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VOLUME 6, NO. 16
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THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2015
WE REMEMBER Two names will be added to the military monument at Palm Coast’s Heroes Memorial Park. SHANNA FORTIER ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Cathy Heighter vowed to always remember her son, who was killed when he was just 22 while serving in the Army, in Baghdad, in 2003. Today, Heighter, a Palm Coast resident, says, “He knows that I’m keeping my promise to remember him.” There are three names etched into the black granite monument, which pays tribute to fallen military at Palm Coast’s Heroes Memorial Park. This week, two more names will be added to the list. The names of U.S. Army Spc. Raheen Tyson Heighter and U.S. Army Sgt. Lukas T. Stanford join the names of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Michael George Heiser, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. John T. Schmidt III and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Zachary J. Walters on the memorial dedicated to local heroes who died in the line of duty. ARMY SPC. HEIGHTER Shanna Fortier
Cathy Heighter is very active in veteran organizations and thankful for her son, Army Spc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, to be added to the military memorial at Heroes Memorial Park in Palm Coast.
Heighter was a 22-year-old infantryman when he was killed north of Baghdad on July 24, 2003,
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Army Spc. Raheen Tyson Heighter was killed north of Baghdad July 24, 2003.
when his convoy came under fire. He grew up on Long Island and joined the Army in June 2001, serving with the 101st Airborne, Second Battalion, 320th Field Artillery. Following her son’s death, Cathy Heighter spearheaded a movement to increase death benefits for members of the Armed Forces. Specialist Heighter was
“I think that it’s very important not only for the community, but for the American people to not take our freedom for granted.” CATHY HEIGHTER, mother of Army Spc. Raheen Tyson Heighter
SEE MEMORIAL PAGE 4
CHEEKY! POTATOES SCRAPPED
PARK HERE?
Flagler Beach debate on paid parking continues, with input from tourism chief Matt Dunn. PAGE 3
CHARTER CHAT
City Council discusses a charter review. PAGE 10
DO THE MATH ...
Trevor Pearson earned enough Purr bucks by doing math problems that he was able to give his sister, Delaney, a scooter, at Wadsworth. Ride on! PAGES 12-13
Photos by Shanna Fortier
Brenden Wang exits the limo ready for a special lunch.
LIMO RIDE!
Seventeen students from Old Kings Elementary earned a lunch and a limo ride for reading like champs. PAGE 23
SUPER FILL-IN
The lead for the high school play, “Hairspray,” was replaced at the last minute. The show must go on! PAGE 26
Shanna Fortier
Riley and Reagan Donato enjoyed the Bunnell Festival — formerly known as the Bunnell Potato Festival — on Saturday, May 16. READ MORE ON PAGE 19
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