

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house in Yacht Harbor was the top real estate transaction for the week of Feb. 6-12 in Flagler County in the Multiple Listing Service. Joshua Rosenbaum and Samantha Boomer, of Palm Coast, sold 294 Yacht Harbor Drive to John Sherdel and Lucia Camara, of Palm Coast, for $885,000. Built in 2017, the house has four bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a fireplace, elevator, swimming pool and 3,235 square feet. Following is a partial list of other transactions for the week.

RESIDENTIAL TRANSACTIONS

FEB. 6-12

Condos James Brabbs and Donald Sweeney sold 200 Ocean Crest Drive, Unit 909, to Antonio and Jeanne Rezic, of Miami, for $403,000.

Built in 2003, the condo has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,676 square feet. It sold in 2006 for $1,275,000.

Edward Spitzer and Yvonne Payne, of Easton, Pennsylvania, sold 146 Palm Coast Resort Blvd., Unit 501, to Michael and Janice Rotella, as trustees, for $345,000. Built in 2007, the condo has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,005 square feet.

Maurice and Connie Mausbach, of Daytona Beach, sold 3580 Ocean Shore Blvd., Unit 607, to Steven Sveda and Giovanna Rodriguez, of Flagler Beach, for $275,000. Built in 1982, the condo has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,476 square feet. It sold in 2011 for $190,000.

Belle Terre Holiday Builders Inc., of Melbourne, sold 77 Princess Ruth Lane to Carol Harris, as trustee, for $190,990. Built in 2020, the house has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,806 square feet.

Cypress Knoll Marlo and Maria Feola, of Monroe, Connecticut, sold 59 Evans Drive to Zemin Luo and Xiaofeng Wang, of Enola, Pennsylvania, for $410,000. Built in 2014, the house has three bed-

Palm Harbor John and Kathleen Organ, of Palm Coast, sold 18 Fernham Lane to Christopher and Gretchen Corrado, of McMurray, Pennsylvania, for $334,900.

Built in 1989, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a boat dock and 2,193 square feet.

It sold in 2002 for $230,000.

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The top transaction features a fireplace, elevator and swimming pool.

rooms, three baths and 2,743 square feet.

Hidden Lakes Robert and Katalin Cote sold 37 Auberry Drive to Carla and Michael O’Connell, of Bristol, Indiana, for $270,000. Built in 2015, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,700 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $215,000.

Lehigh Woods DLP Brite Homes LLC, of St. Augustine, sold 12 Rae Drive to Pamela Southerton and Sherry Morris, of Palm Coast, for $239,400. Built in 2019, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,571 square feet.

Stephen and Stephanie McClellan, of Huntsville, Alabama, sold 21 Radford Lane to Chris-

topher Smeraldi, of Palm Coast, for $229,000. Built in 2004, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a swimming pool and 1,527 square feet. It sold in 2004 for $137,000.

Not in Subdivision Dale and Susan Tuccio sold 64 County Road 35 to Robert and Teresa Hellman, of Bunnell, for $295,000. Built in 1997, the house has four bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace and 2,873 square feet.

Ocean Palm Villa Caroline Storr sold 3561 Central Ave. to Daniel and Christel Demers, of Flagler Beach, for $290,000. Built in 2000, the house has three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a swimming pool and 1,759 square feet.

Manuel Figueiredo, of Palm Coast, sold 43 Cormorant Court to Laura Musto, of Shirley, New York, for $320,000. Built in 1985, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a boat dock and 1,518 square feet. It sold in 2013 for $160,000.

Lourdes Altieri, individually and as trustee, sold 95 Florida Park Drive to Christine and Damir Sijacic, of Palm Coast, for $195,000. Built in 1989, the house has three bedrooms, two baths and 1.808 square feet. It sold in 1984 for $75,000.

Pine Grove Gail McDonough and Jack Mcanelly, of York, South Carolina, for $237,000. Built in 2005, the house has three bedrooms, 2.5 baths and 2,742 square feet.

It sold in 2005 for $296,300.

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

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JACK LALANNE juicer, $30. H&B portable slow cooker, $15. Oster self-basting roaster, $20.

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PAINTING Interior, Exterior, Touch Ups, Paver Sealing, Staining.

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BATHROOM Full Remodel, Shower Redone, Tub Redone, Tub Remove, Built Shower Fixture, Grab Bars, Towel Racks, Vanities, Toilets Repair, Tile, Grout Replacement, Caulking, Paint, and More.

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CABINETS Install, Replace, Repair, Paint.

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SOFFITS Install, Repair, Replace, Paint, Vinyl or Wood.

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COLUMNS Interior, Exterior, Installed, Replace, Repair, Paint.

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DECKS/PORCHES Repairs, Replace, Install, Powerwash, Paint, Stain.

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FLOORING Tile, Laminate, Wood, Linoleum, Vinyl Planking

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