PALM COAST
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 11, NO. 9
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Boy plants orange Skittles, gets results PAGE 2
FREE • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2020
County OKs heat wave, 4-1 ‘Proactive’ vote agrees August will be hot. Dissenting official prefers more moderate temps. PAGE 2
Dentist and boat captain launch ‘Tooth Tourism’ business
Man installs pizza oven in basement The first task was building a basement in Florida. Here’s how you can, too. PAGE 2
Get a root canal while on a Palm Coast canal MO “LARS” WAVERLY BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT
Capitalizing on the medical tourism trend, a local dentist is joining forces with a fishing boat captain to create an unsinkable business: Tooth Tourism. “When you get a root canal, you’re often wishing you were somewhere else,” said Phil Eng, who has been a dentist for 11 months. “Now, you can be. But you’re still getting the root canal.” “We have a comfy bed set up, and all the equipment is sterilized,” added Peter Angler. “You can’t really smell the fish much.” SEE GOTCHA PAGE 2
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“It’s a surprise for my wife’s birthday.”
BANANA CHAMP
PAT McBACK, former Husband of the Year, 2008
Local monkey stuffs 14 bananas into mouth at once. PAGE 2
BABY YODA
Baby Yoda has bought a second home, and it’s right here in Hammock Beach. PAGE 2
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City to build $3 million ski jump park PAGE 2
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Mom of three children records two minutes of silence in her home for the first time in a year. PAGE 2
SOLAR WIN
Woman invents solar powered sunglasses. PAGE 2
Cat wins human beauty pageant
INDEX
Asparagus............. PAGE 2 Dad jokes.............. PAGE 2 Gambling tips....... PAGE 2 The future............. PAGE 2
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