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GOLF STAR PAGE 12 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2021

VOLUME 10, NO. 8

Sounding alarms on Avalon Park Ormond Beach is keeping an eye on development of Avalon Park Daytona PAGE 4

City to support Bethune statue

Waltz well that ends well The Ormond Beach Historical Society raised $15,000 at its third-annual Oktoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 16 at the AndersonPrice Memorial building. Page 9

Connection with the local legend has historical precedent PAGE 2 INSIDE

BIRD TALK

Should Florida swap out its current state bird — the mockingbird — for the osprey? PAGE 3

SEEING GREEN

The Bavarians perform a wide variety of music during the Oktoberfest. That green stuff on the water at Sanchez Park isn’t algae — it’s duckweed PAGE 5

TWO MAPS?

Volusia County Council, School Board, aim to compromise on new district maps PAGE 7

INDEX

Calendar.............. PAGE 10 Cops Corner.......... PAGE 8 Letters................... PAGE 6 Real Estate...........PAGE 14 Your Town.............. PAGE 6

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Volusia to explore naming rights and sponsorships County Councilman Danny Robins said the county has diverse assets they could use in the program, from beach ramps and ball fields to libraries and trails.

JARLEENE ALMENAS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The Volusia County Council directed staff to move forward in hiring a consultant to examine naming rights and possible sponsorships to help bring in additional revenue to the county. The council unanimously agreed to a motion to allow staff to put out a request for proposals for a marketing contract of up to five years for a firm to help them secure state and national sponsorships. This discussion was a result of a proposal first brought

up by County Council Chair Jeff Brower in April, but at the time, the council voted to delay the conversation until after the budget season wrapped up. Seeking sponsorships or naming rights isn’t an unprecedented move for the county. According to a presentation by Jeaniene Jennings, director of business services for the county, Volusia entered into a five-year “Suncare Sponsorship Program” with beach apparel company Panama Jack in 1999. The company provided the county with beach umbrellas, sunscreen, tideboards and uni-

County Councilwoman Barb Girtman is wary of large, sponsored, spring break events.

forms, all containing their company’s logo. Then in 2007, Volusia entered SEE VOLUSIA PAGE 4

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CITY WATC H

City will give $20,000 for Bethune statue

JARLEENE ALMENAS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

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permits issued within the city last week, valued at $20.3 million. Ten new business tax receipts were also issued.

Biketoberfest-related admissions counted at Halifax Health this past weekend. Of these, 15 were admitted as trauma patients. In 2020, the hospital reported 15 admissions, with 12 trauma patients.

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budgeted for hydrofluosilicic acid, a chemical used to fluoridate city water. Commissioners voted 3-2 to approve the contract. Commissioners Troy Kent and Rob Littleton voted against. Email Jarleene Almenas at jarleene@ ormondbeachobserver. com.

The city of Ormond Beach pledged $20,000 for the creation of the base for the bronze statue of Mary McLeod Bethune, to be placed at Bethune Plaza in the Daytona Beach Riverfront Esplanade Park on Feb. 22, 2022. Its 11-foot marble counterpart is currently on display at the News-Journal Center, where locals may view it through Dec. 12 before it is sent to the U.S. Capitol Statuary Hall State Collection. Bethune will be the first Black American to have her statue in the collection, and the 10th woman. “It’s unprecedented and historical that we’re living through this moment in time where for the next 100-plus years the statue in the U.S. Capitol that represents the state of Florida, one of the two, will be a hometown resident and trailblazer of civil rights and social justice,” said Nancy Lohman, president of the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Statuary Fund, at the City Commission meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 19. The statuary fund is seeking a total of $52,000, with $25,000 already committed by the city of Daytona Beach.

Lohman asked the city commissioners to consider donating toward the placement of the bronze statue, which was also created by Nilda Comas, a Puerto Rican artist who is also the first Hispanic sculptor chosen for the Statuary Hall State Collection. All donors of over $1,000 will have their names engraved on its base. “I can’t think of a better way for the city of Ormond Beach to show how we care about Mary McLeod Bethune and what she generated for our community and Volusia County,” Commissioner Susan Persis said. The commission voted 4-1 to support the effort with a $20,000 donation. City Commissioner Troy Kent voted against. Kent pledged to make a personal donation to the fund, but said he couldn’t support giving taxpayers dollars to a nonprofit. “It’s not me writing a check for $20,000,” Kent said. “It’s easy to do that, I think, when it’s not coming out of my personal account.” Kent later criticized Commissioner Dwight Selby for voting in favor of the

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donation when he voted against the tax rate because he believed the city should have adopted the rollback rate. Selby said he felt there was plenty of funds in reserve for both efforts. Mayor Bill Partington told Kent he made a good point, but argued that John D. Rockefeller, one of Ormond’s most famous residents in history, was a huge supporter of Bethune. “Ormond Beach has a history of supporting this,” Partington said.

“This is going to totally change what it means to live in Ormond Beach.” DWIGHT SELBY, Ormond Beach City Commissioner on Avalon Park. See Page 4

Police, fire ask for higher wages, pension plans About 15 police officers and department civilian employees attended the City Commission meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 19, to show solidarity as Ormond Beach Police Officer Robert Pearson, who represented their call for higher starting pay and better pension plans to improve recruitment and retention. Pearson said OBPD currently has 11 vacant positions out of its 71 allotted, and that the department is down 22% in sworn personnel. Agencies like New Smyrna Beach Police and Daytona Beach Police already offer a higher starting salary, something neighboring Holly Hill Police Department is about to accomplish. “A compounding problem is that our pension plan is, by far, the least desirable in the area,” Pearson said. OBPD is not the only public safety agency that has come before the commission lately. On Sept. 22, David Randall, vice-president of the Ormond Beach Professional Firefighters, asked the commission to consider its pension plan for firefighters in comparison to neighboring agencies. Randall said retirement benefits for all future members were reduced in 2014, something many other agencies also did, but have since reversed. Ormond hasn’t. The starting hourly pay for firefighters is just $13. Randall asked for “enticing” benefits to retain and recruit firefighters.

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RAPTOR vs. songbird

Osprey

Florida legislators propose replacing the mockingbird with the osprey as the state bird JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

WHAT ARE FLORIDA’S OTHER STATE CRITTERS? State animal: Florida panther State reptile: American alligator State butterfly: Zebra longwing State marine mammal: Manatee State saltwater mammal: Porpoise or dolphin State saltwater fish: Sailfish State freshwater fish: Largemouth bass State flower: Orange blossom State wildflower: Coreopsis State tree: Sabal palm State shell: Horse conch

he mockingbird — Mimus polyglottos, meaning the mimic of many languages — has been Florida’s state bird since 1927. But the mockingbird is also the state bird of Texas, Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. Is it really the right bird for Florida? A proposal to remove the mockingbird as the state bird was offered by Sen. Jeff Brandes, a Republican from St. Petersburg, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is reopening the debate on who should be the state’s avian representative, offering a new alternative: the osprey, Pandion haliaetus, also known as the fish hawk. But given a choice between the mockingbird and the osprey, the choice for some local birders is clear: Neither. Flagler Audubon President Jason Giraulo said his chapter members tend to favor making the Florida scrub-jay — the only bird that lives exclusively in Florida — Florida’s state bird. It’s an idea also favored by two legislators, Sen. Tina Polsky (D- Boca Raton) and Rep. Sam Killebrew (R-Winter Haven). “Both times over the past two decades, the scrub-jay has been suggested, and for some reason or another, was always shot down,” Giraulo said. He suspects developers, in particular, may not be enthusiastic about making the state bird a species that’s been decimated by development. When Giraulo started birding in Flagler eight years ago, he said, birders knew of three scrub-jays remaining in Flagler; now, as far as

FLORIDA SCRUB-JAY Wingspan: About 17 inches Habitat: Coastal scrub and oak scrub Diet: Insects, seeds, acorns, berries and small reptiles and mammals Feeding habits: Hops along the ground looking for food Family life: Form lifelong pairs. Young stay with parents, and assist with

their parents’ new broods, until they can find their own territory. Lay clutches of one to six eggs. Range: Endemic to Florida — found nowhere else Cool fact: One member of the family unit will become the family group’s designated lookout. Scub-jays bury accorns in the fall, then retrieve and eat them later.

they know, there are none. Using the scrub-jay as the state bird would have the benefit of making Florida’s state bird unique, Giraulo noted. But when the switch to the scrub-jay had been proposed in the ‘90s, the mockingbird had also earned an enthusiastic supporter in the person of Marion Hammer, a lobbyist for the National Rifle Association. Hammer’s backing of the mockingbird helped kill the campaign for the scrub-jay, said Halifax River Audubon President and Conservation Chair David Hartgrove. But the osprey, like the mockingbird, is found nationwide; other species of osprey are found on all continents except Antarctica. And, Giraulo said, ospreys don’t really scream “Florida” — not nearly as much as, say, the state pie (key lime) or the state flower (the orange blossom). For that purpose, something like the flamingo might be a better pick, he said. Hartgrove agreed. “Personally, I would prefer to see a bird that’s suffered population declines and is an iconic, easily identified species, like the roseate spoonbill, become our state bird,” Hartgrove said. “However, I have my doubts that anything serious will be done to change the status quo.” When the FWC put the question of the state bird before 77,000 elementary- and middle-schoolers in 2008, there had been a clear winner — the osprey — so that’s the species the commission has proposed as an alternative this year. “The osprey is a good, non controversial choice for Florida’s state bird,” Hartgrove said. “Ever since the banning of DDT in 1972, the populations of all of the birds at the top of the aquatic food chain (ospreys, bald eagles, brown pelicans, etc.) have seen resurgent population increases. So there are plenty of ospreys for people to see, not only along our coasts, but inland as well.” Giraulo also noted the osprey’s status as a conservation success story. “No matter what the state bird is, the most important thing — whether it’s protecting whatever little scrub-jay habitat exists, or celebrating the survival of the

Mockingbird

THE COMPETITORS HABITAT: Mockingbird: Open areas like fields and parks, edges of forests, suburbs Osprey: Coastal areas, rivers and lakes, swamps DIET: Mockingbird: Insects, berries, seeds, fruit Osprey: Overwhelmingly fish, but occasionally invertebrates or small reptiles, mammals or birds FEEDING HABITS: Mockingbird: Forages on open ground; scans fields from elevated perches nearby Osprey: Dives feet-first into water, grasps prey with talons. On average, catch fish at least once every four dives FAMILY LIFE: Mockingbird: May pair for life, or have multiple pairings over lifespan. Females generally lay three to six eggs and fiercely defend their nests. Osprey: Form lifeling breeding pairs. Females generally lay three eggs, but can have from one to four. Both parents incubate eggs; male does most of the hunting for the young. WINGSPAN: Mockingbird: 15 inches Osprey: 6 feet

osprey — is that it’s important for people to connect with what nature we have here,” Giraulo said. “Because it could be gone in an instant.” Email Jonathan Simmons at jonathan@palmcoastobserver. com.

RANGE: Mockingbird: Most of the U.S., Mexico, parts of southern Canada Osprey: Subspecies on all continents except Antarctica. Found across North America; ospreys in colder climates migrate south in winter, while many Florida ospreys are year-round residents. COOL FACT: Mockingbird: Unmatched males sing all day and night during breeding season. Mockingbirds have around 200 songs and can mimic dogs, sirens and farm animals as well as other birds. Osprey: The only North American bird with a diet consisting overwhelmingly of fish, and the only bird with a reversible outer toe, which lets it grasp fish with two toes in front and two toes behind. Barbs on the pads of the osprey’s feet also help keep prey fish secure during flight. Data from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the National Wildlife Federation, the National Audubon Society, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, VisitLakeFlorida and Everglades National Park.

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Ormond officials remain worried about Avalon Park Volusia to explore naming rights and sponsorships The development’s plans have slowed to 3,250 homes by 2030.

JARLEENE ALMENAS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Though Avalon Park Daytona has yet to break ground, the city of Ormond Beach is bracing itself for the impacts of the massive development, which could build up to 10,000 homes by 2045, by working on its relationship with the city of Daytona Beach as well as planning for infrastructure needs. “We know, no matter what the pace of Avalon Park’s buildout is, it will have a critical effect on our Ormond Beach community,” said Joyce Shanahan, Ormond Beach city manager during a City Commission workshop on western development transportation issues, held on Tuesday, Oct. 19. Avalon Park has scaled back its development order, and the developer plans to build a total of 3,250 homes, along with 200,000 square feet of commercial development, by 2030. This will be split into two phases — phase 1A and 1B — focused on the land formerly owned by Minto Communities. UPDATES FROM DAYTONA

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The city has also worked with Volusia County on a recently completed transportation impact methodology, explained Shanahan. Particularly, the city weighed in on how internal capture rates are calculated, and as a result, Volusia County reduced Avalon

Park’s initial estimate claiming 40% internal capture to less than 10%. “I believe this will hold Avalon more accountable to paying their fair share of road impacts in our community,” Shanahan said. The city is also working with the River to Sea Transportation Planning Organization and the Florida Department of Transportation to address infrastructure impacts. Matt Wiesenfeld, of HDR, the engineering firm aiding the city in navigating the future impacts of Avalon Park, gave the commissioners at the workshop an overview. Currently, phases 1A and and 1B do not include a Tymber Creek Road extension, but do rely on Hand Avenue as a prominent corridor to run through the property. The plans propose connections to Breakaway Trail and LPGA Boulevard, and traffic is estimated to be split about evenly between the two roads. HDR estimates that, after the completion of phases 1A and 1B, the development’s daily trip generation will be 34,644 trips, with about 3,406 of those trips happening at evening peak hours. However, should Avalon Park achieve its complete buildout of 10,000 homes and 1 million square feet of commercial development — which Finley estimated would be twice the size of The Pavilion in Port Orange — the number of daily trips generated would increase by over 260% to total 127,382, with 11,884 trips generated during evening peak hours. The key to mitigating the effects

of Avalon Park is negotiation, said Maryam Ghyabi, CEO of Ghyabi Consulting and Management. Avalon Park Daytona is planned to be double the size of Avalon Park Orlando, she said. “This project is all about making a deal because there’s no rules that govern it,” Ghyabi said. “... It has a lot of pieces to it, and we have to make sure that we don’t miss anything.” THE LAND’S HISTORY

The Ormond Beach City Commissioners all expressed alarm at the size of the development, and said more residents should be aware of what will be built on the other side of its western city limit. It’s a position the city was placed in due to decisions made by past commissioners, Commissioner Dwight Selby said. “This is going to totally change what it means to live in Ormond Beach,” Selby said. In the early 2000s, the land was owned by Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co., whose owners wanted the city to relax its wetland standards to develop the 3,000 acreland. The commission refused, and the owners turned to neighboring Daytona Beach. After a dispute in court, the land was eventually annexed into Daytona. “That’s what happens when you don’t negotiate and you can’t reach a reasonable deal,” Mayor Bill Partington said. “You end up with something that was far worse than anything we could have ever imagined.”

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into a pouring rights agreement with Coca-Cola, where $878,000 was paid to the county over a fiveyear period, according to the presentation. The county also received $517,500 in advertising and products. County Councilwoman Barb Girtman said she supported the idea of hiring a consultant to handle the new program. In the past, the county hosted large beach events for spring break, and related sponsorships made sense then, Girtman she said, but now the county has to think about its branding when looking at sponsorships and naming rights. “That’s not who we are anymore, and probably not who we want to be,” Girtman said. “I think we’ve also got to consider who we want to be when we grow up and who we’re willing to tag ourselves with considering what we want to attract and what we want to be.” County Councilman Danny Robins said the county has diverse assets they could use in the program, from beach ramps and ball fields to libraries and trails. But, he was interested to see if the county could include local companies in the effort as well. “I think we’re on the right track,” he said. “We just have to see if the shoe fits.”

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Shanahan informed the commissioners that she has had regular correspondence with new Daytona Beach City Manager Deric Feacher, and both of them agree

that their staffs should update each other on the development’s progress. Due to a 2006 comprehensive settlement agreement with Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach will be the water and sewer provider for the residents of Avalon Park. Utilities will be sold to Daytona Beach at a wholesale price, and Daytona will resell the utilities forward to Avalon Park at a retail price. The Avalon Park Group development was previously scheduled to break ground earlier this year, but now that has been pushed back to sometime in 2022. Additionally, in November, Ormond Beach will start a series of citizen workshops, modeled after the OB Life workshops in 2018. The meetings held with Daytona Beach staff are a step forward, said Shawn Finley, Ormond Beach Public Works director. “We are going to get a lot further by working together than having an adversarial relationship,” Finley said. “And so I think the start of these meetings, the start of this relationship, is going to be something that is going to be necessary for the next decade and the next decade after that.”

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People who head to Sanchez Park for a nice day on the water might notice something unsightly on the surface: a globulous pea-soupgreen film. But the film, on closer inspection, isn’t a true film, and it’s not algae — instead, it’s duckweed, a tiny, free-floating flowering aquatic plant that can grow in thick aggregations that, at a distance, can be mistaken for potentially dangerous cyanobacteria. But duckweed doesn’t pose a hazard to people. The city of Ormond Beach passed along a citizen’s photos of the duckweed to the FWC, but FWC staff said the FWC doesn’t perform aquatic plant control in that area, and, at any rate, duckweed isn’t harmful, so the FWC generally lets it run its course. “The FWC does not typically manage duckweed, as it is not considered invasive,” FWC spokeswoman Carli Segelson said. “This plant does not impede navigation and typically does not negatively impact fish and wildlife.” The roots don’t hang down far enough to snarl boat propellers. Duckweed prefers freshwater to brackish, but the salinity

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levels of our organization,” said Melissa Burt DeVriese, president of Security First Insurance. “I’m so excited to see a team member recognized for her achievements. Belkys is a team player at work and active in her field of training and development and the greater community as a member of the Volusia-Flagler Counties United Way Board of Directors.” Security First is also hiring. For more information on available positions, visit SecurityFirstFlorida. com/Careers. Photo courtesy of OBPD’s Facebook

The team at Lowe’s gave the Ormond Beach Police Department a makeover for their grilling area.

OBPD GETS NEW GRILLING AREA First Responder Appreciation Day is Oct. 28, and the Ormond Beach Police Department recently received a makeover of its grilling area, courtesy of the Lowe’s store in Ormond Beach. According to OBPD’s Facebook page, Lowe’s provided the station with a new grill, tables, an outdoor sink and ceiling fan. “It’s partnerships like this that make the whole community better,” OBPD wrote on Facebook. “Thank you Lowe’s of Ormond Beach.”

LIBBY HAS GALLERY NAMED AFTER HIM

Gary Libby

A former executive director of the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach is having the University of Florida University Gallery named after him, a tribute to his longtime patronage. Gary Libby, a UF alumnus, has been a donor to the UF School of Art and Art History for over 20 years, according to a press release. Libby has made significant contributions across a variety of programs — including art history, museum studies, graphic design

and art education — and come December, the gallery, which is the largest of three exhibition spaces in UF’s galleries system, will be formally recognized as the “Gary R. Libby University Gallery.” “The University Gallery is a historical landmark on the University of Florida campus,” said Onye Ozuzu, dean of the College of the Arts. “This exhibition venue fosters innovation, creativity, and criticality while inviting conversations and facilitating an exchange of ideas. Gary’s philanthropy helps achieve the missions of the gallery and the School of Art and Art History. His years of dedication have helped propel students to seize opportunities as scholars and artists in the 21st century. Libby became the executive director of MOAS in 1977, and served in that position for over 25 years. He is the museum’s first director emeritus, the press release states. Under his leadership, MOAS became accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and a Smithsonian Affiliate. MOAS also grew from 7,000 square feet to span 120,000 square feet. Libby retired in 2005, but remains an active curator and art historian. He writers for several online and print journals, and continues to teach at Florida colleges and universities. “It is an honor beyond description to now have my name added to this critically important resource for the entire university and as an example of excellence for the state of Florida and the nation,” Libby said.

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Security First Insurance Director of Diversity Initiatives Belkys Stallings was recognized on Oct. 6 as the 2021 Private-Sector Woman of the Year at the seventh-annual Women in Business Banquet, hosted by the Daytona Beach News-Journal. Stallings joined Security First as its Learning and Development manager in 2018 when she launched Security First Academy, which provides training to new and existing employees, according to a press release. Under her leadership, the Learning and Development team developed multiple training programs that have prepared about 120 trainees to transition into different roles, such as claims examiners, sales, and CARE representative. She was appointed to her position earlier this year to align with the company’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and to ensure the company reflects its communities, as well as the values of its employees. “As one of a few females leading a homeowners insurance company, I’ve been focused on diversity and inclusion at all

GENEROUS GIFT FOR LOCAL FOUNDATION The Root family recently confirmed its multiyear gift of $500,000 to the Community Foundation of Volusia and Flagler Counties. The gift is going toward the foundation’s Every Dollar Gets Empowered fund, which is designed to provide general operating support to the United Way of Volusia and Flagler Counties, its parent organization. The endowment’s annual earnings offset United Way’s operational costs. “The EDGE Fund provides the United Way important increased capacity to serve our community by ensuring the United Way stays healthy and highly effective with sustainable funding during all types of economic cycles,” said Dustin Smurdon, chairman of the United Way Board of Directors. “Particularly, during difficult ones when our services are most needed. General operating support is the lifeblood of any strong nonprofit organization. It permits us to hire and maintain quality staff and innovate for our community’s long-term evolving needs.” Courtney Edgcomb, president of the United Way, added that the EDGE fund also increases the percentage of every campaign donation dollar that goes to helping the community. “We are fortunate to have the support and volunteer service of the Root family and other philanthropists,” Edgcomb said. “ We greatly appreciate donors like the Root family who want to really understand what we do on a day-to-day basis and provide a vote of confidence in our ability to lead through change.”

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Dear Editor: Regarding Loraine Sandblom’s letter claiming abortion is “murder”: Some cultures and religions believe the soul enters the body with the breath. Actually, in the Bible, in Numbers 5:11-31, induced miscarriage (abortion) is green-lighted, in certain situations. Circumstances surrounding pregnancy are unique and highly personal. Pro-choice doesn’t mean pro-abortion. It means you believe decisions regarding pregnancy are best left up to the pregnant woman (and, ideally, her mate). Lastly, “pro-life” should include cradle-to-grave. It’s a shame so many people care more about an unborn child than they do for a child after it’s born. Maybe that’s why our country is suffering.

Dear Editor: When I drive past local churches and they have their crosses out with their antiabortion signs up, it is offensive to me. When I see pro-life people barking at women outside Planned Parenthood, it infuriates me. Pregnancy is a personal choice. Abortion has been legal since I was an innocent kid. I cannot believe we have to fight for the right to keep it legal at this stage of my life, and it is very scary with Texas, Florida, other states following suit, getting in front of the current conservative Supreme Court. Backstreet/ alley abortions were a thing of the past; if they reverse Roe v. Wade, more women will die. But they don’t care. It’s not rich, white women who will suffer the consequences, so it doesn’t matter to the old, white men who are making these decisions.

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If they only cared about the child after it was born, that would be a different story. Out of 40 million births a year in the U.S., 1.6 million are the result of “unintended” pregnancies and have been linked to poor child health outcomes as they are less likely to have received early prenatal care, breastfeed the infant, and are more likely to have infants with poorer health at birth. Thirty-eight states require parental involvement in a minor’s decision to have an abortion. Forty-three states prohibit abortions after a specified point in pregnancy (with some exceptions — generally when necessary to protect the patient’s life or health). Twentyfive states require a person to wait a specified time, usually 24 hours, between when they receive counseling and the procedure is performed. Twelve of these states have laws that require the patient to specifically

make two separate trips to the clinic to obtain the procedure. Forty-five states allow individual health care providers to refuse to participate in an abortion and 16 states use their own funds to pay for (most or all) medically necessary abortions for Medicaid enrollees. Thirty-three states and Washington, D.C., prohibit the use of state funds except in those cases when federal funds are available: where the patient’s life is in danger or the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. As you can see, you can’t just “go out and get an abortion” and it isn’t an easy choice — for anyone involved and people just need to mind their own business. Aborting a cluster of cells does not make you a murderer!

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The Volusia County Council and Volusia County School Board are hoping to reach a compromise in its redistricting process by adopting a new map that will combine elements of both boards’ top choices for new district lines. The boards held a joint meeting on Monday, Oct. 18, to discuss all 13 proposed maps. Both the County Council and the School Board must adopt maps by the end of the year, quicker than usual. Typically, Census data — needed to redraw the maps every 10 years — is released in March, but this year, it was released in September, giving the boards less than three months to complete the redistricting process. Volusia County Supervisor of Elections Lisa Lewis asked the boards to adopt the same maps, a plea she said she’s been presenting for the past two years. Some of the criteria for the maps include the preservation of municipal boundaries when possible, particularly for smaller cities, and to keep minority populations within the same district to avoid isolating communities. As Volusia County has grown by abou 60,000 people in the last decade, each district will need to adjust its lines, said Lewis. Varying district lines between the School Board and the County Council will result in more precincts and ballot styles, all which increase the cost of elections.

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UNBOOKED 1:01 a.m. — 600 block of South Atlantic Avenue Trespassing. A 54-year-old man from Tennessee was arrested after he obtained keys to a hotel room he had not paid for, claiming that the room was sold to him for $105 by a hotel employee. According to the police report, the man informed officers upon their arrival that there had been a “misunderstanding.” He said that a third-party hotel booking website instructed him and his girlfriend to come to the hotel to find a room. He said a maintenance worker sold him an envelope with two room keys and a parking pass. No documents showed the man ever had a reservation. The only message either had from the booking website was a text from a representative saying their call been dropped, and that if they wanted to stop receiving their texts, to reply with “Stop.” The man did. After an investigation, police determined the man grabbed the envelope from a box near the front desk, and that his girlfriend was not aware of his actions. At the time of the couple’s arrival to the hotel, all maintenance workers had long since left. The man was taken to jail.

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The old country Oktoberfest revelers roll out barrels of fun in Ormond Beach

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estivity seekers walked toward the warmly lit entryway of the Anderson-Price Memorial building as the feint sound of polka music drifted toward the courtyard, marking Oktoberfest’s return to Ormond Beach on

Kim Gruber and Allison Popham enjoy a dance to the polka music.

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Saturday, Oct. 16. The Bavarians, an Orlandobased polka band, played a variety of music to an at-capacity crowd who sat at rows of tables reminiscent of the original German festival. Traditional blue and white decorations hung from the ceiling as dancers wearing lederhosen and dirndls gathered intermittently to polka, line dance and form a conga line midway through the celebration. While visiting a cousin in Germany five years ago, Oktoberfest attendee Marty Price bought his lederhosen directly from the source. “I had written a book in English and German, so we went to visit my partner’s cousin in Munich,” he said. “I was going to buy my lederhosen directly from the Hofbräuhaus, but his daughter was working at a souvenir shop and I got it at a discount. I’m wearing discounted lederhosen.” To Better Days Wine Bar and Bistro owner Carlos Soldevilla catered the event and served the hungry revelers traditional German fare starters of pretzel bites with beer cheese dip, smoked fish dip, cucumber salad and braised red cabbage. Entrees included

First place costume contest winner Mary Carole Ducharme poses in her dirndl. Mary Smith and Harold Briley dance during the Oktoberfest event.

bratkartoffeln, chicken schnitzel, bratwurst and spaetzle all served with their own unique gravy. The bistro will also have a food truck up and running by the end of the month. In 1810, Oktoberfest was the brainchild of Andreas Michael Dall’Armi, a Bavarian national guardsman who offered a unique idea to celebrate the crown prince Ludwig I of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen’s wedding, according to Oktoberfest.de, the official German website for the festival. This is the first in-person event held by the Ormond Beach Historical Society as the community maneuvers the ongoing effects of the pandemic. Fundraising and special events committee co-

The Anderson-Price Memorial building was a welcoming location for the third annual Ormond Beach Historical Society’s Oktoberfest.

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chairs Joy Brown and Mia James, were pleased with the outcome of the fundraiser, which grossed just over $15,000. The funds will help the society focus on renovations of the MacDonald House as it is transformed into the Ormond Beach Museum of History.

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Peabody Auditorium Foundation brings stage performance to OBE This performance of ‘Florida Treasures,’ about state history, was part of PAF’s Youth+Art=Success! outreach program. RENE BELL ADAMS PRESIDENT OF THE PEABODY AUDITORIUM FOUNDATION

The Peabody Auditorium Foundation, in partnership with Volusia County Schools, brought a show by the Atlantic Coast Theatre for Youth to Ormond Beach Elementary’s historic stage on October 8. “Florida Treasures” educated and second through fifth grade students, as well as teachers and board members from the Peabody Auditorium Foundation, about our state’s storied history. In the second week of touring over 18 Volusia County elementary and middle schools, the live performance component of the PAF’s Youth+Art=Success! outreach program is in full swing. Performances across the schools include the Ponce de Leon-centric “Florida Treasures” and “The Time Machine,” an adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic — each performed by ACT. In addition, the students are treated to “The Fairy Tales of Grimm,” a classical 19th Century theatrical melodrama, and the classic Brothers Grimm story “The Elves and the Shoemaker.” “The new In-School Tour-

ing and Scholarship program is the culmination of months of research and discussion amongst our board, theatrical companies, and our esteemed local educators, led by retired and revered Volusia County Schools Principal and PAF Board Member, Dr. Maryann Bull,” PAF Board President Rene Bell Adams said. “Dr. Bull and our Executive Director, Kathy Berman, led the charge on this initiative and were essential to this amazing pivot we were able to make in the wake of the pandemic when we were unable to host fundraising events, much less invite students to participate.” The PAF’s program is for students of all ages, and the components of that and the scholarship opportunities break down as follows:  Elementary and Middle Schools: Beginning in fall 2021, PAF will offer free inschool cultural programs at 14 VCS elementary schools and 4 VCS middle schools.  High Schools: Beginning in 2022, PAF will underwrite the cost of providing selected VCS high school students with a live cultural experience. Four high schools will be selected annually and provided with complimentary tickets to attend a professional theatrical performance at the historic Peabody Auditorium. Ten merit-based college scholarships will be awarded annually to high school seniors who plan to pursue a cultural education in an arts field.

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QUEEN OF THE GREEN

Loa Johannsson with her final putt at the Riviera Country Club.

Mainland High’s Loa Johannsson is an overachiever who strives for under par

Loa Johannsson wins the Five Star Conference with a 5-under, 67 at the Sugar Mill Country Club.

oa Johannsson was a world traveler by the time she was 7 years old. Born in Massachusetts to a French mother and Icelandic father, the family set off for Spain when she was 4. There she attended a traditional Spanish school where no one spoke English. The quartet, including younger brother Orian, then made stops in Dubai, France and Iceland before returning to the United States where she started elementary school. “Probably my favorite place to visit is St. Maarten,” she said. “My mother’s parents live on a boat in the Caribbean, so when we go, we stay on the catamaran.” Johannsson’s family bought a house in ChampionsGate, near Disney World, when she was in second grade. For her ninth birthday, her mom took advantage of living in Florida with all its golf courses and gave her golf lessons at the Annika Academy in Reunion. “Honestly, I did not like it when I started,” Johannsson said. “My mom put me in a lot of competitions and tournaments. I feel like that’s when I started to love the game — the competitive side of it.” To her dad’s dismay, when she was 10 she dropped all other sports to focus on golf. Johannsson had been playing on his soccer team but felt there was an abundance of opportunities in golf where she was already devoting considerably more time than to soccer or tennis. She began her high school golfing career at Poinciana with coach Dion Byrum who did not have any female players. Johannsson became the school’s one-girl team and competed individually. In 2020, she broke the Osceola County High School record by shooting a 6-under-par 30 at Celebration Golf Club. Her coach asked her to help build the girls’ golf team, but her family had always enjoyed the beach and moved to the Daytona Beach area where Johannsson is zoned for Mainland High School.

“Loa was a little gift dropped into our laps from the golf gods.” GLENNA REDDEN, Mainland coach

Recently, the Mainland girls played in the 18-hole Five Star Conference Tournament at Sugar Mill Golf and Country Club in New Smyrna Beach. Johannsson claims to be better on the back nine and had an opportunity to show off her long game. She won with a 5-under 67. “It’s been frustrating because high school girls play from the red tees, so it’s always very short,” Johannsson’s mother, Aline, said. “You don’t really get to see her competitive advantage.” Johannsson currently has a 4.3 weighted GPA and is dual enrolled at Daytona State College. As soon as she completes her high school credits, she will graduate two years early in spring 2022 at the age of 15. She recently changed her academic interests from global conflicts to explore the possibilities of computer science. For the remainder of the season, Mainland girls golf coach Glenna Redden will enjoy Johannsson’s presence on the team. “Loa was a little gift dropped into our laps from the golf gods,” said Redden as she smiled.

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Seabreeze is in control of its playoff destiny. With the Sandcrabs’ 31-7 victory over Orlando Bishop Moore on Oct. 15 at Daytona Stadium, Seabreeze (4-4) took over first place in District 7-5A with a 2-0 record and two games to play. With wins over Pine Ridge (Oct. 22) and Atlantic (Oct. 29) — two teams with a combined 3-9 record — Seabreeze would clinch the district title and an automatic playoff bid.

playoffs in 27 straight years, will need to beat District 6-6A opponent New Smyrna Beach on Oct. 22 to remain alive in the race. Jonathan Campbell threw touchdown passes of 29 and 70 yards to James Randle in the loss to Jones (5-2 overall, 3-0 in the district). Mainland (3-4, 1-1) entered the game with a sixth-place RPI ranking among the teams in its region. Eight teams — the four district champs and the next four teams according to the their RPI — advance to the playoffs. The Bucs’ killer schedule helps their RPI, but they will need to win two of their final three games, and possibly all three to keep their playoff streak alive. After NSB (5-2), they face South Lake (1-6) and Bolles (6-0). Email brent@palmcoastobserver.com.

October is always a time when physicians advocate breast cancer screenings, but this year that message is even more important because women have missed mammograms and other care as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Dr. Lisa Minton, a surgeon who specializes in breast cancer at AdventHealth Medical Group. “Many patients chose to avoid

screenings in 2020 and 2021,” said Minton on AdventHealth’s Oct. 14 news briefing. She said doctors are expecting an increase in potentially preventable deaths over the next 10 years because of missed early detection. “Early is better and potentially preventative,” she said, noting that goes not just for breast cancer, but other cancers as well. AdventHealth is continuing to enroll more women in clinical

trials and using advanced treatments to provide the best outcomes. Minton noted the personally tailored treatments that have come as a result of testing tumor tissue for genetic markers as well as assessing individual patient risk for breast cancer and other cancers through genetic sequencing. Women in need of screening who are uninsured or underinsured can schedule a mammogram with AdventHealth at a

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ORMOND BEACH Kenneth Lambert and James Gordon, of Ormond Beach, sold 915 Rollins Ave. to James and Tammy Vailiant, of Ormond Beach, for $475,000. Built in 1960, the house is a 4/3 and has a swimming pool and 2,065 square feet. It sold in 2018 for $285,000. Ryan Anderson, of Ormond Beach, sold 778 Knollview Blvd. to Christy Reiter and Matthew McGovern, of Ormond Beach, for $405,000. Built in 1976, the house is a 3/2.5 and has a fireplace, swimming pool and 1,819 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $262,000. Laura Lorence, individually and as trustee, sold 100 Golfview Lane to Alexander Davakis, of Ormond Beach, for $350,000.

Built in 1960, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,326 square feet. It sold in 2010 for $95,200. Shirley Rhodey, individually and as trustee, sold Oak Brook Drive to Lynn Zovluck, as trustee, for $280,000. Built in 1989, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,636 square feet. Kevin and Heather Gross, of Ormond Beach, sold 275 Washington Place to Montgomery Street Homes LLC, of San Francisco, for $212,500. Built in 1996, the house is a 2/1 and has 1,052 square feet. Kevin Zambrana sold 453 S. Atlantic Ave., Unit 4040, to Madison Trust Co., as custodian, for $175,000. Built in 1987, the condotel is a 1/1 and has 417 square feet. Diana Rogers, of Daytona Beach, sold 1895 Myrtle Jo Drive to Armando and Esmid

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Zamora, of Ormond Beach, for $175,000. Built in 1959, the house is a 2/1 and has 984 square feet. Freeda Dawson, of Ormond Beach, sold 65 Seton Trail, Unit 190, to Peter Filipovski, of Ormond Beach, for $165,000. Built in 1971, the condo is a 2/1.5 and has 1,080 square feet. Briargate Joel and Gloria Rios, of Ormond Beach, sold 101 Briargate Look to Michael Hutcheon, of Longmont, Colorado, for $479,000. Built in 2015, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,208 square feet. It sold in 2017 for $315,000. Halifax Plantation Vanacore Construction Inc., of Ormond Beach, sold 3090 Silvermines Ave. to Ben Bare, of Center Harbor, New Hampshire, for $585,020. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,722 square feet.

Robert and Kathryn Somers, of Orange City, sold 4091 Campa Lane to Marguerite and Leslie Rosenberg, of Port St. Lucie, for $440,000. Built in 1995, the house is a 3/2 and has a swimming pool and 2,159 square feet. It sold in 2010 for $197,500. Kings Crossing William and Nancy Thompson, of Ormond Beach, sold 15 Kingsgate Court to Vikki Hicks, of Ormond Beach, trayer Guinness 103 Visits informally 106 Apply 107 Blows it 109 Burn balm 111 ___-Caps 112 Ruled out 116 Whole bunch 117 Adjust to change 119 They say when 120 Astute 121 Hard to pin down 122 Lots and lots 123 "___ Gotta Have It" (201719 Netflix series) 124 Says "When?" 125 Helps with a crime

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for $400,000. Built in 2001, the house is a 3/2 and has a swimming pool and 2,065 square feet. It sold in 2016 for $255,000.

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Reflections Village Lisa Pallante, of Ormond Beach, sold 8 Oak Village Drive to Martha Dillman, of Ormond Beach, for $130,000. Built in 1998, the house is a 2/1 and has 1,470 square feet. The Trails Michael and Alecia Olson sold 236 Pine Cone Trail to Beth Weinbrenner, of DeLand, for $245,000. Built in 1978, the townhouse is a 3/3 and has a fireplace and 1,735 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $156,500.

Alexander Davakis, of Ormond Beach, sold 1425 Ocean Shore Blvd., Unit 304, to Lynn and Jeff Liddicoat, of Jacksonville, for $575,000. Built in 2006, the condo is a 3/3 and has 2,515 square feet. It sold in 2018 for $475,000. Johnny Dutra Jr., of San Diego, California, sold 117 Ocean Grove Drive to Gregory and Christy Reddish, of Ormond Beach, for $465,000. Built in 1963, the house is a 3/2 and has a swimming pool and 1,661 square feet. It sold in 2019 for $325,600.

Villaggio Stephen and Marion Smith sold 67 Apian Way to Harold and Linda Helfer, of Ormond Beach, for $465,000. Built in 2018, the house is a 3/2 and has a swimming pool and 2,111 square feet.

Marilyn Bayne, of Ormond Beach, sold 56 Margaret Road to Michael Cochran and Erica Coran, of Orlando, for $350,000. Built in 1959, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,708 square feet. It sold in 2011 for $79,500.

Woodmere Dylan Ehlers, of Norwalk, Connecticut, sold 1070 N. Beach St. to Lonna Williams, of Ormond Beach, for $281,000. Built in 1970, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,575 square feet.

David Hack, of Orlando, sold 141 Longwood Drive to James and Theresa Twitty, of Ormond Beach, for $275,000. Built in 1960, the house is a 2/1 and has 826 square feet. It sold in 2016 for $155,000.

Ellen Back, of Ormond Beach, sold 1017 Parkwood Drive to Brompton Group LLC, of Oviedo, for $223,000. Built in 1967, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,486 square feet.

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

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