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Economy poised to reopen Flagler County businesses prepare for phased reopening, with guidance on safety from officials. PAGE 3

County’s testing broadens COVID-19 testing available to many more at DSC PAGE 2 INSIDE GENEROUS FOOD DONATIONS

Feed Palm Coast Initiative surpasses initial goal seven times over PAGES 4-5

Q+A WITH AMY LUKASIK

Tourism industry’s ‘long, uncertain road’ ahead PAGE 3

WHEN WILL THE CITY REOPEN? A 14-day downward trend of COVID-19 will be the key to the city’s reopening plan PAGE 7

Lori Newsone visited to wave to her father at Market Street Memory Care.

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Visiting Mom and Dad Families see loved ones for the first time in weeks with Honks for Hugs PAGE 15

FPS STUDENTS EXCEL AT STATES Flagler students impress at state Future Problem Solvers competition PAGE 9

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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, FLAGLER COUNTY

INDEX

Briefs..................... PAGE 8 Business.............. PAGE 10 Cops Corner.......... PAGE 8 Letters................... PAGE 6 Real Estate........... PAGE 17 Your Town.............PAGE 16 Photo by Terry Larkin

All beach limitations, with the exception of social distancing, have been lifted based on the compliance seen over the past week.

“The goal remains to allow residents physical and mental health activities,” said Jonathan Lord, Emergency Management Director. “We recognize that a mental health activity can include sitting on the beach, as long as everyone is respectful of social distancing.

Social distancing remains in place, but other restrictions are lifted on Flagler beaches.

Congregating in groups is not allowed.”

While all 18 miles of beach are open, there are additional restrictions within the city of Flagler Beach for the time being.

Handicapped parking and beach access will be available just north of the pier, at South Second Street and State Road A1A. Access to the beach is available at dune walkovers at the following locations: from Third Street North to the north city limits and from Ninth Street South to the south city limits. The dune walkovers on the boardwalk will

remain closed. The adherence to utilizing only open dune walkovers is greatly appreciated, as our sea dunes are fragile.

Fishing on the beach and the walking of pets will only be permitted north of 10th Street North and south of 10th Street South.

“Thank you to our community for abiding by the guidelines that have been put in place” said Flagler Beach Police Chief Matt Doughney. “We’ve got six miles of beaches in our city, so please spread out, stay separated and stay safe.”

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DSC testing broadens The tests will be available to anyone who has symptoms or anyone who has had close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.

JULIE MURPHY PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, FLAGLER COUNTY

Flagler County was scheduled to expand its partnership with AdventHealth at the Daytona State College — Palm Coast COVID-19 testing site on Wednesday, April 29. The testing method will also change from swabs to spit vials.

Daytona State College-Palm Coast is located at 3000 Palm Coast Parkway SE. Hours for testing will remain 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on weekdays.

Those interested in being tested are to register at AdventHealthCoronaVirusTesting.com or by calling 877-Virus-HQ (877-8478747).

The tests will be available to anyone who has symptoms or anyone who has had close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, even if they are not currently experiencing symptoms. Those who wish to be tested do not need a doctor’s order.

There are no out-of-pocket costs for this testing. AdventHealth will bill insurance for those with insurance, or cover the cost of those who are uninsured.

COVID-19 cases climb locally — but without straining hospital Will there be demand for more testing in the community as more tests become available?

BRIAN McMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Q: There was a recent spike in positive tests — 23 in one day.

How prevalent is COVID-19 in Flagler County?

A: I think it gives us a better reflection that COVID-19 is more readily out there in our community, and it’s not having as much an impact on the health care system. I truly believe that there are hundreds, if not thousands upon thousands, in Flagler County who have had or have COVID-19, and if it’s someone who is healthy, they might have had a cough or had nothing — asymptomatic.

But we’re going to see numbers go up without a corresponding dire strain on our health care system.

Q: Did we, in hindsight, overreact by shutting down society so severely?

A: Absolutely not. At that moment in time, emergency managers and public health folks only knew so many things, and we only had so many tools in our toolbox. I wouldn’t have changed my recommendation. I think we did the right thing based on the information up to that point, and we’re going to keep learning more.

“You see stores that say, ‘No shirt, no shoes, no service.’ In my utopian world, we would have the same thing with a clothing face covering: ‘Please don’t come in without a cloth face covering.’”

fashion. It’s the neatest thing in the world.

So far, everybody who has asked for an appointment has gotten an appointment.

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JONATHAN LORD The concern initially was that COVID-19 was going to have a horrendous impact on our health care system. In a county that only has one hospital — and some have none, so we are fortunate, but we rely heavily on that single facility — to have that core health care facility be overwhelmed was extremely concerning to us.

And that’s why we locked down beaches and parks.

Q: How is testing going at the Daytona State College site?

A: We have a conglomeration of players to make it possible: Fire Rescue, Emergency Management, Sheriff’s Office, DSC staffing and nursing students, Department of Health-Flagler, AdventHealth, a whole host of volunteers from Flagler Volunteer Services. If we any one wasn’t a part fit, we couldn’t pull this off.

I’m so proud of all those players. That was unique to our community. I don’t know of any county that has a systems set up in that

JONATHAN LORD, on safety precautions when the economy reopens

Q: How urgent is to test more people?

A: We need to keep pushing for more testing. We’re working on an enhanced public private partnership to increase testing (see the story to the left: “DSC testing broadens”). I want to be able to handle at least double what we’re doing now. I don’t know that the community has demand for that, but we’ll never know until we offer it and market it and see if they will take us up on it.

we can start going to Disney and rebuilding our economy. The private sector can provide handing wash stations and sanitizer.

You see stores that say, “No shirt, no shoes, no service.” In my utopian world, we would have the same thing with a clothing face covering: “Please don’t come in without a cloth face covering.”

A month ago it would be odd to ever say anything like that, but I think it’s going to be pervasive throughout the world society for an unknown amount of time.

Q: What can we be doing now?

A: Those most at risk need to protect themselves. They need to stay at home and access services to get them food and groceries, and everyone else needs to help limit the spread. When they go to a store, customers need to help contain the spread. Everyone should assume that the person next to you has it. Even if you’re young and healthy, it doesn’t mean you couldn’t have a reaction.

Q: Are you worried that people will too relaxed as the economy reopens?

A: I really want to drill into our residents and businesses: If you have a weakened immune system, or if you’re 65 and older, you need to be staying home.

For those that are going out, and as we open up in the coming weeks, we need to make sure that everybody continues to wear face masks and stay at least 6 feet away from people, even with a face mask. It is proven to make a difference. We need to take care of our ourselves but also to take care of everybody.

Q: How long will restrictions stay in place as we become comfortable enough to open businesses?

A: It’s going to be many, many months of maintaining social distancing and wearing cloth face coverings. But if we do that,

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PATH to RECOVERY Businesses should prepare for an announcement by the state laying out steps for reopening the economy, officials said.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

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s local businesses prepare for the likelihood of a reopening — or, at least, a partial one — amid a diminished but stillpresent COVID-19 pandemic, owners and managers are thinking through the steps they’ll take to keep employees and customers safe, and wondering how state or local restrictions may affect their ability to recover financially from weeks of closure.

Jade Jackson, of Eye Style Optical, said during a Road to Reopening town hall hosted by WNZF News Radio on Tuesday, April 28, that she had just reopened the store.

“My concerns are the people coming in the store, how we protect them and how we protect us,” she said. “I reopened yesterday from 9 to 5 and it went every well; people came in with their masks on.”

She wasn’t requiring masks, she said, but most people had them on anyway.

Some businesses haven’t been impacted much — or, conversely, have seen an increase in revenue due to the virus.

“We haven’t really seen much effect, except for maybe a couple of our employees having to stay home with their children,” said Alexander Russell of Hanmock Hardware. “Since people are staying home, they’re trying to work on home projects or things like that, so we’ve been quite busy around here.”

Hammock Hardware has been allowing only three customers inside the store at once, he said.

PHASED REOPENING

Flagler County is preparing for a phased reopening to prevent a surge of cases while still allowing people to go back to work, County Administrator Jerry

Cameron said during the radio town hall.

“We can’t stay in an economic coma indefinitely without doing permanent damage to the economy,” Cameron said. “We know that a lot of you are suffering financially — that we have a lot of small businesses that depend on their revenues and are really stressed when you go into a several-month stress of your revenue streams.”

The county’s tourism and economic development staff is starting to see the effect of the virus on monthly reports, Tourism Development Director Amy Lukasik said.

In terms of tourism, she said, “It’s definitely the worst-case scenario.” In preliminary numbers from March — half of which was before major closures — occupancy was down 35% and revenues for bed taxes were down 37%.

“We are anticipating April will be double those numbers,” Lukasik said.

The Florida R e s ta u rant and Lodging Association sent its proposal for reopening to Gov. Ron DeSantis over the previous weekend, she said.

Flagler’s restaurant and tourism industry hasn’t been hit as hard as St. Johns County’s has, she said, but also hasn’t fared as well as the Daytona area. “That likely had a lot to do with Bike Week,” she said.

Florida Department of HealthFlagler Administrator Bob Snyder said he’d spoken to executives at

the Hammock Beach Resort.

“I know they’re practicing social distancing; I know they’re paying special attention to infecting control … but I also know that they have suffered a great loss as well,” he said.

As the state begins to reopen, he noted, its less populated beaches will likely be an attraction for tourists.

“It’s going to be essential to enact certain policies,” he said. “The businesses can’t do it alone; they need the respect of their employees and the respect of their patrons as well.”

Testing will be continued while businesses open up in a phased, rolling approach, he said: That will help the Health Department know who needs to be isolated and treated while others return to work.

As of that morning, Snyder said, four people in Flagler County were in the hospital with COVID-19.

NEW NORMAL

The county’s emergency management department is working with the Health Department to prepare for expanded testing at the Daytona State College campus in Palm Coast, and was anticipating an announcement by DeSantis later in the week about a phased reopening, Flagler County Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord said.

The first phase will likely limit gatherings to 10 or fewer people and limit business reopen-

“We don’t want to get into a situation where we stop the spread of a virus, but we have no economy left. ...

Once our employees start to disassociate from their former employers, the recovery is really, really more difficult.”

JERRY CAMERON, Flagler County administrator

ing to those that could maintain “extreme social distancing” and implement measures like temperature-taking on entry, he said.

A second phase might increase the cap for gatherings to 50 people, allow some easing of social distancing restrictions, and allow some in-person occupancy at restaurants, while face coverings would still be recommended.

The third phase, he cautioned, “may be months upon months away” and would allow businesses to reopen and people to return to work and a semblance of normalcy while those most at risk from the virus take extra precautions.

But even once it’s all over, Lord said, he wasn’t sure the community will look like it did before the pandemic.

“I think we’re going to end up with a new normal,” he said.

“Wearing cloth face coverings in public may become a normal thing to see for people who are mildly ill or people with weakened immune systems. In Asia, you’ve seen that for decades … and you will see things like more public hand washing stations.”

KEEPING CUSTOMERS SAFE

The employees at Burrito Works Taco Shop, on Palm Coast Parkway, are taking precautions to keep customers safe.

In addition to the markings on the pavement to keep people six feet apart while they wait in line, there is a table in front of the door to maintain distance between the customer and the cashier.

Then, everything that is touched by a customer or a cashier is sanitized after each transaction: pen, tray, countertop, checkout screen, table.

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Tourism’s ‘long, uncertain road’ ahead Q+A with Amy Lukasik BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Flagler County’s tourism industry was hit hard by Hurricane Dorian in 2019, but it was on the rebound in early 2020. A good Bike Week in March added to the optimism of Amy Lukasik, tourism development director.

Then, COVID-19 hit.

Lukasik spoke with the Palm Coast Observer about the impact the virus has had on tourism, including the likelihood that tourism dollars will not be available to fund Fourth of July fireworks this year, if any large gatherings are allowed by then anyway.

The American Hotel and Lodging Association reported recently that, nationally, 70% of hotel employees have been laid off or furloughed, and 80% of hotel rooms are empty. Is Flagler County in the same situation?

I would say yes. They’re down to skeleton crews, is what they’ve been telling me: one housekeeper, one desk person, one maintenance person, the manager. And sometimes the manager’s doing check-ins, too — the ones that are still open. A lot of the momand-pops, of course, had to shut down. Vacation rentals, because of the governor’s order, have had no new bookings.

The highway hotels see a lot of cruise ship business, so once the cruises stopped, which was pretty early on, that immediately had an impact on them.

If Flagler County tourism efforts are funded by collecting 5 cents on every dollar related to hotel stays, how will COVID-19 impact local tourism funding?

We got our unaudited March numbers, and it looks like we’re going to be 32% down in revenue for March in bed tax. And that’s with only being closed two weeks. We were open for Bike Week, and we had a great Bike Week.

Just for March, we are down $116,251, unaudited. Knowing that, we began looking at our current budget, and what we can begin to cut. We’re looking to cut around $300,000 from this fiscal year’s budget, and our operating budget is $1.5 million.

We are still “soft advertising” on social media, where it’s very inexpensive. We’re not saying, “Come say here and book,” but it’s inspirational imagery of the beach, that mental escape, a mellow moment. We want to stay top of mind, because when that first wave of tourists hit, people will be staying closer to home. They want to go to the beach, and they’ll be looking for those wide open spaces, less populated communities. So a lot of things that haven’t been in our favor, are all in our benefit this time.

Other than that, everything is on the chopping block, including

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Burrito Works Taco shop workers Ally Hartnett, Manager Patricia Randolph and McKenna Myrick.

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Feed Palm Coast Initiative surpasses initial goal seven times over

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

BY THE NUMBERS

32,846

COVID-19 cases in Florida as of April 29

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COVID-19 cases in Flagler County as of April 29

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COVID-19 related deaths in Flagler County as of April 29

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COVID-19-related hospitalizations in Flagler County as of April 29

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COVID-19 cases in Volusia County as of April 29

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COVID-19 related deaths in Volusia County as of April 29

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COVID-19-related hospitalizations in Volusia County as of April 29 Email jonathan@ palmcoastobserver.com.

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City staff members organize donations for the food drive.

A city and church partnership to raise money for a food pantry event to be held this coming Saturday, May 2, smashed the city’s goals multiple times this week, ultimately totaling $63,390 as of the morning of April 29.

The city had initially hoped for $10,000. It had raised over $18,000 in the first 48 hours after posting the effort to palmcoastconnect.com.

“We obviously know that the need is there,” Mayor Milissa Holland said. “I’ve been a part of food drives for many years in this community, and this community never ceases to amaze me with their unbelievable generosity in helping their neighbors — and their neighbors right now are in

great need.”

The fundraising and food drive are being conducted in partnership with Parkview Church. Donations are accepted through Friday, May 1.

By April 28, the meeting rooms at City Hall were piled high with cases and pallets of food donated by residents and businesses, or purchased by the city using residents’ monetary donations.

“It’s like a Ford factory and a conveyor belt set-up,” said Tyler Jarnagin, the city’s communications officer. “Our final goal that we’ve set is $75,000.” But if more comes in, he said, “Every single dollar that is donated will be used to purchase more food for the

TO PICK UP FOOD

The two sites for food distribution will be City Hall and Parkview Church, and both will be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 2.

The city has created traffic flow patterns for the May 2 event to help keep things moving efficiently and help with social distancing. See the maps to view the traffic plan for each site.

Flagler Sheriff’s Office deputies and city traffic control will help direct residents, and there will also be large, electronic traffic message boards at the access points.

Residents must stay in their vehicles, pop their trunks, and let volunteers — who will be wearing personal protective equipment — place the bagged food items in the trunks.

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Businesses have also stepped in to help: Brewsters and Nathan’s donated meals for volunteers, and Walmart donated cases of water for volunteers, plus Easter candy that will be provided to residents.

Holland said that the initiative, called the Mayor’s Feed Palm Coast Initiative, began as an extension of the Rise Up Palm Coast Initiative, which was created to deliver virtual content — performances, exercise programs, cooking instruction — for residents during social distancing.

The city will bring entertainment to the event, so residents will have something to enjoy as they’re waiting for their food.

“We understand and respect

that these are trying times for our residents,” she said. “We want to continue to let them know that we’re all in this together, so this will serve as, hopefully, an inspirational moment that this is truly neighbors helping neighbors. ... Our goal is to make it an experience that is uplifting.”

The city had hoped that the May 2 event would feed at least 5,000 families of four for a week. But the city government also recognized that the virus has created a level of economic precariousness that is ongoing and may be longterm for many families.

“We will continue to partner with additional food banks that are in the community to continue to not only support them but to support our residents,” Holland said.

HOW TO DONATE Donations for Feed Palm Coast are being accepted through Friday, May 1.

Residents can donate money online at https:// fullsite.palmcoastgov.com/events/riseuppalmcoast or call Customer Service at 386-986-2360, or can bring food donations from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to City Hall at 160 Lake Ave. or to Parkview Church at 5435 Belle Terre Parkway.

Examples of acceptable donation items include:  Canned protein  Pasta (chicken or tuna)  Tomato sauce (can or  Chicken or tuna plastic jars only) helper  Protein bars / cereal  Peanut butter bars / pop tarts  Jelly / Jam  Oatmeal / Cereal  Rice  Soup  Beans  Mac & cheese  Beef stew or canned  Juice boxes dumplings

This community never ceases to amaze me with their unbelievable generosity in helping their neighbors — and their neighbors right now are in great need.”

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YOUR TOWN PALM COAST SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL TO STREAM APRIL 30 TO MAY 3 The Palm Coast Songwriters Festival isn’t happening this year — in person. But it’s happening online, with a new YouTube channel in the works and a virtual tip jar to enable country music fans to support songwriters who have had many events canceled.

Links to the performances, April 30 to May 3, as well as the virtual tip jar, will be at palmcoastsongwritersfestival.com.

Fans can watch each evening as more videos are uploaded, or they can binge watch after it’s all over, according to organizer Garry Lubi.

“We’re trying to do two things,” he said. “We want to give people an entertainment break from everything that’s going in. The second thing is, these writers have been impacted pretty negatively, financially.” All proceeds from the tip jar will go to the writers.

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Save the Sheriff’s Operations Center Former Sheriff James Manfre: Building another center after spending $7 million purchasing and renovating the old hospital is wasteful.

JAMES MANFRE GUEST WRITER

There is nothing wrong with the present abandoned Sheriff’s Operations Center.

Building another center after spending $7 million purchasing and renovating the old hospital is wasteful.

I agree that the building should not have been purchased in the first place. That is on the former county administrator. It is a shame that the present county administrator, Jerry Cameron, has to clean up this mess left to him. I know he is working hard to remedy all the problems handed to him, and he is attempting to make

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Isolate the vulnerable, not the whole community Dear Editor: As we approach six weeks of various stages of shutdowns across the nation and Florida and the damage it has done to millions of Americans and Floridians, more and more of us are we beginning to wonder why we are following this destructive path.

Why indeed? The so-called experts that our political leaders have relied on have proven to be very wrong about what will happen and when. Their panicked expectations based on wildly inaccurate models have persuaded our leaders to do the wrong things at the wrong times.

The body of our nation has become critically ill and perhaps disabled for months because the “doctors” treating one problem area have concentrated on a diseased area at the cost of the entire body.

Yet even after these “experts” have been proven wrong or way off at every turn, our leaders continue to rely on the same flawed people offer-

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local programs that our locals benefit from. We will be proposing that we no longer offer the grant program this fiscal year.

Next year, that’s also on the table.

April could be an 80% drop in bed tax revenue.

The TDC also spends $45,000 on the fireworks celebrations in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach for the Fourth of July. Will that funding have to be cut?

That hasn’t been 100% decided with the municipalities, but that’s the way it’s looking. It’s 60 days or 70 days away, so a decision is going to have to be

the best decisions with all the politics surrounding this issue.

Reports support the conclusion that there is nothing inherently dangerous about the building, and the steps to reopen are minimal. I understand the employees’ fears after the county reacted slowly to the symptoms that were developing after the county demolished the old moldy patient wings 15 months after the building was in use.

It is probable that the demolition by the county, which was done without a DEP permit, caused the building to inhale contaminants that led to the employees’ health issues.

I was a vocal supporter of the building being abandoned and then remediated. That has been done. Many homes and office buildings have mold issues and are successfully reoccupied after a professional cleaning.

The county in 2003 spent close to $70 million to build the ing the same flawed advice.

Why not look to other, real experts who told us weeks ago what was happening and what would happen. People like Professor Knut Wittkowski have been and continue to tell us what we are doing wrong and we ignore the only folks that have been right all along.

Among things that were discovered is that corona likely hit California late last fall so they had a chance to build up some “herd immunity.”

If the most vulnerable (aged and those with serious medical issues) were isolated, then the you allow the disease to run its natural course. Many people exposed to the virus will have little, if any, bad effects. But by allowing the spread of the virus, “herd immunity” will be built and once it reaches a critical point, further spreading of the disease is all but done.

Instead, the steps taken all but delayed any kind of “herd immunity,” so it is guaranteed that by “flattening the curve,” we have lengthened it so there will be corona cases for many months and those most at risk will remain at risk.

While we shudder at the

made. We’re waiting to see what the governor says about largescale events and gatherings. A lot of communities are going to be doing a virtual Fourth of July.

How long do you think it will take until hotels are operating at full strength again?

Oh, if I had that answer … I mean, it’s just going to look different. Take the Hammock Beach Resort. They’re a huge meeting and conference facility. If people have to be six feet apart, they can only get a certain number of folks in the room, so that’s less food and beverage, less attendees.

They’re saying it could take a year to get us to where our new normal is, and what that new normal is, that still remains to be seen.

Government Services Building, the County Courthouse, the EOC building, and other county facilities. The county is still paying for the bonds to finance the construction of those buildings.

In 2012, the county issued $30 million in bonds to be paid over 30 years for the Sheriff’s Operations Center, the new inmate facility and other county purchases.

With the coming economic downturn due to the coronavirus and the resulting decrease in sales tax and other revenues, this is not the time to burden taxpayers with more debt and spending.

I understand the sheriff’s employees’ fears about moving back into the Operations Center. Rather than spend another $15 million to $30 million, plus interest, on a new Operations Center, why not offer employees a bonus to reoccupy the building?

For those severely affected by the previous mold issues and unwilling to reoccupy, alternate space can be used in the Clerk’s Office or the EOC where the sheriff’s Communi-

cation Center is located. This would be much less costly.

My staff and I occupied the building for 15 months until the end of my term. During this 30-month period, no construction worker, county employee, sheriff’s employee or myself ever showed any health related symptoms due to the construction or occupying of the Operations Center.

There is nothing inherently wrong with the building, or there would have been medical issues prior to the demolition of the patient wings.

I understand that the county and sheriff have difficult decisions to make, but this county cannot afford additional bad financial decisions to affect taxpayers, who are increasingly, due to the influx of over-65year-olds this past decade in Flagler, on fixed incomes.

Our tax base is 90% dependent on residential taxes. It should be only 70%, but that is a story for another day. I hope this point of view is a consideration in future decisions.

James Manfre is an attorney in Palm Coast. He is a former sheriff of Flagler County.

thought of maybe losing 60,000 lives to corona, we often lose more to the newest strain of flu.

Some will point out that this is something new but, in fact, it was just a variation to what we have seen before. We are dealing with COVID-19 so there have been different strains before and surely ones to follow.

Let us hope we, as a nation and state, learned the lesson. While we can survive another virus and other types of attacks, I’m not sure can survive another series of bad choices by our political leaders.

MIKE MCGUIRE Palm Coast

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What other businesses are impacted by reduced tourism?

Let’s say we have a big lacrosse tournament come to town, and those youth players go to Houligan’s to eat, and the kids go into the bathroom, and they start goofing off and throwing paper towels down the toilet, and the plumber has to be called. That plumber benefited, in a strange way, from tourism. It’s true, it happens.

Publix in Flagler Beach is very aware when the tournaments come to town because the parents start ordering the large sandwich planters. So if you’re a deli worker in Publix, tourism does affect you.

When a restaurant isn’t open or has to cut their staff, that’s less workers, less servers. Obviously, that server benefits from tourism, and she goes to get

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spent on me — money that seems to be wasted because the board doesn’t give the students the education we pay for — they had a debate and a ruling on a policy that would protect a child from harassment because said child wants to do something that’s impossible.

A person born as a girl will die as a girl. If you come out of the womb as a female, you go into the grave as a female.

Surgery and cross-sex hormones can’t change us into the opposite sex! They can affect outward expressions of our reproductive organization but they can’t transform us; they can’t turn us from one sex into another, and anyone on the School Board that thinks this is possible should be kept at least 5 miles away from any school!

The four members of the board who voted not to add this unnecessary protection should not rest on their laurels.

This is one small step toward doing something right; you’ve still got a long way to go.

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“When that first wave of tourists hit, people will be staying closer to home. They want to go to the beach, and they’ll be looking for those wide open spaces, less populated communities. So a lot of things that haven’t been in our favor, are in our benefit this time.”

AMY LUKASIK, tourism development director

her hair done or nails, or gets child care, and that affects other industries.

It’s important to note that everyone is anxious to restart the economy, but even if the governor says restaurants can open, you have people who aren’t ready to go out in public still.

Opening back up isn’t going to be the magic pill for these businesses. It’s a long road. A long, uncertain road.

Do you see any encouraging signs for recovery?

As of last week, the percent of people canceling a trip because of the coronavirus is at a fourweek low, it’s at 63%. The perceived safety of large events continues to improve. There’s also a decline in the number of Americans saying they will avoid travel until the coronavirus is over. The bad news is that postponements of trips are at a fourweek high of 52%. So, people are less likely to cancel but more likely to postpone.

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A 14-day trend is key to reopening plan County plans to ease restrictions The city will rely on guidance from the governor, the CDC and the Department of Health.

BRIAN McMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

The city of Palm Coast has released a “Recovery Planning Chart” to show residents how the city will reopen as certain “gates,” or landmarks, are reached.

Although an announcement from the state is expected by May 1, the city’s chart contains no dates, and that is on purpose: The timing of recovery is uncertain.

“This map, this approach ... has been based on a tremendous amount of assumptions,” Mayor Milissa Holland said in a YouTube video April 24, alongside City Manager Matt Morton and Palm Coast Fire Chief Jerry Forte.

Morton said the chart would enable the city to go forward “not with fear but with courage.”

After the containment period designed to stop the spread of COVID-19, there are three phases to the recovery plan: n Phase I: Guarded Optimism n Phase II: Strategic Community Reintegration n Phase III: Lift Community Restrictions The city is currently in Containment, which is characterized by social distancing and the closing of nonessential businesses.

PHASE I: GUARDED OPTIMISM

As it appears that the spread of the virus is being controlled, the city will move into Phase I of recovery, following the lead of

Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is the one who would have to lift the stayat-home order for nonvulnerable populations. The chart suggests that spread will be deemed under control once the Department of Health reports a 14-day downward trajectory of documented cases of COVID-19, or a 14-day downward trajectory of positive tests as a percentage of total tests.

In Phase I, restrictions will be eased on public activity, and businesses may reopen, with restrictions. For example, a restaurant might need to limit customers.

Socializing in groups greater than 10 should still be avoided.

PHASE II: STRATEGIC COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION

If the 14-day downward trajectories continue, and if the CDC reports that the virus spread is under control, Phase II can begin.

That means government facilities can reopen, with proper distancing practices. Nonessential travel would resume, and socializing in groups greater than 50 should be avoided. Face masks, frequent hand washing and social distancing are all still the norm.

PHASE III: LIFT COMMUNITY RESTRICTIONS

If there is no rebound of the virus, and if antibody testing is “robust,” Phase III can begin, meaning there are no restrictions on the sizes of gatherings. Schools would reopen,

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“We know what our destination is, and that is all of us in American want to see our country reopen.”

MATT MORTON, city manager

and social distancing would not be required. Face masks and hand washing would still be encouraged. Vulnerable populations could resume public activities.

‘STAY DILIGENT’

Morton, Holland and Forte said the chart could be used by city directors to guide decisions about leading employees during recovery.

Forte noted that he was going to be monitoring his firefighters so that they are ready to respond not only to COVID-19, but also to the upcoming hurricane season.

Morton said that some practices learned during the pandemic could continue among city staff, such as using Zoom to help staff members save time on travel to attend certain meetings.

Holland encouraged residents to “stay diligent with social distancing, wearing the masks wherever you go.”

Flagler County residents appear to have “complied overwhelmingly” with social distancing guidelines, and the county is preparing for the easing of some restrictions in order to restart the economy, County Administrator Jerry Cameron said in a press conference April 22.

“If we kill our economy, we are going to be in a serious situation,” he said. “The very character of our community depends on the mom-and-pop organizations and restaurants and things that make Flagler County what it is; those businesses are suffering, and we have to take measures to see if we can bring them back online.

I expect the state to be making imminent announcements on the right to relax some of the provisions that they have in place, and our businesses need to be ready for that.”

The county, Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord said, will advise businesses on social distancing measures.

“Please, help us protect our entire community,” he said.

Cameron noted that although COVID-19 is very dangerous for some, most people don’t seem to have such vulnerability to it, and some protocols that were implemented based on initial information may no longer be appropriate.

For instance, he said, being outside at distances of greater than 6 feet from other people doesn’t seem to be a major danger, so the county has partially opened parks, trails and beaches.

“This is an experiment that’s going on all over the world.

Every country is dealing with this, and you’re walking a line between opening things up and then risking contagion — you’ve got to really watch what you’re doing; there’s no perfect solution.”

DR. STEPHEN BICKEL, medical director, Florida Department of Health-Flagler

“We are on the doorstep of returning to normal — or, at least, the new normal,” Cameron said.

As things open up, Flagler Department of Health-Flagler Medical Director Stephen Bickel said during a Palm Coast Virtual Town Hall April 22, increased testing will be critical.

“We need to be finding basically every symptomatic case, using it as kind of a sentinel indicator that the spread might be increasing,” he said.

Antibody tests, if they become available, will help the community plan reopening, said Bob Snyder, the administrator of the Florida Department of HealthFlagler.

“The results of the antibodies tests will help us make these decisions about opening up the economy and businesses in a smart way,” Snyder said.

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Man arrested for inserting laxatives into child’s daily medication

tampered with.

“This is a very bizarre case and it takes a sick and twisted individual to administer laxatives to a child without his or his mother’s knowledge,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “Thankfully the victim was not significantly injured.”

The victim has since moved out of state and is no longer in contact with the suspect.

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office arrested Craig Alan Ripple on a charge of child abuse and child neglect on April 24, after he admitted to detectives that he had tampered with a child’s medications and poured water on a child’s bed “out of spite.”

The reporting party said that Ripple, 45, had been tampering with her 14-year-old son’s medication, removing items belonging to the victim and his sister, and other odd behaviors.

The mother was able to provide FCSO with the tampered medication as well as security footage from the residence showing Ripple removing items from a child’s bedroom.

Detectives met with the mother and two juveniles involved in this case on Aug. 8, 2019. The mother explained that while giving her son his nightly dose of medication, it appeared that the pill had been tampered with. After dismantling the tablet, she found several round pink tablets with a black “5” printed on them.

She was able to identify these pink tablets as laxatives. She also told detectives that her son was refusing to take the medication as he claimed it tasted strange and was making him ill.

Detectives met with Ripple and he admitted to inserting pink-colored anti-diarrheal tablets into the juvenile’s medication capsules. Of the medication turned over the detectives, 11 of the 28 capsules had been

Sex offender arrested for living on island near Bings Landing The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office’s Sex Offender Unit received information that 43-year-old Brian Thomas Roy, a registered sex offender, was not living at the transient residence — a boat — listed on his sex offender registration paperwork, which is against the law.

As a transient resident, Roy is required to report in person to the Sheriff’s Office every thirty days. His last check-in was March 12. The investigation revealed that Roy was residing at a campsite on an island located in the Intracoastal Waterway across from Bings Landing.

Another detective attempted contact with Roy for an unrelated incident a week prior, but Roy fled into the woods and concealed himself at the sight of law enforcement.

On April 21, FCSO Sex Offender Detective Crosbee partnered with the FCSO Marine Unit to locate Roy on the island.

Detective Crosbee and Deputy Williams arrived on the island

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WARRANT SERVED ON ‘COME BACK WITH A WARRANT’ DOORMAT 6:30 a.m. First block of Bleu Court Narcotics. Deputies executing a search warrant on a local house for suspected drug activity were confronted with a doormat that read, “Come back with a warrant.”

They already had one, and recovered more than 2.5 grams of fentanyl, dozens of used syringes, and other drug paraphernalia from the house.

Deputies secured four residents of the house, but did not arrest anyone because the investigation was ongoing.

“This poison peddler had and immediately made contact with Roy and a female.

Roy showed deputies bones that he had found on the island, which were confirmed to be from a turtle and a deer. Roy admitted to missing his 30-day check-in at the Sheriff’s Office but claimed he was not living on the island, and that he was visiting this girlfriend who lived on the island.

Deputies found an elaborate campsite complete with a tent, generator, and other living accommodations.

When deputies attempted to place Roy under arrest, Roy pulled away and ran from the deputies on the island.

a doormat that said, ‘Come back with a warrant,’ so we did!” Sheriff Rick Staly said.

“Our detectives did a great job in following up on tips received on this residence. We still have some follow-up work to do, but for now the deadly drugs and syringes seized are off the streets.”

out. A deputy tested it, and it was positive for narcotics. The man, 22, was also on probation. Deputies arrested him.

APRIL 20

MACHETE MAN 7 p.m. 1200 block of Palm Coast Parkway Shoplifting. Deputies were called out to a local supermarket after people reported seeing a man walking around outside with a machete.

They found a man who matched he description given by the callers, but he didn’t have a machete. When they asked him about it, he said he’d thrown it into the bushes and that he’d bought it from a nearby hardware store.

Deputies contacted the hardware store, where a manager said the man had stolen the machete. Deputies arrested him.

APRIL 21

WRONG CAR 8:26 p.m. 4800 block of Belle Terre Parkway Narcotics. A customer at a local laundromat walked outside and found a strange man asleep in her van. Deputies woke him up, and he looked disoriented and didn’t know where he was.

A bike and backpack sitting out in front of a nearby pizza shop were his, he said. When deputies asked him to empty his pockets, a used needle fell After a brief foot pursuit, Detective Crosbee was successfully able to take Roy into custody.

Roy was booked at jail and charged with failure to register as a sex offender and resisting arrest without violence. He remains in jail with no bond allowed.

“It is critical to have accurate information for sex offenders in the event of a child abduction or other crimes against children,” Sheriff Rick Staly said.

“Offenders and predators that are deceptive about where they are living, like this guy, are of the highest concern. Our team did a great job in tracking him

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Students need improved internet service in western Flagler County

JAMES TAGER SUPERINTENDENT, FLAGLER SCHOOLS

The reaction by the Flagler Schools family has been remarkable in the face of this novel coronavirus. We were able to switch from a brick-and-mortar model to a virtual learning model almost overnight.

This could not have been done without the continued support of our Flagler County voters. In 2002, they voted in a half-penny sales tax enabling the district to provide wireless connectivity on our campuses and begin purchasing devices for our students and teachers. Voters opted to continue it 10 years later. In a couple of years, they will be asked to renew it yet again, and I hope how we’ve handled this global crisis will show just how important that support has been and will continue to be.

We have provided devices to all of our nearly 13,000 students and 2,000 to our teachers and other vital staff who needed to stay connected virtually to their offices. We have also distributed 400 hotspots from Sprint, T-Mobile,

AT&T, and Verizon in an effort to keep everyone connected.

However, we have learned that once our students and staff get away from our campuses, sometimes technology is not nearly as reliable as it should be. The biggest challenge we continue to face is a reliable internet connection in homes.

I strongly encourage our local communication providers to quickly expand their reach in our county. Reliable cell service would go a long way in connecting our families. Even better would be the addition of physical lines to bring high-speed internet to the west side of Flagler County. Without this reliable service, we have students who are not on an equal footing with their peers.

We’ve had great partnerships with our communication companies. We compassionately plead for our communication companies to continue that partnership into the far reaches of Flagler County.

We are continuing our virtual learning plan through the end of this school year, and I realize a quick fix is not feasible, but this is when plans should be made to fill in these technology gaps.

To put it simply, we now see reliable internet connection as just as vital to our families as water and power in providing virtual learning for all students.

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Flagler FPS students impress at states BRIAN McMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

It was another big year for Flagler Schools in the Florida Future Problem Solvers competition, which was held virtually this year, in April. Many local competitors were invited, also virtually, to this year’s International Competition in June.

There was great participation this year despite the nontraditional format, according to Sarah Reckenwald, a Flagler Palm Coast High School teacher, FPS coach and board member.

“Some students really wanted to participate, because this is the one thing that didn’t get canceled,” Reckenwald said.

FPS consists of several categories, from writing to community service projects. It’s part of a class in some Flagler Schools, so many students participate and learn problem solving skills.

“It helps them to understand that they can have an impact in the community,” Reckenwald said. “They can implement solutions to something and see real results. We’re not just dealing in hypotheticals.”

Reckenwald was joined on the statewide board by two other Flagler County volunteers: Maureen Walsh and Beth Blumengarten.

Community Problem Solvers will be featured in upcoming editions. The following are local teams and individuals invited to the International Competition this summer. See the online version of this story for a full list.

INDIVIDUAL SCENARIO WRITING MIDDLE DIVISION

3rd Place* Cameron Driggers, FPC. Coaches Jennifer Santore, Sarah Reckenwald, and Caitlin Hutsell.

SENIOR DIVISION

3rd Place* Isabella Colindres, FPC. 2nd Place* Ele Barnaby, FPC.

SCENARIO PERFORMANCE WINNERS 1st Place Middle* Leila Jackson, Indian Trails Middle School, Coach: Jennifer Colindres.

2nd Place Senior* Elissa Figliuzzi, Flagler Palm Coast High School, Coaches Sarah Reckenwald, Jennifer Santore, and Caitlin Hutsell.

1st Place Senior* Isabella Colindres, Flagler Palm Coast High School, Coaches Sarah Reckenwald, Jennifer Santore, and Caitlin Hutsell.

INDIVIDUAL GLOBAL ISSUES PROBLEM SOLVING MIDDLE DIVISION

4th Place* Samantha Stone, Flagler Palm Coast HS, Coaches S. Reckenwald, J. Santore, and C. Hutsell.

SENIOR DIVISION

1st Place** Kyleigh Ruddy, Flagler Palm Coast HS, Coaches S. Reckenwald, J. Santore, and C. Hutsell.

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SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP

Elizabeth Wolcott, of FPC, won this year’s Senior Scholarship from the Florida Future Problem Solvers.

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MIDDLE DIVISION

2nd Place* M-212 Indian Trails Middle School - A, Coach Jennifer Colindres. Students Kyra Baldwin, Stanley Gatzek, Jack Gilvary, Leila Jackson.

1st Place* M-206 Flagler Palm Coast High School - B, Coaches Sarah Reckenwald, Jennifer Santore, and Caitlin Hutsell. Students Jackson Castaneda, Cameron Driggers, Jack Petocz, Alysa Vidal.

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BUBBLE PUP GROOMING SPA SET TO OPEN

Although the coronavirus pandemic has been an unwelcome obstacle so far, Shawn Crosby has opened Bubble Pup Grooming Spa, a luxury pet spa, in Palm Coast along with his mother and father, David and Vicky Crosby, and sister Ashton Shumaker.

Unless the governor’s stayat-home order is extended, the company will take appointments beginning May 2.

“I was born and raised in Flagler County and moved to Missouri to get away from home for a while, and that’s where I learned to groom dogs,” Shawn Crosby said in a press release. “I moved back about a year ago and just opened the spa .... We pride ourselves in providing everything your dog needs to be healthy.

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Bubble Pup allows slightly longer groom times — from one to three hours — for each pet so they have time to de-stress and relax, a press release stated. Visit https://www.bubblepupgrooming.com/ or call 386-262-9641.

Bubble Pup is located at 4490 U.S. 1, Suite 108.

MERGER OF REAL ESTATE COMPANIES Coldwell Banker Premier Properties has merged with the Schmidt Family of Companies to create one of the largest, independently owned Coldwell Banker franchises in the world, and one of the nation’s largest real estate firms, with over 90 offices and approximately 2,000 agents, the company reported in a press

release.

With 11 offices and 250 agents serving St. Johns, Flagler and Volusia counties, Coldwell Banker Premier Properties will retain its name and continue to be led locally by Steve Cupolo as region vice president.

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For $7.99, you can call Ruby Tuesday at 866-460-2283 and order a boxed meal for a first responder, and the restaurant will match your donation. “Thank you to all first responders and health care workers for taking such great care of our communities,” a restaurant message says.

The law firm of Chiumento Dwyer Hertel Grant has established a COVID-19 Response Team to help address legal issues businesses may face related to COVID-19.

The law firm has been consulting with local businesses, restaurants and others to review their business insurance policies at no cost to determine whether the business can recover profits lost because of COVID-19. Call 386445-8900 or email Art Zimmet (AZimmet@legalteamforlife.com) or Michael Chiumento (Michael3@legalteamforlife.com).

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New pending sales, which is the count of how many home sales went under contract during the month, show how the landscape in Florida’s residential real estate markets was changing as the coronavirus pandemic hit hard in March, Florida Realtors Chief Economist Dr. Brad O’Connor said in a press release. However, prices might not be as dramatically impacted.

“On the single-family home side, we had a year-over-year drop in new pending sales of 22.6%, while over on the condo and townhouse side, we saw a decline of 35% compared to last year,” O’Connor said. “New pending sales were really the first metric to turn in a downward direction after the stock market began to fall in late February.”

In March, Florida’s housing market reported more closed sales and higher median prices year-over-year, but pending sales, new listings and pending inventory showed lower levels compared to March 2019.

“Many buyers and sellers have understandably pressed the pause button,” said 2020 Florida Realtors President Barry Grooms, a Realtor and co-owner of Florida Suncoast Real Estate Inc. in Bradenton.

Statewide median sales prices for both single-family homes and condo-townhouse properties in March rose year-over-year for the 99th consecutive month. The

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“We should expect to see significantly lower sales counts for April and May than we did last year,” O’Connor said, “but movement in sale prices will be more stable for the time being, since the reductions in both supply and demand have countervailing impacts on home values. However, the longer-term forecast is still hazy.”

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Father Lopez coach streams workout videos to keep her students active

at home JARLEENE ALMENAS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

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ow do you coach students with distance learning in place?

That’s a question Father Lopez High School PE teacher Larissa Maloney asked herself as soon as schools closed due to the pandemic. At first, she thought she could set a weekday curriculum where students ran a mile one day, worked on abs and arms the next, and so forth.

But how boring, Maloney thought. That wasn’t the way she held classes at school.

“I do everything with them,” Maloney said. “They’re used to me motivating them, and I just thought having them do a couple things a day isn’t me, and I know my students, and they wouldn’t enjoy that, and they wouldn’t expect that from me, either.”

The solution? The Father Lopez coach decided to livestream 30-minute workouts at 9 a.m.

Monday to Friday.

Maloney grew up in Ormond Beach. She’s a Seabreeze High

School alumna, and while in school, she played basketball, volleyball and ran track. After graduating, she attended Lynn University on a full volleyball scholarship before going on to play professionally.

She never thought her 15-year athletic journey would lead her to YouTube. What started out as a workout for her students has since snowballed. Her first live workout was streamed on March 30, and since then, has accumulated over 7,000 views. Maloney only has about 70 students.

“I was like, ‘This is wild,’” Maloney said.

Back in March, she had a fellow PE coach from a local high school reach out and ask what Maloney was going to do for her distance learning classes. When Maloney told her about the livestreams, the teacher asked if she could use them, too.

That got Maloney wondering if there were other coaches who were struggling to figure out how to structure their online classes.

She posted her new classroom model — which included having students create a reflection entry after the workout — on a PE

teacher’s forum, and the response was immediate.

Maloney has now gotten messages from people all over the world, including people in Africa, England, Australia and other parts of the U.S. Some of the messages detail that they’re a fan of her workouts, and that Maloney has helped them create an at-home routine that has brought their

families closer.

“They’re the most amazing messages that I’ve received,” Maloney said.

As a mom of two children, Maloney knows that online work can be draining. Some of her students have said that exercising in the morning helps them to focus on their work for the rest of the day. Others, Maloney said, use her workouts as an activity to do while on break.

Despite having grown her YouTube channel to 1,540 subscribers, she hasn’t lost sight of why she started streaming the workouts.

It’s in her channel’s name: Active Kids 2.0.

“I’m extremely proud of my students in how they’ve responded to such challenging circumstances,” Maloney said. “Everything that I’ve thrown at them and everything the other teachers have thrown at them, they’ve kind of taken it onboard and they really ran with it.”

“I’m extremely proud of my students in how they’ve responded to such challenging circumstances.”

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Father Lopez Coach Larissa Maloney’s Active Kids 2.0 YouTube channel has 1,540 subscribers.

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ow is COVID-19 affecting people’s mental health?

What are some things you can do if you’re feeling overwhelmed, or just want to make sure you’re staying mentally healthy as well as physically healthy?

Nicole Sharbono, a licensed mental health counselor and vice president of Volusia County Services for SMA Healthcare, shared her thoughts.

What are some of the mental health concerns associated with a situation like this?

It’s not unusual to see increased levels of anxiety, or new symptoms of anxiety for people who have never experienced it before.

Depression, feeling helpless, hopeless — things like that.

And for people who have a more serious mental illness, during a stressful period like this, it wouldn’t be unusual for those symptoms to be exacerbated.

What are some of the concerns you’re seeing in clients at SMA?

We’ve seen a pretty significant increase in clients who are unemployed. The stress of having to homeschool children — that is a scenario that many parents don’t feel prepared for. ... And then on top of that is the parents who are helping their children understand this time frame, as well. Children process things very differently and react to things differently than adults do, so that has come up in many

conversations.

And, increased substance use.

I see memes or jokes out there about how the liquor stores are essential businesses, but for some people, it’s a very serious concern, and their previous history of substance use has increased or they have started to develop some pretty unhealthy coping habits.

I think it’s also important to note, when you talk about the loss of jobs, it’s not just a financial loss for a lot of people.

There is a huge loss in that person’s sense of purpose, which of course is something that through therapy we would work to help somebody with.

To what extent do you think just the sense of being cooped up is a big factor?

We know that in general, human beings are very social creatures. ... When you’re having a bad day, and you might normally be able to reach out and hug somebody and it makes you feel better, you

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don’t have that right now — or at least, not in the way that perhaps somebody once did.

So for some people that thrive off of that interaction or physical touch of another person, this can really exacerbate those feelings of loneliness and sadness.

What should people do if they’re really feeling out of sorts? Can you recommend any self-care tips?

Limit some of the news that you’re taking in. It’s hard to do at this time, because people want to be informed, but at the same time it can really lead to people feeling like things are perhaps much worse than they are.

And maintaining healthy eating and sleeping patterns is really important right now.

Again, that’s hard to do ... but the more you can create that sense of normalcy for your body, the better you will feel.

I think it holds true with exercise as well. Just getting out walking or biking in my neighborhood ... although I don’t get that full human interaction, sometimes being able to wave

hello, or a brief interaction with someone as you’re passing them on your bike, makes a little bit of a difference to brighten your day.

And then of course, taking advantage of the technology. ...

We’re able to connect virtually in ways we never have been able to.

Also, reaching out to support somebody else. Which sounds kind of contradictory, because if I’m struggling, how am I going to reach out to help somebody else?

But sometimes when you’re going out of your way to reach out to another person, you’re surprised at how uplifting that can be for yourself. And we’ve seen that a lot when people are being responsive to and supporting the health care workers and first responders, or even just checking in on a neighbor — things like that.

And I would always recommend reaching out to a professional... just to get that additional support.

Are there other coping mechanisms for people who maybe aren’t so isolated but might still be feeling stressed?

Some of the traditional things that we would do, especially

for somebody who has anxiety, would be deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation.

And journaling is a great way to process what you’re thinking and feeling.

Can you speak a little bit about how SMA is adjusting to the new requirements of social distancing?

We have gone virtual through the use of tele-health in nearly all of our outpatient programs. We offer medication management through tele-health as well. For people who don’t have access to the technology, we at all of our sites have instituted the screenings that are recommended by the CDC. We have made available telehealth on-demand through our Access Center and crisis response team. If someone is struggling, even if they’ve never been a client of SMA’s before, they can call our 1-800 number and be linked with a therapist.

Even if it’s a one-time only, “I just need to get this off my chest because I’m not in a good place right now,” or something a little bit more long term. It’s 1-800539-4228.

Do you imagine that this might change how mental health care is delivered going forward?

Yes, I would imagine so. For some people it’s a very convenient way of receiving the care that they get from us. So now that we’ve expanded it so much so quickly, we’ll be able to continue that for the people who want it. There are other people who really prefer that face-toface interaction, so of course we’ll make sure that that is still available for them.

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CELEBRATING small victories Mainland High School athletic training program wins PR contest

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Superheroes of the athletic field.

That was the theme Mainland High School’s athletic training program captured in a TikTok video for the annual National Athletic Training Month PR Contest by the Athletic Trainer’s Association of Florida. The program came in first place for its division, as well as was named the overall winner, earning the students $200 for

more classroom equipments and T-shirts.

It’s a small victory, but in a time where these students can’t celebrate their win in their classroom, the program’s athletic trainers hope it cheers the students up.

“There still is good things happening,” said Ashley Simpson, MHS assistant athletic trainer.

“We just have to find the good in the world and keep trying to make the best out of a bad situation.”

The video shows students caring for a hurt football player on the school’s field. This was based on the contest’s prompt, “How athletic trainers impact health care through action.”

Program president and MHS senior Liz Hernandez said she and her peers like the TikTok app and decided to use it to display their passion for their program.

The word “superhero” came to mind because athletic trainers are the first ones on the field when a player gets hurt.

Hernandez said they put their

hearts in it.

“We never thought we were going to win, and in such a bad situations, it just felt good to hear,” she said.

Head Athletic Trainer and MHS Teacher of the Year Kallie Walker said it shows that, even though many of their National Athletic Training Month activities were canceled due to the pandemic, there is still hope and a chance for normalcy — it just might look a little different. She said perhaps they can throw a banquet celebrating the students at the beginning of the upcoming school year, rather than the end of the current one.

“It’s just kind of nice to let them have something to celebrate and look forward to, and show off, even though we don’t have school anymore,” Walker said.

Both Walker and Simpson are MHS alumnae and graduates of the school’s athletic training program. They’re keeping the legacy, Walker said.

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Joyce and Ed Chmel rode together in the parade. Joyce’s father, David Knight, is a 97-year-old veteran. He was a World War II naval aviator.

Palm Coast memory care facility throws parade for residents living with dementia.

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ynne Churchin dropped off Easter candy for her mother, Ginny Reisinger, a few weeks ago at Market Street Memory Care of Palm Coast. According to staff, Reisinger ate the candy while riding around the facility in her wheelchair. But Churchin wasn’t able to see her mother enjoy the candy herself. In fact, they haven’t seen each other in six weeks, due to the restrictions in response to COVID-19.

“It’s been horrible,” Churchin said about the forced separation.

“I haven’t seen my mom since March 13. They’re giving her wonderful care, but I wish I could talk to her.”

For the first time since COVID-19 shut down visiting hours at all assisted living facilities, family members got to see their loved ones in a Honks for Hugs parade April 24, in the parking lot of Market Street, 2 Corporate Drive. Deputies from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, as well as vehicles from the Palm Coast Fire Department, joined in the parade, as did many family members, some of whom held up signs as they honked and waved.

Churchin wore a patriotic face covering and waved an American flag on her bicycle for the parade.

“I think it’s great,” she said.

Another resident, Mary Johnson, waved to one car and said, “Hey, that’s my daughter!”

Lori Newsone said from her car, “My dad is here. It’s awesome. It made us cry.”

Community Relations Director Christine Singura McGrath helped organize the event at Market Street, where all residents have dementia.

“This was a way to have a meaningful connection amid the COVID pandemic,” she said.

McGrath also praised staff members, all of whom are certified dementia practitioners. “Our mission is to care, to serve and to love,” she said.

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Deanna Nichols, director of nursing, assists a resident.

Market Street Memory Care, at 2 Corporate Drive, hosted a Honks for Hugs parade on April 24.

Above: Resident David Knight with Market Street Memory Care Director Jennifer Wilson. Knight, is a 97-year-old veteran; he was a World War II naval aviator.

Left: Edith Correll, with her daughter’s dog, Oliver. Correll’s daughter, Susan Tolda, visited for the parade.

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WORKING MAMAS

Confidence wavering? Mine too.

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I sound like a broken record these days.

“I just need a minute.” “Mommy’s on a call.” “Baby, turn that down.” “Please don’t sit directly in front of my computer.”

My patience is thin, and my confidence in my ability to parent is wavering.

A year ago, Megan Farrell and I came up with the idea of this column based on the fact that we were struggling as working moms. It’s hard. And that’s when my kids were in the care of others for eight hours a day.

Prior to this pandemic and our new normal, on Monday through Friday I could drop my kids off and head to work. Once I was at work I could turn on that side of me. The cool, confident one. The one with the hot pink lipstick, funny jokes and big smile.

Know this: For me, having that time to be me, to shine as a woman, as an employee, as a person, is directly related to me being a great mom. The second I could race out the door to pick them up, I would. I’d hug them and squeeze them and smile even bigger than I had at work.

And now … wow. Now I’m working and I’m mommying at the same time, and it’s complete and total chaos 99% of the time.

There’s a quote floating around the universe that says something like: “You were someone before you were their mom, and that person matters.”

Right now, it’s hard to see that person. In the moments when I can dedicate an hour or two in silence to working, I try to find her. I actually even put on the lipstick. Seriously.

So, to my fellow working moms, I say this: You are not alone. You are doing hard things, and you will get to the other side.

We are not “working from home.” We are working and we’re at home. We are cooking a million meals. We are cleaning and wrangling. We are managing, and we’re barely hanging on.

Take a deep breath and remember how forgiving children are. Even after yelling, even after my little one got a stern talking to last night, she woke up this morning and flew directly into my lap.

Remember that this situation is temporary. You will shine again.

Jaclyn Centofanti is a guest columnist for Flagler County Working Mamas.

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PHILIPPINE CLUB DONATES $3,000 The Philippine American Association of Palm Coast has donated $1,000 each to the AdventHealth Foundation, to the city of Palm Coast’s Mayor’s Feed Palm Coast Initiative, and to the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church.

“Our organization is small, but we tried to do our almost to help as we are part of this community,” PAAPC President Winda Almazan said in a news release.

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Researchers at the University of Florida’s Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, which sits on the border between Flagler and St. Johns counties, created their own hand sanitizers and surface sanitizers and shared them with the Council on Aging in St. Johns County recently.

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Ocean Hammock home: $800,000 EXECUTIVE EDITOR

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house in Ocean Hammock was the top residential sale for March 19-25 in Flagler County, according to the Multiple Listing Service. JMC Florida sold the home at 10 Cinnamon Beach Place to Tamara Kay Algard, of Brighton, Colorado, for $800,000. Built in 2007, the home has four bedrooms, four full bathrooms and two half-baths.

It has 3,873 square feet of living area, a pool, an elevator and a spa. It previously sold in 2008 for $940,000.

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MARCH 19-25

Cypress Knoll Seagate Homes LLC sold the home at 18 Ethel Lane to Ketan G. and Bina K. Patel, of Palm Coast, for $308,000. Built in 2020, the home has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 2,208 square feet.

Grand Haven Bernard and Mary Cook, of Palm Coast, sold the home at 24 Oasis Circle to Frank Wilson Jr. and Roberta Mary Clifton , of Palm Coast, for $320,000.

Built in 2005, the home has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and 2,172 square feet.

Grand Landings D.R. Horton Inc. sold the home at 79 Hummingbird Court to Daniel Ryan and Jessica LaVerne, of Palm Coast, for $250,990.

Built in 2019, the home has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,798 square feet.

Grand Reserve and Golf Club D.R. Horton Inc. sold the home at 130 Golf View Court to Charles and Nancy Lee Cangialosi, of Bunnell, for $220,000. Built in 2018, the home has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,714 square feet.

Indian Trails Malagisi Enterprise Inc. sold the home at 95 Bickford Drive to Robert W. and Elizabeth A. Both, of Palm Coast, for $280,000. Built in 2018, the home has 1,832 square feet.

Palm Circle to Susan Alexander , of Flagler Beach, for $335,000.

Built in 1969, the home has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,194 square feet. It previously sold in 2012 for $200,000.

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Lieu Thi Le and Thang Minh Le, of Palm Coast, sold the home at 216 Beechwood Lane to Colton Kolbeck and Cassidy L. Walton, of Palm Coast, for $146,500.

Built in 1984, the home has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,000 square feet. It previously sold in 2004 for $115,500.

Matanzas Woods Adams Home of Northwest Florida Inc. sold the home at 13 Lytton Lane to Rothea Chhay and Lina Maria Chhay, of Palm Coast, for $259,389. Built in 2019, the home has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2,117 square feet of living area.

Palm Harbor John J. and Loretta F. Rispoli, individually and as trustees,

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Richard Herman Jr., James Scott Herman, Donna Herman Ledogar, Kennedy Odell and Jade Odell, of Palm Coast, sold the home at 27 Firtree Lane to William Goodwin II and Emmylou Condon Westberry, of Palm Coast, for $210,000. Built in 1991, the home has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 2,152 square feet.

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AYM Holdings LLC sold the home at 18 Whitcock Lane to Andrew R. and Ashley N. Rowe, of Palm Coast, for $252,000.

Built in 2019, the home has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,870 square feet.

Sea Colony William and Chriso Yerolemou, individually and as trustees, sold the home at 21 Nantucket Drive, to Randall K. and Anna M. Bushey, of Newberry, for $244,500. Built in 1987, the home has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,301 square feet. It previously sold in 1987 for $112,300.

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