PALM COAST
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YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 6, NO. 35
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2015
A new ‘brush up’ for Open Door After a long legal fight with Bunnell, the recovery center gets a paint job, thanks to volunteers. PAGE 3
YOUR TOWN ONE YEAR
Palm Coast: A Parade of Nations
Congratulations to Palm Coast resident Beverly Kay, who is celebrating her one-year anniversary of being cancer free today! Read her story next week in the Palm Coast and Ormond Beach Observers.
MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE?
Anastasia Pagello
Check out this inspirational homecoming story: PAGE 15
Alexa Dziubek, Maya Frankowski and Tanya Dziubek wear in traditional Polish dress at the Palm Coast International Festival. They joined 25 other countries representing the diversity of our city. READ MORE ON PAGE 19
DATING DADDY
Life preserver for Belle Terre pool? The Racquet Club’s Advisory Committee might have a chance after all. Talks to continue with Flagler Schools. JACQUE ESTES STAFF WRITER
Jerry Chandlee and his daughter, Alexis, were all smiles as they enjoyed their lunch date at Belle Terre Elementary. READ MORE ON PAGE 24
The first order of business at the Oct. 6 workshop of the Flagler County School Board was to rearrange the order of the agenda and accommodate the nearly 50 people in attendance. Moving the proposals for Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club to the top allowed the board to address the issue of most concern to those in attendance before continuing on with school business, including the legislative platform
and district strategic plan. “We have gone down different paths to see how we can resolve the issues with the Swim and Racquet Club,” Superintendent, Jacob Oliva said. “We want to see how we can work together and come to a solution.” That gave a ray of hope to the club’s Advisory Committee, a group of dedicated volunteers who have worked to stop the pool from closing to the public, despite heavy financial losses to Flagler Schools. Oliva, Finance Director Tom
Tant, attorney Kristy Gavin and School Board members met with the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet advocates at a last minute meeting the day before, Oct. 5. The meeting was a result of miscommunication and information in the RFP process. Three bids were received, including one from the Advisory Committee, but none met the bid qualification requirements. “Part of the requirement is 501c3 status to satisfy federal IRS requirement,” Gavin, the board attorney, said. “None of the bidders met the requirement.” Gavin said the issues stemmed SEE ‘WE GOT’ PAGE 10