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VOLUME 11, NO. 50

4,000 added to call-back list, awaiting vaccines

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Vaccines administered successfully, but call center was overwhelmed. PAGE 3

Health Officer Bob Snyder warns of record-breaking new local cases.

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Jenny Brady and Susan Fabbie prepare Carmelo Giglio for his vaccine.

Flagler Beach’s Tim Baker to turn his novel into a TV series. PAGE 11

DEVELOPER ON THE HOOK?

Citing accuracy concerns, School Board asks staff to rework mitigation agreement with developer. PAGE 4

ARRESTS MADE IN HOMICIDE

Suspected killer, accomplice arrested for fatal 2019 shooting at Palm Coast Circle K PAGE 8

MULLINS’ CHOICE TO PROTEST IN DC After complaints, county considers session to establish norms. PAGE 9

INDEX

Briefs..................... PAGE 8 Cops Corner.......... PAGE 2 Letters................... PAGE 6 Real Estate..........PAGE 20 Your Town.............PAGE 12

Palm Coast mourns the passing of Jon Netts, former mayor Mayor Netts served the Palm Coast community for more than 20 years.

BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Jon Netts, who served as a City Council member or mayor for more than 15 of the city of Palm Coast’s first 20 years of existence and was its most influential figure in that time, died Jan. 9, of complications from COVID-19.

He was 78.

Netts served on many regional boards, including the Northeast Florida Regional Council and the Florida Inland Navigation District. He was director of the Palm Coast Historical Society, director of Enterprise Flagler, and Executive Board member of Flagler Habitat for Humanity.

He was a believer in the exceptionalism of the city.

Mayor Milissa Holland, who is close to the family after her father served with Netts on the City

Council 20 years ago, recalled a “Nettsism” that illustrates his view of the city: Netts would say, “Everyone likes ice cream, and Palm Coast is one flavor. If you don’t like that flavor, you can find another flavor somewhere else.”

In other words, of all the cities in Florida, many residents retired here because they like how the city looks and feels. He moved here in 1992 with his wife, Priscilla, because of the boating opportunities, and his philosophy on the City Council was often driven by his desire to preserve Palm Coast’s character.

“He was passionate about our city,” Holland said in a Jan. 12 phone interview with the Palm Coast Observer. “When I drive around and understand how those policies work, Jon Netts has his imprint on many of those, and I’m thankful for that.”

He presided over the city as mayor in a civil and nonpartisan manner, Holland added.

“Other mayors that have served SEE JON NETTS PAGE 4

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ATTEMPTED GOOD DEED GETS PUNISHED 8:48 p.m. 2500 block of Palm Coast Parkway.

False name given to law enforcement. A 15-year-old boy approached a homeless woman near the county library in Palm Coast and tried to give her $15. Instead of taking the money, the teen told deputies, she turned around and pepper sprayed him. When deputies found the woman, 61, she was “immediately hostile” and gave them a false name. She said the teen had “accosted” her, but denied pepper spraying him.

Deputies asked to see her pepper spray. The canister was wet from recent use. The teen’s arm was red from the spray. The teen and his family didn’t want to press charges, but deputies charged the woman for giving a false name.

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THAT’S NOT HOW YOU CLEAR A GUN First block of Bunker View Drive.

Shooting. A man heard a loud

noise in his home, went to check it out and found a bullet in his tub. He found and confronted the shooter, who’d fired three rounds onto the property. The shooter told law enforcement that his firearm had been malfunctioning, so he’d tried to clear it by firing into a wood line — which had a backdrop of residential homes.

Deputies arrested him.

COVID-19 vaccine call-back list tops 4,000 This is ‘the most dangerous time for the pandemic,’ Health Officer Bob Snyder said.

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PARKING-LOT RAGE 4:02 p.m. 1400 block of Palm Coast Parkway NW. Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. A 19-year-old pulled into a parking space in a shopping plaza and an older woman jumped back, thinking he was going to hit her.

When the 19-year-old came back to his car later, an older man had parked a Kia directly behind him. The older man walked up to him, stuck a gun against his cheek and said, “You almost hit my wife.”

The man left, but the 19-yearold took a photo of his license plate, and deputies found him at his home.

The man, 61, admitted he’d pulled a gun on the 19-year-old.

Deputies arrested him.

As of Jan. 11, a Flagler County callback list of people who want to be vaccinated for COVID-19 had topped 4,000 names, according to county officials.

To ensure others get the chance to receive the vaccine once supplies are available, the new vaccines will be divided into three buckets: call-back list, new callins and online appointment reservations, Flagler County Emergency Manager Jonathan Lord said. Someone on the call-back list could also call in or make an online appointment when more vaccine supplies are sent to Flagler, rather than waiting for their turn on the call-back list. The state government also expects to open an online reservation system in the coming week.

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Flagler is not expected get any more vaccines this week, and the state expects distribution to be very limited for the next five weeks, Lord and Florida Department of Health-Flagler Health Officer Bob Snyder said at a Jan. 11 County Commission meeting.

The county quickly distributed the 1,700 vaccines it was allocated from the state last week as thousands of people called to make appointments, overwhelming the county’s phone line system.

Meanwhile, Snyder warned, all indicators — the percentage of tests that are positive, hospital admission numbers, the number of severe cases — are trending in the wrong direction, while the vaccine supply is “grossly inadequate.”

“As predicted, the virus spread after Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Year’s, and now we are seeing the negative effects of the holiday travel,” he said. “Daily records for cases have been broken many times during the past four weeks.”

This, he warned, is “the most dangerous time for the pandemic” — indicators are more dire than they were in the summer, when individuals and communities were taking greater precautions.

When the Health Department did get vaccines for local distribution, it was able to get doses into arms quickly, but it will be many months before there’s enough vaccine for everyone who wants to be vaccinated, Snyder said.

Meanwhile, the county government has spent approximately $90,000 covering COVID-19-related employee paid

“We ask all residents to please not be complacent, and reaffirm your commitment to public health measures like social distancing, mask wearing, avoiding large groups and sticking to our internal family household bubbles for socialization.”

BOB SNYDER, health officer, Florida Department of Health-Flagler

leave for staff members who are required under county policy to quarantine because of a positive test result or exposure to the virus. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act that requires the county to grant those paid absences expired on Dec. 1 without renewal, and county commissioners at the Jan 11 meeting were tasked with determining whether to continue granting the 80 hours of paid time or forcing employees to use their personal leave time.

The commission voted 4-0, with Commissioner Greg Hansen absent, to continue providing paid leave, and asked the county administration to provide regular updates on the cost.

“We just heard that this is the worst time,” County Commissioner Andy Dance said. “We don’t need to be putting our employees in a rough spot of deciding if they want to come back to work.”

— Brian McMillan contributed to this story.

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Flagler seniors line up for vaccine as officials strive for efficiency

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n one end of Flagler County, Health Officer Bob Snyder and the staff of the Department of Health are enjoying compliments about the orderly and friendly administration of COVID-19 vaccines, at the fairgrounds. They are handling the happy people who got the appointments.

One woman who waited in line all night for a vaccine on Jan. 2 was so happy that she is now volunteering at the fairgrounds.

Another woman, Shirley Wilson, told staff, “You guys are the best.

I can’t believe how organized you are.”

On the other end of the county, however, Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord and his staff are answering phones nonstop and enduring angry complaints from people who can’t get appointments due to the short supply of vaccines.

“When people are led to believe that something they need will be available, and it’s not, no wonder they’re upset,” Flagler County Administrator Jerry Cameron said.

The county, with help from the cities of Palm Coast and Flagler Beach, has started to use a waiting list and will be calling residents back when more vaccines are available. A statewide system could be introduced soon to manage the rollout.

Still, although the state, the DOH and the Emergency Operations Center are working together to administer the vaccines quickly, Snyder said, “We’re going to get a black eye because the sup-

plies are just not available yet.”

The doses are distributed by the state on a per capita basis to each county, but that doesn’t account for the percentage of seniors in each county. That’s one reason Flagler may have such a supply challenge: Florida is 21% over 65, while Flagler is 31% over 65.

“We have 36,000 people in our community over the age of 65, and so far we have received 1,700 doses in two weeks,” Snyder said. “Do the math. You can see why people are frustrated.”

WHAT HAPPENED?

Gov. Ron DeSantis, on Dec. 10 announced the state’s plan for vaccine distribution. The first priority was long-term care facilities and health care workers, he said. “Finally, as the vaccine supply increases over the next few weeks, we want to start getting it out to our elderly residents as well as those who may have significant comorbidities.”

On Dec. 23, DeSantis issued an executive order saying ages 65 and up were to be prioritized.

Cameron and Lord both said that left the EOC with little time to prepare for the opening of appointments for vaccinations on Jan. 4.

Typically, even in days leading up to hurricanes, when the EOC has its heaviest call loads, the phone lines are still only at 40% capacity. By contrast, Cameron said the sudden demand for vaccine appointments “brought it to its knees.”

Of all the people who are unhappy with how the call system performed Jan. 4, “We’re the least happy,” Cameron said. “This

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is the first time that we have not been able to respond to meet a challenge.”

Cameron sympathizes with Lord’s difficulties.

“Jonathan is almost a perfectionist when it comes to emergencies,” Cameron said. “He was literally almost sick because of the way this unfolded.”

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Palm Coast City Manager Matt Morton said he was alerted to the vaccine appointment problem by Palm Coast Connect. The city’s engagement platform finds patterns of complaints, and vaccine appointments quickly rose to the top. Citizen Engagement Cynthia Schweers said that on Jan. 4, she called the EOC and arranged to assist; as a result, her staff has added 40-50 people to the county’s waiting list per day. That’s in addition to thousands added to the waiting list by EOC staff the week ending Jan. 8.

“We just realized there was a gap,” Morton said. “Everybody is working together.”

Schweers said many callers were relieved to get through to someone at the city.

“A lot were crying and happy that we went above and beyond,” Schweers said.

BICYCLE OF HAPPINESS

Meanwhile, during the vaccination event every day, Snyder rides a Town and Country cruiser bicycle — his wife’s — from station to station on the dirt paths at the fairgrounds to check on everyone’s progress. The bicycle is effective because he doesn’t add another car to clog up traffic, and it also brings a smile to everyone’s faces.

Staff members have taken to humming the Wicked Witch theme music from “The Wizard of Oz” when they see him coming their way, and Snyder loves it.

“I wave to everybody, give them the thumbs up, ask if everyone is happy,” he said.

And the staff’s morale is high, despite the circumstances.

HOW TO GET ON THE LIST DOH’s Belisia Velez said people were grateful after they received their vaccines. Of about 1,200 vaccines administered by Jan. 7, none had adverse reactions to the vaccine.

About 30 retired nurses were hired about eight months ago for the COVID-19 testing effort, which continues at a pace of more than 75 people tested every afternoon. The vaccination effort has not replaced their testing duties; it’s been added. Now, many work up to 40 hours per week.

“These retired nurses that are doing this — very impressive,” said DOH-Flagler Emergency Planner Sue Reese, adding that without these nurses, “The community would be in trouble.”

One retired nurse, Susan Fabbie, acknowledged that administering tests and vaccines in a pandemic is dangerous. But, she said, “That’s nursing.”

She said the camaraderie among the nurses is rewarding.

Another retired nurse, Jenny Brady, said she doesn’t see herself as a hero, although she has heard many people call health care workers heroes.

“We’re really just doing our job,” she said.

“You’re born with a servant’s heart if you’re in this field.”

To get on the waiting list for a vaccine, call the Emergency Operations Center at 386313-4200 or the city of Palm Coast at 386986-2360.

For updates about COVID-19 vaccination appointment availability and testing, text “FlaglerCOVID” to 888-777.

Contrary to some rumors on social media, counties are not allowed to deny people a vaccine if they reside elsewhere. That means that someone from Jacksonville can drive to Flagler for a vaccine — and vice versa.

Bob Snyder, DOH health officer, rode his wife’s bicycle around the fairgrounds to check on each station and boost morale.

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Old Kings Elementary and Flagler Palm Coast High School are over capacity, and the developer of a proposed residential community that would add more students to those schools will have to pay to offset the development’s burden on the school district.

But the district is still determining how much: The developer of the proposed 335-lot community along John Anderson Highway, called The Gardens, reached a verbal agreement with district staff to pay the district just under $720,000 to mitigate its impact, but School Board members at a Jan. 5 workshop, citing concerns over the methods used to calculate the total, have sent that proposal back to district staff for revision.

A School Board vote on the agreement had been planned for a meeting on Jan. 19.

The Gardens is expected to increase the elementary school’s enrollment by 41, and the high school’s by 12. (The middle

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COLLEEN CONKLIN, School Board member

down the road that would come back to say to us, ‘Well, you gave them this calculation, why are we not getting the same calculation?’

It’s worrisome to me.”

Conklin added that she’d shared her concerns with the district’s superintendent, Cathy Mittelstadt.

Bott said that the district has used different calculation methods for mitigation agreements in the past.

School Board attorney Kristy Gavin said the issue stemmed, in part, from when capacity numbers were calculated — they were different in September.

Conklin wasn’t satisfied.

“I’m still not clear on why we would adopt or approve something when we know that there’s an error, when we have an opportunity to correct that error prior to us adopting or approving it. ... As of right now, I’d be a ‘No’ on this because of that reason.”

Board member Janet McDonald agreed. “Everything feels very nebulous, and at our disadvantage,” she said.

Staff will revisit the issue.

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with him throughout the county always found Jon to be the voice of reason and to be a stabilizer when things were uncertain,” she said.

No memorial announcement has been made yet by Priscilla.

The two were very close: “There was never a Jon sighting without a Priscilla sighting,” Holland said.

Netts was known also for his intellect. His family would call him MacGyver because he could always solve complex problems.

He was insightful in City Council meetings, distilling complex issues into simple terms, warning of government overreach with this saying: “If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”

“Jon is one of the brightest elected officials I’ve ever known in my career,” Brian Teeple, of the Northeast Florida Regional Council, said on one of the Netts’ campaign pages. “He understands issues.”

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school to which the development’s residents would be zoned, Buddy Taylor Middle, is expected to have capacity for the 12 middle school students the development is expected to generate.)

Developers must pay local government bodies such as the school district to mitigate the expected impacts of their developments on local schools, roads, emergency services and public infrastructure, and different government bodies use different formulas to come up with how much those payments should be, in accordance with Florida law.

Gardens developer Palm Coast Intracoastal had agreed with district staff on Sept. 18 to pay $719,960, spread over three payments as houses are built.

But that total, district staff member Patricia Bott said at the Jan. 5 workshop, resulted from a miscalculation of the mitigation credits by district staff.

School Board member Colleen Conklin asked why the board was being asked to consider a proposal that resulted from a known error.

“If we are getting ready to approve this, would we not want to calculate it with the correct formula, numbers, credits, instead of adopting and approving something that’s coming before us now with a number that may not be accurate?” Conklin said.

“And I’m worried about setting a precedent for future development

In 2011, Netts was interviewed by the Palm Coast Observer as he was seeking a second term as mayor.

In the interview, his personality as a man of action is evident.

He told the Observer that he once decided to take a jiu-jitsu class and eventually went on to be a sensei and lead women’s self-defense classes. He played football at Princeton and was a volunteer paramedic for 35 years.

Weekends as a kid, he built hydroplane racing boats out of wood and fiberglass. After “retirement,” he built a flooring company from scratch into the biggest in St. Augustine.

He conducted about 500 weddings and claimed never to have used the same ceremony twice.

“I’m the kind of person who, if

you do things, you do them wholeheartedly,” he told the Observer in 2011. His parents used to tell him, “Don’t dabble.”

Netts compared politics to chess. The actions you take now, he said, have consequences. Can you anticipate the unintended consequences? If you didn’t anticipate them, what can you do about them now?

“I like the intellectual challenge of what I’m doing,” he said of being mayor.

He knew it was important to know the people and know the issues. “Part of the job of any elected official is to try to understand balance,” he said. “The difference between fat and bacon depends on who’s doing the slicing.”

CLEAN, GREEN, MARINE

In 2016, Netts completed his second and final term as mayor. The city held a ceremony to wish him well, and Palm Coast’s first mayor, James Canfield, called Netts “a great mayor.”

“One of the things he operates with is a high degree of civility,” Canfield said in the 2016 Observer article. “Every speaker that comes to these meetings … is treated with courtesy.”

So are residents who’ve interacted with Netts outside of the formality of City Hall, Palm Coast resident Deleana Williams related from the podium at the event, which was attended by more than 100 people.

Williams said she’d asked Netts if he would write a letter of congratulations for her friend, Regina Wilson, in honor of Wilson’s 90th birthday. She knew the mayor was busy. But he answered the same day.

“Now, I know that my request was not at the top of his to-do list; I’m well aware of that, Mr.

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Mayor. But you sure treated it as if it were,” Williams said. Netts sent the letter in time for Wilson’s birthday party. “I wish you could have seen the look on my friend Regina Wilson’s face. … By your kindness, you have shown that you are more than ‘Mr. Mayor.’

You’re a man with a heart of gold.”

At the ceremony in 2016, Netts joked that he would be watching his successor, Holland, closely.

He said, to chuckles from the audience, “By golly, if she deviates from the path — I’m going to stand up and have something to say about it.”

He said his greatest accomplishment was staying true to the vision that made the city so appealing to the many people who’ve chosen to make it home.

“It still has that same flavor, that same essence,” he said. Netts has often lauded Palm Coast for being “clean, green and marine.”

“It still is clean. It still is green,” he said. “We have lived up to the promises that we’ve made each other.”

“Jon Netts fiercely loved Palm Coast and I know that I can express from all of us our very deepest sympathies to his family and friends as we together learn how to cope as a City without one of our most beloved pioneers and companions.”

MILISSA HOLLAND, mayor

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percent of Palm Coast fire rescue staff members vaccinated for COVID-19.

Another six or seven staff members have already had the illness and likely therefore have some immunity, according to Fire Chief Jerry Forte

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percent reduction in city wastewater field technician processing time after the implementation of Field Service Lightning, a software program that tracks and analyzes work order responses

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capital projects underway in the city of Palm Coast, totaling $68.3 million

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work orders handled by the city’s Quick Response Team in 2020, including 195 by the Tree Crew from May to September

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Palm Coast City Councilman Nick Klufas.

Now, the city is leaning toward going with an openaccess network type, but hopes to reinvigorate the process with providers and ISPs joining the network and then selling fiber to consumers, Akins said. (The city can serve as an ISP for governments but not for private consumers.)

Joytel, Akins said, has a record of success in Jacksonville, and the city would like to draw them here.

“They are very interested in becoming a provider here,” Akins said. “They offer very competitive pricing; they have been successful in a very competitive market up in Jacksonville.”

City government staff members are working to develop a standardized agreement that could be used for Joytel and other internet

companies, he said.

SBA Communications, one of the largest tower companies in the country, is also looking to create collocation facilities called EdgePOPs in every Florida county, and is interested in placing a flagship facility in Palm Coast near the Flagler County Executive Airport, Akins said. Edge computing PoPs, or points of presence, can be used to decentralize data across a network.

“I think the opportunities there for us and for FiberNet are very exciting,” Akins said.

City Councilman Nick Klufas said he’d previously supported the use of a public-private partnership for the buildout of the fiber network, but now, with the expected expansion of broadband delivery by satellite, does not favor that, as satellite will at some point likely supersede fiber.

Mayor Milissa Holland warned Akins against any agreement that would involve the city ceding control of the existing fiber network, which the city uses to lower its operational costs by an estimated $300,000 per year.

“I don’t want to put us into a position where we’re beholden to other companies when we have invested heavily in this piece of infrastructure,” Holland said. “I just want to be sure we’re being very strategic in our thinking and not just giving away our entire asset.”

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Palm Coast’s Building Services Division has created a stateapproved internship program to train staff members in building, plumbing, mechanical and electrical inspection and for as building, plumbing, mechanical and electrical plans examining.

Staff members can use the programs to earn inspection and plans-examining licensure in as a little as a year, according to a city staff summary.

The initiative is an attempt to develop staff members who are cross-licensed in multiple inspection and plansexamining disciplines.

City considers renewing state lobbying contract Palm Coast’s contract with state lobbying firm The Southern Group of Florida is expiring, and the City Council is considering a new contract.

Ten firms had expressed an interest, but The Southern Group of Florida was the only one to submit a proposal.

The proposed contract would be for three years, with an option to renew for two more. The first year, the price would remain at the current $45,000; the next, it would rise to $52,500; and the third year, it would rise to $60,000.

For years four and five, if renewal were chosen, it would stay at $60,000 per year.

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Palm Coast considers fiber agreement with Joytel So far, Palm Coast has largely been going it alone on fiber: The city has built an extensive network called FiberNet that serves dozens of businesses as well as city facilities and some connections for the school district and Sheriff’s Office, and has done so without a public-private partnership agreement with major service providers or telecommunications companies.

But the city is looking at new options, including an agreement with fiber and wireless internet company Joytel.

In previous years, the city had considered public-private partnerships with companies that could help build out the fiber network in exchange for a portion of the revenue from users, city IT Director Doug Akins explained to Palm Coast City Council members at a Jan. 12 council workshop.

But the proposals the city received after going out to bid weren’t palatable. There had been two proposals, both requiring a 20-year commitment: One left the city with ownership of the network after 20 years but required an initial city investment of $40 million; the other didn’t require a large upfront investment from the city, but left ownership of the portion of the network that had been expanded by the partner company in the hands of the company, with an option for the city to buy it out.

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JONATHAN LORD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CHIEF

The state of Florida, through its local Health Department, is distributing the COVID-19 vaccine to Flagler County residents, and has set up a vaccination site at the County Fairgrounds.

The result of the massive demand for appointments was:  Every single one of our phone lines was tied up for hours. The county’s phone

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Vaccines in Flagler handled smoothly Dear Editor: I am writing to thank all the organizations and people involved in administering the COVID vaccines last week. I was one of the fortune residents to get the first vaccine at the fairgrounds on Jan. 7. I cannot praise the Florida Department of Health in Flagler County, Flagler Fire Rescue, Flagler County Emergency Management and any other organization involved in the process enough.

My appointment was at 9 a.m. I arrived about 8:45 and was out by 9:15, including a 15-minute holding period to make sure I did not have any reactions.

The whole process was well organized, and the staff/volunteers couldn’t be any friendlier. At each stop, you were given detailed instructions, and the staff could answer questions. I haven’t seen customer service like they offered in a very long time.

JO ELLEN ANDREWS Flagler County

Florida’s rollout vs.

Washington state’s Dear Editor: Here is the difference in vaccine administration between Florida, under DeSantis, and Washington state: In Florida, our friends who are in their 80s had to sleep overnight in their cars in order to get the vaccine.

In Washington, our friends who are in their 80s received a telephone call telling them that their vaccines were ready to be administered. Fortunately, for us our governor comes up for election in two years.

JIM BENNETT Palm Coast

Editor’s note: In Flagler County, at least two cars waited overnight for vaccines on Jan. 2, which was advertised for health care workers rather than seniors. Beginning Jan. 5, vaccines have been administered by appointment only, with little to no lines.

Mullins’ hyperbole is dangerous Dear Editor: Although unfortunately, we have become somewhat desensitized to the continual she-

system has the capacity to meet everyday demands and foreseeable emergencies. It does not have capacity to serve the unprecedented demand we experienced this week.  Eventbrite gave out all of its appointments in less than 10 minutes.  Many folks signed up for our text alerts, but did not get a message — the majority of those issues we looked into were due to not texting the exacwt single word FLAGLERCOVID to 888-777. Others got the message too late; this is typically due to weak phone signals and/or phone network delays in delivering the message, both out of our control.

Every county in Florida is having similar issues, some to

a lesser extent than us (typically those with many more resources than your county government has).

So what have we learned from this experience:  Many ways of offering appointments have been explored, each with benefits as well as a drawbacks to different parts of our populace.  For some people the online system is perfect, appointments can be made in seconds.

However for others, web based ticketing is not something they have used before, or internet access is not even available.  For some people calling us is the best way. For others the slower process of making a phone call is not feasible, and for the county is the most

resource intensive.  Many feel a waiting list is best. However, others view that as an unfair advantage to someone who may have more free time to call and request to be on a list.  Even though it takes a lot of resources, all three of these options are being offered, with no single option having a priority over the others.

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nanigans by Commissioner Joe Mullins, in light of the recent events in Washington, D.C., it’s worth noting a new low.

During one of Mullins’ recent radio broadcasts, replete with partisan political rants, he actually suggested the “beheading” of liberals. Whether or not that was hyperbole, it’s dangerous. And, in a sad irony, particularly dangerous when viewed through the lens of the recent Capitol building riots, because Mullins soon after these remarks boarded a bus, along with reportedly over 160 Trump supporters, and headed for Washington to participate in the Jan. 6 protest.

It’s notable that Mullins’ “beheading” rhetoric seems even more incendiary than what was communicated in Washington that allegedly incited the violence.

Mullins’ remarks, which seemed so serious and concerning to many, were brought to the attention of the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, which has regrettably expressed no interest in addressing them.

theories that led directly to this attempt to thwart the will of the America electorate.

By continuing to support and advance these false, unsubstantiated claims, Mr. Mullins, and all the others who have supported these claims, bear significant responsibility for the riot and its aftermath.

The Flagler County contingent may not have crossed the line between dissent and open insurrection, but they certainly are material contributors to the events.

Mr. Mullins, in recent statements has said it is “time to heal and to unite.” I say, as a concerned citizen that his mea culpa is too little and too late. The time to heal and unite came following the certification of the election by the various state legislatures.

Mr. Mullins is asking, for himself and the others who participated in promoting these claims, for a free pass for the seditious actions. The time for coddling these hometown anarchists is past.

the process is the best way to let things run their course.

This was a quasi-judicial matter and needed to be followed to the letter. As residents of Palm Coast, we showed up at the meeting, followed the rules, and believed in the system and process. Also did the attorney and his client.

At the end of the day, a ruling was issued not 100% in favor of the developer and not 100% in favor of the residents. A project that was overwhelming in the beginning to now a project that may actually enhance the area.

The plan recommended by the staff and the planning board is acceptable.

Good luck to the developer.

I hope all goes well for him and your lawyer did a fine job with the work he put into your plan. I believe it was to use their quote as a “win-win” for everyone.

JOSEPH FARRELL Palm Coast

McDonald fails to see COVID evidence?

BOB GORDON Palm Coast

Editor’s Note: Sheriff Rick Staly wrote in an email to Gordon: “We do not monitor commissioners’ and most private Facebook posts or radio broadcasts unless there is a criminal predicate.”

Mullins is among those bearing blame for Capitol riot Dear Editor: It has been reported that Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins and diverse others traveled to, and participated in, the “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6.

The events that transpired on that day are clearly etched in the minds of all Americans.

Mr. Mullins has attempted to show that the Flagler County participants were not directly involved in the assault and that, at the first signs of violence, they retreated from the area of the Capital and returned home to Florida.

While this is commendable, there are issues with Mr. Mullins and the others participation that need to be addressed and called out.

Mr. Mullins and the others have a right to dissent, even if the basis of their dissent was the lies and wild conspiracy

Lakeview project may enhance the area Dear Editor: I’m not sure why you picked Diana Minotti and me as particular respondents in your article about the Lakeview Estates? It seems strange when so many others were far more opinionated and threatening.

I noticed that you quoted me, but you left off a little bit more of my comment at the lectern that was said that evening. The part that was left out was that the project needed another way to be approved. That way was the recommendations of both the planning board and city staff.

The proposal of the developer was too big and hard to comprehend. It could have been a better presentation had they brought the drone presentation to the planning board. The drone presentation was unique and professionally done.

My point is your article makes me appear that I was against the project. I did want to see the project work better with the area. Many residents oppose the project in its entirety. For those folks, they needed to speak up at all the hearings. I can’t say if they all did or not.

I believe that discussion and

PERRY MITRANO Palm Coast

Dear Editor: I suspect that Bob Synder, health officer of the Florida Department of HealthFlagler is beginning to dread attending Flagler County School Board meetings to address COVID-19 schoolrelated matters and having to contend with School Board member Janet McDonald.

During the Dec. 15 board meeting, McDonald once again appeared to downplay the severity of the virus, testing accuracy, questioned maskwearing, and spouted statistics contrary to facts and science and had to be corrected by Snyder. And it was sadly ironic that McDonald had the gall to expound what she falsely contended was a favorable virus recovery rate and did so right after the board’s moment of silence for the highly respected Flagler Palm Coast High School principal who did not recover.

Why McDonald, as an educator, continues to fail to adhere to evidence-based information is disturbing given that evidence-based learning and science are critical components in the educational system that she represents.

MAGGIE MINUTAGLIO Palm Coast

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Two arrested for fatal Circle K shooting After 15 months of investigation, two men face charges in connection with the shooting that killed 25-year-old Palm Coast resident Deon O’Neal Jenkins and wounded another victim at the Circle K gas station at the intersection of Belle Terre Boulevard and Palm Coast Parkway on Oct. 12, 2019.

A man had fired 16 rounds at the vehicle in which Jenkins and another man were sitting at 3:30 a.m., killing Jenkins and wounding the vehicle’s driver, who fled and called 911.

Detectives traced the shooter’s movements through business surveillance cameras until

he was picked up in a vehicle by his accomplice. The suspects fled the state, traveling to Virginia and later to California.

The shooter was identified as Marcus Avery Chamblin and the getaway driver as Derrius Braxton Bauer, both 26. Both were taken into custody on Jan. 7.

Chamblin is charged with First-Degree Murder, Attempted 2nd Degree Murder, and Shooting into an Occupied Vehicle. He was in prison on other charges in Gulf County and was days from being released. Bauer was arrested in Jacksonville for Principal to First Degree Murder, Principal to 2nd Degree Attempted Murder, and Principal to Shooting into an Occupied Vehicle. Both will be brought to Flagler to face charges.

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Three arrested in home-invasion, fourth at large Four armed men broke into an apartment on Bacher Street in Bunnell at about 4:06 a.m. on Jan. 6, pistol-whipped a resident, held him at gunpoint and stole two handguns and $2,205 in cash, according to a news

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Flagler Beach City Hall closed until Jan. 19 for COVID Flagler Beach Interim City Manager Rick McFadden has tested positive for COVID-19, and the Flagler Beach City Hall building and the Building Department will be closed until Jan. 19 for cleaning, McFadden wrote in a news release.

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Facing renewed complaints about Commissioner Joe Mullins’ behavior, Flagler County commissioners will consider holding a meeting to establish rules of conduct.

Commissioner Andy Dance floated the proposal at a meeting Jan. 11 after residents criticized Mullins for saying on WNZF radio that he wanted to behead liberals, using county letterhead to urge Florida’s congressional delegation to object to the vote count in states won by Biden, and sponsoring a group that traveled to Washington D.C. to protest against accepting the results of the presidential election.

Among the critics was Ken Bryan, a Flagler Beach city commissioner who spoke at the meeting as a resident, not an official.

Bryan, a veteran with a long history of government service, recalled the oath he’d taken to uphold the Constitution and defend the nation from all enemies, foreign and domestic.

“The oath means everything to me,” Bryan said. “... It’s unfortunate that some individuals who took the same oath ... violated that oath to organize and lead dozens of protestors to our nation’s capital to participate in a heinous attack on our country. ... This was a clear violation of that oath they took to uphold the Constitution, and they defamed it and basically dishonored it, and they should not be holding office today.”

Residents have called for Mullins to be censured before, but that’s hard to justify when ground rules haven’t been established, Dance said.

“He has every right to go and protest, I think we just have to be aware of tone,” Dance said. “And I don’t agree with some of the comments he’s made, especially on the radio show.”

Commissioner David Sullivan said he’d probably oppose Dance’s proposed meeting, since it would have to be public. Commission Chairman Donald O’Brien asked the commission to delay a decision until Commissioner Greg ,

“The oath means everything to me. ... It’s unfortunate that some individuals who took the same oath ... violated that oath to organize and lead dozens of protestors to our nation’s capital to participate in a heinous attack on our country.”

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“If you get cancer in your arm, is it worth going and having your arm cut off? What do you do if you get it in your head? Maybe there are some liberals I’d like to see their heads cut off — you know, they couldn’t do that thinking-crazy thing they do.”

JOE MULLINS, on his radio show

Hansen, who was absent on Jan. 11, returns.

Mullins said that “getting on the same page would be good,” but didn’t apologize.

“My radio show is my personal business, and my personal business will not be impacted by any decision made up here,” he said from the dais.

Mullins made the beheading comment in his pre-recorded radio show on WNZF. He ’d co m pa re d COVID-19 restrictions to cutting off your arm because it was cancerous, then added, “What do you do if you get it in your head? Maybe there are some liberals I’d like to see their heads cut off — you know, they couldn’t do that thinking-crazy thing they do.”

Mullins acknowledged traveling to D.C. with local protesters: He’d spoken with the Palm Coast Observer by phone at about 4 p.m.

Jan. 6, the day rioters breached the Capitol as Republicans in Congress debated whether to accept the election’s results. He denied involvement with the violence.

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“It started out real peaceful, like a typical Trump rally,” he’d said. “...When Pence did what he did, the crowd went berserk. People started storming the Capitol.

When we started hearing shots fired, we got up and left.”

Mullins was referring to Vice President Mike Pence’s announcement hat he would disobey President Donald Trump’s direction to stop Congress from certifying the election, which was won by Democrat Joe Biden.

Mullins admitted that he was personally more motivated by preserving Republican power and the party’s principles than he was motivated by a belief that the election was literally stolen. He also said it was time for Trump to concede.

Mullins said he’d sponsored, not organized, the D.C. bus trip.

That had been done by resident Mark Phillips, who spoke at the Jan. 11 meeting.

“We all went there to do a peaceful protest,” said Phillips, who posted a video before the rally suggesting that would-be attendees bring body armor, mace and a knife, “to be prepared.”

“What we had in D.C. on the sixth was an amazing, beautiful sight of patriots from all over this country coming together to support our president,” Phillips said.

Phillips repeated discredited claims blaming antifa and Black Lives Matter for the attack on the Capitol. No one mentioned the five people who died in the riot.

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A $10 million paving and repaving project in the Marineland Acres area will proceed, even though it’s not yet entirely clear how part of it — relocating the city of Palm Coast’s utility lines, which supply the area’s water — will be paid for.

Under Florida law, a utility provider must move their infrastructure at their own expense when it conflicts with a transportation project. Palm Coast does not want to do that, making what County Administrator Jerry Cameron referred to as an “equity argument”: that moving the infrastructure using city utility money would burden all of the city’s ratepayers with a project that only benefits a few.

At a County Commission workshop Jan. 11, commissioners agreed to look for more funding sources such as grants, but to also begin the project, which relies on state grant money that must be used within a certain time frame.

“Mr. Cameron phrased it as an ‘equity argument.’ I think that’s part of the issue before us today,” Palm Coast City Manager Matt Morton said. “It’s also a fidu-

ciary argument on behalf of the city. ... And I think lastly, thirdly, it’s operational argument; it’s a business argument.”

At the current utility rates, he said, it would take 60 years to make up the utility relocation’s worst-case-scenario cost of $1.5 million.

Morton proposed three options: that the county and city look into cutting expenses and finding additional grants; that the city increase the utility rate for Marineland Acres from the current 125% of that paid by regular city utility customers, to 150%; or that a special tax district be established for Marineland Acres to pay for the work.

County Commissioner David Sullivan said the matter seemed to be a legal question. The city hadn’t made a legal argument.

Morton mentioned wanting the project to become a zero-cost project.

Sullivan said, “I just can’t resist this question: So basically, what the Palm Coast utility is saying to us is, ‘We don’t want to put any money into this project.’”

Morton said the utility is, in essence, a business.

“So, the answer’s no,” Sullivan said.

“Absolutely no, in lieu of the other solutions,” Morton replied.

The commission voted 4-0, with Commissioner Greg Hansen absent, to initiate the project and look into cost savings and additional options for funding.

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lagler Beach author Tim Baker, who is also executive producer of Blindogg Productions, has officially started filming for a promo featuring what he hopes will become a TV series, “Unfinished Business.”

The series is based on Baker’s novel of the same name and will be directed by Alan J. Levi, who has been directing TV episodes since the 1970s, including “JAG” and “NCIS.” Published in 2013, the book is just one of more than a dozen books Baker has written. Born in Warwick, Rhode Island, he moved to Palm Coast in 2006 (then Flagler Beach in 2019). About a year after moving to Florida, Baker had a dream about two of his old friends that inspired him to pick up writing to “figure out the rest of the story,” as Baker phrases it in his biography. His first manuscript, which became the novel “Living the Dream,” was completed only a year later.

On Saturday, Jan. 2, the crew

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“What happens to your to-do list when you die?” from the novel ‘Unfinished Business,’ by Tim Baker

Executive producer and author of “Unfinished Business,” Tim Baker, with executive producer Stephanie Mazzeo.

DIRECTOR’S CREDITS Alan J. Levi, the director of “Unfinished Business,” has an extensive Hollywood resume, with 73 directing credits.

Among the TV shows he’s directed are the following, according to IMDb: n NCIS: Los Angeles (1 episode, 2010) n NCIS (5 episodes, 2003-2004) n ER (2 episodes, 2002-2003) n JAG (22 episodes, 1997-2000) n Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (10 episodes, 1994-1996) n Quantum Leap (6 episodes, 1989-1993) n Columbo (3 episodes, 1990-1992) n Magnum, P.I. (9 episodes, 1982-1987) n Miami Vice (1 episode, 1984) n Battlestar Galactica (3 episodes, 1978)

Blindogg Productions LLC films a promo shoot for the series "Unfinished Business" pilot episodes at the Golden Lion Cafe in Flagler Beach.

filmed a quick promo for the TV series at the Flagler Tea Company and the Golden Lion Cafe in Flagler Beach. The Golden Lion is one of several locations in the Flagler area frequently mentioned in the lives of the fictional characters from the book.

“Unfinished Business” is the story of character Meg Seabury, a mortician who finds herself intuitively knowing the dying thoughts of those she embalms. She feels compelled to act out the last wishes of the deceased.

The series will star Margot Demeter as Meg Seabury, along with Sondra Currie, John Byner, Annie Gaybis and Michael Laboska, with screenplay by Paul Conway.

Currie, who will play Marie Seabury, also played Linda in all three “Hangover” movies.

The crew plans to start filming the pilot episode, “Kilroy Was Here,” in

Flagler Beach, as soon as summer 2021.

“We will be filming the actual show throughout Flagler, Volusia and St. Johns counties,” said Co-Executive Producer Stephanie Mazzeo.

“Truthfully, I’ve read countless synopses and treatments for series in my career at MGM, Universal, Paramount and Warner Bros., but none better constructed for a series as this book,” Levi said. “A grand premise with never-ending fascinating story possibilities for sure.”

The pilot will be independently released, and is being funded by grants, private investors and a campaign created by Baker on GoFundMe. To offer support, visit gofundme. com/f/unfinished-business-theTV-Series. For more information visit www.blindoggproductions. com, and follow the series on the Blindogg Facebook page.

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Bruce Page, president and CEO, announced on Jan. 5 the addition of Mark Martens to the Intracoastal Bank team as Vice President/Business Relationship Manager for the Bank. In this capacity he will be responsible for developing and servicing business banking relationships.

FLAGLER SCHOOLS GALA WILL BE ONLINE, JAN. 28

Flagler Schools and Flagler Auditorium announced their upcoming Flagler Schools Teacher and Employee of the Year Gala, FAMILY-TOhonoring this year’s teachers FAMILY ONLINE and employees of the year, as s PROGRAM well as their Principal and Aswer s n sistant Principal of the Year.

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FLAGLER AUDITORIUM ANNOUNCES SHOWS Flagler Auditorium pays tribute to the vibrant Flagler County community with a special line-up of programs celebrating its history, artists, service organizations and heroes. Six special shows will combine multimedia presentations with live performances beginning on Jan. 29 with the renowned tribute band “Absolute Queen.”

Other programs will feature the talents of local musicians including “Traces of Gold,” “Captain Nick and The Cherry Drops,” “One More Time,” and acclaimed vocalist Linda Cole performing with alumni from the Flagler County school system. All events will be held in strict accordance with CDC guidelines.

To purchase tickets, visit www.FlaglerAuditorium.org or call 386-437-7547. The Jan. 29 program will begin at 5:30 p.m.

outside the Auditorium with an outdoor exhibition, “Rock Your Business,” showcasing local shops and businesses, followed by a multi-media presentation inside the auditorium and the performance by “Absolute Queen.” The live concert begins at 7:30 p.m.

Subsequent performances will honor the Flagler Education Foundation and Flagler Technical College, the Palm Coast Professional Business Network, the Flagler Beach Historical Museum, the Palm Coast Historical Society, and the county’s many hardworking service organizations.

The Auditorium is the county’s premier performing arts center, now operating with a new heating and air conditioning system using CDC-approved Global Plasma Clean Air technology.

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resh off of winter break, Flagler Palm Coast boys soccer hosted Pedro Menendez on Jan. 7 in a tough game that saw the Bulldogs fall 5-2. FPC’s two goals were scored by Zach Hassell and Joseph Schmidt, both during the first half.

A look at the Bulldogs’ 2020-21 campaign shows the team with 5 wins, 8 losses and 1 tie (1-1-1 in the Class 7A-District 1, fourth place). After their Jan. 7 game, the team lost to New Smyrna Beach on Jan. 12, making their record 0-4-1 in the past five games since their Dec. 11 win, 2-0, over Matanzas.

With a few weeks of the season left, FPC is scheduled to compete against the likes of New Smyrna Beach, Oakleaf, University and, again, Matanzas, on Jan. 22.

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There’s a lot of factors that go into building a healthy community. You need secure jobs, available housing, and a high standard of living. While good weather and the beach give Palm Coast an enviable quality of life, Douglas Property Development, Inc. President Jeff Douglas knew there was more to do.

When DPD took over the Allete portfolio in 2017, he and his team reenvisioned the 2,050acre Town Center as a livable downtown area and an innovative hub for med-tech jobs.

“To have a healthy community, Douglas said. “You need a healthy service sector growing with tactic jobs. There’s an absence of strategic, leading-edge companies here, and I think we can all recognize that.”

From Douglas’ perspective, attracting medical companies and institutions serves two purposes simultaneously: it fills the gap and meets the need for high-quality medical services for current residents, and it keeps young talent from leaving the county to find work.

The first step in attracting these key players was creating more housing. Last year, Central Landings, a 233-unit complex, was constructed, and The Palms at Town Center, an 88-unit complex, also broke ground and was 100% leased up within three weeks of its certificate of occupancy. Both complexes are waiting-list only.

Another 184 single-family homes are being constructed in Town Center, as well as 350 additional apartment condominiums.

“Diversity of housing and diversity of job opportunities is what we’re bringing,” said Walker Douglas of DPD. “Prior to this project, Palm Coast was lacking in multi-family and townhome options. We brought in more housing options that attract people with different lifestyles.”

With more housing options in the works, Jeff Douglas said DPD is turning its attention to partnering with medical education powerhouses like Jacksonville University and UNF MedNexus. Both institutions are opening campuses in Town Center that will focus on healthcare training and education.

“We are now on the radar of these institutions, companies, and the spinoffs that come from bringing these institutions here,” Jeff Douglas said. “We have great partners here already, like Coastal Cloud, Flagler Health, and ACI. Let’s give them the education, tools, product, and people so they can continue to expand.”

“Our goal is to get those medtech jobs into Town Center and Palm Coast Park.”

In order to get to attract more of those necessary partners, Jeff Douglas said Palm Coast requires leadership that shares that vision of a healthy community, like Mayor Milissa Holland, Representative Paul Renner, and Senator Travis Hudson.

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With more housing and jobs coming to Town Center, entertainment is the obvious next step. DPD is planning 35,000 square feet of cafe, restaurant, office, retail space, and a separate art district and a regional design district. While it’s a lot of work now, Douglas believes that with the help of local leadership and the community’s support, this new vision for Town Center will soon be a reality.

“You’re going to see more key announcements in Town Center in the next 12 months,” Jeff Douglas said. “And I like to think in 24 months, we’ll be the envy of Florida communities.”

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Forward 16 Hailey Bovino scores the lone goal in the game against Seabreeze High School.

FPC Lady Bulldogs save best for last against Sandcrabs Bulldogs head to Orange City to challenge the University Titans in a non-district game on Friday, Jan. 8.

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Flagler Palm Coast girls soccer team waited until the last 16 minutes to score against the Seabreeze Sandcrabs on Wednesday, Jan. 6, at the Ormond beach Soccer Complex, winning 1-0.

Lady Bulldogs held the Sandcrabs hostage close to their goal as they began an endless drive down field the first half. FPC goalie Gabriela Calidonio forced Seabreeze to stay out of the goal and off the scoreboard the entire game. Sandcrab goalie Avery Dellinger was able to hold the Bulldogs off until just under the 16 minute mark when forward Hailey Bovino pounded the ball into the bottom right pocket of the goal. Seabreeze had 14 shots on goal but could not manage to get

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Firehouse Subs announced the grand opening of its second location in Palm Coast, at 5615 State Highway 100 E., Suite 112. The restaurant opened its doors to the public on Jan. 11, under the ownership of Firehouse Subs Franchisee David Hause.

This is the fifth restaurant for Hause, who opened his first Firehouse Subs in Palm Coast in 2003.

Prior to becoming a franchisee, he joined Firehouse Subs in 1998 as general manager of a restaurant in Jacksonville before being promoted to district manager overseeing six area restaurants. He moved to Palm Coast in 2005 and loves its small town feel and the local community.

“I’ve wanted to open a Firehouse Subs restaurant at this end of town for a long time and am excited to do so 17 years after I opened the first one,” said Hause.

“I look forward to welcoming new and loyal guests in to try our hot and hearty subs while we continue to give back locally through the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation.”

The Palm Coast Firehouse Subs restaurant opens at 10 a.m. seven days a week and closes at 9 p.m.

Sunday through Thursday and at 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The restaurant offers hot and hearty subs to go via online ordering through the Firehouse Subs app or website, call-in phone orders or takeout service at the counter inside.

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FLAGLER SHERIFF PRESENTS ‘GREAT KIDS’ AWARDS FOR DECEMBER 2020 On the morning of Jan. 11, Sheriff Rick Staly visited three local schools to present three exceptional students with awards for being “Great Kids” for the month of December 2020.

“We’re starting 2021 off right by presenting some of the wonderful kids we have in Flagler County with the Sheriff’s Great Kid awards,” said Sheriff Staly. “The kids getting these awards today are all doing great things in our community and their schools. We want them to know that we appreciate their hard work and we’re here to help and support them to reach their goals.”

Sebastian Baker is a student at Rymfire Elementary School. He is a very respectful student who looks after others. His honest, caring ways and the support that he provides to others is a great representation of the students at Rymfire Elementary.

Samiya Zi’yun Carter is a

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the brand’s commitment to giving back through Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation, which has granted more than $1.2 million in the Greater Central Florida area.

Founded by former firefighting brothers, the restaurant décor reflects the founding family’s decades of fire and police service with gear and photos donated by local fire departments. It boasts a custom, hand-painted mural

by Chief Mural Artist Joe Puskas, featuring Flagler County Fire Rescue’s emergency helicopter hovering over David’s scenic backyard pool overlooking a golf course where Melinda Hause, in honor of her loving memory and the nearly 30 years of marriage she shared with David, is with their six grandchildren. Since the opening of the first Firehouse Subs in 1994, Puskas and his team have painted more than 1,185 murals from his studio in Jacksonville.

student at Indian Trails Middle School. She is extremely motivated, hardworking and currently enrolled in all Honor classes. She is a wonderful example to her peers.

Annie Buchanan is a student at Flagler Palm Coast High School.

She is involved with the Student Government Association, the Weightlifting Team and is a school record holder for the clean and jerk at 200 pounds and bench press at 225 pounds. She is a lacrosse goalie, is dual enrolled at Daytona State College, and is in the Sports Medicine Program at FPC. She is an overall outstanding student and athlete.

The “Great Kid” award is presented by the sheriff to a student selected by School Resource Deputies who show respect for their peers, help others, work hard to do well in academics, and represent themselves, their family, and their school with great character. The recipients for the awards are nominated by Flagler County Sheriff’s School Resource Deputies and Flagler Schools and are awarded on a monthly basis to one elementary, middle and high school student.

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Sebastian Barker with Rymfire Elementary Principal LaShakia Moore, Sheriff Staly, and School Resource Deputy Chewning.

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condo in Hammock Dunes was the top real estate transaction for the week of Dec. 3-9 in Flagler County in the Multiple Listing Service. Elora and Grant Young, individually and as trustees, sold 28 Porto Mar, Unit 204, to Benedictus Hinn, as trustee, for $1,998,800. Built in 2007, the condo is a 4/4.5 and has 4,948 square feet.

Following is a partial list of other transactions for the week.

$640,000. Built in 2016, the house is a 4/4 and has a swimming pool, boat dock, boat house and 2,604 square feet. It sold in 2016 for $378,000.

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Condos Rene Ahwal, of Winter Springs, sold 2668 S. Ocean Shore Blvd., Unit 101, to Stephen and Mary Hayman, as trustees, for $324,500. Built in 1997, the condo has 1,470 square feet. It sold in 1992 for $71,000.

Cypress Knoll Ryszard Leszczynski and Klara Leszczynska, of Palm Coast, sold 37 Elias Lane to Vladislav Chernomorskiy and Yuliya Chernomorskaya, of Woodland Hills, California, for $350,000.

Built in 2007, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace and 2,290 square feet.

Donald Nanney, of Clarkson, Michigan, sold 400 Canopy Walk Lane, Unit 423, to Christopher and Sandra Freda for $248,000. Built in 2004, the condo is a 2/2 and has 1,283 square feet. It sold in 2005 for $295,000.

Indian Trails 3S Housing LLC, of Ormond Beach, sold 39 Bruning Lane to Janet Deleonard, of Palm Coast, for $236,000. Built in 2020, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,500 square feet.

Belle Terre LGI Homes Florida LLC, of The Woodlands, Texas, sold 75 Perthshire Lane to Darby Barker, of Palm Coast, for $249,900.

Built in 2020, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,680 square feet.

LGI Homes Florida LLC, of The Woodlands, Texas, sold 77 Birchwood Drive to Lakisha Williams, of Palm Coast, for $221,900. Built in 2020, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,270 square feet.

Country Club Harbor Stanley and Marta Wakefield, of Yulee, sold 42 Country Club Harbor Circle to Man and Quynh Bui, of Palm Coast, for

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A condominium with four bedrooms and 4.5 baths topped the sales list.

Lehigh Wods LGI Homes Florida LLC, of The Woodlands, Texas, sold 1 Red Barn Drive to Herold & Co. Inc., of Hackensack, New Jersey, for $258,900. Built in 2020, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,851 square feet.

Emil Martin, of San Francisco, sold 104 Renshaw Drive to Jony and Thaiz Donascimento, and Rita Sousa, of Palm Coast, for $188,000. Built in 2006, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,776 square feet. It sold in 2006 for $223,700.

Matanzas Woods Maronda Homes LLC, of Jacksonville, sold 7 Louisiana Drive to Albert and Leeann Lizotte, of Palm Coast, for $378,900. Built in 2020, the house is a 4/3 and has 2,671 square feet.

Ocean Palm Robin Walker-Gibbons, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, sold 265 Ocean Palm Drive to Troy and Susan Long, of Bluffton, South

Carolina, for $331,000. Built in 1979, the house is a 3/2.5 and has 1,692 square feet.

Palm Harbor Silvino Domingues, of Bunnell, sold 39 Flemingwood Lane to Susan and James Piouffe, of Palm Coast, for $355,000. Built in 2006, the house is a 3/2 and has a swimming pool and 2,239 square feet.

Giuseppe Reina, of Roselle, New Jersey, sold 34 Felwood Lane to Denysus Molina and Mariel Ferraro, of Palm Coast, for $285,000. Built in 2004, the house is a 3/2 and has a swimming pool and 2,014 square feet. It sold in 2004 for $180,700.

Antonio and Ana Macedo, of Palm Coast, sold 33 Fanshawe Lane to Thomas and Theresa Forbes for $190,000. Built in 2004, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,218 square feet. It sold in 2006 for $185,000.

Pine Lakes Jason and Jeri Arnold sold 23 Weller Lane to Richard and Melanie Hatter, of Palm Coast, for $236,000. Built in 2005, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,033 square feet. It sold in 2016 for $186,000.

Patricia McGovern, of Atlanta, sold 30 Wellesley Lane to Carlos Smith, of Palm Coast, for $215,000. Built in 1990, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,898 square feet.

Plantation Bay Salvatore and Anna Di Palo, of Ormond Beach, sold 510 Wingspan Drive N. to Howard and Susan Browne, of Ormond Beach, for $755,000. Built in 2019, the house is a 3/3 and as a swimming pool and 2,979 square feet. It sold in 2019 for $747,800.

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

TRIBUTES Merian Ganzon Rochino 1936-2020

It is with great sadness that the family of Bob C. Evans makes known the passing of a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather on November 23, 2020.

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Bob had a successful career, as a professor and a dean at university. Bob had a contagious smile, a playful sense of humor, and loving spirit. He was true to his word, never promising anything he didn’t deliver. He was a true friend always putting others before himself. He loved birding, golf, and tent camping.

He leaves behind his wife Amy along with his daughter Martha Montoya, her husband Michael Montoya, sons Scott Evans and Sean Evans., as well as 5 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. He will be missed so desperately.

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To walk with us Throughout our lives, Until we meet again.

Merian Ganzon Rochino of Palm Coast, Florida, devoted and beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt and grandmother passed peacefully in her sleep and was received by her Lord and Saviour on December 18, 2020.

She is survived by her husband, Dr. Avelino Parcon Rochino, her two sons, Avelino, Jr., “Jun”(wife Rolita), Avelino II, “Jun Jun” (wife Lori), and four grandchildren, Nicolle, Gabrielle, Nicholas, and Andre.

She was a very kind, intelligent, and generous person, caring very deeply about her husband, children, grandchildren, sisters, brothers, and many cousins, nieces and nephews.

In the Philippines, after graduating at the University of the East with a degree in commerce and accounting and obtaining her CPA, Merian helped her extended family teaching at the University of San Augustin, Philippines while her husband pursued a PhD in the States. She followed her husband to Chicago, starting in sales at Goldblatts to eventually becoming a vice president of United Jersey Bank branch, Randolph, NJ. She had an intense love of reading, especially mystery novels, watching professional tennis, listening to Frank Sinatra, and playing marathon sessions of mahjong.

She was very devoted to God and put all her faith and trust firstmost in Him. Funeral arrangements are private at this time.

She was very devoted to God and put all her faith and trust firstmost in Him. “Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.

With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”

DONATIONS: In her memory, donations can be made to Catholic Charities, St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Reading, PA and/or St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Palm Coast, FL, where she was an active parishioner.

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