ORMOND BEACH
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
HISTORIC HOME SELLS PAGE 12
VOLUME 10, NO. 29
THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2022
Most wanted: a West Ormond rec center City Commission workshop rekindles 2016 idea to build an indoor rec center for residents west of I-95. PAGE 2
EMS stations needed County discusses needed changes for its EMS division PAGE 3 INSIDE MEMORIES STORED Nature’s Garden closes for good, after 23 years on Granada PAGE 11
A near miss
ECHO GRANT
Sandcrabs lose lead to the Jones Tigers in final 12 seconds PAGE 9
Ormond Beach seeks $600,000 ECHO grant for Performing Arts Center renovations PAGE 4
TRACK AND FIELD Seabreeze sweeps RunMatanzas titles PAGE 10
YOUR TOWN QUILTER ON DISPLAY The Racing Fingers Quilt Guild’s upcoming meeting on Monday, April 11, will feature a trunk show for Molly Waddell, an avid quilter from Port Orange who started quilting after winning a quilt from a local guild. Since then, she has won local and national awards, and her work has published in quilting magazines. She publishes her patterns under the name of “Double Diamond Designs.” The guild will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Seabreeze United Church of Christ, located at 501 N. Wild Ave. Free and open to the public. Please park behind the church and enter through the kitchen door.
Quarterback Chelsea McQuarrie passed for a total of 209 yards during the game against Jones High School of Orlando.
Live on stage
‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ opens at Daytona Playhouse on Friday
Photo by Michele Meyers
INSIDE
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Tomoka Marathon The Boston Marathon qualifier returns to Ormond Beach for ninth year
PAGE 5 Courtesy photo
Happy anniversary!
Molly Waddell’s “Harbor Lighthouse”
INDEX
ARTique celebrates one year in Ormond Beach
Calendar........................ PAGE 8 Cops Corner.................. PAGE 5 Letters...........................PAGE 6 Public Notices............. PAGE 15 Real Estate.................. PAGE 13
PAGE 5 “The Drowsy Chaperone” opens at the Daytona Playhouse with a cast of 18.
Photo by Jarleene Almenas