Ormond Beach Observer 10-1-26 by Observer Local News

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Should Ormond sell River Bend? City discussions surrounding the future of the shuttered golf course to continue at Oct. 7 meeting. PAGE 4A

Tractor Supply coming soon

Winner, winner, burger dinner

City Commission OKs amendment for Tomoka Commerce Park development. PAGE 5A INSIDE ELECTIONS 2026

Ormond Beach Zone 4 incumbent Harold Briley has deep roots in his community. PAGE 9A

HAPPY 40 YEARS

Preschool teacher Joan Moyle marks 40-year milestone. PAGE 3B

Pumphouse BBQ wins its third Ormond Burger Week title. PAGE 6B

BIG WIN FOR BUCS

Mainland heads to Vero Beach after shutting out University, 48-0. PAGE 9B

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Business..................... PAGE 6B Calendar..................... PAGE 2B Cops Corner................PAGE 2A Crossword.................. PAGE 4C Help Wanted............... PAGE 3C Letters.......................PAGE 14A Public Notices............ PAGE 4C Schools....................... PAGE 3B Sports......................... PAGE 8B Tributes ...................... PAGE 5C Real Estate................. PAGE 4B

Pump House BBQ Co-Owners Rob West and Bryan Brymer celebrate their 2026 Ormond beach Burger Week victory. Photo by Rachel Mills

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Inaugural Ormond Beach Unplugged Songwriter Festival puts acoustic music in the spotlight.

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SEPT. 22

New DNA collection system added to FCSO crime lab

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has added new forensic DNA collection technology to its Crime Scene Investigations Unit that officials say could help investigators collect evidence in cases where traditional methods have failed. According to the FCSO, the agency has added the M-Vac Forensic DNA Collection System, a wet-vacuum-based device that uses a sterile solution and vacuum to dislodge and collect DNA material for processing. The system can produce DNA profiles in situations where traditional collection methods, such as swabbing and cutting, have failed to produce viable results. The device can be used on almost any surface and is designed to capture DNA material from porous, rough or textured surfaces that can be difficult or impossible to reach using other methods. It can also cover larger surface areas and typically collect more DNA material than traditional methods, FCSO said.

Bunnell man, 57, killed in U.S. 1 crash in Flagler

A 57-year-old Bunnell man was killed early Saturday morning, Sept. 26, after his pickup truck struck a tree along U.S. 1 in Flagler County. The crash occurred at about 12:04 a.m. on U.S. 1, just south of Education Way, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. The driver, whose name was not released, was not wearing a seat belt.

Kenneth McGevna, Eddie Lang, Eli Rodriquez, Ed Fuller, Paulette Hatfield, Nina Guiglotto and Shara Brodsky at Connecting to Palm Coast Expo. Courtesy photos

According to FHP, the pickup was traveling south on U.S. 1 when it drifted into the center grass median and ditch. The driver then swerved back onto the paved roadway, and the truck began rotating clockwise. The pickup crossed both southbound lanes before entering the grass shoulder on the right side of the highway. The driver’s side door then struck a tree, and the truck came to rest next to the tree facing north. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin has been notified.

Palm Coast Expo brings residents and resources together What started as an idea from Palm Coast Citizens Academy graduates has grown into a twice-yearly community event designed to help residents discover the people, organizations, services and resources available in Palm Coast and Flagler County. The latest Connecting to Palm Coast Expo welcomed more than 200 residents and brought together 43 local organizations, creating an evening focused on education, connection and community. The event was held at the Flagler County Public Library Nexus Center in Bunnell. The idea behind the expo

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came from members of the Palm Coast Citizens Academy Alumni Ambassadors, who wanted to take their Citizens Academy experience to the next level. Through the Citizens Academy, learn how their local government operates, meet the people behind the departments and services they rely on and gain a better understanding of their community. After completing the program, the alumni realized there was an opportunity to share that knowledge beyond the classroom. They didn’t want the education to end when the academy did. Their vision became Connecting to Palm Coast. The expo brings together City of Palm Coast and Flagler County departments, local nonprofits, community organizations and other groups that provide services to residents.

Kelly Steffens graduates from FEMA academy

Flagler County Emergency Management Planner Kelly Steffens graduated from the FEMA National Disaster & Emergency Management University’s National Emergency Management Basic Academy. The goal of the Basic Academy is to support early emergency management careers through a training experience that combines

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knowledge of all fundamental systems, concepts and practices of cutting-edge emergency management. “I was very excited to take part in this academy,” said Steffens, who was recently promoted from Emergency Management Specialist to Planner. “It was a great learning experience.” The Basic Academy consists of five classroom courses as well as 12 independent study prerequisites which had to be completed before course acceptance. “I am so proud of her accomplishment,” said Flagler County Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord. “Kelly joins other EM staff, myself included, in graduating from competitive-entry national Emergency Management academies.” Manager Ryan Simpson graduated from the Advanced Academy in July, and Lord graduated from the Executive Academy in August 2024.

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GOLF CART CLASH Around 11:30 a.m. — North Ocean Shore Boulevard, Palm Coast Felony battery. A 74-year-old Palm Coast man was arrested after deputies said he peppersprayed another man during a confrontation stemming from an accusation of theft. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the victim said he had previously stayed with the man for one night. Afterward, the 74-year-old accused him of stealing and allegedly threatened to “bash” his skull. Deputies said the two encountered each other on North Ocean Shore Boulevard, with the victim walking on the sidewalk and the other man riding a golf cart. The 74-year-old allegedly began yelling about the theft, circled the victim with his golf cart and sprayed him with pepper spray about five times. A deputy reported seeing an orange substance on the victim’s left arm and redness on his arm and neck. The victim declined medical treatment. Deputies initially searched the area but were unable to locate the 74-yearold man. The man was charged with felony battery based on a prior battery conviction.

SEPT. 23

FRESH BREATH 3 p.m. — Intersection of North Nova Road and West Granada Boulevard, Ormond Beach DUI. Police arrested a 49-year-old Colorado woman who was suspected to have been involved in a hit-andrun and was caught drinking mouth wash. As the woman spoke with police, officers noted her slurred speech and constricted pupils. According to an incident report, she

was unable to answer basic questions about where she was going and what day it was, and as she spoke with officers, she pulled out a bottle of Listerine (which contains 21.6% alcohol) and began to take multiple sips from the bottle. “I have coffee breath,” she told officers. The woman refused to speak further with officers and declined to perform sobriety exercises. She was taken to jail. ORDER IN THE COURT Around 9:50 a.m. — Kim C. Hammond Justice Center, Bunnell Breach of peace. A 39-yearold woman was arrested after deputies said she caused a disturbance inside the county courthouse and resisted deputies attempting to remove her. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the woman became involved in a verbal altercation at the security screening area after she was told to lower her dress; she had allegedly lifted it and exposed herself. The woman then went to the Clerk of Courts office, where deputies said she became upset with the assistance she received and began screaming, yelling and banging her hands on the counter. Deputies told her to leave, but she refused and continued yelling and slamming her hands on the counter. As deputies attempted to arrest her, she grabbed a sergeant’s uniform shirt and refused repeated commands to let go. After she was handcuffed, deputies said the woman stood with one foot on each of two officers’ feet and urinated on the floor in front of the second-floor elevators. She was taken to jail.

SEPT. 24

FIRE FEUD 8 a.m. — First block of Pine Look Pass, Ormond Beach Suspicious incident. Police recently responded to a house fire over suspicions of foul play. According to an incident report, a neighbor called 911 after he spotted the house on fire. After police spoke with the neighbor, one of the homeowners approached and stated she believed the fire had been set intentionally by her children’s father, who had threatened to do so in the past. She told officers that the house was for sale and the suspect had been attempting to obstruct showings and intimidate potential buyers, the report states. Shortly after, the suspect’s girlfriend, who lives in the home, appeared on the scene and told police that there had been incidents of electrical issues in a guest bedroom in the past. Eventually, the suspect himself spoke to police and when officers asked how he was doing, he said, “Great.” After a pause, he added, “all things considered,” according to the police report. An investigation is ongoing.

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Artist Robert Shirk (center) sits with his oncologist Dr. Padmaja Sai (second from right) and her office staff Melissa Primicerio (left), Madison Castaneda (second from left), and Alexandra Adona (right) after Shirk donated his painting “Chemo” to the Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institue. Photos by Michele Meyers

The art of healing Stage 4 gallbladder cancer diagnosis inspires artist Robert Shirk to paint ‘Chemo.’ MICHELE MEYERS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Artist Robert Shirk’s painting “Chemo” embodies hope. Hands reach toward a bell surrounded by the word hope, replicated throughout the image and nestled in a sky of dots, inspiring the viewer to embrace the word’s meaning and strive to ring the bell, a symbol of the milestone those undergoing cancer treatment wish to be able to do one day. Shirk, of Ormond Beach, donated the painting to the Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute in Palm Coast on Wednesday, Sept. 16. His artwork is on display in a seating area where patients can garner inspiration from its message, whether they are there for an initial oncology appointment, to receive treatment, or return for a followup. In April 2025, Shirk was diagnosed with stage 4 gallbladder cancer. The first line of treatment? Chemo. “Chemo really tore me down,” he said. “But the prognosis for this cancer is not good. When they first told me, I had like six months. That was it. That’s what I had.” HOPE MATTERS

Shirk’s painting resonates with hope for patients and their families, said Dr. Padmaja Sai, oncologist and hematologist at the the Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute in Palm Coast. “It’s about hope, and hope is the most important thing for every one of us,” said Sai, who celebrated her 20th anniversary the institute on Sept. 1. Originally from India, Sai did her residency and fellowship training in New York, and moved to Florida in 2004. She went to medical school wanting to become a surgeon. During clinical rotations, she felt connected to medical oncology and knew that was where her heart belonged. “Even in general, even for me, waking up in the morning and being able to take care

of these patients, and coming to the office, and going back home and getting a good night’s sleep — we all hope that happens,” Sai said. “We all hope we wake up in the morning.” During Easter weekend last year, Shirk said he noticed his skin was turning orange. He asked his wife, Loleita, what she thought. After he stepped onto the patio and opened his shirt, she confirmed his skin had a slightly orange discoloration. As soon as his gastroenterologist learned of his symptoms, he advised him to go to the AdventHealth Palm Coast Hospital emergency room immediately, where Shirk was admitted for testing. Staff ran a myriad of tests, including a blood panel, and performed MRIs and CT scans. Dr. Abubaker Ali sat down with the Shirks to speak about the diagnosis, telling them that he was a surgeon, but could not do anything for Shirk. The cancer had spread to his liver, lungs, and lymph nodes. According to Ali, it was everywhere. “I just said, ‘Wow,’” Shirk recalled. “The physical part actually is out of my hands in the sense that I’m relying on the doctors, but it’s in my hands when I have to select the doctors; after that, it’s not. Mentally, it definitely is an adjustment. There’s no doubt about that. It changes your perspective on a lot of things.” In Shirk’s case, the doctors believe the cancer started in his gallbladder and went undetected for some time. It spread to his liver, blocking bile excretion and causing his jaundiced skin. The gastroenterologist put in a stent to open the clogged bile duct. Shirk’s liver and blood tests started getting better, and his skin returned to normal, but he still had cancer. While Shirk was in the hospital, Ali looked at his paintings online and encouraged him to share his cancer experience through his art. Shirk was surprised. “I’m like, ‘Are you kidding me?’” Shirk said. “It was the last thing I wanted to do. There was no way.” For two and a half months, Shirk endured chemotherapy. It took its toll. He lost at least 15 pounds and was often bed-

ridden. Shirk wasn’t giving up though. He knew he wanted to pursue immunotherapy through research he had done on his own. So his doctors and patients recommended Sai. She started him on new medication that had just been by the FDA and is now ongoing targeted antibody therapy. He’s almost cancer-free, Sai said. His recent imaging showed stable findings and no progression. More importantly, she said, he is maintaining his quality of life and doing what he really loves — his art, his painting. “Over the years, the treatment has changed,” Sai said. “He’s getting targeted therapies, and we also have immunotherapy. All this clinical research has transformed what is possible now. A few years ago, if he had come to me, the treatment was not there. What is now possible was unimaginable then.”

Award in the Saint Augustine Artist Association “Honors Show” and the winner of the Achievement Award in the Art League of Daytona Beach Juried Exhibit, “The Way I See It.” After his diagnosis, Shirk said he is painting what he wants to paint. “I tell artists you can do both,” he said. “You don’t have to just paint to sell. Put aside a little time and just do it for yourself because that’s really important. You don’t want to lose the enjoyment of what you’re doing.” Sai said Shirk resonates with hope and his dream of continuing to paint. “What impressed me was how he chose this painting to hang in the office so that every patient looks at it, and for a moment they think, ‘Hey, you know what? There is hope.’” If diagnosed with advanced cancer, Sai said, do not lose hope. Cancer care has changed dramatically over the years with the addition of precision medicine, targeted therapies, clinical research, newer innovations, and immunotherapy. “They’ve transformed what was impossible into something that can be possible,” she said. “I’m proud to be with

“I tell artists you can do both. You don’t have to just paint to sell. Put aside a little time and just do it for yourself because that’s really important. You don’t want to lose the enjoyment of what you’re doing.” ROBERT SHIRK, Ormond Beach artist

this place that brings all these advances to these patients in this community. It’s a privilege to care for patients at a time when so much research is happening. I am incredibly proud of what we have accomplished, and I’m even more hopeful about what’s coming ahead.”

NEW PERSPECTIVE

It took six months for Shirk to feel well enough to consider painting again. Once he decided to start, he had to address a new dilemma: what to paint. “I was totally out of my element as far as being inspired, and things had different meaning,” he said. “My whole perspective had changed.” He was checking out at Sai’s office when he saw the bell hanging on the wall with the inscription, “Ring this bell three times well, its toll to clearly say my treatment’s done, this course is run, and I am on my way.” He knew then that he wanted to create art that reflected the hope needed to ring that bell and inspire others to keep fighting their diagnoses. It took Shirk six weeks to research different elements, put them together, and paint “Chemo.” It is painted on six layers of plexiglass in the neopointillism style using tiny dots. Each layer is painted in dots using a different acrylic color, creating the illusion of movement. The painting is dedicated to individuals battling cancer, with hopes that they complete their therapy and ring the bell. Shirk’s “Chemo” was the winner of the Most Creative

Artist Robert Shirk’s painting “Chemo” is dedicated to those battling cancer, with the hope that they finish their therapy and ring the bell. Shirk donated it to the Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute on Wednesday, Sept. 16. Courtesy photo

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Ormond’s River Bend Golf Course: to sell or not to sell? The golf course is not for sale. But if the city did want to sell it, what steps would it need to follow?

“I think we need to give [staff] time to come back to us with something a little more concrete. We’re talking about something that’s kind of fluid.”

JARLEENE ALMENAS MANAGING EDITOR

What are the next steps for Ormond Beach’s River Bend Golf Course? For now, a discussion at the next City Commission meeting, to be held on Oct. 7, to iron out conflicting statements made to city officials from representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration concerning what needs to happen to reopen, or sell, the golf course. And, when those steps can take place. In the meantime, at least two interested buyers for the 172-acre former golf course property wait in the wings. “I think we need to give [staff] time to come back to us with something a little more concrete,” City Commissioner Harold Briley said during the commission meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 23. “We’re talking about something that’s kind of fluid.” The commissioners’ discussion, which was not on the meeting’s agenda, took place as residents filled the chambers wearing green in support of reopening the golf course. In attendance was Gerry James, a financial adviser and PGA professional who is one of the two parties who recently submitted a letter of intent to purchase the golf course property. The golf course is not currently for sale. It has been closed since 2020 when its last operator filed for bankruptcy. City officials have maintained that before the golf

River Bend Golf Course has been closed since its last operator filed for bankruptcy in December 2020. File photo by Jarleene Almenas

course can be reopened, or sold, the city needs to have an updated airport master plan showing the Ormond Beach Municipal Airport’s 20-year aeronautical demand. That was reiterated in an email to City Commissioner Kristin Deaton from Chastity Clark, an FAA program manager from its Orlando Airport District Office. The email states that the “ADO would not consider any releases (either release from the aeronautical use provision or a release to sell it outright) prior to a Master Plan Update that projects 20-year aeronautical demand and performs a demand/capacity analysis, as well as an ALP update.” An ALP is an Airport Layout Plan, which depicts existing and future airport facilities. On Sept. 11, the city received a letter from Miami-based company Titan Development Partners LLC, seeking to purchase the golf course for $4 million. Three days later on Sept. 14, the city received another letter from James, who is also a former candidate for Florida State Senate. “As stewards of public property and taxpayer resources, I respectfully believe that the city should seriously consider the financial and community benefits of returning this abandoned golf course property back to productive

private ownership — a sale that could remove the city’s ongoing responsibility for the property, generate proceeds that could be directed towards other municipal priorities or outstanding obligations, and return Riverbend to productive use,” James said. He said he believes that his team could reopen River Bend within two years. James didn’t name a purchase price in his letter of intent, nor did he name one when he spoke to the commission during public comment. However, Mayor Jason Leslie and residents spoke about James’ offer and cited a $2 million purchase price and $18 million in capital improvements to renovate the golf course. Deaton said she wasn’t opposed to selling the golf course property, but that the city needs to follow FAA guidelines. “This process has to be completed before the commission decides to take the next steps for the land,” she said. Mayor Jason Leslie also recently spoke to representatives of the FAA. He read an email into the record where he mentioned the city “has surplus airport property” in River Bend and that officials were interested in reopening it as a golf course.

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“That interest has become more time-sensitive following a recent offer from a private investor to purchase a golf course property, restore the course, and return what was once a valuable recreational asset to our community,” Leslie’s email stated. “Unfortunately, considerable time has passed without receiving a definite answer from the FAA office.” Leslie received a response from Miles Bolin, FAA director of industry engagement, stating that the ADO had yet to receive a formal proposal from the city, and that if the city wanted to release the property, they needed to submit such a request for the ADO to review. Nowhere in his email, Leslie said, was a master plan update mentioned. City Commissioner and Mayor-elect Lori Tolland asked Leslie if he had shared the property’s deed with the FAA in his conversations. Leslie said he had when he spoke with an FAA representative in person. “They already seemed like they were pretty familiar with the deed restrictions,” Leslie said. “They said the deed restrictions are pretty similar across the board.” The city’s quitclaim deed states in part that “no property transferred by this instrument shall be used, leased, sold, salvaged, or disposed of by the party of the second part for other than airport purposes without the written consent of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, which shall be granted only if said Administrator determines that the property can be used, leased, sold, salvaged or disposed of for other than airport purposes without materially and adversely affecting the development, improvement, operation or maintenance of the airport at which such property is located.”

HAROLD BRILEY, Ormond Beach City Commissioner

The commission discussed expediting the master plan update, which is slated to cost about $581,000 and is budgeted for the 2027-2028 fiscal year. The update would be funded by the FAA and the Florida Department of Transportation, and city staff previously reported it could take 12-18 months to complete. City Commissioner Travis Sargent suggested the city use funds in city reserves to complete the master plan update sooner. Tolland said she wasn’t sure if expediting the update was the right decision, a sentiment she voiced among boos from the crowd. She said she wasn’t willing to use reserve dollars to pay for the master plan update, particularly as the city could face budget constraints in the future should voters pass Amendment 3. Based on prior budget discussions, Ormond Beach could lose about $8 million in property tax revenue. The discussion grew contentious at times, as officials discussed following the process and whether they could guarantee to the public that, if the property is sold to a private investor, that investor would bring back River Bend as a public golf course. “Let’s get it on the agenda, so we have an agenda item,” Tolland said. “Get all the pros and cons and all the uses, and all the things that we need to do. ... I cannot make a decision tonight on how I want it to look.” “You don’t want this to be a public course?” Leslie asked Tolland. “Jason, you’re just —” Tolland began. “It’s Mr. Mayor, by the way,” he said. As Tolland apologized, the crowd clapped and jeered. Email jarleene@observerlocalnews.com.

NEWS BRIEFS Volusia County to host household hazardous waste collection events Volusia County will host two household hazardous waste collection events this month, providing residents with a way to dispose of materials that should not be placed in regular household trash, at no charge. The first collection event will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Friday, Oct. 9, at Ormond Beach Public Works, 501 N. Orchard St., Ormond Beach. The second event will take place from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 10, at New Smyrna Beach Public Works, 124 Industrial Park Ave., New Smyrna Beach. Household hazardous waste requires special handling to protect waterways, soil, and public health. Materials such as paint, batteries, pool chemicals, and automotive fluids can pose environmental risks if discarded improperly. These collection events allow residents to dispose of such items responsibly while keeping harmful substances out of landfills and drainage systems. Items to be accepted at the events include old paint, solvents, automobile and household batteries, pool chemicals, pesticides, motor oil, gasoline, and other household chemicals. Residents may also bring up to 10 fluorescent lamps. Only unmixed household hazardous waste will be accepted. Insulin needles will be accepted in approved containers, which will not be returned. The collections are intended for residential use only and are not available to businesses or commercial operations. Proof of Volusia County residency, such as a driver’s license, is required. Residents who cannot attend the events may dispose of household hazardous waste at no cost year-round at the Tomoka Landfill, 1990 Tomoka Farms Road, Port Orange, or the West Volusia Transfer Station, 3151 E. New York Ave., DeLand. The landfill is open from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The transfer station operates from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.

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Ormond officials OK amendment allowing for new Tractor Supply

The Brown expansion to add new museum, planetarium in Daytona

The new big box store will be part of the Tomoka Commerce Park development on North U.S. 1.

The project includes a new 90,000-squarefoot museum and expanded planetarium.

JARLEENE ALMENAS

RICH CARROLL

MANAGING EDITOR

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A Tractor Supply Company store is coming to 890 N. U.S. 1 in Ormond Beach. The City Commission approved an amendment to a development order for the Tomoka Commerce Park project in a 4-1 vote on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Local developer Scott Vanacore aims to construct a mixed-use commercial and warehouse project on the 12.48-acre property. Tomoka Commerce Park is slated to have 56,108 square feet of office, warehouse and industrial space and a 21,901-square-foot Tractor Supply. The City Commission approved the project’s development order in February, but the amendment reduced the approved density of Tomoka Commerce Park, according to a city staff report. The number of buildings was lowered from 11 to six, reducing projected traffic impacts and impervious surface area. Much of the citizen opposition to the project revolved around the Tractor Supply store and its impact on surrounding small businesses, like Ormond Farm Supply, a locally owned farm store located down the road from the Tomoka Commerce Park property. “I understand that Ormond Beach is growing, and I’m not asking Ormond Beach not to grow,” Ormond Farm

The Daytona Beach City Commission voted 7-0 on Sept. 23 to approve a rezoning for The Brown, allowing plans to move forward for a new 90,000-square-foot museum and associated improvements on the nearly 63-acre campus. Commissioners rezoned 62.9 acres on the north side of Museum Boulevard, west of South Nova Road, from Multifamily Residential-12, Single-Family Residential-5 and Tourist/Office/Retail to Planned DevelopmentGeneral. The rezoning allows for the development of a new museum facility and associated infrastructure as part of a unified museum campus. The property is owned by the Museum of Arts and Sciences Inc. and the Cici & Hyatt Brown Museum of Art. The Daytona Beach Planning Board recommended approval of the rezoning 7-0 on July 23, and city staff also recommended approval. The project will still go through site plan review and permitting, including requirements related to wetland preservation, floodplain management and tree protection. The applicant has submitted a concurrent site plan application, according to the city staff report. During the Sept. 23 meeting, The Brown CEO Tabitha Schmidt said the museum

A rendering of the Tractor Supply Company store proposed for the Tomoka Commerce Park development at 890 N. U.S. 1. Courtesy of the City of Ormond Beach

Supply owner Renee Ruckert said. “What concerns me is what we may lose while we’re growing. It feels like some of the old way is disappearing. The local stores, the places with history.” Ruckert has owned Ormond Farm Supply for the past five years, though the store has been in business for almost 30. The Tractor Supply store is an allowed use for the property. The amendment sought by Vanacore needed officials’ approval for the overall development plan, which includes outdoor display areas for the big box store. Commissioners thanked Ruckert and several other residents for speaking on the item and their concerns about impacts to small businesses. However, they explained that they would be hard pressed to find a legal reason to deny the amendment when a feed store is an allowed use in the zoning district. “It’s important that the public know that we, the City Commission, do not get to decide which businesses come to town,” City Com-

missioner Kristin Deaton said. “We cannot legally turn away a new business because there is already a similar one in town. If that were the case, we wouldn’t have so many Dollar Generals or car washes because I wouldn’t approve them.” Deaton said officials are tasked with determining whether proposals meet city ordinances and land development codes. She and the City Commission spoke about their personal support of Ormond Farm Supply and locally owned businesses. Mayor Jason Leslie was the lone vote against the amendment’s approval. He said he originally liked the project because of its concept to provide warehouse and office space to small businesses. These are still in the development plans, but the number of buildings were reduced. Leslie said he opposed the Tractor Supply due to its impact on small businesses. “I just don’t want to be in the business of putting people out of work and closing businesses,” he said.

completed a strategic plan in 2023, followed by a master plan in 2024. While the museum was working on the master plan, Cici and Hyatt Brown came forward with a gift that Schmidt said now totals $203 million. Of that amount, $145 million is intended for construction and transformation of the property. The remainder will be used as a 3-to-1 match to grow the museum’s endowment from $54 million to $125 million. The project also comes with a new name. Schmidt said the former Museum of Arts and Sciences is now officially the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art, Sciences and History — shortened to The Brown. The project includes a new two-story, 90,000-squarefoot museum that will connect to the existing Brown Museum on Nova Road through a main entry atrium. Schmidt said the project will bring the museum under one roof and include new outdoor areas for festivals, food trucks and concerts. Plans for the lower level include a new event hall, a large concourse that can accommodate events, vendor fairs and exhibits, temporary gallery space and two classrooms. Schmidt said a new children’s experience is also planned for the lower portion of the sphere. The second floor will include a new planetarium. Schmidt said seating will increase from 94 to 200, while the dome will grow from 40 feet to 60 feet. Permanent galleries featuring the museum’s natural history collection, the Root Family’s Coca-Cola collection and an international gallery are also

Rendering of The Brown

planned. Outside, Schmidt said the campus will include areas that can accommodate festivals, food trucks and concerts. Plans also call for a redesigned Tuscawilla Trail leading toward the preserve and a 9,000-square-foot turf area described as the “great lawn.” Commissioners also discussed stormwater management and the portions of the property within the 100-year floodplain. An engineer said the city requires floodplain storage affected by development to be replaced at a one-to-one ratio. He said the project is proposing about 1.5 times the required compensating storage. The engineer said the storage areas would connect to the floodplain and provide additional storage for the Nova Canal during a 100-year storm. A Cedar Street resident who lives next to the project said her house has never flooded, although water has risen to the steps, and asked the commission for more information about the project’s drainage patterns, discharge point and overflow route. Merrell said the project team would meet with the resident. He also clarified that the commission was considering the zoning request that night and said the project was still going through agency approvals involving stormwater drainage and compensating storage.

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Project Butterfly landowner: ‘Our family feels that we can move forward’

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Lyn Lafferty’s family owns the property where the proposed Project Butterfly landfill would be built. Her family understands the concerns surrounding the controversial project, she said. Initially, they had many of the same questions. But Lafferty said learning more about modern landfills, the regulatory process and what she was told is a need for additional solid-waste

capacity in the area changed the family’s view. “We’ve gone through extensive due diligence, and as a result of that due diligence, our family feels that we can move forward in support of the project,” Lafferty said. Her comments come as opposition to the proposed Class I landfill continues to spill into Bunnell City Commission meetings. Residents who oppose the project again attended the commission’s Sept. 28 meeting. The Bunnell Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board approved a special exception for Project Butterfly 3-1 on Sept. 1. SERVING THE CITY

Lafferty served on Bunnell’s Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board for seven years. She

was not present at the Sept. 1 hearing on Project Butterfly and did not vote on the special exception. She recently stepped down from the board. “I’ve served the city for seven years now, and it’s the right time for me to move on from that and for someone else to step up and serve the city,” Lafferty said. Asked whether Project Butterfly played a role in her decision, Lafferty said she made the decision herself but acknowledged that the controversy surrounding the project was a factor. “I’m proud of the years that I’ve served on the board,” she said. “Public discussion surrounding improprieties, I don’t think that those are fair.” Lafferty said she had considered for several years that

it might be time to leave the board, but did not make the decision until recently.

Butterfly Project Proposed site plan Remaining road and facilities Solid waste facility limits Stormwater facility construction limits

‘AGRICULTURE MATTERS TREMENDOUSLY TO US’

Project Butterfly is proposed for approximately 610 acres west of Bunnell. The property has been in Lafferty’s family for more than 100 years, she said. Agriculture has become one of the central points of disagreement surrounding the project. Flagler County Commission Chair Leann Pennington, whose district includes western Flagler County, said the county will continue to oppose development it believes threatens farms and the area’s rural character. “There is something deeply un-American about allowing decisions that could put hardworking farmers out of business, threaten their land and livelihoods, and slowly erase the rural communities that helped build this county,” Pennington said. “Our farms, open spaces, and rural heritage are not obstacles to progress, they are part of who we are. Flagler County will continue fighting to protect our residents, our farmers, and the rural character of western Flagler County.” Lafferty said her family is also part of Flagler County’s agricultural community. “We love our community,” she said. “Our family has been here for over 120 years, and agriculture matters tremendously to us because we are agricultural landowners and farmers ourselves. So we have no interest in creating a project that makes it impossible for our neighbors to continue farming.” She said she expects her family to remain involved in agriculture for generations. LANDFILL RESEARCH

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pictured when hearing the word “landfill” was different from what she learned about a modern permitted facility. She pointed to oversight from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and other state and federal agencies as one of the reasons her family became comfortable supporting the proposal. “These are heavily regulated facilities,” Lafferty said. She said the regulatory oversight extends beyond what local government alone can provide. Lafferty said some of the concerns voiced by residents are similar to questions her own family asked when the project was first presented to them. “The difference is that now we’ve had the opportunity to spend a considerable amount of time with people who design and permit and operate facilities like this,” she said. That, she said, gave the family time to learn about the regulatory process and safeguards involved with a modern landfill. “That education has changed our understanding considerably,” Lafferty said.

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Lyn Lafferty, whose family owns proposed landfill property, discusses support for Project Butterfly.

‘AN ENORMOUS RESPONSIBILITY’

For Lafferty, the decision to support Project Butterfly also comes down to what happens to her family’s land in future generations. “Our family has been blessed with thousands of acres of land,” she said. “And with that land comes an enormous responsibility to figure out how to carry that land into future generations.” Lafferty said she and her family want to keep the land in the family. “We want for our future generations to inherit land, not just inherit stories about the land that our family once owned,” she said. For now, Project Butterfly remains the subject of appeals and continued public debate, with the proposed landfill increasingly placing two arguments about western Flagler County’s future against one another: opponents who say protecting farms and rural land requires stopping the project, and a landowning family that says the project can coexist with agriculture while helping preserve its remaining land for future generations.

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Homegrown: Zone 4 incumbent Harold Briley has deep roots in Ormond Get to know your City Commission candidates ahead of the November election. JARLEENE ALMENAS MANAGING EDITOR

Harold Briley has dedicated decades of his life to Ormond Beach. Most of his life, in fact. Briley was 15 years old when he attended his first meeting of Citizens for Ormond Beach. The group was debating the future of the now-demolished Ormond Hotel. Briley was the youngest person in the room. “They asked me if I wanted to be part of their organization, on their board of directors,” he recalled. “I said, ‘Sure.’ So that was the start of that, and just grew from there.” In 2022, Briley was elected to the City Commission as its Zone 4 representative. He was reelected in 2024 without opposition and is now seeking a third term. He’s running against challenger Amber Bobak following the results of the August primary election, where neither earned the majority vote to win the race, which originally had three candidates. As the top two candidates — Briley received 41.86% of the vote and Bobak received 38.84%

— they are headed to a runoff on Nov. 3. In number of votes, Briley earned 931 and Bobak 862, a difference of 69 votes. Born and raised in Ormond, Briley centers his campaign around his roots in the community. Having been involved for so many years, he’s also invested in its future, he said. “I care very much about the city because my family has deep, deep roots here — quite a bit of history,” Briley said. BRILEY’S BEGINNINGS

Briley’s grandparents moved to Ormond Beach in the early 1940s. His grandfather, whom Briley is named after, helped found the Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce in 1945, and became the organization’s fourth president in 1948. His grandmother Sheila was a member of the Ormond Beach Historical Society and The Casements Guild. His grandparents also helped start First United Methodist Church in town. While Briley’s grandparents were very active in the community, they never ran for local office. Briley became the first in his family. His interest was piqued, he said, when he started serving with CFOB. “Ultimately, the City Commission makes the decisions for the city, and I thought, ‘If you want to try to be part of

“I thought, ‘If you want to try to be part of something, what better part of it to be than helping to be a decision maker?’” HAROLD BRILEY, Ormond Beach Zone 4 City Commissioner

something, what better part of it to be than helping to be a decision maker?’” Briley said. But first, he had to graduate high school. After attending Seabreeze High School, where he sang in the chorus, Briley studied at the Daytona Beach Community College. He went on to work for Volusia County government in its traffic and engineering division, where he built a 21-year career. In 2014, he left county government to become a real estate agent. Throughout the years, Briley served on a number of city boards, including Ormond’s Beautification Board, Development Review Board and Downtown Revitalization Task Force in the 1990s. In 1996, he was one of the founding members of Ormond MainStreet, serving as its first treasurer. He also served as president from 2001-2003. He also served on the Ormond Beach Planning Board for a total of 21 years — from 1996-2006 and then from 2011-2022. “I think the board service that I had really gave me a much broader knowledge of the different facets of city government and what staff deals with,” Briley said. INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE

Briley first decided to run for office, to represent Zone 4, in 2016. It was something he couldn’t have done previously while he was working for the county, and the 2016 election was an open seat. It was a tight race, with Briley losing to former City Commissioner Rob Littleton by a margin of 226 votes. When Littleton decided to run for County Council for the

2022 election, Briley decided to give it another go. The past four years have been rewarding, he said, and each two-year term has been different. The first was a learning curve, even with his experience on city boards. Then, the second term brought on new dynamics as longtime commissioners exited and new faces were brought on board. Suddenly, he was one of the “veteran” commissioners, despite only serving for two years. How important is stability? “Very important,” Briley said. “I think having some level of institutional knowledge on the commission helps especially when certain ideas or certain projects are presented ... Sometimes knowing where you’ve been or what your history is, you get a better idea of how you should move forward.” Ormond Beach, like many other Florida communities, is facing all the side effects that come along with the pressures of growth, he said — like demands on the city’s water supply and traffic. But the city is growing at a rate of 1%-2% a year, he explained. So a big impact is the growth of neighboring cities and counties, from the apartments in Daytona’s LPGA corridor to new homes in Flagler County. “I don’t think we’re necessarily overdeveloping,” he said. “Of course, you may find some folks that would disagree with that, with like the Tomoka Reserve project and some other things. But I still think a lot of our development pressures are coming from our neighboring jurisdictions.” There’s not much the city can do about that, Briley said.

A newspaper clipping showing a photo of Harold Briley attending a meeting of the Ormond Beach Historic Landmarks Preservation Board in 1988 discussing the Ormond Hotel. Courtesy of Harold Briley’s campaign Facebook page

But, he would like to see some more coordination between governments regarding growth, something similar to a regional planning council. Is Briley pro-development? No, he said. “I try to prefer smart growth,” he said. “I try to prefer growth that makes sense.” LISTEN AND BE OPEN

Being in public office takes copious amounts of time. It takes asking questions, Briley said, both on and off the dais. “I think the reason I do it is to try to ensure that Ormond Beach stays the quality place that it is,” he said. One of his accomplishments he’s most proud of during his time in office is helping to establish a Citizens Academy. The program has helped many residents now learn about city government. He’s also proud to have voted to create a dedicated mill-

City Commissioner Harold Briley speaks during OMAM’s annual Veterans Day Tribute on Monday, Nov. 11. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

age for recreation, as well as worked with staff to address residents’ concerns, from new sidewalks to stormwater needs. “I always appreciate when people come to the commission with a problem, because the commission or staff may not be aware of it, and it gives us the opportunity to address it from there,” Briley said. The best piece of advice he’s ever gotten is to listen to people and always be open to new ideas. And, he added, to be respectful. “Not everyone’s going to agree with you,” he said. “Not everyone’s going to necessarily like you, I guess. But do what you think is in the best interest for all, or for the majority.” Editor’s note: This is part of a series highlighting candidates for local office who will be on the Nov. 3 ballot. A profile on Amber Bobak was published in the Sept. 24 edition.

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The new Flagler County Take Stock in Children students and their mentors. Photo by Brent Woronoff

Flagler’s new Take Stock class begins journey toward college scholarships The incoming high school students signed contracts and met their mentors. BRENT WORONOFF ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Flagler County Judge Andrea Totten spoke to the incoming class of the Peter and Sue Freytag Take Stock in Children program on Sept. 23 in the County Commission board chambers. Totten explained the process of signing a contract to

the ninth graders who are expected to be in the program for the next four years leading up to a prepaid college tuition scholarship. “This is a gift, but you sign a contract, so you have to uphold your end of the bargain,” Totten said. A Flagler County Education Foundation record 24 students are entering the program this year. The Ed Foundation also expects the program’s largest graduating class of 34 students in May. The incoming students met their volunteer mentors at the contract signing. The mentees

will be required to meet with their mentors regularly over the next four years. They will also take part in college readiness workshops and college tours. They will have to maintain academic, behavioral and personal standards. The Take Stock in Children is a statewide program for low-income students. Two-year tuition covering 60 credit hours is paid by the local organization with a Florida pre-pay match. After two years, students can apply to receive a tuition scholarship for another two years. “We just ask them to come

back,” Flagler County Education Foundation Executive Director Teresa Rizzo said. “It gives us a chance to check on them and make sure they’re on track to graduate.” The statewide Take Stock in Children program now also has a Take Stock in College and Careers program. “It’s because they’re not getting the support they had in high school,” Rizzo said of the students, noting that many are the first in their family to attend college and even navigating the financial aid process could be overwhelming. “They have the ability; they

name ends up on a building,” said Courtney Edgcomb, president and CEO of CF/ UWVFC. “What the Millers understand is that there is joy in giving back to the community that invested in us.” To schedule a charitable planning conversation, contact Edgcomb at cedgcomb@ uwvfc.org or 386-679-2186.

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manager. “I want my legacy to give something back to the same community that is playing such an important role in building my future.” Nicole Miller served on the CF/UWVFC board for six years and as board chair from 2022-2023. Once it’s launched, the Green Heart Grocer Fund will provide rapid-response assistance to members of the grocery industry facing emergency situations — medical crises, job loss, family emergencies, or other unexpected challenges that threaten stability. “Most people assume legacy giving is for someone else — the family with the big estate, the person whose

YOUR TOWN A new fund for grocery workers facing hardship Lee and Nicole Miller recently announced a pair of beneficiary designations that will strengthen community resilience in Volusia and Flagler Counties. Their legacy gift will support the Community Foundation and United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties (CF/ UWVFC) EDGE (Every Dollar Gets Empowered) Fund and establish the Green Heart

Grocer Fund, a new emergency‑assistance resource for grocery industry workers facing unexpected hardship. “My retirement is being built through the opportunities, relationships, and people within this industry,” said Nicole Miller, local store

Lions honored with Crusader Sword The Volusia & Flagler Lions recently celebrated a group of members whose dedication to helping others earned them one of the organization’s most meaningful honors: The Crusader Sword Award.

just need the access and support,” she said. Totten has mentored four students in the Take Stock in Children program. “Nothing is more rewarding than to see your mentee get to the finish line, graduate and receive the scholarship,” Totten said. “It’s an awesome program,” she told the new mentees. “Not everyone gets this opportunity. You wouldn’t be here if we didn’t think you can do it.” Totten doesn’t have a perfect record with her mentees. Her first was arrested twice

and was terminated from the program, but she continued to meet with him unofficially, she said. The Flagler Take Stock program, which has been helping low-income students achieve their college dreams for the past 25 years, has a 100% high school graduation rate among students who stay in the program, said Selina Hernandez, the Flagler County Education Foundation’s assistant director for student services, who facilitates the local program. “Starting the journey together is pretty exciting,” she told the incoming class.

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100 WORDS (GIVE OR TAKE) EVERY DAY (OR SO)

Let him choose words of the prophets of old? If I can be content with such simple things, I will always be rich. CREATING CULTURE

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I had an hour to kill the other day, with Luke. We agreed to go on a walk, and I had my Claude app open so we could identify the plants we saw. Live oak, Southern magnolia, saw palmetto, wild grape vine. Those were pretty predictable, but then we identified Spanish needle. It’s one of the most common wild flowers around roadsides, a white daisy-like flower on leggy, leafy stalks. But I had never truly noticed it. Despite my enthusiasm, by this time, Luke was moaning. Groaning. Whining. No more plants! I kept trying to inspire him with more facts, but he never caught the passion for it. Then I had a clear thought: “This is supposed to be a good memory. Let him choose.” All he wanted was to shoot baskets. And I remembered what it was like to be 8, when sports was everything. I thought, “Maybe it just takes time for more interests to develop. And that’s OK.” Later, he said, “Thanks for rebounding for me.” Of course, it wasn’t a sacrifice to gather his rebounds. I wasn’t there to shoot, anyway, but just to be with him. His joy when he made a shot was plenty for me. Another moment to end the day: At bedtime, we watched a video on YouTube, and he agreed to let me pick the search terms. I picked “Spanish needles.” He groaned again, but in the end we were both amazed to learn something new: You can eat Spanish needle flowers — and the leaves! RICH IN CONTENTMENT

Sept. 23, 2026 David A. Bednar once wrote: “A grateful person is rich in contentment.” As I read those words this morning, I was contemplating my own struggle with contentment, and I recalled a memory of a meeting I once had with a man who was living in poverty. Trying to explain how little he needed to be happy, he said that, unlike others who may want constant entertainment, “I can reread a book.” What do I truly need to be happy? Can I be content with rereading a few of my favorite books? With watching bees drift from flower to flower? With running errands with my children? With quietly contemplating the wise

Sept. 24, 2026 I’m impressed with families, businesses and organizations that take time to celebrate. It occurs to me that celebrating ideal outcomes is a key to establishing culture. Other keys: compensating (with money or other rewards as appropriate) and clarifying (making sure the vision is easy to understand and believe).

CELEBRATING FOR THE DRUM MAJOR HOMECOMING QUEEN

Sept. 25, 2026 In the stands at the football game on Friday, the Matanzas Band of Pirates danced the Macarena, shouted, cheered, and it appeared everyone was all in. “They’re basically having a party every week,” I thought. The music was the common goal, but being part of the band community will have a lasting impact. Whatever loneliness they may feel at times, they know they are part of something grand in the stands. That unity was on display at half time when the band played on the field before Homecoming winners were announced. As Analia Harper — a senior drum major — was named the Homecoming Queen, the celebration by the band was exuberant, spontaneous, unified. One of their own! In their uniforms, band members jumped, kicked their legs, raised their instruments in the air, cheered. A true community, a true band of brothers and sisters.

IF YOU CAN BUY AN ELECTION, CAN YOU BUY BUSINESS SUCCESS?

Sept. 28, 2026 A candidate I know recently accused another candidate of trying to “buy the election.” I’ve heard that accusation many times over the years but only recently realized what it means: It means one candidate had more money for advertising than the other candidate. It means advertising, rather than the virtues of either candidate, determined the outcome! Do we, as a society, believe in advertising so much that it is a given that the betterfunded candidate is a clear favorite? By that same logic, the business with the bigger marketing budget should win the battle for market share in its industry. This bodes well for businesses that sell advertising!

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FOCUS ON FAITH Coffee meets faith in Ormond cafe Under new ownership, The Beautiful Gate Cafe brings people together for fellowship and a cup of joe. ABE MILLS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Beautiful Gate Cafe in Ormond Beach has new ownership with a new menu and new ideas, and they’re bringing people together with the words on their menu: “Coffee, Community, and Faith.” The cafe features healthy versions of food and drinks, including, coffees, lattes, teas, milkshakes, lemonades, açai bowls, and breakfast and lunch sandwiches Co-owners Eric and Anita Mull have continued with a faith-centered theme and are building on it in their own special way. They feel that they have been led to this opportunity for ownership at this time with a purpose. “We didn’t intend to be cafe owners or restaurant owners,” Eric said. “It’s something that

the Lord put on our heart to do.” Anita wants every aspect of the restaurant to give people peace when they visit. “It’s just such a blessing to have the fellowship here,” Anita said, while customers gathered in the cafe for an open mic night. “[We hope] that they feel the presence of the Lord through us, through the food, through the drink, just the atmosphere.” The open mic night was a unique experience, different than what you might normally see in a cafe setting. “The event we’re doing

The Beautiful Gate Cafe owners Eric and Anita Mull holding an açai bowl. Photos by Rachel Mills

All Saints’ Ministry continues through legacy fund When All Saints Community Church transitioned out of active ministry, its leaders faced a choice most institutions never have to make: dissolve or reinvest. They chose reinvestment and the result is already changing lives. The Pilgrim Legacy Fund, established through the Community Foundation and United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties, has already funded a time-sensitive ministry need at Lake Helen United Church of Christ and seeded a permanent scholarship endowment at Stetson University honoring longtime religious studies professor Dr. Don Musser.

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tonight is just fabulous,” Eric Mull said. “This is a Christian open mic night. So [customers] do worship and testimonies and prayer and poetry.” The first performer of the night was a Christian comedian. “We’re hoping to get kind of younger people that don’t want to go out to the bars and stuff to be able to come here,” Eric said. There seemed to be a group of people looking for exactly what was being offered at the cafe. The open mic night was almost a full house. “It’s definitely a nice space where they share verses, and you can do prayer requests, and, you know, have a lot of resources for grief and comfort,” customer Julie Petruzzella said. “It’s just a really great resource for people in the area, for anyone who’s struggling with anything.” The Mulls have also been intentional about the ingredients to their foods and drinks. “We have organic coffees,” Eric Mull said. “We do a lot of organic ingredients. We source our ingredients from regenerative farms when we can. We want to create a place where, you know, people are comfortable.” The Beautiful Gate Cafe is located at 142 N. Nova Road, in Ormond Beach, and hosts Bible studies, men’s and wom-

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Father Jose reflects on the comparison of blessings Father Jose Panthaplamthottiyil, lead pastor at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, reflected this week on the importance of not comparing yourself to others: “An interesting truth is hidden in this Sunday’s Gospel: The workers who began early in the morning were not unhappy with what they received until they saw what the others received. They had agreed with the landowner on the usual daily wage. They

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worked throughout the day and received exactly what had been promised. There was no injustice. “But then they saw that those who had arrived much later—even those who worked for only one hour—received the same amount. Suddenly, what had seemed fair was no longer enough. Nothing had changed about their wages. What changed was their comparison. ...” “Comparison can turn gratitude into resentment. ... God’s generosity toward another person is not an injustice toward me. “Perhaps some of what God has placed in our hands has been entrusted to us precisely so that we can become a blessing to someone else.”

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Our libraries are on the ballot in November Dear Editor: By this time next year, our Ormond Beach Library could have reduced staff, fewer open hours, and reduced resources resulting in fewer programs for all ages, fewer books, less technology access and educational support ... and it will only get worse. The Friends of the Ormond Beach Library is sounding the alarm on Amendment 3,and asks you to vote No. What is Amendment 3? On Nov. 3, Florida voters will decide on Amendment 3, a constitutional amendment that would significantly raise the homestead property tax exemption, lower the cap on how much non-homestead property assessments can rise each year, and limit how local governments can use tax funds. It needs 60% voter approval to pass. Why is Amendment 3 a problem? What sounds like tax relief quickly reveals a half-baked core. There’s no plan to replace the revenue it takes away. It means local government loses its power

to govern, left instead to the whims of Tallahassee. It’s a tax shift, not a tax cut. And it means a major, permanent cut to the local property tax revenue that funds public services, including libraries. The bottom line: Our library system gets about 98% of its budget from this dedicated property tax revenue. This isn’t a marginal risk; it is existential to the library’s future. Amendment 3 will eliminate an estimated 30% of the Volusia County Public Library operations budget in the first two years alone, resulting in possible: Closure of branches Elimination of jobs Cutting collection funding, limiting new books, e-books, video games, and DVDs Reduction of popular programs and services, like public computers, Wi-Fi sessions, one-on-one tech help, job seeker support, and fewer programs for all ages How Amendment 3 will negatively affect essential county services: Property tax revenue funds other essential county services that residents rely on every day. If Amendment 3 passes, you

can also expect: Longer response times for police, fire, and emergency services Reduced services at public hospitals Fewer resources for parks Possible new fees for services like trash pickup Delayed infrastructure, road, and resiliency projects Here’s what you can do right now… together with Friends and Foundations representing libraries across the state of Florida and EveryLibrary, we have come together to create keeplibrariesfunded.org and are asking library supporters to Vote No on Amendment 3 on Nov. 3! FRIENDS OF THE ORMOND BEACH LIBRARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Editor’s note:This letter was submitted by Jane Finchum, president of the Friends of the Ormond Beach Library.

We need to understand impacts of Amendment 3 Dear Editor: Although the property tax

relief promised by Amendment 3 sounds appealing, it is only one side of the story. We need to understand the other side, the effects of the reduction of billions of dollars in tax revenue that would result from its passage, before we vote. This reduction in revenue would put essential and quality of life services on the line. First responders, parks, infrastructure projects, public health systems, and libraries would all be affected. Since the state has produced no credible plan to replace the lost revenue, where would the money come from? The choices would be to reduce services or impose new or higher fees and taxes to make up the shortfall. We deserve responsible governance that provides full and honest disclosure. Instead, we are being given slogans and wording that appeal to the hot button marked “lower taxes.” But at what cost? Should we have to do without services that make our communities safe and enjoyable? Or, pay for them in other ways that would negate any tax sav-

ings? This would not be a tax cut; it would be a tax shift. I urge all who cherish our communities and way of life to vote NO on Amendment 3. Thank you. ANN FENCH Ormond Beach

Support libraries? Vote No on 3 Dear Editor: For many of us the library is our happy place. In recent years, the library has evolved into more of a community center where individuals of all ages and backgrounds can interact, form relationships, pursue academic interests, learn a new skill, and, of course, find a good book. Amendment 3, however, poses a risk to our libraries because it will cut the library operating budget by 30%. In light of such a cut, there is the possibility that library branches will close, library jobs will be eliminated, and we may lose funding for collections, resulting in fewer new books, e-books, video games, and DVDs. Budget cuts could affect programs

and services like public computers, WiFi, one-on-one tech help, job seeker support, meeting rooms, and, also, children’s programs. Did you know that this past summer, our libraries were the gateway to providing 13,000 children with breakfasts and lunches, meals that they might otherwise have missed? This year alone a new reading decodables system for children was checked out over 400 times. We cannot afford to lose our library services. Aside from the libraries, other essential county services may be affected, resulting in longer response times for police, fire and emergency services, among others. Amendment 3 would cost local governments to lose their power to govern, ceding it to Tallahassee’s whims. Library lovers are urging all those who support those libraries to vote NO on Amendment 3. CATHERINE M. TRUSIAK Ormond Beach

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YOUR NEIGHBORS Festival strikes a chord

Charlie West, pastor of Beach House Church, performs worship music. Photos by Jarleene Almenas

he inaugural Ormond Beach Unplugged Songwriter Festival filled The Casements with the sound of acoustic music on Saturday, Sept. 26. Over 70 acoustic acts performed in 10 stages spaced out on both the grounds and inside of John D. Rockefeller’s historic winter home, located at 25 Riverside Drive. Featuring bands and songwriters, both local and from out-of-state, the festival also hosted artists, vendors and a youth art

Heather DeBellis and James Miller, of Yulee, perform during the Ormond Beach Songwriter Festival

exhibit. Why unplugged? Each artist performed using acous-

tic instruments and sang without microphones. The festival was presented by the Songwriters Showcases of America. According to SSA, the festival builds on the Ormond Beach Live music festival, first held in 2018 and presented for seven years. –JARLEENE ALMENAS

Natasha Azari works on a mural.

YOUR TOWN OMAM Executive Director announces fall book signing events

Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens Executive Director and author Stephanie Mason-Teague is hosting three upcoming local book signing events this fall.

Featuring her bestselling debut, “Empty Mess: Rediscovering Life After Kids,” and her newly released sequel, “Empty Mess: Beyond Supermom,” the tour offers local readers and supporters an opportunity to connect with Mason-Teague, a former PBS host and founder of the EmptyMess community. “Known for her humorous, deeply relatable weekly essays on Substack, MasonTeague captures the transformation from the initial ‘Crazy Town’ shock of an empty nest

Steve Theodeaus, of DeLand, performs during the Ormond Beach Songwriter Festival.

to what she calls ‘Expeditionvision’ — a purposeful journey of reclaiming identity, closing the ‘knowing and doing gap,’ and embracing new adventures beyond motherhood,” a press release states. “Whether reflecting on a 16-day mission trip to Namibia, Africa, or navigating the comedic realities of ‘Hot Flashes and Cold Iron,’ her books offer an empowering reminder that life beyond Supermom is filled with joy, possibility, and purpose.” The first event will be held

Mike Miller and Friends, of Daytona Beach, perform during the Ormond Beach Songwriter Festival

Kristie Deluca, of Orlando

from 4-6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Novel Tea Book Shop, 150 Tomoka Ave. in Ormond Beach. In addition to a book signing session, there will be a meet-and-greet and a community Q&A. The second event will be held from 5-9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6, at Flipping Pages Bookshop, 136 S. Beach St. in Daytona Beach. The third and final stop of her tour will be from 3-7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Fern & Fable Books and Collective, 58 W. Granada Blvd.

“When my kids left the nest, I felt a paralyzing mix of loneliness and fear,” MasonTeague said in the press release. “I’ve realized that happiness is a choice and vision without action is just a pipe dream. I am thrilled to gather with our local community, share laughs, and celebrate the message that it is, more than ever, It’s our time to shine!” All book signing events are free and open to the public.

Stephanie Mason-Teague holds a copy of her newly released sequel, “Empty Mess: Beyond Supermom.” Courtesy photo

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LOCAL EVENTS FRIDAY, OCT. 2

COFFEE AND CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR CITY MANAGER When: 9-10 a.m. Where: Palm Coast Lanes | 11 Old Kings Road, Palm Coast Details: The City of Palm Coast invites residents to grab a cup of coffee with City Manager Mike McGlothlin. Free event. Registration required. Visit parksandrec.fun. FIRST FRIDAY GARDEN WALK When: 10-11 a.m. Where: Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, 6400 N. Oceanshore Blvd., Palm Coast Details: Join a ranger the First Friday of every month for a garden walk. Walk is approximately one hour. No registration required. Park entry fee applies. FREE FAMILY ART NIGHT When: 5:30-7 p.m. Where: Ormond Memorial Art Museum, 78 E. Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach Details: Take part in a family art project. This month’s activity will be to create a “Clifford the Big Red Dog” bobble. All instruction and supplies are provided, no art experience is needed, and all ages are welcome. PILGRIMS REST CEMETERY TOUR When: 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2-3 Where: Pilgrims Rest Cemetery, 791 W. Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach Details: Discover the untold stories of Ormond’s past during this annual Pilgrims Rest Cemetery Tour, featuring costumed reenactors. Free parking behind the office buildings east of the cemetery. Tickets cost $25. Visit ormondhistory. org or call 386-677-7005.

FLAGLER BEACH FIRST FRIDAY When: 6-9 p.m. Where: Veterans Park, 105 S. 2nd St., Flagler Beach Details: Enjoy community, music and vendors. Free. ‘COMPANY’ When: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 and 3; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4 Where: City Repertory Theatre, 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite B207, Palm Coast Details: See Stephen Sondheim’s multi-Tony winning musical about Bobby, a successful young man who has everything but a meaningful relationship. Tickets cost $30 for adults; $15 for students. MOVIES ON THE HALIFAX/COMMUNITY APPRECIATION NIGHT When: 6-9 p.m. Where: Rockefeller Gardens, 26 Riverside Drive, Ormond Beach Details: Bring a blanket or lawn chair and watch “ET.” Free event. Realty Pros will also host its annual Community Appreciation Night trunk or treat event. KARENT RONTOWSKI’S PSYCHIC STANDUP COMEDY When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center, 399 N. U.S. 1 Details: Karen Rontowski will combine her 35 years as a standup comic with her 25 years of tarot reading for a unique standup show. Tickets cost $30-$40. Visit ormondbeachperformingartscenter. csstix.com.

SATURDAY, OCT. 3

PALM COAST HISTORICAL SOCIETY SPEAKER SERIES When: 10-11 a.m. Where: Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Parkway NE, Palm Coast Details: Discover His Royal Majesty’s 60th Regiment of Royal Americans. Free event.

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‘SAVING OUR WILDLIFE WITH COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS’ When: 10-11 a.m. Where: Ormond Beach Regional Library, 30 S. Beach St., Ormond Beach Details: Learn how efforts of Dream Green Volusia and the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation are working to protect habitat in Volusia County. This is a ReGrow the Loop program. Free.

ORMOND FIRST SATURDAY ART WALK When: 3-7 p.m. Where: Ormond Beach MainStreet Arts District, 128 W. Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach Details: Join Frame of Mind, Art Spotlight, The Studio by Artist Angel Lowden, the Ormond Memorial Art Museum and more on the first Saturday of each month for art openings and art events.

ELC’S STORYBOOK VILLAGE When: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: Ormond Memorial Art Museum, 78 E. Granada Blvd. Details: OMAM will host the Early Learning Coalition of Flagler & Volusia’s annual Storybook Village, which celebrates books and a lifelong love of reading. Includes hands-on children’s activities, storytimes, and a scavenger hunt. Free.

NEFJA JEEP MCCOY MEMORIAL CONCERT When: 4-7 p.m. Where: Daytona State College Amphitheater, 3000 Palm Coast Parkway SE, Palm Coast Details: NEFJA Jeep Memorial Concert presents the 9th Street Jazz Company featuring a quintet of extraordinary, talented musicians and a vocalist. Tickets cost $40.

JUNIOR RANGER CLUB When: 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Where: Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreational Area, 3100 S. Oceanshore Blvd., Flagler Beach Details: Kids are invited to discover Gamble Rogers State Park through hands-on activities. Free with paid park entry. There’s a 20-person limit. Registration required. Children must be accompanied by an adult. WITCHES WHIMSY PAINT CLASS When: 2:30-4:30 p.m. Where: Ormond Memorial Art Museum, 78 E. Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach Details: Take this Halloweeninspired, beginner-friendly acrylic painting class. All supplies included; no experience is necessary. One drink ticket for wine, beer, or soda is also included. Costs $65 for museum members; $75 for non-members. Register at ormondartmuseum.org/ classes-programs.

ORMOND BEACH ART GUILD When: 5-7 p.m. Where: The Casements, 25 Rockefeller Drive, Ormond Beach Details: The Ormond Beach Art Guild will hold a reception as part of the Ormond Beach Art Walk and to open its fall exhibit. Refreshments and live music will be provided and the public is welcome to attend free of charge. The exhibit will run from Oct. 1-29. Call 386-274-9963.

SUNDAY, OCT. 4

PINK ARMY 5K AND 1-MILE PET FRIENDLY FUN WALK When: 7:45-11 a.m. Where: AdventHealth Palm Coast, 60 Memorial Medical Parkway, Palm Coast Details: Help raise money for breast cancer awareness by taking part in this 5K and 1-mile fun walk event. Registration costs $40 for adults; $20 for kids 18 and under. Visit runsignup.com/Race/ FL/PalmCoast/pink5k.

MONDAY, OCT. 5

CONSTELLATION FURYK & FRIENDS PGA TOUR When: Daily from Oct. 5-11 Where: Hammock Beach Golf Resort and Spa, 200 Ocean Crest Drive, Palm Coast Details: The 2026 Constellation Furyk & Friends presented by Circle K will combine world-class PGA Tour Champions competition with live music, food, football and a collection of fan experiences. Tournament play is open to spectators Friday through Sunday only. LEARN & EXPLORE: HIDDEN HISTORY When: 1 p.m. Where: Ormond Beach Regional Library, 30 S. Beach St., Ormond Beach Details: Adults can learn about the rise and fall of local sugar plantations during the Second Seminole War (18351842). Presented by Park Services Specialist Mark Adams from Bulow Plantation Ruins. No registration required.

TUESDAY, OCT. 6

ARTS & CRAFTS: BEWITCHED PUMPKIN TILE PAINTING When: 11 a.m. Where: Ormond Beach Regional Library, 30 S. Beach St., Ormond Beach Details: Adults will learn how to paint with acrylic paints on tile by creating a pumpkin and witch’s hat on a tile. Supplies are provided. Registration is required. Call 386-676-4191.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7

LEARN & EXPLORE: NASA LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM When: 11 a.m. (Ormond) and 2 p.m. (Daytona) Where: Ormond Beach Regional Library, 30 S. Beach St., Ormond Beach; and Daytona Beach Regional Library, 105 Jackie Robinson Parkway, Details: This program will explore NASA’s Launch Services Program. No registration required. All ages welcome.

BRIDGE & GAMES When: 1-4 p.m. Where: Flagler Woman’s Club, 1524 S. Central Ave., Flagler Beach Details: Play Bridge (Progressive and Non-Progressive) or other games. Call Suzanne at 386-503-1893 or Nancy at 386-986-8392.

THURSDAY, OCT. 8

HALIFAX GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY: ‘LIFE’S FINAL CHAPTER’ When: 1:30-3:30 p.m. Where: Ormond Beach Regional Library, 30 S. Beach St., Ormond Beach Details: This month’s featured speaker is C. Anne Staley, who will explore the many alternative sources genealogists can use to document an ancestor’s death. ITALIAN NIGHT When: 6-9 p.m. Where: Flagler Woman’s Club, 1524 S. Central Ave., Flagler Beach Details: The Flagler Woman’s Club is hosting its annual Italian Night fundraiser. There will be live entertainment and a pasta dinner including soup, salad, assorted entrees, bread and dessert. Tickets cost $25 each and must be purchased online at Flaglerwomansclub. org by Oct. 1. All are welcome. Call Lisa at 314-954-2123. AN EVENING WITH THE DSC SYMPHONIC BAND When: 7-9 p.m. Where: News-Journal Center, 221 N. Beach St., Daytona Beach Details: Celebrate the season with the Daytona State College Symphonic Band, featuring traditional band favorites and spooky seasonal tunes. Tickets cost $10 for adults; $5 for children under 12 and Volusia and Flagler County students. Free for DSC students, faculty and staff with a college ID.

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YOUR SCHOOLS 40 years in preschool: Honoring Children’s Workshop teacher Joan Moyle Moyle has been working at the Ormond preschool since 1986 — ‘the best job ever.’ JARLEENE ALMENAS MANAGING EDITOR

In her 40-year career, Joan Moyle has watched hundreds of Ormond Beach children grow up. As a preschool teacher at The Children’s Workshop, she has helped her students develop fine motor skills and achieve learning milestones as they prepare for grade school. She’s had a front-row seat to it all since she began working at the school in 1986. “I’ve always thought, ‘I would love to help children get into the reading mode, of course, and anything that’s getting them ready for kin-

dergarten,’” Moyle said. “... So I went from one room to another, to another.” Moyle was hired at the school as an aide by its founder, the late Marcia Grodi. At the time, Moyle’s children were enrolled in the school. Since she was hired, she has taught a variety of age groups, including 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-year-olds. Over her 40-year career, Moyle has worked with about 600 kids. Her favorite part of working with children, she said, is seeing their personalities emerge and watch them progress. “They go into the public schools or otherwise, and we hear back, ‘They’re from The Children’s Workshop? Yes!’ — because they know they’re going to be a little bit farther ahead, I think,” Moyle said. Moyle has now taught multiple generations of students.

Kids she taught back in the day are coming back as parents, and she remembers a vast majority, said Kim Adair, director of The Children’s Workshop. “Parents walk in as grownups and she’s like, ‘Oh!’” Adair said. “That’s amazing to me.” Adair has owned the school, which is located at 506 Lincoln Ave., for the past 20 years. She took over after buying it from Grodi, who opened The Children’s workshop in 1983. Grodi recently died, on Aug. 9, and the school has laid a memorial brick in her memory. Moyle also has one, honoring her dedication to the school. Work ethic can be hard to come by, Adair said, but Moyle’s is exemplary. In the 20 years her family has owned the school, Adair can count

Flagler County Education Foundation board members and staff at the third annual College and Career Fair: Lauren Johnston, Rashawnda Miller, Stephanie Ellis, Maryiotti Johnson, Selina Hernandez, Vincent Sullivan, John Aguiar and Madison Asbill. Courtesy photo

Flagler students explore the future at FCEF College and Career Fair The fair featured over 90 colleges, trades, businesses, government agencies and nonprofits. OBSERVER STAFF

Over 90 colleges and universities, businesses, government, military and nonprofits participated in the third annual College and Career Fair, presented by Flagler Schools and the Flagler County Education Foundation, on Sept. 25 at the Palm Coast Community Center. A record-breaking crowd of over 800 students and families explored opportunities in higher education, technical trades, business and other careers. The event provided high school students with direct access to college admissions advisers, trade unions, regional employers and military representatives. Participants received hands-on guidance regarding financial aid applications, resume building and skills training programs. “An event of this scale does not happen without a strong community foundation,” Maryiotti Johnson, the Ed Foundation’s assistant director of finance and operations, said in a press release. “Thanks to the generosity of our community partners and local businesses, we were able to provide a high-impact, zero-cost event that directly connects our youth with lifechanging opportunities.” Organizers are already laying the groundwork for next year’s fair, aiming to expand regional business participation and trade interactive

Chief Deputy Renee Flynt and Flagler County Tax Collector Shelly Edmondson presented information about driver’s licenses and learner’s permits as well as career opportunities. Photo by Brent Woronoff

booths to meet the growing momentum. To learn more about upcoming youth programs, educational resources,

or sponsorship opportunities for future events, visit flagleredfoundation.org.

the number of days Moyle has called out of work in one hand. “She is always here, and we just appreciate her dedication and the love for the children and the job,” Adair said. “I think for most of us, it’s not really a job anyway. ... We love these kids, and she definitely does.” Moyle said she has “the best job ever.” “Best director — two directors — and they have been amazing to us,” Moyle said. “... My husband says, ‘The day Marcia hired you was the day that changed and made our lives.’”

Kim Adair, director of The Children’s Workshop, and teacher Joan Moyle. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

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REAL ESTATE ORMOND BEACH

House on Ormond’s Loop sells for $1.85M A

house on Ormond Beach’s Scenic Loop and Trail at 2189 Old Dixie Highway was the top real estate transaction in Ormond Beach and Ormond-by-the-Sea for the week of Sept. 5-11. The house sold on Sept. 9, for $1.85 million. Built in 2003, the house is a 5/4.5 and has a fireplace, a pool, an outdoor kitchen, a dock, a boat lift, a boat house and 4,619 square feet. It last sold in 2013 for $845,000. The house was listed by Kory Lostaglio and Johanna Sawdai, of One Sotheby’s International Realty. JARLEENE ALMENAS MANAGING EDITOR

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house is a 4/3 and has 2,405 square feet. It last sold in 2025 for $429,000.

Arbor Lakes The townhome at 9 Arbor Lake Park sold on Sept. 8, for $195,000. Built in 1985, the townhome is a 2/2 and has 1,155 square feet. It last sold in 2021 for $179,000.

Halifax Plantation The house at 1435 Dolph Circle sold on Sept. 10, for $545,000. Built in 2004, the house is a 3/2.5 and has 2,621 square feet. It last sold in 2004 for $312,800.

Archer’s Mill The house at 349 Rover Road sold on Sept. 9, for $439,000. Built in 2024, the

Laurel Oaks The house at 49 Laurel Oaks Circle sold on Sept. 9, for $220,000. Built in 1982, the

The house at 2189 Old Dixie Highway. Photo courtesy of The SZL Team/One Sotheby’s International Realty

house is a 3/2 and has a spa and 1,560 square feet. It last sold in 1982 for $53,500. Northbrook The house at 908 Northbrook Drive sold on Sept. 8, for $270,000. Built in 1979, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,825 square feet. It last sold in 2012 for $55,000. Not in subdivision The house at 240 Oak Drive sold on Sept. 10, for $600,000. Built in 1962, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace and 1,908 square feet. It last sold in 2004 for $175,000. Ormond Beach Park The house at 497 Grandview Ave. sold on Sept. 10, for $405,000. Built in 2002, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,590 square feet. It last sold in 2009 for $160,000. Ormond Lakes The house at 31 Wild Cat Lane sold on Sept. 11, for $410,000. Built in 2001, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace and 2,317 square feet. It last sold in 2012 for $146,500. Plantation Bay The house at 1169 Kilkenny Lane sold on Sept. 9, for $329,000. Built in 2006, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,910 square feet. It last sold in 2013 for $168,000.

The house at 1020 Sudbury Lane sold on Sept. 11, for $1.25 million. Built in 2022, the house is a 4/3.5 and has a pool and 3,411 square feet. The house at 608 Aldenham sold on Sept. 11, for $553,075 square feet. Built in 2015, the house is a 3/2 and has a pool and 2,090 square feet. It last sold in 2019 for $337,500.

WEST DAYTONA BEACH

A house in Mosaic at 305 Aquamarine Way was the top real estate transaction in Daytona Beach’s 32124 zip code for the week of Sept. 5-11. The house sold on Sept. 10, for $715,000. Built in 2023, the house is a 4/3 and has a pool and 2,521 square feet. It last sold in 2023 for $673,500. The house was listed by Janet Fuller, of RE/MAX Signature. Bayberry Lakes The house at 115 Mulberry Branch Court sold on Sept. 8, for $350,000. Built in 2010, the house is a 4/2.5 and has 2,145 square feet. It last sold in 2011 for $150,000. Latitude Margaritaville The townhome at 422 Hang Loose Way sold on Sept. 8, for $539,000. Built in 2024, the townhome is a 3/2 and

Ridgehaven The house at 1340 Oakhaven Ave. sold on Sept. 11, for $394,310. Built in 2025, the house is a 4/3 and has 2,190 square feet. Rio Vista Gardens The house at 581 Calle Grande St. sold on Sept. 10, for $280,000. Built in 1949, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace and 1,662 square feet. It last sold in 2025 for $110,000. Roosevelt Park The house at 285 Roosevelt Drive sold on Sept. 11, for $210,000. Built in 1930, the house is a 3/2 and has 864 square feet. It last sold in

has 1,848 square feet. It last sold in 2024 for $468,000.

square feet. It last sold in 2025 for $515,00.

The house at 385 Coral Reef Way sold on Sept. 9, for $492,500. Built in 2018, the house is a 2/2 and has 1,862 square feet. It last sold in 2019 for $360,000.

The house at 1018 Flopshot Circle sold on Sept. 11, for $620,000. Built in 2024, the house is a 4/4 and has 3,292 square feet. It last sold in 2025 for $673,300.

The house at 422 Good Life Way sold on Sept. 10, for $525,000. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,922 square feet. It last sold in 2021 for $363,500.

Mosaic The house at 125 Mosaic Blvd. sold on Sept. 10, for $510,000. Built in 2024, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,988 square feet. It last sold in 2024 for $495,900.

Links Terrace The house at 140 Lost Ball Drive sold on Sept. 11, for $354,900. Built in 2023, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,708 square feet. It last sold in 2023 for $389,300. LPGA The house at 132 Zaharias Circle sold on Sept. 11, for $560,000. Built in 2005, the house is a 3/2.5 and has a pool, a spa and 1,985

2025 for $75,000. Tomoka Oaks The house at 18 Tomoka Oaks Blvd. sold on Sept. 10, for $489,000. Built in 1968, the house is a 4/2.5 and has a fireplace, a pool and 2,062 square feet. It last sold in 2018 for $264,000. Village The house at 930 Old Mill Run sold on Sept. 11, for $450,000. Built in 1977, the house is a 4/3 and has 2,202 square feet. It last sold in 2022 for $375,000. Wexford Reserve The house at 4123 Clifden Drive sold on Sept. 10, for

CORPORATE OFFICE - 386-677-SOLD (7653) 900 West Granada Blvd., Ste. 3, Ormond Beach, FL 32174 BEACHSIDE OFFICE - 386-441-SOLD (7653) 2110 Ocean Shore Blvd., Ste. B, Ormond Beach, FL 32176 PORT ORANGE OFFICE - 386-767-SOLD (7653) 301 Dunlawton Ave., Port Orange, FL 32127

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HUGE PRICE REDUCTION! Motivated seller in 55+ Victoria Gardens! Spacious 4BR/3BA home offers comfortable living with room for guests or extended family. Enjoy engineered hardwood floors, crown molding & soaring ceilings in a welcoming layout that blends space, style & functionality. #1224323 $465,000. Mary Maholias 813-601-9531.

CHELSEA PLACE

Elevated Ormond Beach living in gated Chelsea Place! Custom ICI-built home with 5BR/3BA, 2,717 sq ft, oversized 3-car garage & flexible living spaces. Enjoy a stunning 192-sq-ft solarium off the kitchen, expansive glass, paver flooring & a seamless indoor-outdoor feel. Built for comfort, entertaining & versatility. #1230601 $719,900. Todd Hayes 386-214-8865.

Stunning 14th-floor coastal retreat with sweeping Atlantic Ocean & Intracoastal views! Enjoy sunrise breezes from the spacious balcony. Updated kitchen features quartz counters, soft-close cabinetry & stainless appliances. 2BR/2BA private suites offer walk-ins, generous storage, ocean/sunset views & elegant tile flooring. #1227473 $499,000. Bonnie Karet 386-295-2109.

Florida living at its best! Move-in ready 3BR/2BA/2-car villa featuring a Florida room, private courtyard, cathedral lanai & gas fire pit. Remodeled kitchen & baths with new appliances, plus newer roof, HVAC & water heater. Oversized garage offers golf-cart space, while HOA includes lawn care. A must-see! #1230478 $349,900. Maureen France 386-479-2151.

John Adams, of Adams, Cameron & Co. Realtors, contributed to this report.

$435,000. Built in 2022, the house is a 4/2 and has 2,231 square feet. It last sold in 2025 for $500,000.

ORMOND-BY-THE-SEA Atlantic Shores The house at 116 Marlin Drive sold on Sept. 10, for $590,000. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,876 square feet.

Sunny Shores The house at 16 Tropical Drive sold on Sept. 10, for $335,000. Built in 1956, the house is a 2/1.5 and has 1,030 square feet. It last sold in 2019 for $242,000.

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BUSINESS And the winner is: Pumphouse BBQ wins third Ormond Burger Week 2026 Ormond Beach Burger Week picks a winner and helps reduce hunger in Ormond Beach. ABE MILLS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Twenty local restaurants. Twenty specialty burgers. One coveted title. Pumphouse BBQ was named the winner of the 2026 Ormond Beach Burger Week on Wednesday, Sept. 23, with the Burger Week committee awarding them their third trophy for the competition. Pumphouse BBQ previously won in 2023 and 2024. The Burger Week Committee honored co-owners Rob West and Bryan Brymer, who cheered with excitement upon finding out. “This man right here made 882 burgers last week,” West said, speaking of Brymer. “Thank you to my kitchen who held it down. Thank you so much. What a great group you guys are. This is amazing that you guys put this on for us and we’re super grateful.” This year was a record breaking year for Ormond Burger Week thanks to increased community involvement. The 20 participating restaurants sold a combined 8,795 burgers. With a dedicated $1 from every burger sold, Burger Week raised a rounded up total of $9,000 for Provision Packs, a local nonprofit who provides food to students in need and their families in Volusia and Flagler counties. “I had no idea it would be so much,” West said. Tyler Grant, of Gary Yeomans Ford, was the presenting sponsor of the event. He was happy to be involved in such a good cause. “What a fun time giving back to Provision Packs,” Grant said. “Not a better cause.” The Burger Week Committee said that double the amount of votes were submitted this year compared to 2025. “This community is amazing,” West said. “We’re so happy to be here. Thank you for your votes and we’ll keep making good burgers.”

Three members of the 20 Burger Club: Steve Cote, Anthony Whited, and food blogger Erika Barger.

This year, Ormond Garage came in second place, while third and fourth place went to Good Vibes Scratch Kitchen and Florida Seafood Co., respectively. West credited his restaurant’s creation, “The Smokeshow Popper Burger” for the win. “[It’s] our house sweet sauce, smoked jalapeños with smoked bacon on it, mixed with our burger that’s a real half pound burger,” West said. “It’s cooked to perfection.” Nine people tried the burgers from all 20 participating restaurants. Anthony Whited was one of them. “I took a week off from work to do it,” Whited said. “I had a little scoring card.” In addition to Whited, Bill Finnie, Chad Parsons, Jamie Eisenhauer, Jimmy Robbins, Seila Shreve, Erika Barger, Brendan Surratt and Steven Cote also tried all 20 burgers. “It was a lot harder [to choose] this year than last year,” Cote said. “I have a rating system.” There are few who can match the commitment to Burger Week more than attorney and food blogger Erika Barger, of The Dining Docket. “I’ve determined based on my participation, that I have consumed 66 hamburgers for Ormond Beach Burger Week over the last four years,” Barger said. “That’s a lot of hamburgers. I haven’t met a burger that I didn’t like.” Many restaurants received kudos from foodies, because of the atmosphere and the welcoming attitude. “The friendliest was the Ormond Diner,” Whited said. The committee hopes that this will be a reminder for Ormond Beach residents to

Pumphouse BBQ is the 2026 Ormond Beach Burger Week Champion. Co-Owners Rob West and Bryan Brymer pose with their three Burger Week trophies for 2023,2024, and 2026.

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support local restaurants. “It’s been a great boost for some of these new restaurants,” committee member Lindsay Lockhart said.

The Ormond Beach Burger Week Committee along with Tyler Grant, of presenting sponsor Gary Yeomans Ford, presents a $9,000 check for Provision Packs to help provide meals to local children in need. Photos by Rachel Mills

BIZ BUZZ Ace Hardware, St. Joe Plaza, honored for its support of Flagler veterans Ace Hardware, at 204 St. Joe Plaza in Palm Coast, has been recognized for its support of Flagler County veterans and veterans organizations. The store provides hundreds of flags each year that are placed on Memorial Day next to the gravestones of veterans in Flagler County cemeteries. “The flags are distributed

to veterans organizations in Flagler County. [They] are placed to show respect to those that have served our country but are no longer with us,” said Jeff Kingdon, chairman of the Flagler County Veterans Advisory Council. “Ace, thank you for setting a wonderful example of corporate responsibility and patriotism.” Flagler County Veterans Services Officer David Lydon and Kingdon recently presented store manager Tony Capua with a wooden plaque that displays the icons of all six military branches. The message on the plaque reads: “Thank You For Honoring And Respecting Our Veterans.”

Tony Capua, store manager of Ace Hardware, 204 St. Joe Plaza, Palm Coast, holds up the wooden plaque the store received for its support of Flagler County veterans. Courtesy photo

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Bucs win Mainland heads to Vero Beach after shutting out University, 48-0. PAGE 9B

An official throws a flag as Seabreeze running back Beckett Fowler (45) is taken down.

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Seabreeze linebacker Tristan Miller (10) breaks up a pass on the final play sandwiched between New Smyrna tight ends Calvin Blount and Vance Murray (1). Photos by Michele Meyers

Seabreeze protects lead in 8-7 win over rival New Smyrna. MICHELE MEYERS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

On the last play in the game against New Smyrna Beach, Seabreeze middle linebacker Tristan Miller was supposed to rush the kick. “Everyone was down,” he said. “We thought they were going to kick the field goal, but the pressure got to the kicker so quickly. I saw that tight end go out for a pass, so instead of rushing, I just went out with him, and I ended up being in the right spot at the right time.” With five seconds remaining, Seabreeze defensive back D’Marion Pompey tackled the ’Cudas’ Aiden Smith as he passed the ball from the 20-yard line to tight end Calvin Blount. Miller broke up the pass just shy of the end zone, effectively ending the game at 8-7 for a Sandcrabs win. Seabreeze improved to 3-2, 1-1 in District 6-4A. New Smyrna Beach fell to 4-1, 1-1. Seabreeze head coach Mike Klein said the Sandcrabs spent the past year saying “should’ve, should’ve, should’ve” following last year’s 28-27 loss in double overtime to the ’Cudas. He said he did not want to leave the New Smyrna Beach Sports Complex on Sept. 25 saying “should’ve” again. “We know it’s a big win,” he said. “Similar scenario, reversed. I’ve been telling the

New Smyrna Beach running back Todd Cutler Jr. (left) reaches for the goal line as Seabreeze’s Benjamin Franklin tackles.

guys for two weeks, we need to go take care of business. We had a great game plan. Our guys played their freaking butts off. So proud of how they kept fighting all night. They knew we were going to win the game, and they finished.” Part of Klein’s game plan was to contain New Smyrna Beach running back Todd Cutler Jr., who came into the game with 801 yards rushing and nine touchdowns. Cutler rushed for 1,416 yards and 12 touchdowns last year and also won a state weightlifting championship in May. “Their running back is a beast,” Klein said. “Coach JT (Joshua Thornhill) was our scout team running back all week. We had him trying to run people over, running fast

and running hard. We did everything in the book to get our guys ready to play, and you know we told them we have to swarm him [Cutler]. It’s hard to take him down with one man, so we just have to swarm to the football, and they did.” Cutler ran for a 71-yard touchdown in the second quarter, giving New Smyrna Beach a 7-0 advantage at the half. “It’s hard to solo tackle him (Cutler),” Miller said. “He’s shorter, but he’s really strong. He’s got a good center of gravity, and he’s really athletic. Stat-wise, the best running back in Volusia County. We knew that was their main player, and if we could put a stop on him, we would be in a great spot to win the football game.”

Seabreeze defensive back Sebastian Tocco (8 solo tackles, 3 assists and an interception) was instrumental in defending the end zone along with AJ Brown in the last nine seconds of the game. Brown also prevented two pass completions. Miller was moved to middle linebacker after teammate Cameron DiBernardino tore his ACL in the Tocoi Creek game. The position is familiar to Miller, who started there his sophomore year. He finished the game with 9 tackles, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and the game-winning pass break-up. “I felt great,” he said. “I haven’t beaten New Smyrna Beach until Friday in my whole high school career, and last year they were the main reason we didn’t make playoffs. So it felt great to win.” The Daytona Beach Quarterback Club recognized Miller as the Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 28. Seabreeze’s Jeremias George ran for a 43-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter. Beckett Fowler’s 2-point conversion provided the winning margin. George said the Sandcrabs started off a little slow, but kept fighting and brought home the win. “I had good blocks,” George said. “Thanks to my O-line. All thanks to my team. I’m thankful for them and happy to have them as teammates, as a family.” George wrapped up the game with 87 rushing yards and 4 receiving yards. Fowler finished with 59 rushing yards. Klein said he reminds his players that big games have ebbs and flows. “I tell my players they have to keep playing, go to the next play,” Klein said. “Beckett fumbled the one ball, then ran his tail off in the second half. We missed Jeremias on a couple open ones, but I told him, second half, you’re going to get your shot. He got that back with that big run

down the sideline.” Fowler said it meant a lot to beat New Smyrna Beach. “I couldn’t do it without my line, my quarterback, and my coaches — I love them,” he said. “We had a lot of mental mistakes, but we fixed it in the second quarter. We gave it our all and came back. We were never out of the game.” Sandcrabs wide receiver Danny Spada said the mindset was that it was a must-win game. They treated it like a playoff game, he said, because if they lost, their playoff hopes would be gone. “We went at it with a chip on our shoulder from last year,” he said. “Losing a double overtime is never good. After the Bishop Moore game, we realized our identity as an offense was more like a pound-the-ball offense. We changed some things, and it seemed to work.” The Sandcrabs play Hagerty (3-1) at home on Oct 2. Spada said they have to stay positive, go out and win that game.

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Flagler Palm Coast looks to rebound from first loss of the season The Bulldogs fell to Tocoi Creek 21-19 after getting called for 19 penalties, throwing two interceptions and missing two field goals. BRENT WORONOFF ASSOCIATE EDITOR

There were so many mistakes, penalties and turnovers that

were detrimental to Flagler Palm Coast in its 21-19 loss to Tocoi Creek on Thursday, Sept. 24. One call that could have gone FPC’s way,

FPC quarterback Reid Pritt throws a pass against Matanzas on Aug. 21. Pritt passed for 209 yards against Tocoi Creek on Sept. 24. File photo by Keishia McLendon

one field goal that could have sailed between the uprights, one less holding penalty or interception or controversial call — any one of those reversals could have changed the outcome. One thing that the coaches didn’t want to do was let the Bulldogs’ first loss of the season, and what might have been, linger in the players’ minds. So they called the team in on Saturday to watch film and emphasized the positive. They are 4-1 and 1-1 in District 1-6A with three district games remaining, including a home game on Oct. 16 against Creekside, the only team with a 2-0 record in district games. “As a coach you have to be able to put things in the past and move forward,” FPC coach Patrick Turner said. “There were more positives than negatives. We’re extremely positive about what we can correct. The players are extremely positive. They’re excited to move forward.” The Bulldogs will try to get back on the winning track on Friday, Oct. 2, in a road game against 1-4 University. Statistically, FPC domi-

nated in every way at Tocoi Creek except on the scoreboard. Bulldogs quarterback Reid Pritt passed for a careerhigh 209 yards but also threw two interceptions in a game for the first time, including a pick in the end zone on the game’s first possession after engineering a 60-yard drive to the Toros’ 20-yard line. FPC also gained 216 yards rushing, with Ehimen “HeMan” Ajede running for 182 yards and a touchdown to give the senior 795 yards rushing and 10 touchdowns through five games. FPC outgained Tocoi 425 yards to 338. But the Bulldogs were flagged for 19 penalties, while the Toros were penalized just three times. And FPC missed two field goals. “We dominated on offense,” Turner said. “The difference was 19 penalties to three and two interceptions. Despite the amount of yards, we had at least 100 yards of offensive penalties that moved us backward. You visit the red zone that many times and come away with no points … you can’t win football games like that.”

“As a coach you have to be able to put things in the past and move forward. ... We’re extremely positive about what we can correct. The players are extremely positive. They’re excited to move forward.” PATRICK TURNER, FPC football coach

Despite the miscues, the Bulldogs trailed by just 7-0 at the half. But Tocoi stretched its lead to 14-0 going into the fourth quarter. The Toros scored again with the help of a pass interference penalty against the Bulldogs. Turner called timeout and argued that the ball was tipped at the line of scrimmage which would negate a pass interference called, but the officials were unconvinced. “It was my fault using a

timeout to argue a call,” Turner said, adding that the Bulldogs would need that timeout in their final drive. FPC scored in a flurry and came close to pulling out a victory. Nei’cco Murphy ran for a touchdown. Logan Jacobelli scored on a 44-yard touchdown catch from Pritt. And Ajede scored on fourthand-goal from the 1 with no time left. Ajede’s 2-point conversion run that would have sent the game to overtime was called back because of holding. Another penalty — delay of game — pushed FPC all the way back to the 18-yard line. “We were at the 18-yard line going for 2,” Turner said. “You don’t have 2-point plays for the 18-yard line.” Jacobelli caught seven passes for 126 yards. Murphy had 47 yards on offense and added a team-high nine tackles on defense. “If we hit one of our field goals it’s a different situation,” Turner said. “But that’s what high school football is. It always comes down to two or three plays that can change the outcome.”

Mainland heads to Vero Beach after shutting out University, 48-0 PJ Miller tossed four touchdown passes and Chris Butler scored three touchdowns in the Buccanneers’ win against the Titans. BRENT WORONOFF ASSOCIATE EDITOR

After losing two close games in a row to Nease and Sanford Seminole, Mainland’s 48-0 victory at University on Friday, Sept. 25, was just what

the Bucs needed, coach Jerrime Bell said. “We got to play a whole bunch of kids,” Bell said. “Some of the young kids got to see extended varsity action. And the two-way guys got to make plays on the other side

of the ball.” PJ Miller threw four touchdown passes for the Bucs (2-2). Chris Butler scored three touchdowns, two receiving and one off a blocked punt. Jaden Parks caught the other two touchdown passes. Defensive end Malcolm McCarthur had five sacks in the shutout, while senior captain Demetrick Prince hauled in his first interception of the season.

Freddy Scott scored his first rushing touchdown, and Reynoldo Yan, making his first varsity start, also ran for a touchdown. The Bucs now head back into the fire with a road game on Friday, Oct. 2, at Vero Beach (5-1), which is ranked 18th in the state overall and fourth in the Class 6A. Mainland, ranked eighth among 6A teams, has four other teams on its schedule

ranked among the top 25 in Class 6A — DeLand (third), Seminole (sixth), Spruce Creek (15th) and Lake Mary (25th). The Bucs will meet Creek (on the road), Lake Mary (at home) and DeLand (at home) on consecutive weeks from Oct. 9 to Oct. 23. Vero Beach is a school Bell is very familiar with, having coached at nearby Treasure Coast for nine seasons.

“It’s going to be a rowdy atmosphere that we’re walking into on Friday,” he said. Vero’s only loss was to St. Frances Academy of Baltimore, which is ranked first in the nation by MaxPreps and third nationally by USA Today. “Well have to play a clean, mistake-free game [against Vero Beach],” Bell said. “If we can do that, we’ll get back on the bus victorious.”

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FPC volleyball team rallies from two sets down against Matanzas to win The Bulldogs have won 12 matches in a row and avenged their only loss of the season. BRENT WORONOFF ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The Flagler Palm Coast volleyball team was down 2-0 to Matanzas when Bulldogs coach Lindsey Stewart told her team to break the match down to its smallest component. “I just told them that we got to come back and fight for every point, and they did,” Stewart said. “It’s all about the next one ball, then the next one ball, one point at a time. Our focus went from winning the whole game to the next point. That’s when your team starts to thrive because you have to look at the smaller

picture before you can see the big picture.” The Bulldogs won the next three sets to win a thrilling five-set match, 3-2 on Thursday, Sept. 24, at the FPC gym. FPC avenged its only loss of the season, which also went to a fifth set on Aug. 25 at Matanzas. The Bulldogs (15-1) went on to win their 12th match in a row against Seabreeze, 3-1, on Sept. 29. “I think that they wanted that rematch from the first game so bad that they were determined to get every single next point,” Stewart said of her players. FPC senior co-captain Grace Taylor, who played for Matanzas as a freshman, had a solid all-around game with 18 kills, 25 digs and 26 assists, all team-highs. “This was really our arrival,” Taylor said. “Yeah, it’s another game, but there’s a different

FPC players celebrate after winning the fourth set to force a final set. Photos by Brent Woronoff

Matanzas’ Sofia Kubler hits over the net. FPC’s Grace Taylor (23) sets for Victoria Fraidin.

level of adrenaline that comes from a rival game, and, win or lose, I think both teams played really well. I think that’s what made it such a good game.” After losing two close sets, 23-25 and 21-25, FPC handily won the third set, 25-16. The Pirates (9-5) led the fourth set 21-19 before the Bulldogs battled back to win 25-23 to set up the decisive fifth set. Matanzas was a point away from winning the fifth set and the match at 14-13, but FPC won the final three points to take the come-from-behind triumph, 16-14. “It was like nothing was hitting the floor. I’m just really pumped that we won,” Taylor said. “You don’t quit. We might not always start the strongest, but we’ll pick it up. And when we do, it doesn’t stop.” Senior libero and co-captain Kaitlyn Ebding had four aces and 23 digs for FPC, while

Victoria Fraiden had four blocks, Peyton Smith had 13 kills and setter Tatum Hamilton added 20 assists. “Our defense in my opinion is one of the best [in the area],” Stewart said. “Kaitlyn from the first day that I met her to train her, she was tiny, she was scared. And now she has blossomed into this captain, a libero who is everywhere and anywhere all at once. I am so proud of her. And Grace Taylor’s always an athlete. She does it all. She continues to do it all.” In the days leading up to the match with the Pirates, the Bulldogs defeated Mainland, Spruce Creek, University and Deltona to clinch the Five Star Conference Even Bracket title and secure a spot in the conference championship game against DeLand, which won the Odd Bracket title. That game will be Oct. 6 at DeLand.

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“ I just told them that we got to come back and fight for every point, and they did. Our focus went from winning the whole game to the next point.” LINDSEY STEWART, FPC volleyball coach

Pirates outside hitter Sanigh Arneaud leaps high to deliver an attack hit.

FPC libero Kaitlyn Ebding serves for FPC.

Matanzas’ Aliya Lugo-Navas, Julisia Wheeler, Sofia Kubler and Bristol Foley.

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SIDELINES Green Wave upsets Sharks

Father Lopez handed Atlantic its first football loss of the season in a makeup game on Monday, Sept. 28. The Green Wave (3-3) won with a doublepass play as Rylan DeMarsh tossed a 19-yard touchdown pass to Adam McCloud with 2:37 left to give Lopez a 19-15 victory. The Sharks fell to 4-1 on the season.

Imagine’s Moylan wins middle school race

Aidan Moylan of Imagine School at Town Center’s club team won the middle school 3K race at the Bale N Trail cross country meet on Sept. 26 at Bartram Trail High School. Moylan won by over 10 seconds with a time of 10:13.4. Moylan’s teammate, Bradley Stackpole, placed 11th in 11:02.6. Imagine team’s Mia Kopcikova placed fourth in the girls 3K race with a time of 11:40.8, while her teammate Aspen Lester was eighth in 11:55.0. Indian Trails Miccle School’s Neyla Malinowski finished 13th in 12:29.4. Father Lopez’s Lucy Fulton placed 34th in the Bale N Trail’s girls 11th and 12th grade race with a time 22:38. Liam Harman had the best time among the Green Wave’s boys, running a personalrecord 19:05 in the boys 9th and 10th grade race. Seabreze’s Alexander Benitez ran a PR 18:26.1 to place 61st at the Hagerty Invitational on Sept. 26. The Sandcrabs’ Wyatt Moore was 72nd in 18:44.3 with teammate Audie Dayton finishing 73rd in 18:48.3.

The 8U game between the Flagler Bulldogs and Flagler Titans on Sept. 26 at Matanzas High School.

The 14U game between the Flagler Bulldogs and Flagler Titans on Sept. 26 at Matanzas High School.

game on Sept. 2 against Spruce Creek at Ormond Lanes.

County youth football teams Lopez bowler rolls collide perfect game The Flagler Titans and Flagler Father Lopez’s Christopher O’Neill bowled a perfect 300

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at Matanzas High School’s football stadium on Saturday, Sept. 26 for games in the Elite Youth Football and Cheer League. The Bulldogs won two games: the 8U game 28-6, and the 12U game 38-0. The Titans won the 10U game 6-0. And the two teams tied in the 14U game, 6-6.

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NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TO THE FLAGLER COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE Pursuant to Chapter 125.66, Florida Statutes, the Flagler County Board of County Commissioners hereby gives notice of a proposal to adopt an Ordinance aﬀecting the actual list of permitted, conditional, or prohibited uses within the unincorporated area of Flagler County and titled similar to: AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE FLAGLER COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE (APPENDIX C TO THE FLAGLER COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES) RELATED TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, BY AMENDING SECTION 3.06.00, SPECIAL OTHER, ARTICLE Ill, ZONING DISTRICT PROVISIONS REGULATIONS, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, APPENDIX C, CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ESTABLISHING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR APPLICABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR SERVABILITY; AND PROVING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Public hearings on the ordinance will be held in the location listed below at the dates and times provided: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD - Public Hearing - Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible in the Flagler County Government Services Building, Board Chambers, 1769 E. Moody Boulevard, Building 2, Bunnell, Florida, 32110. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - First Reading - Monday, November 2, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. or as soon thereafter as possible in the Flagler County Government Services Building, Board Chambers, 1769 E. Moody Boulevard, Building 2, Bunnell, Florida, 32110. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - Second Reading and Adoption - Monday, November 16, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible in the Flagler County Government Services Building, Board Chambers, 1769 E. Moody Boulevard, Building 2, Bunnell, Florida, 32110.

The 10U game between the Flagler Bulldogs and Flagler Titans on Sept. 26 at Matanzas High School. Photos by Keishia McLendon

All interested persons are urged to attend the public hearing and be heard. Anyone wishing to express their opinion may attend, telephone 386-3134009 or write to: Flagler County Planning and Zoning Department, 1769 E. Moody Blvd, Building 2, Bunnell, FL 32110 or email to planningdept@ﬂaglercounty.gov. Copies of the proposed ordinance, supporting data and analysis, staﬀ reports and other pertinent information are available for review at the Flagler County Planning and Zoning Department, 1769 East Moody Boulevard, Building 2, Bunnell, Florida 32110, Monday through Friday (except holidays) from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. IF A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT THE MEETING, A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS MAY BE NEEDED AND, FOR SUCH PURPOSES, THE PERSON WILL NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH APPEAL IS TO BE BASED. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, PERSONS NEEDING ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THESE PROCEEDINGS SHOULD CONTACT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION AT (386) 313-4001 AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. 7763-361607 Oct. 1, 2026

The 10U game between the Flagler Bulldogs and Flagler Titans on Sept. 26 at Matanzas High School.

The 12U game between the Flagler Bulldogs and Flagler Titans on Sept. 26 at Matanzas High School.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2026

VOLUSIA COUNTY LEGAL NOTICES Notice Under Fictitious Name Law According to Florida Statute Number 865.09 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the Fictitious Name of Scout Architects, located at 112 Orange Avenue, in the City of Daytona Beach, Volusia County, FL 32114, intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida. Dated 9/22/2026. Davenport Consulting Group 7764-360995 Oct. 1, 2026 Notice Under Fictitious Name Law According to Florida Statute Number 865.09 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the Fictitious Name of Divine flow health and Wellness Spa, located at 915 Doyle Rd Ste 306, in the City of Deltona, Volusia County, FL 32725, intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida. Dated 10/1/2026. Divine Flow IV Hydration LLC 7764-361348 Oct. 1, 2026 NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to Florida Statute 713.585 F.S. United American Lien & Recovery as agent w/ power of attorney will sell the following vehicle(s) to the highest bidder; net proceeds deposited with the clerk of court; owner/lienholder has right to hearing and post bond; owner

may redeem vehicle for cash sum of lien; inspect 1 week prior @ the lienor facility; cash or cashier check; any person interested ph (954) 563-1999 Sale Date October 23 rd, 2026 @ 10:00 AM at each individual repair facility. 42342 2021 BMW VIN#: WBXYH9C07M5S49659 Repair Facility: Gary Yeomans Ford 1420 N Tomoka Farms Rd Daytona Beach 386274-6757 Lien Amt $12,928.15 42343 2014 Honda VIN#: 5J6RM3H72EL019325 Repair Facility: Gary Yeomans Honda 752 N Tomoka Farms Rd Daytona Beach 386253-4478 Lien Amt $872.50 7764-361018 Oct. 1, 2026 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING DATES SWI COMMUNITY

Notice Under Fictitious Name Law According to Florida Statute Number 865.09 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the Fictitious Name of Draco & Saphira Designs located at 1290 East Fowler Drive in the City of Deltona, Volusia, FL 32725 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida. Dated this 22nd day of September, 2026 Stephanie Ford October 1, 2026 26-00742I

FIRST INSERTION Notice Under Fictitious Name Law According to Florida Statute Number 865.09 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the Fictitious Name of MowBaby LawnCare located at 3154 Lynnhaven street in the City of Deltona, Volusia, FL 32738 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida. Dated this 23rd day of September, 2026 Frank Pantoja Projects By Frio LLC October 1, 2026 26-00743I

FIRST INSERTION NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice Under Fictitious Name Law According to Florida Statute Number 865.09 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the Fictitious Name of Mama Foo Foo located at 125 Basin St Suites 103 and 120 in the City of Daytona Beach, Volusia, FL 32114 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida. Dated this 22nd day of September, 2026 Sandor Pap October 1, 2026 26-00761I

FIRST INSERTION Notice Under Fictitious Name Law According to Florida Statute Number 865.09 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the Fictitious Name of The Gilded Honey Bee Co. located at 108 Cherokee Rd in the City of Ormond Beach, Volusia, FL 32174 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida. Dated this 28th day of September, 2026 Melissa Jo Simons October 1, 2026 26-00764I

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 2025 10832 CIDL ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC, Plaintiff, v. CATHY PITCHFORD; ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING INTERESTS BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST A NAMED DEFENDANT TO THIS ACTION, OR HAVING OR CLAIMING TO HAVE ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY HEREIN DESCRIBED, Defendant(s). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to an Order Granting Plaintiff ’s Emergency Motion to Cancel September 22, 2026 Foreclosure Sale and Reschedule Foreclosure Sale dated September 22, 2026 entered in Civil Case No. 2025 10832 CIDL in the Circuit Court of the 7th Judicial Circuit in and for Volusia County, Florida, wherein ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC, Plaintiff and CATHY PITCHFORD, are defendants, Laura E. Roth, Esq., Clerk of Court, will sell the property at public sale at www.volusia. realforeclose.com beginning at 11:00 A.M.on November 24, 2026 the following described property as set forth in said Consent Final Judgment of Foreclosure, to-wit:. LOTS 7671 AND 7672, EXCEPT THE EAST 25 FEET THEREOF, BLOCK 251, FLORIDA SHORES UNIT NO. 8, REVISED PLAT, AS PER MAP IN MAP BOOK 23, PAGE 132, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA Property Address: 3131 JUNIPER DR, EDGEWATER, FL 32141 ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE SURPLUS FROM THE SALE, IF ANY, OTHER THAN THE PROPERTY OWNER AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PENDENS MUST FILE A CLAIM BEFORE THE CLERK REPORTS THE SURPLUS AS UNCLAIMED. THE COURT, IN ITS DISCRETION, MAY ENLARGE THE TIME OF THE SALE. NOTICE OF THE CHANGED TIME OF SALE SHALL BE PUBLISHED AS PROVIDED HEREIN. Kelley Kronenberg 10360 West State Road 84 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33324 Phone: (954) 370-9970 Fax: (954) 252-4571 Service E-mail: ftlrealprop@kelleykronenberg.com /s/ Barron A. Becker Barron A Becker FBN: 1031460 File No: 5299.000163 October 1, 8, 2026 26-00745I

FIRST INSERTION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION CASE NO. 2025 13605 CICI LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. ROBERT SCAMAHORN, et al., Defendant. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Summary Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered August 19, 2026 in Civil Case No. 2025 13605 CICI of the Circuit Court of the SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT in and for Volusia County, Deland, Florida, wherein LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC is Plaintiff and Robert Scamahorn, et al., are Defendants, the Clerk of Court, LAURA E. ROTH, ESQ., will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash electronically at www. volusia.realforeclose.com in accordance with Chapter 45, Florida Statutes on the 23rd day of October, 2026 at 11:00 AM on the following described property as set forth in said Summary Final Judgment, to-wit: PART OF THE NORTHERLY TWO-THIRDS (2/3) OF LOT ONE-HUNDRED FIFTEEN (115), TOWN OF BLAKE, AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK ONE (1) PAGE THIRTY-EIGHT (38), OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BLOCK ONE (1), COUNTRY CLUB GARDENS, AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK SEVEN (7), PAGE FIFTY-NINE (59), OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, RUN SOUTH 24°01’10” EAST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID BLOCK ONE (1), EXTENDED, BEING ALSO THE EAST LINE OF MAGNOLIA AVENUE, FOR A DISTANCE OF 1079.32 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 66°22’40” WEST ALONG THE ESTABLISHED SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTHERLY TWO-THIRDS (2/3) OF LOT ONE-HUNDRED

FIFTEEN (115) AFORESAID, FOR A DISTANCE OF 540 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, THENCE NORTH 23°37’20” WEST 120 FEET TO A POINT IN THE SOUTH LINE OF A 26-FOOT ROADWAY, THENCE SOUTH 66°22’40” WEST ALONG SAID ROADWAY 144 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 23°37’20” EAST, 120 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTHERLY TWO-THIRDS (2/3) OF LOT ONE-HUNDRED FIFTEEN (115) AFORESAID; THENCE NORTH 66° 22’40” EAST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE 144 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH THE PERPETUAL RIGHT OF INGRESS AND EGRESS OVER AND IN A ROADWAY EXTENDING FROM MAGNOLIA AVENUE AFORESAID TO THE WEST LINE OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens, must file a claim before the clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed. If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to access court facilities or participate in a court proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. To request such an accommodation, please contact Court Administration in advance of the date the service is needed: Court Administration, 125 E. Orange Ave., Ste. 300, Daytona Beach, FL 32114; (386) 257-6096. Hearing or voice impaired, please call 1 (800) 955-8770. /s/ Robyn Katz Robyn Katz, Esq. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP Attorney for Plaintiff 225 East Robinson Street, Suite 155 Orlando, FL 32801 Phone: (407) 674-1850 Fax: (321) 248-0420 Email: MRService@mccalla.com Fla. Bar No.: 146803 25-13096FL October 1, 8, 2026 26-00766I

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO. 2026 10190 CICI DATA MORTGAGE INC., DBA ESSEX MORTGAGE, Plaintiff, vs. CLIFFORD WARREN RECANZONE, lll; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF CLIFFORD WARREN RECANZONE, lll; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. , AS NOMINEE FOR PARAMOUNT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE GROUP, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; KARIN M. RECANZONE; UNKNOWN PERSON(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, Defendant(s) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure filed August 21, 2026 and entered in Case No. 2026 10190 CICI, of the Circuit Court of the 7th Judicial Circuit in and for VOLUSIA County, Florida, wherein DATA MORTGAGE INC., DBA ESSEX MORTGAGE is Plaintiff and CLIFFORD WARREN RECANZONE, LLL; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF CLIFFORD WARREN RECANZONE, LLL; KARIN M. RECANZONE; UNKNOWN PERSON(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. , AS NOMINEE FOR PARAMOUNT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE GROUP, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; are defendants. LAURA E. ROTH,

FIRST INSERTION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION CASE NO. 2025 14630 CICI LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. JIMMIE RANDLEY A/K/A J. RANDLEY, et al., Defendant. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Summary Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered August 27, 2026 in Civil Case No. 2025 14630 CICI of the Circuit Court of the SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT in and for Volusia County, Deland, Florida, wherein LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC is Plaintiff and Jimmie Randley a/k/a J. Randley, et al., are Defendants, the Clerk of Court, LAURA E. ROTH, ESQ., will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash electronically at www.volusia.realforeclose.com in accordance with Chapter 45, Florida Statutes on the 30th day of October, 2026 at 11:00 AM on the following described property as set forth in said Summary Final Judgment, to-wit: LOT 18, GREAT OAKS UNIT 2, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 48, PAGE(S) 156 AND 157, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens, must file a claim before the clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed. If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to access court facilities or participate in a court proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. To request such an accommodation, please contact Court Administration in advance of the date the service is needed: Court Administration, 125 E. Orange Ave., Ste. 300, Daytona Beach, FL 32114; (386) 257-6096. Hearing or voice impaired, please call 1 (800) 955-8770. /s/ Robyn Katz Robyn Katz, Esq. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP Attorney for Plaintiff 225 East Robinson Street, Suite 155 Orlando, FL 32801 Phone: (407) 674-1850 Fax: (321) 248-0420 Email: MRService@mccalla.com Fla. Bar No.: 146803 25-13044FL October 1, 8, 2026 26-00765I

FIRST INSERTION Notice Under Fictitious Name Law According to Florida Statute Number 865.09 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the Fictitious Name of KARE Land Partners located at 2410 Fountain Rd in the City of Deltona, Volusia, FL 32738 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida. Dated this 28th day of September, 2026 KARE Enterprises LLC Yoweri Kimeria October 1, 2026 26-00768I

There may be occasions when one or more Supervisors or staff will participate by telephone. Pursuant to provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations at this meeting because of a disability or physical impairment should contact the District Office at (407) 723-5900 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1, or 1-800-955-8771 (TTY) / 1-800-955-8770 (Voice), for aid in contacting the District Office. A person who decides to appeal any decision made at the meeting with respect to any matter considered at the meeting is advised that person will need a record of the proceedings and that accordingly, the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the

proceedings is made, including the testimony and evidence upon which such appeal is to be based. District Manager Jane Gaarlandt 7764-359544 Oct. 1, 2026 PUBLIC NOTICE Effective September 5th, 2026 Dr. Sonya Clark will no longer be seeing patients at AdventHealth Medical Group Orthopedics and Sports Medicine New Smyrna Beach located at 600 Palmetto Street, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168. If you are a patient and have questions about your transition of care or any additional questions, please call the office at 386-424-3845. 7764-360162 Sep. 24, Oct. 1, 8, 15, 2026

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DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 The Board of Supervisors of the SWI Community Development District will hold their regular meetings of Fiscal Year 2026-2027 at One Daytona Boulevard, Suite 600, Daytona Beach, FL 32114 at 9:00 a.m. unless otherwise indicated as follows: Friday, May 28, 2027 Friday, August 27, 2027 The meetings are open to the public and will be conducted in accordance with the provision of Florida Law for Community Development Districts. The meetings may be continued to a date, time, and place to be specified on the record at the meeting. A copy of the agenda for these meetings may be obtained from 3501 Quadrangle Blvd., Ste 270, Orlando, Florida 32817 or by calling (407) 7235900.

the Clerk of the Circuit Court, will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash BY ELECTRONIC SALE AT: WWW. VOLUSIA.REALFORECLOSE.COM, at 11:00 A.M., on 23rd day of October, 2026, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to wit: THE NORTHERLY 17 FEET OF LOT 20 AND THE SOUTHERLY 38 FEET OF LOT 19, BLOCK 1, HILLCREST “HOMESITES”, ACCORDING TO PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 11, PAGE 215, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim before the Clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed. This notice is provided pursuant to Administrative Order No.2.065. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to provisions of certain assistance. Please contact the Court Administrator at Suite 300, Courthouse Annex, 125 E. Orange Ave., Daytona Beach, FL 32114; call (386)2576096 within two (2) working days of your receipt of this notice or pleading; if you are hearing impaired, call 1-800-955-8771 (TDD); THIS IS NOT A COURT INFORMATION LINE; if you are voice impaired, call 1-800-995-8770 (V) (Via Florida Relay Services). Dated this 25th day of September 2026. /s/ Marc Granger Marc Granger, Esq. Bar. No.: 146870 Kahane & Associates, P.A. 1619 NW 136th Avenue, Suite D-220 Sunrise, Florida 33323 Telephone: (954) 382-3486 Telefacsimile: (954) 382-5380 Designated service email: notice@kahaneandassociates.com File No.: 25-02034 ESX October 1, 8, 2026 26-00747I

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO. 2025 10886 CICI PINGORA LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, CREDITORS, DEVISEES, BENEFICIARIES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THE ESTATE OF DANIEL NWANKWO, DECEASED ; TANADIA CORMIER, NATURAL GUARDIAN OF DANIEL NWANKWO, JR., A MINOR; KAYLA SHORTER, NATURAL GUARDIAN OF AMARA NWANKWO, A MINOR; COUNTY OF VOLUSIA, FLORIDA; UNKNOWN PERSON(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, Defendant(s) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure filed June 23, 2026 and entered in Case No. 2025 10886 CICI, of the Circuit Court of the 7th Judicial Circuit in and for VOLUSIA County, Florida, wherein PINGORA LOAN SERVICING, LLC is Plaintiff and ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, CREDITORS, DEVISEES, BENEFICIARIES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THE ESTATE OF DANIEL NWANKWO, DECEASED; TANADIA CORMIER, NATURAL GUARDIAN OF DANIEL NWANKWO, JR., A MINOR; KAYLA SHORTER, NATURAL GUARDIAN OF AMARA NWANKWO, A MINOR; UNKNOWN PERSON(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY; COUNTY OF VOLUSIA, FLORIDA; are defendants. LAURA E.

FIRST INSERTION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION CASE NO. 2025 12280 CICI WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR DEEPHAVEN RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2022-1, Plaintiff, vs. ALEXANDRE ELIAOU BENISTI, et al. Defendant(s). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated February 11, 2026, and entered in 2025 12280 CICI of the Circuit Court of the SEVENTH Judicial Circuit in and for Volusia County, Florida, wherein WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR DEEPHAVEN RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2022-1 is the Plaintiff and ALEXANDRE ELIAOU BENIST; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF ALEXANDRE ELIAOU BENISTI; COUNTRY ACRES SUBDIVISION, UNIT NO. 4 HOMEOWNER’S ASSOCIATION, INC. are the Defendant(s). Laura E. Roth as the Clerk of the Circuit Court will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash at www.volusia.realforeclose.com, at 11:00 AM, on October 21, 2026, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to wit: LOT 13, COUNTRY ACRES SUBDIVISION - UNIT 4, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORD-

ED IN MAP BOOK 43, PAGES 122 THROUGH 124, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. Property Address: 3551 RED BARN LANE, ORMOND BEACH, FL 32174 Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim in accordance with Florida Statutes, Section 45.031. IMPORTANT AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to access court facilities or participate in a court proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. To request such an accommodation, please contact Court Administration in advance of the date the service is needed: Court Administration, 101 N. Alabama Ave., Ste D-305, Deland, FL 32724, (386) 257-6096. Hearing or voice impaired, please call 711. Dated this 28 day of September, 2026. ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Attorney for Plaintiff 6409 Congress Ave., Suite 100 Boca Raton, FL 33487 Telephone: 561-241-6901 Facsimile: 561-997-6909 Service Email: flmail@raslg.com By: \S\Danielle Salem Danielle Salem, Esquire Florida Bar No. 0058248 Communication Email: dsalem@raslg.com 25-274707 - MiM October 1, 8, 2026 26-00767I

FIRST INSERTION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION: CASE NO.: 2026 11588 CIDL LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. BETH NOAH; FISHERMAN’S COVE OF SOUTHEAST VOLUSIA COUNTY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.; FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF BETH NOAH Defendants. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to an Order or Final Judgment entered in the above styled cause now pending in said court and as required by Florida Statute 45.031(2), LAURA E. ROTH as the Clerk of the Circuit Court for VOLUSIA County shall sell to the highest and best bidder for cash electronically at www.volusia. realforeclose.com at, 11:00 AM on the 15 day of October, 2026, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to wit: LOT 2, FISHERMAN’S COVE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 55, PAGES 24 THROUGH 26, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 118 FISHERMANS COVE DR, EDGEWATER, FL 32141 IF YOU ARE A PERSON CLAIMING A RIGHT TO FUNDS REMAINING AFTER THE SALE, YOU MUST FILE A CLAIM WITH THE CLERK NO LATER THAN

THE DATE THAT THE CLERK REPORTS THE FUNDS AS UNCLAIMED. IF YOU FAIL TO FILE A CLAIM, YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY REMAINING FUNDS. AFTER THE FUNDS ARE REPORTED AS UNCLAIMED, ONLY THE OWNER OF RECORD AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PENDENS MAY CLAIM THE SURPLUS. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration -ADA Coordinator, 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Bldg. 1, 2nd floor, Bunnell FL 32110, (386) 257-6096, ADARequest@circuit7. org, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately on receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. Dated this 22 day of September 2026. By: /s/ Lindsay Maisonet Lindsay Maisonet, Esq. Bar Number: 93156 Submitted by: De Cubas & Lewis, P.A. PO Box 5026 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33310 Telephone: (954) 453-0365 Facsimile: (954) 771-6052 Toll Free: 1-800-441-2438 DESIGNATED PRIMARY E-MAIL FOR SERVICE PURSUANT TO FLA. R. JUD. ADMIN 2.516 eservice@decubaslewis.com 25-04352 October 1, 8, 2026 26-00750I

ROTH, the Clerk of the Circuit Court, will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash BY ELECTRONIC SALE AT: WWW. VOLUSIA.REALFORECLOSE.COM, at 11:00 A.M., on 23rd day of October, 2026, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to wit: LOT 14, DERBYSHIRE ACRES UNIT NO. 2, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 26, PAGE 89, PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim before the Clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed. This notice is provided pursuant to Administrative Order No.2.065. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to provisions of certain assistance. Please contact the Court Administrator at Suite 300, Courthouse Annex, 125 E. Orange Ave., Daytona Beach, FL 32114; call (386)2576096 within two (2) working days of your receipt of this notice or pleading; if you are hearing impaired, call 1-800-955-8771 (TDD); THIS IS NOT A COURT INFORMATION LINE; if you are voice impaired, call 1-800-995-8770 (V) (Via Florida Relay Services). Dated this 25th day of September 2026. /s/ Marc Granger Marc Granger, Esq. Bar. No.: 146870 Kahane & Associates, P.A. 1619 NW 136th Avenue, Suite D-220 Sunrise, Florida 33323 Telephone: (954) 382-3486 Telefacsimile: (954) 382-5380 Designated service email: notice@kahaneandassociates.com File No.: 25-00037 NML October 1, 8, 2026 26-00746I

FIRST INSERTION NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 2026 10552 CIDL PHH ASSET SERVICES LLC, Plaintiff, vs. ALISSA CHRISTINE MILAU A/K/A ALISSA C. MILAU A/K/A ALISSA MIALU A/K/A ALISSA MILAU; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF ALISSA CHRISTINE MILAU A/K/A ALISSA C. MILAU A/K/A ALISSA MIALU A/K/A ALISSA MILAU; GOODLEAP, LLC; SERVICE FINANCE COMPANY, LLC, Defendant(s). NOTICE OF SALE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the order of SummaryFinal Judgment of Foreclosure dated September 18, 2026, and entered in Case No. 2026 10552 CIDL of the Circuit Court of the 7TH Judicial Circuit in and for Volusia County, Florida, wherein PHH Asset Services LLC, is Plaintiff and Alissa Christine Milau a/k/a Alissa C. Milau a/k/a Alissa Mialu a/k/a Alissa Milau; Unknown Spouse of Alissa Christine Milau a/k/a Alissa C. Milau a/k/a Alissa Mialu a/k/a Alissa Milau; GoodLeap, LLC; Service Finance Company, LLC, are Defendants, the Office of the Clerk of Laura E. Roth, Volusia County Clerk of the Court will sell via online auction at www.volusia. realforeclose.com at 11:00 a.m. on the 5th day of November, 2026, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to wit: LOT 4, BLOCK 1603, DELTONA LAKES UNIT SIXTY-TWO, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 28, PAGE 95-99, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. Property Address: 3651 Sandlor Drive, Deltona, Florida 32738 and all fixtures and personal property located therein or thereon, which are included as security in Plaintiff ’s mortgage. Any person claiming an interest in the surplus funds from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim before the clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, 125 E. Orange Ave., Ste. 300, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, (386) 257-6096 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. Dated: 9/28/2026 McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC By: Craig Stein Craig Stein, Esq. Fl Bar No. 0120464 McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC 3222 Commerce Place, Suite A West Palm Beach, Florida, 33407 Telephone: (561) 713-1400 Email: FLpleadings@mwc-law.com File No: 24-400123 October 1, 8, 2026 26-00769I

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DEERING PARK STEWARDSHIP DISTRICT NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS SR 442 INTERCHANGE WIDENING CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING & INSPECTION SERVICES

DEERING PARK STEWARDSHIP DISTRICT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR INTERCHANGE WIDENING PROJECT

The Deering Park Stewardship District (“District”) is soliciting qualification documents detailing qualifications to provide construction engineering & inspection (“CEI”) services for the SR 442 Interchange Widening project portion of the District’s Capital Improvement Plan. The selected CEI firm will provide construction engineering and inspection services, as more particularly described in the Request for Qualifications Package (“RFQ”). To be eligible to submit qualification documents (“Response”), and in addition to any other requirements set forth in the RFQ, an interested firm must: (i) hold all required local, state and federal licenses in good standing; and (ii) be authorized to do business in the City of Edgewater and/or Brevard and/or Volusia Counties and the State of Florida. The RFQ will be available beginning October 2, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. EST by emailing a request to Andrew Kantarzhi at kantarzhia@whhassociates.com. Respondents must provide contact information in order to download the RFQ, and, in that way, will be added to the District’s distribution list for the RFQ and any subsequent addenda thereto. The District reserves the right in its sole discretion to make changes to the RFQ up until the time of the opening, and to provide notice of such changes only to those Respondents who have downloaded an RFQ. Each firm desiring to submit a response to the RFQ must submit an electronic copy of the firm’s response on a flash drive, and in a PDF format, along with one (1) original of the firm’s response, no later than November 13, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. to the District Manager, Wrathell, Hunt & Associates, LLC, 2300 Glades Road, Suite 410W, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, ATTN: Andrew Kantarzhi (the “Submittal Location”). A special public meeting of the District will be conducted on November 13, 2026 at 11:05 a.m. EST at the offices of Wrathell, Hunt & Associates, LLC, 2300 Glades Road, Suite 410W, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, to open the responses and read the names of the Respondents. The meeting is open to the public and will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Florida law including but not limited to Chapter 190, Florida Statutes. A copy of the agenda for the meeting may be obtained from the District Manager. The meeting may be continued in progress without additional notice to a time, date, and location stated on the record. Pursuant to provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this meeting is asked to advise the District Manager at (561) 571-0010 at least forty-eight (48) hours before the meeting by contacting the District Manager. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service at (800) 955-8770, who can aid you in contacting the District Manager. Responses will be evaluated in accordance with the criteria included in the RFQ. The District reserves the right to reject any and all responses, make modifications to the work, award the contract in whole or in part with or without cause, provide for the delivery of the project in phases, and waive minor or technical irregularities in any proposal, as it deems appropriate, if it determines in its discretion that it is in the District’s best interests to do so. Proposers are hereby notified that Section 287.05701, Florida Statutes, requires that the District may not request documentation of or consider a Proposer’s social, political, or ideological interests when determining if the Proposer is a responsible vendor. Any person who wishes to protest the RFQ Package, or any component thereof, shall file with the District a written notice of protest within seventy-two (72) calendar hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays) of the download of the RFQ, and shall file a formal written protest with the District within seven (7) calendar days (including Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays) after the date of timely filing the initial notice of protest. Any notice of protest must be accompanied by a protest bond in a form acceptable to the District and in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). In the event the protest is successful, the protest bond shall be refunded to the protestor. In the event the protest is unsuccessful, the protest bond shall be applied towards the District’s costs, expenses and attorney’s fees associated with hearing and defending the protest. Filing will be perfected and deemed to have occurred upon receipt by the District Manager, Wrathell, Hunt & Associates, LLC, 2300 Glades Road, Suite 410W, Boca Raton, Florida 33431. Failure to timely file a notice of protest or failure to timely file a formal written protest shall constitute a waiver of any right to object to or protest the contents of the District’s RFQ Package or the processes described therein. The formal written protest shall state with particularity the facts and law upon which the protest is based. Additional requirements for filing a protest can be found in the District’s Rules of Procedure, which are available upon request. Any and all questions relative to this RFQ or the Project shall be directed in writing by e-mail only to Andrew Kantarzhi, at kantarzhia@whhassociates.com. No phone inquiries please. October 1, 2026 26-00763I

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NOTICE OF ACTION CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION CASE NO. 2026 13067 CICI TRADITIONAL MORTGAGE ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, vs. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHERS WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF IRVING J. VAN DYKE, DECEASED. et. al. Defendant(s), TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHERS WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF IRVING J. VAN DYKE, DECEASED, whose residence is unknown if he/she/they be living; and if he/she/they be dead, the unknown defendants who may be spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees, assignees, lienors, creditors, trustees, and all parties claiming an interest by, through, under or against the Defendants, who are not known to be dead or alive, and all parties having or claiming to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the mortgage being foreclosed herein. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property: LOTS 21 AND 23, TOWER GARDENS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 11, PAGE 246, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on counsel for Plaintiff, whose address is 6409 Congress Ave., Suite 100, Boca Raton, Florida 33487 on or before 10/26/26 /(30 days from Date of First Publication of this Notice) and file the original with the clerk of this court either before service on Plaintiff ’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint or petition filed herein. THIS NOTICE SHALL BE PUBLISHED ONCE A WEEK FOR TWO (2) CONSECUTIVE WEEKS. WITNESS my hand and the seal of this Court at Volusia County, Florida, this 24th day of SEPT., 2026. Laura E Roth CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT (SEAL) BY: /s/ K. Frierson DEPUTY CLERK ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, AND SCHNEID, PL ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF 6409 Congress Ave., Suite 100 Boca Raton, FL 33487 PRIMARY EMAIL: flmail@raslg.com 26-425335 October 1, 8, 2026 26-00744I

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2026 12813 PRDL IN RE: ESTATE OF PEGGY M. HIGGINS Deceased. The administration of the estate of Peggy M. Higgins, deceased, whose date of death was February 16, 2026, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 101 N Alabama Avenue, DeLand, Florida 32724. The names and addresses of the ancillary personal representative and the ancillary personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. The personal representative has no duty to discover whether any property held at the time of the decedent’s death by the decedent or the decedent’s surviving spouse is property to which the Florida Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act as described in ss. 732.216732.228, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under s. 732.2211, Florida Statutes. The written demand must be filed with the clerk. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is October 1, 2026. Ancillary Personal Representative: Christine E. Murphy 2036 Millenium Court Bethel Park, Pennsylvania 15102 Attorney for Ancillary Personal Representative: Eric S. Kane, Esquire E-mail Addresses: eric@kanelawpl.com Florida Bar No. 0847941 Eric S. Kane, P.L. 20900 N.E. 30th Avenue, Suite 403 Aventura, Florida 33180 Telephone: (305) 937-7280 October 1, 8, 2026 26-00758I

Notice is hereby given that the Deering Park Stewardship District (“District”) will receive proposals for the following project (“Project”): SR 442 INTERCHANGE WIDENING PROJECT The Project will require contractors to provide for the construction, labor, materials, and equipment necessary to construct all work, or a portion thereof, necessary for the SR 442 Interchange Widening project portion of the District’s Capital Improvement Plan, as more particularly described in the Project Manual and in accordance with the plans and specifications therein. The Project Manual, consisting of the proposal package and other materials, will be available for public inspection and may be obtained beginning October 2, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. EST by email request only from Wrathell, Hunt and Associates, LLC (the “District Manager”) at kantarzhia@whhassociates.com. Respondents must provide contact information in order to download the Project Manual, and, in that way, will be added to the District’s distribution list for the Request for Proposals (“RFP”) and any subsequent addenda thereto. The District reserves the right in its sole discretion to make changes to the RFP up until the time of the opening, and to provide notice of such changes only to those Respondents who have downloaded an RFP. There will be a mandatory pre-bid conference on October 9, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. at 3450 Old Dawson Ranch Road, Edgewater, FL 32132. Questions pertaining to this RFP must be received no later than 3:00 p.m. on October 22, 2026. Any and all questions relative to this RFP or the Project shall be directed in writing by e-mail only to Andrew Kantarzhi, at kantarzhia@whhassociates.com. No phone inquiries please. Firms desiring to respond to the District’s RFP for the Project must submit eight (8) bound hardcopies and one (1) electronic copy on a flash drive of the firm’s proposal no later than November 13, 2026 at 12:00 p.m., to Storch Law Firm, 420 S. Nova Road, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114 (“the Response Deadline”). Proposals must be in the form provided in the Project Manual and submitted in a sealed envelope, marked with “RESPONSE TO RFP – DEERING PARK STEWARDSHIP DISTRICT.” The District reserves the right to return unopened to a respondent any proposal received after the Response Deadline. Each proposal must remain binding for a minimum of one hundred twenty (120) days after the Response Deadline. Proposals are required to include a Proposal Guaranty in the amount of ten-thousand dollars ($10,000.00) as specified in the Project Manual. Proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the criteria included in the Project Manual. The District reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, make modifications to the work, award the contract in whole or in part with or without cause, provide for the delivery of the project in phases, and waive minor or technical irregularities in any proposal if it determines in its discretion that it is in the District’s best interests to do so. Proposers are hereby notified that Section 287.05701, Florida Statutes, requires that the District may not request documentation of or consider a Proposer’s social, political, or ideological interests when determining if the Proposer is a responsible vendor. Any person who wishes to protest the RFP Package, or any component thereof, shall file with the District a written notice of protest within seventy-two (72) calendar hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays) of the download of the RFP, and shall file a formal written protest with the District within seven (7) calendar days (including Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays) after the date of timely filing the initial notice of protest. Any notice of protest must be accompanied by a protest bond in a form acceptable to the District and in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). In the event the protest is successful, the protest bond shall be refunded to the protestor. In the event the protest is unsuccessful, the protest bond shall be applied towards the District’s costs, expenses and attorney’s fees associated with hearing and defending the protest. Filing will be perfected and deemed to have occurred upon receipt by the District Manager, Wrathell, Hunt & Associates, LLC, 2300 Glades Road, Suite 410W, Boca Raton, Florida 33431. Failure to timely file a notice of protest or failure to timely file a formal written protest shall constitute a waiver of any right to object to or protest the contents of the District’s RFP Package or the processes described therein. The formal written protest shall state with particularity the facts and law upon which the protest is based. Additional requirements for filing a protest can be found in the District’s Rules of Procedure, which are available upon request. The District Manager will conduct a special public meeting immediately after the Response Deadline at the same location to publicly open the proposals. No official action will be taken at the meeting. The meeting is open to the public and will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Florida law. The meeting may be continued in progress without additional notice to a time, date, and location stated on the record. Pursuant to provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this meeting is asked to advise the District Office at least forty-eight (48) hours before the meeting by contacting the District Manager at (561) 5710010, or at 2300 Glades Road, Suite 410W, Boca Raton, FL 33431. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service at 1 (800) 955-8770, who can aid you in contacting the District Office. The successful Proposer will be required upon award to furnish a payment and performance bond for one hundred percent (100%) of the value of the contract, with a Surety acceptable to the District, in accordance with section 255.05, Florida Statutes. October 1, 2026 26-00762I

FIRST INSERTION NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Summary Administration) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO. 202612768PRDL IN RE ESTATE OF KATHY MARIE DAY, Decedent. TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE: You are hereby notified that a Petition for Summary Administration has been filed in the estate of Kathy Marie Day, deceased, File Number 202612768PRDL, by the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Volusia County Courthouse, Probate Division, Post Office Box 6043, Deland, Florida 32721. The decedent’s date of death was June 10, 2026. The total value of the estate is approximately $4,500.00, and the names and addresses of those to whom it will be assigned are: Stanley Eugene Graham 20 Washington Park, Nashville, Tennessee 37205, and Jennifer Gail Taylor 25 Caminto Amore, Henderson, NV 89011. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT: All creditors of the estate of the decedent, and persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate other than those for whom provision for full payment is made in the Order of Summary Administration must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES §733.702. ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of the first publication of this Notice is October 1, 2026. Person Giving Notice: /s/ Stanley Eugene Graham Stanley Eugene Graham 20 Washington Park Nashville, Tennessee 37205 Attorney for Person Giving Notice: /s/ Beth W. Miller Beth W. Miller, Florida Bar No. 473936 BETH W. MILLER, P. A. 645 Vassar Street Orlando, Florida 32804 (407) 246-8092 bmiller@bethmillerlaw.com October 1, 8, 2026 26-00760I

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FIRST INSERTION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No.: 2025-13981-CICI U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR VCC 2025-MC1 TRUST, Plaintiff, v. PICU LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company; MARIANGELA PIETROSEMOLI CUGNO, an individual; UNKNOWN TENANT IN POSSESSION #1; and UNKNOWN TENANT IN POSSESSION #2, Defendants. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on October 30, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at volusia. realforeclose.com, the Clerk of this Court will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash in accordance with Section 45.031, Fla. Stat., the following described real property: Lot 4, MAP OF CANNON’S SUBDIVISION OF LOT 1, BLOCK 17, OF KINGSTON, according to the Plat thereof, recorded in Plat Book 6, Page(s) 60, Public Records of Volusia County, Florida. Commonly known as: 647 Madison Avenue, Daytona Beach, FL 321141968 Together with: . . . (iv) all of the rights and benefits of the Mortgagor under any present or future leases and agreements relating to the Property, including, without limitation, rents, issues and profits, or the use or occupancy thereof, together with any extensions and renewals thereof, specifically excluding all duties or obligations of the Mortgagor of any kind arising thereunder (the “Leases”). . . . (“Property”).

The aforesaid sale will be made pursuant to the Final Judgment entered in Case No.: 2025-13981-CICI in the Circuit Court of the Seventh Judicial Circuit in and for Volusia County, Florida. Any person claiming an interested in the surplus from the sale, if any other than the property owner as of the date of Lis Pendens, must file a claim before the clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed. If you need special assistance due to a disability to participate in a court proceeding, please contact the Seventh Circuit Court Administration at the address or phone number below at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance or immediately upon receiving an official notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days. If you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. Court Administration – ADA Coordinator, 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Bldg. 1, 2nd Floor, Bunnell, FL 32110 (386) 2576096, adarequest@circuit7.org DATED this 25th day of September, 2026. /s/ Gennifer L. Bridges Gennifer L. Bridges Florida Bar No. 0072333 Primary Email: gbridges@burr.com Secondary Email: nwmosley@burr.com; mjett@burr.com Brett S. Stroze Florida Bar No. 1049718 Primary email : bstroze@burr.com Secondary Email: nwmosley@burr.com BURR & FORMAN LLP 200 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 800 Orlando, FL 32801 Telephone: (407) 540-6600 Facsimile: (407) 540-6601 Attorneys for Plaintiff 73631330 v1 October 1, 8, 2026 26-00748I

FIRST INSERTION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO. 2025 14516 CIDL DATA MORTGAGE INC., DBA ESSEX MORTGAGE, Plaintiff, vs. AMANDA RUHLEN; ROBERT RUHLEN; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN PERSON(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, Defendant(s) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure filed August 17, 2026 and entered in Case No. 2025 14516 CIDL, of the Circuit Court of the 7th Judicial Circuit in and for VOLUSIA County, Florida, wherein DATA MORTGAGE INC., DBA ESSEX MORTGAGE is Plaintiff and AMANDA RUHLEN; ROBERT RUHLEN; UNKNOWN PERSON(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; are defendants. LAURA E. ROTH, the Clerk of the Circuit Court, will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash BY ELECTRONIC SALE AT: WWW. VOLUSIA.REALFORECLOSE.COM, at 11:00 A.M., on 20th day of October, 2026, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to wit: LOT 3, BLOCK 1907, DELTONA LAKES UNIT SEVENTY FOUR, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT

THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 29, PAGE 28 THROUGH 44, INCLUSIVE, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim before the Clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed. This notice is provided pursuant to Administrative Order No.2.065. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to provisions of certain assistance. Please contact the Court Administrator at Suite 300, Courthouse Annex, 125 E. Orange Ave., Daytona Beach, FL 32114; call (386)257-6096 within two (2) working days of your receipt of this notice or pleading; if you are hearing impaired, call 1-800-955-8771 (TDD); THIS IS NOT A COURT INFORMATION LINE; if you are voice impaired, call 1-800995-8770 (V) (Via Florida Relay Services). Dated this 22nd day of September 2026. /s/ Marc Granger Marc Granger, Esq. Bar. No.: 146870 Kahane & Associates, P.A. 1619 NW 136th Avenue, Suite D-220 Sunrise, Florida 33323 Telephone: (954) 382-3486 Telefacsimile: (954) 382-5380 Designated service email: notice@kahaneandassociates.com File No.: 25-01918 ESX October 1, 8, 2026 26-00751I

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FIRST INSERTION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO. 2025 13991 CIDL CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. DEBRA A. WURDEMAN; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF DEBRA A. WURDEMAN; ROY W. BELANGER; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF ROY W. BELANGER; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; KRISTINA BELANGER; STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; STATE OF FLORIDA; CLERK OF THE COURT OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA; C&F FINANCE COMPANY; UNKNOWN PERSON(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, Defendant(s) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure filed August 17, 2026 and entered in Case No. 2025 13991 CIDL, of the Circuit Court of the 7th Judicial Circuit in and for VOLUSIA County, Florida, wherein CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE, LLC is Plaintiff and DEBRA A. WURDEMAN; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF DEBRA A. WURDEMAN; ROY W. BELANGER; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF ROY W. BELANGER; KRISTINA BELANGER; UNKNOWN PERSON(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; STATE OF FLORIDA; CLERK OF THE COURT OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA; C&F FINANCE COMPANY; are defendants. LAURA E. ROTH, the Clerk of the Circuit Court, will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash BY ELECTRONIC SALE AT: WWW.VOLUSIA.REALFORECLOSE. COM, at 11:00 A.M., on 20th day of October, 2026, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to wit: SEE EXHIBIT A EXHIBIT “A” Legal Description Buyer(s): Debra A. Wurdeman and

Roy W. Belanger Property Address: 1990 Burma Road, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168 Parcel ID: 7343-06-00-0712 Property in the West 1/2 of Lot 71, Dougherty’s Subdivision of the Napier and the North part of the Hull Grants, in Township 17 South, Ranges 33 and 34 East, Sections 43, 44 and 53 described as follows: Commence at the Southeast corner of the West 1/2 of said Lot 71; thence Northwesterly along the East line of the West 1/2 of said Lot 71, 185 feet to the centerline of Turnbull Canal for the Point of Beginning; thence Southeasterly along the East line of the West 1/2 of said Lot 71, 10 feet; thence Westerly and parallel to the South line of said Lot 71, 140 feet; thence Northerly and parallel to the East line of the West 1/2 of said Lot 71, 161.6 feet to the centerline of Turnbull Canal; thence Southeasterly along centerline of said canal to the Point of Beginning. Subject to an easement for drainage over the Northerly 15 feet of the above described property. The above described property does not agree with the physical location of the centerline of Turnbull Creek and the monumentation found in the field and is described by Daniel W. Cory, Surveyor as per a survey prepared by him on September 23, 1986 to agree with said monumentation found in the field and the centerline of the existing Turnbull Creek and per WM. E. Swoope Survey of the above described property dated June 16, 1959 and is described as follows: Property in the West 1/2 of Lot 71, Dougherty’s Subdivision of the Napier and the North part of the Hull Grants, in Township 17 South, Ranges 33 and 34 East, Sections 43, 44, and 53 described as follows: Commence at the Southeast corner of the West 1/2 of said Lot 71; thence North 30 degrees 09 minutes 34 seconds West, along the East line of the West 1/2 of said Lot 71, a distance of 174.02 feet for the Point of Beginning; thence South 59 degrees 01 minutes 19 seconds West, a distance of 141.74 feet; thence North 29 degrees 48 minutes 41 seconds West, a distance of 169.35 feet to the

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NOTICE OF ACTION CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION CASE NO. 2026 12910 CICI WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2025-HB1, Plaintiff, vs. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS,. et. al. Defendant(s), TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHERS WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF ARTHUR C. ELM, DECEASED, whose residence is unknown if he/she/they be living; and if he/she/they be dead, the unknown defendants who may be spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees, assignees, lienors, creditors, trustees, and all parties claiming an interest by, through, under or against the Defendants, who are not known to be dead or alive, and all parties having or claiming to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the mortgage being foreclosed herein. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property: LOT 3 AND THE SOUTH 20 FEET OF LOT 4, BLOCK 15, PORTONA, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 10, PAGE 107, PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on counsel for Plaintiff, whose address is 6409 Congress Ave., Suite 100, Boca Raton, Florida 33487 on or before October 23, 2026/(30 days from Date of First Publication of this Notice) and file the original with the clerk of this court either before service on Plaintiff ’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint or petition filed herein. THIS NOTICE SHALL BE PUBLISHED ONCE A WEEK FOR TWO (2) CONSECUTIVE WEEKS. WITNESS my hand and the seal of this Court at Volusia County, Florida, this 23 day of September, 2026 LAURA E. ROTH CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT (SEAL) BY: /s/ Jennifer Vazquez DEPUTY CLERK ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, AND SCHNEID, PL ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF 6409 Congress Ave., Suite 100 Boca Raton, FL 33487 PRIMARY EMAIL: flmail@raslg.com 25-382312 October 1, 8, 2026 26-00754I

NOTICE OF ACTION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 2026 12997 CIDL CL FUND 3, LLC, Plaintiff, v. IJ&J INVESTMENT, LLC; JEAN THIERRY ANTOINE, INDIVIDUALLY; TENANT #1; TENANT #2; CITY OF DELAND; AND ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, AND UNDER, AND AGAINST THE HEREIN NAMED DEFENDANTS WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD OR ALIVE, WHETHER SAID UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST AS SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, OR OTHER CLAIMANTS, Defendants. TO: ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, AND UNDER, AND AGAINST THE HEREIN NAMED DEFENDANTS WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD OR ALIVE, WHETHER SAID UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST AS SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, OR OTHER CLAIMANTS YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose on the following real property in Volusia County, Florida: South 1/2 of Lot 10, Block 16, BOND LUMBER CO.’S SUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS 7-8-15 AND 16, HOWRY’S MAP OF DELAND, FLA, a subdivision according to the plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 4, Page 68, of the Public Records of Volusia County, Florida. Parcel ID Number: 701710160101 Property Address: 307 S. Adelle Avenue, Deland, Florida 32720 has been filed against you in the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, Polk County, Florida, and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses to the Complaint, if any, to Gregory A. Sanoba, Esquire, 422 South Florida Avenue, Lakeland, Florida 33801, 30 days from the first date of publication and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff ’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise, a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, 101 N. Alabama Ave., Ste. B-206, DeLand, FL 32724, (386) 257-6096, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. DATE: September 23, 2026 LAURA E. ROTH Clerk of Circuit/County Court By: Jennifer Vazquez, Deputy Clerk October 1, 8, 2026 26-00755I

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2026-12843-PRDL IN RE: ESTATE OF CHARLOTTE H. DECOZEN, Deceased. The administration of the estate of Charlotte H. Decozen, deceased, whose date of death was May 20, 2026, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 101 North Alabama Avenue, DeLand, FL 32724. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. The personal representative has no duty to discover whether any property held at the time of the decedent’s death by the decedent or the decedent’s surviving spouse is property to which the Florida Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act as described in ss. 732.216732.228, Florida Statutes, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under s. 732.2211, Florida Statutes. The written demand must be filed with the clerk. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is October 1, 2026. Personal Representative: David M. Baldwin, Jr. 1772 Mitchell Court Port Orange, Florida 32128 Attorney for Personal Representative: Brian M. Malec Attorney Florida Bar Number: 41498 Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth, P.A. 420 S. Orange Ave, Ste 700 Orlando, Florida 32801 Telephone: (407) 841-1200 Fax: (407) 4231831 E-Mail: Bmalec@deanmead.com Secondary E-Mail: probate@deanmead.com October 1, 8, 2026 26-00756I

centerline of Turnbull Creek; thence Southeasterly along the centerline of said Turnbull Creek the following Three courses and distances; South 75 degrees 02 minutes 46 seconds East, a distance of 23.27 feet; thence South 68 degrees 06 minutes 39 seconds East, a distance of 101.15 feet; thence South 72 degrees 40 minutes 54 seconds East, a distance of 91.84 feet to the Easterly line of the West 1/2 of said Lot 71; thence South 30 degrees 09 minutes 34 seconds East along said Easterly line, a distance of 3.39 feet to the Point of Beginning. Subject to an easement for drainage over the Northerly 15 feet of the above described property. Together with that certain grant of easement per Official Records Book 2893, Page 232, of the Public Records of Volusia County, Florida. Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim before the Clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed. This notice is provided pursuant to Administrative Order No.2.065. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to provisions of certain assistance. Please contact the Court Administrator at Suite 300, Courthouse Annex, 125 E. Orange Ave., Daytona Beach, FL 32114; call (386)257-6096 within two (2) working days of your receipt of this notice or pleading; if you are hearing impaired, call 1-800-955-8771 (TDD); THIS IS NOT A COURT INFORMATION LINE; if you are voice impaired, call 1-800995-8770 (V) (Via Florida Relay Services). Dated this 22nd day of September 2026. /s/ Marc Granger Marc Granger, Esq. Bar. No.: 146870 Kahane & Associates, P.A. 1619 NW 136th Avenue, Suite D-220 Sunrise, Florida 33323 Telephone: (954) 382-3486 Telefacsimile: (954) 382-5380 Designated service email: notice@kahaneandassociates.com File No.: 25-01366 NML October 1, 8, 2026 26-00752I

DEERING PARK STEWARDSHIP DISTRICT NOTICE OF FISCAL YEAR 2027 MEETINGS

FIRST INSERTION NOTICE OF SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 2026-10941- CIDL REGIONS BANK, Plaintiff, vs. KENNETH R. RAGSDALE, SANDRA L. RAGSDALE A/K/A SANDRA LEE RAGSDALE, UNKNOWN TENANT NO. 1 AND UNKNOWN TENANT NO. 2 Defendants. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment dated September 17, 2026, entered in Case No.: 202610941-CIDL of the Circuit Court in and for Volusia County, Florida, wherein KENNETH R. RAGSDALE, SANDRA L. RAGSDALE A/K/A SANDRA LEE RAGSDALE, UNKNOWN TENANT NO. I AND UNKNOWN TENANT NO. 2, are the Defendants, that the clerk will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, at the Clerk of the Circuit Court, at www.volusia. realforeclose.com, on October 22, 2026 at 11:00 a.m., the following described real property as set forth in the Final Judgment: Legal: LOT 16, 17 AND 18, BLOCK C, PLAT OF ORLANDO BEACH SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 5, PAGE 153, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. ALSO KNOWN AS 1707 N. INDIAN RIVER ROAD, NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL 32169. NOTICE: THIS COMMUNICATION IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. NOTICE ATTENTION: PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: If you are a person with disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administrator at Suite 300, Courthouse Annex, 125 E. Orange Ave., Daytona Beach, FL 32114; Tel.: 386-257-6096 within two (2) working days of your receipt of the NOTICE; if you are hearing impaired, call 1-800-955-8771; if you are voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8770. THIS IS NOT A COURT INFORMATION LINE. Wayne E. Klinkbeil Florida Bar #0040037 E-mail: wayne@mkpalegal.com P.O. Box 3108 Orlando, FL 32802 (407)422-1966 (Phone) (407)932-4750 (Fax) Carlos J. Melendez Florida Bar #0047752 E-mail: melendez@mkpalegal.com Alberto J. Melendez Florida Bar #1002511 E-mail: alberto@mkpalegal.com Melendez & Klinkbeil, P.A. 20 S. Rose Avenue, Suite 2 Kissimmee, FL 34741 (407)932-1650 (Phone) October 1, 8, 2026 26-00753I

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors (“Board”) of the Deering Park Stewardship District (the “District”) located in Brevard County, and the City of Edgewater, Volusia County, Florida, will hold Regular Meetings for Fiscal Year 2027 at 2:00 p.m., at the Storch Law Firm, 420 S. Nova Road, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114-4514 on the following dates: October 13, 2026 November 10, 2026 December 8, 2026 January 12, 2027 February 9, 2027 March 9, 2027 April 13, 2027 May 11, 2027 June 8, 2027 July 13, 2027 August 10, 2027 September 14, 2027 The meetings are open to the public and will be conducted in accordance with the provision of Florida Law for Community Development Districts. The meetings may be continued to a date, time, and place to be specified on the record at the meeting. There may be occasions when one or more Supervisors or staff will participate by telephone. A copy of the agenda for these meetings may be obtained by contacting the offices of the District Manager, Wrathell, Hunt & Associates, LLC, 2300 Glades Road, Suite 410W, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, (561) 571-0010 (“District Manager’s Office”), during normal business hours, or by visiting the District’s website, https://deeringparkstewardship.com/. Pursuant to provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations at the meetings because of a disability or physical impairment should contact the District Manager’s Office at (561) 571-0010 at least 48 hours prior to the meetings. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1, or 1-800-955-8771 (TTY) / 1-800-955-8770 (Voice), for aid in contacting the District Manager’s Office. A person who decides to appeal any decision made at the meetings with respect to any matter considered at the meetings is advised that person will need a record of the proceedings and that accordingly, the person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, including the testimony and evidence upon which such appeal is to be based. District Manager October 1, 2026

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FIRST INSERTION NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2026 12553 PRDL Division 10 IN RE: ESTATE OF KAREN S. WILKINSON A.K.A. KAREN SHAW WILKINSON A.K.A. KAREN S. WILKINSON-NUTTER Deceased. The administration of the estate of Karen S. Wilkinson a.k.a. Karen Shaw Wilkinson a.k.a. Karen S. WilkinsonNutter , deceased, whose date of death was April 19, 2026, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 101 North Alabama Avenue, DeLand, Florida 32721. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NO-

FIRST INSERTION NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA FILE NO: 2026 10580 PRDL DIVISION: 10 IN RE: ESTATE OF JOENATHAN PRINCE, Deceased. The administration of the estate of JOENATHAN PRINCE, deceased, whose date of death was January 31, 2026, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 101 North Alabama Avenue DeLand, FL 32724. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. The personal representative has no duty to discover whether any property held at the time of the decedent’s death by the decedent or the decedent’s surviving spouse is property to which the Florida Uniform

Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act as described in ss. 732.216732.228, Florida Statutes, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under s. 732.2211, Florida Statutes. The written demand must be filed with the clerk. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is October 1, 2026. Personal Representative: s/ Sybil Prince Nelson SYBIL PRINCE NELSON 1404 Lone Jack Rd. Lexington, Virginia 24555 HENDERSON, FRANKLIN, STARNES AND HOLT, P.A. s/ Patrick S. Hodges C. RICHARD MANCINI Florida Bar No. 149837 PATRICK S. HODGES Florida Bar No. 1071266 Attorneys for Petitioner Bonita Bay Executive Center I 3451 Bonita Bay Blvd # 206 Bonita Springs, Florida 34134 Telephone: (239) 344-1100 Fax: (239) 344-1200 E-Mail: richard.mancini@henlaw.com patrick.hodges@henlaw.com Secondary E-Mail: angel.cavill@henlaw.com sandee.fields@henlaw.com October 1, 8, 2026 26-00757I

TICE. The personal representative has no duty to discover whether any property held at the time of the decedent’s death by the decedent or the decedent’s surviving spouse is property to which the Florida Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act as described in ss. 732.216732.228, Florida Statutes, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under s. 732.2211, Florida Statutes. The written demand must be filed with the clerk. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is October 1, 2026. Personal Representative: Thomas W. Wilkinson 6 Rebecca Drive Enfield, CT 06082 Attorney for Personal Representative: /s/ Wendy A. Mara Wendy A. Mara Attorney Florida Bar Number: 069872 555 West Granada Blvd., Ste.D-10 Ormond Beach, Florida 32174 Telephone: (386) 672-8081 Fax: (386) 265-5995 E-Mail: wamara@maralawpa.com Secondary E-Mail: pmflynt@maralawpa.com October 1, 8, 2026 26-00759I

SUBSEQUENT INSERTIONS SECOND INSERTION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION CASE NO. 2026 10129 CICI PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. DEVIN BLACKWELL, et al., Defendant. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Summary Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered August 19, 2026 in Civil Case No. 2026 10129 CICI of the Circuit Court of the SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT in and for Volusia County, Deland, Florida, wherein PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC is Plaintiff and Devin Blackwell, et al., are Defendants, the Clerk of Court, LAURA E. ROTH, ESQ., will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash electronically at www. volusia.realforeclose.com in accordance with Chapter 45, Florida Statutes on the 9th day of October, 2026 at 11:00 AM on the following described property as set forth in said Summary Final Judgment, to-wit: UNIT 618, THE PRESERVE AT RIVER’S EDGE, A CONDOMINIUM, ACCORDING TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM, RECORDED IN OFFICIAL RECORDS BOOK 5712, PAGE 430, AND ALL VALID AMENDMENTS THERETO, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA; TOGETHER WITH AN UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS AS SET FORTH IN THE EXHIBITS TO THE SAID DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM, AS RECORDED, EXEMPLIFIED, REFERRED TO AND SET FORTH IN SAID DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM AND EXHIBITS THERETO. Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens, must file a claim before the clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed. If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to access court facilities or participate in a court proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. To request such an accommodation, please contact Court Administration in advance of the date the service is needed: Court Administration, 125 E. Orange Ave., Ste. 300, Daytona Beach, FL 32114; (386) 257-6096. Hearing or voice impaired, please call 1 (800) 955-8770. /s/Robyn Katz Robyn Katz, Esq. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP Attorney for Plaintiff 225 East Robinson Street, Suite 155 Orlando, FL 32801 Phone: (407) 674-1850 Fax: (321) 248-0420 Email: MRService@mccalla.com Fla. Bar No.: 146803 25-13420FL Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00740I

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SUBSEQUENT INSERTIONS SECOND INSERTION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION: CASE NO.: 2026 11586 CIDL FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FREDDIE MAC SEASONED CREDIT RISK TRANSFER TRUST, SERIES 2019-4, Plaintiff, vs. RAMONA COPPOLA A/K/A RAMONA PAYNE A/K/A RAMONA MAXINE PAYNE A/K/A RAMONA M. COPPOLA; JRC HOME SERVICES LLC; LVNV FUNDING LLC; SHERWOOD OAKS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.; LOUISE H. SMITH Defendants. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to an Order or Final Judgment entered in the above styled cause now pending in said court and as required by Florida Statute 45.031(2), LAURA E. ROTH as the Clerk of the Circuit Court for VOLUSIA County shall sell to the highest and best bidder for cash electronically at www.volusia. realforeclose.com at, 11:00 AM on the 08 day of October, 2026, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to wit: LOT 6, BLOCK “A”, SHERWOOD OAKS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 44, PAGE 63, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2103 SHERWOOD FORREST DR, ORANGE CITY, FL 32763 IF YOU ARE A PERSON CLAIMING A

RIGHT TO FUNDS REMAINING AFTER THE SALE, YOU MUST FILE A CLAIM WITH THE CLERK NO LATER THAN THE DATE THAT THE CLERK REPORTS THE FUNDS AS UNCLAIMED. IF YOU FAIL TO FILE A CLAIM, YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY REMAINING FUNDS. AFTER THE FUNDS ARE REPORTED AS UNCLAIMED, ONLY THE OWNER OF RECORD AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PENDENS MAY CLAIM THE SURPLUS. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration -ADA Coordinator, 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Bldg. 1, 2nd floor, Bunnell FL 32110, (386) 257-6096, ADARequest@circuit7. org, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately on receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. Dated this 10 day of September 2026. By: /s/ Lindsay Maisonet Lindsay Maisonet, Esq. Bar Number: 93156 Submitted by: De Cubas & Lewis, P.A. PO Box 5026 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33310 Telephone: (954) 453-0365 Facsimile: (954) 771-6052 Toll Free: 1-800-441-2438 DESIGNATED PRIMARY E-MAIL FOR SERVICE PURSUANT TO FLA. R. JUD. ADMIN 2.516 eservice@decubaslewis.com 25-01985 Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00711I

SECOND INSERTION NOTICE OF ACTION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO.: 2026 12070 CIDL ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHERS WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF OLIVE V WILLIAMS AKA OLIVE VIRGINIA WILLIAMS, et al., Defendants. TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES AND ALL OTHERS WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF OLIVE V WILLIAMS AKA OLIVE VIRGINIA WILLIAMS 3339 BROOKSIDE TER, DELTONA, FL 32738 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Foreclosure of Mortgage on the following described property: LOT 12, BLOCK 983, DELTONA LAKES, UNIT THIRTY EIGHT, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 27, AT PAGE 202, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written de-

fenses, if any, to it, on De Cubas & Lewis, P.A., Attorney for Plaintiff, whose address is PO BOX 5026, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33310 on or before OCT 30 2026, a date at least thirty (30) days after the first publication of this Notice in the (Please publish in BUSINESS OBSERVER) and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff ’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration -ADA Coordinator, 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Bldg. 1, 2nd floor, Bunnell FL 32110, (386) 257-6096, ADARequest@circuit7. org, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately on receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS my hand and the seal of this Court this 15 day of September, 2026. LAURA E. ROTH As Clerk of the Court (SEAL) By /s/ Jennifer M. Hamilton As Deputy Clerk De Cubas & Lewis, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff PO BOX 5026 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33310 26-01713 Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00712I

SECOND INSERTION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION CASE NO. 2025 13929 CICI ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. DANIEL R. MARINE, et al. Defendant(s). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated August 31, 2026, and entered in 2025 13929 CICI of the Circuit Court of the SEVENTH Judicial Circuit in and for Volusia County, Florida, wherein ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC is the Plaintiff and DANIEL R. MARINE; GEORGENE FRANCES BURDICK; DAYTONA BEACH OCEAN TOWERS, INC. are the Defendant(s). Laura E. Roth as the Clerk of the Circuit Court will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash at www. volusia.realforeclose.com, at 11:00 AM, on October 16, 2026, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to wit: UNIT 1608, THE TOWERS APARTMENTS CONDOMINIUM, A CONDOMINIUM, ACCORDING TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM, RECORDED IN OFFICIAL RECORDS BOOK 1625, PAGE 391, AND ALL VALID AMENDMENTS THERETO, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA; TOGETHER WITH AN UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS AS SET FORTH IN THE EXHIBITS TO THE SAID DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM, AS RECORDED, EXEMPLIFIED, REFERRED TO AND SET FORTH IN SAID DECLARATION

OF CONDOMINIUM AND EXHIBITS THERETO AND SAID EXHIBIT TO AFORESAID DECLARATION BEING RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 32, PAGES 127 THROUGH 131, INCLUSIVE, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. Property Address: 2800 N ATLANTIC AVE UNIT 1608, DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32118 Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim in accordance with Florida Statutes, Section 45.031. IMPORTANT AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to access court facilities or participate in a court proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. To request such an accommodation, please contact Court Administration in advance of the date the service is needed: Court Administration, 101 N. Alabama Ave., Ste D-305, Deland, FL 32724, (386) 257-6096. Hearing or voice impaired, please call 711. Dated this 21 day of September, 2026. ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Attorney for Plaintiff 6409 Congress Ave., Suite 100 Boca Raton, FL 33487 Telephone: 561-241-6901 Facsimile: 561-997-6909 Service Email: flmail@raslg.com By: \S\Danielle Salem Danielle Salem, Esquire Florida Bar No. 0058248 Communication Email: dsalem@raslg.com 25-340970 - NaP Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00738I

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THROUGH 116, INCLUSIVE, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it, on McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP, Betzy Falgas, Attorney for Palintiff, whose address is 225 East Robinson Street, Suite 155, Orlando, FL 32801 on or before October 14, 2026, a date which is within (30) days after the first publication of this Notice in and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff ’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demand in the complaint. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court this 14 day of September, 2026. LAURA E. ROTH, ESQ. CLERK OF COURT OF VOLUSIA COUNTY (SEAL) BY: /s/ Jennifer Vazquez Deputy Clerk MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLP 225 East Robinson Street, Suite 155, Orlando, FL 32801 Phone: (407) 674-1850 Fax: (321) 248-0420 Email: AccountsPayable@mccalla.com 25-14379FL Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00714I

NOTICE OF ACTION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION CASE NO. 2026 11499 CIDL ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. F&C MANAGER, LLC A WYOMING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE OF THE 798 MIDDLETON TRUST, DATED JULY 19, 2023, A FLORIDA LAND TRUST, et al., Defendant. To the following Defendant(s): ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER, AND AGAINST 798 MIDDLETON TRUST, DATED JULY 19, 2023, A FLORIDA LAND TRUST, WHETHER SAID UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST AS TRUSTEES, BENEFICIARIES, OR OTHER CLAIMANTS ADDRESS: UNKNOWN YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Foreclosure of Mortgage on the following described property: LOT 220, RIVINGTON PHASE IC, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 62, PAGES 112

SECOND INSERTION NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2026 11053 PRDL Division 10 IN RE: ESTATE OF GEORGE LESLIE JEFFERS Deceased. The administration of the estate of GEORGE LESLIE JEFFERS, deceased, whose date of death was January 1, 2026, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is P.O. Box 6043, DeLand, Florida 32721-6043. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served, must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is September 24, 2026 Signed on this 17th day of SEPTEMBER, 2026. /s/ Mary Sue Jeffers MARY SUE JEFFERS Personal Representative 118 W. Knapp Ave. Edgewater, Florida 32132 /s/ Robert Kit Korey ROBERT KIT KOREY Attorney for Personal Representative Florida Bar No. 147787 Korey Law, P.A. 595 W. Granada Blvd., Suite A Ormond Beach, Florida 32174 Telephone: 386-677-3431 Email: kit@koreylawpa.com Secondary Email: dwargo@koreylawpa.com Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00720I

SECOND INSERTION NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2026 12532 PRDL IN RE: ESTATE OF ROSETTA A WHITE, Deceased. The administration of the estate of ROSETTA A WHITE, Deceased, whose date of death was May 21, 2026, is pending in the Circuit Court for VOLUSIA County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 101 North Alabama Avenue DeLand, FL 32724. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other people having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. A personal representative or curator has no duty to discover whether any property held at the time of the decedent’s death by the decedent or the decedent’s surviving spouse is property to which the Florida Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act as described in sections 732.216-732.228, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under section 732.2211. The date of first publication of this notice is September 24, 2026. ENESHA GALLOWAY, Personal Representative Attorney for Personal Representative: Scott R. Bugay, Esquire Florida Bar No. 5207 2501 Hollywood, Blvd. Suite 206 Hollywood, FL 33020 Telephone: (305) 956-9040 Fax: (305) 945-2905 Primary Email: Scott@srblawyers.com Secondary Email: genesis@srblawyers.com Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00718I

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SECOND INSERTION NOTICE OF ACTION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No. 2025 13289 CIDL FARM CREDIT OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, ACA, IN ITS SOLE CAPACITY AS AGENT NOMINEE, Plaintiff, VS. MICHELLE ONTIVEROS A/K/A MICHELLE DAMPIER ONTIVEROS, UNKNOWN SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF MICHELLE ONTIVEROS A/K/A MICHELLE DAMPIER ONTIVEROS, ERIC MARINO A/K/A ERIC ANDALIA MARINO, UNKNOWN SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF ERIC MARINO A/K/A ERIC ANDALIA MARINO, LAKE GEORGE HIGHLANDS PROPERTY OWNERS’ASSOCIATION, INC., A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, TENANT #1, AND TENANT #2, THE NAMES BEING FICTITIOUS TO ACCOUNT FOR UNKNOWN PARTIES IN POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY, Defendants. To: Eric Marino a/k/a Eric Andalia Marino and the Unknown Spouse, if any of Eric Marino a/k/a Eric Andalia Marino. YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a Lis Pendens and First Amended Verified Complaint on the following property in Volusia County, Florida: Legal Description LOT 32, OF UNRECORDED LAKE GEORGE HIGHLANDS, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: A PORTION OF SECTIONS 19 AND 20, TOWNSHIP 14 SOUTH, RANGE 28 EAST, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: FROM AN IRON PIPE MARKING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 20, BEING THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SECTION 19, RUN ALONG THE SECTION LINE BETWEEN SECTIONS 19 AND 20, SOUTH O1 DEGREES

SECOND INSERTION NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2026 12671 PRDL Division 10 IN RE: ESTATE OF WILLIAM P. SALOMONE, aka WILLIAM SALOMONE Deceased. The administration of the estate of William P. Salomone, also known as William Salomone, deceased, whose date of death was June 25, 2026, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Post Office Box 6043, DeLand, FL 32721. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. The personal representative has no duty to discover whether any property held at the time of the decedent’s death by the decedent or the decedent’s surviving spouse is property to which the Florida Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act as described in ss. 732.216732.228, Florida Statutes, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under s. 732.2211, Florida Statutes. The written demand must be filed with the clerk. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is September 24, 2026. Personal Representative: Nicole Salomone c/o Legacy Law Associates, P.L. 313 South Palmetto Avenue Daytona Beach, FL 32114 Attorney for Personal Representative: Robert M. Holland Attorney Florida Bar Number: 938998 Legacy Law Associates, P.L. 313 South Palmetto Avenue Daytona Beach, FL 32114 Telephone: (386) 252-2531 Fax: (386) 868-5371 E-Mail: holland@legacylaw313.com Secondary E-Mail: paralegal@legacylaw313.com Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00722I

31 MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 2661.90 FEET TO THE 1/4 SECTION CORNER; THENCE CONTINUE ALONG SAID SECTION LINE SOUTH 02 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 45 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 2648.75 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 20, BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 19; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 32 MINUTES 07 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 20 A DISTANCE OF 1302.83 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 20; THENCE NORTH O1 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 12 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 A DISTANCE OF 517.62 FEET FOR THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE DEPARTING SAID LINE RUN SOUTH 88 DEGREES 32 MINUTES 07 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 1770.64 FEET; THENCE NORTH 05 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 17 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 258.62 FEET; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 32 MINUTES 07 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 1735.86 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4; THENCE SOUTH O1 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID EAST LINE A DISTANCE OF 256.48 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO A 30.00 FOOT ACCESS, DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENT OVER THE WESTERLY 30.00 FEET THEREOF. TOGETHER WITH AN ACCESS, DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENT AS DESCRIBED IN OFFICIAL RECORDS BOOK 2876, PAGE 19, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. Together with all leases, rents, issues,

and profits arising from the property described above. Property Address: 721 Old Bubbly Rd. Pierson, FL 32180 has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Janelle L. Esposito, Esq., Plaintiff ’s attorney, whose address is P.O. Box 9266, Bradenton, FL 34206, within 30 days of first publication, and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff ’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. REQUESTS FOR ACCOMMODATIONS BY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration - ADA Coordinator, 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Bldg. 1, 2nd floor, Bunnell FL 32110, (386) 257-6096, ADARequest@circuit7. org, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately on receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. THESE ARE NOT COURT INFORMATION NUMBERS DATED this 15 day of September 2026. Laura E. Roth Clerk of the Circuit Court (SEAL) By: /s/ Jennifer M. Hamilton Deputy Clerk Attorneys for Farm Credit of Central Florida, ACA: Janelle L. Esposito, Esq., FBN 0035631 Grace E. Desmond Esq., FBN 1030751 Esposito Law Group, P.A. P.O. Box 9266, Bradenton, Florida, 34206-9266 (941) 251-0000 / (941) 251-4044 (Fax) janelle@espositolegal.com grace@espositolegal.com docreview@espositolegal.com Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 8, 15, 2026 26-00728I

SECOND INSERTION NOTICE OF ACTION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO. 2026 11317 CIDL DATA MORTGAGE INC., DBA ESSEX MORTGAGE, Plaintiff, vs. ANTIMO IOVINE; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF ANTIMO IOVINE; VISTA PALMS HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.; VENETIAN BAY HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.; UNKNOWN PERSON(S) IN POSSESSION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, Defendant(s) To the following Defendant(s): ANTIMO IOVINE (LAST KNOWN ADDRESS) 2937 MELETO BLVD. NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLORIDA 32168 UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF ANTIMO IOVINE (LAST KNOWN ADDRESS) 2937 MELETO BLVD. NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLORIDA 32168 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Foreclosure of Mortgage on the following described property: LOT 443, PALMS - PHASE 4, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 60, PAGE 194 THROUGH 198, INCLUSIVE, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA a/k/a 2937 MELETO BLVD., NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLORIDA 32168 has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it, on Kahane & Associates, P.A., Attorney for Plaintiff, whose address is

1619 NW 136th Avenue, Suite D-220, Sunrise, Florida 33323 on or before October 14 2026, a date which is within thirty (30) days after the first publication of this Notice in the BUSINESS OBSERVER and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff ’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This notice is provided pursuant to Administrative Order No.2.065. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to provisions of certain assistance. Please contact the Court Administrator at Suite 300, Courthouse Annex, 125 E. Orange Ave., Daytona Beach, FL 32114; call (386)257-6096 within two (2) working days of your receipt of this notice or pleading; if you are hearing impaired, call 1-800-955-8771 (TDD); THIS IS NOT A COURT INFORMATION LINE; if you are voice impaired, call 1-800995-8770 (V) (Via Florida Relay Services). WITNESS my hand and the seal of this Court this 14 day of September, 2026. LAURA E. ROTH As Clerk of the Court (SEAL) By /s/ Jennifer Vazquez As Deputy Clerk Submitted by: Kahane & Associates, P.A. 1619 NW 136th Avenue, Suite D-220 Sunrise, Florida 33323 Telephone: (954) 382-3486 Telefacsimile: (954) 382-5380 Designated service email: notice@kahaneandassociates.com File No.: 25-02245 ESX Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00725I

SECOND INSERTION NOTICE OF ACTION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 2026 11818 CICI NEWREZ LLC, Plaintiff, vs. GENA OLIVIERI; MORGAN B. LEWIS; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF GENA OLIVIERI; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF MORGAN B. LEWIS; HALIFAX PLANTATION PHASE I HOMEOWNER’S ASSOCIATION, INC.;, UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION #1 and #2, et.al. Defendant(s). TO: UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION #1 1437 PECOS DRIVE ORMOND BEACH, FL 32174 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for the Foreclosure of a Mortgage on the following described property: LOT 236, HALIFAX PLANTATION, PHASE I, SECTION C, ACCORDING TO MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 43, PAGES 63 THROUGH 67, INCLUSIVE, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. A/K/A: 1437 PECOS DRIVE, ORMOND BEACH, FL 32174. has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it, on Brian L. Rosaler, Esquire, POPKIN & ROSALER, P.A., 1701 West Hillsboro Boulevard, Suite 400, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442., Attorney for Plaintiff, a date which is within thirty (30) days after the first publication of this Notice in the (Please publish in The Palm Coast/Ormond Beach Observer) and file the original with the Clerk of this Court either before service on Plaintiff ’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be

entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. REQUESTS FOR ACCOMMODATIONS BY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact ADA Coordinator, 101 N. Alabama Ave., Ste. D-305, DeLand, FL 32724, (386) 257-6096, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. THESE ARE NOT COURT INFORMATION NUMBERS SOLICITUD DE ADAPTACIONES PARA PERSONAS CON DISCAPACIDADES Si usted es una persona con discapacidad que necesita una adaptación para poder participar en este procedimiento, usted tiene el derecho a que se le proporcione cierta asistencia, sin incurrir en gastos. Comuníquese con la Oficina de Administración Judicial (Court Administración), 101 N. Alabama Ave., Ste. D-305, DeLand, FL 32724, (386) 257-6096, con no menos de 7 días de antelación de su cita de comparecencia ante el juez, o de inmediato alrecibir esta notificación si la cita de comparecencia está dentro de un plazo menos de 7 días; si usted tiene una discapacidad del habla o del oído, llame al 711. ESTOS NUMEROS TELEFONICOS NO SON PARA OBTENER INFORMACION JUDICIAL WITNESS my hand and the seal of this Court this 14 day of September, 2026. LAURA E. ROTH As Clerk of the Court and/or Comptroller (SEAL) /s/ Jennifer Vazquez 26-52925 Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00716I

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SECOND INSERTION CORRECTED NOTICE OF SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO: 2026 10596 CIDL DIVISION: 02 GLP 2207 LLC, Plaintiff, vs. ELOAH ESTATES LLC, a Florida limited liability company, also known as Eloah Estates, DONIEBER MARANGON, and WERNER MACEDO, Defendants. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the Agreed In Rem Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered on September 1, 2026, in the above-styled cause, that the Clerk of this Court, who is currently Laura E. Roth, Esq., will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash on December 29, 2026, by electronic sale beginning at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, at the online auction website http:// www.volusia.realforeclose.com; in accordance with Chapter 45, Florida Statutes (the “Foreclosure Sale”), after the publication of notice thereof as required by 45.031, Florida Statutes, the property described as follows: Legal Description: THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF VOLUSIA, STATE OF FLORIDA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: PROPERTY 1: PARCEL 1: THE WEST 118.91 FEET OF THE EAST 198.91 FEET OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4, NORTH OF STATE ROAD 444, SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 18 SOUTH, RANGE 31 EAST, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. PARCEL 2: THE EAST 80 FEET OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4, NORTH OF STATE ROAD 444, SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 18 SOUTH, RANGE 31 EAST, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. PROPERTY 2: PARCEL 1: THE SOUTH 1/2 OF GOVERNMENT LOT 12, SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 18 SOUTH, RANGE 31 EAST, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. PARCEL 2: A PORTION OF LAND BEING FURTHER DESCRIBED IN RESOLUTION 2016-07 RECORDED IN OFFICIAL RECORDS BOOK 7220, PAGE 2966 AND BEING FORMERLY KNOWN AS A PORTION OF THE PLAT OF DAVIS PARK SIXTH ADDITION TO ORANGE

CITY RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 7, PAGE 25, PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA AND A PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 18 SOUTH, RANGE 31 EAST, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 5; THENCE SOUTH 89°27’26” WEST, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 5 AND BEING THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 23, BLOCK 1, DAVIS PARK, AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 7, PAGE 25, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, A DISTANCE OF 174.37 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 23, BLOCK 1, SAID DAVIS PARK; THENCE NORTH 01°07’18” EAST, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF LOTS 1-23, BLOCK 1, SAID DAVIS PARK, A DISTANCE OF 1262.84 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 1, BLOCK 1, SAID DAVIS PARK; THENCE NORTH 89°32’46” EAST, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 1, BLOCK 1, SAID DAVIS PARK, A DISTANCE OF 175.43 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 1, DAVIS PARK; THENCE SOUTH 01°10’12” WEST, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 5 AND BEING THE EAST LINE OF LOTS 1-23, BLOCK 1, SAID DAVIS PARK, A DISTANCE OF 1262.60 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. ALSO BEING DESCRIBED AS: A PARCEL OF LAND LYING IN A PORTION OF SECTIONS 4, 5 AND 8, TOWNSHIP 18 SOUTH, RANGE 31 EAST, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCE AT THE SOUTH QUARTER CORNER OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 18 SOUTH, RANGE 31 EAST; THENCE RUN SOUTH 88°37’31” WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 4, FOR A DISTANCE OF 1370.68 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 4 AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUE ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 4 SOUTH 88°37’31” WEST, FOR A DISTANCE OF 1370.68 FEET TO

SECOND INSERTION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY FLORIDA CIRCUIT CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO.: 2025 13104 CICI U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VRMTG ASSET TRUST, Plaintiff, v. EILEEN FICHTNER, et al., Defendants. NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45 IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the Final Judgment of Mortgage Foreclosure dated September 2, 2026, issued in and for Volusia County, Florida, in Case No. 2025 13104 CICI, wherein U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VRMTG ASSET TRUST is the Plaintiff, and EILEEN FICHTNER, ALBON R FICHTNER, PHILIP DRAXL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR CO-TRUSTEE OF THE EILEEN M. FICHTNER LIVING TRUST DATED FEBRUARY 4, 2004, PHILIP DRAXL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR CO-TRUSTEE OF THE ALBON R. FICHTNER LIVING TRUST DATED FEBRUARY 4, 2004, UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF PHILIP DRAXL N/K/A MICHELLE DRAXL, HEATHER DRAXL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR CO-TRUSTEE OF THE EILEEN M. FICHTNER LIVING TRUST DATED FEBRUARY 4, 2004, HEATHER DRAXL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR CO-TRUSTEE OF THE ALBON R. FICHTNER LIVING TRUST DATED FEBRUARY 4, 2004, UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF HEATHER DRAXL A/K/A HEATHER THERESA DRAXL N/K/A MARK DRAXL, UNKNOWN TRUSTEE AND BENEFICIARY OF THE ALBON R. FICHTNER LIVING TRUST DATED FEBRUARY 4, 2004, UNKNOWN TRUSTEE AND BENEFICIARY OF THE EILEEN M. FICHTNER LIVING TRUST DATED FEBRUARY 4, 2004, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT

OF THE TREASURY, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE and UNKNOWN TENANT #1 N/K/A JOHN DAVIS are the Defendants. The Clerk of the Court, LAURA ROTH, will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, in accordance with Section 45.031, Florida Statutes, on November 18, 2026, at electronic sale beginning at 11:00 AM, at www.volusia.realforeclose.com the following-described real property as set forth in said Final Judgment of Mortgage Foreclosure, to wit: LOT 11, GARDINER COURT, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 11, PAGE 128, PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA Property Address: 114 Gardiner Ct., Daytona Beach, FL 32114 ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE SURPLUS FROM THE SALE, IF ANY, OTHER THAN THE PROPERTY OWNER AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PENDENS MUST FILE A CLAIM BEFORE THE CLERK REPORTS THE SURPLUS AS UNCLAIMED. IMPORTANT If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to access court facilities or participate in a court proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. To request such an accommodation, please contact the ADA Coordinator in advance of the date the service is needed: ADA Coordinator, 125 E. Orange Ave., Ste. 300, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, (386) 257-6096. Hearing or voice impaired, please call 711. Dated This 21st day of September, 2026. Respectfully submitted, HOWARD LAW 902 Clint Moore Road, Suite 220 Boca Raton, FL 33487 Telephone: (954) 893-7874 Facsimile: (888) 235-0017 Designated Service E-Mail: Pleadings@HowardLaw.com By: /s/ Matthew B. Klein Matthew B. Klein, Esq. Florida Bar No.: 73529 E-Mail: Matthew@HowardLaw.com 25-000090-2 Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00736I

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION Case No. 2025 13221 CICI U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., CSMC Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-6, Plaintiff, vs. GEA Seaside Investment, Inc. a/k/a GEA Seaside Investments, Inc. a/k/a GEA Seaside, et al., Defendants. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the Final Judgment and/or Order Rescheduling Foreclosure Sale, entered in Case No. 2025 13221 CICI of the Circuit Court of the SEVENTH Judicial Circuit, in and for Volusia County, Florida, wherein U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., CSMC Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-6 is the Plaintiff and GEA Seaside Investment, Inc. a/k/a GEA Seaside Investments, Inc. a/k/a GEA Seaside; Jack Aberman; Unknown Spouse of Jack Aberman; Kathleen Carrington; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,

Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Charles D. Robison, III and William T. Morrison are the Defendants, that Laura Roth, Volusia County Clerk of Court will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash at, www.volusia.realforeclose.com, beginning at 11:00 AM on the 23rd day of October, 2026, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to wit: THE WESTERLY 50 FEET OF THE EASTERLY 210 FEET OF THE SOUTHERLY 100 FEET OF LOT 4, EARNHARDT-OGDEN REPLAT, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 19, PAGE 20, PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. TAX ID: 533504000051 Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim before the clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed. REQUESTS FOR ACCOMODATIONS BY PERSONS WITH DISABILTIES If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at not cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, 101 N. Alabama Ave., Ste. D-305, DeLand, FL 32724, (386) 257-6096, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the appearance is less than 7 days;if you are hearing or

THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 4; THENCE RUN SOUTH 01°04’06” EAST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 8, FOR A DISTANCE OF 316.75 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF HOWLAND BOULEVARD, BEING A POINT ON A NON TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHERLY; THENCE RUN WESTERLY ALONG SAID NORTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE AND ALONG SAID NON TANGENT CURVE HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 05°50’24”, A RADIUS OF 1960.08 FEET, AN ARC LENGTH OF 199.79 FEET, A CHORD BEARING OF NORTH 85°57’52” WEST AND A CHORD DISTANCE OF 199.70 FEET TO A POINT ON A NON TANGENT LINE, BEING THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 198.91 FEET OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 8; THENCE RUN NORTH 01°04’06” WEST ALONG SAID WEST LINE, FOR A DISTANCE OF 300.81 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 5; THENCE RUN NORTH 89°27’76” EAST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, FOR A DISTANCE OF 64.57 FEET TO THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF BOYER STREET, DAVIS PARK SIXTH ADDITION TO ORANGE CITY, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 22, PAGE 109 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA; THENCE RUN NORTH 01°07’18” EAST ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE, FOR A DISTANCE OF 1262.78 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WISCONSIN AVENUE OF SAID DAVIS PARK SIXTH ADDITION TO ORANGE CITY; THENCE RUN NORTH 89°32’46” EAST ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE, FOR A DISTANCE OF 135.41 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 5; THENCE RUN NORTH 01°10’12” EAST ALONG SAID EAST LINE, FOR A DISTANCE OF 60.02 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF DAVIS PARK EIGHTEENTH ADDITION TO ORANGE CITY ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 10, PACE 43 OF SAID PUBLIC RECORDS; THENCE RUN NORTH 88°47’38” EAST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, FOR A DISTANCE OF 1367.30 FEET

TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 4 AND THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF WILSON STREET, DAVIS PARK TWELFTH ADDITION TO ORANGE CITY ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 22, PAGE 115 OF SAID PUBLIC RECORDS; THENCE RUN SOUTH 01°01’50” WEST ALONG SAID WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE AND THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 4 FOR A DISTANCE OF 1318.45 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Property Address: Property 1: 2982 Howland Boulevard, Deltona, Florida 32725 Property 2: 1000 Eloah Estates Road, Deltona, Florida 32725 Parcel ID No.: Property 1: 810800000035 Property 2: 810400000360 (the “Property”) ANY PERSON CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE SURPLUS FROM THE SALE, IF ANY, OTHER THAN THE PROPERTY OWNER AS OF THE DATE OF THE LIS PENDENS, MUST FILE A CLAIM WITH THE CLERK BEFORE THE CLERK REPORTS THE SURPLUS AS UNCLAIMED. IF YOU FAIL TO FILE A TIMELY CLAIM, YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY REMAINING FUNDS. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to access court facilities or participate in a court proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. To request such an accommodation, please contact Court Administration in advance of the date the service is needed: Court Administration, 101 N. Alabama Ave., Ste. B-206, DeLand, FL 32724. If hearing or voice impaired, please call 711. Dated this 15th day of September, 2026. SPENCER FANE, LLP /s/ Victoria M. McLaughlin Victoria M. McLaughlin Florida Bar No: 1008106 201 N. Franklin Street, Suite 2150 Tampa, FL 33602 Telephone: (813) 424-3501 Facsimile: (813) 405-8904 vmclaughlin@spencerfane.com mkunkel@spencerfane.com Counsel for Plaintiff Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00717I

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NOTICE OF ACTION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION CASE NO. 2026 11968 CIDL LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. BEVERLY CURRY, et al., Defendant. To: CASEY CURRY FELIPE A/K/A CASEY DELL CURRY 1730 E PKWY, DELAND, FL 32724 LAST KNOWN ADDRESS STATED, CURRENT RESIDENCE UNKNOWN YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose Mortgage covering the following real and personal property described as follows, to-wit: LOTS 31, 32 AND 33, BLOCK 28, DAYTONA PARK ESTATES SECTION NO. B, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 23, PAGE 74, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA. has been filed against you and you are required to file a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Betzy Falgas, Esq, McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP, 225 East Robinson Street, Suite 155, Orlando, FL 32801 and file the original with the Clerk of the above- styled Court on or before October 14, 2026 or 30 days from the first publication, otherwise a Judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court on the 14 day of September, 2026. LAURA E. ROTH, ESQ. CLERK OF COURT OF VOLUSIA COUNTY As Clerk of the Court (SEAL) BY: /s/ Jennifer Vazquez Deputy Clerk MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLP 225 East Robinson Street, Suite 155, Orlando, FL 32801 Phone: (407) 674-1850 Fax: (321) 248-0420 Email: AccountsPayable@mccalla.com 26-21019FL Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00715I

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2026 12293 PRDL Division 10 IN RE: ESTATE OF SHIRLEY A. WEIBEL Deceased. The administration of the estate of Shirley A. Weibel, deceased, whose date of death was March 13, 2026, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 10 North Alabama Avenue, DeLand, Florida 32721. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. The personal representative has no duty to discover whether any property held at the time of the decedent’s death by the decedent or the decedent’s surviving spouse is property to which the Florida Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act as described in ss. 732.216732.228, Florida Statutes, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under s. 732.2211, Florida Statutes. The written demand must be filed with the clerk. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is September 24, 2026. Personal Representative: Leonard Atkinson 365 Mather Street, Unit 189 Hamden, CT 06514 Attorney for Personal Representative: /s/ Wendy A. Mara Wendy A. Mara, Esq. Attorney Florida Bar Number: 69872 555 West Granada Blvd., Ste.D-10 Ormond Beach, Florida 32174 Telephone: (386) 672-8081 Fax: (386) 265-5995 E-Mail: wamara@maralawpa.com Secondary E-Mail: pmflynt@maralawpa.com Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00723I

SECOND INSERTION voice impaired, call 711. THESE ARE NOT COURT INFORMATION NUMBERS SOLICITUD DE ADAPTACIONES PARA PERSONAS CON DISCAPACIDADES Si usted es una persona con discapacidad que necesita una adaptación para poder participar en este procedimiento, usted tiene el derecho a que se le proporcione cierta asistencia, sinincurrir en gastos. Comuníquese con la Oficina de Administración Judicial (Court Administración), 101 N. Alabama Ave., Ste. D-305, DeLand, FL 32724, (386) 257-6096, con no menos de 7 días de antelación de su cita de comparecencia ante el juez, o de inmediato al recibir esta notificación si la cita de comparecencia está dentro de un plazo menos de 7 días; si usted tiene una discapacidad del habla o del oído, llame al 711. ESTOS NUMEROS TELEFONICOS NO SON PARA OBTENER INFORMACION JUDICIAL Dated this 22nd day of September, 2026. BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC Attorney for Plaintiff 4919 Memorial Hwy, Suite 135 Tampa, FL 33634 Phone: (954) 618-6955 Fax: (954) 618-6954 FLCourtDocs@brockandscott.com By /s/ Justin J. Kelley, Esq. Justin J. Kelley, Esq. Florida Bar No. 32106 File # 20-F01331 Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00741I

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2026 12470 PRDL Division 10 IN RE: ESTATE OF BEVERLY ANNE APPLEBY Deceased. The administration of the estate of Beverly Anne Appleby, deceased, whose date of death was June 18th, 2026, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is P.O. Box 6043, DeLand, FL 32721. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. The personal representative or curator has no duty to discover whether any property held at the time of the decedent’s death by the decedent or the decedent’s surviving spouse is property to which the Florida Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act as described in ss. 732.216-732.228, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under s. 732.2211, Florida Statutes. The written demand must be filed with the clerk. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is September 24, 2026. Personal Representative: James Michael Zivitski c/o Legacy Law Associates, P.L. 313 S. Palmetto Ave. Daytona Beach, FL 32114 Attorney for Personal Representative: Robert M. Holland Attorney Florida Bar Number: 938998 Legacy Law Associates, P.L. 313 S. Palmetto Ave. Daytona Beach, FL 32114 Telephone: (386) 252-2531 Fax: (386) 868-5371 E-Mail: holland@legacylaw313.com Secondary E-Mail: linda@legacylaw313.com Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00721I

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, IN AND FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 2026 11823 PRDL IN RE: The Estate of: TED EDWARD SULLIVAN Deceased The administration of the estate of Ted Edward Sullivan, deceased, whose date of death was February 8, 2026, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 101 N Alabama Avenue, DeLand, FL 32724. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served, must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is: September 24, 2026 Personal Representative: Carol Sullivan 3060 Tohopekaliga Drive St. Cloud, FL 34772 Attorney for Personal Representative Justin G. Cerrato, Esquire Florida Bar No.: 104938 4309 Pablo Oaks Court, 2nd Floor Jacksonville, FL 32224 Telephone: (904)239-3646 jcerrato@blueoceantitle.com Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00739I

SECOND INSERTION NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2026 12482 PRDL Division 10 IN RE: ESTATE OF DONALD JOSEPH WHITE, JR. Deceased. The administration of the estate of Donald Joseph White, Jr., deceased, whose date of death was May 7, 2026, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 101 North Alabama Avenue, DeLand, FL 32724. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. The personal representative has no duty to discover whether any property held at the time of the decedent’s death by the decedent or the decedent’s surviving spouse is property to which the Florida Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act as described in ss. 732.216732.228, Florida Statutes, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under s. 732.2211, Florida Statutes. The written demand must be filed with the clerk. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is September 24, 2026. Personal Representative: Linda White 3166 Connemara Drive Ormond Beach, Florida 32174 Attorney for Personal Representative: Diane A. Vidal Attorney Florida Bar Number: 1008324 CHIUMENTO LAW 145 City Place, Suite 301 Palm Coast, FL 32164 Telephone: (386) 445-8900 Fax: (386) 445-6702 E-Mail: DVidal@legalteamforlife.com Secondary E-Mail: Proserv@legalteamforlife.com Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00719I

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SECOND INSERTION NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2026 12755 PRDL Division 10 IN RE: ESTATE OF DONALD WILLIAM STEADMAN, aka DONALD W. STEADMAN and DON STEADMAN Deceased. The administration of the estate of Donald William Steadman, also known as Donald W. Steadman, and Don Steadman, deceased, whose date of death was September 12, 2025, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Post Office Box 6043, DeLand, FL 32721. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. The personal representative has no duty to discover whether any property held at the time of the decedent’s death by the decedent or the decedent’s surviving spouse is property to which the Florida Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act as described in ss. 732.216732.228, Florida Statutes, applies, or may apply, unless a written demand is made by a creditor as specified under s. 732.2211, Florida Statutes. The written demand must be filed with the clerk. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is September 24, 2026. Personal Representative: Jason William Steadman c/o Legacy Law Associates, P.L. 313 S. Palmetto Ave. Daytona Beach, FL 32114 Attorney for Personal Representative: W. Denis Shelley Attorney Florida Bar Number: 273872 Legacy Law Associates, P.L. 313 S. Palmetto Ave. Daytona Beach, FL 32114 Telephone: (386) 252-2531 Fax: (386) 868-5371 E-Mail: shelley@legacylaw313.com Secondary E-Mail: paralegal@legacylaw313.com Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 2026 26-00727I

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