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Joe Campanellie’s image “Bad To The Bone”

Bad to the bone Joe Campanellie makes Team USA for the 2022 World Photographic Cup.

Palm Coast photographer Joe Campanellie recently won a spot on Team USA at the 2022 World Photographic Cup, to be held March 28 in Rome, Italy. The World Photographic Cup features 35 countries that will square off in 2022 and is considered the Olym-

pics of photography. Campanellie's image “Bad To The Bone” was selected out of over 5,100 entries to be part of Team USA. “It’s a great honor to win a spot on Team USA,” said Campanellie. “It’s an amazing group to be a part of. I push myself to be a better pho-

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‘Treatment for those who need it most’ NATIVE AMERICAN FESTIVAL RETURNS

Bill sponsor Sen. Travis Hutson said the proposal is an attempt to ‘resolve statewide preemption bills’ while protecting businesses.

The Native American Festival at Princess Place Preserve returns in 2022 after a hiatus last year because of COVID-19. It will be the seventh Pow Wow held since its inception in 2015. As in past years, the festival will include dancing, weapons demonstrations, wildlife exhibits, encampments and displays. “Mark your calendars now – it promises to be a great weekend,” said Parks Manager Frank Barbuti. “The event will be held the last weekend of the month, Feb. 26 and 27.” Tribes representing North and South America – as many as 50 – will perform traditional dances, along with demonstrations, storytelling and historical presentations.

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with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the former Bunnell Branch Library building, 103 E. Moody Blvd. The center will provide walk-in screening, crisis tri-

Local government officials raised concerns Wednesday, Jan. 12, about a Senate proposal that would block enforcement of new ordinances when challenges arise over the projected impacts to businesses. The Republican-controlled Senate Community Affairs Committee voted 7-2 along party lines to approve the proposal (SB 280), which would require counties and cities to produce a “business impact statement” before passing ordinances and to suspend enforcement of the ordinances amid legal challenges. Bill sponsor Sen. Travis Hutson, who represents Flagler County, said the proposal is an attempt to “resolve statewide preemption bills” while protecting businesses. Preemption bills, which have been highly controversial in recent years in the Legislature, restrict the authority of local governments. “We need to make sure the businesses know how much they’re getting affected,” Hutson said. “And, also, if a business is affected, that they’d be made whole.”

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A new facility at 103 E. Moody Blvd. will provide an open door for county residents seeking behavioral health services.

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The Flagler Access Center, which will provide an array of mental health services for Flagler County residents, officially opened Jan. 11

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FLORIDA STATE PARKS ANNOUNCES 2022 PHOTO CONTEST Florida State Parks is launching this year’s annual photo contest, Explore Florida State Parks. “We have had extraordinary attendance at our parks, and we know along with that comes an increasing number of incredible images of our beaches, inland waterways, forests and trails,” said Chuck Hatcher, acting director of Florida State Parks. “To entice more interest in our longstanding photo contest, we have upgraded our prizes and will add an honorable mention for each photo category. I’m excited to see the special memories created while exploring our beautiful parks.” Submissions will be accepted on https://photocontest. floridastateparks.org/2022. The contest is open to all Florida State Parks visitors, and the submission period will run from through March 10, 2022. Each entrant can submit up to five photos. The top three will be selected from all submissions by a panel of employees from the Department of Environmental Protection.

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FDOT plans road and trail projects The Florida Department of Transportation proposes over $101 million in spending on projects in Flagler County.

KEY PROJECTS IN FLAGLER COUNTY Traffic flow improvements on Whiteview parkway from U.S. 1 to Interstate 95 — including turning lanes, access management, lighting, and bike paths — with construction in the 2022/2023 fiscal year. Proposed funding: $4.7 million Resurfacing of County Road 304 from County Road 305 to State Road 11, with construction in the 2025/2026 fiscal year. Proposed funding: $2.9 million Widening and resurfacing of County Road 205 from S.R. 100 to a private dirt road, with construction in the 2024/2025 fiscal year. Proposed funding: $2 million Resurfacing and widening of various roadways in the Rima Ridge area, with construction in the 2026/2027 fiscal year. Proposed funding: $4.9 million Resurfacing and repaving of Hargrove Grade from Otis Stone Hunter Road to

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The Florida Department of Transportation has proposed spending more than $101 million for road and trail projects in Flagler County between fiscal year 2022/2023 and 2026/2027. The projects include a turn lane project on Whiteview Parkway, a series of resurfacing jobs out west, the reconstruction of Jungle Hut Road, and multiuse trails in the southern and northern ends of the county, among others, FDOT Program Management Administrator Katherine Alexander told county commissioners at a Jan. 10 commission meeting, laying out FDOT’s tentative fiveyear plan for work in Flagler County. Much of the $101 million would go to road and bridge repairs. “A lot of collaboration,

coordination, goes into building the tentative work program,” Alexander said, “so that we can build a plan that is balanced against available resources and funding ... and that we meet all policies and regulations as well as program and priority objectives.” The plan will be formalized and adopted in July — it will then no longer be considered tentative — and will then go through an administrative and legislative approval process. The current plan includes nine projects that are priorities for the county government, and one that’s a priority for the River-to-Sea Transportation

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east of the railroad crossing, with construction in the 2023/2024 fiscal year. Proposed funding: $3.6 million Design for the paving of East Daytona North. Design would be funded in the 2022/2023 fiscal year. Proposed funding: $115,000. Design for flexible pavement reconstruction on Forest Park Street at County Road 35, from County Road 302 to State Road 100, with design funded for the 2024/2025 fiscal year. Proposed funding: $442,750 Design for widening and resurfacing of Walnut Avenue from Water Oak road to Forest Park Street, with design funded for the 2023/2024 fiscal year. Proposed funding: $250,000 Design for the reconstruction of Jungle Hut Road from North Oceanshore Boulevard to the beach, with design funded for the 2024/2025 fiscal year. Pro-

Planning Organization. Alexander said that FDOT is already starting on a tentative work plan for the following five years and is looking at the county’s request to extend Commerce Parkway — the road that passes between the plots of land where the county is building a new Sheriff’s Operations Center and a new library branch. “We’re looking at options for that, and we’ll continue to collaborate on what’s needed for that and how the department could assist,” she said. County Commissioner Greg Hansen asked her how flexible the five-year plan is, and

posed funding: $120,000 Design for the resurfacing of Westmayer Place from the east end of the road to State Road A1A, with design funded for the 2023/2024 fiscal year. Proposed funding: $50,000 Design and construction of a bike path/trail on Old Kings Road from the Volusia County line to State Road 100, with design funded for the 2024/2025 fiscal year and construction funded for the 2026/2027 fiscal year. Proposed funding: $2.8 million Design and construction for a parking facility for the U.S. 1 trailhead for the Lehigh Rail Trail, with design funded for the 2024/2025 fiscal year and construction funded for the 2026/2027 fiscal year. Proposed funding: $2.25 million Design of a pedestrian and multi-use bridge over U.S. 1, with design funded for the 2023/2024 fiscal year. Proposed funding: $1.5 million

which factors — for instance, input from the county or the state — could change it. Both could, she said. “There is an opportunity as long as there’s a justification for it,” she said. Commissioner David Sullivan emphasized the significance of the Commerce Parkway extension. “Commerce Parkway, to me, is an important project,” Sullivan said. “... Our new Sheriff’s Office is being built over there; I believe the city of Bunnell will be building their offices on that same road, so I think that’s important to get moving.”

Proclamations raise awareness of stalking, human trafficking

The Flagler County Commission recognized January 2022 as “Human Trafficking Awareness Month” with a proclamation at a Jan. 10 commission meeting. “There’s many of us that work together to raise awareness of human trafficking,” Candice Wilkie, domestic violence services coordinator for the Family Life Center, said at the meeting. She named some — including local law enforcement agencies, the State Attorney’s Office, the Department of Children and Families, and the Freedom 7 Human Trafficking Task Force. Commissioner Greg Hansen asked if human trafficking was a major problem locally. “With the rise of social media and internet dating, it definitely is,” Wilkie said. The largest problem here, she said, is with “mail-order brides.” “They start the green card process but stop in the midst, so it’s a lot of working with immigration to help survivors become naturalized citizens,” she said. The commission also approved a proclamation recognizing January as National Stalking Awareness Month. Victims often don’t recognize stalking as stalking, Wilkie said. so if victim advocates simply ask a victim if they’re being stalked, the victim will say no. “But when you start digging a little deeper and say, ‘Does he show up at your place of employment, does he call you, does he text you all the time,’ the answer is yes,” she said. It’s easier for people to be stalked in the social media age, but also easier to identify stalking, she said.

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BOCC determines 2022 committee assignments The Flagler County Board of County Commissioners have selected committee assignments for the new year. Flagler County Commission Chair Joe Mullins will serve on the following committees: Department of Juvenile Justice Council; Department of Juvenile Justice Circuit Advisory Council; Flagler County Affordable Housing Advisory Committee; Northeast Florida Regional Council; River to Sea Transportation Planning Organization. Vice Chair Greg Hansen will serve on the following committees: Friends of A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Byways Group; A1A Scenic Pride; Management Advisory Group for GTMNERR; Small County Coalition; Town of Marineland CRA Board; Value Adjustment Board; Florida Agricultural Museum Board. Commissioner Donald O’Brien will serve on the following committees: Early Learning Coalition of Flagler and Volusia County; Flagler County Library Board of Trustees; Public Safety Coordinating Council; Workforce Development Board of Flagler and Volusia County. Commissioner David Sullivan will serve on four committees: Canvassing Board; Flagler County Tourist Development Council; Transportation Disadvantaged Local Coordinating Board; and the Heritage Crossroads Committee. Commissioner Andy Dance will serve on the following committees: Family Life Center; George Washington Carver Center Governance Board; and, the School Planning Oversight Committee. Each county commissioner will also serve as an alternate member for at least one committee.

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Hutson also is sponsoring a measure (SB 620) that would allow businesses to sue if local ordinances cause at least 15% losses of revenues or profits. That bill needs to clear the Appropriations Committee before it could go to the full Senate. During Wednesday’s meeting, Sen. Tina Polsky, D-Boca Raton, pointed to the potential power lawmakers could provide to block local ordinances. “A national corporation could veto an ordinance voted on by a duly elected official local body, in a majority vote, that had open public comment for an extended period of time,” Polsky said. Sen. Gary Farmer, D-Lighthouse Point, called the proposal a “trial lawyer’s dream.” “I don’t see anything in the bill or the amendment that deters people from seeking this ordinance suspension for frivolous purposes or just for harassment,” Farmer, a trial lawyer, said. “You may be a business owner that maybe is planning on running against one of the commissioners or the mayor and you just decide you’re going to try to make them look bad.” Hutson amended the proposal by removing a requirement that accountants or financial consultants must be involved in preparing impact statements. The amendment also would cap attorney fees that could be collected from local governments at $50,000,

give 90 days for challenges to be filed after ordinances are adopted and limit estimates of direct impacts to businesses that are within the local jurisdictions. Hutson said he worked with the Florida League of Cities and the Florida Association of Counties on the changes, but the cities organization remains opposed. Rebecca O’Hara, senior legislative advocate for the Florida League of Cities, said Hutson’s removal of the requirement for financial consultants to be hired to prepare impact statements is a nice gesture but appears impractical. “If the ordinance is challenged, and if the business impact statement is fair game to be invalidated as cause for invalidating an ordinance, then both sides will have to bring their experts to the court to testify about the underlying data, about the underlying methodology and about the assumptions,” O’Hara said. “That alone is going to drive the cost of this bill up significantly. Expert witnesses typically run $300 to $400 an hour on the low side.” In voting for the bill, Sen. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, said critics of the proposal are painting “businesses as evil.” He said the proposal gives businesses an “adequate voice to respond to the heavy hand of government.” The measure is supported by the Florida Chamber of Commerce, Associated Industries of Florida, the

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“Beth (Boyles) should be recognized. She has been a tremendous help with everything since Caleb’s accident. She contacted us shortly after his injury and asked if she could start a GoFundMe for our family, and she has handled press related to Caleb’s injury and she has gotten Flagler Beach and Tortugas (Florida Kitchen & Bar) involved to support our family as well. These efforts have made it possible for us to stay with our son during his rehab in order to help him through this.” BETTY STRUBLE

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port, all the people reaching out,” she said. “For three days around Thanksgiving, I didn’t post anything, and I got all these messages, ‘What’s going on with Caleb?’ He has a huge following.” Caleb, a senior at Matanzas High School, fractured the C5 and C6 vertebrae, which are in the lower neck region. Soon after the injury, he underwent surgery at Orlando Regional Medical Center. “It was a very scary situation,” Boyles said. “He was on a ventilator for some time. At that point, he had no movement in his arms and legs.” In August, he was transported to the Shepherd Center, a rehab hospital in Atlanta that specializes in spinal cord injuries. At first, because

of COVID-19, only Michael could stay with him. About six weeks later, Betty and younger son Byron, 13, were able to join them. Caleb has made tremendous strides since he has been at Shepherd, Boyles said. On Dec. 22, Boyles posted a video of Caleb walking on a treadmill with the help of two therapists. By the end of the session, he was carrying up to 90% of his bodyweight, she said. On New Year’s Day she posted a video and pictures of Caleb taking a walk with his family’s help along the Chattahoochee River. Michael Struble is Boyles’ chiropractor. Boyles and her husband, Joel, became good friends of the Strubles. “I adore their two boys,” Boyles

said. “I want my son, who is 5, to be just like them.” Betty is Michael’s office manager. Since the accident, the office has been closed with no money coming in, Boyles said. She said she understands the predicament, because she and Joel, who is a contractor, have a similar arrangement, running Joel Boyles LLC together. Caleb’s GoFundMe page has raised $26,593 as of Jan. 3. Boyles estimates that all of the fundraisers, including a fishing tournament in September at the Flagler Beach pier, has raised about $50,000 for the family. The money helps pay the mortgage, electric, cellphones, gas, food and office bills. The local community helped decorate Caleb’s room at Shepherd Center and provide comfortable clothes for Caleb to wear

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Micheal, Caleb, Betty and Byron Struble go on a New Year’s Day outing to the Chatahoochee National Recreation Area.

during his rehab sessions through an Amazon Prime wish list that sold out within 24 hours, Boyles said. Michael Struble nominated Boyles for a Standing O. On Facebook Messenger, Betty Struble said Boyles’ “efforts have made it possible for us to stay with our son during his rehab in order to help him through this.” Caleb may be coming home next month, Boyles said, and she is planning a welcome home celebration. Boyles is working with local restaurants to supply a “meal train” that will supply dinners for the family for their first month home. Caleb will still have a long road ahead with intensive therapy once he comes home, Boyles said, but he continues to exceed doctors’ expectations. “We believe strongly that Caleb will walk again,” Boyles said, adding that she hopes he’ll be able to walk across the stage for graduation. Boyles said that during recent a FaceTime call with Michael Struble, Joel commented on how much better Michael looked and sounded. “I’m a lot better than I was three months ago,” he said. “They’re an amazingly strong family,” Boyles said. “They’re going to make it.”

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hen Beth Boyles received a phone call in July from her friend Betty Struble, she went into “go mode.” Struble relayed devastating news. Her son, Caleb, 17, fractured two vertebrae in his neck July 19 when he dove into a shallow sandbar off Flagler Beach during lifeguard practice. The accident would change the Strubles’ lives. The phone call began a mission for Boyles. “In my gut, I knew it was going to be life-changing,” Boyles said. “I thought about what can I do to help them. I knew it was going to be a long-term thing, so I just kind of went into that go mode.” She started by retrieving their mail and taking care of their cats. When the extent of Caleb’s injuries became known, Boyles began a GoFundMe page for the family. She reached out to business owners, and to local nonprofit Flagler Strong, which held a silent auction for Caleb and his family in August. With her help, Tortugas Florida Kitchen & Bar held another silent auction and fundraiser in November. Boyles began relaying updates from Caleb’s parents, Betty and Michael, on the Flagler Beach for Friends Facebook page. She has been posting every day or every other day for the past five months on the group page. The group has over 23,000 members, and Boyles’ posts frequently garner over 1,000 reactions and comments. “The first couple of months I got chills with all the messages and sup-

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age and outpatient treatment. It is the result of a public-private partnership between Flagler County, SMA Healthcare and Flagler Health+. A public tour of the center followed the ribbon cutting. “It will be the first place people will go to get help, ask questions and feel safe,” said SMA Healthcare CEO Ivan Cosimi. “The Access Center will allow us to provide treatment for those who need it most.” A $245,000 state appropriation to the county will pay for staffing at the facility for the first year. A $300,000 federal grant through the American Rescue Plan allowed the county to renovate the building and provide maintenance and additional services, County Administrator Heidi Petito said. The renovation cost $180,000, Petito said, which will leave the county $120,000

to use as needed to support the center. The 4,943-square-foot facility was a longtime coming, County Commission Chair Joe Mullins said, noting that Flagler County had the highest suicide rate in the state in 2017. Sheriff Rick Staly said his office handles approximately three to five Baker Acts per shift and investigates a number of suicides. “Addressing behavioral health issues – including drug abuse and the suicide rate – has been a priority,” Petito said. Cosimi said SMA Healthcare will provide the Access Center with six staff members: two therapists, a screener, an outreach coordinator and two care coordinators. Flagler Health+ will provide youth mental health services. The Flagler Access Center will have a crisis triage treatment unit, a group room, a urinalysis lab and a number

of offices, said Alicia Vincent, SMA Healthcare’s vice president of Flagler services. The center will also connect clients to the federal housing program, PATH (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness). The actual opening will probably be next week when SMA Healthcare moves its staff from Justice Lane to the Flagler Access Center, Cosimi said. The county will provide transportation for clients, which will remove barriers to treatment, said Flagler Health+ Executive Director John Eaton. The center will also utilize social service providers within the county. “There is no wrong-door approach,” Cosimi said. Cosimi said SMA Healthcare is already working in Tallahassee to get year two of the center funded. Email brent@palmcoastoberver.com.

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