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VOLUME 12, NO. 4

WRESTLING PAGE 18

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Mental Health Matters Music and mental health, plus teens and senior citizens PAGES 9-12

Sink or swim?

School Board seeks support for Belle Terre Swim & Racquet Club.

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County approves new ground lease with aviation company at Flagler Executive Airport PAGE 4

ECO EDUCATION

Sea Grant extension agent to develop coastal education and resiliency programs for Flagler and Volusia PAGE 4

PEP ISSUES?

Dirty business: Each month, city staff respond to thousands of sewagerelated calls PAGE 5

494 HOMES

Developer plans for 494 homes near Colbert Lane, SR 100 PAGE 22

SANFILIPPO Q+A

Bunnell Elementary School Principal Marcus Sanfilippo on modeling, inspecting, hula hooping, and creating a culture at a school.

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INDEX

Briefs..................... PAGE 8 Business.............. PAGE 22 Cops Corner.......... PAGE 2 McMillan................ PAGE 2 Real Estate.......... PAGE 24 Your Town.............PAGE 16

This is the way How this Palm Coast man ‘becomes’ the Mandalorian.

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Hanging onto land on A1A School Board decides not to sell parcel to Flagler County government JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

The Flagler County government is interested in buying a 20-acre parcel of land owned by the School Board on State Road 100.

But the School Board isn’t interested in selling — at least, not at appraisal value.

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YOUR TOWN A1A HONORED AS AN ALL AMERICAN ROAD The Federal Highway Administration has designated the A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway, which runs the length of St. Johns and Flagler counties, as an “All-American Road.”

“This is delightful news,” said County Administrator Jerry Cameron. “We all know this 72-mile, (largely) two-lane roadway is as all American and ‘Old Florida’ as it gets. It’s a jewel in Flagler County’s crown, and it’s a joy to see the national recognition it so richly deserves.”

A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway was one of 15 roadways in 48 states to receive the special designation by the Federal Highway Administration, according to its news release.

The Friends of A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway is a nonprofit organization — that has a mission to preserve, protect, promote and enhance the outstanding resources of the A1A coastal corridor — made the nomination for the designation of its cherished byway.

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FOREWORD

Getting to know you

BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

One day last week, I spent an hour with Bunnell Elementary School Principal Marcus Sanfilippo, and I was struck with a simple lesson that likely can help every person in our community.

He said the key to creating a welcoming, family-like culture at a school is to get to know people’s circumstances outside of the school — the names of their spouses, their children, their pets. Sounds logical and simple to do, right? It is — if you’re an outgoing person who easily strikes up conversations. What if you’re like Sanfilippo, who said he doesn’t make small talk easily?

Then, you make reminders for yourself. You accept that you will have to be uncomfortable, and you do it anyway.

Because helping others feel important in a school or a church or a community is the key to good mental health and happiness for us all.

Thanks to Sanfilippo for setting an example of being intentional in helping others feel included.

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BAD HAUL 6:49 p.m. 6900 block of U.S. 1 Grand theft of a motor vehicle. A deputy got a “be-on-the-lookout” alert about a stolen vehicle — a U-Haul truck that had disappeared from its lot in Daytona Beach.

When the truck drove past the deputy on U.S. 1, the deputy stopped it. A man was driving, and a woman was in the passenger seat. They said that they were homeless and had decided to steal a U-Haul truck and drive around town “because it beat staying on the street.”

The man didn’t have a driver’s license. The deputy arrested them.

ANTI-MASK SHOPLIFTERS GET CAUGHT ON VIDEO 9:23 p.m. 100 block of Flagler Plaza Drive.

Retail theft. Two men walked into a liquor store not wearing face masks. An employee told them he wouldn’t serve them until they masked up.

The unmasked men argued with the employee, but left, then returned wearing masks.

One asked for a bottle of Grey Goose Vodka. But as he took out his wallet to pay, he again began complaining about the mask policy. The employee told the man he wouldn’t sell him the vodka, and to get out of the store.

The man grabbed the $45 bottle of vodka and ran. The employee called 911.

The store had surveillance footage and gave it to the FCSO.

Teachers and cops who are Total of Flagler over 50 can get vaccinated County seniors State teachers union lead says the vaccines should be available across the state, not at just four locations.

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Marking a significant change in Florida’s vaccination strategy, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Feb. 23 said teachers and law enforcement officers ages 50 and older will have access to COVID-19 vaccine doses in the coming days as four federally supported vaccination sites open in the state.

DeSantis has for weeks pushed ahead with a goal of vaccinating as many seniors as possible. He said Tuesday, Feb. 23, during a news conference in Hialeah that newly announced Federal Emergency Management Agencysupported sites in Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando and Tampa, will offer vaccinations to people ages 65 and older.

But DeSantis added he will use a portion of the “tens of thousands” of extra vaccine doses the FEMA sites bring to the state to vaccinate teachers and law enforcement officers.

Florida Education Association President Andrew Spar did not know how many teachers would qualify for the vaccines. Regardless, Spar said DeSantis’ plan doesn’t go far enough to protect teachers and said the vaccines should be available across the state, not at just four loca-

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More than 20,263 Flagler County residents have been vaccinated for COVID-19, including 48% of people over age 65.

“Just this week, we vaccinated 973 individuals,” Florida Department of Health-Flagler Health Officer Bob Snyder said on Flagler Broadcasting’s “Free For All Friday” radio program on Feb 19. “Mainly first doses, but also some second doses.”

As of Feb. 19, 8,700 people had been vaccinated at the county fairgrounds, while local Publix locations had vaccinated about 2,300 people, and other facilities had vaccinated over 2,200.

More are being vaccinated this week, as the Health’s Department’s allotment of vaccines has risen from 800 a week to 1,600, Snyder said.

Most residents of assisted living facilities have also been vaccinated, Snyder said.

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“If we truly are trying to make sure we keep everyone safe and protect the learning environment, it just makes good sense to make sure everyone who works in our schools has access to the vaccination,” Spar said.

Demand for vaccinations has outpaced supply, so the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlined a three-phase vaccine rollout plan. The first phase, issued in early December, recommended vaccinating health care workers and long-term care residents. The second phase, issued three weeks later, recommended vaccinating people ages 75 and older and non-health care frontline “essential” workers, including teachers, police officers and grocery store employees. The CDC included vaccinating people ages 65 to 74 in a third phase, along with younger people who have underlying medical conditions.

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place to train. A place to build friendships. A place to form memories. Dozens Flagler County residents who took the mic during public comment periods at the Flagler County School Board workshop and meeting Feb. 23 described the Belle Terre Swim & Racquet Club as all those things and more as they appealed to the board to do what’s necessary to keep the facility open.

One of the most heartfelt appeals to protect the facility came from a true champion: Micayla Cronk, an Olympic trial qualifier whose swimming prowess has earned her multiple Florida High School Athletic Association swimming championships.

Cronk had started swimming at the Belle Terre Swim & Racquet Club when she was 7, then joined FPC’s swim team.

“I loved it — every moment of it,” she said. “Being part of a swim team provides students with unbreakable bonds, better self-esteem, self-confidence, discipline, a connection to the community, and provides a place where students can come together and be close with one another in a safe and welcoming environment.”

And scholarship opportunities, she added: Cronk won a full ride to the University of Florida.

“Swimming has brought me the chance and the opportunity to further my education at my dream college,” she said. “That wouldn’t have been possible if it wasn’t for our local swim facilities that brought me closer to the sport of swimming.”

Cronk, along with a number of other young people — some as young as elementary-school age — spoke at the evening board meeting.

By that time, the board had already heard at its 1 p.m. workshop the concerns of a procession of mostly-over-60 residents who use the facility.

The board’s concern with the facility has been, in large part, that it’s been losing money, and its mostly older user base places it outside the district’s K-12 mission: A school district can’t easily justify diverting money away from kids to pay for a facility used mostly by adults.

Some speakers tried to address

those concerns directly.

“I know it’s not K-12: Most of the people are a little older,” one resident said, “but this place is a gem. If you just advertised a little more, so many people would come. ... It is a wonderful place, and I just ask from my heart: Please, think twice before you close this down. It means so much to so many people in the town.”

S e ve ra l b o a rd m e m bers responded by saying the board was just looking for alternative funding arrangements for the costly facility, not looking at closing it.

Board member Colleen Conklin said she didn’t know where the perception that the board was shutting down the club was coming from.

“The conversation was never around necessarily closing,” board member Conklin said at the workshop. “The conversation was around how do we invite other partnerships to the table, since there are multiple stakeholders that are getting a benefit.”

“I don’t think anybody up here wants to take the pool away from our kids,” said board member Jill Woolbright. But, she added, “We need municipalities to help pay for a municipality pool. ... It’s really about trying to see how we can get partnerships in.”

Conklin, Woolbright and board member Janet McDonald all spoke about the prospect that the facility, in the right hands, could be transformed into a true aquatic center — potentially with an Olympic-size pool deep enough that the district’s high school swim teams could even compete there. The teams use the current pool for practice but not competition, because it isn’t deep enough for swimmers to dive off the blocks.

Conklin, Woolbright and McDonald left vague what the district’s next step would be if Palm Coast and Flagler County aren’t interested in supporting the club.

“We have a beautiful piece of property,” Conklin said. “We will figure it out.”

But board Chairman Trevor Tucker — who prides himself on championing wise use of taxpayer money — interjected.

“I’m sorry to say this to all you folks, but if we can’t financially make this work, I’m not going to sit here and tell you that

Seeking support for Belle Terre Swim & Racquet Club, school district plans intergovernmental meeting.

“We have a beautiful piece of property. We will figure it out.”

“If we can’t financially make this work, I’m not going to sit here and tell you that I wouldn’t close it down.”

TREVOR TUCKER, School Board chairman

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Aquatics instructor Kim White keeps her class motivated on Monday, Feb. 15, at the Belle Terre Swim & Racquet Club.

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McDonald pushes to loosen mask restrictions JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

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I wouldn’t close it down,” Tucker said. “Financially, this has to work. Whether that’s partnering with cities, counties, whatever. ... I hope we can, but if we can’t, I’m not going to lie to anyone and tell you that I would not instantly close it down if we can’t financially afford it.” “... Financially, we don’t create revenue,” he continued. “We’re the only governmental entity that does not create revenue.

If we could create revenue and levy extra taxes, we could easily do this. But we don’t have that ability.”

He listed the financial complications: The district’s extended day care program, which usually made enough money to support other programs, hasn’t done well this year. K-12 tax dollars coming from the state have to be used for K-12-related uses.

The School Board can’t set its own tax rate — the state dictates the rate for each county, then collects money from all the counties and redistributes it according to a formula.

Tucker, summing up fellow board members’ suggestions, proposed a first step: A joint meeting with local cities and the county, in a location big enough for a large public audience.

The district administration will schedule one, Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt said.

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In comments at a Feb. 23 School Board workshop, board member Janet McDonald pushed for a loosening of school mask rules while restating theories that are out of step with the mainstream medical consensus on COVID-19, advising listeners to do “better research” on the “actual science.”

She claimed, incorrectly, that masks had “never been studied” for limiting viral contagion.

“I would like to see us not wait for the world to face the reality that masks are making people less healthy, because of the bacterial load,” she said.

No peer reviewed, scientifically sound studies have been conducted that indicate such a danger from masks, according to Florida Department of Health-Flagler Health Officer Bob Snyder.

McDonald said she believed masks inhibit social growth.

“The psychological damage that we’re doing to children and the community in perpetuating a belief in a piece of cloth that has never been studied for any validity for limiting viral contagion or transmission is a real concern to me,” she said.

She continued by suggesting that the board discuss how the district could lessen restrictions on people who are not healthy enough to wear a mask or who’ve already had COVID-19 or the Moderna or Pfizer shot.

No board members responded.

Snyder, reached on Feb. 24, reiterated the importance of COVID-19 safety measures.

“Every reputable scientist, physician and public health professional that I know, whether it’s Dr. Fauci at the national level, Dr. Scott Rivkees, Florida’s state surgeon general or Dr. Stephen Bickel, medical director of our Flagler Health Department—all continue to strongly recommend and promote social distancing and mask wearing as key actions to stop the suffering and death attributable to COVID-19,” Snyder said. “A total of 500,000 deaths in our country was sadly reached this week. Right now, the Health Department is focused on a robust and effective mass vaccination program that began at the fairgrounds. To date, 20,263 Flagler County residents have been vaccinated. This represents 48% of persons older than 65 in our county. Flagler is ranked eighth out of 67 counties for total percent of our population vaccinated. We are very proud of this statistic, despite needing a greater supply of vaccines.

“We are at the fairgrounds today providing first shots to 750 folks.

This will be our busiest week for vaccinations thus far. Our weekly allotment increased to 1,600 from the 800 doses received in previous weeks.

“The science, facts and evidence is clear: Vaccinations, mask wearing and other public health measures are critical and essential to end the suffering, hospitalizations and death associated with COVID-19.”

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County approves lease with aviation company Skytrade Aviation is planning to build a $1 million hangar at the Flagler Executive Airport, Airport Director Roy Sieger said.

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An aviation company will be leasing space at the Flagler Executive Airport for $1,089 per month and plans to build a 120-by-100-foot hangar on the southwestern side of the airport property.

“I think this is very significant, and it’s the first, really, new group that’s going to use those pads we put out there,” County Commissioner David Sullivan said before the commission approved the ground lease with Skytrade Aviation during its Feb. 15 meeting.

The lease had been placed on the commission meeting’s consent agenda — the section used for generally uncontroversial items that are approved as a bundle, without commission discussion — but Sullivan said he thought the lease significant enough to warrant a mention.

Airport Director Roy Sieger said that Skytrade plans to use the hangar for aircraft maintenance and expects to invest $1 million to $1.5 million in the structure.

The space will largely be used by one pilot and one mechanic, Sieger said.

The agreement is a 30-year land lease between the county and

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Skytrade, with annual adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index. It gives Skytrade 24 months to build the hangar.

Commissioner Andy Dance suggested that the item shouldn’t have been placed on the agenda, for transparency’s sake.

“It seems like the ground lease is a little bit beyond, in my thoughts, being on consent,” Dance said. “I think it’s important, too, because of the expansion and the amount of area we have for development over on that side of the airport. ... There’s a tremendous opportunity for the airport and the county in that area. It’s good to see some activity.”

“No pun intended,” Sieger said, “We’ve been waiting for that area to take off.”

Sieger, noting that the Army National Guard and East Flagler Mosquito Control District already have facilities at the airport, said he’s been communicating with other companies that want to build hangars there.

“There’s a tremendous opportunity for the airport and the county in that area. It’s good to see some activity.”

ANDY DANCE, Flagler County commissioner

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Denene Suzanne Biedenbach Mosley, 53 of Palm Coast, tragically passed away February 7, 2021.

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She was born January 23, 1968 in Butler, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Charles and Mary Ann Frenchak Biedenbach.

Denene moved from Pennsylvania to Longview, Texas in 1993 and then to Palm Coast, Florida in 2001. Denene was a very outgoing, fun loving person with a very spiritual side. She was very competitive in nature and enjoyed playing cards and bowling where she participated on a league with her mother.

Denene leaves behind her father, Charles Biedenbach of Knoxville Tennessee; her mother, Mary Ann Frenchak Collins of Palm Coast; two children, Karma McDevitt of Palm Coast, and Tawnie Mosley (Michael Hall) of White Oak Texas; two grandchildren, Jonathan Hall and Jocelynn Hall; one brother, Charles Biedenbach of Butler Pennsylvania; two sisters, Lorrie Lore (Roger Doukas) of Ormond Beach and Danielle Collins (Michael Runyan) of Palm Coast; her nephews, Kenneth Lore and Jared Bokanoski; niece, Brooke Bokanoski, and her many aunts, uncles and cousins. She is predeceased by her step father, Thomas Collins.

Frances E. Kempton, 93, Farrington Lane Palm Coast died Saturday, Feb. 13 at Adventist Hospice following a brief illness. Frances was born in Medway, MA. and moved to Palm Coast in 1990 with her husband Ernest L. Kempton, a sales manager for ITT Palm Coast.

Ernest pre-deceased her in 1990.

Frances is survived by her son Wayne Kempton and his wife Shari, daughter Kim Voyle and her husband Rob, two grandchildren Heather and Jeff, and great grandchildren, Tyler, Hailey, Caleb, Elijah, and Sarah.

A private internment was held on Thursday, Feb. 17.

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A UF Sea Grant extension agent position will be divided between Flagler and Volusia, focusing on nature-based recreation and economic development.

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TRIBUTES Denene Suzanne Biedenbach Mosley 1968-2021

Local Sea Grant position approved

JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

There are plenty of perks to being by the ocean — the fishing, the surfing, the view — and Flagler County is embarking on a partnership designed to make the most of them.

The county is working with the University of Florida and the Volusia County government to support a local Sea Grant agent position through the university’s Extension Services.

UF will pay 60% of the costs associated with the position, while the two counties will both pay 20% each — which comes out to $17,031 per county for 2022.

The agent, who will divide his or her time between the two counties, will develop local marine and coastal resource education programs for the public and support environmental sustainability.

The focus will be on naturebased recreation, economic development and tourism, including coastal resiliency, water quality, invasive coastal and marine species, fisheries and fishing and protected marine species, according to a Flagler County staff document.

The position isn’t new, exactly: There’s been an extension agent before, but the position was paid fully by UF, and the agent was initially spread across Flagler, St. Johns, Duval and Nassau counties, then divided between Flagler and St. Johns. When it came time to renew the position, St. Johns no longer wanted to participate, a Flagler County staff member said during a Feb. 15 Flagler County Commission meeting.

But Volusia was interested.

County Commissioner Donald O’Brien was in favor of the agreement, but noted that Flagler will be paying as much as Volusia, and the services should therefore be split equally.

“Oftentimes when we get involved in these joint activities with our county to the south, they end up getting the lion’s share of the effort or work because of the fact that they’re four times the population,” he said.

The staff member said the position will be divided 50-50 between the two counties, and the agent will have offices in both.

The County Commission approved the agreement unanimously.

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“Our parks, trails and amenities are integral to the high quality of life our residents have come to cherish and expect,” Mayor Milissa Holland said in the news release. “Adding these enhancements to this amenity will significantly improve the safety, security and user experience for trail users, walkers and cyclists right here in Palm Coast.”

PALM COAST TO HOST VIRTUAL TOWN HALL The city of Palm Coast will host a Virtual Town Hall session on Friday, Feb. 26, about the city’s BusinessFriendly Initiative. The session will be held over YouTube at youtube.com/ palmcoastgovtv.

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of March: First day of a road closure of Citation Parkway, which will be shut down between Seminole Woods Boulevard and Sesame Boulevard until June 28 Email News Editor Jonathan Simmons jonathan@ palmcoastobserver.com.

​ City seeks public feedback on recycling, solid waste Palm Coast will be sending out a communitywide survey about recycling and solid waste pickup on March 1-30, placing paper surveys in utility bills and offering them in person at City Hall in Town Center and at the Palm Coast Community Center at 305 Palm Coast Parkway NE. An online version of the survey will be available at palmcoastconnect.com and palmcoastgov.com.

Residents who get email utility billing will receive an email link to the survey.

Palm Coast’s current Waste Pro contract — which include twice-a-week garbage pickup and once-a-week yard waste pickup and recycling pickup for $20.36 per month — will end on May 31, 2022.

The survey asks residents about their preferences for the next contract.

Palm Coast will be hosting a Virtual Town Hall about solid waste issues in March, featuring Mayor Milissa Holland, Director of Citizen Engagement Cynthia Schweers and a consultant from NewGen Strategies & Solutions.

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Other trailheads are also slated for improvements later this year, according to the news release.

Local spending contributes to such projects when money spent in Palm Coast is returned to the city government in tax dollars, so the city has initiated a “Be Local, Buy Local” campaign to inform residents about how local spending can be used to improve city amenities.

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At City Council meetings, Mayor Milissa Holland has recounted stories of hikers and cyclists parking on the opposite side of the street and dashing across the busy road to get to the trailhead.

Now, those improvements — including the additional parking — are slated to happen sometime this year.

The city of Palm Coast has received a $1.58 million grant for the work from the Florida Department of Transportation, with assistance from the River to Sea Transportation Planning Organization, according to a city of Palm Coast news release.

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he students didn’t know that Marcus Sanfilippo had a history of hernias when he picked up the hula hoop last fall. Sanfilippo, Bunnell Elementary School’s principal since 2016, has had four surgeries to fix the hernias, and he’s always in danger of another one. It was worth the risk, though, to see the looks on the kids’ faces as he twisted on stage during an assembly to reward kids with positive behavior.

“I think I got seven seconds,” Sanfilippo said during an interview with the Palm Coast Observer Feb. 16 at the school. “The kids loved it. They talked about it for a few days, making fun of me,” he said with a laugh. “It’s those little moments that have such a big impact on our kids.”

Sanfilippo, who has been in education for two decades, married his high school sweetheart after they graduated from Flagler Palm Coast High School. He talked to the Observer about leadership and riding around campus on his electric scooter.

Tell me about your scooter.

All the walking around campus was difficult after the surgeries, so my secretary and bookkeeper surprised me with a scooter. They put a bell on it, and they decorate it for Halloween and Christmas.

It’s nice. I work with great people.

What is the best advice you’ve received on being a great principal?

I’ve talked to many people who have done it before, and they said, “Model what you expect, and inspect what you expect.” It goes back to the idea of servant

leadership.

I know [Indian Trails Middle School Principal Paul Peacock] mentioned [in his Q+A with the Observer], “Be humble.” It’s so true. If I want my teachers to call parents, I have to call parents. We take time out for teachers to do targeted instruction groups, so I’m on the substitute list, and if a teacher is absent, I’ll go and do instructional groups.

It’s leading from the front, not leading from behind.

Volunteers from the Police Athletic League recently helped beautify the school grounds.

What does that kind of involvement mean to you?

PAL came to me and said, “How can we help you?” It brings joy in your life that people care about you enough to see an issue and help find a solution.

It’s humbling to see how Bunnell Elementary School is such a part of Flagler Schools history. There’s such an attachment because of that.

I have teachers that went to Bunnell Elementary School, and we have parents and grandparents that went here.

What is school spirit like at Bunnell Elementary School?

How do you create a positive culture?

The culture is very family oriented — as in, the BES family. They look out for each other.

When I was out for my surgery, the number of people who showed up to my house with food to provide meals — we almost had to turn people away.

You can tell they love each other. When people have birthdays or are sick, there are always people sharing things.

You create it by embracing it.

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“We embrace the students and show them love first thing,” Sanfilippo said.

Every day is a clean slate.”

You listen to your teachers and your support staff. Spending time with them during the day outside academic stuff, asking about their family, having those little moments, knowing them and their children on a first-name basis.

For some, people, that comes naturally.

Not to me.

How do you work on being friendly and asking about people’s lives outside of school?

Being intentional. Knowing that it works. You want to be successful, so you find those areas of weakness that you have.

I write myself sticky notes or put reminders on my phone, to intentionally speak to people, to remind myself to be in the classrooms, on the recess fields, in the cafeteria, so the kids see me in a different role.

Does exceptional student education get enough attention at Bunnell?

It gets more attention than it has in the past few years. This year, yes.

I think we’ve noticed through the data that our students with disabilities were kind of plateauing — there was no real growth. So over the past two years, there has been a real focus on the ESE population.

We’re being allocated eight ESE support teachers. Next year, the goal is 11, with Title I funding.

The goal is to have more small group instruction.

In what ways are you a different principal today from when you started five years ago?

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Somedays I think I’m better. I think I reflect more now on my strengths and weaknesses than I did when I first became a principal.

As a new principal, you’re eager, SEE SANFILIPPO PAGE 16

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School Board decides not to sell State Road A1A parcel Tobacco retail license law CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

The wooded parcel is just south of Pamela Parkway on the western side of A1A, where the county has been interested in buying it with county Environmentally Sensitive Lands Fund money.

County staff had approached school district staff about the potential purchase on Feb. 12, said Dave Freeman, the school district’s facilities manager, at a Feb. 23 School Board workshop.

The land had previously been part of the Hammock Dunes Development of Regional Impact.

Board member Janet McDonald said the she’d met with county staff about the potential sale during the tenure of former Superintendent James Tager.

“They were interested in this parcel for a boat launch ... and for economic reasons,” she said.

The school district had been

considering swapping that land for land that could be used for a potential school site, she added, but the county didn’t have anything they wanted to swap.

“That’s why it didn’t go anywhere then,” she said.

A land transfer between the government entities would involve having multiple appraisals conducted on the property and using those to set a sales point.

McDonald said she hadn’t been comfortable with appraisals the district had received on its properties in the past. Board member Colleen Conklin agreed.

“These are taxpayer assets, and we should realize the value of the asset and trade it value for value, rather than appraisal value,” McDonald said.

The board decided not to sell the land at this time.

Email Jonathan Simmons at jonathan@palmcoastobserver. com.

Man arrested for possession, transmission of child pornography

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JORDAN BUTLER GUEST WRITER Our children. Our health. The economy. Each of these are priorities for our community. So when we find a single action that can protect all of them at once, it’s worth our full attention. This is why I’m calling on our county commissioners to pass a local tobacco retail licensing policy.

First and foremost, tobacco retail licensing is about protecting kids. Tobacco companies and products have been a powerful force in our community for too long. Flagler County is home to an estimated 20,347 people who smoke or vape, including 1 in 7 youth (15%) 11-17 years of age. Tobacco use is estimated to cost Floridians billions in health care costs and lost productivity every year. Shouldn’t we do everything we can to stop these products from being marketed and sold to youth?

Tobacco retail licensing is simple: the county requires a business to obtain a license in

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exchange for the privilege of selling tobacco or nicotine products. The annual fee for a license covers all costs associated with administration and enforcement. And after too many violations, retailers may lose the license.

We know that tobacco retail licensing works. Young people who live in communities with a tobacco retail license policy that covers the cost of regular compliance checks are 33% less likely to start smoking and 26% less likely to start vaping.

In addition to preventing underage sales, tobacco retail licensing policies can give communities more control over how tobacco and nicotine products are sold. They can restrict the sale of tobacco products near schools. And they can restrict the sale of flavored tobacco products designed to appeal to youth.

We will never tackle the problem of youth tobacco use until we close these gaps and take bold new steps.

Please join me in asking our county commissioners to pass a tobacco retail licensing policy.

How can you help? Call them! It only takes a few minutes. And it just might help our community for generations to come.

Jordan Butler is director of the Flagler County Youth Center and G.W. Carver Community Center.

A 24-year-old Palm Coast man has been arrested on multiple charges of possession and transmission of child pornography.

The Cyber Crimes Unit began investigating a CyberTip from Internet Crimes Against Children on Nov. 12, 2020.

The tip identified an Instagram account that contained at least two files depicting child pornography. The investigation revealed that the account belonged to 24-year-old Elijah Deshawn Hudson.

“Our Cybercrimes Unit has been doing a great job in taking these tips and building strong cases,” Sheriff Rick Staly said.

“Let this be a reminder to perverts that we will not tolerate this behavior in Flagler County, and we have the resources and mutual aid at our disposal to thoroughly investigate each case and arrest these sex offenders that prey on children.”

A lengthy investigation led to a search warrant being executed on Dec. 29, 2020, at Hudson’s residents at 16 Poinbury Drive in Palm Coast by FCSO’s Cyber Crimes Detective Dennis Lashbrook, FCSO Major Case detectives, members from Volusia County Sheriff’s Office and tactical members of the FCSO SWAT team.

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JARLEENE ALMENAS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

For a team at Bethune-Cookman University, music and wellness have never been more in harmony.

Thanks to a $39,500 grant from the Pabst Steinmetz Foundation, the La-Doris McClaney School of Performing Arts and Communication of BCU’s Department of Music is planning to implement a training model to increase health and wellness in targeted sectors of the community through the integration of music with Eastern and Western medicine. It’s an effort led by Dr. Rose Grace, Dr. Daniel Hollar and Dr. Diana Lee that grew out of the school’s annual “Music and Medicine” symposium, which is now in its third year.

SEE BETHUNE-COOKMAN PAGE 12 Stephanie Mayer-Sattin leads BCU students in a tai chi routine during the first "Music and Medicine" Symposium.

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Helping the lonely COVID-19 closures have further isolated a population that already had limited outlets for social connection, Prather said.

More students are seeking help during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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ommunity Paramedic Caryn Prather visits people who repeatedly call 911 for non-emergency reasons — often because they’re older, lonely and so in need of even a few brief moments of human contact that they’ll make up excuses to call. The following is an edited transcript of an interview with Prather.

Q: How has what you’ve been doing changed because of COVID-19?

A: Since COVID, most of what I do now is over the phone. Our guys, or one of the fire departments, will call me and say, “We keep going out to this house; they keep calling 911.”…

They fall a lot, or we’re finding they call just because they’re lonely or they’re unable to get their medicine. And then the guys send me a text or an email

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and I will call the person.

Most of the time, what I have found is that information is the biggest thing that they need: They don’t understand that they can call the pharmacy and get their medication delivered; they don’t understand that if you just stop taking it … this can cause more harm than continuing to take it.

A lot of these people don’t want to go to a grocery store — that scares them. I try to get them set up to where someone can purchase their groceries and bring them. In some cases ... either we get them set up with Meals on Wheels, or I get meals from Senior Services, and I will take it to them.

Q: What are the home visits like?

A: If they are able to come out of the door, we’ll do everything outside. ... We find that, probably more times than not, they’re just isolated, especially since COVID has happened. We have found that some of these people have not left their house in a year

… and they don’t want family to come, because they’re scared that they might get sick or the family member might get sick.

Before, they would have things where they could get on a bus and go to a specific place every day, where they would play games … and could be with people and have conversations with them. They’re not getting that now. That’s probably the saddest thing. They’re not on the computer; they’re not good on their phones. ... When we go to give the vaccines, they don’t want us to leave. They want us to stay, because they want to have someone to talk to.

Q: Perhaps you could walk me through what a typical home visit is like. How do you start the conversation?

A: I just try to get them comfortable and offer suggestions. ... It’s easier to be a little more empathetic and listen a little more when it’s not your family member — sometimes, were have a tendency to kind of brush off things with family. I will just sit and listen to them, and a lot of times, that’s just what they want.

Even people that are married and have a spouse, they just want to talk to someone and just have some human contact to make them feel like they are human again.

“Some of these people have not left their house in a year … and they don’t want family to come, because they’re scared that they might get sick or the family member might get sick.”

CARYN PRATHER, community paramedic, Flagler County Fire Rescue

Q: What do you do if it seems like somebody might really need a psychologist or a psychiatrist?

A: That’s when I push the fact that you need to go to see your primary care doctor. I will make a list of questions for them, because they go in and they forget. If they have it all written down, it makes it easier.

Q: How common are the people that are calling because they’re lonely?

A: They don’t ... say they’re calling because they’re lonely. We pick up on those things because either they’ve fallen, or they call 911 and they have something very minor that needs to be

dealt with, but the bottom line is they’re just lonely. ... People that have actually no medical issue, other than being lonely — there’s probably about 40. I don’t talk to them every day, but I’ll call them here and there just to check on them, or if I’m driving in their area, I’ll stop by just to say hi to them.

Q: Is there any else you can think of that you’d like to add?

A: We try really hard to help as many people as possible, and to try to give information and give our community what they need. ... Since COVID started, community paramedicine has changed, and has gone down, it seems like, about 50 different roads. I’m hoping that we are helping to keep [patients] healthy so that hopefully, one day, people can go to the grocery store and go out and get to be around people.

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tudents have faced a lot of changes in the past year.

They left their classrooms for spring break in 2020 and returned to virtual instruction two weeks later.

High school graduations were postponed to July, and when in-person classes renewed in August 2020, their schools no longer looked the same. Now, they had oneway hallways, plastic dividers on their desks, and assigned seating at lunch.

At Ormond Beach Middle School, the school counselors recognize that these new protocols — though important for the students’ safety during a global pandemic — were challenging for kids. But what they also saw was an increase in both the number of students reaching out for help with their mental health and the frequency with which they asked.

The Observer recently spoke with school counselors Tara Fatta, Lisa Gallagher and Kelle Deriggi on how students are coping with their mental health.

What are some contributing factors when it comes to students who are struggling?

Have you seen any difficulties of students readjusting to inperson instruction?

Fatta: Being confined to the house is starting to get to some students, where they don’t have the sports, or they don’t have the outlets anymore.

Gallagher: Also, contributing factors would be the increase in screen time. They’re not leaving the house, and not being able to get outside because of fear or whatever other factors a family might have.

Gallagher: We have had a lot of students go back and forth between [Volusia Live], trying to figure out what the best pattern is for them. We saw a lot more lack of motivation to get assignments completed. We have a lot of teachers complaining about that across the nation.

Fatta: We’re creatures of habit.

So students have been at home, logging on when they felt like it.

It was very difficult to have them

get back in the saddle as far as, “You need to be on time. You need to be engaged. You need to be productive.”

Have you seen challenges with mental health that are specific to middle school?

Deriggi: A lot of students were struggling with loneliness and isolation, and lack of that support network. Even though we’re back in school, they are still feeling some of that. They don’t have those connections — the teams, the sports, the activities outside of school. On campus, as much as we try to make it normal, it’s still different.

When you have a lot that are struggling on a deeper level with some depression and anxiety, because the whole world is in a pandemic, it’s a scary time for them.

Has the pandemic affected how you would approach situations like bullying or issues at home?

Gallagher: We’ve had to really explore all options and see what fits with every family. We’re the first line of defense. We do have a mental health team now that really stepped up to the plate, so if we can’t find a community agency and the student is on campus, we’ll give that child some services one way or another. At least Volusia County Schools does offer mental health counseling now, which has increased, and they’re doing a

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Eighth grade counselor Lisa Gallagher, sixth grade counselor Kellee DeRiggi, and seventh grade counselor Tara Fatta all have been guiding students for 26 years.

better job in responding to the need.

What is one thing you wished parents knew about their child’s mental health?

Fatta: I know a lot of the time parents will want to “fix it.”

We’re finding, just as counselors, that they just want to be heard. My biggest suggestion to parents would be ask your child how they’re feeling, and really listen to the answer while being nonjudgmental.

Gallagher: And the kids want to feel validated.

Fatta: [Adults] forget that to a 12-year-old, the little things are big things because they don’t have that life experience to have perspective, and especially now during a pandemic, they have less opportunities to have life experiences and really have perspective.

What coping mechanisms should parents implement with their children?

Fatta: Having those conversations with your children, and also more family outings that are safe — going for a bike ride, going for walks and getting out of the house in a safe way.

Deriggi: This is new territory for all of us. It’s OK not to know what to do, and it’s OK to be confused, and it’s OK to be scared, but we’re going to get through this together. I love communicating with parents at school and being a team. I go to my friends for help and advice with my own family, and I know the three of us as counselors like to be here as support for families.

It’s challenging to get through middle school — so just that family time, that open communication, just listening — goes a long way.

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The symposium focused on helping musicians deal with the stresses of their profession, both physical and mental. But in the face of the ongoing pandemic, Grace said they recognized that these coping mechanisms presented to their students and fellow music educators could benefit health care workers and other frontline workers, including classroom teachers. There couldn’t have been a more urgent time to share the benefits, she explained.

“The goal really is to introduce, educate, but most importantly improve everybody’s health wellness in both their professional as well as personal lives,” said Grace, an associate professor of piano at BCU. She has also served as the founder and director of the BCU music outreach program during the past 12 years.

Grace, of Ormond Beach, first became aware of the Pabst Steinmetz Foundation last year during a conference on arts and wellness programs. At the time, she

and her team were planning their second symposium after having received positive feedback from the inaugural event. Little did she know that this year’s symposium would be virtual, livestreamed on Feb. 20. This year’s theme was “Fighting the COVID Fatigue.”

Thanks to the foundation’s grant, BCU will be able to expand this training model, made up of workshops featuring clinicians such as chiropractors, musicians, audiologists and tai-chi instructors. They hope to hold a series of comprehensive training workshops throughout the year focusing on holistic approaches to mental health support, stress reduction and efficient body usage, according to a press release.

“I really do think we are going to truly revolutionize, I hope, the lives and the state of wellness of our individuals here in this immediate community and I certainly hope within Florida and hoping beyond that,” Grace said.

“The goal really is to introduce, educate, but most importantly improve everybody’s health wellness in both their professional as well as personal lives.”

DR. ROSE GRACE, an associate professor of piano at BCU

SEEING IT IN ACTION

The combination of music and healing struck a chord with Grace seven years ago.

At the time, Grace, who is a pianist, had been diagnosed with a lung infection. The aftermath of the intense treatment left her in a state where she couldn’t play, and she said her cognitive abilities were weakened. But through acupuncture and tai chi, Grace was able to begin playing again.

She started to apply the same concepts of Eastern medicine with teaching.

During one exercise, she asked vocal students to sing before and after completing a tai chi routine.

The difference was “astounding,” Grace said. One student she interviewed afterward said she felt she had better control of her breath and was more focused on her vocals.

“If I didn’t actually experience it for myself and somebody told me about it, I would have told them, ‘OK, stop telling me those fairy tales,’” Grace said. “But I felt that powerful impact of it, so when I was hearing our students in some sense relating the same thing, where they felt an instantaneous improvement and freedom, and focus… it was empowering and thrilling for me to hear — that [Lee] and I could bring something so beneficial to our students, to our campus and beyond that to the community.”

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Brittni Cleland, certified dance and movement therapist and mental health clinician, leads a workshop during the second “Music and Medicine” Symposium

A TEAM EFFORT

The power of the training model lies in bridging medicine, arts and sciences together, a press release states. As one of six grant recipients, and the only university awardee among nonprofit organizations, collaboration between the three team members is essential.

Hollar, an assistant professor of psychology at BCU who also serves as the Department Chair of Behavior and Social Sciences Studies, earned his doctorate degree from Florida State University with research interests focusing on suicide, eating disordered behavior and ethnicity among individuals of African descent. He is the project’s co-prime investigator alongside Grace.

Lee, of Ormond Beach, is the

project’s external collaborator, and is the former director of the Odessa Chambliss Center for Health Equity at BCU. During the past three years, she has worked alongside Grace to bring the symposiums to the community.

Grace said she is eternally grateful for her enthusiasm and dedication to the project.

“I don’t think I would have been able to do this as well if I didn’t have her wonderful support and collaboration,” she said.

The project will launch within the Central Florida communities, with the hopes of expanding it across the U.S. in the future.

“The sky’s the limit,” Grace said. “So we’ll see.”

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Palm Coast welder and ‘Star Wars’ fanatic Keith DeDeo spent a year creating the costume, unveiling it at MegaCon in Orlando in May 2019.

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t took Palm Coast resident Keith DeDeo a year to craft his Mandalorian costume.

When he wears it at fan events and charity functions, he becomes the Star Wars character.

“It’s not hard to act like the character once you’re dressed up,” he says. “People will come up to you. I pretty much keep quiet. The cool thing is with the costume on you’re pretty much the character.”

DeDeo, a welder and heavy equipment operator at St. Augustine Marine Center, fabricated the costume from PVC Sintra board during his spare time. He heated the plates, shaped them, sanded them, painted them and weathered them to look like Mandalorian armor.

He made use of any spare or broken parts he could find: a piece of blower, a broken toilet, spray bottles.

“There are a lot of weird parts in there,” he said, pointing to the costume that he had neatly packed in a large plastic storage container.

“I’ll scavenge pieces if I can.

Skewers from an edible arrangement, pieces of blinds, glue tips, whatever I could find to make it look right. The blasters I carry are water guns that I repainted and added stuff to. I’m working on one for a long rifle. It’s just a generic Nerf gun.”

The first time he wore the costume was at MegaCon at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center in May 2019, months before “The Mandalorian” TV series premiered on Disney+.

DeDeo, 49, made the costume in homage to his favorite Star Wars character, bounty hunter Boba Fett, whom he first saw on screen in 1983’s “Return of the Jedi.”

“It was one of the first movies I saw. We just didn’t do a lot of movies,” he said. “Right after it was released, I got a bunch of toys and the Ewok Village, and that started it all.”

He’s been collecting Star Wars action figures, models and memorabilia ever since and has devoted an entire room in his house to his vast collection.

Cosplay became a part of DeDeo’s Star Wars passion about 10 years ago after he attended a Star Wars Celebration at the orange County Civic Center with his wife and daughter.

“I saw everyone walking around in a costume, and I said, ‘The next time I come to one of these I’m

Keith DeDeo holds up the head of his Tuscan Raider costume.

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DeDeo points to the Millennium Falcon model on a shelf in his Star Wars room.

having a costume,’” he said.

At the next event, he dressed up as an Endor rebel commando out of “Return of the Jedi,” an outfit that took him six months to piece together. He also dressed his daughter as Princess Leia and his wife, Stacy, as Mara Jade, a character in the books who married Luke Skywalker.

“After that I was like, ‘Game on,’” he said.

He dressed up as a Tuscan Raider and as a Scarif Stormtrooper at Celebration in 2017 while Stacy dressed up as Rogue One heroine Jyn Erso.

Keith and Stacy met when they were students at Flagler Palm Coast High School. After graduation they began dating.

They’ve been together since 1990.

“She knew what she was getting into because when she first met me I had toys on the walls and shelves in my bedroom,” he said.

“She’s not as into it as I am. Most of the time she’ll just walk around with me because I can’t always see out of the costumes I wear.”

As his Mandalorian character he carries a microphone and has an amplifier on his back. His props include a pair of Star Wars handcuffs he puts on people for photos.

He doesn’t often get to walk around much. When he dressed up as the Tuscan Raider he stood in one spot for three hours as people continuously walked up to him and posed for pictures.

When he unveiled his

Mandalorian costume at MegaCon, he met a group of other Mandalorians from the Mandalorian Mercs Costume Club. He wound up hanging out with them most of the day.

The Mandalorian Mercs are a worldwide organization founded in 2007. When DeDeo made his costume, he didn’t know anything about the club. He found their website and the guidelines for becoming a member. The costumes have to be movie ready.

He sent in pictures. They sent him back a list of details he had to fix, and on his second try he was accepted into the club.

He got to attend two “invasions” before the COVID-19 lockdown in March. Invasions are requests for the Mercs to show up at community events, charity functions or even birthdays.

The Mandalorian Mercs are the only Star Wars costume club with its own charity — Little Warrior International, which raises money for underprivileged and sick children.

DeDeo has done some smaller events since the lockdown. And his calendar is beginning to fill up again. A toy show in Jacksonville, a cosplay contest for charity and shooting scenes with his Northeast Florida Mercs “clan” for a fan film.

“I just love putting (the costume) on,” he said. “It took me long enough to make, I might as well use it when I can.”

“She’s not as into it as I am. Most of the time she’ll just walk around with me because I can’t always see out of the costumes I wear.”

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FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE HONORS RON CONKLIN

In early 2012, Ron Conklin placed an item in the Palm Coast Observer in search of retired or former law enforcement officers who would like to form a Fraternal Order of Police Lodge in the area. He says he received an overwhelmingly positive response. The lodge began with just 12 members and today has a membership of over 150.

In January 2021, nearly nine years later, he was presented with a lifetime membership award for his service. Conklin admits to being “totally surprised” by the honor, adding that he has “devoted much of [his] retired life in service for this FOP lodge.”

When asked about lessons he learned in his years as a police officer, Conklin says he learned to “listen before judging” and to “help people when they are in need” first and foremost.

To become a member of the FOP, one must have served honorably as a sworn police officer and have the credentials to prove it. That being said, Conklin said the lodge will accept others who want to participate. Visit www. foplodge171.org.

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YOUR TOWN FLAGLER COUNTY UNVEILS MOBILE APP Need to report animal problems, road issues, or code violations?

A new Flagler County mobile app lets residents do all of those things with a few taps on the screen.

The county unveiled the free new mobile app, called U Gov Flagler, during a County Commission meeting on Feb. 15. It’s available for both Android and iPhone users.

The app has tabs for a community calendar, notifications, an FAQ section that also has links to other local government websites, an “Around Us” map showing county facilities, and a “virtual reporter” feature that lets residents file work order requests in seven categories: code violations, trash problems, road problems, park/tree problems, land use problems, health problems, and animal problems.

It also shows road closures and has a “community key” with information on garbage collection days, school zones, evacuation zones and voting precincts.

The county was able to create the app, plus an informational video on how to use it, for about $2,800, plus staff time.

WADSWORTH DOG PARK GETS REVAMPED

Flagler County will spend about six months revitalizing Wadsworth Dog Park to enhance the experience for local pups and

their owners. This portion of Wadsworth Park will be closed until further notice.

An ADA-accessible restroom facility tops the list of amenities intended to improve the comfort of dog fanciers during their visits that also includes creating more parking spaces, as well as adding sun shade structures, and new benches. Additionally, fencing and turf will be replaced, mulch will be added, and new signage will be installed.

Flagler County Parks and Recreation offers a variety of trails suitable for a leashed dogwalking experience such as at Princess Place Preserve, Riverto-Sea Preserve, and the Lehigh Trail. Leashed dogs are allowed on the beach in unincorporated Flagler County.

CHARLES FLAHERTY Charles M. Flaherty, 91, of Palm Coast died on Feb. 3. Arrangements are through Clymer Funeral Home.

FLORIDA HOUSE BACKS MOMENT OF SILENCE IN SCHOOLS

With the proposal’s sponsor saying children growing up now “have issues” in part because “they don’t have time for moments of reflection,” a House panel approved a controversial bill on Feb. 16 that would mandate daily moments of silence in schools.

The measure (HB 529) was sponsored by House PreK-12 Appropriations Chairman Randy Fine, R-Brevard County.

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you have a vision, and you’re pushing forward, and now I hope that I have a better perspective of the needs of my school than I did when first became a principal.

What’s a need of the school you didn’t recognize when you first started?

In high school, a lot of the students’ special needs are already identified. In elementary school, you are just starting that documentation.

At a school like this, where 80% are on free and reduced lunch, how many kids are raising kids? How many sixth graders are raising our kindergartners?

We have some who have parents to teach them right from wrong, and we have others with a single mom and a job, and seeing that in elementary school is pretty eye opening.

You were Teacher of the Year for Flagler Schools in 2007.

How is teaching different today from what it was 13 years ago?

The standards for academic performance have increased. The mental health concerns of students also — our school system over the years has become more of a social program, as in we’re meeting more of the needs of our kids than just the academics.

Thirteen years ago, we were concerned about feeding kids.

Now it’s the food side, the mental health side, plus more parenting than we’ve had in the past, with teachers putting on that role of

how to be parental support. None of that is bad; it’s just more that is expected in our society from teachers.

How conscious are you of students’ circumstances at home?

We embrace them and show them love first thing. Every day is a clean slate. Meals that our students get — sometimes breakfast and lunch — are the only meals they’re getting.

We have to understand before we discipline. We have to make sure we know what aspects of the outside are impacting things in here.

We had a family here where the father passed, and there were a number of students that go here, so we ask, “In what ways can we support the family? How can we generate funds, food, gift cards, when the breadwinner just passed away?”

That’s another thing about Flagler Schools that is very positive: It’s a small enough district that all the principals communicate.

If a teacher doesn’t enforce the mask policy, what do you do?

I haven’t had that issue. I had a couple kids complain about a teacher, and we dealt with that teacher, but it was just a misunderstanding of the mask policy.

Students, for the most part, wear their face coverings when they’re unable to social distance.

It’s what I reiterate every morning on announcements: We practice the three W’s: Watch our distancing, Wear a face covering, Wash our hands.

For adults, we make sure that we’re modeling these behaviors for our Bullpups each day.

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You’re a graduate of Flagler Palm Coast High School. What are you doing at the elementary school level to help students stay on track to graduate themselves?

We look at students that have struggled in the past, that have been identified as potential retainees, and in lieu of retaining them, we put them in a high support class.

If a student is retained, it increases the probability of them dropping out of high school. The goal is to identify that student early enough so they can get supports early enough, so they are not on the path to dropping out.

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Pirates crown district champs, while team finishes fourth M atanzas wrestling hosted this year’s 2A District 4 Championships on Feb. 17. The event saw four Pirates (Carter Wilder, Tyson Mills, Jordan Mills and Robert Elder) emerge as individual champions. Several other teammates had top five finishes.

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The results for each individual wrestler, along with their weight class is below: 106 - Carter Wilder (15-8) placed 1st.

113 - Braden Hawley (10-6) placed 3rd.

120 - Riley White (6-7).

126 - Toryion Stallings (14-9) placed 4th.

132 - Logan Mayer (12-9) placed 3rd.

138 - Isabella Tietje (6-6) placed 6th.

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170 - Brandyn Cox (5-8) placed 3rd.

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195 - Christian White (2-6) placed 5th.

220 - Adyn Cox (6-9) placed 5th.

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Developer plans 494 homes near SR 100 AdventHealth resumes normal

operations, as COVID census drops

The proposal is expected to go before the Palm Coast City Council for approval next month.

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An upland area near Graham Swamp, off Colbert Lane north of State Road 100, may soon be transformed into a community of 494 single family homes stretching over 292 acres.

The land, owned by Geosam Capital, has been slated for development for years: A northern section of it was zoned “Planned Unit Development,” a county designation, before Palm Coast incorporated as a city. The land was then annexed into the city in 2004, and the northern parcel was rezoned to the city of Palm Coast’s comparable designation of “Master Planned Development,” or MPD. The other, southern, portion is zoned “Single-Family Residential,” or SFR-1.

Engineering firm Gulfstream Design Group appeared before Palm Coast’s Planning and Zoning Board on Feb. 17 to rezone the northern parcel to singlefamily residential so that the whole thing, minus some conservation areas, would have the same zoning.

The board didn’t object, unan-

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The location of the proposed Colbert Landings development.

imously finding in favor of the rezoning of the northern parcel, plus the firm’s request to shift some of the land in the southern parcel to preservation status.

The density of the development will be about 1.69 units per acre.

At this point, the development is expected to have a homeowners association but is not expected to

be be gated.

The property is bordered by conservation areas to the north and west (Graham Swamp), mixed use to the east, and residential to the south.

It is expected to go before the Palm Coast City Council for approval next month.

AdventHealth saw another decrease in COVID-19 patients this week, the latest signal that the hospital system can resume more elective procedures as it transitions back to “green” status, Dr. Neil Finkler, chief medical officer of acute care services for the Central Florida Division, said at the Feb. 18 AdventHealth Morning Briefing.

“We’ve continued to see a decline in our COVID hospitalized patients,” Finkler said. “All the numbers are pointing in the right direction.”

The hospital system’s Central Florida Division tallied about 500 patients with the coronavirus Feb. 18, down from a peak in midJanuary of more than 800.

The move to “green” status, Finkler said, is determined by an algorithm that accounts for the number of patients, staffing and other factors like the supply of personal protective equipment such as masks. The move to “green” means there are no restrictions on elective procedures as staffing and equipment are adequate.

“What we are saying is we are functioning as a normal facility,”

Finkler said. “We are all systems go.”

Finkler was joined by Dr. Kevin Accola, cardiac thoracic surgeon, who discussed how much is still unknown about COVID-19’s effects on the heart.

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ALDI will offer Palm Coast residents another grocery shopping option as it opens its newest store at 645 Palm Coast Parkway SW. The new location is part of the company’s national expansion plan to become the thirdlargest U.S. grocery retailer by store count by the end of 2022.

The Palm Coast store opens at 9 a.m. Thursday, March 4, with regular hours daily 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

“We are proud of our continued expansion,” said Matt Thon, Haines City division vice president for ALDI. “Opening new stores allows us to provide even more shoppers convenient access to fresh, high-quality groceries at unbeatable prices. We look forward to serving the Palm Coast community at our newest location for many years to come.”

ALDI stores are designed for simplicity and efficiency. A typical store is approximately 12,000 square feet of retail space, including produce delivered fresh to stores daily. ALDI also remains focused on expanding curbside pickup to even more stores.

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The Golden Lion Café in Flagler Beach has donated its 50,000th meal.

Creating a product line of sauces from the Golden Lion Café, the Marlow family began bottling and selling at Publix Supermarkets their Key Lime Tartar Sauce in 2015, followed by the Dat’l Pepper Cocktail Sauce. The sauces can be found on Publix shelves in the Southeast, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting food pantries.

Feeding families has been passion for the Marlow family since Tony and Carolyn Marlow opened the “King of the Beach” in 1992, and as a second generation restaurateur, the couple’s son Chris is expanding on the family’s love of community.

A fish and chips promotion during the last week of January resulted in a donation of $2,000 to the Flagler Beach United Methodist Church on Feb. 11.

“This year was a smashing success; it was our busiest one we’ve ever had,” said Marlow. “Thank you so much to all the locals in the community that supported it.

We’re just happy to give back to the community that supports us so much.”

“It’s been really hard for a lot of people and we’re aware there are a lot of people struggling right now. We think that the need now is more tremendous than ever and so there’s more of an impact with these donations than ever before,” he said.

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house in Ocean Hammock was the top real estate transaction for the week of Jan. 14-20 in Flagler County in the Multiple Listing Service. Peter and Adel Acs, of Gainesville, sold 501 Cinnamon Beach Lane to Brian and Kelley Sorrow, of Tyrone, Georgia, for $1,160,100. Built in 2012, the house is a 6/5.5 and has a swimming pool, elevator and 3,858 square feet. It sold in 2013 for $850,000.

Lee Drive to David and Jan Carlton, of Palm Coast, for $218,500. Built in 2005, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,714 square feet.

Palm Harbor Sandra Ward, of Fort Myers, sold 6 Collinson Court to James and Tammy Call, of Palm Coast, for $381,900. Built in 1985, the house is a 3/2 and has a swimming pool, boat dock and 1,633 square feet.

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swimming pool and 2,396 square feet.

The top transaction features six bedrooms and five and a half bathrooms.

Condos Middle Florida Distributor Inc., of Jacksonville, sold 200 Ocean Crest Drive, Unit 418, to Daniel and Jennifer Vinovich, of Crown Point, Indiana, for $405,000. Built in 2003, the condo is a 3/3 and has 1,676 square feet.

Daytona North Cornelia Ganley, individually and as trustee, sold 2598 Lancewood St. to Bobbie and Charles Richison, of Bushnell, for $185,500. Built in 2003, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace, pole barn and 1,728 square feet.

Grand Reserve and Golf Club D.R. Horton Inc. Jacksonville, of St. Johns, sold 19 Birdie Way to Beverly Jordan and Matthew Clever, of Bunnell, for $271,990. Built in 2019, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,799 square feet.

Louis Strazzante, of Darien, Illinois, sold 11 Mid Pines Circle, Unit 11, to Philip and Beryl Lima, of Belgrade, Maine, for $157,900. Built in 1980, the condo is a 3/2 and has 1,163 square feet. It sold in 2009 for $94,900.

Grand Haven Karen Finder, of Lakewood Ranch, sold 9 Village View Way to Barbara Deeks, of Palm Coast, for $350,000. Built in 2003, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,252 square feet.

Indian Trails Seagate Homes LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 21 Birchbark Lane to Oscar Zuluaga and Astrid Restrepo, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, for $274,900. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/2 and has 2,290 square feet.

Seagate Homes LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 37 Marlin Drive to John and Angela Rooney, of Moultonborough, New Hampshire, for $343,000. Built in 2020, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,033 square feet.

Flagler Beach Anthony Riccio, of Palm Coast, sold 3398 N. Ocean Shore Blvd. to Fall Beauty LLC, of Woodbridge, Virginia, for $945,000.

Built in 2000, the house is a 9/8.5 and has a fireplace,

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Indian Trails Seagate Homes LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 20 Beaverdam Lane to Regina Brigham and Ettore Bechis, of Miami Beach, for $279,200. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,208 square feet.

Pine Lakes Maronda Homes LLC sold 46 Weyanoke Lane to Claudia and David Kloda, of Palm Coast, for $307,500. Built in 2020, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,840 square feet.

Seminole Woods Seagate Homes LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 10 Ulmus Place to Miya Baisden, of Palm Coast, for $280,900. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,208 square feet.

Lehigh Woods Seagate Homes LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 20 Russman Lane to Stephen Lackey and Jennifer Gomes-Lackey, of Dartmouth Massachusetts, for $248,700.

Built in 2021, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,859 square feet.

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Cypress Knoll Raisa Paslar sold 14 E. Easterly Place to Augusto and Flausina Teixeira, of Palm Coast, for $400,000. Built in 2006, the house is a 3/2.5 and has a

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Pine Grove Dimitrios Kukurinis, of West Palm Beach, sold 62 Pine Crest Lane to Nelly Moras and Argenis Gomez, of Palm Coast, for $266,000. Built in 2005, the house is a 5/2.5 and has 2,936 square feet.

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PAVERSTRAVERTINEANDMORE.COM NEW CONCRETE OR CONCRETE REPAIR

Barber

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Small Business (386) 210-9500 Helping to set up retirement plans for Retirement Plans gmiddleton@wealthcrest.com the self-employed

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CERTIFIED COLLISION REPAIR SHOP 17 Old Kings Road North Palm Coast, FL 32137 410 N. Railroad Ave, Bunnell, FL 32110 10/3/19 386.446.1566

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Client Signature

Date

Owner Dominic DiGirolamo

Marty Lewis

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Doors

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WealthCrest

Securities products offered through Registered Representatives of Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., a Broker/Dealer. Member FINRA/ SIPC. Investment advisory services offered through WealthCrest Financial Services, LLC is not a subsidiary or control affiliate of Cambridge.

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85 Avenue de la Mer, Suite 706, Palm Coast, FL 32137

NEW CONCRETE Serving Palm Coast for over 20 years Furniture Repair OR CONCRETE REPAIR

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Barber

SIMPLE, SEP, IRAs and 401(k)s

386-446-1655

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Financial Services

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Auto Service 386-437-0041

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Blinds/Window Treatments

Helping to set up retirement plans for the self-employed and for small business owners

WealthCrest Financial Services, LLC

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386.446.1566

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Repair • Cabinets & Wood Floors

348203

17 Old Kings Road North Palm Coast, FL 32137

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386-446-1655

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Heirloom Restoration • Art Work & Sculpture Heirloom Restoration • Art Work & Sculpture Repair • Cabinets & Wood Floors

LICENSE # FC11803 / # GAR13041803

(386) 234-0670

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Roofing

TERRY’S PLUMBING

Roof Leaking?

Serving Flagler County for over 30 years

“Specialist In Hard to Find Leaks”

350831

Licensed • Insured Master Plumber CFC1426001

Phone 386-439-9254 www.aciaonline.com Phone 386-439-9254

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PF-SPAD0414151522

386.677.9265

2 Generations Family Owned & Operated

State Licensed | Insured CCC1328252 | CBC1254280

CBC ROOFING COMPANY

Medicare Plan Options

Power Washing

Helping You Select the Medicare Plan That is Right For You!

Rick's Power Washing

Residential Roofing Specialist

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• New Roofs • Replacements • Repairs • FREE Estimates • FREE Roof Inspections & Minor Repairs

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HMO • PPO • SUPPLEMENTS PART D • DENTAL

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Independent Licensed Agent

386.931.3414

350822

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386-585-5160

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EZ Roofing Inc. Of Flagler County

LIC#CCC1331086

Realtors

State Certified License CCC1325974

WE SPECIALIZE IN INSURANCE CLAIMS

PROOF DUE: 04/22/16 13:59:55

• TILE • SHINGLE • METAL • FLAT ROOFS • RE-ROOFS • NEW ROOFS • ROOF REPAIRS • 10-YEAR LABOR WARRANTY • NO DEPOSIT, • NO PRE-PAYMENTS • 5 STAR BBB-RATING

351406

ON: SPEC

We guarantee Quality *Best Quality* 100% Guaranteed

FloridasBestRoofing@gmail.com | www.FloridasBestRoofing.us

Realtor Jesse Warmka (608) 358-0917

(386) 263-7906 FREE ESTIMATES

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Lawn Care

386-328-5359

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OR OST NO C ATION OBLIG

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PF-SPAD0414151522

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Fast, Reliable Service

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Auto • HomeInsurance • Condo • Motorcycle • Flood • Renters All Counties Agency All Counties Insurance Agency RV • Boat • Commercial Auto • Property & Traffic School 99 OldSchool Kings Rd. S.100 Suite 3 & Traffic Winn-Dixie Shopping Plaza - Route

350818

Plumbing

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351948

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350602

Lawn Care 217-622-2667

KASTLE K EEPERS HANDYMAN SERVICES THE TO DO LIST EXPERT

350826

LICENSED AND FULLY INSURED

Painting

846-4580

PRESSURE CLEANING INTERIOR/EXTERIOR PAINTING CEILING FANS LIGHT & SINK FIXTURES PF-0000987082-01

Licensed & Insured

Visa/MC/Amex/Discover

Titanium Painters

Locally Owned and Operated 20+ years

Tax Professional Patricia A. McBean, EA, CAA Tax Preparation • ITIN Service Accurate • Affordable • Professional

(386)463-AMPM (2676)

Retail

349892

351949

patricia@ampmbiz.com www.ampmbiz.com

Available Year Round

Trees

Free Estimates Licensed & Insured 351947

We seal cracks & holes

386-445-6198 Serving Flagler County Since 1987

TOILET REPAIRS SCREENS DRYER VENT CLEANING REPAIR CLOGGED DRAIN

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Roofing

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Proper pruning and removal of trees Safely working over houses is our specialty

Plumbing

27 years experience "Quality You Can Count On" • State Certified Roofing & State Certified General Contracting.

O.K. CORRECTIONS • Pres.WITH Brian Mullen building locally in Flagler County since 1976 • Licensed, Bonded & Insured

CALL BRIAN 386-385-8504

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SALES PERSON: PF705 SIZE: 2X1.9

CGC049971, CCC330417, CPC048249

PROOF CREATED AT: 3/26/2020 4:30:29 PM

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• Roof Replacement and Insurance Experts PROOF O.K. BY:___________________________ • Estimates and Inspections • High Wind shingles / All types PLEASE READ CAREFULLY • SUBMIT CORRECTIONS ONLINE of roofing

ADVERTISER: KASTLE KEEPERS

712 South Oceanshore Blvd.

Flagler Beach, Florida 32136

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL ROOFING

351946

(386)

Palm Coast

WE PAINT HOUSES, POOL DECKS, DRIVEWAYS & DOCKS

386.931.4614

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Arborist

Rick Crouse, owner Licensed and Insured

Office: 386-264-6281 Cell: 904-669-7743

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The one and only

Paul Summa

- Has lived in Palm Coast for 25 years - Automotive professional for 23 years - Palm Coast Ford Team Member for 12 years and has proudly worked for the same organization/Owner since 1998 - Married for 5 Glorious years - Three children and three grandbabies - Favorite sports team: “love the New York Yankees” and the Chicago Bears - Favorite College sports team: Syracuse - Loves to help wherever he can in the community - Spending time with my Family, boating or hanging out. Being together is whats important to me!

Free Loaner Cars Local Shuttle Service Life Time Powertrain Warranty* Total customer satisfaction Superb auto financing options (Low rates for Good or Bad Credit scores)

Local trade in pre owned inventory 30 miles away on I-95

ALIGNMENT

TIRES

OIL CHANGE

Four Wheel Alignment $69.95 High-Tech Computer Alignment.

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SEMI-SYNTHETIC OIL CHANGE, $39.95 +TAX, Up to 5 quarts of semi-synthetic oil.

One coupon per customer, per household. Not valid on all makes and models subject to inspection. See dealer for details. Valid only at Palm Coast Ford. Plus tax and fees. Offer expires 1/31/21.

One coupon per customer, per household. Not valid on all makes and models subject to inspection. See dealer for details. Valid only at Palm Coast Ford. Plus tax and fees. Offer expires 1/31/21.

One coupon per customer, per household. Not valid on all makes and models subject to inspection. See dealer for details. Valid only at Palm Coast Ford. Plus tax and environmental fees. Offer expires 1/31/21.

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GOING THE EXTRA MILE TO EARN 100% CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

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Your hometown dealer | 1150 Palm Coast Pkwy. SW | www.PalmCoastFord.com | 386-447-3380 * Lifetime Powertrain warranty applies to vehicles purchased New at Palm Coast Ford. (c) 2020 by Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc. (12/1/2020-12/31/2020) Edition for 32137 for Fair condition. Vehicle valuations are approximations and may vary from vehicle to vehicle. Actual valuations will vary based upon market conditions, specifications, vehicle condition or other particular circumstances pertinent to this particular vehicle or the transaction or the parties to the transaction. Kelley Blue Book assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions.