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Wish list: Library, mental health help JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

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Funding for a new library site and a mental health care drop-in center topped Flagler County commissioners’ priorities when they made a list Nov. 16 to present to state legislators.

The commission and other local government bodies each create a legislative priorities list and a funding priorities list annually in an attempt to sway state House and Senate representatives to back local projects.

Flagler County’s list contains nine requests of the state, including support, increase funding for transportation options for people who are transportationdisadvantaged, restore and protect funding for the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program, maintain the states’ rules on vacation rentals, support home rule, and support the planned UNF MedNex health care campus project in Palm Coast.

A separate set of five funding priorities includes: a mental health drop-in facility, western Flagler stormwater drainage improvements, septic-to-sewer conversion for the northern part of the barrier island, a utility project for the Willow Woods community in northeastern Flagler, and utility debt relief for Plantation Bay.

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Jack G. with the Port Orange Passin Wind car club drove his 1957 Chevy Bel Air on the famous Route 66 to the Santa Monica Pier.

Flagler Schools names finalists for Teacher and Employee of the Year Flagler Schools annually honors individuals who have been selected by their peers as representing the values our school district embraces. We are pleased to announce the Teachers and Employees of the Year from our campuses and departments.

These teachers and employees will be honored at our annual Gala, to be held at Flagler Auditorium on January 14, 2021. On that evening, the District Teacher and Employee of the Year will be named.

The winning teacher and employee will then compete for the statewide honor.

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TEACHERS OF THE YEAR Bunnell Elementary School: Jackie Ricks Belle Terre Elementary School: Natasha Walsh Buddy Taylor Middle School: Randi Fasnacht Flagler-Palm Coast High School: Tina McNally Flagler Technical College: Lynn Taillon Indian Trails Middle School: Loria Scarpa Von Diezelski iFlagler: Mark Fetz Matanzas High School: Khady Harmon Old Kings Elementary School: Arien Striplin

Rymfire Elementary School: Caryn Taylor Wadsworth Elementary School: Kali Hurry EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR Bunnell Elementary School: Jeanine Zeller Belle Terre Elementary School: Jean Jarre Buddy Taylor Middle School: Carrie Campanella Russell Custodial Services: Robert “Bob” Coble FPC: Jena Capparello Flagler Technical College: Holly Agustin Fleet Services: Robert Bow-

man Food Services: Kevin Hampton Government Services Building: Joshua Walker Indian Trails: Michelle Russell Matanzas High School: Marie Drumm Old Kings Elementary School: Christal Casanova Plant Services: Chuck Coates Rymfire Elementary School: Ana Pflucker Technology/MIS: Nyaad Ally Transportation: George Brown Wadsworth Elementary School: Theresa Vega

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American Association of University Women Flagler nominated Alice Scott Abbott of Bunnell for the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame this year. By August, she was one of 10 finalists recommended by the Florida Commission on the Status of Women. On Nov. 24, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced this year’s selections for the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame, and Alice Scott Abbott, formerly of Bunnell, is one of the three.

She will be inducted to the 2020 Florida Women’s Hall of Fame on Jan. 28, 2021. For the first time in three years, Tallahassee will host the event, and, thanks to COVID-19, a virtual ceremony will be held.

For more than 20 years, Alice Scott Abbott worked to protect wages for women and girls, bring an end to the legal sale of liquor, enforce moral laws, stop trafficking of women and girls, and secure the vote for women. By 1913, she and her husband, George Abbott, left Missouri’s winters, bound for Florida’s sunshine.

When she wasn’t crisscrossing Florida for the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and Woman Suffrage, she devoted her time as the music teacher at the First United Methodist Church and the Seventh-day Adventist Church of Bunnell.

According to newspaper accounts, she traveled more than 17,000 miles to advance suffrage for women.

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Volusia County Schools is prepared to continue offering Volusia Live as a virtual learning option for families for the second semester, the district announced in a press release.

The announcement comes after Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran said at a Florida Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 18, that a new emergency order allowing virtual learning to continue into the second semester is coming soon.

The second semester begins on Jan. 26, 2021.

Families will also have the option of attending classes at brick-and-mortar schools, as well as Volusia Online Learning.

The district states that 75% of its students are in traditional classrooms, while 15% are in Volusia Live and 10% have opted for Volusia Online.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and Corcoran have maintained that families need to have the option of choosing face-to-face instruction or distance learning for children, arguing that keeping students away from school can have damaging impacts on students’ physical safety, mental health and educational progress.

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Jewish Federation distributes 300 turkeys for Thanksgiving

JARLEENE ALMENAS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

T

he Jerry Doliner Food Bank made sure that about 300 families had a Thanksgiving this year.

Run by the Jewish Federation of Flagler and Volusia Counties, the food bank located at 470 Andalusia Ave. drew a line of people the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 24, to receive apples, sweet potatoes, pastries and, of course, a turkey.

The Jewish Federation distributes turkeys to those in need every year, and with the COVID-19 pandemic financially affecting local families, Executive Director Gloria Max said, the need is great.

“We’re seeing people that we never saw before, and it’s really hard,” Max said.

This year’s distribution, which

Gloria Max said her job has saved her life.

Max estimated cost around $12,000, was made possible thanks to about 75 volunteers and help from Samsula Elementary and the Temple Beth-El School.

This Halloween, the Temple Beth-El youth group went trickor-treating for hunger, and sorted the food out for the Jewish Federation. In addition, students Riana Prasar and Akhil Desai went around to local businesses, and put together baskets of food and gift cards for families in need.

Assisting in this year’s distribution was Volusia County Councilwoman Heather Post. She said in an email that volunteering in the community has always allowed her to talk to the “real change agents” and adequately assess the local needs.

“Helping citizens with basic needs is critical to the success of our county as a whole, and the Jewish Federation of VolusiaFlagler does an amazing job of filling essential gaps in services,” she said. “I am so grateful for all they do.”

Max makes sure that everyone they help is truly in need. Because 100% of donations go toward this effort, she needs to be confident that the community’s dollars are well spent. The Jewish Federation keeps a database of all the families they help.

Steve Kurshner and Randy McDonald help hand out turkeys.

The nonprofit buys most of the food for the food bank, though they also receive some from the Second Harvest Food Bank. Max also makes sure to acknowledge every donation.

“We thank everybody that gives,” Max said. “I’m old school.”

From families affected by cancer to grandparents obtaining custody of their grandchildren after unforeseen circumstances, Max finds a way to help, even as she continues battling cancer herself. She’s undergoing aggressive chemotherapy, and is in a lot of pain, she said. Still, she gets up every day and heads to the food bank.

“This job has saved my life because if I stayed home, I’d be sedentary,” Max said. “I wouldn’t be moving, and I think I’ve got a purpose, and I think when you’ve got a purpose, it means a lot.”

“We’re seeing people that we never saw before, and it’s really hard.”

GLORIA MAX, Executive Director

Volusia County high schools get new AEDs for athletes Each of Volusia County’s 10 high schools recently received three new automated external defibrillators as part of an expanded program to keep student-athletes safe during practices and games, according to a press release.

This comes after a Seabreeze High School cheerleader suffered a cardiac episode in October.

The school’s resource officer, Iriabeth Lee, performed CPR until paramedics arrived.

The new AEDs were purchased with $46,000 of this year’s AdventHealth contribution to Volusia County Schools.

This is the third year of the fiveyear $2 million partnership.

“The AED is a lifesaver,”said Erik Nason of AdventHealth Sports Medicine, in the press release. “When someone goes down with a cardiac issue, it will analyze the heart. It will walk the individual through the steps of CPR and shock, as needed. So this is very important.”

All high schools already have at least one AED on campus, but the district stated that it is committed to increasing access to these devices.

Two of the new AEDs will be portable for use on the fields and the courts, and one will be mounted on the wall of each school’s gym. They will also be available to use for lessons.

In addition, the passage of the Zach Martin Act in July now requires coaches to have access to an AED at every athletic practice and game, and requires ongoing training, the press release states.

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Renner: Veterans share belief in service above self ‘This all-volunteer force comes together, united in purpose,’ Renner said, JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Veterans come from all over the country — and every race and ethnicity and political persuasion — but are united in purpose and a belief in service above self, Rep. Paul Renner said at a joint Flagler County/city of Palm Coast Veterans Day event at the Flagler Auditorium Nov. 11.

Renner, a Navy veteran who represents District 24 in the Florida House of Representatives, began his service on the USS McInerney after college.

“One of my first impressions when I came on board was how the sailors on that ship reflected the entire nation,” he said. “Outside the military, those differences are often cause for conflict and division, yet inside the military, this all-volunteer force comes together, united in purpose regardless of race and region, color or creed.”

He added, “Service above self is why when others run from the fight, our veterans run toward it — why we find ourselves a world away, fighting in wars we did not start to protect millions of Americans we will never meet and can never thank us, but that’s what we do. It’s simply who our veterans are.”

He spoke of the Old Testament

story in the book of Isaiah in which God, seeking someone to perform a difficult, thankless task, goes to Isaiah and says, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” and without hesitating, Isaiah replies, “Here am I, send me.”

“This is the response of our veterans to every challenge,” Renner said. “When our country declared its independence, men who were farmers and blacksmiths left their families and said, ‘Here am I, send me.’ They joined the revolution and won our freedom. In World War II, our veterans said, ‘Here am I, send me,’ to defeat an evil Nazi engine and its demonic leader. In Korea and Vietnam, our veterans answered the call and said, ‘Here am I send me,’ to stop a Marxist and communist ideology that has enslaved and murdered more of its own people than any other system in world history. These are our veterans. Those who have served in the past and who serve today, no matter how difficult the mission, no matter how thankless the task, they always answer, without hesitation, ‘Here am I, send me.’”

Even after leaving the military, he said, veterans continue to serve.

“We continue to help each other and our community in ways big and small,” Renner said, “motivated by that deep love of country, the belief in service above self, and a relentless grit to never quit until the mission is complete.”

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Roy Sieger named Veteran of the Year Twenty years after retiring from the Marine Corps, Sieger began ‘one of the greatest jobs I have ever had’ — in Flagler.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

Flagler Executive Airport Director Ro y Sieger is Flagler County’s 2020 Veteran of the Year.

The Flagler County Colonel Gary E. DeKay Veteran of the Year Award recipient was announced at a joint Flagler County/city of Palm Coast Veterans Day ceremony at the Flagler Auditorium.

Sieger served 20 years in the Marine Corps, from 1984 to 2004, reaching the rank of gunnery sergeant, said Veterans Advisory Council Chairman Neal McCoppin. Sieger deployed in Desert Shield and Desert Storm and completed his education at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University before becoming an airport manager.

As a member of the Rotary Club of Flagler Beach, Sieger was named Rotarian of the Year in 2017 and, while serving as president, helped secure grants to purchase cribs to prevent sudden infant death syndrome in Flagler County and to purchase a semi truck full of food for families who are in need due to COVID-19.

As director of the airport, he initiated Freedom Fest, which celebrates veterans.

He helped secure millions in grant money for improvements

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at the airport and was selected as the FAA’s southern regional airport director of the year in 2012; in 2018, the airport received the FAA’s southern regional General Airport Safety Award, McCoppin said.

Under Sieger’s leadership, the airport was also a staging site for emergency response during four hurricanes.

Community events such as Freedom Fest, Wings over Flagler, and Rocking the Runways have raised over $75,000 in scholarship money for local students and more than $100,000 for other charitable organizations,

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McCoppin said.

“I could never have done those things if I didn’t take the call of duty back when I was 18 years old, and went to the Marine Corps Parris Island to sit on those yellow footprints,” Sieger said. “And that’s where it started, right there. And 20 years later, I retired as a Marine Corps gunnery sergeant, and four years later after that came here to Flagler County — where I continue to serve as the airport director, and it’s been one of the greatest jobs I have ever had.”

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Experts brace for local COVID Flagler’s Ronald Titus fought fire in Sequoia National Forest wave, prepare for vaccine ‘I’m in good shape, I would say. .... And let me tell you, folks, that COVID kicked my butt,’ Flagler Executive Airport Manager Roy Sieger said.

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

The COVID-19 spike sweeping across the country is showing up in the form of an increasing local positivity rate, more hospitalizations of people with COVID-like symptoms and more infections at schools, Florida Department of Health-Flagler experts said on Flagler Broadcasting’s “Free For All Friday” Nov. 20.

The county’s positivity rate was up to 7.5%, an increase from 6% a couple weeks before, while 23 students at eight schools had tested positive. Some of those students have been asymptomasatic, but not all.

The health department is seeing about 120-130 new cases per week — double what it was seeing a few weeks ago.

“I want to be the new poster child for this,” Flagler Executive Airport Manager Roy Sieger said on the radio show, where he spoke his recent experience getting COVID-19.

“I’m in good shape, I would say:

I never smoked in my life, I run, I walk, I’m very active — and let me tell you, folks, that COVID kicked my butt,” Sieger said. “It knocked me out for three weeks. I got to the point that I couldn’t breathe, and the coughing was so bad. ...

It’s real and it affects people differently.”

One night, he said, “I said to myself, ‘Roy you better take yourself to the hospital or you may not wake up in the morning.’”

“It’s just classic,” said Stephen Bickel, the health department’s medical director. “You can be in good shape, think you’re invulnerable, and really get nailed by this thing. ... The vaccines are coming, but people need to say uninfected until they get vaccinated. So keep up those practices.

It’s really important.”

Sieger noted that he’d been diligent about wearing a mask and avoided eating out, but believed he got the illness at a doctor’s office.

Meanwhile, FDOH Health Officer Bob Snyder said, the department is beginning vaccine planning in earnest.

The vaccine will first be made available to health care workers and first responders, then will be

distributed to the wider population in the second quarter of the spring, around March through May. The Health Department has arranged to use freezers at the Whitney Marine Laboratory to keep the vaccine cold, as it must be stored somewhere between -70 degrees F and -100.

For distribution, Snyder said, the department will use sites across the county.

The vaccine will be free, and the department will engage in a health messaging campaign to encourage people to get it, Snyder said.

Unlike traditional vaccines that are created with live or dead virus, this one is created from viral messenger RNA, which gets into cells and then uses the cell’s machinery to manufacture spike proteins that trigger an immune response.

It’s “slick technology,” Bickel said.

The department has also received 1,000 Abbott rapid tests that provide results in as little as 20 minutes, and will use those for now on symptomatic patients.

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“It’s classic. You can be in good shape, think you’re invulnerable, and really get nailed by this thing.”

STEPHEN BICKEL, the health department’s medical director

Titus worked as crew boss on a federal team fighting the Castle Fire.

JULIE MURPHY FLAGLER COUNTY PIO

Flagler County Fire Rescue Firefighter Ronald Titus is no newcomer to deploying out west to fight wildfires, but this was an assignment of “firsts” – first time assigned to a federal team, first time working as crew boss, and first time to the Sequoia National Forest.

“This was a special deployment for me,” said Titus, a nine-year veteran with Fire Rescue who has deployed seven times. “It’s nice to put my training into practice, and help fellow firefighters across the country.”

Titus was deployed from Oct. 20 to Nov. 5 to work the “Castle Fire” in the Sequoia National Forest as crew boss for the “Black Eagles #3.”

By the time Titus demobilized, the Castle Fire had grown to 171,023 acres.

“It was something working in the areas of Redwood, Ponderosa, Sequoia Crest and Pier Point,” Titus said. “I like being able to bring the knowledge and experience I gain back to Flagler County.”

Titus was praised by Interim Fire Chief Joe King. “Ronald Titus is very motivated and enthusi-

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astic,” King said. “He enjoys his work here, but he also likes being part of these specialized work crews.”

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Mike Mangum pulls his emergency brake and whips the steering wheel to drift his modified BMW across the asphalt. That acrid puff of black smoke from the burning tires? He loves it, but he acknowledges, “It’s an acquired smell.”

The 31-year-old racing enthusiast began a new high-adrenaline journey Nov. 14 when he opened his own small business, Mangum Motorsports. It’s great because he has no boss; on the other hand, he has no paycheck unless cars roll into the shop.

“It’s absolutely terrifying,” he said with a grin during a Nov. 19 interview.

The full-service repair shop does everything from oil changes to complicated engine work.

It’s also a specialty speed shop, offering “everything from mild to wild.”

Mangum’s passion for all things automotive started when his parents bought him a junkyard engine and a junkyard Ford Ranger and challenged him to put the

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He was 14. He dove right in and fell in love with it. That led him to working in other shops and going to WyoTech in Wyoming and then in California for more training.

He’s ASE and A/C certified and has a degree in automotive service management.

Along the way he got into drag racing and gunned an Eagle Talon at 145 mph to cover a quarter mile in 10.9 seconds. Next he picked up autocross and worked at the technical aspects of course driving.

After one autocross race, he saw a drifting event and got a ride with another driver, both in and out of control, spinning left-thenright and pumping out plenty of burned rubber.

He has since competed in drifting himself and is looking forward to his next competition next year, with his BMW. Meanwhile, he’s welcoming customers to his shop, in the Steel Rail Industrial Park, which is off Otis Hunter Road (between Whiteview and Royal Palms parkways). The address is 3240 Steel Rail Drive Unit B, Bunnell. Call 386-313-0363 or find Mangum Motorsports on Facebook.

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Grind Gastropub & Kona Tiki Bar

Four Themed Restaurants, One Location!

Free Valet Parking.

Live Music. Happy Hour Specials!

PLANTATION BAY OBSERVER

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REASONS TO LIST OR BUY

with Venture Developement Realty Inc.

On-Site Presence

On-site in Plantation Bay since 1988.

No other real estate company has an office inside Plantation Bay.

Professional

Client satisfaction and personal service is our top priority. Our full service real estate company is proficient in all aspects of buying and selling a home in Plantation Bay and the Daytona Beach area.

Rapid Response & Follow Up

By providing a continuous stream of service throughout the duration of the sale, including long after the deal has been made, homebuyers or sellers will develop meaningful relationships that extend beyond the original transaction.

Discovery Tours

We have the unique ability to allow buyers the ability to experience Plantation Bay as its residents would, with full access to all amenities.

Performance

Over $38,000,000 in real estate sold by Venture Development Realty in 2020 so far!

Powerful Advertising

We open the door to an extraordinary audience of potential buyers that are being marketed to visit Plantation Bay. We advertise specifically for Plantation Bay, marketing your home locally, as well as, extensively in the Midwest and NE US.

Social Reach

VDR demonstrates social media leadership on multiple social media channels, expanding reach and connecting with more potential buyers.

Property Management

VDR offers online application for tenants, tenant screening and placement.

Rent collection and timely remittance to owner.

Repair coordination & tax statement administration.

PB Inside Track

Venture Development Realty is the only Real Estate Company that offers buyers up to $10,000 in membership discounts at Plantation Bay Golf & Country Club.

Commission Credit Program

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Ask us about our commission credit program*

Over $38,000,000 Year-to-date!

Carol Paquette Realtor 386.846.1759

Larry LaGrotta Broker Assoc.

386.212.1202

Debbie Spelman Realtor 386.690.6511

Elizabeth H. Kargar Broker Assoc.

386.585.2904

Steve Adams Realtor 386.338.4737

Aida Morales Prop. Manager 386.547.4342

Contact us for more info. 386.437.6840 / VDRInc.com Commission Credit Program - Seller must list an existing home with Venture Development Realty, Inc. (an affiliate of ICI Homes) and enter into a purchase agreement to purchase a new home from ICI Homes without the participation of an outside broker. The new home cannot be an inventory home or a model. ICI Homes will reimburse seller an amount equal to the real estate commission paid on seller’s existing home, up to, but not to exceed 6% of the purchase of the new ICI Home. This reimbursement will be paid at time of closing on the new ICI Home and may be used for closing costs, options, upgrades or a discount on the base price of the new ICI home but will not be paid out in cash. Not valid with any other discounts. ICI Homes reserves the right to change or discontinue this promotion at any time without notice. Additional restrictions may apply.

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