Ormond Beach Observer 4-14-22

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VOLUME 10, NO. 32

THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2022

School Board fires Fritz The board voted 3-2 to terminate the contract without cause, giving Fritz $186,843 in severance. PAGE 4

Citizen of the Year CFOB recognize Sang Roberson’s years of advocacy. PAGE 12

HOPPY EASTER Prize eggs, golden tickets and stuffed animals PAGE 13

More pages BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

You might notice that the Observer is a bit fatter this week. Let me explain.

As with many printers around the country, ours at The Villages Daily Sun is experiencing a shortage of the size of paper roll that we normally use. As a result, we have switched to a larger roll and combined the Palm Coast Observer and the Ormond Beach Observer into one, with six pages being market-specific this week. Those pages are 1, 2, 11, 12, 13 and 14.

None of the Ormond Beach content has been eliminated; rather, a handful of Palm Coast-focused stories have been added. To clarify which is which, we have printed, in red, the city name above some of the news headlines.

Some of the shared content will be natural and, in fact, was long overdue. For example, if a restaurant opens in Ormond Beach, many Palm Coast readers want to know, and vice versa. Many high school sports teams in Ormond Beach play schools in Palm Coast, as well.

But some content shouldn’t be shared. City Watch is now on Page 2 in Palm Coast; it’s always been there in Ormond Beach Observer. We also moved the opinion page to 11, and Cops Corner is now on 6. There may be other changes in coming weeks, so we appreciate your patience.

In the meantime, let us know what you think we should be writing about. Email Ormond Beach Associate Editor Jarleene Almenas at jarleene@ormondbeachobserver. com, or me, Executive Editor Brian McMillan, at editor@palmcoastobserver.com, and we will help you.

Gianna McCall walks away as her godfather Calvin Rhett tries to get her to sit with the Easter bunny and Brian Young.

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PICKLEBALL

Could Bicentennial Park soon have more amenities?

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TALKS ON GROWTH

County holds workshop to discuss how to mitigate the impacts of new development PAGE 3

INDEX

Calendar...................... PAGE 12 Cops Corner..................PAGE 6 Letters.......................... PAGE 11 Public Notices............. PAGE 31

The Sandcrabs flag football team won 39-0 against the Falcons as it prepares for a busy week.

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Delays ahead ...

Want to add a pool? Be prepared to wait a year

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CITY WATCH

Pickleball courts for Bicentennial Park?

A major amendment to the Plantation Oaks development order will come before the Ormond Beach Planning Board for review at its meeting at 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 14, in the City Commission Chambers.

If later approved by the City Commission, the development will be allowed to add 291 more homes.

Plantation Oaks is currently allowed to build 1,577 homes.

This is the second time developer Parker Mynchenberg, manager of Plantation Oaks of Ormond Beach LLC has asked for an amendment to the Planned Residential Development since the development was annexed into the city in 2019.

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The meeting will take place at the park’s community center, located at 1850 Ocean Shore Blvd., past the off-beach park.

A meeting with staff from Volusia County’s Parks, Recreation and Culture Division to discuss the tennis courts at Michael Crotty Bicentennial Park, located at 1850 Ocean Shore Blvd., is scheduled to take place at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 14.

In addition to the tennis courts, the meeting at the park’s community center will also address the option of adding pickleball courts.

Volusia County Parks, Recreation and Culture Director Tim Baylie said that the meeting came about after some local pickleball players approached the county and asked if the park’s tennis courts could also be lined for pickleball.

“However, there’s a significant, organized group of tennis players that are very active at that site throughout the day,” Baylie said.

“They’re outspoken and they’re protective of those courts.”

Baylie hopes the meeting will help the two groups find common ground to come up with a compromise, perhaps involving set times for each sport, since using the tennis courts for pickleball would be his first option. The courts are already built and the costs to line two of the four courts would be inexpensive.

Otherwise, the county is looking at other options.

One was lining a court next to the racquetball court, though that would displace some basketball players and result in a “substandard pickleball court,” Baylie said.

The county could also look to build a pickleball court in the existing greenspace, but that would need to be budgetted for and the county

would have to make sure the ball field isn’t impacted as well.

“Probably not as many ballplayers out there as there are tennis players out there, but it would be impacting potentially another user group,” Baylie said. “... So there’s no easy solutions if we can’t find a compromise.”

There are no pickleball courts in Ormond-by-the-Sea. The nearest courts are in the city of Ormond Beach or in the city of Holly Hill, which is home to Pictona, a 24-court pickleball complex.

“The folks up there in Bicentennial Park, they like that park,” Baylie said.

“They would really like to be able to play pickleball there.”

The public will have an opportunity to speak on both sides at the meeting.

City to hold tree giveaway The city of Ormond Beach is celebrating Earth Day with a tree giveaway from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. According to a Facebook post on the city’s page, swing

by City Hall, 22 S. Beach St., on Thursday, April 21,for a free 3-gallon-sized tree.

Trees include from bald cypress, winged elm, live oak and dahoon holly.

“The meeting went a lot different than I was anticipating, to be honest, and I just want us all to heal and move forward.”

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years of volunteer service by The Casements Guild to be celebrated on April 20. The Casements will be closed to the public on that day.

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A familiar face is returning to the helm of Volusia County Emergency Management.

Jim Judge, who led the department for seven-and-ahalf years, retired in January 2021, but according to a county press release, Judge returned to Volusia County in November 2021 to serve as its deputy public protection director. On Tuesday, April 12, the county announced he will be returning to his position as head of emergency management, as current Director Helene Wetherington has resigned, effective Thursday, April 14.

“During my tenure, I accomplished significant enhancements to your organization which I hope may continue to flourish in years to come,” said Wetherington to County Manager George Recktenwald in her letter of resignation. “I appreciate the professional growth and development opportunities you provided to me during my tenure.”

Judge has over 48 years of public protection service and helped guide the county to accreditation by the national Emergency Management Accreditation Program.

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Growth spurt The Reverie, a 55+ community, is under construction on U.S. 1 just south of Matanzas Woods Parkway in Palm Coast.

Volusia County is discussing how to mitigate growth, but it isn’t alone. Flagler grew by 298% from 1990 to 2020.

east of U.S. 1 before opting to address growth and density issues during the city’s strategic planning process.

“I think that the density of Palm Coast — it’s going to be overwhelming if we keep on building up instead of sideways,” he said after a Palm Coast City Council workshop.

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Growth.

Can something be done to manage and mitigate its impacts? On Tuesday, April 12, the Volusia County Council held a six-hour workshop on the topic, with county department heads outlining how Volusia approaches issues like land uses, building permits, and environmental management. Officials also suggested some potential changes for the County Council to consider in the near future. These changes — among them expanding the county’s low-impact development standards, requiring septic system inspections and establishing a citizen’s advisory panel — are meant to address growing concerns in the community that elected officials are allowing too many new developments, said said Clay Ervin, county director of growth and resource management.

“It’s happening at the city level, it’s happening at your level,” Ervin said. “It’s a situation where folks are coming in and they’re concerned about whether or not we are providing enough facilities, enough service to accommodate the folks that are moving in here.”

But Ervin was also quick to point out that this isn’t just a Volusia County problem.

“What you’re seeing is it’s a statewide phenomenon that’s impacting everybody,” he said.

In nearby Palm Coast, with locals often expressing concern about rising development during City Council meetings — especially when that development includes apartments — the city government is considering surveying residents about their views on development and multifamily housing.

The proposal came from Palm Coast City Councilman Eddie Branquinho, who’d initially suggested a moratorium on multifamily housing

From 1990 to 2020, Volusia County grew by 49%, or 182,831 people. But according to the county workshop presentation, Volusia is neither alone in its growth spurt, nor is it the most affected — neighboring Flagler County has grown by 298%, going from 28,701 people in 1990 to 114,173 in 2020. St. Johns, Lake, and Orange counties have grown by 212%, 141% and 109% respectively.

Putnam County has grown the least, with a 13% population increase from 1990 to 2020, though population decreased by about 1,400 people from 2010 to 2020.

According to the county, Volusia’s population increase amounts to an average annual growth rate of 1.6%.

However, the growth isn’t linear, Ervin said; there have been periods of “intense growth” and others where growth has slowed.

Volusia County spans 808,385 acres, which includes 112,716 acres of water. Cities account for 215,467 acres. When you factor in the 274,522 acres of conservation lands, as well as the acres tied with interlocal service boundary agreements and other local plans, Ervin said, the county has planning, zoning and development control over about 10% of the county unincorporated areas.

“I think it’s very clear that a coordinated effort is necessary to ensure that we and the cities work hand in glove to address some of these changes,” Ervin said. “... Do we need to work closer and have better coordination in regards to utilities?

Infrastructure? Yes. We can always make improvement on those.”

Palm Coast, in its initial phase as an ITT Levitt community before incorporation as a city, was projected to be a community of, potentially, as many as 750,000 people, but that number was soon moderated downward, with an ITT Palm Coast Comprehensive Land Use Plan predicting a population of about 224,000 peo-

WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THE 2011 COMMUNITY PLANNING ACT? In 2011, the Community Planning Act was enacted, meant to “utilize and strenghten the existing role, processes, and powers of local governments in the establishment and implementation of comprehensive planning programs to guide and manage future development consister with the proper role of a local government,” according to Florida Statutes.

What did it do?

It eliminated the requirement for concurrency for schools, parks and transportation for new development.

Any concurrency is “pay and go,” according to Volusia County’s presentation, and calculated proportionate fair share agreemtns “must assume infrastructure deficiency is in place.”

In addition, future land use map amendments are no longer required to show there is anticipated need, such as demands for housing or population projections. Capital improvement planning doesn’t require financial feasibility, and state agencies can only look at impacts on state resources.

Volusia County staff is currently working on technical updates to its comprehensive plan and the final element to be updated will be the future land use element. They want to reach out to citizens to gather feedback for this purpose.

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ple at buildout. The city’s population as of 2020 was about 89,400.

But if the population grows too fast and new development is too dense, Branquinho said, “It’s going to be an overwhelming burden to the people of Palm Coast, and that’s going to throw away the whole idea of quality of life.”

Palm Coast hopes to avoid overdevelopment in the core areas of the city by expanding west of U.S.1 into areas that are now undeveloped.

The city sought $3.14 million in funding from the state government this year to extend its major arterial roadways westward, but didn’t get the money.

THE IMPACT OF THE ‘DRI’

When residents see vacant land being developed, it is sometimes difficult for them to understand that the property owners already had certain rights within their zoning classification and existing future land use designations, said Carol McFarlane, Volusia planning and development services director. But it’s part of the legal framework the county has to deal with, she explained.

Ervin added that Volusia had several developments of regional impact, or DRIs, in the 1980s, and these were longterm multi-jurisdictional projects that have taken, in some cases, 40 years to become reality. Halifax Plantation, Plantation Bay, Hunter’s Ridge, Breakaway Trails, LPGA International, Indigo Lakes and Venetian Bay were all DRIs at one point.

“So for example, Hunter’s Ridge, which spans over into Flagler County — there’s folks that are residing in Hunter’s Ridge right now that are upset that something is going on in Flagler County and that’s been approved since approximately 1989,” Ervin said. “So it just takes that long for some of these projects to come to fruition, and it is disconcerting to many of the residents who’ve established themselves in those areas.”

Volusia County Chair Jeff Brower said it’s disconcerting when a project goes on for 30 years.

“Things change,” he said. “And water changes, land use changes, population changes and there needs to be a way to go back and update a 30-year-old vested [project].”

Ervin said county staff agreed.

Concurrency is also a challenge.

In addition to the fact that Volusia’s 16 municipalities are each responsible for ensuring there is sufficient public infrastructure for new growth within their boundaries, the state has also played a critical role.

Prior to 2011, concurrency was required for transportation, schools, parks, potable water, sanitary sewer and stormwater. In 2011, the Community Planning Act was enacted, and concurrency was made optional for transportation, schools and parks, meaning the county cannot deny a development solely for concurrency, per the statute’s “pay and go” provisions.

“We cannot make the developer make up for the existing deficiencies,” Ervin said.

Developers are required, however, to mitigate the deficiencies created by their project, and the mitigation may result in the payment of proportionate fair share dollars or dedication of land. The county must also provide credits toward impact fees, if applicable, for mitigation.

Brower said everybody knows that new development isn’t paying for its impact.

“We’re constantly adding to the backlog with no way to pay for it,” he said.

PUSHING FOR LOW-IMPACT DEVELOPMENT

In regards to potential improvements to the county’s environmental standards, Ginger Adair, director of the county’s environmental management division, outlined suggestions such as increasing the tree retention area requirement in environmentally-sensitive areas, increasing buffers to protect wetlands and wildlife, requiring permitting and mitigation if agricultural land is converted to another use within a set timeframe, and requiring septic systems to be inspected, and, if the septic ystems are faulty, requiring property owners to hook up to the sewer line.

She also suggested the incorporation of low-impact development practices. These include the conservation of green spaces, clustering of homes, the reduction of impervious surfaces and bioswales.

“We actually did make changes to three of our comprehensive plan elements to encourage the use of green infrastructure and low impact development,” Adair said. “I know that ‘encourage’ is maybe a soft word, but we have at least been moving forward on green infrastructure. It didn’t use to be in the comprehensive plan at all.”

Adair also listed four entities that encourage low-impact development now: Alachua County, Hillsborough County, Sarasota County, and the city of Ormond Beach.

During the public comment por-

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LAND USE CHANGES The workshop also included a presentation from Jane West, policy and planning director for 1000 Friends of Florida, a nonprofit smart growth advocacy organization.

Protecting and preserving Volusia's ecosystems and environmentally-sensitive lands is crucial to bringing a smart growth future for the county, she said. But, the reality is that Volusia won't be able to purchase all the land that is needed to accomplish this.

So she urged officials to pay close attention to the land use changes that come before them.

"Knowing that, if there's going to be one takeaway that we have today for you, it would be that the small cumulative land use decisions that you make every month here in these chambers really add to affect the quality of life for Volusia residents," West said. "It is a cumulative impact of land use changes, because there's a domino effect: If you're adjacent to a high-density development, even though you can't use that as a basis legally to justify expansion of that high density into more rural lands, the fact of the matter is that is what happens all the time."

tion of the workshop, Ormond Beach citizen and Dream Green Volusia Founder Suzanne Scheiber said that the city may have a low-impact development plan, but it doesn’t implement it.

“A manual sitting on a shelf does not help,” she said.

She also said that the county should strive to surpass its minimum environmental protection requirements, not just meet them.

She spoke about the Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail, which has areas with homes fronting the road without any buffer. Establishing a buffer for scenic highways should have happened a long time ago, she said, especially when county officials knew there was a DRI for that area for decades.

“In addition, the road up there floods,” Scheiber said. “It’s flooded for years; it’s partially tidal. So the DRI was established with a road that we know floods and has been flooding forever, and yet impact fees are not covering anything to fix that road, and it’s underwater and we just accept it. How did this happen?”

Brower said he felt the county needed to move from just encouraging low impact development practices to requiring them, but that first they need to decide which low impact development practices the county wants to implement.

“I hope that we will move in that direction,” he said. “Honestly, I don’t think we have any choice. Stormwater is a big problem and every bit of pavement that goes down prevents water from being absorbed into the ground.”

— Jonathan Simmons contributed to this story.

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The Volusia County School Board unexpectedly voted 3-2 to terminate Superintendent Scott Fritz’s contract without cause, effective immediately, during the board’s meeting on Tuesday, April 12.

VCS Human Resources Director Rachel Hazel will serve as interim superintendent.

The decision to fire Fritz was made swiftly after the board returned from a 25-minute break from a board action item regarding succession planning, as Fritz announced on March 28 that he would not be extending his contract, which was set to expire on Dec. 1.

Fritz was hired in 2019, and his decision to leave VCS came after School Board members opted to evaluate him before considering extending his contract for three years during what was a somewhat contentious meeting on Feb. 22.

Upon the board’s return from the break — called for in order to allow School Board attorney Ted Doran to confirm two of the VCS employees named by board members as candidates for interim superintendent were willing to serve — School Board Chair Ruben Colon said Fritz “made it very clear to me that he does not want to be here by his actions,” and stated he would support the motion made earlier by School Board member Jamie Haynes to terminate his contract.

“It’s not what I came here to do, but I do not believe that our employees should be subjected to what I was just subjected to a few minutes ago,” said Colon as Fritz shook his head.

Fritz will receive a payout of $186,843.92, per his contract.

Since he was terminated with-

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Superintendent Scott Fritz's contract was terminated at the School Board's meeting on Tuesday, April 12.

Interim Rachel Hazel: ‘“I will serve this district as I have for the past 24 years and make the best decisions for our kids.’

out cause, this sum includes 20 weeks of severance.

School Board members Carl Persis and Linda Cuthbert voted against the termination of his contract.

Prior to the board’s meeting, the board held a workshop to discuss succession plans, and Cuthbert said Fritz, the district’s third superintendent in 7 1/2, was being “forced out.”

The district’s last two superintendents also clashed with the board: the late Tom Russell, who served from 2015 until his termination in 2019 and later became the principal at Flagler Palm Coast High School; and Margaret Smith, who resigned in 2015, two years before she planned to retire after issues with a previous board member.

New superintendent candidates could be deterred by this, and Cuthbert said at the workshop she’s heard the board has been called “toxic” as a result.

“I’ve heard that five letter word used quite a bit,” Cuthbert said. “We’re toxic — that there’s a revolt. Well, I see the revolt right here.”

The board also discussed the possibility of hiring former Deputy Superintendent Carmen Balgobin, who is now at Broward County Public Schools, if she would be willing to return to VCS. During the board meeting,

Haynes said that this is a time where decisions are being made to set the foundation for next school year. The main focus should be the students, and the email Fritz sent out about his decision regarding his contract caused additional stress and unrest, she added.

She then motioned to terminate Fritz’s contract immediately and ask someone within the district to step in as interim in the meantime.

“I personally have never been able to work in a situation where I wondered if I did one thing wrong, was I going to be shown the door,” Haynes said. “Or if I stepped up and asked a question, that would be looked at like the wrong thing.”

Persis said that the termination wasn’t necessary, and pointed out that the interim would need to be selected “on the fly.” Last time, the board “methodically” decided over a couple of months who would serve in the interim, he said.

“That’s the position you would find yourself in, and it’s not necessary because we have so much going on as we said in our workshop,” Persis said. “I don’t think anything’s changed since 3 o’clock when we talked about it until now.”

Persis tried to convince his fellow board members not to “push the panic button,” and take away one of the district

heads from their duties without a plan, and before they know if Balgobin would be willing to return as superintendent.

Prior to the board’s break, the board was discussing holding a special meeting next week to continue the discussion and contact the Florida School Boards Association. Shortly after Colon announced a 15-minute break, Fritz tapped him on the arm and the two left the board chambers. The break was later extended by another 10 minutes.

After the board’s vote, Fritz thanked his supporters and those who helped him over the last 2 1/2 years in VCS, a period of time he said will “still remain one of the high points” of his three decades in public education.

“There’s great things happening here in Volusia County,” Fritz said. “Nobody wants change, but sometimes it’s necessary. I will tell you that when I was hired here, I was asked to make change, and I think we’ve done that.”

At the end of the meeting, board members congratulated Hazel in her new interim position, but acknowledged that they didn’t see Fritz’s termination happening so suddenly.

“The meeting went a lot different than I was anticipating, to be honest, and I just want us all to heal and move forward,” School Board member Anita Burnette said.

Persis expressed similar sentiments.

“Things got pretty raw, pretty awkward, pretty tense at times,” Persis said. “But I think we managed it pretty well, and I’m happy for that.”

Hazel thanked the board members for their confidence in her abilities.

“I will serve this district as I have for the past 24 years and make the best decisions for our kids, and start with our kids first and our employees second,” she said.

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Since Palm Coast’s $5 million splash pad at the James F. Holland Memorial Park opened with great fanfare last May, it’s been beset by faults with the pad surface. Multiple closures followed in the months after its opening. The splash pad closed for the season last fall and remains closed, while the city has struggled to get the team responsible for its design and construction to fix the issue, city staff members said at a City Council workshop April 12.

Repairs are expected to cost about $600,000. Palm Coast is preparing for the possibility of suing designers S&ME, builders BBI Construction Management and subcontractor No Fault. The city will also have an engineer assess the pad to see if it’s fixable. If it’s not, the city will consider options for replacing it with something else.

“Somebody is going to have to be responsible for this,” City Councilman Eddie Branquinho said at a City Council workshop April 12. “And if we allow the city to be responsible for something that we didn’t do, shame on us.”

He suggested the city pay the $600,000 to fix the problem, “and then sue the heck out of these people that don’t give a darn about our kids, and

get that money back.”

The city has already hired a law firm, Gray Robinson P.A., to prepare for potential litigation.

“We’ve got an unacceptable failure, there’s no question over that,” attorney Trevor Arnold told the council at the workshop.

The city tried to bring the designer, contractor and subcontractor together to seek a resolution, but hasn’t come to one, he said.

Mayor David Alfin asked about the possibility of developing the facility in a “different direction,” so that it would be usable to the public sooner.

“Our residents and families, kids, have no use of this facility while all of this is going on.

That’s a big problem for me.

Huge,” Alfin said. “If we build a different park that we know will serve the public and not require the attention and the potential future problems this one has and will have in the future, does that reduce the leverage we have in our legal standing going forward?”

It could impact the city’s case, Arnold said — unless the city gets an opinion from an outside engineer stating that it can’t be fixed properly. That hasn’t happened yet.

Palm Coast’s 10,000-plussquare-foot splash pad at Holland Park opened in midMay 2021. Two months later, the pad’s rubber surface was cracking so badly that it was a trip hazard and loose rubber was collecting in the pad’s filter, and the city had to close part of it.

City staff then closed the whole pad for the season in

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Damaged areas of the city’s splash pad present a trip hazard, city staff members said.

October, hoping that repairs to the delaminated pad surface would be done by the time it was due to reopen in spring 2022.

The city tried on March 25 to communicate with the design team, contractor and subcontractor, seeking options for a resurfacing, but didn’t come to an agreement, even after threatening legal action, Arnold said.

Arnold suggested the city attempt mediation but prepare for a suit, and hire a third-party design firm to determine how to fix the problem.

“My concern is, will this thing ever be fixed right?”

Councilman Ed Danko said.

“Is there some type of other facility we could put in there that would accomplish the same thing — which is, basically, giving the children a place to play and enjoy themselves in the summer?”

He asked about the possibility of some other amenity with fountains.

Alfin suggested having city staff draft options in case the splash pad isn’t fixable.

The city will seek to open at least a portion of the splash pad for the public, if feasible, while preparing for a lawsuit and looking at other potential uses of the space.

Councilman John Fanelli said he’d spent many days at the splash pad last summer with his children, and now, every time the family drives past it, “They look at it go, ‘Ohhh, it’s still not open.’”

“I’m sure that my family is not the only family that is driving by and seeing that,” Fanelli said. “I think we need to seek a resolution quick.

I don’t think it should cost the taxpayers a dollar. We’ve already paid for it.”

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Locals push City Council to add new aquatic center Palm Coast has outgrown its two existing pools, members of local swim teams told the City Council at a meeting April 5.

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Local swimmers want a new, bigger pool: About 50 people affiliated with the local Flagler Fluid swim team and Synchro Belles youth synchronized swimming group showed up at a City Council meeting on April 5 to urge council members to back the creation of a new aquatic center.

The group’s appearance at the meeting came about a week after the School Board opted to cut hours at the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club — one of the two community pools in Palm Coast, alongside the city’s Frieda Zamba pool — and a week before the City Council was scheduled to discuss an aquatic center assessment report at an April 12 workshop.

At least one councilman was moved by the group’s presentation.

“I think we owe it to them to look

harder, much harder, as to what are the possibilities,” Councilman Eddie Branquinho said.

Among the speakers were children young enough that the microphone on the podium in the council chambers had to be redirected to point downward so that they could use it.

“We would like to build an aquatic center so the whole community can swim, do fun activities in the pool and also enjoy the nice summers and do fun things,” a young Flagler Fluid member said.

Another young student said his family has had to drive to Jacksonville for him to practice.

“I think we should have a bigger pool, because I don’t like driving to Jacksonville,” he said.

Flagler Fluid coach Carrie Purdy told the council that Flagler is one of only a handful of Florida’s 67 counties that doesn’t have a 50-meter pool.

She’d like Flagler to have a “proper aquatic center,” with an attached youth center, she said.

“The community here has outgrown both pools, driven by increased development,” she said. “They no longer are able to utilize it [for] competition, which affects our team and the kids in this community.”

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“I think we owe it to them to look harder, much harder, as to what are the possibilities.”

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An aquatic center, she said, would let the city host events for revenue.

With the community’s current two pools, she said, “We’re not able to have competitions. We’re not able to provide applications for the Belles as well. Nor does it support either high school swim team. Allowing this mediocrity is not okay. It’s not setting the kids up for the community, for success.”

Resident Heidi Gerkin said that she’d worked as a swim instructor for a YMCA in Louisiana, and the community there had fought for years to build a bigger facility. When they finally did, she said, it supported hundreds of swim team participants, plus other activities.

“This is something that we could do here,” Gerkin said. “I’m not asking just to build it. I’m asking you to look at what other areas are doing,

and let’s do the best one in the entire state of Florida and get all that business coming here. ... It’ll benefit the entire community, both in the way that they’re able to access the facility and use it but also the money and the revenue that it could bring in.”

Resident Claudette O’Dowd said swim lessons have been important for her two children with special needs.

“This is one of the very few activities that they’re able to do, because they’re on a team but they’re still focused on what’s going on in their head,” she said. “So I just hope that we do get this aquatic center, so that we can also keep our money in our community and bring money from other towns.”

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A woman arrested a couple of weeks ago after she kept a 24-hour test drive car from CarMax for two weeks tried the very same con on another car dealership shortly after being released on bond.

This time, the car was a 2016 Toyota Corolla the 24-year-old woman took from Palm Coast Ford on Friday, April 8. She was supposed to bring it back by 5 p.m. after picking up a cosigner, and gave the dealership her cell number. She didn’t return it, and didn’t answer the phone.

“She gave my deputies several excuses as to why she had a car that did not belong to her,” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said. “The bottom line is that she is a car kleptomaniac and a con-woman, and a really bad one too. She was already out on bond for the car she stole in Daytona Beach, which she claimed was a paperwork error. So now she went from the Best Western to the Green Roof Inn for her latest failed attempt to obtain a car for free.”

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office’s Real Time Crime Center used its technology to look for a reported stolen car and observed it turning in to the Winn-Dixie on S.R. 100 near I-95. Staly tracked it down himself, patrolling the Flagler Plaza Drive area near Interstate 95.

The Corolla was empty and backed into a parking space at the Best Western hotel. After Staly identified the car as the stolen vehicle, he alerted the FCSO Dispatch Center and deputies joined him.

Deputies learned that the woman had been renting a room at the hotel on a week-to-week basis. She was found in her room and arrested.

She faces a felony charge of Grand Theft – Motor Vehicle.

Last month, she’d entered into an agreement with the CarMax dealership in Daytona Beach on March 14, taking a Hyundai Elantra for a 24hour test drive that she stretched over two weeks. She is scheduled to appear in court in Volusia County on May 2 for that theft.

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POOR PARTY PLANNING 4:07 a.m. Palm Coast Parkway near Old Kings Road, Palm Coast Narcotics, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. A car with an inoperable tail light passed a deputy who was on road patrol, so the deputy performed a traffic stop. When the driver, a felon, rolled down the window, the deputy smelled marijuana.

The driver blurted out that he had a medical marijuana card.

The deputy asked for it, and as the man reached for it, the deputy noticed loose marijuana that was not in a legal container. The deputy searched the car and found a handgun, cocaine and pills.

The driver and passengers in the car said the pills were ecstasy that they’d planned to take to a party.

The driver was arrested.

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MAN STEALS ONE CAR, TWO LICENSE PLATES 11:17 a.m. Belle Terre Parkway at South Parkview Drive, Palm Coast Criminal mischief, grand theft. A deputy on patrol near Belle Terre Parkway and Cypress Point Parkway spotted a car that had been reported stolen, and pulled it over.

The 23-year-old driver, as he was detained and patted down for weapons, dropped someone else’s driver’s license on the ground, according to a deputy’s report.

The license bore the name of the person who owned the stolen car.

The driver insisted that a friend — whose last name he didn’t know and whom he’d only met two weeks before — had loaned him the vehicle,

which he said was from Pennsylvania.

A deputy noted that the car had a Florida license plate.

“He advised that he found the tag in the parking lot of the mall,” the deputy wrote in the report, “and affixed it to the vehicle over its original tag because he believed Florida cops don’t stop vehicles with Florida tags.”

Sure enough, the Florida tag had been reported stolen, and had a Pennsylvania tag — which had also been reported stolen — beneath it.

The man was arrested.

APRIL 3

BLANK STARE 9:09 p.m. — 600 block of Robin Road, Ormond Beach Information. A 65-year-old Ormond Beach woman called police to report that her neighbor has been terrorizing and harassing her over the last year with his staring, which she described as “menacing.”

The woman told police the neighbor has not spoken to her, but that she felt his staring is done on purpose as he will move his chair on his property to look at her when she is outside. The woman added that she has “been friendly” with the man’s girlfriend in the past, but stated that is no longer the case.

Her friend, who was present when the report was taken, could not describe why the man’s stare was menacing, but did demonstrate it for police.

Police spoke with the man, who said he hadn’t been harassing the woman. He explained that he sits outside to smoke because his girlfriend has a medical condition, and will move his chair around to be in the sun or breeze. The man’s girlfriend believed that the woman filed the report “to cause trouble, because she has a reputation of starting trouble in the neighborhood.”

Police advised all parties to avoid each other.

APRIL 4

DRUNK REFUSAL 10:37 p.m. — First block of West Granada Boulevard, Ormond Beach Disorderly intoxication. Police arrested a 33-year-old Tallahassee woman who was bothering patrons and stealing drinks at a local bar. She had been asked to leave several times, but had refused.

When they arrived at the scene, officers told the woman that the business was no longer allowing her to be there and asked her to get up from her chair and follow them. She refused and attempted to ignore officers, according to her arrest report.

A struggle ensued when police tried to remove her from the bar, after which officers where able to place her in handcuffs. The business wished to press charges.

Police said the woman was “extremely intoxicated” and that she didn’t remember the events of the night, “rambling instead about other incidents in the past.” At one point, she began to only speak in Spanish and ignore questions.

She was taken to jail.

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FUEL THIEF 9:53 a.m. — 1500 block of North U.S. 1, Ormond Beach Larceny. Over $12,000 worth of diesel fuel was recently reported stolen from a gas station.

According to an incident report, a white Ford F150 was seen at the gas station on five different dates in March, during which the driver opened a locked computer compartment area and uses a device to bypass payment for the fuel. The suspect stole 2,415.68 gallons of diesel fuel.

This crime has also occurred in other gas stations in Florida and Georgia. Police were informed the fuel is likely being sold to truckers for a dollar less a gallon at a “known dirt lot” owned by the vehicle’s registered owner.

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A Palm Coast Plantation woman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound April 10 after crisis negotiators tried for seven hours to end a domestic violence situation peacefully.

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office had received a 911 call at 8 a.m. about an armed domestic violence situation.

Sheriff Rick Staly and deputies, FCSO SWAT and crisis negotiation units worked with Flagler County Fire Rescue, the Palm Coast Fire Department and Palm Coast technology at the Emerald Lake Drive scene to de-escalate the situation.

The woman initially held her husband at gunpoint, but he and a child were rescued by deputies shortly after the standoff began.

For the next few hours, attempts to communicate with the armed woman were unsuccessful.

“She was refusing to communicate. So we used our robot, drones and other technology in hopes of communicating with her,” Staly said.

“Based on our technology, we observed her holding the gun in a suicidal manner. We knew from the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office in a prior nine-hour standoff with her that she would not communicate, and a tactical resolution

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would be the only solution.”

Because of the threat to the neighborhood, and her lack of responsiveness, tactical gas was deployed. The woman went into the home’s lanai holding a gun to her head and started to walk into the pool.

Deputies used non-lethal weapons to try to disarm her, but she shot herself in front of deputies while in the pool just before 3 p.m.

Deputies immediately pulled her from the pool and began first aid.

Flagler County Fire Rescue began performing life-saving measures and transported her to Advent Health Palm Coast. She was later flown to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, where she died.

“We did all we could to end this incident peacefully without injury,” Staly said.

“I’m proud of our team that did everything they could to resolve this situation peacefully. This is not the outcome we were hoping for. But in these situations, we do not control the outcome. Fortunately, no deputies, neighbors or the family members were injured during this almost eight-hour incident. Our prayers go out to the family, as this is a sad and difficult time for everyone involved.”

A 26-year-old Ormond Beach man was found guilty on April 5 of the 2019 murder of his 5-month-old infant. The trial took three days.

On June 11, 2019, Calib Scott was at home taking care of his son and struggling to control his infant’s crying, according to a press release by the State Attorney’s Office Seventh Judicial Circuit. Scott then “dropped, slapped, struck and slammed his child.” Medics at the scene found the child unresponsive and dehydrated, and he was transported to Halifax Health Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The State Attorney’s Office states further investigation showed the child had suffered “multiple blunt force injuries on his body, including to his face and mouth, and he had thermal injuries consistent with a cigarette burn.”

“Baby Daemon suffered through five months of hell and ultimately died at the hands of his father,” State Attorney R.J. Larizza said. “What he suffered is unimaginable.

How could a father be so selfish and cruel? We will remain dedicated to protecting the most vulnerable and precious members of our community as we prepare for the sentencing phase of the trial.”

The jury of six men and women found Scott guilty of first degree murder, aggravated child abuse and child neglect causing great bodily harm. He will be sentenced next week, facing the possibility of the death penalty.

In June 2020, the child’s mother, 36-year-old Stephanie Holly, was arrested on charges of child neglect, child abuse and negligence.

A mechanical issue caused a Spirit Airlines flight to perform an emergency landing at Daytona Beach International Airport at around 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, April 7.

The flight originated in Philadelphia and was headed to Fort Lauderdale when smoke was seen, and the flight diverted to Daytona Beach. Airport spokesperson Joanne Magley said in an email that airport staff aided the crew and passengers as they waited for representatives from the airline.

The representatives traveled from Orlando, and Spirit mechanics were able to fix the issue. The airplane left for Fort Lauderdale just before 5 p.m.

Twelve-time felon arrested for robbery of his estranged wife A 12-time convicted felon is behind bars in Flagler County once again after trying to burglarize a home where his estranged wife was staying.

Andre Darrell Harvey is being held in the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility on $45,500 bond on nine felony charges and two misdemeanor charges.

Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies, an FCSO K-9 unit and the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office AirOne unit took part in a manhunt for the 44-year-old Palm Coast man in the W Section of Palm Coast shortly after 2 a.m. Monday, April 11.

The search began after Harvey broke through a bedroom window of a Wellesley Lane home shortly after 1 a.m. Moments later, in the backyard of the home, Harvey confronted his estranged wife and pointed a gun at her chest.

After a short struggle, he fled in a gray Nissan.

Deputies spotted the car and pursued it onto Whetstone Drive, where Harvey parked and threw an unknown object into an open garage.

A later search of the garage resulted in the recovery of a handgun reported stolen in Miami. A search near Harvey’s vehicle resulted in the recovery of a plastic baggy containing 11 grams of fentanyl on the ground near his abandoned car.

Man, 82, killed in motorcycle crash on I-95 An 82-year-old man died in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 95 the morning of April 12, according to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol.

The man, a resident of Green Cove Springs, was riding south in the right lane near mile marker 305, north of the Flagler County/St. Johns County line, when a tire separated from his vehicle, causing him to crash into the rear right side of an SUV in the left lane.

The motorcycle then hit a guardrail. The motorcyclist died at the scene, according to the news release.

Trying to get deal at Wendy’s, man arrested for impersonating officer A Bunnell man passed himself off as a police officer for over two years to get a law enforcement discount at the Wendy’s on State Road 100,

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Bunnell Police Department officers arrested suspect Jesse David Stover, 57, on April 11 after the restaurant called 911.

Witnesses at the restaurant said Stover had asked for a law enforcement discount, and, when he was asked for ID, quickly flashed a goldcolored badge.

Restaurant staff weren’t convinced, and Stover started arguing, at one point saying, falsely, that he was actually an undercover agent for the DEA. When officers arrested him on a felony charge of impersonating an officer, they found a gold-colored badge — an unofficial concealed weapons permit badge that looks, at first glance, like a law enforcement badge.

Police officers found that he’d been a regular customer at the Wendy’s and had been demanding, and receiving, a law enforcement discount for more than two years.

Power outage prompts early dismissal at Belle Terre Elementary A power outage at Belle Terre Elementary in Palm Coast led staff to dismiss students early on April 11. Students whose parents weren’t able to pick them up early were supervised on campus until the regular dismissal time.

DeSantis signs bill addressing ‘fatherhood crisis’ Gov. Ron DeSantis on April 11 signed a bill that will provide about $70 million for programs aimed at equipping dads with parenting resources and helping foster youth.

The measure (HB 7065) passed unanimously in the House and Senate.

Under the bill, the state Department of Children and Families will be directed to contract for the creation of the “Responsible Fatherhood Initiative” providing information on effective parenting.

About $32.6 million of the total will go toward funding grants to help fathers with matters like finding work, managing child support and transitioning from incarceration. The law also increases a stipend, from $1,256 to $1,720, for young adults who previously were in the foster care system and are attending postsecondary schools.

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Deputies requested the assistance of an FCSO K-9 unit and VCSO’s AirOne helicopter to help in the search.

AirOne saw Harvey’s heat signature on their FLIR system as he made his way through the neighborhood, eventually helping deputies track him down behind a Wheeling Lane home.

With convictions dating back to 1997, Harvey has been convicted 12 different times for various felonies including possession of cocaine, felony larceny and burglary.

“A team effort between our deputies on the ground and AirOne helped capture this dirt bag yet again,” Flagler Sheriff Rick Staly said. “This incident could have turned deadly to the victim or our deputies, with a convicted felon armed with a stolen handgun. My question is, what the hell is he doing free to prey on society once again with his criminal record? He needs to be put away for a very long time before he kills someone next time.”

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Door opens for firefighters-in-training at DSC Daytona State College receives $532,000 in state funding through the Open Door Grant Program.

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In August 2021, 23-year-old Hanna Smith decided that being a licensed massage therapist wasn’t for her after all — it was too quiet. So she set aside her degree to try something a little different: firefighter.

Thanks to a new $3,500 Open Door Grant, Smith is now in the one-semester Emergency Medical Services program at Daytona State College, which kickstarted her journey in firefighter training.

That funding was a portion of the $532,000 sum awarded to DSC this year, part of the Florida Department of Education’s $35 million investment to help Floridians become firefighters or law enforcement officers.

Of the 48 DSC students in fire training, eight received a grant, which can be used for the cost of tuition, fees, examinations, books and materials to a student enrolled in any eligible program.

David McCallister, who started with DSC in 1990 and is now manager for the Fire Science and EMS/ Paramedic program, believes that the $3,500 cost is one reason the success rate is so high (consistently 95%): The students have invested and are therefore more likely to study hard and get their money’s worth. But it also could be a reason for shortages of first responders around the country.

“There’s never been any money or funding for this particular class until now,” McCallister said. “ … Firefighting is off limits to a lot of people because they don’t have the money.”

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Each student who joins the fire/EMS program is required to do a series of clinicals, including four ride-alongs with firefighters.

“I loved my fire rides,” recalled Smith, a New Smyrna Beach resident. “They were the best.”

She knew she had made the right switch in her career.

“All of my instructors were firefighters, and they were a great influence on joining this program,” she said, in full bunker gear, during an interview at the DSC Firefighter Training Academy, 3889 Tiger Bay Road, in Daytona Beach. “I loved the community. … My preceptors and everyone really who was in the firehouse was so accommodating, and they push you because they know you can do your best.”

The atmosphere at the program is like family, she said.

“You spend a third of your life with these people, Smith said. “You have each other’s backs, and even being there for an hour, you can tell. Everyone’s at the kitchen table together.”

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One of the tests in the program is to put on your gear, tie a knot with gloves on, haul your hose, go up a ladder and bring a test dummy out

“You spend a third of your life with these people, Smith said. “You have each other’s backs, and even being there for an hour, you can tell. Everyone’s at the kitchen table together.”

SUCCEEDING AS A WOMAN Out of the estimated 40 students who are participating in the program today, only a handful are women. It was intimidating at first, Hanna Smith said, but she was able to “push through it.”

“There’s a whole lot of men,” she said. “And some days there will be six instructors, and they are all men. One thing I do love about this program is that none of the instructors treat you differently because you’re female, and everyone is so encouraging. … They want you to do your best, and they want you to finish strong. … They want you to enjoy your career.”

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Hanna Smith, 23, received a $3,500 grant to help her complete firefighter training at DSC.

of a house. The time limit is around 4 minutes, and Smith’s first attempt took more than 9 minutes.

“I was really discouraged,” she recalled.

But, after more practice, she recently completed the exercise in 3 minutes, 30 seconds.

“This program is not given to you,” Smith said, “it is earned. You’ve got to dig deep.”

Michael Giordano, who recently

moved to Ormond Beach, is also a student in the Firefighter Training Academy. “If you’re interested in the field do it,” he said. “Make a change, get out there and be productive.”

The firefighters-in-training finish on May 1.

For more information on the grant opportunity, contact DSC’s Financial Aid Office at FinancialAid@ DaytonaState.edu or 386-506-3015.

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Sea Grant agent Carolyn Kovacs is a former resident lecturer of tropical coastal ecology at The School for Field Studies.

The Delray Beach native said she applied for the role to help make marine science more accessible to communities and promote environmental education and conservation.

Through her work at the School of Field Studies in Bocas del Toro, Panamá, Kovacs assisted with community engagement activities and day-to-day life around the center.

“I’ve been out of Florida for a while, but it’s a place that always feels like home,” Kovacs said, “I’ve had the chance to visit and live in a lot of amazing places, but there is something to be said about wanting to preserve and educate others about your home.”

As a former Sealmester program manager, instructor and scuba guide, Kovacs taught marine biology and oceanography to university students aboard sailing vessels that traveled throughout the Caribbean and around the world.

Kovacs said she is most excited to have support from Florida Sea Grant to develop her own programs.

“Carolyn has shown that she is flexible and adaptable, skills that will serve her well as a Florida Sea Grant Extension Agent,” said Dr. Maia McGuire, associate director of education and extension for Florida Sea Grant.

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MY VIEW

Planning for growth ... or not

FRED COSTELLO FORMER MAYOR

(Editor’s Note: The following was submitted in response to former City Commissioner Jeff Boyle’s response in the April 7 edition.)

It is imperative to note that Consolidated Tomoka gained the ability to negotiate the future of their 3,000 acres between Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach in 2002 due to Boyle’s opposition to a proposed negotiated settlement between Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach regarding the “utility service line” between Ormond Beach and Daytona Beach. Said proposed negotiated settlement would have completed the “trade” across the utility service line initiated at Ormond Beach’s request when the landowner for what became Aberdeen wanted to have all of Aberdeen (which crossed the utility service line) annexed into Ormond Beach and be serviced by a single utility. Obviously, a reasonable request.

All agreed with the stipulation that Daytona Beach would be made whole in the future. Once a proposal came, Boyle did not support the proposal, even though he was advised that opposition to the proposed settlement would allow Consolidated Tomoka (and other landowners along the line) to shop both municipalities for their best deal. Boyle ignored the obvious and assured all that it would never hap-

LETTERS Reply to Fred Costello Dear Editor: Fred Costello seems to me to offer private opinion disguised as fact. His allegation that Boyle “attempted to stifle growth” serves as only one of many examples of Costello’s disguised opinions. Perhaps if Costello offered an example of “financial benefits” that did not result from growth we could better judge “fact or opinion.” As far as I can determine, growth has consistently resulted in anything but “benefits.”

Costello’s pejorative claim about Boyle not needing a “well-paying job” does not amount to offering a fact.

Costello’s “quality of life” allegations could better emerge as “fact or fiction” with supporting documentation. I have no way to judge the legitimacy of either claim without useful documentation. As to “community enhancements,” the cost of “beautification of Granada Boulevard” remains open to dispute.

I suspect that using native plants requiring less water and maintenance could also offer improvement

YOUR TOWN

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Matthew Monroe and Lauren Bowrosen.

ORMOND RESIDENT IS MR. SPRUCE CREEK The titles of Mr. and Miss Spruce Creek 2023, decided April 1, went to Matthew Monroe, of Ormond Beach and Lauren Bowrosen, of Port Orange.

According to an email, Monroe

pen. His obstinance was concurrent with Consolidated Tomoka telling everybody who would listen that if the utility service line was abandoned, they would annex into Daytona Beach if Ormond Beach refused to negotiate their more restrictive wetland standards. And that is exactly what happened.

Consolidated Tomoka told the city it would annex into Ormond Beach if it would abandon its more “restrictive” (but, in the opinion of many scientists, not “better”) wetland standards and go with the St. Johns River Water Management District science-based wetland standards that were used by Daytona Beach and essentially every other jurisdiction.

Basically, Ormond Beach’s wetland standards included protection of isolated and nonfunctioning wetlands based solely on the vegetation found on site. Such standards had no significant impact on the aquifer, and thus, nobody who valued science was shocked that Consolidated Tomoka chose to annex into Daytona Beach in spite of the higher taxes in Daytona.

Regarding Ormond Crossings, Boyle’s letter is the first time I have heard him or anybody else relate that the business park was Boyle’s idea. However, it is easy to check the City Commission minutes to find that the first thing I did as mayor was to request a meeting of the Volusia County Council with the new Ormond Beach City Commission to request that the county adopt Ormond Beach standards for the (then) 3,000 acres of county land that became known as Ormond Crossings. And it will be easy to find the multiple times Boyle wanted to abandon Ormond Crossings.

One of the highlights of my

of our quality of life.

I question if Boyle offered opposition or alternative options. Unfortunately, growth in and beyond our borders results in the same consequences. Living here for 19 years has shown me the consequences of growth — increased traffic, increased utility costs, flight school plane noise, and the passing of the community we moved here to enjoy.

If Boyle’s actions make him responsible for Costello’s allegations, then perhaps Costello should admit that his support for multi-story condos would have resulted in a diminished view.

As to whom do we assign “responsibility” for our present city, perhaps Ormond Beach citizens should decide. I reject the view of the North Carolina ex-mayor.

CHARLES G. RUSSELL Ormond Beach

State PACs influence Ormond Beach elections Dear Editor: Mayor Bill Partington amassed a campaign war chest of over $60,000 in the 2020 election. That total included $1,000 checks from six different Tallahassee political

and Bowrosen, both juniors in the IB program, were crowned after judges cast their ballots, with votes based on the contestant interviews, poise on stage and a talent competition. Winners become school ambassadors during their senior year, representing Spruce Creek at various events.

Juniors during the talent portion showed off music, dance, singing and acting skills. Monroe choreographed and performed a tap dance to “Good Morning” from “Singin’ in the Rain.” In addition, Miss Spruce Creek 2022 Yara Nasr, of Ormond Beach, sang “Being Alive” from the Broadway musical “Company.”

Eleven Ormond Beach residents participated in the contest, as contestants, escorts or techs: Connor Barie, Isabella Chase, Mahek Patel, Avery Branch, Zeph Santiago, Julia Ambrose, Mayu Colombo, Morgan Gertis, Evan Jarvis, Christine Ngo, and Jadyn Stalzer.

B-CU HIRES ALUMNA Sherry Paramore, president at Elevate Orlando for the past three

tenure as mayor was when former Economic Development Director Joe Mannarino was honored by the Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce as he planned to retire.

The presenter thanked Joe for his tireless advocacy for Ormond Crossings. As Mannarino accepted the award, he pointed to me in the audience and related that without Mayor Costello’s continuing insistence that we maintain course, Ormond Crossings would never have happened. Yes, that was a proud moment.

As for the hospital — to say they asked for concessions is a bunch of manure. Ormond Memorial Hospital worked hard to stay in Ormond Beach. They even proposed to build at the corner of Hand Avenue and Clyde Morris Boulevard after the necessary adjustments to expand and stay at their original site were shot down with Boyle leading the opposition. As a result of the lack of compromise, Ormond Beach is now one of very few communities of its size with no hospital and no high school.

As mentioned relative to Ormond Crossings, it will be easy for somebody to check the City Commission minutes to find that Boyle opposed the initial funding to support Pop Warner using Ormond Middle School facilities. To the best of my memory, we all supported subsequent funding after seeing the huge success of the program. By the way, Boyle even apologized to me and the commission after this initial vote. I accepted his apology. But let’s not rewrite history.

Regarding the beach: Yes, I supported a vertical transfer of density along our beach. There would have been no additional density/people.

No additional traffic. No additional water use. But yes, we would have had several additional buildings as tall as the current tallest building in Ormond Beach, and the only way the developers would have been able to build higher than 75 feet would have been to transfer density from one site to another site, thus

creating open space from the donor site and a higher building as the receptor site along our beach, thus creating beachfront parks at no cost to taxpayers. Prior to any building permits being issued, the open space for parks would have been deeded to Ormond Beach.

Boyle is correct that I stated there were multiple misrepresentations being made by the opposition — such as showing buildings with increased height but not showing the open space created by moving the density from one site to the top of another site. Although Boyle brought this up, it is actually a good example of the (hopefully unintended) consequences of many of his positions. Because Ormond Beach voters did not support the vertical transfer of density to create open space at no cost to taxpayers, my wife and I (along with others) contributed $1,000 to a fund to promote passage of a $5 million bond issue. Ormond Beach used the $5 million as our share along with a $3.5 million Volusia County ECHO grant to create the beautiful Ormond Beach Andy Romano Beachfront Park. I remain very proud of that amazing beachfront park!

In closing, my issue was and is not with Boyle or his positions.

I only have a problem with his attempts to rewrite history and to blame others for the predictable results due to his opposition. I get frustrated with Boyle claiming he supported parks and other amenities when he voted against funding them. I am tired of him blaming others for the cost of growth after he voted against opportunities to guide growth.

Lastly, it is important to note that the largely extraterritorial growth pains facing Ormond Beach today are not due to decisions made by the current Ormond Beach City Commission. The problems stem from decisions made years and in some cases decades ago.

Fred Costello was mayor of Ormond Beach 2002 to 2010.

action committees. The six PAC websites reveal million-dollar donor bases and extensive contributions.

One PAC, Living Life With Purpose, which donated $1,000 to Mayor Partington in 2020, reports a working fund of $1,516,622 and disbursements of $529,902. Their website self-describes a “voluntary, nonprofit unincorporated committee of individuals not affiliated with any political party.” Their mission statement: “to do any and all things necessary or desirable for the attainment of committee purposes.”

Local Ormond Beach resident, state representative district 25 and CLO at Foundation Risk Partners, Tom Leek, happens to be the chairperson for Living Life With Purpose.

Major donors to the PAC over the last few years: ICI Homes, $25,000; Brown and Brown Insurance, $25,000; Consolidated Tomoka, $5,000; Florida Blue, $36,500; Wallace Burt, $10,000; Disney, $5,000; Daytona Beverages, $8,988.

Living Life With Purpose paid Ormond Beach political consultant Michael Scudiero $2,000 on Oct. 12, 2020, and $3,000 on Dec. 29, 2021. Mr. Scudiero was paid separately as a campaign consultant for three winning Ormond Beach incumbents in the 2020 election

and recently received a $3,000 campaign consulting fee from Lori Tolland, 2022 Zone 1 candidate for the seat vacated by Commissioner Dwight Selby. Lori Tolland’s campaign donations are now approaching $50,000 after three months.

Scudiero is the Police Benevolent Association union representative and currently serves on the Ormond Beach Planning Board as does his candidate/client Lori Tolland.

Apparently, no conflict-of-interest rules apply where one Planning Board member is paying another board member for professional political consulting services, or when a union representative negotiates against the city while serving on an advisory board for the city.

Tolland’s campaign received a $1,000 contribution on Jan. 13 from Living Life With Purpose and another $1,000 from Foundation Risk Partners Corp. on March 8. The statewide network of outside money from PACs (heavily financed by corporate interests) clearly exerts an influence on election outcomes in Ormond Beach. This stream of outside money may be technically legal, but it is unacceptable and reduces trust in our officials.

TIM GRIGSBY Ormond Beach

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To adopt any of these animals, or see others, visit the Halifax Humane Society’s main campus at 2364 LPGA Blvd. or call 274-4703.

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Linda Caracushansky, human resource manager; Lenny Sanclemente, corporate purchasing and operations manager; Rickey LeBlanc, operations manager’; and Judi Winch, executive director of Food Brings Hope.

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years, was recently named vice president of Institutional Advancement at Bethune-Cookman University, her alma mater.

In her new role, Paramore will be responsible for generating new financial income in support of student scholarship funds, faculty support, academic research, facilities, and other operational and infrastructure needs.

SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION OPENS The registration period for two of the city of Ormond Beach’s summer camps are now open. Enviro Camp registration opened on April 1, for ages 7-10. The camp runs for two four-week sessions, meeting Mon-

ICI HOMES IS FBH’S BUSINESS OF THE MONTH Food Brings Hope recently recognized ICI Homes as its Business of the Month at the ICI Homes Holiday party held at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Mori Hosseini Student Union.

According to a press release, ICI partners with Food Brings Hope for events like the Tour of Homes,

which showcases vocational careers to over 125 Teen Zone middle and high school students each year, and the annual Walk for Hope shoe drive held in December. ICI Homes employees also contributed over $12,000 in 2021 through the company’s payroll deductions program.

day to Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Environmental Discovery Center.

Registration must be completed at the EDC in person only. Cost: $112 per week.

Registration for the city’s Summer Connection 2022 Day Camp opened on April 4. Call Leisure Services at 386-676-3250.

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YOUR NEIGHBORS LOCAL EVENTS THURSDAY, APRIL 14

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY When: 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Where: Ormond Beach Public Library auditorium, 30 S. Beach St. Details: Bill Meister will present, “Getting More of the Story.” After the program, there will be a discussion of the recent release of the 1950 U.S. Federal Census. Guest registration is free. Contact halifaxgensociety@ gmail.com DEMOCRATIC MEETING When: 6:30-8 p.m.

Where: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ormond Beach, 56 N. Halifax Drive Details: The Ormond Beach Area Democratic Club will meet in-person and on Zoom. Social visiting is from 6:30-7 p.m. A Zoom link request and club information are on the club’s website at ormondbeachdems.org.

CFOB Chair Bill Denny, Sang Roberson and CFOB board member Pam Novy.

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Singing praises for Sang Citizens for Ormond Beach’s annual award recognized Sang Roberson’s advocacy for the arts, history and the environment.

JARLEENE ALMENAS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Sang Roberson is a renaissance woman.

That is the description that comes to Citizens for Ormond Beach board member Pam Novy’s mind when she thinks of Roberson, who on Wednesday, April 6, was named the local civic organization’s “Citizen of the Year” during a ceremony at the Ormond Beach Regional Public Library.

“A renaissance person is defined as a person who has wide interests and an expert in several areas,” Novy said.

“This certainly epitomizes Sang.”

Roberson’s accomplishments and contributions to the community have been many, among them being her work as an artist, advocacy for the preservation of Ormond Beach’s history, and enthusiasm for the importance of native plants.

Upon receiving her award, Roberson was visibly moved.

“Those of you who know me well know that I’m rarely at a loss for words,” she said. “But tonight is one of those times. ... I’m humbled and grateful and slightly stunned to hear so many accolades.”

ROOTED IN ART

Roberson, originally from Mississippi, has lived in Ormond Beach for 49 years.

Her love of art began as a child when she used to make mud pies, according to a city proclamation.

And her work has certainly come a long way. A ceramic artist, Roberson’s art has been exhibited at galleries and museums throughout the U.S., Europe and South America, including the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. Locally, her pieces have been displayed at the Ormond Memorial Art Museum, the Museum of Arts and Sciences, Stetson University and the Ocean Center.

In 1994, Roberson was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship and as well as a 1992-1993 Visual Arts Grant from the Florida Department of State.

Additionally, as “a proponent of art in public places” according to the proclamation, Roberson took part in the design and creation of the mosaic wall of children’s art in Sandy Garden at the OMAM gardens. The gar-

den was done in memory of Garden Club of the Halifax Country member Sandra Baird, who died in 2005.

“Her work is really different from any other that I’ve seen,” said Laura Stewart, former fine arts writer for the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

“It is so simple, but it’s sort of deceptively simple, because it’s extremely sophisticated and very elegant.”

Stewart said she has admired Roberson’s art for over 30 years. She thinks Roberson’s art is mysterious, though instantly recognizable.

Present at the ceremony was also one of Roberson’s fellow artists and friends, Akiko Sugiyama. The pair met on the porches of the Ormond Hotel, back when it was the home of the Halifax Art Festival about 38 years ago. Sugiyama said that during shows, Roberson’s booth was usually blocked by a wall of people.

“Not only because people admire her work, but I think people are drawn into her personality,” Sugiyama said. “Some people liked to go to talk to Sang because she had this ability to communicate.”

‘SANG LEADS THE WAY’

Roberson also has a history of helping to preserve historic places.

After the Ormond Hotel was demolished in 1992, and rumblings in the community spoke of razing the MacDonald House next, Roberson and other members of the Garden Club of the Halifax Country, who at the time were part of the Casements Park Steering Committee, led a charge to ensure the MacDonald House remained for future generations. The committee raised money and lobbied in Tallahassee for a grant to aid renovations.

It worked, and the MacDonald House was restored by the city in 1997. Then 20 years later, Roberson and other fellow garden club members went to work again the future of the MacDonald House was uncertain.

“I think that’s important in historic preservation to remember: A job done once in historic preservation doesn’t mean that it’s over because people and times change,” said Linda Armour, president of the Garden Club of the Halifax Country. “So we must all be ever present of how to preserve things, and Sang leads the way in that.”

Roberson is also the reason the Emmons Cottage is still standing today. The blue 1885 cottage once sat on a riverfront lot on the west side of the Halifax River, according to OMAM, and in 2000, it was slated to be demolished.

So Roberson bought it.

She, with the help of her fellow garden club members, were able to raise enough money to move it to the

OMAM gardens, where it is now used for environmental and art projects.

Other historic properties which Roberson has helped preserve over the years include the Joseph Price Carrage House, Rockefeller’s Upper Staff House, the Nathan Cobb Cottage and Talahloko, the only remaining two-story palm log structure still standing in state, and the place Roberson calls home. Talahloko was built around 1900 by Ormond pioneers John Anderson and Joseph Price, and was built as a hunting lodge.

A VISIONARY

Soon, Roberson will see one more accomplishment come to fruition: Vadner Park.

In 2019, Roberson and fellow Garden Club member Katherine Wing decided that the small park next to the historic Hillside Cemetery needed a transformation. It was overgrown and a “tangle of invasive plants,” Armour said. You couldn’t tell it was a park.

“For over a year, the two of them went back and forth and worked on ideas and wonderful plans, and then they secretly got a small cadre of Garden Club members to make a plan,” Armour said. “... Then they presented it to the Garden Club at large. We said yes, and then we took the project to the city of Ormond Beach, and they said yes.”

Afters months of fundraising and labor, Vadner Park will be the city’s first all-native plant park. Its grand opening will be celebrated on April 26.

“Never underestimate the power of visionaries and talented people who can turn dreams into reality,” Armour said. “This is who Sang Roberson is. She’s a visionary and a talented woman who turns many dreams into reality for a lot of people.”

After accepting her award, Roberson said everything she’s ever done has been with the help of others — particularly her fellow members of the Garden Club of the Halifax Country, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

“It’s a great vehicle for advocacy for the environment, and then of course for the beautiful houses that helped give the sense of place in Ormond, which has always been so important to me,” she said.

She thanked all for attending and said the award was “beyond gratifying.”

“I’m not a real teary person in public, but I’m close,” she said. “... This is quite possibly the most memorable day, or one of the most memorable days, of my life, certainly since I’ve moved to Ormond Beach, and gosh, I’m glad I did.”

HOLY WEEK DRAMA When: 7 p.m.

Where: Tomoka United Methodist Church, 1000 Old Tomoka Road Details: Tomoka United Methodist Church will present a live drama titled, “Have you seen my son?” by Jon McCauley Smith. Free.

MONDAY, APRIL 18

NARFE LUNCHEON When: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Where: Houligan’s Destination Daytona, 1643 U.S. 1 Details: The Ormond Beach Chapter of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees will host this luncheon. Call Bill Denny at 770-8831653 or at billdenny105@gmail.com

TUESDAY, APRIL 19

"Never underestimate the power of visionaries and talented people who can turn dreams into reality. This is who Sang Roberson is.

She's a visionary and a talented woman who turns many dreams into reality for a lot of people."

LINDA ARMOUR, president of the Garden Club of the Halifax Country

SIT ’N’ SEW When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: Seabreeze United Church of Christ, 501 N. Wild Ave. Details: The Racing Fingers Quilt Guild’s invites fellow quilters to join their Sit ‘n Sew. Bring your sewing machine. See racingfingersquiltguild.com for more details.

LEARN ABOUT PLASMA PHYSICS When: 5:30 p.m.

Where: Ormond Beach Regional Library, 30 S. Beach St. Details: Dr. Byonghoon Seo, an assistant professor of physics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will discuss laboratory experiments for studying the sun. Reservations are not required. Call 386-676-4191.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20

SPRING BIRD WALKS When: 8-10 a.m.

Where: Environmental Discovery Center, 601 Division Ave. Details: Enjoy a leisurely, guided bird walk through Central Park. All ages and skill levels invited. Bring binoculars and water. Dress for the weather. All trails are paved and ADA accessible. No reservations required.

Call 386-615-7081.

THURSDAY, APRIL 21

AFRICAN-AMERICAN TRAILBLAZERS, THEN AND NOW When: 6 p.m.

Where: Anderson-Price Memorial Building, 42 N. Beach St Details: The Ormond Beach Historical Society’s programs on Black History will continue through June. This month’s program will highlight the achievements of two local pastors: Charlie Freeman and Gary Pelhalm.

Free and open to the public. Visit ormondhistory.org.

SATURDAY, APRIL 23

DONUT DASH 5K When: 8 a.m.

Where: North end of the Trails Shopping Center, 254 N. Nova Road Details: This year’s Ormond Beach Police Athletic League Donut Dash 5K will run through The Trails and Tomoka Oaks subdivisions. The roads will not be closed to vehicular traffic.

Check-in begins at 7 a.m. near La Fiesta. Pre-register at https://bit. ly/3xcLpbW 12TH-ANNUAL MUTT STRUTT 5K When: 9 a.m.

Where: Daytona Beach Bandshell, 70 Boardwalk Details: Halifax Humane Society’s 5K Fun Run/Walk. Pre-register at https://www.hhsmuttstrutt.org.

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Seraphina Adams and her mom, Celeste Borden-Price, stop by the coloring table before the Easter egg hunt begins.

ighteen hundred eggs were stuffed prior to the Tomoka United Methodist Church’s Easter party and egg hunt on Saturday, April 9.

This was the return of the annual event after COVID-19 had forced the church administrators to cancel it the past two years.

Preschool through fifth grade children were invited to color, play games, snack on cookies and hunt prize Easter eggs. The Easter bunny was available for photo opportunities.

Lead pastor John Gill left the church in 2011 to work with the Florida United Methodist Children’s Home where he helped recruit foster families. He was reappointed to the church for the second time in July 2021.

“We were glad to able to get back to this event,” he said.

“We have a lot of retired people in our church, so it’s fun to see families with kids. At Halloween time, we also do a trunk-ortreat party. These are our two family outreach events we do for the community.”

Uriel Franco helps his 2-year-old daughter, Ariela.

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SPORTS

Confidence

BOOSTER Seabreeze quarterback Chelsea McQuarrie tosses a lateral to Ocean Summers.

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Seabreeze scores big against Menendez MICHELE MEYERS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Carly McNerney pressured Menendez’s quarterback throughout the game.

“The last time we played them (Mainland), it was a close game but I feel like mentally we fell apart. We got nervous. If we can control that and stay on top of our game, we can come out with a win this season.”

AVERY DELLINGER, Seabreeze flag football player

After a loss against Spruce Creek and a win against Matanzas, Seabreeze was thankful to wrap last week up with a 39-0 blowout against the Menendez Falcons on Thursday, April 7.

“It definitely boosts our confidence having a lot of points on the board for the end of the week,” Sandcrab Kylie Watson said. “My plan going into (this week) is play like I did (last week). Work hard.”

Watson scored the first touchdown of the game and led the defense with six tackles. This is only her second year playing flag football, but she attributes her ability to playing two or three sports per year. The combination of playing soccer since the age of 5 and being raised in a family of football fans has been beneficial, she said. She began playing flag football her freshman year with knowledge of the rules and an understanding of the game.

Fellow soccer player Avery Dellinger — goalie for the Seabreeze team — punted 45 yards against Menendez. She was looking forward to the Sandcrabs’ three games this week and getting another shot at Mainland. The Sandcrabs had games on consecutive days against Pine Ridge,

Sandcrab Ria Gupta scores the extra point.

Deltona and Mainland.

They host the Bucs on Thursday, April 14, at 7 p.m.

“Hopefully we can get on a winning streak going into Mainland and have some confidence,” she said. “I think we get in our own heads. The last timewe played them, it was a close game, but I feel like mentally we fell apart. We got nervous. If we can control that and stay on top of our game, we can come out with a win this season.”

Q u a r te rba c k C h e l sea McQuarrie continues to demonstrate outstanding leader-

Kylie Watson scores the first touchdown of the game against the Menendez Falcons.

Morgan Long tries to outrun a Menendez defender.

Coach Todd Barnes gives a thumbs-up.

ship qualities and physical versatility on the field. She was 18 for 26 with 153 yards passing, ran in one touchdown, scored an extra point and had three sacks against the Falcons.

“The season is going good,” head coach Todd Barnes said.

“All our goals are ahead of us.

We have three big games (this week). I don’t even want to mention Mainland until we play Pine Ridge. Hopefully, we score a lot of points and shut them down on defense. Give them a big goose egg.”

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FPC tennis players Anya and Ania are double trouble for their opponents Subachev and Martynuk speak Russian on the court and have been nearly unbeatable at No. 2 doubles.

BRENT WORONOFF STAFF WRITER

They are the two Anyas. Or are they the Anias?

One thing is for sure, Flagler Palm Coast’s No. 2 doubles team is nearly unbeatable.

Anya Subachev and Ania Martynuk are as close off the court as they are on it. On the court, they speak mostly Russian. Martynuk, whose parents are from Ukraine, understands Russian but doesn’t speak it well. Subachev, whose mother is

Russian, is learning some Ukrainian from her doubles partner.

“They’re really close,” said FPC’s No. 1 singles player, Marcella Warner.

“They’re like perfect together. They speak Russian. It’s pretty funny. The other team can’t understand them.”

They laugh when an opponents says, “Wow, two Anyas. I’ve never heard that name before.” Or, “What language are you speaking?”

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"They complement each other well. They're constantly communicating. They're in sync. They switch without calling it."

JAVIER BEVACQUA, FPC girls tennis coach

tennis court makes them feel comfortable and allows them to focus on the match, but mostly they’re able to strategize without their opponents overhearing.

“We don’t have to whisper in each other’s ears,” Martynuk said. “We can just talk across the court.”

Whatever their strategy, it’s working. They won the No. 2 doubles title at the Five Star Conference tournament, helping the Bulldogs to the

“Our whole family is (in Ukraine), except for two cousins. We’re sending stuff over and organizing fund raisers.

My mom organized a Ukrainian festival in Orlando to raise money.”

ANIA MARTYNUK

Ania Martynuk and Anya Subachev have played No. 2 doubles together since last season.

team title. And they’re the No. 1 seed in the No. 2 doubles brackets at the District 2-4A championships April 14-15 at the Florida Tennis Center in Daytona Beach.

They’ve lost only one match this year, 6-4 to Creekside on Feb. 23.

“It was getting dark, so it was decided the first team to 6 wins,” FPC girls coach Javier Bevacqua said. “I would have loved to have seen them play the whole match.”

Subachev, the Bulldogs’ No. 2 singles player, is very good at the net and putting shots away down the line, Martynuk said. Martynuk, the team’s No. 3 singles player, is a good server, especially in pressure situations, Subachev said.

“They complement each other well,” Bevacqua said. “They’re constantly communicating. They’re always talking. They’re in sync. They switch without calling it.”

They’ve known each other since they were 9 or 10 when they had the same tennis coach. Now they are as close off the court as on it. They were ball persons together at the Miami Open earlier this month.

And Subachev will always provide an ear when Martynuk is worried about her family and friends who are still in Ukraine.

“We’re doing all we can,” Martynuk said. “Our whole family is over there, except for two cousins. We’re sending stuff over and organizing fund raisers. My mom organized a Ukrainian festival in Orlando to raise money.”

Most of Martynuk’s family are in the western part of the country, she said, and are well. They have been communicating on FaceTime and social media. Her cousins have gone to Poland, she said. Her grandparents are still in Lviv, the largest city in Western Ukraine.

Subachev and Martynuk have a special handshake. They clap hands high going toward each other and low going away. That’s how they hope to celebrate at the end of the district tournament.

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Runner-up last year, Dom Bennett eyes state Bennett is one of 10 Flagler Palm Coast weightlifters to qualify for the Class 3A state championships BRENT WORONOFF STAFF WRITER

Dom Bennett wasn’t worried about the regional title.

The prize the FPC senior has been targeting since last year is the state boys weightlifting championship.

“I’ve been training like crazy,” said the Bulldogs’ 138-pounder, who was the state runner-up in the 129-pound class at last year’s Class 3A state championships.

Bennett broke two school records this year in his new weight class. He didn’t win the regional title in the traditional bench press/clean and jerk lifts, because he didn’t attempt a third clean and jerk.

“We only did two clean and jerks and stopped,” FPC coach Duane Hagstrom said. “We wanted to keep others guessing.”

Bennett is one of 10 FPC lifters who have qualified for the 3A state championships April 21 at Port St. Joe

Nick Lilavois, left, shakes hands with 119-pound champ Andrew Feeks of Creekside after finishing second in bench press/ clean and jerk.

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Dom Bennett stands atop the podium after winning the sub-regional bench press/clean and jerk title without attempting a third clean and jerk.

High School. Bennett, Nick Lilavois, Rigens Andre, Nick Groth and Tommy Desantoli qualified in both the traditional and snatch competitions. Five other Bulldogs are headed to state in one of the competitions.

“We’ll definitely have several on the podium if we do what we need to do,” Hagstrom said.

Bennett won the Region 1-3A snatch title with a 165-pound lift. Nick Lilavois won the 119-pound snatch title and finished second in the traditional lifts. Rigens Andre won the 219-pound traditional title and also qualified for state in the snatch competition. Nick Groth and Tommy Desantoli also qualified in both competitions.

Isaiah Rivers (second, 154 pounds) and Wood Registe (sixth, 183 pounds) qualified in the traditional competition.

Ron Proctor (183 pounds), Charlie Perry (238 pounds) and Kobe Murphy (unlimited) qualified in the snatch lift.

The Bulldogs hosted half of the regional on April 9, and Bennett received first-place sub-regional medals in both competitions. When the other sub-regional results were posted, Bennett was second in the region in bench/clean and jerk with a 495 total. Clayton

Walters of Niceville won the region title with a 520 total.

Bennett’s school record is 515 pounds. He’s not worried about the competition at Port St. Joe. “I don’t pay attention to anybody else, as long as I’m doing better than I did yesterday,” he said. “I just try to be as good as I can be. I’m focusing on my lifts.”

“Be all you can be,” is a former advertising slogan for the U.S. Army, and Bennett serves in the Army National Guard.

Last summer, he had to take a break from weightlifting while participating in basic combat training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

“They didn’t have this kind of weight training, just calisthenics and cardio. But it helped with my mentality. It helped me get a harder drive,” Bennett said.

Rivers also medaled at state last year with a fifth-place finish. He lost the regional bench/clean and jerk title on body weight after tying regional champ David Izquierdo of Lyman with a 545-pound total. Andre, meanwhile, won the title on body weight after finishing in a tie with Creekside’s Tanner Owens with a 660-pound total.

The Bulldogs won the subregional snatch title and finished second in the traditional competition. In the overall regional standings, FPC was third in snatch and fourth in the traditional lifts. High finishes in Region 1 are a good indicator of a high finish at state. Five of the top seven teams at state last year were from Region 1.

FPC STATE QUALIFIERS SNATCH 119: Nick Lilavois, first place Region 1-3A, 130 pounds.

139: Dom Bennett, first place, 165 pounds.

169: Nick Groth, second place, 205 pounds.

183: Ron Proctor, qualified but did not place, 180 pounds.

219: Rigens Andre, fifth place, 170 pounds 238: Tommy Desantoli, fifth place, 180 pounds; Charlie Perry, qualified but did not place, 165 pounds.

Unl.: Kobe Murphy, fourth place, 200 pounds

TRADITIONAL 119: Lilavois, second place, 250 bench, 160 clean and jerk—410 total.

139: Bennett, second place, 245-245—495.

154: Isaiah Rivers, second place, 305-240—545.

169: Nick Groth, qualified but did not place, 245275—520.

183: Wood Registe, sixth place, 325-250—575.

219: Rigens Andre, first place,370-290—660.

238: Tommy Desantoli, qualified but did not place, 315-270—585.

TRIBUTES Benjamin R. Capua 1940-2022

Benjamin Robert Capua Sr., a devoted husband, father and grandfather who had a lauded 28 year-career with the Plainfield Fire Department, went on to be with the Lord, March 25, 2022 in Palm Coast, Fl. at the age of 82.

Ben was the second of Anthony and Julia Capua’s five children. Born in Plainfield, NJ, Ben attended Plainfield public schools. He met his future wife, Connie Pompilio Capua, when the two walked together during their 8th grade graduation ceremony in 1954.

The pair dated through High School and got engaged after their 1958 graduation.

On November 20, 1960, Connie and Ben exchanged vows, ones they’d keep for more than 60 years.

The couple welcomed two children, Ben Jr and Robin and eventually settled in South Plainfield, NJ. Ben Sr. Worked as a firefighter with the Plainfield Fire Department and took on many side jobs with fellow firefighters painting houses to provide for his family.

The former position allowed Ben to show-off his cooking skills. He specialized in Italian-American fare, including lasagne, Italian hot dogs and sausage and peppers.

Ben loved being a firefighter. He received multiple

commendations for rescuing people trapped in burning homes.

In the early 1970s, Ben was elected as president of the city’s Professional Fire Fighters Union. As union president, Ben negotiated a contract that promised fire fighters hospitalization insurance until their deaths.

In May 1986, City of Plainfield ordered all firefighters and fire officials to submit to a surprise urinalysis test. By mid-June, all employees had been tested.

The 16 firefighters had results that indicated they had “the presence of controlled dangerous substances” in their urine. They were immediately fired.

Ben immediately stepped up to protect his union members. The urinalysis, his union argued, violated the 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which gives individuals a right to privacy and protection from

illegal search and seizure.

Ben, a co-plaintiff in Capua v. City of Plainfield. The case made national news and Ben appeared on the cover of Life magazine. The U.S. District Court ultimately sided with Ben and his union.

His retirement in 1990 and a move to Florida brought Ben and Connie literally and figuratively closer to their children, and ultimately their 3 grandchildren, Ashley Dudak and Nicole and Ben III Capua. “Pop” as they called him, would take them to school and pick them up everyday while their parents worked. They’d enjoy spending afternoons and summers with him.

Ben was a member of the Knights of Columbus as well as The Italian American Club.

Ben also enjoyed golfing and spending as much time as he could with his grandchildren.

Ben could also be found

at Lighthouse Bible Church, a ministry founded by his son-in-law, Ted Dudak.

“Pop” enjoyed participating in many of the church’s programs and activities.

Connie says she and Ben exchanged “I love you” every single morning and every single night.”

Ben was predeceased by his parents and his older brother Anthony Capua. In addition to his wife, children and grandchildren, Ben’s survivors include his brother Raffaele Capua and sisters, Marie Capua Jaeger and Carmella Capua McMullen: and many cousins, nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations in memory of Benjamin Capua to Kindred Hospice, 4816 Palm Coast Pkwy. NW, Ste 3, Palm Coast, Fl, 32137 or Lighthouse Bible Church, 15 Hargrove Lane, Bld. 4-Unit D, Palm Coast, Fl, 32137 Heritage Funeral and Cremation Service is assisting the family.

Freshmen learning Matanzas culture, finding their rhythm After losing 10-0 earlier this season, Flagler Palm Coast showed vast improvement in a 5-2 softball loss to Matanzas.

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Playing softball for Matanzas is not easy. You have to learn the culture. You have to know the cheers. You have to know the beat.

The beat?

“In the past, kids who took the steel drum class would like to make some noise, drumming on the coolers and things,” Pirates coach Sabrina Manhart said.

The Pirates have six freshmen, all of whom have contributed to the team’s 8-4 record this season. Pitcher Leah Stevens has 101 strikeouts in 51 innings. Shortstop Ava Thomas is second on the team in batting average (.417), hits (15) and runs scored (12).

Outfielder Skylar Ludovici has a .367 batting average.

But they haven’t taken the steel drum class yet.

“They’re still learning the Pirate way. They’re still learning how to beat the drums. I’m thinking about inviting the steel drum teacher to practice,” Manhart said. “That’s the stuff that makes it fun. It gives the team so much energy.

“This team is just different,” she added. “We had enthusiastic entertainers in the past.

Half our dugout is trying to learn our cheers still.”

The freshmen are learning things such as the 10-second rule. If you strike out, for example, you have 10 seconds, during which the team will leave you alone. Then, when the next batter gets in the box, you must immediately cheer on your teammate.

“We have so many freshmen, we’re trying to pass down our traditions, like how to put the team first instead of ourselves,” said senior Sam Alfano, who went 3 for 3 in Matanzas’ 5-2 victory over cross-town rival Flagler Palm Coast on April 6 at the Bulldogs’ field.

Manhart said she is still learning how to coach the freshmen effectively.

“They’re all individuals. My job is to figure out how to best motivate each of them,” Manhart said. “They’re making some freshman mistakes. But even seniors make mistakes.

The big thing is how they’ll respond to adversity. We’re teaching them to do that with class and a positive mindset.”

MATANZAS 5, FPC 2 MATANZAS LEADING HITTERS Emma Wood 3 for 4, 3 runs.

Sam Alfano 3 for 3, RBI. Skylar Ludovici 1 for 4, 2 RBIs, 1 run.

Ava Thomas 1 for 2, double, RBI, run.

FPC LEADING HITTERS Bailey Holmes 2 for 4.

Scarlett Shields 2 for 3.

Madison Cercy 1 for 2, double, RBI. Alexis Laura 1 for 3, run.

vens tossed a six-inning nohitter in the Pirates’ 10-0 win over the Bulldogs.

This time, the Bulldogs had six hits and scored two runs.

Scarlett Shields and Bailey Holmes had two hits apiece, while Madison Cercy had an RBI double.

The Pirates’ five runs were the most FPC has allowed since its first loss to Matanzas.

“We’re getting better,” said Bulldogs assistant coach John Kleinfelder. “We’re not making as many errors. We’re not making as many mental errors.”

“They’ve always been a competitive team,” Manhart said. “The first time we played them was senior night, so we came in with a lot of energy.”

FPC’s coaches are pleased with the development of sophomore pitcher Alexis Laura.

“She pitched very well tonight,” Kleinfelder said.

“She’s hitting her spots, not throwing so many over the plate. But Matanzas is a good team.”

The Pirates collected nine hits off Laura. Alfano and Emma Wood had three hits apiece. Wood, who raised her batting average to a scorching .658, scored three of the Pirates’ runs. Stevens struck out nine and walked three in seven innings.

The Bulldogs (5-6) bounced back April 8, with a doubleheader sweep of district foe Ocala West Port at home.

They won the first game, which was the completion of a suspended game from March 9, 16-4, and took the nightcap 11-4. Laura, Holmes, Kylee Burns, Sadie Schell and Shields each had two hits in the second game.

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“We have so many freshmen, we're trying to pass down our traditions, like how to put the team first instead of ourselves.”

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Lopez’s Oldham seeded second Father Lopez will have four lifters competing at the Class 1A state weightlifting championships on April 23 at Port St. Joe. Jackson Oldham is the second seed at 199 pounds with a 605 bench/clean and jerk total. Cole Zonca (119), regional champ Aiden Harris (183), and Bryce Nmmer (219) also qualified in the traditional competition.

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Seven Pirates qualify for state

In Florida, football is not confined to one season. There’s football season.

There’s offseason. There’s summer camps and 7-on-7 tournaments.

And there is spring football.

In football terms, spring is the beginning of the year. The juniors can now take their place as team leaders. The freshmen can take their place on varsity and make room for the incoming freshmen.

Most of all, spring football is an exciting time. Coaches get a head start with their players and get to see how their teams stack up.

High School spring practice starts on April 25 and ends in May with a spring jamborees. Here’s a look at the local teams:

Matanzas qualified seven lifters for the Class 2A state boys weightlifting championships April 22 at Port St. Joe High School.

Cameron Sleep (119 pounds), Jaeden Sao (119), Aiden Schissler (139) and Cole Hash (183) qualified in both the traditional and snatch competitions. Dakwon Evans (154) qualified in the traditional competition. Zeke Flores (219) and Tate Winecoff (238) qualified in the snatch.

Hash, the regional champ in the traditional competition, is the fourth seed at 183 pounds with a 585-pound bench and clean and jerk total.

What’s exciting: Gerod Tolbert, the running back/cornerback, ran the 100 in 11.0 seconds at the Florida Relays. The 6-1, 180-pounder and the 5-8, 190-pound Marcus Mitchell could become an exciting running back tandem. Meanwhile, rising junior Rodney Hill is one of the top inside linebacker recruits in the 2024 class. Outside linebacker Ashton Bracewell and tight end Daniel DeFalco also have Division I offers.

What’s missing: Center Nick Blumengarten will be one of the seniors the Bulldogs will have to replace.

Brayden Depotter, Nathan Stein and Malachi Mitchell will compete for the spot. Two of them could also be in the right tackle mix with Joey Wronowski.

Who’s the QB: D.J. Murray has been working his tail off, coach Robert Paxia said. His bench and clean are up 50 pounds from last summer.

He’s learning the finer points of the position. Last year he was more of a runner, while Preston Roberts was more of a passing quarterback. This season, the spot is Murray’s.

Flagler Palm Coast’s boys lacrosse team advanced to the District 3-2A championship game with a 15-11 win over Fleming Island on April 12.

The Bulldogs improved to 11-4 with the semifinal victory. They will meet top seed Creekside on Thursday, April 14.

FPC likely secured a playoff spot with the win over Fleming Island. A district title would mean a home game in the first round of the playoffs.

Creekside, the fifth-ranked team in Class 2A, defeated the Bulldogs 13-5 on March 22. It was FPC’s only loss by more than one goal this season.

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What’s exciting: Defensive back Eli Campbell returns for his senior season. Campbell already has six Division I offers, including one Power-5 offer: Pitt. Coach Pat Brown expects rising junior defensive tackle Michael Shropshire to have a breakout year.

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Seabreeze had two qualifiers for the Class 2A weightlifting championships. Both Steven Taylor (199 pounds) and Dante Jones (219 pounds) qualified in the snatch.

Seabreeze’s Blake Boda is the top returning quarterback in the Volusia-Flagler area.

What’s missing: The Sandcrabs are losing 17 seniors including starting defensive backs in Dimitri Campbell, Chris Lewis and Latrae Bass. Defensive end Jeremy West and middle linebacker Dante Jones are also gone.

Who’s the QB: Blake Boda, the top quarterback in Volusia and Flagler County, returns for his senior season. The 6-4, 185-pounder threw for over 2,000 yards and 18 touchdowns last season.

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What’s exciting: The Bucs return six offensive linemen who started games last season. “I’m really excited about that,” coach Travis Roland said. “It’s going to be a major strength for us.” On the other side of the ball, Mainland returns defensive linemen Ramon McCullough and Ty Richmond, who have D-I offers, and rising junior defensive back Zay Mincey, whose offers include Notre Dame, Louisville and Iowa State.

What’s missing: Leading rusher Isaiah Gordon. Candidates to replace him include rising senior P.J. Russell, Father Lopez transfer Corey Hill and rising sophomore Myron Shafer, who was recovering from a knee injury

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Who’s the QB: The Bucs return rising junior E’Zaiah Shine, who will compete with Spruce Creek transfer Demarcus Creecy. “It will be a great competition,” Roland said. “They’re two guys who can hurt you in many different ways. I think both of them are going to help us.”

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What’s exciting: The youth movement hasn’t ended for the Pirates.

While they have rising juniors Dakwon Evans, Jordan Mills, Cole Hash and Shomarion Gaines, who are all two-year starters, they also have some talented rising sophomores, especially in the trenches. Rising senior Luke Doner, a 6-3, 215-pound defensive end, is drawing interest from some FCS schools, coach Matt Forrest said.

What’s missing: Receiver Noah Cundiff (New Hampshire) and linebacker Zeke Flores (Concordia) are moving on to college.

Who’s the QB: It will be tough to take the spot away from Evans, who passed for over 1,00 yards and ran for 245 more last season, but it will be an open competition in spring camp.

Flagler Palm Coast, May 20 at Sanford Seminole jamboree.

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Winter Park, at Showalter Field (Red and White game, May 13 at Ormond Beach Sports Complex) Mainland, May 20 vs.

West Orange, and Palm Bay Bayside (two quarters each) at Daytona Stadium.

Matanzas, May 20 at Atlantic vs. Atlantic (one half) and Sebastian River (one half).

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She was released from her courageous eight-year battle with cancer on March 19th, 2022 to greet her Savior, Jesus Christ, as well as many family and friends who went before her and awaited her arrival.

She is survived by her husband, Elroy “Herb” Bundy, of Hugo, OK; sons Heath (Rikel) Bundy of Idabel, OK and Roy (Stacie) Bundy of Soper, OK; daughters, Ann (Kevin) Ballard of Kanab, UT and Mary (Quentin) Gilbert of Hugo, OK; 29 grandchildren; sisters, Brenda (Mike) Boyd of Bunnell, Fl, Colleen (Dellas) Sorensen of Glendale, UT, Denise (Craig) Barton of Bunnell, FL, and

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Wide range of vehicles on display at EV Showcase Owners praised safety, performance and low maintenance costs at Sustainable Flagler’s second Electric Vehicle showcase.

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Nick Klufas had a full car at the Sustainable Flagler’s Electric Vehicle Showcase.

The Palm Coast City Council member showed off what his 2021 Tesla Model S Plaid can do. Riders got to see the autopilot in action, as well as the acceleration speed.

The Model S Plaid does 0 to 60 mph in just under 2 seconds. It’s the fastest 0-to-60 production car on the market, and the experience from the backseat feels like taking off in

a rocket. Klufas takes the car to the drag strip, and he also notes, it’s the safest car ever built. The cost? About $140,000. He could afford it, he said, because he put all his money in Tesla stock seven to eight years ago.

Flagler Palm Coast High School senior Dylan Long stresses that not all electric vehicles have price tags out of reach for the average person.

Long started Sustainable Flagler with FPC computer science and math teacher Kevin Saint early this school year.

The April 9 EV Showcase in the City Hall parking lot was the club’s second event of its kind.

Long, an Internal Baccalaureate student, said he paid $5,200 for his 2013 Nissan Leaf. The car has thermal management issues, which causes battery degradation, but it still has a range of 65 miles, Long said, only about 10 fewer miles than when it was new.

“The Leaf is a very good first car for teenagers or a second car,” Long

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Elaine Bailey, left, who brought her BMW i3, poses with Sustainable Flagler co-founder Kevin Saint and Jenny Jaegal, sustainability coordinator for Orange County Schools.

said.

EV owners brought a variety of models to the Showcase and talked about their experiences. Three dealerships — Napleton Volkswagen of Sanford, Fields BMW of Daytona and Volkswagen of St. Augustine also brought EVs to the event.

Napleton’s Connor Dickson showed off the Mercedes-EQ EQS 450+ with a starting price of $102,310.

Jenny Jaegal, the sustainability coordinator for Orange County Schools, paid about $17,000 in 2020 for her 2017 Chevy Bolt. It has about 58,000 miles on it.

“I don’t think the miles matter,” Jaegal said. “Everybody knows about

Three dealerships brought cars at the EV Showcase.

Teslas, but they’re not affordable for everybody. I want people to know there are affordable EVs.” Michael Fonte of Palm Coast has 112,000 miles on his 2013 Chevy Volt, which he’s had for eight years.

The gas backup provides a range up to 400 miles, he said.

“It seemed like something new and interesting at the time,” he said.

“I could go to St. Augustine and back for a little under a dollar. There’s no degradation at all that I can see on the battery.”

Joe O’Shea’s 2019 Audie e-tron with Prestige trim has all the bells and whistles and cost about $75,000 new, he said.

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the batteries may degrade a small amount over time, they never stop working.

Saint met Long when he took Saint’s computer science class as a self-study course. A 15-minute meeting turned into a twohour discussion.

“We discovered our mutual love for EVs,” Saint said. “Dylan invited me to go to an Orlando event in his Leaf, and on the way back we said, ‘We are doing nothing in our county.’ We started it as a school club because it provides us with so m e a dva n tages. Part of why The Arcimoto FUV utility vehicle has a range of about we’re doing this is 100 miles. to accelerate the

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Long has been active in driving community sustainability since he was a freshman. He said he’s been assisting the Palm Coast Beautification and Environmental Advisory Committee to revamp its Green Building Incentive Program. He’s trying to get the school district to apply for grants for electric school buses and the Sheriff’s Office to look into a pilot program for electric patrol vehicles.

“A lot of counties have had success with it,” Long said. “They’re a lot safer and quicker, and there are no harmful emissions.”

Saint said it’s unfortunate that electric vehicles have been politicized.

“We’ve never tried to be an environmental club,” he said. “No matter what your political beliefs are, 0 to 60 in two seconds is exciting.”

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Jim Jaworski said. “We cannot thank the African American Entrepreneurs Association enough for their partnership in this groundbreaking new initiative.” n June 10: The second night of The Barrier Breakers Series will be hosted June 10 at 7:05 p.m. against the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels. The evening honoree will be Johnny Wright, a pitcher who broke professional baseball’s color barrier with Jackie Robinson in 1946 right here in Daytona Beach. n July 8: The third night of The Barrier Breakers Series will be hosted July 8 at 7:05 p.m. against the St. Lucie Mets. On this evening, Mary McLeod Bethune, one of the most celebrated African American figures as an influencer, educator, civil rights activist, and advocate for women’s equality for more than three decades will be the focus of the night. She also founded the Daytona Normal and Industrial School for Negro Girls, later merged with the Cookman Institute of Jacksonville to become known as Bethune-Cookman University. She is attributed with helping make it possible for Robinson and Wright to make history in Daytona Beach. n Aug. 12: The fourth night of The Barrier Breakers Series will be hosted Aug. 12 at 7:05 p.m. against the Lakeland Flying Tigers. The evening will focus on Kelly Field, where Robinson and Wright trained, as well as served as a social hub of the community.

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On a trip to Charlotte, he said he intervened on the self-driving function only once. As for maintenance, he said while driving 18,000 miles he’s only had to add windshield wiper fluid and rotate the tires.

FPC senior Raquel Acevedo, a member of Sustainable Flagler, said they are trying to eliminate some of the myths of electric cars, like they’re all too expensive or they blow up.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, April 6, signed 42 bills, including a heavily debated measure that will change staffing standards in nursing homes.

The nursing-home industry lobbied for the measure (HB 1239), which drew opposition from the senior-advocacy group AARP Florida and other critics who contended it would reduce care for residents.

The most controversial part of the bill involves certified nursing assistants, who provide much of the hands-on care in nursing homes.

Current law requires that certified nursing assistants provide a minimum of 2.5 hours of direct care per resident per day. The bill would reduce that to two hours. Also, current law requires that certified nursing assistants and licensed nurses provide a weekly average of 3.6 hours of direct care per patient per day. The bill would keep that 3.6-hour average, but it would allow time spent by other types of workers, such as physical therapists and occupational therapists, to be factored into the calculation.

Supporters said the changes would provide more flexibility to nursing homes and help address staffing shortages.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill April 6. Supporters said the changes would provide more flexibility to nursing homes and help address staffing shortages.

will care for the residents based on their unique and individualized needs,” Kristen Knapp, a spokeswoman for the Florida Health Care Association, a nursing-home industry group, said Wednesday before DeSantis signed the measure.

But opponents, including representatives of AARP and the Service Employees International Union, which represents nursing-home workers, said they are concerned about certified nursing assistants spending less time with residents.

“It reduces the time that CNAs spend with nursing home residents by 20%, and we are absolutely opposed to a cut in nursing home care,” AARP spokeswoman Jamie Mongiovi said.

DeSantis’ office announced the bill signings in a news release. Among the other measures signed: — A bill (SB 1950) that will help set the stage for the Agency for Health Care Administration to award billions of dollars in Medicaid managed-care contracts. The agency during the past decade has gone through lengthy

processes twice to award contracts to managed-care plans and is expected to begin a third round this year.

— A bill (SB 312) will expand the authority of physicians to prescribe controlled substances through telemedicine. Doctors will continue to be prohibited from using telemedicine to prescribe what are known as Schedule I and Schedule II substances, which include drugs that are considered highly addictive.

— A bill (HB 921) that will place a $3,000 limit on contributions from out-of-state donors to political committees trying to collect enough petition signatures to move forward with ballot initiatives. The Legislature passed a similar law in 2021 that applied to contributions from in-state and out-of-state donors during the signaturegathering phase of initiatives.

U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor blocked that restriction, saying it was an unconstitutional infringement on political speech.

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“Is there any other element of this application does not meet our Land Development Code?” he asked County Growth Management Director Adam Mengel.

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Mengel noted that there is a buffering conservation area present, and that, as Langello had said, there is “a range of potentially more noxious uses” under the current light industrial zoning.

The county, he added, could add requirements limiting the facility’s hours of operation and setting restrictions on the lighting.

Assistant county attorney Sean Moylan said that locals who’d asked the county to deny the storage facility’s site development plan misunderstood the board’s role.

“The planning board here tonight is making a recommendation; it’s not a final approval,” he said.

He added that the developer has rights to the land.

“This is something that is vested,” Moylan said. “... It’s already on the books, and they’re just coming in now to actually build. ... If we were to deny it, the landowner would then have a claim against the county for denying them due process of developing their own land.”

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The board’s decision in favor of the storage facility’s site development plan isn’t binding: It’s a recommendation to the County Commission, which will hear the proposal next.

The planning board’s members said they found no legal grounds on which to vote against the proposed storage facility, which would have 64 outdoor parking spots for boats or recreational vehicles, plus an air conditioned, threestory building with 102,000 square feet of indoor storage, south of Airport Road and north of Ashford Lakes Drive.

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the storage facility would bring traffic and crime that would lower their quality of life and endanger their children.

“When my husband and I moved to Flagler County, we moved here in hopes of a safe and nurturing environment,” said Ormond Beach resident Mallory Cone. “And I think you can all agree with me when I say a three-story storage unit is not a nurturing environment. I hope that you guys can see that this is not what we need in our community.”

She added that she had two young children who play outside.

But board members and county staff pointed out that the area does have a sidewalk, and, under its current zoning, could be used for things that would generate much more traffic than would a storage facility.

“What a lot of people are asking us to do ... is to, in effect, ignore the zoning,” board member Mark Langello said. “Let’s say in some world we do not pass this. There may be something industrial put on here that is even more traffic, more noise. It isn’t ... we deny it and then it’s going to be birds and frogs.”

Langello suggested some ways the county could push the developer to make the storage facility less intrusive for the neighborhood — for instance, by adding a high fence and vegetated buffers.

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Waldhauer says he has 200 new pools on the books right now. Tom Gilbert, the president of East Coast Pools and Spas in Ormond Beach, said his company is installing four pools a week.

From 2017 to 2019, Waldhauer and Son installed 70 pools a year.

“All of a sudden the numbers shot up,” Waldhauer said. “Sales went crazy. Then inflation came behind it. I’m not making as much money on pools I sold eight to nine months ago.”

The business owners said demand exploded with the pandemic, and it isn’t slowing down.

“We were deemed essential from the beginning of the pandemic,” said Pavlow, whose company also maintains pools. If pools are not maintained, they turn green.

“We were only down for two weeks, which was a relief for our employees,” Pavlow said. “Then the phone calls started coming in, and it’s been a wild ride ever since.”

Gilbert has a similar story. East Coast currently has 100 pools on the books.

“As soon as COVID started, demand went up,” he said. “Everybody was home. They realized it’s where they were going to spend their vacation. And there’s so much growth, too.”

There are a lot of facets to building a pool, and they require a lot of specialists, many of whom are normally subcontracted out. And just as there is a limited supply of materials, there is also a limited supply of specialty workers.

“They’re not easy to find,” Pavlow said. “There’s the pool-tile guy.

That’s a specialty. The same thing with pool plumbers, screen cages, concrete work. I dig three pools a week, but maybe my plumber can only plumb two a week. The subcontractors don’t only work for me.”

Waldhauer said some weeks his company is digging five pools but can only get three or four shot with concrete.

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Customers know going in that they will have to wait eight months to a year for digging to begin and another two to four months for the various phases of construction.

“Not many cancel,” Pavlow said.

“Two in the last year. People are waiting.”

Jenny Brown, who lives in Grand Haven’s Wild Oaks community, purchased a pool from Waterside in April 2021. One week into construction, Brown was “shocked” on April 8 to see workers shooting the concrete.

“The guy just showed up,” she said. “It’s very exciting.”

Her husband is a water person, she said. She’s looking forward to having an entertainment area and a pool that is beautiful to look at.

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Picture perfect: Ormond Beach photographer aims to capture unique moments Leland Dutcher was the team photographer for University of Central Florida Athletics for about three years.

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After moving to Ormond Beach, local photographer Leland Dutcher learned very quickly that if he didn’t have his camera with him when hanging out around town, he would likely come to regret it.

The 23-year-old loves capturing unique moments, especially at the beach, and recently, he happened to do just that when he spotted two Canadian paramotorists setting up at sunset on the beach near Lagerheads in Ormondby-the-Sea. The conditions, with the pink sky streaked with clouds, were perfect for

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“For me to take their photos, it was just kind of an epic moment, or I thought it could become one,” Dutcher said.

He first began shooting photos around 2010 when his parents gave him a camera for Christmas, but his interest in the art form had been present for a while before. He used to use his parents’ point-andshoot camera to take photos and make homemade cooking videos, but once he got his hands on a DSLR camera, he never put it down.

Prior to moving to Ormond Beach, Dutcher lived in Orlando where he was the team photographer for University of Central Florida Athletics for about three years. A UCF graduate, he has done freelance photography for NASCAR, Disney and Orlando-area restaurants, and currently works for a startup called GMTM, which acts as a networking platform for athletes to find opportunities to play at or beyond college.

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“That’s where the story is and that’s how you tell a photo story, really — you focus on the small things from every perspective.”

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Leland Dutcher said photo stories are told by photographing details.

His favorite games to shoot for UCF were the conference championship games like the Peach Bowl in 2018 and the Fiesta Bowl in 2019, which he said were legendary moments for the football team.

“Those moments will always be memorialized,” Dutcher said. “It’s like a cer-

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Top transaction: Nearly $1.5 million

Eva and Kari Scott, of Pinellas Park, sold 240 Ellicott Drive to Sean and Deirdre Donnelly, of Ormond Beach, for $430,000. Built in 1963, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace and 1,640 square feet.

Brandon and Jill Sechrist, of Ormond Beach, sold 51 Wimbledon Court to Georgia Meyer, as trustee, for $420,000. Built in 1977, the house is a 3/2.5 and has a fireplace and 2,193 square feet.

Patricia Gruver, of Newberry, sold 366 N. Beach St. to Bryan and Bridget Bergens, of Daytona Beach, for $380,000. Built in 1947, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,866 square feet.

Pradeep and Pratima Mewar, of Sacramento, California, sold 200 Warwick Ave. to Jason Belders and Katherine Finn, of Ormond Beach, for $370,000. Built in 1964, the

Dale and Dorene Cornelius, of Ormond Beach, sold 465 Wild Olive Ave. to Michael and Mary Worsham, of Brentwood, Tennessee, for $310,000. Built in 1957, the house is a 2/2 and has 1,122 square feet.

Helena and Frederick Spohrer, of Ormond Beach, sold 24 Misners Trail to James and Nancy Merrill, of Ormond Beach, for $250,000. Built in 1988, the townhouse is a 2/2 and has 1,408 square feet. It sold in 2018 for $165,000.

Breakaway Trails Howard and Shelley Perch, of Ormond Beach, sold 4 Creek Bend Way to Roy and Emily Davila, of Panama City, for $640,000. Built in 1999, the house is a 4/3 and has a fireplace, swimming pool and 3,337 square feet. It sold in 2013 for $356,900.

Robert and Kimberly Kennedy, of Ormond Beach, sold 45 Carriage

Plantation Pines Glen and Veanita Salzman sold 188 Conifer Lane to Braxton Bowen Jr., of New Smyrna Beach, for $325,000. Built in 1992, the manufactured home is a 4/2 and has a fireplace, barn and 1,728 square feet.

The Trails Cheryll Housker, individually and as trustee, sold 60 Soco Trail to John and Linda Olivero, and Lisa Olivero, of Ormond Beach, for $262,000. Built in 1980, the townhouse is a 2/2 and has a fireplace and 1,439 square feet.

Todd Klepper individually and as trustee, sold 252 Timberline Trail to Angela Dubuc, of Ormond Beach, for $250,000. Built in 1980, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,524 square feet.

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Richard and Valerie Walker, of St. Petersburg, sold 2750 Ocean Shore Blvd., Unit 200, to David Soule, of Ormond Beach, for $307,000. Built in 1973, the condo is a 2/2 and has 1,184 square feet. It sold in 2017 for $182,300.

Billy Smith and Sean Smith, of Ellijay, Georgia, sold 20 Margaret Road to Patricia and David Hargis, of Ormond Beach, for $361,000.

Built in 1976, the house is a 2/1 and has 1,263 square feet.

Donald Kord, of Wichita, Kansas, sold 3180 Ocean Shore Blvd., Unit 507, to Whodoya Trust, of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, for $305,503.

Built in 1994, the condo is a 2/2 and has 983 square feet.

Jerry and Stephanie Ficco sold 44 Azalea Drive to Mark Padula of Gilmanton, New Hampshire, for $352,000. Built in 1956, the house is a 2/1 and has 1,045 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $144,000.

Kimberly Williams, of Holton, Michigan, sold 5500 Ocean Shore Blvd., Unit 64, to Brandon and Jill Sechrist, of Ormond Beach, for $224,900. Built in 1973, the condo is a 2/2.5 and has 1,252 square feet.

Bradford and Virginia Nutter, of Daytona Beach, sold 46 Seaside Drive to Nuview Trust Co., as custodian, for $350,000. Built in 1959, the house is a 3/2.5 and has 1,224 square feet. It sold in 2019 for $225,000.

Janice Zimnoch, of Ormond Beach, sold 5500 Ocean Shore Blvd., Unit 61, to Swati Sawant and Vaibhav Kharat, of Jersey City, New Jersey, for $231,000. Built in 1973, the condo is a 2/2.5 and has 1,252 square feet.

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Richard Lewis, of Holly Hill, sold 37 Oakview Circle to John Neder, of New Berlin, Wisconsin, for $400,000. Built in 1958, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,306 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $175,000.

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Daniel and Renee Ruckert, of Ormond Beach, sold 782 Timothy St. to Stanley and Penny Smith, of Ormond Beach, for $475,000. Built in 1965, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,774 square feet.

Christopher and Mary Moore, of Ormond Beach, sold 1259 Buckeye Road to Marc Nachman and Rachel Chetel, of Ormond Beach, for $318,258.50. Built in 1960, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace and 2,166 square feet.

Ocean Village Francis and Brenda Bruning, of Union Bridge, Maryland, sold 167 Cardinal Drive, Unit B, to Matthew and Elizabeth Finnegan, of Marlborough, Maine, for $237,000. Built in 1947, the villa is a 2/2 and has 675 square feet.

Torque USA Inc., of Daytona Beach, sold 38 Concord Drive to Mitchell Lyle, of Ormond Beach, for $533,000. Built in 1978, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace and 1,796 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $145,000.

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Creek Way to Misty Marin, as trustee, for $510,000. Built in 1989, the house is a 4/2 and has a fireplace, swimming pool and 1,914 square feet. It sold in 2017 for $165,000.

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Condo sells for $2.7 million

sold 4 Collingdale Court to Edmund Bennett II and Mary Hare-Bennett, of Palm Coast, for $740,000. Built in 1996, the house is a 4/2.5 and has a swimming pool, boat dock and 2,743 square feet.

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condo in Hammock Dunes was the top real estate transaction for the week of March 3-9 in Flagler County in the Multiple Listing Service. Jorge and Sonia Casimiro, of St. Augustine, sold 28 Porto Mar, Unit 701, to Gregory and Diane Joseph, of Valdosta, Georgia, for $2,787,500. Built in 2007, the condo is a 4/4.5 and has 4,283 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $1.7 million.

Alvin and Kimberly Hansard, of Ormond Beach, sold 200 Marina Bay Drive, Unit 201, to Charles and Julie Starcher, of Woodstock, Georgia, for $260,000. Built in 2000, the condo is a 2/2 and has 1,020 square feet. It sold in 2007 for $424,000.

Belle Terre Periang Suth and Molyda Lim, of Palm Coast, sold 53 Palm Lane to Rickey and Redgenia Benicoff, of Palm Coast, for $299,000. Built in 2004, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,760 square feet.

Cypress Knoll Blue Crown Construction Inc., of Palm Coast, sold 23 Edgely Lane to Damian Morski and Brianna Delesparra, of Palm Coast, for $550,000. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,017 square feet.

Michael and Phyllis Folger sold 219 Grand Reserve Drive to Randy and Naomi Frizzell, of Byron Center, Michigan, for $450,000. Built in 2018, the house is a 3/3 and has a swimming pool and 2,065 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $352,500.

Hammock Dunes Sherry Burger and Deborah Shepard, individually and as trustees, sold 7 Via Roma to Charles Nokovich and Terry-Anne Murphy, of Palm Coast, for $850,000. Built in 1993, the house is a 4/3.5 and has a fireplace, swimming pool and 3,846 square feet.

Indian Trails M&M Properties Guys LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 137 Bayside Drive to Chad and Georgina Dyches, of Palm Coast, for $565,000. Built in 1992, the house is a 4/3 and has a swimming pool and 2,208 square feet. It sold in 2021 for $330,000.

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to Alejandro Olavarria and Elmas Karagoz, of Mastic, New York, for $415,000. Built in 2022, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,983 square feet.

Olga Gillings, of Palm Coast, sold 97 Bud Hollow Drive to Janna Li, of Palm Coast, for $300,000. Built in 2004, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,938 square feet. It sold in 2018 for $185,000.

Lehigh Woods Wymont Florida V LLC, of Englewood, Colorado, sold 13 Ricker Place to Igor and Anna Aronin, as trustees, for $330,000. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,721 square feet.

Matanzas Woods INB Fund 1 LLC, of Orlando, sold 11 Lamar Lane to Parker DeMent, of St. Augustine, for $269,350. Built in 2022, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,500 square feet.

Medow Hollis and Pamela Kendall, of Flagler Beach, sold 209 26th St. S. to Heather and Christopher Bauer, of Flagler Beach, for $860,000. Built in 2017, the house is a 3/2.5 and has a swimming pool and 2,530 square

Pine Lakes James Onorato, of Salem, Iowa, sold 14 Woodholme Lane to Robert and Cheryl Hubert, of Palm Coast, for $265,000. Built in 1991, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace and 1,854 square feet.

feet. It sold in 2021 for $749,900.

Morningside Brian and Heidi Burke, of Flagler Beach, sold 2534 Lakeshore Drive to Julie Childs, as trustee, for $1.2 million. Built in 2005, the house is a 5/4.5 and has a fireplace, swimming pool, boat dock, boathouse and 4,259 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $750,000.

Quail Hollow Seasmoke Properties Florida LLC, of West Palm Beach, sold 3 Ziegler Place to Greg and Angelica Jackson, of Mililani, Hawaii, for $335,000.

Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,721 square feet.

Not in Subdivision Kiana Grabowski, of Ormond Beach, sold 2156 Flagler Ave. S. to Justin Shuler, of Flagler Beach, for $413,245. Built in 1979, the house is a 2/2 and has a fireplace and 1,161 square feet. It sold in 2019 for $280,000.

Palm Coast Plantation Alla Pantchenko, of Ponte Vedra, and Viktor Pantchenko, of Daytona Beach, sold 281 S. Riverwalk Drive S. to Stephen and Susan Holloway, of Palm Coast, for $1.16 million. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/3 and has 2,608 square feet.

Palm Harbor Randolph, Floyd, Brea, Kimberly and Barrett Kernon, of Hudson,

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Seminole Woods Wynn and Virginia Klein, of Palm Coast, sold 3 Slate Wood Court to Patricia LaPage and Edwin Voss, of Palm Coast, for $429,900. Built in 2005, the 4/3 house has a swimming pool and 2,442 square feet.

Woodlands Mark Horner and Rafael Trevino, of Palm Coast, sold 16 Blasdell Court to Pauline Standish LLC, of Waialua, Hawaii, for $360,000. Built in 1977, the house is a 3/2.5 and has a swimming pool and 1,869 square feet. It sold in 2016 for $178,000.

Toby Tobin, of gotoby.com, contributed to this report.

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9 Finish, like a cake 72 “Imagine ...,” informally 10 Actress Seydoux 77 Places for pupils 11 Using gas but not 78 Fluffy carpet variety moving 79 Lawn mower brand 12 Coagulate 80 Thin paper 13 Fairy tale’s first word 81 Polo of “Meet the 14 Casual negative Parents” 15 Pull out of the ground 83 Name hidden in “sweet16 Accessory to have and heart” to hold 86 Alexa’s speaker 17 Folder for emails you 88 “In Pursuit of Flavor” wrote author Lewis 18 What can go on a drive 89 Tail action 24 Kind of diagram with 90 Sound paired with circles “Boo!” 25 Move, in Realtor lingo 91 Colon’s meaning in an 29 Its projectiles resemble analogy ©2022 Universal Uclick arrows 92 Acorn dropper 31 Junction point movie tournament?

32 Olympic weightlifter Wei 95 Gets into, like a cab?

ACROSS 34 Nina Garcia’s fashion 66 Cheadle of “Crash” 104 Post-WWII alliance 33 Corp. bigwig 1 Hinder, as your style 99 In particular magazine 67 Blackmailed into giving 105 Spanish house 34 Sicilian volcano 6 Medieval cup 100 “All yours” 35 Holey shoe up award money?

106 Aretha Franklin’s genre 35 Train sound, to a tot 11 App symbol 101 “Gotcha” 107 “Wipeout” channel 36 Disclaimer in a text 15 Golden State sch. where 36 What naughty people in 73 T. follower 102 Frill neighboring pews do?

74 Onesie fasteners 110 Answer requiring voice 37 Disclaimer in a text Angela Davis got an M.A. 103 Jazz legend Fitzgerald 75 ___-free water bottle recognition 38 As well 19 Aptly named American 42 Insurance filing 107 Unoriginal 45 Like highlighter colors 76 Manage somehow 112 Soda, in some regions 39 Disney collectibles Eagle sub-brand 108 Curl muscle, informally 46 Most August births 78 Resilient person 113 Hit the gas 40 ___ Grey tea 20 Proverbial amount of 109 Artery opener 47 Dolly’s sound 81 “___ little piggy ...”

116 Two-wheeled ride 41 Give one star, say prevention 110 “Yeah, sure!”

48 Person who trains you 82 Choose 117 Tub containing compli- 42 Tax pros 21 Octa- + one 111 DVR pioneer mentary fortune cookies? 43 Dog’s “kisses” 84 Mess (with) 22 Courtroom statement for St. Patrick’s Day? 112 Budget meeting VIPs 122 Apt anagram for “vile” 44 Bit of horseplay 85 One might be roasted 23 Second grader’s growth 53 Letter writing, e.g.

114 Poetic tributes 55 Make believe 87 Place for a pity party? 123 Norse god of mischief 49 ___ finger (thumb’s spurt?

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125 No longer on the table? 50 Necessity 57 Is selfish with backward 27 Moves a king multiple 118 “Pow!” 126 Award named for 59 Taps instrument 94 Light beige 51 “Hell’s Kitchen” conspaces 119 Name or savings plan actress Antoinette Perry 60 Milk option 96 85-Across’ platform testants 28 One of 12 on a die 120 Lousy egg?

127 (Over here!)

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By Luis Campos Celebrity Cipher cryptograms are created from quotations by famous people, past and present.

Each letter in the cipher stands for another.

“YBT EIKULWTKYLS GFC FE YBT LDYFX VH ... YF CT L NFVDT EFX YBT YXITHY VUTLH LKU UTTJTHY TWFYVFKH.” – GFTS ZXTM

“P’CA ZACAO OASNNG KAND NPVA P TSF S HYPNJ SHDBO. ILFD SZ SHDBO TYB YSXXAZAJ DB WA RLPDA GBLZU.” – FSBPOFA OBZSZ “SAKBAMHOHBALZ ZBJX YXLAV LKKXEOHAR VBYXBAX IBW CTB OTXP LWX ABC, ABO CTB PBS TBEX OTXP CHZZ GX BAX MLP.” – MXJBA IWLAFZHA © 2022 NEA, Inc.

Puzzle Three Clue: R equals G

Condos Car-Jam LLC, of Thomaston, Connecticut, sold 200 Ocean Crest Drive, Unit 715, to Travis and Amanda Thaxton, of Bossier City, Louisiana, for $735,000. Built in 2003, the condo is a 3/3.5 and has 1,676 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $449,000.

Fuquay Todd and Stacy Lewer sold 2119 Central Ave. S. to Robert and Alesha Richmond, of Ormond Beach, for $525,000. Built in 1976, the house is a 3/1.5 and has 1,280 square feet. It sold in 2019 for $335,000.

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Puzzle Two Clue: V equals K

REAL ESTATE EDITOR

RH Asset Holdings LLC, of Orlando, sold 19 Flint Hill Lane to James and Joan Moloney, of Palm Coast, for $349,700. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,903 square feet.

Puzzle One Clue: M equals Y

WAYNE GRANT

Sook Forget, of Palm Coast, sold 107 Forsythe Lane to Anthony Vickers and Fenhan Wu, of Vancouver, Washington, for $410,000. Built in 1989, the house is a 3/2 and has a swimming pool and 2,019 square feet. It sold in 2012 for $153,000.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 2022-CP-235 DIVISION: Probate IN RE: ESTATE OF CAROL ANNE FINLEY, Deceased If you have been served with a copy of this notice and you have any claim or demand against the decedent’s estate, even if that claim is unmatured, contingent, or unliquidated, you must file your claim with the court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF A DATE THAT IS 3 MONTHS AFTER THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER YOU RECEIVE A COPY OF THIS NOTICE. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons who have claims or demands against the decedent’s estate, including unmatured, contingent, or unliquidated claims, must file their claims with the court ON OR BEFORE THE DATE THAT IS 3 MONTHS AFTER THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.302, FLORIDA STATUTES, WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. EVEN IF A CLAIM IS NOT BARRED

BY THE LIMITATIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE, ALL CLAIMS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FILED WILL BE BARRED TWO YEARS AFTER DECEDENT’S DEATH. The address of the court where this probate is pending is: 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Building #1 – Kim C. Hammond Justice Center, Bunnell, FL 32110.

The date of death of the decedent is: February 25, 2022.

The date of first publication of this notice is: April 14, 2022.

Personal Representative Taylor Anne Tapia c/o Law Offices of Mark F. Moss, PLLC 301 W. Bay Street, Suite 1457 Jacksonville, FL 32202 Attorneys for Personal Representative MARK F. MOSS, ESQ. Florida Bar Number: 119573 Law Offices of Mark F. Moss, PLLC 301 W. Bay Street, Suite 1457 Jacksonville, FL 32202 Telephone: (904) 329-7242 E-Mail 1: Service@markmosslaw.com E-Mail 2: mark@markmosslaw.com April 14, 21, 2022 22-00039G

NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT, IN AND FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2022-CP-0219 Division 48 IN RE: ESTATE OF MARIANNE REED, Deceased.

The administration of the estate of MARIANNE REED, deceased, whose date of death was March 15, 2022, is pending in the Circuit Court for Flagler County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Kim C. Hammond Justice Center, Flagler. 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 April 14, 2022.

Personal Representative: JEFFREY L REED 46 Sandy Beach Way Palm Coast, FL 32137 Attorney for Personal Representative: Heather S. Maltby HEATHER@EPPGLAW.COM Florida Bar No. 116571 E.P.P.G. Law of St. Johns, PLLC 200 Malaga Street, Suite 2 St. Augustine, FL 32084 Telephone: 904-875-3774 April 14, 21, 2022 22-00040G

FIRST INSERTION AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 2021 CA 000360 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-R11, Plaintiff, vs.

KAREN E. BRUCE A/K/A KAREN BRUCE; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF KAREN E. BRUCE A/K/A KAREN BRUCE, Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the order of Summary Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated April 8, 2022, and entered in Case No. 2021 CA 000360 of the Circuit Court of the 7TH Judicial Circuit in and for Flagler County, Florida, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-R11, is Plaintiff and KAREN E. BRUCE A/K/A KAREN BRUCE; UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF KAREN E. BRUCE A/K/A KAREN BRUCE, are Defendants, the Office of the Clerk, Flagler County Clerk of the Court will sell to the highest bidder or bidders for cash in the Civil/Criminal Department, 2nd Floor of the Kim C. Hammond Justice Center, located at 1769 E. Moody Boulevard, Building 1, Bunnell, FL 32110 at 11:00 a.m. on the 27th day of May, 2022, the following described property as set forth in said Summary Final Judgment, to

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wit: LOT 3, BLOCK 27, PALM COAST, MAP OF BELLE TERRE, SECTION 35, A SUBDIVISION ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OR MAP THEREOF DESCRIBED IN PLAT BOOK 11, AT PAGE(S) 9, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA. Property Address: 128 Burroughs Drive, Palm Coast, Florida 32137 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: 04/11/2022 McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC By: /s/ Robert A. McLain Robert McLain, Esq. Fl Bar No. 195121 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: 21-400102 April 14, 21, 2022 22-00041G

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO. 2020 CA 000466 ATHENE ANNUITY & LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, vs.

VITO MATTIOLI AND MARIA MATTIOLI, et al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated February 21, 2022 , and entered in 2020 CA 000466 of the Circuit Court of the SEVENTH Judicial Circuit in and for Flagler County, Florida, wherein ATHENE ANNUITY & LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY is the Plaintiff and VITO MATTIOLI and MARIA MATTIOLI are the Defendant(s). TOM W. BEXLEY as the Clerk of the Circuit Court will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash at 2nd Floor, Civil Dept., Kim C. Hammond Justice Center 1769 E. Moody Blvd. BLDG. 1, Bunnell, FL 32110, at 11:00 AM, on May 13, 2022, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to wit: LOT 57, BLOCK 24, OF PALM COAST, MAP OF FLORIDA PARK, SECTION 10, A SUBDIVISION ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OR MAP THEREOF DESCRIBED IN MAP BOOK 6, PAGE 52, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED BY INSTRUMENT RECORDED IN OFFICIAL RECORDS BOOK 35, AT PAGE 528, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF FLAGLER

COUNTY, FLORIDA. Property Address: 78 FELWOOD LANE, PALM COAST, FL 32137 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 11 day of April, 2022.

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\Ashley Bruneus Ashley Bruneus, Esquire Florida Bar No. 1017216 Communication Email: ashbruneus@raslg.com 19-379260 - CaB April 14, 21, 2022 22-00042G

FIRST INSERTION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ElderSource, the Area Agency on Aging and Aging & Disability Resource Center for Northeast Florida, will be conducting public hearings for the 2023-2025 Area Plan for Planning and Service Area 4 (covering Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, St. Johns, and Volusia Counties) to accept comments, concerns, and ideas regarding community services for seniors in Flagler County and Northeast Florida. The goal is to provide a listening session for seniors, caregivers, and other interested individuals. Individuals are invited to share their opinions about aging needs that impact them personally as well as their neighbors.

Date: Monday May 2, 2022 Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Location: Flagler County Senior Center at Church of the Rock 2200 North State Street (US 1) Bunnell, FL 32110 Interested parties are invited to submit comments to ElderSource staff that will be used as a part of our planning process as well as funding decisions by the Florida Department of Elder Affairs. If you are unable to attend and would like to submit comments, please email us at janet.dickinson@myeldersource.org.

NOTE: Pursuant to the provisions of the American’s with Disabilities Act, any persons requiring special accommodations to participate in this meeting are asked to advise ElderSource at least 48 hours before the meeting by contacting: Janet Dickinson, 904-391-6651. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact ElderSource by calling 904-391-6600.

April 14, 2022

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 Sun Cuts Lawn Care located at 52 Birchwood Drive, in the City of Palm Coast, Flagler County, FL 32137 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida.

Dated this 11th day of April, 2022.

Leonel Fernandez, Owner of Red Blue LLC April 14, 2022

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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 CHAMPION RACING HEADS located at 18 Hargrove Grade, Unit 110, in the City of Palm Coast, Flagler County, FL 32137 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida.

Dated this 10th day of April, 2022.

B&D PERFORMANCE April 14, 2022 22-00078F

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2021-CP-705 IN RE: ESTATE OF DAVID ORVILLE EICHENBERG, Deceased.

The administration of the estate of DAVID ORVILLE EICHENBERG, deceased, whose date of death was October 9, 2019, is pending in the Circuit Court for Flagler County Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 1769 East Moody Boulevard, Building #1 - Kim C. Hammond Justice Center, Bunnell, Florida 32110. 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 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 April 7, 2022.

Personal Representative: /s/BARBARA M. EICHENBERG BARBARA M. EICHENBERG 601 Shearwood Drive Flagler Beach, Florida 32136 Attorney for Personal Representative: /s/ NOBERTO S. KATZ NOBERTO S. KATZ, ESQUIRE Florida Bar No.: 399086 425 West Colonial Drive, Suite 104 Orlando, Florida 32804 Telephone: ( 407) 849-7072 Fax: (407) 849-7075 E-Mail: velizkatz@velizkatzlaw.com Attorney for Personal Representative April 7, 14, 2022 22-00037G

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Notice is hereby given that on 5/22/22 at 9:00 am the following storage unit #3113 at Town and Country Storage, Bunnell Fl, 1 Enterprise Dr. leased to Casey DePalma will be auctioned online at www.storagetreasures.com.

April 7, 14, 2022 22-00076F

SEMINOLE PALMS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NOTICE OF THE DISTRICT’S INTENT TO USE THE UNIFORM METHOD OF COLLECTION OF NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS Notice is hereby given that the Seminole Palms Community Development District (“District”) intends to use the uniform method of collecting non-ad valorem assessments to be levied by the District pursuant to Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes. The Board of Supervisors of the District will conduct a public hearing on Monday, April 25, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at Hilton Garden Inn, 55 Town Center Blvd., Palm Coast, FL 32164.

The purpose of the public hearing is to consider the adoption of a resolution authorizing the District to use the uniform method of collecting non-ad valorem assessments to be levied by the District on properties located on land included in, or to be added to, the District.

The District may levy non-ad valorem assessments for the purpose of financing, acquiring, maintaining and/or operating community development facilities, services and improvements within and without the boundaries of the District, to consist of, among other things, water management and control, water supply, sewer and wastewater management, roads, parks and recreational facilities, landscape/hardscape/irrigation, offsite roadway improvements, offsite utility extensions, and any other lawful projects or services of the District.

Owners of the properties to be assessed and other interested parties may appear at the public hearing and be heard regarding the use of the uniform method of collecting such non-ad valorem assessments. This hearing is open to the public and will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Florida law for community development districts. The public hearing may be continued to a date, time and location to be specified on the record at the hearing. There may be occasions when Supervisors or staff may participate by speaker telephone.

Pursuant to provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in the hearing and/or meeting is asked to contact DPFG (321) 263-0132 (“District Manager’s Office”), at least 48 hours before the hearing and/or meeting. 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’s Office.

Each person who decides to appeal any decision made by the Board with respect to any matter considered at the hearing 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.

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THIRD INSERTION NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE (NO CHILD OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No.: 2022 DR 000295 Division: 47 Michele Eileen Martin Petitioner, and Phillip Jackson Martin, Respondent, TO: Phillip Jackson Martin 2129 N. US Hwy 1 Bunnell, FL 32110 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Adoption has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Michele Eileen Martin whose address is 48 Ridley Lane, Palm Coast, FL 32164 on or before May 8, 2022, and file the original with the clerk of this Court at 1769 E Moody Blvd, Buneell, FL 32110 before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

The action is asking the court to decide how the following real or personal property should be divided: _____ Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request.

You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file Notice of Current Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed to the address on record at the clerk’s office.

WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings.

Dated: 3/28/2022 CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT (SEAL) By: /s/ Deputy Clerk March 31; April 7, 14, 21, 2022 22-00035G

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SECOND INSERTION NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Notice is hereby given that on 5/22/22 at 9:00 am the following storage unit #3103 at Town and Country Storage, Bunnell Fl, 1 Enterprise Dr. leased to Ashleigh Rhodes will be auctioned online at WWW.Storagetreasures.com.

April 7, 14, 2022 22-00075F

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SECOND INSERTION NOTICE TO CREDITORS (summary administration) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR FLAGLER COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2022-CP-0218 Division 48 IN RE: ESTATE OF DONNA K RAMEY, Deceased.

TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE: You are hereby notified that an Order of Summary Administration has been entered in the estate of DONNA K RAMEY, deceased, File Number 2022-CP-0218, by the Circuit Court for Flagler County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is Kim C. Hammond Justice Center 1769 E Moody Blvd, Building #1, Bunnell, FL 32110; that the decedent’s date of death was July 23, 2020; that the total value of the estate is and that the names and addresses of those to whom it has been assigned by such order are: Name Address KELSEY TOBIN 140 Stratford Mill Blvd, Unit 108, St. Augustine, FL 32084 KASSIDY TINGLE 121 Karen Ct., Shelbyville, KY 40065 KENNEDY RAMEY 140 Stratford Mill Blvd, Unit 108, St. Augustine, FL 32084 TIMOTHY RAMEY 124 Gloria Dr., Shelbyville, KY 40065 ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT: All creditors of the estate of the decedent and persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent other than those for whom provision for full payment was made in the Order of Summary Administration must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 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 first publication of this Notice is April 7, 2022.

Person Giving Notice: KELSEY TOBIN 140 Stratford Mill Blvd, Unit 108 St. Augustine, FL 32084 Attorney for Person Giving Notice: Heather S. Maltby HEATHER@EPPGLAW.COM Florida Bar No. 116571 E.P.P.G. Law of St. Johns, PLLC 200 Malaga Street, Suite 2 St. Augustine, FL 32084 Telephone: 904-875-3774 April 7, 14, 2022 22-00039G

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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 MWR TEES located at 1362 US-1, Suite #302, in the City of Ormond Beach, Volusia County, FL 32174 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida.

Dated this 9th day of April, 2022.

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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 Kona Home Improvement & Roofing, LLC located at 100 E. Granada Boulevard, Suite 215D, in the City of Ormond Beach, Volusia County, FL 32176 intends to register the said name with the Division of Corporations of the Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida.

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The administration of the estate of Henry Elmer Smith, Jr., deceased, whose date of death was January 21, 2021, is pending in the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 101 North Alabama Avenue, DeLand, Florida 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 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 April 7, 2022.

Personal Representative: Dorothy F. Smith 100 Cole Point Hoschton, Georgia 30548 Attorney for Personal Representative: Thomas J. Upchurch, Esquire Florida Bar No. 0015821 Upchurch Law 1616 Concierge Blvd., Suite 101 Daytona Beach, Florida 32117 Telephone: (386) 492-3871 Email: service@upchurchlaw.com April 7, 14, 2022 22-00024I

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2012 Nissan Altima CVT 2.5SL, Stk#T220552, 80k miles...$10,900 2013 Nissan JUKE Wgnm Stk#T214913, 64k miles...$12,900 2013 Lincoln MKX AWD, Stk#T214862, 90k miles...$15,900 2014 Ford Escape SE, Stk#R30261, 61k miles...$15,900 2016 Toyota Corolla CVT LE, Stk#T220502, 79k miles...$15,900 2014 Honda Accord CVT LX, Stk#R29732, 74k miles...$16,900 2016 Ford Escape Titanium, Stk#T214952, 141k miles...$18,900 2014 Ford Escape Titanium, Stk#T221621, 66k miles...$18,900 2018 Ford Escape SE FWD, Stk#R28711, 62k miles...$21,900 2018 Ford Escape S FWD, Stk#R2984, 64k miles, Gold Cert...$21,900....

2019 Ford EcoSport SE, Stk#R3010, 53k miles...$21,900 2020 Ford EcoSport S FWD, Stk#T220671, 41k miles...$21,900 2011 Toyota Tacoma Access V6, Stk#R2954C, 83k miles...$21,900 2019 Ford EcoSport S, Stk#T220033, 27k miles...$21,900 2017 Toyota Prius Four, Stk#DT440711, 113k miles...$22,900 2019 Ford Escape S, Stk#R2947A, 51k miles...$22,900 2016 Ford Edge SE, Stk#T221343, 26k miles...$22,900 2018 Ford EcoSport SE, Stk#T220622, 27k miles...$22,900 2015 Mercedes-Benz, Stk#R30491, Stk#R30491, 60k miles...$23,900 2019 Dodge Journey Crossroad, Stk#T215041, 37k miles...$24,900 2019 Toyota C-HR LE, Stk#R29362, 64k miles...$24,900 2019 Ford EcoSport SE FWD, Stk#R2948, 38k miles, Gold Cert...$24,980 2019 Ford Escape SE, Stk#T220471, 31k miles, Gold Cert...$25,900

2019 Ford Escape SE 4WD, Stk#T214882, 54k miles...$25,900 2019 Ford EcoSport Titanium 4WD, Stk#R3052, 35k miles...$25,900 2015 Toyota Highlander V6 LE, Stk#R30121, 74k miles...$25,900 2015 RAM 1500 Stk#DT440671, 82k miles...$26,900 2014 RAM 1500 Reg Cab Big Horn, Stk#R30411, 58k miles...$26,900 2018 Ford Taurus SEL, Stk#R2976, 28k miles, Gold Cert...$27,900 2018 Ford Edge SEL AWD, Stk#T220631, 45k miles...$28,900 2017 Ford Explorer XLT, Stk#DT440782, 66k miles...$28,900 2018 Toyota Highlander LE V6, Stk#T215101, 65k miles...$29,900 2018 Lincoln MKC Premiere, Stk#R2982, 52k miles...$29,900 2020 Ford F-150 XL Reg Cab, Stk#T215241, 24k miles, Gold Cert...$29,9000 2020 Kia Sportage EX AWD, Stk#T214841B, 29k miles...$29,900 2019 Honda Civic Si Manual, Stk#T220562, 22k miles...$29,900 2018 Ford Escape Titanium, Stk#T220361, 22k miles...$29,900 2019 Ford Escape SEL 4WD, Stk#R3047, 43k miles...$30,900 2017 Nissan Frontier Crew Cab, Stk#T220951, 52k miles...$31,900 2013 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4WD, Stk#T221442, 81k miles...$31,900 2018 Ford F-150 XLT SuperCrew, Stk#R29881, 85k miles...$31,900 2020 Ford Fusion SE, Stk#R3039, 21k miles...$31,985 2018 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid Reserve, Stk#R3018, 50k miles...$32,900 2019 Toyota RAV4 XLE, Stk#T221101, 49k miles...$32,900 2018 Ford F-150 XL SuperCab 6.5’, Stk#T221481, 0 miles...$32,900

1150 Palm Coast Pkwy, SW, Palm Coast, FL 32137 | (386) 447-3380 Visit us online at: PalmCoastFord.com

On the Palm Coast Parkway Exit 289 off I-95

*Disclaimer: Price plus $999 dealer fee and tax tag and title fees. CPO vehicles plus $954 for certification customer can op out. Financing subject to final bank approvals.

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