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TURKEY RUN RETURNS PAGE 8
VOLUME 10, NO. 14
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2021
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas The Casements Guild’s 43rd-annual Christmas Gala is set to bring holiday cheer. PAGE 3
A cinema project Planning Board to discuss former movie theater property PAGE 2 INSIDE NURSES NEEDED
Halifax Health staffing shortage mirrors national trend PAGE 5
HOLIDAY BALLET Volusia Civic Ballet to present ‘The Nutcracker’PAGE 10
Filed and ready Heather Post to run for at-large County Council seat; Ormond Beach locals file for candidacy in District 4 race PAGE 4
BRIEFS
DeSantis pitches increase in law enforcement pay Promoting Florida as “greener pastures” for law-enforcement officers, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday, Nov. 29, teased a plan for salary increases and bonuses as part of his upcoming budget proposal. DeSantis said the budget he will propose next week for the 2022 legislative session will include $73 million to increase pay for officers at the Florida Highway Patrol, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Minimum pay for entry-level officers would increase by 20%, while salaries of veteran officers would go up 25%. The proposal will include a second round of $1,000 bonuses for first responders to show appreciation for work during the pandemic.
INDEX
Calendar................ PAGE 9 Cops Corner.......... PAGE 4 Letters................... PAGE 6 Real Estate...........PAGE 14 Your Town.............. PAGE 6
Classic Ormond Photos by Jarleene Almenas
Rita and Brad Krause, of Ormond Beach, ride in their 1927 Ford Model T Touring in the 63rd-annual Gaslight Parade in Ormond Beach on Friday, Nov. 26.
The 63rd-annual Gaslight Parade returned over Thanksgiving weekend. PAGE 11
Brewing for change
SPORTS
Ormond Beach resident operates nonprofit coffee shop JARLEENE ALMENAS ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Corrie Herbruck knew from a young age that she wanted to make an impact. But she didn’t initially think she would do so through coffee. Herbruck, of Ormond Beach, opened Beautiful Gate Cafe at 142 N. Nova Road four months ago, with the aim to create a nonprofit coffee shop to support both local and global humanitarian efforts. She hopes her cafe serves as a welcoming space for people from all walks of life — a place of refuge where people may find fellowship. “It’s more than just coffee,” Herbruck said. “It’s making an impact in both the community and in the world.” The concept of the cafe was
Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Ormond Beach resident Corrie Herbruck opened Beautiful Gate Cafe four months ago.
inspired by the third chapter of the book of Acts in the Bible. Herbruck, who majored in Biblical studies in college, said her business name derives from the passage where two of Jesus’ disciples were heading to the temple for prayer, and
noticed a crippled beggar at the “Beautiful Gate” of the temple. The disciples healed him, and the beggar went with them inside the temple. On the side of the cafe’s bar is a SEE BREWING PAGE 13
Bucs prepare for postseason with killer schedule Mainland’s girls basketball team faced Spruce Creek in a showdown between two of the top teams in Volusia and Flagler counties.
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