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NOVEMBER 2020
VOLUME 7, NO. 4
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STEVE CLAIR ACCESS CONTROL MANAGER
Although the pandemic will probably limit residents from having large family gatherings this year, Access Control asks that if you are expecting visitors or family for the holidays to please either add them to your CapSure visitors list or contact Access Control staff prior to their arrival at 437-2496 so we can add them to your visitors list, to help prevent delays or denying them entry. Since it is the holiday season and many residents will be receiving packages and gifts, Access Control asks that you help us keeping the thieves away from our community by following the tips to prevent packages from “walking away” from your house. Know your scheduled delivery date. Most companies provide a “tracking number” to follow the package delivery progression, showing delivery dates and times. If you know you’re not going to be home and you are expecting a delivery, check and see if you can have the delivery date changed to a time you can receive it. Have a neighbor or someone else pick up your packages for you. Your package is safer with someone you trust than it is just sitting by your front door. We have many people who enter in our community every day, and the temptation for someone seeing a package sitting there might be too much for some people. Please help us prevent the “Porch Pirates” from stealing someone’s holiday cheer by following these helpful tips. TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAMS
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Jeremiah’s Italian Ice opens new location in Ormond Franchisee Hayden Boyd, 21, said he’s ready to bring ‘good memories and a flavorful experience’ to the residents. JARLEENE ALMENAS
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The first Jeremiah’s Italian Ice gelato flavor 21-yearold Hayden Boyd tried was strawberry. One taste made him reminisce about his trip to Disney. He recalled sitting on a bench in Magic Kingdom and eating a strawberry popsicle. “The moment I tasted a Jeremiah’s strawberry gelati, it reminded me of that memory,” Boyd said. “It
reminded me of that happy childhood and everything else that went along with it.” Then, he started seeing others having similar experiences when trying the franchise’s ice cream. Now, he and his two partners, Glenn and Bryan Repple, are opening their first Jeremiah’s Italian Ice location in Ormond Beach at 162 S. Nova Road, in the former’s Little Caesar’s building. Doors opened at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 27, and Boyd said he was ready to bring “good memories and a flavorful experience” to the locals. The Ormond Beach location, complete with a drive-thru, is one of three that Boyd and his partners plan to open in Volusia. The other two are planned to be located in New Smyrna Beach
and Port Orange. Originally from Columbus, Georgia, Boyd said he considers himself a small-town boy at heart, and that when they were searching for towns to open up shop in, they felt these cities would fit in well with both the Jeremiah’s Italian Ice brand. Boyd moved to Ormond Beach in February. The new store has a mural paying tribute to Ormond Beach history inside its dining room. “You can’t say you’re for the community or anything like that unless you are part of the community,” he said. At 21, he is the youngest franchisee in the company. Opening a new business during the COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t easy. Boyd said they originally planned to open in June, but that they held off. He hopes in the future, they’ll be able to host fundraisers and spirit nights for local causes.
Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Jeremiah’s Italian Ice Franchisee Hayden Boyd.