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OUR TOWN

City may suspend red light camera program

Diane and Ed Clark on their wedding day in 1965

+ Happy 50th anniversary!

Ed and Diane Clark, of Palm Coast, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Jan. 30.

They were married at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in East Hartford, Connecticut, and moved to Palm Coast in 1983.

They have three children: Jeffrey Clark and his wife, Melissa, of Alpharetta, Georgia; Kelly Brandt, of Palm Coast; and Amy Bowes and her husband, Bill, of Palm Coast; and eight grandchildren: Nicolette, Madeline and Charles Clark, Adrianna, Jacob and Trevor Brandt and Samuel and John Bowes.

For their anniversary, the Clarks renewed their vows at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church.

Palm Coast may suspend its red light camera program in less than a month to comply with a recent court decision that makes part of the city’s agreement with camera company

ATS illegal.

“I think it’s time for City Council to make a decision, and so we want to put it on the agenda,” City Manager Jim Landon told council members at a Feb.

10 workshop. “The status quo, I think we’re all agreeing, is not acceptable.” Landon said the city would likely suspend the

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+ United Way High Tea event proceeds distributed The United Way Women’s Initiative of Flagler presented a $15,234 check Jan. 21 for Florida Hospital Flagler’s Pink Army Breast Cancer Fund and the Flagler County Free Clinic at the Government Services Building.

The two organizations have been the recipients for the past two years.

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Some concerned about separation of church and state.

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The mural is on tile at the eastern entrance of the Publix at 298 Palm Coast Parkway NE.

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The 1978 tile mural at the Palm Harbor Shopping Center Publix may be demolished as the center is redeveloped into Island Walk. because it is permanent,” said Pati Mills, the Winter Haven artist who painted the mural in 1978. “It’s adhered with adhesive directly to the concrete. You can’t take them off unless you break them.”

The Palm Coast Publix mural at 298 Palm Coast Parkway NE is a beach scene: Palm trees frame the image in the foreground, while a far-off sailboat cruises along the blue water in the background. There are sand dunes, dune shrubbery, seashells, spoil islands and a flock of white birds.

Mills, a self-taught artist who

Christian school takes courthouse

painted about 200 Publix murals over the course of 25 years, didn’t use photos as a reference.

“I would just find out what was prevalent in an area,” she said.

“I could actually just look at the wall and see the picture.”

She sketched the scenes across the 4-by-4-inch tiles in pencil, painted them with glaze, then fired them, numbering the back of each tile so they could be installed at the site.

She knew of one mural in Bradenton that survived renovation because the exterior wall

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public art By Jonathan Simmons | News Editor

The tile mural Palm Coast shoppers have wheeled their shopping carts past since 1978 when entering or leaving the Publix in the Palm Harbor Shopping Center may soon be no more, a casualty of the plaza’s renovation.

Publix representatives haven’t yet given definitive answers to questions about the Palm Harbor Publix mural’s fate, but in the past, when Publix stores have been torn down and remodeled, the murals have come down with them, and Publix does not commission new ones.

“They probably won’t save it

Jonathan Simmons | News Editor

In less than a year, the shouts of schoolchildren at play may ring out from the old county courthouse as the structure, vacant since 2006, becomes the new home of a Christian school that has outgrown its current campus.

The County Commission voted 3-1 at a Tuesday morning special meeting to approve up to $375,000 to renovate the historic building and award a bid to lease it to First Baptist Christian Academy, a pre-K- to 12thgrade school now run out of the First Baptist Church at 6052 Palm Coast Parkway NW. Commissioner Nate McLaughlin cast the dissenting vote, saying he did not support the county sinking any more money into the building; Commissioner Charlie Ericksen missed the meeting for health reasons.

First Baptist Church Pastor and Christian Academy Principal Kevin Lautar said the school has had to turn away “a couple of dozen students this year alone” because of space constraints, and called the commission’s vote in favor of the school “the last hurdle that we were waiting to clear to go full steam ahead.”

The church’s bid was one of two that passed basic requirements of the county’s request for proposal, and was recommended by county staff. The other was submitted by the ExecData Inc. Information Technology Development Center.

County Administrator Craig Coffey presented the case in favor of the school to county commissioners at the meeting.

“We’ve gotten two submittals. Both proposals were very good, but there were some distinct differences we felt warranted one over the other,” he said.

He listed seven reasons to favor the Christian school over ExecData: The school promised a larger initial investment up

Mural’s fate uncertain The Clarks in 2015

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end in sight? By Jonathan Simmons | News Editor

A change in Florida law renders part of the camera contract illegal.

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‘CAN I KEEP THE TENTACLES?’ By Brian McMillan | Executive Editor

Hands-on science class: a squid tale Karen Driscoll’s fifth-grade class at Bunnell Elementary School dissected squids Feb. 5.

Margaret D’Elia and Isabella Miller

Photos by Brian McMillan

Daniel Berenblit, right, looks on as teacher Karen Driscoll helps Karissa Jackson, the daughter of Assistant Principal Esther Jackson, with her squid.

Matthew Brunell, Patrick White and Margaret D’Elia, have mixed feelings about handling an animal that was killed just so they could dissect it. Another student, William Vierengel, jokes his way through the moment, saying to his squid, “All your pain is relieved, my friend.”

Driscoll says it’s an important lesson: “You have to respect the animal that you are dissecting.”

Margaret thinks about it some more and later asks, “Can I keep the tentacles?”

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students to find the M&M-sized ink sac of their own squids and use the ink to write their names on an index card.

By now, Kenny has given up on his gloves and is making fingerprints on the card with his ink. Isabella Miller writes on her card, “R.I.P. Squidzy.”

After the activity, the smelly room is vigorously disinfected. Next up: learning math by tracking the Iditarod in real time.

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Another student tells his friend, keeping with the marine theme, “I once won a staring contest with a fish. And fish don’t blink.”

Driscoll teaches the students that sailors used to make art on whale teeth.

They would paint a tooth black with the ink found in squids’ sacs, and then etch into the black layer to make a souvenir to bring back home.

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“I think I have brain matter in my hands,” says one student, Kenny Logan.

He’s a fifth-grader in Karen Driscoll’s gifted class at Bunnell Elementary School, and he’s participating Feb. 5 in a particularly hands-on activity: squid dissection.

Two-dozen students sit in front of their individual squids, which are about the size of a washrag, give or take a few tentacles.

Driscoll moves from one desk to the next, wearing a blue apron and, like most of the rest of the students, rubber gloves.

They cut into the squid with scissors, and then try to extract the “pen,” which is the size and shape of a feather, but it looks like it’s made of transparent plastic. Squids are invertebrates, so this is the closest thing to a bone the students will find.

Since Christmas, the class has been working through a PBS series that Driscoll has preserved on VHS tapes from a previous science class she taught in Boston. The videos teach kids about the oceans, and this dissection activity is a way to make marine animals come to life, so to speak.

Driscoll also secured a grant from Marineland and brought her class there in the fall to learn about dolphins. At beginning of February, the class visited the Orlando Science Center. Driscoll says the half-penny tax that funds school technology is yielding real improvements in instruction: The class watches science videos on the big screen thanks to a subscription to Discovery Education, funded by the tax. “The tax isn’t just for iPads,” she says.

The dissection exposes students to certain conflicts they would never experience in the same way if they were only reading a book. Some students, including

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By Jonathan Simmons | News Editor

Video visitation to replace in-person jail visits Once it’s built, inmates in Flagler County’s new jail won’t be able to see their loved ones in person through a glass partition.

Instead, they’ll see them through the computer screen of a video visitation system.

Video visitation, Flagler County Inmate Facility Director Becky Quintieri said, “is less staff intensive in terms of moving inmates.

I think that’s the biggest advantage.” Only attorneys will still visit inmates face-to-face.

Cmdr. Bob Weber added that the video visitation system should make the jail safer. “It creates more of a secure environment, where fewer people are going into the facility,” he said.

Video visitation has spread around jails and prisons nationwide, but also drawn challenges from organizations like the ACLU, which has called the suspension of face-to-face visits in favor of video visits inhumane. The ACLU has sued the Sheriff’s Office over

inmates’ rights issues in the past, filing a lawsuit in February 2013 challenging the county jail’s postcard-only mail policy, which was later rescinded.

Video visitation systems that charge visitors have drawn particular ire from prisoners’ rights activists, but, Quintieri said, “They’re not going to have to pay to use the system here.”

The system planned for the new jail will require visitors to come in to a Sheriff’s Office fa-

cility. If the county were to ever implement a program that allows family visits from home — something Quintieri said the Sheriff’s Office is not looking at at this point — that could cost family members money, she said, because it would be expensive for the Sheriff’s Office.

Quintieri said she hadn’t considered how substituting in-person visits for video visits might affect the quality of inmates’ time with their families, but pointed

COUNTY / FROM PAGE 1 front, relied less on grant money and the possibility of renting out space, had more established funding sources, was an established organization while ExecData was a startup, would pay monthly rent while ExecData would not, seemed to have a better understanding of the courthouse building’s issues and history, and had more experience maintaining large facilities.

Deputy County Administrator Sally Sherman also visited the school Tuesday morning to review its funding sources, and found its proposal fiscally sound.

“They opened their books to me,” she said to commissioners during the meeting. “They have more than enough funds to move this project forward.”

The school charges tuition at a rate of $5,000 per student per year — it now has 211 students, but plans to enroll at least 300 this coming year — and has lined up private donors and promissory notes to finance the move to the courthouse.

Under the proposal approved Tuesday, the county’s $375,000 would pay for work that would be needed regardless of who rents the space — like maintaining the HVAC system, the roof and the elevators, and continuing termite control — and the school will invest up to $500,000 in renovations specific to its purposes, including converting space in the courtroom annex to about 35 classrooms and adding a cafeteria and a fenced playground behind the building.

The school would also pay about $3,000 in rent and common-area-maintenance charges initially, then about $6,000 a month starting Aug. 1. Ultimately, Coffey said, the school would pay the county more than the $375,000 the county would invest to repair the building.

That return swayed Commissioner Frank Meeker — who’d been wary of efforts to find a new use for the courthouse after the Bunnell City Commission, after asking for it for years, rejected it and returned it to the county — to favor the school’s proposal.

He ran the numbers, he said, and found that the school would ultimately pay the county about $424,800.

“The public’s money is going into an investment over the next 30 years, and it’s going to make a return on that investment of about $50,000,” he said.

The county would also no longer pay about $70,000 per year to maintain the building.

“This takes away the expense that we’ve been having annually, and has income in its place, and sets aside money so that we have a better building,” Commissioner Barbara Revels said. “The beauty of it is, if it’s 10 years, that we as a county may need that space by then, and it may be re-

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Jessica Kendra teaches Paris Roberge, Joshua-Luke Lacsamana, Rebecca Fuiek and Joshua Rodriguez on Feb. 11, at First Baptist Christian Academy, located on Palm Coast Parkway. Call 446-0094. turned to us in some decent and operable condition.”

But Douglas Courtney, the architect behind the ExecData proposal, said during public comment that he’d submitted his proposal under the impression that the county was not willing to put any money into the building.

“We were told there was no money available,” he said. “We would have loved to have found out through the RFP that there was another $375,000 available in grants through the county.”

Courtney said that while he wanted to see the building used, he was “torn” over the idea of the county sinking so much tax money into it.

“I think the $375,000 should be used … for the benefit of the entire county, not for this entity,” he said.

County attorney Al Hadeed said after the meeting that he had analyzed what the ExecData proposal would have looked like with a $375,000 county investment, and found it still financially inferior to the Christian school’s proposal.

Constitutionality concerns

By the time the commission met Tuesday, Merrill Shaprio had read a FlaglerLive.com news story about the property and emailed commissioners Monday evening urging them to “think twice about subsidizing sectarian schools.” Shapiro is the president of the board of trustees for Americans United for Separation of Church and State; he is also a former rabbi of the Temple Beth Shalom.

Commissioner George Hanns asked whether enrollment is open to all children or just church members. County administrator Craig Coffey replied that he did not know, but that the county has rented space to religious organizations in the past.

“Some folks have talked about religious, how can we rent a facility to a religious-affiliated

institution,” Coffey said. “The conflict created by the county’s reality is we rent pavilions to all relationship with the Christian types of groups; we rent com- school extends beyond favoritmunity centers to all types of ism. groups. If you think about this “It isn’t a question of preferenfacility, the School Board actu- tial treatment; it’s a question of ally had church services here for the government doing business about two or three years … You with religious organizations,” he can’t show favoritism, but you said in an interview after the vote can’t discriminate against them Tuesday. because they’re religious, either.

“This is an organization that So you have to treat them equal, discriminates in hiring on the and that’s what we’ve done.” basis of religion,” he said. “I don’t The school does allow non- think the county should support church members to attend, Lau- organizations that discriminate tar said in an interview Mon- in hiring on the basis of religion. day. “We have I suspect that Catholics, if they disMethodists, criminated in This takes away the and people hiring on the expense that we’ve who don’t rebasis of race been having annually ally have an — would the affiliation at county want ... and sets aside all,” he said. to associate money so that we “We already with that have a better building. itself minister to organization? people across I doubt it.”

Barbara Revels, county the spectrum, County Atcommissioner so to speak.” torney Al Lautar also Hadeed said told the comafter the mission during public comment meeting that he didn’t know Tuesday that the school does the details of the school’s hiring not restrict admission to church practices, or whether the county members. could find itself liable if someone But the school does follow the took legal action claiming the A Beka Book Christian curricu- school had refused to hire them lum — whose texts have come because they were nonreligious, under fire for teaching young- gay, or Jewish. earth creationism instead of evo“That will definitely be a focus lution and for what critics have of my inquiry in aiding in precalled dismissive treatment of paring the lease agreement,” he other faiths — and requires po- said. tential staff members to affirm But Hadeed said he’d analyzed a belief in Christianity through the aspect of the academy’s bid a “statement of faith” Lautar de- that required the county to inscribed as “basically a core set of vest money into the building up Christian doctrines, that what front, and found that it did not the Bible says is true, is true — violate consititutionally manit’s basically a statement of basic dated separation of church and Christian beliefs.” An employ- state: The money the county ment application posted on the puts into the facility, he said, academy’s website asks potential will return to the county, and applicants to “Give three refer- the improvements the money ences that are qualified to speak funds would be necessary for the of your spiritual experience and building’s “market value, its utilChristian service” and tells them ity and its future use” regardless to “List your current pastor first.” of the building’s tenant.

“There is no improper subsidy Shapiro said the church-state

out that under the current visitation policy, inmates are separated from their visiting loved ones through a glass partition.

“I haven’t heard any complaints about that,” she said. “I think people are used to doing that now, with Skype and FaceTime and all of that.” She said she misses seeing her son, who is in college, “but if I saw him through glass or through Facetime, I’m not sure what difference that would make.” to a faith-based organization,” Hadeed said. “If we gave them a special discount, then we’d definitely have a problem. … But the fact that they’re paying all the (common area maintenance) charges through the formula that was devised again establishes that there was no subsidy to the church.”

Hadeed also noted that Lautar had told the commission, in reply to a question by Hanns, that the school’s enrollment was not restricted to church members.

“The pastor said that it was open enrollment, that you were not required to be a member of the church. If the response were different, my opinion might be different,” he said.

But Shapiro said curricula used in Christian schools are often exclusionary.

“The government giving the stamp of approval to a religious organization is troublesome,” he said. “I don’t think the government should be supporting a message that opposes other people’s religious beliefs.”

Plans for expansion

The courthouse won’t just give the First Baptist Christian Academy more space, Lautar said. It will also give the school a chance for accreditation through the Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools — something particularly important now that the school has, just this year, begun accepting high school students.

“We are in the process of going through accreditation, but there is a certain square footage that we have to have per student to be accredited,” he said. “We will never be accredited where we’re at, because the square footage is too small.”

Of the school’s 211 students, Lautar said, 43 are in middle or high school, and accreditation will help their college prospects.

He expects a projected total school enrollment of 300 for the coming school year to include some students from out of town.

“People who are looking for a private education, a Christian education, would drive regionally for that,” he said. “We feel that the middle and high school classes will really help fulfill a growing need for parents who desire a private education for their children.” Lautar expects that the school may one day outgrow the courthouse property.

But for now, he said, the courthouse building — through its size, historic nature and it central location in Bunnell — will give the church and its academy a chance to have a greater impact on the community.

“The courthouse is very special to a lot of people,” he said. “It holds a lot of significance, really, in the heart of the community, and we want to be involved in a way that helps perpetuate that and really carry on. We’re looking

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EMERGENCY By Brian McMillan | Executive Editor

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Where am I? 911 knows

program.

The 4th District Court of Appeals, Palm Coast City Attorney Bill Resichmann told City Council members at the workshop, on Jan. 31 denied a request to for re-hearing in a case that had ruled the city of Hollywood’s program illegal because camera company ATS — rather than the city — mailed out Uniform Traffic Citations, the $264 fine sent to people who don’t pay an initial $158 violation notice.

Palm Coast’s agreement with ATS works like Hollywood’s: The city pays the camera company to handle UTCs. After the initial ruling in the Hollywood case, Palm Coast asked the camera company to stop mailing them while it waited for the 4th DCA to make a decision. Now that it has, the prohibition on having camera companies mail out UTCs is Florida law.

“What we’re hiring them to do, according to 4th DCA, is pretty much what they’re not supposed to do,” Reischmann said.

Councilman Steven Nobile, who made eliminating the city’s red light camera program a central part of his campaign, suggested that the city suspend the camera program immediately, and city Mayor Jon Netts, historically a stalwart supporter of the camera program, said he was coming around to Nobile’s side.

“I’m beginning to agree with Mr. Nobile that this thing should not drag out forever. Where we are is untenable,” he said. “I was a proponent of the red light cameras. I think that the evidence very clearly shows a reduction in violations. I think that the program is inherently good. I think the state of Florida messed it up so badly that it’s probably irrevocably broken. But I don’t want to just see this thing go on.”

But he urged caution. If the city suspends the program immediately, he said, “I wouldn’t be surprised if ATS says, ‘We’re going to sue you for breach of contract.’ If we’re going to suspend it, I think that we ought to suspend it at the same time as we ask declaratory judgment from a judge.”

Declaratory judgment — a process in which the city would ask a judge to review the city’s contract to see if it’s still valid, or could be terminated — was one of the options Resichmann laid out for the city at the meeting Tuesday.

Reischmann explained other options: The city could amend its contract with ATS so that the city mails out the UTCs, it could negotiate with ATS to terminate the contract before its 2019 end date, or it could invoke section 27 of the contract and suspend the program. He said he believed ATS would favor amending the contract, but that he would know more after a Feb. 12 meeting with ATS. Landon suggested the council wait until after the Feb. 12 meeting to make any decisions.

“We’re headed toward that suspension,” he said. “But I do believe that we need to go through it carefully, and through our normal process to make that decision, so that you fully have all the information in front of you before we just shoot from the hip and hopefully hit the target. But unless ATS comes up with some surprise, I think we’re headed in that direction.”

An upgrade to the county’s 911 emergency system was implemented Feb. 4 without a hitch, says Kevin Guthrie.

When someone calls 911, one of the most important pieces of information is where the emergency occurred. But what happens if the caller doesn’t know where he or she is?

According to Public Safety Emergency Manager Kevin Guthrie, that’s a common problem with tourists. A call might come in saying someone has just been the victim of a robbery at a gas station on Palm Coast Parkway, but, “they don’t know one address from another,” he said. The best the tourist might be able to do is say it was at a gas station on Palm Coast Parkway, but on which side of Interstate 95? North or south? Until recently, that might have slowed down the response to the incident.

But as of Feb. 4, Flagler County has a new 911 system that will allow dispatchers to pinpoint the location of a wireless caller within 50 meters, as opposed to the previous standard of 300 meters.

“Now, we can accurately tell which side of the Interstate they’re on, and get the best, closest unit,” Guthrie said. “The firefighters will always tell you: Minutes save lives. … Minutes and seconds lead to better apprehension of suspects.”

He added that, in some cases, it could be possible to pinpoint a caller to within one meter.

Computer upgrades also enhance dispatchers’ ability to view the location of sheriff’s deputies on a screen at the same time that they are viewing the estimated location of a wireless caller. That will enable them to more efficiently reroute the nearest deputy to the scene of a crime or other emergency.

“We don’t have that technology yet in the fire department,” Guthrie said.

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The benefit of accepting emergency texts is especially clear in the case of an active shooter or a home invasion.

“Imagine someone has come into your home, and you don’t want to give your position away,” Guthrie said. For the same benefit of secrecy, a text would also be preferable in domestic violence cases, when the victim “doesn’t want to let their abuser know they’re on the phone calling the police.”

“We’re based on station response, not vehicle response.”

Guthrie identified another benefits to the new system: The 911 emergency line and the nonemergency 10-digit number (313-4911) will be integrated into the same computer system. “There used to be two telephone sets,” Guthrie said.

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The mural, painted by Winter Haven, Florida-based artist Pati Mills, is dated 1978.

MURAL / FROM PAGE 1 the mural was installed on was preserved and made into an interior wall. Other than that, they came down. She has photos of some, she said, but she often didn’t bother to so much as look at the murals — which she painted in her garage, and, in the early years, fired in her barn — after they were installed in locations around the state.

“I did not want to see them,” she said.

The steady work ensured that she was “never a starving artist”: She was paid an average of $5,000 for each, she said. She began painting them when she was in her 30s, after getting her GED and trying her hand at pottery. “The first five bought my house, gave me the down payment on my house. They got me my sea plane, and put my kids through school. … Dust to dust — we come in as dust, we will leave as dust.

I’m just moving on to something else.”

But in the towns where such public art is installed, said Gargiulo Art Foundation Director Arlene Volpe, it can shape a community’s sense of itself.

“It’s history. It’s the history of what’s been going on here. It’s important,” she said. If the Publix mural comes down, she said, “That’s a shame. … I hate to see anything that has some historical value to it demolished for the sake of new things coming in.”

The Gargiulo Art Foundation is trying to bring more public art to the city, she said.

“It shows the history of what’s been going on it Palm Coast, since it’s such a new city,” she said. “We already have wonderful sport activities going on — fishing, golfing — we just want to make sure the cultural aspect is right out there. … We travel up and down the coast and you almost inevitably see a large sculpture as you’re entering a city. It’s telling you, ‘We’re here. Come and see us. We have something to offer.’”

City of Palm Coast spokeswoman Cindi Lane said it would be pity if the mural is demolished.

“Public art reflects our community, what we’re all about — it makes it kind of ours,” she said.

Palm Coast’s Beautification and Environmental Advisory Committee has a subgroup, headed by city landscape architect Bill Butler, which works with organizations like the Gargiulo Art Foundation to bring sculpture to the city.

“We’re a real promoter of this,” Butler said. “To be a true community, you need to have all aspects of it, including cultural arts. And we’re working on it. We’re not an old city, so we don’t have a whole lot of it, but were trying to promote it wherever we can.”

Lane said public art can help create memorable spaces.

“With Palm Coast being so young, is isn’t like we have that many historic structures or monuments or anything, so this is a way of building them,” she said. “People who grow up here, they’ll remember seeing them and visiting them as kids, and then they’ll bring their kids.”

One product of that partnership is the panther statue at Linear Park on Palm Coast Parkway. The plans for the new city hall, Lane said, also include a space that is being left vacant for a sculpture.

Lane said that if the Publix mural is indeed to be torn down, the city might take pictures of it so that it’s at least preserved on photo paper, if not in its original fired clay.

“We were thinking at the very least it would be nice to have a professional photograph done for the Historical Society,” she said. “I think the city could probably do that if that’s what ends up happening.”

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015

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Publisher / John Walsh, jwalsh@palmcoastobserver.com

Editor’s Note: We asked last week on this page: ‘Never again?’ The editorial was referring to the Holocaust and inferred that Islamic terrorists’ atrocities resembled those of the Nazis. We said it was time for the U.S. to act forcefully. Our readers from Palm Coast and Ormond Beach responded — forcefully.

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+ You said it like it is

Community Editor / Shanna Fortier, shanna@palmcoastobserver.com

Dear Editor: Bravo for taking such a stand against the Islamic terrorists.

Your “Never Again?” editorial is a mustread for everyone, and I mean everyone.

We are at war. Make no mistake about it, and you took it upon yourself instead of writing about local news to warn our country that we must take action now.

There is no one: ”No other nation with the might, the ingenuity or the ability to muster the will, courage and commitment to do whatever is necessary to end the slaughtering of innocents, to destroy this mortal enemy of Western values and civilizatiion.” Because, as you said, “If not we, then who will stop them?”

What a courageous person to say it like it is.

Gloria Max Executive Director, Jewish Federation of Volusia & Flagler Counties Inc. Ormond Beach

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+ Yes, never again!

Dear Editor: I cannot commend you highly enough for your bravery, your honesty and the courage it took to print “Never Again?”

I am sure your readership expects a weekly stance on the usual: construction on a roadway taking too long; or a plea for money for school sports, etc. For you to boldly state what many of our citizens think, and make a plea for action on our part, as well as our state and federal leaders, required courage. Congratulations.

We watch in horror as the radical Islamists destroy civilization, brutally murder and degrade, and yet nothing is done.

Those in government are there through our generosity; we, in the small communities, are the voters. We sent them there.

They are required to do OUR bidding, not satisfy their own petty agendas, living in their own self-satisfying world.

Yes, you are correct: Never Again! Yes, you are correct: If not us, then who?

Can we possibly be so naive to think it will not come here? It has in the past, and it is only a matter of time before it comes again.

And if not for us, do we stand by as it happens on the other side of the ocean?

The world did that before, and shame on us for that.

Yes, Never Again. It has been argued that we are not the policemen of the world, let someone else do it. But there is no one with the power; no one with the moral standards backed by such power. It has to be us.

On behalf of Jews, Christians, nonradical Muslims, any peace-loving people, we must all shout “Never Again!” And let our politicians know we mean it, before it is too late.

Eleanor Fella Palm Coast

+ Step up, take the lead Dear Editor: It is really refreshing to see thoughts almost identical to mine appear in a newspaper editorial.

It is so frustrating to know the mistakes that led up to World War II are being repeated and a major portion of the world population is ignorant of what is happening.

In addition, our government, most notably our president, and the major news media seem to be ignorant of the long-term effects of current events. If the problem is not tackled now, it is likely to grow until the consequences are much greater.

I agree; the United States should step up and take the lead against the threat. With

A RESPONSE FROM LONGBOAT KEY + Stick to Cops Corner Editor’s Note: This letter was sent to the Longboat Key Observer, a sister paper of the Palm Coast Observer.

Dear Editor: I write with no illusions of seeing this in print. Nevertheless, I was so upset by your editorial calling for all-out war that I had to respond.

Your “Never Again?” editorial went way beyond the expected limits of an advertisement-laden, local weekly. It is wrong on so many levels that I don’t know where to begin.

To compare ISIS or any other fringe terrorist group to Hitler’s Germany is not only out of proportion with history, but it diminishes the deaths of millions of innocent, Jews, Slavs, gypsies, homosexuals, intellectuals and others who were slaughtered by a tyrant who has no equal in infamy.

Yes, we had 9/11. Yes, there have been gruesome beheadings. But most of the killing has been Arabs killing Arabs, which has been going on for centuries.

Your call to arms is frightening. Pumped up by jingoistic quotations from Army officers, you call for all-out war, risking the lives of thousands of young American soldiers to fight a battle that you are thousands of miles away from.

Why don’t you and your family move to the Middle East and publish your paper there? Because you, personally, have no intention of putting yourself in harm’s way. It’s easy to throw spitballs from the comfort of your safe office. You even pay homage to that great American Spiro Agnew by using one of his favorite words — nattering.

The president is “feckless,” the Congress “afraid.” But not you and your warrior friends. The answer is always war.

My advice: Stick to Cops Corner and condo ads. If you have to vent, write a letter to the Times. You can’t turn the Longboat Observer into a bully pulpit when all you have to offer is bull----.

Jeffrey Meltzer Longboat Key good leadership, I believe this country could establish a coalition of countries to crush terrorism wherever it arises.

Jerry Chiddister Palm Coast

+ Shout the truths

Dear Editor: I am writing to highly commend the Observer. The courage you have exhibited to print the article “Never Again?” is extraordinary.

These truths need to be shouted from the house tops of every country in the free and civilized world if we are to remain free.

I am the granddaughter of German Jews who realized what was coming in Germany and were able to escape before it was too late. They were fired from their jobs in universities and cultural arenas.

Family and friends were murdered. My great-grandmother was taken from her home when she was 81 to be burned in the ovens of Treblinka.

The losses and trauma experienced eventually culminated in my grandparents taking their own lives.

There was a man by the name of Zvi Jabotinsky who went around Europe telling my people “the ground is burning under your feet.” Now it is burning under the feet of all who do not adhere to this diabolical, evil and barbaric agenda.

As a famous sage of Israel said, “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I?” If not now, when? We will find ourselves having to take a stand, hopefully sooner than later. Thank you again.

Iris Sadove Ormond Bech

+ President deaf to threats Dear Editor: My compliments on “Never Again?”

You are correct; unfortunately, what you say falls on deaf ears in the White House.

Our country is sinking in so many ways, including our prestige around the world and our military/defense here at home.

Dr. Len Indianer Ormond Beach

+ Truth about terrorists

Dear Editor: Bravo and three cheers and more for finally speaking out the truth about the Islamic terrorists and what we need to do about it. I had just about given up on getting any truth from the U.S. press.

I have contacted my senators and congressman with my comments to your editorial. I am not sure it will do any good, but if enough of us care enough to do the same it may help.

Gail St. Pierre

Palm Coast

+ Israel won’t let it happen again

Dear Editor: Good editorial. I wrote this before I read your editorial: Recently, I read a letter to the editor that seemed to be saying anti-Semitism is decreasing or holding steady and antiMuslim sentiment is on the rise. Duh! Just because certain Muslims cut off heads, burn people alive, stone women, want to kill us infidels and do some other really bad things in the name of a religion that is actually a political ideology doesn’t mean we are prejudiced against Muslims.

I read a recent letter from a woman who said: “Once and for all, criticism of Israel and anti-Semitism are not the same thing.”

Israel is a Jewish state. Curse Israel, and you are cursing the Jews. People had better realize one thing: It’s not going to happen again. They’ll fight back, and they are damned good at it! They have a leader who has fought before and will do it again. Wish I could say the same about our leader.

Douglas Glover Palm Coast

+ Let your voices be heard Dear Editor: Kudos are insufficient. What a powerhouse of a piece and “right on.”

Thank you for printing your editorial. I can only hope others who read it will do as asked — let their voices be heard before it is too late.

Having left Warsaw in 1938 with my parents, I know all too well what a Holocaust brings. The fact that it could happen again in any shape or form should frighten the entire world into action now — not during or after the fact. Once was enough.

It seems the world does not choose to stop killing, but another Holocaust such as this must be stopped.

The comments by Col. Ralph Peters need to be heeded, and our Congress needs to stop thinking of this as simply a pre-election year. Enough is enough! Thank you for your courage.

Dana Williams Palm Coast

+ America, wake up Dear Editor: Thank you for printing “Never Again?” in the Feb. 5 edition.

How many have to be beheaded, crucified or burned alive in a cage before people start to question this evil that is taking over the Middle East?

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LETTERS / FROM PAGE 6 Too many people are living in a bubble in America and Europe.

They think that it won’t happen here. Sorry, but it can happen here, and it can happen in Europe.

Why are people so detached? It seems we are following the same attitude of the people during the rise of Hitler. Everyone knew what was happening, but preferred to look away, because it was not happening to me or to my country. It was in Germany, Poland, France and Italy, and in so many countries, yet no one thought to say, “This could be me, it could happen here, to me, my children, my loved ones, my friends and my neighbors.

People of America, wake up. If you love America, it’s time to realize that if we do not put pressure on our government, we will not have the freedoms we now enjoy for much longer. It will happen here, perhaps sooner than later.

Barbara Capuano Palm Coast

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+ Whom do we contact?

Dear Editor: I have read this article and looked at these pictures and, having traveled to Germany and seeing one of the concentration camps and photos of the heinous crimes that were committed in those camps, Matt is exactly correct. This is the beginning of basically the same thing that went on in the 1940s but only in Germany at the time. Now it is happening all over the world.

What do we do? I am not a politically correct person, but I will say that in my opinion, we should do the very same thing we did to Japan. Blow them to hell.

As Army Lt. Col. Peters said, go in take care of business, get it done and get out.

We also need desperately to get down on our knees and start doing some serious praying because we have all forgotten that God is watching and he is allowing us to make these constant mistakes and leaving him out of our lives.

That said, my question to you is who do we contact and how do we contact them? I totally agree that we have simply let our lives continue on as though nothing that is going on is affecting us, but it is and we had better take heed. Please give those of us who don’t know who to contact and how to contact them some help, we need some leading from someone that knows.

You share with me, and I will share with all those I know and your name and business will never be mentioned in order to protect you and yours.

Please help!

Billye Boyd-Jones Palm Coast Editor’s Note: Email Florida’s U.S. senators Bill Nelson (Democrat) and Marco Rubio (Republican) at these respective websites: billnelson.senate.gov/contactbill and rubio.senate.gov/public/index. cfm/contact. Email District 6 U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis here: desantis.house.gov/contact/ email-me.

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Dear Editor: Thank you for getting me on my high horse. I did as you so urged in your editorial “Never Again?”; I let my representatives and senators know I am looking to them to defeat ISIS as I have no hope that, unless they act, anything will change.

What next horror perpetrated on innocents will it take to give our president and government the will to act and plan to defeat an ideology that aches for heaven?

God help us, if we do not stop ISIS now, our grandchildren’s grandchildren will be fighting this evil by whatever name it chooses to call itself.

Faith Kaskisto Palm Coast — Send your letters to editor@palmcoastobserver.com. We publish letters of general interest about local topics. Include first and last name, as well as city of residence. Letters may be edited for clarity and length.

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Dear Editor: The Flagler County Board of County Commissioners’ approval of the Salamander/Lubert Adler hotel project is another example of the city slickers conning the Florida crackers. The BOCC (Barbara Revels not included) sold out the county for the cheap price of $500,000 (chump change in scheme of a $72 million project) and a one-acre piece of worthless property. The BOCC put Salamander on the easy payment plan for the $500,000 amount without a firm payment time frame and at no interest, and there is no agreement on exactly when, and under what conditions, the one-acre scrub property will be deeded over to the county.

Moreover, as shown during the hearing, and admitted to by Salamander President Prem Devadas, Salamander is presently pitching the sale of Hammock Beach to foreign investors (they have a promotional Chinese language video circulating) who will now have to pay an additional estimated $10 million more for the property with the hotel project approved and greatly adding value to the asset. So, the BOCC increased the value of the Hammock Beach property by $10 million in return for the payment of only 5% of the windfall they handed out to Salamander on Monday night/Tuesday morning.

Amateurish work on the BOCC’s part at best (Barbara Revels not included).

Personally, I have opposed this entire project from the start. I was pleased to see that, due to pressure

by Save The Hammock, Salamander was forced to abandon their attempt to increase the permitted uses on the entirety of the Ocean Hammock Golf Course to include “lodging” (additional hotel space, condos, time shares, etc.), and that Thad Crowe and the Flagler County Planning Board convinced them to drop the proposed destruction of one of the last remaining hardwood hammocks on the A1A corridor at 16th Road to build a hotel parking lot.

Salamander also won’t, apparently, be allowed to build a cart path through the dune at Old Salt Park, although who knows what some additional money offered to the BOCC might allow. We now know what the BOCC thinks the county is; the only thing left now for any developer is haggling over the price.

The BOCC (Barbara Revels not included) ”pimped” out the county for a cheap price. I guess that pretty much tells us how they view the county and its residents when it comes to dealing with commercial developers.

Jeff Southmayd Ocean Hammock

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my view By James L. Manfre | Guest Writer

Sheriff: Perception of rising crime is not true CRIME BY THE NUMBERS Crime has declined 9.4% since 2012.

Number of crimes per 100,000 population in 2013

Violent Property Murder Forcible sex offense Robbery Assault U.S. 367.9 2,731.0 4.5 25.2 109.0 229.0 Florida 476.1 3,151.2 5.0 51.2 120.3 300.0 Flagler 294.3 1,943.9 3.1 42.9 58.3 190.0 Source: Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, selected from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports

is second; and that law enforcement must be proactive in preventing crime.

At the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office these goals are effectuated by weekly CompStat meetings with the agency command staff. From data presented at these meetings it is determined where and what type of crime is occurring and how to prevent it from reoccurring. The meetings also ensure that commanders and supervisors in the field know that they are accountable for crime occurrences and are motivated to seek solutions to prevent crime reoccurrence.

The position of Mr. Glover, the writer of the letter that I am responding to herein, is that crime is on the increase in Flagler County. This is not true. Crime has been and is still being reduced in the county. In fact the number of burglaries committed in 2014 is less than it was in 2001 when Flagler had half its current population! By every measure, Flagler’s crime statistics are considerably lower than the state and national averages for crimes

per 100,000 people (see box on this page), and both national and statewide crime has been and still is on a downward trend.

I believe the reason for this in our community, state and nation is that there are more educated, better-trained law enforcement executives and officers, and most importantly the expansion of community policing.

The perception of an increase in crime may be the result of sensationalized crimes reported from more urbanized area of the state and nation in television, video and print media. We know we have more work to do to continue to lower crime, but that requires not just the hard work of determined deputies. It also

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mandates that the people in our communities make it harder for criminals to succeed by removing valuables from their vehicles and locking them, protecting their homes from intruders either by alarm or video systems, installing quality locks and using them, and keeping garage doors closed. We cannot eradicate all crime, but, with the assistance of residents, we can do more.

As far as Mr. Glover’s suggestion that Palm Coast develop its own police force, I believe that would be a huge fiscal and operational mistake. The city of Palm Coast has estimated that it would take $6 million to $10 million in capital costs to replicate the law enforcement services

What’s your opinion of crime in Flagler County? Many readers responded on Facebook with comments like this one from Benjamin Capua: “Lived here for 28 years, and this past few years have been the worse crime wise that I can remember.”

But Bon Bell responded, in reference to Manfre’s statistics: “Never saw a group that was so devastated when actual proof is provided that debunks their ill-informed, inarticulate views.”

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that the Sheriff’s Office provides plus an additional $6 million to $10 million in annual operating costs to run a city police force.

The city currently pays $2.5 million annually to the Sheriff’s Office. The FCSO presently has a close working relationship with the city administration, and a new Palm Coast precinct in close proximity to city offices.

Fear is a debilitating state of mind, especially when it comes to crime. We live and work in a beautiful area. Crime, though it does exist here, is much lower than in most communities, and it is about equal no matter where you live in Flagler County. The perception that crime is more prevalent in the P-, B-, or Rsections or any other area of our county is just not true.

I would ask all residents of our county to help keep crime rates low by being vigilant and to report crime as soon as it occurs.

Let us continue to enjoy the Florida lifestyle that we have come to love.

James Manfre is the sheriff of Flagler County.

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Perhaps you have heard recently about the crime rate in New York City being the lowest in two decades. The community policing philosophy responsible for most of the crime reduction there was introduced by the present NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton under Mayor Rudolph Guiliani in the 1990s. It has proven to be the most effective way to create the right environment for law enforcement and communities to work together to prevent crime from occurring.

Its tenets are that law enforcement treats the citizens it serves as its customers; that crime prevention is the first goal of law enforcement and apprehension

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theft for the stolen candy and grand theft for the iPhone.

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1:48 a.m. 5100 block of Belle Terre Parkway, Palm Coast. Larceny. An employee of a local pharmacy told deputies that a man wearing a hat, a red shirt and a red backpack stole a 19-year-old store employee’s cell phone, a pair of headphones that were with the phone, and candy from the store.

The employee who reported the theft believed the thief went to a nearby shopping plaza, according to a Sheriff’s Office incident report.

A deputy found a red-shirted man with a hat and a red backpack in a nearby fast food restaurant, and told him he matched the description of a man who had stolen a cell phone.

The red-shirted man pulled a white iPhone 5S with no case out of the pocket of his sweatshirt and told the deputy he owned a similar phone but didn’t know anything about a stolen phone.

But, “as (the man) was telling me this, another phone rang from the pocket of his cargo shorts,” the deputy wrote in the report, and the man pulled out another iPhone 5S in a white case.

The deputy told the man that the stolen phone had a pink case, then asked to search him.

The man consented to a search, and a second deputy “removed multiple items from the pocket,” including “a pink case that did fit the iPhone.”

The backpack was full of candy.

Deputies arrested the man and returned the phone to the store employee and the candy to the store. The total value of the stolen junk food was $34.74.

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Apparently not camouflaged enough 7:04 a.m. First block of Wheeling Drive.

Car break. A 41-year-old man left his Chevy Silverado in his driveway overnight, and when he woke up the next morning and got ready to leave for work, his camouflage hunting bow — worth about $800 — was missing.

He’d left it in the unlocked truck, sitting underneath a couple of fishing poles.

The man told deputies he heard a sound at about midnight and looked out his window to see what it was, but didn’t see anything suspicious when he did.

Neighbors told deputies they did not see anything suspicious that night.

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12:46 p.m. 12300 block of State Road 11. Stolen vehicle. Someone broke into a locked, gated hunting camp sometime between Jan. 18 and Feb. 8 and stole a member’s green 2007 Honda Rancher allterrain vehicle.

The victim, a 51-year-old Jacksonville resident, told a deputy he had the only keys to the ATV and hadn’t given anyone permission to use it.

The hunting club had about 10 members in it, he said, and he didn’t know of any time the gate would have been left unlocked or unattended.

He told the deputy he thought the thief must be a member, since the ATV had been parked in a location not visible from the road, and the thief would have needed a gate key to get inside the property.

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A 41-year-old man told deputies that sometime between 2 a.m. Feb. 6 and 11 a.m. Feb. 7, someone broke into his car — he thought he’d left the vehicle unlocked — and stole a pair of sunglasses, an iPod nano, a metal detector and some change from his glove box.

A deputy conducted a neighborhood canvas, but no one said they had heard or seen anything suspicious.

Deputies had no suspects in the case.

100 block of Flagler Plaza Drive. Larceny. The manager of a hardware store called the Sheriff’s Office and said that sometime between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., someone had stolen a Craftsman lawn mower priced at $309.99.

The manager said the lawnmower was chained up in front of the store, next to the entrance, and somebody cut the chain it.

He said it had last been seen at 5 p.m., and that when he noticed it wasn’t there around 7 p.m., he assumed it had sold.

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The 81-year-old said he got the call Feb. 3 “from a person he believed was his grandson stating that he was involved in a fender bender in Athens, Georgia,” according to an incident report.

The con man told the 81-year-old that he was unhurt, but needed money “to pay legal fees that were involved with the car accident.”

The con man told him to send the money through a local big box store, but the store “refused to honor the request,” according to the report. The man then went to a bank, which sent the money.

When the con man called again asking for another $1,000, the $81-year-old became suspicious.

He called his grandson and said he was checking on him to see if he was OK after the car accident, and the grandson “advised him that he was fine and was not in any car accident,” and that he had not been to Georgia.

Deputies told the man that phone scams are an “ongoing trend,” and requested that he contact the Federal Trade Commission to report the incident.

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Garden Club turns 40 Past and present members and guests joined the Garden Club at Palm Coast Wednesday, Feb. 3, at the Hammock Dunes Club to celebrate the club’s 40th anniversary.

The club was started in 1975, when 12 residents got together for the first time in an ITT model home. In 1986, the club had grown to 24 members and participated in its first community project, the Selection of the Month, to recognize excellence in home landscaping. This project is still carried out today.

In 1983, the group planted its first community garden, which is still located next to the Palm Coast Community Center.

Over the past 40 years, the club began giving scholarships to students, hosting flower shows and working with other organizations to beautify the area; including landscaping the Humane Society, labeling plants at the Palm Harbor Shopping Center and planting the garden at the VFW. In 2002, the club planted its first memorial Florida Arboor Day tree at Fire Station 21 in memory of three members who had died. They continue this program today planting trees in Central Park in Town Center.

“We’ve done a lot of things in the community over the years, so we’re celebrateing being together,” President Tom McKean said while standing in the ballroom at

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In a Saturday presentation at the Community Center, Gina Holt, of Wild About Birds, showcases four birds she has rescued.

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the Hammock Dunes Club.

Now, the club has 129 members who participate in monthly meetings and community programs.

“It’s a learning process for most of our members,” McKean said. “Being new to this area from up north, they learn about what grows here and the environment.”

The club also promotes the environment in general and talks about everything from water conservation to which reptiles to be on the lookout for.

Birding is usually considered to be scientific. When identifying birds, one must look at the size and shape, the color pattern, behavior and habitat before coming to a conclusion.

But, Dee Fairbanks Simpson takes a different approach. In her class, Profoundly Unscientific Bird ID, part of the city of Palm Coast’s inaugural Birds of a Feather Fest, Feb. 6-8, Simpson shared her ID tricks. Known as the Very Bad Birder, Simpson identifies her birds based on things like if they live up to their name, would she want to have a beer with them and comparing them to cartoon characters.

Simpson’s class was just one of more than 30 bird-centered events that took place throughout Flagler County this weekend.

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Palm Coast shuffles departments City manager seeks to address developers’ concern by reorganizing four departments.

of Palm Coast press release: Landon announced the reorganization at the Feb. 3 Palm Coast City Council meeting, saying that this month’s retirement of John Moden, director of the Engineering and Stormwater Department, and the recent vacancy of Tony Capela in the Public Works Department provided an opportunity to make organizational changes.

(FBI agents visited Palm Coast last month and asked questions about Capela after his resignation, but nothing has been released about the purpose of the questions or the results.)

Feb. 3 was Moden’s last City Council meeting as a director. Landon thanked Moden for his 37 years of service in stormwater and drainage to the Palm Coast community, calling his retirement the “end of an era.”

“John helped build this community,” Landon said. “John’s one of those individuals who is impossible to replace because of his knowledge and the fact that he helped build this community and his institutional memory.”

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The capital project responsibilities in the Community Development and Utility departments will be combined with Engineering and Stormwater to create a new Community Development division named Construction Management and Engineering. Community Development will also have divisions overseeing Planning, Building and Code Enforcement.

Landon said Flanagan was selected for promotion because of his experience in construction and capital projects, and he added that Flanagan has demonstrated strong leadership and management skills.

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The award is based such factors as staff training and and customer relations.

Palm Coast’s Utility Department is the only Florida utility to receive this year’s award in the FLDEP’s Northeast 19-county region. This is the fifth year since 2008 that all three Palm Coast plants were considered and awarded.

James Hogan is the water operations manager for the city.

The following is adapted from a city of Palm Coast press release: The city of Palm Coast’s floodplain management activities are reviewed yearly and with a community visit every five years through the National Flood Insurance Program. The city has been notified that its rating has improved from a Class 6 to a Class 5 (lower is better) due to the additional activities that the city voluntarily participates in above and beyond what is required.

A Class 5 rating is the highest rating of any city or county in Florida, and there are only 20 Florida cities/counties that have a Class 5 rating. This places the City of Palm Coast in the top 10% of the Florida cities/counties that participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. Nationally, the City of Palm Coast is now in the top 7% of communities that participate in the national program.

The rating system affects the premiums that property owners in each community must pay for flood insurance. As a result of the improvement in the rating, eligible Palm Coast property owners in a Special Flood Hazard Area will now go from a 20% discount to a 25% discount. Properties outside of a Special Flood Hazard Area will continue to receive a 10% discount on their already lower premiums; this represents a majority of the Palm Coast community.

“This is very exciting and an honor for our organization and community,” said City Manager Jim Landon.

“This improvement to our rating system did not happen by accident.”

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Landon said the reorganization shouldn’t impact residents directly, but, in the case of a builder who is extending water and sewer services on a property, it will make a difference. Before the change went into effect, the builder used to have to visit both the Utility Department and the Community Development Department to have plans approved; now the builder will only have to deal with one department.

“We hope the development community and builders will find our process more friendly and faster,” Landon said. “We’ve already made major improvements, and this is the last area that I have heard that we needed to still make improvements in.

Our Building Department has a much better reputation; Planning is much quicker than it was. So we’re trying to address this other concern that we’ve heard from the development community.”

He noted that residential development dipped dramatically during the recession, but it’s now increasing.

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NOT JUST A NIGHTMARE By Emily Blackwood | Community Editor

Living in fear: the life of a stalking victim Palm Coast resident Yvonne Rice was a nun, then a stalking victim, and now an advocate.

“Hate feeds hate that leads to lunacy,” Yvonne Rice said as she overlooked the piles of documents laid out on her table.

“That’s what happened to Wayne.”

The former nun and longtime singer flips through the hundreds of pages that tell the story of her ex-husband, Wayne Cummings, who stalked her and her two sons for eight years. Naive and young, Rice went to work for Cummings in Jacksonville after leaving the convent. Over time, he fell in love with her and despite his advances, Rice declined — until Cummings told her his ex-wife was accusing her of adultery and she could go to jail. Believing his lie, Rice fell into the arms of a monster.

“He was the dad of a child I had taught,” Rice said. “He was an elder in his church, a prominent physical therapist, and he even ran for mayor. The whole town knew him and loved him. I was terrified.”

During their marriage, Rice says there were times when things were really good, and she believed he had changed. But on her son’s sixth birthday, Cummings be-

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“I was so close,” Rice said. “I had just about enough money to leave. On Glenn’s birthday, Aug. 19, Wayne hit him with his fist so hard that he hit the wall and fell on the ground. The police were called, and they had to guard our house from him that night. The next morning I get a call: ‘You’re time is up. I’m going to kill you.’ I grabbed whatever I could and ran.”

For the next several years, Rice and children lived all across the country fleeing Wayne, calling the police for safety and even escaping a hit man. Her night-

HOW TO STAY SAFE CEO of the Domestic Abuse Council Cheryl Fuller recommends every stalking victim to keep all incidents documented from phone calls to police records. Here are some other tips from the NCVC for stalking victims to stay safe: — Trust your instincts. If you think you’re unsafe, you probably are. Don’t downplay danger.

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— Develop a plan. Decide in advance what to do if the stalker shows up.

— Don’t communicate with your stalker.

— Keep evidence. Photograph things the stalker damages or injuries they cause. Keep all emails, texts and voicemails. When the stalker follows you, write down the date and time.

— Tell people and seek support.

— Contact the police. They can advise you on legal action.

For more help, call the Domestic Abuse Council hotline at 761-3166 or Victim Services at 676-3529.

mare didn’t end until 1989, when Cummings died. Decades later, she’s written a self-published book titled “Stalked,” and is currently filming a public service announcement at Matanzas High School, in Palm Coast, which she hopes will give victims strength.

“God puts people on this earth to say no,” Rice said. “God puts people here who will take their children out of a situation.”

A frightening phenomenon

Barbara Sims, the victims advocate coordinator for the Ormond Beach Police Department, has dealt with a few cases of stalking in the local area. She says its common for the stalking to occur along with domestic violence.

“When the stalker is no longer in control of the victim,” Sims said, “it escalates a little bit. They don’t listen. It’s just a frightening phenomenon for a lot of these girls. I know men get stalked as well, but my experience has been with women.”

According to the National Center for Victims of Crime, 3.4 million people over the age of 18 are stalked each year in the U.S. Though 30% of victims are stalked by a current or former intimate partner, CEO of the Domestic Abuse Council Cheryl Fuller recalls a case where the woman had only known her stalker for two months.

“This person knew her entire schedule,” Fuller said. “He knew what time she got up in the morning, when she went to work, even what time she was taking her bath. This guy was monitoring everything about her. It was brought to our attention because after two months, he broke into her home and put a shot gun down her

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“Anytime someone is trying to monitor you, can be a form of stalking,” Fuller said. “Being stalked by a stranger and being stalked by someone you were dating can be extremely terrifying and ... dangerous.”

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Two R-Section Resident: Parking houses shot up placard law unfair No one was injured in either shooting.

On Feb. 8, deputies were called out a the R-section for the second time in less than a week on a weapon complaint and found bullet holes in a local home.

The first case took place on Rolland Lane Feb. 3, when someone shot up the front and side of a 29-year-old man’s home and one of the bullets pierced the garage door and struck the license plate of a car inside.

The latest shooting happened on Roxboro Lane. A resident of a house that was hit said he’d gone out at about 9 p.m. the night of Feb. 7, and that when he returned to the house the morning of Feb. 8 and went into the garage, he noticed light coming through the garage door.

He opened it, and found a mark and bullet hole on the wall of the house.

A deputy who investigated the scene wrote in an incident report that he “observed an entry hole in the passenger side door of a blue Chrysler Sebring convertible” and “another hole in the garage door, approximately 8 to 9 feet in front of the Sebring.”

Another bullet hole in the garage door was about 3 feet high and 3.5 feet from the right side of the house.

There were also two holes in the neighbor’s fence on the side of that home nearest the one that was hit.

The neighbor whose fence was hit said she had gone to bed around midnight and hadn’t heard any gunshots during the night, and that her dog would usually wake her if there was a loud noise, but “stated that the dogs did not make a sound” that night, according to the incident report.

Other neighbors told the deputy they hadn’t heard gunshots, either.

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Brianna Evans was the December Senior of the Month for Matanzas High School.

A Palm Coast man recently learned the hard way that Florida now requires anyone renewing a disabled placard at the DMV to submit a form signed by a doctor attesting to their disability, even if the disability is permanent and the individual has had a placard in Florida in the past.

Robert Case, a retired Marine Corps veteran with a prosthetic leg, said that when he’s gone through the placard renewal process in California, DMV employees were able to use their discretion to approve a renewal without a doctor’s signature. Florida DMV employees can’t do that. Placards must be renewed once every four years, with a doctor-signed form.

“I came over to the Palm Coast office because that’s where I’m used to going,” he said. “So I go in with the form this time, and (the employee) says, ‘No, you’ve got to get it certified by a doctor.’ And I kind of lift up my leg a little bit so she can see it, and say, ‘Well it’s an amputation; it’s not going to grow back. It’s not like we’re starfish. It’s never going to grow back.’”

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The law affecting the placards changed in October 2012, Flagler County Motorist Services Director Cordella Nugent said, as a response to fraud.

“I think the problem was that people were dying, and other people were just renewing their placard every year,” she said. She said that in the case of elderly couples, when a placard holder died, their partner might have kept the placard and continued to use it.

Nugent and Tax Collector Suzanne Johnston said an amendment allowing tax collectors to use their discretion in cases when people come into the office with a clear permanent disability would make sense. “It would make sense to just be able to show us the leg, or that you’re pushing the oxygen tank,” Johnston said. “I hate to have anybody inconvenienced. But, then again, we have to follow the law.”

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Palm Coast residents return with new diner After six years, Gus and Tatiana Demertzidis have returned to Flagler County to open up the Thessalonike Diner. my customers are satisfied.”

Unlike the old diner, the Thessalonike Diner, which was named after Demertzidis’ birthplace in Greece, provides customers with beach-view scenery.

Demertzidis said he adores the view, which enticed him to get back into the restaurant business.

“It’s beautiful,” he said of Flagler Beach. “I love it myself. I come in every morning and sit by the window to look at the water. I love to watch the waves; there’s nothing better than this.”

Customers, the Demertzidis’ friends and Flagler Beach officials, took part in the grand opening, packing the Greek diner.

“The turnout was pretty good for us,” Demertzidis said. “I can’t complain at all.”

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The diner serves classic Greek dishes and has a full liquor bar.

The Demertzidises have been in the restaurant business since 1959. They owned the Palm Coast Classic Diner in Palm Coast from 2004-2008, when they moved back to New York.

“After going back home, I had a problem where I had to leave, so we sold our restaurant,” Gus Demertzidis said. “So, once we didn’t have a restaurant, we came down here to retire without a restaurant, and we already have another one. When you’re a workaholic, you can’t stay home, so that’s why we’re back here again.”

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Pirates win conference tournament The Matanzas Pirates wrestling team won its St. Johns River Conference for the second time in its history Saturday, Feb. 7, at Matanzas.

The Pirates ousted Orange Park (162.5), Fleming Island (155), Middleburg (128), Bartram Trail (69), Nease (63), Palatka (58), St. Augustine (50) and Pedro Menendez (28) with 191 points.

Rocky Samples, Troy Magnuson and Jordin Castanheira all won individual titles. Magnuson avenged a loss in the finals, beating Keath Sawdo of Middleburg 3-0. Castanheira JEFF beat all his opponents DAWSEY by pinfall throughout the tournament.

Carter Goodman, Andrew Klopman, Tristan Kraus and Eddy Leon de la Cruz all finished in second place, and Nathan Pooler, Chris Mixan, Maverick Dennis, Brandon Autry, Nick Kubiet and Bailey Sattar finished fourth.

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The Flagler Palm Coast Bulldogs continued their streak of dominance in the wrestling world, winning their second straight Five Star Conference Championship Saturday, Feb. 7, at FPC. Winning the conference was never in doubt for the Bulldogs, as they won 10 of the 12 championship matches while placing in the other two. FPC finished with a 241 score, 111 points over secondplace DeLand.

The First-place winners were Zac Branning, Avery Holder, Alfred ShavPhoto by Steven Libby ers, Michael DeAugustino, Evyn Insa- Jonathan Muniz laco, Tariq Johnson, Kaz Maia, Eric Rosso, Jake Trivett and Jakob Dempsey. Shavers, Trivett, Maia, Rosso and Insalaco all repeated as championship winners. Steve Candidate and Jonathan Muniz finished in second.

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Jim Miller scored an eagle on Palm Harbor’s 452-yard Par 5 on the third hole on Jan. 28, during the Palm Harbor Men’s Golf Association weekly tournament. Miller used a 7-iron from 125 yards. Witnesses were Roy Lane, Ray Good, and Jim Lewis.

The Lady Bulldogs are making a historic run. With their 35-32 victory over Seminole High School, the team is now in the Elite Eight, with a chance to reach the Final Four. The next game is 7 p.m. Saturday at home, against Orlando Boone.

Tamara Henshaw netted 14 in the win over Seminole.

The game that led up to the Seminole game was the Region 8A quarterfinals, and that game wasn’t nearly as close.

FPC smothered the Lake Mary Rams 53-32 on Feb. 5, at FPC. The last time the Lady Bulldogs won a regional basketball game was in 1977, when head coach Javier Bevacqua was only 3 years old.

FPC has leaned on its defense all year. In the first and third quarters, FPC held Lake Mary to six and two points, respectively. FPC converted the pressure into easy layups.

“I was pleased with our defensive activity,” Bevacqua said. “We were flying everywhere, and even when we lost the coverage, we had someone step up, and our rotation was

on point.”

Armani Walker led all players with 20 points, and Henshaw filled the stat sheet with 13 points, 13 rebounds, seven blocks, three steals and three assists. Ivana Boyd and Sada Rowley had six points each.

“Everyone did what they’ve been doing all year,” Bevacqua added. “You never know who’s going to have a big game, because we have a lot of girls in double figures every night. Tamara had a big game. She was double teamed all night, but she still dominated on defense with rebounds and blocks.”

FPC will play the regional semifinal at Seminole Feb. 5, at Seminole High School.

“I’m more proud of the fact that we spoke about sacrifice at the beginning of the year, and on any giving night one girl can probably outscore a team, but she doesn’t,” Bevacqua said.

“We sacrifice and share the ball. That team ball is what’s helping us win, and that’s what I’m most happy with.”

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Tamara Henshaw finished with 13 points in the regional quarterfinals and added 14 more in the semis.

COMEBACK DOGS By Jeff Dawsey | Sports Writer

FPC erases deficit to win district Bulldogs outlasted Sandalwood to win coach McDaniel’s first district title with FPC. In order to win its first District 1-8A Championship under coach Gary McDaniel, Flagler Palm Coast needed to overcome a 14-point secondhalf deficit and two overtimes to defeat the Sandalwood Saints 64-58 Friday, Feb. 6, at Mandarin High School.

The Bulldogs (22-5) couldn’t find their rhythm in the first half, falling behind at halftime 29-17. Coming out of the break, they began to make more baskets and apply full-court pressure, forcing the Saints to turn the ball over. FPC used a 12-6 third quarter, including a momentous slam dunk by Quindon Stokes over a defender, to pull within six points heading into the fourth quarter, and then they tied the game in the last minute to go into overtime, tied 49-49.

“I knew my dunk was going to start a fire behind us,” Stokes said. “He had just blocked my first dunk attempt; I knew the next chance I got I was going to punish him for jumping with me.

We had been playing flat all game, but we had worked too hard to lose something that meant so much to us.”

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The Bulldogs came back from 14 points in the third quarter to win the district title over Sandalwood.

Bulldogs made enough plays to pull out the win, which ended with an Enrique Bush exclamation two-handed dunk as time expired.

“We started in man-to-man defense, and it just wasn’t effective against their tremendous one-on-one play, but when we got our pressure going, things changed,” McDaniel said. McDaniel has won several district championships in Ohio, but on get-

ting his first district title with FPC he said, “It means a lot because when I first started with this group, they weren’t pictured as a potential district winner, and I think they even had doubts of how good they could become.”

Bush led FPC with 17 points, and D’John James and James Wadley finished with 13 and 12, respectively.

“Sandalwood had won the last couple years, and

they thought it was going to be handed to them again,” Stokes added. “We weren’t going to allow that to happen again.”

Next up for the Bulldogs is the Lake Brantley Patriots in the regional quarterfinals Thursday, Feb. 12, at FPC. “It should be a great game,” McDaniel said.

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18 PalmCoastObserver.com chasing the dream Jeff Dawsey | Sports Writer

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Adults on the gridiron: Flagler Knights The new team, based in Flagler County, held the home opener to its second season on Feb. 7, and lost to Gainesville.

Football is still going strong in Flagler County. The Flagler Knights have returned to the field for a second season in the Florida Football Alliance 16-team league.

The Knights are an adult amateur minor league football program that was established in the summer of 2014, to provide a positive environment for young men and to help them pursue the dream of playing in college or professionally.

Flagler (0-2) kicked off its home schedule with a 19-0 loss to the Gainesville Gators Saturday, Feb. 7, at Edward Johnson City Park in Bunnell.

The Knights got off to a great start, forcing and recovering a fumble on the opening kickoff of the game. After that play, Flagler had little to smile about.

Nearing the end of the first quarter, the Gators struck first with a 15-yard touchdown run to go up 6-0, missing the extra point.

The defense made plays but not enough to overcome the offensive woes.

Earl Robinson recorded the only sack for the Knights, which resulted in a turnover on downs, and Kevin Duhart made an impactful tackle that caused a fumble, but Flagler wasn’t able to recover it. The Knights switched quarterbacks throughout the game, throwing a total of three interceptions.

“The Gators were a good, stout team, and I guess we weren’t ready,” coach Charlie Washington said. “We’ll go back to the drawing board and do what we have to do to get better. I appreciate the community coming out to support us, and we want them to know that we are going to get better.”

The Knights will have a bye this weekend and will seek their first win of the season against the Jacksonville X-men Saturday, Feb. 21, at Edward Johnson City Park in Bunnell.

Flagler Knights running back Marcus Mitchell runs for a short gain.

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SEASON TO REMEMBER By Jeff Dawsey | Sports Writer

FPC’s season comes to end in regional final Though the Bulldogs lost, coach Reg Monsanto believes that greater things lie ahead for Flagler Palm Coast.

Michael Reyes-Canales attempts to block a shot from West Orange in the regional championship match.

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Nathan Monsanto scored FPC’s only goal by heading an inbound pass from Stanley Joseph into the net. the district championship, won at bounce back after some early season least one regional match and beat losses and a heart-breaking loss to their nemesis, Mandarin, to reach Matanzas. It created character and the regional final. fed our passion to get to the post “This season was the most fun I season. Now that we have a taste, have ever had as a coach for sure,” we will want this every year, at least I Monsanto said. “I had some great will. My job is to make sure the guys guys, a great staff and great support will as well.” from the school. We were able to jeff@palmcoastobserver.com

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The Flagler Palm Coast Bulldogs (20-5-1) lost the 5A Region 1 Championship to the West Orange Warriors 3-1, thereby ending their season Friday, Feb. 6, in Winter Garden.

The Bulldogs went down early but evened the score on a Nate Monsanto header that was assisted by Stanley Joseph, who threw the ball deep into the box.

In the second half, West Orange sent a flurry of shots toward the FPC goalkeeper, who wasn’t able to block them all, and suddenly the Bulldogs were trailing again. In the final moments of the game, the Warriors were able to score a final goal that put the game out of reach for the Bulldogs.

“We met our match with these guys,” coach Reg Monsanto said.

“We pushed with the kitchen sink in the last few minutes, and they caught us. They’re a good team with good athletes. Their experience showed.”

(West Orange reached the state final two years ago.)

Although he allowed three goals, FPC’s Steven Ferguson also saved 15 shots on the night for the Bulldogs.

He, among many other talents, is one reason Monsanto believes his team is only going to get better.

“Even though we had 10 seniors on our roster, we still had a young team,” he added. “We have eight starters returning, so I like our chances. We now know what it takes to get this far and will work hard every year to get here again, and maybe beyond.”

According to Monsanto, the Bulldogs reached many of the goals they had set before the season. They won their conference tournament, won

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golf scores Women Jan. 28: Count as many as you can: Flight A: Pete Bianchi and Mike O’Brien -8, tie Bob Malone and Steve Tosh -7, tie Jan Marsh and Jim Porter -7, tie Tony Sciuto Lee Figliulo -7; Flight B: tie Jack Hinsch and Doug March -12, tie Richard Morse and John Rybacki -12, tie Rick Erdner and Frank Ligon 12, tie Steve Schile and Buddy Rogers -8; Closest to the pin: No. 5 Bob Aiken, No. 8 Terry Donahue, No. 14 Jack Hinsch, No. 17 Rick Erdner.

Men Jan. 28: 1st Flight: Gerry Bower 37, John Czajowski 36 MC, Ray Epperson 36; 2nd Flight: Charlie Hosbach 38 MC, Dave Harold 38, Dave Bothwell 36 MC; 3rd Flight: Roger Epperson 39, Tom Malinofsky 38, Bob Beck 37; Green Ts: Bill Llewellyn 41, Don Gendron 37 MC, Peter Voigt 37; Close-ups: No. 4 John Schoonmaker, No. 6 Paul Guggenheim, No. 10 Dennis Ryan, No. 13 Van Seagraves, No. 16 Ed Stachurski.

Sada Rowley goes up for a layup in the regional quarterfinal game against Lake Mary.

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Coach Gary McDaniel talks to his player before sending them out to play overtime.

Hopler, No. 11 John Sbordone, No. 14 John Sbordone.

Quindon Stokes changed the momentum of the game with a dunk over a Sandalwood player in the third quarter.

Men Jan. 29: Best Nine: Orange Tee Flight: John Sbordone 88-29, George Weaver 90-32; Gold Tee Flight A: Frank Hoper 91-28, Dave Erbe 82-29, Foster Vestal 93-32; Flight B: Kee Rhee 101-28, Gene Dunn 102-30; Closest to the pin: No. 5 Jerry Fazzini, No. 9 Frank

Men Jan. 27: No alibi: Green Flight A: Tomy Loney 68 MC, John Thompson 68 MC, David Cummings 69; Flight B: Walter Brooks 65, John Franz 66 MC, Frank Falciano 66 MC; White Flight A: John E. Thompson 60, Harry Paulus 62 MC, Pete Loglisci 62 MC; Flight B: Jim Moore 57, Dale Bell 60 MC, Jim Miller 60 MC; Flight C: John Ward 56, Al Krier 64 MC, Howard Rivkin 64 MC; Gold Flight A: Tom Seidel 59, Ray Good 61, Bob Palmer 62; Flight B: Bill Ilavsky 61, Tom Glenn 63, Jim Lewis 66 MC; Closest to the pin: No. 2 Walter Brooks, No. 8 John Francavilla, No. 11 Tom Loney, No. 17 John Thompson.

Men Feb. 3: Short and long holes: Flight A: Sandy Trautwein 19 MC, Shirley Sheridan 19; Flight B: Genevieve Scarnato 17.70, Jean Henry 21; Flight C: Lindy Loprete 19.34, Mary Ann Murray 19.34; Birdies: No. 8 Shirley Sheridan; Chip-ins: No. 3 Lulu Abbey.

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Hot Foods ’N’ Spicy Blues With a record-high attendance, the fifth-annual Hot Foods ’N’ Spicy Blues festival brought the world famous Bill “Sauce Boss” Wharton and his Cajun gumbo and “Florida Slide Guitar Blues” to the Florida Agricultural Museum Saturday, Feb. 7.

“It’s a great way to spend a day in the country,” said Andrew Morrow, executive director of the Florida Agricultural Museum.

The day in the country also featured pig racing, a children’s fun zone and trolley tours of the museum’s farm and historic structures. Proceeds from the event benefited museum projects and Feed Flagler.

Bill “Sauce Boss” Wharton was the headliner at the Saturday event.

Madison Allen escapes the busyness of the festival to spend time with of the museum’s horses.

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Crowds cheer during the pig races.

Doreen Lazzano, of Palm Coast, paints Emma Sledge, 12.

Swimming pigs compete for animal cookies during the festival.

Jay Ferry and Beth Clyne dance to the rhythms of J.W. Gillmore and the Blues Authority.

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just dance By Shanna Fortier | Community Editor

Palm Coast dancer dreams of New York Shayna Mayes, 10, puts on her pointe shoes to practice ballet in the dance room at her Palm Coast home.

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Shayna Mayes, 10, hopes to one day be a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet. To help achieve her goal, she recently enrolled in the St. Augustine Dance Conservatory and The Perla School, a preparatory school whose focus is on academic rigor as well as pre-professional dance training.

But before transferring from Bunnell Elementary School to the dancefocused school, the Palm Coast dancer competed in the Tampa Youth American Grand Prix, the world’s

largest international student dance competition, which was the subject of the 2011 ballet documentary, “First Position.” Her contemporary dance solo “Bird of Flame,” choreographed by Antonia and Joel Mejias, placed in the top 12. As a result, Mayes was invited to compete in New York, April 10-16. Her ballet solo, “Diana and Actaeon,” just missed a New York-invite by a few points.

“It means a lot to me to go to New York, it’s the next step of my journey to be in the big world of bal-

let,” Mayes said, adding her appreciation for her dance teachers: Lisa Santiago, Teresa Flaschner and Shawna Hilley at 3‘N Motion, and Brie Valenti, Lynn Decanti and Karen Heartt at Mia Bella.

Mayes will compete in the pre-competitive category for ages 9-11, the youngest bracket in the competition.

While in Tampa, Mayes went from the awards presentation stage to the audition stage at Next Generation Ballet, where she got accepted into the summer

program with a partial scholarship. During the five-week summer intensive, Mayes hopes to audition for the school at the Next Generation Ballet.

To help raise funds for Mayes’ trip to compete in New York, visit gofundme. com/kh5hnc.

“My parents work really hard to fund my dancing,” Mayes wrote on the page.

“But ... this trip to New York is beyond their reach.”

Mayes hopes that the page will help her to get one step closer to her dream of being a principal dancer.

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Among the many activities offered at the library is a new, monthly Game Day, run by board-game enthusiasts called the Tabletop Masters.

“People think about Monopoly, Sorry, Life — but they don’t know how many games are out there,” said Darien Tucker, who drove all the way from New Smyrna Beach on Feb. 7 to attend the group. “If there’s a hobby that needs awareness, this is it.”

Palm Coast resident Anna Nevod participated in the first session of Game Day at the Flagler County Library about six months ago. At that time, it was only for Yu-Gi-Oh!, but now it has expanded to include all board games, which are provided

by Nevod. She owns 84 games, she said.

Boardgamegeek.com lists over 75,000 ranked board games, with hundreds being added each year.

It’s a hobby that can be a good alternative for kids or adults who mostly play video games. At Game Day, “you get a chance to interact meaningfully and challenge yourself,” Nevod wrote in an email.

“I believe we all like to solve problems. It’s human nature, and games let us do that in an infinite number of ways.”

Game Day is open to all ages, including families, at 10 a.m. to noon the first Saturday of every month. Interested adults can contact the group through meetup.com; search for the group, “Tabletop Masters.”

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FAMILY MATTERS By Anastasia Pagello | Contributing Writer

Dancing queens and their daddies The Palm Coast Knights of Columbus held its first Daddy-Daughter dance Feb. 7.

The night started off with dinner, live DJ dancing and an unlimited candy bar. Further entertainment included an up and coming magician group called One Illusion.

Numerous tricks were performed, including a self-flattening nickel and hovering dollar bills.

“My main goal is to bring the families within our community together,” said Grand Knight Rob Long, who was the mind behind the family orientated events.

Photos by Anastasia Pagello

Stephen Brito dances with his daughter, Carina.

Makenna Mullen dances to her own beat.

Ava Fitzgibbons, Carina Brito and Payton Dylan sing karaoke to “Let it Go,” from “Frozen.”

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student spotlight By Elizabeth Townsend | Contributing Writer

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Students promote band How informed are you about the Flagler Palm Coast High School band program?

The answer for many is not very.

That’s why FPC band students have jump-started an initiative within Diane Tomko’s Community Problem Solvers class at FPC to inform the community about the FPC band program.

“I started this project my sophomore year,” said Elizabeth Morris, senior and clarinet section leader. “But this school year is when the project really took off.”

The group, The Ready Front, is made up of seven band students: Morris, Jaia Huggins, Alexa White, Bella Mercado, Anna Baj, Nathan Higgins and Thomas Cassidy.

These students were bothered by the lack of funds for the band program and lack of community attendance at concerts and other events.

The team has made flyers and business cards that they distribute at events, in-

cluding the Flagler Home Show and First Friday in Flagler Beach, to educate the general public about the band program’s accomplishments and needs.

The original goal was to raise $500 for new concert uniforms, and they are currently on the cusp with $400 raised.

“When we asked local businesses for donations, they didn’t know what we do and what we accomplish throughout the year,” Morris said. “So, we’re showing them who we are and what we do. We even perform small ensembles at community events when reached out to.”

The team plans to visit the elementary and middle schools to talk about the FPC band. They are also taking this project to the Community Problem Solvers state competition.

For more information, email fpcreadyfront@gmail.com or the band director, John Seth.

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Kangaroo Express and Valero presented Flagler Palm Coast High School, Matanzas High School, Old Kings Elementary School and Belle Terre Elementary with a donation of $2,000 through the Fuel Your Spirit Pump.

For every gallon of gas pumped on the specially marked spirit pump, one penny of profit goes back to the schools and community.

“This is another great example of our business community supporting our schools,” FPC Principal Lynette Shott said. “The deeper we build the bonds between the education community and the business community, the more we prepare our students to become effective members of the community and business people. The tighter we build those relationships with businesses in our community, the more it strengthens Flagler County as a whole, and that’s exciting to know!”

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Matanzas High School marketing students Danielle Berryhill and Katie Leonard are working on a clothing drive project called Hats for the Homeless.

Clothes will be collected at Matanzas High School and then delivered to St. Francis Homeless Shelter in St. Augustine.

Hats, sweaters, scarfs, gloves, blankets and anything to help will be collected outside of the Coffee Spot.

+ Brayan Hernandez named Dude Be Nice ambassador Congratulations to Brayan Hernandez, who was chosen as the January Dude Be Nice Ambassador at Flagler Palm Coast High School.

The Dude Be Nice project is a platform to inspire young people to build a positive community by recognizing a person or group in a fun and creative way. The Student Government Association is heading the campaign at FPC and hopes to recognize the unrecognized, unsung heroes that never get the “thank you” they deserve.

+ ESE surveys now available Each year, the Florida Department of Education surveys parents of children with an individual educational plan to determine how well each school is partnering with parents and promoting involvement in each child’s education.

All states must collect this data as part of their State Performance Plan, as required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The web-based survey is now available at esesurvey.com or a paper survey can be requested at each school.

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Tax-Aide volunteers will again be available at six sites in Flagler County to do free tax return preparation. This service is available to all residents without restriction of age or income.

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THURSDAY, FEB. 12

Rummage and Bake Sale — 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 53 Old Kings Road. Also held from 8 a.m. to noon Feb. 13. The Ladies Auxiliary of Palm Coast Elks Lodge 2709 is sponsoring.

Game Day Social — 12:30-4 p.m. at the Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Parkway N.E. Free. Call 986-2323.

Volunteer Orientation — 1 p.m. at 608 E. Moody Blvd., Bunnell. All volunteers needed: administrative, patient and caregiver, veteran, pet visitors. All volunteers must complete a background check. Call Jean MacAllister 206-9732 for more information or visit havenhospice.org.

“Let the Fire Burn” — 2 p.m. at the AACS Cultural Center, 4422 U.S. 1 N. Free.

Ravenous Readers — 4:30-5:30 p.m. at the Flagler County Public Library, 2500 Palm Coast Parkway N.W. A bimonthly after school program for children ages 6 and older who like books and food.

Valentine’s Day is on the menu for this meeting. Limited to the first 25 children.

Sign up begins 30 minutes before the program. Presented in partnership with the Family Nutrition Center of the Flagler County Extension Service. Call 446-6763.

Critic’s Choice Dinner Club — 5:30 p.m. at European Village, 101 Palm Harbor Parkway. Enjoy dinner at the Rendez-vous Restaurant. Must pre-register by 5 p.m.

Feb. 10 at palmcoastgov.com/register.

Call 986-2323.

Suicide Prevention Training for Parents — 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Government Services Building 2, Room 3, 1760 E. Moody Blvd., Bunnell. Guest Speaker, Victoria Kress, certified prevention professional with Stewart-Marchman-Act. RSVP with Sue McVeigh at 586-2395, Ext. 2105.

FRIDAY, FEB. 13

Rummage Sale — 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Clubhouse at 1524 S. Central Ave., Flagler Beach. Also held Feb. 14. The Flagler Woman’s Club hosting. Call 4375442.

Kensley Stewart’s Album Release Show — 5-8:30 p.m. at the Hammock Wine and Cheese Shoppe. Her double disc album consists of 16 original songs recorded locally.

Flagler Volunteer Services Valentine’s Celebration — 5:30-9:30 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn. Annual dinner, silent auction, and dance. Cash bar. Dinner served in ballroom. Attire is business casual. Entertainment provided by Pat D’Aguanno and Duplicity. Ticket donation costs $45 for FVS volunteers and $50 for guests. A table of eight cost $350. Call 597-2950.

Family Movie Night — 6:30 p.m. at Matanzas High School Courtyard. The movie “Frozen” starts at 7 p.m. Free.

Refreshments available. Costume contest of the “Frozen” characters. Hosted by the school’s Key Club.

SATURDAY, FEB. 14

Race of the Runways 5K Run/Walk — 8:30 a.m. at Flagler County Airport. A part of the Palm Coast Running Series.

The Rotary Club of Flagler Beach, the Flagler County Airport and Realty Exchange 445-DAVE will host. This

year’s event will include a 10K timed run as well as the 5K event. There will be 1-mile, 2-mile, and 5K-walk options, as well as a 1/4-mile Kiddie Dash for ages 1 to 9. Register at flaglerbeachrotary.org.

Low-Cost Pet Shot Clinics — 9-10:30 a.m. at Ice House Saloon, 810 State St., Bunnell. Sponsored by the SPCA. The second clinic will be from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 204 St. Joe Plaza, Palm Coast Parkway. The third clinic will be from 1:30-2:30 p.m. at Wickline Park, Flagler Ave., Flagler Beach. All vaccinations are administered by a licensed veterinarian, clinic is licensed and permitted.

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SUNDAY, FEB. 15

Trail Maintenance Day — 1:30-4 p.m. at Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park, 3501 Old Kings Road, Flagler Beach. The Bulow Parks Historic Alliance Inc. will be hosting the second of 2015 monthly Trail Maintenance Days. Email to bulowinformation@gmail.com.

Twelfth-annual Youth Black History Reality Show — 4 p.m., at the African American Cultural Center, 4422 U.S. 1 N. Theme: “We are the World.” Young people communicate the contributions of prominent African Americans. Free will donations will be accepted to support the AACS Scholarship program. Call 447-7030 or Jeanette Wheeler at 4473218.

First Aid/CPR/AED Class — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Flagler County Government Services Building, 1769 Moody Blvd., Bunnell.

Heartsaver First Aid is a seven-hour classroom course designed to meet OSHA regulations. The course teaches basic first aid skills including giving CPR to an infant, young child or adult; using an Automated External Defibrillator; using a mask or barrier device; and helping an infant, young child or adult who may by choking. Free, but advance purchase of workbook is recommended. Visit palmcoastgov.com. Call 986-2300.

MONDAY, FEB. 16

Saturday Crafts — 10-11:30 a.m. at the Flagler County Public Library, 2500 Palm Coast Parkway N.W. A monthly program for all ages. Materials are supplied. Call 446-6763.

Pickleball Open Court — 1:30 p.m. Belle Terre Park Tennis Courts, 339 Parkview Drive. Held 1:30-3:30 p.m. every Monday and 6-7:30 p.m. every Wednesday. Free; nets, racquets and balls provided. Call 986-2323.

Romance and Citrus Plant Sale — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Washington Oaks Gardens.

The Friends of Washington Oaks are sponsoring a Valentine’s Day Plant Sale. In celebration of this segment of Washington Oaks history, Master Gardener Judy Sulser will be conducting “All About Citrus” Garden Tours at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Black History Month — 11 a.m. at Pine Lakes Golf Club, 400 Pine Lakes Parkway.

Hosted by the Flagler County Branch of AAUW. Speaker is Dr. Michael Butler, Associate Professor of History, Flagler College. Lunch is $16 and reservations are required. Call Chris Boris at 5854859.

Blood Drive — Noon to 5 p.m. at Walmart, 174 Cypress Point Parkway.

Monthly Food Giveaway — 1-3 p.m. at 91 Old Kings Road N. Hosted by the Women’s Missionary Society of First Church. Call 446-5759.

Valentine’s Day Movie Matinee — 1:30 p.m. at the Flagler County Library. Movie rated PG-13. Stories intertwine for a group of Los Angelinos as they find their way through romance over the course of one Valentine’s Day. Based on a story by Katherine Fugate, Abby Kahn and Marc Silverstein.

Annual Valentine’s Day Concert — 2 p.m. at the Flagler County Library.

Featuring Linda Cole singing beloved love songs. Hosted by the Friends of the Library.

Valentine’s Day Dinner Dance — 5 p.m. at the Palm Coast VFW, 47 Old Kings Road N. Music provided by DJ Frank Novak. Choice of a full rack of ribs or half a baked chicken. Tickets are $15. Call 446-8696.

Art from the Heart — 6-8 p.m. at the Flagler County Art League, 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite 207C. The poetry show will run through March 11. Winners will be selected by show visitors at the opening. Call 986-4668.

“Venus in Fur” — 7:30 p.m. at City Repertory Theatre. Contains mature

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President’s Day Program — 10-11 a.m. at the Flagler County Public Library, 2500 Palm Coast Parkway N.W. For ages 5 and older. Call 446-6763.

No School Movie Matinee — 1:30 p.m. at the Flagler County Library. Movie rated PG-13. Alexander’s day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. He finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him. Based on the book

by Judith Viorst.

TUESDAY, FEB. 17

Blood Drive — 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 4600 Belle Terre Parkway.

Little Chefs — 10 a.m. at the Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Parkway N.E. For ages 2-5. Registration deadline is 10 a.m. Feb. 15. Call 986-2323.

Shrove Tuesday: Pancake Brunch — 10 a.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 5400 Belle Terre Parkway. Cost is $4 for adults and $2 for children. Call 4462300.

Palm Coast Wood Carvers — 1-4 p.m. at the Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Parkway N.E. The woodcarving group is a mixed group of men and women at all levels and abilities. Cost is $35 per year. Visitors welcome. Call 9862323.

Fitness Pole Walking Clinic — 3:30 p.m. in Flagler Beach by library. Register: 904540-1067 or walkyourpath406@aol.com.

Mardi Gras — 6 p.m. at Halifax Plantation, Ormond Beach. Cocktail attire. Cost is $100 per person. Dinner, casino and chance to win valuable prizes.

Hosted by the Flagler County Education Foundation. Call 437-7526, Ext. 3125.

Palm Coast BAC: Harness the “Power of Social Media” — 6-8 p.m. at Palm Coast City Offices, 160 Cypress Point Parkway.

Suite B-106. Offered by the Palm Coast Business Assistance Center, the workshop, features Marketing 2 Go owner Cindy Dalecki. Pre-register at palmcoastbsc.com. Call 986-2499.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18

Blood Drive — 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Flagler Health & Rehabilitation, 300 Doctor Carter Blvd., Bunnell.

Restored in Christ — Noon to 7:30 p.m. at Shepherd of the Coast Lutheran Church, 101 Pine Lakes Parkway S. Wednesday Lent worship services held through March 25. Call 446-2481.

Salsa/Ballroom Dancing Workshop — 4 p.m. at Flagler County Library. 11 and up.

Genealogy Society — 5:30 p.m. at the Flagler County Public Library. Jack Butler will speak about land records. 445-3253.

Courtesy photo

Eric Bohus and Annie Gaybis

‘Venus in Fur’ screams dominance

John Sbordone, City Repertory Theatre’s artistic director, continues to reach out, far beyond community theater’s normal restraints. His latest, “Venus in Fur,” by the noted contemporary American playwright David Ives, is laced with (often hilarious) masochistic dynamite. With only six performances, Feb. 13-15 and 20-22, tickets will be scarce. You’d be wise to order yours without delay.

And consider wearing your axiological flak jacket.

Ives was inspired to write “Venus in Fur” by the notorious 1950 erotic French novel, “Histoire d’O” (“Story of O”), a woman who, BOB FELDHEIM from the very first page, masochistically accedes to her lover’s demands for various kinds of sexual submission.

Unlike “Story of O,” “Venus in Fur” sparks with the friction of two buttoned-up people in an erotic power play, who challenge, resist and disagree with each other even while bound by mutual sexual attraction.

Action takes place in a bare room where a director/adaptor, Tom Novachek, exhausted from a day of auditioning, and failing to select any of 35 aspirants for the role of Vanda for his adaptation of “Venus in Fur,” prepares to go home. A violent thunderstorm rages outside.

A bedraggled, brassy young woman, Wanda Jordan, bursts in. She’s in a sopping wet trench coat (over a dominatrix outfit). She pleads for a chance to audition. Tom relents — “but only through page 3.” Ha! As soon as she starts to read, she’s no longer Wanda but Vanda, a measured woman with impeccable Continental diction. As we watch, Thomas becomes more and more powerless in the presence of Vanda’s seductive energy. Ultimately, methodically and abrasively, Vanda outs him as a masochist.

Getting to the climax of the play is no simple matter, requiring superb, nuanced acting. Annie Gaybis, probably this region’s supreme dramatic actress, is Wanda/Vanda. However sublime her Eliza Doolittle cockney-street-urchinto-high-society-princess may have been, her “Venus in Fur” clearly eclipses it. She attacks this dream role with gusto.

And Eric Bohus, fresh from his electrifying role in “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest,” delivers absolute believability, inevitable enthrallment with Vanda’s allure. The chemistry generated between them is undeniable.

Ah! The age-old battle of the sexes, with some awesome twists. “Venus in Fur” is a great theater experience.

City Repertory Theatre is at 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite 207. Call 585-9415 or visit crtpalmcoast.com.

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real estate | transactions By Shanna Fortier | Community Editor

Ocean Hammock home tops sales at $720,000 Courtesy photo

An Ocean Hammock home tops the sales list for Flagler County residential real estate transactions the week of Dec. 25-30. Joseph Mayo and Frances Mayo, of Palm Coast, sold the home at 37 Cypresswood Drive to Ralph and Maria Ayala, of Palm Coast, for $720,000. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, 4.5 baths, a fireplace, a summer kitchen, an elevator and 4,943 square feet of living area.

The top selling home has four bedrooms, 4.5 baths, a fireplace, a summer kitchen, an elevator and 4,943 square feet of living area.

BUNNELL Flagler County Holdings LLC sold the home at 201 Deen Road to Jeffrey Nodelman, of Palm Coast, for $38,000. Built in 1955, it has three bedrooms, one bath and 1,200 square feet of living area.

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South Florida Venture Group Residential LLC sold the home at 942 Stone Lake Drive to Jerome C. Bristow and Laura Adolfie, of Alexandria, Virginia. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,933 square feet of living area.

Intervest at Plantation Bay sold the home at 842 Westlake Drive to James and Deborah Parolise, of Ormond Beach, for $403,815. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,587 square feet of living area.

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Anthony and Elizabeth Viviano, of Palm Coast, sold the home at 308 Bryan St. to Michael Stephen Wilkinson and Marilyn Ann Wilkinson, of Flagler Beach, for $230,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace and 2,328 square feet of living area.

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PALM COAST Cypress Knoll Seagate Homes LLC sold the home at 37 Egret Trail to Wilfredo and Sindy Paz, of Miami, for $282,376. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,917 square feet of living area.

David and Gigi Wix, of Martons Gap, Kentucky, sold the home at 113 Evans Drive to William and Cleola Hendricks, of Palm Coast, for $232,000. Built in 2002, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool, a fireplace and 3,026 square feet of living area.

Hidden Lakes D.R. Horton Inc. sold the home at 27 Auberry Drive to Kelli M. Sanchez and Jonathan Kaye, of Palm Coast, for $249,990.

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Wells Fargo Bank sold the home at 43 Belvedere Lane to John Rainey, of Palm Coast, for $98,000. Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace and 1,795 square feet of living area.

Christine and Norman Barker, of Palm Coast, sold the home at 97 Birchwood Drive to Robert and Sernita Moulton, of Palm Coast, for $310,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool, a spa and 2,257 square feet of living area.

U.S. Bank National Association sold the home at 17 Brunett Lane to Alan Reider, of Palm Coast, for $136,500. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,963 square feet of living area.

Scott Wojtan and Lynne Wojton, of Levittown, Pennsylvania, sold the home at 1 Buffalo Grove Drive to Michael and Doris Stevens, of Palm Coast, for $274,000. Built

in 2005, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,391 square feet of living area.

Grigoriy Feldshteyn, of Brooklyn, New York, sold the home at 2 Burning Sands Lane to Liliya Temnorod, of Palm Coast, for $110,000. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,682 square feet of living area.

Ramiro Silva Martins Dos Santos and Alcina Ribeiro Dos Santos, of Palm Coast, sold the home at 77 Burroughs Drive to Geeta Harripersad, of Palm Coast, for $135,000. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,372 square feet.

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Fannie Mae sold the home at 1 Ricker Place to Keith and Janette Olsen, of Palm Coast, for $128,000. Built in 1987, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace, a pool and 1,489 square feet of living area.

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Primestar Fund sold the home at 18 Ripcord Lane to Raymond M. Torres and Diane Danielle Noe, of Palm Coast, for $77,500. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,227 square feet of living area.

KS Invest Inc. sold the home at 40 Riverina Drive to Gary and Barbara Smith, of Granite Falls, North Carolina, for $119,000. Built in 2004, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,299 square feet of living area.

Ruthann Fisher, of Daytona Beach, sold the home at 74 Ryan Drive to Aida Maria Carreira, of Palm Coast, for $125,000. Built in 2004, it has 1,307 square feet of living area.

Glenn and Dorothy Fairchild sold the home at 11 Ryapple Lane to Heather Conner and Craig Conner, of Palm Coast, for $115,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,267 square feet of living area.

Bank of New York sold the home at 55 Ryarbor Drive to Dmitry Chervanyov and Anna Chervanyov, of Hallandale Beach, for $121,500. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,014 square feet of living area.

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Hamby Contracting Inc. sold the home at 18 Prince Eric Lane to Deanna Sieling, of Flagler Beach, for $150,100. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,793 square feet of living area.

Marineland Acres Ricky Lee Robinson, and Anne Robinson, of Hickory, North Carolina, sold the home at 4 Atlantic Drive to James and Virginia McFadden, of Gainesville, for $210,000. Built in 1988, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace and 1,935 square feet of living area.

Palm Harbor John Lohse and Devorah Lohse, of Palm Coast, sold the home at 20 Cochran Lane to Victor Mitchell, of Palm Coast, for $380,000. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a pool, a fireplace, a boat dock, house and lift and 2,556 square feet of living area.

James and Sharry Daniel, of Palm Coast, sold the home at 12 Collinson Court to Richard and Susan Eaker, of Palm Coast, for $259,900. Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a boat dock and 1,696 square feet of living area.

Louis and Phyllis Ferrari, of Holbrook, New York, sold the home at 2 Columbus Court to Gregory Howell and Lisa Kopp, of Palm Coast, for $240,000. Built in 1985, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,997 square feet of living area.

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Pine Lakes Laura Abrahams, of Palm Coast, sold the home at 44 Wedge Lane to Frances Atkinson, of Palm Coast, for $117,500. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,707 square feet of living area.

Annmarie Franco, of Palm Coast, sold the home at 166 Wellstone Drive to Rosemary Taylor, of Sarasota, for $179,900.

Built in 1988, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool, a summer kitchen and 1,877 square feet of living area.

Jean Ryan, of Jacksonville, sold the home at 50 Wentworth Lane to Julio and Cathleen Montilla, of Southold, New York, for $212,000. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,517 square feet of living area.

Charles W. Seyfert Jr. and Michele Seyfert, of Palm Coast, sold the home at 60 Westchester Lane to John Caile, of Palm Coast, for $125,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,516 square feet of living area.

Kingston W. Prunty Jr. and Toni Prunty, of 151 Westgrill Drive to Donald and Constance Hussey, of Palm Coast, for $106,000. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,489 square feet of living area.

Wells Fargo Bank sold the home at 6 Woodshaw Lane to Nancy Y. Ryone and Fany Esperanza Rodriguez, of Palm Coast, for $135,100. Built in 2002, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,604 square feet of living area.

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Paredes Enterprises LLC sold the home at 9 Primrose Lane to William Dressel, of Palm Coast, for $176,000. Built in 1995, it

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+ Florida Hospitals Go Red for Women In support of the American Heart Association’s annual Go Red for Women initiative on Feb. 6, the Florida Hospitals in Volusia and Flagler counties performed free cardiac screenings to help the community combat the leading cause of death in America, heart disease.

The hospitals also performed free cardiac screenings and offered a heart-healthy breakfast for more than 400 Daytona International Speedway employees.

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PALM COAST BUSINESS ACTIVITY The following is an update for permit activity in the city for Jan. 29 to Feb. 4.

Total number of all permits issued: 175.

Since 2009, $648 million in construction dollars have been invested in Palm Coast.

Commercial permits issued:

• ME Construction applied for a $1,045,000 permit for a convenience store at 295 Pine Lakes Parkway.

• Lancia Custom Homes was issued an $18,000 permit for a storage/garage addition at 5400 Belle Terre Parkway.

Residential permits issued:

• D.R. Horton Inc. was issued a $303,000 permit for a single-family residence at 251 Conservatory Drive.

• D.R. Horton Inc. was issued a $294,000 permit for a single-family residence at 36 Auberry Drive.

• PCM Homes was issued a $288,000 permit for a single-family residence at 47 St. Andrews Court.

• D.R. Horton Inc. was issued a $277,000 permit for a single-family residence at 41 Auberry Drive.

• D.R. Horton Inc. was issued a $272,000 permit for a single-family residence at 9 Union Mill Place.

• Paytas Homes Inc. was issued a $271,000 permit for a single-family residence at 104 Arena Lake Drive.

• D.R. Horton Inc. was issued a

$263,000 permit for a single-family residence at 34 Auberry Drive.

• Seagate Homes was issued a $242,000 permit for a single-family residence at 103 Hummingbird Place.

• D.R. Horton Inc. was issued a $235,000 permit for a single-family residence at 32 Auberry Drive.

• D.R. Horton Inc. was issued a $220,000 permit for a single-family residence at Seven Wonders Drive.

• D.R. Horton Inc. was issued a $193,000 permit for a single-family residence at 18 Auberry Drive.

• Tally’s Construction was issued a $104,000 permit for an addition at 117 Red Mill Drive.

• Harkins Construction was issued a $20,000 permit for an addition at 26 Karas Trail.

• Screen Machines was issued a $19,000 permit for an addition at 46 Pheasant Drive.

• A Certified Screen was issued an $11,000 permit for alterations at 3 Cochran Lane.

• Tally’s Construction was issued an $11,000

permit for an addition at 29 Ryeberry Drive.

• Lisa Annaheim was issued a $10,000 permit for alterations at 45 Whipporwill Drive.

• A Certified Screen was issued a $10,000 permit for an addition at 90 Lake Forest Place.

Occupancy permits:

• Patrick Garrett was issued an occupancy permit for Garrett Internal Medicine at 385 Palm Coast Parkway S.W., Unit 3.

• Armando David Rengifo was issued an

occupancy permit for Elite Wireless Group at 1499 Palm Coast Parkway N.W., Unit E. • Manuel Rentas was issued an occupancy permit for Rentas PA Law Office at 7 Florida Park Drive, Suite B. • Robert Dillard was issued an occupancy permit for Vacation Resale Solution at 3 Cypress Branch Way, Unit 108E. • Elliot Terri was issued an occupancy permit for Hanna and Imtiaz Inc. at 24 Ludlow Lane W. • Alexis Jean was issued an occupancy permit for Marie Alexis Adult Family Care at 63 Ryberry Drive.

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4 CHEVY 6-lug wheels. P245-75R16. $120.

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5-PIECE WHITE Wicker Table Set: $125. White wicker rocker: $75. All in good condition.

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T BINDING Machine for punching/binding manuals & presentations, like new, adjustable to 12", $80. 386-986-6135

BLACK LEATHER recliner, excellent condition $85. Set of warrior golf irons for spare, $95 386.445.4736 BLOOD PRESSURE Monitor Ultimate Microlife.

PC link Blood Pressure Analyzer w/accessories.

Hardly used. $25. 386-445-9264 BOWFLEX POWER Pro, $200.

386-446-4498 CANNON C-50 toner cartridge-new in box, $50.

Aquascape pump SFA300, $125.

Cell 203.560.6006 DESK, 3’X6’, solid oak, white washed, $175 obo.

386-447-7273 HAMMOCK(ROPE) ONE year old, $10. Push spreader (like new ), $15. 386-437-3146 SMALL 2.5 Cu.ft. refrigerator, $65. Hitch Haul 2” shaft, $65. 2-20” bikes, $15/ea. 386-263-7243 PRESSURE WASHER, 2400 psi, asking $150.

Ryobi string trimmer, $50. 386-445-4931 MEN'S TUXEDO $60; Men's Jacket-Green and Camel $30/ea; Leather recliner $35. 386-445-6058 LIKE NEW gorgeous futon $80. Desk with great storage $75. Bookcase $15. 386-793-2478 LAWN MOWER Craftsman Exclusive 6.75 Briggs Stratton Motor 21" cut. 3 yrs old $85.

386-446-3958 KING SIZE pillowtop bed, $200 or will trade for queen size pillowtop. 386-264-1186 JACK DANIELS GOLD MEDAL #7 BTL&3 GLASSES $125. SHREDDER $15. 386-447-2784 ITALIAN NESTING tables, $50. Mikasa dinnerware, $35. 2-computer chairs, $50. Breadman Ultimate oven, $50. 386-445-5736 LP Missing: HOOVER FLOORMATE hard floor cleaner. Tile, 160419$25 OBO laminate, wood floor#cleaner.

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TECHNICS ORGAN with bench. Good Condition. $200. 386-446-2266

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THREE BIKES for sale. Your choice $40/ea. New All Terrain Tires. 1-Female, 2-Male. 386-246-2399.

TOTAL GYM, $200. 386-439-6202 WHIRLPOOL PEDESTALS for front loaders X2 /white. Great condition $50 ea 386-265-9014 AREA RUG 5x8 from ashley, olive moss $85, Alpine back pack, new $55 or b/o (386) 445−8231

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DIGITAL TO Analog Lava HD−2605 Antenna & HomeWorx Converter Box $100 (386) 447−7060 DRILL PRESS Drill press,large 12 speed,with bits used twice,$100,call Bill 386−246−8683 $100 TROPICAL/ANIMAL PRINT rug 5x7 Black, White, Greens and Pinks. $95 (386) 586−0770

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Furnishings BERKLINE DOUBLE recliner, microfiber sofa, light beige in color, excellent condition, $600.

386-447-9869 CHERRY DINING room table, plus additional leaf, 6-chairs and china cabinet, $600. 386-439-7586

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1 On ___ with (equal to) 5 Like a tack 10 Coarse file 14 Indian state 19 Not false 20 Shire of “Rocky” 21 51, famously 22 Asian wild dog 23 Sondheim’s Sweeney 24 “Are you calling me ___?”

25 Dawn, poetically 26 Bob and Elizabeth 27 It’s free 31 The puck stops here?

32 Present-day Persia 33 Blanc, for one 34 Frolic, as a child 35 “Do as ___, not ...”

36 Data transmission speed measure 37 Suit-tag letters 40 Shopping binge 43 “There’s more than one way to skin ___” 44 Former German chancellor 45 What one earns 46 Grand ___ (vintage) 47 Like some churches 52 Participate in a 10K

53 Takes in a book 54 Sunrise direction 55 Cancels 56 “Corn” or “cycle” prefix 57 “Gotcha!”

58 Grandma 59 Whopper 60 Certain applied science 69 “8,” sometimes (Abbr.)

70 At the center of 71 Word on a dipstick 72 Classic introduction?

73 Cultured gem 76 Camera part 77 Abstain from 80 Coffee dispenser

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F/T P/T Swimming Pool Maintenance Tech needed. Experience preferred, but will train. Truck required. Please send resume to: poolhelpnow@gmail.com.

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109 Grizzly, for one 110 Zola or Griffith 111 Just a smidge 112 Uses a needle and thread 113 Toy building-block brand 114 Lack of laxness 115 Assist in the weight room 116 Old hat 117 Adam’s garden 118 Data and such 119 Brownish shades

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1 Bering Sea island 2 Fork tine 3 Part of a sound system 4 Bureaucracy problem 5 Arrowhead and Yankee 6 WWII admiral nicknamed Bull 7 Came down to earth Reserved Space 8 Org. combating music LP Reserved piracy Space 9 They take sides 10 Chef Gordon 11 Mac’s attachment?

12 Bygone peasant 13 Tropics headgear 14 Either 2 in “2 + 2” 15 Definitely not tall 16 Unaccompanied performances 17 Baldwin of TV and film 18 Clifflike, flat-topped elevation 28 Talk show name 81 It issues securities 29 Bard’s inspiration 85 “If ___ told you once ...”

30 Lose feathers, in 86 Casual Friday casualties London 87 As many as 35 Topped a cake 88 Mosque VIP 36 Small oriental tree 89 Playful aquatic animal 37 Hindu noble 91 Billboard displays 38 Archaic exclamation 92 African plains grazers 39 Some hair products 93 Bakery appliance 40 Rugby formation 94 Peepers or spheres 41 Wrinkled fruit 96 Court order 42 Mystical 97 Accessible to everyone 43 Holly Hunter in “The 98 Conspiratorial groups Piano” 101 Movie-watching ma44 Wild ass of Asia chine of old 45 He goes a-courting 108 Farewell 48 Arboreal ape

49 Soda brand 50 Intend 51 Like a Cub’s walls?

57 Does some trucking 58 Flanders on TV 59 Deceived 61 Hounds’ prey 62 Editor’s inserts 63 Type of acid 64 Grocery shopper’s helper 65 People of northeastern India 66 Alaska native 67 Signal carrier in the body 68 One lacking hope 73 Bread for a gyro 74 “National Velvet” author Bagnold 75 St. crossers 76 Subject to blame 77 Agitators 78 Yemen neighbor 79 Speed, to a DJ 82 Greek knee-length garment 83 Catlike creature 84 Roughneck, in London 90 Like old autocratic Russia 92 Pennsylvania state bird 93 Group of genes 94 Leopard look-alike 95 500 cars 96 Lawn intrusions 97 River in Missouri 99 Parkinson’s drug 100 ___ Hall University 101 Seductress in silent films 102 “What’s the big ___?”

103 Cacophonies 104 Thing to plant 105 Put out 106 Gulf of ___ (arm of the Baltic) 107 Charlie Brown exclamation

Each of the following cryptograms is a clue to the identity of a renowned dancer.

Using the hints J=I and L=R, decipher the clues to name the dancer.

1. P L E B Y 2. W L Y B J H J V F 3. Q V W D E Q 4. H N J F P Q J R Y 5. P J F P Y L L V P Y L H This dancer nicknamed their partner “Feathers”:

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