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Goodbye, eyesore. Hello, Henry. Abandoned motel on Old Dixie Highway will be renovated and reopened as ‘The Henry.’ PAGE 3
Don’t forget the leash
Welcome home
New Seabreeze High School principal welcomed by community. PAGE 2
STEVE CLAIR ACCESS CONTROL MANAGER
I’d like to remind to pet owners that all dogs are to be on a leash anytime they are off your property and in your control. Both Flagler and Volusia counties have leash laws that require that you keep your pet on a leash at all times. (Except on your own property.) These leash ordinances also apply to all gated communities. We have several recent incidents where there has been some problems with dogs being off leash and charging toward other animals or people, resulting in injuries. Please, if you walk your dog off your property, make sure they are restrained and not running free and loose. Any violations of this ordinance observed should be reported to either Volusia/Flagler Animal Control or either sheriff’s office. GOLF CARTS
Seabreeze High School Principal Earl Johnson Jr., with Lowell and Nancy Lohman.
Photos courtesy of Carl Persis
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Expansion of the arts: Halifax Repertory Theatre launches With COVID-19 having taken a toll on the entertainment industry, the Halifax Repertory Theatre company is ready to take the stage.
JARLEENE ALMENAS ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Clear the stage: There’s a new theatre company in town. Halifax Repertory Theatre was recently founded by Ormond Beach residents Sandra and Jack Cook. The company features seven performers, including a former Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer. Cook remembers the lively local theatre scene as a child. Having spent the last two decades in Orlando, where she and her husband formed part of the Orlando Opera Company and worked for
10 years in a murder mystery dinner theatre show, once she retired from her paralegal career, Cook said she felt there was a local void that she could help fill. “We feel like this town needs a rejuvenation in theatre and in live performances,” she said. Thus, she got together with Jennifer Gibbens, the business manager of Children’s Musican Theater, and the Halifax Repertory Theatre was born. Her husband, Jack, who is a medical malpractice attorney by day and performer by night, serves as the theatre company’s executive director.
Many performances in the past year-and-a-half have taken place virtually, but that doesn’t compare to sitting inside a theatre and watching a live show, Cook said. Likewise, as a performing, nothing compares to being in front of a live audience, she explained. “There are a lot of things with the pandemic that won’t really return back to the way they were, and this is one area that we feel should return back to what it was, and it’s needed,” Cook said. A website is in the works. In the meantime, visit https://www. facebook.com/HalifaxRep/