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Experts speak out on school health In online forum, experts urge masking, community vaccination to protect school students PAGE 5

Stop the spread?

Can Palm Coast change regulations to limit residential development? Not easily ... PAGE 4 INSIDE DEPUTY LOST

GoFundMe set up to help family of Luciano, a deputy who died of COVID-19 PAGE 8

DRUGS’ TOLL

Carla Cline has been collecting gift cards from kind souls in the community, and she’s looking for more.

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Thanking our heroes International Overdose Awareness Day PAGE 12

Carla Cline delivers 450 gift cards to AdventHealth workers PAGE 3

TEACHER BOOST School Board approves $1,000 disaster relief payments for 876 employees PAGE 10

Next step up the ladder

PARKING RULES

Does Palm Coast’s ban on commercial vehicles in driveways make it an outlier?

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THANKS, VETS!

A weekly Standing O for Flagler County veterans PAGE 6

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FCSO’s attorney is out PAGE 8

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Dylan Tontorno was hired by Flagler County in April 2018. He became a paramedic in January 2019.

Of 13 applicants, three were promoted to the rank of lieutenant in Flagler County Fire Rescue, after distinguishing themselves within their former roles: Jake Gonzalez, Jon Moscowitz and Dylan Pontorno.

“These are very deserving men,” said Fire Rescue Chief Mike Tucker. “It takes a lot of dedication to our profession to make it through the rigorous educational program and training.”

See the story and photos at www.palmcoastobserver.com.

INSIDE

Top cop Cpl. Agustin Rodriguez, Flagler County’s Deputy of the Year was lead investigator on 40 cases in the major case unit, most leading to arrests.

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People at high risk for COVID-19 complications should seek monoclonal antibody therapy immediately if they test positive, according to the health department.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Monoclonal antibody therapy for COVID-19 is free and increasingly available — with a new site opening last week in Ormond Beach — and people with COVID-19 who are in the high-risk category should use it, according to the health department.

“Anybody who is high risk for complications from COVID, who gets tested positive, should get those as soon as they can — even if they’re vaccinated,” Florida Department of Health Medical Director Dr. Stephen Bickel said on Flagler Broadcasting’s “Free For All Friday” on Aug. 27.

“It’s been shown to cut hospitalizations down by 75%, which is huge.”

For people who’ve tested positive, he said, the sooner they can begin monoclonal antibody therapy, the better.

“It’s that race against time: You get them the first day you get diagnosed, you’ve got a head start on it,” he said.

Bickel said that monoclonal antibodies work by speeding the body’s response to the virus. The process used to require IV infusions, he said, but can now be done with a set of shots.

Layered precautions — vaccination, masks, and then, for people who test positive and are high-risk, monoclonal antibody therapy — offer the best protection, Bickel added.

County Commissioner Joe Mullins credited monoclonal antibody therapy with his rapid

JUDGE RULES AGAINST DESANTIS ON MASK MANDATES Ruling that Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his constitutional authority, a Leon County circuit judge on Friday sided with a group of parents in a high-profile lawsuit challenging DeSantis’ July 30 executive order that sought to bar school districts from requiring students to wear masks.

The ruling came as coronavirus cases are increasing in schools across the state, prompting student quarantines by the thousands in some districts. Ten districts have defied the governor’s order, enacting mask mandates with exceptions only for medical reasons.

Circuit Judge John Cooper issued an injunction barring the state Department of Education, Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran and the State Board of Education from enforcing DeSantis’ order.

DeSantis on Thursday promised to appeal if Cooper ruled against the state. But Friday’s decision marked a legal setback in the governor’s efforts to prevent mask requirements as COVID-19 cases surge because of the delta variant.

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recovery from COVID-19 last week: The therapy involved one shot in each arm and two in the stomach, then an hours’ wait at the treatment center to ensure he was OK, he said on the radio program.

“Four hours later, I was not feeling the symptoms,” he said.

“The next day, I did a home test; I tested negative for COVID.” He continued testing negative for the next two days. “I am COVIDfree,” he said.

High-risk people who have been exposed to someone with the virus can also take monoclonal antibody therapy preventatively to decrease the likelihood of catching COVID-19: The treatment has been shown to decrease patients’ odds of infection by more than 80%, according to the Florida Department of Health.

In addition to the monoclonal antibody therapy center in Ormond Beach, others are available in Jacksonville, High Springs and Orlando, among other Florida cities.

See a full list of sites, and instructions for setting an appointment, on the Department of Health’s website, at: https://floridahealthcovid19. gov/m o n o c l o n a l - a n t i b o dytherapy/.

LOCAL SURGE HINDERS CONTACT-TRACING EFFORTS

Flagler County recorded 936 positive COVID-19 cases last week, up from a previous weekly high of 731.

“We ... have five lines right now across our parking lot of people waiting [for testing] — that’s probably well over 100 cars waiting right now,” Florida Department of Health-Flagler Communications Manager Gretchen Smith said on the radio program.

“This is not a good week for Flagler County.”

The health department is shortstaffed, she said, making contacttracing difficult. In the last couple of weeks, since schools reopened, about 400 children have tested positive, requiring DOH staff to reach out to about 1,600 of those students’ close contacts.

“If your child is a close contact of someone who tested positive, please be patient: Our contact tracers are working ridiculous hours trying to keep up with the demand for testing,” Smith said.

At the testing site, she said, “Bring something to read or keep entertained, because the lines are long and you’re going to have to wait.”

Although the number of positive cases is higher than it was last week, the positivity rate has decreased, from about 25% to about 20%, Smith said.

The vaccination rate has also started rising — the county’s overall vaccination rate had plateaued at around 60% for several weeks, and has now risen to 66%, Smith said — but it’s still not as high as it should be.

While there are long lines for testing, there are not long lines for the free COVID-19 vaccinations offered through the health department.

Smith said she’d been talking to a local doctor at the hospital the other day, and had asked him what the hardest part of his job was.

“And he said, ‘Talking to people, talking to parents, seeing their kid on a vent, seeing their kid on an ECMO, and saying, ‘Gosh, I wish I had opted to get them vaccinated.’”

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HALFWAY Carla Cline delivers 450 gift cards to AdventHealth workers, nearly halfway to the goal of 1,000.

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BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

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arla Cline’s goal was to turn the negative energy surrounding the pandemic into something positive, and according to leaders at AdventHealth Palm Coast, it worked.

Exhausted, overwhelmed staff at the hospital gathered outside the Emergency Department on Aug. 30 for a prayer and a handoff: Cline delivered 450 $20 gift cards, purchased from local restaurants, along with thank you cards. The effort will continue until 1,000 cards are collected.

“It’s a blessing for us when our staff is appreciated,” said Ron Jimenez, hospital CEO. “Lately it becomes difficult just because they’ve seen so many folks critically ill and passing away, and that makes it very difficult for health care providers, when it doesn't seem like there’s an end to it.”

When a patient is in the hospital for many days, the nurses get to know them well.

“They almost become like a part of the family,” Jimenez said.

“The passing of patient can be very tough on staff. If you’re having multiple of those in a short period of time, it can be very difficult.”

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Carla Cline, the owner of Flagler Surf Art and Stuff and the website www.flaglersurf.com, said she has since heard of other people taking up the same idea for health care workers in Orlando, Brandon and Palatka.

ADVENTHEALTH RESUMES LIMITED, URGENT OUTPATIENT PROCEDURES Effective Sept. 1, facilities in AdventHealth’s Central Florida division will improve from “Black” to “Red Status.” While AdventHealth is still treating a significant number of COVID-19 patients, admissions continue to slow, leading to an improved outlook. Under Red Status:  New surgical procedures are reduced to maximize efficiency;  Only outpatient procedures with a same-day discharges are scheduled;  Non-time-sensitive elective surgeries are deferred;  Non-time-sensitive or non-emergent procedures must be approved by chief medical officer;  Outpatient surgery sites and pediatric surgeries continue as normal.

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The effort will continue until the goal of 1,000 is reached.

To donate, buy a $20 gift card for a Flagler County restaurant, write a nice note inside, and drop it off at one of the locations below during their normal business hours, or contact organizer Carla Cline on Facebook Messenger or email flaglersurf.com@gmail.com.

DROP-OFF LOCATIONS:  Flagler Surf Art and Stuff, 211 S. Third St., Flagler Beach  Wild Birds Unlimited, 150 Palm Coast Parkway NE, Palm Coast  Intracoastal Bank, 1290 Palm Coast Parkway NW, Palm Coast  Flagler Auditorium, 5500 State Road 100, Palm Coast

Wally De Aquino, chief operating officer for the hospital, was impressed with the large number of gift cards.

“It means the community cares,” he said.

Staff emotions are close to the surface. De Aquino said that a week ago a church group came to sing to the staff, and nurses “started crying because they were going through so much.”

LOCALS WAVE, HONK IN DRIVE-BY PROCESSION TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR ADVENTHEALTH STAFF JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Locals honked and waved, and deputies in cruisers activated their lights, as community members circled AdventHealth Palm Coast in a health care appreciation drive-by event on Aug. 27.

The Rotary Club of Flagler Beach organized the event in partnership with the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office and the hospital, and held the drive-by parade at two times — noon and 8 p.m. — as health care staff waved back from the front of the hospital.

Health care workers at the event said they appreciate the gesture, and urge community members to mask up and get vaccinated.

“It’s definitely reinforcing to all of our hard work,

AdventHealth staff leaders gathered for a prayer of gratitude before the cards were distributed.

Photos by Jonathan Simmons

Dr. Tapash Roy, Karen Grant, Renae Vaughn and Dr. Nevine Hanna

and ... nice to see their support of our tireless efforts to protect the community,” said Nevine Hanna, a radiation oncologist.

Dr. Tapash Roy said it’s important for the community to understand the scale of the pandemic.

Science is as applicable here as it is for the law of gravity, he said. “What the CDC is saying is the truth,”

he said.

The hospital, due to an influx of COVID-19 patients, has been operating at “black status,” and is deferring any hospitalbased out patient procedures that would require an overnight stay.

With local hospital beds limited, AdventHealth’s sister hospitals have taken some Flagler County patients.

As of Aug. 30, there were 77 patients being treated with COVID-19 at AdventHealth Palm Coast, which advertises a capacity of 99 beds but can convert space to accommodate more. Five people died at the hospital over the weekend, bringing the total of Flagler deaths to 164.

The Emergency Department typically has a staff of 30-40, but some have had to quarantine periodically. Being short-staffed at a time of high hospitalizations has led many staff members to work 60 hours per week, according to Mary Radcliff, director of emergency services for the past six years.

“They feel very overwhelmed some days,” she said. “You have all of your rooms full, and patients are in the hallways, and the nurses are wanting to do the best they can for every patient that comes

in, and a lot of times, there’s three times the patients there is staff to take care of them. But they still do what they have to do without hesitation.”

Cline, the owner of Flagler Surf Art and Stuff and the website www.flaglersurf.com, said she has since heard of other people taking up the same idea for health care workers in Orlando, Brandon and Palatka. Many nurses have told her that the gift cards are “a bright spot.”

“This was a hope to wash over things for a moment with something good, instead of complaining and arguing and sadness,” she said. “There is so much negative going on, and you can’t really battle that with negative. It doesn’t work.”

— Jonathan Simmons contributed to this report.

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Can city limit development? Not easily

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

BY THE NUMBERS

224,000

The 1974 Palm Coast Comprehensive Land Use Plan’s prediction for the number of people who would live in Palm Coast by 2020

89,400

The approximate number of Palm Coast residents in 2020

47%

The share of residential development Palm Coast’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan expected to be dedicated to singlefamily and duplex homes (rather than multifamily)

91%

The current share of Palm Coast’s residential development that is singlefamily or duplex Email News Editor Jonathan Simmons jonathan@ palmcoastobserver.com.

Palm Coast’s vice mayor, Eddie Branquinho, worries about overdevelopment.

“Due to the fact that we have so many projects coming in — multifamily homes — we should look into the Future Land Use [Map],” he said at an Aug. 17 meeting after voting against a proposed multifamily development called the Tribute, on Old Kings Road. “The way we’re going, one of these days we’re not going to have the infrastructure and the quality of life [will] not exist.”

The council split 2-2 on the proposed development and will revisit it at a future meeting in the hope that its fifth councilman, Ed Danko, will be back from a COVID-19 quarantine to break the tie.

But Branquinho is not alone in his concern that Palm Coast is becoming overdeveloped: Local news stories about new residential developments consistently prompt comments from readers who feel the city is gaining too much concrete and losing too much greenery.

Toward the end of the Aug. 17 meeting, Branquinho suggested that the city review its Future Land Use Map, or FLUM, in order to limit further residential development.

But can the city do that? And what was Palm Coast originally intended to look like when ITT planned it decades ago?

The answer to the first question is a very qualified yes: Palm Coast’s City

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The smoke testing began Aug. 30 and will continue through Sept. 3, and involves forcing smoke into the lines to check for defects.

The odorless smoke will only enter homes or businesses if the plumbing is defective or if sink traps or floor drains are dried up, and only for about 15 minutes. Residents should pour two gallons of water down seldom-used sinks and floor drains and leave the building and notify city utility crews if smoke enters the home while they’re there.

The city will hang a tag on affected homes’ front doors.

People with a heart condition, asthma, emphysema or other respiratory conditions who are planning to stay inside during the testing should notify the city at 386-986-2371. People with respiratory conditions who’d like to be notified before city crews reach their street can also call 386-986-2371. For more, visit www.palmcoastgov. com/smoketest or call 386986-2360.

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Readers often plead with officials to preserve natural areas.

Council could take some steps to limit development, in particular areas, by altering its Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code.

But doing so could potentially place the city at odds with state law and at risk of getting sued by property owners, so amendments would have to be designed to avoid such pitfalls.

The city, said Jason DeLorenzo, the city’s development chief development officer, must comply with Florida Statutes chapter 185, which requires that local governments’ comprehensive plans include affordable housing policies and policies “which encourage housing opportunities for all Florida’s citizens.”

“Florida has a broader interpretation of private property rights than the ‘taking’ clause in the U.S. Constitution,” DeLorenzo said.

“The 1995 Bert Harris Act requires local governments to compensate land owners when limiting their entitled

development potential.

Changes to zoning without the owner’s consent could lead to a Bert Harris claim.”

Residents who oppose new development often say that Palm Coast was intended to stay small.

But Palm Coast’s 1974 Comprehensive Land Use Plan had anticipated a larger city population by 2020 than the city currently has, predicting 224,000 residents by 2020. The city had approximately 89,400 residents in 2020, according to data from the University of Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research, The Comprehensive Land Use Plan had described platted single-family homes and duplexes as making up 47% of the city’s housing, with the remaining 53% consisting of multifamily.

Currently, the city’s residential development is 91% single-family/duplex, and 9% multifamily.

The council is scheduled to revisit the Tribute vote at a meeting on Sept. 7.

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Experts urge masking, community vaccination to protect children One doctor urged the district to reconsider remote learning and a temporary mask requirement.

“Let’s all put aside our personal and our political beliefs and put the group first that we’re here for, which is our children.”

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

This fourth local surge of COVID-19, health department Health Officer Bob Snyder said in a livestreamed forum Aug. 31, isn’t like the three that came before it.

He gave some numbers: In early July, the county had 60 positive COVID-19 cases. Last Friday, it had 936. Two months ago, it had nine COVID-19 related hospitalizations at AdventHealth Palm Coast. Now, it has 77. Five patients died over the weekend.

Of the 77 hospitalized now, 64 were unvaccinated — “People whose hospitalizations and cases all could have been prevented,” Snyder said.

Much of that transmission has been linked to the return of inperson learning at local schools: From July 2 to July 13, Flagler had five pediatric cases. From July 22 to Aug. 31, it had 120.

To protect children — especially those under 12, who can’t be vaccinated — community members should get a vaccine and wear a mask in crowded places where social distancing is not possible, Snyder said.

“Masks are 80% effective ... in stopping the transmission of the virus,” he said. “The data is quite

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Participants speak in the Aug. 31 forum organized by Colleen Conklin.

clear that, yes, wearing a mask is important — such an unobtrusive, less-costly mitigation strategy.”

Snyder had joined local doctors Dr. Paul Mucciolo and Dr. Anthony Tucker, Florida Department of Health Executive Community Health Nursing Director Mark Linde, Flagler Schools Safety Specialist David Bossardet and Flagler County School Board Vice Chairwoman Colleen Conklin for a live-streamed forum about COVID-19 protocols and best practices for limiting the spread of the virus in schools.

The School Board voted 3-2 against a proposed school mask requirement in a recent meeting marred by audience outbursts.

Conklin and board member Cheryl Massaro were the two who supported a mandate.

The state has banned school mask mandates, but that ban has been defied by some districts — including several of Florida’s largest, in South Florida — that have imposed them anyway. That conflict is working through the legal system.

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Mucciolo had been her opponent in the latest School Board election. But he joined her in emphasizing the importance of masking and vaccination.

As a parent, he said, he’d like to see “a re-exploration of a remote learning option and a temporary mask mandate” at the school district.

“Let’s all put aside our personal and our political beliefs and put the group first that we’re here for, which is our children,” he said.

He noted that AdventHealth Palm Coast has been at capacity for weeks. “The last time I was in a hospital that was at capacity was when we had the forest fires and we had to evacuate the nursing homes,” he said. “This is highly unusual, and a tremendous strain on the system.”

The best way to prevent COIVD-19, he said, “is to keep yourself healthy, but also to get your shot, wear your mask … stay away from people.”

PAUL MUCCIOLO, local doctor, urging a reconsideration of remote learning and a temporary school mask requirement

Tucker warned of a wave of resignations and early retirements among health care workers, saying he’d considered it himself.

“The stress of seeing a positive COVID patient who has high viral load in an intensive care unit is intense, and I’m not prepared to leave my children because of that,” he said.

He pushed back on social media misinformation that deems masks useless because the virus is smaller than the gaps between the masks’ fibers.

“Yes, the viral particles can go straight through — that’s 100% accurate — however, the viral particles are not floating free in the air, they’re floating in your respiratory droplets, and the droplets are larger,” he said.

It’s those droplets that masks are designed to catch. He compared masks to seatbelts: Not 100%, but much better than nothing.

He also addressed concerns about supposed dangers from vaccines: Yes, it’s possible for

people to have reactions, but serious ones are rare, he said.

He pointed out that there are 77 patients in the hospital now from COVID-19. Then he asked Snyder how many are hospitalized from the vaccine.

“Nobody,” Snyder said.

“Exactly,” Tucker replied.

Without the ability to require masks, the school district has relied on disinfection and attempts to promote social distancing to reduce the spread of the virus.

The district is improving schools’ HVAC systems so that there’s greater air flow and more air changes per day in school buildings, and using machines to disinfect classrooms and hightouch areas, Bossardet said.

Contaminated surfaces are a particular risk for young children, who are more likely than adults to touch their faces and stick their fingers in their mouths, Mucciolo noted.

Conklin noted that vaccinations and mask requirements have been used by the U.S. military, health care industry, airlines, and legislative bodies to protect people from COVID-19, while, meanwhile, parents are demanding “choice and freedom” for their children.

“I would just ask you, if you’re a parent: Are you an epidemiologist? Are you a physician?”

Conklin said. “I’m not. I’m a parent, but I’m not an expert in those areas. I’m going to rely on folks like those who joined us on our panel tonight, and those making decisions for the greater good.”

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A weekly Standing O for Flagler County veterans Each of the 11,000 veterans deserve a standing ovation for their service and bravery.

BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

A few weeks ago, I went to a baseball game in Jacksonville with my son, and a moment still resonates. I hope we can recreate something like it each week in the Palm Coast Observer.

At the game, the announcer directed the crowd’s attention to the big screen behind the fence in left field. On the screen was a photo of a smiling man in uniform and an American flag. He was a military veteran who had served many years with honor.

The crowd’s response was immediate: enthusiastic applause. I looked down the third base line and saw the veteran standing and waving to the crowd. Then, the crowd rose to its feet, and we all applauded even more.

I thought about this veteran, imagining the danger he had been in over the years, the sacrifices his family made. It filled me with love for him, a stranger — as

well as for our country, which I believe is worth dying for.

I was happy that this veteran had a moment of recognition, and I imagine those feelings lingered with him; it’s not often in your life that you get a standing ovation from thousands of people.

We have more than 11,000 veterans living in Flagler County, and the Palm Coast Observer wants to recognize them individually as often as we can, hopefully making one per week feel appreciated like that veteran did at the baseball game.

RECOGNIZE A VETERAN

If you or someone you know would like to be considered as Your Veteran of the Week, please email the following information, as well as a photo or two, to news@palmcoastobserver.com:  First and last name:  Years of service:  Branch of military:  Rank/occupation:  Hometown:  Current city of residence:  If you’d like, please also share something you learned while serving in the military.

For an example, meet Joe Pepin, on the right.

Dear Editor: I’m of the opinion that masks should be required of the students and of all personnel in the school buildings and that there should be a requirement that the personnel in the school buildings be vaccinated.

The School Board has an obligation to see to it that the students get the best education possible. Also at the top of the School Board obligation is student safety. To me, in a pandemic situation, failure to take the necessary steps to protect the students from disease is akin to child endangerment.

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Joe Pepin is the current commander of Flagler County American Legion Post 115 and led Legion Posts in Connecticut previously.

For information about benefits available to veterans and other support organizations, visit https://www.flaglercounty.gov/ departments/veterans-services.

community with their reckless behavior. The COVID pandemic in Flagler County is out of control. AdventHealth is at capacity, and the emergency room is full because there are no beds available elsewhere in the hospital. Yet one sees indoor public places like supermarkets not enforcing mask policies.

That is selfish, ignorant behavior on the part of residents and places those who are most at risk in harm’s way.

It is time to defy self-serving politicians like Gov. Ron DeSantis and follow the science. Mask up!

HANK MANGELS Palm Coast

ED BLITZ Palm Coast

School Board opponents were vulgar and threatening

Follow science, not selfishness or selfserving politicians

Dear Editor: I am incredulous at the version of the recent School Board meeting one of your letter writers recently described. According to this writer, the crowd was not “hysterical.” No, they weren’t hysterical; they were loud, obnoxious, vulgar and threatening.

It was a debacle, and the board’s attorney called the police for the sake of everybody’s safety. The writer must have missed the name calling to those wearing masks. The video/audio of the meeting speaks for itself.

This reminds me of the com-

Dear Editor: There is no doubt in the medical community that social distancing and mask wearing affects the spread of COVID-19. Statistics prove conclusively that regions with mandates in place suffer fewer cases. The misinformation being spread on social media is not based on reality.

It is a mask, not a ball and chain. Those who defy science are endangering the entire

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ments of those who described the Jan. 6 attack on The Capitol as a peaceful visit by tourists.

EDITH CAMPINS Palm Coast

School Board fails to see that freedom has logical limits Dear Editor: What the School Board policy of optional mask-wearing is really conveying is that certain anti-mask parents can dictate the health and safety of others.

It is the antithesis of a very basic, easy-to-understand, and seemingly irrefutable axiom that no freedom is absolute and the right and freedom to choose to do something stops when the exercise of that choice threatens the health or safety of others.

It’s just that simple, and why the School Board members can’t grasp it is concerning and puts into serious question their qualifications as educators.

JILL BERGEN Palm Coast

Get vaccinated and stop building houses Dear Editor: What is going on in Palm Coast? COVID is on the rise, and we’re having a building boom.

Maybe everyone should get vaccinated. To heck with your civil right not to get the virus.

This is not about your rights.

Stop thinking of just you.

PALM COAST

BRIEFS Judge questions state of Florida over protest law

A federal judge tangled Monday, Aug. 30, with lawyers for the state over a controversial law — one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ top legislative priorities — that enhances penalties and creates new crimes in protests that turn violent.

The Dream Defenders, the Florida State Conference of the NAACP and other organizations allege in a lawsuit that the measure, approved by Republican legislators and signed by DeSantis this spring, is unconstitutionally vague, has a “chilling” effect on First Amendment rights and gives local police too much power.

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker held a hearing Monday to consider the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction to block local law enforcement officials from enforcing certain portions of the law.

Plaintiffs’ lawyers argue, in part, that the measure — known as HB 1 — puts peaceful protesters at risk of being arrested at rallies that turn violent, even if they don’t participate in wrongdoing.

“We’re dealing with a credible threat of enforcement of a vague and overbroad law, which has effectively paralyzed the core mission of these organizations for social impact that we represent,” Matthew Gaston, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, told Walker. “We’re not talking about some vague amorphous impact. The freedom to assemble and protest strike at the heart of what our plaintiffs’ work is.”

But Nicholas Meros, a deputy general counsel for DeSantis, said the plaintiffs “have shown no concrete evidence of such chilling” and thus lack “standing” to challenge the law.

Also, Meros argued that the plaintiffs waited too long to request a preliminary injunction in the lawsuit, which was filed on May 11, less than a month after DeSantis signed the bill into law.

The motion for a preliminary injunction was filed on July 14.

The law makes it a third-degree felony for anyone “found guilty of a riot, or inciting or encouraging a riot.” People arrested for violations of the anti-rioting provision must be held without bail until their first appearance before a judge.

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And to the city and county governments, what do you want to do, destroy our ecosystem, lose our ground and trees? We don’t need any more apartments or houses. It’s all about getting more property taxes.

And no marina on A1A. We’ll vote all of you out of office.

BARBARA ROYERE Palm Coast

How dare she belittle Black Lives Matter?

Dear Editor: I never thought I’d see the day that I would come to the defense of a lawyer; Shakespeare said, “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” I wouldn’t go quite that far, but ...

The News-Journal’s inquiries recently caused the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office’s lawyer to be fired; well, she actually

Observer “If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.”

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resigned, but it was more than likely under duress because her boss thought it was the politically correct thing to do.

The N-J points out that the lawyer is “white” and she disparaged, showed disrespect for and belittled that paragon of virtue, the Black Lives Matter movement! This is her major sin; they dug up other things she said which is or was legal in a free speech society, but the law has changed; say what you want to about a “honky,” but people of color are a protected class, so tread carefully, you white bigot, lest you lose your job.

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GoFundMe set up for family of FCSO’s general counsel resigns deputy who died of COVID-19 after questions about podcast In a hospital call with Sheriff Rick Staly, Deputy Paul Luciano had said he would ‘keep fighting,’ but it was ‘in God’s hands.’

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The Flagler Sheriff’s Employee Assistance Trust has established a GoFundMe account to support Detention Deputy Paul Luciano’s family in his line-of-duty death from complications of COVID-19.

Donations may be made by going to: https://gofund.me/a3a20584.

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Deputy Paul Luciano is survived by his wife of 43 years, Carrie; his father, a Korean War veteran; two sons; and a daughter.

deputy sheriff to die in the line of duty in the history of the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. He had been hospitalized while battling COVID-19, which he likely contracted while serving in the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility. In a recent hospital call with Sheriff Rick Staly, Luciano said he would “keep fighting,” but it was “in God’s hands.”

After weeks of fighting, Luciano lost his battle with COVID-19.

Luciano started his career in 1996 with the Bunnell Police Department before joining the Volusia County Department of Corrections, where he retired in 2017 as a lieutenant. He returned to the correctional field in November 2019, joining the FCSO as a detention deputy. He quickly became a mentor to younger deputy sheriffs and inmates and was known as “Looch.”

“The community and agencies around the country have been asking how they could help the family, so I asked FSEAT to set up a GoFundMe account,” Staly said. “He has a son in Hawaii that needs to get home and there are other unexpected expenses, so I am asking the community to help and support our fallen hero.”

Luciano is survived by his wife of 43 years, Carrie; his father, a Korean War veteran; two sons; and a daughter.

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In addition, due to the passing of Luciano, the Domestic Violence Summit scheduled for Sept.

8 will be postponed.

Theresa Pontieri posted videos critical of the Black Lives Matter movement.

BRIEFS Remembering 9-11: Flagler Tiger Bay hosts Michael Fisher

“The statements and choice of words in her online commentary do not represent or reflect Sheriff Staly’s proven values.”

JONATHAN SIMMONS

Former chief of the U.S. Border Patrol Michael Fisher will be the guest speaker for the Flagler Tiger Bay Club’s 9/11 Anniversary Public Program, 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, at the Flagler Auditorium, 5500 State Road 100.

Fisher was the longest serving chief of the U.S. Border Patrol.

He will discuss 9/11, the initiation of the war on terrorism and the formation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Students and retired first responders are especially encouraged to attend.

Free and open to public, with seating for the first 500 guests.

Email FlaglerTigerBay@gmail. com or call 386-222-1533.

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The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office’s general counsel resigned Aug. 24 after the Daytona Beach News-Journal asked questions about a podcast-style video series she’d posted in which she criticized the Black Lives Matter movement.

The general counsel, Theresa Pontieri, is white. She had posted the videos on a social media video-sharing platform called Rumble, and they have since been removed. (Read News-Journal reporter Frank Fernandez’s story at https://bit.ly/3DE7v7W.) Pontieri had worked for the Sheriff’s Office for less than two months: She’d started on July 6, FCSO Chief of Staff Mark Strobridge said.

“The statements and choice of words in her online commentary do not represent or reflect Sheriff Staly’s proven values,” Strobridge said in an emailed statement. “A private, members only podcast, which was made in April 2021 before she was employed with the Flagler County Sher-

MARK STROBRIDGE, FCSO chief of staff

iff’s Office, was brought to our attention on August 23, 2021, and was not disclosed or found in the hiring process. The comments were divisive and controversial, resulting in the losing effectiveness as the Agency General Counsel. Because the tone and what was said creates a strained relationship with the community, Ms. Pontieri has elected to resign from her position and the resignation was accepted effective today.”

Pontieri’s resignation letter, addressed to Sheriff Rick Staly, stated: “I have greatly appreciated my time with the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office and I thank you immensely for the opportunity to serve our community. I want nothing but the very best for the agency and for Flagler County, and I pray for the safety and success of all staff as you continue to grow the Sheriff’s Office and protect our citizens.”

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Cpl. Agustin Rodriguez solved ‘true whodunit’ Flagler Deputy of the Year was lead investigator on 40 cases in the major case unit, most leading to arrests BRENT WORONOFF STAFF WRITER

L

ast year was a whirlwind for Cpl. Agustin Rodriguez.

Then, months into 2021, he found out he was named the 2020 Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Deputy of the Year.

“It was definitely an honor,” Rodriguez said. “But the word I’d use is surprising. It was such a crazy time — quarantine, being separated from your team for months, phases of not being really busy, then being extremely busy and not being able to interview suspects.”

Sheriff Rick Staly said Rodriguez was the lead investigator on 40 cases last year in the major case unit, most of them leading to arrests.

“Augie tends to think outside the box and is creative on how to work and solve cases,” Staly said.

The major case unit, which is part of the Investigative Services Division, deals with major crimes such as robberies, shootings and homicides. The unit has 11 detectives and two supervisors.

Rodriguez, who was promoted to a supervisor in January, considers the Deputy of the Year award a team honor.

“I received the award as an individual, but I certainly take it as a team award during such a challenging time,” he said.

UNEXPECTED SUSPECTS

Staly credited Rodriguez with the arrest of two suspects in an October 2019 murder. They are currently awaiting trial.

“It was a true whodunit type of case,” Staly said. “He was very tenacious. It took him to Virginia twice, Miami and Putnam County, working with agencies across the country, all the way to California, and the FBI.” Palm Coast resident Deon O’Neal Jenkins, 25, had been shot 15 times by a masked man with an AK-47, and another person was wounded in a car at the Kangaroo Express on the corner of Belle Terre and Palm Coast parkways.

“He was covered head to toe, completely concealed on camera,” Rodriguez said of the shooter.

Rodriguez aided the lead detective for months without much progress. During the lockdown last year, the case went cold before Rodriguez started working on it with his supervisor at the time, George Hristakopoulos, during a lull. Rodriguez was assigned as lead detective in May 2020.

“We had very little to go on,” he said. “Through a combination of technology, cell phones and good old-fashioned interviews and police work, we connected the dots.”

The murder suspect was not closely associated with the victim.

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arresting did not have any identifiable motive or means to kill the victim based on the evidence at the scene,” Rodriguez said. “His brother was good friends with the victim. An argument led to some threats being made.”

Rodriguez believes the suspect was under the influence, acting irrationally “and had this brand new AK-47 he wanted to try out.”

It took 15 months and 2,000 man-hours before Derrius Braxton Bauer was charged with firstdegree murder and attempted second-degree murder, and Marcus Avery Chamblin was charged with principal to first-degree murder and principal to attempted second-degree murder.

“The fact that we live in a county that doesn’t have a lot of violent crime and we have a sheriff who is gung-ho on getting the job done, we were able to put in the

hours and effort and energy to get a positive resolution for the family after such a terrible tragedy,” Rodriguez said.

‘MY DREAM AND MY FUTURE’

Rodriguez, 38, is married and has two children. He became a Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy in 2012 after working 2.5 years as a Bunnell police officer. He joined the special investigations unit in 2014 and the major case unit in 2019.

Becoming a law enforcement officer wasn’t on his radar until he was 25 or 26, he said.

“I tried the entrepreneurial route, but nothing worked,” he said. “My dad is a military veteran and he suggested law enforcement.”

Rodriguez graduated from the police academy at Daytona State College in 2009.

“Augie tends to think outside the box and is creative on how to work and solve cases.”

RICK STALY, Flagler County Sheriff

“I realized being a detective was likely my dream and my future as far as being a law enforcement officer,” he said.

Rodriguez was chosen as Deputy of the Year from among 12 Deputy of the Month winners.

He was also named Officer of the Year for Flagler County by Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida.

“What stands out about Cpl. Rodriguez is his dedication to solving major crimes and bringing justice to the victims,” Staly said.

TRIBUTES

Born April 30, 1928, in Ft Riley Kansas, to the late John and Bertha Stewart. Following her education in Boston Massachusetts, Mrs. Locke worked for the Kelley-Ket XRAY Company. This is where she met her husband, Donald H. Locke.

Following their marriage November 4, 1950, they made multiple moves within Massachusetts before relocating to Southbury, Connecticut in 1961. It was here that Mrs. Locke held the position of Town Clerk.

She also ran an in-home marketing department for the Dual-Lite Emergency Lighting Company, where her husband Donald was Vice President, General manager.

Retiring to Palm Coast Florida in 1986, Mrs. Locke remained active in the family wood working and cabinet building business, managing the office and clerical aspects of the business. She also enjoyed boating with family and friends and was an active member in the Matanzas River Yacht Club. She loved to play cards and socialize at various local clubs.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald H. Locke and her grandson Brian Locke. She is survived by two sisters, Betty Monsees of Holly Hill, Florida and Doris Roche of Palm Coast, Florida; a daughter, Sharon Gidding of Ft Lauderdale, Florida; three sons, Kenneth of Syracuse, New York, William of Lander, Wyoming,

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She also enjoyed boating with family and friends and was an active member in the Matanzas River Yacht Club.

She loved to play cards and socialize at various local clubs. and David of Charlotte, North Carolina; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Mrs. Locke’s wishes are to be cremated and she will be laid to rest at Craig Flagler Palms Cemetery, Flagler Florida. Due to the pandemic, services have been delayed until friends and family can safely assemble.

Her family extends their thanks to everyone who has expressed their sympathy and shared fond memories, and to the care team of Grand Oaks Health and Rehab Center.

Tributes to honor your loved ones.

Philip George Bleakley, 65, was called to his heavenly home on July 22, 2021.

Phil was born in Ossining, NY on August 4, 1955 to the late Harold and Connie Bleakley.

Philip leaves behind his beloved wife of 47 years, Aquilda Bleakley; daughter, Alana Bleakley, and sons Philip Bleakley, Jr. (Stephanie) and Matthew Bleakley, sister, Roxanne Bleakley-Willoughby (Robert), grandkids, Justin Farrell, Anthony Bleakley, Allison Farrell, David Farrell, and Ethan Bleakley, and several nieces and nephews.

A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 PM, Saturday, October 9th at Quinn-Shalz Family Funeral Home 3600 Third Street South, Jacksonville, FL, 32250. A Graveside Service will be held at 1:30 PM, Friday, October 15th in Jacksonville National Cemetery.

Please visit the online Tribute at www. quinn-shalz.com. Arrangements by QuinnShalz Family Funeral Home, (904) 249-1100.

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School Board approves $1,000 relief payments for 876 employees Some staff members who didn’t receive a previous state disbursement will receive payment.

BRENT WORONOFF CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A total of 876 Flagler County Schools employees who were not eligible to receive the governor’s $1,000 disaster relief payments for educators and first responders will now collect a $1,000 payment from the school district itself.

At a special meeting on Aug. 24, the School Board ratified memorandums of understanding with the employees’ two unions — the Flagler County Educators Association and the Flagler Educational Support Professional Association.

The governor’s payments from federal coronavirus relief funds were distributed to classroom teachers and principals only.

A total of 679 district teach-

ers received them, Director of Finance Patty Wormeck said.

The district will now make equal payments to employees excluded from the governor’s awards. They include 725 support personnel, 111 instructors and 40 administrators. The payments will be made before Sept. 1.

According to the MOUs, the district employees excluded from the governor’s payments “also sacrificed much of their own time and personal expenses to ensure that the 2020 to 2021 school year afforded families options in the face of a worldwide pandemic.”

To receive district payment, employees had to be employed full time for at least half of the 202021 school year and reemployed full time for the current school year.

Board Vice Chair Colleen Conklin made a motion to approve the MOUs, which also covered adjustments to emergency leave and health insurance contributions. The board unanimously approved the motion.

BRIEFS Staly completes FBI seminar Sheriff Rick Staly graduated Aug. 5 from the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar.

He was one of 45 law enforcement executives from around the country, and four from Florida, selected by the FBI to attend in 2021. The FBI pays 100% of training-related costs.

The two-week program is designed for leaders of mid-sized law enforcement agencies with 50 to 499 sworn officers, serving a population of 50,000 or more.

It provides instruction in leadership, planning, legal issues, labor relations, media relations, social issues, and police programs.

“The FBI’s Training Unit provided an outstanding group of instructors on various topics relevant to today’s law enforcement environment,” Staly said.

“In fact, I have already asked my staff to look into various topics I brought back for implementation at the Sheriff’s Office. I also recommended a special training class be brought to our area to the Daytona State College Law Enforcement Academy Director.”

Ethics Commission to consider $1,000 fine for Holland Former Mayor Milissa Holland has agreed to pay a proposed $1,000 fine for an Ethics Commission decision that found that she’d misused her public position by using her official email account to send two emails soliciting business for her employer, Coastal Cloud.

The fine was recommended by the attorney who represents the commission. The commission must approve the fine in a Sept.

10 meeting before it’s finalized.

Holland has said that she’d sent the emails from her city account inadvertently. The allegation about the improper emails was the only allegation against Holland that was upheld by the Commission on Ethics out of a set of seven accusations levied by a former city staff member.

“It’s sad that such baseless allegations have become the norm in today’s politics,” Holland said. “It is distracting to the true mission of government, and our community deserves better. I am happy that this is behind me and that I have been vindicated.”

COPS CORNER AUG. 22

NOPE, THOSE WEREN’T FREE 11:52 a.m. Flagler County jail.

Larceny. A man was at the county jail getting his ankle monitor repaired. As he left, he grabbed a handful of rapid Abbott COVID-19 test kits that had been left on a podium in the lobby.

They weren’t supposed to be free, but it wasn’t clear to deputies if the man had realized that.

“There was no signage around the box that can lead a reasonable person to believe that the test kits weren’t free,” a deputy noted in a report on the case.

AUG. 23

THIEF STEAL’S TRUCK’S FRONT GRILLE 10:30 p.m. Hargrove Grade.

Burglary of a conveyance. A man noticed that the front grille of one of his work trucks was missing.

The truck had been used to store auto parts. A water pump and set of hoses had been stolen from the inside, and a deputy found a bumper that had been inside the truck laying in the bed of the pickup parked beside it.

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Flagler County overdose deaths tripled in 2020 JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Accidental overdose deaths in Flagler County nearly tripled from 2019, when there were 14 such deaths, to 2020, when there were 40. So far this year, there have been 16, according to numbers provided by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

While the pandemic has led to added stress for many locals, pandemic social distancing has been particularly tough for people trying to break a substance abuse habit, as avenues of support have shifted online, said Grace Tabernacle Pastor Charles Silano, founder of Open Door Reentry and Recovery in Bunnell.

At the very moment that Sheriff Rick Staly spoke at an Overdose Awareness Day event Silano had organized on Aug. 29, Silano said, Staly’s deputies were called to an overdose case and administered Narcan to a resident with a needle still sticking out of his arm.

Staly had texted Silano after the fact to tell him.

“Addicts have just been having a really hard time since COVID, because the meetings were shut down, and meetings are critically important,” Silano said. “That’s what keeps them in touch. That’s what gives them encouragement.

They’re energized there; they feel like they’re genuinely part of a community.”

Having those meetings over Zoom, Silano said, isn’t the same.

“Because of the meetings being shut down like that ... we noticed that the overdoses started to increase, and overdose deaths started to increase,” he said.

“Those numbers skyrocketed.”

At the same time, online options can sometimes help providers reach people who wouldn’t have used, or had easy access to, in-person options for drug abuse treatment.

Rhonda Harvey, chief operating officer at SMA Healthcare, said SMA’s services have been in high demand.

A total of 499 Flagler County patients used SMA’s detox unit in the 2020-2021 fiscal year, but SMA has also increased its telehealth availability due to COVID-19 related restrictions and guidelines, Harvey said.

In the first two months, SMA went from providing a couple hundred telehealth services per month to more than 4,000 per month, she said.

“It really has expedited and normalized our use of telehealth to reach our clients,” Harvey said.

Silano said he’s trying to increase the presence of Narcan in the community so that locals are prepared if they find someone overdosing. With the increased presence of fentanyl in various drugs, it’s more needed than ever, he said.

“It’s very powerful stuff: They’re lacing every kind of drug with it,” he said. “We’ve been handing [Narcan] out for a good seven or eight months, very liberally.” (People who want to keep Narcan on hand can contact Silano at 386-931-4158, he said.)

It’s an approach that SMA supports.

“There is really very little risk to the person using Narcan, and there’s no doubt that it has saved many lives over the lifespan of the opioid crisis,” Harvey said. “We recently purchased silicone holders that attach to surfaces (such as a mobile phone) to distribute with Narcan at recovery events! Ready availability is key.”

Silano noted that overdose awareness does seems to have improved: At the last Overdose Awareness Day event, in 2019, there were only about 15 people attending, he said. At this one, the number was several times that.

“We’re coming together,” Silano said. “The movement is growing. The awareness is greater than it was. ... We have a long way to go, but it’s so much better than it was three years ago.”

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Chris Savoia, Kim Schattner and Lauren Borg consider themselves the lucky ones.

They were among the speakers at a candlelight vigil in front of the Flagler County courthouse on Sunday, Aug. 29, to commemorate International Overdose Awareness Day. The vigil was sponsored by the Flagler Countywide Opioid Task Force and the Flagler County Drug Court.

Charles Silano, the pastor at Grace Tabernacle and founder of Open Door Re-entry and Recovery in Bunnell, hosted the event.

Savoia, Schattner and Borg said they were lucky because, unlike so many others, they were able to deliver their testimonials.

They were all revived by naloxone nasal spray, sold under the brand name Narcan, after suffering potentially fatal opioid overdoses. And eventually they were all able take advantage of their second chances.

“If Narcan was not available I would not be standing here,” Savoia said.

Cathy Dalton said the Charlotte Correctional Institution did not release Narcan from the infirmary five years ago in time to save her son, Patrick.

With Patrick’s twin brother, Billy, standing behind her, Dalton spoke about her efforts to get Florida prisons to cut their red tape and release Narcan swiftly in emergency situations.

“Narcan is not a treatment, not a cure-all, but it’s a lifesaver.”

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“People believe Narcan enables an addict’s using,” Savoia said. “But Narcan is not a treatment, not a cure-all, but it’s a lifesaver.”

Renee DeAngelis’ daughter, Savannah, died four years ago of a heroin and fentanyl overdose. A year ago, Joseph Colon, the person who sold her the drugs, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

“I’m here because I want to honor Savannah,” Renee said.

“She was smart, pretty and the funniest human being I’ve ever known in my life. If I had Narcan in my home, it probably would have saved my daughter’s life.”

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly, speaking at the vigil, said his deputies have administered 91 doses of Narcan this year.

The problem, he said, is that drugs like heroin and fentanyl are getting stronger.

He said the Sheriff’s Office has investigated 16 overdose deaths this year, which has resulted in four arrests so far.

“We investigate these deaths as first-degree murder,” he said. “We hope that sends a message to the poison peddlers.”

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When the Sheriff’s Office responds to drug or alcohol-related calls, they take the person to the closest Marchman Act facility, which is in Daytona Beach, Staly said. But often it is full. The backup is the county jail, which is not desirable, he said, citing the need for a detox facility in the county.

Renee DeAngelis said a lot of people with substance use disorder are fearful to come forward.

“It is a brain disease and can’t be helped without treatment,” she said.

Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins said help is on the way with state and federal funding now secured to help open a mental health drop-in clinic in Bunnell, and Pearl of the Sea Retreat of St. Augustine wanting to open a detox facility in the county.

Duke Vinson, Pearl of the Sea’s chief executive officer, said Flagler County officials are open to helping their community while many other areas are resistant to facilities being opened in their backyards.

“So many problems we have here come from other counties,” Mullins said. “But if we don’t deal with it regionally, we’re just moving it around.”

Mullins said he himself marked his 10th anniversary as a recovering addict on Aug. 16.

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Is Palm Coast an outlier in its parking regulations?

Three cities similar in size to Palm Coast — Largo, Plantation and Boca Raton — also ban vehicles with signage from parking in neighborhoods.

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Palm Coast’s City Council is considering eliminating the city’s longstanding ban on the parking of commercial vehicles in residential areas.

City Councilman Victor Barbosa, who has a pickup truck with signage advertising his barbershop and once received a violation notice from the city after parking it in his driveway (he moved the truck before the violation notice turned into a citation), began challenging the rule from the dais soon after his election.

The Palm Coast ordinance defines a commercial vehicle as “agricultural, construction or industrial equipment” or “any motor vehicle upon which advertising markings have been affixed which occupy in excess of three square feet per side,” plus buses, step vans, tractors, trailers, limos, cabs, ice cream truck, tow vehicles and vehicles with certain kinds of cargo racks and boxes.

But how much or an outlier is Palm Coast and its commercial vehicles rule?

Of 10 cities nearest Palm Coast in terms of population — the five

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parked on a residentially zoned lot,” nor is any material allowed which is “hazardous, obnoxious, offensive or has bad odors or dust emanating therefrom.”

BOYNTON BEACH (73,992 RESIDENTS AS OF NOVEMBER 2018) In residential areas, Boynton Beach bans the parking of “any truck, truck cab, truck trailer, farm, or construction vehicle or heavy equipment, semi-tractor, bus, dump truck, or wrecker/ tow truck,” vehicles with more than two axles or a GVWR over 16,000 pounds, or box trucks over 14,000 pounds. Pickup trucks are exempt.

FORT MYERS (79,106) Fort Myers regulates commercial vehicles in residential areas based only on size, as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any person in a residential district of the city to park any commercial vehicle of a size of 1½ tons or larger for a period of time in excess of two hours, except when loading or unloading.”

DEERFIELD BEACH (78,042) Deerfield Beach allows for the parking of a single commercial vehicle at a residence, with restrictions: The vehicle must be less than 9 feet tall, less than 9 feet wide and less than 20 feet long, and can’t have ladders or attachments that stick out more than 2 feet above the vehicle.

Additionally, according to Deerfield’s code, “No commercial equipment may be stored on a commercial vehicle that is

with population numbers immediately less than Palm Coast’s or more than Palm Coast’s, based on 2018 numbers — all had some kind of restriction on commercial vehicles in residential areas.

Most, however, based the definition of commercial vehicle on the vehicles’ size and function.

MELBOURNE (80,982) Parking the following in residential areas is banned: “any bus, road tractor, semitrailer, truck tractor, or any combination thereof, or any other truck or special mobile equipment or other heavy equipment.”

LARGO (81,966) Largo bars commercial vehicles, defining them as “any vehicle designed or utilized for a commercial or industrial function, or any vehicle marked with or displaying exterior commercial

Three — Largo, Plantation and Boca Raton — join Palm Coast in defining vehicles with commercial lettering as commercial vehicles and banning them from parking in residential areas.

Those three, unlike Palm Coast, don’t exempt vehicles on which the commercial lettering is small.

advertising (other than to indicate the manufacturer, dealer or model of the vehicle itself).”

one limousine, shall be permitted to be parked or stored in a residential or agricultural area.”

PALM COAST (82,760) Palm Coast bans the parking of commercial vehicles in residential areas and defines them as “any agricultural, construction or industrial equipment; any motor vehicle upon which advertising markings have been affixed which occupy in excess of three square feet per side, any motor vehicle having a carrying capacity of more than one ton,” and ones with certain racks.

BOCA RATON (91,797) Boca Raton bans commercial vehicles in residential areas, defining commercial vehicles as any with commercial lettering and pickup trucks with altered cargo boxes, and any vehicles with tools or building materials visible from the street or from adjacent property.

PLANTATION (88,619) Plantation bans the parking in residential areas of large commercial vehicles and vehicles, including pickups, that have “any marking, sign, lettering, logo, picture, symbol, number or the like ... which identifies or advertises a business.”

DELTONA (89,984) Deltona states: “One commercial vehicle under 21 feet in length, under 10 feet in height and with a gross vehicle weight of less than 10,000 pounds, or

Deerfield Beach, in Broward County, departs from the others in expressly allowing a single commercial vehicle to be parked on a residential property, as long as it meets certain size restrictions and doesn’t contain commercial equipment or any material that is “hazardous, obnoxious, offen-

SUNRISE (91,865) Sunrise bars the parking in residential areas of trucks, trailers or stretched/extended cars or SUVs larger than 21 feet, or any semi-trailer, tractor-trailers, truck tractors, box truck, step van, buses or agriculture, construction or industrial equipment.

MIAMI BEACH (92,588) Miami Beach bans the parking of any trucks, tractors, trailers, semitrailers or vehicles in residential areas, and bans the parking of vehicles of over 5,000 pounds in any districts except industrial districts.

sive or has bad odors or dust.”

Boynton Beach bans construction vehicles, but has an exception for pickup trucks; Fort Myers bans vehicles with a capacity over 1.5 tons; Miami Beach bans ones over 5,000 pounds.

See the box above for a look at what other cities are doing.

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New show explores ‘Common Ground’ Shelley Ragsdale hosts the show Sunday mornings on WNZF BRENT WORONOFF CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The idea for the new radio show, “Common Ground” grew out of conversations David Ayres had in his office with Flagler County NAACP President Shelley Ragsdale.

Ayres, the vice president and general manager of Flagler Broadcasting, said he and Ragsdale discussed why Americans are polarized by race and politics in the national media. They discussed some of their own racial biases.

Finally, Ayres asked Ragsdale if he wanted to host his own radio show.

“He said, ‘How would you like to have the same dialogue we’ve been having with some people in the community?’” Ragsdale recalled.

He accepted. The show debuts on WNZF, 94.9 FM and 1550 AM, on Sunday, Sept. 5, at 10 a.m.

Instead of people’s differences, Common Ground focuses on what people in the community have in common.

“We all have common ground.

We want to be with peace and enjoy one another,” Ragsdale said.

“We go to church and pray to God. We wake up in the morning and look at a beautiful sun. We work, we eat, we go to the beach.”

Ragsdale interviews two guests on each show. The shows are one hour long, divided into 30-minute episodes.

“It’s an open-mic concept,” Ragsdale said. “I don’t give them any pre-planned questions. I don’t have any pre-planned questions.”

The first show focuses on faith with two local religious leaders – Rev. Bob Goolsby, the head pastor of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, and Rabbi Merrill Shapiro.

Early in the show Ragsdale discovers that Goolsby and Shapiro have been teaching a weekly Jewish/Christian bible study together.

“The common ground I feel when people are attracted to this study are people’s desire to learn and to discern God’s presence and role in their lives regardless of them being Christian or Jewish or otherwise,” Goolsby said.

The second show covers entertainment, culture, arts, music and sports, said Ayres, who is Common Ground’s producer. Ragsdale’s guests are local jazz singer Linda Cole and WNZF morning

sports anchor Trent Ferguson.

Cole, a niece of Nat King Cole, grew up as a member of the “Singing Cole Family.” She discusses going on the road, singing in front of white people and yet not being able to use the venue’s bathroom.

“She doesn’t hold any grudges to people,” Ayres said.

Ferguson, 23, who is also a drummer in a band, has been blind his whole life. He doesn’t know what color is and wondered as a child when he heard adults talking about a black person, ‘Why is a person’s color important?’

The third show, which hasn’t been recorded yet, will focus on family and the home, Ayres said.

“Every family needs a home, some stability to it,” Ayres said.

Ragsdale, who has lived in Palm Coast since 2013, is in the middle of his two-year term as the president of the NAACP’s local branch.

He is also on the executive committee of the African American Mentoring Program in Flagler Schools and is an active mentor in the program.

“As a person of color I don’t usually have a voice on a radio station,” Ragsdale said. “When I’m talking on the radio it’s an opportunity for people to hear a different perspective.”

Ayres said the most compelling radio shows are not the ones

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WNZF’s David Ayres said of Flagler County NAACP President Shelley Ragsdale (pictured): “Shelley is just natural with his curiosity and conversation.

If you can hear compassion and sincerity in somebody’s voice, I think that’s what makes good radio.”

hosted by professional radio personalities.

“The best radio people are real people, not somebody with a polished presentation,” Ayres said.

“Shelley is just natural with his curiosity and conversation. If you can hear compassion and sincerity in somebody’s voice, I think that’s what makes good radio.”

munity Emergency Response Team nationally certified training program, which begins on Sept.

27.

Pre-registration is required for this 30-hour course that meets 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays at the Emergency Operations Center through October 27, and can be completed at www.flaglercounty.gov/ emergency and select “Volunteering and Training” from the menu.

Attendees will be expected to wear masks while in class to help limit the spread of COVID-19.

Call 386-313-4200.

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YOUR TOWN BUNNELL BRANCH LIBRARY IS MOVING TEMPORARILY TO MARVIN’S GARDEN The Flagler County Bunnell Branch Library will be closed from Aug. 28 through Sept. 6, and will reopen on Sept. 7 at its new location in the Marvin’s Garden Plaza, 4601 E. Moody Blvd., Suite F1.

“We are relocating the Bunnell Branch while our future facility is being designed and constructed,” said Library Director Holly Albanese. “This is an exciting, small step for the big things that are to come for the Flagler County Public Library.”

Upon reopening, the library hours at the Bunnell Branch will remain the same: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday, and the phone number will stay 386-4377390.

The regular hours at the Palm Coast Main Branch are as follows: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday; and, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.

The phone number is 386-4466763.

“We apologize for the inconvenience while we move,” Albanese said. “Thank you for your understanding, and continued support for the Flagler County Public Library.”

MEDNEXUS HOSTS INNOVATION CHALLENGE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS The University of North Florida, along with the city of Palm Coast

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UNF President David Szymanski and Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin.

and Flagler Schools, is presenting the 2021 MedNexus Innovation Challenge open to all Flagler, St. Johns and Volusia high school students. The MedNexus Innovation Challenge is a team-based entrepreneurship competition that will showcase top regional high school students tasked to pitch their solutions to Florida’s evolving health care needs.

The challenge competition will have teams of 2-5 students, ages 16-18.

“We’re excited that the city of Palm Coast is able to partner alongside UNF and Flagler Schools to offer this incredible opportunity to local high school students,” said Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin. “The importance of the MedNexus concept centers on providing education and career opportunities right here in our city. This Innovation Chal-

lenge plays right into the goal of getting young adults interested and engaged in the medical and technology fields right here in our community.”

Teams will receive mentoring by top UNF faculty and a chance to receive cash and in-kind prizes.

Applications are open from Aug. 23 to Sept. 19. Decisions of the participating teams will be released by Oct. 1. More information can be found at: https:// www.unf.edu/coggin/CEI/Mednexus_Innovation_Challenge. aspx.

CERT TRAINING BEGINS SEPT. 27 Learn basic disaster and emergency response skills – such as disaster preparedness, fire safety, light search and rescue, and team organization – through the Com-

RYANNE GOUVEIA SELECTED AS 2021 COCA-COLA LEADERS OF PROMISE SCHOLAR Ryanne Gouveia is one of 207 Phi Theta Kappa members nationwide who have been named a 2021 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar. Gouveia is a resident of Palm Coast resident and graduate of Matanzas High School.

The Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholarship Program is designed to help new PTK members defray educational expenses while enrolled in associate degree programs. Scholars receive a $1,000 scholarship and are encouraged to assume leadership roles by participating in Society programs. Selections are based on scholastic achievement, community service, and leadership potential, and more than 900 applications were received for the award this year.

Gouveia currently serves as DSC’s Phi Theta Kappa Mu Rho Chapter vice president for

communications in addition to her role as vice president of the Student Government Association.

During the 2020-21 academic year, she developed the Mu Rho Chapter’s Honors in Action project, titled SPLASH (Stop Pollution Locally and Save H20), which encourages citizens and visitors to protect local habitats.

She is currently working with the PTK board to finalize a new project that will assist the homeless in Volusia County.

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Maison Leonard and Steven Rumph helped out with the Intracoastal Waterway Cleanup in 2020.

14th-annual Intracoastal Waterway Cleanup – 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4. Supply pickup Sept. 3 at Palm Coast Community Center. The city is seeking volunteers to remove trash within their developments or along city paths, walkways, and waterways at the annual Intracoastal Waterway Cleanup.

Boaters can work in saltwater canals and Intracoastal waters and walkers can clear the paths and trails alongside the waterway. Free, but pre-registration is encouraged at www.parksandrec.fun/ events. More info: 386-986-2323.

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Registration is required at www.parksandrec.fun/tennis.

Caregiver Support Group – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, at Palm Coast Community Center. Presented in partnership with Brookdale Palm Coast. Free, but please register at www. parksandrec.fun/adults.

Munchkin ABC’s & 123’s – 10-11 a.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 7 to Oct. 5, at Palm Coast Community Center. Themed learning, snacks, hands-on crafts, and activities. A full immersion program for toddlers to help support language, cognition, and fine motor skills. For ages 3-5. $20/session. Register at www.parksandrec.fun/toddlers.

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Teddy Bear Picnic Parks Tour – 10-11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 13, at Ralph Carter Park, 1385 Rymfire Drive. Toddlers are invited to bring their favorite teddy bear to playfully themed outings that include a snack, story, game and craft. For ages 2-5. Free, please register at www.parksandrec.fun/toddlers.

Enrichment Block for Homeschoolers – Noon to 3 p.m. Mondays, Sept. 13 through Oct. 4, at Palm Coast Community Center. In one convenient block, the kids may create an artistic masterpiece, prepare a delectable treat, get their sweat on through physical recreation, or delve into the fun world of STEM assisted by Lego Education Robots. For ages 7-11 years. $50/session. Registration is required at www.parksandrec.fun/youth.

Bellies and Babies – 4:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 14, at Palm Coast Community Center. A gathering for new mothers and moms-to-be. Education, advice, and encouragement is provided by lactation consultants/counselors from Florida Department of Health. Free, but please register at www.parksandrec. fun/adults.

Lunch N’ Lecture – 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, at Palm Coast Community Center. Join the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office as they teach safety tips that can be used in your everyday life.

Free, but advanced registration is required at www.parksandrec.fun/seniors.

Parents’ Night Out – 5:30-10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, at Palm Coast Community Center. Participants will eat pizza, play games, watch movies, and have fun. For ages 5-12. $15/person. Registration is required at www.parksandrec.fun/youth.

Teen Chill Zone – 5:30-10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, at Palm Coast Community Center. Hey teens, tired of sitting around bored on a Friday night? Then grab your friends and join us to hang out, eat pizza, listen to music, watch movies, play video games, and chill in a fun and safe environment. A huge thanks to Five Star for partnering with us to provide the pizza.

For ages 13-17. $10/person. Registration is required at www.parksandrec.fun/ youth.

Arbor Day – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at Central Park in Town Center, 975 Central Ave. Tree giveaway, butterfly release and tent, live entertainment, food/pet food drive, exhibits, petting zoo and fun activities for all ages. Admission is free, and free professional papershredding will be available. Attendees can exchange canned food or pet food items for a free three-gallon native hardwood tree (while supplies last).

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Little Sensory Explorers – 10:3011:30 a.m. Thursdays, Sept. 2-30, at Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Parkway NE. Picture books, sensory activities, free play, and social interaction. Children will develop an understanding of textures, colors, fine motor skills, and vocabulary. Ages 11 months to 2 years. Free, but please register at www.parksandrec.fun/toddlers.

Intro to Drawing – 4-5:30 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 2-30, at Palm Coast Community Center. Certified art instructor Kristy Craigle will help build your artistic confidence. For ages 18 years and older. $55/session. Registration is required at www.parksandrec.fun/adults.

Book Club Social Corner: Potpourri — 10:30-11:30am Friday, Sept. 3, at Palm Coast Community Center. Each month will have a designated genre – September’s is potpourri. You select and purchase a book that falls within the monthly category. Book suggestions will be available if you need a little help. That month we will meet to share our impressions, reactions, and feelings. Free, but registration required. Book titles and registration at www.parksandrec.fun/ adults.

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he Flagler County Fairgrounds course at the Spikes & Spurs Classic was a muddy mess, with puddles so deep the water came up to the runners’ ankles.

Running through the woods was like running through a swamp, stench and all.

And Matanzas High School junior Zach Spooner loved it.

Spooner finished ninth among boys at the 10th-annual meet hosted by Flagler Palm Coast High School on Aug. 28. Times were slow for most of the 686 competitors, but Spooner ran a personal-record 17:52.4.

“I love this course,” he said. “It just rained, and it was all muddy, and the woods smelled disgusting. Cross country is about getting gross and dirty and running your heart out.”

Spooner led the Matanzas boys to a sixth-place finish among 14 teams. FPC finished fifth, with Sean Gilliam leading the Bulldogs with a 15th-place individual finish at 18:36.0.

SPIKES, SPURS & SPLASH? FPC’s Jada Williams finished fourth in the girls race with a time of 20:56.5.

“For my first race of the season, I’m pretty happy with it,” said Williams, who finished 10th at the Class 4A state championships last season.

Williams finished 1.9 seconds behind third-place finisher Samantha Hansen, of Ocala Vanguard.

“If I could have taken two or three more steps a little faster, maybe I could have gotten her,” Williams said. “It was a really hard course, a lot of unavoidable puddles. The woods were very muddy. You had to keep your balance. You had to be very strategic where you step. But everyone had to deal with the same conditions.”

Seabreeze’s Tyler Herndon, who

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Runners splash through a puddle: FPC's Megan Swearingen (49) and Taylor Novak (44), Mainland's Hannah Gilbert (210) and Veronica O'Brien (217)

Forsyth (Georgia) 34. 2. Ocala Vanguard 62. 3.

Ponte Vedra 66.

4. Seabreeze 160. 5. FPC 165.

6. Matanzas 176.

7. New Smyrna Beach 181. 8.

DeLand 193. 9.

Fleming Island 235. 10. Spruce Creek 265. 11.

Lake Brantley 302. 12. Menendez 329. 13.

Mainland 379. 14.

Tocoi Creek 429.

GIRLS

TEAMS: 1. Ponte

Matanzas’ Zach Spooner finished finished 11th with a time of 17:52.4.

FPC’s Jada Williams finished fourth in the girls’ 5K race with a time of 20:56.5.

finished 14th among boys, said the gravel spread over the mud in the woods made the terrain feel like quicksand with pebbles.

“It was like running through a bowl of cereal,” he said.

“Your feet would sink in the water, and your shoes would get really heavy,” Seabreeze’s Mackenzie Roy said.

“The hardest part,” said Mackenzie’s twin sister, Ariana Roy, “was being able to pass people and pick it up and slow down on turns.”

Ponte Vedra won the girls’ team title with 46 points, followed by Ocala Vanguard (87) and Seabreeze (109). Seabreeze’s Nicole Dane (11th), Ariana Roy (15th), Mackenzie Roy (16th) and Ella Chandler (19th) all finished among the top 20.

FPC finished seventh and Matanzas was 10th, with Olivia Kemp leading the Pirates with a 12th-place finish.

West Forsyth (Georgia) won the boys’ title with Vanguard finishing second.

Vedra 46. 2.

Vanguard 87. 3.

Seabreeze 109.

4. Fleming Island 123. 5. West Forsyth 149. 6.

Spruce Creek 159. 7. FPC 192.

8. New Smyrna Beach 198. 9. Tocoi Creek 213. 10.

Matanzas 249.

11. Menendez 291. 12. DeLand 299. 13. Mainland 369. DNP, Lake Brantley.

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GIRLS: 6. Noemi

Malinowski, Indian Trails. 7.

Abigail LuckettRyman, Imagine School. 8. Natalie Patel-Holmes, Imagine School.

9. Star Goan, Imagine School.

10. Alyssa Kempfer, Imagine School. 11. Megan Parsons, Imagine School. 12. Morrigan Daly, Indian Trails. 13. Jadein Wright, Indian Trails.

BOYS: 6. Gra-

ham Moore, Imagine School.

10. RJ Cerasi, Indian Trails. 12.

Tyler Peeples, Indian Trails. 13.

Grayson Gajeske, Imagine School, 14. Dylan Pustai, Imagine School, 15. Connor Haysbrook, Imagine School.

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ne week after scoring 42 points in its Kickoff Classic victory, the young Matanzas High football team discovered it still has a lot of work to do.

St. Augustine Menendez took advantage of five Pirates turnovers to shut out Matanzas 29-0 in the season opener for both teams Friday, Aug. 27, at Menendez’s Veterans Stadium.

Matanzas quarterbacks Dakwon Evans and Bryce Petlett struggled against an aggressive Falcons defense, combining to throw three interceptions.

Terrell Newsome had two interceptions for the Falcons.

His 45-yard pick-6 closed out the scoring late in the game.

The Pirates turned the ball over three times in the first half but were still in striking distance at halftime, trailing 15-0. But their struggles continued in the second half.

Evans was the Pirates’ most effective offensive weapon, rushing for 128 yards, including a 27-yard run at the end of the third quarter.

Tabias Brown scored two touchdowns for the Falcons, who gave first-year head coach Matt Potak a victory in his regularseason debut.

Both teams were playing without their star players. Matanzas receiver Noah Cundiff missed the game with a foot injury, while Menendez quarterback King Benford was out with a knee injury.

The Pirates travel to Atlantic on Sept. 3. The Sharks were also shut out in their season opener, falling to New Smyrna Beach 22-0.

Matanzas’ Dakwon Evans runs a quarterback keeper early in the game.

Matanzas defensive back Herby Tima tackles Menendez running back Sean Harvey short of a first down.

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Due to a quirky twist of fate, the two teams will open the football season Friday, Sept. 3, at FPC’s Sal Campanella Memorial Stadium. This was supposed to be the second game of the season for both schools, but their openers were postponed because of COVID-19 issues with their opponents.

So Paxia will make his debut at his alma mater in a very tough game against the coach he replaced. And Roland will make his debut for his own alma mater against the school that gave him his first head coaching opportunity.

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house in Palm Harbor was the top real estate transaction for the week of July 2228 in Flagler County in the Multiple Listing Service. Lacy and Bonita Epperson, of Palm Coast, sold 80 S. Old Oak Drive to Richard Russell and Louis Barbich, as trustees, for $1.3 million. Built in 2002, the house is a 4/4 and has a fireplace, swimming pool, boat dock and 3,860 square feet. It sold in 2011 for $735,000.

Holiday Builders Inc., of Melbourne, sold 80 Folcroft Lane to Marianne Parker, of Palm Coast, for $268,151. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,864 square feet.

Pine Grove Holiday Builders Inc., of Melbourne, sold 39 Powder Horn Drive to Gyorgy Vida, of Palm Coast, for $228,990. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,806 square feet.

Following is a partial list of other transactions for the week.

Condos Donald and Marjorie Van Vliet, individually and as trustees, sold 115 Avenue De La Mer, Unit 701, to Aaron Taylor and Carrie Vey, of Palm Coast, for $615,000. Built in 2005, the condo is a 3/2.5 and has 2,014 square feet. It sold in 2019 for $385,000.

Stephanie Rast, of Broomfield, Colorado, sold 115 S. Riverview Bend, Unit 2124, to Karen Kafka, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, for $325,000. Built in 2007, the condo is a 3/2 and has 1,344 square feet.

Mary Zugelter sold 48 Club House Drive, Unit 107, to Sudie and Steven Braille, of Palm Coast, for $179,000. Built in 1977, the 2/2 condo is a 2/2 and has 986 square feet. It sold in

2014 for $48,000.

Belle Terre Kelly Amato and Raymond Pirrello, of Palm Coast, sold 76 Perthshire Lane to Tracey and Dennis Felsing, of Palm Coast, for $330,900. Built in 1990, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,867 square feet.

Grand Reserve and Golf Club D.R. Horton Inc. Jacksonville, of St. Johns, sold 662 Grand Reserve Drive to Vincent Fiscaletti, of Bunnell, for $243,770. Built in 2020, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,557 square feet.

Hammock Dunes Ronald Tomecko and Anne Hathaway-Tomecko, of Gold Canyon, Arizona, sold 6 La Costa Way to Robert and Anne Considine, of Narragansett, Rhode Island, for $799,900.

Built in 1996, the house is a

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3/3 and has a swimming pool and 2,670 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $389,900.

Indian Trails LGI Homes Florida LLC, of The Woodlands, Texas, sold 4 Burnell Place to Angel and Nitza Roman, of Palm Coast, for $275,900. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,851 square feet.

Lehigh Woods Maksim Cheban sold 24 Rolling Sands Drive to Brian Ferreira, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, for $337,000. Built in 2005, the house is a 4/3 and has 2,049 square feet.

Palm Harbor Christopher and Carol Cogan sold 6 Clinton Court N. to Daniel Peterson, of Palm Coast,

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67 "Be quiet!"

70 Shape that sounds like a Zodiac sign 71 "All systems go"

Jay Nichols and Thomas Higdon, of Leitchfield, Kentucky, sold 100 Palm Drive to William and Rebecca Whitson, of Flagler Beach, for $495,000. Built in 1978, the house is a 3/2.5 and has a fireplace, swimming pool and 2,712 square feet. It sold in 2018 for $210,000.

Cathy McDermott, of Callaway, sold 4 Crossleaf Court E. to Stephen and Theresa Franklin, of Palm Coast, for $415,000.

Built in 1987, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace, boat dock and 1,743 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $339,000.

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for $623,700. Built in 2000, the house is a 4/3 and has a fireplace, swimming pool, boat dock and 2,381 square feet. It sold in 2019 for $445,000.

Plantation Bay George and Sheri Lobb, of Bangor, Pennsylvania, sold 50 Meadow Brooke Lane to Stephen and Sharon Huth, of Ormond Beach, for $415,000.

Built in 1998, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,843 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $272,000.

Quail Hollow RH Asset Holdings LLC, of Orlando, sold 15 Kathryn Place to Denise and Russell Arruda, of Palm Coast, for $302,715.

Built in 2020, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,903 square feet.

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

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Pine Lakes Winger and Associates LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 21 Winchester Place to David and Carolyn Kellams, of Palm Coast, for $270,000. Built in 1990, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,949 square feet. It sold in 2016 for $175,000.

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HP DESKJET printer 2540 all in one series $70 386-447-2784 LOVE BIRDS Rehoming fee $100 for both.

Must be sold as a pair, good home only. 386-931-9159.

ROCKER RECLINER, herculon material, wood arms $59, Kenmore microwave $19 386-682-9609 Port Orange SKY DEVICES Elite T8 Tablet, brand new, never used, in original box $60 takes it!

386-586-7074 SLEEP SOFA, beige/white, like new $100, Kitchen set, wrought iron chairs and table, glass top $100 386-447-7573, 386-503-5311 Targus TSB 212 Laptop Backpack. New, tags, 12 compartments, warranty, $65.

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Items Under $200 2 Stiffel lamps, brass, $200 386-627-8195 20 GALLON Shop Vac $10, hand held vacuum $5, rug shampooer $20, regular vacuum $10 386-864-1381 20 RAVENSBURGER 1000 piece puzzles $5 each 386-585-0210 3 BARSTOOLS with swivel seats $199 386-986-6414 89” BLUISH couch, no pets/smoke/kids $100 386-447-7746 AUTO ROOF carrier, new 399, 18 cu ft with all hardware $125 like new (386) 446-8146 CAPITOL 3”&4” internal pipe cutters/Rigid 106 2”&3” internal pipe cutters $200 203-560-6066 CLASSIC LIVING 5 piece Bridge card table and chairs set, still in box $30, collectible German Beer Steins $30 and up 386-445-6533

EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 Gregory MacIsaac, MD will leave AdventHealth Medical Group Family Medicine Palm Coast Parkway 120 Cypress Edge Drive, Suite 210 Palm Coast, FL. 32164.

Records remain on file and patients should have received communication regarding transition of care. If you are a patient and did not receive communication or have additional questions, please contact our office at 386-586-1561.

NOTICE UNDER Fictitious Name Law Pursuant to Section 865.09, Florida Statutes NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of Tidy House Cleaning Services, located at 6 Evans Park Place, in the County of Flagler, in the City of Palm Coast, Florida 32164 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, FL. Dated at Palm Coast, Florida, this 25th day of August, 2021 Josephine C. Solano NOTICE UNDER Fictitious Name Law Pursuant to Section 865.09, Florida Statutes NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of Selo Sees Art, located at 2501 Leslie Street, in the County of Flagler, in the City of Flagler Beach, Florida 32136 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, FL. Dated at Palm Coast, Florida, this 25th day of August, 2021 Tselote Holley

Dated at Palm Coast, Florida, this 30th day of August, 2021 Tio Bubba’s, LLC.

General Merchandise NEW CHAMPION DUAL Fuel Generator, electric start, with full 33 lb LPG tank $750, college refrigerator $35 386-263-7001

Musical Instruments TECHNICS ORGAN FN3 Hammond Leslie sound system. FREE just remove from residence.

(386) 276-5942

Help Wanted HANDYMAN AND HOUSEKEEPER Spanish speaking ok Free room and board plus small salary Drug and alcohol free Call or text 386-569-1395 or jepronesti@gmail.com

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HOUSE PAINTER wanted, experienced. Must have own transportation and drivers license, call George at 386-446-2775

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Drug and alcohol free.

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A General Home Maintenance & Repair Company Call Steve 386-279-4599

Home Services

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This week’s Celebrity Cipher answers Puzzle One Solution: “You can’t stay the same. If you’re a musician and a singer, you have to change, that’s the way it works.”

Van Morrison Puzzle Two Solution: “How can we expect something positive to come from all the negative that we put into this world?”

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Arborist Office: 386-264-6281 Cell: 904-669-7743

Building Customers For Life!

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PRESSURE CLEANING INTERIOR/EXTERIOR PAINTING CEILING FANS LIGHT & SINK FIXTURES

Rick Crouse, owner Licensed and Insured

Roofing

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